AN: Hi all, sorry for not posting the past few weeks. I had a few things come up and didn't have a lot of time to go through and edit. I also apologize for the weird posting time today. I'm traveling a bit for the holidays (also something that was done last minute) so life's a bit crazy right now. There's a post chapter AN as well that has a bit more information.
I was going to post more of the prequel before posting this chapter but haven't been able to get to this point yet with everything going on. I'm working to get that out as soon as possible. In the meantime, be aware that there are some spoilers for the prequel ahead that are covered in the chapters I'm currently working on. If you'd prefer to wait to read on then feel free, although I'm sure it's probably been picked up on a bit if you've noticed the cast differences here.
Deificatio
"Zach, find Parish and The Beast and follow them. You're the only one who can keep up," Steve ordered before he turned to the others. Scott and Liam lifted the Surgeon off the ground and carried him back to the car.
"I'm going to make sure Fiona's safe," Charlie told alpha.
"We haven't heard from Leonard in a while. Or from Malia at all. Check on them first. I don't think the sheriff's station will be the first place Sebastien goes," Steve stated. Charlie nodded before running into the woods.
Scott and Liam put the Surgeon in the backseat of the car. Scott and Liam opened the front doors and looked back at Steve. "I'll run," Steve told them as he watched a liquid ooze out of the surgeon and onto the seat.
Deaton sighed as August, Leonard, and Stiles barged in. "If you didn't want anyone to come in after you close, you should probably lock the doors," August told the vet as he locked the door behind them.
"I generally try to keep an open-door policy," Deaton replied.
"Right, that's why you have the mountain ash barrier," August commented, holding the gate open for the werelion.
"What brings you here so late?"
"Mason," Leonard told him, holding up the patient file. Deaton took the file and flipped through the documents before nodding towards the back room.
"Vanishing twin syndrome. This is part of your expertise, right?" Stiles asked Deaton as they followed after him.
"Not particularly, no," Deaton replied, still looking at the picture.
Scott and Steve kicked open the door holding the Doctor, Liam rushed in behind them. "What the Hell?" August breathed as the others turned towards them.
"He's still alive," Scott announced.
Lucas rounded the corner, he heard groaning from behind the operating theater. "This looks bad, Theo," he heard Tracy say.
"I'll be fine," he told her. There was a pause before Lucas heard the faint sounds of the two chimeras kissing. He moved into the theater and heard Theo grunt in pain.
"Maybe we need to stop. Or figure out another plan. Just take a couple more days to think about it," Tracy said.
"Days? You want to wait days?"
"You're hurt. You need time to heal. And I'm not like the others. I can't take your pain."
"I know, and it's okay. Because you can do something else for me. You can give me your power," Theo said as Lucas watched him thrust his claws into her back. Tracy screamed out in pain before shifting and trying to escape, but Theo held tight. Eventually, Tracy stopped struggling and Theo rolled to the side knocking her off him and revealing Lucas.
"Lucas, help me up," Theo said after the surprise left his face. "Please," Theo begged, holding up his hand.
"You seem like you've had enough help," Lucas commented before sliding the door shut and walking away.
"And then there were none," Deucalion remarked from behind the door.
After a period of silence, Jay heard the faint clicking of a cell phone from the floor above. "Who're you calling Malia?" The Desert Wolf asked still outside the closet door. "Is it Stiles, your boyfriend? Or maybe that cute werecheetah? What was his name? Jay?" Jay heard nails scrap along the front of the door as she walked past. "Tell them to come. Bring all your friends, if you want. Go ahead, Malia. You tell me how many people I'm going to have to kill tonight."
Jay felt his anger swell as he surprised a growl. He heard the phone power down as the Desert Wolf moved towards the stairs.
"Can you keep him alive?" Scott asked Deaton as the vet and Leonard examined the Surgeon.
"I'm not sure he technically is alive," Deaton responded.
"His flesh looks like it's melting off," Leonard added, shaking goo from his hand.
"Screw keeping him alive. How do we get him to talk?" Liam growled
"Personally, I don't think we utilize torture nearly enough," Stiles quipped.
"I'm willing to try," August said pulling out a knife.
"Come," a voice called out.
"You hear that?" Liam asked as Steve stopped August's hand.
"Come to me," the voice called again, "To me." The Surgeon shot up on the examination table causing everyone else to lurch back. An ear-splitting screech rang through the room causing them all to cover their ears as the room to rattle from the noise. The Surgeon began to walk out of the room but Liam headed for him.
