Hey guys,

this is the second story that I post here but the first real one. I have been working on this for a while now and I hope you all like it.

If there a any spelling mistakes, please feel free to point them out so I can improve my writing. Just so you know english is not my first language so I'm sorry for any mistakes.

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Have fun :*

They had locked Theo into one of the many cells at the sheriff's station and went on some stupid suicide mission to capture one of the ghost riders. Theo told them that he knew a few things about them and could be of help but they quickly dismissed him, telling him that they didn't and would never trust him. What did he think? That he could betray them the way he had done in the past, almost killing Scott and actually killing two members of his pack, and they would forgive him? That was ridiculous. None of them would ever forgive him for the things he had done to them and he would never dare to ask for their forgiveness in the first place. Theo was sure that no matter what he would do, he could never make it up to any of them again. Malia had been right when she suggested to kill him once and for all so they would finally be rid of him. Oh Malia. He probably felt worst about the way he had treated her. Even if he didn't care about any of them back them, he did have kind of a soft spot for her. To him her aggressive nature and stubborn behavior was absolutely adoring – not that he would ever tell her that. A compliment coming from him would possibly only making her choke or want to hang herself. While Theo was deep in thought he failed to notice someone coming into the station and only when the bars where practically ripped out, he saw the tall figure standing at the entry of his cell.

'Mr. Douglas? How is this even possible? I thought they killed u. How the fuck are you even still alive and what the hell are you doing here?'

'Well that's a lot of questions of which you don't deserve to know the answer. The only thing you have to know is that they never planned on killing me, they just wanted to make me stronger. As you can see, I'm a lot stronger now. But enough of the chit chat, that's not what I'm here for'.

'Then what are you here for', Theo asked him already dreading the answer.

'Well to get rid of you of course. You might believe that you have been a success but contrary to your wishful thinking, you had been a failure just like the rest. And you should know best that the doctors don't leave proof of that. '

'I'm not a failure', Theo roared. 'I brought for chimeras back, I managed to kill Scott and split his entire pack I...'

Douglas caught him off by squeezing his throat 'Oh if you managed to kill little Scottie, how does it come he is still alive, care to explain it? And how does it come that he pack is back together and that two of your pack mates have joined them? Oh right, I almost forgot. You completely lack leadership, that's why they left your pack. You know if you hadn't been so focused solemnly on yourself and didn't fuck with everyone maybe someone would come to save you now. But I don't see anyone, do YOU? NO, of course not because NOBODY GIVES A FUCKING SHIT ABOUT YOU. They doctors used you for their own purposes and Scott will never forgive you for everything you have done. Don't you get it kid. You were just a means to an end nothing more, nothing less. You were never important nor will anyone care that you are gone'.

With that he led go of Theo's throat and pushed and threw him against the wall. Theo felt a single tear rolling down his face and quickly swiped it away. Douglas was right, there was no one on this world that gave a damn about him. Scott and his pack would probably even be glad that somebody had managed to finally get rid of him. He had never felt so lonely and worthless before.

'Then why don't you just get it over with at least then I don't have to listen to your annoying voice anymore', Theo tried in a weak attempt to sound cocky one last time.

If he had to be honest he would have admitted that he was fucking scared. He didn't know what was going to await him once he was gone. He had already been to one hell and it had been worse than anything he could ever imagine. What if being dead would bring him to a place that was even worse than that. His body started trembling before he could try to stop it. He was utterly terrified.

'Oh look who suddenly isn't mouthy anymore', Douglas grinned maliciously.

'Do it', Theo choked out.

'My my, not so fast there kid. Before I ALLOW you to eventually die, I will have some fun with you. After all there is no sound as beautiful as the screams of the tortured.'

