Conflicting Perspectives
Chapter 25: The Darkness Within!
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I do not own Teen Wolf or any of the Characters. Written By Lewis Hackfath.
Derek awoke in between Jackson and Scott the next morning the sun gently shinning in through the window and reflecting off the mirror on the wall and onto the bed. Outside Derek could hear the scurrying feet of the insects and lizards catching their morning breakfast and the birds nesting in the trees outside. Everything seemed peaceful, but Derek knew all too well that things were going to take a turn for the worst. I monster was making its way towards Beacon hills and they knew nothing about it, not what it was, not what it wanted or how to defeat it, all they knew is that it stole the skin of its victims clean from their bodies everything else intact and not sign of any other injuries, the victims were dying from blood loss, but who or what could do this to them.
Jackson and Scott sensed his distress in their sleep and gently rolled in closer snuggling up against him trying to calm him down, he smiled down at them. Derek could feel their obvious morning wood rubbing against each of his legs, his own throbbing between his own legs, but this morning felt strangely different, there was something magical in the air, a potent mix of pheromones coming from Scott. It was then that Derek realised what had happened, it was the anniversary of Scott's bite, the day he first became a wolf. He was going into heat, and Derek knew that the next 24 hours would be pure instinct driven lust for Scott. He would stop at nothing to be filled with his mates, but that was something Derek and Jackson would be all too happy to give to him.
Erica was tossing and turning in her bed, she was still asleep, caught in a dream. Her eyes were fluttering open and closed rapidly, the bright amber colour of her wolf filled her irises.
****Dream****
Erica was standing in the living room of Derek's house, Scott, Jackson and Derek were all sitting together on the floor, a small wolf cub in Scott's arms.
"What are you going to name him?" Isaac asked moving in close to Derek
Danny entered the room and ran over to Jackson snuggling into his side, Stiles coming in shortly after and sitting beside Danny, Boyd was on the lounge beside her, the whole pack seemed so happy, they were the perfect family.
"Anthony Jackson Hale" Scott said, looking at both Derek and Jackson for some form of confirmation.
Derek and Jackson nodded snuggling in closer to Scott.
"Anthony, was my fathers named, Jackson well we all know where that came from and Hale, well now that were married why wouldn't he have the name we are all so proud to bare.
****Dream****
Erica sat up in her bed rubbing the sleep from her eyes she looked around the bedroom Derek had given her to live in at the Hale house, everything seemed normal, she got out of bed and headed downstairs for breakfast simply shrugging off her dream like nothing happened.
Derek and Jackson could not get enough of the taste of Scott's skin this morning; Scott's erection was aching between his legs as Derek and Jackson continued to blatantly ignore it and leave kisses licks and nips across his entire body, completely ignoring his erection. Scott was a withering mess, and he could feel the pride radiating from both Derek and Jackson, knowing full well that they had achieved this. Derek gently began to kiss his way down to Scott's erection giving it a firm and determined lick right up the underside before continuing to kiss down to his balls and to the tight ring of muscles just below it. Derek gently began to lick into Scott, relaxing him for what was to come. Jackson was busy assaulting Scott's nipples with his mouth, the pleasure was getting to be too much for Scott he could feel the tightening in his stomach, Jackson and Derek sensed it to because not a second later they were all over his cock drinking down everything he offered them. The orgasm however did not bring him relief within moments he was hard again and a writhing mess under Derek and Jackson. Derek was beginning to open Scott up with his fingers, Jackson continued to lick and suck Scott's still hard cock. It wasn't long before Derek decided that Scott had been stretched enough and was lying down beside him gently lifting Scott on top of him and slowly pushing into him, Scott and Derek let out loud moans as Derek pushed in to the hilt. Jackson gently began to prod Scott's already stretched entrance, slowly pushing his way in further and further each time until he too was buried to the hilt within Scott. The three of them let out a groan of sheer pleasure, loving the feel of being impossibly close to one and other. Derek and Jackson steadily began to thrust into Scott their eyes glowing bright red, the air around them filled with magic and electricity.
