*FREYA*
I dropped the weapon I was holding as I approached the bed where Jet’s clone was laying down, I don’t even know the name of the weapon or what to do with it but Claire had assured me I would figure it out when I want to use it. This person basically shares the same face as my mate even though their features as slightly different if you look closely, I couldn’t find it in my heart to hurt him.
The poor guy might not even have had a say in all of this, I dropped down beside him on the bed watching him sleep peacefully, again I marvel at how it was possible to create a clone, I got to admit, whoever that mad scientist is, is pretty clever. As if noticing someone was watching him, he blinked slowly awake flinching away from me and then he went still as a painful groan escape his throat.
“Easy, I’m not going to hurt you,” I told him, reaching out to help him adjust comfortably on the bed, seeing that he had no choice but to accept my help, he relaxed.
“The weapon you are holding a few minutes ago says otherwise” He pointed out. “I was awake” He added noticing the surprised look on my face.
“So you were just pretending to be unconscious all this time? That’s not very nice” I scolded using my feet to pull the weapon closer incase I might need it. I don’t think I would though, he looked so pale and I felt so sorry for him, anyways better safe than sorry.
“Staring at me was not nice too” He reported coursing me to roll my eyes at him. I stood up from my sitting position and took a step back from him. “I’m going to die right?” He asked and I could sense the fear in his voice.
“Yes,” I answered without hesitation, the doctor already informed us that a few hours from now, he will be dead which is why I need to get some truth from him. “How did you get cloned? What is happening in that lab? I have so many questions and I want you to answer every one of them” I told him.
“I will not do that” He suddenly sneered at me. “What does it matter? I will die soon anyway!”
“Trust me I know that, and I also know your death is going to be a painful slow death which is why I want to make a deal with you. Tell me everything I need to know about the councils, if Morgana was telling the truth and I promise you a peaceful death and a grave marking instead of just throwing you out in the forest for wild animals to feed on your corpse like we indeed” The look of disbelief that flicker across his face made me smile back at him. If he thinks I’m just bluffing then he has a nice surprise waiting for him.
“I don’t know much about what you are asking me” I took notice of the way he speaks and it was very different from the way Jet speaks meaning he might have been faking his way of speaking along, I felt like an idiot. I’d believe something weird was going on but I begin to doubt those feelings after I saw him kissed Morgana. “I was going about my day, I just said goodbye to my girlfriend before hurrying to catch the bus, it was late….. I was abducted that night and I woke up to find myself in a strange lab” He glance at me, probably to see if I was still following his story. “That was about three years ago”
“Three years!” I echoed in shock, of course, you can’t just make a clone in a day! The councils must have been planning this a long time ago, if they already succeeded in making a clone Jet, who knew how many more clones they have successfully made in the past years. “You are human too” My heart ached for him, for the normal life he lost.
“I was….” He trailed off. “I was operated on, injected with so much stuff, I was not the only one abducted that night. A lot of people had died during the process, I was the first successful clone but the doctor noticed I could not live long, I was unconscious for about six months, and it was when I woke up I met your mate” At the mention of Jet, my heart skipped a beat and I moved closer to the bed.
“You should not be near him” Claire scolded pulling me away from the bed. “It is too dangerous”
“I’m sorry” I apologize, turning around to look at her. “Where is Hunter? What did the Shifters say?” I inquired curiously.
“I do not know but I believe the Shifters also do not know where the council’s hideout is, has he told you anything that might help us get a clue?” She asked picking up the weapon.
“You people are not planning to go there right? That will be a suicide mission” He coughed, vomiting another round of black blood, the veins underneath his eyes were becoming more pronounced by the second.
“He is dying and after we lock Morgana up, I do not think she will be willing to help us” She paused briefly as if she was having a difficult time saying whatever she wanted to do next. “I do not trust her” She admitted.
Deciding I needed to do something, I approached the bed and lift his head, I sat down there before placing his head on my lap, I tried not to flinch as he coughed out more blood on my body. I parted his hair as I saw something odd underneath his hair, there were several stitches marks and it appear to be throbbing. I ran my fingers through his hair as I have done to Jet a lot of times when he happens to be under pressure.