Theo felt his body growing cold upon hearing Mr. Douglas say that. Great so he wouldn't just die but also getting tortured in the most of brutal ways until he would certainly beg for Mr. Douglas to end his life. 'Guess that's my punishment at last. I don't even get to die an honorable death' he thought to himself. Before he had anymore time pitying himself he heard a buzzing sound and a second later he felt an excruciating pain on his back where the electrocuted whip hat landed. He had no time to recover from the first hit as the next already followed. Within minutes he was lying on the ground shaking and within a pool of his own blood.

'Let's see how much our big bad were coyote can take', Douglas laughed cruelly at that.

He continued to hit him with the electrocuted whip until there was nothing left but a shaking mess of Theo on the ground. Then Douglas went ahead and broke literally every single bone in his body but Theo still refused to die. The pain was unbearable and all he wanted was to give up and succumb to the darkness. However, the fear of what might lay ahead of him made him refuse to give up.

'Well well, I have to admit I'm a little impressed. I thought you'd beg for me to end your miserable life a lot sooner. But it doesn't matter at least this way we are going to have so much more fun'.

The look on Mr. Douglas face was maniac. Next thing he did was taking out a lighter and slowly burning the sensitive skin on Theo's chest and neck. He howled in pain. And it didn't take long for Theo to vomit due to the sickening smell of his own burning flesh. Mr. Douglas watched every reaction he got out of Theo with a satisfied smile and a cold look in his eyes.

'Pl, Please'', Theo begged. ''Y-Y-You d-d-d-don't have t-t-to d-do t-that'.

Douglas laughed at him. 'Seriously Theo you are trying to appeal to my good heart? How heartbreaking. Oh as we are talking about hearts how would you like it if I take out yours. After all everybody believes you are heartless anyway and after what you did to your own sister it would be only fair to give you a taste of your own medicine'.

Theo brought himself up to his knees and let out one last desperate howl, filled with all the pain and regret he had never let out before. Then he collapsed and the last thing he saw before he closed his eyes was a large knife flashing in the moonlight.

'Do you really think it was wise to leave him there?'Hayden asked Scott in a doubtful voice.

Before he could answer Malia cut in 'If anyone asked me, YOU TWO IDIOTS should have never brought him back in the first place. No one knows what he might be planning already. We should have just killed him', she murmured the last part but everyone heard her anyway due to their advanced hearing.

'I never said I support Hayden and Liam's decision to bring him back but maybe he really can help us with this. I mean what do we have to lose? We have reached a point where there is no back nor forth, if he can help us to save my best friend, my pack and everyone I care about as well as the rest of Beacon Hills, I gladly take that risk'.

Malia looked to the ground feeling slightly ashamed of herself. 'Okay, I just completely trust you with that', she told Scott than and received a small smile in return 'Thank you Malia, I will not disappoint you'. She nodded at him and then added with a smirk 'If he does betray us, however, I'm going to kill him and there is nothing you can do about it'.

Scott didn't answer that because he knew there was no way he'd be able to stop her should this be the case so he just shrugged and they continued building their lightning protector in comfortable silence.

'Are you guys sure this is going to work'? Liam asked after a while and everyone shrugged their shoulders. 'Great so we are risking our life, trying to catch a ghost rider with a damn weird self build lightning protector and no one knows whether this is going to work at all. Just fucking great.'

'Liam calm down', Mason said putting a hand on his shoulders.

'No, I don't want to fucking calm down and I don't want to fucking die either'.

'Listen kid, no one forced you to do this. If you want to fucking run away then do it, but if we don't manage to figure this shit out there will soon be no place to run to anymore. Everyone you love and care about will be taken and forgotten. You are a werewolf, those powers you have they are a gift but if you are unable to see it as such and want to be a fucking coward then by all means go ahead, no one will stop you', Malia's eyes flashed blue for a moment and Scott stepped in between the two of them to avoid any fights.

