The title of this chapter was taken from the final episode of Teen Wolf. I figured it was fitting since I am writing about some of the events in that episode. Most of the dialogue is not taken from the episode, but it's the general idea. I am not relaying ALL the events of the final episode. The Scoobies mostly miss out on the action.
Assume that Derek and Buffy have been talking a bit on the phone since his last call.
Chapter 4: The Wolves of War
******Beacon Hills******
Tamora and the hunters moved in on Scott's Pack from all sides. Peter, Malia, Lydia, and Scott took cover behind concrete columns and steel barrels. Scott pushed down the panic, ignored the fear building. His pack needed him to be strong. He clenched his fists, ready to attack.
One hunter was in position for a clear shot directly at Scott, but he was mowed down by Stiles' Jeep that suddenly appeared.
Scott felt relief surge through him as he saw Stiles and Derek join the fight. Their sudden appearance filled him with joy. Derek didn't hesitate as he leaped into the air, flashing eyes and fangs. He attacked the hunters without mercy, disarming and taking down several hunters. Malia and Peter joined the fray and remove enough of the hunter's numbers that the armed men and women retreated to their vehicles and flee.
Stiles didn't do what he should've done. Instead of kissing Lydia, he found himself complaining. "Why didn't you call me and tell me what was going on?"
Lydia rolled her eyes—so predictable. "We had really good reasons," she said without apology. The stupid head couldn't get that they were trying to protect him. He had a chance to escape all this. As a banshee, Lydia would never have such a luxury.
Scott bent over Deucalion who appeared to be dying from the several bullets he took at the beginning of the hunter's attack. "Scott," he choked out.
"I'm here," Scott said as he grabbed his hand to heal him or relieve his pain.
"Gerard fears you because he knows he can't beat you," he said. He gave one final gasped and stopped moving.
Scott felt bad that his own enemy-turned-ally wasn't pulling through like he always did. However, he straightened and locked eyes with Derek. Then Scott stepped forward to hug Derek tightly. "I'm so glad to see you," Scott told him. He pulled back, smiling warmly at his friend, mentor, and pack brother.
"So what did we miss? I wasn't gone that long!" Stiles complained.
Scott filled the two arrivals in on the insanity that they'd been through the past two weeks. "The conflict with the hunters is now an all-out war," he told them.
Peter looked at his nephew and asked, "Why did you come back now?"
Derek explained, "Packs were being killed in Brazil. I saw a message written in blood on the wall, letting me know I was needed back in Beacon Hills."
"So did you come back for Beacon Hills?" Scott asked. Did it really matter? But a part of him was hurt that Derek had abandoned him for so long. When the Ghost Riders were in town, he really could've used Derek's aid. He was happy to hear Derek's reply.
Derek shook his head. "No, I came back for you," he assured him. He left so that Scott could rise into his alpha role. Now he felt the ties that bound all of them, stronger than ever.
He was home.
*****Sheriff's Station*****
Willow didn't want to leave Oz, but Buffy was gathering the slayers that she wanted in Beacon Hills. She wanted Willow to go ahead to scout out the situation. Xander was with her. What they discovered going on in the city was upsetting.
"This town has to be on a hellmouth. There has been too much supernatural activity," Willow said as she scrolled through her laptop. Xander was parked in the parking lot of the Sheriff's station.
"And from what we've determined Sheriff Noah Stilinski is square in the middle of it. He has to know about the supernatural and covers up things," Xander said. He looked disgusted. "Just like Sunnydale. Stupid cops who do nothing."
"Well, I don't think that's the case. His son Stiles is best friends with the true alpha, Scott McCall Buffy said," Willow shared. "He has to be helping them."
"So who are the players?" Xander asked.
"The Sheriff's deputy is a hellhound, not a hybrid dog like the one Andrew's brother trained to attack prom," Willow said.
"What?" Xander asked in surprise.
"He's the real deal. A man of fire who is drawn to death," Willow said.
"Is he evil?" Xander wondered.
"I think Scott considers him a member of his pack," Willow said.
"Wow!" Xander said. "Is it wrong that I'm excited to meet a new supernatural creature?"
"Well, you're about to be really excited," Willow said, smiling. "Lydia Martin, Scott's classmate and certified genius, is a banshee." She turned around her laptop so Xander could see a picture of her.
Xander whistled. "I do like the redheads," he said, winking at Willow who laughed.
"She is very cute, but I think she's involved with Stiles," Willow said. "Or maybe Scott. Those are the only two men she's ever photographed with."
"What exactly is a banshee?" Xander asked.
"A harbinger of death," Willow answered. "She is like a slayer in some ways. She gets visions of the bad things that are coming."
"Does she have a super power like a canary cry?" Xander asked.
"She's not the Black Canary, Xan," Willow said, giving him a fond smile. "But she probably does have a piercing cry that alerts her friends when bad things are coming."
