Author's Note (Monster): Hi guys! Savage took me a while to correct because I had to partially redo this chapter. I'm noticing now that a lot of the chapters are rushed and just need some adjusting, some more content and rewording to make more sense. This won't take 'long' so it's not like I'll stop posting Savage. I'm returning to weekly updates of any story of mine. I know it's been more than a week since my last update, but it's not set in stone which day of the week I'll update.

In the meantime, how are you enjoying Idol so far? I absolutely love how heavy the guitars are underneath the electronics, the verses are fire but I do wish Johnny's chorus was a pre-chorus leading into a Charlie/Danny chorus. Regardless, I love the song and I've been playing it a lot. I wanna do a Songfic on it too because the idea of vengeful, bad ass angels who aren't as sweet as you may think, seems awesome to me.

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Previously on Savage;

Danny calls off the meet with his brothers because of his condition so they barge into his apartment to help him deal with the situation. Danny finds out Johnny is soon to be mated to someone else.

Johnny's POV

"How's your first night shift been so far?" I asked, leaning over the counter. J-Dog jumped, scared shitless. "Johnny! Don't sneak up on me like that."

"Sneak up? I was literally standing here, where everyone stands when they come in", I complained.

Jay shook his head. "I was working on organising some files. They moved the folders recently so I'm trying to get them to be… less chaotic."

"You? Making something less chaotic? Are they trying to find a reason to fire you already?" I mocked and Jay gave me a murderous scowl. "If Deuce wasn't present, I would've smacked you."

I side-glanced Deuce standing in the doorway leading to the back. Deuce was J-Dog's co-worker and supervisor until J-Dog was fully ready to handle things on his own. He'd only started here after all.

"But you can't", I grinned.

J-Dog pretended to ignore me. "Hey, do me a favour, will you?"

I cocked my head. "What's up?"

I half expected him to say "fuck off" but he didn't. "I'm dying for a coffee. This night shift is way tougher than I expected it to be so can you go across the street to get me a-… wait, why the fuck are you even awake at this hour?"

"Couldn't sleep so I decided to pay you a visit. Good thing I did, because you wouldn't have a coffee boy otherwise!" I exclaimed, already walking out the door to go get his coffee.

"I want a macchiato!"

"Sure!"

I considered getting him a caffeine free one, just to mess with him, but decided against it. The coffee across the street was a vending machine so I put some coins in it and pressed the macchiato button. Then I picked it up and walked back to the station.

The moment I entered, the air was different. There was a man, face first on the floor.

"Johnny! Come here, quick!" J-Dog yelled and I nearly squeezed the coffee out of the cup startled by how frantic he sounded. He was crouched down on the floor next to the man, eyes set on a begging panic mode. I rushed over to him, dropped to my knees besides him. "What the hell happened?!"

He ignored my question, got up and patted my back. "Stay with him. I'm gonna wait outside for the ambulance. Deuce will be back in a minute. Try to wake him and keep him awake."

I pushed the coffee into Jay's hands before he ran outside and watched as he knocked it back like it was nothing. Oh God, that must've been hot in the throat.

This wasn't just some guy who walked in drunk, some idiot who passed out cold in the police station. Bruises covered his bare arms and seemed to tell a story of an immense struggle. I could see the side of his face while he lay on his front, a gash ran across his cheek, still bleeding. His eyelids fluttered as they remained closed. This man took a hit.

I sniffed, covering my nose instantly when the hideous scent hit me. It brought tears to my eyes that I blinked away, trying to breathe in through my mouth now. I put a hand in his neck, felt his heartbeat. He was definitely still alive. I carefully lifted him and turned him over on his back. I was sure J-Dog had been meaning to do that, but as a Beta, he wasn't strong enough to do it without causing further harm to his injuries. Now getting a better look at his wounds, the scrape on his face looked like someone had dragged him across a gritty wall. He groaned and I shot upright to hoover over him. "Hey, hey, are you awake?!"

No response.

I tried to lift him into a sitting position, his breathing was shallow but his heartbeat was strong. He gasped, eyes wide open and staring right through me. I could feel the burn of a thousand spikes run over my back and shoulders when I was hit with how beautiful his eyes were. I wanted to say something but the words got stuck in my throat. He blinked once, twice. His eyes were rolling back and he slumped. "Hey, stay awake, will you? Help is on the way."

He was slipping from consciousness again. I sighed. "Can you tell me where it hurts?"

"Everywhere", came his breathy reply before he drifted off again. Deuce returned with some water and other helpful materials like bandages, an ice pack…

"Did he wake yet?"

"For a second. He said everything hurts."

"Damn it", Deuce grumbled. He inspected the young one's wounds to see what he could do before the ambulance arrived, poking the ice pack into several of the bruises, receiving a slight response every time he did but nothing enough to wake him.

I sighed, forgetting to breathe through my mouth and smelling it again. "God, why is his scent so… muddy."

Deuce looked up at me. "That's the scent of assault."

