Alexandra opened her eyes and looked around confused. The last thing she remembered was drinking at the bar and then Alexander...Of course it was her husband . Alexander had dragged her through the car and she had promptly collapsed into his arms. Alexandra didn't recognised the room and began getting out of the bed when she realized she wasn't alone.
"You're awake!" said Win excitedly, blurring to her bedside, "I don't know if you remember-"
"I know who you are, you're Sam husband ."
"You ok"
Ignoring Win question, Alexandra asked, "Where am I?"
"Headquarter."
"You mean in Dom headquarters? Wh..Why? Where's Alexander?" asked Alexandra, panicking. Alexander had been angry at her at the bar, but he wouldn't leave her with a bunch of his men's would he? Thinking about the Don threats from the previous night, Alexandra shuddered. No, Alexandra told himself, Alexander is ok now. He wouldn't...
"He's speaking with Sam in his office. Sam told me to watch over you," said Win, breaking Alexandra train of thought.
"I'm leaving," said Alexandra, getting up from the bed. Win ran to the door and stood there with a determined look on his face.
"Sorry girl, I can't let you leave. Sam order me and as his husband, I can't defy a direct order," said Win.
"Don't make me hurt you Win," said Alexandra stalking towards the fledgling.
"With what? You don't have any weapons!" said Win triumphantly.
"It's cute you think I need any to take you down," said Alexandra, smirking.
Win chuck .
"Alexandra you are the Donna but don't forget I am not just a Sam husband I am also Alexander cousin"
Before either of them could do or say anything else, the door opened. Alexnder ran to check on Alexandra while Sam stood to the side. glaring at his husband. "I thought I told you to keep the girl on the bed?"
"Alexandra what are you doing out of bed?" asked Alexander , placing a hand on the small of her back and guiding her back towards the bed. Alexandra twisted out of her hold to glare at her husband.
"Why did you bring me here?" demanded Alexandra.
"You said you didn't want to go back to my mansion," said Alexander , "And I couldn't let you wander the streets of city. I figured staying here was a compromise. You said you were going to get a hotel."
"How the hell is this a compromise?" asked Alexandra. "And I meant a normal human hotel. Not one filled with mafias! I can't stay here."
"Sam, could you and Win give us a moment. Alexandra and I need to talk," said Alexander. Sam nodded, and grabbed his husband by the shoulder to drag him out.
"Alexandra, please sit down. You're causing yourself stress and it's not healthy for you," said Alexander. "I need to tell you something and you'll understand why I want you at the here instead of a normal hotel when I'm done."
"Fine," said Alexandra, sitting down on the edge of the bed.
"First of all, I want you to know that I didn't intend for this to happen. Too much happened last night and it slipped my mind. How much do you know about being a Donna?" asked Alexander.
Alexandra shrugged his shoulders, "Before yesterday? Not much. I just know it's permanent."
"It's a lot more complicated that that. You know as a Don and as Donna it's our duty to provide a future leader to our group, it doesn't matter if it's boy or girl ,the only thing matter is it's our blood realted and I really don't know how it's happened but it's really slipped on my mind and I forgot to use a condom."
"Why are you tell...No. I can't be," said Alexandra, in denial.
"I'm sorry Alexnadra, I wasn't thinking last night and forgot we needed a condom," said Alexander.
"I can't be pregnant, I would know if I were! I haven't felt anything!" exclaimed Alexandra, starting to hyperventilate.
"You need to breathe darling, the stress isn't good for the baby," said Alexander , "Lisa checked on you while you were sleeping off the alcohol, she confirmed that you're pregnant."
Alexandra wrapped an arm around her stomach, "Oh god, I was drinking. I probably killed it. That's why I collapsed right? It's dead."
"Shh, it's okay Alexandra, the baby is okay. She says that as long as you don't drink anymore, he or she will be fine. You collapsed because you drank too much and was exhausted."
"I'm really pregnant aren't I?" asked Alexandra, staring at her stomach.
"You are. And while I'm sorry I forgot that we needed condom, I'm not sorry about the baby. I promise that I will take care of you and the baby," said Alexander.
"This still doesn't explain why you brought me here," said Alexandra .
"Your parents kicked you out of the house and you refused to stay at my mansion. This was the next best option," said Alexander.
"How is a this place even an option? I'll just get my own place," said Alexandra.
