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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Underage, Rape/Non-Con
  Category:
      M/M
  Fandom:
      Teen_Titans_(Animated_Series)
  Relationship:
      Beast_Boy/Robin_(Teen_Titans)
  Character:
      Beast_Boy, Robin, Justice_League_-_Character
  Additional Tags:
      Alpha/Omega, Mating_Cycles/In_Heat, dubcon, Hurt/Comfort, Humerous,
      Knotting, Multiple_Partners, topping_from_bottom, omega_Beast_Boy, Oral
      Sex, Anal_Sex, Anal_Fingering, Collars, Claiming_Bites, Happy_Ending
  Stats:
      Published: 2015-04-30 Completed: 2017-02-20 Chapters: 20/20 Words: 69307
****** Holy Knot Tying! ******
by SchmetterlingMaus
Summary
     Completed
     Beast Boy isn't quick to come to terms with his omega status in an
     alpha dominated superhero world.
     Heat rushed to his face at the implication. Instead he typed, “alpha
     anatomy.” The search results came with guides, charts, and graphic
     photos. His heart stopped.
     Holy Knot Tying! The blood completely drained from his face. Not
     happening. Definitely (k)not happening! Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! To
     think how this would work!
Notes
     All Teen Titan and Justice League characters belong to DC.
***** Chapter 1 *****
The small storage room was cold. Beyond the racks of extra restaurant supplies
that kept the closet crowded, was the large meat locker directly opposite the
door into the restaurant. Fried Chinese veggie rolls perforated through air.
The sound of the cooks scrapping and banging pots was barely muffled through
the closed door.
Garfield Logan placed another card down on the table. They were playing with
pennies, keeping the mood light with root beer and chips. He’d met Price online
and though the friendship wasn’t an immediate thing, the more they talked, the
more he found he had something in common with another person outside the day to
day heroic bond he had with his team. He liked having someone to talk to who
didn’t know his history, or even his alternate identity.
Price studied him for a moment before putting his cards face up on the table,
spread out. “I’m out.”
There was a surge of happiness in winning a round, though there wasn’t more
than twenty cents in the middle of the table, mostly pennies and a nickel.
Price had been teaching him to play poker for the better part of a month now.
His friend was three years older and just starting university. The older boy
dressed like a hipster, shaggy face and hair. His black hair was down to his
chin, somewhat stringy. Despite his looks, he was clean.
Price caught him staring as he shuffled the cards and threw him a sideways
smile. “Are you worried since you haven’t presented yet?”
“Dude, totally not a concern,” and it wasn’t.
Everyone in both Teen Titan Towers was alphas. The entire Justice League was
alphas. Every superhero was an alpha. So he hadn’t presented yet. Omegas were
nearly obsolete. There just weren’t very many, and though there were rumors
that a lot of omegas fled to some mystically hidden island, there really just
weren’t more than a handful of omegas born a year. Betas, on the other hand,
were plenty, and they weren’t superheroes…. The villains weren’t betas. It took
an alpha to fight an alpha and he’s fought a lot. He could carry his own weight
in battle. He was totally alpha.
Price raised an eyebrow. “Do you want to make a friendly wager on that?”
Garfield shifted uncomfortably. His skills at ‘gambling’ were getting better,
but he wasn’t sure this was what one would call a friendly wager. Not that he
doubted he was an alpha… the doubt wasn’t there at all… okay, maybe a fraction
of a doubt, so small it was a fracture… well, maybe the doubt was a little more
than a fracture, but he never really thought about it, because he kicked alpha
butt, so he HAD to be an alpha. “I don’t get it. What would be on the table?”
Price’s smile grew wider. “If you win, money, if I win, I get to bite you.”
Garfield shifted really uncomfortable now. He sized up Price. The older boy was
scrawny next to the people he was used to getting in scuffles with. His teeth
were white, strong, perfectly aligned; not sharp, but he was a beta and betas
didn’t use their teeth to bond. “So I can walk around with a huge hickey on my
neck. No thank you. Besides, it’s getting late.”
“Well, if you ever want to find out, you can always come to me. It’s not like
I’ll do anything one way or the other about it,” Price said. He acted and
smelled like a beta. Betas were not threats.
“I want dinner first,” Garfield joked, though panic was starting to ease
bitterly through his chest. He’d thought a lot about this for the better part
of a year, had been up many a night wondering why he was now seventeen, nearly
eighteen and hadn’t presented. He’d get way stronger; have better hearing, eye
sight and strength. He’d be able to know things, like the others did.
But he wasn’t beta, he knew that. In his heart, he wasn’t docile like them. And
a Beta biting him? It was funny to think he’d put his fate in the hands of a
beta… but who better, if it was going to happen, shouldn’t it be with someone
who he could easily overpower, push down and run from? Run? That wasn’t a very
superhero way of doing things, but if he was omega… no, he wasn’t.
He stood and stretched, taking comfort in the pull of his muscles, knowing that
they were there and that he was strong, solid and could take care of himself.
“Say I actually let you do this, what’s supposed to happen?”
“It might kick start your body into presenting. Either you’ll kick my butt as
an alpha and feel the need to prove yourself, or you’ll be omega and…” he
trailed off, and then cocked his head, narrowing his eyes. “Don’t you know
anything about this? They have classes in school that you start taking in the
fourth grade.”
Garfield snorted, his good nature bubbling back up despite the lingering
tension in his chest. Price hit a sore spot with him, something he tried very
hard to keep buried. “Look at me. Do you really think I’ve ever been to a
public school? I’ve been home schooled.” And those classes were replaced with
physical education. He had no interest in them, had never once thought about it
in all honesty. He’d never doubted he’d be alpha. His entire team treated him
like he was, in the training hall and in the tower. He was one of them, just
not presented yet.
“So you don’t know anything, about any of this?” Price asked, dubious.
Heat rose up the back of Garfield’s neck. Why would he blush about his
ignorance on the subject? Why was this subject even coming up? It’d never been
important. People were alpha or beta and he was a fighter. He was definitely
alpha even if he wasn’t showing signs yet. No sweat. No pressure. It wasn’t
like an actual test he had to study to pass. He had this.
“I’ll call you after I thought about it,” Garfield said. “But for the record,
I’m soooo not worried about this.”
When he stepped out of the little room and into the kitchen, the cooks were too
busy to notice him. He often wondered how Price secured the room when he was
obviously not part of the family owned restaurant. It was a small detail, one
that he was sure Robin would’ve looked into a long time ago, but he wasn’t
Robin, he didn’t have trust issues. He crossed to the back of the kitchen that
led into an alley behind the restaurant.
Once outside, his heart once again started racing. What if he didn’t have this?
What if he was an omega? He’d be one of nearly a dozen that were exposed each
year. No, he wouldn’t be exposed if Price was the one to test his aspects.
Price was a friend, he wouldn’t tell anyone and that would give him a chance to
think…
Which he wouldn’t have to do, because he was sooo not beta or omega. He was
definitely alpha.
So why was he still sweating and nervous?
oOo
The door clicked behind the young man, merely a child still and if he was an
omega, he’d always be considered a child, something small and fragile needing
to be protected. At first, Price had been warned before he’d been contracted
for the job, that he’d be dealing with someone different. He didn’t realize how
different they were talking about. The pale green tint to the teen’s skin was
unusual and no way at all could’ve been a tattoo. It was too thorough even down
to the depths of his pointed elf-like ears. Garfield had pine green hair, soft
and was growing long enough to curl around the edges of his ears. His eyes were
emerald green, catching the dim light overhead and sparkling in magnitude. His
fingers were long, like a surgeon’s, and his neck swan-like and almost
delicate. Despite his age, he was muscular, or as muscular as his body type
would allow more like a runner or swimmer, something smooth and graceful that
curved the body’s angles just right.
Price held his breath to wait for the tiniest details to change about the room,
signaling that he wasn’t alone. They never came. The masked man was able to
sneak in every time. The details of his features were hidden behind the
expressionless mask, but he was tall, and broad, giving off an alpha air. The
pheromones, he couldn’t smell, but no doubt the alpha was giving them off.
“Good work, Price. Now convince him to let you be the one to do it, right here
in this room,” the masked man said.
“I looked him up. You’re having me mess with a Teen Titan which isn’t cool. I
don’t want to be in the invited to that party when they realize someone’s
sniffing around their teammate.”
“You shouldn’t have gone looking into it, Price. Curiosity killed the cat.”
The threat made his skin crawl. Instead of looking at the man, he looked at the
corner of the room where one of the cameras he knew for sure, was placed. “I’ll
see what I can do.”
Every alpha wanted the legendary omega, a species that might as well be as
elusive as the proverbial unicorn, given that there were only twenty registered
omegas in the city and less than five hundred in the world.
***** Garfield's Research Dismay *****
Garfield stared at the blinking curser in the search box on the internet. He
could do this. He typed O.M.E. then paused. The word was so awful sitting there
on the bar. He immediately erased it. It would be forever imprinted in the
search engine and if anyone looked at his records, they would know he was
searching this word for information that he was never taught, because it had
never been important and it still shouldn’t be important… It’s not! He
corrected himself.
Heat rushed to his face at the implication. Instead he typed, “alpha anatomy.”
The search results came with guides, charts, and graphic photos. His heart
stopped.
Holy Knot Tying! The blood completely drained from his face. Not happening.
Definitely (k)not happening! Oh God! Oh God! Oh God! To think how this would
work! The images left him sweaty and nervous. He wasn’t ready for any of this…
if that was his fate, which it wasn’t, because he’d know if he was omega…
wouldn’t he? Wouldn’t there be some sort of sign?
He clamped his jaw shut when he realized the tiny, high pitched whine was
coming from him. The panic lingered, wrapping tightly around his chest, making
it difficult to breath.
Robin and Cyborg were built LIKE THIS! He tried to picture it and that was a
horrible idea, because it only made him more nervous. His hands shook. And what
about the older heroes? His mouth was suddenly dry as he immediately clicked
out of the searches he’d done. This was too much to think about.
He refused to think about it. He liked pizza, video games, arcades and horror
movie marathons. He still liked dressing up for Halloween! He wasn’t ready for
his life to become this complicated, which seemed inevitable if he were proven
to be omega. BUT he wouldn’t be! He knew that in his heart.
He wasn’t… he wasn’t this tiny, hormone driven creature that needed to plunge
onto something so… so… huge! He felt sick. His stomach flipped. His hands
trembled. This won’t happen to him. He was worried about the wrong thing. He
should be worried about developing a knot and shaft size that would take all
the blood from his head to fill.
The intercom cut the silence. “BB, your presence is requested in the training
hall.”
Garfield yelped, nearly knocking his keyboard and mouse off the desk when his
chair fell backwards. He lay sprawled on his back for very long minutes before
his breathing went back to normal and he could think. It must’ve been seconds,
because Robin was still waiting when he replied, “Understood.”
oOo
Garfield went down hard for the third time, his shoulder slamming into the mat.
His bones ached and his head throbbed. He kicked Robin, trying to throw him off
and his leader caught his ankle, pulling him across the mat. When Robin fell on
top of him, the lithe leader was surprisingly solid and took his mobility,
pinning him against the floor. It was the wrong time to notice certain things,
like how long Robin’s hair was getting or that he’d changed his vigilante
colors. His cupid bow lips pursed tight in annoyance was really the wrong thing
to be staring at and how his nostrils flared after a hard fight.
“You’re not paying attention,” Robin accused. His leader stood with easy grace
and backed up enough to give him room. “You let your mind wander during a fight
and you put your whole team at risk. What’s so important that you can’t
concentrate?”
Garfield sat up, feeling a twinge of protest in his low back and right
shoulder. He’d need a hot bath after this, but the promise for comfort did
little for the discomfort Robin’s question brought. He nervously drew his hand
over the back of his neck. “Sorry Robin, I’ll try harder.”
“I’m right here, Beast Boy,” he said.
Garfield felt smaller, realizing he’d been talking to the ground like a
reprimanded child. What was that about? He nodded, unsure what he should say.
Despite the mask Robin always wore, he could feel his leader’s disappointment.
“You’re more distracted than usual. I can’t put a finger on it, but you’ve been
very…”
“Docile,” Cyborg supplied.
Garfield was up on his feet, quicker than he should’ve moved after slamming his
head into the mat so many times, and he felt it too in the way his vision swam.
He pointed a finger at Cyborg. “I’m not docile! I’ve never been docile! House
pets are docile! I’m not anyone’s house pet!”
Where did that come from? It was clear from Star Fire’s open mouth that she was
surprised too. Raven and Cyborg were harder to read and he didn’t dare turn to
look at Robin. Instead, he forced his air in slowly, count, release, until his
breathing was normal and his thoughts were less chaotic. Easy, Garfield, if
they suspect something…, you’re in the den with lions.
“I’m calling it a night,” Robin said. “Everyone is dismissed.”
Garfield walked straight off the mat, grabbed his jacket and left without
looking at anyone. He thought distance would give him breathing room, but it
didn’t. He was hot around the collar. His entire body was hot. He was anxious
and nervous. It was a terrible waiting game now. Not for the first time today,
did he wonder if this was going to be his fate, guys stronger than him pushing
him around… and worst of all, would he like it?
oOo
He noticed something was off the minute his green teammate walked into the
room. Beast Boy’s stroll wasn’t nearly as casual. His shoulders were back, he’d
been alert on some level, like he expected trouble, but here in the tower, in
the safety of their home with all of Cyborg’s technology guarding their
sanctuary? It made Robin weary.
It wasn’t until he had BB on his back, did he smell it. It was slight, past the
baby powder and the distinct smell of their general body soaps and lotions that
was provided to the tower, was the smallest change in scent. It stirred
something alpha in him, something that he never had to deal with. Thankfully,
the smell wasn’t stronger…yet.
Star Fire floated over the mat, joining the small circle that had formed. Her
large eyes were weighed with concern. “What is going on with friend, Beast Boy?
He’s acting very strange.”
Robin frowned. If Garfield walked back in, he’d realize that they were all
staring at the door, the last image of him walking out. “He just realized
something we already had suspicions about.”
“Oh,” Star Fire said.
“More like uh-oh,” Cyborg said. “He seems to be freaking out, more than Star
Fire did when she went through her change.”
“We need to keep a close eye on him. He’s got a biology lesson coming that we
never really prepared him for,” Robin said.
“Why is this?” Star Fire asked with innocence. Coming from another planet, she
was removed from the earth’s social politics.
Robin turned to her, but found the others were watching him too. It wasn’t a
conversation he’d had with them, though he’d talked to both Bruce and Alfred
about this. His mentor and the Justice League agreed with him. Garfield was a
valuable member to their team and omegas, when thrown into their omega-gender
training at a young age, became inexcusably docile. Though there were natural
signs of an obedient nature in Beast Boy, he didn’t want to lose the fun,
cocky, easy going side of their teammate and friend. The last thing he wanted
was for Beast Boy to become timid and frightened. Explaining it in so many
words wasn’t nearly as easy.
Cyborg nodded his head. “True. He’s my little buddy. I don’t want anything to
change between us.”
“It will, when he changes,” Raven said. Her aura had darkened with her mood.
“His very nature is going to change and we’ll change because of it. Omegas are
so rare, we have no idea how our biology is going to holdup when nature takes
over. We need a plan of action that will keep him safe from us as well.”
“Friends, I do not have this problem,” Star Fire said.
“Can you go against all of us?” Cyborg asked. A wicked smile curved his lips.
He loved games and this sounded like friendly competition, that is, until
Garfield really was involved.
Star Fire’s eyes glowed. “You want to try this?”
“Game on,” Cyborg roared.
Robin excused himself. Raven was right. They needed a fail proof plan in case
nature was more than they bargained for.
Raven materialized in the hallway, blocking him from his path. “When it
happens, I think it would be best if you bonded with him.”
“That’s a decision I don’t want to make for someone,” he answered.
Raven’s face remained emotionless. “He’s going to lose all rights as a citizen.
He’s going to be given to a guardian or worse, handed right off to someone to
bond with. It will ruin his career with the Titans.”
“How much longer is there going to be a Titans team?” he asked. They were all
starting to drift. It wasn’t too long ago that he got the invitation to join
Young Justice, his first stepping stone into the Justice League.
“He looks up to you. We’ve all seen it. Your opinion means a lot to him,” Raven
said.
“An opinion is one thing, what you’re asking is for me to be the master of
another person,” he answered. He walked around her, grateful that she didn’t
follow. “I can’t do that.”
“Then I hope you’re okay when the final decision comes from the Justice League,
because his life will be in the hands of the most dominant alpha. Who will that
be, do you think? Have you noticed if anyone has their eyes on him?” she called
after him.
***** 3 days, 22 hrs and 30 mins. *****
Three days, twenty-two hours and thirty minutes. That was how long it had been
since Price laid the wager on the table. That’s when the very possibility had
started circling around in his head. It wasn’t going away either. It was a scab
that kept itching and if he gave into it, he knew the answer had a possibility
of being something he wouldn’t like.
Garfield was on the edge of bailing on this idea when he walked through the
steamy kitchen with all the pots of fresh food cooking. No one threw him a
glance, and he was grateful. He stood so long outside the closed door. A few
days ago, he’d have walked right in, threw food on the table and slid into the
extra chair. Now, he wasn’t feeling so lighthearted.
Price answered the door before he could knock and took a step back, startled.
“Gar, I thought you weren’t coming tonight.”
Heat rushed through him. He couldn’t even look Price in the eyes. “I’m not
really in the mood to play. I wanted to talk to you about something.”
“Yeah, sure,” Price scooted to the side, letting Garfield past. The room size
had never bothered him before, but his issue followed him like an elephant and
there was definitely not space for an elephant in a supply closet.
He fought for the words, but when he failed, he shoved his wrist up at Price,
who arched his brow in question. “You said you would bite me and it would tell
me if I was… was… whatever I am.”
Price’s laughter eased some of his tension. “Your wrist? You really don’t know
anything, do you? Have you even decided what you’re going to do if you are
omega?”
Garfield licked his dry lips. “I’m going to present as alpha, like everyone
else around me.”
“You don’t sound so sure. Do you really want to try forcing this early?” Price
asked.
Garfield nodded. Before he could move, he was up against the wall. Robin was
right; he’d been way too distracted lately. He froze with his fingers twisted
in Price’s shirt, nervous. His muscles were taut, ready to push Price back. He
shouldn’t have hesitated. Robin had trained him to move first and think second,
but here he was with Price’s minty breath warm against his face. Instead of
being pissed off, he was growing even hotter at Price’s masculine scent that
clung to his clothes, mixed with the clean smell of detergent.
“Is this going to hurt?” he asked.
“I don’t know, I’ve never been in this situation before, but probably, because
I don’t have sharp canines like most alphas,” Price answered. Those were the
least comforting words ever.
He tightened his muscle, ready to push Price away. “This is a bad idea. I’ll
present. I don’t need bite marks to prove what I already know.”
“But you don’t know, or you wouldn’t be here. Something happened. You’re not so
sure anymore,” Price pushed.
Garfield squeezed his eyes shut and tried to think past his pounding heart and
the blood that was draining from his head, making him woozy. Why was he no
longer certain? He didn’t have a solid answer, but there was the usual feeling,
like the annoying tickle in the throat right before the onslaught of a cold. He
just wasn’t sure anymore.
Instead of answering, he tilted his head. Price was silent, his breath warm on
the area of flesh he intended to bite. He could feel Price’s long intake of
breath, the way he held his breath and the way he tensed as he leaned in.
Garfield tensed too, holding tighter to the older youth, ready to push him
away.
“You still don’t know where an alpha will bite, yet you instinctually tilted
your head, exposing your neck,” Price whispered hot against his ears. “I think
you already know the answer, my friend.”
Panic pushed through him. Was he acting on instinct or just the allure of
having someone willingly come this close to his freakishly green and suddenly
very hot skin? “I changed my mind.”
He tried to jerk away, but Price caught his pulse between his teeth. The feel
of nerves being chomped sent all the blood rushing from his head in an instant,
leaving his ears drumming and his pulse hammering. The pain was explosive,
making every nerve scream in discomfort. Even as Price dislodged his teeth, the
ebbing ache didn’t cease. Price stared hard at him and he stared hard at the
older youth’s shirt, the plaid fabric was crinkled under his fists. He slowly
released his game buddy and took his first, unsteady breath.
“Nothing happened.” He hated how shaky his voice was. He wasn’t use to hearing
uncertainty from his mouth. Had he really thought he was going to suddenly
become omega over just a bite? He was right. There was nothing to fear about
any of this.
“Maybe you should let an alpha bite you,” Price said.
Garfield found the strength to slip out from between the wall and his friend.
There wasn’t much air in the supply closest, and he desperately needed more
space, somewhere to stretch his limits, to remind him that nothing had changed…
even if, way deep down inside, he knew it had.
“Garfield?” Price asked.
He shook his head. “I need to go.”
Price was saying something, but he didn’t catch a word as he threw the door
open and fled through the kitchen, out into the alley. The garbage left a
strong scent in the air, along with the many uses the alley had during the
night. He bent over, with one hand against the wall for support and tried to
vomit. Nothing happened, but there were a number of things stirring in him,
mostly insecurity.
Nothing happened… so why was that even less comforting than if something had?
His hands were shaking; the tremor ran to the core of his being. “Keep cool,
Beast boy.” He warned himself.
oOo
Slade rewound the video and watched it again, satisfied with what he witnessed.
The display had been over in seconds, but the camera caught the look of
surrender that crossed over the young Teen Titan’s face at the moment of teeth
connecting with his skin. Now all he had to do was let it go viral. Once the
cat was out of the bag, the real fun would start.
The alpha in him pondered the chances of keeping the little green teen, but
he’d never been one interested in the care and uptake of another. His interests
were far more devious. Destruction was the game. To watch the tower fall with
one loose cannon was far more appealing.
He pulled the clip from the computer and opened a link with the private email
of over three hundred villains, some of which were puny, but the others, the
much stronger ones, like him, would cause the most trouble. He added the clip
into the email with the title, unclaimed omega. Satisfied, he hit send. The
email clocked for a few seconds, than was gone into the digital world.
oOo
The room was closed off from the rest of the tower, yet he knew, as well as the
entire team that Beast Boy was capable of getting inside even the most secure
of places. He’d be more concerned about their green friend spying, if he
actually thought B.B. knew what was going on.
“We knew this was going to happen, one day,” Wonder Woman was saying. Robin had
to mentally shake himself back into focus. It wasn’t like him to drift, unless
he was working on a difficult case. There was nothing more than ethics tied to
this latest issue. “To be honest, we thought it would be sooner than this, but
we have a secure heat room here when Beast Boy goes into full heat.”
Batman and Green Arrow stood just behind her. Their faces were unreadable, as
always. He hoped his face was the same, careful mask. His thoughts were
chaotic, something he should’ve been able to control.
“I can handle my own people,” Robin growled.
She frowned. “You’re too close to the subject. When Beast Boy goes into heat,
you need people who are far enough removed to make the better decisions for
him.”
“We’ll see.” Robin closed out the communication and the screen went black.
Still, when he goes into heat, echoed in his mind. It was time to do some heavy
research on omegas. His first point of interest would be with Alfred. In all
the years he lived there, never had Alfred acted like an omega.
It didn’t help that something primal roved in his lower gut, serpentine and
tightly coiled. Blood was started to pool in his shaft, making it tight. A few
steady breathes and it went away, this time. What would happen once BB smelled
like an omega in heat? That was something he’d never smelled before.
oOo
Garfield stood in the shower, letting the scolding hot water burn lines across
his flesh. He didn’t cock his head and allow the water to directly pound on the
bite mark. It was still tender and bruised.
Stupid. How utterly stupid an idea that had been! Unless he walked around the
tower with a scarf around his neck, the bruise wasn’t going to go unnoticed. It
was shaped like a mouth had literally bit him, only the purple and brown
extended past the bite making it large and noticeable. Luckily it was only a
red and purple bruise, but the skin was never broken. Otherwise, it would’ve
been a scar that would be hard to explain otherwise.
He turned the tap off and toweled the droplets from his body. He dressed in
pajama bottoms and forwent the shirt, the bruise ached enough without fabric
rubbing against it. The closet bathroom opened up into his room and he flopped
on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. He was beyond exhausted. Every cell in
his body coaxed him to drift off into sleep. It was his mind working against
that promised reprieve that kept him awake, but not fully alert.
A hard knock on his door startled him from the bed. “Can this wait?”
“We need to talk.” Robin’s voice was solid through the wood, and Garfield was
sure he wasn’t even talking against it. Their leader’s voice carried in the
quiet.
He dashed around the room, grabbing his hoodie and pulling it over his head.
The fabric inside the coat was soft against his belly. It wasn’t something he’d
ever noticed before. It was startling, much like the knock in the quiet of the
night. The hoodie wasn’t enough to cover the marks. He needed a scarf. He dug
around his clothes pile before panic surged. He couldn’t find a scarf.
He faked a cough and inwardly winced. That was horrible! He knew he was faking
and Robin would too. Nothing escaped his leader’s super detective brain. “I’m
sick, come back in a week.” A week! What was he thinking? Like that was subtle.
“A week?” Robin mirrored his own surprise. “Open the door Beast Boy. I’m not
kidding.”
Okay, this was about to get super awkward. He pulled the hood up over his head,
low over his eyes, grabbed a tissue and pulled his hands into the long sleeves
so it would look like he was running a temperature, then he pulled the door
open. Robin, though lean, his dominance filled the doorway. Garfield fought the
desire to step back, or worse, sniff the air. He was an alpha too, as far as
anyone knew… including him. Price hadn’t proved anything. He faked another
cough.
Robin stared hard at him. “You missed dinner. I wanted to make sure you were
alright. You should go down to the infirmary. Raven has things to help with
your cold.”
Garfield sighed, and the following intake of breath brought with it Robin’s
scent. He smelled sharp, like sandalwood and soap. Garfield lowered his head
before he realized it, the hood dropping low over his face. Robin took a step
into the room and BB quickly stepped back, putting distance between them. The
window was still open, serving as a quick escape if his pulse raced any faster.
Again, with the running. Heroes didn’t run. But would anyone blame him on this
one? Omegas were rare and if he was an omega… what did that mean for his future
as a hero?
Robin eyed him and he felt that his leader was seeing everything with x-ray
eyes, that he was aware of the bruise on his neck and what he’d been up too.
When nothing was said, he had to hold the sigh of relief, afraid Robin would
notice the sudden lack of tension in his shoulders. It was better if the
captain thought he was tense because he was sick.
“Come down for dinner. Star left your food in the fridge,” Robin said.
Garfield nodded, grateful when Robin left. Maybe it wasn’t going to be so bad.
The bruise would go away and he could say the cold wasn’t as bad as he thought.
oOo
Every hair on the back of Robin’s neck prickled when he heard BB tell him to
come back in a week. It wasn’t until he came into his room that he could tell
why. BB claimed to be sick, but his teammate was a little paler than his usual
shade of green. He kept at an angle as if he were hiding something. The smell
of water and body wash was fresh on his skin, but it didn’t hide the
underlining scent of an omega in stress.
It took every ounce of control to turn and leave BB in his room alone. The
window was open. He’d clearly gone out for the night and something had upset
him. He didn’t like this and he didn’t like how much it affected him.
***** Surface Deep *****
Chapter Notes
     Thank you for the kudos, the follows and the reads. The comments have
     really helped direct my thought process. I originally thought this
     story would be cute, but I can never seem to pull off "cute" without
     a little dark, or going fully dark in the process. I have a feeling
     this story could get dark. I'll try to reign myself in. :)
     Also, Miss Lucy Jackson, thank you for the structural guidance. I'll
     try to watch how much I do the name change for Beast Boy. I noticed
     even as I edit this and my own projects, I get too far in my head and
     forgot the writing rules. :)
     Tyshianagrace: Yep, Robin is transitioning into Night Wing. I'm
     working on another story, way way darker, where he's already with the
     Justice League.
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Garfield stuffed two mini cinnamon buns into his mouth, licking the cream
cheese at the edges of his mouth. “The cold wasn’t that bad.”
He followed it up with a sip from his Oreo milkshake. He was really craving
sugar and in general, just food, like he hadn’t eaten in months. It was a
strange feeling, being hungrier than normal. There were a few nights when
Cyborg and he consumed three pizzas, but this morning, he was way hungrier than
that.
Still, nothing happened from the bite. All that worrying, all week, and nothing
happened! He was better than fine. He was great! He was an alpha! He was a
superhero! He just hadn’t presented yet… but he was definitely an alpha.
“You’re eating more than normal. Are you sure you’re feeling okay?” Raven
asked.
Garfield blinked, pondering a good answer. His entire team sat at the table
with empty plates. They already consumed their meat proteins, something he
could never willingly share in. He’d been so hungry when he sat down, consuming
plant based protein, tons of soy and tofu. He also consumed a great deal of
carbohydrates and an impressive amount of sugar. However, he hadn’t noticed
until now, how they stared.
“What? It’s not like you haven’t seen me eat before,” he growled, mildly
irritated. He wasn’t going to let them ruin this perfect day. To prove it, he
stuffed a tea dessert sized lemon pastry into his mouth. It was so good. The
sugar went straight to his brain, calming an itch he couldn’t quite explain.
That same itch was just under the surface of his throat and along his rib cage,
his inner thighs and his inner arms.
“It’s just, you know…” Cyborg started.
“You’re eating like you’re a pregnant Goobenger-Lington,” Star Fire supplied.
“Pregnant?” Beast Boy broke out in tears of laughter. “Star Fire, alpha men
don’t get pregnant on earth. We don’t have that genetic makeup!”
He didn’t quite miss the look Robin threw him before standing to drop his plate
off in the sink. That look stole the laughter from him. He was blushing.
Damnit! There was no reason to blush. He wasn’t hiding anything.
The emergency alarm tore through the awkward silence, saving him from his
quickly detracting thoughts. He jerked away from the table and moved to the
grid that encompassed the entire television screen.
“Penguin is at the City Hall. He’s never crossed over into our city before.”
Another red light flashed and when they clicked the details, it took them to
the park, “A-Mortal,” Cyborg hissed. “We need to let the Justice League know
he’s in town.”
“Another light!” Star exclaimed. Lights were blinking all over the map, in
close proximity and steadily getting closer to the tower.
“Gorilla Grodd is attacking the bank,” Robin said. “Something isn’t right.”
“I can take Gorilla Grodd,” Garfield exclaimed. The group shouted, their
individual statements were lost in jumbled statements.
“Beast Boy, stop,” Robin ordered.
The door went hazy and Garfield turned to look at it. Raven was tiffed on the
other side of the bubble. Was she trying to catch him? What were they thinking?
They were being way too uptight.
He paused in the doorway. They just stood there staring at him, horrified.
“Don’t worry. I’ll handle this quick and catch up with you guys.”
“Beast Boy!” Robin yelled.
There was never an issue they couldn’t handle and right now, he was the only
one strong enough to take Gorilla Grodd alone, while the rest of the team
needed to work together to take the others down. “I’ll catch up with you guys
as soon as possible!”
oOo
They were already in motion with Star Fire and Raven flying ahead of the jet
Cyborg operated. The screen came on and Wonder Woman was on the receiving end.
“We have an issue,” they said at the same time. He nodded and let Wonder Woman
go first.
“This came across our computer five minutes ago,” she said.
Her face disappeared, showing a video of Beast Boy presenting his neck. The
young man bit Beast Boy and the look on his face went from pain to surrender
within seconds. The older teen pulled away and Beast Boy took a second to
gather himself. There were no words and the tape was less than forty seconds
long, but that’s all it took for his shaft to grow ramrod.
“We’re dealing with an invasion of enemies in the city,” he reported, grateful
the new strain in his body didn’t reflect in his voice. His jaw ached with the
desire to fasten his teeth into BB’s flesh and mark territory that should only
belonged to him; the leader, the protector, and soon to be lover.
Instincts. That was all this was and he had to be better. He was the leader.
The group depended on him to make the better choices for them.
“Where is Beast Boy?” she asked.
“He went ahead to stop Gorilla Grodd. He doesn’t understand the risk he’s
taking. We’re on our way to get him first,” Robin answered. His pent up anger
was sudden. He should’ve put his foot down. Earlier that week when something
clearly was bothering Beast Boy, he should’ve used that moment to explain to
him the situation they all believed was coming, but he hadn’t.
“I agree with your decisions. Protect Beast Boy. We’re on our way to help the
city.” There was no goodbye. There was nothing.
“You didn’t tell her that he’s going into estrus,” Cyborg said. “I never seen a
Goobenger-Lington, but Star Fire was right. He was acting like a pregnant
something.”
“Not pregnant,” Robin replied, feeling the tightness in his jaw, mirrored only
by the discomfort in the tightness of his crotch. “You’re right, he’s going
into estrus. He’s eating so he can fast during mating.”
“What’s the plan, Robin?” Cyborg asked.
Robin gave his brain a mental shake. That was the real question. What now? “He
needs to understand his place when he’s in heat.”
The larger teen snorted. “He’ll accept you as a captain, but I don’t think BB
is going to be up for alpha showcasing,” Cyborg stated from the front of the
aircraft. “What was that he said in training? Oh yeah. I’m nobody’s house pet.”
“As an omega, he’s going to need to understand his place with the team,” Robin
stated. A primal part of his brain added, knotted right under me.
They were jetting over the city. Raven and Star Fire weren’t within visual. As
they neared the bank, his stomach tightened. He had to do what was best for
Beast Boy, and that meant let him go through his first heat without anyone
touching him. He had to protect him. And then he had to decide if Garfield
would go to a guardian or a mate.
oOo
The bank was a straight shot, right over the park. Beast Boy flew higher, to
stay out of A-Mortal’s view. His mind was so busy thinking about his entrance
into the bank as the warm wind drew under his wings, pulling him higher into
the sky. At first he didn’t register the sudden lack of mobility in his right
wing. The pins and needle pain started to spread through his body, dragging him
towards the earth.
The wind whistled against his ear drums as he kept his wings straight, coasting
lower and lower to the ground. He rode the warm draft downward, past the park
where his sharp, hawk vision caught A-Mortal tearing a swing set out of the
ground. Garfield shook his head, before he realized his thoughts were drifting.
They never drifted this badly. It was almost as if… as if… he was under the
influence of sedatives, something he was too painfully familiar with.
His body swooped lower, past the bank where Gorilla Grodd stood on the cement
staircase, looking as though he were waiting. His gorilla horde waited on the
surrounding building tops, still as statues. He tried to focus his mind on
looping around, but he kept going downward; past the local high school,
extremely close to the bridge until the wind shifted his direction and he
drifted down into the heat soaked stench of the auto junk yard.
He shifted his molecules into his human form the minute his feet touched the
firm ground. He waited, hunched and searching for normalcy within his vitals.
He lifted his arm, finding the source of his sudden incoherency. He plucked the
pencil thin dart from his arm and examined it. It was solid metal and had a
tracer on the tip that blinked. He looked up when the air rippled.
“Kyd Wykkyd?”
The H.I.V.E. Five member didn’t answer, though he never spoke. Garfield shoved
himself off the ground and tried to face him head on, but his foot slipped on
the debris and it sent him sliding into an alcove of flattened and stacked
cars. It did little for his vision. The sedative in his system was a pressing
weight at the back of his head begging for him to lie down. If Wykkyd touched
him, he would have even less of a chance to fight if they were transported
somewhere outside his advantage, like the H.I.V.E.
Kyd Wykkyd held up the transmitter and Garfield stared at it, confused. He
must’ve dropped it when he fell. He wasn’t thinking straight. But who darted
him? “Are you giving it back?”
Kyd Wykkyd made an upward gesture, silently saying look. Garfield swallowed the
lump at the back of his throat as Kyd dropped it and stomped on the transmitter
until it was broken plastic and the light was dead. Friend or foe? This was
suddenly confusing and he didn’t have the brain power to process it.
“Don’t you work with the H.I.V.E.?” Garfield asked, sure that the H.I.V.E. Five
member wouldn’t destroy a transmitter that cost well into the hundreds.
Kyd Wykkyd barely shook his head before he jolted forward, eyes wide with
shock. The silver boomerang flew towards them and attached itself onto Kyd
Wykkyd’s neck with a solid click. His fingers went to the device, clawing it
with such ferocity that his nails left marks in his skin.
“What the hell is that?” Garfield asked, stepping forward.
“Look H.I.V.E., two for the price of one. It really is our lucky day,” a voice
echoed as the numerous copies of Billy Numerous sang out.
Kyd Wykkyd moved to his side, nearly tucking himself behind Beast Boy. More
members of the H.I.V.E appeared and a few of Billy Numerous’ copies
disappeared, allowing them entrance. Gizmo was taller now, but still had his
metal backpack strapped to his back. Mammoth remained big, like a prehistoric
genetic cross between a human and a saber-toothed lion.
“Mmm, a little Teen Titan,” Mammoth said.
Garfield tightened his jaw, refusing to mention that he wasn’t all that tiny
any more. Years of service with the Titans helped his shoulders to broaden,
maybe not like the other males in the organization, but he wasn’t small either.
The small group moved in and the sweeping wind brought the strong smell of
presented alpha. Great. Everyone was presented, but him. That’s fine, he was
still strong in his animal forms.
Kyd Wykkyd made a move, but Mammoth was quicker, catching him by the throat and
slamming him hard against the cars. Garfield focused on an animal that could do
more than knock the men around. He focused on something that would put them
down for the count. Only problem was… his body wasn’t doing a darn thing.
Gizmo laughed, stepping into the mix. He sniffed the air. “Wykkyd’s heat is
coming. Beast Boy probably has another week.”
“I’m not an omega,” Garfield hissed. The group laughed. That wasn’t the
response he expected. He fisted his hands, trying to force his change. The
forced concentration made his temples ache, followed by pressure behind his
eyelids.
Gizmo chuckled. “This will be your first heat, Beast Boy?”
“Mmm, first heat,” Mammoth growled in approval.
Gizmo handed Mammoth a collar, one that matched what Kyd Wykkyd wore. “I hope
your jaw can expand enough to take a knot. We’ll get you knotted on both ends.”
“Forget waiting,” Billy Numerous’ doubles echoed.
Mammoth approached and Garfield lunged at the massive hand holding the collar.
He latched his teeth onto Mammoth’s knuckles and got a roar for his effort and
a hard backhand that sent him up against the metal. He lunged at Mammoth again,
determined to get his point across.
“Are you serious?” Gizmo growled. “You can’t fight us. You’re out numbered.”
Their scent was nearly as clouding as whatever was in his system, but he
refused to go down. He wasn’t going to allow the group to gang bang him because
they thought he was an omega…
Thought… Jesus, he really hoped it was just a thought. But his body felt
strange, lighter. He had difficulty concentrating and strategizing.
Mammoth’s hand was bleeding, but that didn’t detour the massive beast and the
anger that made his eyes stone cold. Without his ability to change, Mammoth
massively outweighed him, but he’d rather go down a warrior than a coward. He’d
die before he let an alpha fuck him.
“Uh-oh, I think we pissed off the little green teen,” Gizmo said. There was a
second of a pause before his lips curled into a sneer. “But its difficult doing
anything about it isn’t it, Beast Boy? By now, you’re noticing your body isn’t
cooperating with you.”
Mammoth grabbed him by the shoulder and squeezed. The pressure nearly sent him
cowering, but that would be submissive. He would show them who he was; a Titan!
He leaned into the hand holding him and sunk his teeth into the man’s thick
arm. Blood gushed into his mouth. He choked, determined not to swallow it. He
didn’t let up until Mammoth swung him into the stacked cars again. The impact
vibrated through his bones, making his ears ring.
“It’s cute you think you can fight the alphas off,” Billy Numerous doubles
spoke in chorus. There was a hand on his shoulder, than two more on his arm,
pressing him back, making him immobile.
Before he could register what was happening, sharp teeth sunk into his neck.
His pulse jumped to the back of his throat. Nerve endings fired sporadically
through his system, and something in his brain gave in. He was leaning into the
hot mouth on his throat. His body curved into the other, seeking heat and
comfort and… and…
“Did you sigh like that for him too?” Only one Billy whispered against his
cheek, licking the ridge of his ear with his hot tongue. “How does a Teen Titan
find himself in a pantry with a beta? If that had been me, you never would’ve
left the room.”
“Oh…” That… That wasn’t good. What happened? How did they know about the
pantry? And Price?
He needed to clear his head. He needed to fight.
“He is closer to estrus than I thought.” Gizmo now stood at their side. His
hand slid to Garfield’s crotch and gave it a small squeeze before his fingers
dug lower between his thighs.
Garfield jerked from Billy and punched Gizmo. The feel of his knuckles coming
into contact with cartilage was satisfying. The young villain jerked back when
blood exploded from his nose.
“Fucking bite him again. Force his heat,” he ordered, holding his hand over his
nose.
Billy multiplied again and hands were already shoving him back into the ground,
forcing him down and yanking at his clothes. He kicked, just to have his ankles
grasped. He tried to punch, but his wrists were pressing down into the dirt.
Mammoth moved forward. “An omega threatening an alpha? Time to know your place,
breeder.”
“Kid, omegas have only one place in society, ask your alpha heroes,” Billy
said.
“Maybe he doesn’t know what the Teen Titans or Justice League has planned for
him,” Gizmo said. He held a white handkerchief over his nose, spotted with
blood. His eyes were watery and dark, clearly pissed.
Billy grinned. “Did you think they were going to keep letting you be a hero
once you presented? Omegas belong pregnant, barefoot and house bound. They live
to serve the knot, any knot. Maybe they were going to pass you around.”
Garfield held his breath, trying to make the headache go away. “That’s not
true. I’m not an omega.”
“I can smell it,” Mammoth said.
Mammoth came towards him and a black bubble encompassed the large alpha. A
screech followed a shadow that passed overhead, then golden rings of energy
whacked Gizmo. Billy Numerous jerked into action. It was Kyd Wykkyd that forced
Garfield to his feet, but he couldn’t find purchase with the way he kept
shivering.
The Teen Titan jet landed and both Cyborg and Robin jumped out when the bubble
top popped open. A sudden overwhelming sense of vulnerability crashed into him.
He couldn’t fight. The bite made his skin tighten and crawl. The fight was a
blur of colors and the only thing he could focus on was the deep rooted growls,
the smell of blood and testosterone. It made his temperature sweltering hot in
his tight spandex hero suit.
Maybe if he turned into an animal that didn’t have these problems… But it would
still be his body, his status coming to light, his new role in life.
Maybe he doesn’t know what the Teen Titans or Justice League has planned for
him.
He turned to Kyd Wykkyd and tugged on the silver collar around his neck. There
wasn’t a latch, and though he could see where it connected, there wasn’t a
release button. He tugged on it again, until Wykkyd’s fingers caught his wrists
and stilled his movement. Wykkyd met his eyes and gave a small shake of his
head. Was he saying this was useless?
“I don’t think it’s safe for you,” he said. Talking made the nerves and muscles
in his tight throat ache. It made him painfully aware of the sensitivity not
only in his skin but in his other senses too.
The battle grew louder, more vicious. The word omega was thrown around, making
the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. The H.I.V.E. called him an
omega. Some of the fights they’d been in were violent, but this made his skin
crawl.
Cold fingers on his jaw drew his attention back. Wykkyd was staring hard at
him, as if he wanted something to be clear. He pointed a finger to himself, and
then placed that same fingertip on Garfield’s chest. Garfield shook his head.
“I don’t know what you want.”
Cosmo flew over their head, crash landing into the cars just beyond the alcove.
Kyd grabbed his wrist and gave him a yank to follow, but he shook his head. Kyd
wasn’t ready to give up. He tried a little harder, and Garfield slipped from
his hold.
“They need my help,” he said.
Kyd Wykkyd’s brows furrowed and he shook his head. The tug was less than
friendly, but he gave up quickly enough, disappearing behind a low gap in the
way the cars were laid on top of each other. Garfield turned back to the
fighting group. The heavy smell of blood was in the air, along with a smell he
really liked. It made his stomach tighten and heart quicken.
He shook his head at the creeping thought. His mind wasn’t as quick to be rid
of the way the smell affected him. His attention roved over the alphas locked
in battle, until his attention landed on Robin, surrounded by Billy Numerous.
The smells were new to him. His animal side smelled the team he fought with. He
knew the scent of everyone in the Justice League and even the solo heroes, but
this was different. He smelled something completely different now, and he
really liked it.
He swallowed hard. Action was the only way to get his mind off the slowly
building pressure in his lower spine. He rushed forward at the numerous bodies,
switching his direction when he caught wind of the really Billy. Their bodies
collided and they went down hard. Within a blink, he was on his back with Billy
pressing his hardness into his thigh.
“Tsk, tsk, omega. Already in heat. Can’t wait for a knot?” Billy’s lips brushed
across his cheeks and his skin flushed.
Before he could kick the older teen off, gloved hands grabbed him by the
shoulder, pushing him back. The H.I.V.E. was subdued, but his own heart was
racing as he sat on the ground, dizzy.
“Friend Beast Boy! Thank the stars you are alive!” Star Fire shrieked. Her arms
were open to hug him and he immediately stepped away. “We went to the bank, but
you were not there.”
“Gorilla Grodd?” He inquired. Once again, he felt uneasy with the company.
“The Justice League is dealing with the town issues,” Robin said.
The Justice League was in town? His heart sped up. He needed to stand, but he
couldn’t find the strength just yet.
One scent was painfully obvious among the group of alphas. This scent smelled
like sword polish and primal, almost roguish musk. These weren’t smells he
should’ve discerned. These weren’t scents that should’ve made his toes curl
when he was already painfully familiar with them.
It was Robin that broke the silence again when the group stood there staring.
“You’re bleeding. We need to get your cut clean.”
Garfield tentatively touched his neck and winced. It hurt, but the wave of pain
sent heat rushing to his belly. He swallowed hard. “I’ll survive. We need to
help the Justice League. This is our town.”
“No.”
Garfield looked up when he realized his attention was on the ground. What was
he thinking? Robin’s eyes were dark and hard behind the mask. He was taller,
shot up like a weed two summers ago. His chest was broad, his shoulders corded
and his waist lean. He wasn’t a kid anymore. None of them were. And they were
all drifting. He saw the letter that came in, addressed to Robin from the Young
Justice League.
And those emotionless eyes were staring at him so intently. Robin’s nose was
flaring, but he didn’t move closer. Garfield swallowed hard.
He was so dizzy. His brain was fuzzy and his skin needed to be doused in cold
water. Worst, the pressure was moving low into his gut, making his insides
pulse. It was Robin’s scent that was confusing him. He fought the desire in his
body that made him want to roll onto his hands and knees. This feeling was raw.
It was new. And it was unwelcomed.
I’m no one’s pet. I’m no one’s fetch dog. I’m no one’s house bound omega.
Star move in closer and he was careful not to step away, though everything
inside him screamed that he needed the space when he got to his feet. “You’re
face, Beast Boy. Did you purposely run into a wall?”
The tension in the air said they knew he was different now. They could smell
it. God, everything inside him said his leader could smell it. Was Robin
disappointed? That’s why no one was mentioning the elephant in the room. No one
whispered the “o” word while his neck was bleeding and his skin was sweltering
hot.
“We need to get back to the tower,” Robin said. He glanced back at the alcove.
“Where is Kyd Wykkyd?”
“I- I don’t know,” Garfield said.
“He’s part of the H.I.V.E., Beast Boy,” Robin said.
Garfield widened his stance. He didn’t want to fight about this, especially
with his swollen check and the way his neck pulsed. “He’s not part of the
H.I.V.E. They wanted him.”
He wasn’t about to tell them that they’d wanted the both of them, though Raven
saw the collar Mammoth was going to place on him when she swooped in.
“Kyd Wykkyd is gone, but he left the collar behind,” Raven floated over to them
and suddenly stopped. She lifted her head taking in the air and her face
hardened. “Oh.”
Oh. That word summed it all up. Even Robin’s features hardened. He didn’t like
this at all.
“Get in the jet,” Robin ordered.
Garfield swallowed. “We need to talk first.”
“Not here, Beast Boy,” Robin warned.
Garfield swallowed his anger. “Yes, here. You can’t order me around like I’m a
child!”
Robin took a step forward and he immediately took a step back. The hairs on his
neck stood on end. His entire body felt like a feather and at any second, it
would go adrift with the wind.
Robin stopped moving, his face hardened. “Don’t run or this is going to get
worse.”
“How bad do you think it already is?” Garfield countered, taking another step
back. It felt bad too him, and it was his body that went foreign on him.
There was no way he was going to be able to go up against Robin in combat.
Eighty percent of the time they went hand to hand in combat, he ended up on his
back. Robin had the strength and the weight. Now that their leader was nearing
the end of his teens, he was also strategic and clever.
Garfield’s greatest strength was in his animal assets when he morphed.
“If you run, you are going to force me to chase you. Your body will naturally
release dopamine to your brain. It’s okay. This is expected for an omega in
heat and searching for his mate. Your serotonin level will rise when I catch
you. You’re biology is going to work against you when your instincts kick in.
You’re going to want to bond.”
Garfield snorted. “Chemicals? Bonding? I have no idea what you’re talking
about. I’m not an omega. I don’t want to be treated like one. I’m not going to
cook for the league and stay home all day so you…” he swallowed. “So you can…”
Okay, he really couldn’t throw what he wanted to throw into their faces because
they were staring and he was bleeding and uncomfortable about his hot skin and
the way the world suddenly smelled. “I’m just not going to do it, you know.”
“Robin?” Star Fire mumbled behind him.
Garfield could see it as clear as Star Fire. During their conversation, Robin
was braced for the challenge. Garfield sighed. He couldn’t outrun any of them
as a human. And what if Robin was right about running? What if it did do
something to his body? If he was omega…
“I’ll go with you, because I need to shower and change my clothes, and not
because I was ordered to,” he said.
He didn’t start walking towards the jet until Robin’s stance softened. He let
the group come near close, careful not to give any of them a reason to bind
him. He had to think his way through this.
***** The Edge Off *****
Chapter Notes
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“Someone needs to go with him while he showers,” Raven said.
Robin glanced at Beast Boy. The smaller Teen Titan leaned against the wall with
his arms crossed. His mid-shoulder length hair clung to his face with sweat.
Even at seventeen, the pouty, disapproval only softened his face. His clothes
were torn, his cheek was bruised and his throat was bleeding. The sweet smell
of omega near heat mixed with sweat soaked latex costumes filled the narrow
hallway.
“Dude, I’m standing right here. I don’t need a chaperone. I’m not five. I’m not
going to drown in the shower,” he hissed, completely missing the true rationale
behind their conversation. He waved his gloved hands over his cheeks miming
fish gulls. “I can turn into a fish, remember.”
“Agreed. Someone should go with him. The Justice League is going to be here
shortly and I think it’d be better if the wound was clean,” Robin said.
“You’re the leader, you should go with him,” Cyborg said.
Beast Boy pushed away from the wall, turning his back on them. His lithe form
stood still a fraction of a second to deliver his declaration. “I’m showering
alone.”
If he was shaken by the close call, he didn’t let on. He was holding strong,
but the younger Titan’s shoulders were tight. He was leery of all of them. A
cornered animal would fight. They had to be cautious how they approached this
situation, because Garfield’s instincts were animalistic. Beast Boy in human
form was easy to manage, but he was capable of taking on many forms that
outranked even Robin’s best skill.
“Flight risk,” Raven stated, under her breath.
It was exactly what he was thinking.
“You’re freaking me out Raven, quit it,” Beast Boy hissed at the end of the
hall, turning to face them. His emerald green eyes were bright from his
elevated temperature. His ripped suit exposed muscular flesh underneath, but he
was lean. He’d always be lean. “I’ll meet you perverts back in operations when
I’m done.”
Robin’s thoughts drifted to the ever present weight of his knot at the base of
his shaft. That was the wrong direction for a leader to head.
Cyborg placed a large hand on Robin’s shoulder, drawing his attention. “Teen
Titans aren’t go’in to be around forever man. Someone is go’in to have to watch
out for the kid when we disband. And you know BB. He thinks he takes care of
us.”
“We’ll discuss this when the Justice League arrives,” he said. In that short
discussion, he missed Raven and Star Fire slipping out of the hallway, leaving
them alone. It was only after Cyborg followed, that he realized he was the last
one to do exactly as he had ordered the others to do; watch Beast Boy.
His throat was dry. It didn’t throb like his shaft wanting contact with the
virgin hole. He glanced back down the hallway, truly finding himself alone. He
couldn’t give Beast Boy too much free reign without worrying the omega would
hang himself with all the metaphysical rope.
He made it to Garfield’s private quarters and punched in the code for the
keypad door. He knew everyone’s code, but respected them enough never to use
it… until now. At this very moment, Garfield lost his rank within the tower.
While the shower was running and steam filtered through the cracked bathroom
door, Beast Boy was unaware that he lost all equality with his tower mates and
within society.
The Justice League would decide Garfield’s fate, because he couldn’t. The city
was his mistress. That’s how he was raised. An omega would slow him down. He’d
be like any alpha with an omega; concerned, overly protective, and possessive.
It would distract him from what he was raised to do; to defend the city.
The shower knob squeaked and the water cut off. The shower curtains brushed
against the rod as they were pulled back. Garfield’s wet feet slapped onto the
flooring; obviously, he was missing a bathroom mat. There was another groan,
but Robin couldn’t put it in context. The sink came on, briefly. The cabinets
were opened and shut. He tried to piece Garfield’s routine together, then
realized how intimate that was. He couldn’t get overly familiar with the team
mate he was giving up.
The door open and Garfield stood in the doorway with a towel barely clutched
low on his hips. The tips of his wet hair brushed his shoulders. He pectoral
muscles were strong and flat and his abdominal muscles tight and lean. It would
take years of inactivity to get his body perfect to carry a pup. None of this,
however, seemed to cross the royally pissed off omega’s expression.
“I can tie my own shoelaces, daddy,” he growled, moving into the room.
The sarcasm wasn’t lost on Robin, but the inclination only drew heat along the
back of his neck and down his spine. He’d be a good daddy. A protective daddy.
He wouldn’t let anyone around his omega…
Garfield turned his back, apparently pretending the alpha wasn’t there, but he
was sure Beast Boy… No; it was Garfield now that he lost his hero status, could
smell him just as sharply.
Robin tried to breath shallow, refusing to be influenced by the subtle scent.
“Until you’ve bonded with an alpha, you’re a flight risk.”
Garfield loudly shoved his dresser open and closed, grabbing his clothes.
“Should I be mortified that you want to watch me dress?”
Robin kept his mouth shut. Despite Garfield’s complaining, the young omega was
still naked with a towel wrapped around his waist, but he wasn’t moving too
quickly.
“Right,” Garfield grumbled. His heart picked up its pace. He was most
definitely a flight risk. He crossed the room with a finger pointed at Robin.
“This is super annoying. If we had upper management, I complain.” He thought
about that for a moment, his brows furrowing in thought. The omega had a lot of
thoughts and sometimes they streamed together in conscious unity and sometimes
they were immature and garbled. “Forget it. I forgot what I’m up against.”
“And what do you think you’re up against?” Robin asked, mindful that there was
less than a foot between them. He allowed the omega to talk over him as he
remained in the chair. It gave Gar a false sense of security.
Garfield’s brows furrowed more. He swallowed hard. “You think that I’m… I’m…”
“An omega?” he supplied.
“Yes, that’s obvious. We know that I am. But you think I’m… I’m just going to
mate and I’ll be fine with it?”
“You might be hours or minutes from your heat. Get dressed and we’ll discuss
this in the main operations,” Robin ordered.
Garfield swallowed. A small shiver made his shoulders tighten. “I respect your
authority as a captain, Robin, but I’m not going to submit to an alpha.”
“You can’t stop your genetic impulses,” Robin said. He knew a great deal about
genetic impulse. It was currently confined in his pants, wanting nothing more
than to be confined in Garfield’s tight channel. He mentally shook that
thought. He had too much authority over Garfield. It wouldn’t be fair even if
the omega was more than willing.
“Watch me,” Garfield growled. Despite his comment, he didn’t take a step back.
His pupils dilated and he swallowed hard. His face softened. “You… you smell
different.”
That was a loaded statement. There were no books written from the omega
prospective; what they smelled, how they felt, how bonding effected their
mentality. What made omegas completely give in to the alpha? It was physically
there in front of him, yet a very undefined and unexplored idea.
Garfield dropped his clothes and swayed. Robin barely sat up straight in the
desk chair before the omega straddled his hips. It was utterly unexpected,
stealing his breath when Gar knocked it from his lungs. “Garfield…”
“I just want to smell you. Nothing else,” Garfield growled.
The towel bunched up between their bodies, wet with shower water and warm from
the fevered omega’s skin. Robin kept his thumbs pinned in place at the edge of
the chair as a small voice in the back of his head warned him not to move. He
had to be still, like one would when observing a hummingbird poking around a
flower within three feet of them.
He took a deep breath of the omega on his lap. He smelled like their generic
body wash. He was clean, and his skin still wet from not thoroughly toweling
off. He wanted to lick the water drops from the hollow of Garfield’s shoulder.
He wanted to suck the pebbled nipples into his mouth. They were perfect, taut
and begged to be tongued.
“I will suffocate you with my pillow if you tell me this is instincts,”
Garfield mumbled, but the threat was empty. There was an underlining, nervous
tremor in his tone.
Robin took a steady breath and tilted his chin, exposing his neck when it was
clear his team mate had no idea how to do this. “Don’t be nervous. Smell behind
my ear, down my throat and under my chin.”
Garfield leaned in and brushed the tip of his nose against his skin. Robin was
instantly aware of two things; that the wetness seeping into his clothes wasn’t
all from the wet towel and that Garfield had a death grip on his shoulders. His
omega friend thought he had full control. He wasn’t aware that Robin was strong
enough to easily flip them, but he didn’t mind giving in to the green omega,
and allowing him to believe he was dominating the situation.
The omega subconsciously rocked his hips side to side instead of back and
forth. At first, it had the vibe of nervous energy, but all too soon, Robin
caught the characteristics of someone inexperienced with sex. He wanted to
catch Garfield’s hips and lead the slow movement. It was innocent on Garfield’s
end and oh-so-difficult to stay utterly still while the omega found his
bearings.
Garfield made a soft, mind blowing sound. It was an escape of air that was
barely a whistle of need. Robin inched his hands out from under him and
tentatively touched the terry cloth towel with his finger tips, raising it an
inch so he could touch fever warm skin. The omega’s breath hitched.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m going to take the edge off,” Robin said.
The pause between them felt long as he rubbed small, tight circles with his
fingers on Garfield’s thighs. There was little give to the tight muscle he
kneaded. Garfield was small, but compact from years of battle and practice. He
knew better than to do this, to take advantage, but his alpha brain was
starting to pulse like the very heavy knot trapped in the confines of his
pants.
“I don’t want to be topped or owned,” Garfield stated.
He pushed the towel a little higher, running tight circles, higher and higher
until thigh became the curve of his rump. Garfield buried his face into Robin’s
shoulder and his breath warmed his neck. It felt excellent. The small teen
gulped and his body shook with the effort. He was nervous.
“Trust me to do what’s right for you,” he said. He spoke these words many times
to his team when they were about to go into a fight when the odds were against
them. Now he used it, because he knew Garfield was more comfortable with the
captain and would always be.
The green Titan instantly relaxed, until Robin’s left hand came up to the small
of his back to stabilize him and pull him closer. His right finger went low
enough to feel the omega’s heated entrance. He circled the puckered muscle as
Garfield gasped into his neck, his fingers tightening lower on his arms, but he
didn’t reach around to stop him.
“Robin?” His voice was small and squeezed. He was scared, but the heat made him
malleable.
Garfield’s entrance was wet, not soppy, but defiantly wet. The muscle tightened
when he probed the tip of his finger into the taut hole.
“Breathe,” he whispered against Garfield’s cheek when he realized the omega
held his breath.
He pushed more, until he went past the first line of muscle. Garfield threw his
head back, moaning as the muscle in his legs flexed, gripping for stability.
“Please,” Garfield whispered.
Robin pulled him closer, not meaning for their crotches to line up. He was
aware the little omega could feel him through the flexible and thin material of
his clothing. His nails dug in deeper, threatening to bruise, but Robin
continued, pushing in and out of the tight omega hole with one finger until
Garfield’s breathing quickened.
“Please, more,” Garfield whispered. Not gone… The omega was fighting to stay in
control of his mentality.
Robin swallowed hard. The smell of omega was making his alpha brain want to
rut. He pushed his hips into the chair, determined to cement them. If his body
rocked into Garfield, it would be over. He would want to rut.
Instead, he drew out of the tight entrance, muscles clenched in protest and
Garfield cried in remorse against his neck. He fingered the tight hole with the
tip of two fingers, getting the second one wet before slowly dipping both in.
The muscle tightened and it took a few tries before it gave for both his
fingers to go up one joint. He moved in and out, slowly, until Garfield jerked
down and both fingers were buried up to the knuckle in his body. The omega gave
out a pitiful, wanton cry.
Garfield arched his back, exposing the long expanse of his swan neck and his
pert nipples. His stomach was lean and tight. Skin hugged taut, young muscle.
He hooked his fingers inside, stimulating a very small knot compared to what
Garfield was grinding against in his pants. He helped his friend keep his
motion by using the hand at his back, guiding the speed. Garfield couldn’t
catch his breath. A few tugs with his two fingers balled, catching at the rim
before going back up made his friend ballistic. He didn’t have much experience
with virgins, but it was innocently cute how sensitive and responsive he was.
Robin’s brain zeroed in on the teeth against his flesh. Garfield bit him! His
hands tightened around the lean body that rocked against his fully clothed
knot. God, he needed to sink it into the hole he was playing with. He slowed
the pull of his fingers until Garfield started to wiggle back, trying to put
space between them.
“Oh God!” Garfield whispered. It was pure panic.
Robin instantly uncurled his fingers before Garfield yanked back, ripping his
virgin skin on the false knot. With his hand on the small of the omega’s lower
back, he forced him back down against him. “Stay still, Garfield. I need to
catch my breath too.”
He needed to come down from the high. His rut was tittering on the edge and he
had to regain his composure, to stay the leader Garfield needed, because he
sure as hell wasn’t the alpha the younger Titan required.
“I bit you! Oh God! I bit you!” Garfield’s words shot out, slurred with panic
and with the daze of his orgasm.
Garfield was fighting his presentation too much. Omegas weren’t supposed to
fight their instincts. They gave into it. He was supposed to be compliant. This
didn’t bode well. If he actually knotted Garfield, there was a chance the omega
would’ve hurt both of them, trying to unhook them, or worse, fight for his
independence while being knotted. It would lead to traumatic stress.
Robin carefully wiped his slick fingers on the edge of the towel. If he licked
the slick, he was sure his alpha mind would flip a stitch and he would bury
more than his tongue into the virgin hole.
“Oh-My-God! Did I claim you?” Garfield asked.
Robin chuckled. “No. Sorry. It only works one way.”
“Grrrrrrah!” It was a slur of sounds as Garfield yanked himself from his lap
and picked up his clothes on the ground. “Just so you’re aware, this means
nothing. I’m not going to get knotted by some alpha in a rut coma.”
The omega retreated to the bathroom and Robin took that moment to adjust his
half-mast shaft. His knot throbbed at the base, and his mouth was hungry for
omega flesh. He wanted all of Garfield; his scent, his touch, his taste and to
give in return, his knot… his undying locality… his unwavering companionship.
The shower started again and Robin walked into the bathroom, turning on the
faucet to wash his hands, aware that his hips and crotch now smelled like the
omega’s slick. He glanced in the mirror at the bite on his neck. The skin
wasn’t broken and there wouldn’t be a bruise, but the flesh was red and
irritated.
The moment Garfield was out of the shower and dressed, he drew him from his
space and down the hall to his room.
Garfield stood in the doorway. “I... I’m okay right here.”
“Garfield,” he warned.
The omega entered his space, giving him peace of mind while he changed. When he
glanced back, Garfield’s back was too him, staring at the glass case of weapons
on display. It gave him a chance to glance down that gorgeous, lean and well-
worked body. Garfield stopped growing at five-foot-nine.
He was lithe, and muscular like a runner, compared to Robin’s gymnast body. His
hair and nipples were the same green as the skin of an avocado. His skin was a
softer shade of green, like the inside of an avocado. His pointed ears slipped
through the near-shoulder length strands and were pointed downward. He was
insecure and shy. It made Robin smile and he had to shake it. He was getting
too familiar with his best friend’s body.
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Cyborg’s voice came over the intercom. “Robin, the Justice League are here.”
“There are many of them,” Star Fire followed the comment. “And there are many
Teen Titans too.”
Garfield went pale. There was no denying this was important. The Justice League
never came to the tower. He glanced over at Robin, who was unreadable. Heat
brushed his cheeks at the thought of what they’d done.
“Don’t run,” Robin warned.
Garfield pressed his wet palms over his uniform. It was a terribly thin barrier
between the alphas.
He swallowed again, unable to meet Robin’s eyes. “You keep saying that and it’s
making me nervous.”
No resolve could prepare Garfield for the minute they walked into the main
operation room that served as their kitchen and living space. There were at
least thirty Justice League members present, fifteen solo agents, and a dozen
other Teen Titans. The smell of testosterone was in the air and all their eyes
were locked on him.
He lingered in the doorway for a moment, realizing that Robin did the same. He
took a breath and entered. No one talked until he was in the room and the door
was shut. This didn’t bode well with him.
“Has he recently been knotted?” Wonder Woman asked.
Heat rushed to Garfield’s cheeks, realizing that maybe, just maybe, they could
smell what happened in his room. He glanced over at Robin, now realizing why
the older teen wanted to change his clothes, but it hadn’t been enough.
“No,” Robin said.
Wonder Woman turned her eyes on him and he felt very small under her gaze.
“It’s important for you to understand that from here on, you’re going to be
supervised.”
Garfield shrugged, trying to feign indifference. “You mean held captive like a
fugitive.”
“You presented as omega. Slade sent this knowledge to every person we’ve fought
against and as you saw today, more than half of them are willing to destroy
Jump City in order to get to you. Therefore, it’s no longer safe for you to be
out of the house,” Wonder Woman said.
Here it came. The alphas were going to determine him a house pet. He jerked
into motion, pointing a finger back at her. The brevity was stupid, but what
the hell did he have to lose at the moment? “I’m not staying on house arrest
while there are citizens who need me! I can take care of myself.”
“Like you did back at the junk yard? Man, you didn’t even fight. You were on
the ground when we got there,” Cyborg interrupted.
“This is true, friend Beast Boy. Why did you not change into something large to
fight?” Star Fire added.
Heat rushed through his cheeks and down his neck. He was hot, burning hot, and
thirsty. He had to relax. None of them knew he couldn’t change. Of course
bluffing to a room of alphas would only go so far. “It was too small of an area
and I didn’t want Kyd Wykkyd to get hurt.”
The windows were closed, but the air conditioner was turned way down, nearly
chilling the room and dissolving most scents. Yet, the heroes kept their
distance from him.
“We need to decide on guardianship first,” Wonder Woman said.
“Guardians are second in line to knot if the lead alpha or alphas are not
present,” Cyborg supplied in a low whisper. “There could be as many as four
alphas voted in for you. It’s called a nest.”
The mention of a knot sent the vivid images he saw on the computer screen
straight to his brain. Fear mingled with the twist of anticipation in his gut.
He instantly hated his treacherous gut when it clinched low. He stared everyone
down, daring them to raise a hand, but it wasn’t intimidation that kept them
from raising their hands. He understood way too well the desire to have one
mistress, the city in which they protected.
His stomach cramped lower this time, painful enough to make him double over. It
quickly passed, but not without the phantom ripples of an orgasm less than an
hour old. When he straightened, a number of hands were in the air. He clenched
his teeth. The alphas were too sure of themselves. They were too positive that
he’d willingly accept the knots.
A quarter of the raised hands belonged to the Justice League. Five percent of
the solo heroes raised their hands and three Teen Titan, none of which he lived
with. He took a step back and a hand at his lower back stopped him. He knew the
gentle, commanding pressure of those fingers pressing into the small of his
back. It made him blush.
“Don’t move,” Robin ordered. He gauged the room as Wonder Woman jotted names
down.
“And who is willing to take on the responsibility of an alpha mate to this
omega?” She asked.
This omega? He lost his name. He lost his rank!
The room was cautious now. A few hands that hadn’t gone up before, were now
sliding up, but just a few; Green Lantern, Flash, and to the rooms collective
surprise, Batman. That was three of the four alphas, Cyborg had mentioned for a
nest.
Robin’s grip on his lower back tightened. If it weren’t for the gloves on his
leader’s hands, he was sure he’d feel nails digging into his skin. Possession.
He was aware of it like he was aware of Robin’s scent and the way he clenched
his jaw when he was fighting the desire to say something.
“It’s settled than. We’ll take care of the business with the alphas first, then
list ten guardians,” Wonder Woman said.
“I object,” Garfield said, stepping out of Robin’s touch and was grateful his
leader didn’t pursue. The alpha scents were starting to build pressure in his
sinuses. It made everything tight in his body.
“You can’t object. This isn’t negotiable,” Black Canary said.
“I want a change of amendment!” Garfield ordered. Short of stamping his feet,
which was something he strongly willed himself not to do, he wasn’t sure how
else to be heard. The alphas were talking over his head like he was … an
object… which was his greatest fear; to stop belonging with the Teen Titans.
“You can’t just throw your hands up in the air and think that’s okay. I’m not a
vote!”
“You can choose two of your guardians,” Wonder Woman offered.
The air squeezed from his lungs. He coughed on the offer. “I vote for no one in
this tower.”
“Calm down, BB,” Cyborg said, catching his arm.
He jerked out of his loose grip and when Robin got closer, he jerked away from
him as well.
“You need to calm down, Garfield. You’re sending a mixture of stressed omega
and heat intense pheromones in the air. You can easily start a fight right
now,” Green Arrow said. He was broad, strong and solid.
Garfield swallowed hard and straightened his posture when he realized his head
was starting to tilt. Price had mentioned it as presenting his neck. “You
realize what you’re asking me to do? I’m more cheetah than a freaking cheetah!
I can’t change my spots. I can’t change who I am. I was raised to fight. Now
you’re benching me!”
“Garfield,” Wonder Woman said.
“No!” He stepped back towards the door. He couldn’t fight and he knew he
couldn’t run, but so help him, he would give someone a bloody nose before this
was over.
“He’s going to need omega therapy,” Superman sighed, shaking his head.
“Agreed,” Green Arrow commented.
His heart was speeding. “It’s going to take more than talking out my problems
because this,” he pointed his finger at the room and took another step back.
“Is whack! And I know whack. I fight villains. This is whack!”
“Don’t run,” Robin growled. It was hardly audible, but his leader didn’t need
to be loud. His point always drove home, silent and true.
He shook his head. “And stay here, listening to how you’re going to all vote on
who is going to…” oh god! He was practically choking on the word because it was
a really, really big word, but he forced it out, “knot me? I don’t want to be
knot-tied to anyone. I denounce my service with the Teen Titans. I’m going
solo.”
Robin’s eyes narrowed. He realized that was something super stupid to say when
he planted himself in his leaders lap less than twenty minutes ago and brushed
his nose across his skin. Okay, it was super stupid to say, but he wasn’t
feeling okay. He was hot, flustered and his brain stopped processing the issue.
It found one solution and he’d be damned if he gave in to the only suggestion
his brain offered. He wasn’t submitting.
“You can’t avoid it. When it hits, it’s going to be consuming. You’ll be
incapable of making any decisions,” Robin said.
“I’m not done yet,” Garfield replied. He hated how his voice rose with anger.
“Done with what?” Robin countered. There was a hint of tension to his words. He
was losing his patience.
“Watching cartoons! Playing video games! Staying up all night eating pizza and
watching zombie movies! Fighting!” Jesus, how could none of them understand!
Just a week ago, he never thought about sex beyond handholding, maybe even
sharing a bowl of ice cream.
Now they were telling him he’d want a piece of anatomy that he’d never ONCE
thought about in all his years as a teen! It was disturbing. It was utterly
terrifying. The… the knot was so huge! The shaft! Hard, unyielding flesh that
was ramrod with purple veins that lined the underside of the blood swollen
flesh. Never!
Yet the thought made him shiver both inward and out. He hugged himself,
determined to contain the feeling.
“This isn’t going to change everything about you. You can still do these
things. No one is forcing you into having a child right now, though eventually
that feeling is going to be unrelenting,” Green Arrow said.
“Except you aren’t going to let me fight for the city. You want me to be a
citizen, a bystander despite what I can do.” He didn’t mean for it to be as
bitter as it sounded. He nearly choked on the bile of those words. His anger
was all consuming. So was the insufferable heat basking his skin.
“That is non-negotiable,” Wonder Woman said. “You don’t understand what an
omega means to society. To let you fight…”
“It’s not conceivable,” Green Lantern supplied.
Garfield swallowed, taking another backwards step towards the closed door. None
of them would ever understand. He was born and raised a hero. He couldn’t
change his thoughts on it any more than they could. “I’m not going to be tucked
away in a closet. The city needs me too.”
“You’re not thinking logically about this,” Aqualad said.
“Nothing about this is logical! I’m not going to be a proverbial unicorn to
your… your…” There were more words on the tip of his tongue that he wanted to
throw at them, but even he wasn’t ready to push the envelope, especially with
Flash, Green Lantern or Batman. Instead, he jerked his hand out at them, but
when no one’s faces lit with understanding, he realized he didn’t make it clear
he didn’t want to be a hole for their knots.
“Garfield,” Robin said.
“No.” The panic was rising. His stomach tightened and another wave of desire
made his shaft hard. He was definitely not wearing the right clothes. He needed
Robin’s fingers. He clenched his hand over the thin fabric covering his
stomach, trying to push those strange desires back inside him. They could
reside in his spine like a disease for all he cared as long as this only went
on privately without alphas bearing witness. “Bad dogs! All of you!”
His statement didn’t lighten the air. He took another step.
“He’s probably an hour away from going into heat,” Wonder Woman said.
“I’ll be the fourth alpha and I need to go first. I can ease him into this,”
Robin said, his eyes never left Garfield’s. “We’re going to do this slow, like
in your room. You trust me. You always have.”
“You slept with him,” Flash said. The attention was turned on Robin.
“No, I took the edge off. You can smell him. He’s never been knotted,” Robin
answered.
“I think we should give you a very light sedative so you don’t go rogue on
him,” Wonder Woman offered Robin. “I have something back at the compound. We
need to take him to a secure room where there are enough people to get the both
of you through the first time.”
It was too clinical. So utterly impersonal. And it was his body they were
talking about knotting.
He massaged his fingers against his stomach as if that would stop the
tightening muscles. All he wanted were the fingers Robin gave him.
“I’m not going with you. I’m not going to be your omega,” he said. He could
barely lift his chin to talk with them. He was so tired. His muscles felt light
like feathers and their words were the wind that would take him up…up…up… to
that haze that was starting to such his brain down.
“He’s panicking. He’ll need a light sedative too, until the heat takes him
under,” Superman said.
Oh God! “I don’t want to be sedated.”
“It will wear off and once you’re in your heat, you won’t panic like this.
You’ll be monitored the whole time, your vitals will be taken, if you get
dehydrated, we can start you on iv tap.”
The air rippled around him. There wasn’t a moment to think before lithe arms
wrapped around his body and he was yanked back. Images surfaced for split
seconds, the hot breeze of the sun against his face, then blackness, before he
found himself in the middle of a busy street with oncoming traffic. The power
pulled him back in and the intervals between were snaps of blackness with
seconds broken by a new environment. When the hands finally released him, he
spun to meet Kyd Wykkyd. Kyd looked tousled, distraught and weary.
“Oh-My-God, man, you look horrible,” Garfield said, then glanced around the
warehouse. He knew the smell of this district. Outside the warehouse with
filtered light coming through the broken windows, the wind carried the smell of
garage. “Thanks.”
He wasn’t sure if he was rescued or condemned. The heat was already unpleasant.
He looked back at Kyd Wykkyd who immediately collapsed on the ground. He was on
all fours, but made a sign in the air.
“Yeah,” Garfield circled the very small warehouse. The garage over compensated
for the scent of his skin and the overwhelming scent of Kyd Wykkyd. “I think
we’re even, but we can’t stay here.”
Kyd looked up at him. Sweat clung to his brow. Garfield kneeled down and his
stomach clenched. His brain screamed for the combined alpha scents, but he
wasn’t completely lost. But damn, they smelled so good. All of them, the heroes
he always wanted to grow up and fight alongside. They were strong, their morals
sound and God, he wanted to see the way that strength could move his body.
“We have one more stop and then you’re going to have to tell me what we can do
to fix this,” he said, pointing to his lower region. It was too embarrassing to
talk about. Watching Kyd made it even worse. He didn’t want to be a panting
mess, barely keeping it together.
Kyd didn’t look at him. He remained frozen, staring hard at the stone ground
before finally giving a very curt nod. Garfield swallowed his relief and gave
Kyd the address they needed to go.
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The air rippled and the lithe hands around his stomach let him go. It wasn’t a
room he recognized, but the smell of Chinese food was surprisingly comforting.
Price stared up at him from the kitchen table with a slack jaw. A laptop sat in
front of him and large headphones cupped his ears. He pulled the headphones off
and let them clatter to the floor as he stumbled from his chair.
“Garfield. You can’t be here.”
Garfield took a step towards the table. “You ruined my status with the Titans.
You got me mauled! Give me one reason why I shouldn’t throw you out the
window.”
Price held onto the edge of the table not looking as frightened as Garfield had
hoped. “Because I’m going to tell you something that is going to help you, but
you need to leave immediately. My place is rigged.”
Garfield’s shoulders tightened. Were the cameras there the entire time they
indulged in the fake friendship? He wasn’t sure what hurt more. He really
wanted a friend outside of the tower. He needed someone to like him without
knowing the sordid details of his not so charming life before the Titans. “You
really screwed everything up for me. That group at the Tower were the only
friends I had.”
And you changed those dynamics! Not that they weren’t changing already. The
team drifted in the last five months. The only constant was that occasionally
Cyborg would meet him for a game of Space Monkeys.
“I know, but Slade…” Price cut himself off and shook his head. He kept his
hands in the air as he slowly walked around the table and indicated there was
something in his pocket. Garfield held his stance as Price grabbed a card and
extended it between his two fingers. “I wanted to give this to you, but you
left too quickly.”
“What is it?” He asked, hesitant. There was only an email on the business card.
“Take it and go,” Price said. “You better get your friend somewhere safe. He is
going to bring every alpha within a two mile radius to this restaurant.”
Garfield shifted, uncomfortably aware of the smell Kyd was giving off. It
smelled faintly like cookie dough. “I don’t think he can help it.”
Kyd glared at his comment and he shrugged. It wasn’t like he had training on
this. He was learning as his own heat proceeded. He smelled different too, like
vanilla sugar and that wasn’t his body wash.
“It’s the heat. In another couple hours, he’s going to need an alpha to knot
him or he’s going to hurt,” Price said. “Hormone spikes have killed omegas in
the past.”
Garfield shivered low in his spine where inner heat met with the tingling
sensation in his muscles. “I hate that word.”
“You need to keep moving or Slade is going to follow the nanobots back to you,”
Price said.
Kyd gripped Garfield’s arm and he glanced over at him, only to find that Kyd’s
attention was on Price. His lips curled back in a silent snarl. That’s when it
hit him. Price said nanobots.
“That’s why I can’t change.” The blood rushed from Garfield’s head. It stole
his ability to breath. He couldn’t change! He couldn’t defend himself!
He started itching at his exposed arms and it was Kyd who grabbed his other
wrist. There was no strength there, so he pulled away and itched harder.
“Stop giving me that look. I know what you’re thinking. I can’t let them stay
in me,” he argued with Kyd… though Kyd didn’t argue back. He fixed him with a
stern look before glancing at the welts from the long scratches.
Before Garfield could answer, Kyd’s arms wrapped around him. They moved quickly
through space until they were back at the warehouse.
 
