The Raven Omega

Crash

TW: Mentions of stuff from last chapter plus a mental breakdown in the process.

Casey pov:

I was walking with April back from school, even if I didn't want to go with everything that happened yesterday. I was tired and felt gross from the nightmares I had of my pack last night and hardly got any sleep, my teachers yelling at me in their alpha voices or just yelling at me for falling asleep in their classes.

*CRASH!*

We both froze.

"... What was that?..." April asked me.

"... I-I... I don't know." I told her, then we both got a familiar scent was thrown at us.

"... Fugidtiod?" I asked.

"C-Cas-sey?" I heard him glitching. I run over and saw the sight where his head and parts of his robotic body crashed.

"April, help me get him to the lair!" I yelled to her. we picked up as many parts of him as we could and ran in the lair, I was holding his head.

"Donnie! Fugidtiod!" April yelled as we entered the lair, both of us panicking, me more so than her, as we rushed him to Donnie's lab. Thankfully, Donnie was already in there and immediately got to work, kicking us out.

I paced around in the living room, scared of loosing another person, even though we though he was dead already. I could feel something wrong, like my omega was screaming to help or comfort or-

"Does anyone else smell that?" Leo asked.

"... That's how the school omegas kind of smell when stressed." April told them.

Shit, did I not take my suppressants?! Calm down Casey, they couldn't smell you before, so calm down.

"Casey, are you-?"

"I'm tired, I'm gonna take a nap while Don works on him." I told the others quickly and walked to Donnie's room and laid down as I dry swallowed one of my suppressants. Everything felt heavy and tired, I'm spent after just one day of my family being gone.

Right before I fell asleep, after I hid the suppressants, I heard a knock on the door.

"*Sigh* Come in." I tell them, not moving from my spot. I heard them walk in and close the door.

"... Is there something you're not telling us as a group, Casey?" April asked me.

I moved to look at her and she was the only one there.

"... I-I... You can't tell the others. Promise me that and I'll tell you everything, but if you don't keep it, there will be 'missing' posters of you." I told her.

"I promise, I won't tell a soul." She told me.

"...I'm not a beta... I'm not actually confidant... I'm the furthest thing from being cocky... I'm... I-I'm an omega with an asshole front a-and I think I'm starting to loose it because I-I've already been abandoned by m-my real parents, I can't loose anyone else, it'll kill me, I-I know it! I-I'm sorry for lying b-but in Jersey I-I... I can't think about it right now... I-I'm scared, April... Please don't hate me... You and Amy are both like my sisters... I-I-..." I trailed off as I started to cry more. I sat up and put my feet over the edge of the bed, wiping as many tears off of my face as I can as I was trying to calm down, just the past 48 hours have been so overwhelming, I just couldn't take it any longer.

I felt her wrap me in a hug and pet my hair, everyone here knows it's the best way to help me relax.

"... Go into O-Space, I'll make sure no one comes in, so take a moment to relax... My dad is an omega, he was in shambles when my mom disappeared, O-Space was the only he could do to calm down when he got bad..." She told me.

"... I don't know how..." I told her honestly.

"... Act like you're going to sleep, but keep your eyes open, they'll close on their own eventually. I'll be here to protect your little secret and your body, so please, try." She told me.

I did as she said and I felt my mind drift, it was calming, I saw a forest around me, birds chirping, wind rushing, and a river flowing. It felt so... peaceful here. It looks a lot like the forest back at my old home, the one in Jersey. All the stress, worry, grief, and any other emotion that was negative felt like it disappeared. Eventually, I felt myself coming back to reality.

I came too with me laying down, facing away from the door, April not near me, but I could still smell her natural cherry blossom scent, though it was tamer than the one they put in perfumes. I turned and she was nodding off by the door, her fan weapon thing in hand. She looks up to me and smiles.

"You really needed that, huh?" She asks. I stood up, actually feeling lighter.

"Yeah, I guess... How long was I out for?" I ask her.

"2 hours. Raph tried to visit you but I told him we were doing a 'beta thing' and that you would go by his room later if you felt up to it and Mikey came by telling us we had about 5 minutes until dinner was ready 5 minutes ago." She filled me in.

"Thank you so much, if I was attracted to girls, I'd kiss you." I told her.

"And I'd still probably reject you if I was into guys." She joked. She and I came out to the other a long time ago, when I found her cottage core hand made earrings with lesbian flag colors on her personal desk at her house. We both laughed the headed to dinner.

"I hope you guys are hungry, cause I made some bomb homemade pizza! I did plain old pepperoni because someone said I couldn't be creative." He huffed.

"You invented the nightmare fuel known as pizza shakes, Mikey, Leo made the right call." Donnie said as he halfway stumbled into the room.

"I agree with Donatello, my friends. 'Pizza Shakes' do not sound very nutritional, nor tasty."

"Fugidtiod! You're ok!" I beamed happily.

"Yes, Casey, I am quite alright thanks to your quick thinking to bring me here. Donatello is the only Earthling that I could see being able to fix me. You have my thanks." He told me. I smiled.

"Any time, Man!" I told him.

We all sat down and started eating, then Mikey started to strike up a conversation... though, it's not the one I wanted to have.

"So, any luck on finding your family so far, Casey?" He asked me. The negative feelings from before came back in full swing and I set down the pizza slice I was eating. We sat in silence for a moment, then Fugidtiod spoke up.

"What do you meaning finding his family, Michelangelo?" He asked.

"... I'm full, I'm going to bed." I said as I stood up and walked off.

"Wait, Casey! You didn't even eat a full slice of pizza!" I heard Mikey yell. I continued into the room I'm staying in and lay down as I felt more tears.

"Nice going, Mikey! Now he's upset and not eating much." I heard Raph yell to his brother.

I turn away from the door, holding both pillows that are covered in my family's scents and go to sleep.

... I just want my pack back.
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