A/N: This chapter as Four POV's: Derek's, Scott's, Cora's and Flashback Scenes in Skye's and does jump around a bit but I felt it was necessary to tell this episode's story line with all the changes I made.
I cannot take all the credit for this chapter since the idea was given to and asked of me by CarleighAlpha who I'd like to thank for helping make this a great story so I hope I made you vision come alive and that you all like this chapter.
Derek's POV
I kept my head firmly into my arms to hide my tears from Peter and Cora, I wouldn't let them see me like this…broken that's all I felt now because I let myself love and again I've had to watch it be taken from me.
Those last few moments kept rushing through my head constantly reminding me of my broken promise, I lost Skye…Skye is dead and it's all my fault because she died saving my life no matter how many times I told her I wasn't worth saving because without her I have nothing.
"Derek?" I could barely hear Cora over myself falling apart but I didn't answer her because I knew I would break down if I talked so I kept my head lowered and didn't move from my spot on the floor at the base of my bed which is where I'd sat after they brought me here after having to drag me out of the mall.
I heard Cora leave and Peter followed her out soon after probably deciding I wasn't worth being around, when I knew they wouldn't be back for a while I let myself break down and I cried for the first time since the fire I cried as I recalled the last memory I'll ever have of Skye.
"Scott no wait!" I heard Skye yell out as I kept a strong hold on Ennis' shirt collar trying to shake him off. "NO DEREK!" she screamed just as my feet teetered over the edge and begin falling over it but then I felt her hand catch me by the shirt just in time and yanked me back over the edge but as I looked up I saw her lose her balance and she went over the edge.
"SKYE!" Scott and I yelled at the same time and we rushed to try and grab her but it was too late and I could only watch her fall closing her eyes before she hit the escalator on the bottom. "No" I inched closer over the edge but felt arms grab mine.
"Derek" Scott called but I barely heard him. "Derek man let's go" I shook my head.
"Derek!" Isaac yelled helping Scott pull me away from the edge.
"No get off me" I fought against them. "I have to-"
"Do what Derek?" Isaac snapped. "She's gone Derek there's nothing you or any of us can do" I turned and growled at him but then the realisation set in of his words Skyler's dead, she's dead because of me, I closed my eyes then let them drag me out away from my mate, away from my everything, my only reason for living and she was gone which left me with nothing.
I jolted awake out of my daze and looked around expecting it to have all been a dream as I wasn't a stranger to bad dreams seeing Skye be killed but this time it wasn't a dream and I returned to my position holding my head and thinking up ways to be with her, to end my endless suffering.
Scott's POV
Stiles and I sighed from our seats in the back of a school bus, the Cross Country meet was the last thing on our minds and we were constantly checking our phones to see if Derek or Peter responded back but they never did which meant Skye really was gone, I heard Stiles sigh and looked over at me as I groaned when the bus jerked and sent a painful stab up my injured side.
"Oh Buddy you okay" Stiles asked me. "We shouldn't have come, I knew it we shouldn't have come"
"We had to" I replied. "There's safety in numbers"
"Yeah well there's also death in numbers okay, it's called a massacre or bloodbath, carnage, slaughter, butchery, wow that's…" I groaned as the bus jerked again. "All right Scott, I'm telling coach-"
"No, no, no, I'm alright"
"Well you don't look alright, would you let me see it" he tried reaching for my side but I flinched back.
"I'm okay" I protested.
"Just let me see it, okay" Stiles insisted, I nodded then turned my side to him then lifted my shirt revealing the two bloody scratches. "Oh, dude…"
"I know it's bad but it's because there from an Alpha" I replied painfully. "It'll take longer to heal"
"How come Isaac and Boyd are fine?" Stiles asked but I didn't reply and let my mind wonder back to Skye.
"I can't believe she's dead, I can't believe Skye's dead" I said to nobody and laid my head against the window, remembering the fight with the Alpha pack very vividly.
Flashback Scene : Skye's POV
I couldn't believe we we're actually considering going along with this and I had a really bad feeling about it but none of them were listening to a word I said which really pissed me off especially Derek since he said we we're equals but they weren't letting me have a choice in this, Derek, Cora, Peter, Boyd and I were all standing around the table in Derek's loft going over their ridiculous strike first plan when Scott came rushing in.
"I know where they are" he said then hesitated by the door when he realised it wasn't just Derek and me.
"Same building as the Argents, we know" Derek replied looking up at him.
"Cora and I followed the twins" Boyd added.
"Then they want you to know" Scott replied.
