Chapter Twelve: Time to Leave

The two armies had ceased fighting and withdrawn back to their camps. The McCall Forces regrouped at either the hospital or the Loft,
"Kira is staying at the hospital in case the enemy goes there" Stiles informed the group as they stood around a map of the town with little map markers on it.
"From what we can tell the enemy has moved their base to the old Argent home" Sheriff Stilinski marked on the map,
"He's trying to get into our heads," Argent said begrudgingly.
"It won't do him any good," Isaac grunted,
"Yeah but he has Lucas, we have to assume he knows that Riley is here so shouldn't we get everyone here and bunker down?" Ethan asked,
"Once we close it all down yes, they wouldn't be able to get passed the mountain ash, but I'm sure they have the firepower to reduce this place to rubble," Argent answered
"There's nothing we can about it now; we should all get some rest and continue in the morning" Scott advised walking over to the table, they collectively agreed, and so for the rest of the night they tried to get as much sleep as they could.

While the others slept, Scott stood on the roof leaning on the stone railing looking out in the direction of the old Argent home, her home, Allison's home. He pulled out his phone and looked at his reflection closing his eyes and opening them seeing the diamond sparkling silver that had replaced his Alpha red. He was thinking about so much that it felt like his head was going to explode, Scott blinked and his eyes were normal once more, he put his phone back into his pocket and looked back out towards the Argent home. Scott remembered what he and Lydia had talked about before the fighting had started, the thought of all the bodies he had seen, all the wounds the people around had suffered healed or not. Scott pushed himself back away from the railing, and he began pacing back and forth, he soon stopped and looked up at the cloudy sky and closed his eyes feeling the breeze run through his fingers and hair, Scott listened to all the hearts beating in the building below him which brought to a decision. Quietly Scott snuck out of the Loft and made his way down the alley but stopped when he picked up a familiar scent.
"What are you doing Stiles?" Scott asked not even bothering to turn around, and Stiles stepped out of the shadows his steel baseball bat in hand,
"Going to find a dead body in the woods with my best friend" Stiles jested walking up and standing beside Scott.
"You should go back Stiles" Scott advised,
"Why, what are you doing?" Stiles inquired with his usual cheeky grin,
"You'll probably say it's stupid."
"It often is when I don't think of it. That's why I'm usually the one that makes plans. So what's your plan sneak of there and take Lucian and his army on all by yourself little teen wolf self?"
"Better than watching more people get hurt, more friends dying."
"True, you think you'll win?"
"Well, I think I might have a chance,"
"Okay then, seems like I'm not going to be able to change your mind, so I'm where I've always been right by your side, so let's do this!" Stiles insisted marching forward, Scott quickly grabbed his arm, and Stiles turned around.
"I can't let you go, Stiles," Scott said,
"Oh yeah, what about them?" Stiles asked nudging and smiling, Scott let Stiles go and turned around to see his pack. Lydia, Jackson, Derek, Isaac, Ethan, Cora, Liam, Hayden, Mason and Corey all stood behind them
"I can't let any more of my friends get hurt," Scott told them, and Jackson chuckled as he approached Scott.
"McCall, being your friend and part of your pack is a hazard, one that as bad as it can get is a risk we're willing to take," Jackson explained putting his hand on Scott's shoulder and giving him a reassuring smile,
"You're our Alpha Scott, and we're a pack, together we're strongest" Derek reminded him.
"And they hurt my girlfriend, so I have a bit of anger I want to take out on them" Stiles explained,
"A sneak attack, good thinking Scott" Sheriff Stilinski called out as he and Argent led the rest of their force out of the building, Scott could do nothing but smile at everyone feeling and overwhelming gratitude.
"We won't have time to go get the others from the hospital" Scott pointed out,
"Leave that to us, Josh can drive us there, and we'll get them and go save Huckleberry and kick some ass" Maya quickly stepped in.
"Yeah, don't worry Scott leave it to us" Josh confirmed, Scott nodded and looked at everyone a last time,
"Let's go then," Scott said quietly before leading the way.

