"We should have been there!" Orgos roared, throwing a table aside. Moon moved out of the way of the massive table and continued watching Orgos, along with the rest of their pack.
"So we could have died as well?!" Inagro shouted, pushing Orgos back. "We should be thankful we can fight with the others!"
Orgos growled in a feral manner before shoving back, causing Inagro to stumble into another dining room table. The larger Bestial grabbed Inagro by his collar and slammed him onto one of the tables. "Our brothers and sisters died! If we had been there-!"
Inagro punched Orgos's stomach, headbutting him as he grunted in slight pain. While he fell back, Inagro got up and grabbed his beta by the leg, then threw him into the wall. The two fought each other viciously, tossing aside furnishings as the two duked it out. The ruckus of their brawl brought a crowd of Solar Guards to stop the fight, but none of them were bold enough to try and separate the rumbling giants. Orgos and Inagro kept throwing each other around, jabbing and kicking one another until at last they were locked in a power struggle, grasping one another by the shoulders. Their teeth bared and their animalistic features began to take hold. Orgos snarled as spikes began to jut out from his spine, along his arms and down his tail as his pupils became wider, while Inagro's nails turned into claws and his legs realigned into a quadruped-like structure.
They looked beyond menacing. Men halfway into the forms of animals. "Why isn't anypony stopping them?!" a frantic guard questioned.
The two butted heads, Inagro stepping backwards to stabilize himself. "They're struggling for dominance," Hutono sighed softly, watching his brother ramp up his strength.
"I can see that," he quivered, just as Orgos kneed their Alpha in the stomach. Inagro shrugged it off quickly before moving his arms under his beta's and picking him up. The others winced as Inagro slammed Orgos down on his back.
"It's a fight between Alpha and Beta," Niraka said softly, barely heard above the two growling Bestials. "Whoever proves their dominance as the alpha can control this pack and it's decisions."
"He'll represent us," Moon surmised. "The strongest will lead us."
Orgos kicked Inagro off and jumped on top of him, his tail wrapping around his shoulders, the spikes digging in. Inagro restrained a roar and start to push his arms outward, struggling to free himself from his larger beta.
"Strongest?" Hutono questioned, his voice low.
Moon didn't understand, until Orgos began to stand slowly. His body grew out slightly, and energy poured into his fist. Moon could feel the intent, and Inagro spiking his own defensively led him to believe what he feared. Orgos's energy was much greater than Inagro's, which would make it a feasible thought.
The beta would need to kill his alpha.
Orgos readied to end this, to become the Alpha and lead his pack into a fight. Just as his fist dropped, he was tackled aside. Once he stopped tumbling, he looked up to his attacker, and he gasped.
Hutono panted heavily in his Bestial form, his sudden transformation taking a toll on his body. Orgos stared in shock, trying to fool himself into believing it had been Inagro. It had to have somehow been him. But Hutono slowly reverted to his humanoid state, never breaking eye contact with him. Moon shook from his own shock as Niraka ran to join Hutono, standing in front of her downed brother as he changed back. Moon ran up to Hutono's side as well, standing firm to assert his position.
"By standing aside, we would have allowed Orgos to become Alpha," Niraka said, staring at Orgos. "The beta is stronger than our alpha, but our alpha will always be the one we have the most faith in. We defended him, and Orgos must accept that."
Hutono stepped forward. "Please, brother."
Orgos continued to huff and puff, then calmly reverted into his normal form, and lowered his head. Inagro gently moved the others aside before walking over to his beta. Moon didn't know what was happening, and so he waited for something to happen. His leader placed a hand on Orgos's shoulder, and softly bumped their heads together.
"If we had been there, we would have died." Orgos trembled slightly, his fists clenching. "Our brothers and sisters would want us to live. They want us to be at the Doshu’um's side when we end this. Orgos... can you still be part of this pack?"
The giant Bestial chuckled softly, then nodded his head. "I lost it again, didn't I?" he questioned. Inagro laughed just as lowly before nodding. "As long as we tear their throats out with our teeth, I'm in."
Moon could see his pack for what it was. A family. Not ruled by the strongest... but led by the one they trust whole-heartedly.