"Wait. Wait!" Scott shouted but the Surgeon blasted Liam back against the wall. Leonard knelt beside him to make sure he was okay. The door slammed shut behind the Surgeon and all the metal objects flew to the door, creating a barrier. August's knife flew out of his hand to join the shelves and stools. They ducked as the lights exploded above them. Sparks pulsed occasionally, giving them enough light to see the barrier.
August stepped towards the door and reached out to retrieve his knife. "Stop," Deaton called out. He turned to see Scott and Liam close behind him. "It's electrified," the vet told them. The three turned back to the barrier trapping them inside.
Steve raised his hand when he heard a voice outside. "Marcel?" Steve heard Sébastien say. "If this is what immortality looks like, I think you might have been misled."
"For you," the Surgeon breathed. "All for you."
"What did you do with it, Marcel? Where is the pike?"
"The Argents. The Argents," Marcel repeated.
Scott and Steve looked at each other. "The cane," they said in unison.
"They took it," Liam added, "They took the cane."
They heard a thud outside. After a minute, the barrier collapsed beneath itself.
"You must have really good insurance," Stiles mentioned looking at the pile of metal.
Deaton glanced over at him. "We need to figure out how to stop the Beast," August said moving towards the table.
Zach landed next to Parrish when the hellhound stopped. "I lost him," he shouted.
"I haven't been able to see him either," Zach added furling his wings.
"Sebastien's going to know we have the pike. And if he doesn't, he's going to figure it out soon enough," Chris told them as he and Gerard stepped out of the car.
"Then what do we do?" Parish asked.
"We stop chasing him. And make him come to us," Gerard said twirling the cane.
"Want me to grab it?" Zach asked Steve.
"No, we aren't worried about the pike," Steve replied.
Zach scowled at the cane before looking up at the two Argents. "I'll let you know if I spot anything," he stated looking at Chris. The chimera flew into the air and resumed his search. "I can't believe we're working with them," he thought to the others, recalling the rest of the pack's memories.
Jay heard a shot fired in the house. He went for the handle but paused when he heard Malia stand from upstairs. "Almost Braeden, but not quite," The Desert Wolf called out a few feet from the door. "You'll get another chance, but you better make sure it's a headshot." Jay heard a floorboard creek at the top of the stairs above him. "Coming down, Malia?"
"Malia, don't move!" Braeden shouted from outside the house.
"Just got to wait for the moment," Jay thought to himself as he let out a silent breath.
Scott was flipping through the file, "Maybe there's something in here. Something about how he was a genetic chimera."
"Mason had a vanishing twin," Deaton said.
"Now we've got a vanishing Mason," Stiles stated.
"What does that have to do with him turning into a two-hundred and fifty-year-old French guy? How does that even happen?" Liam asked.
Leonard grabbed two pens off the counter and turned towards the others. The werelion held the pens up to the others before he began to disassemble them. "If Mason absorbed his twin, then he probably retained some of the DNA." he swapped the ink cartridges before putting one of the pens back together. "You'd never know from looking at the outside, but deep down his twin was still there."
"Leonard might have something. Mason's twin wasn't entirely gone. That's what made him a genetic chimera. Metaphorically speaking, the DNA of Mason could still be inside Sebastien as well," Deaton explained.
"How?" Stiles asked. Leonard looked at the vet confused as well.
"Life is energy. Energy doesn't just disappear. The Dread Doctors may have found a way to break the rules of the supernatural world but there are some rules that simply won't break."
"So, Mason can't just be gone?" Liam asked
"Somewhere in Sebastien, he has to still exist in some form. A spark of energy, a flicker of memory," Deaton continued.
"An inkling," Leonard mentioned.
"If life energy actually does follow the rules of physics," August mentioned, earning a look from the others.
"Hang on," Stiles muttered holding up the Surgeon's helmet. "Liam, you said Mason said something right before he turned."
"He said, 'That's not my name.'"
"He finally remembered his name," Scott said.
"That's what they wanted. They wanted Sebastien to remember his name," Liam said.
"That's not all they wanted. Marcel revered him, like a god," August added.
"The deification of a murderous werewolf," Steve muttered.
"You know the myth of what happens when you call a werewolf by its given name?" Deaton asked turn towards Scott.
"It turns back to human," Scott replied. Steve and August shared a glance.
"What does that mean? Someone can just walk up to The Beast, yell Mason's name and turn him back?" Liam asked.
"Not someone," Scott started. "Lydia."
"Fiona," Steve said at the same time. The two alphas looked at each other.
"Two's always probably better than one," Stiles said, shrugging.
"Who did you say you were looking for?" Clark asked.
"The man's name is Argent," Sebastien told her smiling.
"Did you say Argent?" the sheriff asked stepping out of his office. Sebastian looked up at the sheriff and nodded. The sheriff nodded towards his office and the two headed inside.