Isaac, Erica and Boyd were all downstairs in the kitchen; they could hear Scott moaning and could feel the electricity in the air as Scott was filled with Derek and Jackson. It wasn't long before Danny and Stiles had arrived in a sea of glowing orbs that they realised Derek, Scott and Jackson were calling the pack to them, whether it was a conscious thought or not they did not know. The pack headed upstairs and entered the room that belonged to their alpha's they were being drawn to them. Derek and Jackson were thrusting into Scott as hard as they could grunts and groans were the only sound that could be heard along with the slapping of flesh against flesh. All the wolves in the room felt their eyes glow bright with the power within them. The electricity in the air gave a sharp spike and as Derek and Jackson climaxed into Scott it discharged, everyone in the room felt a little shock and were forced back as it happened. Derek and Jackson lay contented around Scott, completely sated after what was the most intense orgasm they had ever experienced.
Derek became alerted to the presence of the pack after his mind had managed to calm down from the high.
"Why are you all here?" Derek asked, not angry just confused.
"We felt drawn to the three of you!" Danny started.
"We all felt as if you needed us and so we came." Isaac finished.
Scott groaned and sat up. Something felt different; Derek and Jackson could sense it to.
Derek immediately realised what had happened, he pushed Scott back down and held him close.
"What's going on?" Jackson asked hugging in close to his mates.
"Scott's pregnant!" Erica said.
Derek looked at her, how could she have known?
"How do you know?" Derek asked.
Scott gasped having just understood what was said.
"Wait before she tells us how she knows. I want to know how it's possible!" Scott says.
"It's a very rare thing Scott; you went into heat this morning, something that every wolf will go through on the anniversary of their turning or their first full moon at the age of sixteen and in rare cases where a wolf pack is powerful enough even a male wolf can fall pregnant." Derek said.
"But how, I don't have the right bits!" Scott said.
"When the whole pack joined us in here, all our power was linked it gave you the ability to bear a child to sire an heir." Derek added.
It took almost an hour but finally Derek had convinced Scott that everything would be fine and even though he was carrying a child that it did not make him any less of a man.
"Erica, how did you know Scott was carrying a child?" Derek finally asked.
"I dreamt it this morning, well not this bit, the future; I saw the three of you holding the wolf cub in the sitting room huddled up with the rest of us." Erica said.
Derek sat in thought for a few moments.
"You must have inherited the power of foresight" Derek finally said "It would explain how you were able to see the future".
"Well that sucks!" Erica sighed.
"Why?" Danny asked.
"Because I wanted something that would make others fear me, something like Derek, Jackson and Scott's power to throw everything across the room with a thought." Erica said.
"You should be careful not to let all the power you already have go to your head. People who become obsessed with power are the ones that usually end up dead. Look what happened to Adrian, he was hungry for power and he ended up in the pits of hell." Stiles said.
Erica understood where Stiles was coming from, she really did, but still something about her past made it feel like, this new life she had was supposed to be better, make her feel in control and powerful, it was truly something dark within her, driving her on her thirst of power.
There was a knock at the door; Isaac disappeared downstairs to answer it, coming in a short time later telling Derek that Lydia was here to see him. Derek told Isaac to let her in and tell her to wait in the sitting room. Isaac felt like he was being treated like Derek's personal butler but he knew that with a child on the way Derek would hesitate to stray too far from Scott and Jackson's side. Isaac knew he would do whatever it took to please his Alpha, because Derek was the one person who gave him this new life, a chance at making something of himself, a chance to not feel so worthless and belittled. Derek was someone who he would risk his life for and Isaac knew Derek would always be there for him. Isaac would always be grateful for everything Derek, Scott and Jackson had done for him, and if helping Derek while Scott was pregnant was something he had to do to pay for it, then he would oblige without fight, because Derek had done more for him than anybody else ever had.
Isaac brought Lydia into the sitting room and told her Derek would be down in a second while he went back to the kitchen to fix Scott some breakfast while Derek spoke to Lydia. Derek came down and stood in front of her while she sat on the couch.
"Hello Derek." Lydia spoke nerves and fear etched into her voice.
"You don't have to fear me Lydia, I'm not my uncle, while I may be the alpha I'm not the monster he was." Derek stated.
Lydia sighed releasing some of the tension and fear from her body.
"I know, but you have to understand that this is a lot for anyone to take in, I have avoided you since I was bitten, I thought I was going to turn, but the scratches and bites never healed until last week and every night since then I have been dreaming of a demon making its way to Beacon Hill's and after hearing police reports I know they weren't just dreams. You and your pack are the only ones that can help me." Lydia pleaded desperation seeping into her voice.