"Or more likely they don't care" Peter cut in as Scott walked over to the table, seeing the blue prints and photos on the table.
"What is this?" Scott asked looking up at Derek.
"Isn't it obvious?" Peter replied. "The schemers are scheming, coming up with a coup de main, better known as a pre-emptive strike"
"You're going after them?" Scott asked again but this time he looked at me with worry and confusion.
"Tomorrow" Derek answered. "And you're gonna help us" Derek paused when I growled and my head snapped up, I didn't want them doing it so if he thinks I was going to let Scott get involved he was crazy.
Back to Present: Scott's POV
I sat upright out of my flash of memory when I heard the coach blow his whistle loudly making me sit upright even though it sent a wave of pain up my side.
"McCall not you too" Coach yelled.
"No Coach, I'm good!" I replied.
"Whoa Scott, you're bleeding again" Stiles said noticing the growing stain of blood seeping through my shirt. "And don't tell me that it's just taking longer to heal, okay because I'm pretty sure that still bleeding is not healing, like at all" I noticed Ethan was listening to us so I nodded towards him.
"He's listening"
"Is he gonna do something?" Stiles asked.
"Not in front of this many people"
"Okay, well what about the two ticking time bombs sitting right near him?" he gestured to Isaac and Boyd who we're a few seats in front of us.
"No they won't, not here" I replied shaking my head.
"Okay what if they do?" Stiles asked staring at them. "Are you going to stop them?"
"If I have to" I nodded.
Flashback Scene: Skye's POV
"They're one floor above them in the penthouse, right above Allison" Derek added once Scott continued to stare dumbfounded.
"So kill them first, that's the plan?" Scott asked.
"They won't even see it coming" Boyd replied.
"Why is the default plan always murder?" Scott asked us. "Just once, can someone try to come up with something that doesn't involve killing everyone?"
"You never get tired of being so blandly moral, do you?" Peter asked him. "Not that I disagree with him" Peter looked at Derek and me.
"I do" Cora chimed in. "Why do we need this kid?"
"This kid helped save your life" I said, crossing my arms in front of my chest glaring at her.
"And you know we can't just sit back and wait for them to make the first move" Derek informed the group.
"You can't beat a pack of Alphas" Scott imputed.
"That's why we're going after Deucalion, just him" Cora argued as I frowned since I still hated this idea.
"Cut off the head of the snake and the body dies" Boyd added backing her up.
"Only this isn't a snake, it's a hydra" I growled glaring at them. "And like Scott said they're all Alphas"
"Deucalion's still the leader" Derek replied looking down at me but I turned my glare to him.
"Let's hope so" I argued letting him see my anger and frustration. "Because you know what happened when Hercules cut off one of the heads of the hydra?"
"Two more grew back in its place" Scott answered.
"Somebody's been doing their summer reading" Peter cut in looking at us with a smirk.
I rolled my eyes especially when they continued trying to work out a plan as I moved and sat down on the floor letting my back rest against the windows, Derek looked back at me briefly as I put my head in my hands but I didn't acknowledge him and tried to massage my headache since I had a horrible feeling about this While everyone else left to get ready I stayed back and hoped I'd be able to try and convince Derek not to do this because it's crazy.
"We can't do this Derek" I spoke up once everyone was gone as I stood in the middle of the loft with my arms crossed glaring at him.
"What else can we do Skye, let them get us to kill our pack" I sighed.
"No but there has to be something else"
"We don't have the time to think of something else" I sighed again then leant back against the table as he came up and brushed my hair behind my ear then kissed my forehead. "This is going to work Skye" I frowned as I looked up then put my hands on his shoulders.
"We don't know that Derek and I can't help feeling like something bad is going to happen" he sighed but didn't argue with me because he knew we had no way of knowing the outcomes and that's what scared me the most.
"Skye is there any way you can stay here" I looked up and growled angrily "Course not what was I thinking" he smiled but it quickly fell "You stay by my side the whole time, understand?"
"Of course Derek, we fight together remember" he smiled then kissed my forehead again before pulling me into his arms hugging me.
Back to Present: Scott's POV
I noticed Boyd had his claws out and was gripping the seat in front of him so I started to stand up using the seat as help as I wasn't very stable on my feet and wobbled a bit in place.
"What…what...Scott, where are you going?" Stiles asked seeing me stand.
"Boyd, he's gonna do something"
"Okay, what how do you know?" Stiles asked me.
"Look at his hands" we looked at Boyd's clawed hands gripping the seat tighter and tighter as the seconds passed, I quickly got up squeezing pass Stiles then used the seats as I walked down the aisle then grabbed Boyd's clawed hand that was gripping the seat in front of him.