oOo
 
Robin leaned over the computer and plugged in all the information he gathered
from Garfield’s computer search engines. Less than two weeks ago, when
everything started changing with their green team mate, Garfield looked up the
word alpha. There was no similar search until that one moment. Before that,
three months ago, he’d been on a forum where he met someone and started
talking.
The conversations were always lighthearted. There was constant mention of video
games and food. He chuckled. Garfield never mentioned his team, or that he was
a Teen Titan. He didn’t bring up his family or his past, though one question
was mildly personal; “are you seeing anyone?” The answer that followed was “too
busy to date.”
“You doing okay, man?” Cyborg asked. He stood tentatively in the doorway.
“Garfield never would’ve reacted like this if I told him sooner. I should’ve
made time for the omega classes,” he admitted. A trained omega would’ve behaved
better.
A trained omega never would’ve ran.
A trained omega would never fight like an alpha… There were reasons to keep
Garfield in the dark. If he had known how badly the smaller titan would’ve
taken it, he would’ve thought this process over.
“Hey, the kid wanted a few more years with video games and all night movies. I
understand. I just can’t believe Kyd Wykkyd crashed the party. I thought my
security system was better put together than that,” Cyborg said.
Robin shut the computer off. The address for the Chinese restaurant was firmly
in his head. “The new Justice League wants my decision at the end of the week.”
“It looks like you’ve already made the decision,” Cyborg said.
“Yes,” he answered.
Cyborg nodded and took a step back into the hall. “We’ll miss you man, but I
understand. Are you going to take Beast Boy with you when you join them?”
Robin’s breath hitched. He hoped that was an option. He had to find his best
friend before someone else did. “Yes.”
And never let him go. The alpha inside him was dark. Possessive. How would it
share with the other alphas that offered their protection to his smaller team
mate?
“You know Beast Boy. He’s got mad skills when it comes to survival. He’s
probably already at Cancun enjoying a smoothie on the beach,” Cyborg offered.
Robin growled. His omega was still young. He still liked to play games. He
would have to play this by Garfield’s terms if he was going to win the omega’s
total devotion.
He tightened his hands as he walked in on the empty garage and over to his
motorcycle. Seconds later, at full speed, he blasted through the city streets.
Smells conjoined, forming alien scents as the world rushed past him too quick
to catalogue. One thought circled his mind. He needed to save Garfield from
himself.
 