'Liam listen', Scott started in a calm voice. 'You are part of my pack, you're my first beta and like a brother to me. I need you in this. Only together we can defeat them – as a pack. I know all of this is really terrifying and believe me there is nothing I'd like to do more then just run away and leave all of this behind but we can actually do something against them. We know what they are. All those innocent people they have no idea what lies ahead of them. You always enjoyed the power you got when you became a werewolf but don't forget that with great power, there comes great responsibility or as Allison once said, we protect those that cannot protect themselves'.

'Wow, that was a heartfelt speech', Lydia said trying to lighten the mood that had become really icy.

Liam bowed his head in a gesture of respect. 'I'm so sorry. Both of you are right of course it's just so damn terrifying and we are constantly in situations where I'm not sure whether we live to see another day. But if I had the chance to go back in time and refuse the bite, I wouldn't do it. You all have become my family and if we fall, it will be together. '

'Ah enough of this already', Malia said but if you looked closely you could see that her eyes were shimmering in the light.

Just then an ear deafening howl filled the night. And everyone's hairs stood on end.

'What the hell was that'? Hayden was the first to ask.

'It's Theo and it sounds as though he is about to die', Malia said emotionless.

'I won't ask anyone to risk his life to save him but if you ask me, enough people have already died in this godforsaken town and his blood won't be on my hands so I'...

Before Scott could finish his sentence the pack was ready to go and Malia turned towards him 'Please spare us another speech. We had enough of them for a lifetime. Let's go save that cockroach's sorry ass'. Then her eyes flashed blue, Scott's red and Liam and Hayden's yellow as they ran as fast as they could towards the station.

Mr. Douglas inspected the large knife in his hands for a few more seconds before he slowly plunged it into Theo's flesh twisting and turning it in a way that would cause him the utmost of pain. Theo was still hanging between life and death but he could already see the light starting to fade away and it being replaced by darkness.

Then when he was about to finally succumb to the pain and give up, the will to live was suddenly overwhelming and in a last desperate attempt he tried to fight back. Douglas hit him hard across the face and he crashed into the wall behind him, unable to get back up again. 'So this is it', Theo thought. 'I'm really going to die'. Just in that moment he realized how lonely he had been his whole life and that there were so many things he wished he could change. So many things he wanted to say. If only he had more time, he would beg for Scott's, Malia's, hell he'd beg for the entire packs forgiveness. All he had ever wanted was to be appreciated. For someone to actually care for him. But no one would come to stand by him now. There would be no one to hold his hand as he closed his eyes forever. He couldn't stop the stream of tears flowing down his face. Douglas plunged the knife into him again and slowly but effectively managed to cut a hole into his chest.

'For-forgive me Malia', Theo choked out and blood spluttered out of his mouth while he was speaking. 'For-forgive me Stile. S-Scott I-I'm sorry'.

He coughed and more blood came running out of his mouth.

'For-forgive m-me s-sister', it was the last thing coming out of his mouth before he closed his eyes, accepting his fate.

Douglas closed his hand around Theo's heart, ready to rip it out of his chest.

'And now finally the moment I have been waiting for', he smiled cruelly at him. 'Any more last words? Any calls you want to make? Oh sorry I forgot, there is no one you could call. No family, no friends, no pack, you are all alone'.

'Not entirely', Malia stepped into the station.

Mr. Douglas looked really surprised. 'What are YOU doing here? Don't you have a good reason to want him gone? Remember he shot you and left you for dead.'

He let go of Theo and stood up to face Malia.

'You know I would love to offer you to kill him yourself but I have worked so hard to get to this moment and I won't let anyone take it away from me', he growled the last part.

'Sorry to disappoint you but this ain't going to happen. I might not give a damn about him and could care less if he's alive or dead but right now he is our responsibility. We brought him back and the pack is certain that we'll need him for what's about to come. So I can't let you do that.'

'You thing YOU could stop me'? Douglas started to laugh. 'Little girl, you stand no chance against me. But by all means go ahead and try'.

Now it was Malia's time to laugh. 'Do YOU really believe I came alone'? She grinned at him.

