Skye's POV
I shook my head at the ridiculousness of Peter's plan to save Jackson because it sounded more like it would kill him not save him and I refused to let Peter harm one more person even if that meant going through Derek who seemed to be taking in everything Peter has said tonight.
"We have to get Scott" Peter suddenly said looking at Derek, I looked at Derek and he nodded so I reluctantly stood and walked over to my guns clipping a round into it then stashed it in the waistline of my jeans glaring at Peter as I walked towards the door with Derek already following me and reluctantly Peter followed him.
I reluctantly rode in the back looking out the window the entire time but would see Derek look at me every now and then in the rear-view mirror but I would look away since I was confused and conflicted about where his head was at right now.
We pulled up at the school and Peter got out first closing the door behind him without even letting me out and I glared at him but Derek rolled his eyes at his uncle and moved the drivers seat for me, I stepped out looking up at him with a small smile before he closed the door and we headed inside with them following their noses to Scott.
We walked into the boy's locker room seeing Scott and Isaac both there next to a locker with it's door ripped off which confused me but before I could even ask Scott looked up seeing us standing by the door.
"We need to talk" Derek spoke up looking at Scott.
"All of us" Peter added stepping out and we watched as Scott's eyes widened in shock.
"Holy sh…what the hell is this?" Scott asked us.
"You know, we thought the same thing when Skye and I saw you talking to Gerard at the Sheriff's station" Derek replied in a cool collected anger.
"Okay hold on, he threatened to kill my mom and I had to get close to him, what was I supposed to do?" Scott argued.
"I'm gonna go with Scott on this one, have you seen his mom?" Peter cut in. "She's gorgeous"
"Shut up!" Scott, Derek and I all exclaimed at the same time looking at him.
"Who is he?" Isaac asked leaning into Scott.
"He's Peter, Derek's uncle, a little while back he tried to kill us all and then we set him on fire and Derek slashed his throat" Scott explained and Peter waved sarcastically saying 'hi'.
"That's good to know" Isaac muttered.
"How is he alive?" Scott asked us and I stepped forward to explain but Derek grabbed my hand and I took the signal that it was better left unsaid.
"Look, the short version is he knows how to stop Jackson and maybe even save him"
"Well, that's very helpful except Jackson's dead" Isaac replied and I frowned confused and shocked.
"What?" Derek asked aloud what we we're all thinking.
"Yeah Jackson's dead, it just happened on the field" Scott replied so Derek and I both turned to look at Peter since that hadn't been in the plan.
"Okay, why is nobody taking this as good news?" Isaac asked us.
"Because if Jackson is dead it didn't just happen, Gerard wanted it to happen" Peter filled in.
"But why?" Derek asked him.
"Well that's exactly what we need to figure out and something tells me the window of opportunity is closing, quickly"
"So you got a plan smart guy?" I asked him crossing my arms over my chest.
"Of course but what I need is back at the house" Peter replied with a smirk, I rolled my eyes then looked at Derek asking for his input but he shrugged then grabbed my hand and entwined our fingers making me smile a little as we followed Peter back to the Camaro.
We all piled into the Camaro with me sitting in the front seat this time which left Scott, Isaac and a reluctant Peter in the back and it was an awkward trip back to the Hale house since no one spoke once and you could cut the tension with a knife.
We pulled up and I got out straight away pulling the seat forward so the boys could climb out then we walked up towards the house watching as Peter headed straight to the stairs, I looked up at Derek in confusion by the matched my confusion.
"They found Stiles" Scott suddenly said making me turn to him.
"What, what happened to Stiles?"
"He went missing at the game" Scott replied and I clenched my fist cause I doubt he just went missing.
"Look, I told you I looked everywhere" Derek argued as Peter pulled a slat of wood off the stairs.
"You didn't look here" Peter replied pulling something out from a hidey hole within the stairs.
"What is that, a book?"
"No it's a laptop, what century are you living in?" I laughed at Peter's reply despite hating him but stopped when Derek gave me a glare. "A few days after I got out of the coma, I transferred everything that we had, fortunately the Argent's and Venandi's aren't the only ones that keep records" I rolled my eyes at him as we followed him into the other room while Scott answered his phone.
I moved over to a far corner as far away from Peter as I could since I still couldn't trust him even if my life depended on it and had no idea why Derek was even letting him live again after what he did to us, I started playing with my dagger and watched Peter turn on the laptop never taking my eyes off him even though I felt Derek's eyes on me.
"What's wrong?" Isaac asked making me briefly move my eyes over to see Scott walk into the room with a worried look on his face.