oOo
 
Garfield slammed his fist into the brick wall. Pain shot through his knuckles
and into his wrist, stealing his breath. He shook it out, but the pain did
little more than clear his head of the impeding fog. It was there at the edges
of his brain, ready to cloud over the second it got a chance. His stomach
cramped and he gritted his teeth, determined to stay on his feet.
He was ready to ball up in the corner. It wasn’t about to behave the way the
League thought he’d behave. He wasn’t going to prove them right. “Damn them!
They aren’t right. I don’t need protecting. I’m not like that.”
A muffled cry drew his attention. Kyd Wykydd was curled in on himself and
rocking. His hair was damp and clung to his face. His eyes were clouded over.
His pupils were fully blown.
“How do I stop this?” He groaned. Kyd made a fist and shoved it in the air.
Garfield shook his head. “No way! I saw how big they are. I’m not…” he
swallowed. “I’m not ready for it.”
Was it too much to ask for it to start off slow? Hold hands first, kiss second
and stay up all night listening to music, drink too many sodas and lay with
their shoulders touching and sharing a pillow? Okay, that was starting to sound
like every pre-teen love song that came on the radio.
Kyd shook his head and pointed to himself than made a gesturer in the air.
Garfield frowned, getting the hint. Kyd already knotted. Garfield immediately
blushed.
Kyd didn’t look different… He was more docile, though he never really
remembered Kyd as a fighter. He was more like a maneuver in the H.I.V.E. 5
schemes. He was the tool in the plots; the others served as the weapons.
He shook his head. There were signs for Kyd that he never noticed. Had there
been signs in him? Did the League always know? He blushed again. Of course they
did. He was the only one surprised when this happened.
He swallowed hard, realizing he already needed water. He was sweating and
panting and needed to jump in the water. If he could turn into a fish, he
would. “I can’t protect you. You need to get out of here. Go wherever you go
that’s been safe. Slade could come through that door at any minute.”
Kyd shook his head.
“It’s not up for discussion. You have to go and you know that. You can’t help
me if you’re caught,” Garfield said.
Kyd looked at him dubious, but finally consented with a weak nod. Within a
blink, he was gone. Garfield paced the room. What was he going to do? Sit and
wait for Slade? He didn’t have any weapons and he didn’t trust his hand to hand
combat in this state. He’d probably be on his hands in another hour.
The heat was suffocating and it radiated off his flesh. His muscles went weak.
He felt sloppy and unbalanced. He fisted his hands again and pressed his back
into the wall when his stomach rolled. The pain was uncomfortably close to
pleasure. Remembering Robin’s touch did nothing to sooth it. In fact, he was
almost hungry for it.
Damn.
 
oOo
 
Robin walked the old hallway. There were a handful of doors, but only one had
the smell of distressed omega. He shoved against the flimsy wood and the latch
gave.
The door swung open, hitting the wall and bouncing back. At the sound, a young
man came around the corner with a carving knife at his side. He wasn’t a
fighter.
Robin could easily disarm him, but the young man didn’t approach.
“I didn’t have a choice,” the younger man announced. He dropped the blade and
raised his hands. “I was forced to do it.”
“Where is he?” Robin growled.
The young man shrugged. “I don’t know, man. I don’t want any more trouble.”
“He was just here.” Robin moved into the room and the young man took a step
back, mortified.
“I swear. I told him to go. Slade is going to track the nanobots in his
system.”
Nanobots? That explained a few things. He shook the thought, knowing all too
well how much trouble Garfield was in. The last time they had an issue with
nanobots, it’d been with Cyborg and the damage was extensive. Gizmo had some
explaining.
 
oOo
 
The tight cramps that rested at the soul of his pelvis pulled Garfield against
the wall. Liquid slid between his crack, hot like blood. Another cramp and he
crumpled in on himself. It took less than a second for him to kick off his
shoes and socks. His clothes were too tight. He pulled the nylon shirt over his
head and tossed it then stopped when his hands caught the hem of his pants.
He swallowed.
He wasn’t alone.
“Don’t stop on my account.” The sultry voice spoke from the dark recesses of
the building.
Garfield pushed his back into the wall, determined to get back on his feet. The
porous wall bit into his back with all its rough edges. He knew smells from his
basic animalistic experience, so he immediately recognized this one. But there
was something new to the scent and he recognized it on a far more basic level.
Alpha.
He growled. “Keep your distance or I’ll pound you into the cement.”
Lust laughed as he pulled from the shadows. “Seriously, Beast Boy, you can’t
stay on your feet.”
Lust, one of Trigon’s demonic sons, grinned at him, all white teeth, dark hair
and eyes that glowed unnaturally red. Garfield stood a little straighter. His
heart slammed in his chest. He refused to cover himself, even when Lust’s eyes
fell to his chest and then lower. The demonic alpha luridly licked his lips,
making Garfield’s body heat up.
“I heard you were going into heat, but I had to see it for myself.” Lust
crossed the room in fragmented jerks that Garfield’s eyes couldn’t follow.
He really, really hated demons. The last time he ran into Trigon’s sons, it
almost cost him and the world their lives. Before he could move, fingers
wrapped around his throat. Lust’s thumb dug into his trachea making him choke.
“Listen to me, little omega. You will learn your place, with my knot down your
throat or up your hole. You are going to enjoy this and beg for more.”
Garfield clawed at the wrist holding him against the wall, but Lust leaned
forward, drenching his senses in alpha hormones. With every shallow breath, he
sucked the scent in. It served to pull the haze back through his head. The ache
between his thighs brought another wave of wetness.
“I’d rather die,” Garfield grunted.
“You won’t say that for long,” Lust said. His eyelids went half mast as he
leaned in and scent Garfield. “I’m not fond of patience. Let’s speed this up.”
Teeth dug into his flesh. Garfield’s pulse jumped into his throat and he
screamed. The ache went straight through him and he grasped Lust’s arms. He
meant to push him away; instead, he was pulling him closer. No! This was a
nightmare.
He didn’t want the knot… but…but… He smelled so good. “Alpha.”
Lust chuckled, pushing him to his knees. He snapped out of it the moment the
alpha started disrobing. He was lean, much leaner than Robin, but not as solid.
Garfield leaned back and with as much force he could muster, he slammed the
heel of his shoes into Lust’s kneecap. There was a crack.
“You little-“ Lust went to grab at him and he dodged, rolling away from his
grasp.
Garfield tried to stand and immediately tripped over his own feet. He pulled
himself up again. The cement floor was rough on the bottom of his feet. The
door was too far. He wasn’t going to make it. Every step was excruciating. He
was on his knees in seconds. The door was growing farther away.
“You think parlor tricks will save you?” Lust asked. The demonic alpha floated
on the wind. The bone in his bent kneecap snapped back into place.
Garfield swallowed hard, trying to crab crawl away from him. Glass from the
shattered window dug into his hand. The pain was sharp. It was exactly what he
needed, but before he could act, Lust had him by his hair, forcing his neck
back.
“I was going to make this simple for you. I was going to give you a knot to
ride, but you pissed me off,” he said. “You’re going to have my babies, but not
before I torture you first.”
Garfield gasped through his clenched teeth, determined not to whine. Lusts lewd
words made his brain mew with want. Yes, babies…
No! No babies! Babies meant housebound. Babies meant motherhood. Babies meant
mini crossbred-demons.
“I’m not going to submit to you,” he said.
Lust jerked his hair back, forcing a stifled scream from Garfield’s lips. He
forced himself to go lax in the hold; least the demon dislodged his head from
his neck.
“You're going to do what I tell you to do, omega. I’ll claim you over and over
until every square inch of your flesh is broken and bloody,” Lust whispered
along his neck.
His lips ghosted over Garfield’s hot flesh and Garfield subconsciously opened
his thighs. Hands brushed over his nylon pants, up into the heat and wetness
leaking through the fabric. The touch was too soft to bring comfort as it
glided up over the fabric covering his tight balls and hard shaft. Garfield
moaned and the sound was strangled and foreign to his ears.
Lust brought his fingers to his nose and sniffed. “Mmm. It’s been a long time
since I smelled an omega in heat.”
Garfield turned away, embarrassed, but couldn’t ignore what he heard. “You’ve
seen another omega?”
Lust chuckled. “Yes. She was more compliant than you. I’m going to enjoy
breaking you. When I’m done, you’ll be nothing more than a service horse
waiting for the slap of its owner’s leather whip.”
God, that shouldn’t have turned him on. He squeezed his thighs together, which
earned him another wave of wet heat. Lust let his head go and pushed him back
against the floor.
“There is time for obedience training.” Lust took a step back.
Garfield shifted on the ground, breathing so hard that it made his throat raw.
He rolled over and got on his hands and knees, meaning to stand up. Instead, he
pressed back on the balls of his hands and with his cheek pressed against the
gritty cement floor, he raised his thighs in the air towards Lust.
This was new. He immediately forced his hips down. A hand dragged him from the
floor and they stepped into a space that should’ve been foreign, but it wasn’t.
The sky was so red that it looked like fire. The air was breathable, but it
burned his throat and nostrils with every breath.
Lust made short work of Garfield’s clothes and his protests were easily
thwarted. He growled when Lust let him go. The air was hot, but not hot enough.
He needed the heat of another body pressed into his. He needed the sweltering
heat that came when there was no air sliding through their compressed flesh.
But it’s not Robin… Why Robin? He shook the thought. He knew why it was Robin.
It’d always been Robin, but not at the same level he now needed. In the past,
he wanted Robin’s approval. He wanted Robin’s protection, loyalty, leadership,
and direction. And now he wanted Robin’s dominance. Damn it!
Lust grabbed his arm and flipped him hard against the rock ground. The smell of
sulfur made his stomach turn. Before he could fight, fingers shoved into the
empty, throbbing space between his thighs. His upper body lunged downward,
thrusting his lower half up into the fingers. His heart pounded against his
chest as the fingers non-to-gently slammed into his body. They were too quick
and too hard. He spread his thighs and arched his back to help navigate the
movement, but it didn’t help.
“You’re hurting me,” Garfield growled.
“You think this is pain, wait until you’re fully in heat,” Lust said. “Here.
I’ll help you let go.”
Lust’s fingers tightened in Garfield’s hair, forcing him upright. He reached
back to dislodge himself from Lust, but Lust wrapped his free arm around his
chest, tightly trapping him. Teeth dug into his shoulder. He screamed, tasting
the adrenaline sour at the back of his throat.
Every fiber of his being flared with heat. He pressed into the body against
his, momentarily throwing Lust off balance. He took that moment to rub his
wetness against the outline of Lust’s shaft. It was monstrous the way it fought
the confines of the suit Lust wore. Garfield dug his nails into the clothing,
willing his hands to shift into something with sharp nails. He needed to shred
the clothes.
Fingers tangled in his hair, stopping his movement. A tongue lapped tentatively
at the bite. He could tell, the way his body was both repulsed and turned on
wanting more, wanting to taste the adrenaline that came from the shock, that
the bite was bad.
“You little cock slut,” Lust said. “All omegas are, but you want it more. Are
you starved for touch, Garfield? Have you been denied?”
Garfield. That was his name? It sounded foreign now. He wanted to respond to
the statement, but the words were already lost in the sea of dribble. He
couldn’t swallow. He couldn’t make his tongue work in his mouth. Lust tightened
his hold and Garfield cried.
“It’s the omegas that fight the hardest who need it the worst. You’re going to
be a good pet, a baby maker. Let’s get you pregnant with pups, kid.”
Pups? No, he didn’t have time for a family, yet he was nodding his head. He was
moving into the body that fit against his. He growled impatiently when Lust
took too long lining himself up. The bulbous tip of his cock pressed against
Garfield’s throbbing hole, drawing a whine from his lips. It was too big. Too
solid. It would never fit.
“Mmm, so tight. You a fucking virgin?” Lust asked.
Garfield couldn’t answer. He bit his fingers to keep from screaming again. Lust
slammed his rod iron shaft straight through him, breeching the muscles and
pulling a scream from his lips. His mind went hazy. He tried to pull breath
into his lungs. Lust didn’t give him a chance to adjust before he started
moving.
This was wrong. He needed to get away. Lust pulled out and slammed back into
him. The release of endorphins immediately started pulling him back under. His
fists unclenched. His fingers spread against the flooring to balance his weight
while Lust took up a strong, endless pounding rhythm.
The pain started to surrender. A more pleasant building pressure tightened
behind his sac. The roots of growing gratification stretched deep into his gut…
Then he felt it.
Another, much larger bulbous mass pressed against the outer rim of his muscle.
“Oh God!” He moaned. His nails dug into the ground sending pinpricks of pain
through his fingers.
“You want it heat whore? You want this? Beg.”
No! No! If Lust knotted, he’d be stuck to him. His semen would fill his
stomach. Could he reproduce? God! He knew nothing about this.
His mind screamed, but his body answered by pressing back into the hands that
cradled his hips. The knot caught on his rim, sending waves of pleasure and
pain skirting deliciously over his skin like lightening barely touching the
outstretched hemisphere of earth.
He rode the pain, aware that Lust tugged on their bind, enough to aid his
organism… was it his third or fourth? Garfield tried to focus, but his mind was
blissed out.
On a higher level of awareness, he knew he was in trouble.
 
oOo
 
Robin stood in front of the Justice League. The younger members were sitting at
the massive glass meeting table. He tried to adjust the tension in his
shoulders.
“I accept the new duties and will be joining the team immediately,” he said.
“Will you be able to focus?” Wonder Woman asked.
Robin frowned. “Of course. My duties are to the city.”
“And finding Garfield,” she added.
He was careful not to look at the others. He couldn’t forget that of all
people, Batman laid claim on Garfield too. The competitive part of him was
determined to prove that Garfield didn’t need a nest, or guardians. He would
take care of the green omega. His jaw tightened, because everyone, including
him, was aware that Garfield was probably in heat and lost in the city.
“I will perform my duties,” he repeated. And he would be just as vigilant in
finding his ex-teammate and best friend.
Wonder Woman nodded. “Welcome to the Young Justice League.”
***** The Untrained Omega *****
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Garfield rolled onto his stomach when the pressure in his gut made him retch.
It was nothing but bile and thicker, whiter material that he could taste. He
went to put his finger down his throat to vomit the rest, but his hand was
covered in the stench of semen. That was one hell of a wakeup.
Everything ached at the surface of his skin. It was more than an ache between
his thighs. His skin was so raw, he couldn’t move without feeling the muscle in
his now, extremely limp shaft, throb. He remained where he was on all fours
with his limbs locked, trying to breathe through the pins and needles in his
gut. Nothing was broken, but plenty was bruised. The skin was broken around the
bite marks along his arms, down his legs, over his gut and chest where he could
see without a mirror. He was also aware how badly he stunk. It made him sick
again, but there was nothing else to vomit.
If he gave his arms the slightest room to bend, he’d be kissing the cement.
There was no strength in his body. He took another slow breath, in and out. The
air expanded his lungs. There was sharpness. He had no doubt that his ribs were
bruised under his flesh.
Another breath in and out before he forced himself to stand, combating the
lightheadedness. Water and food were an urgent need. A hot bath could wait, but
not long. Clothes were also needed. He hugged himself, hating how exposed he
felt, like someone took more than his clothes. They took his confidence and
stole his self worth… and any enjoyment if having a physical relationship with
someone.
Using the wall for leverage, he took an unsteady step. The muscle in the back
of his legs screamed in protest. His thighs were still covered in dry slick,
blood and sperm, making him both raw and explaining why the first step sent
pain straight through his prostate and lower spine.
He took another small step and couldn’t place his foot fully on the ground
before the severe nerve twisting pain had him back on the ground. Mother Earth
help him if Lust ripped something vital. It’d be a long time before he let
someone down there, including a medic.
“You’re awake.” Lust strolled into the mass warehouse space with a signature
coffee in hand. Garfield noted that it was only one drink and the warehouse
didn’t house any extra bottles of water. There was one couch and one twin bed,
both spaced strangely close as if there was limited room.
Garfield pulled back so he could keep Lust in his direct vision. “You’ll have
to try harder if you want to put me in a coma.”
Lust barked with laugher. “No, Garfield. I find no sport in playing with
something comatose. I’m aware you have no omega training. I will enjoy this
like a cowboy with a wild stallion. It’s about breaking in your tough hide
while breaking in a new whip.”
Garfield fought the shiver from physically showing, but didn’t win. Lust
smirked at his outward display. Garfield quickly reined it back under the
surface. He wouldn’t give the demonic alpha the pleasure of knowing he was
afraid. The way Lust’s eyes shifted from red to orange-red, said he found this
amusing.
“You think I haven’t dealt with someone wanting to be my master?” The word was
chilly and bitter like the metal bite that was placed in his mouth the last
time someone tried to conquer him.
“A master is born, not created. Willfulness is born, not created. A master
takes that willfulness and shapes it into the perfect omega.”
Garfield kept a careful watch on him. “You’re going to be disappointed, dude.
I’m not a wild stallion, but I’ll still kick.”
“Kneel before your alpha,” Lust ordered.
Garfield laughed hard. The movement hurt his ribs and his throat. The bite
marks hurt too and he knew which mouth caused the pain. “No way. I’m not
kneeling for you.”
“You try my patience, omega child. I don’t ask twice.”
Hot electric pulses closed around his body, tightening until they became a vice
constricting his ability to breath. The muscle in his legs went lax from his
lack of strength, forcing him to the ground. Being dehydrated, he couldn’t
sweat to cool his body.
It let up when he was bowed on all fours with his head hung between his arms.
He took deep breathes, ignoring the horrible sting in his lungs. Tears stung
his eyes and his face where the skin was broken. Great… His face was more than
bruised.
“Now that you’re kneeling, let’s talk about the etiquette of an omega.”
Garfield didn’t dare look up. He fought the desire to comment, but his pride
refused to relent. “Is it going to be a long list?”
“Trainers have the ability to break the spirit of any animal they are
training.” He made a show of sniffing the air. “And I think the Titans would
agree that your strongest asset to the team is your animal personality.”
“Fuck you, asshole,” Garfield growled. He was getting pissed. And Gaia save
him, but he was starting to truly feel vulnerable for the first time since his
childhood.
He was airborne and speeding through the short distance to the wall. His body
slammed into the brick twice for good measure before he was dropped.
“I am your lord and master, omega. You will refer to me as both. If you refuse
to use your mouth the way you are instructed, we can find another use for your
mouth altogether.” Lust listed more rules, but the buzzing in Garfield’s ear
drums made it difficult to focus on those words.
With the way his jaw ached, he knew Lust already found a way to use his mouth.
The time lapse was horrible. He was sticky, and he ached, and squeezing his
eyes shut to force a memory only served to make his head swim.
“This is how it’s going to work, omega. I control everything you need; water,
food, protection, relief from your heats. You behave and I give you what you
need. You don’t behave, and I’ll give other people what they want.”
Garfield clenched his jaw to keep from speaking. Anger wasn’t the sum of the
emotion he was feeling. Outrage was the correct word. He kept his head bowed,
because something in the root of his inner madness said that he should do this
for now. He had to survive. He forced his hands to unclench. His fingers were
disgusting to look at, just another reminder that something happened and that
his brain couldn’t connect.
“Mmm… So the omega can be taught.” At the silence, Lust made another sound of
pleasure. “You will wait in that position until I get back.”
That’s what Lust wanted… But it wasn’t what he’d get.
 
oOo
 
Slade frowned at the computer. Beast Boy’s locator went off line a week ago.
The nanobots were small and there were many of them in his system. They
shouldn’t have bleeped right off the screen. As far as his worldly mapped
showed, the omega wasn’t even on their planet. It wasn’t impossible. Star Fire
proved that point, but would the Titans be smart enough to hide him off the
planet?
The H.I.V.E. members stood in front of him. Gizmo wasn’t much taller than he’d
been as a child. “They aren’t malfunctioning. I made them myself. They work
fine.”
“Maybe he isn’t here.” Billy Numerous suggested.
Slade leaned towards the screen, willing the red dots to pulse like a very
young, healthy heart beat. It didn’t. Garfield wasn’t dead though. The kid was
too resourceful to be dead. He growled again. He wasn’t going to miss out on
his plans because the Justice League found a way to hide the brat.
“I want him found, now, Gismo,” he ordered.
 
oOo
 
Garfield fought the desire to bite the fingers that force fed him such small
portions of food, he was stuck tasting fingers in his constantly dry mouth.
Lust wouldn’t give him enough food or water.
He stunk and it made him gag. Lust didn’t offer him a chance to shower. He
lived in the filthy sweat, dirt and dried semen from his first heat. Bruises
were still dark against his skin, darker than the dirt he was picking up from
sitting and laying on the warehouse floor.
Exhaustion was an issue too. He couldn’t be clever when he was constantly
fatigued. He only submitted when fighting wore him down. Lately, it’d been
getting worse. Every action brought an equally negative reaction that came with
twice the force he was unable to block. He rolled his tongue over his teeth to
make sure they were all there. His upper lip was already swelling.
Lust sighed and leaned back in his chair. “You’re starting to make this
tedious, omega. It’s time to adjust the training.”
The room went black and Garfield strained to hear the smallest sound. The
loneliness was instant. The fact that he knew he was alone without his animal
sensitivity was frightful. He hated when Lust left him alone in the dark. The
world was too silent.
“You’re stronger than this,” he growled into the quiet. His voice comforted the
part of his brain that buzzed from the silence. He brought a hand to his
throat. There was no physical collar, but the feel of Lust’s hands around his
neck had a phantom hold. He shook the thought. He didn’t belong to Lust. He
wouldn’t let his mind start to think he did.
He swallowed his nerves and forced himself to stand. The pins and needles
tingling through his legs drew him back to the ground. He couldn’t sit too long
and wait so he pressed his palms over his legs encouraging the blood to flow
into the muscle.
Tedious, Lust said. He had no idea it was on both ends of the spectrum. Heaven
help him. If he didn’t get out soon, he wasn’t sure how much more he could
take. The omega lessons were minor nuisances meant to destroy the ego he gained
from his service with the Titans. That ego was firmly in place, but the walls
were cracking.
He took a deep breath and focused on getting his heart to slow its rapid
beating. Another breath and he felt steadier. This time when he stood, he
remained on his feet. The warehouse was empty, but he walked with his hands out
so he wouldn’t run into the posts.
They were small, endless steps and the blackness stretched on all ends. Small
breathes. Small steps. He had to focus. He had to keep going. There was a door
somewhere along the wall.
He stepped down onto the sharp end of glass. It slid into his foot, stealing
his breath. He tried to back up and turn around. The movement cut the bottom of
his second foot. There was glass on the floor.
Flood lights snapped on and he threw his arm over his eyes to protect them. His
eyes burned as he forced himself to adjust. He couldn’t allow himself to be
blinded.
“Where were you heading, omega? You didn’t have permission to move,” Lust said.
The alpha came out of nowhere. He stood prime and comfortable by the couch on
the other side of the warehouse. Garfield licked his lips and bent down to pull
the glass from his foot now that he could see. There was blood on the floor,
but the glass was small and he’d heal.
“You are trying my patience, child. We’re going to change the training lessons.
Now crawl to your alpha.”
Garfield licked his lips and weighed his options. In the week he’d been
conscious, he was a quick steady. Lust wasn’t someone to mess with.
“Garfield.”
Garfield lowered himself to the ground. His throat ached and the bottom of his
feet throbbed with the movement. He kept his movement slow and controlled. He
was aware of his naked body; how his muscle moved under his skin and the air
that brushed over his naked rump. His flaccid cock, though much smaller than
the alpha’s, was already trying to pull up deeper into his body. He wanted to
be something smaller, harder to catch.
Or bigger, so he could send Lust into the wall.
The alpha kept his mouth shut until Garfield was in front of him. He leaned
back on his legs like the alpha taught him. He folded his hands behind his back
and kept his chin lifted. Lust reached down and patted his head.
“You’ve fought me every step of the way.” His fingers tightened in Garfield’s
hair, forcing his head back. He leaned forward and took a sniff of the air.
“You need to be clean for the trainer.”
Garfield jerked back and Lust’s grip tightened, pulling his hair. “I’m not
going to be your omega.”
“You already are. We’ve been imprinting.”
Garfield searched his memory on what imprinting meant. The only reference he
had was in response to baby birds. He really hoped that didn’t mean something
physiologically vital to his omega status.
 
oOo
 
Nightwing stood on the edge of the building, watching the city. He had a few
informants on the street, but the questions he took to them left three betas
outwardly uncomfortable. In turn, that made him wonder what the betas on the
street knew that the alphas didn’t.
“I will find you, Garfield,” he whispered.
The sweet smell of rain was tarnished by the city below. Car lights reflected
off the watery haze in the sky. The lights below shimmered much like the stars
above. He took in another breath and stayed watchful over the night.
Two weeks since Garfield went on the lamb and still no witnesses. He couldn’t
stay hidden from the world without help. And if there was an underground ring
for omegas, he’d find it.
“Nightwing?” Aqualad’s voice cut through the speaker in his ear.
“The van we’re tailing didn’t come this way,” he responded.
“Ten-four. Let’s meet at the docks,” Aqualad said.
Nightwing stared hard at the city below. Cars honked and voices carried.
Nothing below brought him any closer to his omega.
***** Omega Training Days *****
Chapter Notes
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Garfield immediately stood when Lust shoved him to the ground. His action
earned him a hard slap upside the head as he was yanked back to a sitting
position. He glared at the figure in front of him, determined to let the alpha
know that he had the spirit of a bull. He would fight him every step of this
rodeo. He’d knock everyone down and then he’d stomp on them until their bodies
were broken. Ironically, he was aware the alphas planned to do the same to him.
The door opened and it took a moment to register who entered the room.
Garfield’s heart jumped into his throat. Fear turned his blood cold before his
brain snapped back into its original mode. He had to hold his ground, but the
very thought of being touched by Lobo made his empty stomach turn.
“I see what you mean,” Lobo said, answering a conversation that Garfield hadn’t
been privy too. The alien bounty hunter stood tall, with gray skin over taut
muscle. His hair fell in thick black strands over his daunting, broad
shoulders. The man was built like a tree stump.
Garfield swallowed hard. There would be nothing gentle about these omega
lessons and without his ability; he was a sore match for Lobo’s strength. The
bounty hunter easily outweighed him and those fists could easily bend metal
bars.
“The kid refuses to learn his omega ways,” Lust said.
Lobo’s eyes narrowed. They were the same, red as Lust, yet there was no
relation between the two. Garfield immediately adjusted his gaze straight
ahead, deciding now was a good time to not instigate the situation. This was
going to hurt. The sudden coldness in his lower body was dangerously close to
making him pee himself.
“Cute collar, boy,” Lobo said, moving closer to him.
The alien hunter smelled metallic like the hook he usually carried. Garfield
held his breath when the hunter moved to stand in front of him. A large hand
touched his head and the weight of it knocked him off balance. Before he
realized what he was doing, he was on all fours. He didn’t try to right
himself, not with the hand still resting on his head. It would be too easy for
Lobo to snap his neck.
“I hope you like eating semen kid,” Lobo said.
Garfield swallowed again. A smart comment rested precariously on the edge of
his tongue. This wasn’t the time to be smart. Both alphas overpowered the space
with male testosterone. It made him realize that for the last couple of years,
during hand-to-hand combat with Robin, he’d smelled male testosterone radiating
off their leader; except it smelled good on Robin, like home and security.
It smelled good on a few heroes, like the time he broke his leg and the team
took him to Batman’s estate so that Alfred could set the bones. Bruce met them
on the helicopter landing and carried him, despite his protest, inside. Bruce
smelled like polished metal and sandalwood soap; like security and safety. It
was so utterly nice, much like Robin’s scent, that he pressed his nose into
Bruce’s neck before he realized his action. Embarrassed, he went back to
protesting, not at all mindless to the muscle that immediately constricted
around his body to keep him from jolting the badly bandaged leg. At the time,
he hoped no one noticed…
But maybe Bruce did notice and that was why he opted to be his alpha back at
the tower. A small part of him quivered in anticipation to that touch. It was
the part of him, the omega part of him that he needed to be stronger than. He
wasn’t going to give up being a hero, not for the Justice League and not for
the current company he now resided in.
He swallowed the thought, like he swallowed the desire to vomit at Lobo’s
statement. His throat finally felt normal again and his thirst was momentarily
sated when he showered. He had no desire to ruin it with salty semen. Lust
tasted wrong, or maybe it was the aftermath of the degradation.
“I want full control in order to teach him the beauty of his gender,” Lobo
said. The man brought his bulky fingers along Garfield’s jaw line as he gripped
tightly and forced a meaty finger into his mouth. The taste of metal and gritty
sweat consumed his mouth.
Garfield forced his jaw to stay lax to keep from snapping. He couldn’t morph
his genetics into an animal at the moment, but that didn’t mean the animalistic
tendencies weren’t still there. It’d been a long time since he’d been scared. A
very long time since someone made him feel small and helpless. Waiting on all
fours under Lobo brought back those unwanted feelings.
“Yes. But he isn’t your omega and you’ll do well to remember that,” Lust said.
Lobo’s laugh was husky and low. It was as alien in sound as the creature was to
look at. “You came to me for a reason Lust. I’ll help you tame him, but don’t
forget that his reshaping was at my hands. I can’t stop from imprinting on the
omega during this training.”
“I will be there too, Lobo,” Lust reminded.
Again Lobo laughed.
 
oOo
 
“Omega,” Lobo whispered, rubbing rough fingers through his hair as Garfield sat
between his thighs, level with his crotch. The alien’s hands were rough,
bruising him even when he was obeying the man he called alpha, but not master.
Lobo and Lust argued this point many times. The alien took one warm hand away
to pull his zipper down.
“You are behaving much better now,” Lobo said, as Garfield leaned in, taking
the mushroom tip with only his mouth. His hands were bound tightly behind his
back. It’d taken less than a couple months to realize that he’d suffer serious
injuries, even the loss of body parts if he didn’t play by some of Lobo’s
rules. His broken ankle was proof and the bruises on his backside were sharp
reminders as well.
Luckily for him, he’d always been good at taking orders. Orders sometimes hurt.
They hurt the body when he had to change too many times during battle, or
couldn’t hold one body type due to injury. Injuries didn’t hurt only one part
of him. Sometimes it left his mind defeated, but Robin always made it better,
with a kind shoulder tap and a few encouraging words to let him know he did
well.
Lobo’s mushroom tip had a strange taste and it wasn’t his pre-come. It was
something about his skin, or his sweat. It was sour and gritty, like he went to
work and didn’t bother cleaning. Never seeing either Lobo or Lust shower, he
was sure he wasn’t off the mark. He carefully schooled his face, not wanting
another bruise as Lobo let him draw himself as far as he could go on the
massive member. The alien’s large hand slid behind his head, guiding him
farther down, choking him as the tip hit his gag reflex.
Lobo laughed. “Such a delicate little omega, aren’t you. Such an omega slut.
Are you ready to see the world again, little omega?”
Garfield choked again at the words and Lobo laughed harder, stabbing the back
of his throat with the mushroom tip. His entire cock stretched his mouth
painfully when Lobo made movements like that. He held still as tears slid down
his face. He couldn’t catch them. He hated crying.
“That’s right, little omega. It’s time to share your omega puss with other
alphas,” Lobo said.
He started listing a few names, all of which Garfield knew and hated. Worst
would be the animals. He’d considered himself human, a long time ago, but years
of being able to alter his genetics made him feel more animal, made him reason
with an animal mentality, but never had he thought about sharing his sexuality
with one… Definitely not Gorilla Grodd.
He mentally whined at the mention of the Gorilla that could easily break him.
They could all easily break him. As a human, his bones almost felt hollow, as
if the bird shapes he took on so frequently altered the solidness. He closed
his eyes against the thought. He was human. He was solid like a human. Robin
taught him to fight as a human, had demanded he learn how to use weapons, and
his body in battle. Robin insisted that he never knew when it would be
important. Jesus, his alpha was right…
No, not his alpha. He didn’t claim any of them as his alpha.
“You won’t be in heat, child,” Lust said from behind him. The demon alpha
spread Garfield’s thighs unceremoniously, with no care that he had a broken
ankle. If a massive cock wasn’t shoved down his throat, he’d have screamed.
“Can’t risk them getting carried away and you’re too acceptable to alpha
domination.”
Today, the alphas smelled different. They smelled surprisingly seductive. His
overheated body was starting to ache for an equally massive cock in his hole.
He wanted to be stretched and impaled until the knot locked them. He shook the
thought. He knew what this meant. His heat was coming.
Lobo pushed his thick fingers through Garfield’s hair and he felt himself lean
into the touch. His eyes started to drift shut and he quickly snapped them
open, but he was already drifting again, into the large hands that were now
guiding his movements over the impeccably hard, veined organ in his mouth. His
tongue glided the underside. Lobo brought him closer and closer to the flesh at
the base that was reshaping itself, growing large, ready to hook and capture
his mouth.
“He’s going into heat,” Lobo said, making a show of sniffing the air.
The word heat made Garfield’s stomach clinched with hunger. The alphas were
only feeding him mushy baby food. There was no substance in what he swallowed
on a baby spoon no less. He wasn’t even sure it was keeping him hydrated.
Lobo kneeled in front of him and fingered the skin between his balls and
fiddled with the slick that dripped down his inner thighs. “You’ve been such a
good little boy lately. I’m disappointed. I wanted to break more limbs.”
Garfield remained still. His eyes were on Lobo, because the alpha demanded that
he look at him when giving him oral, but the large shaft was going to deep,
blocking his airways. He hated when Lobo did this, suffocated him because he
could.
“Let’s ride another one of your heats together,” Lobo said, shoving his head
all the way down on top of the member.
Garfield took a deep breath through his nose as Lobo’s knot caught behind his
teeth. He fought the panic. Lust gave a hard slap to his naked thigh. The
sudden, jarring movement made his heart hammer and his brain start to avalanche
into a mess of mindless streaming thoughts.
Lobo stilled for a moment. “If I feel teeth, even once, I will pull them out of
your mouth. I’ll have your limbs cut off and I’ll string you to my wall like a
sex puppet.”
“Such an obedient little omega,” Lust cooed with pride.
Lust giant shaft was shoved unceremoniously into his hole, bypassing the ring
of tight muscle. It stole his breath. He wasn’t so far gone in his heat and
they were going to start this. He wanted to be unconscious in the omega heat,
lost to the deprived nature of his inner desire to breed. It was rough, but it
would feel good. He knew it would when his heat made him a begging whore. The
first two times were mindless blackouts, but his brain was adjusting. He wasn’t
blacking out. He hated it, all the stupid words that fell from his lips when
they weren’t occupied with dildos and body parts.
“So needy,” Lobo said. The words were starting to fade with Garfield’s lack of
oxygen.
Now! Now was the time to go under! He prayed with all his might that the desire
would flood him. It was starting in his stomach and in his toes. The air of
desire that warmed everything. It made everything delicious, even the pain. He
wanted the pain as much as he wanted the pleasure. He drove back on the shaft
probing his ass. The painful stretch went straight to his head. It was a white
noise. It was the sound of an air conditioning humming in his head. He was lost
to it, driving back as hard as he could while the cock stretched his mouth.
Yes to being an omega. Yes to the desire it brought. Yes to the desire that
washed through him. Yes to the pain.
And yes, he was going to stay in control. He just needed to learn how to master
that control over his inner omega.
 
oOo
 
“We should talk,” Batman said.
Nightwing brushed a hand over his face. It burned to blink, which meant he was
staring too long at the computer screen. He pushed his rolling chair away from
the computer and spun around to meet Batman. The real man behind the mask was
just as serious.
“It’s come to my attention through your team that you’ve been distracted. We
agreed that you’d still go to college even as a hero,” Batman said.
“I kept that promise.” How would Batman know he skipped a few classes? The
world was distracting in and of itself. It felt like a piece of him was
floating out there. Beast Boy was missing for three months. All the heroes
knew. Hell, anyone with a television or computer knew that the green titan was
an omega. What bothered him was that Beast Boy completely disappeared.
“You’ve missed classes this week. The team is concerned. Superboy said you
aren’t sleeping,” Batman said.
“I’m a chip off the block then.” There was no humor in his statement. Truth be
told, he could see now why Batman didn’t sleep. It was easy to let thoughts
occupy the mind. This wasn’t the first time he missed out on sleep, but it
must’ve been noticeable lately if they brought it to Batman’s attention. “I’ll
head to bed now. I have class in the morning.”
“Nightwing,” Batman’s tone stopped him. “I know you miss him. You’ve been in
the tower for years with the omega. You looked after him and did your best as a
leader, but you are exhibiting signs of someone who is already mated.”
Nightwing licked his lips and thought back to when Beast Boy was on his lap.
His green friend bit him on the neck. He knew enough about omegas to know that
Garfield couldn’t mark him. “He doesn’t want to be with the League, that’s
fine, but I need to know he’s okay.”
“And what if you never find out?” Bruce asked.
Nightwing frowned. “He didn’t disappear out of the universe. I’ll find him and
bring him back. He’ll be safe with the League.”
Batman’s face tightened into a frown. “Do you think he’ll believe that?”
Good question. Either way, he wasn’t letting dust settle on his thoughts.
***** Almost For Keeps *****
The air conditioner kicked on, pushing dusty from the tops of numerous filing
cabinets. Nightwing shoved another drawer shut, trying to calm his annoyance.
They’d been investigating Wayne Labs all summer. Bruce had given him the tip
and he took it to his team. With Bruce’s help, he managed to get through the
door a little quicker than if they’d done it on their own. His mentor fixed him
with a false internship, but that meant a lot of studying to be familiar with
chemistry, bio-engineering and disease control. At least some of his education
was coming in handy quickly.
“Did you get all that?” Nightwing asked. One of the many pens he kept in the
breast pocket of his lab coat pocket served as a speaker.
“I’m scanning the last signature now,” Aqualad responded through the earpiece
in Nightwing’s ears.
Nightwing adjusted his classes that served as cameras, and then glanced at his
watch. His lunch break was over. He cautiously let himself out of the file
room, glancing up at the camera on the right wall, directly pointed at the file
room. Batman was connected to the system and controlled what security was
seeing. He nodded towards Kon-El, serving as security for the file room. He
nodded back and went back to silently typing on the computer.
The large facility was connected to the hospital, but the entrance was gated
where the employees parked. The doorways that lead into the hospital were
locked via key panel. Regular doctors and nurses weren’t going to make it into
this side without a pass code. Occasionally, a patient did end up on their end
for care, but it was legit. There was nothing illegal about the operation.
Bruce suspected an illegal transaction was being made when he discovered omega
embryo fluid in the lab. If that were the case, there was reason to believe
that someone in the lab knew where there were at least three pregnant omegas.
In a society with such a rare breed, and a gender that in itself had a hard
time maintaining a pregnant state, there was reason to believe it wasn’t luck.
It was a serious offense selling omegas on the black market. There were so few
already.
Nightwing walked up to security and handed over his badge. They gave him the
okay to walk through the metal detector and he collected his badge on the other
side. His internship was up in a week. He’d have to tell Bruce there was
nothing to connect his facility with the string of black market takedowns in
the last couple of years.
And though Nightwing was diligently following them, no of the men interviewed
said they say anyone with green skin come through.
 
oOo
 
Garfield kneeled on the floor with his rump resting on the heels of his feet.
His head was down and his hair brushed over his shoulders. It was long now,
even for him. He was smaller too. When he was good, they let him have real
adult food. His stomach was always hungry, which made sleeping difficult, but
it was something he was accustomed to.
He recognized the footfalls, the familiar shifting of weight that rested in the
wood doors as they were opened and closed. He fell to his stomach with his arms
stretched as far over his head as possible on the floor. He was kissing the
carpet and he wasn’t uncomfortable with it.
“Why does he do that when you come in?” Lust complained. “He never treats me
like that.”
“You don’t own his body and mind,” Lobo commented, setting his bags on the
floor. It wasn’t much of a home, but it was a very small space that the three
of them shared for as long as his memories could stretch back.
“You will do that when I enter the room,” Lust ordered.
“No, he won’t.” There was movement as Lobo came further into the room, taking a
seat on the bed to remove his shoes. The stench of sweat and dirt immediately
filled the small area.
“At least shower before you sit on the bed,” Lust complained.
“Does the smell of a working alpha offend you?” Lobo probed.
Lust grunted. “I did the real work. I captured him.”
“This is why you’ll never be his master,” Lobo said. The bedsprings moaned when
the giant man stood and started unbuckling his belt. It was all movement and
sound, but Garfield knew it well. He had watched, when he’d been more defiant.
“Why?” Lust’s voice moved closer to the bed. The smell of anger quickly added
to the stench of unwashed skin.
“Because you bitch like a little untrained omega. You found him, but he will
never behave like this for you,” Lobo said. The larger hunter went still.
The alphas had been at each other’s throats more. The shift in power changed
long ago, but the alphas were finally aware of it as Garfield had been months
prior. They were still not aware of his changes though.
“I have business to attend to, but I’ll be back. We’ll discuss it then,” Lust
said. Knowing Lust, his way of dealing with a situation would be to react
first. Garfield made a mental list of what that reaction would entail. If Lust
removed him, he’d be back in a world he’d never escape from. Lust wouldn’t make
the same mistake twice.
Lobo chuckled. Garfield could feel it to the core. He was hungry and his head
hurt, but he didn’t move until his master rose, yanking his arm and pulling him
back to sit at his feet. Lust watched them for a brief second before
disappearing. When he did that, he left a smell in the room. All the mingling
scents were leaving him more nauseous than normal.
The alien alpha pulled him onto his lap and he tried not to squirm from the
sour sweat that hit his nose. It didn’t work. The large arms immediately let
him go when he realized what was about to happen. Garfield rarely made a move
without Lobo’s permission, but if he opened his mouth, he would vomit.
“Go,” Lobo said.
He prayed his master didn’t realize he was already in motion before the
command. He pushed the porcelain lid up and emptied the bile from his stomach.
This was the third time he’d been sick that day, over smells, the last being
right after Lust’s knot detached, releasing him. Lust didn’t stop him from
running to the bathroom. In fact, the alpha laughed, not taking offense, not
like Lobo would.
When his stomach stopped heaving, he flushed the toilet. It took energy he
didn’t have, to stand and walk the few steps to the sink. He rinsed his mouth
and splashed water over his face. It didn’t stop the heat flash followed by
dizziness. When he felt collected, he glanced in the mirror, catching Lobo
standing in the doorway with his arms crossed. He immediately looked down,
grabbing the towel and wiping his face off.
“Come omega,” he ordered.
Garfield stood, unsure where they would be going. Lobo threw clothes on the bed
for him and he stared, mildly confused. Why would he need clothes? He hadn’t
worn clothes in… ages.
“Hurry, omega.” It was a direct order.
Garfield pulled on the black trunks. They were tight, cupping his penis and sac
close to his body. Next were the silk bohemian pants. They were navy blue and
he kept the elastic under his belly button where it felt better. There was a
thin, gold link necklace that he could’ve doubled over twice around his neck.
Instead, he let it link all the way down to his belly.
He didn’t risk touching his stomach. He didn’t want Lobo suspecting what he
felt was true. Instead, he slid on the shoes that were so soft with thin soles.
He cupped his hands together and waited with his head down. Lobo was watching
him. He could feel the alpha studying him.
“Follow me, omega,” he said.
Garfield followed him out of the room he was usually kept and into the spacious
living room. It wasn’t his space. He wasn’t allowed in it usually. He swallowed
the trepidation, but he didn’t like what he was now aware of. Lobo was walking
towards the door and he couldn’t remember the last time he’d been out. It felt
like centuries, but logically, it was probably more than a year and less than
five since he’d been confined to the living arrangements with both alphas.
The hair on the back of his neck rose with anxiety. If he waited too long, he’d
anger the bounty hunter. Lobo angry meant broken bones. He stopped just outside
the reach of sunlight that spread across the floor. It’d been years since he
was out in society; since he felt the sunlight on his skin. There were alphas
out in society, who were bigger and meaner than Lobo, he was certain. He did
everything his master wanted, but this was one thing he had difficulty with. He
wasn’t sure he could protect himself any more. And he wasn’t so sure he wanted
to. That was Lobo’s job. So why was his alpha putting him through this.
“Garfield,” Lobo warned.
He was on autopilot, moving forward into the light. It felt weird against his
skin, even though it wasn’t hot like summer; it was still warmer than the
florescent light bulbs in his room. He stood close to Lobo, waiting for the
alpha to show some sign of annoyance as he locked the door. Out of self
preservation, Garfield took that moment to glance around their surroundings.
There were other homes. In fact, they were on a rural street. All the two story
homes had lawns and neatly kept hedges. A few of the driveways had mini vans
and children played out in the street. It wasn’t nearly as isolated as he
thought, though when they moved from the nothing that was Lust’s dimension, he
hadn’t exactly been outside the bedroom of his new location. He heard
lawnmowers, they marked a passage of time, but the windows in his room were
darkened and he never ventured into the living room.
Beyond the block, within walking distance, were large towering buildings. A
black car waited for them and Lobo opened his car door first. He slid in,
catching the eyes of the driving. The man was in his late forties and soft
brown eyes. Knowing his own scent as omega and recognizing the scent of an
alpha, he knew the non-domineering scent in the car as beta.
“Where to, pal?” the man asked. When Garfield glanced at him again, those eyes
were still on him, though he addressed the alpha that shut his door.
“The Wayne Laboratory Corporation,” Lobo said.
Garfield sunk down into his seat as they left behind the warm neighborhood for
the grungy city with spray painted walls. It left him feeling claustrophobic.
The painted billboards had symbols written in red over them. Some of the
buildings had towels over the numerous windows. Even the smell crept into the
car.
“Gotta love Gotham City man,” the driver tried for jovial.
Garfield sung farther into his seat, glancing over at Lobo. Surely the bounty
hunter knew whose territory they were traveling through. Lobo appeared
unconcerned, looking at a gadget that was nothing like a mobile phone, yet it
worked like one. He got calls on it and when he did, he spoke in a language
that Garfield was familiar hearing, but couldn’t understand.
He glanced back out the window. It was still too early in the day to expect the
light in the sky that would signal Batman out on patrol. Batman… who smelled
like an alpha he was already far too familiar with. He shivered.
“Don’t vomit in the car,” Lobo warned, mistaking his behavior. Blessings in
small doses.
The drive was too long and too short. It was a number of too many things and
all those things he tallied in his head, like how many stop lights they passed
and how many cop cars he saw. He fiddled with his fingers in his lap and felt
the growing nausea when they came to the gate behind the hospital. Lobo gave
their driver the code to punch into the key pad.
He watched as the gate slid open and the car rounded the parking lot until they
were in front of double glass doors. Lobo paid the bill and got out of the car
first, grabbing the door for him. He felt dizzy when he stood, catching himself
last second before he fully placed a hand on his stomach. He swiped his hand
instead, hoping Lobo didn’t see anything unusual about the motion.
When they made it to the front, a nurse was waiting for them. Beta. They passed
three security guards, two middle aged men and one man nearing retirement, all
betas. They passed four women in lab coats. Betas. They passed two nurses, also
beta.
“Lobo,” a man greeted them when they rounded the corner. He was older too, gray
hair and watery blue eyes. Beta.
“Doctor Bowen. I want you to tell me why my omega stopped having heats,” Lobo
said.
The blood drained from Garfield’s head.
 
oOo
 
A headache was already starting behind his eyes. Nightwing leaned back in his
chair, spotting his glasses sitting on the counter. He couldn’t remember when
he took them off. It was time for a break.
He swiped the glasses off the counter and slid them back on his nose before
standing and stretching. It was time to check out the vending machine. At least
something tonight would be in motion, even if it was only gears releasing a
salty snack. God. That would mean a longer workout in the combat room, but he
needed something to kill the boredom.
“I’m never retiring,” he grunted, knowing that someone was still on the other
end of the receiver, even if it wasn’t Aqualad kicking back on the notoriously
long nothing of a night.
“I hear you man,” another fellow scientist stated. There was too much
enthusiasm from the co-worker and out of guilt, Nightwing gave the man a thumbs
up. Inwardly, he could never see himself at a desk. How did Bruce pull this off
during the day?
“God, there better be something in the vending machine, or I’m going to human
resources,” he said under his breath.
“By vending machine, I hope you mean the lunch Miss Martian packed for you,”
Wally said. At least now he knew who took over monitoring the camera.
 
