I went with Derek and Peter so we all could talk to Scott, I felt the baby kick strong, I let out a slight whimper, and Derek looked at me.
"I am ok"I said rubbing the spot the baby kicked me. Soon people except Scott and Isaac left the locker room, Derek and I came into view, Scott and Isaac looked at
us.
"We need to talk. " I said soon scenting Peter behind me, Scott's face was shocked,
" All of us."Peter said looking at his ex beta.
" Holy sh - " Scott was about to curse, but I scowled at him, making him shut up.
"What the hell is this? " Scott asked taking about two steps towards up,
"You know, I thought the same thing when I saw you talking to Gerard at the sheriff's station.
"Derek said as I watched Scott looking offended.
"Okay, hold on. He - he threatened to kill my mom. And I had to get close to him. What was I supposed to do? " Scott said defending himself,
"I'm gonna go with Scott on this one. Have you seen his mom? She's gorgeous. " Peter said smirking
"Shut Up" Derek, Scott and I said in unison, Isaac had a confused look on his face.
"Who is he? " Isaac asked as I smirked,
"That's Peter, Derek's Uncle. Little while back, he tried to kill us all, and then we set him on fire, and Derek slashed his throat. " I said as Peter waved Hi to my cousin,
"That's good to know. " Isaac said as I chuckled a bit,
"How is he alive? " Scott asked us.
"Look, the short version is he knows how to stop Jackson. And maybe how to save him. " I said rubbing my belly,
"Well, that's very helpful except Jackson's dead. " Isaac said making us looked shocked,
"Yeah, Jackson's dead. It just happened on the field. "Scott said making me hiss in pain, I felt the baby twist strong, Peter got behind me and sat me down on a
bench.
"Okay, why is no one taking this as good news? " Isaac asked us, I groaned as the baby finally stopped moving, resting heavily on my bladder,
"Because if Jackson is dead, it didn't just happen. Gerard wanted it to happen. " I told him,
" But why? " Derek asked me,
"Well, that's exactly what we need to figure out. And something tells me the window of opportunity is closing. Quickly. " Peter said as Derek helped me up, placing his
hand on my belly, feeling our daughter kick his hand. Derek took us to the Hale Manor,
"Oh. Oh, they found Stiles. " Scott said as he got off the phone, I was on the couch, standing too long hurts my feet.
"I told you, I looked everywhere. " Derek told his uncle,
"You didn't look here. " Peter retorted as he pulled a stair board out and pulled something out.
"What is that, a book?" Derek asked him, but Peter scowled him,
"No. It's a laptop. What century are you living in? A few days after I got out of the coma, I transferred everything that we had. Fortunately, the Argents aren't the
only ones that keep records." Peter said as Scott got a call from his mom, which then he had to leave. I sat up and watched Peter scanning the laptop,
"They say he's in some kind of transparent casing made from the venom coming out of his claws." Derek said as I got up and sat next to Peter,
"That sounds sufficiently terrifying. " Peter said as his eyes read paragraphs upon paragraphs on information.
"They also say he's starting to move. " Derek said as I looked at a picture,
" Okay, look, I think I found something. Looks like what we've seen from Jackson is just the kanima's beta shape. "Peter said as I looked at the photo, rubbing my
belly.
"Well, meaning what? It can turn into something bigger?"I asked before seeing an even scarier picture of an evolved Kanima,
"Bigger and badder. " Peter said as I calmed my breathing,
"He's turning into that? That has wings. " Derek said leaning to the screen and analyzing the caption.
"I can see that. " I said looking a bit scared,
"Scott, bring him to us. " Derek told Scott over the phone,
"Look, somebody actually made an animation of it. Maybe it's less frightening if we - " Peter said before clicking the picture, a loud screech and graphic GIF came up.
All of us backed away from the computer and Peter shut it.
"Nope, not at all. We should probably meet them halfway."I said getting up,
"Scott, get him out of there now - go now. " Derek told the beta before hanging up,
"Derek, we need Lydia." Peter told him, but Derek looked at his uncle like he was crazy,
"There's no time for -" Derek started but Peter put his finger up making Derek hush.