Fiona was sitting on a bench while Lydia paced in front of her.
"It'll be a lot harder to find The Beast now that he's in human form," Lydia said.
"How many people in Beacon Hills have French accents?" Fiona asked.
Lydia paused for a moment. "Helpful, but we aren't going to be able to talk to every person in the county."
"What if we don't have to?" Fiona said standing. "What if we figured out what The Beast would look for now that he's been resurrected, what would be his purpose?"
"We know he is a psychopathic murdering machine," Lydia said dryly.
"But there haven't been any reports of people being murdered yet."
The two paused and looked at each other. "What if he's trying to eliminate the only thing that could stop him?" Lydia asked.
"The pike. The Argent's have that."
"And where would someone go to find the location of someone that's opened at this hour?"
"Here," Fiona breathed.
"We have to tell Stilinski," Lydia said and the two moved for his office. They saw the sheriff follow a dark-haired man out of the office, his firearm at his side.
"Sir?" Clark asked as she rose from her desk. Fiona put an arm out to stop Lydia, but she pushed forward.
"Clark, don't," Stilinski warned.
"Stop where you are," Clark ordered.
The man growled as his eyes completely turned blue. "Let him go," the sheriff told her. But Clark pulled out her gun and began firing. "No!" The sheriff shouted as Sebastien lunged for Clark. Stilinski began shooting at him as well. The bullets did little more than slow Sebastien and he quickly knocked the two to the ground.
After they had been knocked to the ground, Sebastien turned and saw the two banshees. He charged for Lydia and reached for her neck. Fiona moved towards him, and Sebastien reached out to stop her. She stepped around his outstretched hand as the two unleashed a scream. Sebastien was knocked into the air just as his claws closed on Lydia's neck. Sebastien's outstretched hand ran along the back of Fiona's neck as he flew away. Fiona fell to the ground as Lydia knelt beside her, clutching her bloodied throat.
Charlie sprinted around the corner, nearly to Scott's house. He heard a voice coming from the house before he felt a spasm in his brain. He fell forward as his legs stopped moving. The werewolf bounced off the concrete as he skidded down the road. "Fiona," he growled lifting himself off the ground, blood dripping from his shifted face. He rose and began sprinting to the sheriff's station. When he arrived, he found the two banshees laying in a pile of blood.
"We have to get them to the hospital," Stilinski shouted as he picked up Lydia. Charlie gently lifted Fiona and the two carried the banshees to the car.
"Malia, come down," the Desert Wolf whispered.
"Don't listen to her," Braeden warned, but Jay heard Malia slowly move down the stairs.
"I'm not going to stop, Malia. I'm taking back what you stole from me."
"I didn't steal anything," Malia snarled.
"But you did. And I don't care if you were a willing participant or not. Talia Hale spent nine months trying to convince me of the miracle of childbirth. You know what it really felt like?" The Desert Wolf paused. "A parasite. Talia said it was a gift. That the coyote passes down part of her power to her daughter. She called it beautiful. I call it theft."
Jay heard gunfire as the Desert Wolf and Braeden unloaded on each other. After a minute, the gunfire stopped. He could smell blood coming from outside and tried to listen for Braeden's heartbeat but lost his focus when he realized Malia and the Desert Wolf were inches from each other.
Zach landed as Parrish and the Argents made their way into the tunnels. "I'm going to check on the others, I'll be more useful out in the open," Zach told them.
Chris and Parrish nodded at him as Gerard continued to make his way inside.
Zach took off towards Scott's house. He hadn't heard from Jay since they parted ways.
Lucas had returned to the tunnels to track down Theo, but stopped when he heard a voice in the operating theater.
"Where is it?" Sebastien shouted.
"I brought you here like you wanted. How about letting me go?" Hayden asked.
Lucas entered the operating theater and saw a man looking at the fresco. He quickly ran to the wall to stay out of sight. He noticed Hayden pick up one of the syringes and extract the toxin from Tracy's discarded body.
"This demon, on the left, what is he?
"He's called a Hellhound."
"Parrish. His name is Parrish, isn't it? And the Argents will try to put the pike in his hands."
Lucas moved from behind the wall and started heading towards Sebastien. Hayden went to jab the syringe into him and Lucas closed to strike. But Sebastien turned, grabbing Hayden's arm and digging his claws into Lucas's abdomen. "When did young people become so confident?" the man asked looking between the two of them.
"Let her go," Lucas coughed as he slashed Sebastien's arm with his spines.
The Beast growled in pain as he twisted the syringe out of Hayden's hand and slashed her abdomen in one motion. Hayden cried out in pain as Sebastien turned and lifted Lucas in the air before shoving his claws into the chimera's throat and tossing him across the room.