He got into the hall and his bicep was grabbed, yanking him around to face an
equally young woman in scrubs.
“Doctor Bowen needs a lab assistant in his examination room,” she said.
Nightwing’s brows furrowed. “I’m an intern.”
“Doesn’t matter. I don’t have time to track another lab assistant down. Go meet
him in B147,” she ordered. With the message delivered, she took off down the
hallway.
“Did you catch that?” Nightwing mumbled.
“Yeah. You get to save your hard earned intern cash,” Wally said. He sounded
mildly amused.
“This internship doesn’t pay,” he countered.
“I hope you at least get college credit because baby, you got screwed working
for free,” Wally said.
The hallway had a number of closed doors. He stopped when he caught the smell
of alpha. There were less than a handful of alphas in the building and he’d
been using a product similar to omega suppressants, to mask his alpha scent. Of
the handful of alphas present, this scent didn’t belong to anyone he knew. He
sniffed again and frowned. There was another scent too, much softer, nearly
masked.
“There is an omega here,” he whispered under his breath, stopping short. He was
four doors down and could barely hear the conversation through the heavy wood.
Hopefully the alpha on the other side hadn’t heard his statement.
“Sending live stream request to the Justice League as we speak,” Wally said.
There was no indication in the glasses he wore, that the streaming was in
effect. “Our connection with the Justice League is now live. Wonder Woman is
receiving the feed. She said to proceed.”
He was going to proceed even without her permission. He rapped his knuckles on
the door before opening it. The fluorescent lights were no brighter in the
examination room, but with three bodies already present, the room was crowded.
“Mr. Grayson, an excellent choice,” Doctor Bowen said. “You can speak freely.
Mr. Grayson is our newest intern. He has a keen eye.”
Nightwing’s shoulders tensed when he found himself staring at the alpha in
question. The man wore sunglasses, but that wasn’t the oddest thing about him.
His skin was a soft shade of blue. He was as broad as he was tall. He wore a
hard shell gear over his clothes and combat boots. The man had so much metal
on, he couldn’t guess how he got through security. It wasn’t enough he was
openly wearing weapons.
“I was telling our client that many things can temporarily delay a heat and of
course, there are a few situations that can be dire,” Doctor Bowen went on,
unfazed by the pure aggression in the alpha. “But I think we should start with
a pregnancy test.”
Nightwing watched as a much smaller person peeked out from around the giant
alpha. There was no escaping the hitch in his breath. He dreamt of that pale
green skin and deepest emerald eyes for three years. Garfield’s pointed ears
peeked through long, pine green hair that curled at the bottom. His body was
much thinner now, almost feminine. His throat was long, begging to be bit and
claimed. His body was willowy and surprisingly dainty. He’d grown a few inches
since they last met, but nothing more.
Garfield stared at him with mistrust, before his eyes darted to the doctor. A
second later he disappeared behind the alpha with one hand still resting on the
alpha’s bicep. It shouldn’t have angered him. He spent most of his life dealing
with his emotions, keeping them tapered so he could make good decisions when it
came to very trying situations, but Garfield didn’t belong to the alpha. This
wasn’t Garfield at all. The omega served with the Teen Titans. He shouldn’t be
docile at all.
The alpha didn’t move. “Get this started doctor. I want to know why my omega
stopped having heats.”
“Yes, yes of course. If we can get him on the examination table,” Doctor Bowen
said.
The alpha stepped to the side and Garfield immediately stepped closer to him,
refusing to look at anyone as he clung to the alpha and buried his face.
Garfield made very small, panic sounds that sent stressed omega pheromones into
the room. The alpha part of Nightwing clawed its way up his throat in the form
of a growl. He swallowed it and the very motion hurt.
“Omega.” That one word sounded like a threat coming from the strange alpha.
Garfield’s shoulders immediately slumped. It was when Garfield’s attention
slowly drifted back to the doctor, that he could tell those usually sharp
emerald eyes lacked their usual glow. In fact, he appeared drugged.
“Does he have anxiety then?” Doctor Bowen asked, as if the omega in question
hadn’t been kidnapped and forced into his mating.
“He’ll get over it,” the alpha said. He gave Garfield a hard shove towards the
table.
Instead of going to the table, Garfield stepped closer to the wall. His hair
fell over his shoulders, his chin was tucked down. He was folding in on
himself, pushing into the wall as if he could move through it if he willed it
hard enough.
“Omega, kneel and submit,” he ordered.
Garfield used the wall to slowly slide to the ground. He rested his bottom on
the back of his heels. He had both hands behind his back and he was statue
still. This time his head was down and his eyes were closed.
“We’ll start with the pregnancy test,” Doctor Bowen said. “Please see to it,
Mr. Grayson. I keep a spare test in the supply closet.”
Nightwing nodded and exited the room. It was all he could do to keep from
turning the situation from bad to worse by fighting for what was rightfully his
team mate… and omega willing, possibly his future mate.
It took everything inside him not to slam the door. His shoulders were tight.
He had a pulsing headache at his temples. It was hard to breathe through the
emotional weight pressing in on his chest.
“If he knocked up my omega, I’m going to kill him,” he growled as he rounded
the corner.
“Mr. Grayson,” the gravelly tone of his mentor stopped him in his tracks. The
disguise the alpha wore hardly allowed him any resemblance to the man who
raised him. Bruce Wayne offered him a small box that he immediately recognized
as the pregnancy kit. “You are dealing with Hahn Sho Lobo. He is an
intergalactic bounty hunter and he’s extremely dangerous.”
“What are you suggesting? That we do nothing? He held Garfield against his
will.”
Bruce’s eyes narrowed. “I’m telling you to wait. Anything rash can hinder our
chances of seeing Garfield again. There is already a connection here with Hahn
Sho Lobo. We won’t lose it as long as the relationship between him and Doctor
Bowen isn’t damaged.” Bruce sighed. “I understand this is hard, but you need to
wait.”
Nightwing walked back into the room with the kit and sat it on the counter long
enough to pull on medical gloves. Hahn Sho Lobo was a massive alpha. There was
a great deal of muscular bulk and the weapons he openly wore at his hips. The
alpha watched them closely, but didn’t touch his omega on the head or try to
comfort Garfield’s open fear. The smell alone should’ve made the alpha who
claimed him, overly protective.
Nightwing stilled his inner turmoil as he opened the box and laid out the test
strips, and the pin to the side. It was an omega pregnancy kit, which didn’t
take as long for results as a beta and alpha pregnancy kit. Omega’s were so
fertile that pregnancy tests had quick results.
Nightwing took the pin and test strip over to where Garfield remained as still
as possible in a submissive stance. This wasn’t Garfield. It drove him insane
to see the feisty, motor-mouth suddenly tight lipped. He took Garfield’s hand,
grateful that the blockers he was on, kept him from sporting an erection. The
last thing Garfield needed was another knot.
He took the omega’s fingers. His entire hand and fingers remained soft in his,
until he pricked a fingertip with the pin. Blood swelled at the tip of the
finger and Garfield hadn’t flinched. In fact, he stared straight ahead at
nothing. Watching him closely, it almost appeared like Garfield was trying not
to breath.
Nightwing took the test strip and pressed it against the bloody finger. The
yellow strip paper turned blue. In seconds, Garfield’s fingers tightened in his
hand, gripping his hand for a life line.
“He’s pregnant,” Doctor Bowen said, jovial. “Omegas have narrow birth canals
and it causes common issues like miscarriages or premature births. We caught
this early enough that there are a few things we can do to help your offspring-
“
“I want it aborted,” Lobo said.
Garfield choked before catching his reaction and growing still again. The color
drained from his face and he pulled his hand from Nightwing’s. Everything
inside him wanted to pull Garfield to him, to promise him he could keep the
child while the alpha in him said; abort the child and I’ll give you one you
can keep.
“Yes, of course, but may I suggest an alternative for a month,” Bowen said.
When the alpha didn’t interrupt, he quickly continued. “The embryo fluid is a
highly sought after aphrodisiac. There is a market searching for it and the
clients pay well. You could get an eighty percent cut of sell price.
Afterwards, at the end of the month, we can terminate the pregnancy.”
Garfield looked like he was ready to fall out of the rigid stance he tried to
maintain. It took everything inside Nightwing not to close the distance to
catch him. Worse, he wanted to pull the omega’s head under his chin and wrap
his arms around him. This close, the pregnant pheromones made him salivate. He
wanted to tip the omega over, pull the omega pants off him and dive into the
sweetness of his hole.
“The money?” Lobo asked.
“It can run as high as forty thousand per vial. Sex clubs like it for their
staff, keeps them wanton like an omega heat, for hours. The clubs profit
greatly when their staff doesn’t demand breaks,” Doctor Bowen said.
Nightwing forced himself to his feet and watched the doctor. He couldn’t
believe he was hearing this. Omegas went into heat for days at a time. If what
the doctor was suggesting was true, it could easily burn out the system of a
beta or alpha whose genetics weren’t made for the fasting and week long mating
rituals.
“How much could you get from him?” Lobo asked. The bounty hunter sounded like
his decision was made.
“At this stage, maybe two vials. If you wait a month, we could get four, maybe
five tops,” Doctor Bowen said.
Lobo nodded. “Very well. We’ll see you in a month.”
Nightwing made a small movement when Garfield got to his feet and leaned
against the wall for support with one hand resting on his lower stomach. He
didn’t argue what he just heard. That wasn’t Garfield. This person in front of
him was not the omega that he fought with. He wanted that sassy omega back.
“Stand down,” Wally demanded in his earpiece. “Those are the orders of the
Justice League. There is going to be a meeting when you get off work.”
Nightwing gritted his teeth, forcing himself to stay in the examination room
even after the three walked out. He hissed under his breath, but the deep
breath that followed, only drowned him in omega pheromones.
“I want him dead,” he said.
“Man, there are a few more people here you should talk to about that,” Wally
replied. The usually quick silver tongued young man was unnaturally somber. “We
understand what this means to you. We’re going to make sure Garfield doesn’t
leave with him a second time.”
***** Omega Run *****
Chapter Notes
     Thanks for sticking it out with me. :)
Wonder Woman, the only alpha present that wasn’t chosen to be a guardian or
lead alpha in Garfield’s life, stood from her chair. Dick leaned back and
forced his mind to stay calm. Being in a room with alphas who would willingly
knot Garfield made his blood boil. He steadied his breathing and watched each
hero carefully for any sign of rogue behavior.
Garfield hadn’t been normal in at the lab. He’d been docile. It was all wrong.
This was reason enough to protect the omega from other alphas, including him.
“This is a high risk mission. The omega we need to separate is pregnant and the
alpha is volatile. Chances are high enough to factor in, that this separation
process will cause a strong reaction in the omega’s biological chemistry.
Garfield could go into heat during this mission. It is noted that he’s
underweight and there are clear signs of deprivation. We need to go over
protocol for all situations and have an emergency arrangement for if he goes
into heat,” she said.
Green Lantern was first to shift in his chair as he lifted the folder in front
of him and flipped through the pages. “How far along are we certain Garfield
is? And what arrangement could we have that would be better than what the
hospital can offer? It’s common for omegas to lose their babies when there are
many alphas present.”
“We need to take Lobo down quickly and quietly. It’s best if Garfield wasn’t
witness to this,” she said.
“So you want us to what? Politely ask him to come with us and expect that he
will?” Flash asked.
There were a few mumbled comments, but Dick barely heard them. His mind flashed
back to Garfield in the examination room, on his knees. The green omega was so
scared, but he didn’t beg. He didn’t say anything. The Garfield he remembered
should’ve fought. His mouth never knew when to stop, even when he understood he
wasn’t calling the shots.
“If we force him, his body will terminate the fetus. He could go into estrus
right there,” she answered. The room was silent far too long when her eyes
finally fell on him. She was speaking to everyone, but the message was
deliberately to him. “If Garfield’s personality hasn’t changed, he’s going to
fight. I’m sorry,” her eyes roamed to the other three alphas that laid claim on
the omega as well. “Chances are, he is going to lose the baby.”
“You didn’t see him. He’s completely defeated,” Dick said. Goose bumps prickled
his skin under his suit.
“There are clear signs of Stockholm Syndrome. We will need to take all
precautions in separating him from Lobo,” Batman said.
Nightwing rolled his shoulders, but the tension remained. Waiting wasn’t
working for him. He needed something to do. He barely heard anything Wonder
Woman went on about with the rescue. His mind was stuck at the examination
room. He went over every scenario, not surprised when Wonder Woman hashed her
own thoughts on exactly the same strategies.
“I’ve been working on a very light sedative for Garfield. It should keep him
comfortable while we transfer him here,” Wonder Woman said. She remained
standing as she eyed them. “This is the first time we’ve dealt with an attached
omega. Anything we didn’t expect could happen.”
“What if Lobo escapes us? Garfield could get hurt in this,” Green Lantern said.
“We’re going to do our best to separate the two and to keep Garfield from
losing the baby. I’ll know more about his health once we have him in our
examination room,” Wonder Woman said. Her eyes were back on him. “There is one
more thing,” Wonder Woman sat a box of small plastic containers on the table.
The four containers with blue lids were handed to the four main alphas. The ten
containers with red lids were handed to the guardians. “I will need semen from
all of you.”
Nightwing didn’t touch the container in front of him. He didn’t want to meet
anyone’s gaze and was grateful he didn’t have to. The others weren’t quick to
gather their containers either.
Dick wasn’t the first to stand up once the meeting was finished. His mind went
over every fact he burned into his mind about Garfield, right down to the
subservient way he stood stock still. Garfield was careful not to look at
anyone.
“Nightwing?” Batman asked.
Dick didn’t realize he was grinding his teeth until pain shot through his jaw
bone. “We’re going to need to wear beta blockers to keep Garfield from reacting
to our scents. A rapid switch in alphas will throw him into heat no matter how
cautious we are.”
The last time he felt this helpless, he watched his parents fall from the
trapeze swings. It was a feeling he swore to never feel again, but there was no
action to their situation that was going to work.
“There are alphas in that building. If they don’t smell another alpha, they
will challenge us. The blockers will never work,” Batman said. His cup with the
blue lid still sat on the table untouched. “You will hear Garfield in stress.
We’re taking out his alpha and he’s attached to Lobo now. It’s been discussed
and we think it’s better if you wait this one out.”
“Everything you’re saying is only pissing me off more.” He stood from his chair
and tried to keep his fists unclenched. Batman remained watchful.
“You were his leader for a long period of time. If anyone is at risk of going
into a rut, it’s you. You think you’re strong enough to take him from Lobo and
not knot him right there in the hospital in front of the team and the
scientists?” Batman asked.
“Yes. I can control myself for Garfield’s sake.”
 
oOo
 
Alfred placed the silver tray in front of Bruce. Bruce didn’t give him a second
glance as he typed into his computer search engine. “You will be using an old
farmers method of procuring a mating then, I see.”
Bruce leaned back in his chair and glanced at his omega servant whose attention
was on the empty plastic container with a screw lid. “Have you heard of semen
working in calming and mating an omega? There aren’t many omegas in this world
to say this is more than a theory.”
“Science does dictate that an omega can instantly be calmed by alphas sperm,
used back when I was in the throes of my lessons in medicine. I would say the
few omegas present were quite calmed by the introduction of sperm from their
future alphas. Unmated omegas are impressionable,” he said.
“Unmated,” Bruce frowned. His thoughts drifted to Garfield. He could still
smell the young, pregnant omega. He shook the thoughts. “Wonder Woman thinks
this will help Garfield to accept his new alphas quicker.”
“But you aren’t so sure?” Alfred supplied.
“If you saw him,” he shook his head. “The kid was mentally defeated. I’m
concerned what a major change might do to him. It’s going to be difficult
saving him and his pregnancy.”
Alfred made an all-knowing click with his tongue. “I agree with you Master
Bruce. There is no way you are going to separate him from his original alpha
without him losing the baby. In the end though, is it better that he come back
to the team or stay with this alpha who took him?”
“He is better off with us,” and he believed that. There was regret in knowing
what had to be done, but for Garfield, to save the young omega, he would have
to go through with this. Tonight, in the shower, he would take care of his
sample.
 
oOo
 
Garfield hugged his body as he stared out the window onto the street below. The
apartment was a hasty choice, though it was a residence that Lobo kept in the
city when he was on a hunt. Lust hadn’t found them. He ticked the days away on
the calendar and watched it get closer to the fact that he was about to lose
his baby. He brushed his hands over his stomach and felt sick despite not being
fed for the day.
The front door slammed and he immediately sunk to his knees and stretched his
body with his arms over his head and rump resting on the back of his heels. It
wasn’t comfortable. Being on the ground in that position made his stomach
lurch, so he held his breath. The footfalls made the floor vibrate as he
listened to his master drop something on the counter. It was probably mail.
Master never opened his mail.
His alpha opened the fridge and growled. The floor kept vibrating as he paced
before finally threw the bedroom door open. The smell of wet leather and
unwashed skin assaulted his nose. Face down, his master would never know that
he hated these days the most, when Lobo came home drunk on testosterone and
adrenaline. He could taste it on the air. It unnerved him every time.
Something light was dropped on his head. Fabric. He didn’t dare reach for it.
“Get dressed and let’s go,” Master ordered.
With permission, he fingered the lacy fabric and pulled it off his head as he
sat up. It took a moment to realize they were lacy boy shorts. He stood slowly,
to keep his bearings and leaned on the bed to pull them on. After being naked
for months on end, it felt strange to have lace against his skin. There was a
certain amount of roughness to lace. The shorts were short in the back, cupping
his buttocks. The way it was cute, it kept his balls and penis firmly against
his pelvis bone. Next he pulled on the soft boots made from a cream colored
velvet. The soles were soft rubber. The bite collar was never removed from his
neck.
“Let’s get going,” master ordered from the living room. To his disappointment,
this meant that his master wasn’t going to shower. They’d be in the car
together, and he’d be inundated with the stench of sweat soaked leather and
testosterone.
He hesitated. He’d never been out in public this bare before. Not wanting to
anger his master, he stepped into the living room. There was no denying how
exposed he felt outside the bedroom. When they walked out the door, he moved
closer to his alpha. Master was easily three times bigger than most alphas. He
couldn’t remember the last time he saw an alpha built as sturdy as master… but
they were out there, because he still had dreams about the alphas he ran from.
Everything was coming up quick, swallowing him whole. It made his stomach turn.
It completely sucked him under. He was going to lose the baby. Since his last
visit with the doctor, he tried not to think about the tiny life growing inside
him. It was his. His baby. His creation. His future everything. Being left
alone so long made him crave the baby. It would give him something to do. It
would give him something to love.
They rode the elevator and stepped out into the apartment foyer. There was a
woman checking her mail. Beta. She glanced at him first, then his master and
quickly busied herself. With the amount of testosterone pumping through his
alpha, no doubt the larger man would almost anything as a challenge. They
walked out onto the street and the much cooler air made his skin prickle. Even
his hair brushing along his shoulders made his skin tickle with heightened
sensitivity.
There was a car waiting for them and Garfield sunk down into the seat. Beta
driver. The man already knew their destination and the car moved into traffic,
silent.
Garfield glanced out the window, watching people coming in and out of shops. A
large group emerged from the underground subway staircase. The street was busy
with people of all ages. He sunk farther in his seat when he realized others
were watching the car. He wrapped his arms around his stomach and sighed.
The sun was going down and traffic was horrendous. Tension tightened his
shoulders and left him dizzy when their car moved through the gated entrance of
the Wayne Lab Corporation, connected to the backside of the Wayne Hospital.
When the car pulled in front of the sliding doors, he stared at the bluish-gray
light emitting off the soft glow lights inside. It was foreboding.
The door opened for him and he slid a foot out, then the other, using the door
for strength. His stomach twisted so badly with fear, that he barely noticed
his hunger. He could jump back into the car. He could order the cab driver to
leave… but would the beta risk displeasing an alpha by letting his omega get
free? Master would find him and he had no desire to leave the protection Lobo
offered. Almost.
“Come, omega,” master ordered.
He fell in step behind his alpha, but quickened his steps and fought the desire
to catch onto his master for strength. The doors slid open and the air was a
bit nippier than the night air. The egg shell colored tile floor and cerulean
blue walls made the world within sedated.
“Mister Lobo, this way please,” Doctor Bowen said. The man was wearing a white
lab coat over a white button shirt, black tie and black pants. When the doctor
glanced his way, Garfield turned his attention to the ground. “I trust your
omega is doing well this evening? Very well behaved.”
Garfield swallowed the compliment. He didn’t want it. No one should compliment
him but his master. They crossed through security and he glanced up. Two betas
and one alpha. The hair at the back of his neck hackled. The alpha was young,
black hair, broad in the shoulders despite his age, and tapered waist. His eyes
were too sharp, too watchful. Garfield took a step forward, grabbing the back
of his master’s shirt. His master reached around, grabbing his wrist and
pulling him ahead through the security. Garfield glanced back. The alpha was
watching them.
“I’m going to do my rounds,” the alpha security guard said. He stood, tall and
menacing; almost as big as master.
Garfield glanced at his master to see if his master found this suspicious.
Lobo gave the young alpha a glance, but his full attention was on Bowen. “Will
his recovery after the procedure be quick? I don’t want a useless omega on my
hands.”
“It’s a quick procedure. He should avoid copulation for a few weeks. A month
would be preferable. If he would lose the child naturally, it would be a
quicker recovery,” Bowen stated.
In the hallway, they passed a beta and two alphas. Garfield’s eyes lingered on
them as the three watched in turn. One had red hair and the other a reddish-
brown. He quickened his step. This wasn’t good. There’d been no alphas the day
before. He glanced at Lobo.
They rounded the corner and three alphas, dressed in lab coats stood to the
side talking. Clipboards were in their hands and the snippets of the
conversation sounded legit, but his gut twisted with concern. Something was
wrong. His heart sped. The adrenaline overwhelmed his senses.
“How would we induce a miscarriage?” Lobo asked, drawing Garfield back to the
conversation at hand.
They were moving too slow. The doctor was far too interested in the
conversation. He grasped his stomach and moved with his back against Lobo as
his master and the doctor exchanged words. He caught movement at the side of
his vision and spun. The alphas came around the corner behind them, sealing off
the only exit he was aware of. He nearly tripped into Lobo, finally catching
his alpha’s attention.
“What is-” Lobo trailed off when he saw the guns pointed at them.
A solid arm came up around Garfield. The air was knocked from his lungs when
Lobo shoved him back into Doctor Bowen. The flustered doctor’s hands were more
stabilizing than protective. Garfield instantly forgave that, but yanked away
from him when the man tried to pull him down the hall.
“What is going on? Do you know them?” Doctor Bowen asked.
“Take my omega somewhere safe. I’ll find you,” Lobo said.
Garfield immediately reached for his alpha, determined not to be separated. The
attacking alphas said nothing. One of the guns popped off and then another.
Lobo shoved him so hard, his head bounced off the wall. Garfield slid down,
watching as Lobo picked a dart from his arm and stared at it.
“Tranquilizers? You think I’ll go down that easy?” he growled.
Master’s adrenaline shot through him like a sixth sense. It was sour and made
him dizzy. It clouded his thought. There were too many alphas trying to
surround his master.
Master charged the group of alphas. Another gun popped off. More alphas were
coming around the corner. He had to stop this. Garfield got to his feet and
glanced in the opposite direction. Doctor Bowen was gone; perhaps behind one of
the numerous doors.
Lobo caught the closest alpha and brought him to the ground. Garfield was in
motion now, running down the hallway. His heart raced in his chest. The blood
pounded in his ears, but he heard his name and stopped. It hadn’t come from his
master. Someone in the group called for him. His real name.
He glanced back at a man in a black and blue suit. He wore a black mask and his
black hair was fairly long. Garfield swallowed. Vigilante. Alpha. Stranger.
They were going to take him.
“Garfield. It’s going to be okay.” The vigilante held his hand open, as if he
meant to coax. Garfield took a step back and the man’s chin tightened. “Don’t
run.”
Lobo screamed in fury, rising up and knocking the other alphas back. The smell
of blood was strong. So was the smell of alpha testosterone. They’d fight to
the death as long as he was the prize. The approaching alpha was forced to turn
his attention back to Lobo and Garfield took that moment to run. He had to find
something big to distract the alphas and save his master.
The soft shoes made him skid as he came around the corner. Losing his balance,
he ran into a fire extinguisher case. His arm ached in the shoulder and down
where the metal caught him. To the side of the extinguisher was a red box with
a white paddle. He yanked down on the paddle and the immediate screech of a
siren pierced the hallway. The red light above started blinking and he waited
against the wall when all the doors slammed open and people filtered into the
hall.
Conversation added to the siren’s screech. Betas filled the hallway and
questions were being thrown to each other. Their combined smell of excitement
and fear erased the smell of testosterone and blood, but not the shrieks of
surprise. The betas ran into the alphas fighting. This was good. Maybe Lobo
would get away. Everything inside him said backtracking was a bad idea. He had
to press forward. A building this big had many ways out. He had to follow the
stream of people heading in a different direction. Swimming against the tide
was difficult though.
He kept moving, even as the crowd started to clear out. He didn’t have much
time to find an exit. If he didn’t get outside, the alphas would find him. They
would smell him. His stomach cramped a little too low with nerves. It made his
lower spine tingle. The fear was a mix of things, it made his skin sensitive.
It made his gut clench; made him almost wanton for his alpha’s knot. He wanted
to feel safe and secure again.
He rushed through double doors and into a much more crowded scene. He stopped
short when three nurses pushing a bed from the elevator nearly ran him over. He
stared at the chaos bubbling because of him. This was a hospital and it smelled
like sick people. Guilt immediately stopped his thought process.
“A pregnant omega. Who is stupid enough to let you run around free,” a male
voice hissed in his ears. He jerked back, expecting one of the alphas that had
taken his master down, but this smell was different. He was nothing like the
lean, mega-alphas fighting his master. This alpha smelled like diesel fuel and
sweat. He wore a flannel shirt over a white tee-shirt that barely covered his
immense stomach. He wore bulky shoes, the type that probably had metal in the
tips to protect the toes.
Garfield held his ground, but felt like a wet cat backed into a corner. “If you
get me a car, I will leave and my master will not be forced to kill you.”
“Righteous little breeder, aren’t you?” The alpha grabbed him by the elbow and
shoved him out of stampede of foot traffic.
“My alpha is mean. I’ve seen him skin a man!” The threat would’ve held more
friction if he wasn’t visibly shaking, both from recalling that experience and
from being manhandled.
The man pushed a door open and shoved him in. It was immediately black when the
door was shut. Adrenaline spiked his blood. Heat spread up his spine and
through his pelvis. This was wrong. Holy crap! This was wrong. He recognized
the early stages of heat.
He became desperate, twisting against the hands that tried to catch his
shoulders and hold him against the wall. The room smelled worse than the
hospital; mold, bleach, vomit.
“My alpha will kill you if you touch me,” he threatened. He cried out when his
stomach twisted low in the gut. He was losing the baby. Everything inside him
said this was true.
The man laughed. The alarms were muffled by the door, but the man still shouted
to be heard. “The same stupid alpha that’s letting you run around alone? I’m
not afraid of the bastard.”
“He’ll be here. He won’t let you do this,” Garfield screamed too. His throat
hurt. He needed water. He needed it for a very long time, but master hadn’t
given it to him.
The man forced Garfield to face the wall. Bulky hands grasped him through the
lace fabric and stroked him to life. Garfield stood paralyzed.
The same bulky fingers released him long enough to climb over his stomach and
to his nipples that’d started aching recently. The man gave his nipples a few
hard tugs and laughed humorlessly. “Not lactating yet. Shame.”
Garfield’s legs went weak and the man caught him around the waist, holding him
up with one hand so he could grab the fabric of his panties with the other.
Garfield grabbed the fabric too, determined not to lose his only defense.
The man growled and shook him hard, slamming his face into the wall. “Maybe
someone should teach you what docile means.” The door opened and the light was
blinding. “The room is occupied, asshole.”
Garfield blinked against the light, trying to adjust his eyesight. The man was
pulled off him. It was a blur of movement, but he hadn’t smelled Lobo. The door
was slammed before he could dash out. The wood instantly rattled and there was
a grunt on the other side. The alpha was getting his ass handed to him, but it
wasn’t Lobo who saved him. He hadn't smelled his master.
Another alpha was just as dangerous as the last. He felt along the darkness for
something strong. His fingers came across a wrench. He held it tight, waiting
against the wall for the door to open again.
***** Slade Trade *****
Chapter Notes
     I have major love towards the people reading this story. This is much
     darker than I originally intended though most of my novels naturally
     take that path. Thanks for the kudos, bookmarks and comments.
     So sorry this is taking long to update. I originally thought I'd make
     this a four chapter story. It's hard to end it, though the ending is
     already in my thoughts. Thanks for the patience. I'm currently
     editing the novels I post as an indie writer and that has made me
     lose track of time. XoXo. Thanks friends for all your support.
The muscle in Garfield’s shoulders tensed as the seconds ticked on and the door
didn’t open. Someone grunted and begged on the other side of the barrier. The
door rattled when the person was shoved against it and then they were gone. The
sirens were off. The silence sunk in and he was even more aware of the throb
between his shoulder blades where he held the wrench up, ready to attack.
There was another ache too; the one between his thighs. It throbbed like a
heartbeat. He knew exactly what the on sought of heat brought with it. His
shaft was hard, rubbing against the lace boy shorts as a sick reminder that he
wanted Lobo, his master, badly. But any knot would do. That was the real sick
part. Any knothead on the other side of the door could ease the pain. Would he
beg for it? Would he cry and submit?
He had to be strong. Lobo was his master. He had to prove to master that he
wasn’t like the other omegas.
The door opened and at the first glint of light, he lunged forward, throwing
his entire weight into it. It’d been a long time since he battled, but it came
natural. There was no time to think. Action only. It was his last attempt at
saving the baby and him from a different alpha.
A hand caught his wrist on the downswing and froze his movement. He jerked
back, but the hold on his wrist wouldn’t allow distance. It yanked him forward
and he brought his other hand up to rest on the alpha’s chest, to keep his nose
from slamming into the wall of hard muscle. His heart was smashing against his
ribcage. Nerves made his skin hypersensitive; though going into heat was the
main cause for his overt interest in the alpha in front of him.
The alpha was tall, wearing metal armor on his shoulders and down his arm.
Garfield risked a glance upward at the alpha’s face, only to be greeted by the
reflection of light off the alpha’s mask. His one exposed eye stared hard at
him. Slade.
He jerked back and Slade pulled him hard against the wall. His mask left him
emotionless, but he tilted his head in a way to suggest he was catching the
omega scent through the scant holes in his mask. Garfield melted up against the
wall, wishing it would swallow him whole.
“Stop panicking. I’m not attracted to omegas. However, you will help me change
a few things with the Justice League.”
Garfield swallowed around the lump in his throat, but it wasn’t going anywhere.
“They won’t compromise; not for you. I… I won’t either. Lobo is my lord and
master who I shall obey. My heart will always be his.”
Slade’s exposed eye narrowed as he took in Garfield’s face. “You really think
Lobo will be back? He’ll be lucky if they don’t kill him. No, you were promised
a long time ago to a hero and I would do anything to watch him suffer. You’ve
been gone too long Garfield. I’m guessing Lobo had you somewhere between worlds
where others couldn’t follow.”
“Wha…what are you talking about? I wasn’t promised to anyone,” Garfield asked.
His heart pounded so loud against his chest, he was sure Slade heard it.
“Child, it’s impossible to be around an alpha as young as you were and not
imprint,” he said.
Garfield thought hard about the alphas he came across. Everyone was an alpha.
He never thought about it, not until he hit fourteen, that maybe something was
wrong. He should’ve developed sooner. All alphas did. But every alpha he named,
he quickly dismissed. There were no alphas he could’ve imprinted on. Slade
hated the Teen Titans, so that limited the alpha gene pool.
“Robin?” he asked aloud, the moment the thought took shape in his head.
Slade didn’t respond. Robin was the one he imprinted on? Did alphas imprint? He
had thought it was only omegas after the very few tidbits he looked up online.
Everything was omega-centric. He thought it only fit omega’s. Did that mean
Robin cared about him? Did that mean Robin felt as strongly for him as he felt
for Lobo? He physically shook his head and Slade shook him hard, forcing him up
against the wall.
“I don’t appreciate you being pregnant. I will immediately see that this
miscarriage is successful,” Slade promised, then pulled him out of the janitor
closest.
He scanned the area. The sirens were off. Firefighters in full gear stood in
the nurse station with a handful of female nurses. The nurses were beta. He
knew this by their stance and how they kept their chins slightly down. They
weren’t as assertive as the alphas, but they weren’t domestic like omegas.
There were patients shoved towards the back of the large room, as if distance
would keep them from being victimized by the Slade. People were bleeding. He
could smell their blood as well as the blood dripping between his thighs mixed
with slick. His gut ached and his hole throbbed. He needed a knot.
Garfield blinked up at the lithe figure that roughly kept a tight hold on his
wrist. The mask was solid metal, one side dark, the other light. Slade’s
attention was on something just beyond him and he glanced over, realizing
immediately that he was only the pawn. Slade started this with someone else in
mind.
“We are not going to allow you to get far, Slade,” the dark haired vigilante
said. The others stood behind the young man.
Slade believed his alpha was Robin, but he didn’t see Robin among the
vigilantes. No one wore the green and red colors of the Teen Titan’s alpha
leader. The thought made him shiver. The last time he’d seen Robin, the alpha
had his fingers up his hole making strange and warm feelings slide through him.
Those were bonding feelings. He knew this from experience.
“You want this pregnant omega back? You want a baby maker?” Slade taunted.
“That’s what I would expect of you Nightwing. After all, he is your omega,
isn’t he? He’s always been.”
Nightwing? Was he Robin? He stared hard at the vigilante. Just like Robin, it
was hard to read the emotion of the masked man whose face remained eerily
blank.
Again Garfield shook the thought. That was a long time ago. He didn’t still
feel that way about Robin and there was no way the alpha could feel that about
him. It’d been about a sense of duty on Robin’s end. There was no way Robin
would want to bond with an omega. He was almost positive of that.
“Slade, you are taking this too far. Give the omega to us and we will negotiate
your time in Arkham Asylum,” Nightwing said.
Garfield swallowed hard again, staring at the man who was so much taller than
he remembered Robin being. This man had broad shoulders and a tapered waist. He
had a solid chest and no doubt, a solid stomach. His outfit hugged every inch
of muscle and when Garfield felt his attention slipping lower, he immediately
blushed and looked down at the ground instead. He couldn’t think of the
stranger as his imprinted mate. His mate was Lobo.
Slade chuckled. It was a raspy, hollow sound. “You think Arkham will hold me?
Whatever time I am forced to serve is worth it in the end when you suffer. You
want the little omega back? This broken piece of shit? This little baby maker
who can’t hold on to the baby he’s been given?”
Garfield shrunk in on himself. His free hand went to touch his stomach, aware
that the slick dripping from his throbbing hole carried blood. He was losing
the baby. Nothing would change that now. His breath hitched when Slade gave him
a shake, then turned to someone he hadn’t seen behind them; another alpha. This
creature was massive; built like a jungle predator.
“Take him,” Slade hissed.
The alpha grunted as Garfield was traded off. The man’s hold was much tighter,
threatening to break the fine bones in his wrist. He could feel his pulse. His
fingers went numb from the tight hold. This close, he took in the masculine
scent of male testosterone from armpits that didn’t have deodorant. The alpha
was all natural and it made Garfield’s eyes sting. Mammoth. He recognized the
giant, animalistic alpha by his scent.
“Time to go,” Mammoth growled as he dragged Garfield towards the sliding glass
doors.
He dragged his feet, but it lasted only a second. Mammoth growled his
disapproval and yanked Garfield over his shoulder. There would be bruises, but
it hardly mattered. He couldn’t leave without Lobo and he’d fight to find his
alpha. The thought made him sink in disappear against Mammoth’s hard shoulder
muscles that dug into his stomach and ribs, making it difficult to breath.
There was an explosion right as the double doors shut. The wind blew hard
against his exposed, wet thighs. Mammoth growled, giving his ass a hard slap.
The alpha’s chest vibrated in content at the sound forced from Garfield’s
throat. Garfield hated himself.
There was a bright yellow sports car parked in the emergency only section of
the hospital, right outside the doors. The driver immediately scrambled to make
room for Mammoth, who shoved Garfield in first. Garfield crawled over the
middle section and into the passenger seat. His eyes shot skyward, wondering if
Star Fire or Raven would be in the air waiting to shoot them down. There was
nothing in the dark sky. Not even the bright stars pierced through the stormy
atmosphere.
Mammoth slammed on the gas, sending Garfield against the door. He tried to
right himself when Mammoth yanked him hard against the seat and growled.
“Move again and I’ll fuck you right here you stupid omega bitch,” Mammoth
warned.
Anger stirred in Garfield. He’d been a Teen Titan once. They won many battles
against H.I.V.E. F.I.V.E. How soon Mammoth forgot what he could do… what he had
been able to do in the past. When he lost his ability, he lost his identity. He
sunk back into the seat, unsure how to approach the battling emotions. It
didn’t help that the smell of his slick overpowered the smell of new leather.
“What you looking for, bitch?” Mammoth growled.
Garfield shifted in his seat, surprised that Mammoth noticed him looking
skyward. There should be someone; Superman or Wonder Woman.
“I asked you a question. What are you looking at?” he asked.
Garfield leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes, hoping to deflect the
alarming rush of pissed-off alpha testosterone that filled the car. The
backhanded slap caught him at the side of his eye and over his nose. It knocked
the air out of him and left him startled. It could’ve been seconds before the
white explosion dulled from his eyes, but considering the same song was still
on the radio, it was merely seconds. He pulled a shaky breath into his lungs,
and then held his breath, waiting and hoping Mammoth would understand that he
couldn’t answer him. He could only answer his alpha. That’s how the rules
worked with Lobo.
“Shit,” Mammoth growled, almost sounding pleased.
Garfield didn’t dare look at him. He didn’t dare move, but from the lights that
sparked red and blue in the reflective side mirror, they had company. He
pressed his back into the seat, wishing he could disappear.
Sickness rolled through his stomach at every sharp turn they took. It was
dangerous on the street, with too many pedestrians unaware of the rushing
sports car nearing eighty miles an hour. He wished the alpha thought to attach
seatbelt. He knew better than to make such a brazen decision and clip his own
seatbelt. Instead, he tried to brace himself and keep from sliding back into
the alpha’s massive bicep when they took another corner too fast.
 