"Let go" Boyd growled.
"You got a plan?" I asked him. "Tell me you're brilliant plan and I'll let go, what are you gonna do, kill him right here and then what, what are you gonna do after that?"
"I don't care" Boyd began struggling against mine and Isaac's grips.
"Skye wouldn't want this" Isaac told him.
"Skye's dead…I'm doing this for her" Boyd argued still trying to get past me but I knew how much Skye cared about all of them so I couldn't let him do this, I couldn't let them get hurt.
"Whoa, whoa, you're still hurt" Isaac pointed out when he noticed the blood seeping through my shirt, Boyd looked at me now and stopped struggling.
"I'm fine" I answered. "Give me a chance to figure something out, something that doesn't have to end with someone else dying"
"Okay" Boyd agreed I nodded and slowly got up.
"Crisis averted?" Stiles asked as I made my way back to our seat.
"Mm-hmm" I told him.
"Okay, good cause we got another problem Ethan keeps checking his phone, like every five minutes, it's like he's waiting for something you know, like a message or a signal of some kind I don't know something evil though, I can tell I have a very perceptive eye for evil but you know that"
"I don't like him sitting with Danny" I said
"Yeah, neither do I" Stiles pulled out his phone and began texting "I'm gonna see who he's waiting for"
"What are you doing?" I asked him
"I'm gonna ask"
Present Time: Cora's POV
I frowned as I crouched at the bottom of the escalator running my hand over the blood in confusion, I'd come here in hopes to retrieve Skye's body so Derek had the chance to say goodbye properly as he was barely holding himself together.
I didn't know Skye that well since we've only spoken a few times but I felt their connection and couldn't believe how much Derek loved her, I was a little hesitant when I first found out about them since I came back for Derek only to find he didn't need me since he had Skye but now he'd lost everything and I had no idea if he was going to make it through this since they we're mates, they'd chosen each other and that's not something a werewolf takes lightly…a noise made me stand up alert but I saw Peter.
"It's just me your Uncle" he said holding up a hand "Uncle Peter"
"Uncle Peter who killed Sister Laura" I replied walking up to him.
"Mm, not my finest hour no but I'm hardly the only dysfunctional family member, did Derek mention that he killed me to, slashed my throat ear to ear"
"So that means I should trust you?" I asked him slightly angry.
"Actually I'm wondering if I can trust you" he retorted glaring at me.
"You've known me for seventeen years"
"I knew you for eleven, leaving the last six unaccounted for and I'm not particularly fond of things unaccounted" he replied.
"What are you doing here?" I asked him. "You should be keeping an eye on Derek, you know mated wolfs can become suicidal if their mate dies" he smirked.
"That's true but when I left he was still hunched over crying softly into his arms and as for why I'm here, same as you" he replied looking down at the escalators. "Wondering where the bodies went, wondering if they were carried out or maybe if one of them managed to find enough strength to push themselves off the floor and walk out, leaving the two of us standing here to answer the all-important question"
"Which one?" I nodded.
Flashback Scene: Skye's POV
"I'm not talking about Isaac" we heard Deucalion say to Scott so Derek and I took that as our signal to walk up with Cora and Boyd right behind us, we we're all shifted in our werewolf shapes.
"You knew I would do this?" Scott asked Derek as he started walking towards Deucalion. "Derek don't" Scott added when Derek stayed silent then looked at me with pleading eyes but I already knew trying to talk Derek out of this was futile as I've tried which is why I was here to back up Derek as I still felt this would go horribly wrong. "You can't do this and no one else gets hurt, if someone else dies…"
"Him" Derek growled cutting Scott off, pointing at Deucalion. "Just him"
"Just me?" Deucalion asked. "Now, how's a blind man find his way into a place like this all on his own?" there was a loud noise, like nails on a chalkboard as Kali made her way down the wall using her claws, Ennis came up behind Scott and Isaac and the twins Ethan and Aiden were on the floor above us which meant we were surrounded.
Derek surveyed the room then saw his chance and he went after Deucalion but Kali jumped up and came down slashing his face with her claws, I growled and ran forward and slashed at her but she dodged and sent me flying backwards with one kick, I sat up dazed for a second and saw Isaac and Scott start fighting the Voltron Alpha twins as Boyd and Cora handled Ennis so I quickly stood and went towards Derek and Kali fighting with her but she was kicking both our arses.