"Absolutely not Alexandra. Maybe if you weren't pregnant, but it's too dangerous for you to stay by yourself. I have many enemies that would want to attack you to get to me," said Alexander, "Once word gets out that you're pregnant, people will come after you."
"I'm pregnant, not crippled," said Alexandra, "I can protect myself."
"You can't fight as well when you're pregnant Alexandra," said Alexander. "I won't endanger you or my child. Either you stay at my place or you stay here ."
"How is making me stay with a bunch of mafias keeping me safe?" asked Alexandra.
"Sam and his group are very loyal to me," said Alexander, "They will not let anything happen to you."
"You promised that you would give me space Alexander !" exclaimed Alexandra, "Forcing me to choose between your loft and your buddy's hotel isn't giving me space." Alexander was infuriating Alexandra with her attitude. The Don couldn't seem to understand why Alexandra was upset.
"That was before you were kicked out of your parents place. And I didn't know you were pregnant at the time," said Alexander , "This changes things. Alexandra, I am trying to be understanding. I really am. But this is not negotiable. Either you stay with here or you come home with me. Having your own place is not an option."
"So what? Everything you said this morning doesn't count anymore because I'm pregnant with your baby?" asked Alexandra. "You're doing a great job at 'winning me back.'"
"I didn't say that Alexandra. If you don't want to stay with me at my place, you can stay here and take all the time you need. Or if you want, I can give you your own room at the mansion. Either way, I won't touch you without your permission," said Alexander.
Alexandra took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. She wanted to punch her stubborn husband but knew that she couldn't. Even with his good mood, Alexander was proving to be a dangerous person. Alexandra didn't want to put her baby in danger, even if she wasn't sure how she felt about it. Shaking her head in defeat, she made a decision.
"You're sure it's safe here? For the baby?" asked Alexandra.
"Yes. The place will not harm you or the baby. Sam has already assigned Seth to be your bodyguard. He's a fledgling, but he's loyal to a fault and you already know him," said Alexander .
"Then I don't need a bodyguard I am officer" said Alexandra, "
"Even protectors need protecting sometimes," replied Alexander,
"I don't need people to follow me around!" exclaimed Alexandra , "I'll stay here for now, but I won't be followed around like some criminal."
"Alexandra, please, it's for my peace of mind. I know you can protect yourself, but even you need help sometimes," said Alexander.
"I'll bring Man and Ohm if I need anything," said Alexandra.
"Actually, I would prefer it if you didn't," said Alexander , "At least until I've sorted this thing out with the authority and your parents. I don't know who's side they're on."
"They're my siblings damn it. I know they're on my side and you can't keep them from me," said Alexandra, practically yelling.
"Then why didn't they help you yesterday? They let you run out of that house and didn't follow you. They didn't even bother to see if you got home," said Alexander , "You could have been in serious danger yesterday. Can't you see that? You were very lucky the bartender recognized you and notified his owner."
"My parents must've stopped them. They care about me, I know they do. They tried to take you on when I was taken by the authorities . There's no way they would abandon me," said Alexandra.
"Okay, they can visit you here. But I don't want you traipsing across town arresting my people with them," said Alexander.
"So basically this room is my jail cell," said Alexandra, flopping down on the bed.
"This is only temporary Alexandra, I promise," said Alexander.
"Can I at least call Ohm to let him know I'm okay? I know you don't believe me, but he must be worried," said Alexandra.
"Of course darling, I'm not trying to cut you off from them. I just want to make sure it's safe for you first," said Alexander, "I know you're upset with me, but I'm just worried about you." Leaving Alexandra to talk to his brother in private, Alexander made his way back to Sam office.
***
"You have a serious problem, you know that right?" asked Sam.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," said Alexander, purposefully evading the question.
"I'm talking about your incessant need to be in control all the time. And your border-line stalkerish tendency to be possessive," said Sam.
"I just want to make sure she was safe," said Alexander, "What's wrong with that?"
"Nothing. But you're taking this too far," said Win. "Let the girl get his own place. If you want, we can station people all over the place to make sure she's safe. Forcing her to choose between here and your mansion is going to suffocate her, and Alexander why the hell you lie to her that she is pregnant"
"Win" Sam hiss.
"What he lie to her tell me Alexander, the hell is you planning" Win gare.
"It's simple Win firstly I will make sure she came back to me and then with the help of Lisa I create all the simtums of pregnancy the ..," said Alexander with smirk .
"Then"Sam ask with smile.
