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Chapter 52
Elliot rose as quick as he could to his feet and staggered towards Olivia dropping to his knees beside her.
"You okay?" he asked her as she came around. She nodded as he helped her to sit up. "Get this fucking stick out of me," she said angrily. Elliot grabbed it and slowly eased it out of her back. "At least the stupid idiot stabbed me on the wrong site," she said giving him a little smile. "Are you okay?" reaching up and cupping his face.
Elliot nodded despite the pain from the silver. "I will be as soon as the silver is out of my blood," he grimaced.
Olivia looked around them. Some Vampires and wolves were still fighting, whilst a lot of the younger wolves were being rounded up.
"They are slowly getting weaker," Elliot told her. "Well the ones Jethro turned anyway."
"Where's Dickie?" she asked him suddenly realising he wasn't in sight. "And Jethro?"
"I don't know," he said as he stood up and helped her to her feet. Luke came over to them.
"One of the men saw Jethro, Seth and Dickie along with some other wolves heading out in the direction of the house."
"You stay here," Olivia told him. "Round up as many as you can. Those who resist you, kill."
Luke nodded.
"Let's go and end this once and for all," she said to Elliot who just nodded and followed her out the clearing towards the house. "El," she said as they ran. "Dickie will be okay." Elliot never replied or looked at her concentrating on the smell of Dickies blood.
They ran quickly through the trees following the scent of Dickies blood, the closer they got to the main house the stronger it got. The leapt the steps to the main door which was wide open and ran towards it.
"What the fuck!" yelled Elliot as they hit something and fell back down steps.
They climbed to their feet and looked at the door before walking slowly towards it. As they got closer and went to step through the door, they physically couldn't do it. Elliot looked at Olivia panicking as he heard Dickie scream from inside the house.
"We need invited in," he told her trying again but being forced back. "We need to be fucking invited," he yelled trying again.
"El stop you're going to hurt yourself," she putting a hand on his shoulder holding him back.
They both looked at each other when they heard Dickie scream again, both feeling helpless.
"Get on the radio," he told her. Tell Luke to find one of Jethro's family and to bring him or her here, they can invite us in."
Olivia nodded and got through to Luke telling him.
"If he hurts him anymore than he already has," Elliot said as he stared into the open doorway.
Olivia stood next to him and put her around him. "We will get him out," she said quietly as they stood staring into the house.
"JETHRO!" yelled Elliot. "You can't hide in there forever!"
"Ell…Elliot….Olivia," came a quiet voice from inside. "H…..Help me….please."
They both stared into the house as a girl's body covered in blood crawled into view.
"Sarah," said Olivia. "What happened?"
"He….found out that…..That I helped you," she said grimacing through the pain."Please help me," she begged them.
"We can't," Elliot told her. "We can't get in without being invited.
"Come….Come in," she gasped before collapsing on the floor in a pool of blood. Her body had been ripped at by claws and she had bite marks all over her.
They looked at each other before stepping forward slowly and carefully stepping over the threshold and into the house. They ran to Sarah and Olivia dropped to her knees beside her.
"Go," she told Elliot. "Find Dickie I will catch you up."
"Be careful," he told her.
"You to," she said as he disappeared quickly in the direction of Dickies screams.
Olivia bit into her wrist for the second time that night and held it to Sarah's mouth. "Come on sweetheart," she said letting her blood drip onto her lips. "You need to drink it." She lifted Sarah's head onto her knee and gently opened her mouth letting her blood drip inside. "That's it," she said smiling as Sarah licked her lips. She held her wrist to Sarah's mouth as the young girl began to suck gently drinking her blood.
"Your in," said Luke from outside the door as he held one of Jethro's family by the neck. "Invite me in," he ordered him. The half man half wolf looked at him petrified. "Now!" he roared.
"You… you can enter," he told him.
Luke dropped him to the floor kicking him hard in the head before entering the house.
"Take her outside," Olivia told him as she felt Sarah's pulse become stronger. "Keep her safe, she will change back to human a lot quicker now my blood is inside her."
Luke nodded and picked her up carrying her outside. By the time he turned around Olivia had disappeared further into the large house.
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Elliot ran quickly through the house following the scent from Dickies blood. He came to the end of a corridor and a dead end.
