Dear Readers, this chapter concludes the Birthrite fiction. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. I tried to add some humor to it as well as I found the Wolf Lake series could be very humorous at times.

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Right and Wrong

Sophia came walking into the Wolf Lake police department, carefully looking around. She knew her Dad wasn't here and that is exactly what she wanted. John Kanin sat at his desk talking on the phone and Deputy Molly was sitting at the front counter doing paperwork.

"Oh hello Sophia," said Molly with a smile. "How are you? Feeling any better?"

"Loads," Sophia smiled back. She glanced around some more. "Uh, Molly, can we talk? You know, somewhere in private?" Sophia looked at John Kanin and Molly knew that this was about the offer she made to Sophia last night.

"Sure," Molly answered. She looked around at Kanin too. "How about we go for a drive or something?"

"Sounds good," Sophia replied. "I just have to deliver this file for Mr. Kanin from my Dad."

"Here, I'll give it to him," Molly smiled. She took the file and handed it to John who was still on the phone. He waved his thanks as Molly and Sophia walked out the door.

As they were getting in the squad car Sophia exclaimed, "Oh wait! Need to use the restroom first. Be right back." Sophia ran back into the station, glancing at Kanin on the phone as she walked past him to the bathroom. She carefully made her way to Molly's desk as silently as she could and took what she needed before heading back out to Molly.

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Luke sat on a log as he waited for his sister Ruby to appear. He had sent out a private distress signal to her awhile ago and he knew she would not ignore it. Luke was the only other person in town that she cared about besides John Kanin.

Soon a snow white wolf came padding into view and stood before him.

What is the emergency Luke?

"How would you like your dream to come true Ruby?" Lucas said with a smile.

What are you talking about?

"Well, picture this," Lucas explained while holding up his hands like a frame. "Evil villain gets slain and beautiful princess rides off into the sunset with her prince to live happily ever after."

The white wolf stood there staring at him.

"Well?" said Luke, "Aren't you even a bit happy about that?"

You can't get away with killing Tyler, Lucas, even if your mother is Alpha. He would have to break a major law for it to be allowed. And even if you tried, he always has that big oaf, Buddy Hooks, with him as well as others.

"I won't be doing the killing," Lucas told her. "There is this strong chick in town who slays bad guys. She's pretty pissed at Tyler for messing with her friend. I just sent her over to his house to wait for him."

They'll kill her Lucas! Why didn't you tell me this before you sent the girl to her death? I better go over there and send her away before he gets home.

The wolf turned around to run off but Lucas quickly said, "Wait Ruby! There's more…"

Ruby turned around to listen once again.

"This girl won't have to fight him alone because someone else is going to come to her rescue," Luke told her.

Who Luke?

Lucas gave his sister a huge grin. "Someone who's going to be extremely happy that you're a widow."

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Willow walked into the diner and sat down at the counter, waiting for the person she came here to meet. Then Sophia came out of the kitchen doors with a platter in her hands and spotted Willow. She set down her load and said, "Hey."

Willow gave her a small smile. "Thanks so much for getting my stuff for me. It was nice of your boyfriend to help us like this."

Sophia pulled out Willow's bag that she had stolen from Molly's desk earlier and handed it to her over the counter.

"He's not my boyfriend," Sophia explained. "He just thinks he can boss everyone around. I only did this because he explained your situation to me and I felt sorry for you guys. Besides, you'll be helping a few other people in this town that I really like a lot."

"What do you mean?" Willow asked. Buffy and Xander had left for Tyler's house a half an hour ago. Luke had told them that Tyler was keeping Oz in a secret room of his home and that they may have to torture Tyler to get it out of him. Willow did not want to witness that so she opted to stay back. Besides, Luke had also told her that Sophia would have her stuff for her at the diner.

Sophia now realized that Luke had not told them about Ruby and John and she decided that she shouldn't either. "Well, I just meant that by getting rid of the town bad guy, you'll be saving others in the future."

"Get rid of?" Willow pondered. "We just want Oz back. We have nothing against you guys. Buffy wouldn't kill him unless she had to defend her own life or the life of others against death."

"Exactly," Sophia said as she lifted her tray back up and walked over to a table on the far side of the room. Willow felt more worried about her friends now than ever. She stood up and made her way towards the door only to be stopped by a smiling Oz standing in her way. Behind him stood one of the guys she recognized as being Oz's kidnapper.

"Oz!" Willow exclaimed nervously as she glanced at Buddy behind him.

"Hey Will," Oz smiled one of his rare smiles. He knew he would shock her tremendously and he was enjoying the expression on her face. "I'd like you to meet my big brother, Buddy."

"You're brother?" stammered Willow, as she did whenever she was nervous.

"Yeah… can you believe it? You were right Will. I do have family," Oz said.

He studied the worried expression on her face. "I heard you had a rough night too. Are you o.k.?"

Willow tried to get over her shock. "But … but… they shot you and took you away in a cage and… locked you in a secret room!"