oOo
 
Nightwing laid on top of something metal and hard, digging into his back. It
took seconds to regain his breath and another few seconds to test the damage to
his body by rolling off the examination table crushed under his body weight
after the explosion. Nothing sharp pierced his suit or his body.
Plaster particles danced in the air. The hole in the wall was much larger than
his body, though it helped that his weight managed to put the space there. He
stretched his sides, testing for broken ribs. Again, he was lucky. The
explosion stung. He could feel the heat of the exposure against his cheeks and
neck. He looked down at the burnt pieces of his suit. Nothing vital was
exposed. He touched his mask, relieved that it was still in place.
Wonder Woman stepped through the space in the wall. Behind her, the
firefighters and nurses were rushing to the aid of anyone within the blast
zone. Ash covered Wonder Woman’s cheek, but she stood tall, proud and unharmed.
“Where is Slade?” he growled.
“He got away. There was nothing we could do,” she said.
“That’s a lie. He was outnumbered. We could easily have caught him,” he said.
Anger built in his gut. It made his skin crawl. He was aching for a fight and
right now, he’d have it with anyone.
“You’re going into a rut. It was a bad idea letting you do this,” Wonder Woman
said. She stepped back onto her side of the hole and he knew, before the dart
hit him, that Garfield’s very presence would stir his rut again and again.
He pulled the dart from his arm and prepared for a fight he was easily
outnumbered by. “I won’t stop until I find him.”
A second dart hit his chest. The sharp end made contact with his skin through
the layers of his suit. He yanked it out too, determined to stay standing, but
the world was spinning. It was pulling him down. He couldn’t stop. Didn’t they
understand? He had to find Garfield. That was the only way to make everything
better, for all of them, but mostly for himself and Garfield, his team mate.
 
oOo
 
“A little help, Gizmo,” Mammoth said out loud.
“Help? You’re actually asking for someone to help you? Thought you said you
could get in and out without a problem. That’s what you told Slade,” a voice
sassed from a voice box in the dashboard.
Garfield’s attention drifted over the dashboard, but there didn’t appear to be
a camera. He’d have to inspect closer, but that was something he’d never dare.
“Gizmo,” Mammoth warned. They took another corner fast enough to made the car
spin, nearly missing a row of parked cars.
“Fine. You’ll have your distraction in thirty seconds. Turn your car right at
the next block.”
Mammoth slowed a fraction of a second before turning the car down the road. The
sirens were closing in. He slammed his foot back on the gas, but there was very
little room between them and the police. Garfield sunk in his chair, wondering
why they hadn’t fired on the car yet, or brought out the road spikes. They
should’ve done something, shouldn’t they?
An explosion rocked the car forward. He could feel the earth shake despite
being in a moving car. Mammoth let out a bellowing whoop of excitement. Hope
died in Garfield’s chest.
The giant alpha pulled in behind a building and got out. Despite the blackness
of night without a streetlamp reflection, he watched Mammoth speak a few words
to a stranger and point towards the car. Garfield drew his feet up under him.
The soft booties on his feet would’ve been warmer if they weren’t soaked and
gritty from the street.
Mammoth came to his side of the car and yanked the door open. “Get out, bitch.
I want to get back to the command before morning.”
The cold wind made his skin prickle. He slowly drew himself from the car and
Mammoth grabbed his arm, yanking him the rest of the way out. He tripped over
his feet, landing hard in the dirt road. He winced at the scrap of rough turf
against his skin.
Mammoth tilted his head and sniffed the air before jerking him upright. “You
smell like a perfume factory. Alphas are going to smell you for miles.”
He dragged his feet for a second to long before he was lifted up and onto
Mammoth’s shoulder. An open palm came down hard on his butt. The walk was short
and he was thrown into the back of a taxi cab. Hope was short lived when he
took a deep breath of air and realized the car smelled of another alpha, though
a stranger this time. Two alphas in one car with an omega in heat?
“Took you long enough,” the second alpha growled.
“We had a few complications, but it’s been taken care of,” Mammoth said.
The taxi cab pulled out of the lot and onto the road. Garfield curled in on
himself, fighting for warmth as slick slid between his hips. Despite the heat
in his belly, the rest of him was freezing.
 
oOo
Garfield bravely glanced over the faces in the room before dropping his
attention to the floor. Logic from his heroic years didn’t escape him. This
wasn’t headquarters to any alpha present. Slade wouldn’t risk an ex-hero
knowing important information; least that ex-hero got captured by someone who
could force it out of them. Except no one understood his strong disposition on
silence. It was the last strength he owned.
Slade separated himself from the small group of computer screens he’d been
looking at over a much shorter alpha’s shoulders. Gizmo still wore thick goggle
glasses and was bald. His clothes were heavily padded.
“Good, you finally got here,” Slade said, coming out from around the computers,
but he didn’t approach them. “I heard you had challenges.”
“Nothing that couldn’t be fixed,” Mammoth said. He pulled Garfield in front of
him and backed up.
Garfield glanced up long enough to see Slade’s fist tighten. He didn’t risk
looking up at a masked face that would tell him nothing about how the alpha
felt. Slade’s scent was equally neutral.
“Present yourself, Garfield.” It was a rough order.
Garfield swallowed hard as he sank to his knees. At the edge of his vision he
saw Jinx and Mammoth. On the other end, Gizmo stared over his computer screens
to watch. Heat rushed his cheeks. It filled every part of him, leaving his skin
hot, except his frozen fingers and toes. The room was a mix of alpha scents,
though Mammoth’s scent dominated the room. He was only mildly interested. He’d
always smelt alphas, but their dynamics never interested him. They’d never been
part of his pizza eating, video gaming world.
He lifted his hips at Slade and let his head fall down between his arms. His
shoulders ached from the amount of pressure it took to keep his hands pressed
into the ground. His mind was swollen with worry, much like his shaft was
swollen with blood. He’d never thought about shafts until he’d sat on Robin’s
lap, had felt the swelling largeness under his legs, but the thought of seeing
it had been brief. Then Lust and Lobo’s shaft and knots were always ready for
him and he’d been forced to know more than he wanted about them. He was
desensitized to them.
Now, after so many continuous nights with only two alphas, he was afraid again,
at what the new alpha would be shoving into him.
“He’s been trained and he’s actually good at following orders. That’s more than
one could hopeful from a rogue omega,” Gizmo said. The computer genus tapped
away on the computer key board. It was the only steady sound in the room, soft
and constant like rain tapping against the glass.
“This won’t do,” Slade said. “I don’t want a trained omega. A trained omega is
hardly fun.”
“You were going to train him.” Gizmo’s voice turned catty again. “And Jesus,
he’s in heat. It’s filling the room.”
“Put a rubber knot in him and leave it. No one in attendance at this moment
will knot him,” Slade said.
Garfield shivered. He felt dirty, like an animal. His stomach ached and he dug
his nails into the ground to keep from begging or thrusting his hips up. He
glanced down between his legs. The lacy boy shorts kept his penis tucked up
against his stomach. It was hard and his balls were drawn and tight. He’d come
undone if anyone touched him now, but his mind focused on the blood mixed in
the slick dripping down his sides. This was it for Lobo’s baby. It could’ve
been Lusts. He wasn’t so sure with timing anymore. It all blurred.
His stomach clutched again and this time he whined, drawing his hips higher.
His fingers ached as he dug them so deep into the ground that a sharp pain slid
under his nails in warning. His nails would snap if he continued this.
“Get him fixed,” Slade growled. “And give him a bath. I can’t stand smelling
Lobo on him. The alien reeks.”
Garfield chocked on his growl. He wanted to preserve Lobo’s scent. A hard smack
on his ass jarred the direction of his thoughts. His new alpha wasn’t going to
have it.
Slade chuckled. “Maybe I am mistaken, Garfield. Maybe your animal spirit hasn’t
gone far.”
With that, Slade walked out of the room. Garfield licked his dry lips and
squeezed his eyelids shut. His eyes burned. A hard piece of rubber wasn’t going
to work on his heat. He was almost certain.
Gah! What was he going to do to get out of this?
 
oOo
 
“Are you any closer to disabling the bots?” Wonder Woman’s voice came over the
line.
Bruce watched the screen closely. The only way to understand the different
functions with nanobots, was to watch them in action. The petri dish held over
a few dozen bots, and each one reacted well with the different stimulation.
Making them inactive was the real issue.
“We can take Garfield out of his situation as soon as we find Slade, but the
bots are going to take time,” Bruce said.
Nanorobotics lingered in a primitive research phase across the board with
scientists who specialized in them. To have a working handle of nanorobotics at
such an elite level capable of stunting ones bio-morphed cells, well, that was
someone he’d want on his payroll. However; he was well aware of Mikron
O’Jeneus’s work and he couldn’t afford to have someone like Gizmo anywhere near
his labs.
Noise jingled through his computer speakers. Wonder Woman’s voice followed the
polite ping: “Incoming video from Slade. All alphas concerned in Garfield’s
safety have been notified.”
Bruce reached across his keyboard and flipped a switch that allowed video feed
from an outside source to come through. The split decision wasn’t made on the
side of caution. There was no time to go upstairs and get the computer he was
willing to use. The protective ware on his computer system made it difficult to
get video feed from unknown locations, but a few quick key strokes overwrote
the security.
Slade sat in front of a camera with a carefully unadorned wall behind him.
“Welcome heroes. I know you are looking for Garfield. I’ll make it simple for
you. He’s in heat and I will be offering him to the highest bidder, or I might
drop him naked in the middle of a highly populated park after notifying some of
your closer adversaries. My only request is that Nightwing willingly hands
himself over for the omega’s safety or you can wait and see how Garfield’s life
unfolds from here. I will get a hold of you in three hours.”
The video cut off and Bruce reached for his keyboard to try and trace the
message via satellite. The bar code that came back was unreadable. The symbols
held no distinguishable order. There were heavy gaps in the readout.
“I’ll do it,” Nightwing said from the cell he paced in. The high concentration
of alpha testosterone tried to overpower the cave with little success. The cave
was too vast to hold such condense scents.
“Contribute your thoughts when you have something rational to offer,” Bruce
growled. His protégé’s scent was starting to make his head ache. He couldn’t
call Alfred to bring him pills. He wouldn’t risk an omega, not even one as
worldly as Alfred to deal with this.
“Slade will make him suffer.” Nightwing gripped the bars and hissed.
“He will make you both suffer if he gets the chance,” Bruce said. He flipped
the switch again, allowing the large computer screen to house numerous smaller
communication boxes. Each box held a familiar face from the Justice League.
There were more present than the alphas who spoke for Garfield.
“How is Nightwing?” Wonder Woman asked over the radio silence.
The way the camera was set up, he was sure the others could see behind him
where Nightwing went back to pacing. “In a rut and incapable of making
decisions.”
No one openly responded, but they understood what was on the line.
“We have three hours to put out our best laid plans before Slade gets a hold of
us. This isn’t the best idea, but we should consider using Nightwing as bait.”
“I’ll do it,” Nightwing growled from his cell. “Put me in front of Slade. I
will destroy him.”
***** Alpha-Alpha Threat *****
Chapter Notes
     I know a few of you are holding on for the sex scene, so I'm going to
     take that edge off. Enjoy. :)
Nightwing couldn’t stop pacing. Alpha aggression vibrated to the core of his
bone. Every hair follicle stood on end. His nerves were frayed. He was
exhausted by the pure amount of energy that radiated in his system. He smelled
his mate. His mate was in heat.
“The suppressants will burn through your system fast while you’re in a rut, so
take them right before you walk into your situation and make it quick.” Batman
handed him a small, silver medicine packet. The pills inside the blister pack
appeared huge. As if reading his thoughts, his mentor continued. “These melt
quickly. They will give you clarity.”
Nightwing nodded and pocketed the pills in the satchel he carried around his
waist. Most of the emergency supplies were for Garfield. Batman handed him a
slip of paper and he glanced over the thick penmanship. The address leads to
the warehouse district.
“They aren’t going to let you leave with Garfield,” Batman said.
“I know.” He could smell the testosterone emitting off his skin. He was hungry
for his omega. His body pulsed with the desire to knot. His clothing was too
tight. His skin was too hot. He should’ve known there was no way to work with
the young omega without being imprinted on. His animal instincts screamed that
Garfield had always been his.
“Slade wants you. Garfield’s bait,” Batman said.
Nightwing drew his night vision, riding goggles down over his eyes. His suit
was barely contained his hardness. He’d been hard since the hospital.
Garfield’s heat affected every part of him. “We both know Slade will take every
second of my absence out on Garfield. My conscious won’t allow that.”
“He is going to need a psychologist after this,” Batman said.
Nightwing knew that too, but the quickest healing came from the alpha mate. He
walked over to his bike, threw his leg over the seat and turned the key. The
engine purred to life. The vibration stroked his balls, jolting his desire
further. He didn’t linger in thought on the heightened senses. The motorcycle
wasn’t the safest way to travel with an omega in heat, but it was the fastest.
He shot out of the cave with one goal. It fueled his inner determination to
keep his rut on lockdown until Garfield was safe.
The giant Northern Red Oaks and Silver Lenden trees hid the dirt road from
aerial view. The back road joined a main road twelve miles out from the mouth
of the cave. He didn’t slow his motorcycle as he wheeled onto the empty paved
road. The trees were cleared back, giving him a longer stretch of vision ahead
and behind. There were no other car lights here, this late at night. The street
wasn’t private, but there were few homes this way, the Wayne Manor being one of
them.
The trees cleared, showing the water’s edge for another seven miles before the
road joined the populated freeway. He moved between cars for another four
miles. He knew every stretch of road in the city, which brought him to Darnek
Street as his exit. It was a couple exits from his destination, which gave him
a chance to make sure no one was following him. The only cars Darnek saw at
night were from people looking for drugs or sex.
When it was apparent no one followed him off the road, he popped the blister
pack open and chewed the chalky pills. He was still trying to swallow it down
as he pulled back onto the street and took side roads. The pills left a layer
at the back of his throat that saliva wouldn’t wash away. He swallowed a few
times, but found a lump in his throat. Anxiety. His mate was somewhere within
the buildings that surrounded the industrial side of town. That aspect drove
his inner alpha insane.
Garfield was a stranger to him, and back at the hospital, he could tell that
Garfield felt the same towards him. Two years changed a lot between both of
them. God help him. He didn’t need to scare his omega.
The warehouse district had few streetlamps and even fewer vehicles. The
building windows were black and mirrored the moon. It was ominous with too many
places for Slade and his men to hide. He couldn’t shake the gut feeling that he
was being watched. He parked his bike and walked down the street until he found
building G14 door 2078.
He rapped his knuckles against the door and waited. There was no answer. He
caught the door and pushed it open, not surprised to find it unlocked. Omega
hormones overpowered the room like a fruit scented candle. His mouth salivated.
Despite the suppressants, his knot started to push at the base of his shaft.
His system was burning through the medicine.
“Take off your utility belt and place it in the box.” The order came from the
speakers overhead. The moonlight pouring in from the window gave enough light
to see the box in question.
He unclipped his utility belt and slid it into the metal box and closed it. A
red light blinked in the corner. He was the subject of a voyeur audience. The
thought made his stomach clench. Nothing good would come from this.
“Enter the second room,” the voice ordered.
There was a shut door directly across from him. He had to walk around the
built-in secretary desk that waited patiently for someone to occupy it. There
was a layer of dust on the wood which meant it’d been a while since the office
saw a residence. He walked past it, caught the door and pushed into another
empty room.
“Take the armor off your clothes.” The detached voice ordered.
He separated the hard shields from his chest, hips, forearms and shins at the
door before entering the next room. The door slammed shut behind him, leaving
him in utter darkness, except he wasn’t alone. He held his breath to focus on
the other person in the room, but they were holding their breath too. The smell
of omega in heat bombarded his alpha senses.
“Garfield,” he choked on desire. There was no response.
He remained where he stood, but it demanded every form of discipline etched
into his cells from endless training. There was no movement to indicate where
Garfield waited. Sweat rolled down his spine. This wasn’t going to work. There
was a change in Garfield’s omega metabolic rate.
Fear. Desire. Heat… Anger. Garfield’s scent controlled him.
“Garfield?” He tried again. If he didn’t get his omega to calm down, his alpha
rut would take control, pills be damned. Protect. Service. Breed. He had to
center his thoughts. A rut would leave them both vulnerable.
The lights came on, brighter than the common bulb. He blinked against the burn
it left in the back of his eye sockets. Garfield pressed his body against the
corner of the room with his arms folded in front of his chest to ward off
touch. Waiting on his knees, he watched with soulful, emerald green eyes. His
jaw clenched shut; stubborn or scared, it was hard to gauge.
Lobo’s scent didn’t touch the room. Someone cleaned his omega. Someone touched
his skin with water, soap and a rag. He wasn’t happy about this, but he
privately appreciated the clinical cleanness of his soon-to-be mate. It eased
the competitive pressure at the back of his skull to scent every piece of
Garfield’s exposed flesh. His animal instincts translated an artificial sense
of safety.
He faced one of the numerous cameras blinking at the corner of the room. The
situation was dangerous. “What are the rules, Slade?”
“I will let you walk out with the omega right now, if you agree to being
knotted on tape,” Slade said.
Nightwing swallowed his immediate anger. Slade wanted to demean him. His inner
alpha roared, unwilling to submit. Garfield made a soft mew sound in response
to his emitting testosterone and his resolve instantly melted.
“Bending alphas is a special kind of kink, Slade. Psychologists would say
you’re suffering from emasculation issues.”
Slade’s chuckle was dry. “Before the night is over, we’ll both have a new set
of issues.”
Nightwing flexed his hands into fists. He was ready to fight. He wasn’t going
to submit and get knotted. “You’ve lost your sense of creativity, Slade.”
Slade’s tone turned cold. “You’ve lost your ability to see the art in
suffering. A knotted alpha would suffer greatly.”
Garfield made the smallest, squeezed sound. He glanced over at the small omega
and his shoulders went tight. Even if it was as simple as Slade made it, being
locked in a knot would lead to greater consequences and he doubted Slade would
stop at a simple fuck. It also made him wonder how many alphas soul-bonded with
other alphas? Was that possible? It wasn’t in the media, though he’d read a
theorist article on the topic a few times during his research on the doctors
that ran Arkham Asylum. Was Slade aware of the theory that proven true in the
inmates that formed these bonds?
“How do I know you’ll keep your word?” he asked. If Slade soul-bonded with him,
the chemical bond brought on by knotting would force him to accept Slade as the
superior alpha. He refused to accept this.
“Find faith,” Slade answered.
The doors opened and Mammoth walked in first with Gizmo behind him. The shorter
alpha held an injection gun; no doubt a sedative. Slade was going to find his
happy ending.
“Slade said you want a knot,” Mammoth teased.
“As much as I want to be decapitated,” he growled.
Mammoth smiled. “It would be an honor to help you with that.”
Nightwing weighed his options in a fight. The negative to each scenario ended
with Garfield dead, or worse, sold into a milk bar or puppy mill. He wasn’t
sure who planned to humiliate him, but Mammoth and Gizmo didn’t undress.
“I’d let you do this dry, without the drugs, but Slade believes you’re going to
be difficult,” Gizmo said. He made a movement with his fingers signaling the
larger alpha and Mammoth lunged forward.
Nightwing braced his legs, ready for the oncoming fight. He wasn’t leaving
Garfield behind, which complicated matters and left him susceptible. Mammoth
slid his belt from his jeans and snapped it towards him. Nightwing jerked out
of the way as the belt cracked the air.
Mammoth slapped the belt at him again and he raised his arm, letting the heavy
metal buckle wrap around his wrist. The pain was excruciating without his arm
guards to block the vibration. He yanked back and the belt slid from Mammoth’s
grip, but the force didn’t pull the man off balance. The large alpha howled
with determination.
They tackled into each other with enough force to blow the air from his
unguarded chest. Mammoth got him on his back; his bear-paw grip and sizeable
weight pinned Nightwing to the tile floor.
Garfield screamed. It was the only warning he had before he felt the pinch of
the needle. Large hands grasped his arms before he could jerk away. His clothes
were wet from the spilled liquid.
“Relax your mind, kiddo,” Gizmo said. The young genius’s hands were shaky when
he pulled back. The closeness afforded him a waft of a strangely familiar
scent. The two alphas in the room smelled a lot like each other.
“Is that what happened to you Gizmo? You got soul-bonded with this alpha?” He
asked. His mouth instantly felt heavy. From the strange look Gizmo gave him, he
realized what he thought and what he said were two different things.
Mammoth swung him up high enough to slam him back down. Pain shot through the
back of his head and cleared the sedative effects for mere seconds before he
slid back into a slow, ebbing paralysis. He had a thousand angry taunts in his
head for Slade, but his mouth wouldn’t move. He stared at the ceiling taking in
Garfield’s scent. Instead of comfort, it made him restless.
He strongly sensed Garfield’s overwhelmed vibes, but he was trapped in his
body; locked in his mind. Mammoth leaned over him and Gizmo stood to the other
side, blocking the light overhead. He blinked, but the process felt like it
left him in darkness too long.
“We need to go before the Justice League gets here,” Slade said over the
speaker. “Bring the omega to remind Nightwing to be compliant.”
 
oOo
 
Garfield waited in the corner with his lower body pulsing, craving a knot, but
the crushing sense of danger kept him from begging. He watched the vigilante
place himself at the center of the room, determined not to let the other alphas
get closer.
The vigilante knocked the large alpha on his back with shift speed. The
excitement shot straight through Garfield’s spine into his gut. The vigilante
was a strong alpha. He swallowed the lump suck in his throat, but it didn’t go
anywhere. He could mate with the vigilante. He could have babies, but would he
stay with him? He missed Lobo.
But then the vigilante went down hard. From where Garfield waited, he could
hear the heavy thud of his head hitting the ground. It was a violent fight that
ended too quickly with the contraption in Gizmo’s hand. The vigilante went
quiet, but the slickness of his suit showed a very gorgeous and heavy bulge in
his pants.
“Move it,” Gizmo ordered. He kept his distance and a hand up at his nose
indicating he didn’t like the omega scent leaking between Garfield’s thighs.
Garfield glanced at him quickly, and then fought to get his leg muscles under
control so he could move behind Mammoth who waited for them. The young
vigilante’s head was tossed back. His black hair fell over Mammoth’s arm, but
there was nothing feminine about him. Another alpha couldn’t be pleased with
his strong, square jaw and broad shoulders.
Mammoth moved through the rooms and Garfield followed behind him. When they
made it outside, the cold air brushed against his face, but did little for the
ache in his gut. He kept a hand on his stomach; pressed back against the pain
with his fingertips, but he couldn’t motivate the ache to go away.
They got to the helicopter waiting on a patch of dirt. Mammoth got in first and
it took Garfield effort to climb in when his entire body was ready to shut
down. The roving blades made the air thrum loudly. He raised a hand to his ears
and watched as the alphas put heavy headphones over their ears. Gizmo argued
with the pilot and finally threw a pair at Garfield. He stared at them for a
second before pulling them on, and Mammoth pulled a pair over the vigilante’s
ears. Garfield hugged himself.
Nightwing. Was that familiar? It should be… He was drawn to the alpha. He
wanted to be held down and fucked by that bulge in his pants. He wanted to
scream until he lost his voice.
The helicopter rose and his stomach dipped, momentarily making him disregard
his heat. They were up in the air within minutes. There was no sign of the
Justice League, which left his torn. He didn’t want to go back with them. They
took Lobo. They meddled in his life and now he was in another unfamiliar place
and his heat made it impossible to find solace without a knot.
But without the Justice League, they were under Slade’s thumb. The vigilante
was in trouble. His own future was now indefinite.
“We need to do something with the omega. His scent is offensive,” Gizmo
complained.
Tension tightened in Garfield’s shoulders. Here it came; trouble. He forced
himself not to glance over at them though he felt their eyes on the back of his
head.
“Get over it,” Mammoth growled. “This is going to be done quickly and the two
will be thrown out to the wolves.”
What were they planning to do? Garfield shifted in his chair, glancing over at
the immobile alpha. His long, brawny legs took up a good portion of the space.
He wasn’t built like a walking tree trunk, like Mammoth, but he was taller than
Gizmo who was short and lithe.
They landed on top of an enormous building, one that he wasn’t sure anything
short of a satellite would pick up the landing pad. With great trepidation,
Garfield slid from his seat in the helicopter and followed the alphas inside.
There was a team of alphas waiting for them, some of which made his skin crawl.
In his youth, when he could fight these alphas, he had a semblance of being
untouchable. Now, he knew as an omega, he’d never been as strong. His body was
meant to provide. He was nothing short of a servant.
“Take Nightwing and ready him for the medical procedure,” Slade said, stepping
out of a room he’d been waiting in. He turned his masked face onto Garfield.
“You’re going to do what I say because if you don’t, you will easily be killed
and we’ll do this procedure on Nightwing the hard way.”
Garfield dropped his chin to his chest and bowed his shoulders. It was the best
he could do to show his compliance. The room smelled heavily of alphas, but
very few of them smelled on the verge of a rut. The alpha with the strongest
rut scent was taken into a medical room.
Why did this alpha come for him? Someone that cared… Damn. He didn’t want
anyone to care. Not anymore. He was just an omega.
“You will get him to fuck you,” Slade said. “He will need to knot and lock into
you. I know you understand, having been bred.”
It was a failed breeding. The weight of his lost pup left him exhausted, but
his heat wouldn’t let him rest and now, the strange environment and an alpha
threatening to kill him didn’t help matters. He nodded again.
“Get the omega in the holding room. Contact me when Nightwing is ready,” Slade
said.
 
oOo
 
Nightwing startled awake on a white bed. The sheets were overly starched and
too crisp to find relaxing… to medical. He’d woken up in Alfred’s medical room
more than a handful of times. He drew a hand to his forehead and realized the
only thing he wore was his mask. Shit.
The bed dipped. He raised his hand to stop the lighter body that was crawling
up on him. Even in his state of confusion, he knew Garfield was in the room
with him. He took a deep breath of the aphrodisiac that came from Garfield’s
heat scent.
Garfield shivered and clutched a hand at his stomach. He remained wordless, but
his breathing was swallow and ragged. It wasn’t common for an omega in heat to
be so quiet. Nightwing drew a hand over Garfield’s arm and the omega leaned in
closer. His fingers tightened on his shoulders.
“Please, alpha,” Garfield begged, yet he kept his head tilted downward and eyes
focused on Nightwing’s chin.
Nightwing gritted his teeth. He meant to wait, but the word alpha coming from
those perfect lips, the lips of a team mate, his best friend, the person he
tried to ignore every bonding dream he ever had about, made it impossible. He
pulled Garfield against him and with a hand under his chin, drew his face
upward to meet his mouth.
“Garfield, I want to do right by you,” he whispered. “Do you want me as your
alpha?”
“Please, alpha, please,” the begging was sensual, almost rehearsed.
Dick’s heart broke that Garfield ignored the question, but his knot was already
pressing at the base of his cock. It was starting to form. He could still press
it in and lock himself with the small omega, but claiming… He had to make sure
he didn’t go that far.
“I can’t bond without your consent and if we knot, I’m not going to want
anything less afterwards. You’re mine, body, mind and soul. You need to
truthfully want that with from me as well because it would drive me mad if you
didn’t.” He’d be as big a monster as the creatures he dragged to the asylum.
Tightness lingered at the edge of Garfield’s eyes, but it was fleeting. For the
briefest moment, he almost felt like Garfield was confused, then relieved. As
if that unspoken word would’ve been, “Promise?”
He swallowed. Jesus. He hadn’t imagined it. There was something there, warring
inside Garfield’s head. It was alive, but it needed a spark.
When he touched Garfield again, the omega melted into him. He drew Garfield up
his body and the omega wrapped his legs around his center. He wanted to breathe
every bit of the scent in. He wanted to roll in it and mark Garfield up. He
kept a strong hold on his alpha instincts. It was nearly impossible. The
suppressants were burnt from his system.
He glanced around the room. There were cameras in the corner. The Justice
League wouldn’t let him wake up in a room without knowing what was happening,
would they?
“Alpha,” Garfield begged, drawing his attention. He kissed along Nightwing’s
chin, but the kisses were light and uncertain.
“Where are we Garfield?” He asked.
The omega continued to ignore his questions as he scooted back, pulling the
covers with him. Garfield wrapped his lithe fingers around his alpha shaft. He
leaned back, watching the beautiful, pale green skin trying to get a handle on
his thickness. His purple veins protruded with blood making his cock massive in
that beautiful omega hold. Garfield’s other hand dipped lower, handling his
ball sac. Again, the attention was hesitant.
He caught Garfield’s hand, stopping him. “Garfield, do you know who I am?”
Garfield didn’t meet his gaze. Instead, he bent down and licked the tip of the
alpha penis in his hand. The touch of his velvet tongue against his slit drove
Dick nuts. He threw his head back and took a deep breath. He fisted his fingers
in the sheets to keep from pulling Garfield down and licking his slick up his
leg and straight to his hot hole.
That mouth was too small to take all of him in. Garfield used his fist to take
up the space his mouth couldn’t handle. His mouth was a hot suction. His tongue
licked the bottom of his shaft, tracing the purple veins with his tongue. It
took a will-power he was quickly losing, especially when Garfield’s fist hit
the knot resting at the base of his cock among his nest of dark curls.
“Garfield, do you know who I am?” he tried again. Garfield leaned down, trying
to suck him off again. He held a firm grasp on the omega.
“Don’t,” Garfield whispered. Tears stung his eyes, making the emerald green
shimmer in the light. “Alpha, please, no.”
No? No sex? No knot? Or no, he didn’t want to know who he was? His stomach
dipped for the wrong reasons and the situation felt intrusive and wrong. Why
would his mate not want to know who he was?
“Garfield,” he caught Garfield’s chin when the omega refused to look at him,
and held his face up to meet his. “Garfield, it’s me. I’m Robin.”
Garfield’s eyes darted to his face once before they were back down, but not at
him. This time Garfield was reaching for the sheets to hide his nudity. He got
through to the omega, but his sudden behavior was more than surprising.
“Do you trust me?” Nightwing asked.
Garfield nodded, but still wouldn’t look at him. He wanted more than anything
for the mouthy green omega to sass him like their older days. He wanted to be
lectured on all the shit he thought was stupid and pointless when they were
roommates. He wanted to hear Garfield rant against his alpha meat eating habits
and the survival of even the smallest species.
“Where are we?” he tried again.
“Please, alpha, please,” Garfield said. He moved in again, trying to push at
his shoulders, but it didn’t budge him.
He caught Garfield around the shoulders and twisted them into a new direction.
Garfield’s legs automatically pressed together and like the perfect Christmas
present, Dick parted Garfield’s legs and slid down against the bed to lick at
the clear fluid that made his inner thighs wet. Garfield moaned and the muscle
in his legs relaxed. His sac was so much smaller than an alpha’s; small enough
to barely get in the way when he licked the slick and peered up at the omega
enjoying the treatment. His much smaller cock was hard as a rock, but lacked
the purple veins an alpha had.
He pressed his tongue in as deep as it would go through the tight ring of
muscle and Garfield’s back bowed. He repeated it and Garfield cried out. His
tiny ball sack tightened and a clear liquid squirted from his cock slit,
wetting his soft stomach. Nightwing slid up between Garfield’s legs and licked
at the wetness on his stomach. It was just as sweet, a mix of Garfield’s
sexually mature body. God he dreamt about this too many times. It made him feel
less like a leader and more like a sexual deviant, but now Garfield needed him
and he realized the bond they already had was strong enough to see this
through.
“Garfield, where are we?” he tried again.
“Alpha,” Garfield swallowed hard and shook his head. A few stray tears streaked
down his temples into his hairline as he tried to avoid meeting his eyes. Dick
caught the omega’s chin and forced him to meet his gaze. His emerald eyes were
wide; horrified. “Slade.”
“For the safety of everyone in the room, you will go ahead and mate with the
omega,” Slade said.
Nightwing was up off the bed and standing with his legs braced. He thought they
were back with the Justice League, though in his gut, he’d always known
something was wrong.
Garfield moved from the bed too, falling at Nightwing’s thighs, ready to suck
him off again. He caught the omega’s shoulders to stop him and Garfield
immediately swung around and presented himself to Nightwing. His thighs were
wet with slick. His pink hole was slick and the muscle winked.
Dick was in motion before he could stop himself. His hands were on Garfield’s
hips and his mouth was on the omega’s lower spine. He licked and sucked at his
tailbone while he fingered the tight hole. It wasn’t so tight like it had been
when Garfield was a virgin, but it was tight enough to need special treatment.
He sucked on Garfield’s spine until the omega’s body jerked from another
orgasm. He slid a hand around his stomach and held the omega while his body
shivered.
“Alpha, please,” Garfield pleaded.
Everything inside him said to fight the desire. Fight it, or he would knot the
little omega and they’d both be in danger, but the room smelled too good. He
pulled his finger out of Garfield and grasped his shaft. It was wet with saliva
as he guided it into his babe’s waiting channel. Garfield hissed from the
pressure that pushed back, making the mating a small challenge. The muscle
finally relented, allowing his mushroom head to breach through. He wanted to
ask, to make sure this was okay, but he was too far gone and slipping.
When he slid all the way in, Garfield’s walls hugged him. The muscle was
pushing back, grasping and at the same time trying to purge him from his body.
He pulled out to the tip before pushing back in. Garfield made a breathless
plea.
God help him, his balls were drawing up with the desire to spurt. His knot was
growing thicker, catching at Garfield’s hole with each inward thrust. Every
little sound the omega made only encouraged it. He pulled Garfield to the bed
and landed back on top of him with the omega now facing him. Garfield stared at
his chest with heavy lids. His mouth was open as he gasped for air at every
push.
His knot latched, forcing him deep. Garfield’s legs rested around his hips and
their movements were stilted, but no less perfect. Garfield screamed, grasping
the sheets and thrusting his head back. His tiny penis spurted. The sight sent
desire shooting straight through his balls and unraveled in his stomach. He
pushed deep once, twice and the third time his balls drew up. Liquid heat
pushed through his body, rolling up his spine and into his brain. He was locked
and mating.
He leaned in, placing a hand at the back of Garfield’s head, wrapping his
fingers through the hair at the base of his neck and forcing the omega to tilt
his neck. He placed a soft kiss on his collar bone and the omega cried out,
wanting more, begging for it with his hips. Dick drew back his lips and caught
Garfield’s skin between his teeth. Another orgasm ripped through his body as
his sac released more sperm into Garfield’s body. He bit down, and Garfield’s
nails dug into his skin as he accepted the mate mark.
The door opened and Mammoth was there, watching. Nightwing released Garfield’s
neck and the omega sunk peacefully into the sheets, unaware of their intruder.
He growled low in warning.
“Settle down, Nightwing,” Slade said over the intercom. “You should be happy we
let you have one more go with your omega before you became a eunuch and bound
to an alpha.”
Nightwing made a small warning movement at the intruder, but it only served to
warn him that he was locked to Garfield and if the knot was ripped out, he
would permanently damage the omega. The motion woke Garfield and the omega
immediately clung to him, his face buried into Dick’s pectorals. His nails
nearly dug into his skin, trying to keep them as close as possible, or maybe
the omega was falling for his base instincts, knowing the alpha would protect
him.
Mammoth laughed again. “Fine, we’ll do this the easy way.”
He stepped over to a vent and opened it, then did the same for another. Gas
hissed into the room as Mammoth stepped out. Nightwing tried to move, but the
knot was a firm reminder. Garfield’s hands slipped from his skin and he caught
the small omega who was already falling asleep again. He tried holding his
breath, determined not to fall under the spell, but it only made him gasp,
drawing it in quicker. He tried to stay awake. He tried to fight the effects.
He tried…
He failed…
He went under…
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Waves of mind shattering pain centered at the junction of his ass, startled
Garfield awake. The world spun as his eyes tried to adjust to the well-lit,
sparse room. It was the same room Mammoth dragged him into with Nightwing…
Robin. He swallowed, glancing behind him at the men probing their connection.
“His knot is fully dilated. He’s a big one, good mating stud. I estimate three
injections to chemically castrate the knot followed with three additional
injections within the following week,” a man said at Garfield’s bottom.
Garfield shifted his weight to escape the touch, even as the men pulled his
hips to test the connection. Blood drained from his head with every painful
yank. He gasped, but the scream was stuck in his throat. He grabbed onto
Nightwing’s broad shoulders. The vigilante’s eyes were shut behind his fitted
mask.
Jesus… wake up! Wake up!
He dug his fingers into Nightwing’s shoulder, immediately regretting it. He
knew better than to touch an alpha without expressed consent; permission only
came when Lobo wanted to be jerked off.
“The omega is panicking,” a second man stated.
He gasped for breath, taking in the betas’ scent. His muscles seized when they
tried to force him up again, checking the conjoined flesh between his thighs.
“Slade made it clear that our only concern is for the alpha,” the first man
stated.
Pain stole his vision and strength. He went down hard, hitting his forehead on
the alpha’s very solid chin. The solid body under him started to stir. He
pulled himself upright long enough to see jet-black hair brush against the
vigilante’s corded shoulders. He was waking up and Garfield had hurt him, no
doubt when he fell forward.
“The alpha is awake,” the second man announced to the room with clinical
shrewdness. There were more bodies coming into the room, filling the small
space with the dueling scent of alpha testosterone.
“Have the anesthesiologist sent in right away,” the first beta announced. “Stay
calm and console your alpha.” The last order was growled into Garfield’s ear.
He glanced at the two beta men dressed in white lab coats. There were four
alphas, one of which was Mammoth, dressed in blue scrubs. Impending fear made
his stomach bottom out. He raised his hand to slap Nightwing and a hand caught
his wrist with crushing pressure.
“What a defiant little omega you are,” the second beta said. He was middle-aged
and lean under his white lab coat. The man’s dark eyes lacked compassion. “I
can surgically remove this hand without anesthesia.”
A much larger hand gripped the doctor’s wrist as Nightwing sat up. “Release
him.”
The growl vibrated straight into Garfield’s chest. He wasn’t sure where to put
his hands because Lobo never allowed him to touch, not even to balance himself
when he had an alpha cock jammed down his throat. Garfield pressed his hands
into the table, even as Nightwing’s free hand possessively splayed over his
tailbone. Smaller orgasms were rippling through the vigilante, and with each
one that made the knot pulse and his balls release sperm; it triggered a
stronger reaction in him. He was being bred. This should’ve brought tremendous
endorphins to calm his frazzled nerves, but the overwhelming smell of
testosterone kept him edgy.
“This situation has become sloppy, doctor.” Slade’s articulate voice came over
the speaker.
“Thank god, the anesthesiologist is here. Hold the alpha down,” the first beta
ordered.
Garfield tried to stay focused, though Nightwing’s grip made his omega senses
more than willing to throw caution to the wind. The alpha’s biceps were flexed,
locking him against a wall of warm, hard muscle. He leaned in, sniffing at
Nightwing’s collar before he realized what he was doing and the vigilante’s
hand dropped to his hip, gently guiding the soft roll of their hips, milking
the seed in an attempt to comfort him with the use of his alpha knot. It was
working. Damn… but it was working.
“I dare you to try and inject me.” The threat changed the scent in the room.
The betas were scared.
Mammoth chuckled. “What can you do to us? You won’t risk hurting your omega
with any sudden movement.”
Nightwing didn’t respond. His breathing was shallow; his hand at Garfield’s
back was no longer holding him so close. He was getting ready to fight. The
vigilante nudged him in a silent command. “Garfield.”
Garfield wrapped his legs around Nightwing’s waist and slid his arms up over
his broad shoulders and linked his fingers behind his neck. He closed his eyes,
determined not to let this unsubtle him. Lobo lacked protective instincts, but
Robin… he remember too strongly the way Robin’s hands had tentatively touched
him when they were younger. He shouldn’t have ran… right? But he wasn’t so
sure.
Nightwing’s heart remained calm until his arm suddenly jolted out, catching
someone’s wrist and twisting it. The movement brought his legs over the side of
the table and the movement twisted the knot inside Garfield’s body. He gritted
his teeth. He wouldn’t scream. The pain was sheering heat through his body, but
he felt worse.
Nightwing was shoved back and the movement jerked their connected bodies.
Nightwing hissed, kicking at someone at one end and holding onto the arms of
someone at the other end. The narrow bed left too much of Nightwing’s body off
the table and at a weird enough angle, he was at a disadvantage. If the alphas
pressed too hard, they could injure his spine.
Garfield sat upright, clawing at the person directly ahead of him. A fist
decked his jaw. Light exploded behind his eyelids and the world spun. He licked
his numb lip, familiar with the taste of blood. Nightwing tightened under him,
ready to spin out of the grip, but he couldn’t. Another alpha came in and this
one had one hand on Nightwing’s chest, holding him down and the other had
Garfield by the hair at the nap of his neck.
“Stupid little omega. The only thing that will touch you after today will be my
hunting dogs.” His grip tightened until Garfield gasped. It made the alpha
chuckle.
“This is taking too long, pull him off,” the beta ordered.
The alpha switched his grip from Garfield’s hair to his waist. The fingers dug
straight to the bone. He should fight. Some very dark, hidden place within him
said this was a fighting moment. The old Garfield would fight. Instead, he
screamed when the man jerked him upright. The knot tugged so hard at his
opening that the gush of heat between his thighs could’ve been blood. A string
of expletives escaped Nightwing’s lips. There were two alphas holding his arms
and one behind them, squeezing the vigilante’s thighs down into the table.
There were louder screams in the hallway and the fire alarm started blaring.
The lights went out and the red light above the door switched on, casting
everyone in a blood-like glow.
“What’s going on?” Mammoth asked. There was no response from anyone, including
Slade.
“Abort mission,” the anesthesiologist immediately said, pulling back.
The alpha that held Garfield by the waist, grabbed the anesthesiologist by her
arm and dragged her back. “Finish this, bitch.”
She was small enough to slip between the numerous alpha’s holding Nightwing
down. The vigilante hissed. The anesthesiologist was shaking. Garfield
understood that fear. The tremor was right under his skin and he couldn’t
control it. The needle pressed into Nightwing’s bare skin when the door slammed
open. The woman jerked down between the alphas.
“What the fuck is this?” Mammoth growled, leaving Nightwing’s side. The other
alphas followed suit to face the people who were now coming through the door.
There were only three of new guests, but they were big.
Garfield tentatively grabbed the injection and pulled the long needle from the
vigilante’s bicep. Nightwing was in motion too, wrapping his arm around
Garfield and pulling him closer. In the dark, it was difficult to tell how much
liquid went into him, but from the much lighter pressure to the alpha’s touch,
it was safe to say he was exposed to the anesthesia.
“You’re okay,” Nightwing whispered.
The sound of fists hitting solid flesh quieted. Garfield clenched his jaw to
keep it from shuddering, but failed miserably. He peeked through the long
strands of his hair as Nightwing rubbed gentle circles over his spine. This was
nice. Too nice. He didn’t want this. He wanted to be beat and starved, called
names and spanked until the welts split and he was bleeding.
This felt dangerously like affection. He hated affection.
His alpha nuzzled under his jaw and he tilted his neck, allowing it. The other
alphas were talking around him, when teeth grazed along his skin. The feel of a
warm mouth on his pulse made his stomach tighten. Pleasure rippled through his
stomach and his much smaller cock, caught between them, released its warm,
impotent liquid.
“Are you in pain?” Nightwing asked.
Garfield opened his mouth and promptly shut it. Was he going to answer? It was
a direct question. He thought about it for a second and wished greatly the
alpha would focus on himself. Nightwing’s fingers never let up as they pushed
gently at his lower spine, massaging him as the pulsing knot gave him his own,
much softer orgasm.
“Garfield,” Nightwing said.
Garfield nodded. There was pain from when the men pulled on him, but it was
mixed with the pleasure of the knot pulsing against his over stimulated nerve
endings.
“We can give him something,” Wonder Woman said, coming into the room. Her dark
black hair fell over her shoulders. He quickly lowered his eyes when he
realized she was staring back. “What about you? Any pain?”
“I feel bruised like I was squeezed in a vise,” Nightwing answered.
Garfield buried his head against Nightwing’s shoulder, peeking out through his
hair as Batman shined a light in Nightwing’s eyes. Nightwing allowed it, but no
one tried to touch them.
 