"We are going to do everything we can to stop this creature, but in order to defeat it, we have to find out everything we can about it, otherwise we have no idea what we are fighting. It's like fighting in the dark if you can't see in the dark you know there's something there but you can't get a clear shot at it because you can't see it. If you want to help us we need to know everything you do about whatever this, this thing is." Derek said to Lydia, staring at her intently.
Lydia and Derek spent the hour or so discussing the Kantheon and her dreams, Derek had Stiles look through the book of shadows to find out what exactly the Kantheon was.
"There is literally nothing in here about the Kantheon!" Stiles said throwing the book to the couch beside him.
"There has to be something, let me look!" Lydia said reaching out for the book.
The moment Lydia's fingers touched the book it flew across the room and into Derek's hands.
"What happened?" Lydia asked.
"The book recoiled from you, I don't know why ask Stiles he's the one who studied this shit." Derek said utterly confused.
"You mean the wise and powerful Alpha Derek, doesn't know what the answer is for once. This is too good to be true." Stiles said.
Derek let the red bleed into his eyes and the chair Stiles was sitting in toppled backwards.
"You're a bit of a sore loser Derek." Stiles said picking himself up off the ground and straitening the chair out.
"Just help us understand why the book recoiled from Lydia!" Derek growled.
"I'm not entirely sure, pass the book to me." Stiles said
Derek sent the book across the room to Stiles before taking a seat on the single couch and sent a spike of love through the bond to Scott and Jackson upstairs he could hear them growling at him for being away for so long, he sent apology through their bond before looking back at Stiles.
"Lydia, reach out and try to open the book while I'm holding it." Stiles said moving closer to her."
Lydia reached out and opened the book although Derek could sense the book trying to come towards him but Stiles was holding it, but only just.
"The book is trying to pull away again, it doesn't like Lydia for some reason, and perhaps it has something to do with her being immune to us." Stiles suggested.
"It's entirely possible that there may be evil within Lydia's family line somewhere. After all we know she is bonded to the Kantheon somehow, perhaps it senses the darkness from that." Danny suggested walking into the room.
"Well Danny perhaps you can help Stiles and Lydia find out information about it!" Derek suggested.
"That would be a good idea, Scott and Jackson are getting a little bit restless up there, and they want you to be with them." Danny said sitting down next to Lydia.
Derek simply nodded and left the room heading upstairs to be with Scott and Jackson.
Danny took hold of the book and sat it in his lap. He raised his hands above it and muttered the word "Kantheon" the book began to glow and the pages flipped backwards and forwards rapidly until they settled on a page titled "Anthony Labraxass".
"Why would it take us to this page, Labraxass was turned into a demon and had his name taken from him for trying to use his power to bend the will of mortal's to do his bidding for him." Stiles said.
"You idiot Stiles, the Kantheon is a demon without a name." Lydia said slapping Stiles up the back of the head.
"How was I supposed to know that, Derek said look for Kantheon he didn't tell me anything else about it." Stiles said defending himself and rubbing the back of his head.
"It says Kantheon at the bottom of the page, Stiles" Danny said doubting his boyfriend's sanity slightly.
"Oh." Stiles said his ego had been torn to shreds by his boyfriend.
"Don't get upset Sty, I still love you, you're just a little, what's the word for it, scattered since you lost the effects of the werewolf. The increased senses and reflexes of the werewolf sorted out all the thoughts in your brain fast enough for you to articulate them, we are just going to have to adjust a little now, and that's all." Danny said standing up and pulling Stiles into a hug.
"Well aren't you two just fucking adorable, a shame it won't last!" Lydia said
Stiles and Danny turned and looked at Lydia in shock, her eyes were completely black and her teeth had grown to sharp fang like teeth. Lydia began to scream her eyes and teeth flashing and changing between her normal white human teeth and that of the demon within her.
"Lydia, you have to fight the demon, don't let it control you like this. Derek, come down here now!" Danny yelled.
Derek ran down the stairs, the rest of the pack closely behind him. At that moment the darkness within Lydia seemed to take control back from her.
"Fucking bitch how dare you fight me, your body will be the one that restores me to my former glory, my life and name returned to me." The Kantheon laughed.