"We didn't figure all this out until this morning," Oz explained. "They asked me if we would like to live here in Wolf Lake, but I don't think that's a good idea, considering that I don't have control with full moons like they do and the fact that the moon is full every night around here."

Willow shook her head. This was all too much to take in. "What? Always full? And… and… aren't you supposed to be locked up at some guy's house? Someone named Tyler Creed?"

"Well, I was until this morning. Everything's going to be fine now Willow. The police won't look for you anymore either," Oz said.

Willow turned pale. "Oh God," she whimpered. Oz put his arm around her.

"What is it Willow?" he asked, looking concerned now.

"Buffy went to Tyler's house to rescue you," Willow moaned.

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John Kanin had been making phone calls all morning and was just settling down to his refill of coffee as he noticed the file that Sophia had brought in this morning.

He flipped it open while taking a sip and just about spit up his coffee when he saw what was inside.

Inside the files were pictures of young women, all with labels stuck on them that gave their dates of birth and death. There was a note inside that explained that these girls were all victims of a serial killer in Wolf Lake. There was also an envelope that said URGENT on it in red letters. John tore it open and pulled out a picture of a petite young blonde woman. On an attached note was the message:

This girl will be terminated today at 2:00 p.m. Please help her Mr. Kanin. We cannot let Tyler Creed continue his slaughter of innocent girls.

Tyler Creed! John should have known that Tyler Creed was a psycho! He always sensed that there was something seriously wrong with the guy. John checked his watched. It was 1:54! John made sure he had his gun and took off out the door. He would thank Sophia later for finally telling him the town's secret. Why did they all feel the need to protect him like they have been?

The guy must have been using some kind of threat against the town? Well, Tyler's reign of terror would end today, John vowed to himself.

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Tyler was exhausted. He contemplated getting a few hours of sleep as he pulled up in front of his home. Then he would continue his search for his missing wife. "Fricken John Kanin," Tyler mumbled as he remembered how Kanin had opened the door to Ruby's cage and set her free yesterday evening when he and Buddy had left his truck for a few minutes.

He made his way down his walkway when he noticed a pair of legs sticking out from the bushes. Looking around and approaching cautiously, Tyler craned his neck over the bush and noticed it was one of his guards, Johnny, knocked completely out cold. Tyler bent down and grabbed Johnny's walkie talkie. "Hey, where is everyone?" Tyler whispered into the device. Tyler received no answer back. He usually had at least three guys hanging around including Buddy. But he had let Buddy spend the rest of the day with Oz. So where were Sam and Amos?

Tyler backed away from the house and ran to the garage. He stopped in his tracks when he saw Xander standing there next to the work bench holding a crow bar in his hands.

"Looking for this," said Xander, smacking the crow bar against one of his palms.

Tyler looked confused. A human knocked his guys out? Three skin walkers had been taken out by a human? There had to be more of them. Tyler looked around for more and as he spun around the air was slugged out of him by an ungulate woman. "What the hell?" gasped Tyler. He could not believe how strong she was.

When he stood up straight again his eyes began to glow. He growled and swiped at her only to have her grab his arm and toss him in the air. He landed a few feet from his truck. Now he was really pissed off. He snarled as he stood up and came for her. Suddenly he stopped and stared as she had pulled a long and shiny silver stake.

"Meet Mr. Pointy the Second, silver version," Buffy told him. "Now, either Mr. Pointy and Tyler Creed get to know each other intimately or Tyler Creed tells the girl where Oz is."

"Your one stupid bitch, you know that?" Tyler said. "Oz is safe with his brother."

"Don't believe anything he says," said a woman's voice. They all looked towards Tyler's house to see a beautiful dark haired woman standing on the porch. She made her way down towards them.

"Ruby!" Tyler exclaimed.

Ruby did not even look at Tyler. She looked straight at Buffy and said, "He's got your friend in the basement of the house. The entrance is in the kitchen pantry."

"What! That's a lie! What the hell are you doing Ruby?" Tyler yelled at her.

"Go and get your friend," Ruby told Buffy. "I'll keep an eye on Tyler."

Buffy wasn't sure she trusted either of them but she had already checked out the house earlier except for this basement in the pantry. She hadn't noticed it before.

"I'll watch them Buff," said Xander, still brandishing his crow bar. Buffy threw the silver stake to him and ran into the house.

Buffy found a trapdoor in the floor of the pantry and threw it open. Climbing down a ladder, she called out, "Oz?" Suddenly the trapdoor slammed shut above her, leaving her in pitch dark. As she climbed the ladder again she could hear the sound of something heavy being dragged over the top. She pushed with all her might but she couldn't seem to open it. "This is just great! What a lame ass trick you fell for Buffy," she told herself.

Outside, Ruby waited for a signal from an upstairs window. When she saw Luke wave at her she looked again at Tyler.

"Go ahead and take care of the girl Tyler. I'll handle this one," she turned towards Xander. Xander held the stake higher.

"We'll just see what Mr. Pointy has to say about that," said Xander as he took a few steps back.

Tyler smiled at Ruby. "I knew you were my girl, honey. Looks like dinner is served." Tyler turned towards the house and ran up the porch steps.

