It was exactly the kind of audacious statement we could expect from the alphas. "Fuck you! Tell them that we only fuck with assholes that attack us first." Emory said. It was a bold thing to say and exactly what I would expect from him. He never took shit from anybody. "Listen here, Emory. You, Abner and Myles can say that. You have a great position here. The others, not so much, because of their position." "What do you mean?" Amias asked in response. I had an idea. Abimael looked at the rest of us with a predatory grin. "A Ganes, Asela, and a Gikrith standing out so much like that? I heard that bad things tend to happen to people like that." he warned. That was the thing I was most worried about. If enough alphas with high gender levels went against us, it would be pretty bad. There were not many that had very high levels and there were fewer that we pissed off enough to make them try to outright attack us. Omegas might not have been outright discriminated against in the eyes of the law but, culturally, few alphas or unconcerned betas would care with we were beaten and raped.
Going out of his way to say that though, probably had some meaning. After seeing Giles and Thaddeus, all the betas left us alone. They did not want the hassle or the risk. There were lots of other targets to choose from as well if they absolutely could not help themselves. Even some physically weak, non fighter alpha orbiters that liked to tease and catcall us stopped coming around. The stronger orbiters remained, but they knew better than to touch. I knew that Giles and Thaddeus were getting more shit than we were. It was much easier to target 2 failures than 9 victor upstarts. As alphas, the marks on their napes would heal. That did not mean that people could not see all the deep teeth marks we all made. They had to wrap their throats in gauze for a whole week. We never got in trouble because they never reported it. Beyond the dirt we had on them, the sheer shame of making it any more publicly known would totally cripple them socially. They would never be able to go anywhere without the rumors and dirty shaming following them. It was a very precarious situation for us too.
Here under the spotlight, we were getting lots of hatred and resentment. Some was on the basis of gender. They did not like the idea of omegas taking power from betas and alphas. They were supposed to dominate and even the hint of a challenge had them up in arms. It was a sign of insecurity in their own talents. Some of the hate we got was on the basis of race. Some Blaqis, Nudria and Ossi students hated the idea of minorities rising up. They liked it even less when all of the different ethnic groups worked together to challenge the status quo. Just like with Giles and Thaddeus, the mob would be vicious. Since we were challenging others, the penalty for failure here would be so much worse for us. They would not stop until we were completely destroyed. "What do you want? You didn't have to explain something so basic like that to us." I said. He had an angle here but I had no way of telling what it was. His smirk grew wider. "Since we got approached by the other concerned alphas, Isaac and I had to say something to them." he said. Isaac Mare was the Blaqis alpha in our homeroom.
Isaac was a glasses wearing young man that was no nonsense when it came to schooling and discipline. He was on the student council as the secretary. He would lowly grumble at us if our uniforms were out of place, but we would just fix it and move on, so there was never a reason to but heads with him. "It was decided to make a competition out of handling the situation. Winner gets their pick of the Freebirds." I asked what the loser gets. He scoffed and said "All the errands of the other alphas. An alpha bread shuttle. But drastic times calls for drastic measures, I guess." he said with a shrug. "What are you here to do?" Abner asked. "I'm here to make an offer. One you can't refuse." he said, finally serious. That was when Isaac appeared and said "What a coincidence. I was going to do the same." He had approached us from behind. I looked at Abimael. We might as well get him finished with. "What is your offer?" Abimael gave us another smirk as we walked directly up to me. His chest was puffed up and said "You are a pretty strong guy for how scrawny you look. Join me."
