Oh dear god, it has been quite some time for this story…is there anyone out there still reading?! I have a nice long chapter for you!
So I figured I would wrap the story up in maybe the next chapter or two, or maybe not, I rather like letting out my supernatural nerd in this story and twisting it to make it my own.
Anywho, enjoy and I do not own NCISLA only the plot and the OC characters.
Oh and p.s. prepare for a shock in this chapter.
Who's Revenge?
Chapter 14
Cara's P.O.V
I stood before Kensi as her chest heaved through the emotional pain that was assaulting her wolf, every heartbeat brought a new wave of pain through the pair of us, every rise and fall marking another second that Kensi calmed from the spiraling emotions brought on by the first transition, and standing before her I felt it all as I did for the first time 15 years ago. My gray and black eyes latched on to her hazel and black.
The whispers of the team going unnoticed by the pair of us, and only Alex gently laying a hand on my shoulder brought me out of the swirling emotions that Kensi was trying to get a hold of, knowing that I wouldn't lead her to Jack and Deeks until I knew that I could trust her to follow my orders.
"Cara…" Alex began his eyes never looking into mine and his head hung low, whatever request he was about to ask of me was not husband to wife, but wolf to Alpha. "I implore you Alpha, to let me be a part of the quad to hunt Jack Simon?"
I stared at the top of his bowed head before looking to Kensi whose eyes divert from mine, then to the team who watched the interaction of a world greatly unknown to them. "Of course Alex, and please while I talk with Kensi, call upon our cousin, we will need her expertize to execute a successful attack, and then call Commander Fell and have him set up a team in the event that we need backup." My voice was calculating and hard as I spoke to my husband. Alex bows his head and quickly turns on his heel and runs out the Mission door to make the required phone calls.
"Now Kensi this is what we are going to do…." A deep rumble echoes through the Mission and the team step back as Kensi's wolf shows its teeth only causing me to sigh. "Do not do this Kens, I have more knowledge than you and if you insist on this challenge we will only waste valuable time.
It is Deeks Cara, my partner my leadership. She growls again while her hackles raise in a clear challenge of authority. Seeing her stand up and waste this time pissed me off causing me to turn sharply to her, my own canines fully extending as I growl at her.
"Stand down solider, it is my orders that you will follow!" without a second thought I mold my body to my wolf, so that Kensi and I stand off to each other, it was like looking in a mirror, the only difference between the two of us were our eyes and our height, I still had a good third of a foot on her.
She was still a young wolf not entirely sure of her new body so I took a threatening step towards her a snarled in a viscous manner. Within the fraction of a second Kensi's tail lowered her ears fell sideways and she fell to her stomach on the floor underneath my head before rolling onto her back, a sign of submission.
Are we clear Kens?
Very much so Alpha, her voice was soft and nonthreatening.
As I go to speak of the plan Alex walks in, not batting an eye at the scene before him as he begins speaking. "Commander Fell has been notified and the tracer that was placed on Deeks' person began transmitting, we have a location."
Tell the team that they will be over watch and not to engage,, I do not need to be worrying about them going up against things they don't fully comprehend.
He nods and relays the message and they nod and run to the armory to prepare their weapons. I mold back to two legs as does Kensi, and the tree of us grab our weapons and meet up with Sam and Callen in the garage.
"Remember you two are not to engage, I will have a wolf sent up to guard you, Commander Fell and the extra team will meet us at the address that was sent to your phones." On cue their phones chime. "Eric and Nell will watch through the camera's that are around the warehouse, now let us go get Deeks back and end this shit." I growl and jump behind the wheel of my truck with Alex next to me and Kensi in the back. Sam and Callen jump in the Challenger and we speed out leaving the Mission behind and off into LA.
We arrived to the warehouse fairly quickly…yes I may have drove like a bat out of hell, but I needed to save Deeks to keep Kensi sane, I only ever wanted my sister to be happy. So as soon as the truck was in park we jumped out and walked up to Commander Fell, his brown hair touching his brow and his brown eyes hard and ready for a fight.
"Alpha," he bowed his head. "The human's guard has confirmed that they are set and that the two in ops are watching. I have three sets of quads waiting for your command should you need them."
"You have done well Fell and where is our cousin?"