At the old Argent home, Lucian stood on a balcony looking out at the neighbourhood,
"Do I smell fear, Lucian?" Lucas asked from inside the house,
"Relief my beta, relief that this shall soon be over" Lucian answered,
"You sound confident" Lucas pointed out,
"Because I know in the end, they'll struggle as hard and much as they can, but they shall fail."
"What makes you so certain?"
"Because it's how it always goes," Lucian replied, he turned around and walked inside, Lucas sat on the ground in the corner of the room. "I have lived for a very long time, so long that I don't know the exact years in fact; the Dread Doctors kept me locked in their laboratory while they worked on me, I know I had a family at some point, I'm not sure what happened to them though. Perhaps they became victims of mine, there have been so many victims it's hard to remember my first, and it sounds like something the Dread Doctors would do unleash me on my own family as some sort of test. The strongest, best apex predator, a killing machine, I was a pathway to them resurrecting the Beast of Gevaudan." Lucian explained,
"But you got out, why didn't they kill you like the rest of their failed experiments?" Lucas inquired, and Lucian chuckled.
"Because they couldn't, they gave me a drive a will to live and survive and that's what I did. We clashed many times after I escaped, but then suddenly I never saw them again, so I wandered the Earth searching for the strongest, the biggest in the hopes that they may give me the sweet release of death, but all have failed. Then I decided to hunt down the Dread Doctors, gathered a few followers and before long heard that some True Alpha in Beacon Hills defeated both the Beast and the Dread Doctors and I was just so angry."
"Then why do you want war?"
"I assumed I was going to be a test for the Beast, with no other true challenger to my supremacy I thought well why not just watch the world burn?" Lucian chuckled, and Lucas couldn't help but feel sorry for Lucian.
"You want to start a war, see innocent people hurt, killed and see the world burn all because some bad people hurt you?" Lucas asked, and Lucian turned and slowly returned to the balcony looking up at the few visible stars in the cloudy sky.
"You couldn't possibly understand, but soon my beta you shall, you will see the true evil that is this world, and then you'll be ready to join me, and together we shall reign as the apex predators as we should be." Lucian proclaimed before letting out a mighty fearsome roar waking his troops, "wake up you fools, the enemy is here, to arms!" Lucian ordered through his troops into chaos as they awoke and hurried to prepare for battle. The McCall forces charged down the road, Hunters firing flashbangs and grenades down onto the enemy, gunfire erupted, and Werewolves roared. Lucian's troops unorganised charged to meet their enemy and the two opposing sides clashed, and Lucian remained on the balcony watching over the fighting in the street.

As the fighting raged on Argent found his way to Scott,
"Go finish him; we've got things here!" Argent yelled the pair of them looking up at Lucian who continued to watch on.
"Are you sure?" Scott growled Argent hugged him tightly then looked him in the eyes,
"Go finish the fight!" He replied, and Scott nodded before hurrying towards the Argent home. Seeing this Lucian walked inside and downstairs to meet Scott in the main room, Scott stepped in and the two locked eyes
"Lucas, be a good little beta and stay up there" Lucian ordered,
"Be careful Scott!" Lucas called out,
"I will be!" Scott replied revealing his new eye colour to Lucian who laughed mockingly.
"Did you get coloured contact lenses, Scott?" Lucian teased though he was intrigued by what this could mean and Scott growled at him. The two ran and collided into one another, they struggled against one another trying to force the other back, but neither gave any ground. Lucian then grabbed tightly onto Scott and lifted him off the ground throwing him up through the roof and onto the second storey, Lucas threw himself back up against the wall from shock while Scott rolled around on the floor. He got to his feet and looked at Lucas who nodded at him. Lucian was walking up the stairs when Lucas ran grabbed hold of the railing, jumped down the stairs and kicked Lucian to the ground before landing on him and digging his claws into him roaring as Lucas had fully shifted. Lucian threw Lucas into the main room and jumped to his feet clearly irritated; he walked over to Lucas who was getting up when Scott dropped down through the hole in the roof landing behind Lucian. Scott cut behind both of Lucian's knees before grabbing his left arm and throwing him through the wall above the fireplace and into the kitchen. Scott's skin had greyed as he had fully shifted now also looking like more of a werewolf than ever before; Lucian could be heard laughing as he got to his feet although the laughter quickly fell silent and the sound of bones cracking and clothes tearing could be heard. Lucian or rather the beast of a werewolf he had turned into simply walked through the fireplace back into the main room. Scott charged forth, and Lucian was able to quickly be rid of him throwing him again up through the roof and onto the second storey and Lucas through the back wall and into the backyard of the house although in the quick struggle beforehand Lucas was able to cut the left side of Lucian's face angering him. Scott pulled a broken piece of wood from his side and looked around, he soon realised that he had crash-landed in her room, Allison's room, nothing had been packed away, and it was just as he remembered it to be beside the hole in what was the closet. He had a sudden rush of feelings that crippled him,
"Allison…" Scott whispered tears welling up in his eyes but the roars of both Lucas and Lucian out the back of the house snapped him out of it, and he was quick to his feet, he ran towards the back of the house and jumped out a window on the second storey doing a flip and landing on his feet. Lucian standing over Lucas was only able to just see Scott before he was tackled off of Lucas and through the back fence by him. Winded Lucas remained on the ground trying to catch his breath, and while he couldn't see them, the mere sound of Scott and Lucian's fight sent a shiver down Lucas' spine. He eventually jumped to his feet and made his way through the broken fence and watched as Scott used his smaller stature and greater speed to land more hits on Lucian. Although when Lucian managed to punch Scott in the chest he was sent flying back and their fight moved closer to the woods behind the Argent home. Watching their fight, Lucas thought of a possible way to defeat Lucian, and so he quickly gave chase.