"No!" Hayden screamed as he turned his attention back to her before a noise emitter in the tunnels distracted him.
Zach felt a twinge in his mind. The chimera's wings froze as he soared towards the ground.
Steve arrived at the hospital with the others. Leonard and Scott went to find Melissa while Stiles and August headed for Lydia's room. Liam fell into a chair in the lobby, his head in his hands. Steve left the others and headed towards Fiona's room. The alpha found Charlie sitting next to her bed.
"I can't feel her anymore," Charlie stated not taking his eyes off Fiona.
Steve walked over and examined the wound on the back of her neck. "He severed her connection to us."
"So now what?"
"Her neck has to heal before I can reestablish the link."
"But we can't heal her without the link."
"She's strong. She's mostly in shock from losing the connection," Steve looked down and saw Charlie's torn and bloodied jean and shirt. "Like what happened to you but with everyone all at once."
"It was like when Thane died. I lost all control of my body."
Steve nodded. "Fiona isn't dying though. Her heartbeat is strong, she's going to make it." Steve paused as he felt another part of the link break. "Damnit," he growled."
"What?"
"Sebastien killed Lucas. He went into the tunnels to find Theo, but found the Beast instead."
"Let's end this and go home. Before any more of us get hurt," Charlie growled.
Steve nodded at the beta. "We need Lydia."
Charlie rose from his seat and the two headed towards Lydia's room.
"Yeah, it was you. It was you, Lydia," Stiles said as they walked in.
"It still is," Charlie said walking towards her.
"What?" Stiles asked as he looked at Charlie. Charlie flicked his claws out and reached for Lydia, "No, not after last time," Stiles said noticing Lydia's fear.
Steve grabbed Charlie's wrist. The beta's head snapped back to him. "Not like this," Steve hissed.
Leonard and Melissa walked into the room. Scott and Liam followed after before shutting the door. "Lydia this is going to have to be just between us, since I can get fired for it," Melissa stated as she approached the bed and pulling out a syringe. Scott and Liam helped her sit up.
"It's a cortisone shot," Scott told her as he and Liam helped her sit up. "It'll bring down the inflammation."
"It'll let you speak, and help you save Mason. But it's only temporary, so we need to be fast," Leonard told them.
Melissa removed the cap from the needle and Lydia held out her arm. "Not there," Melissa told her. Lydia grunted in pain as Melissa removed the dressing on Lydia's neck.
"Oh, yeah, okay. I'm gonna need to leave," Stiles told them.
"You're not going anywhere. Hold her hand," Melissa told him.
"Okay, fine. I'm not leaving, but I still might faint," Stiles replied.
"It's okay, I'll catch you," August said from beside him. "Bodyguard's duties," he added when Stiles looked back at him.
"Okay, here we go," Melissa said moving the needle towards the wound. They all turned when they heard a thud and saw Liam on the floor. Scott rushed over to him. "Okay, Lydia, this is gonna hurt like a bitch," Melissa warned.
"It doesn't have to," Leonard said looking at Steve and Charlie.
Charlie instantly reached down and began pulling the pain from Lydia as Melissa inserted the needle. Lydia let out a small yelp but relaxed as tendrils shot up Charlie's arm.
"Okay, let's get moving," Leonard said once Melissa finished and Liam was back on his feet. Scott and Stiles helped Lydia to her feet and everyone moved down the hall. Charlie stopped at Fiona's room.
"We'll meet you downstairs," Steve told the others as he and Leonard stood with Charlie. "She'll be alright," Steve said as the elevator closed behind them.
"What if something else happens? Or she wakes up? I should be with her."
"Melissa and I will take care of her," Leonard told him. "If someone tries to hurt her, they'll have to get through me."
"You want to stop the Beast, right?" Steve said. "The four of us will be able to beat him and Lydia can save Mason. Then we go home, and save ourselves."
Charlie looked between Steve and Leonard. "Tell me if anything happens," he told Leonard before heading towards the stairs with Steve.
"Okay, we'll go get Malia. Text me when you find Parrish," Stiles told Scott as he and August headed for the exit.
"Hold on," Scott called out, causing both of them to turn. He handed Stiles something wrapped in a brown paper bag.
"What is this?" Stiles asked.
"Something I've been working on for a while. Just make sure Malia gets it."
"Is it plan B?" Stiles asked.
"It was plan A."
"Plan A never works."
"So far, none of our plans have worked," August added.
"This one will," Scott told them. The two nodded and ran towards the exit as Steve and Charlie caught up with the others.
Jay heard Malia growl at the base of the stairs as the Desert Wolf chuckled beside her.