Scott and the others took that as their cue to step out of the shadows.

'He might have called for just Malia but if you call for one wolf, you invite the pack', Scott said his eyes flashing red.

'Oh come on Scott. He's not even part of your pack. Remember all the things he did to you and the others. If things were the other way around, do you really believe HE would do shit to save YOU?'

'He does have a point', Liam quipped but Scott's annoyed look prevented him from saying anything else.

'Right now, it doesn't matter that he is not part of the pack or what he did to us. If we just stand by and watch him getting killed, it makes us no better than him. Everyone deserves a second chance'.

'I do believe in second chances. I just don't think everyone deserves them'. Liam said to Hayden in a low voice. 'Especially not him'.

'Well that's not your decision to make', she told him shrugging her shoulders. 'If Scott's says we save him then we'll do just that'.

Liam rolled his eyes but he did shut up.

'So here's the catch. Either you fight all of us or you fucking leave', Malia growled out.

'Fine have it your way', Mr. Douglas said surprising all of them and then he just left.

'Okaaay. That was not weird at all', Liam said. 'Why the hell would he just leave without trying to fight us'.

'I don't know', Scott answered. 'But we can overthink that later. I believe we have someone to take care of'.

Everyone looked towards Theo lying in a bloody mess on the floor. Scott was the first to approach him. He laid a hand on his shoulder which made him flinch. His entire body was still shaking in fear and he couldn't believe that this was actually happening.

'It's okay', Scott tried to calm him down. 'You are save now. We'll take care of you'.

'I-is t-this a d-dream', Theo asked afraid to hear the answer and maybe finding out that this was just his brain trying to mess with him. What if he was already dead and he had been sent to another hell that was going to torture him again. He was terrified to open his eyes. What if he opened them and no one was there?

'You know the least you could do is thank us for saving a worthless piece of sh-...'

'Enough Malia', Scott interrupted her. 'He'll get his chance to prove us he was worth being saved'.

'Somehow I doubt that', Liam told Hayden earning another angry look from Scott.

'Alright help me get him up', Scott demanded and no one made a move until he let out an annoyed growl. 'Sometime today if you don't mind'.

Malia came over and helped him getting Theo to a sitting position. They had to hold onto him for he had no strength to keep himself up on his own.

'Ugh. As if it wasn't enough that he's being a piece of shit, now he also has to reek of it'.

Liam couldn't help but to burst out in laughter and Hayden had trouble trying not to crack a smile.

'Malia, could you please stop insulting him for a moment. I think he suffered enough for now. And besides almost dying ain't pretty. He must have been through a lot. I can practically smell his fear and feel his pain. It's excruciating'.

'Sorry Scott', Malia said feeling the tiniest bit ashamed. 'Guess we'll have plenty of time for that later', she added with a smirk.

Theo took that moment to finally open his eyes and when he saw Malia and Scott holding him up and Hayden and Liam gathered around him and everyone but Malia having compassionate looks on their faces, he couldn't help but to burst into tears.

'Hush, everything is fine. We'll take you to my house and my mum will help us to take care of you. Don't worry in few days you'll be as good as new'.

Malia could barely keep from laughing when she saw how Scott tried his hardest to comfort Theo and by looking at Liam and Hayden she saw that they had trouble with it themselves.

'Am I alive? Am I really alive? Theo looked at them with wide eyes and a fearful look on his face.

'Unfortunately Yes. Sorry Scott, I know you want me to be nice and all but …'

'It's okay', Theo interrupted her. 'You don't have to pretend anything. I can't imagine how hard it must have been for you all to save me if everything you wanted was to finally get rid of me. I really appreciate it and I know I don't deserve this', he added the last part in a very broken and sad voice.

'No you really don't', Malia agreed. 'So you better take that chance and make something out of it'.

'I will, I promise'.

'A promise means nothing if it's not kept', Malia told him and with a nod towards Scott, they pulled him to a standing position.

