Forever Siblings; come what may..

Chapter Twenty obe

Oris' POV

When Allie takes long, I decide to go check on both of them. I hope they are well. Who am I kidding? Last night I left Coy seated right here on his favourite couch. I had wanted to talk to him but I couldn't. I knew he was hurt and the fact that I had added to the hurt, made me shy away from talking to him. He was just silent, his eyes glued on a documentary that in normal circumstances, he wouldn't even waste his time on. I felt sad but what was I to do...
I have come to agree with my siblings on one thing- I act too fast and regret it later. They say it's acting on impulse.
Even though I wanted to apologise,I could not bring myself to say the words. I knew we would pick up a fight there in.

Allie is standing at the middle of the room. She is reading something. The way she is breathing hastly is so telling, she is crying. What is it? Instead of disrupting her, I just stand behind her and wait for the hell to break loose.

"Fuck!" She curses. Just then her silent cries turn to sobs. She holds her hands up on her head and I watch as tears fall on her feet. As she slumps down on the floor,I grab her from her back and hold her still.
"Coy!" She calls amidst sobs.
"It's me!" The moment she hears my voice she disengages herself from my hold and what follows next is a hot slap on my left cheek. Shit! I hadn't seen that coming.

"He's gone and it's you!" She runs out of the room. I am left standing there confused. I knew if Coy attempts anything shitty, it will boil down to me. But I somehow was sure that he will stick and fight for himself. He has never been the one who gives up easily. I actually have never seen him give up without putting up a fight. This must have got seriously to him. Well, it is father who started the bullshit. This is why I will bring him down, come what may...someday.

"It's him?" I hear Allie shout from the living room. "He made him leave." Oh my. She will talk the others against me for Coy. Maybe I should defend myself.

"Rene stop, I can explain!" I tell Rene. Before i make another move, she kicks me back to the wall, I land on it heavily. How she has done that, I can't explain. I am just coming off the floor when a strong pull draws me towards her before another push. Shit. This girl is mad and she might kill me. She is in tears and the white paper is in her hand. I wonder what is written therein.

Elex tries to call her into calmness, but she won't buy anything from him. When he takes hold of her, she pushes him aways and shit, Elex too lands on me. She is uncontrollable.

"We have had enough of you defending him even when he's on the wrong." She literally shouts at Coy. Fuck my manners...
"And you Oris..." She trails off. This is the first time she is calling me by my name since we came of age. "This is going to be a lesson. You won't dare do your shit to any of us, not again." Her voice spells death. I hope she is not thinking of cutting my balls off because from her look, she can do that. Why did I even touch Coy? He's everybody's favourite while I am the one who is always viewed as the devil.

A heavy hit on my head sends me down. I try stretching my hand to hold on Elex but my hand feels too heavy. The pain on my head disappears shortly before another hit. I roll down on the floor and cry my pain out. I try calling her to stop so that I can apologise but my voice does not come out. This is going to be the end of me. 

Elex's POV

Shit!
Rene is going to kill Oris. She is just standing at the corner, tears streaming down her cheeks and the only thing she's doing is raising her hands and letting them fall down as if she is pounding heavily on someone. The effect gets to Oris and I for a moment think she's lost her control. How I wish she could listen to my pleas.

I grab the white paper from her. I want to read what is it that Coy has written. I have heard them saying he's left but I just want to read it for myself. I scan through it faster than fast...oh, he left and made the worst mistake by mentioning Oris in the saga. I know Oris could have been mean but then, he should at least have asked us what we think.

It could be true that he's what they say he is but...he's our brother, the sweetest of us all. He has always kept us together, never has he betrayed any of us and I can bet on him that he can't. He's so civilised. He's been the Knight in the family. He's gone into battles with different people to protect us and I am  sure...what am I saying?

Blood does not make people family...it's royalty that makes people family. Coy could be our half brother but he's been loyal. He's more than a family. I feel what Rene is feeling now but...well, that does not mean that she can kill Oris, he's family too. Problem is, he's the dark Knight.

I draw Allie to my arms. She's cried until she can't cry anymore. Only painful gasps a escaping her throat. "She is going to kill Oris." I whisper in her left ear. I hope she feels some mercy for him. I know she can talk Rene out of her anger. If she doesn't, then Rene will regret doing this later. Another gasp escapes her throat before she speaks, "He can as well die!" Oh God!

Oris is foaming on the floor. Seems Rene is not relenting. She looks at me when I take a step towards her. "Please don't you come any closer, unless you want to take it." She warns. I know she means it.

What is family for? What was the vow about if not this? What is brotherhood for? What is the meaning of royalty and sacrifice if I can not take the pain for him? That will divert her attention from him. I take another step and when she makes a shift to face me, the pain cuts deep through my body. It is short lived. "Sure you wanna come closer?" She asks with an evil accent. I will never know where she gets this damn accent whenever she's angry. I am not relenting.

Another step towards her and she holds her palms together, she starts making as if she's bringing them close to her chest and when she releases, I slumb on the floor. She is getting into my mind... She is convincing me that Oris is better of dead... She is asking me to fight for Coy... We have to end this for good... We can't allow this to continue... Yes Oris is beyond redemption... We can't continue risking... He might later decide to hurt all of us... Oh, she is right. We need to do away with Oris... He's a monster.

"Fuck you Rene, get out of my mind! Oris is not beyond redemption... We can sort this out differently. There must be a better way.  And Coy will never forgive you for this..." I trail off. My voice is going kaput and I can't help it. Everything goes cold and...huh, I am falling into a deep endless pit. The feeling is pure bliss.