"Her lovely siblings kill the unborn baby"
"Ashly!" exclaimed Ohm when he picked up the phone, "Where have you been? We've been calling you for hours.""I'm fine Ohm,and it's Alexandra now" said Alexandra, secretly happy that she was right about her siblings and that Alexander was wrong."We're on our way to Alexander place right now," said Ohm, not believing that his sister was actually okay."I'm not at his mansion," said Alexandra, "I couldn't go back there.""Where did you go? A hotel? Which one are you at?" asked Ohm urgently."Umm, I'm at the Don headquarter ," said Alexandra, waiting for the inevitable outburst."Ok, we're on our..wait, did you just say Don headquarter? As in the headquarters of OH MY GOD? I'm going to kill Alexander!" screamed Ohm, immediately assuming the worst."No! Ohm, I'm fine. I promise. I need you, Man, and Zia to come over here. I need to tell you something in perso
Alexandra opened the door. "Man! Ohm! Zia!" exclaimed Alexnadra, pulling her siblings and friend into the room. Alexnadra quickly thanked the two gurds before shutting the door.Man looked around the room, confused by the bright lights and decorations. While the rest of the place seemed to be dark and unkept, this room looked like it belonged in an actual room. Turning to look at his sister, he frowned when he noticed that Alexandra was pacing."What's going on Alexandra?" asked Man, "Why are you staying here?""I'm pregnant," Alexandra blurted out, avoiding the gazes of her fellow officer.Being the first to recover, Ohm reached out to place a hand on his sister shoulder, "He didn't used protection?"Alexandra shook her head and bit her lips in shame."Oh Alexandra," whispered Ohm, hugging his sister tightly."That still doesn't explain why you're h
"We don't usually get stared at when we eat here do we? Or have I just been extremely unobservant?" asked Zia, looking at all the weird looks their table was getting."In their defense, we do make an odd group," said Seth, pointing to each one of them, "Officer, Officer, Officer, Donna, and a criminal. We sound like one of those bad human jokes," said Seth, before looking back down at his food when Man glared at him."So, Seth, why are you not allowed to leave Alexandra out of your sight?" asked Ohm."Sam. Although I'm pretty sure those orders came from Alexander. I'm supposed to be Alexandra bodyguard," said Seth. He reached over and grabbed one of Zia french fries to throw at Man when the officer bursted out laughing."You? Guarding Alexandra? Putting aside that my sister doesn't need a bodyguard, what can you do?" asked Man, smirking at his girlfriend's best friend,"Do you know a
"Your fledgling was supposed to be watching her Win, not letting her run all over town with her siblings," exclaimed Alexander."According to Seth text, your girl is just getting dinner. Let them be Alexander," said Win, attempting to stop his friend from going to Taki's. "None of the people's there are going to have the nerve to touch your Donna.""It's not them I'm worried about. It's her siblings," said Alexander."Her siblings put their weapons down in order to see her . If they didn't care about her, they wouldn't have taken that risk," said Win, "You're blowing this out of proportion.""Am I?" asked Alexander, "Her own mother threatened to kill her and then kicked her out. Her father told her, her only duty was to spread her legs for me. We don't know that her sibling won't side with their parents.""They said all those things beacuse you make them Alexander" Win said with annoying f
"Damn it Alexander," exclaimed Win when he realized that they had came to the alley behind Taki's ."Peace, my bro. I just want to tell Alexandra the good news," said Alexander, making his way into the restaurant.Man spotted Alexander as soon as he stepped into the building. Instantly on alert, he got up to stand in front of his sister. Ohm, meanwhile, had his weapon ready. Alexnadra sent Seth a dirty look, knowing that he had informed Alexander of where they were. Seeing the cops prepare to fight their leader, the other security in the restaurant all got up."Can everybody please just relax? I'm only here to deliver some good news. I will leave afterwards," said Alexander , motioning for his people to sit back down. He was going to have to spread the word that his wife family was off limits as well as his wife. He knew Alexandra would never forgive him if one of his people's managed to harm Ohm or Man.
When Alexandra returned to the base that night, her room had been restored to the way it was. Feeling tired and nauseous, Alexandra laid down on her bed, thinking about the past day. She was so confused that she no longer knew how to feel. On one hand, Alexander had threatened and terrified her. The Don had also tried to keep her away from her siblings. On the other hand, the same Don had gone to the authority and gotten her position base back. Her husband was so full of contradictions that it was getting hard for Alexandra to keep up.*Knock*"Alexandra? Can I come in?" asked Man."Sure," replied Alexandra. Man walked in and closed the door behind him."How you feeling sis?" asked Man , sitting on an armchair. He looked at Alexandra worriedly, the dark-haired girl hadn't bothered to get off the bed when he had walked in."I'm fine," said Alexandra, "Just a little tired."