oOo
 
The slightest movement brought nausea. It was the gas he inhaled, Nightwing was
sure. The smell of Garfield’s distress had woken him, followed by immeasurable
pain. Now the adrenaline was leaving his blood stream and he was nothing but
exhausted.
“What took you so long?” he growled while the others talked around him. They
were trying to find the best way to move him without disturbing his connection
with Garfield.
“They had an underground exit that lead three miles out from the district, but
had numerous openings. We overextended our help in the search,” Batman
explained. He leaned over the unconscious alphas and snapped zipper cuffs on
them.
“Slade?” Nightwing asked.
“Gone,” Batman said.
“Do you know what he wanted?” Superman asked.
Nightwing frowned. “He wanted to alpha-alpha bind me. I’ve read papers on the
process.”
Another pulsing pleasure shivered through him and he rolled his hips to milk
the sensation and give Garfield his full knot. Garfield clenched at him and he
wandered if this was hurting the omega after the alphas had tried to pull them
apart. He could feel the flutter of Garfield’s pulse with their chests pressed
together. It mirrored the shallow, scared breathes from his omega’s lips. He
continued to rub his back.
“We need to get somewhere secure,” Batman said.
“Slade will try this again. As long as the nanobots are in Garfield’s system,
Slade will always know his location,” Wonder Woman said.
“I have specialists working around the clock on this. Until then, this should
help scramble Slade’s ability to receive feed.” Batman held a very petite black
collar. The studs looked decorative, but since there was nothing more to it,
the studs had to be the technology.
The orgasms stopped as his knot deflated, tucking back into his body, and his
semi-hard cock allowed enough space between their connection to allow dubious
amounts of come to warm their thighs. He continued to rub the omega’s spine,
but with the endorphin's brought on by copulation slowly releasing him from his
one track mind, he was incredibly aware that he held a broken omega. Garfield
was never this silent. He also wouldn’t have been happy with anyone witnessing
something as natural as a mating session.
“Slade’s still an issue,” Superman said.
Nightwing’s chest tightened, both for Garfield and for what he’d been minutes
away from facing. Slade was willing to make him a submissive alpha. Garfield
didn’t move first, so he lifted the omega’s hips high enough to let his cock
pull out. “I need to check you.”
Garfield didn’t immediately lean back until the gentle encouraging push set him
in motion. The omega kept his eyes tightly shut and his legs squeezed until
Nightwing coaxed them open. Batman offered his light and the brightness
reflected against Garfield’s pink, swollen omega-hood that was starting to turn
into a plum purple bruise around the hole.
“What’s the issue?” Wonder Woman asked.
“Bruised, but his muscle isn’t torn around his cache,” Nightwing said.
Superman stood in the doorway talking with others. From where he stood, he
could only smell the semen and slick from their mated bodies and the off-
putting scent of alpha testosterone. He took the scrub pants offered him and
slid them over his waist, tying them off at his hips. He raised an eyebrow when
Wonder Woman offered him a syringe. The red light reflecting off the liquid,
made it look orange.
“This will keep your rut in check while we’re all in close proximity with your
omega. We can’t afford a fight in the jet,” Wonder Woman said.
“I have anesthesia in my system. I don’t need anything else and I’m not going
to risk falling asleep while he is clearly upset.” Nightwing threw a hand
towards the omega who had his legs closed again, but hadn’t bothered to sit up.
“Clothes.”
Batman was ahead of him, offering him another pair of scrub pants and a scrub
top. Dressing Garfield was like dressing a living doll. He didn’t offer to
help, but he took silent directions well when parts of his body were tapped to
indicate he needed to left his feet into the pants then lift his hips up so the
pants could be drawn up his waist. Garfield sat up and allowed the top to be
pulled over his head. He looked less vulnerable naked. He looked like the old
Garfield, if it weren’t for how long his hair was and how thin he’d gotten.
Garfield tried very hard not to look at any of them. Nightwing placed medical
booties on the omega’s feet and fought the desire to carry him out of the room,
bridal style. The omega hugged himself and pressed his thighs together as if
that would protect him from the room of alphas.
“Come on, Garfield,” Nightwing lightly tapped Garfield under his chin. The
emerald green eyes caught his for a second before he looked down and blushed.
His omega slid off the table, but stayed close to it with one hand on the bed
to steady himself. He would need to go to the medical room to make sure nothing
more was wrong with him. Nightwing took the moment to kiss Garfield on the top
of his head, then his nose, the side of his gentle jaw and down to his neck
where he gave it a very soft nip. Garfield sighed with content.
“This is temporary,” Nightwing promised, as he pulled the collar around
Garfield’s neck and clicked it shut. The collar was very delicate and thin
around Garfield’s swan-like neck.
He kept his hand at the omega’s lower back, guiding him, though he wasn’t sure
where they were. Garfield walked incredibly close to him. When they’d been
teammates, he noticed Garfield would do the same, but Garfield would catch this
behavior and quickly adjust, giving them space.
When they were in Wonder Woman’s large jet, Nightwing sat next to his omega and
placed a hand on Garfield’s knee for a mere second before pulling back and
gauging. He’d always wanted to be close to Garfield, but this didn’t feel
right. The omega’s nervous energy was setting off his alpha alarms; leaving him
equally chaotic in both his mind and body.
The fuselage lights dimmed when the jet engines roared to life. The seats were
set up so the passengers could face each other. There was two feet of space
between them, allowing someone to walk up the path if needed, but it barely
kept long legs from entangling and alphas weren’t one to touch. The group gave
him wider space than usual, since his omega was onboard. Garfield hugged
himself and kept his eyes trained on the ground.
Nightwing’s instincts were to protect, but not to nurturer. It took him a
moment to realize Garfield wasn’t going to latch himself in the belts, and he
had to do it for him. The omega sat with a doll-like stiffness. He barely
breathed while Dick reached across him to connect the various parts of the
belt.
The air in the chamber buzzed as the doors went airtight. The oxygen filter
hissed, making his ears ring in the silence. He settled back into his seat and
fixed his eyes on the crew. A small percentage of the Justice League was going
back to headquarters with Wonder Woman.
He tried not to think about what he barely survived. The alphas had one up on
him. A second too late and he wasn’t sure what would’ve been left of him. He
cleared his throat and caught Batman’s eyes. “I think it would be best for
Garfield if you mated with him immediately.”
“Do you think this is the best time to discuss these matters? You’re still in a
rut.” His dark eyes were emotionless.
“Slade is relentless. If…” the experience was still too vivid. He swore as an
alpha, after his parents were killed in front of him that he would never be a
victim to his emotions, but Garfield was his weakness. He estimated seconds
between the moment he almost went into the procedure as a bonded alpha, and the
Justice League coming in to save them. “He’ll be back. He’s clever. I would
like Garfield to have at least two established relationships just in case.”
“If I do this, he will be as much my omega as yours. I’ll ask that you bring
him to visit on a regular basis if you chose not to move back into the manor,”
he said.
Garfield’s fingers tightened on the belt. This was the best for him, even if he
wasn’t aware of it.
“Yes, we will move back in,” Nightwing said.
“Will you be present for the bonding?” Batman asked.
“Not the first one, but I would want to be present for the rest of his heat. We
can work out the schedule before his next heat. I’d also like to get him
adjusted again. I don’t want an omega this enthused to an outdated
traditionalist lifestyle.”
“Agreed,” Batman said.
 
oOo
 
There were seven alphas present in the cozy self-service dining room. The room
was warm and food sat on the table, but Garfield refused to take a seat. He
remained on the ground, leaning back on his heels with his hands clasped behind
his back and looking straight ahead. The subservient omega poise was
heartbreaking to witness on a former Teen Titan.
“This is ridiculous,” Dick complained. He showered first to get the smells off
him body, but now he was starving. The fact that Garfield refused to eat was a
mood killer.
The small omega showered with him, but he had to do the work cleaning Garfield.
When they got out, he put lotion on his ex-teammate whose personality went back
to that of a porcelain, emerald eyed doll. Garfield now wore an old, gray pair
of sweats that Dick outgrew. They had to fold the waist down so it would fit
the omega’s lean hips. Even pregnant for that short amount of time, his hips
hadn’t widened yet.
“He’s exchanged numerous hands in the last couple of days. We need to tread
lightly. We have no idea how extensive his training was,” Wonder Woman said.
Flash immediately leaned forward in his seat and talked with the fork in his
hand, though he hadn’t touched the food yet. “I’ve read about that. Omegas
trained in severe situations come back with post traumatic stress disorders if
their environments change too rapidly.”
“I’d feel better if we stopped talking around him like he’s an inanimate
object,” Dick growled. He squatted in front of Garfield. Despite all the people
they helped in a day, he never ran into an omega. There wasn’t a variety of
omega specialists he could reach out too, though he knew two at the college. He
inwardly sighed. If Garfield’s environment couldn’t change too quickly, fine,
he’d try to replicate what he knew about Lobo.
“Garfield, get your ass to the table,” he growled.
Garfield blinked, startled, then stood and walked to the table, careful not to
look at anyone. He took his seat and sat on his hands. It wasn’t much, but he
could work with this. He hoped.
… except, the only way to get Garfield to eat was to feed him. There shouldn’t
have been pleasure there, but the alpha inside him purred with the pure
unadulterated power he had over the omega. It was wrong; so, so wrong. He would
work harder to get Garfield back to his normal self.
 
oOo
 
Garfield watched as Bruce pulled his shirt over his head, exposing rock solid
abs and the corded muscles along his shoulders. The philanthropist pulled his
black suit pants and tight, black boxers down, exposing a very alpha penis,
already semi-erect, and firm, muscular thighs.
Garfield’s breathe hitched. This was so wrong. Bruce Wayne was going to claim
him. It was bad enough that Dick had gone too far and tied himself down. Did
they not understand? He never wanted to be such a wanton creature. He wanted to
be a hero and being around heroes reminded him of what was taken from him.
“Hey, Garfield,” Bruce’s voice was gentle as he lightly cuffed him under the
chin with his finger. “Are you trying to bite through your lip?”
Garfield opened his eyes, realizing with a start that he’d been squeezing them
shut. His lower lip ached from the pressure he pressed into the skin with his
teeth, but there was no blood. He would’ve tasted it. His heat was crawling
miserably up his spine. His lower stomach ached with need and he knew how to
quiet it.
Bruce was calm and he appreciated that. The alpha’s endorphin's made everything
inside his head buzz. He felt drunk on the scent. Garfield remained on the
ground with his arms clasped behind his back, waiting. Bruce’s methodical
traits brought him comfort.
The alpha had his back to him as he folded his clothes and placed them on the
plush chair. Garfield found himself staring at the smooth ripple of muscle
beneath warm bare skin. Bruce turned, catching him staring. Garfield
immediately lowered his eyes as heat rushed against his face.
Bruce chuckled and the low-key rumble made his heart flutter with anticipation.
The alpha sat on the bed and patted his inner thighs. Garfield knew that
command. His head buzzed with excitement and guilt. He was such a slut. He
crawled between thighs strong enough to break his neck. There was an immense
thrill in knowing Bruce could easily kill him. He shook the thought. Heroes
don’t kill.
Garfield settled straight in front of the now throbbing member. It was utterly
impressive and too big for him to suck, but he was so turned on by the musk
emitting due to Bruce’s interest. Semen wet the split on the mushroom tip.
“Take a little,” Bruce ordered.
He knew what it meant when an alpha said that. The semen would work as an
aphrodisiac. He didn’t need it; he was already under the spell. Bruce ran his
fingers through his hair and he couldn’t help but lean into the touch. The
alpha’s warm palm easily cradled his face.
Bruce gently pulled his head forward and Garfield tentatively licked the
massive tip, tasting the silky soft brush of clean skin. The alpha’s seed was
salty and unique to his clean diet, similar to Dick’s clean diet. It was
different from the shellfish brine taste that Lobo had.
The alpha tilted his head back and moaned. The sound went straight to
Garfield’s stomach. He moaned in turn and Bruce’s hands tightened in his hair,
gently pulling him back.
“Time to switch positions,” he said.
Garfield was on the bed, lying back on the numerous fluffy pillows with his
legs open before he processed what Bruce said. His legs were pushed wider when
Bruce settled between his thighs.
Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Garfield immediately seized up, pushing Bruce
back and scrambling onto the bed. Bruce was going to… was going to suck him
off. It was wrong. Just like when Dick went down and licked his slick between
his thighs. Alphas couldn’t do things like that. What was wrong with alpha
heroes? Didn’t they know the rules?
“You’re blushing,” Bruce said, playing his fingertips along the outside of
Garfield’s ankles in an attempt to pacify him. “I’ll be gentle with you.”
Until he wasn’t…
He wasn’t sure what the alpha was getting at, but Bruce pulled him down the
length of the bed, putting him on his back again. He watched for only a second
when Bruce settled between his thighs, taking in his much smaller shaft. The
heat of his mouth sealed around his flesh and he bucked upward at the immense
pleasure. He groaned, surprised by the sheer feral sound.
Bruce caught his hips and lightly pressed him back into the mattress as he
continued to gently suck him off. The wet sounds were erotic and disgusting.
Bruce reached lower, tugging on his balls, then tenderly squeezed them.
He moaned again, before gritting his teeth, determined not to make another
sound, but the heat rolled from the tip of his slit to the base of his shaft;
it journeyed just under his skin to an area he could never quite get off alone.
Something burst in the cradle of his pelvis. His body rippled with pleasure and
Bruce swallowed his release.
He blissfully sunk into the mattress before his muscles tightened. He just came
inside Bruce’s mouth. The alpha sat back, wiping the back of his hand over his
lips. A small penis meant never making a mess, like an alpha made when they
came. The predator within Bruce gleamed behind his dark eyes. He was
momentarily sated, but how? He wasn’t the one that got off.
Bruce crawled back between his legs, and leaned over him, catching his mouth
for a kiss that left him wanton and clingy. He could taste himself on the
alpha’s tongue. He was unsure if this was disgusting or hot. He immediately
dropped his hands from Bruce’s side.
“Don’t be afraid to touch me. After tonight, we’ll be bonded. I’ll be your
alpha and you will be my omega.
He didn’t respond as Bruce breeched his muscles. It stole his breath for a
second, before the fire in his gut rekindled. He jerked back against it before
his brain could tell him to stop. Bruce didn’t reprimand or hit him. He tried
to reprimand himself, but the alpha cantered his hips at an angle that hit all
the sensitive places within his canal.
The next orgasm was stronger. It stole the breath straight from his lungs. He
could feel the knot forming at the base of Bruce’s penis. It was thick, making
him clench his jaw when it started to catch on his rim, but didn’t yet lock
their bodies. Bruce nuzzled his jaw before licking a path long his neck. The
knot was starting expand, adding just enough pressure to the nub against his
inner walls to make him scream with desire.
Bruce’s teeth pierced his neck, breaking through the skin as the slick slap of
their bodies grew confined. Garfield reached his third jarring orgasm, riding
out fevered tremors as Bruce continued to pump into him. He was vaguely aware
the alpha invited him to touch by guiding his arms around his massively rock-
solid waist.
Garfield did for a moment, but when Bruce let his wrist go, he dropped his hand
back to the bed, insecure about everything. Bruce continued to lick and gently
nuzzle his neck as his body milked the alpha’s sperm.
“We’ll get there Garfield. You’ll trust us again,” he said, smoothing
Garfield’s hair from his sweaty face.
 
oOo
 
Bruce was already in gray sweats when Dick came into the room. The lights were
dim and darkness pressed through the windows looking out at nothing. The better
aerial of earth was in the control center. Garfield’s heat left a strong,
alluring aroma in the air. He pulled the chair from the desk, but stopped when
Bruce indicated he should sit on the bed on the other side of the omega.
“We have to get use to being in each other’s space now,” Bruce said.
“You’re the one that gets fussy about territory,” he countered.
Bruce gave a small nod and changed the subject. “He’s a hundred percent omega
trained. Reversing that will be difficult. He might never be the person he was
when he was naïve about being an omega.”
“I’m willing to put all my effort into seeing him that happy and carefree
again,” Dick said. Naïve was great, but he’d settle for obnoxiously independent
too. He wasn’t sure what would make Garfield happy and what would make him
happy now that he was mated with the omega.
Bruce handed him his mobile phone. The screen was on and his email was open. A
quick glance over the body of the message said there was a breakthrough in
removing the nanobots from a primate with no long term effects to the animal.
The data was listed as a chart and extended into an excel sheet. Certain
numbers were highlighted and the pulse rate of the animal throughout the study
was represented as a red light that stayed steady. There was a profound amount
of relief in this.
“This is good. We need to get him to your lab,” Dick said. He scrolled through
the information again, this time he read the data slower.
“We need to look at the concerns surrounding Garfield right now. He needs
therapy, medical attention and a renewed sense of independency. If we take the
nanobots from his system, he has the advantage of turning into something we
caught catch, like a bird, and returning to Lobo. He won’t understand why he’s
made that decision, but he’ll feel compelled, given that Lobo was his master
for nearly two years,” Bruce said.
Dick placed the phone down between them and turned his attention to Garfield.
The omega’s hair hid both his mating bite and Bruce’s mating bite. He slept on
his side, curled with his hands under his chin as if this position would
protect him. He fought the desire to touch his ex-teammate, least he wake the
sleeping omega.
“Okay. I agree with you. We will wait until we see improvement in his physical
and mental well-being before we take it to the next step, but I don’t want him
growing use to the collar,” he said.
“I don’t want that either,” Bruce agreed.
***** An Omega Understanding *****
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Garfield woke in utter darkness, sinking into the downy soft mattress that
signified his current masters’ bed. He shifted, ready to get out from
underneath the arm thrown around his waist, but the strong hand splayed over
his naked hip drew him into the comfort of the body behind him.
“No,” Dick said with masculine authority. The alpha was semi-erect underneath
his cotton sleep pants, but there was no sign he was interested in
congregating. In fact, both Dick and Bruce limited the copulation vastly to his
last heat. He knew kid gloves when he saw a pair and these two were literally a
pair.
Garfield reached out in the darkness and touched the bare chest of another
alpha, Bruce. The man caught his hand, drew his knuckles to his mouth and
gently pressed a kiss to his skin before tucking his hand up against his body.
Now he was extremely trapped between two overly-hot bodies. He didn’t need to
touch lower on Bruce to know he also wore sleep pants.
They were better than Lobo, but it left him confused. They didn’t want his
omega traits. He held his breath, trying to fight the inner panic when Dick
squeezed his thigh and Bruce squeezed his hand. Neither alpha was asleep. The
room was too dark to tell if Bruce had his eyes open. He couldn’t tell about
Dick, even if he turned to look at him. He slowed his breathing.
“What are you thinking?” Dick’s fingers danced so softly over his skin, tracing
his hip down the dip of his pelvis, but never touching him in his personal
regions. The alpha was careful how he touched him outside of the heat, as if it
would add to the objectification, but nothing could change what he’d been
through and who he became due to it.
He swallowed. “Alpha would not be please with this omega’s thoughts.”
“Garfield,” Dick sighed against his neck. His fingers moved up Garfield’s torso
and into his hair, carefully pulling the strands away from his neck and ear.
“Take ownership of your name. Omega doesn’t suit your personality.”
“Please,” Garfield whispered. Dick pressed his lips to the back of Garfield’s
neck. He pressed his body back against the alpha, hoping both alphas would do
something he’d be more familiar with, more so than what they actually wanted
from him like the person he’d been before Lobo.
Dick placed a hand on his hips, stilling him. “I will do this for you outside
of heat, when you actually want it from me. Until then, I won’t allow you to
use this in order to avoid conversation. Something really bad happened to you,
and that’s due to the very little society understands about omegas. I could’ve
protected you better. If it hadn’t come as a surprise, you wouldn’t have run.”
He would’ve ran from this, before he realized how utterly amazing an alpha’s
body heat was. Dick and Bruce did nothing to hurt him, yet he still felt odd to
be back at the mansion as more than a guest. Bruce squeezed his hand as if
sensing his thoughts. Both men were too perceptive.
 
oOo
 
Dick sat in the plush chair, staring just beyond the Justice League appointed
therapist’s shoulder. The older man diligently took notes, asking few questions
and letting him talk. He wished the therapist would interrupt him, but the man
allowed him to fill the room with noise, which was nothing less than his voice.
“I’m exhausted. Nothing you suggested, works. Garfield refuses to sleep in the
bed if he’s not knotted. He will go straight to the floor and won’t take any
blankets. I can’t leave for school or work because he only eats if an alpha
tells him to so Alfred is spinning his wheels. I don’t know how to put balance
into our lives. I don’t know him anymore,” Dick rattled. He hated when he
rattled. It made him feel like a child. Bruce could convey years of research
into one word. He didn’t glean that talent.
“You need an alpha to babysit,” the therapist said.
“What alpha would be willing to babysit an omega? Most alphas would feel it was
beneath them…” Actually, he knew one alpha that would be willing to do it. He
sat upright. “Excuse me, I need to make a phone call.”
“Send Garfield in,” the man said.
He nodded as he pulled his mobile phone from his back pocket. God, he really
hoped this worked, because he was running out of options. He opened the study
door and stared at Garfield sitting in a plush chair. The markers were
untouched, the white printer paper was unblemished and the three books they
carried in for him to read while he was waiting hadn’t moved from where Dick
left them on the edge of the coffee table.
“Garfield, it’s your turn,” he said.
Garfield stared at him with the biggest emerald green eyes before pulling
himself up out of the chair. At least he stayed in the chair this entire time.
The last visit was like all the others, ending with him coming out to tell
Garfield to go inside and finding the omega on the ground in his omega waiting
pose.
Garfield walked by him, careful to keep their shoulders from touching. Dick
waited in the doorway long enough to see if Garfield would take a seat in the
chair without being told. He didn’t. He waited with his hands placed in front
of him. This was why they changed therapists three times in two months.
“Sit, Garfield,” the alpha therapist said. The omega fell into the chair with
his hands in his lap.
Dick inwardly sighed and shut the door, knowing that the therapist had very
little chance of getting Garfield to open up. He opened his pocket notebook and
jotted another note to a list of places that might get Garfield to open up;
Zoo.
 
oOo
 
Garfield sat in front of the television, though he hadn’t been watching it. The
alphas found old reruns of his favorite cartoons, but animation no longer held
much interest for him. With his head bowed, he listened to the soft voices.
Master Bruce and Master Dick didn’t talk like normal people. Their
conversations were brief and cryptic. Their conversation was about him, always.
They wanted him to pick his own clothes and dress himself. They wanted him
sitting at the table, eating with a fork or spoon; drinking from an adult glass
not a plastic kid cup. They wanted him to read the newspaper and hold
conversations. They wanted him to lay in a bed and stop waiting for them to
tell him what to do. None of that, he could do.
The harmonious doorbell chimed and the estate grew momentarily alive, though it
was only the four of them present this morning. The therapist left, along with
his primary care physician. He couldn’t remember what day it was, but he was
sure the private instructor for the Omega and Me yoga class wasn’t today.
Jesus. He hated that yoga class. It was more about touching than anything and
Lobo never touched him outside of sex. It felt awkward now, having someone want
to constantly hug or hold him and he knew he was disappointing his masters. He
could see it in the few times he looked up from the floor.
He listened to Master Dick’s clothing as he left the space. The visiting room
wasn’t far from the door. Sound traveled in the estate’s hush; bolts being
unlocked and the sound of the door opening.
The voices were low, but he caught the surprised hitch in Master Dick’s
breathing. “You all came?”
There came an answer. The group entered and the door was shut. Garfield sniffed
the air, catching the scent of incense, motor oil and warm sugar long before
the group entered the room. He kept his eyes plastered to the floor, though his
memory would never forget the smell of his team. His face burned with
embarrassment.
He wished the floor would swallow him whole. He didn’t want anyone seeing him
like this.
“Man, this is cruel. You make him sit like a waiting omega?” Cyborg asked. His
sass made the last word go up in question.
“It’s not what you’d think,” Dick sighed. His master signed a lot, sometimes
vocally, but mostly with his shoulders in the smallest of movement. “Look. I
need to get to school before I get kicked out of my classes for the semester.
Can you look after him for the day?”
“Dude, not a problem,” Cyborg said. “But can you get him out of that pose?”
Garfield’s jaw tightened. He refused to sigh least any of the alphas took it as
discontent. Master Dick and Master Bruce had yet to hurt him, except for
forcing him into humiliating therapy and yoga classes. And for what? Who didn’t
want a properly trained omega… except maybe them?
“I’m working on that,” Dick said, annoyed. “Look. He needs to eat. If you don’t
tell him too, he won’t. He might not go to sleep until someone gets home. I
give,” he stopped talking, to heave another vocal sigh. There was a heavy
weariness to it. “I give any of you permission to comfort him. I prefer he
sleep in the bed, but if you can’t manage it, there is a large dog bed on the
floor. Make sure he sleeps on it.”
Comfort? There were many forms of comfort for an omega, but Garfield wasn’t
like all those omegas in the badly outdated handbooks. He was a good omega,
much like Alfred. He was a service animal, but he did not need love or comfort
or anything else his Masters thought were needed.
“We got this covered man. Go do what you have to do,” Cyborg said.
Dick crossed the room and leaned down, kissing him on the forehead and rubbing
his fingers under Garfield’s chin. “I’ll be home after class and my internship.
Try to have fun, Garfield. Cyborg use to be your best friend.”
His master left. He had no idea where Bruce was, though he could guess the
older alpha was equally consumed with his affairs. That left him alone with
three alphas, all of which had very distinct smells. It should’ve been
alarming, but it brought a sense of familiarity and almost comfort. He stared
at Cyborg’s metal feet, aware that Starfire and Raven were floating. They gave
off a temperate wave of energy like a radiating pulse so timid, it was easy to
ignore like the brush of a breeze from a fan.
“Okay! Everyone heard friend Dick. We must set our alarms for every fifteen
minutes for a feeding!” Starfire said. Up close, she smelled more like vanilla
cupcakes than the scent of sugary kool-aid like he originally thought.
“He’s not a baby bird, he can go without eating every fifteen minutes,” Raven
said. She smelled like sandalwood, sage and the dark arts which wasn’t as sour
as he originally thought when he first met her years ago. “I’m not dealing with
an omega who is overfed and throwing up.”
“Besides, we can’t eat every fifteen minutes or it will get in the way of what
I have planned,” Cyborg said.
 
oOo
 
“Do it! Do it!” Cyborg chanted.
A mega-large, double stuffed pizza was in front of them with a mug of root beer
to refill their cups. Two years ago, he would’ve been up for the challenge, but
Cyborg obviously didn’t get the memo. He couldn’t eat this stuff. Lobo would be
so mad at him. So he remained with his hands in his lap, stuck in the curved
booth seat between Starfire and Cyborg. Raven sat at the edge, ready to get the
hell out on a moment’s notice.
“Maybe we should chew his food first and vomit it into his mouth,” Starfire
said.
Raven rolled her eyes. “He’s not a baby bird.”
Cyborg grabbed a slice, letting the cheese ooze over the pie cutter as he moved
the offering to a plate. The smell was intoxicating. Garfield found his mouth
watering, which was bad. He gritted his teeth. His willpower was limited. Raven
was explaining omega customs, something he really didn’t want to listen too,
but caught the tail end of “so rare, but not birds”.
“Okay, you know what you got to do,” Cyborg said. “If you eat this pizza,
you’ll get us twenty free tokens just like the old days.”
But these weren’t old days and he couldn’t turn into something that could
swallow the pizza whole. He glared up at Cyborg before he caught himself, but
his old best friend started laughing. The quiet females made him uncomfortable.
Garfield glanced at the table, then immediately regretted it. There was nothing
to look at that wasn’t filled with temptation.
“Garfield, you eat or I’m going to force you to eat,” Raven growled. Her magick
bubbled around him, black as her demon soul, but not unfriendly. The bubbles
burst with loud pops, but bubbled around him again in warning.
“Garfield,” Cyborg said. “Last warning, dude.”
Garfield tentatively touched the food in front of him. It’d been a favorite of
his years ago. His stomach growled. He raised the hot dough to his mouth and
took a small bite at the edge. The melted cheese, tomato sauce, mushrooms and
black olives made his eyes roll to the back of his head with pleasure. This was
good.
Almost better than sex… almost, except now he was having sex with two alpha
superheroes and it was so much more comfortable and enjoyable than it had been
with Lobo, but he wouldn’t allow himself to get complacent or comfortable. He
couldn’t forget his sole mission now that he was an omega, though neither alpha
held him to those standards. It was now up to him to hold himself to those
standards.
Garfield glanced up and saw a familiar face moving among the games. He stared
hard, but the crowd swallowed the person in question. The hairs on his arms
rose in response to the flashback. He glanced at the team he used to be close
to. They were swallowing pizza quicker than he ever would now with his
training. He stared at the pizza on his plate and then back up at the games,
willing that familiar face to take root again.
“Dude, you have to be hungry. We’ll play games in a moment,” Cyborg said,
misreading the situation as he clapped him gently on the shoulder.
It wasn’t an invitation to eat, but he picked up the pizza, chastising himself
for the rudeness as he inhaled the greasy, cheesy triangle. He wiped his
fingers on the napkin, noting the grease, than glanced up again when he felt
tension at the crown of his head. It was consuming. He looked up and found the
same person staring at him. It’d been a few years, but Kyd Wykkyd looked
wonderful. Garfield swallowed hard, suddenly nervous and self-conscious about
who he’d become.
Kyd wasn’t wearing his villain costume, but he’d recognize him anywhere, even
in jeans that hugged a lithe waist and a long sleeve, button down shirt that
accented his shoulders and tapered waist. His hair was short and spiky. His
eyes were crystal clear and sharp.
Garfield’s heart pounded with adrenaline and excitement. Another omega was in
the same vicinity, how rare an actuality, besides Alfred whose behavior was
confusing at the best of times. He opened his mouth then promptly shut it. It
was too daring for a trained omega to speak without being spoken too.
Everything inside him pounded with adrenaline and fear. He swallowed it because
this was so important.
He opened his mouth again and suddenly he had everyone’s attention. They were
practically leaning in to see what he would say. He swallowed the lump in his
throat. “Bath… bathroom.”
“Yes, of course, do you need us to go with you?” Starfire said.
“He’s got this, Star. He’s a Titan,” Cyborg said, with a firm hand on his
shoulder.
Garfield blushed. He hadn’t been a Titan in years, and the stone in his stomach
said he wouldn’t hold up in a real fight. Cyborg moved out of the seat and he
easily slid out, feeling the weight of their eyes on him as he made it through
the bleeping and whistling game systems that begged for players or were even
louder due to the players. The game room was dark and as soon as he was around
the corner, the air shifted, popped and opened with Kyd standing in front of
him. He was in motion before his mind thought better of it. He threw his arms
around the man who was now, taller and more solid than him, sturdy in the
shoulders and torso.
Kyd’s arms wrapped around him, slow and unsure, but finally his hands took
purchase and pulled their bodies close, body heat mixing with scent, but
Garfield didn’t care. The relief in his chest gave way and he snorted with a
burst of laughter and sadness. Kyd held him tighter and nuzzled into his neck,
silent and reassuring.
“I didn’t know what happened to you.” Garfield cleared his throat the second he
felt his eyes tearing. There was no reason to cry as he pushed Kyd at arm’s
length, but Kyd caught his wrist, making it impossible to push him any farther
away. Those expressive eyes said so much. Garfield shrugged. “Yeah. I’m okay.”
Kyd’s eyes slid to his neck where the collar clung to his throat. He barely
felt the weight of it anymore. It wasn’t the worst thing he had to deal with
and there weren’t bruises. The doctor declared at his last visit that Garfield
was two pounds closer to a healthier weight.
“I’m okay. They aren’t that bad,” Garfield said. He chuckled at Kyd’s raised
eyebrow. “Yeah, I didn’t think I’d be saying that, but, you know, it’s not as
bad as it was.”
He saw the news report the first week he was at the Justice League’s private
headquarters. The news kept repeating the details on the attack at the
hospital, the one that he caused when he pressed the fire alarm and ran into
the main part of the hospital. He’d been pregnant and scared. Now, no longer
pregnant, he carried the guilt of his actions. He put so many people at risk
when Mammoth came through like a tornado.
Kyd pulled him in again, but this time, he wasn’t prepared for the gentle kiss
that was far too intimate. Garfield gasped and Kyd slid his tongue between his
lips. It was brief, but said so much more than words could express. The ex-
villain let him go and he stepped back to catch his breath, surprised and
completely confused by the action. The kiss was so gentle and it made his heart
flutter. Kyd was wild and free. He swallowed. That’s when he smelled it,
another alpha that was extremely close.
He pushed Kyd behind him out of a habit he thought he lost years ago. Terra
kept her distance with her gloved hands raised in momentary surrender. It took
only a second to realize the new situation.
“She’s your alpha?” he asked, under his breath.
Kyd nodded. Terra’s blond hair was longer and curled over her shoulders. Her
three inch heels made her tall and lean, like a model in spandex. He stood
frozen. Was she friend or foe? Kyd didn’t seem worse for the wear. The omega
squeezed his arm in reassurance, but he couldn’t calm his instincts.
Terra kept her hands up to placate him. “We’ve been looking for you for years.
We can help you get out of this.”
She nodded towards his collar and his hand instantly went to his throat.
“I need it,” he said, barely above a whisper. He was talking back… to an alpha
and she didn’t frown or show any anger for it. Her face remained soft and her
body language approachable, like his ex-teammates. Everyone wore kid gloves
with him, even a possible enemy. It was awkward.
“We can figure this out together,” she said. “Come with us BB. We have a
halfway house for omegas looking to escape their owners. We can get you setup
in a community that is safe without omega laws.”
“Where are there no omega laws?” His voice was growing steadily stronger. Omega
islands were just a rumor.
Terra smirked, “Omega laws only apply to omegas. So stop being an omega.”
Garfield’s brows furrowed. He glanced back at Kyd. He was an omega, at least
when they met back at the junkyard… but he didn’t smell like any gender now.
“Hey, what’s going on?” Starfire said. Her energy filled the space with white
hot, electric currents that stretched out like a bubble. The video games glowed
with the extra energy.
“Terra!” Raven hissed.
Kyd reached for Terra and him. Garfield subconsciously stepped back, out of his
reach and shook his head. Kyd’s dark eyes went sad, and the two disappeared in
a flash. He remained by the wall, holding a hand to the collar and tried to
remember how to breathe.
“Are you okay BB?” Cyborg asked.
BB, Beast Boy, a name that he thought was completely lost and though he heard
it more times today then he had in years, suddenly it clicked. He was still a
changeling. He nodded and allowed Starfire to wrap an arm around his shoulder.
She wanted to be protective, but he hadn’t been afraid of Kyd and strangely,
not of Terra either.
They lead him back into the chaos of the arcade. The combined sounds instantly
became the soundtrack of his inspiration fighting for space among his thoughts.
But could he still be the type of individual he wanted to be or did that
interfere with what the alphas thought he should be?
“We should get home,” Raven said. The fun was over. “I don’t want to be the one
explaining to Dick that Kyd Wykkyd is back and he has an alpha alliance.”
Alpha alliance? That was a definition he wanted to ask about, but the alphas
were somber and he had no interest in trying to talk before he was spoke to, at
least not yet.
The car ride back was strained.
 