"Right here Alpha," a voice comes from behind Fell. I watch as Talia walks up to stand before us, bowing her head. "Give me my orders." I smile at our cousin, poor Deeks never knew I had sent Talia to ensure that he was doing okay while Kensi was in Afghanistan.
"Okay I want Fell to head back to the standby teams. Talia and Alex to go in through the back, stay on two legs the warehouse is too small to have three wolves in it, me and Kensi will go into to draw his attention. You two will enter from the back and quickly and quietly dispose of any other enemies before moving forward and restrain Jack, did you hear me? You are merely to restrain him."
The three of them nodded their heads and disappeared off into the setting sun to the back of the warehouse. "Remember we are the distraction Kens, wait until the man is restrained before you strike, consider this my gift to you." I say laying my right between her shoulder and neck. "This is almost over, and we will win."
She merely shakes her head and draws her gun, her primitive weapon hanging at her side, while I pull mine from his sheath that lay in the back seat of the truck. Taking a deep breath I took the lead and walked through the warehouses front door, my weapon held loosely at my side. The walk to Jack was uneventful but as soon as we stopped in front of him I felt the wolf in me coil dangerously, something wasn't right…something was going to happen.
"Well, well well," Jack said as he stood behind Deeks, who was tied to a chair, his left eye swollen shut and blood staining his jeans from what I guess is a gunshot wound. "I see you found us, you may put your weapon down Kensi, it is only the two of us."
"Why? That seems like a stupid move on your part." Kensi growled.
Jack merely chuckles while placing a hand on Deeks' shoulder in a mock comforting gesture, then begins speaking. "Oh I did not plan to be the only one, but you see the thing is, your sister here has gotten it in her head that eradicating my kind was her life's mission," his hand tightened on Deeks' shoulder causing him to wince. "I can't find any of my brothers and sisters, because you killed them all! I can't rebuild what we lost, the fun we had torment the humans, so instead of trying to rebuild I will take away happiness after all isn't that what vampires excel at?" He growled angrily.
The next few seconds happened so fast that I will spend the rest of my life replaying the images in my head…in my dreams…no nightmares.
Talia and Alex rushed forward as Jack raised his silver coated knife to Deeks' throat. Talia pushed Deeks' chair over causing Kensi to rush to his side, her weapon clattering to the floor as she caught his head before it hit the pavement. But Alex grabbed Jack's arm stopping his descent and grab at his throat with his other hand…but failed in completely restraining the vampire…I only remember scream Alex's name and rushing to stop the upward motion of Jack's free hand, but no amount of supernatural speed would get me close enough in time. I watch as Jack's second knife plunges into Alex's heart…a kill shot…the tip exiting through his back coated in my husband's blood…
"NO!" I lunge the last few feet and tackle Jack, pushing Alex out of the way. I feel a knife sink into my thigh but I don't feel it, I forget everything; my name, my title, my promise to Kensi that this would be her kill…none of that mattered because Deeks was safe…he was fine…but Alex…
I rain punch after punch onto Jack's head before grabbing his knife that was imbedded in my thigh, ripping it out and sinking it into his throat…almost immediately the life drains from the vampire as his skin turned a sickly ashen color and sunk inwards…dead…Jack was dead…Alex?
I am vaguely aware of the standby team and Sam and Callen entering, helping Kensi support Deeks but all I can focus on his Alex…laying in a puddle of blood, an ornate handle sticking out from his chest. Numbly I limp over to Alex, his normally green eyes were so full of life, and the wolf just beneath the surface was gone…Alex…my husband, my mate…my everything. I lean over his body and lay my head on his still chest, just a day ago before Kensi's call I was in this same position but the sound of his heart beating was strong and real, now…nothing…"I love you…I love you…Alex please, please don't leave me…."
Kensi's P.O.V
I stood there holding Deeks up, keeping him off of his injured leg and watched as Cara limped to her husband's body…he sacrificed himself for Deeks…for me…and now watching as Cara leaned her head on his chest and whispered that she loved him and not to leave over and over again I was consumed with guilt…this was all my fault, I should have known better than to think I could play human, that I could live this life without anything ever happening, I was a wolf first and forgetting that has lead me here, watching my sister cling to Alex's blood soaked shirt with fists clenched so tight her knuckles were white.
