House of Alphas Chapter 52: Trap Card (Patreon)

“What are we doing behind bars?!” You repeated.

Mai released a snort, “Perhaps you should blame your alphas.”

“Fuck you.” Sukuna flicked the woman off as she rolled her eyes.

Seeing as she already delivered the elixir to wake you up, her job was done. She waved her hand and said sarcastically, “Enjoy your stay.”

You watched the woman go as you slowly stood shaking off the weariness of being asleep. “Okay- what the hell guys?! What happened?!” One moment you were trying to stop Sukuna from killing someone and the next thing you know G. Ma knocked your ass out and you ended up in a damn jail cell- this was not how the night was supposed to go!

“Sukuna started it!” Gojo pointed.

“Yes, why did you attack that woman?” Getou questioned.

“And why didn’t you try to stop him?” Nanami added looking toward Toji.

Toji averted his gaze and Sukuna hissed out, “I have a score to settle with that bitch. She will die by my hands and I will feast on her flesh.”

You frowned trying to recall any woman that Sukuna was trying to kill in the game. He tried to kill everyone who pissed him off but not the unknown witch. This has never come up. "Why now though? You've never talked about this before?"

“I thought she was dead, but she was hiding here the entire time.”

“And who is she?” You ask looking between Toji and Sukuna. They shared a glance, and it all started to make sense. “She’s… the witch that…” you drifted off not wanting to spill a secret that was not yours to tell but Toji knew what you were saying without finishing.

He gave you a sharp nod.

Omt.

You felt your chest tighten, now you understood why he became frozen in aggression. She was the very witch that tethered him to that omega. But you weren’t aware of Sukuna’s vindictiveness toward the witch. If anyone you expected Toji to have attacked first. Did that woman do something to Sukuna too?

“I don’t get it?” Gojo questioned, “What did she do?”

Toji took a deep breath, seemingly contemplating whether or not he wanted to tell his story. He had just opened up about it with you, he may not be comfortable sharing it with the group. Your other three alphas waited patiently. Giving Toji the time to think it over.

“She… forced me into a relationship. With a love potion.” Toji finally spoke. "Sukuna helped me out of it, but without him I would still be trapped."

Getou frowned, “Damn… that’s rough buddy.”

“Quite…”

You realize Toji would only give them just enough information to understand. You knew he feared what the others would think if he told them he was the one that killed his omega. He was afraid they wouldn’t trust him with you. You knew that wouldn’t be the case but you weren’t going to push him past his comfort.

Nanami nodded his head, “Thank you for opening up about it. I’m sure it’s been rather tough for you.”

Toji cleared his throat, “It has been… but I’m okay now.” His gaze shifted to you and you felt your heart do the pitter patter. You gave him a shy smile while shifting your attention to Sukuna.

“So then…” you began, “What about you? What did the witch do to you?”

Sukuna’s lip twitched as he crossed his arms, annoyance fixed his features, “…The same.”

Your jaw dropped- what the ever-loving Tengen- why was this never spoken about? He just buried this shit forever? “Sukuna…why… have you never told us?” Like ever. “This is serious.”

“Didn’t see a reason too. If the bitch was gone then there was no problem. No reason to bring it up.”

“Ah~.” A voice cooed making you turn your gaze to the dark halls. The very woman that you were speaking about appeared with a dirty smile. “Sukuna~ I have a name you know~ don’t tell me you've already forgotten it, *sigh* after all we’ve been through! I thought you’d be happy to see me~.” You could tell she was putting on an act earlier, not a hint of fear was in her eyes as Sukuna lunged at the bars, claws snatching at the air as he missed the woman’s face by just a hair. She grinned stepping back with a click of her tongue, “Still so very feisty. I’ll make sure my leash is much tighter this time.”

That had your blood boiling. “You stay your ass as far away from my alphas!”

“Oh, my~.” The woman chuckled looking you over, “I don’t want your other alphas, I just want him.” She pointed at Sukuna as he tried to claw at her finger but again could not reach her. “You have five don’t be so selfish girl.”

That familiar heat from before was growing but this time it was coming from inside you. You felt like it was about to burst and your mouth would spew fire. Like you had an engine deep inside you and it was churning wildly. You had never felt such a thing, your body moving on its own as you let out a ferocious growl snatching Sukuna back as you grabbed the bars with both hands- it sizzled upon your touch, “I’ll rip you to pieces! He’s mine! Mine!” Your dark energy coiled around you like vicious vipers, ready to strike.

“Baby-“

“Do your worse bitch!” The witch taunted with a cackle.

“FUCK YOU!”

“Ah wait-“

“Sukuna!”

“I got her.” Sukuna circled his arm around your waist yanking you back but you were fighting against him, trying to attack. You glared at the woman even as Getou stepped in front of you. It was like you didn’t even notice them.