"My mom just called she says we need to get to the hospital right away something's going on with Jackson"
"Like what?" I asked.
"She wouldn't say just said we needed to come right away"
"Alright let's go" Isaac replied ready to leave and Scott looked at me silently asking if I was coming.
"Go, I'm better served here" he nodded then he and Isaac left so I turned my eyes back towards Peter who was typing away on the laptop.
"You can stop watching me Skyler, I'm not here to hurt Derek" I scoffed and spun the dagger in my hand.
"Just like you didn't hurt your niece" I spat back at him and saw Derek's mournful expression. "The only reason you're still breathing right now is to help us stop Jackson"
"Sweetheart you may be a hunter but you couldn't kill me even if you wanted to" I sneered at him and took a step forward but Derek was suddenly in my way.
"Skye don't, it's not worth it" I shook my head at him.
"It is worth it Derek, he killed your sister remember and is the reason my father is dead!" his eyes widened.
"Come here" he grabbed my hand and led me outside before I could protest. "Is that what's behind all of the death glares and anger" I sighed nodding my head sitting down on the stairs.
"I don't know what it is okay but ever since I saw him resurrected it's like something awoke inside of me and I just want to make him hurt, he's the reason my dad is dead and while I know he was never father of the year, he was still my dad and because of him he's gone leaving me…orphaned" he sat beside me and pulled me into his arms.
"I know believe me, after I found out Kate was responsible for the fire I wanted nothing more than to avenge them but revenge is only going to fill your heart with darkness and I don't want that for you because your heart is what keeps you human and it's one of the main reasons why I love you Skye" I smiled leaning against his chest but the sound of his phone ringing interrupted the peace. "Yeah" I looked up and he took my hand leading me back into the house. "It's Jackson he's not dead"
"How is that possible?" I asked as we walked over to Peter who was exactly where we'd left him.
"I don't know but they say he's in some kind of transparent casing made from the venom coming out of his claws" Derek replied moving to stand behind Peter to look at the screen but I refused to go any closer to Peter otherwise I might do something I shouldn't…yet.
"That sounds officially terrifying" I rolled my eyes at Peter's reply.
"They also say he's starting to move" Derek added.
"Okay look I think I found something" I quickly moved around the desk at those words but kept Derek as a barrier between me and Peter, I looked at the screen and saw what appeared to be an entry on the Kanima. "Looks like what you're seeing from Jackson is just the Kanima's Beta shape"
"Well meaning what, he can turn into something bigger?" Derek asked him leaning forwards as Peter clicked on another link.
"Bigger and badder" Peter replied when a new photo popped up and my eyes widened at it.
"He's turning into that, that has wings" I spoke up staring at the creature on the screen.
"I can see that" Peter replied and if I didn't know Peter I would say he was scared.
"Scott bring him to us" Derek spoke up putting the phone back to his ear.
"Look somebody actually made an animation of it, maybe it's less frightening if we…" Peter was cut off when the computer made a screeching sound causing us all to jump back at the sound and sight of the creature on the screen. "Nope not at all, we should probably meet them half way"
"Scott, get him out of there, go now!" Derek relayed into the phone before hanging up, I quickly grabbed my gun and loaded a clip into it before we all made for the door.
"Derek we need Lydia" Peter spoke up stopping Derek before he could open the door.
"Look, there's no time for-" Peter held up a finger stopping his protest.
"That's the problem, we're rushing, we're moving too fast and while everybody knows that a moving target is harder to hit , here we are racing right into Gerard's crosshairs" I frowned at Peter but he made sense so I looked back at Derek and saw he was seething with pent up anger.
"If I get the chance to kill Jackson, I'm taking it" he walked out without letting us argue, I sighed and shook my head but was quick to catch up jumping into the Camaro just before he could take off and he turned to glare at me. "Skye stay-"
"Don't even think out benching me" I cut him off.
"Your still hurt" he protested.
"I can still pull a trigger, now unless your physically going to push me out of this car you better start driving" he growled angrily but put the Camaro into gear and peeled away skidding the tires making me roll my eyes.
When we arrived where we'd all agreed to meet Derek suddenly lifted his head then growled and took off pissing me off as I rolled my eyes and ran to catch up only just seeing him ahead drop to all fours running towards an SUV before somersaulting and landed before looking up and when I caught up I saw his eyes glowing red making my eyes roll again.
I turned to Scott and Isaac but was a little surprised to see Mr Argent there with them so I pulled my gun out and took a protective stance in front of Derek glaring at him because I didn't trust him especially now.
