Chapter 86
Amelia’s POV
We entered into various cars. I was surprised by the number—it was more than a fleet. It was like a military battalion on its own. Each one of them was equipped and optimized for warfare and a very brutal fight. I knew that it was necessary to use such a technique and that we didn’t enter fancy cars, but somehow, it felt like too much. It felt like we were putting a lot of interest and focus on something relevant, but I didn’t stop the Beta from doing his job. He had asked me previously—when my commands were, well, the fact was that I had none. I didn’t know anything about tactics or how to lead a war, so I wasn’t about to be the one to lead these people into the fight, if there was any at all. More like a rescue mission, I thought to myself, smiling a little.
It was funny that the Alpha of the pack himself would need rescuing, but why was I to judge? He had rescued me a couple of times before, and that was something I couldn’t shake off. I needed to help him back since he had helped me before. I felt very good, however, when I contemplated that I was the only one who actually received his message and figured out that he was in trouble enough to act on it. The Beta had received the message also, but what had he done? Absolutely nothing in response—he didn’t even see it well and read his throat, which meant that I was the one who was particularly going to save his life if he was in that kind of danger and needed life-saving.
I smiled to myself, thinking about it alone. How nice it was for me to finally be in that position towards him—the way he had been in that position towards me before. He had had the opportunity to save me a couple of times then, and he had not hesitated. Now it was my turn, and I was going to pay the debt back. Now we were going to be even, I thought to myself, smiling and feeling very good about myself because of it. If we were actually even because of this, then maybe I wouldn’t owe him anything any longer, and it was a nice feeling to have. It was something that I wanted to do very badly, even though he hadn’t exactly requested for me to pay my debt or something like that previously.
I took a moment to look at me, and the serious soldiers in the various cars were speeding at a level that I was pretty sure was beyond the speed limit. Everything seemed to be going pretty well for them, and they seemed very comfortable with their speed all the same. I felt like it was a bit too much, that they were taking it quite too seriously, but it was the Alpha we were talking about, so I couldn’t blame them, now could I? They needed to do everything that they had to do in order to ensure that he was safe in the end, and I wasn’t about to hinder them, considering that I also had a very similar goal in mind.
I took in the various buildings that were flashing past us very quickly. Now that we were going at top speed, I felt very happy and free, but I meant that that happiness and that feeling of freedom was about to be cut short—brutally. I was not naive enough to think that this danger was something minor. I already knew that it was something that we were going to have to deal with actively.
I looked at Riker beside me. We had entered into the same vehicle. He had said some things about it, but I had shut him up easily. I wasn’t about to go off into uncharted territories. I wasn’t about to do something absolutely new that I wasn’t used to in any way without having someone like him by my side to help me—and he seemed quite happy about it now.
"When we get there, what's going to happen?" I asked him. He shook his head at me before smiling a little. There was a tinge of sadness to his smile. "I have no idea." I knew that it was a little difficult for him to be going off on a mission to save the one person that had suggested killing him just a moment ago—and that had actually been serious about it. The Alpha had really wanted to end his life for my sake then, and now he was off to rescue him.
I thought about it for a moment. It was only now that the evil thought entered my mind, but I couldn’t shake it off anymore. What if I had simply ignored the message and left the Alpha to die or something like that? Wouldn’t that mean that I could be with Riker for the rest of my life? I started kicking myself in the foot for not disregarding the message. Now, it was too late for me to do that. But thinking about it, it might have been my one opportunity. If I had taken it, I would have been with Riker alone, and there would be no threat of the Alpha. The promise I made to the Alpha—well, I wouldn’t need to keep it any longer if he wasn’t around anymore. To enforce it, everything would have gone well for me, and I simply decided to keep it secret—at least like I hadn’t known. And if anybody figured out that I had gotten the message, they would, first of all, question why the other person who had gotten the message didn’t act. Noticing that I was relatively new, I wouldn’t have any blame at all, and even if I had some blame, it wouldn’t be much. I kicked myself over and over again emotionally, but deep down there was one little thought, one little voice that I was happy about what I did—that I was happy that I disregarded the message and acted within moments of figuring it out to rescue him.
Just as I was still in thought, wondering how I could have so many conflicting emotions all at once, I saw that we had arrived at a large expanse of land. I frowned to see that werewolves and people in human forms—who were probably also werewolves—were all on the ground, looking as if they were dead. My heart skipped a beat, and I felt all my strength leaving me as I stared in shock at this spectacle before me. Such a huge expanse of land, so many soldiers and people with weapons—and to the teeth, some of them had guns in their hands—but every single one, as far as my eyes could reach, was on the ground, falling, probably dead. Their limp bodies told me that at least they were unconscious; some of them were bleeding profusely, probably going to die if medical attention wasn’t given to them soon.
I looked at Riker beside me, who was jumping down from the car and rushing into the valley of people. I found myself doing the same. One thought was in my mind: one person I was looking for right now—as long as he was safe, everything, all these people on the ground, didn’t matter anymore. Somehow, I was worried for the Alpha. I wanted everything to be well, especially with him.
It did not take me too long to realize the situation before me—not just me, but the Beta and all of us who are now running around trying to find the Alpha among all the probably dead bodies on the ground. We just didn’t have any other goal. We wanted the Alpha, first of all, and then we could think about what to do with the others. If the Alpha was not alive, or if he was in danger, then we needed to take care of him immediately. It might be a faster method if we decided that instead we would find the other people and take care of each one of them one by one, since the Alpha was probably one of them and we would get him after that. But we needed to get him right now and only him. He was the priority, and we weren’t going to do anything thorough.
And that was the most important thing. I looked around us with a frown on my face. Walking between all these people was pretty much disgusting. But there seemed to be no other way for me if I wanted to really find him. However, he seemed to be nowhere to be found, and there were so many of them to look among. So I glanced back at the soldiers, wondering if they were really on this job or not. They were. I decided not to worry any longer. Sooner or later, we would find him. And when we did, we would figure out what was going on and how to help him out.