"That's the problem. We're rushing. We're moving too fast. And while everybody knows that a moving target is harder to hit, here we are, racing right into Gerard's
crosshairs. " Peter said before looking at me for a second,
" If I get the chance to kill Jackson, I'm taking it. " Derek told him, I rubbed my body on my imprint to slightly calm him down, which worked. I was with Peter, Derek
didn't want me involved in the fight which I am ok with,
"Where is Derek"I heard Chris ask, before I heard Derek let out a howl, he was loping, he jumped over the fence and made his eyes glow
"Someone loves to make an entrance." I heard Peter sigh. I groaned as I felt the baby move , it was less painful, but the baby finally went still.
"Thank you" I said as I pressed a hand on my belly.I watched as Derek opened the body bag, Scott looked confused.
"Think about it, Scott. Gerard controls him now. He's turned Jackson into his own personal guard dog. And he set all of this in motion so that Jackson could get even
bigger and more powerful. " Derek said as he stood over Jackson,
"No. No, he wouldn't do that. If Jackson's a dog, he's turning rabid, and my father wouldn't let a rabid dog live. " Chris said as I watched Gerard appear out of the
shadows,
"Of course not. Anything that dangerous, that out of control - Is better off dead. Well done to the last, Scott. Like the concerned friend you are, you brought Jackson
to Derek to save him. You just didn't realize that you were also bringing Derek to me." Gerard said before I saw glimpses of Allison in the further shadows, Derek was
about to strike Jackson, but he shoved his claws into my imprint's abdomen, and throws him over a crate. I watched the wolves and Chris fighting the Kanima, but I
shook when the lizard slashed Derek's stomach, paralyzing him, Allison with knives in hand strutted towards my imprint. I got out of the shadows and growled at her
as I got behind Derek. Allison was soon in the grip of the Kanima,
" Not yet, sweetheart. " Gerard said as he smirked,
"What are you doing? " Allison asked as I smelt salty tears envelop her scent,
"He's doing what he came here to do. " Scott said as I looked at him, Derek held me close after I held him to me.
" Then you know. " Gerard said surprised at Scott,
"What's he talking about? " Allison asked her grandfather,
"It was the night outside the hospital, wasn't it, when I threatened your mother. I knew I saw something in your eyes. You could just smell it, couldn't you?" Gerard
asked him, I smelt the older Argent's scent cancer,
"He's dying. " My cousin said as he held a slowly healing wound on his stomach.
"I am. I have been for a while now. Unfortunately, science doesn't have a cure for cancer yet. But the supernatural does. " Gerard said looking at Derek, I snarled at
him,
"Your the one who sent your bastard of a daughter to kill my father and I" I snarled as I looked at him, pure rage enveloped me.
"Yes, you Fuchsbau need to be eradicated" Gerard said smirking at my large belly,
"Your bitch of a daughter killed my father, we never hurt anyone nor killed anyone" I growled, Derek held me close, so I wouldn't attack the old man.
"Just like your mother" Gerard said making my body stop dead cold,
"What?" I asked confused,
"When I found out that their was an expecting Fuchsbau, carrying a pure bred Fuchsbau pup, I sent Kate to take care of it" Gerard said making me shake,
"Kate poisoned the supernatural fox before she gave birth, killing your mother as she went into labor, but somehow you survived, I just sent Kate to finish the job,
but your the one that got away lil Alexandra" He said as I shook, in pure rage and pain.
"You monster." Chris said as he looked at his father with realization,
"Not yet." Gerard said as I was still shaking,
"What are you doing?" Allison asked before the Kanima tightened his hold on her neck.
"You'll kill her too?" Chris said as his fists were clenched,
"When it comes to survival, I'd kill my own son! Scott." Gerard said as I growled at the young beta, but Scott took Derek from me.
"Scott, don't. You know that he's gonna kill me right after. He'll be an Alpha, he'll kill Lexi." Derek slurred through his fangs,
"That's true. But I think he already knows that, don't you, Scott? He knows that the ultimate prize is Allison. Do this small task for me, and they can be together. You
are the only piece that doesn't fit, Derek. And in case you haven't learned yet, there is just no competing with young love." Gerard said as he pulled his sleeve up.