"I'm here for Jackson, not Derek or you Skyler"
"Somehow I don't find that very comforting" I replied glaring harder at him.
"Get him inside" Derek cut in looking at Scott and Isaac before taking my unarmed hand and tried to lead me behind them but I gestured Argent forward first knowing better than to turn my back to a hunter such as him.
We went into the warehouse and Scott and Isaac laid the body bag currently containing Jackson in it down on the ground and we all stood around a little unsure at first before Scott suddenly looked around.
"Where are they?"
"Who?" Derek and I asked him at the same time.
"Peter and Lydia" I frowned looking at him then shook my head as Derek ignored the question and walked towards the bag before standing over it. "Hold on a second" Scott protested as Derek unzipped the bag. "You said you knew how to save him"
"We're pass that" Derek argued.
"What about-"
"Think about it Scott!" Derek yelled cutting him off. "Gerard controls him now, he's turned Jackson into his own personal guard dog and he set all of this in motion so that Jackson could get even bigger and more powerful"
"No" Argent spoke up and we all turned to him. "No, he wouldn't do that" I frowned and rolled my eyes.
"And why not?" I asked spitefully.
"If Jackson's a dog, he's turning rabid and my father wouldn't let a rabid dog live"
"Of course not" we all spun again and saw Gerard standing there like he'd been there the whole time, I instantly raised my gun ready to fire at a moment's notice. "Anything that dangerous, that out of control, is better off dead" I glared at him but my attention was quickly caught when Derek raised his clawed hand ready to rip out Jackson's throat but Jackson was suddenly awake and stabbed Derek in the chest.
"NO!" I screamed running forward just as Jackson stood and tossed Derek away like he weighed nothing and I watched as he disappeared behind some plastic curtains. "Derek!"
"Well done to the last Scott" I spun back to Gerard and raised my gun barely containing my trigger finger that was itching to shoot. "Like the concerned friend you are you brought Jackson to Derek to save him, you didn't realize that you we're also bring Derek to me" an arrow suddenly shot from somewhere and Scott ducked just in time but that made the arrow go into Isaac instead.
"Isaac!" I ran towards him just in time to catch him then looked up seeing Allison walking towards us.
"Allison?" Scott asked shocked but I wasn't. "Come on" Scott ran over and grabbed Isaac leading him to safety but Jackson was standing up and hissed right at us so Argent and I both raised our guns and started firing but he easily evaded our shots and disappeared behind Argent's car.
I ran out of bullets and quickly pulled out a spare clip and reloaded just in time before Jackson jumped on the roof of the car and hissed at us again before he flicked his tail around knocking my gun out of my hand before he grabbed Argent's gun with it and threw it aside, Argent turned to me then ran and Jackson followed him so I turned to the plastic curtains and went through them seeing Derek still lying unconscious so I ran skidding to my knees beside him.
"Okay sleeping beauty, we really need you to wake up now" I shook his shoulder. "Derek get up now!" I slapped him across the face and his eyes shot open then fell on me. "About time, this is no time for a nap babe"
"Stay here" he said quickly then was up and running out before I could protest, I rolled my eyes then ran to follow and saw all three werewolves in the room we're shifted and ready to fight Jackson.
Derek went first getting in a few hits but Jackson easily come back with claws slashing across Derek's chest causing him to hold his stomach in pain, Scott then tried stabbing Jackson in the back but Jackson easily threw him off.
Isaac then jumped forward and wrapped his hands around Jackson's throat as I watched Derek climb some supports but my attention was back on Isaac when Jackson hit him then pushed him away just before Derek jumped down slamming his fists into Jackson's back, I quickly looked around feeling helpless then grabbed my dagger out of my boot and held it up.
Derek went then to throw another punch but Jackson caught his arm then threw him towards a steel door but I watched as Derek ran up the door and flipped over landing in front of Jackson before he threw another punch but this time Jackson caught his hand and grabbed Derek's throat then threw Derek against the steel door again this time affectively knocking him down.
I glared angrily and finally decided it was my turn so I ran at Jackson with my dagger raised ready to stab him but he kicked me away and I landed right on top of Derek who had just stood up which sent us both tumbling back to the ground.
"Skyler!" Derek exclaimed, I looked at him and smiled shyly as we grabbed hands and entwined fingers before looking back up at the fight seeing Scott fighting with Jackson so we quickly stood and Derek pushed me behind him. "Stay, I mean it" I rolled my eyes but then saw Jackson sent Scott flying and Derek quickly jumped back into the fight but Jackson slashed his stomach again and he fell to the ground again, I desperately wanted to go to Derek but Jackson stood between us.