When Tyler had left, Ruby smiled at Xander. "Relax. I'm on your side. Tyler Creed is about to get what he deserves."

Just then John Kanin's motorcycle came roaring down the driveway. He skid to a halt and let the bike drop to the ground in surprise. "Ruby!"

"John!" Ruby smiled and ran into his arms.

"Oh God, Ruby!" John said as he placed small kisses all over her face. "Where have you been?"

"I'll tell you soon. First you have to help the girl! Tyler is keeping her in the basement. He's a sick and twisted man John! He just ran into the house to finish her off," Ruby explained in a panic.

John was filled with so many extreme emotions at the moment: joy at finding Ruby, hatred for Tyler Creed, concern for this young woman in the basement, and fear of leaving Ruby to go into the house. "Promise me you'll still be here when I come back?" he said to her in agony.

"I will never leave you again John. Now go, fast. Save her from Tyler," Ruby urged.

John nodded and pulled out his gun. Giving her one last quick kiss he ran into the house. He heard a loud crash in the kitchen and he ran over to the sound. He could see the top of Tyler's head disappearing through the trapdoor. John did not know if Tyler was armed so he moved cautiously towards the opening in the floor. Down below in the dark he could hear the sounds of blows being made. The madman was beating the poor girl! He still couldn't see what was happening.

He decided that if he alerted Tyler to his presence, Tyler would use the girl as a shield or as a hostage. John fell onto his stomach and squinted down into the hole. He stuck his gun in and moved it around. His eyes were beginning to adjust a little, enough to see the white shirt of Tyler moving around. He saw Tyler throw the girl against the wall and put his hand on her throat to strangle her. He could not see how messed up Tyler was from his battle with Buffy. He had lost a few teeth and his eyes were beginning to swell.

Buffy was just about to give him a solid groin shot when a flash and loud shot echoed through the basement. She felt Tyler jerk and then a weird hissing sound came from him. He let go of her neck and fell over onto the ground with his eyes open in death and a pool of blood quickly surrounding his head. It was then she noticed the hole in the side of his head. She looked up at the top of the ladder as a man came climbing down with a gun in his hand.

"You o.k.?" he asked her.

"Um… yeah. You didn't have to do that. I was winning you know," she said.

John gave her a strange look. How could the girl joke at a time like this?

But he was anxious to get back outside and make sure Ruby was still there. He grabbed Buffy's hand. "Come on, let's get out of here," he said.

When they came outside, John ran up to Ruby and they began to kiss passionately, tears running down their faces.

Xander looked at the confused look on Buffy's face. "It's o.k. They're on our side," he said.

Just then Luke came around the side of the house with a duffel bag in his hands. "It's not much, but I stuck a wad of money in there too to give you guys a start."

"What do you mean?" asked Kanin with his arms still around Ruby.

"You guys have got to get the hell out of here, and quick. You too Buffy and Xander," Lucas said.

"He's right," said Ruby. "They are going to have guys looking for us when they find Tyler. This is our chance John. Let's just do it. Let's just disappear together." John smiled at her and squeezed her tight.

"I have a million questions for you Ruby, but they can wait. Let's get to safety first," John told her. Then he took the duffel bag from Lucas and strapped it onto his motorcycle. "Thanks man," he said as he shook Luke's hand.

Ruby now hugged Lucas, "I'm going to miss you little brother."

"Yeah, me too," Luke replied. "Take care of her Kanin."

"I will," assured John.

"Ruby," Lucas said, "when I'm Alpha, you two will be welcome to come back anytime you want."

"We just might," she smiled at her brother as she slipped on her helmet. Ruby got on the bike behind John and hugged him tight from behind. Off they rode into the sunset.

Lucas now turned to look at Buffy when his sister and Kanin were no longer in sight.

"Feeling a little used here," Buffy commented to him after witnessing this whole drama.

Lucas shrugged and smiled at her. "Tyler Creed shot my Dad. He also was screwing my mom, even at her husband's funeral. He was holding Ruby here against her will. So…" Lucas looked towards the house and then back at Buffy, "I guess you could say that justice was served today. Thanks."

Buffy sighed, "Come on Xander, let's go find Willow and Oz and get the hell out of here."

"Uh wait!" said Lucas. "Nobody really knows about you two. But they do know Willow and Oz. If they leave town, then they'll be suspects too. They've got good alibis right now so I think you two should let them stay a few more days while you head out now."

"He's got a point," said Xander.

Buffy did not like to leave without her friends. "O.K. we'll leave. But you have to tell Willow to call me on my cell ASAP. If I even get the feeling that she's not alright then I'm turning our butts back around and coming to get them. I want to hear Oz speak too."

"Deal," said Luke. He watched them drive away on the Harley, wishing that he had one of those. He made his way over to where he had left his car in the woods after he had distorted any footprints on the ground.

Time to work on my alibi, he thought. He headed off towards his friend's house to set it up.

The End

I hope you enjoyed this "lost episode". And yes, I did enjoy killing off Tyler Creed. LOL

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