"Thank you Lisa, I'll handle it," said Alexander when he and Lisa came back to Alexandra room, turning to Man, "Man, can you walk Lisa out? I need to talk with Alexandra alone.""Alexandra, may I sit?" asked Alexander, gesturing to the arm chair by the window. When Alexandra nodded, he sat down and looked at his wife. Alexandra was pale and her hair was covered in sweat. "I'm very sorry darling, I didn't think the things would become that worse. I've heard of these things happening before, but this usually only happens when one you are in your 5 or 6 month . With what happened and it being so new, I thought space would be better for you. Obviously, I was wrong.""You didn't know. You were only trying to respect my wishes, which I appreciate," said Alexandra, "So does this mean I have to move back in with you? Frankly, I'm getting tired of moving. It'll be what? My fifth move in two days?""It's either that or I move in h
Two months after Alexandra moved in with Alexander, the Don was starting to go crazy. He had thought he'd have a chance to properly get to know his wife, but he had barely seen the her at all. His wife seemed to have perfect the art of avoiding him. He left for the base before Alexander was even up and wouldn't return to the loft until late. Alexander had only managed to have breakfast with his wife a handful of times and dinner twice."Good morning Alexandra," said Alexander, walking into his kitchen and breathing a sigh of relief that he had managed to catch his wife this morning."Good morning," Alexandra mumbled ."How are you feeling? Lisa said your morning sickness has been getting worse," said Alexander."I'm fine. Just a little nauseous in the mornings," replied Alexandra . Just as Alexandra was going to make an excuse to leave, his phone rang, "Hey Ohm! I'll be heading to the base.. What? Damn it! Is
Pheuk& WinI know it's not real. It all feels too good to be true. I look up into his eyes and I know he can't see past the way. He has a smile on his face, so big and without a worry. How should I tell him? That this isn't real and he needs to open his eyes and remember what happened. That we were in Adom's apartment and then we just appeared here. In this perfect life were everyone is happy and the people we loved and were close to us who we lost are alive. No authority, no underworld, no Don, no Alexander, no pain and misery, just a family and a life that could never and will never be. But how do I tell him? That Mike- his best friend- is a solider and not a civilian being. That he is a solider, born to defend the civilian against everything bad. That the man standing beside his grandmothermother- the one he called grandpa- is actually the man he hates the most in his life. Or that the boy with brown hair and thick gla
Prea& MikeI woke up feeling raindrops fall on my face. My head hurt and I opened my eyes to see that indeed there were raindrops falling right on me. Above me I could see the dark cloudy sky of ciry. I sat up straight and looked around me to find I was laying in the middle of the street but there were no cars or any people around, it was completely quiet. I could see something in the distance and I squint my eyes to get a better view. It was a figure, sprawled on the ground, it was a boy, brown hair an- "Mike!" I screamed and bolted up on my feet to run to his side. By the time I kneeled down beside him he was already opening his eyes and adjusting them to the blinding street lamp."Prea?" He asked, looking straight into my eyes. His eyes widened in realisation and he sat up so fast I had to move back to avoid him crashing into me. "What happened?! How did we get here?? And the others?!"He glanced around and frowned. "Are
Alexandra awoke in a forest. There was fog everywhere and she could hardly see the pines and trees let alone her feet where also hard to see. She looked around, trying hard to find Adom and her family. Instead she heard a loud roar, followed by another, and another. Then the pounding of feet and the birds shrieked."Win! Prea!!" Her heart was beating fast and her lungs felt like they were being compressed together making it hard to breath. "Adom! Adom where are you?!!" The noise got louder Alexandra could hardly hear herself scream. Then she saw a coated man walking in her direction. "Adom!! Over here!" But after she said that she noticed the figure had red hair. She couldn't see his face due to his coat covering it but she didn't need to see to know who it was. That's when Alexandra turned around and took off in a run.~~~~~~~~~~
It was 3 am and Alexandra has barely finished telling Prea, Mike, and Adom the same story she had told Win about her past. It would make everything easier to explain if they knew. They were in Adom's apartment and Mike and Pheuk had decided to stay and leave for the ceremony the next day with them."I'm glad you finally told them Alexandra." Prea smiled softly, her eyes red and teary. "But why now? You haven't told us what happened to mom yet and I know you know." Alexandra sighed and closed her eyes before continuing her explanation."Turns out the back blood in me is not gone. It's been inactive you could say. If I have one more dose of that blood, I don't know what would happen.""But that's not gonna happen." Mike- said. "Why would anyone want to continue what that guy did to you?""And how do you even know the blood is still in you?" Prea gasped. "I- is that how mom-? Did you..?"
