Two Brothers and a Bad Idea

Isaac jumps on Emilia's bed to wake her up. She opens her eyes and groggily looks over to her clock to check the time. She growls and kicks Isaac off of her bed.

"Come on Emilia! Wakey Wakey! Patrick told me about your little plot and I'm here to help! First thing's first, get up and get dressed! I already picked out your clothes." He shouts excitedly. "It's literally six in the morning, Isaac. Let me sleep. We can play your strange game later." She groans and rolls away from him. "No can do! Everyone else is already awake so it's time to go go go!" He shouts in her face as he yanks the covers off of her.

Emilia growls as she gets out of bed and throws a pillow at Isaac's face. "Hey!" He shouts. She moves over to her dresser to pick out some clothes but he stops her. "Pat says you're terrible at picking sexy clothes so I took the liberty of picking for you. They're in the bathroom." He says and pushes her over to the bathroom.

Emilia sighs and starts the shower, she peeks over to the clothes that her brother picked for her and immediately grimaces. "Oh hell no! You're all a bunch of psychos!" She shouts as she opens the door. "Wear that or go nude. You decide." He says with a sly grin. Emilia sighs and returns to the bathroom.

Once out of the shower, she begrudgingly gets dressed. She walks back into her bedroom and gives her brother a pointed glare. Isaac looks her up and down and smiles with approval. She ignores his smile and silently walks out of her bedroom.

"Wait up sis." Isaac says as he catches up to her. "This is unnecessary." She sighs. "Oh come on, don't be like that. If you really want to figure things out then you have to go to these lengths." He reassures her. "I look like a barbie doll. This top is too low cut and what about this skirt? How the hell am I supposed to spar in these frilly rags?" She growls.

They both stop speaking as they reach the bottom of the stairs. Emilia tilts her head, unsure of where to go next. Isaac chuckles and leads her out to a giant greenhouse. She stares in awe at all of the flowers, herbs, and various other plants. Emilia has never seen such a wide variety in one place before.

A sudden CLICK of a lock startles her out of her trance. She turns around and sees Isaac snickering from the other side of the door as he walks away with the key. 'Damn it.' She thinks to herself. She begins walking around, a clear objective in mind. If she wants this torture to end and wants answers to her questions then she needs to find Jak.

It doesn't take long for her to find him as she hears a loud, "Ouch!" coming from the center. She looks over and bellows out a laugh as she spots him cradling his hand while standing next to a cactus. Jak's head snaps in her direction and he hides his hand behind his back.

"You really do suck with plants of all kinds. Let me see it." She says as she offers her hand forward. "Why? Going to push it deeper?" He asks with suspicion. "I have to see if it's a barbed needle or not so I can know the best method for removal." She states coldly.

Jak reluctantly puts his hand toward her. She investigates the cactus needle's position and the inflammation around the entry wound then she looks over to the cacti near them. She chuckles softly and extends two of her claws to gently pull it out. Jak winces slightly but tries to put on a brave face.

"I'm done. You got lucky that it wasn't barbed or poisonous though. What are you even doing here? You hate plants." she asks casually. "Those guys, your new brothers I guess, told me that I need to water all the plants in here. I ended up tripping and my hand landed on that devil tree." He explains while glaring at the cactus.

Emilia chuckles and then remembers why she is here. 'Right, I'm supposed to make a move on him… But when would even be a good time for that?' She asks herself. Luck appears to be on her side as Jak moves closer to her with a longing look.

"Em, do you really like being here? Away from your family, from your pack, and from me? Don't you miss us?" He asks as he moves closer. "Well it's not like I necessarily like being here but I-" She starts but pauses as Jak moves in more.

With their faces so close, Emilia feels overwhelmed by the memories of their life together. Of course she knew that she still feels something for the man who was her best friend for so many years… But she is surprised to realize everything she feels for him in this moment is hatred and disgust. But even with this realization, she can't stop the ruse just yet.

The sound of footsteps nearing their position signals to Emilia that it's time for her to act. She closes the distance between them and lifts her mouth close to his ear, so close that her breath tickles him. "The truth is, I don't miss you at all. The more I think about it, the more I feel nothing but murderous intent." She whispers.

Jak's eyes widen as he grabs onto her shoulders and pushes her back just enough to look into her eyes. "Em, that's a lie. I know it is. You love me!" He insists and forcefully presses his lips against hers. She freezes in shock.

"What the fuck are you doing to my mate?!" Dietrich snarls as he pushes them apart. Emilia watches as Dietrich pins Jak to the ground and punches him repeatedly. Without putting much thought into it, she grabs Dietrich's arm and pulls him off of the smaller man. "What? Don't tell me that you actually enjoyed that. Emilia, he-" Dietrich begins but his words are cut off as Emilia kisses him.

"Em…" Jak whispers as he watches the couple. Emilia removes her lips from Dietrich's as she looks over to Jak's blood ridden face. "This is what I want. Not you or any of the other fake things I had back then." She states coldly and walks away hand in hand with Dietrich.