"Who else they got?"
"They have a were-coyote," Willow said, showing him a picture of an attractive, unsmiling brunette with compelling caramel-colored eyes. "Malia Tate."
"She looks intense," he said.
"She's actually Derek's cousin," Willow said.
"She's a Hale?"
"Buffy said Derek told her that she was raised by the Tates until she was ten or so. When her crazy coyote mother killed her adopted mom and sister, she went in her coyote form for years. She's pretty wild. Stiles tamed her and dated her for a while. She's Peter Hale's daughter," Willow said.
"He's the psycho uncle who came back from the dead somehow?" Xander asked.
"Yep. Scott won't let anyone kill Peter, and they sometimes let him help them," Willow said.
"I guess we'll fit right in with this group since they forgive a few murders between friends," Xander said with a snicker. Then he flashed Willow a guilty look. "Sorry."
Willow's phone rang, interrupting them. "What's up, Buffy?" She listened. "Okay, we'll head to the hospital."
"Buffy says that she's in town. There's a lot of activity going on at the hospital. She is sending a few slayers there, but she says Derek and the rest are having the big showdown at the high school," Willow shared.
"Figures," Xander scoffed. "High schools are always the vortex of evil."
*****The Hospital*****
Invisible, Mason and Corey managed to take out two hunters with a partially filled bedpan. Mason flashed Corey a proud smile. Then Corey grabbed his hand again, and they went invisible once more.
Down the hall, Lydia, Stiles, and Jackson found Ethan. Jackson hugged his lover, but Ethan eyed him curiously. "How did you escape before me?" he asked.
Jackson flashed an arrogant smile. "You know me. I talked my way out," he said.
Ethan and Stiles both looked at him in disbelief. Jackson flashed them a sheepish grin and admitted, "Fine. I used my tail."
"Really?" Lydia asked, fascinated.
Stiles shuddered in disgust.
"That thing is so gross," Ethan said.
"You took the words out of my mouth!" Stiles exclaimed with a grin.
"We need to get out of here. Hunters are everywhere," Lydia said. The boys nodded and followed her out.
In the elevator, Liam and Theo glance at one another, agreeing to fight the hunters together. The doors opened to gunfire, but the werewolf and the chimera managed to dodge the weapons. Then they moved forward and attacked the nearest gun wielder, taking out several hunters. While it appeared they got them all, one man was still able to kneel and aim at the pair. Melissa McCall stepped around the corner with her taser stick and incapacitated him. Sheriff Noah Stilinski then ran up, grabbed one of the discarded guns and rammed it into the head of another hunter who was trying to fire.
"Nice save," he said to Melissa.
Noah then saw Gabe at the end of the hall and shouted a warning just before the young hunter opened fire. However, a woman stepped out of the elevator and held up her hand. The bullets seemed to hit an invisible barrier.
More hunters arrived, and the woman somehow pulled their guns out of their hands with an invisible rope. When the hunters tried to run, she froze them in place.
A man with an eyepatch stepped in front of Willow and waved. "Hey, Sheriff. We're friends of Derek Hale. Or rather friends of a friend of his. We're here to help," Xander said.
Noah stepped forward and held out his hand to shake the man's hand. "I don't know how she did that, and frankly, I don't care. We appreciate the assist. A hospital is no place for a gun battle," he said.
"Or the best place for one," Xander said with a smirk.
"My son is going to like you," Noah said, shaking his head. "Noah Stilinski."
"Xander Harris. This is Willow Rosenburg—she's a witch in case you didn't figure it out," Xander said.
"I don't know if I have enough handcuffs for all these guys," Noah said.
"If you like, I can transport them to your jail," Willow said.
"I'd normally say no, but I need to go rescue my deputy from the Eichen House," Noah said.
"Deputy Parrish, right?" Willow asked.
Noah looked surprised but nodded. "Yes. He's.."
"No need to explain. Derek filled us in on all of you," Willow said. She glanced at Liam and Theo, giving them a reassuring smile.
Several attractive young girls came out of a stairway. "Shannon, is everyone okay?" Xander asked.
"Are these girls with you?" Noah asked in concern.
"Yes. They're stronger than they look," Xander said.
"We're fine. Some totally lame kids with guns. They dropped them when we knocked out one of them," she said with a snort.
"All these guys Willow's got immobilized need to be zip tied and taken to the police station. The Sheriff is low on man power," Xander told the girls. No need in Willow showing off anymore than she already had.
"My deputies have recently turned on me. They might give you some trouble," Noah said, frowning as he reconsidered this. "I think they even locked up an F.B.I. friend of ours."
"Don't worry. The girls can handle them," Xander said. "I'll go with them and rescue the agent."
"I'll go with the Sheriff here to help rescue his deputy," Willow said.
"We need to get to the school to help Scott," Liam said.