I turned to Isaac pleading with my eyes for him to get up and help but as he did Allison came out of nowhere again and daggered him in the stomach then ducked as Isaac went to strike her then plunged her dagger's into his back.
"Allison stop" she glared at me then her eyes fell on Derek. "No, Allison!" she started towards him so I jumped ready to fight my friend but Jackson came out of nowhere this time and grabbed her hitting her hands causing her to drop her daggers.
"Not yet sweetheart" Gerard spoke up walking towards us from the shadows.
"What are you doing?" Allison asked him.
"He's doing what he came here to do" Scott replied making me turn to him in confusion.
"Then you know" I turned back to Gerard with a glare.
"What is he talking about?" Allison asked looking at Scott.
"It was the night outside the hospital wasn't it, when I threatened your mother" I frowned at the old man because Scott had been telling the truth. "I knew I saw something in your eyes, you could just smell it, couldn't you?"
"He's dying" Isaac spoke up making it all fall into place, he didn't want Derek to kill him at least not right away.
"I am I have been for a while now, unfortunately science doesn't have a cure for cancer yet but the supernatural does" my eyes widened as I stared at the old man, he smiled down at Derek who was paralysed, Allison gasped realizing what her grandfather was planning on doing and Gerard glared at her then Jackson tightened his hold on her throat.
"You monster" Argent growled glaring at his father.
"Not yet"
"What are you doing?" Allison exclaimed, as the Kanima's hold on her got stronger.
"You'll kill her too?" Argent asked on the brink of tears.
"When it comes to survival, I'd kill my own son!" Gerard exclaimed then he paused as he turned to look at Scott. "Scott" Scott looked down at Derek then down at the ground as his face went back to normal before he made his way over to Derek then grabbed the back of Derek's neck.
"Scott don't!" I started to ran forward but Scott looked up and the look in his eyes made me falter.
"Skye please" his eyes we're begging me to trust him and although it went against all my better judgements I frowned nodding with my eyes, he was up to something and I just hope Derek will forgive me for stepping back.
"Scott, don't" Derek groaned. "You know that he's gonna kill me right after he'll be an Alpha, he'll kill Skye too"
"That's true but I think he already knows that don't you Scott, he knows that the ultimate prize is Allison do this small task for me and they can be together, you are the only piece that doesn't fit Derek and in case you haven't learned yet, there is just no competing with young love" I glared at Gerard then turned to Scott and knew I had to play my part.
"Scott don't, don't do this" I cried forcing a few fake tears out for show.
"I'm sorry but I have to" he pulled Derek's hair at the nape of his neck so that his mouth was wide open as Gerard rolled up his shirt sleeve and Derek was forced to bite him, when Gerard stepped back Scott dropped Derek to the ground and Gerard held his arm up in victory, I fell to my knees crawling over to Derek and put his head in my lap seeing his eyes closed.
"Derek?" I brushed some hair out of his face. "Hey Derek look at me" he opened his eyes and met my eyes so I put my forehead against his and sighed in relief then looked up as Gerard laughed triumphantly but watched as black blood began to ooze out the bite wound and we all looked at him in shock and confusion.
"What?" he asked confused by our reactions then looked down at the bite wound. "What is this, what did you do?" Gerard asked looking at Scott.
"Everyone said Gerard always had a plan" Scott said looking down at Derek and me then looked back at Gerard. "I had a plan too" Gerard reached into his pocket and pulled out a pill container then emptied the contents into his hand and crushed it letting it admit an ash as he did so and my eyes widened when I realised what Scott did, he replaced Gerard's pills with ones filled with mountain ash.
"Mountain ash!" Gerard exclaimed as the black blood began to come out of his nose, ears and eyes as he fell to his knees then a fountain of blood came pouring out of his mouth making me turn away hiding my eyes from the sight, I looked back when he fell to the floor.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Derek asked looking up at Scott as I helped him sit up a little.
"Because you might be an Alpha but you're not mine" there was a groan as Gerard pulled himself up and spit more black stuff on the ground.
"Kill them!" he yelled at the Kanima. "Kill them all!" Jackson let go of Allison just enough for her to elbow him in the face and get away before Stiles' jeep suddenly burst through the warehouse wall and hit Jackson.
"Did I get him?" Stiles asked with his eyes closed but Jackson jumped on the hood of the car hissing, causing Stiles and Lydia to scream and jump out of Stiles' Jeep and run over to us but Lydia stopped in-between us and Jackson.