“Hey hey~!” Getou grabbed your face so you couldn’t avoid his eyes, even as you looked you still bared your teeth, ready to tear into someone. “As much as I would love to let you run wild- You blast at her and that shit is going to come right back at us. There’s a barrier surrounding the cell.”

You sucked in a shaky breath, feeling as though the scorching flames simmer down a bit. You were able to think a bit more, leaning into Sukuna’s arms instead of fighting him like a rabid dog. You didn’t even realize- “Oh-“ you blinked looking at everyone coming back to reality. “I-I’m so sorry-“

“How unbefitting of a prime omega.” You look toward the gate as Getou steps to the side. The stupid witch bowed as G. Ma waddled to the cell. “However, I should expect nothing less of the woman these monsters picked.” Her eyes fell into a lowered slit. You could smell her disdain for you all as if she were looking at a cage of slugs.

“G. Ma…” you stood upright, eyebrows screwed in confusion. “There’s been a misunderstanding-“

“Not. At. All.” She picked up her cane pointing at your alphas. “You prime alphas have taken my grandson, nephew, husband, and many more away from me!”

“Huh…?” You looked toward your boys as they shrugged.

Nanami stepped forward, “G. Ma… we have fought many battles in our lives but I cannot say we remembered killing any witches.”

“Yeah, who did I kill?!” Gojo questioned.

“MY HUSBAND JIRO!”

Gojo looked thoroughly confused, “Ah~ doesn’t ring a bell.”

You shook your head, “Gojo wouldn’t kill anyone just to kill them. He’s lazy.”

“Mhm~.”

“Your husband must have attacked him first or this whole thing is a setup.”

G. Ma began to growl furiously, “He was a good man! He was trying to kill his son!“ this time she pointed to Toji. “For what he did to our grandson! A spell for a spell!”

Toji looked confused, “Lady I don’t even know who your grandson is.”

The older woman scoffed as she snapped her fingers, a light-up square appeared beside her, with pictures of her grandson, husband, and nephew within it. “These are my boys right here~ you took them away from me...” She spoke pitifully as she touched on the faces lovingly.

“Ooooh, I remember that guy! Yeah, he tried to kill Megumi so I flicked him away.” Gojo chuckled.

“And the blonde tried to kill Gojo.” Nanami pointed out while Getou nodded.

“When was that?” Gojo questioned in surprise.

“You were sleeping… You actually have many assassination attempts while you sleep but we normally take care of it. Or you do by accident.”

“Ah, ~ thanks, guys.”

G. Ma’s eyebrow twitch, “Ngh! It had nothing to do with you! If only you just let my husband kill that brat for what was done to my grandson!”

Toji also seemed to remember the man he killed, “That guy was your grandson? With all due respect, he tried to take my body.”

You shook your head after listening to them, “Yeah, G. ma it doesn’t sound like your family were good people.”

“IMBECILES! YOU ARE ALL IMBECILES!” G.Ma screeched while slamming her cane down repeatedly on the ground, her pictures disappearing into dust. Fat tears rolled down her cheeks as she let out her anger. “You-you took everything from me! And let’s not forget YOU- who have killed plenty of my witches!”

Sukuna rolled his eyes, “Only ones like her, who try to trick me.”

The younger witch gasped as if appalled, “How rude~ I only wanted to give you a life of love! Who best to bestow it upon you but me!”

Your nose lifted in annoyance, “Forcing someone to love you is disgusting.” You then looked toward the older woman. “Your witches attacked them or provoked them in some way. All of my alphas’ killings were done in self-defense. Maybe you should raise better witches, unlike this trash.” You gestured to the slug that was trying to take your alpha. “This is why you guys get a bad name.”

“You bitch!” G. Ma hissed at you while the woman glared. “There is nothing wrong with my witches!”

“No- There’s nothing wrong with Inumaki and Momo. They are great witches that I would trust my life with. That’s why I agreed to come here. I’ve also found Nobara to be a good witch as well- but if the witches are anything as selfish as her or your grandson then you are clearly blind and going cenile.”

"Oooo~" Getou and Gojo chuckled as G.Ma turned red in the face.

“Enough!” She huffed while puffing her chest out. “We do what we must to survive. Yoruzo finds Sukuna as a strong mate but he is too stubborn to see she is perfect for him. My grandson was sick so he needed a strong body. It’s truly simple.”

You wanted to punch this old lady in the face. “That doesn’t make any of that right!"

“Pa~!” The witch flicked her hand toward you, “You would never understand the struggles we go through. We do what we must to survive.”