The battle in the street took a turn for the worst for the McCall forces while their surprise attack had been a success the enemies numbers were now affecting the battle. Derek having shifted entirely into a wolf couldn't be found too far from Cora's side. Sheriff Stilinski and Argent were back-to-back both using their pistols. The McCall Pack were more in the centre of the battlefield forming a sort of circle around Stiles and Mason who used metal baseball bats against as many enemies as they could get to. There was a moment when the group shared a look of fear, but acceptance that this might be it for them, and they continued on fighting to the last ready to give it their all. Suddenly a car smashed through the fence of a house across the road and crushed two enemies who were firing into the battle. A momentary pause overcame the fighting as people from both sides looked on, then Josh, Maya, Farkle, Zay, Riley and Smackle emerged from the car all armed with whatever sort of weapons they could find. As their enemy were about to laugh cars and vans poured into the neighbourhood and out of them rushed the rest of the McCall forces led by Araya and Satomi, the reinforcements charged forward and joined the battle which immediately resumed to a new height of ferocity. In the midst of the fighting Malia crashed through and found her way to Stiles, and the two kissed at first sight.
"I heard about Peter…" Stiles began,
"Don't say anything now, save it for after the fighting" Malia interrupted and Stiles nodded before kissing her again.
"I love you," Stiles said, and Malia smiled at him,
"I know, I love you too" Malia replied, and they returned to fighting the enemies around them. Meanwhile, at the treeline, Lucian found himself in a worse position than he thought he'd be in as Lucas and Scott proved to be far greater opponents then he expected although he was still able to maintain a slight upper hand in their fight, all three of them had suffered multiple wounds some worse than others. The three took a moment to breathe,
"I'm almost impressed" Lucian mocked,
"Really, I'd say you were actually scared!" Scott growled,
"Oh don't worry, I win, I always win. Though do you smell that Lucas, could it be that Riley Matthews has arrived on the battlefield?" Lucian smiled having picked up her scent.
"You won't lay a hand on her Lucian!" Lucas threatened,
"Oh I know I won't, I only need my claws to kill her my beta." Lucian chuckled, and in a split second, the three clashed once more. The fight quickly became Scott versus Lucian again, Lucas circling trying to find an opening to exploit and he soon found it, Scott had clawed Lucian scratching out his right eye and with a mighty force Lucian backhanded Scott sending him smashing through a tree. Unable to properly see, Lucas ran around and jumped on Lucian's back immediately breaking his right arm in pain and anger Lucian struggled to get Lucas off of his back with only his left hand available while Lucas attempted to deal as much damage to Lucian as he could. He managed to grab Lucas and rip him off before kicking him further into the woods and caught off guard Lucian was stunned when suddenly Scott seemingly appeared in front of him. In his right hand, Scott held a broken branch which he stabbed into Lucian's chest, through his heart and out of his back; he looked Scott directly in the eyes and saw nothing but utter hatred. Lucian smiled at him before Scott's eyes widen, and the hatred was quickly replaced by a look of shock, Lucian had regained enough control over his right arm to force his claws deep into Scott's chest. Scott released the branch as Lucian lifted him off the ground, he turned around throwing Scott over himself and deep into the woods, he bounced along the ground smashing through trees before crashing into the ground and sliding ripping up the grass and dirt. Scott came to a stopped with his head rested up against the base of a tree. Lucian let out one more roar, but as he did he shifted back to his usual self and the roar became a simple cry as he fell to his knees and with one last smile of what seemed to be relief Lucian died, the branch stabbed into the ground which kept him upright.