"What the hell," he mumbled to himself.
"NO! LEAVE ME ALONE!" he heard Dickie scream from the other side of the wall. He felt around trying to find something to open what must be a hidden door.
"Fuck this," he said stepping back before kicking out at the wall his foot going straight through. Using his hands he pulled at the wall making a space large enough for him to squeeze through.
He ran down another long corridor and down the steps at the end. He skidded to a halt when he entered a large hall. He quickly looked around taking in the archways that lined the walls around the room with wooden chairs placed in each of them, but after that he saw nothing else as his eyes fell on Jethro, Seth and Dickie.
Jethro was sat on a large chair with a carved wolf head above his head. Seth was stood to left of him he had hold of Dickie and a knife to his throat.
"You okay Dickie?" Elliot asked as he slowly walked towards them.
"Yeah Dad, I'm good," he said giving his dad a small smile.
"Just stay calm," he told him as he looked more closely at Jethro. He still had his wolf features but he looked pale and a lot of the fur he had, had gone. "Your not looking to good there Jethro," he said stepping closer.
"Stop walking," said Seth, pushing the knife blade closer to Dickies neck. Elliot stopped walking. "What did you do to us?" he asked coughing. "What's happening to me?"
Elliot looked at Jethro and laughed. "Your turning back to a human," he grinned.
"What how….I never….We never drank any of your blood, especially that bitches."
"You didn't have to, he did it for you," he said nodding towards Jethro. "When he tried to turn my boy into one of you."
Seth looked confused.
"His blood was mixed with ours," smirked Elliot. "With a little magic thrown in. It seems your Pops here not only pissed off the Vampires but also certain witches, they were all too willing to help us destroy you. I have to admit though I would have liked it to work a bit faster, but it done its job."
Seth looked at Jethro who was just sat staring at Elliot.
"Now let my boy go and I might go easy on your son and kids," he told Jethro.
Jethro chuckled. "Not a chance," he growled before howling loudly. Howling echoed through the room as a Werewolf appeared from behind every chair in each of the arch ways. "You may have screwed up my perfect plan for domination, but I will still take you filthy blood drinkers out."
Olivia ran into the room and skidded to a halt by Elliot.
"Aaah just in time," grinned Jethro turning to face Seth. "I wouldn't want you to miss anything….. Do it," he said to Seth.
"But Dad…"
"Jethro…..Don't do anything stupid," said Elliot starting to panic as Seth moved the knife pressing it harder against Dickies throat.
Luke ran into the room along with five other Vampires.
"I figured you might need a hand," he told Elliot as the wolves by the chairs moved forward surrounding them.
"What are you waiting for?" Jethro asked Seth. "I said do it!"
"Don't do it Seth," said Olivia. "You hurt that boy in any way and you are signing your own death warrant. Let him go and we will let you live…..I promise you."
"Do it now," threatened Jethro. "Or I will rip your throat out myself."
Through it all Elliot never took his eyes off Dickie, he could see and sense the fear in Dickie.
Seth looked frantically at Jethro then Elliot and Olivia.
"Fuck it," he said as he moved his hand with the knife in away from Dickies throat. "I'm dead no matter what…..May as well die a hero," he said an evil smile on his face as he slammed the large knife into Dickies chest.
Elliot heard Olivia scream no, but he kept his eyes on his son. Dickies eyes widened as the knife was plunged into his heart.
"D…..Dad," Dickie gasped as he looked down at the knife then to Elliot, before his body slumped forward and Seth dropped his lifeless body to the floor with a thud, as a cheer went up around them.
Olivia didn't even see Elliot move at first he was so quick as he leapt across his son's body. He grabbed Seth by the throat and slammed him against the wall behind him. The force so hard bones could be heard cracking and Seth gasped for breath, as Elliot hands gripped his throat tighter.
"Miss Benson," said Luke. "I guess this is it," he said as the wolves around the room closed in.
"No prisoners," she said wiping away the tears and finally looking away from Dickies lifeless body as he lay in a pool of his own blood. "The only ones walking out of here alive tonight are Vampires…..Kill them all," she ordered them as they stood in a small circle back to back. "But leave Jethro to me and Elliot."
"Yes Miss Benson," they all replied as the readied themselves for the fight. None of them noticing Jethro as he slowly moved backwards away from them, as all hell broke loose.
