[JER]
If there was a time when Jer needed the warlock who had made a bargain with him, then it would be right now, when he was watching his Luna clutch her womb that was closing slowly, although a fetus had been forced off of it.
It was the cruelest of things that the man had ever seen and the fact that he was still chained to the thorns, drove him nuts. There was just no way that this was real.
This had to be some illusion because the amount of cruelty was too much for an evening, much less under the moonlight that was watching them like it was the greatest aspect of life itself when he had lost more than he had bargained for.
"You promised nothing would happen to Malika!!!" Jer cried out, when he saw Mbali smirking at him, before she cast a spell on Elodie and Theo, so they were transported into the pack house, where they wouldn't be able to set foot out of.
It was cruel, and even as Jer mourned the innocence of the woman he loved unconditionally, the world was still staring. Everyone was watching him mourn and the misfits were cheering for it.
"Well, she lied to you. This is what you get for trying to harm someone way more powerful than you. Goodbye, Jeremiah. I hope to see you a week after the burial. You can only hope that it's not burials, seeing as there's just a fetus out here.
"Hope that your warlock can fix your wife or you will cost your wife her life. Don't worry, though, this isn't the last of lives from your kin we will be taking. One by one, your family will drop and we will enjoy every last bit of the blood from their bodies.
"Until next time," Mbali promised, as she stared blankly at the woman who was unconscious with an open wound. It wasn't going to be easy to see her like that, but this was just karma coming for Jer, taking away everything that he beheld dear.
When the mission had begun, no one had imagined that Jer would be this hopelessly in love with Malika. Sure, they assumed they would be together for the pack, but the progress had been perfect.
Perhaps it was the universe's way of protecting the girl who had been wronged by many.
Maybe at the end of the day, life wouldn't stay as bland, right? Especially now that Sicario was filled with the stench of their dead fallen and those who died because their injuries were not attended to time.
At Hawi's excitement, Rukiya, Adolf, Hudhayfah, Riley, and Mbali rushed into the tent that Hawi was in to see what this was about. Meanwhile, Malika was staring at Hawi like she wanted to disappear, even though it was impossible now.
"Yes, she did it!!" Rukiya and Mbali joined in, ignoring Malika's eye rolls like this was the best thing that happened to the woman.
"Hold on, she did what?" Riley asked, confused by the chaos of the tent. The excitement was a good thing, but without an expansion, they seemed like lunatics, especially Rukiya and Mbali who were simply joining the bandwagon.
"I don't know, but seeing Malika this distraught and Hawi happy, something food must have happened to Malika," Rukiya explained, before she realized how that sounded. And then she grabbed Mbali's hand and stopped her from jumping around.
"I think... I think we should not... Umm.. I think we celebrate Malika's devastation," Rukiya said, shaking her head as if to explain to Mbali that it wasn't the time for it. Then again, Hawi was still smirking at Malika.
"Yeah, that seems like a good idea... Yup, very good idea," Mbali said as she gave Rukiya an awkward thumbs up.
"Is it always this messy?" Riley asked Adolf who just stared at the tent ceiling as if there were answers there. Perhaps they would find a few in the end, right? Well, thanks to Hawi they are now too deep into Malika's business.
"This is better than normal, they are actually their best versions today," Hudhayfah said casually before he took a seat in the tent, paying no heed to the chaos that was going on right now.
It had taken him a while, but he had gotten used to this bunch of crazies, now he just had to wait it out and see what they would do.
"So, what are we celebrating?" Riley asked, seeing as no one was giving her good answers yet, or even reasonable ones.
"Malika and Elodie finally fucked," Hawi said excitedly while Riley stared like she was lost.
Surely there had to be a few loose screws in this squad, right?