'Let's get him to my place. I believe I can hear Stiles arriving'.

And indeed seconds later the rusty old jeep came to a halt in front of the station. Malia and Scott grabbed Theo's arms and supported him until they arrived at the jeep. Stiles jumped out and pointed a finger at Scott.

'Oh no. No way I'm going to take him with me like that. I mean did you look at him? He's full of blood and puke and he REEKS', he said holding his nose.

'Come on Stiles. We have to get him fixed up as soon as we can', Scott pleaded.

'Uh-uh. Forget it. I'll never get the stench out of my car'.

Now Lydia got off the car as well. 'For heavens sake, Theo take of your damn cloths and let's get going'.

Scott helped him to undress until he was left in nothing but his briefs. There were a few shocked gasps when they saw the amount of damage that had been done to Theo's body. Even Malia shot him a pitiful look. Stiles took an old blanket out of his trunk and they wrapped it around Theo.

'Okay let's go. Liam, Hayden meet me at my house. We don't all fit in the jeep and given his broken body we shouldn't try to squeeze in'.

'Yeah, no problem. Let's see who's faster', Liam grinned before him and Hayden took off running.

Theo was positioned between Malia and Scott and now that he felt safe again, he couldn't fight the exhaustion any longer. His head fell to the side and landed directly on Malia's shoulder. She looked down at him a disgusted look on her face but made no move to push him away. Scott grinned at her.

'I swear if he drools, I'm going to rip his head off', Malia had meant for it to come out harsh but she actually spoke in a soft voice so she wouldn't wake him up.

Lydia turned around smiling sweetly at the sight before her. 'I have to admit you two would make a really cute couple'.

Malia rolled her eyes at her. 'Okay I take it back, I'm going to rip her head off'.

The bickering continued for a while until they arrived at Scott's house. As the car came to an abrupt halt, Theo's eyes suddenly flew open. When he noticed that his head was lying on Malia's shoulder , he quickly pulled it away murmuring a shy 'sorry'. He expected her to say something mean in return but she just told him that it was okay. Scott managed to drag him out of the car and carried him over to the house. When Malia got off the car, she noticed something wet on her chest and upon closer inspection she realized Theo had indeed drooled on her.

'Oh you've got to be kidding me', she screamed annoyed and threw a little fit before she took her jacket off and followed the others into the house.

Just before Scott was going to ring the door, Liam opened it grinning at him. 'We were faster'. From the living room Hayden called out 'Of course we were. He made us running like the ghost riders were behind us'. Scott smirked at him and Liam stepped to the side so he could get through. He had trouble keeping Theo upright as he was getting weaker and weaker by the second. Just when they had set foot into the house, Melissa stepped out of the kitchen.

'No. Seriously no Scott. Not him. He tried to kill you'. And with a mad look she added 'Actually he did succeed in killing you. I held you in my arms. You were dead honey. He killed my only son. He didn't know that I'd be able to bring you back. He wanted you dead. When you called and said you needed help, I was ready to do anything for the poor kid that had been badly injured but I won't get my hands dirty for HIM.'

'Mom please. He's not able to heal. You need to fix him. Pl-...'

'Uh uh. I want him out of my house. I want him gone now before I forget myself and do something I might regret later'.

While they kept arguing back and forth, Malia had stepped into the house as well getting comfortable on the couch next to Hayden and Liam.

'So how's it going'?

'Scott's still trying to make his mom save Theo's life', Liam told her. 'If I were her, I wouldn't do shit for him as well'.

'Can you just stop it already'? Hayden angrily stood up from the couch. 'We all know by now how much you hate him. There is no need for a constant reminder'. With that she left to join the others in the kitchen, leaving Malia and Liam back confused.

'Why the hell is she making such a fuss?'

'She seems to believe that she still owes him for bringing her back from the dead. Don't ask me why. I don't get it myself. It's not like that idiot brought her back because he was SO sad she died. He just needed members for his back that's all. You were right. We should have never brought him back in the first place.'

