The black alpha limped ever so slightly as she walked down the clinic's dark hallway, filling the space with the smell of burnt flesh. The coyote and the blond chick gave her a little more trouble than Marla wanted to admit, but she had eventually flung them both out of the way, but only after one of them had torn several ligaments in her back leg. Not that it mattered, she was close to what she wanted and she would heal later.
She sniffed at a door, and grinned. Marla banged open the door and saw Stiles clumsily climb out a small window and dashed after him, growling and easily crossing the room. Her focus was so singular she didn't hear Ana close the door behind her and close a circle of mountain ash.
Marla leapt through the window, snapping her jaws as she landed on the grass on the otherside. Stiles was standing not ten feet away, a big grin on his face as Derek and Scott stepped around him and he sealed the other half of the mountain ash circle.
"It's got to be convincing. She's gotta think she has us cornered and we're doing exactly what she wants us to," Stiles said, pacing a little in the confides of the examination room.
"And what is that?" Jackson asked, doubt across his features.
"Shut it, Jackson," Derek said, not looking at the other boy. He was watching Stiles, nodding for him to continue.
"Crazy bitch is bluffing. She must've stole Melissa's cell but she wasn't able to do anything else. She's counting on Scott losing his shit, not willing to give up either his mom or me. So we gotta let her believe just that.
When Stiles finished hashing out his plan Scott frowned. "I don't like it Stiles."
Stiles sighed and was about to launch into an abbreviated version of his usual 'c'mon Scott just trust me this'll work' but was cut off by Derek agreeing with the plan and barking out for everyone to go into action. Stiles felt lighter, almost giddy. Derek turned to Erica and Malia, telling them to not make it too easy for Marla, but to let her through. Derek and Scott would finish her off. No unnecessary risks. A cornered, injured beast is still dangerous. The two girls nodded their understanding.
"You have two choices. You can leave and never come back or we can tear you apart," Scott said evenly. It was relieving to see him back in control, Stiles thought, watching the big black wolf back into the side of the building.
Marla's eyes burned like embers and the sound she made left Stiles shuddering. She sprung in his direction, but never made it past Derek. Ana came around the other side of the building, cringing at the site of three alphas fighting. It didn't last long, Marla got in a few hits but it was clear her adrenaline rush was running out. She made a mad dash for the edge of the barrier, but Derek caught her and slammed her down with enough force to force her human shape to come through.
Pinned to the ground, Marla looked up and grinned at Ana standing over her, just outside the barrier. "Well, myshka, are you just gonna stand there?" Marla gasped and choked up black bile before Derek tightened his grip. "C'mon, Ana. You know you want to finish me off. Avenge that family of yours right?" The high pitch sound that escaped Marla might've been a laugh but it was weak.
Derek glanced up at Ana, raising an eyebrow. Ana's eyes glowed gold and her fangs dropped for a moment, but then her eyes returned to their human blue. "I'm over you Marla. I want nothing to do with you."
"Weak even at the end? Ha, pathetic!" Marla struggled feebly but Stiles could smell the wash of fear rolling off the woman. Derek lifted the woman just enough to grip her head and twist, cutting off Marla's mad shrieking.
Derek and Scott tore Marla's body in half and took it out to some abandoned corner of the preserve. Ana went home with Stiles, declining to go with the two alphas. "I meant it. I'm over her," was all she said, her voice heavy. Aunt Sonya, however, insisted on coming with them.
She watched as the two halves of the body were burned to ash and bones shattered. Derek and Scott buried them in two separate graves. They weren't taking any chances. When they were done, Sonya stepped forward, glaring down at the compacted earth.
"Because of you I had to bury my little brother, my sister-in-law, and my nephew. Because of you I almost lost my dear niece, you broke her young life." Sonya looked up, addressing both of the young men before her. "She will never walk this Earth, no?" Derek shook his head and Scott nodded in agreement. Sonya looked down at the filled hole and muttered something in Russian and spat on the grave.