“No- no matter what struggles you go through it’s not right for you to make it someone else’s problem and then get angry when they retaliate. You are being selfish and teaching your witches to do the same. That is unbefitting for a leader, and I’m sure the others agree. That’s why you tricked my alpha into attacking this woman so that way you could trap us. I bet my betas and some of the other witches are vouching for us right now. Telling you we shouldn’t be down here. I bet that really eats you away too. To know how much your very witches gloat about us. Is your revenge plan working G. Ma? You think everyone would agree with you?”

G. Ma gritted her teeth, hand shaking on her cane. “Retched girl…I …will make sure your death will be slow and painful.” She then looked toward your alphas, “Then you all will understand what it’s like to have everything taken away from you.” The old hag began to leave but you called to her making her stop, but not turn around.

"You don't even have a solution from my problems... do you?"

G. Ma let out a little scoff, "Not like it would matter much now. Come Yorozu."

Before the young witch walked away she blew a kiss at Sukuna making you hiss at her. You continued to glare at the dark hall, arms crossed in irritation. It took a moment for you to realize that you were in this jail cell with others. You turned around to see everyone was looking at you with little hints of amusement.

“What?” You questioned your alphas.

“Nothing-nothing sweetheart, we just…” Nanami looked at the others while rubbing his neck.

“…Never seen you behave like that.” Toji offered.

“It was cute.” Getou grinned.

“B-behave like what?” You questioned shyly.

“So protective over your alphas.” Gojo giggled.

“More like possessive.”

“Wh-what- I don’t know what you are talking about.” Blood rushed to your face making it hot. You took a hesitant step back but forgot Sukuna was behind you still. He grabbed you by your waist as you looked up toward him.

He had a devious smile on his lips, “You going to rip that bitch apart for me?”

“Well-ah-“

He pushed you back by your hips so you could feel how much he liked that idea. Oh man- he really must have gotten off on that.

Sadly you didn’t know what to say- you felt stone-cold anger at that moment but now you were more…sound of mind. Thinking back to how you reacted… That sort of aggression came out of nowhere. Allowing Sukuna to kill that witch was one thing- YOU killing her was another.

Sukuna noticed your hesitation- of course, he did-. He clicked his tongue, “tsk-Come ooon~ don’t get shy on me now omega. I felt it- you wanted to tear her limb from limb. Don’t lie to yourself. If the bars weren't here you would have bathed in her blood.”

You felt a sudden uneasiness about his words because you felt he was right. If it weren't for them and the barrier you would have been an animalistic mess. It made you uneasy to even envision.

“I... think that was sort of new for her.” Nanami stated, coming to your rescue.

You nodded your head slowly, “Y-yes… I’m sorry to disappoint Sukuna… but I don’t know what overcame me... when I was going after the witch… I just didn’t want her…”

“To take your kuna~wuna~ away~.” Gojo spoke with puckered lips and fluttering lashes.

“Yes…" You let out a little giggle at your silly alpha, "...but also…None of you… I don’t want any of you to be taken away from me…” you whispered looking down as you fiddled with your fingers. You felt that you should perhaps feel ashamed of how you reacted. You never… killed anyone before. This wasn't just a game. Monsters were one thing but an actual being? And over what? Jealousy? Would you kill someone for something like that? In that moment you felt you just might have… Unleash a fury inside you that you had no idea existed. It felt unreal. Once again your emotions have caused a reaction you weren’t prepared for.

The emotional human mind in an instinctive omega body truly didn’t go hand in hand. Logically it was wrong but deep down past all that thinking there was something much more feral and it might frighten you.

"Don't worry little bird, we aren't going anywhere."

"And we aren't going to let that wet bag of bones take you from us either. The feelings are mutual." Getou spoke as he dragged his finger over the bars, his touch lighting up as he did so. He flinched back with a little hiss, "Damn baby you were holding on to this without letting go?"

"I-I had no idea." You looked at your hands but noticed that there wasn't even a mark on you. You hadn't even felt any pain. Note to self, you needed to not get angry ever again or you turn into the incredible hulk- got it.

Gojo huffed, “Why would that crazy old lady invite us to her birthday if she hated us!?”

“It was a trap Satoru.” Toji spoke while walking toward the stone walls, pressing into it. Everyone was searching around for an opening.

"Oh~."

"Come help me Gojo." Nanami waved over as the boy hopped up.

You went to move but Sukuna tightened his grip around you. Your gaze moved to his red eyes as he looked you over.

"What?"

"Is this just one of those many things I have to train out of you? My bloodthirsty Dokko."

"N-no. I'm not bloodthirsty...that's your thing."

"Hm, I see...You never killed anyone..."

"...No."

Sukuna grinned, "How fun." He let you go, joining the others to find a way out.

You didn't like how the word 'fun' slipped from his lips. All you felt was a certain nervousness. Because you were finding yourself getting deeper and deeper into the claws of your alphas. Doing things you have never done before. And you weren't sure if you were really fighting anymore.