Lucian's forces were routed, and the sounds of the fighting died out, Lucas followed the path of destruction left behind and found Scott covered in bleeding wounds and dirt. Lucas fell to his side,
"Scott, you're going to be okay" Lucas stuttered, "we did it, you did it, you beat Lucian" Lucas continued, with Lucas' help Scott managed to sit a little more upright leaning up against the tree.
"You're okay?" Scott asked softly,
"Once I'm all healed I will be, same with you I'm sure" Lucas replied happily although when he checked out Scott's wounds, he realised that they weren't healing and looked at him concerningly.
"Go, wait for them, they'll come looking soon" Scott insisted,
"But…." Lucas began,
"Go" Scott interrupted, "I'll be fine" He continued. Reluctant to leave Scott alone Lucas stood up and walked off. As the sun rose, Lucas sat just off the treeline out in the open, he could hear Riley and the others shouting his and Scott's names, they came out the back, and the moment Riley spotted Lucas she sprinted towards him the group quickly hurrying over as well.
"Lucas!" Riley cried out, overjoyed to see him alive and well, Lucas stood up, and the two hugged tightly before kissing,
"I'm happy to see you Riley" Lucas assured her trying to muster all the strength he could to smile at her. The rest of the group caught up to them,
"Scott, where is Scott Lucas?" Stiles asked becoming more distressed with each passing moment. Lucas led them to where Scott remained, upon seeing him Stiles ran to be at Scott's side, sliding on his knees and stopping next to Scott's right.
"Stiles?" Scott said weakly,
"Yeah Scott it's me, I'm here," Stiles said assessing Scott's condition while the pack gathered around.
"Everyone's here" Scott chuckled though it made him cough,
"Why isn't he healing?" Liam asked clearly becoming anxious. Scott gently grabbed Stiles' hand and placed it on his chest, a little confused Stiles moved what remained of Scott's shirt out of the way and saw the stab wounds in his chest. Stiles pulled three of Lucian's claws from the wounds that had broken off when he had thrown Scott and tried his best to hide his distress while the pack all began to cry,
"Come on Scott, heal!" Stiles quietly commanded but Scott looked at him, and it seemed as if time came to a standstill and suddenly it was like the two walked through their memories together leading them to this moment.
"I'm sorry Stiles," Scott said on the verge of tears, Stiles shook his head refusing to accept this as reality,
"No, heal Scott, now!" Stiles grunted, and Scott hugged him,
"I don't have the strength" Scott revealed releasing Stiles, "but, it's okay, it doesn't hurt" Scott insisted.
"Maybe not for you" Stiles stated looking at the pack, Liam had fallen to his knees Hayden had her arm around him Mason stood next to him with one hand on Liam's shoulder and holding on Corey's hand with his other. Jackson was being held by Ethan, Derek was trying to stay strong, hugging Cora, Issac stood seemingly as if he didn't notice the tears that streamed down his face, Lydia and Malia both had an arm around one another. Kira hugged her parents while Theo looked down at the ground and both Sheriff Stilinski and Argent stood trying their best not to cry. Lucas, Riely and the others huddled together allowing each other to have a shoulder to cry on.
"I'm proud of each and every one of you, I could never have asked for a better group of friends, a better family" Scott explained as he looked around at them all.
"I shouldn't have taken you into the woods that night, you wanted to stay home and sleep, I should have let you, this. This is all my fault" Stiles cried
"It's okay Stiles, this, all of this, I chose this path, to go with you, how could I not, you're my best friend, my brother. And I can't tell you what it's meant to have you by my side all these years, but now I want you to live on, I want all of you to live on. Because I'm going now, I'm going home, going to see her, to see Allison again" Scott explained, Argent broke down and began sobbing into his hand "take care of my Mom, tell her I love her and that I'm sorry." Scott requested, and Stiles nodded
"We'll take care of her, we'll take care of each other," Stiles promised him, and Scott smiled at him before coughing, he closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them he was overcome by a feeling of joy, with tears streaming down his face he smiled again. He saw his pack not just those present, but all of those they had lost along the way, Erika, Boyd, Aiden, Deaton, Peter and Deucalion; they were all there his entire pack. Suddenly he felt a gentle touch on his face, and when he looked to his left, he saw Allison crouched down beside him with that beaming smile he could never forget
"No Alpha could have asked for a better pack, I love you guys," Scott concluded his voice weak, and just like that Scott McCall the True Alpha took his last breath, and for those that could they listened as painfully Scott's heart stopped and now lifeless his head dropped, and at that point, there wasn't a single person there who was able to keep themselves together.