Adom wrapped his hand around Alexandra. Their fingers interlocked and at first, Alexandra hand was limp until Adom gave her a reassuring squeeze and Alexandra tightened her grip. The headquarter was full of soldiers and authority members- including Dean.Alexnadea hasn't spoken a word since it happened. When Win and Prea had entered the living room, Yanyan was gone. It was Win who called for Adom. A simple message later, Adom walked through a door followed by his father Dean and Samnatha. He hasn't left Alexandra side since then."Alexandra." Alexandra didn't move. They were outside, Win had to physically take Alexandra away from Nora and drag her outside along with Prea who was on the stairs crying her eyes out. Beside her was Pheuk and Mike- Mike parents had arrived soon after Win called them. "If you don't tell me what happened, we won't be able to find whoever was responsible for this.""You won't find
Win left to his date with Pheuk after that. Alexandra had to drag him all the way to the door for him to leave, reassuring her friend that she will be fine and that she would help Nora sort some papers in the library.It was 5 minutes past midnight. Alexandra was in her room when she heard Nora calling for her. It was rare since Alexandra had thought Nora was asleep and she was calling for her from downstairs. Despite that he walked to the living room, knowing that was were she would most likely be at.And sure enough, there she was. A hand on her throat and her face bloody. The same boy from Alexander stood in the middle of the living room holding Nora by the throat. He had the same red gear on with the hood up.Nora stared at Alexander wide eyed, confused to what was going on but also seemed weak and unable to move."Alexandra- go, run." She shook her head incredulously at her.
"Back when I was 15, I always seeked out- I would go out all the time for long hours." Win nodded, surprised that Alexandra was even telling him. "My brothers thought I was having some fun. I wasn't, I was dating someone. He- was nice at first, but after he met Prea he was abusive. I never did anything, couldn't use my weapons because he was a civilian- I thought he was a civilian. After a while, one night-""One night we disappeared. Me and Prea." Win nodded."He locked us up in the basement. He had these eyes, they were all black. I don't remember much of what happened then, Prea would know, but I never asked her. All I remember was this agonizing pain. He injected balcl blood in me. After a while I would black out, and when I came back, he was on the ground, twisting in pain and a pile of blood around him. Prea would stare at me with fear in her eyes. And the next thing I remember was hearing loud howls and I knew i
Words can't describe what Adom felt when he left Alexandra behind. He had to ignore every inch of himself telling him to stay beside Alexandra, to fight for her. But he didn't. He doesn't know why he didn't. He trusts Alexandra, he believes in her. Alexandra felt like that was the right thing to do, even though Adom believed there could be another way - that there had to be another way. But there wasn't another way. Alexander had an army who would've barged in the room the second he called for them, he had an unusually powerful boy on his side, and he wouldn't have stopped. And in the end, Alexandra did it. He came back to her.When Alexandra woke up, it had been three days after. Adom- who was by her side every second of the day- had been so excited and relieved. The day after that, Alexandra spoke to Samnatha and everyone else how she managed to get back to city. And then they all left back to town with Samantha's promise to keep a look out for the mysterious powe
Whoever the boy in the red gear was, he was powerful enough to take Alexandra all the way back to headquarter. She had wanted to confront him but when Alexandra was bent on his knees gasping for breath he looked up in panic only to realise the boy was gone.The worst part of it all was that Alexandra had been dropped off in Forest, with short breaths and seeming about ready to collapse in exhaustion. Alexandra didn't know what was causing her such a headache but she bet it was due to the teleportation. That must be something.Alexandra had to walk all the way back to her home. It took her several hours but by the time she arrived, all the roads were empty and the only light she spotted came from the Gard. Shw contemplated whether to go there or someplace else. Hee family was most likely at the Gard along with everyone else or maybe they were in the part of the Gard they had taken residence in. Despite it all she will have to go there, may