But I also feared what would become of our Alpha without her mate…"We need to back up." I whisper to Talia who has come along side me. She nods and begins ushering the wolves that didn't need to be here out and back to their base with strict orders to keep what they have witnessed here under wraps. All that was left was Myself and Fell holding up Deeks, Talia, Sam and Callen, with Nell, Eric and Hetty listening and watching through button cameras. We all silently backed up and Talia took my spot under Deeks' arm as I quietly walked toward my grieving sister.
"Please, wake up Alex…I love you…" she whispered over and over, each time he didn't comply she got quieter.
"Cara, he is gone," she looked up to me, her face smeared with his blood her eyes that of a cornered animal and in the blink of an eye she grabbed her fallen sword and threw it towards a bare wall, in sunk in halfway up the blade.
"NO! no he is not gone, he promised me that he wouldn't leave me…" her voice cracked and tears streamed through the blood that was plastered on her face. "I-I should be able to do something…anything! For fuck sakes I am Alpha…I…I should have done something…she fell to her knees and I rushed forward and folded her within my arms, cradling her head against my chest as sobs over took my sister.
I looked down at Alex, his eyes still open, open and vacant of their life and slowly dulling in color. Reaching over I gently close his eyes before returning my hand to cradle Cara's head as if she were a young child. I closed my eyes and wept for the man who made my sister smile, the brother-in-law I had loved the instant I saw him with my sister…he was family and tonight I would grieve alongside my sister.
Deeks' P.O.V
I watched as Kensi held her distraught sister as they kneeled next to Alex's body, a man I didn't really know and he didn't know me…and yet he took that knife for me, he protected me and even though his final act was one of sacrifice he and Cara were not granted final words of love before he faded away.
Kensi looked up and caught my eye…my other one was swollen shut… her own eyes red and tears were falling down her cheeks but the message I saw in her eyes was clear as day.
Love was a tricky thing, it could pop up in an instant and disappear just as quickly…love was the one thing, the one emotion that could take someone as strong and powerful as Cara Blye and reduce her to a fraction of herself and only because Fate in the form of a knife demand that his time be up…
Fate can be a cruel mistress. A minute here and a minute there and lives are lost and those left standing are demanded to shoulder the emotion heartache that comes with it.
As we all stand there and silently pay our respects Cara tears herself away from her sisters embrace and stands. "Fell!" she yells and the man runs out from under my arm and Sam quickly takes his spot helping Talia shoulder me. The man called Fell quickly runs before Cara and falls to his knees, his head bowed low.
"I am sorry Alpha…I know how much you cared for him." His deep voice was soft and comforting. Cara simply nodded, tears still streaming down her cheeks.
"I want you and Callie to take his…his b-body back to my place and prepare his body for the funeral." He voice was thick and cracked as she gave him orders. "Then call the ones retrieving my mother and have them take her there, we will follow behind you shortly."
Fell went about his task with the woman known as Callie, a tall red head. Cara oversaw them the entire time as they slowly prepped the body for transport. After they had left Cara turned to Kensi. "Take them back to my house, I will contact our private healer and have him check Deeks over."
"What about you Cara, I am not leaving you alone to deal with this." Kensi said but Cara backed away and grabbed the hilt of her buried sword and pulled it out tossing it to Kensi.
"I need time Kens, please tell two others to burn his corpse," she sad point to Jack's gray body. "Take my weapon back to the house. I will be back soon." And with that she transitioned and in a streak of black she disappeared into the new night silent and morning.
Kensi looked down that the black sword in her hand before giving Sam directions to Cara's house and barking orders for the 'filths' body as she called him to be burned.
Sam gently lowered me into the backseat of Cara's truck and hopped behind the wheel with Callen up front with him. We watched out the front window as Kensi and Talia exchanged a few words and a brief hug before Kensi jumped in beside me. The ride through LA was silent and mournful. Kensi halfway through put her head on my shoulder as a sob escaped her lips.
"She didn't deserve this Deeks, after everything my sister has sacrificed…and it is all my fault, I tried to live a life as a human…I should have known better…" I had nothing to say but a simple phrase.
"It isn't your fault Kens…it was Fate's fault."
"Being a werewolf means sacrifice…we protect people and others from people like Jack and tonight I failed." She whispered before burying her face into my bruised chest and crying the rest of the drive.
-A. Grayson