~

Doooo~Doooodoooo~ Doooo doooo dooooo~

Gojo hummed on his musical instrument that he found on the skeleton in the corner. You all sat around, having found no way out of the cell. Fighting against the barrier only reflected your abilities back and almost got you all killed. You learned that the hard way when Gojo yelled fuck it and tried to blast the thing... You all yelled at him to go sit down when you barely dodged the curse explosion. In his bored state, he found something that looked like the ocarina from the Legend of Zelda but it lit up with each harmonizing tune and looked more like a seashell.

You gave up on your search, sitting next to Gojo as he played his tune. When he finished his song he smiled at you.

"Like it?"

"It was.. interesting." You giggle when Toji casts you a look. "Let me try."

"Have you played a Seluno before?"

"Nope." Taking the musical instrument from him he pointed at each button and coached you.

"Now start gentle... blow..."

DooooooOOoooOOoo~

"Yeah! You got it!"

You sway as you play the instrument, making all kinds of noises but trying to hum out something tangible. Gojo hyping you up as you play making you smile, but you knew you didn't sound nearly as good as the beta bards. You pulled the instrument from your lips as some of your alphas clapped for you.

You roll your eyes at the applause, "Oh pshhh~ that didn't even sound that good."

"It sounded good, you will need to play for me when we get home." Nanami praised.

You flashed him a smile but then it faltered, "I mean... if we can get out of this cage. Sorry, you all got trapped with me."

"Why are you apologizing?" Getou questioned. "We all fell for the trap."

"It's not like you personally trapped us in here. I'm just bummed that old hag doesn't have a cure for you. We are going to have to find someone else to look at your hand and your friend." Gojo suggested.

"Perhaps we go to Shoko next." Toji added.

Damn, You loved how supportive your alphas are.

"That's a good idea...hm?" Nanami paused as a sort of darkness began to take over. The little bit of white light you once had... turned red.

"Did the moon change colors..." You spoke up but noticed the black specs that began to float in front of your face. "Oh..."

"What is that?" Gojo leaned forward watching as the black dust drifted away from your body like slow drifting snow- falling backwards.

"It's your curse energy," Sukuna stated, he followed the trail of your dark energy as it flowed to the corner of the window, flying out of it. "Something is draining it..."

"Is this the witches doing?" Toji growled.

Your brows furrowed as you watched your dark energy lift from your body, all of it disappearing. You could feel it. Something was pulling all of it away from you like some magnetic force. You hopped up running to the corner, "Someone lift me up!"

Sukuna and Toji hoisted you up as you scaled the side of the wall until your fingers reached the tiny hole. Pulling up you peeked your eyes out to see the fire like red moon, beating like a heartbeat. You could see not only your dark energy going to it, but also many other trails being absorbed.

"What the..."

"What do you see?" Gojo questioned.

"The moon... turned red and it looks like not just my curse energy is being absorbed... but also the witches..."

"A ritual of some sort?"

You watched as all the dark energy disappeared and then there was a long pause. Like a calm before the storm. You saw some of the witches coming out to investigate. They seemed tense and not at all into what was happening. You could smell the overwhelming scent of fear. “No…” you shook your head, “ I don’t think they are responsible for this…”

The sky bled red along with the ground, and then it began to rain black goop. As the goop touched the ground it formed into shadow curses that began to screech into the night and lung at the witches.

“KYAAAH!” They screamed as they ran away trying to fight off the monsters but each blast of magic made the monsters grow bigger and more aggressive.

"Oh... oh no..." Your eyes widen in horror as you watch someone get snatched and consumed by one of the wriggly creatures. You gasp flinching back as your alphas catch you.

"What?" Toji and Sukuna held your trembling body as you looked at them with fear.

"What baby what is it?"

"Are those curse spirits?"

You shook your head. "Yes… and no…They are shadow spirits...Much… much worse… the only way to kill them is with light magic or else they will just regenerate.”

“It seems they are also absorbing all your dark energy too.” Sukuna commented watching as the little bit of dark energy you had began to siphon away.

Your blonde furrowed his brows as more screams echoed into the cold air. “If that’s the case the witches won’t be able to fight them, all their magic is going to just make them stronger.”

You felt sick to your stomach. That part you didn’t know. None of your party had dark energy so it never mattered when you fought the cursed shadows. You just assumed they were immune to dark magic but to eat it is another thing. The witches don’t even stand a chance. It’s just a free buffet to them. Not even the guardians can save them.

Maki…

Todo-

Mai.

G. Ma…

Hell, even the stupid slug.

Characters you had never met before in the game.

And now… you might know why.

“We gotta… get out of here…” you whispered moving past your alphas. “We have to help them…” You could barely swallow the hard lump in your throat as a horrible thought began to sprout.

Did you just land yourself right in the middle of a bloody massacre of witches? Where only Nobara survives?