Sometime later they carried the body out of the woods, Argent asked where they should bury his body, and without a moment's hesitation, Stiles knew where to do so. They cleaned his body, found a suit to put on him and a coffin to lay him in, the pack and what remained of the McCall forces walked through the woods up to the lookout where Scott and Allison use to meet in secret to be together. They buried him there with a tombstone which read:

"Here lies Scott McCall
Son, friend, brother, leader, mentor,
A true Alpha through and through,
An inspiration to those he leaves behind.
Here lies Scott McCall a Teen Wolf,
Protector of Beacon Hills,
Watching over it, now and always."

Words were spoken some public but most privately, and tears were shed by all those that remained standing at his grave. Slowly though the crowd diminished until finally, it was only Stiles that remained eyes glassy and red,
"Watch over us okay, we'll continue to make you proud" Stiles insisted, he clenched his fist so tightly he almost caused himself to bleed. "Scott, I don't know how I'm going to do this without you," Stiles cried, he then suddenly felt this need to turn around, and so slowly he did so and there in a moment of utter bliss he saw them. Over by the edge looking out over Beacon Hills Scott and Allison stood holding hands, her head resting on his shoulder; a feeling of joy overcame Stiles, and he covered his mouth with the side of his fist before he turned and slowly walked away.

The Battle For Beacon Hills was over, and soon the town vanished from existence remembered only by those few who survived, who now live and carry on the legacy of Scott McCall. After the battle remnants of Lucian's forces became factions of their own that continued the fight, the McCall Alliance went spreading the story of Scott McCall and inspiring others to their cause Hunters and Supernatural creatures alike. Jackson and Ethan returned to London where they established a base of operations, Issac returned to New York with Riley, Lucas and their friends. Argent, Sheriff Stilinski, Stiles found Melissa and together told her what had happened and stayed with her for a time, Melissa and Argent resumed their relationship, and he would gift the Stilinskis one of his houses outside San Francisco where them and Malia would live. Lydia and Parish moved to Chicago, Liam, Hayden, Mason and Corey travelled for a long time helping where they could although with Derek's help they would eventually settle down outside Los Angeles near where Derek, Braeden and Cora had also moved. The McCall Alliance would eventually span the globe carrying out Scott's legacy, they stayed in contact and operated in secret to combat those that threatened what so many had died for. As for Scott's pack would try their hardest to live their lives despite the great difficult the task turned out to be. No Alpha would rise in the pack to replace Scott, they would take time to go visit one another although none of them would be able to muster the strength to return to Beacon Hills for many years, and in that, they could not do it alone. As for Beacon Hills? Well, the Nemeton with its newfound power regrew and the town was consumed by nature: the school the animal clinic, the Sheriff's station had a new sort of a life bloom within their walls, and there was a sort of beauty to it. Up at the lookout Coach Bobby Finstock stood looking down at Scott's grave while another, younger man stood behind him closer to the edge looking out at the ruins of Beacon Hills.
"The story turned out much sadder than I thought it would" the young man claimed Coach chuckled,
"Yeah" Coach whispered,
"I tried to make you laugh, gave you a few reasons to yell at me" the young man pointed out.
"I cared for them Greenberg, it was hard not to."
"Somehow, they went on to do great things Coach."
"He went on to do great things, and deserved better than this."
"Do you ever think they'll return to this place?"
"One day perhaps,"
"Will we Coach?"
"Perhaps."
"Can you see him, in the end, did he find happiness?" Greenberg asked turning around and looking at Coach who still looked down at Scott's grave.
"He found her" Coach answered and Greenberg nodded accepting the answer, he smiled a little before walking off, "I'm sorry McCall, I wish I could've done something" Coach whispered sorrowfully.
"Sir, we must be going" Greenberg pressed, and Coach nodded a few times, he knelt down and placed his whistle at the base of the tombstone before walking towards Greenberg.
"I don't think I want to settle down again for a while Greenberg" Coach insisted,
"Of course, so then, where shall we be going?" Greenberg inquired, Coach stopped and took one last look back before continuing on his way.
"I don't know, I guess where ever the road takes us." Coach answered, and the two walked through the woods when a gentle breeze made the leaves dance around them and just like that the pair vanished.

The End.

Author's Note: Well everyone here ends my Teen Wolf/GMW crossover fanfic, I hope you all enjoyed it, please let me know what you think I love to hear from you all. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Please follow me on this site and Twitter Brayden_lamaka I'm working on more projects including some new fanfics so stay tuned. Anyway thanks again for the support and reading this story,

Brayden L.