How innocent I was to think Deuce had meant he got into a fight. I didn't even think twice about those words in that moment. I just glanced back at the brunette on the floor. His frame was small and the wounds were too big on him. Despite the scrapes and bruises, he still looked so ethereally beautiful. There was no doubt he was an Omega.

"Who would do such a thing?" I asked, dumbfounded. Deuce laughed but there was no joy in it. "It happens a lot, but we rarely see a case that's so injured. Omegas tend to know not to fight back but this one? He must've struggled."

I felt the overwhelming need to pick him up and protect him. I lightly touched his cheek, careful not to hurt him. He groaned, eyes open once more. Deuce immediately abandoned the wound he was tending to. "Danny? Stay with us. I've got some water for you."

I helped him into a sitting position, although he was barely conscious and leaning heavily into my chest while Deuce tried to get him to drink some water. He was able to offer two sips before Danny went limp into my arms. I wished I had the ability to calm him, to give him a sense of comfort but only a mate could do so. I wanted him to be nothing but safe. Just a few seconds of looking into his eyes and I was wondering why the hell I felt so protective. I'd never felt this way before about injured Omegas.

J-Dog walked into the station with women dressed in fluorescent clothing. I put Danny down for them to inspect. Soon he was hoisted into the ambulance.

I wanted to go with him, make sure he was alright. J-Dog sighed when the ambulance drove off and looked at us. Deuce pursed his lips. "Someone needs to stay with him until we're able to contact his Alpha. I don't trust him alone."

"I'll go", I immediately volunteered. Deuce gave me a nod before he turned to J-Dog. "You too, Jay?"

J-Dog shook his head. "If it's alright with you, I would like to handle the case instead. It would be good for me to take on the work."

Deuce raised an eyebrow. "Alright, but call me if you run into problems or don't know what to do. You know the drill."

"You're going after the one who did this?" I asked.

J-Dog averted his eyes while Deuce looked right at me. "If we were to go after every Alpha who does this, we wouldn't have time to do anything else."

"So they get away with hurting Danny like this?" I asked, hoping for a negative answer but the two nodded. "Unfortunately, that's how it works. If we bring in an Alpha with charges of assault, our cells would either be filled or someone upstairs would have us fired and free the Alpha."

I was enraged. If I were in charge, it would be different. I was maybe a small-time politician now, but I promised myself I would work my way to the top to change this. I would make sure such Alphas were persecuted and punished for their actions.

I didn't want to live in a world where this was the norm. Where they got away with it.

"Let's go then", Deuce said, taking me with him to the hospital in his car parked across the street. The entire time, I was sitting too upright to try and catch sight of the hospital yet. I wanted to get there soon. I needed to make sure Danny was okay. It was foreign to me to feel this way and I kept telling myself to stop but I couldn't help it. There had been something about him that I wanted to see thrive. I wanted to make sure he was alright, recovering and fighting back.

"Why are you so eager to see him?" Deuce wondered.

I felt caught red-handed and slumped back in the car seat. "I just… He looked bad. I want to make sure he'll be okay."

"He will be. Physically, at least. There is no telling what this will do to him mentally", Deuce muttered. "But he struggled and that proves he's a feisty one. Not really ready to be the submissive Omega everyone expects him to be."

"There's nothing wrong with not being submissive, regardless of your gender", I added, getting an amused smile from the other. "You really are an exception to the Alphas I've met."

Finally, the hospital was in our line of sight and we were stuck in a waiting room while they were still checking him out. Several of his wounds needed stitching, he had a broken rib or two, they cleaned the blood off his knuckles, face, legs. He had about seven ice packs stuck to his body when I was allowed to enter the room they assigned him to. Deuce whistled when he saw him. Danny wasn't awake. I felt like I was too big for the room, like I took up too much space. Danny was covered in wires, in a hospital gown. He looked pale and sick. I liked the healthy colour in his face from before a lot better but maybe it had only seemed to be healthy because it had been darker than the stale white lights of the hospital. I took a seat by the bed and lightly touched his hand. His hand was so small in comparison to mine. Deuce took a seat closer to the door. I sniffed. The muddy scent was still present but it had undertones of Danny's actual scent. I tried to ignore the muddy part and smiled at the scent of a setting sun on summer's eve, cotton candy and ice cream, the pages of a new book. Danny's scent was unique, young and enjoying life.

"Do you think the Alpha who did this, would come back?" I asked, just to break the silence in the room. It came out as a whisper, as if I were afraid to wake Danny. If he woke up, he wouldn't want me – a stranger – to be there, would he?

Deuce shrugged. "The fact Danny was able to walk up to us, tells me the Alpha got what he wanted and left so I don't think so."

I shook my head, eyes on Danny's sleeping features. "I'm sorry this happened to you. It'll be different when I'm in charge."

"When you're in charge?" Deuce asked. "Oh right, you wanna run this city, Jay said."

"He sure tells you a lot", I noticed.