Derek pinned the possessed form of Lydia to the couch by the throat.
"Get out of her now!" Derek roared in her face his eyes glowing bright red, Scott and Jackson's glowing as well as Derek drew power through their bond.
The Kantheon laughed.
"You cannot hurt me without hurting the young Martin girl; she will pay for what her ancestors did to me."
Derek's eyes began to glow even brighter.
"Two souls together, tied as one, remove the darkness with light from the sun." Derek yelled
The Kantheon screamed as it began to recede back into Lydia.
"You have not defeated me, I will return, and nothing can stop me from achieving my goal." A blast of energy pulsed out of Lydia knocking everyone across the room. Scott managed to land on his feet, whilst Jackson flew across the room and landed on top of Scott's school bag the locket that they had stolen from Adrian falling out and sliding across the floor.
"My Locket!" Lydia yelled reaching out and picking it up.
"We took that from Adrian, why would he have it?" Danny asked.
"It went missing a few weeks ago, my great grandmother gave it to me and said that it would protect whoever wore it from whatever demons we inside them, I didn't believe it until now, I always thought she was just telling me that story as child." Lydia said.
"Adrian must have known about the locket, my guess is that, he had something to do with the return of the Kantheon, and that locket must have been the only way for him to protect himself from its influence." Derek said.
Lydia put the locket on and the ruby in the centre of it began to glow, before returning to its dull state. The darkness within, had been cleansed from her, but the war against the Kantheon was far from over.
That night Lydia did not dream of the Kantheon killing, but she could feel its pull trying to work its way back inside of her, to make the task ahead of it easier for what Lydia now knew of the Kantheon, it knew of her and the pack, it knew that Derek would not rest until his family was safe, it knew that Derek would protect Scott with his life, it knew that Derek would stop at nothing to destroy it completely. But what it did not know is that Lydia was Lydia now knew how to destroy it.
Stiles lay in his bed thinking of what had happened today, he now realised that being part of the pack was different now that he was no longer wolf. He felt alienated, he had given up the wolf before he had even got to know it, he had feared the power that it had brought him, and he feared the bloodlust that it stirred inside him. He had not even given Derek a chance to train him to control it. Maybe if he had waited it out he would have learnt control and he would not have felt entirely useless. There was a knock on his window and as he looked over he saw the glowing amber eyes of Danny, he knew the eyes belonged to Danny because he could see the purple of his Wiccan magic burning behind the eyes of the wolf. Stiles flicked his wrist and the window unlocked and opened.
Danny slid inside and curled up against Stiles.
"What's wrong? I could feel that something is bothering you." Danny said.
Stiles sighed and snuggled in closer to Danny.
"I feel like I made a mistake giving up the wolf, I never even gave it a chance, I felt useless today when Lydia was possessed, I should have been able to do something to help, but I gave up the power of the wolf before I even gave Derek the chance to train me."
"Stiles you were just as useless as I was today, neither of us have the strength to fight off a demon, and something tells me that even if we had of tried we would have only done more damage than harm. We need the strength of a pack to take down an enemy such as that, Derek, Scott and Jackson are the only ones who could stand up to him, and even they will need our help someday." Danny said before kissing Stiles on the cheek.
"Now get some rest".
The Kantheon fell to the ground in the forest surrounding Beacon hills. It had been weakened by Derek, it had not expected the power of three to be guarding its one chance at life and now that they had killed Adrian, his Kanima he had no way of getting to them without exposing himself. The Kantheon turned its eyes to the trees surrounding it, a pair of reptilian yellow eyes could be seen, perhaps this new Kanima would be able to get the information he needed. The Kantheon outstretched its hand and cemented its bond with the Kanima. It disappeared into the forest with a loud screeching sound.
A/N – Hey Wolfies, I am so sorry it took this long to get the chapter out, I have been terribly sick, and have had intense back pains and have not been able to work on this, but I hope my dastardly cliff hanger makes up for it: P Lydia knows how to destroy the Kantheon, but how? A new Kanima, Who could it be, who created it, where did it come from? Could Adrian have returned? So many questions hahaha Let me know in your reviews what you want to see more of in the next chapter. Also a few of you mentioned to me that you were unable to review the last few chapters the problem has been fixed and you should all be able to review now.