Chapter Ten: Time to Come Home
In the library of Beacon Hills High School, Braeden, Malia and a handful of Hunters and Werewolves stood ready and waiting as the enemy approached the doors; evident by the approaching sounds of fighting.
"Remember, they are not allowed to get upstairs!" Braeden reminded, and with that said the doors to the library were thrown open gunfire sounded and the roars of Werewolves charging into battle echoed throughout the building. Derek and Cora were fighting on the Lacrosse field while Peter and Argent attempted to prevent too many of the enemies attacking from the front of the school from getting inside.
As the fighting continued in the library, Malia noticed an enemy going to jump up to the railing and as he did Malia leapt forward and tackled him smashing through a bookshelf and crashing on the ground on the library. Braeden used her rifle to knock out the enemy in front of her as she walked up the back stairs to get a better vantage point; it was there she saw Malia with a small piece from the broken bookshelf stabbing into her side wrestling on the ground with the Werewolf she had moments ago tackled. Trying to get Malia's opponent in her sights Braeden watched as he severely wounded Malia with his claws before throwing her into the side wall.
"Malia!" Braeden called out shooting her target in the right shoulder as he tried to get up. Standing up after a fresh kill Peter turned towards the library, within an instant he erupted into a run, Argent seeing him was concerned but focused on the battle before him. Braeden started making her way to Malia though her guard was up and she was ready to deal with any threat that came her way. Suddenly the window at the back of the library shattered as Peter jumped through it landing on the ground and letting out a fearsome roar alerting Derek and Cora who both immediately made their way towards him. Peter jumped up to the railing then down upon the Werewolf who had hurt Malia as he could smell her blood on his claws. By the time Braeden reached him Peter had ended his life and quickly hurried to Malia's side assessing her wounds,
"I'm okay, it's just a scratch." Malia whimpered trying to hide the pain though at a simple touch Peter absorbed some of it which caused much concern for him,
"That's it, the pair of you are returning to the loft, we will go through the vault" Peter informed them as he picked Malia up carrying her in his arms, "stay close won't you?" Peter said sternly to Braeden who simply nodded. With great haste they made their way through the school and fighting into the basement, coming to the second entrance to the vault Peter had to sit Malia down on the ground while he moved the shelves and equipment blocking the door, Braeden was watching the hallway, firing two shots as she saw an enemy come down the stairs but quickly retreat.
"Hurry up, I don't know how stupid these guys are," Braeden jested though she let loose a hint of worry,
"Won't be a minute, just keep them down there" Peter insisted as he moved the last of the obstacles. After opening the door he picked Malia up and quickly entered he vault putting her down once again and hurrying Braeden inside before closing the door behind her.
"What are we going to do, they're above us and now probably looking for something to blow open that door with," Braeden claimed, looking to Peter waiting for a response while he tended to Malia.
"It's okay I'll heal" Malia insisted,
"No not in time," Peter said, he stood up and walked into the middle of the vault standing side on swapping his gaze between both entrances. "Braeden is right, they'll blow open the door and storm the vault, she will run out of bullets and I'll be overrun, you're wounded on the field of battle meaning you'll be killed mercilessly and they won't give it a second thought. So what we're going to do is go up the stairs and get out of here." Peter explained clearly analysing their situation carefully,
"How?" Braeden asked, Peter, put his hand in his pocket, pulled out his car keys and passed them to her,
"The enemy will pick up on the entrance opening, I'll go out first and distract them, meanwhile you take Malia to my car and get out of here" Peter answered his usual, almost sarcastic tone had long since gone and the Peter that stood before them was near unrecognisable.
"What about you?" Malia asked worryingly, and Peter turned to her and ever so slightly smiled at her.
"Don't worry about me, it's the job of every parent to protect their children" Peter claimed before walking to the base of the staircase. He turned the key on the wall next to him with his claws and looked up watching the door at the top of the staircase slowly open. "Don't look back!" Peter commanded before walking up the stairs; he shifted and emerged from the vault growling with a fierce determination. Braeden helped Malia up and out of the vault and hurried towards the car park looking back at Peter and the battle only once to see him tearing his way through the enemy ranks. He refused to give up, covered in blood and wounded Peter fought on, he found himself surrounded by enemies but that didn't deter him. Peter picked up on Derek and Cora approaching his position from the school, "stop Derek" Peter whispered.
"We can get the jump on them, get you out of there" Derek insisted clearly worried for his uncle's safety. Peter chuckled,
"It's okay, it's okay" He lied closing his eyes for a few moments stopping himself from crying, opening his eyes he looked directly at his nephew and niece and smiled warmly at them. "Promise you'll take care of Malia, promise you'll take care of my daughter" Peter tenderly requested slashing through a fresh kill,
"We promise" they both answered and Peter heard his car hastily speed away, smiling he moved onto his next target.
"I'll tell your Mother of the sight you've both become, I know she'll be proud because I sure am" Peter revealed unable to hide his tears, he chuckled. "You know thinking back on it, being all about self-preservation as I was I shouldn't have bitten Scott McCall, look where it's gotten me. Argh, we all make mistakes, in the end, I guess all that's left for me to do is make up for them!" Peter joked, then looked realising that he had become the target of more enemy soldiers with their guns locked on him, with a confident grin on his face Peter growled viciously at them preparing to attack.
"Fire!" one of the soldiers shouted and before Peter could do anything he was riddled with bullets from every direction. Taking a single step forward Peter then fell to his knees before the soldier who gave the order approached him pulling out a pistol and resting the end of the barrel up against Peter's forehead and smiled menacingly down at him. In an almost split second, Peter knocked the gun away with his left hand and jumped to his feet biting into his opponent's neck before ripping his throat out before anything could be done. The man fell backwards onto the ground and Peter slipped back down onto his knees spitting out the mouthful of blood onto the ground before looking up again tears streaming down his face, he smiled like never before. He saw her, them, he saw Talia and behind her, his family. It had been years but he could never forget their faces, time hadn't wearied them, the fire not charred their skin. The mighty Hale family that he sought to rebuild, that he dedicated his life to restoring now stood before him and he could nothing but smile, he could do nothing but cry. Talia walked up to him and gently rested her hand up against his cheek.
"Peter" Talia greeted,
"Talia" Peter whispered overjoyed, "I'm, I'm so…." Peter continued,
"You don't need to apologise, Peter, it's time for us to be together again. It's time for you to come home Peter" Talia insisted happily and Peter continued to smile as he took her hand. Closing his eyes for a final time, his head slowly dropped as the last breath left his body and Peter Hale was once again reunited with his family.
Author's Note: Hey everyone soooooo I'm back, took some time off from writing, I've just been feeling really lost and I've recently started watching Teen Wolf again (and have fallen in love with it all over again) and my friends have really been pushing that I return to writing so I thought I'd start with this story. So I hope you're enjoying the story and thanks to those coming back to it after all this time. Please leave reviews I love to hear any and all thoughts, opinions, criticisms etc. Feel free to send me a message. You can also follow me on twitter Brayden_Lamaka I also have other works on this site AND I've got a book on Amazon available in Kindle and paperback formats titled 'Liberation' by Brayden S. Lamaka so go check it all out if you would like to read more of my work. I've got some other fanfiction projects in the works that I hope to be uploading to the site in the not too distant future so stay tuned. Thanks again for your support,
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