Derek managed to grab her and hold her arms so I sent a kick to her stomach making her hunch over in pain but I grabbed her head then elbowed her in the face letting out all my anger as I thought about everyone they've hurt especially since I knew she was the one who killed Erica but she recovered quickly and managed to shake Derek off hitting him in the face then kicked me back again before she went after Derek trying to slash at him with her freakish toenails and managed to land a solid kick to his chest before I had a chance to stand then she turned to Ennis who was holding Boyd in a headlock and she slashed his chest open making me growl angrily as Boyd fell, I stood up then rushed over to stand next to Derek grabbing his hand as we snarled.
"Kill him" Deucalion spoke up making Derek and I look up at him before looking at everyone else to see Kali had Cora underneath her foot which was on her neck, the Twins had Isaac and Scott pinned down and Boyd was laying on the ground with blood dripping out the side of his mouth. "The others can go" Deucalion added so we looked down at Boyd who stared up at us.
"NO!" I yelled at Deucalion.
"You're beaten, do it Derek, take the first step" Deucalion said as he walked carefully down the escalator towards us and I kind of wish he'd just trip and break his neck.
"Are we serious with these kids?" Kali growled so I turned and let out a growl of my own towards her. "Look at him" she looked towards Derek. "He's a Co-Alpha?" she smiled "To what, a couple of useless teenagers and his mate is barely an Alpha herself" I growled and bared my fangs at her.
"Some have more promise than others" Deucalion replied and I didn't miss the look he sent towards Scott.
"Let them rise to the occasion then, what'll it be Derek, pack or family?" she stepped down on Cora's throat. "Or should we get you to kill her" she turned to me with a smile.
I looked up at Derek and shook my head as his nostrils flared in anger and I could practically see the cogs of his brain whirling but before anything else could happen when heard the sound of an arrow whooshing through the air and hit the twins before another was fired and it exploded in a bright white light which hurt my vision and I covered my eyes with my arm.
"Your eyes..." Deucalion yelled. "Cover your eyes!" more arrows we're shot until Scott and Isaac were freed, I looked up and saw Allison on an upper ledge and she smiled at Scott.
I watched Derek help Boyd up and told Cora to take him and leave but then turned my attention to Scott as he stood and went after Ennis, they collided and it sounded like thunder as they did but when they separated I could have sworn I saw Scott's eyes change to a bright red making me gasp, I watched as Scott shook it off but then turned and saw Derek was already fighting Ennis and he seemed to be losing but what startled me the most was the two of them were getting closer to a ledge without realising and Scott was crawling after them.
Then the rest seemed to happen in slow motion I saw them teetering on the edge a few times before Scott made it over to him and reached his hand back going for Ennis' leg which I knew would send him off balance and fall over the edge with Derek.
"Scott no wait!" I ran forward but Scott had already scratched Ennis in the back of the knee making him scream and start losing his balance "NO DEREK!" I screamed and caught Derek by the shirt just in time and yanked him back over the edge but lost my own balance doing so and felt myself go over the edge instead.
"SKYE!" I heard Derek and Scott yell at the same time but it was too late and I closed my eyes as I fell just seeing Derek's face before I hit in the ground and everything went black.
When I woke up I was aware of just how much pain I was in but I managed to pull myself up and find my way out of the abandoned mall because I knew Derek would think I was dead and I should be after a fall like that but I knew I couldn't die, not like that so I forced my body to heal.
I walked through Beacon Hills barely holding onto consciousness as the pain was so prominent and crippling that I almost toppled over every few paces but I knew I had to keep going, I had to keep fighting against the pain and get to Derek.
I finally found myself stumbling up to the loft which made a small painful smile grace my lips as I climbed the stairs again nearly toppling over every so often but kept myself going until I made it to the door and slid it open, I squinted my eyes to see since I had dark spots in the corner of my vision and saw Derek sitting at the base of his head but he looked up and met my eyes.
"Skye!" I tried to give him a smile but I felt myself slump forwards and I fell towards the ground but arms wrapped around me and lowered me gently, my eyes blinked for a few seconds and saw Derek's worried face above me as he settled me down into his arms and I felt finally at peace. "Skye look at me, keep your eyes open" I smiled and reached my bloody hand up and touched his face. "Hey stay with me"
"I love you" I whispered before I fell back into the black abyss of unconsciousness.
A/N: I hope this chapter was okay since I found this one the hardest to write given that the actual episode jumps around between so many different scenes so I tried to incorporate that here and explain the storyline as best I could.
Please review and tell me your thoughts and any idea's you might have since all this content if for you guys to enjoy not just me.