Aftermath chapter!
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*vtennis2010-Exactly :) The season 3 ideas I have twirling around my noggin are in the end note!
*Serena Sterling-'Bewitching' :) Glad you did! Right now, no Jennifer Blake and I haven't felt the opportunity has arose for Derek to explain about Paige. But it'd be cool if he did it for the pack or something. Hmm.. Now i'm thinking about it :)
*Bree-Never fear! The new chapter is here!
*AlphaWolf19-I liked Melissa's p.o.v too :) You're about to see who it is! Yeah, i'm not exactly sure that's what Matt was for but i'm pretty sure. It was to test out how to make a cure that would last and then he got mutated so they were just like 'screw it let's try kill Alice'..no Umbrella, that's impossible. But good work for trying :,D Yes, everyone's living and breathing but there will be a couple 'oh' moments in this chapter ;) Yes! Watch the RE all over again! I might do that too :D Okay, i'm out!
*Tesla424-You're update is here! Yay, i'm glad you guys liked Melissa's p.o.v :) I should do more of it I think, like her focus on Ashlee/Derek, Derek/Tyler, Scott/Allison etc. She's motherly and her p.o.v's always kind even if it's mean :P
*nosferatufan-Well here you go :)
*SimplyTxylor-Sorry for the weepage! I sort of thought about bringing Rafael back in to be a bad guy but i'm not so sure. I'd be okay with it if he stayed out of this for now, what do you think? :)
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Derek's p.o.v
Ash, Scott and Tyler rush over to their Mom, hugging her tightly. Stiles to his Dad and Allison to her Dad. The betas and Peter have been out to scope the building for anyone still here and to find the cars so we can get out of here.
"Mom!" Ash starts crying, hugging her tightly without hesitation or care for the wounds that litter her body. Chris looks at me over Allison's shoulder. He gives me a nod. I return it and back out of the room, deciding to give the emotional families some privacy. The relief and gratefulness rolls off the pack in waves. Their tears of joy and sniffle of tears fill the silence. I can't help but feel a pang in my chest for my own family. These teenagers and young adults are so relieved and happy to have finally found their loved ones and..my pack, me and Peter don't really have anyone. I know that's not entirely true, that the others are like family but there's a difference between family and family. I don't know. I just wish I could hug my Mom and thank god that she's okay..but I can't. And I never can. I sigh shakily and run a hand down my face. I walk down a hallway, claws out in case I run into more of Gerard's guards. In the distance, I hear the betas take out a few stray guards. I focus my hearing and hear their heartbeats still thumping steadily, telling me they're okay. There shouldn't be more than a few still here, they were packing pretty heavy to come after us. I find a door. It's deadlocked shut. It takes abit of alpha werewolf strength to get it open. My face falls. Using my eyes, I can see her tails..well tail. She's got 1. She can't be older than 16. She's kitsune. And she's dead just like Gerard said. This must be Crystal.. Damn.
"Ash." I call out loud enough for her ears to hear. I hear her footsteps, her's and Scott's. I turn to find Scott helping her walk.
"Derek, what is it.." She trails off, sighing sadly as she looks inside.
"I'm sorry Ash." I say. Tears build in the girl's eyes. She pulls away from Scott, limping into the room. Scott and I turn around, giving her privacy but still keeping an eye out. I shut my own eyes when I hear her start to cry. I hate the sound of her crying. It's painful, especially when there's nothing I can do to make things better. I turn to Scott. "Stay with her, i'm gonna keep looking." I say, unable to just there and listen anymore. She's been through enough already, and now this?
"Okay." Scott nods, a little teary-eyed himself. I clap his shoulder as I pass him. I continue down the hall. I stop when I hear a heartbeat. It's weak though. It's behind another locked door. Something's in here. I don't bother being quiet, I kick the door in, my eyes flaring up red as I expect to find more of Gerard's men. I don't find that. Not at all.
"D-Derek?" That voice. My eyes widen in shock when I meet the girl's eyes. Those chocolate brown eyes. Just like Mom's. She's sitting on the ground, leaning againist the wall with a split lip and black eye.
"Cora?" I ask, stepping towards her. "Cora?" She nods. I rush to her side. She hugs me tightly, starting to cry. I hug her back immediantly. This is..this is my little sister.
"D-Derek." She sobs. "You're alive."