"Jackson, Jackson!" Lydia exclaimed coming face to face with Jackson just as he looked like he was about to strike her and Scott had to stop Stiles from running to her because she held up a key and his facial expression changed putting his hand down as he slowly turned back into human Jackson before taking the key from her.
I watched as Jackson backed up raising his hands and seemed to nod at Derek who had been trying to stand and saw him look up at something then out of nowhere Peter jumped out running towards Jackson shoving his claws into Jackson's back as Derek quickly moved in front of him and shoved his claws through Jackson's stomach, I shut my eyes because I never wanted to see Derek kill anyone even if he was ending this, I could hear Jackson coughing making me squeeze my eyes tighter.
"Do you…do you still…?" Jackson could barely get out his question as I opened my eyes and saw Derek stepping back towards me with Isaac stepping back beside him, Derek put a hand on his shoulder and wrapped an arm around my waist.
"I do, I do still love you, I do, I do still love you, I do, I do, I do still love you, I do" Lydia kept sobbing as she laid him down after he collapsed, I tried blinking away the tears that were forming but they fell down my cheeks anyway because I couldn't imagine having to go through that if it were me and Derek.
I hid my face in Derek's chest while his arms wrapped tightly around me as we watched the last of the scales fade away from Jackson's skin.
"Where's Gerard?" Allison asked looking around so I looked up too but couldn't see the old man anywhere.
"He can't be far" Mr Argent replied.
Lydia got up wiping tears as she walked toward us but then there was the sound of claws scratching the ground caused us to all look up as Jackson opened his eyes them now a piercing blue like Derek's Beta eyes and let out a loud roar as his face fully transformed into a werewolf before he turned back to normal, Lydia ran to him hugging him, I looked up at Derek then leaned my head against his chest letting the situation sink in that it was finally over.
Derek, Isaac and I all left after a few words with Scott and went back to the train depo, I checked over Isaac and Derek's wounds and treated them before going into the shower and washed away all the sweat and filth from my body before returning to our train car and saw Derek passed out making me smile, I walked over and climbed in beside him laying my head on his chest as his arm instinctively came to wrap around my waist, I kissed his bare chest then wrapped my arm around his stomach and let myself drift off letting it all fade away comforted that we we're both okay.
I was awoken the next morning by the sound of Derek's ringtone and groaned nuzzling my head in Derek's chest because I really just wanted one day of peace and quiet after what we've just been through.
"Derek shut it off!" he chuckled reaching over and grabbed his phone and answered it.
"What?" I rolled my eyes. "What?!" he sat up abruptly knocking me off his chest.
"Hey!"
"Yeah we'll be there" he hung up so I looked to him for answers. "Get dressed"
"Why?" I whined burying myself in the sheets again.
"That was Peter, there's something at the Hale house we have to see apparently" I frowned but sighed and got up throwing on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt before pulling on my combat boots and blue leather jacket.
We walked out of our train car and saw Isaac already awake and with a short gruff explanation from Derek we walked out of the depo with Isaac behind us and got into the Camaro in silence since I was still barely awake.
When we got to the Hale house we got out and I took his offered hand again as he led me towards Peter with Isaac right behind us then the four of us walked towards the Hale house and when I looked up at it my eyes narrowed at the painted symbol on the door.
"You haven't told them everything have you?" Peter asked Derek leaning against a tree after Derek and him shared a few looks, I let go of the Derek's hand and walked up to the door followed by Isaac frowning at Peter's words.
"What do you mean?" Isaac asked.
"Why do you think Derek was in such a hurry to build his pack, so eager to strengthen his power and his number?" I frowned looking at Derek. "When there's a new Alpha, people take notice especially one with a mate" I turned to Peter confused then locked eyes with Derek again because I didn't like the sound of what Peter just said.
"People like who?" Isaac asked, when he didn't get an answer he turned back to look at the door. "What is this, what does this mean?"
"It's they're symbol and it means they're coming" Derek answered never breaking his eye contact with me and I could tell he was worried so it must be bad if Derek was worried about it.
"Who?" I asked.
"Alphas"
"More than one?" Isaac asked him.
"A pack of them" Derek replied and my eyes widened when I realised who they we're talking about since I heard of this pack from my dad.
"An Alpha pack" Peter clarified. "And they're not coming, they're already here"
"Just great" I mumbled to myself looking back at the symbol on the door because I was hoping this was the last of our supernatural troubles but of course it couldn't be that simple.
A/N: That's it for Season 2, If you'd like me to continue please review.