Elliot gripped Seth's throat tighter and tighter, his face turning red, his eyes beginning to bulge and bloodshot. Elliot removed one hand and bit into his wrist, before forcing it into Seth's mouth, letting his blood flow into him.
"Do you know what I'm going to do now?" he asked Seth ignoring the fighting and chaos going on around him. "I'm going to kill you. And then I'm going to let you come back as one of us. Just so I can kill you again," he growled as he squeezed his neck so hard he felt the bones crunching. Seth twitched and shook as Elliot slowly broke his neck crushing him to death. He listened carefully and heard Seth's heart beat slowing and only when it finally stopped did he let go and let his body drop to the ground.
He turned around and saw everyone fighting around him, blood and body parts covering the floor.
He walked slowly to his son and dropped to floor next to him. He lifted his lifeless body and held it tightly to him listening for any sound of life. But his heart was silent.
"I'm so sorry," he sobbed kissing the top of Dickies. "I'm so sorry." Olivia stabbed one of the wolves in the throat then heart before throwing his body across the floor and running to Elliot dropping down beside him.
"Elliot?"
"He's gone," he told her. "He killed my boy," he said putting his hand on the knife handle and slowly removing it from Dickies chest.
Olivia wiped at the tears falling down her cheeks. "He had my blood in him," she said placing her hand on top of Elliot's hand which was covering the hole in Dickies chest. "He had all our blood in him. He will come back to us. Remember what he asked us."
Elliot nodded. "I remember," he sniffed. "God Kathy is going to kill me," he said giving her a little smile and she smiled back at him. He looked around the room. "Where did Jethro go?"
"I don't know, he disappeared after Seth stabbed Dickie."
"Take Dickie," Elliot told her. "Get him back to the club, along with Dana and Sarah."
"And what are you going to do?"
""Kill that Motherfucker," he said standing up with Dickie in his arms.
"Not without me your not," she told him as Luke and the others killed the final wolf.
"Liv I need you to be safe," he said as he gently closed Dickies eyes. "I need you to get my boy somewhere safe and look after him. I need you and our baby safe," he said as the others came over to them.
"And that won't happen till Jethro is dead."
"I know and I intend on killing him."
Olivia reached up and cupped his face. "We started all this together, we finish it together," she smiled. "Do you really think I am letting you go after him alone, after everything he has done? He has killed and hurt so many of our friends and family, we take him out together."
"Liv… I am the Guardian and I am ordering you to go back to the club with Luke and the others."
"And you Guardian, can go fuck yourself if you think I would do that."
"Olivia," he growled his eyes turning red and his fangs growing. "Go back to the club."
"Really," she smiled at him. "Your trying to threaten me, with that look and shit."
"I just want you safe," he sighed.
"And I want you safe, and the only way we can guarantee that is to go after Jethro together, we are always better when we have each other's backs," she said kissing his lips softly over Dickies body.
Elliot dropped his forehead to hers and breathed deeply. "You promise me not to do anything stupid?"
"I promise you," she said linking her little finger with his and lifting them up to her mouth and kissing them softly. "Pinky promise," she said smiling.
"Pinky promise," he grinned back, and they heard chuckling behind them. They both turned to face Luke and the others.
"Take Dickie and the others back to the club, look after them and stay with them," Olivia told Luke as Elliot stepped forward and handed Dickie to Luke.
"You guys make sure all the wolves still alive are rounded up and secured for when we get back with Jethro. If we aren't back before the sunrise, bring them all in here until we return," Elliot told the rest of the group.
"Yes Guardian," they all replied leaving quickly.
"Look after my boy," Elliot told Luke. "If something does happen and we don't return, be there for him when he changes."
Luke nodded. "I will, Guardian," he said looking down at Dickie "Good luck to you both" he smiled to them. "See you back at the club," he said as he carried Dickie from the room.
"You ready?"Olivia asked Elliot as they stood alone in the room, surrounded by body parts and blood.
"Yeah," he said nodding.
"Well let's get going, find this bastard and kill him…End this shit once and for all," she said as they walked out the room following the scent left behind by Jethro.
Up next the final showdown between them and Jethro. And then I think it's time for a bit of EO fluff as it's been a while.