"Be careful," Noah said. The boys turned to leave as Noah led his new witch friend to his car.
*****Back at the High School*****
Buffy ran into the school with a team of six slayers at her back. Horrified, she stopped. There were people in the hall that seem turned to stone or something.
"Here's another," Angela said.
Buffy moved her eyes to the left and gasped. "That looks like Derek!" she exclaimed. Her eyes filled with tears. "Can you hear me, Derek? We'll fix you." She pulled out her phone to send a text to Willow.
"Behind you, Buffy," Jinka yelled.
Buffy turned to see a group of people with guns. Hunters. She narrowed her eyes and moved to confront them. "So now you just gun down innocent people?" she yelled.
"We kill monsters. Are you a monster?" the guy holding the gun asked.
"I kill monsters, too, but not monsters that are human twenty-seven days a month," Buffy said. "Who's your leader?"
Jinka, tired of seeing guns pointed at them, threw a knife at the hand of the one closest. Her sister slayers followed suit. Buffy bent down and picked up the closest gun. She bent the barrel. "I'm the thing that monsters fear. Tell your leader that we're coming for all of you. Stop the slaughter of wolves or you'll face my slayers," she told the guy.
The hunters took off. Buffy turned back to Derek. Suddenly, a piece of the gray stuff covering him broke off. The slayers watched as both men were returned to normal.
"Derek!" Buffy exclaimed, moving to hug him.
It took him a moment to respond to her embrace, but soon he was hugging her tightly, glad to see her. "You made it," he said, smiling down at her.
"I think we missed out on most of the fun," she said. Then she kissed him.
"That was fun," he murmured.
Buffy blushed.
"Scott!" Derek said. "We have to go find Scott."
They ran to the library—Derek knew Scott's heartbeat. He saw Stiles and Lydia bending over a hurt Scott, and he moved quickly to join them, Buffy at his heels.
Stiles eyed the blonde with interest but said nothing. "Scott? Are you healing?" he asked.
"I can't see," Scott asked.
"You gauged out your own eyes?" Buffy asked in awe and horror.
"He had to," Derek said grimly.
Malia ran into the room. "Scott?" she asked worriedly.
"His eyes haven't healed," Stiles said. He looked at Derek. "Why aren't they healing? They have to heal!"
Derek reached over and put his hand on Stiles' arm. "They will. Give him a few minutes," Derek said. He touched Scott's shoulder. "You gotta shift, Scott."
Scott nodded and shifted, a roar rattling the room as his red eyes glow, sending relief through the group assembled around him.
Malia and Stiles hugged him.
"Who's the girl?" Lydia asked.
"She's with me," Derek said, reaching for her hand. "Her name is Buffy Summers. She's the slayer."
"Well, one of the anyway," Buffy said, flashing them a smile. She gestured to the girls standing guard in the doorway.
"Wait," Stiles said, looking surprised. "You're telling me that slayers are real? They're not a myth?"
"If you mean vampire slayers, I am very real," Buffy said. "There used to be just me, but I have a really powerful witch friend. Now there are hundreds." She pointed at the slayers who didn't join them but waved. One or two even smiled.
"So you slay vampires, not werewolves?" Scott asked warily. He didn't like being outnumbered. Those girls there plus Buffy were more than he had. Liam and Theo pushed their way into the room, the Slayers stepping aside to let them pass. Relief filled him. They were okay. His pack had made it.
"Of course, she doesn't slay werewolves!" Derek said in annoyance. "Why would I bring another hunter around?"
"I slay all kinds of evil things. I'd kill a werewolf only if it was really evil," Buffy said. "I never have, though."
"She's here with a bunch of her people to help us with the hunters," Derek said.
"You know about them? Aren't they, like, on your team?" Lydia asked suspiciously.
"They killed my friend's wife, leaving his baby without a mother, so, no, they are not on my team," Buffy said coldly. "I have teams all over the world prepared to take on these hunters. No one kills innocents if I can help it."
Stiles saw the look Derek gave the woman, and his eyes widened. This was no passing ship. This woman meant something to Derek. Stiles was more impressed with that fact than the fact that the woman was a mythical superwoman. He grinned, holding out his hand to her. "Well, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, welcome to Beacon Hills," he said. "Glad to have you on our team."
Buffy smiled and shook his hand. Then Scott held his out. "We appreciate any help you can give us," he said, shaking her hand. He smiled as he felt a strong grip—surprisingly strong. He felt such relief that he'd finally defeated the Anuk-ite. However, the hunters were an ongoing threat. One he felt ill-equipped to handle.
What the hunters had done to his hometown was horrific. They had turned nearly the entire town against them. Not even his and Stiles' dads had been immune to the hatred. The poison of distrust and hatred had been sown. Would they ever recover?
Scott had a sick feeling that this was just the beginning.
*****Chapter End*****
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