Malia laid a hand on his shoulder. 'It's okay, stop blaming yourself'.

While Scott, Stiles, Lydia, Mason and now also Hayden were still trying to convince Melissa to help Theo, who had been left in the hallway, he suddenly collapsed to his knees, holding his chest and vomiting blood.

'Uh guys', Malia called out. 'You might want to speed up coming to a decision cause it looks like he doesn't have much time left'.

The door to the kitchen was teared open and Scott was the first to come out running over to where Theo was lying on the floor. He felt for his pulse which was already starting to fade and just when he was about to call for his mom, she appeared right beside him.

The moment Melissa stepped out of the door and saw Theo fighting for dear life, it wasn't important anymore what he had done in the past. Right now everything that mattered to her was that there was a kid lying on her floor struggling to survive. Yeah she absolutely resented him BUT she did have a codex. Within one second she changed into hospital mode.

'Scott put him onto the dining room table, Hayden in the kitchen there is a doctor's kit bring it to me, Lydia and Mason I need your help assisting me, Malia and Scott you will hold him down. I suppose he has internal bleeding which means that I'll be slicing him open'.

'What about me'?, Stiles asked. 'What am I supposed to do'?

Melissa looked at him briefly. 'You my dear will stay right over there with Liam and try not to get in the way'.

Stiles rolled his eyes but followed her orders and sat down next to Liam who laughed at him.

'Oh shut it. In case you haven't noticed you're not welcome there right now either'.

'As if I would want to be there right now', Liam made a disgusted face. 'They can do whatever the hell they want but I won't lift a damn finger for him'.

'Me neither', Stiles agreed. 'But I guess a part of me would have been really satisfied by watching him suffer'. Liam nodded his approval.

Melissa put an old blanket onto the table and instructed Scott to carefully lay Theo down. Hayden brought the kit and a cushion so his head would lay comfortably. Malia and Scott positioned themselves on each side of Theo and gently held him down so he was unable to move and Melissa could take care of him. She put on gloves and collected the instruments she would need to slice him open and patch him back together afterwards. Lydia and Mason were each given various instruments to hand her when she directed them to do so. Then she started to cut him open. Theo let out a pained howl and fought against Malia and Scott who had trouble keeping him steady.

'Liam move your ass right here we need your help', Melissa's voice left no room for argumentation.

Stile grinned sardonically at him 'Well looks like you have to lift more than just a finger for him now'.

Liam had no time to retort as Melissa called for him again and her tone definitely made him want to hurry.

'Come here', Melissa directed him. 'Help Scott and Malia to keep him down. You need to keep him still so I can take care of his injuries'.

The three of them managed to hold Theo in place and Melissa could finally slice him open.

Stiles who was the only one left in the living room quickly got bored and decided to join the others. Upon entering the room and seeing Theo with a gaping hole in his chest, he turned on his heel and made it to the toilet just in time to empty his stomach. He didn't join them again and sat back on the couch listening to Theo's screams of pain and Liam telling him to not be such a pussy and to shut the fuck up.

'Liam leave him alone. I bet if you were lying here and had been cut open you wouldn't even be able to scream out in pain anymore because you had probably already fainted when you saw the huge amount of blood leaving your body'.

'Fuck off Mason. Why are you suddenly taking his side? You're my best friend. You should be on my side'.

'Seriously kid? This is not the time for taking sides. We have a boy lying in front of us about to die a-...' 'an evil boy', Liam tossed in. 'A BOY nonetheless', Lydia said annoyed. 'Some of you maybe forgetting it because of all the horrible things he did but in the end he is still just a kid and much too young to die'.

'What does your feeling tell you Lydia', Scott asked her to diffuse the fight that was likely to take place between Lydia and Liam.