"I thought I..I thought I lose you." I say, squeezing my stinging eyes shut. She shakes her head.
"I-I got out." Cora tells me. Then I breath in her scent. I pull back, glassey eyes studying my younger sister with a concerned frown.
"Cora..what happened to you?" I ask. She sniffs, wiping her eyes.
"After everything with Gerard and-and the blood..I..the wolf part of me is broken." She tells me. "I still have her, but..but i'm not a wolf anymore." Cora says sadly. I pull her to me again, hugging her.
"I'm so sorry Cora." I apologise. She sobs againist me. Cora was the wolf they used to help Dante. This must be who Ash saw.
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Ashlee's p.o.v
"I'm so sorry." I whisper, holding Crystal in my arms.
"Ash." Scott says, kneeling down beside me. He squeezes my shoulder. "I'm so sorry." I give him a sad smile.
"I'm gonna bury her. I'm not leaving her in here." I tell Scott, looking down at the young girl's face.
"I'll carry her." Scott offers. I nod as I can't even walk properly let alone carry her. Scott takes Crystal into his arms and I pull myself to my feet. I follow him out, using the wall to keep myself upright. Everyone's in the main section. Everyone but Derek. I look around. I go to call out but then I see him. And the girl I saw in my flashbacks of this place. I go over to them.
"She's alive." I sigh in relief.
"I..I saw you." The girl says, looking up at me. Derek's got an arm around her waist, keeping her up. She must be really hurt. "You were h-here as well." I nod.
"Ash." Derek says. I look up at him. "Ash, this is Cora. My sister Cora." He tells me. My eyes widen. Cora looks at Derek, unsure of my reaction. Holy crap. This is Cora. This is the sister he loves so much.
"I'm Ashlee. I'm with Derek's pack." I tell her. She smiles weakly, nodding. I can't say i'm a part of his pack because i'm not. He's not my alpha. But I do walk with them.
"Um..Cora's human." Derek tells me. My face falls. But I don't ask anymore questions about it. Gerard did something to her. I don't think she'd want to talk about that. "Do you think Melissa could take a look at her?" Derek asks me. I nod.
"Of course. Come on." I say. I lead them over to Mom. "Mom, this is Derek's sister Cora. She's um..can you give up a once-over before we go? Just to make sure she's okay to travel?" I ask her. She nods. I see the pack's eyes widen, especially Chris'. Melissa helps Cora to sit down so she can run a routine check. Derek comes over to me, still glancing worriedly at his sister. "Derek, is she okay?" I ask in a low whisper. He looks at me.
"I-I don't know." He sighs, running a hand through his hair. "She said..after the tests with Gerard..her wolf part is broken. She still has her wolf but she's not a wolf. She can't shift." Derek tells me quietly.
"Maybe..I don't know, maybe Deaton can help." I say, trying to help him to calm down. He nods, still glancing at her. "Hey, she's gonna be okay either way." I tell him, squeezing his hand. He nods, giving me a small smile. He looks past me at Scott and then back to me again. He sees Crystal. "I'm..i'm gonna bury her. She doesn't deserve to stay here." I say. He nods, bringing my hand to his mouth to kiss it.
"Derek." I let his hand go and we both turn around. Peter walks in with the betas. "You might want to come see this." Peter says. Chris' eyes widen again when he sees, a very alive, Peter Hale.
"I'll stay with Cora." I assure him. He nods his thanks and follows Peter out. I go over to Cora and Mom.
"Tell me something..was that-was that Peter?" Cora asks me. I nod.
"Yeah. It's a really long story but it's him." I assure her. She nods, smiling a little. I know she'll be happy to know more of her family survived..but one of the Hales are going to have to tell her what happened with Laura and Peter. Derek comes back out, Peter and the betas in tow. "Is everything okay?" I ask Peter.
"Yeah." He nods. "We're safe now. There was a doctor. We made him deploy the pores, those Croatoans, if there's any still out there, they'll be dead in minutes." He tells me. I smile in relief. That as another worry of mine but I wasn't ready to voice it yet.
"Is the doctor still alive?" Mom asks, having heard Peter.
"No." Peter tells her. She looks a little disappointed. I put my hand on her arm.