Deuce smirked and I made a mental note to ask J-Dog about it later. The nightly hours dragged by slowly. I talked to Deuce about everything and nothing. Sometimes he got a call from J-Dog to ask him a small question. Whenever they talked on the phone, my suspicion of his involvement with J-Dog grew. Sometimes, Danny would appear awake and mutter things, but he wasn't registering anything with his eyes glazed over. He was sporting a fever so I assumed he was having fever dreams. He was fighting back hard and I admired his spirit. He was battling his demons but he wasn't set on losing the battle just yet. I wanted to aid him in the battle but it was futile.

Sometimes Danny seemed to look at me and I made sure to encourage him to fight, to win. Deuce smiled as I did, smile growing when J-Dog appeared in the doorway. He whistled, arms folded. "You really care, don't you, Johnny?"

Deuce chuckled. "Oh you have no idea what he's been telling Danny all night. I would've sworn they knew each other prior to tonight."

"Has he been awake?" J-Dog asked.

Deuce shook his head. "Some moments he seemed awake but I'm sure he wasn't experiencing it very consciously. He's been delirious because of a fever."

J-Dog sighed in response, then looked up. "His family will be here soon."

I tightened my grasp on Danny's hand. He would be safe with his family. I was absolutely exhausted from staying awake all night, but unlike Deuce, I hadn't fallen asleep even once. I was too intent on watching Danny. Before his family got here, I made the most of my time there and got Danny to drink some water but I doubt he was registering anything. His eyes weren't focussed but regardless, he seemed like he was gaining the upper hand in his battle.

His family swarmed the room. An Omega female and three Alpha males. I immediately felt like I was too much so I took a seat in the back allowing them to take my place by the bedside. They spoke in hushed tones, his mother cried and touched his face. I felt unnecessary so I left the room and found J-Dog following me. Deuce would inform them further.

"I'm glad he's safe. Whatever that Alpha did to beat him down, didn't break his spirit. I could see the fire in his eyes", I said when we stepped into J-Dog's car. My friend hummed in response. He drove down to the police station again. He carefully kept his mouth shut about what the Alpha did to Danny, grateful that I hadn't pressed into what kind of assault it had been. I didn't know at the time.

"I thought Omegas were submissive and obedient but Danny fought back", I wondered. "I like that fire in an Omega."

"You sound like you've got a little crush", J-Dog mocked me. I shrugged. "I would love a mate like that, yes."

"Maybe you should ask him out when he's out of the hospital", J-Dog joked when we got out of the car. I paused. "He said some horrible things in his sleep, you know."

"Yeah?"

"Yes. This Omega needs to find his strength again before I could ever have the chance to be in his romantic sight."

"I was kidding but you really got it bad for Danny, huh?" J-Dog teased.

I raised an eyebrow. "I'm not preying on him and I'm not pursuing him but if the chance presented itself in the future, I would like to get to know him, yes."

"It's charming you don't want to take advantage of a weak Omega, instead wait until he's strong enough to make proper decisions", J-Dog agreed.

"How about you tell me about your thing with Deuce?" I smirked.

"You know about Deuce and I?"

"I do now."

I hit the back of my head against the wall. It was the fourth time I'd been reminded of the first time I saw Danny. The memory was a rushed blur of things that had happened but I'd been too upset to remember the details. I'd been absolutely oblivious to the fact his assault had been sexual assault. I had thought he was a fighter and that he'd had a fire inside of him. I had no idea how bright that fire was. I'd experienced something not a lot of Alphas get to have. I'd locked eyes with him and from that moment on, I'd been connected to him. He had shaped my destiny and my motivation to join the High Council to change the overpowered position Alphas had over Omegas. Seeing Danny, wounded but beautiful nonetheless, had been love at first sight. I hadn't been able to let him slip from my mind and I'd been unable to find myself a suitable mate because of this for years.

It had been 8 years since I first saw Danny and in those 8 years, I had been thinking about ways to meet Danny, but it had never been possible. He hated Alphas with a burning passion. I could've never broken through his barrier, but then I got to know him thanks to our 'deal'. The first thing I noticed when I saw Danny again after 8 years, was that his unique, young and 'enjoying life' scent never lost the muddy overlay. Almost like he buried the Danny he once was under a thick barrier. If I hadn't been paying attention, I would've only noticed the scent of sweets and candy growing stronger in an older unmated Omega, but I knew too much about him to smell that superficial odour on him.

I had found him again.

And I messed up.

I messed up who I'd been wanting to mate for eight years.

I didn't want to give up eight years of pining for Danny from afar for just another Omega who wanted to settle. It wasn't fair to the Omega to be in love with someone other than my mate.

So I broke off my relationship with the young brunette.

I'd been focussed on getting the seat in the High Council to improve life for Omegas and despite the pain I felt over losing Danny, I had powered through and didn't allow myself to be sad. I'd had a goal and I'd rather break than give up on the goal.

Well, I had finally reached my breaking point. I was done pretending to be okay for my career. I lost Danny because I was too greedy. Just let me be sad.

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