oOo
 
Garfield sat on the couch since the last alpha in the house became super
insistent about it. Plus, Cyborg was once his best friend. It had to be okay to
sit next to the large and strangely empathic ex-teammate. Cyborg didn’t give
off heat, but the gears in his chest gave the slightest humming noise, not
similar to a heartbeat, but radiated life just the same. He caught himself
leaning in, every time the sound started to lull him to sleep.
If Cyborg noticed, the alpha said nothing. They were watching something silly,
something he’d love two years ago. A small portion of the scenes made him laugh
and he tried catching himself, but the sound burst out, strange and familiar
and a twist of so many exotically wrong things about being a trained omega that
was now making noise. Cyborg clapped him on the back and chuckled too, but said
nothing against it as they fell back into a comfortable silence and watched
Space Monkey’s a spinoff from the Banana Monkey game they loved playing.
Cyborg nudged his shoulder. “You know dude, you’ve never been at a loss for
words. I’m surprised you don’t have something to say right now.”
Garfield shrugged and Cyborg frowned. There had been a time when there was
nothing that couldn’t be discussed between them. That was before he knew what
it meant to be omega. He shifted under the weight of Cyborg’s sympathetic
stare.
“What do you want to talk about?” He offered. Too many strange things happened
today and he was still confused. Even now, he treaded on thin ice speaking so
openly with an alpha.
Cyborg’s brows rose. The man was nothing if not patient. “I don’t know.
Anything I guess.”
Anything. What a broad term. Garfield shifted on the couch to face the alpha
that was half machine and half man. He remained the same, right down to his
shiny, metal fingers. Garfield hesitantly reached out and brushed his fingers
against the metal, expecting it to be cold, but the wires within gave the metal
a humanlike heat. Cyborg remained still, allowing him to grow familiar with
something he’d known years ago. He brushed his fingers through Cyborg’s metal
fingers, feeling the solidarity of the metal in its resting state.
“Can… can alphas control themselves?” he asked. Both Bruce and Dick seemed very
controlled, but he couldn’t remember all the details of those few days and
nights.
Cyborg shifted. He didn’t look uncomfortable, but his body was heavier than
most and even if he couldn’t feel the miniature annoyances of being more human,
he still acted as though he did. “Most alphas can control themselves to a
point, but instincts are hard. Like when I saw Terra today, I wanted to fight
and protect. It’s a weird feeling, but you have very strong protective skills
too. You don’t lose your hero status because you present. You were born and
raised to be a fighter.”
Garfield blushed and turned away, catching a shadow at the edge of his vision.
When he turned full on to look at the person who joined them, it took a second
to register that it was Dick back from his internship. Garfield’s heart shot to
his throat as he slid from the couch and sat on the floor. He barely caught
disappointment in Dick’s face and felt even guiltier.
Cyborg stood. The couch and the wood floor moaned from his accustomed weight.
“We ran into Terra and Kyd Wykkyd at the arcade.” The silence stretched when he
paused. “There was no real trouble, but they didn’t stick around once we showed
up.”
The silence stretched. Garfield risked a glance upward at Dick who silently
sighed. “Were you able to have a nice time out before that?”
“Yes.” There was warmth in the word, like the days when nothing mattered beyond
video games, pizza and bad guys.
Garfield’s heart fluttered with the memory that didn’t just warm his skin, but
warmed his very soul. He glanced up again when Dick stood in front of him, but
the alpha’s attention was on the other alpha.
“Thank you for staying the day,” he said. His voice was low and full of
masculine heat.
“No problem. I’d like to play video games here next time,” Cyborg said. “Maybe
see if Alfred can stock more sodas. I want to be hyper when I’m playing.”
Garfield watched Dick’s face while the alpha wasn’t looking. The smallest of
smirks quaked the edges of his lips. It was nice. The alpha nodded and Cyborg
left the room and then the house. The minute they were alone, Dick pulled him
onto the couch and resumed the television watching. He smelled like the summer
heat and a fast food lunch, though not even the slightest bit of grease made it
to his clothes. The gel in his hair gave with gravity making the spikes less
spiky. Underneath the outfit, perfect for any young man going into business,
was all hard, warm flesh.
“Did you enjoy your day?” Dick asked.
Garfield hummed softly in agreement to the question. It earned him a very
small, comforting squeeze that made him wonder why he hadn’t ended up in his
leader’s arms so much sooner, besides training when he’d end up tossed to the
floor with Robin straddling him and frowning, encouraging him to fight harder.
Was he the only person that changed? Because it almost felt like that’s what
Dick was doing now, encouraging him to fight harder. He wanted to ask, but
couldn’t.
“Did Terra threaten you?” he asked. The questions were simple, but nothing
simple crossed through those vigilant eyes. Dick was thinking hard, piecing
together what the alpha and omega would want and why Kyd didn’t just run off
with him again like he had so many years ago. He wondered that too, why they
didn’t push harder for him to follow.
Garfield shook his head no. They’d been openly concerned, about his
predicament, but they didn’t know how far worse it’d been only months prior. He
sighed, feeling something strangely familiar in the way it warred with his
conscious, as if both omega awareness and self awareness were no longer lining
up. He bit his lip and forced himself to go boneless against the alpha.
Dick subconsciously held him tighter, pulling him in closer.
***** Nanobots and Self *****
Chapter Notes
     XoXo I love readers! Thank you so much for the feedback.
     Yes, in the next chapter or so, this story will reach the Fini line.
     I do have another Garfield omega story in the works, but it will be
     longer (much darker and a little more painful) and in 3 parts:
     meaning that I want 3 novella length stories out of the notion. I
     want to get it farther along before I introduce it to readers,
     because I don't want to make you all wait so long between chapters.
     <3 Thanks for being so patient.
This was the second time he’d been in the bat cave. Though the office chair was
comfortable enough, the cave itself was dank and the lamps set overhead gave
off muted light that only enhanced the glow of the massive screens Bruce worked
with. Garfield bit his bottom lip and immediately stopped twisting in the chair
when he realized he was playing with the swivel capabilities.
The older alpha threw him a half-hearted smile. “You can twist in the chair. I
know it’s boring to sit here.”
Garfield felt like shrugging, but didn’t. He pressed his hands in his lap and
watched as Bruce typed on the keyboard. The soft click-click of the key pad was
swallowed by the magnitude of the cave. The quiet made his ears throbbed. It
was his very sensitive animal senses that begged for something to listen to.
Bruce stopped typing to look at him.
“When Dick was a child, much too young to be a hero, he would do exactly what
you’re doing now. I had to bribe him with sugar to get him to sit still and
learn about all this,” he waved at the screen. The man was vastly different
outside his daunting costume. His collared shirt hugged broad shoulders and a
tapered waist. His pants were an olive green and he wore black business shoes.
The alpha only wore running shoes when he was working out.
Garfield tightened his hold on the chair, embarrassed to be fully addressed by
the alpha. He was amazed at how little time it took for Lobo to make him who he
was. When it was clear Bruce was waiting for a response, he swallowed hard.
“Last time I played with a computer, it got me in a world of trouble, sir.”
Bruce chuckled and reached out, gently patting his shoulder like he’d seen the
older alpha do to Dick. To his surprise, it didn’t feel demeaning. “You’ll
trust again, Garfield. You’re young enough that this setback can be undone.”
The elevator swooshed, saving Garfield from having to respond. Bruce stood and
Garfield watched him go and greet Dick at the elevator. He was surprised by the
amount of joy there was in seeing both his alphas sharing the same space. Even
in the bedroom, when the world was quiet, he felt unease like sharing space was
a territorial battle.
He waited in the chair as the two men exchanged words. Dick wore a blue
collared shirt with a tie and black pants. Bruce, even with a day off, also
dressed for business, but without the tie. The two walked over with their words
barely disrupting the hallow cave.
“I’ll personally check on it,” Dick said under his breath.
“There is no proof it will be a concern,” Bruce answered.
Dick threw him a smile and Garfield glanced at Bruce, wanting one of the alphas
to give him a cue to drop to the floor. It didn’t come. Bruce had told him to
stay in the chair. Now he found himself swirling in it again, pent up with
nerves.
“Are you ready?” Dick’s attention went from him to the older alpha.
Garfield’s heart flopped. Ready for what? He pressed his nails into the leather
armrest and waited.
“The machines are setup and ready to go. Come on, Garfield. We’re removing the
nanobots from your system,” Bruce said.
Garfield sluggishly separated himself from the chair. When the silence
lingered, he had a feeling they expected him to say something. He sheepishly
glanced from one to the other.
“You’re getting better.” Dick reassured as he reached out and patted his
shoulder. The two alphas were so much alike.
He followed them into a portion of the cave with a sterile room for some of
Bruce’s experiments. The glass walls were completely clear, but the room was
much brighter than the other electronic filled portions of the cave due to the
numerous, operation room style lights brought into the sizeable space. Bruce
walked in first and he followed. The numerous lights raised the temperature a
fraction.
“Go ahead and lay down on the bed,” Bruce ordered.
Garfield sat on the bed and watched as Bruce tinkered with setting items on a
tray. They dinged softly in the quiet space. He jumped when fingers touched his
wrist.
“This isn’t going to hurt,” Dick assured him. His smile was kind, though tired.
He was incapable of hiding his underlying concern. “If we’re successful, you
should be able to change.”
It took a moment for him to realize Dick was talking about his physicality. He
balled his hands into fists, feeling the press of his fingernails against his
palms. He couldn’t remember what it felt like to be in another form, but he
still had dreams about changing.
Garfield leaned back on the bed and his gaze drifted upward at the glass
ceiling over his head. The world remained black beyond the lights. He imagined
hanging upside down with the bats. He could feel the stretch of his leather
wings and the condense heat under his fur… only in his imagination, but he
could feel it, the change of his heart rate if nothing else.
Bruce came to the side of the bed and uncapped the syringe in his hands. “This
is a light sedative. The procedure shouldn’t be painful, but there is a strong
discomfort associated with the removal of the nanobots.”
Garfield stayed focused on the ceiling, but his breath caught when the needle
touched his skin. The liquid introduced into his veins was cold. He focused on
the feeling until it was gone. He hated out easily drugs introduced into his
stagnate form could so easily disappear without him being aware of its full
effects on his body.
Bruce tossed goggles to Dick and handed a pair to Garfield. “Safety goggles.”
Garfield slid them over his face then returned to staring up at the glass
ceiling, aware that the alphas stood at each side of the table, waiting. He
stole a glance at Dick; Nightwing. His black hair was pulled back into a low
ponytail. His shoulders were broad, but not like Bruce who had far more years
in the game.
Garfield swallowed hard as Bruce moved the machinery around until a heavy metal
disk hung over his body. It looked like a flying saucer. The thought made him
smirk. In turn, Dick reached for his hand and gave his fingers a light squeeze
before dropping away.
“Try to relax your muscles,” Bruce said, gently tapping him on the shoulder
before squeezing his clenched fist. He immediately released his hand, allowing
Bruce to wiggle a finger into his light grasp.
That finger felt wonderfully sturdy. It belonged to a sturdy alpha. Two years
ago, back in the room when the alphas were raising their hands to claim
guardianship over him, he’d freaked out. At the time, he’d seen a very brief
picture of a knot. Never had he realized that at some point his heat would make
the entire experience a blur of half-remembered actions.
Now though… He glanced over at Dick. They were both such strong men; mentally
and physically. They were doing him a solid giving him the one thing he wanted
the most, his body back.
The machine hummed and his skin tightened. Heat rose to the surface of his body
making him sweat. He tried not to shift, but the discomfort settled straight
through his muscle to his bones. It felt like his body was calcifying.
“Thirty percent finished,” Bruce announced, staring at a screen facing away
from Garfield.
It hurt. Not at first. The heat was uncomfortable, making him want to jump into
an ice bath or peel off his own skin just so his blood could breathe and find
comfort. There was no comfort though, even beyond the stiffness. It felt like
his skin was trying to shrink around his bones.
“How long is this going to take?” Dick asked.
If Bruce answered, it was too low and gruff for Garfield to focus on. He
gritted his teeth, determined to not scream though the building pressure
boiling up along his spine.
“Keep holding on. You’re doing so well.” Dick’s voice sounded as strained as
Garfield felt.
He could barely smell either alpha. His senses were tied to the machines that
hummed, but did little else. For the pain he felt, it seemed the compensation
should’ve been a little blood and guts. There was nothing but sweat and the
hardening of his muscle as if tiny ants were trying to do through him.
“Ninety percent finished,” Bruce announced.
He wished the alphas would continue to talk. Their gruff voices gave him more
to focus on than the churning of his mind and body. It gave relief to the
humming in his ears; like he was flying too high and the air pressure was
trying to make his brain burst through his eardrums. It grew unbearable. He
bowed his back and pulled his legs up, ready to claw his way off the table,
then the electricity in the machine powered down and the noise stopped. The
ringing in his ears did not.
Garfield blinked through the goggles, but didn’t immediately see either alpha
until the pain calmed a fraction more. His body needed to power down like the
machine had. He was achy and he was exhausted and there was nothing to show for
all the effort he went through to get rid of the nanobots.
There was no blood. There were no gaping wounds that needed stitching. The
fatigue was bone deep though.
“I’m going to take a blood sample and then you’re free to go upstairs and get
lunch with Alfred,” Bruce said.
They’d wanted him to take initiative, and though it felt weird, he did it.
Bruce came to the side of the table with a new syringe and cleaned his skin
with a cotton ball and alcohol. The older alpha diligently took the sample and
Garfield was too pleased with getting a bandage and being released from the
room, but not before Bruce placed a hand on his shoulder.
“You’re doing good Garfield. You’re going to feel like yourself in no time. I’d
like you to start sparring when you are comfortable with it,” Bruce said. The
offer threw him off guard. Sparring meant fighting… something an omega didn’t
do. These alphas were confusing his senses.
The interior lights were flipped off and his body cooled another fraction, with
it, little pieces of the pain subsided. He lowered his legs and sank into the
medical table to catch his breath. His alphas pulled their goggles off and he
did the same.
“How bad do you feel? Do you want something for the pain?” Dick asked. He
placed one hand on Garfield’s kneecap and the heat of his ungloved hand was
surprisingly reassuring.
“I… I think I’m okay,” he said. He wouldn’t know until he could test his
morphing abilities. That scared him more than the day he found out he was an
omega. He wasn’t sure he could handle it if he couldn’t change.
“Do you feel different?” Dick asked.
Garfield sat up with Dick’s hand on his elbow guiding him. He felt tired and
weaker than usual, but nothing felt different. He took a steady breath and
shook his head. He could feel both the alphas’ disappointment, but neither
spoke on it.
“Let’s get back to the bedroom so you can lay down,” Dick said.
Garfield glanced at Bruce, but the older alpha was caught up in the computer
work and the metal plate that had been hanging over Garfield’s body. The
nanobots… That’s what he was looking for.
Garfield followed Dick out into the main Batcave. The cool temperatures washed
over them and he felt another ounce of relief. He needed to bath and get the
sweat off his body, but he was so grateful that they did this. He hesitated for
just a second before her reached over and took Dick’s hand. He didn’t glance up
at the alpha, but he could feel his body language instantly change. He was off
guard by the action.
Dick opened his mouth to speak, made a very soft raspy breath, then promptly
closed his mouth and squeezed his hand in silent affirmation that something
between them was different now.
Garfield fought the desire to move closer to Dick. He fought the yearning to
push him against the glass and kiss him. The sudden aggression was alarming,
but it was under his skin, like an alpha… or at least a hero.
 
oOo
 
Dick walked into the kitchen and immediately backtracked into the hall and
against the wall so he could listen. In that brief second, he caught Garfield
sitting at the table laughing at something Alfred said. The sound was
wonderful. It made his heart flutter. It was like old times.
“What are you doing?” Bruce’s eyebrows knitted in annoyance.
Dick threw a finger to his lips and motioned for him to get back before he
peeked around the corner when the laugher died down. Garfield had his long
green hair pulled into a messy ponytail at the nape of his neck. His pointed
green ears had a delicate curve and his swan neck was open for biting. His skin
was perfect; tight with youth. He was still so young. Only his mind had been
altered.
Garfield took a steady breath and ran two fingers around a small glass of wine.
“How were you able to join the army as an omega? What about the rules governing
our gender?”
Bruce placed a hand on Dick’s shoulder and gave it a quick squeeze before
pulling away. He could feel the older alpha’s body heat with him standing so
close behind him. If he moved an inch, he’d touch the other man.
“Well, I was born into servitude with the Waynes, and when I was young, the
alpha of the family secured suppressants so I could enroll. It was an
experience many omegas would never have, but it helped me better understand
myself and what I could do for society. Strangely, my skills had better use
here,” Alfred said.
“How could you get past… this, to become a soldier? Don’t you feel it in the
marrow of your bones? The constant desire to roll over?” Garfield asked,
sipping his wine. His words never grew heavy despite his drink.
Bruce nudged him to move into the kitchen. Garfield didn’t notice them and
Alfred glanced at them in passing as he stuck a tray into the oven. “It’s
simple, young friend, that when you get to the point like I did, you decide
that you are unable to be a bystander. You prefer the call of duty.”
Garfield mumbled something too low for him to catch. He flopped himself into
the spare chair beside the omega and Garfield instantly tightened his
shoulders. He tried too hard to stay stuck in the customs that Lobo taught him,
and thought Justice League pushed for the old customs, Garfield wasn’t raised
to be an omega. If only the omega would see that too.
“Smells good, Alfred,” Bruce said, taking the spare chair on the other side of
Garfield.
The omega pushed his wine glass across the counter, away from himself and
though Dick was tempted to pull the glass back over, he forced his mind to
center and let it be. He couldn’t force Garfield into being independent. It was
the changeling’s decision.
“We wanted to give you something,” Dick said, pulling the box poking him from
within his pocket. He wrapped few things in his life, this being one of them.
The paper was bright yellow and the ribbon green. He placed it in front of his
omega.
Garfield was slow to reach for it, his fingers delicately pulling it closer to
his body. He tugged gently at the ribbon before pulling it the entire way and
letting it fall off the box. He took his time pulling the paper off the box and
even longer to pull the box open. The uncertainty turned to confusion. It
wasn’t an omega bracelet, but Dick knew this was better.
“It’s a communicator. It has a built in call system,” Dick said. When Garfield
leaned back to glance at him first, than Bruce, he realized the omega was
having a hard time understanding the situation.
“When you’re ready to start training, you can go out on patrol with us,
alternating as needed,” Bruce explained.
“We realize that being indoors all the time is boring especially for someone
use to going out on patrol,” Dick said. His words rushed from his lips with
nervous fervor. It was difficult not being able to read his teammate and lover.
“How lovely, combat equipment.” Alfred’s words had a flair of disapproval as he
made himself busy with dinner.
Garfield took the watch from the box and slid it over his delicate wrist. In a
few months, with protean drinks, hopefully the omega would gain back his body
mass. He’d always been small, but not nearly as delicate as he currently was.
The air was lighter, even if Garfield wasn’t aware of it. The omega stared at
the watch. Was it excitement or trepidation that made his breath hitch? “Yes.”
“What?” Dick asked, but he could hear the same question on Bruce’s tongue, even
if the older alpha rarely asked. His mentor usually waited for answers.
“I’m ready to train,” Garfield said, careful not to look at them as he fingered
the watch, touching the edges of the seemingly harmless looking gadget.
“When?” Dick asked. He swallowed the lump sitting in the back of his throat.
“Now,” Garfield said. When he looked up, his emerald eyes caught his for a
second before looking away.
Lesson one. Get Garfield his sense of self back.
***** Guardians to the Omega *****
Chapter Notes
     Hey Friends!! This story will be over by the next chapter, if the
     stars align, meaning, the ending fits. XOXO to my readers!! Thank you
     always.
Garfield whacked the punching bag. The pain went straight through the joints in
his hand and up his arm. He’d been doing this for the better part of a month
and didn’t feel any stronger for it. Determination made him look at yoga a
little differently; outside of omega and me yoga, which he didn’t consider real
yoga and really had enough of. He wasn’t feeling so compliant lately. Actually,
he hadn’t felt accommodating for a little while now.
He punched the bag again and it swung around, meeting his gloved fists. Over
and over. The muscles in his shoulders ached and sweat rolled down his back in
disgusting buckets. When his arms couldn’t take the abuse a second longer, he
started in on jumping jacks and squats with weights.
Despite his pounding heart, he was very aware of his two alphas at the computer
typing away as they scanned pictures. He wondered what they thought. He’d give
anything to be able to alter his bimolecular DNA cells. The desire was a light,
teasing sensation, like a summer breeze tickling his skin. Sometimes it was an
overwhelming need intertwined with the more solid parts of him, like his
muscle, making his nerves tick; painfully restless.
“Slade left enough clues to help form a trail, but I don’t trust it.” Dick kept
his voice low. In the privacy of the cave, the younger alpha wore a black t-
shirt and snug jeans that hugged his tapered waist.
“With good reason,” Bruce said. He leaned over the desk to type on a third
keyboard towards the back before sitting in his chair and throwing a hand
towards the large screen. “It’s a trap. If he has a better team this time, they
will have the exits thoroughly covered, and can keep anyone from coming in to
help you, you’re going to run into trouble.”
The older alpha wore a black t-shirt that stretched across his broad back with
black business pants that also hugged a tapered waist. It was difficult to
believe that Bruce’s alter ego went without suspicion. The man was way fit for
someone who wasn’t in some form of law enforcement.
“Even more reason to get him locked up. He’ll stop at nothing to make this work
and I’m not going to put anyone else in danger,” Dick said. The unspoken truth
behind those words was that he didn’t want his omega injured.
Garfield walked to the edge of the mat and stepped onto the cold stone. He
squashed down the tiny part of his truly trained omega self that screamed for
him to keep his mouth shut. “I’ll go with you.”
Both men swirled in their chairs to look at him. It was Dick who moved first.
Bruce remained cautiously silent.
“This is really dangerous, Garfield. I don’t think you should get involved this
time,” Dick said.
Garfield fought the rush of anger. It was new. He hadn’t felt indignant in a
long time. It was a better emotion than submission. “You can’t treat me with
kid gloves and expect me to be ready to go out.”
“Garfield-“
He stepped out of Dick’s reach. “I don’t think so. You want me to be self-
sufficient but you don’t trust me to play with the big kids.”
“As a team, we depended on you as a changeling. Combat in this form has never
been in your strength. We outweigh you both in body mass and skill,” Dick said.
Garfield swallowed. Until he could change, they were never going to let him out
on a mission. He wanted to chuck their stupid watch back at them, but he fought
his anger down. “Excuse me. I need to shower.”
They were quiet. Maybe because they knew he could still hear them with his
above average ability. Either way, he didn’t care to hear anything else on the
topic.
 
oOo
Garfield stood on the porch, staring out at the open driveway. There were a few
cars parked out, one being Alfred’s car. Dick gave him the keys to a jeep and
now he stared at the jeep and the open road wondering if he was brave enough to
get there.
“Okay, dude, you use to do this all the time, but without wheels, because you
could fly.” He grunted at the thought and squeezed his fists, wondering when
that feeling would return. When would he feel like the changeling he’d been
less than two years ago.
“Are you going to stand there all day, young Garfield?” Alfred held a duster in
his folded arms.
Garfield startled and turned to look at the older omega. “Do you think they
meant it about me leaving on my own? It’s not something a kept omega would do.”
“You aren’t really kept are you? You have no omega clothing in the house. You
don’t have a collar. There are no babysitters and no chains or omega crate. I’d
say you have been free since you got here, but you haven’t noticed.” Alfred
walked farther onto the porch and looked up at the lights along the porch, then
at the floor.
Garfield sighed. The butler made a good point. He tightened his hold on the
keys and went down the staircase. The sun felt good against his skin, warming
him as he made it to the jeep and slid in behind the wheel. He felt brave until
the motor hummed to life. He glanced back at the doorway, but Alfred was gone.
The drive into the market square was long. He parked far enough out that he
didn’t have to deal with the limited parking up closer. It also gave him a
chance to walk.
He glanced up at the sky, expecting to see someone in a cape or cowl following
him. There was no one. He really was alone. Before this happened to him, it
never meant a thing to be out alone. Now, it felt strange like he went against
society norms, but other than his smell, he wasn’t dressed like an omega and he
was going to try very hard not to act like one.
Anxiety and anticipation crawled the length of his spine as he entered the main
street with all the shoppers looking at the goods in carts. He had money in his
pocket, a real wallet, cash and a credit card, like he did before he’d been
stripped of his identity. It was strange and exciting. He walked over to a cart
to look at the flowers, all so colorful. Gone were the days when he’d turned
into a bubble bee just to get closer to the flowers. The memory made the nape
of his neck tingle with excitement.
A hand brushed his when he reached for an apple. He looked up at Kyd and
immediately tried to pull back, but Kyd’s hand tightened on his wrist. Terra
was right behind him. Garfield glanced up at the sky, but no one was there. No
superhero burst through the crowd to tell the others to back off. He really was
on his own like Dick and Bruce promised.
Problem solving was never a problem in the past. Hopefully it still wasn’t.
“I told you I’m okay.” The strength behind his tone surprised even him.
“That’s what you said, but we didn’t get a chance to make sure. Kyd is
concerned. The last time he saw you, you were in the warehouse going into heat,
and then you disappeared for a couple of years,” Terra said.
A long couple of years that felt so surreal being stuck in places with no
windows. The torture. The induced heat. The sudden dependency. The loss of his
baby that he shouldn’t have wanted because it was forced on him… But he did
want it, as much as he wanted to manipulate his cells and change forms.
“That’s what happens when you aren’t on the same sphere as everyone else,” he
said. This time when he jerked free, Kyd allowed it. “I appreciate you coming
back, I really do, but I’m okay. I’m going to get my status back with the…”
with who? The Justice League? He hadn’t seen them since the day they rescued
him from the hospital.
“There are many free omegas living successfully among the population. Among
alphas undetected,” Terra said.
His attention drifted just beyond her at the happy crowd of shoppers. It didn’t
matter how true it was, he would never fit in with the general population. His
skin would always give him away. If he didn’t stay with the Justice League, the
only other place to hide would be a place not populated by people, but his
omega status would always draw any alpha, exploring the vicinity, to his scent.
Terra stepped closer and he held his ground. She smiled and extended her hand,
palm up with a very small disk in the center. “If you get in trouble, press
this. It will help us locate you.”
“I don’t need it,” he said.
Her smile was sad. “You never know.”
The truth of the matter was, he really had no idea what was in his future, so
he took it and slipped it into his pocket. Guilt weighed heavier than the tiny
little device in his jean pocket. Did he really have so little trust in his new
situation? Both Master Dick and Master Robin never touched him outside his
heat, except to cuddle, but when he started working out with them, he saw a
great deal of distance, as if the pity party was over. He really, really,
really hated pity parties as much as he hated being scared all the time.
He quickly tried to detach himself from the feeling. Terra and Kyd were gone in
a blink, but he didn’t feel completely alone. They didn’t say they were a part
of another organization, but he pulled the disk out and looked at the emblem on
the top, carved into the metal. O.R. … omega rights, maybe?
It didn’t ease his spirit, but he continued down the market, petting dogs as
they came over, even the few stray cats that peeked from their hidden perches
among the merchant carts. The world here stopped. It felt like another
dimension, except for the mobile phones that allowed credit card use and
honking cars in the distance.
The hadn’t changed, but he did. His views changed. His reasoning had changed.
His inner understanding of the world had changed.
He took his time purchasing a few items for dinner, believing this would please
Alfred, and then he bought flowers with bright colors and excellent combined
scents.
This was for him, so he had something to focus on. His first line of business
was to learn how to transform again using tactile senses. The sensation
vibrated under his skin and in his brain. It had a thin trigger, but it
wouldn’t go all the way. He had to force it.
He still had money in his pocket, but he was ready to get home and hide the
disk that Terra gave him. He made his way back through the crowd and to the
jeep, grateful there were no other surprises.
The sharp twist in his pelvic muscles doubled him over. He hugged the side of
the car and waited for the rolling pressure to stop. When it did, he used the
car to help him stand. “Shit. Not now.”
The pressure pinched again, knocking the air from him. Okay. There was no
denying the truth. He was going in heat and he was still in public. He glanced
at the watch his Masters gave him, then at the keys in his hand. He really
didn’t want to wait for someone to come to him. He didn’t want them to see him
as weak.
“Stay calm, BB,” he told himself, then stopped. Had he just called himself
Beast Boy? Jesus. Where did that come from?
He used the car to get towards the driver’s side, but the pressure had him on
his hands and knees, nearly kissing the ground. His thighs were soaked with
slick. He didn’t even have to move to smell himself in waves that left his head
dizzy. Damn… He needed help.
He pressed the tiny red button on the side of the watch, noting for the first
time how conveniently hidden it was, but the possibilities of accidentally
pressing it became a running commentary in his head. Seconds passed. He
expected someone on the other end to answer. They didn’t. He pressed it again,
and brought the watch to his mouth. “Hello?”
“Wow, an omega without a collar? What a lucky day.” Two men in business suits
stood in front of him.
“You don’t want to mess with me. I bite.” He growled and pulled himself back
against the car door.
The man loosened his tie. “Your alpha isn’t here to take care of you,
sweetheart.”
Could he fight them while in heat? Would their alpha aggressive turn him on?
Damn, he hated being an omega when his mind only circled around one thing.
A blur of red light flashed in front of him. He caught his breath when the two
men were on the sidewalk, sitting on their butts and Flash started towards him.
His full body costume molded to every inch of toned muscle. Garfield swallowed
hard and scrambled to get to his feet. The movement made him hyper-aware that
the aggressiveness in the alpha approaching him actually made his breath hitch
in excitement.
It’s the heat! He couldn’t be turned on by every hot superhero that walked into
his life… Right?
Flash stopped five feet in front of him, out of arms reach, but they both knew
Flash could fill that space in seconds, even without his ability. “Hey, it’s
okay. I’m one of your appointed guardians”
Garfield shook his head. He should remember what that meant… Guardian? Alphas
and guardians… Oh god!
He tried to sniff the air, smell the alpha that stood so close, but he could
only smell the sweet fragrance of spring bloom flowers, and warm popcorn
wafting from the market. His heart sped and the masculine smile that spread
across Flash’s face didn’t help.
“I… I don’t need you. I have my masters,” he said. He almost said Dick and
Bruce. God, help him, but his mind felt split between omega and omega-alpha
superhero. He didn’t feel as omega as he use to a couple of months ago. Having
the nanobots out of his system gave him a sense of self preservation.
“It’s okay. This is very natural,” Flash kept his distance.
Garfield used the car in order to maintain his posture, but the cramps doubled
him and the slick was making his clothes damp. “It shouldn’t hurt this badly.
Call my masters.”
Flash shook his head. “I’m on call when they’re busy.”
“Fine, then take me to one of them,” Garfield ordered. His anger leeched into
his tone.
Flash raised an eyebrow. “I’m getting the impression that you don’t fully
understand the concept of guardian alpha.”
He waved him silent and growled. “I know what a guardian is. But I don’t know
you, not really.”
“I can take you back to the estate-” Flash offered.
Garfield inwardly moaned as he warred over his dueling logic. He took the keys
and threw them at Flash. “Yes, take me back to the estate. You’re driving
though. I don’t want you touching me.”
Garfield made it to the passenger side and crawled in. The alpha’s scent filled
the car, but his scent did the same. His fingers played with the button that
would lower the window, knowing it was best if they didn’t take the twenty
minute drive smelling each other.
“Don’t. We don’t want to draw alphas back to the estate,” Flash said. He looked
paler than before, though it could’ve been the way the sunlight reflected
through the window, or how his bright red cowl hugged his face. He started the
engine and immediately switched the air conditioning all the way up with the
vents aimed at his face.
A glance downward told Garfield just how difficult the next twenty minutes
would be for the hero whose impressive alpha cock was already straining against
the fabric of his clothes. It wasn’t like it was any easier for him. He did the
same with the vents on his side, aiming them towards his face, hoping to keep
from smelling the overly helpful alpha next to him. He turned the rock station
up, hoping the painful loudness would keep him focused, but he blinked and
startled when he realized he was leaning towards the alpha.
The alpha had a death grip on the steering wheel. His eyes were on the road,
but they were dilated. This was far more dangerous than letting the man zap
them to their location. It was too late to regret the decision.
Flash was trying so hard to be a gentleman. Damn. That was way more attractive
than it should’ve been. He pressed his knees together and tried to think of
anything besides the alpha. It wasn’t working.
“Okay,” he grumbled.
Flash glanced at him for a mere second. “Okay, what?”
“Okay, you can…” Garfield waved a finger at himself.
Flash’s frown deepened. “Look, kid, you aren’t comfortable with it and I don’t
want a guilty conscious.”
Garfield growled, surprised with the venom in his tone. “I’m fine with it. But
it better happen in the next couple of seconds or I’ll freaking tear you apart
when I can think again.”
A smirk quaked the edges of Flash’s lips as they pulled through the wrought
iron gates that were open and waiting. “You realize we’d already be in more
comfort if I had just carried you back.”
“Whatever,” Garfield grumbled as he stared straight ahead at the number of cars
parked in the drive way. At least seven of them, he’d never seen before.
Alfred waited on the porch with the door open and his arms crossed. He came to
the edge of the porch when he saw them. The minute Flash parked, Garfield had
his door open but he barely blinked before hands on his arms were willing to
take the majority of his weight. He fell back against Flash grateful.
“The guest room-“ Alfred started.
“I know where that is, thank you,” Flash said.
“Sir,” Alfred’s tone perked Garfield’s growing dread. “The team is waiting in
the living room.”
They walked in together, but Garfield yanked from Flash’s grip, determined to
separate himself. Dread sunk in his stomach as they walked into the living room
where Alfred picked up a tray and started serving the gathering of alphas. A
wave of alpha pheromone overload hit him and he swayed back. Flash kept his
hand at the small of his back to stop him from leaving the room.
“We need to talk while you’re still in this frame of mind. Please sit,” Flash
said.
The alpha gently pulled him over to the chair and he swirled out of the way to
stand behind it. He wasn’t running. He’d never make it to the door. His eyes
settled on the man with black hair and black rimmed glasses. His broad
shoulders were outfitted in a button down, collared shirt. Even without his
emblem on his clothing, Garfield knew who he was. He knew who all of them were,
not because he knew their real names or their secret identities, but because
their scents were now so familiar.
Dick and Bruce had been introducing him to their distinct scents for the past
month. It wasn’t a “in your face” introduction. It’d been casual; like new
scents on the sheets or the pillows on the couch. He frowned and curved in on
himself for a mere second before anger erupted.
“Call my masters,” he demanded of Flash.
Flash took deep, controlled breathes, though his eyes dilated farther.
“Garfield, they’re in the middle of an operation. Eventually, your heat
would’ve come when they were away.”
He glanced back at his guardians, five in all, and swallowed, but the lump in
his throat was tight. These alphas weren’t strangers to him in their original
hero attire. In fact, there were butterflies in his stomach, like seeing old
friends after two years of being apart. That was the wrong feeling. He wanted
to be pissed because at least it allowed him to stay in control.
He slammed his open palm on the top of the seat cushion. “Damn. Damnit! They
went after Slade without me!”
Even as the words left his mouth, he could smell his intimate reaction to the
alphas. Warmth trickled between his legs in want of hot skin and hard knots. A
warm, gloved hand caught his wrist, drawing his attention.
Flash’s other hand slid behind his head, gripping his neck and gently pressing.
Pleasure coursed through his body and he pressed against the alpha. “Hush,
little omega. We’re here as your guardians. We’re going to make sure you get
through this.”
He nodded as the man pulled his mask off and drew him into the chair, on top of
his lap. Garfield immediately straddled both his legs, while facing outward at
the group. They were talking, making introductions, names immediately got
associated with masks. He filed it away and swore to himself that he would
remember who they all were; Clark Kent, Barry Allen, Hal Jordan, John
Constantine and Jackson Hyde. They were big alphas, built for hard fights.
“I only agreed to be with one person,” Garfield said.
“We can bring one alpha in at a time if you’d feel best about it, but this is
going to happen. Our careers are deadly and we can’t risk you bonding with only
one of us,” Clark said.
“It helps with balance,” Constantine finally talked. He leaned forward, like
the others, unable to get comfortable.
Right now, they had the best smell in the world. He leaned back against Barry,
grinding his hips into the hero. A witty remark sat on the edge of his tongue;
instead he groaned and rocked again. Barry gripped his hips, drawing him over
his constrained shaft. A second later, he was pulled from the chair and they
were moving to the spare room.
“Please,” he whispered.
Allen stopped in the doorway. “What do you need?”
He was too hot to blush, but he could feel it anyway. “I want two alphas.”
The word no sooner left his mouth did Clark come up behind Barry. He started
working the tie around his neck loose. God! They weren’t Dick and Bruce. How
would it feel being in the middle of this?
 
oOo
 
Barry rubbed circles along Garfield’s bare thighs, trying to ease the tension
from his body. The full heat hadn’t set in yet, and despite being drawn between
the two alphas, he couldn’t relax. Clark’s fingers ran up and down his arm.
Both alphas made his body hungry.
He kept his face nearly buried under Barry’s arm, taking in the scent of alpha.
The cuddling did ease the tension, but not as much as he’d like. Both alphas
were surprisingly gentle, though he could feel that neither were built for a
gentle nature. There was barely constrained strength in the fingers that
kneaded his flesh.
Barry cupped Garfield’s butt, then drew his hand down the back of his leg,
lifting it up to straddle him. He was extremely aware how it opened the back of
him to the alpha pressed at his back. His leg brushed over the prominent
hardness that made up Barry’s shaft; the heat of it almost burned. The length
of his torso now pressed against the lithe superhero.
Behind him, Clark’s hands moved lower. When he tensed, Barry brought a hand
under his jaw and drew him into a kiss. It was positively possessive and made
his inner omega purr. He must’ve shifted his weight, pulled more of his body on
top of Barry because Clark’s hands were on his buttocks holding him open. A
talented tongue found his core, searing him open. He pushed back against it and
was rewarded with a groan of approval.
Barry smirked, knowingly, as he reached a hand up around his head and guided
him back into a kiss. He pressed his tongue into the alpha’s mouth, catching
him off guard, but Barry didn’t push away. He allowed the tiny, aggressive
behavior, even chuckled as he returned the kiss. Clark’s moved a finger into
his body and he moaned, jerking back on all fours to impale himself on the
second finger added.
“I… I need this,” he whispered, losing all ambition. His consciousness slid to
the very back of his head. Something animalistic came out. He could only focus
on the body heat surrounding him and the smells that said he was with alphas he
knew. No reason to panic.
What he wanted; “Please knot me. I need it so bad.”
The alphas growled words of appraisal and his omega side opened. He slammed
back into Clark, realizing a second later that it wasn’t his fingers anymore.
The feel of the man’s shaft, the thick girth took his breath away. Yes! This
was what he wanted.
 
oOo
 
“He made it through his second wave fine,” Barry said over the private
intercom, which meant he was down in the Bat Cave. “Clark and I took care of it
the first round.”
Batman rolled the Batmobile to the side of a warehouse and stopped, glancing at
Nightwing, whose attention was focused outside the window.
“Who is with him now?" Batman asked. He flipped a few switches, connecting to
the security cameras set in place at the warehouse. It was a small piece of
technology that Wayne Industries was still testing, but at the moment, it
worked perfectly.
“He’s with Hal and Jackson. Constantine said he’s a lone wolf,” Barry said.
“Is he content?” Batman asked.
“Listen, he’s pretty vocal about how pissed he is that you two left him. Other
than that, we’re keeping him comfortable,” Barry said.
“Tell him, we’ll be home soon, but probably not before his heat is over. Don’t
leave him until we get home, but if the others want to leave-“ Batman started.
“Not a problem,” Barry said.
He flipped the switch, killing the connection. They sat in the car, taking in
the scent of the clean leather seats. “Are you okay?”
“Are you genuinely concerned?” Nightwing asked.
“We agreed to this and we knew it would be difficult. Garfield, he was your
team mate for years. You have a special bond with him, but our job is
dangerous,” Batman said.
“Let’s get this done so we can get back,” Batman said.
 