"Trust me, the did the right thing." I assure my mother. The doctors are the ones that did the tests to me and Cora and Crystal, they're the ones that made Dante into that thing. All under Gerard's orders. They knew what they were doing was wrong and un-natural. They deserved to die.
"And we found this." Derek says, holding a book out to me. I take it, looking down at it.
"The bestiary." I realise, remembering the cover of this book. Derek nods. I hand it back to him. "This is gonna come in handy." I say. Derek nods, sliding it into his jacket.
"You're dehydrated and you need to eat something. You definitely need sleep too." Mom tells Cora. "Other than that, it's cuts and bruises that I can't work on right now, i'm sorry."
"No, it's okay. Thank you." Cora thanks her. "Can we just get..get out of here?" She asks. Derek nods, slipping an arm around her waist again. Peter's eyes finally fall to the younger girl. He walks up to Derek and Cora hugs him tightly. We all walk outside and let them have their own private reunion. The betas have brought over cars up. I can say hello to my car soon thought, there's something I have to do first. Scott smiles sadly at me.
"Can you guys find us some shovels?" Scott asks Boyd and Isaac. Both betas nod in understanding and head towards the barn outside the building. I go over to Scott. I brush Crystal's hair out of her face. Mom walks over as well.
"Who was she?" Mom asks me.
"This isn't gonna make sense to you, but uh..I knew her from my 2 year hiatus. She was a part of my pack. A kitsune, a werefox." I tell her.
"Chris didn't mention kitsune." She says. I look at her suprised.
"We had time. I decided to tell them the truth." Chris says. I give him a thankful nod.
"I bet she was strong." Mom says to me. I smile at her.
"She was." I nod.
"So, werejaguar, huh?" Mom nudges me. "Werewolf?" She asks Scott. We both smile sheepishly. "We can talk about it at home." Mom smiles, seeing Boyd and Isaac bringing over 2 shovels. Scott gently lays Crystal on the ground and takes the other shovel as i've taken the first one. The pack take a minute to catch their breath and file through the supplies we have left in the cars while Scott and I dig. I climb into the grave. Scott helps me lower her inside carefully. He holds his hand out to me and I take it. He pulls me out and we silently fill the grave with dirt. Everyone gathers around once that's done and we give a moment of silence and I pay my respects. I take another moment on my own while the others get in the cars.
"I'm really sorry this happened to you Chrysy. I missed you every day after I left and I bet you easily took my place, becoming strong and.." I wipe my eyes. "Rest easy Crystal." I whisper. Scott's waiting for me. He helps me walk and get into the Mustang. "I've missed you baby." I say to my car with a soft smile.
Scott's driving us home, Mom in the front seat with Tyler in her lap. Ty's missed her like crazy and i'm so happy to see that soft twinkle in his eye again as Mom kisses his head. Me, Lydia and Erica are in the backseat. I like Erica, she's really nice and she looks out for her pack.
Stiles is driving his Jeep home. He's got his Dad in the passenger's and Allison and Chris in the backseat.
Derek drives the Camaro home, Cora in the passenger's. He's got Peter, Isaac and Boyd in the back seat.
We start the long drive home. But it's the most welcome long drive. We finally get to go home. All of us are safe, all of us are alive. We've even got a new person. Derek's found his sister he thought he lost all those years ago. I'm really happy for him. Me, Erica and Lydia end up falling on each other, drifting off to sleep.
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Everyone's okay! I was seriously thinking of killing of someone but I couldn't decide and I didn't want it be just be for shock value so they're all okay :) Well..Ash is really banged up but she's badass! Maybe the next time around someone will die but not now. I did say I had another suprise..Cora's here! So instead of losing someone, besides Crystal to Ash :(, the pack gained someone :) For now.. This is what I was talking about with Derek taking off for a little while, or a long while, because of Cora. But that was just an idea. I'm not sure. Cora will want to return to South America but she's sort of human now so Derek might go with her..but we don't know for how long..or if he'll ever come back. Hmm? I'm still thinking the idea over though. But if it did happen, Ash would take a little trip of her own :) And since in the programme we know close to nothing about where Cora's been during the 6 years Derek thought she was dead (besides South America) and we don't know what she was doing..I was thinking for my version of season 3, i'm not following the show, it could revolve around that, what Cora was doing etc. And something's going to sneak up on her and the pack and be season 3's big bad' :) What do you think? Favourite, follow and review!