𝟔𝟐) 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧

A sob comes out of Zade's mouth as Inara hugs him.

"He meant the world to me." He says, looking at it guiltily.

"We should have protected him." Damon silently sheds tears as Kyros pats his back.

Ding Dong!

"Delivery for the Walton's!" someone shouts from the door. Ivory rushes out to take it. It was a coffin. She signs the form and takes it in, not seeing a shadow getting in with it.

"The.... the......" she cannot say anything. Kyros opens the coffin and looks at the corpse of Odin in it, placed neatly. Without his head. Blood painted the white insides of the coffin but he wore brand new clothes.

There was another note stuck on the coffin which Ivory reads out,

"A man always keeps his word. Sending you the rest of the body, without damage. Be good boys and get me what I want. I don't want to resort to more bloodshed. Not tonight at least. Oh, and you can keep my insolent piece of a brother. One less mouth to feed for me.

With this, I sign out. Remember, the hell is blazing with fires and only one person can put it out.

With all the love, Vic."

"He keeps sending these threats." Ivory looks at everyone, worried. "Who knows, what he'll do."

"He has already done enough," Damon says quietly. "I won't let anything happen to anyone else."

Zade gets up, wobbling on his legs as he peeps in the coffin. Damon takes the head out of the box and respectfully places it inside. But to their dismay, it didn't sit there. It kept toppling on the side.

"I can help." A small hand peers from the back of the coffin. Inara recognizes his voice.

"Beta!"' she calls him out. "What are you doing here?"

He points at Damon and Kyros. Everyone was as confused as them.

"You know this boy?" Kyros asks. He remembers seeing him at the hotel.

"I followed them here. I saw them, they were with you at the party." He says innocently, now coming out. He was a scrawny boy, bones protruding from his skin but it had a healthy glow.

"He says he is one of the Elders," Inara says annoyed.

"I am. I am Beta." He looks at the coffin. "Do you have a thread and needle?"

"What no!" Damon shouts, removing his hand from even touching the coffin. "Get out of here!" he shouts.

"I really can help." The boy says meekly, his head down.

"Okay kid." Inara holds him by his shoulders, "Go outside and wait for me. I will drive you home."

"I don't want to go there. They are not nice." He whines. "Please let me help."

He looks at the vase in the corner of the table with a withered rose in it. He quickly grabs it and breaks the bulb of it. He closes it in his hands and shuts his eyes, concentrating. After five minutes when he opens his eyes, the petals look as fresh as ever. He showers it on Odin's body.

"Can I help now?" the boy looks at them after proving himself.

Zade looks at Ivory and nods. She brings out the sewing kit and the boy starts sewing his head onto the body.

"This is bullshit!" Kyros tries to stop the boy but Damon shushes him.

"Let him. He seems to know what he is doing." Damon looks at him carefully. Kyros doesn't know why the boy looks so familiar. Abir and Ivory glance a look at each other, wondering the same. Brent was still standing there, unable to speak a word.

"All done!" Beta cuts the remaining string.

He closes his eyes and presses the newly stitched neck. For the first few minutes, nothing happens. Suddenly, Beta falls down with a thud. Inara rushes to help him.

"Beta!" his body was burning hot. "Bring some ice, fast!" she orders Abir.

Zade and Damon look inside the coffin. Odin's neck was perfectly healed!

This kid did something.

x-x-x-x

Beta wakes up on the couch, the adults hovering around him.

"Is it true?" Kyros asks him, his hands folded.

"Let him breathe Kyros." Inara shoves him aside. "He is a kid." She gives him a glass of water which he willingly takes. She pats his head.

"If it's true then I don't have a place for him in my house." Kyros says coldly.

"Even if he is, he is just a kid. Showing how he ran from there; it must mean he isn't aware." Zade takes the boy's side. Somehow, he was feeling the same. Everything felt foreign to him. Once he saw Odin, his whole world came shattering down. He can only imagine what the boy must be experiencing.

"It can also be a trick. The Elders know we are onto them." Kyros tries to reason with them.

"And that doesn't mean we take it out on a kid. Let me talk to him." Inara assures his brother and crouches in front of Beta.

"Are you feeling okay?" she asks, contrary to what Beta thought she would.

"I...I am....." he stutters, looking at everyone. He looks a bit scared. And Zade notices that.

"Why don't we give them some privacy? He seems to be scared." Zade signals them to go inside. Kyros scoffs and stomps away first. Damon looks at Zade before going in too. He was a bit unsure of it. Same as Abir and Brent.

"I'll bring something to eat for you." Ivory pats the boy and heads towards the kitchen.

"He....can stay...." Beta speaks up, pointing at Zade. Inara looks at him, smiling. Zade takes a sigh and crouches in front of him.

"What you did back there, was amazing." He compliments him.

"I am sorry, I cannot bring him back." Beta puts his head down.

"Hey!" Inara hugs him, "It's okay. What you did, that was enough for us."

"Can you tell us how?" Zade asks.

"I don't know. The Elders kept me with them because of this." the boy replies.

"You really are the Elder Beta." The boy nods innocently.

"I can heal people if I concentrate. But I always faint afterwards."

"It seems to be impossible since your rank is Beta." Zade thinks, "Do you go to school?"

"No. I was home-schooled." Beta replies.

"From when have you been with them?" Inara asks.

"Since I was born, probably. They were the ones I always saw. They told me my father was dead and my mother abandoned me. That I was lucky that they found me." Beta says, sounding a bit sad.

Inara was about to hug him but Zade does it on her behalf. Inara looks at them lovingly.

"Well, you don't have to be sad. We are here for you." Zade rubs his back. He remembers this is how Odin would do this to stop him from crying.

x-x-x-x

"I told you!" Brent argues with them, "Victor was the one who brought in the new Beta! That was his interim deal!"

"Where would he even find such a kid?" Abir looks astonished. "He is a Beta. And from what I know, Beta don't heal people. I am pretty sure he is an Omega."

"It is suspicious that a young boy like him is an Elder," Damon says. "But you can't deny the fact that the Elders got a new Beta and the Elder Omega got healed. Any other explanation?"

Kyros takes a huff and sits down, his head between his hands. "I am more concerned about what Victor would do next. And now we have a supposed Elder in our house, taking refuge. Can this get more messed up?"

"You guys just keep on piling enemies." Brent casually says that and Abir attacks him.

"And whose fault is it? Huh?" Abir barks at him as Brent coughs.

"Leave him." Damon commands Abir, "We can use him as leverage against Victor."

"What makes you think Victor would let me live?" Brent scoffs. "I am better off dead."


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