Stiles ran past August as they made their way to Scott's door. Stiles slammed open the door, but froze when he spotted the Desert Wolf.
"Oh damn," Stiles muttered as the Desert Wolf pointed her gun at Stiles. August tackled Stiles to the ground as she fired. The bullet embedded itself into August's shoulder and his elbow cracked as he collided with the ground.
Jay charged out of the closet and knocked the older woman into the hallway, the gun clattering to the ground. Malia struck her from behind, pinning her against the wall. The Desert Wolf pushed off the wall and tossed Malia into the dining room table. Jay grabbed Stiles by his shirt and slid him behind the couch in the living room. "Look who wants to play," the Desert Wolf said smiling.
"It's not a game anymore," Jay growled as he shifted. He ran at the Desert Wolf but she kicked him back against the wall. Malia grabbed her mother from behind, growling. The two continued to struggle as they made their way into the living room before falling on the glass coffee table.
"Scott," Lydia whispered as the five of them made their way through the tunnels.
"Do you hear that?" Liam asked.
The group stopped and Steve heard electricity crackling down the tunnel. The alpha looked down and noticed they were standing in a large puddle of water, he turned and knocked Lydia out of the puddle before the four wolves were dropped by a pulse of electricity.
"Sorry, Lydia," Theo said as he pushed her through an opening. Scott dove forward and grabbed Lydia's arm.
Steve rose, and shifted as Theo dug his claws into Scott's thigh. Theo looked up and smiled before he stepped back into the puddle, delivering another shock to Steve and the two betas. Steve collapsed again as he heard Charlie roar in pain. "Feel that, Scott?" Theo asked moving back towards the true alpha. "Kanima venom." Steve could hear Scott pant as he struggled to hold on to Lydia. "Just let it happen. Let it go." Lydia screamed as she tried to pull herself up. "Let everything go," Theo laughed.
"No!" Scott yelled before Lydia's scream echoed as she fell into the pit.
"You know what I never got, Theo?" Steve grunted from the floor as the chimera started to walk away. "You have me and Deucalion. You could have become an alpha the ordinary way."
Theo knelt beside Steve. "I'm not ordinary," Theo growled as he dug his claws into Steve's arm, paralyzing him.
Jay rubbed the bump forming on his head before he saw The Desert Wolf separate herself from her daughter and throw Malia against the wall. The werecheetah charged at her, but he was knocked into the dining room as Stiles rose from behind the couch. The Desert Wolf turned to the boy and smiled before he hopped over the couch to attack her. The Desert Wolf grabbed Stiles and threw him in the shattered glass.
"Stiles?" Malia called out as she turned back to the scene.
Stiles rolled over, revealing a large shard of glass that protruded from his chest. He panted heavily as he tried to sit up. The Desert Wolf chucked and moved to step on the piece of glass before August fired his pistol at her. The bullet shattered the mirror behind her as August cried out from the recoil and dropped his gun.
The Desert Wolf laughed as she turned to the broken hunter. She fell silent when she saw Malia scrambling for the dropped gun.
"Honestly, you were always just a backup. I considered going after you when I couldn't get it from Scott. But then the Beast was resurrected," Theo whispered as he knelt next to Steve. The chimera turned when the Beast roared deeper in the tunnels. "Hear that? That's the sounds of real power," he told them before shifting and walking towards the roar.
"Another arrogant youth. A contender to steal my name? You think you can take it from me?" They heard Sebastien ask.
"I just want your power," Theo growled.
Deucalion walked around the corner and helped Scott to his feet. Liam rose as Charlie began to heal Steve.
"It's been a while," Steve told the blind alpha as he returned to his feet.
"Not long enough," Deucalion replied with a slight smile. The five of them headed towards Theo as Sebastien ran after another emitter.
"You lied to me," Theo grunted as he tried to crawl on the ground. "All of you!"
"That's right, Theo," Deucalion said removing his glasses and allowing his eyes to clear. "The whole time."
"It would've never worked," Theo chuckled.
"It could have worked. With Belasko's talons," Deucalion shrugged before he reached out and snapped Theo's neck.
"You broke my neck," Theo grunted.
"You're lucky that's all he did," Steve growled, looking down at the chimera.
"The cortisone's going to wear off soon," Charlie reminded them.
"There's an access grate that leads to the sublevel. I think we can get to Lydia there," Deucalion told them.
"What about Mason?" Liam asked.
"We can still save your friend."
"Let's go," Scott said and they turned to head off.
A gun fired behind them and the four wolves turned to as Deucalion fell into the wall. "This just isn't my day," he grunted as he slid to the floor.