'Honestly, I don't believe he is going to make it. I mean he's not even a real were coyote and he doesn't seem to be able to heal himself. You know I always get this special feeling when someone is about to die and I already start to feel like it around him. It's not that strong for now but it keeps increasing by the minute'.

Scott nodded looking troubled. Sure this was Theo, the guy who stabbed everyone in the back and tried to kill him but Lydia was right he still was just a kid. And who was he to decide whether he deserved to live or die?

'He IS going to make it. That kid is NOT dying on my hands', Melissa told them with a firm voice.

Scott once again admired his mom for being able to keep calm and optimistic in a life and death situation. A short time later, she had finally managed to stop the bleeding and sew Theo shut again. He looked deathly pale and was too weak to even lift his head. Then he suddenly coughed violently and his whole body shuddered before it stopped and he struggled for breath. This continued for a while until he seemed to calm down and just laid there motionless. No one was uttering a word. Even Liam seemed to have lost his tongue. They all have come to the conclusion that he wouldn't make it. And although he was the enemy, it saddened them to see Theo pass away right in front of them after they tried everything to save him. Theo looked at the worried faces surrounding him and smiled through gritted teeth.

'It's okay you know. I guess karma comes back around and now I'm the one that's hurting'.

He grimaced when a new wave of pain hit him and Malia growled before she took his hand and seconds later you could see the black veins as she took away part of his pain. Without questioning it Scott and Liam followed her suit and a few minutes later Theo was able to breath regularly again.

Hayden looked at Lydia when she suddenly gasped which was followed by a loud bang at the front door before it was forced open.

'His time has come', Lydia told them sadly and then Parrish entered the room all ablaze and walking towards Theo.

Scott and Liam stepped back but Malia stayed on his side.

'I'm fine', Theo said. 'It doesn't hurt anymore'. A single tear rolled over his face. 'I'm I'm so sorry f-for everything I h-have d-d-done t-to … ' he started coughing again.

Hayden stepped next to him as well and took his other hand. 'Shush, everything is fine. You're forgiven Theo', she said smiling gently at him and when Theo looked around he saw Liam, Scott, Melissa, Mason, Lydia and Stiles, who had decided it was safe to join them again, all give approving nods.

'It's time', Parrish said in his booming voice and stepped next to Theo ready to pick him up. Hayden went back over to Liam and he hugged her tightly while she cried.

Malia looked up at Parrish with a tear strained face and in a broken whisper she asked 'C-can I have one minute alone with him please. Just one minute'.

Parrish nodded and everyone left the room.

'Don't cry', Theo told her gently. 'I don't deserve your tears'.

'I hate you. I fucking hate you Raeken', Malia's whispered in a shaky voice. 'How dare you leave us now? How dare you leave ME now that I was willing to give you another chance'?

She burst into tears and seeing Malia so openly broken gave Theo enough strength to get himself up into a sitting position. He pulled her into a hug and she cried against his chest. How could he have been so blind this entire time? How could he believe that the most important thing was to be powerful? All he really would have needed was for Malia to be by his side. Nothing had ever felt more perfect than holding her this close against him. Theo wished this moment would last forever.

' A minute is over', Parrish informed everyone standing outside the room and just before he could enter, Lydia held him back 'I'm sure death can wait a few more minutes'.

Parrish didn't look too pleased but he made no move to enter the room again.

Malia eventually lifted her head and when she saw that she had left a big wet spot on Theo she smiled shakily and said 'Sorry I got you all wet. I guess it's only fair after you drooled on me in the car'.

They both looked at each other and Theo smiled his own very special disarming smile at her. The one he seemed to have reserved only for Malia to see. Then he shuddered again and Malia held him tightly against her.

'It's alright Theo. You are forgiven. You can rest in piece. You are free at last'.

She kissed him on the head and then his breathing stopped. The last thing he saw before he closed his eyes forever was Parrish entering the room and Malia nodding at him.

Don't worry, this is not the end. Everything will be explained in the next chapter. Stay tuned :)