"Scott, don't! Don't!" I screamed at him,
"I'm sorry. But I have to." Scott said giving me a sad look, I watched as Scott gripped Derek's neck forcing him to bare his fangs. I watched in horror as Scott forced
Derek to bite into Gerard's arm, bones crunching as he took the bite, Gerard screamed, then Scott released Derek. He crawled to me, I watched as Gerard looked at
his arm, where the bite was, he lifted it as his trophy, but soon it began bleeding black blood. Gerard looked at our shocked expression,
"What? What is this? What did you do?" Gerard asked Scott, who then looked at Derek and I.
"Everyone said Gerard always had a plan. I had a plan too." Scott said as he looked back at Gerard, who was opening his medicine holder, the pills fell.
"Mountain ash!" He screamed after he crushed the pills in his hand, black dust released from the capsules. Gerard began bleeding black blood from every orifice,
"Why didn't you tell me?" Derek asked as I looked at Scott with pride, yet disbelief,
"Because you might be an Alpha, but you're not mine." Scott said as I watched Gerard spit up more of the black blood substance, he looked at the Kanima who still
had Allison in his clawed grip.
"Kill them! Kill them all!" He ordered the Kanima then passed out, the lizard released Allison,which then she elbowed him in the face, I watched as Stiles' jeep then
broke through the wall and hit the Kanima.
"Did I get him?" Stiles asked before said Kanima jumped on the hood and hissed at Lydia and Stiles, who screamed like a girl as they scrambled out of the jeep.
"Jackson! Jackson." Lydia said as she held something in her hands the Kanima about to strike before it saw the object, a key. The Kanima took the key as he slowly
became half Jackson and half Kanima. Jackson backed away, Derek looking at him, the boy nodded, and I watched as both Derek and Peter sink their claws into him.
The werewolves backed away as Lydia caught Jackson in her arms,Derek walked back to me, and pulled me into his warmth. "Do you - do you still -" Jackson
stumbled on his words, his heart rate was becoming slower and slower.
"I do. I do still love you. I do, I do still love you. I do. I do. I do still love you, I do." Lydia cried to him, he closed his eyes and fell into her embrace, which she caught him.
"Where's Gerard?"I heard Allison asked her dad, Lydia laid Jackson's now dead body on the ground, all the scales disappeared, she got up and turned away from his
body. I placed my head on Derek's chest, then I heard claws scraping the cement floor, Derek and I looked to see Jackson with claws, his eyes opened to an electric
blue. He got up and shifted into what he wanted all along, a werewolf, he shifted back and looked at Lydia. She then darted to him and embraced him in a hug,
Jackson looked at us and nodded. Later the next day, Derek, Isaac, Peter and I went to the Hale Manor, which now displayed the Alpha Pack symbol on it's door.
"You haven't told him everything yet, have you?" Peter asked us as Isaac investigated the symbol up close,
"What do you mean?" Isaac asked us,
"Why do you think Derek was in such a hurry to build his pack? So eager to strengthen his power and his number? When there's a new Alpha, people take notice."
Peter responded as I felt my daughter kick my ribs,
"People like who? What is this? What does this mean?" Isaac continued asking questions,
"It's their symbol. And it means they're coming." I said as I looked at my cousin.
"Who?" Isaac asked concerned, I sighed,
"Alphas." Derek said as he held me closer,
"More than one?" Isaac asked as he looked at me,
"A pack of them." I retorted to him,
"An Alpha pack. And they're not coming. They're already here" Peter said as we looked at the symbol. Soon both Peter and Isaac left, I went inside of the Manor, and
sat on the couch. Kate not only killed my father, but she was also responsible for my mother dying giving birth to me, I felt Derek's arms around me, I just cried in
his arms, I felt his hand rubbing my back as sobs made my body shake,
"Lexi baby look at me"Derek's voice echoed in my ears, I looked up at those green eyes I have fallen so deeply for,
" I bought a loft downtown, I want you to move in with me" He said as I placed my hands on his chest.
"You want me to move in with you?" I asked as he placed a hand on my cheek.
"Yes Lexi will you move in with me" Derek asked as I looked at him,
"Yes I'll move in with you" I said smiling and feeling his body heat transfer to me,
"I'll help move your stuff" He said as I nodded, I felt his hand on my belly.