"This is a surprising alliance, Scott," Gerard said coming from down the tunnel with his gun aimed at them. "I was shocked when I heard you and Steve were working together, but now you and Deucalion?" he chuckled. Steve and Charlie glanced over to Scott before returning their attention to Gerard. "How long have you been planning this clever little double cross?" Gerard continued gun still raised.
"About as long as he and I have been planning this one," Chris said as he tossed the cane to Scott.
"What are you doing?" Gerard asked.
"We know how you are, you don't think we'd come up with a plan of our own once we found out you were still alive?" Steve told the older man.
"I knew when I brought you back, it would never be about saving lives. Only about immortalizing your own," Chris added as the two pointed their pistols at each other. "Go," Chris told the wolves. "Go now," Chris shouted when the four of them hadn't moved.
As they headed deeper in the tunnels they heard another shot fired.
"Are you okay?" Kira asked kneeling next to Zach.
Zach shook his head as she helped him to his feet. "Something happened," he said as he folded his wings.
"What?" Kira asked
"The others need our help," Zach replied, turning towards the tunnels, his eyes turning completely white. Kira drew her sword as the two ran back towards the entrance.
The Desert Wolf beat Malia to the gun and trained it at her. Jay leapt off the ground and ran at two, knocking Malia to the side. The gun went off, hitting Jay in the abdomen. He fell against the older werecoyote before she knocked him aside and fired another shot at Malia.
Malia stumbled into the hallway and another shot went off. "It's not the full moon, Malia. But you know what? It's close enough," The Desert Wolf said.
Jay pulled himself to his feet. "Jay," Stiles whispered holding up a glass container with blue talons rattling inside. "For Malia," he grunted as he tossed it at him.
Jay stumbled into the hallway as a third shot hit Malia. "Malia!" He shouted tossing the jar over the Desert Wolf's head. The Desert Wolf turned and fired another shot into Jay's gut and he fell to the floor. The Desert Wolf aimed at Malia again. The gun clicked, but no bullet came out. She growled as she discarded the emptied gun. Jay heard a flick when the Desert Wolf brought out her claws and approached Malia as the younger werecoyote leaned against the wall.
Jay looked up as the Desert Wolf drove her claws into Malia, the jar shattering on the ground between them. "I want my power back," the Desert Wolf growled.
Malia groaned in pain before driving the talons into her mother. "I want my family back."
The Desert Wolf groaned before stepping away from Malia. Braeden stepped over Jay and knocked out the Desert Wolf with her shotgun.
"Some bodyguard," Stiles muttered at August as he approached.
"I took a bullet for you," August sighed as he knelt next to him.
"Could you just take this gigantic shard of glass out of my chest?" Stiles asked. August shrugged as he stared at him. "Please?" Stiles added. August smirked slightly as he pulled off his shirt and pulled the glass out. He tossed the shard aside before pressing his shirt against the bleeding wound.
"I think I see the light," Jay cried out. The two humans looked towards the werecheetah lying on the ground and clutching his stomach.
"I can see you healing from here," August shouted.
"But it hurts," Jay whimpered. Malia walked over and began drawing his pain.
She turned to the humans looking at her in surprise. "What? I just want him to shut up."
The four wolves slowed as they rounded a corner looking for any sign of the Beast. "Scott," Liam said looking at the cane. "I'll do it."
"Liam—"
"It should be me. If you get me close enough. I'll do it."
"We're not killing your best friend," Scott told him.
"That belongs to me," Sebastien said stepping around a corner. "It's a family heirloom. I'd like it back please."
"It's all yours. Just give us Mason," Scott told him.
"Unfortunately, I would not know where to begin. And while I've benefitted from his memories. I don't have much use for an alter ego."
The four looked at each other before shifting.
"You want it?" Scott growled holding up the cane.
"Come get it," Steve finished cracking his neck as he and Charlie stepped in front of the others.
Sebastien's eyes turned blue and smoke started to swirl at his feet as he snarled at them.
"She should be down here somewhere," Zach muttered as they walked through the tunnels.
"I hear her," Kira replied as they rounded a corner.
Zach saw one of the walls rattle as they approached Lydia's cry. "False wall," he whispered as Kira moved towards it. The kitsune stabbed at the side of the door and sliced through the bolts. She quickly repeated the motion on the opposite side and the door wobbled slightly. Zach stepped next to her and punch the door to the ground, his wings flying out of his back as he did.
Lydia gasped as the door fell in front of her. "Sorry we're late," Kira told the banshee as she sheathed he sword.
"We have to hurry," Lydia grunted as she ran to join the others.
"Up there," Zach told them, pointing at the ceiling where he heard the others fighting. The three ran off towards the ladder to rejoin the others.