“I’m sorry that this happened to you and I intend to keep my promise, please tell me what you know about the council hideout so we can stop this from happening to someone else” I pleaded before going completely still as he started to transform, I fought back as Claire tried to prey me off him.
“Freya!” Claire growled as he fling me away from the bed after he fully transformed. I collapsed on the floor with a heavy thump, I recovered long enough to see Claire shielding me from the monster he had become, no… he wasn’t a lycan but a creature I can’t begin to describe. It has a head of a wolf, wings and a tail despite it standing on its two legs. *What kind of horrible monsters are the councils trying to create* I wondered as I dragged myself back to my feet. No wonder they have such a short lifespan.
The creature didn’t attack us, Claire and I stood there watching as it tried transforming back to his human form, which made him growl and snarl in pain until nothing could be heard from him anymore as he turned completely white and stopped breathing, a sob escaped my throat as I buried my face in my hand.
“He is dead” I managed to say after finally regaining control of my emotions. “What are we going to do now? How are we ever going to find Jet?” Tears rolled down my face.
“We are going to find them, we will not give up until we do so” She answered leading me away from the room as several guards poured in to see what was going on. I felt so helpless and I couldn’t stop the tears that effortlessly roll down my face, how many humans have gone through such pain in the hands of the councils? A set of monsters who want what? What is their goal? Because I’m now certain it’s bigger than just taking over Jet’d pack. No! It is so much bigger than that and whatever they are planning to do, they need to be stopped.
Claire and I hurried towards Hunter as we sight him walking in with several Shifters trailing behind him. Seeing my tearful face, he pulled me into a hug while shooting Claire a puzzled face.
“The clone is dead” I informed him as we break apart from the hug, allowing Claire to hug her mate.
Hunter appears unfazed by the news as he hugs a crying Claire tighter, at the end of the day it doesn’t matter who is stronger, after all, we are all species that feel pain. When they finally pulled away, Hunter turned around to address the Shifters.
“I got a lead on where the council’s hideout might be” He stated catching a lot of people by surprise. “Before Jet was captured, he and I have been working on something and fortunately with the help of it and a few eyewitnesses who saw the direction Morgana and the clone came in, we might find the councils hide out” He concluded and the whole room went silent.
Finally, someone among the Shifters spoke up. “That is a suicide mission! You cannot possibly want us to go ahead with it, Jet is an Alpha and he was captured, what made you think we will make it out of there with our lives? We do not want the rest of our kinds to the wiped away” I felt like slapping the person who said that but I understood where he was coming from so I kept my cool.
“This is what the Councils want! They want us to live our lives in fear of what they will do and we need to stop that. Truly Jet is an Alpha but Alphas need help too, why do you think I’m a Beta? And my brother Kale a Gamma? I shall not force anyone to come with me but tonight I shall set out to find them myself, anyone who is willing to come should meet me at the stables tonight” He declared before glancing in our direction.
While the Shifters talk amongst themselves, so did we. “You cannot leave the package without a leader” Claire cried out, disagreeing with the plan immediately. “Who will keep the people here safe?”
“You” Hunter answered.
“You will do a great job” I agreed knowing they are bound to disagree with what I was going to say next. “I will be going with Hunter”
“Bloody hell no!” He growled even before I could finish the sentences. “You shall stay here with Claire, where there are hundreds of people to protect you”
“I have made up my mind, you are not changing it. Jet might just need a little motivation to fight” I pleaded earning an angry look from Hunter, he shook his head at me in disapproval.
“More like a distraction, He knows he has you and everyone else to come home to, that is enough. You two will stay here and hope for our return, no matter what happens, do not let Morgana out of her cell” He instructed, I debated whether to sneak in after them but decided against it.
Hunter was right, I thought dejectedly.
“I promised the clone I would mark his grave, even if I didn’t fulfil the peaceful death I promised him, can we at least give him a proper burial?” I pleaded.
Hunter opened his mouth, probably to disagree with the expression on his face but Claire interrupted. “Of course Freya” She agreed.
I smile gratefully at Claire as an idea occurred to me!
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TBC