oOo
 
When the heat lifted, it lifted with his nose buried against Constantine’s
shoulder. He placed his hands on the sides of the pillow and tried to lift
himself. It wasn’t nearly as graceful as it was in his head. John’s hands shot
out and grasped his arms, stopping him.
“Garfield, you’re awake.”
Garfield nodded and looked away, aware that they were naked and even with a
deflated shaft, Constantine was a generously built man… though he was learning
that about alphas. He blushed again and the alpha chuckled. The motion rocked
his body as John gently helped him to draw his leg off him.
He immediately brought the sheet up to hide his body. “Uh… I don’t really know
what to say. Usually, uh…”
“Got it.” John swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood. From the
back, he was lean, tight muscle that fit nicely into the fitted jeans he pulled
up over his waist. He threw his shirt over his head, hooked his fingers into
his shoes and threw him a wink before walking out of the room.
He was now alone and he tried so hard to remember the in between moments of his
heat. His body and the sheets didn’t stink, but he never did. Bruce and Dick
were good about making sure he showered between bouts of his heat cycles. These
alphas did the same, though Lobo rarely let him clean. That was one thing he
couldn’t help but judge other alphas on, how much control they needed to wield
over him?
He got out of bed and went straight to the shower, but stopped once the water
rushed through the shower head. He sniffed his skin and smelled Constantine.
Yes, it was a comforting scent. It wasn’t the same as being mated to Dick and
Bruce, but it immediately calmed the rush of anxiety he felt in spending a week
he couldn’t remember. His omega mind would accept anything, but this wasn’t
forced.
He liked them. Jesus, he liked them. Fuck. He was in trouble of actually
finding the Justice League a very, very safe place. Once his guard was down
with them-
He shook the thought. He had his alphas and now he had his guardians, but it
didn’t mean he had to trust everyone, just because it was starting to feel that
safe.
Right? Right!
***** The Return *****
Garfield sat patiently at the table, eating breakfast. To his surprise, no one
asked him to make it. Clark stood over the stove with a spatula, looking
extremely masculine in his shorts and shirt; black hair still a mess. Though
everyone showered, the smell of testosterone remained potent. The alphas were
truly alphas, the ones that made him feel utterly secure and overly protected.
He wanted to resent the temptation to go back into the guest room and burrow
under the covers and relax in the afterglow.
The gentle banter quickly turned serious. He openly studied the alphas sitting
at the table, waiting for someone to correct his unruly omega behavior, but
much like Dick and Bruce, it never happened. When he caught their eyes, they
gave a soft, reassuring smile.
“Will Bruce and Dick be back in time for Lux’s party tonight?” Constantine
asked. The man was far more mysterious than the others. He barely spoke,
preferring to listen and occasionally nod. Garfield fought the temptation to go
to him and breathe in the sweet scent of freshly burned tobacco and whisky.
“Bruce believes so.” Clark returned to the table with another plate of pancakes
and finally sat down to eat.
“And he’s right.” Dick walked into the kitchen. Even in his street clothes, he
stunk of sweat. His hair clung to his face and he looked exhausted as he
grabbed a pancake off Garfield’s plate and threw him a wink.
Garfield instantly went hard. His skin grew hot with embarrassment. He really
needed to learn how to control that reaction, but when Dick’s eyes were on him,
he felt his breath hitch with excitement.
“Where’s Bruce?” Clark asked.
“Down in the Batcave. He believes Lux has something in the works with Slade.”
Dick pulled a cream colored letter from his back pocket and placed it on the
table.
“The guest list looks innocent.”
“Wonder Woman believes Lux is working with Slade. You shouldn’t go. Let us
handle this,” Barry said.
“This is my fight,” Dick said. He stretched and rolled his head, but the
exhaustion remained.
“Then you’ll let me go with you?” Garfield asked, and inwardly winced at his
choice of words. Was he still asking permission? He didn’t want to be that type
of omega.
“Not this time. You’re hand-to-hand combat isn’t bad, but you can still be
outnumbered,” Dick said. “If you’ll excuse me, I need to go shower and change.”
Garfield got up from the table and followed him, waiting until they were in the
bedroom and the door was shut before he spoke up. “You can’t bench me on this!”
Dick barely gave him a glance as he pulled his shirt over his head. Sweat made
his hair stick to the side of his face. His lean, masculine body rippled with
muscle moving under the skin. “Sorry, Garfield, but I stand firm on this.”
“Because you’re a testosterone driven alpha who wants a kept omega?” Anger made
his voice rise. He didn’t like the sound of it. His vocal cords wavered.
Dick turned to look at him with pupils blown. “Because you aren’t ready.”
“Sure, lie to me. I know what this is about,” he waved at the claim marks
bruising his neck and shoulder. None of them over lapped and they certainly
didn’t dare touch the original claim marks from Dick and Bruce.
Dick stopped with his fingers at the rim of his jeans. “You’re still exhausted
from your heat so I’m going to ignore this outburst.”
“Outburst? What am I? A child? Because you sure as hell keep telling me you
don’t need a bed warmer,” Garfield growled.
As promised, Dick ignored him as he finished undressing. His flaccid shaft hung
heavy and thick in the nest of dark curls. His alpha sac hung equally heavy. He
started towards the bathroom door and Garfield ran around him, caught the door
and slammed it shut. He braced his body in the door frame, determined to keep
Dick from his destination. Though exhausted, Dick gave him a patient smile.
“This conversation isn’t over and you can’t place it on a back burner. I am
going with you tonight. If it’s as dangerous as all of you believe, I’ll be the
extra pair of eyes, or … or bait! I don’t care.”
“Garfield,” the alpha’s tone held warning. He placed a hot hand on Garfield’s
shoulder and squeezed. “I know you’re having a hard time with this, but you
need to trust me. You aren’t ready.”
Garfield raised his chin as he took in a deep breath of his alpha’s masculine
scent. His spine tightened, but he refused to move. “Stop treating me with kid
gloves!”
“I’ve had a stressful weekend. Don’t test my patience,” he growled.
Garfield stepped into the alpha’s space and looked straight up at him. Despite
how much broader his leader was, he didn’t back down. “I’m done practicing with
punching bags and rubber dummies!”
Dick caught his upper arms. Garfield leaned into the grasp, using his body
weight to catch Dick off guard. He immediately sat on Dick and pressed his
kneecaps into the pressure points in the man’s shoulders.
Dick growled. The alpha’s pupils expanded and he growled, knocking Garfield
back. He barely collected his senses before he was airborne, thrown over the
alpha’s shoulder. A hand over the back of his legs kept him from kicking.
To add insult to injury, Dick gave him a strong pop on the butt. “You need to
keep training. You lack the confidence needed to fight and win.”
His alpha dropped him on the mattress. His body sunk into the downy covers. He
kicked at Dick, but his alpha caught him by the ankles and parted his legs
before he carefully laid his weight on top of him.
“You think I’m going to give up?” Garfield growled.
“Yes.” Dick’s comment followed a kiss on his cheek that stilled him with
surprise. He expected anger from his alpha, instead, only amusement sat on his
facial features.
“Damn,” he hissed, dropping his head back against the mattress, aware that he’d
been beat. The alpha outweighed him and this didn’t serve his argument at all.
He wasn’t going to convince Dick otherwise.
His alpha chuckled, pressing his warm lips against Garfield’s neck. “You
already gave up?”
“I have a few cheap tricks up my sleeves,” he growled.
With an amused smile on his lips, Dick pulled back far enough to study him.
“Did you just growl at me?”
Garfield narrowed his eyes. “Yes.”
Dick chuckled again, rolling onto his back and pulling Garfield into his arms.
Garfield buried his nose under his arm, taking in the heady scent of his
leader, confidant and best friend now turned alpha. His alpha. He fought the
blush creeping over his cheeks as he glanced up, finding Dick’s attention on
the ceiling. His brows were knit in thought.
“You think the party will lead into a trap,” Garfield said.
Dick didn’t look at him. He didn’t blink. His thoughts remained firmly masked.
“Yes.”
Garfield took another deep breath, pressing his nose against skin and groomed
armpit hair. “Then why go? There has to be another way to catch these men.”
“We tried. Slade is out there with dangerous technology and a slew of medics at
his beck-an-call. Innocent people, omegas and alphas will be hurt.” Dick curved
downward and sniffed the top of Garfield’s head. “Mmm, you smell so good.”
Garfield pushed him away, still grumpy though his anger was on the verge of
quickly fading. “You don’t. You need to go shower.”
“Join me.” Dick kissed the top of his head.
“I already showered. I don’t want to dry my skin out.” The last statement was a
false concern. Omega lotion had a thick ingredient that kept the skin smooth,
but if he was in the shower with Dick, he wouldn’t be able to look at the
letter with the address on the public location.
Dick lingered over him, pressing his warm lips against his. Garfield breathed
as deeply as Dick did, not minding the alpha’s smell as much as he claimed. His
alpha chuckled against his lips again, as if he knew this little secret.
“What if I promised you a good time?” Dick teased, sucking on Garfield’s skin
under his chin.
The dark promise made Garfield’s toes curl. “No-go, hero. Shower first,”
“You drive a hard bargain,” Dick sighed, though humor laced his words. He
rolled off the bed and stretched.
The air drifted in, cooling the spots that had been pressed against his alpha.
The minute the bathroom door shut and the shower started, he rolled out of bed
and slid into the hallway, gently shutting the door behind him.
He moved down the staircase, keeping his back against the wall and listening
for the slightest noise that would indicate he wasn’t alone. It never came. At
the bottom of the staircase, he could hear the alphas in the kitchen. They kept
their voices low, forcing him to strain his hearing.
“It’s going to be dangerous,” Clark said.
“There will be a massive amount of security and it won’t be in our favor if
it’s true that Lux has perfected sonic weaponry,” Barry said.
“Modified earplugs,” Constantine suggested.
Garfield fought the desire to peak around the corner and study his guardians.
The soft rumble of their voices soothed him until he found himself melting up
against the wall with his eyes nearly shut. He jolted alert and his heart
raced. He couldn’t get the letter that sat on the table without them noticing.
Unless maybe he acted super casual about it.
Okay, what was casual? Like his old ‘self’ casual? He’ll just stroll in like he
owned the place and pick up the invitation.
He rolled his shoulders back and tilted his chin upward, trying out the old
cocky self. He used a few old hand gestures and tried to lean into the
character his heart screamed for him to truly be… except Dick was right about
one thing; he did lack his old confidence.
“Garfield, what are you doing?” Alfred’s voice made him jump.
He shrugged. The look on the older omega’s face said he wasn’t buying the
innocent act. Thankfully, Alfred’s face softened as he ran a hand down his vest
to smooth absent wrinkles.
God! He really hoped he wouldn’t have to be THAT clean. Part of him was still
animal. He still desired the freedom of a feral lifestyle…. even if it was
currently dampened.
“I was hungry.” His stomach growled, making his statement truer than he thought
it would be. How could he think about eating at a time like this? Except his
whole mission resided in the kitchen, on the table where pancakes waited to be
consumed.
Wait… mission? He really did need to get outside more and get his hands dirty.
There was no way he’d have a mission in his current residence over a stupid
invite with people who were supposed to be—
Be what? They called themselves his guardians and he accepted that. He actually
now placed them in the same position as his… masters?
Damnit! Really? Okay, so he needed to rewire his thoughts. He really, really
did. He couldn’t just keep rolling over.
He walked into the room and nodded at the alphas who stopped talking when he
took his seat, grateful his food was still waiting. He picked at the pancakes,
but stared hard at the invitation on the table. It sat in front of Clark and at
a strange angle, half hidden under the plate. Greeeeaaaat!
“Did you just growl?” Jackson asked. His brows rose with surprise.
Geeze! He really needed to get his frustration under control, or just become
something super big and mean that growls came from. “Uh… I… maybe?”
The men chuckled before falling back into a comfortable silence. Ok… He didn’t
get in trouble for growling. That had to be worth something.
Hal stood and walked over, kissing the top of Garfield’s head. “I need to get
going if I’m going to be ready for tonight; and Garfield, I hope you find that
inner beast.”
A blush rushed up the back of Garfield’s neck as he found himself actually
leaning into Hal, who now smelled like syrup and sunlight warmed skin.
“Alfred, could you please make sure this gets back to Dick before it gets
lost?” Clark picked up the invitation.
Garfield jumped off his seat and nearly crashed into Alfred. The older omega
gave an indigent huff, but allowed Garfield to pluck the letter from Clark’s
hand. “I’ll take that to him right now. He should be getting out of the
shower.”
Clark smiled at him, unaware of his true intention. Garfield’s stomach
tightened in guilt. He had to fight that feeling. It wasn’t exactly going
against his alpha’s explicit demand when he was supposedly supposed to be a
super hero too. He took the staircase slow, willing his brain to photograph the
card into his memory. When he made it to the bedroom, he pushed the door open,
surprised by the moist air. The bathroom door was open, but the steam
evaporated.
Dick smirked at him from the bed, where he laid on his stomach. “Did you want
to spar again?”
Garfield held up the card as he plopped onto the bed beside his alpha and took
in the masculine, clean scent of his soaps. “Clark thought this would get lost
if it wasn’t promptly returned.”
Dick took it from him and placed it on the nightstand. “Will you let me hold
you for a little while before I need to get ready?”
“You make it sound like you don’t know if you’ll be coming back tonight…” or
ever, his brain supplied. The afterthought made his insides twist. Oh-Hell-
Yeah, he would be there tonight and he would fight with the Justice League. He
had to protect his own… because he might be an omega, but he sure as hell
wouldn’t roll over anymore, as soon as he figured out how exactly he would keep
that promise to himself.
“Protecting the city from people the police can’t stop is dangerous. It has a
deadly risk,” he said.
Garfield pulled off his shirt and slippers before he allowed himself to be
pulled into Dick’s arms. His body sunk into the mattress and he pressed his
nose against his alpha’s skin. They were quiet and Garfield kissed the smooth
expanse of skin pulled taut over the muscle where his lips rested. Dick pulled
him closer, placing a hand under his chin to guide his mouth.
“I know you aren’t in heat, and we don’t have to do anything if you don’t want
to, but-“
Garfield cut Dick off with another kiss before pulling away from him so he
could unfasten his pants. He wasn’t sure what to expect, because this wouldn’t
be the first time he had sex outside of heat. Lobo had been cruel and made
everything hurt, but he trusted Dick with his life. His alpha smiled at him as
he crawled across the bed to straddle his waist.
“Is there any way I can convince you to let me go tonight?” Garfield asked.
“Yes. Shapeshift and I’ll consider that as good as bullet proof armor.” Dick’s
words were hot against his alpha’s mark on his neck.
The gentle nibbling around his collarbone made warmth curl at his tailbone. It
was a different type of feeling outside of his heat. He rolled the back of
fingers down Dick’s torso, playing his fingers over the scars and the way his
muscle chiseled lines in his stomach. His alpha watched him with a smirk on the
edge of his lips.
Garfield took that as a good sign. He took his time, touching what he wanted
too. It was a quiet, personal moment. He catalogued the moment, rubbing his
fingers over Dick’s angular chin, feeling the slight roughness of his skin.
He’d shave before he went to the party, Garfield was sure.
Garfield wrapped his fingers around their shafts, pressing them together. He
was so much smaller than his alpha, but Dick’s eyes drifted shut and his smirk
tightened. Garfield continued, rubbing his penis up against his alpha’s thick
veined shaft. He was enamored with the purple mushroom tip. At the base of
Dick’s shaft, his knot was starting to fill.
Garfield laid off his own penis, in order to grip the knot. He had no idea what
he was doing. This wasn’t the first time he touched a shaft, but he’d never
done it outside of a blow job. Dick’s muscles tightened under him and his
breathing started to quicken. Garfield continued to squeeze the knot, which was
much bigger than his grip.
Dick suddenly gripped his arms. It wasn’t tight. His knot expanded in
Garfield’s hand and suddenly an orgasm rocked Dick’s body. Hot ropy jets of
sperm squirted over his flat stomach. It kept going and Garfield didn’t let up,
absolutely amazed at the sheer amount of potent alpha sperm that came out of
such thick balls.
Garfield leaned down and started licking, feeling even more sperm hit his
stomach as me made the effort to not lose his hold as he licked musky sperm off
Dick’s skin. Dick moaned both in content and because the orgasms rocked through
his body. The alpha shuddered bone deep.
Dick chuckled. “This could last a while.”
Garfield’s face was wet and messy, but he enjoyed this. Dick was utterly
submission under him, not moving to press the rest of that ropy sperm inside of
him. “Good thing I’m up for the challenge.”
***** Chapter 18 *****
Garfield sat with his back against the headboard. His sweat cooled, and though
he ached to keep his warmth by drawing the covers up, he didn’t move. He
watched as both Bruce and Dick moved about the room, getting ready.
They both wore their vigilante suits under crisp, dress shirts and black
pressed pants. The dark fabric hid their costumes. Extra pockets sewn in the
fabric housed carefully placed weapons; flat and inconspicuous. Masks laid flat
in one of their many pockets; probably in the back.
“Don’t pout, Garfield.” Dick said, finally noticing that the quiet wasn’t
peaceful.
“Even pets get invited to these stupid highbrow parties.” Anger tightened his
throat. When both men stopped to look at him, he had to force himself to meet
their gaze, even as embarrassment warmed the back of his neck and face.
Bruce stood, accessing him. “House pets don’t have to contend with Slade.”
“You think I’m a liability? Why train me if you aren’t going to let me fight?”
Garfield growled. It wasn’t a pussy growl, though he knew it would be more
intimidating if he had the ability to change into something truly scary. In his
mind, he was facing down his alphas in the shape of a wolf…
Dick walked around the side of the bed and took a seat. It was a large bed and
Garfield didn’t scoot over. He was a little disappointed when Dick didn’t fully
crawl on. “You are going to be in the fight soon enough. Right now, you need to
stay focused on your ability to change.”
“How am I supposed to focus on anything when you might not come back? You
aren’t even packing the gas bombs and they are freaking smaller than your
stupid boomerangs.” He was proud that he didn’t sound like he was whining,
though the “man’s best friend” side of him, the one with the four legs and
wagging tail, was whining a lot in his head, even pawing at the back door
wanting out.
Where did his damn inner wolf go?
He dropped his head back against the wall and this time his whine wasn’t so
much in his head. He nearly whined again when a warm hand squeezed his knee.
Seriously… Seriously!!! Why was Dick able to wrap his fingers around so much of
his skin? He wasn’t even that little! Okay, maybe he wasn’t as big as the alpha
vigilantes, but he did bulk up since coming to the manor.
“He’s coming back, Garfield. I promise you that.” Bruce remained standing at
the foot of the bed; tall, proud and not the least bit sweaty with everything
he wore.
Garfield jumped across the mattress and barely caught himself before he threw
his full weight onto the older vigilante. He buried his face against Bruce’s
hard chest and took in a number of deep breathes until his heart stopped
pounding and he was sure he wasn’t going to cry. Bruce gently stroked the back
of his head. His strong fingers brushed behind his ears and through his hair.
Yep, the wolf was soooo gone. In fact, his metaphysical tail was fluffy and
wagging like a Maltese. “Stupid cute dogs!”
“What?” Bruce and Dick asked in unison. He hadn’t felt Dick come up behind him,
but fingers rubbed down the length of his bare back, brushing the tip of his
spine and roaming back up. He loved those fingers and how they pulled such
elicit words from his mouth.
Garfield pulled away, trying to be nonchalant. “You both will come back. Don’t
think I’m just going to behave for anyone.”
Bruce chucked him gently under the chin and gave a reassuring smile that
softened his hardened features and steel blue eyes. Garfield wanted to sink up
against him again, to pull both of them back into the bed and turn into
something that was strong enough to sit on them. Instead; he passively accepted
the tight hugs and soft kisses goodbye.
He sat on the bed as Dick pulled the door shut behind them. He strained to hear
what they said to Alfred who waited in the hallway with his babysitter. When
did Cyborg get to be an honorary babysitter? He was old enough to babysit
himself! Fuck, that sounded horribly stupid.
“Fuck,” he whispered again. Because now that he was getting fucked, he should
be able to say the word. “Fuck! Fuck! Stupid!” Wow, backtracked a little on
that last one.
A gentle knock announced the intrusion. He quickly pulled the blanket over his
lap and chest, not comfortable with the fact that his best friend knew he was
getting laid and KNOTTED! Heat rushed over his cheeks when Cyborg stuck his
head in.
“Hey there buddy. I’m going to order pizza with all your favorite toppings and
I brought a few video games. I love Dick’s game system,” Cyborg said. His
enthusiasm, though not forced, held a hint of strain.
“It really is awesome!” Garfield tried for patient. And Dick had a very nice
joystick too…
“Okay. Well, get dressed and come downstairs. Pizza will be here in twenty,”
Cyborg said.
The door clicked shut and he jumped off the bed. His internal clock ticked. No
time for a shower. He would have to go to the party smelling like a well-sated
little omega. He darted into the ridiculously large walk-in closet and grabbed
the clothes recently tailored for him. Nothing omega, thank Gaia! Both masters
had promised he would not be subjected to those commonalities.
He could even go on beta blockers as soon as he was ready to fight. Damn! Damn!
Damn! He wished he had beta blockers now and his own vigilante wardrobe.
At the moment, he chose blank pants, a navy blue short sleeve shirt, and black
formal jacket. A tie for an omega would draw a bit of attention, but he didn’t
have a collar, so he plucked a tie from Bruce’s cherry wood tie rack.
He took a second to sniff the tie. It wasn’t about comfort… not really, but his
omega purred. The shoes he wanted to wear were still in the box. He tipped the
black sneakers until the disk he hid rolled to the heel of the shoe. He stuck
the disk in his back pocket and pulled the shoes on. It felt strange wearing
this much clothes.
He crossed over to the dresser, feeling a surge of apprehension. Any minute
now, Alfred could walk through that door and derail his rescue mission. Yeah,
like Dick or Bruce would want to believe they needed to be rescued.
He found his mace and boomerang, tucking both items into his pockets since he
didn’t have the same hidden pockets in his clothes yet. He pulled the disk out
and held it in his palm. This was it.
“Okay Garfield, you have one shot at this. Don’t get caught by the bad guy!” He
pressed the button on the disk.
“Garfield?” Alfred called from the other side of the door, following a soft
knock. “Do you want to come downstairs?”
Static stung his palm and he dropped the disk. It clattered to the floor as the
air crackled with energy.
“Nope!” Garfield yelled. It wasn’t exactly what he meant to say. The overhead
light flickered and another pop snapped off in the air, sending sparks.
“Garfield!” Alfred shoved the door open.
Garfield barely managed to cross the room and slam his body against the door,
shoving the older omega back into the hallway. “Sorry!”
“What’s going on?” another voice asked…
“Crap!” He drew the lock in place, but it wouldn’t deter Cyborg. After thinking
better of it, he scrambled away from the door. The door would come down and he
didn’t want to be that close when it did. Gentle hands caught his shoulders,
yielding his movement.
“It’s okay. We’re here now. We’ll get you out of here,” Terra promised.
He shook his head. “You don’t understand. I need to get to Cross Swan Hotel
right now.”
“That’s not a good idea. Lux Luther is hosting a party to showcase his latest
gadgets. It’s going to be swarming with alphas,” Terra said. Kyd made a
gesture, thumb and finger a mere inch apart, and tapped his head twice, then
spread his fingers wide and tapped his privates. Terra laughed.
“Okay, alpha jokes later. Right now, I really need to get to that party,” he
hissed. If he could change his cells, he wouldn’t be sitting here begging for a
ride. He would’ve opened the window and flew there, strong winds be damned.
The door crashed to the floor, sending specks of wood outward. Garfield nearly
tripped into Terra. Kyd gripped his shoulder and the hum of air rushing around
them canceled out the words Cyborg shouted.
They shot through white space. It stopped long enough for the cold night air to
hit his face and for the rush of bile to lurch up through his gut, then they
were traveling again. The speed stole his breath. It felt like he was
freefalling, which made him grateful for the warm, female body that curved
protectively around him. He gave in to gravity, letting it push him against
her.
When they stopped again, this time he got the chance to vomit. The dizziness
swarmed around his head and his stomach and chest felt caught in a vice grip. A
hand rubbed circles on his back and though it was comforting, he waved the
person away. Heroes didn’t need comfort.
“Breathe slower. It helps with the nausea,” Terra offered.
“Yeah, I’ve done this before,” he growled, shooting a hand haphazardly in Kyd’s
direction. The other omega crossed his arms and leaned against the wall,
looking for all the world, impatient and annoyed.
“Are you going to explain why we’re taking you to an alpha party?” Terra said.
Strands of her blond hair had fallen from her ponytail, and framed her soft,
oval face. Her eyes remained sympathetic, but she didn’t try touching him
again.
He was grateful for this; because he wasn’t sure he wouldn’t fall into her arms
until the sickness passed. The cold air dried his sweat. “Are you going to stop
me from going?”
Terra kicked away from the wall. “I know determination when I see it. I don’t
think you’re in the head space to realize this is a really stupid idea.”
“Thanks, but I have enough alphas trying to shield me from this big bad world
and guess what? The worst has already happened to me. I’m not scared.” How many
times was he going to have to say this tonight?
She sighed and folded her arms. “Fine, but we’re sticking around, just in
case.”
He righted himself, wishing for a toothbrush and clean water. He’d have to wait
until they got to the hotel. “Fine! But stay out of my way.”
“Fine!” Terra shouted back. It lacked the formal, alpha growl.
 
oOo
“How are we going to do this?” Dick asked under his breath as they passed
through the main foyer. The vast hotel already had a number of classy guests
heading towards the elevators.
Bruce brought his phone to his ear, pretending to answer it. “Clark?”
“We’re already here and in position. No sign of anything out of the ordinary.”
Clark answered over the small microphone in Dick’s left ear.
Dick stopped behind a group of ladies. Their light perfume complimented the
fruity scent wafting off their hair. A dark haired brunet glanced back at him
with a wolfish smirk and he returned it, easily falling into the persona the
tabloids blatantly fabricated about.
“Sara,” she offered her hand and he took it.
“Dick Grayson,” he gave her hand a very light shake and her smile faltered.
When they dropped hands, she knew he wasn’t interested, but she continued with
a conversation he only nodded at as they waited for the slow elevator. He
hazarded a glance at the doorway with a plaque showing a staircase. It’d be
quicker, but it wouldn’t be proper for a pampered elite.
His phone vibrated against his thigh as the elevators dinged open. He pulled
his phone from his pocket and glanced at the caller’s number. “It’s the house.”
“Alfred?” Bruce asked.
Dick hesitated for a second before answering it as he shuffled onto the
elevator. His thumb was on the volume, keeping the sound low. “Hello?”
“Master Dick-“ Alfred started. The panic in the omega’s tone immediately made
the alpha within him stiffen.
The elevators closed and the chatter behind him made it difficult to hear.
“Calm down and repeat yourself.”
“Garfield-“ The phone lost reception.
Dick’s heart hammered in his chest. One of the ladies brushed up against his
backside. It was a casual, promiscuous offer. Easy to ignore. Bruce remained
utterly still. His eyes hooded. He was nervous too.
When the elevator reached their floor, the doors opened into a crowded room
that glimmered and shined. He stepped off, trying to keep a pretense of
casualness as Bruce followed him over to the vast glass windows that served as
walls looking out over the city.
Dick immediately dialed back. “What is going on?”
“Your omega just ran off dressed to the nines. Probably heading your way.”
Cyborg answered the phone. “You’re going to need a new door.”
Dick’s breath hitched. “Are you kidding me? You were supposed to be babysitting
him. How did he get out of the house?”
“The kid’s got friends,” Cyborg said, almost sounding proud. “Nothing you can’t
handle, right? There’s a shit load of you guys there.”
“Thanks for the warning,” Dick hissed. He disconnected the call and stuck his
phone in his pocket, glancing at Bruce. No amount of Justice League associates
would make him feel better about his omega heading into danger, practically
defenseless.
“I heard. Unless he’s suddenly gained the ability to change, I’m assuming Kyd
is back in his life.” Bruce muttered, barely moving a muscle in his jaw.
 
oOo
 
Slade stood by the indoor window watching the party below, with confidence. Due
to the tint on the glass giving the office privacy, no one could see him.
“Do you think they’d come dressed in their little costumes?” Lux asked from
behind his desk. He kept his hands on the arm chairs, managing to look
insightful.
Slade turned back to the party. “I didn’t plan for them to make an announcement
if that’s what you’re asking.”
They needed to draw the heroes out. He kept his eyes on the crowd as the party-
goers mingled with their social class. It was all too boring to him and waiting
had never been one of his skills. He took a step away from the glass when
something caught his attention. He turned back, noticing the green skinned
omega in a very nice looking outfit.
“Well, that’s unexpected.” He smirked. Was the vigilante using the omega as
bait?
He watched Garfield push his way through the crowd. He wasn’t heading towards
the food or anywhere in particular. It looked like he was looking for someone.
“Hello,” Lux purred behind him. “Is that Garfield at my party? Where is his
alpha?”
“Why don’t we draw the pup in a different direction and see who comes looking
for him,” Slade offered.
***** The Fight *****
Chapter Notes
     I wanted to give you all the complete story on V-Day. It didn't
     happen, but you were all in my heart for the entire day! XOXO
Dick scanned the extravagant room with its high chandeliers and gold plated
staircase railing that reflected the chandelier lights. People in evening
attire swarmed, with drinks in hand, in small groups making it impossible to
get around them without pushing through. It shouldn’t be hard noticing an omega
with green skin, even with the dapple evening light, but the sheer space
encompassed by the party made it frustrating. The noise added to his
trepidation.
His gut clenched with something he rarely felt; fear. If something happened to
Garfield…. He shook the thought. Garfield wanted to be a hero. By allowing
Garfield the freedom to fight, he left the possibility for fatality open.
Dick grumbled under his breath “Okay, Garfield. It’s clear you want your
independence, but now isn’t the time.”
“Is that what you’re going to tell him?” Bruce mused over the line.
Dick glanced across the room at his mentor. The older alpha stood by the
heavily decorated dessert table. He held the glass flute tilted at his lips,
hiding the fact that he spoke to absolutely no one. He wished his mentor would
admit that this was disturbing. Their omega was now directly in the line of
fire. Anything could go wrong tonight.
 
oOo
 
Garfield found his way into the hot kitchen. The humid air carried a myriad of
food scents that should’ve made his stomach tighten with hunger. He gripped the
table and tried to breathe as the workers attempted to ignore their presence as
they sat dainty tea plates on serving trays.
Focusing proved difficult for him as well. The sheer amount of alphas at the
party was overwhelming. His heart wanted to beat right through his chest.
“Garfield, what are we doing here and I don’t mean the kitchen?” Terra asked.
She picked up a small tea plate and apologetically snapped the snack into her
mouth.
Garfield forced himself to focus on her face. It was sympathetic. “This place
is crawling with alphas and most of them don’t believe in the omega revolution.
You two should get out of here.”
“And leave you alone? No way,” Terra said. Kyd nodded, though his attention
darted with apprehension at the mixed staff.
Garfield inwardly sighed. He dragged them into this. He would have to make sure
they survived anything that happened. He watched the waiters move through a
door with trays in their hand. It was time to man up and see where the night
would take them; hopefully, not to the morgue.
His mind wanted to list all the ways he was already outnumbered. He refused to
let the direction of those thoughts deter him, but just in case, he picked up
the chef knife and held it at his side as he slid back through the swinging
door. When no one yelled for him to stop, he assumed no one saw his petty
theft.
Glass lightly clinked over the music as people traded out empty drinks for full
flutes. Garfield scanned the room and felt stupid. His clothes were pretty
baggy and the two behind him weren’t dressed for a party like this. They would
stick out and that’s not what they needed if they were going to find Slade
before anyone got hurt.
“Are we working with a plan or are we going to just trouble shoot as we go
along?” Terra asked. She had another dainty plate in hand full of what looked
like stuffed mushrooms. She popped them in her mouth, looking far too casual.
It drew a lot of sidelong glances.
“No plans.” Or fighting skills.
He had absolutely no idea what he would do once he found Slade. The man ruined
his life. He wanted to return the favor.
“Okay, cowboy. Guns blazing! Got it. Now, if we had a few of those, it would be
great,” Terra said. Kyd shrugged and Terra laughed as she adjusted her white
fingerless gloves. “You’re right. We don’t need to bring toys to a real fight.”
A real fight that he couldn’t be a part of. He couldn’t even change. He
inwardly sighed. This was starting to feel extremely dangerous and utterly
stupid. What could he do to protect his alphas? Slade would notice the knife
before he could even position it.
“How did you get in here?” A man in black attire with a wire in his ear grabbed
Terra’s arm. Three more men came up behind him, built like they belonged on a
football field.
Terra gave a tug. “Slow your roll. I used the front entrance like everyone
else.”
The man pulled her arm behind her back. “You’re trespassing on a private party.
The police have been called.”
“You’re aggression is overly excessive. You could just ask me to leave.” She
held her ground. The crowd started to circle around them as more security
filled the gaps of escape.
The situation quickly grew out of control. He saw his window of opportunity
closing with each passing second. He glanced over the faces before looking back
at the small party that helped him enter the party.
Kyd backed up next to Terra. Garfield opened his mouth to interject, but
something caught his attention. The chandelier light glinted off a mask that
haunted his nightmares. Slade stood in the service doorway, arms at his side.
His long brown coat hung down to his ankles. The tall man daunted him. Garfield
could practically feel the smile behind the mask.
He hissed and started pushing through the crowd. A few people shoved back, but
in his determination, he inched his way to the service door. Slade allowed him
to get within ten feet, before he slid out of the room.
 
oOo
 
“I spotted your omega,” Wonder Woman said over the line in his ear. “And it
looks like someone caught his attention. Who is he looking at?”
She didn’t have to say it. He knew the moment he saw Garfield’s shoulders
tighten, who the omega decided to go for. He pushed harder through the crowd.
Voices, both from the party-goers and over their communication line, jumbled in
his skull. He couldn’t think beyond the pulse ringing between his temples.
Garfield somehow made it through the crowd with grace, easily sidestepping and
wiggling through. Slade beckoned his mate.
He growled. It vibrated the core of his being. He saw red as he tried to pick
up his pace, but the onlookers were making a tight bubble around Terra and the
guards.
“Nightwing, you need to wait for us.” Someone ordered in his headpiece. He
ripped it out of his ear and dropped it into a planter. If he lost Garfield
again, he’d go berserk.
“Garfield!” The rise in the room’s volume swallowed his shout.
Dick’s heart dropped to his stomach when Garfield flung open the service door.
The stark light bounced off cement flooring and plain, gray walls before the
door slowly shut. He couldn’t reach Garfield.
What was the omega thinking?
 
oOo
 
Garfield pressed his ear against the door leading to the roof, but the only
thing he heard was the rattle of the wind pushing against the door barrier. The
smell of metal that surrounded the staircase and the door frame reminded him of
the sterile hospital and being a slave. There was no way to temper the anger.
He shoved the door open and a harsh gust of cold wind made it slam back in his
face. He shook the surprise and pushed it open again, stepping out before the
door could close on him. His grand entrance was ruined, but his anger simmered.
The world appeared darker, this high over the city. The cold wind twisted his
hair and pulled at his jacket. Even his fingers felt colder, wrapped around the
blade handle.
Slade stood with his back facing the ledge. His buttoned coat warped itself
around his body as the wind attacked him with the same ferocity. Despite the
mask, Garfield swore he could feel the man’s lips twisted into a smile.
“I wondered when the little omega would come and play,” Slade said.
If there was ever a reason to have claws, now was the time. His adrenaline made
every streaming thought scream in his head. His skin prickled from the cold and
with an electric energy he hadn’t felt in years. This was what it used to feel
like standing in front of a villain.
“Are you capable of fighting, kid? You’re shaking so hard you can barely
stand.” Slade mocked.
“Are you capable of playing without your minions?” Garfield shot back. Brave
words when he wasn’t sure he could fight Slade one on one without his
abilities.
Slade chuckled, silently. “I almost forgot how witty your disobedient mouth
could be, Garfield. Next time, I’ll make sure you get a much better handler.”
Garfield fisted his empty hand until his nails dug into his flesh. His bones
shook with anger, not fear. The back of his eyes burned with tears of rage.
“You tried to destroy my life. It didn’t work. You tried to destroy Nightwing’s
life. It didn’t work. Do you see a pattern, Slade? You’re a failure. You’ll
always be one.”
Slade took a step forward. “What I see is an omega that would do better without
a tongue. I can have that immediately fixed.”
Garfield also moved forward. The wind grew stronger, slamming the door shut
behind him with such force, it rocked the ground. “I’m older, wiser and a hell
of a lot more hell bent. I don’t believe in the justice system.”
“That should mean something?” Slade asked.
“It should.” His nails dug so deep that his skin grew sleek with his blood. The
puncture wounds didn’t release the pressure that buzzed under his skin. Every
nerve jerked with its own force. He tried to steady his breathing.
Slade opened his hands. “Bring it little omega. I want to see what you can do.”
Garfield lunged forward, ready to attack when a blur settled between him and
Slade. He stared, like an idiot, up at Superman’s muscular back before the
alpha’s blue cape whipped back threatening to tangle him.
“Slade, you are under arrest,” Superman started.
“Fuck that!” Garfield quipped, angry as all hell. “Kill the bastard! Hang him
with his own intestines before he can hurt anyone else.”
“Garfield, you need to go inside,” Superman hissed at him.
“Hell no! I was here first. He’s my kill!” Damnit! Now he sounded whiny. That
really pissed him off.
Spotlights snapped on, blinding the rooftop. Garfield raised a hand to block
the burning glare right as the door opened and someone shouted his name.
Superman immediately turned his back to the sound of gun explosions as he
wrapped an arm around Garfield and forced him protectively close.
Garfield clutched at Superman, expecting pain. It never came.
The hero before him nearly collapsed on top of him. “Garfield, run.”
“No…” No one was going to take this from him.
Hands roughly pulled him out from under Superman. He caught a glimpse of
Nightwing in the doorway with his mask on, trying to fight his way towards
them, but there were tons of men in SWAT gear filling the rooftop from a
helicopter overhead and from rope attached to their building from buildings
higher up.
They were outnumbered.
 
oOo
 
Nightwing slammed the door to the rooftop open and the door immediately slammed
shut on him, but not before he glimpsed the utter chaos. He pulled the
batarangs from his inside pocket and kicked the door open again. Superman knelt
on the ground, clutching his leg and reaching at the men who pulled the omega
away from him.
Slade noticed him first and snapped his fingers. A man walked straight up to
Garfield, took the butt of their gun and slammed it over the back of the
omega’s skull, sending him crumbling to the ground. His anger turned to
sourness as everyone went quiet.
“Don’t think about moving closer, Nightwing. This game of cat and mouse has
over exhausted itself. We need a new game,” Slade said.
Garfield sat on the ground with a hand on the back of his head and anger
burning in his emerald eyes. “I agree. This game went cold a long time ago.
Kill the sick motherfucker so we can move on already!”
“Congratulations on making your omega rebellious again. Really, you’d have him
fighting?” Slade tsk’d.
“Okay, Slade. You won. I will surrender to you, but not before you allow
someone on my team to take my omega back inside.”
“You allowed this uncultured thing to come between us and you think I’ll just
let it go?” Slade hissed. He made a gesture that had the two men pulling
Garfield to his feet and over to him.
From the angle they dropped his omega, he could see Garfield’s hair matted with
blood. The beautiful, pine green strands glistened with gore. It didn’t stop
his omega from sitting up and spitting on Slade’s shoes. The alpha immediately
kicked Garfield in the chin, sending his omega flat on the ground.
“I do admire your fighting spirit. It will amuse me to crush it all over
again,” Slade said.
Nightwing threw the Batarang on instinct. The sleek, black edge slammed into
Slade’s shoulder. He was in motion before the goons present on the rooftop
could react. His adrenaline made his muscles push hard and fast.
He crashed into the older alpha, sending the lithe man over the side of the
building, but not before those gloved hands caught him by his jacket, yanking
him over the knee high ridge.
 
oOo
 
Garfield swallowed a mouthful of salvia and blood. He hadn’t expected to
witness his alpha going straight over the side of the building, which made him
instantly want to vomit. He was to his feet and on the ledge in seconds.
“Garfield, stop!” The command came from alphas.
He ignored it and leaped. No plan. No bat toys. Head first, like a diving bird.
His cells burned. Bones snapped under his skin, forcing his body to expand. The
human clothes wouldn’t allow it at first, then seams ripped and suddenly the
air felt different as it glided under his large, leathery wings. His talons
were out and ready as he neared the falling two bodies.
He caught Nightwing by the waist, ten feet from the ground.
He swallowed hard, but the bellow of triumph screamed up his vocals and into
the air, the loudest, prehistoric call that made the glass windows in both
buildings rattle. He slowed their descent and carefully dropped Dick on the
ground.
It took a couple of minutes for his heart to slow. It took a minute longer
before he could pull his cells back into a shape he’d been prisoner to for
years. The second he stood on his own shaky legs, he wobbled towards his alpha,
then almost crumbled.
Arms caught him and pulled him close. He could barely slow his breathing, even
with his alpha trying to hold his face into his neck so he could breathe him
in. “Nice slow breathes, Garfield. You’re okay. You’re going to be okay.”
“Did I hurt you?” He wanted to push Dick back and paw over his clothes to look
for injuries, but he didn’t dare open his eyes. Sickness rolled through him
with fervor.
“No.” Dick held him so tight, crushing their bodies together.
The metallic smell of blood grew strong between them, more so than his small
amount of injuries. He knew he put holes in Dick. He had felt his talons sink
into flesh. He tried moving again, to see what he’d done to his alpha while
attempting to save him, but Dick’s hold remained sturdy, making it impossible
for him to move.
“Hey! Calm down. It’s really nothing. You saved me.” Dick gently caught his
chin and kissed his forehead and then his temple. “We both need to see a
medic.”
Garfield shook his head. “I haven’t changed in years. I forgot how strong I
get. I forgot…”
“Wow! Stop. It’s okay. I’m okay. We’re safe now.” Dick looked up and Garfield
followed his gaze. Shadows danced about on the rooftop; no doubt the League was
there, making short work.
Garfield shivered. “This was almost it. The end of Slade’s game almost killed
you.”
Dick shrugged off his coat and placed it over his shoulders. “It wasn’t though.
You saved me, Garfield. You changed Slade’s rules.”
Garfield stared hard at his face, trying to gauge any lies about how badly he
was hurt. Who needed enemies when you had a careless omega? In the end, his
alpha’s words hit home. He did change! His body had mutated into something vast
that could fly.
This time when he shivered, it was with relief. “I fucking changed the rules!”
Dick chuckled and veered him towards the valet. “Don’t let Alfred hear you
cussing.”
***** The Omega and His Nest *****
Chapter Notes
     All my X's and O's!! Don't be strangers!
Garfield changed from the smooth body of a tiny fly to something a little
thicker that wouldn’t be blown around in the vent. His furry body settled
against the smooth silver floor and he pressed his face against the vent bars.
The air conditioner went off, leaving the room almost silent. This low to the
ground, he caught the scent of dust, carpet cleaner, and the smell of leather
shoes.
“Now that he’s able to change, it would be a good idea to put a collar on him,”
Wonder Woman said.
The meeting only held his two alphas. He pressed his face against the vent, but
the downward grates made it impossible to see anything higher than mid-calf. He
itched at his whiskers, irritated, though the feel of his clawed fingers
pressing on the long wiry stands was odd and not unpleasant.
“Can’t do that,” Dick said.
“Won’t,” Bruce agreed. Both men shifted their weight in the chairs, putting
both feet together like they were ready to stand.
Garfield squeaked with inner delight, then quieted, embarrassed. No one reacted
to the sound. Maybe they couldn’t hear. He was something that could now fit in
Bruce’s palm. He swallowed hard, waiting for the counter argument.
“He has the ability to fly out and leave you two,” Wonder Woman said.
“He won’t. He grew up a hero. He’s going to stay with the Justice League.” Dick
spoke with a great deal of conviction, though neither of them spoke about the
issue prior to this.
Garfield nodded. He could deal with being an omega as long as no one treated
him like one… outside the bedroom of course.
“He’ll fight better without a collar,” Bruce said, then stood. Dick was a
second later in following as they walked out the door.
Garfield scurried through the tunnels. His little heart beating. The two alphas
made it back to the room before he could, so he twisted in another direction.
The furry bundle of weight melted away to the very small, body of a fly. He
flew through the grates in the vent and turned again. His muscles wrapped
around bone, extending and pulling until he was human again. He stared at
himself in the mirror. The phantom twitch of his whiskers still existed in his
head.
“Garfield?” Dick called.
Garfield took a breath, scrubbed at his face willing the crazy itch to go away,
then composed himself and walked out of the bathroom while his alphas
whispered.
They turned their dark eyes on him, amusement barely contained.
“I won’t go over the details since you caught most of it,” Bruce said.
Heat crawled up Garfield’s neck. Maybe they heard him squeak after all. Dick’s
warm fingers on his chin made him look up at them.
“You’re part of the team now. If that’s what you want,” Dick said.
He sighed, relieved. It was everything he wanted. Dick rubbed his chin with his
thumb, gently bringing him back to reality. Garfield caught his alpha’s hand
and brought it down to his side. “I appreciate this as long as you remember I
am a team member over the omega thing.”
“Omega thing,” Bruce repeated, chuckling. “It’s a thing now?”
“It’s always been a thing…” Garfield growled and both alphas chuckled this
time. Bruce gently rubbed the top of his head, messing up his hair.
“Well, your thing should try on his new suit so we can make any altercations to
it,” Dick said.
Content, Garfield instantly melted between the alphas. “I’ll try it on in a
second. Right now, I just want to scent mark you two.”
This time when the men laughed, he could feel it to the core of his being.
Hands on his hips and another set of hands on his waist, he was dragged into
the bed. This was what a nest was all about.
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