Steve and Charlie ran forward as Sebastien finished shifting into the Beast. He quickly knocked them aside before Scott and Liam followed, dropping the cane behind them. The Beast batted them into the tunnel walls.
The four of them rose and charged The Beast again. Charlie slid underneath The Beast but was kicked into the wall before he could strike. The beta fell unconscious as he bounced off the wall and landed on the ground. Scott was knocked back by an uppercut and Liam followed shortly behind. Steve dodged the first strike but was knocked into the wall by a backhand. The pipes clanged to the ground next to him while Scott and Liam moved to strike again, but all three were knocked back when the Beast slammed his fists into the ground.
Sebastien returned to his human form as he moved towards Scott. He lifted the true alpha by the throat. "You're strong. There's no doubt in that. But none of you fight with a killer instinct. Let me show you how to go for the throat." Scott struggled against the grasp.
Steve rushed forward and Liam withdrew the blade from the cane. "Liam, wait," Scott called. "We can still save Mason."
Sebastien turned knocked Steve back into Liam with his free hand. The blade ran through Steve's leg as the two fell the ground. Charlie awoke and roared from the other side of the tunnels he felt the blade's poison seep into Steve.
"What kind of werewolves are you?" Sebastien asked as he tightened his grip on Scott. The two stopped struggling for a moment. "Marie-Jeanne?" Sebastien muttered before releasing Scott.
Scott breathed in as Charlie slid next to Steve, pulling him off the blade. Steve coughed up black blood as Lydia, Zach, and Kira appeared behind them. "Mason," Lydia said.
"I think you're going to need to try a little louder," Kira told her as Sebastien approached, smoke swirling around him.
Zach shifted as the Beast fully formed in front of them "Mason!" Lydia screamed just before it reached them. The name echoed throughout the tunnels, blowing the black smoke away from the body and revealing Mason. Corey pulled himself away from the wall, making himself visible, before grabbing Mason. They watched as the smoke tried to mold into the shape of the Beast and fly towards the exit. Just as it was about to fly around the corner a flaming body slammed it into the wall.
"Scott!" Parrish called out as he struggled against the form.
Scott ran up and threw the bloody blade at the shadow. A blue light erupted from the smoke once the blade struck before the Beast dissipated in Parrish's hands.
"Steve," Scott said, running to the other alpha. Steve gasped as more black blood flowed from his mouth.
"Time for plan B," Theo shouted from the end of the tunnels. Sparks of electricity floated sprang from his body before it bounced off the walls and ceiling. Scott turned towards the chimera and shifted as he stood between Theo and Steve. Charlie moved to join Scott as Theo threw a bolt of electricity at them. Kira ran in front of them and caught the bolt with her blade, absorbing the flow.
"The skinwalkers have a message for you, Theo," Kira said once the electricity stopped. "Your sister wants to see you." Kira slammed her sword into the ground and a crack headed towards Theo. A hole opened right in front of him and a wet, dark-haired girl clawed her way to the surface.
She grabbed Theo and began to drag him back down with her. "Scott, help me!" Theo cried as he clawed desperately at the ground. "Scott!" his called out again, his voice cracking as he was pulled into the hole. The ground slammed shut the moment Theo was out of view.
Everyone turned back to Steve. The alpha struggled to breathe as more blood spilled from his mouth.
"We can save him," Charlie told Scott brandishing his claws.
Scott looked at Liam and the two nodded. Charlie stepped behind them and pierced the back of their necks with his claws. Lydia gasped as tendrils appeared across all three of their bodies.
Steve's wound slowly started to close. The flow of black blood stopped as his breathing returned to normal. Charlie released the other two wolves and the three gasped before kneeling beside Steve.
"You can do it," Steve smiled before passing out.
Charlie carried Steve as they headed out of the tunnels. "Hayden's at the clinic," Liam told Scott. "She's been hurt pretty bad."
"Okay, let's go," Scott said. "Bring Steve, we need to make sure he's okay there," Scott told Charlie. The four of them piled into Steve's car and headed for the clinic.
Scott bumped a curb while taking a turn and Steve shot up in his seat. Charlie shook his head as they pulled up to the clinic. They stepped into the clinic and watch as Deaton finished dressing Hayden's wound. Deaton turned to see them come in and they gathered around the table she was on.
"Hayden, I've managed to stabilize the injury. But considering you're a chimera, I don't know how, or if, you'll heal," the vet explained.
"We can still take you to the hospital," Scott told her.
She shook her head, "I've already died there once."
"It's your choice," Liam told her.
"I know," she said. She turned and nodded at Scott.
He shifted and bit her arm. Steve held her other arm and took the pain. "Taking pain increases her chance of surviving the bite," Steve explained.
"Lucas never actually left your pack, did he?" Hayden asked after Scott removed his fangs.
"No," Steve whispered, shaking his head.
"Had he not been there—he saved me."
"I know," Steve said with a small nod. "He helped us save everyone."
"You saved their lives," Steve heard the sheriff say as he stepped into the sheriff's station. "Mason, Malia, half the population of Beacon Hills. That's got to feel pretty good."
"It did. For a while," Stiles replied.
"But it's something you want to feel again?"
"Yeah. Yeah, I think so."
"Welcome to your future career in law enforcement," the sheriff said before looking up and seeing Steve. "Looks like you've got another group of lives to save though."
Stiles turned around as Steve entered the office. "I thought we weren't going until Scott got back?"
"We aren't, but school starts in ten minutes," Steve told him.
"How's August?" Stiles asked once they reached the Jeep.
"Still sore, but otherwise healed."
"In less than a day?"
"Our link is pretty strong," Steve told him with a small smile.
"Hi." Fiona croaked as she opened her eyes and saw Charlie and Leonard sitting in front of her.
"Welcome back," Leonard said stepping out to give them a minute.
Charlie smiled as he kissed her forehead. "You tried to fight the Beast?" he asked her. She shrugged. "You're an idiot," Charlie laughed.
"The doctors were surprised at how quickly she recovered" Melissa mentioned as Leonard closed the door.
"I've learned a few things."
"This hospital could use a volunteer like you."
"Doctor Leonard Felis does have a nice ring to it," Leonard said smiling.
"That's a long road."
"But then I can help people."
"I think you already do," she told him looking at the werewolf and banshee through the window.
"Due to the way we use the link, we sometimes develop strong connections with each other," Jay explained. "It allows us to enhance each other's abilities, but when those connections are severed—it's like our minds become disconnected from our own bodies."
"But I barely knew Lucas," Zach told him.
"I think the connection formed when Steve revived the two of you."
Zach was silent for a moment. "Do we only ever get one?"
Jay shook his head. "No, Steve and Charlie have always been close. I'd be surprised if he doesn't have the connection with August too. And he had one with Thane—."
"Who?"
"The beta Steve turned. He died not too long ago. Steve swore to never bring someone into all this again."
"But he brought me and Lucas back into it."
"We were all pretty surprised by it. But I think it's because you two were technically part of the supernatural world, or maybe he wanted to give you a second chance at life."
"'Cause he saw so much potential in us," Zach commented.
"Hey, Steve doesn't bring people back to life for nothing," Jay said putting his arm around the chimera as they walked towards the school.
Stiles, Lydia, and Steve walked out of their last class of the day. "But Kira will be back. She still has to graduate," Lydia said.
"She might," Steve sighed.
"That's the thing, though, I don't know. When we started this school year, I was so stressed about everyone ending up in the same place after we graduate. But I don't think it matters. We always seem to find each other anyway. Even Allison," Stiles said.
"What?" Steve asked.
"He didn't tell you guys? It was in the tunnels when Sebastien had his hands around Scott's throat. The guy probably didn't even know what he was doing. His claws got into Scott's neck. He was going to kill him, but then he stopped and he said a name. Marie-Jeanne."
"He saw Scott's memories," Lydia breathed.
"He saw Allison," Stiles said.
"They must have looked like each other. I mean, maybe exactly like each other," she added.
"It gave Scott a chance to break free, she saved him. Allison saved his life.
"Protegimus illos qui nequeunt protegere se," Steve said.
"You knew Allison?" Lydia asked.
"Yeah," Steve sighed, "You know Latin?"
"Of course," Lydia scoffed. Steve chuckled as they made their way into the library and sat at a table to wait for the others. Malia, Jay, Leonard, and Zach walked in and joined them a few moments later. August, Charlie, and Fiona followed shortly after.
The group looked up as they heard the door open. "Are you guys ready to go?" Scott asked once he neared them.
AN: I hope you enjoyed the story so far. I know a whole lot hasn't change canonically in this ending, but there will be a few in the next two stories and after that, there is no technical cannon (yet (hopefully there will be)), so obviously that will be different as well.
There is going to be one more chapter that is the conclusion to both this story and the prequel, so be on the lookout for that. As I said above, I'm a bit more behind than I'd like for the prequel, I have about two and a half more chapters to finish. I'm hoping to have it done by next Wednesday, but I can't make any promises with the traveling I've been doing. So, if the last chapter isn't posted next week I will be posting it either the following week or, possibly, as soon as I finish.
As always, let me know what you think, especially about the story overall as I begin to work on 6A.