Chapter 12
I do not own Teen Wolf in any way.
A/N-I promise Isaac will find out about Paige's pregnancy. I just need to get through this stuff first before I address it.
After everyone had been calmed down, they all went into the locker room.
The boys changed and everyone started going home.
"I got to meet with the medical examiner and try to figure out what happened with Jackson. I've got an APB out on Stiles. His jeep is still in the parking lot, so that means - the hell, I don't know what that means. Um - look, if he answers his phone, if he answers his emails, if any one of you see him…" the sheriff said.
"We'll call you", Isaac told him.
"Look, he's probably just freaked out from all the attention or something. We'll find him", Scott reassured him.
"Yeah. I'll see you, okay?" the sheriff said and walked off.
Coach Finstock came over to the small group. "McCall. We need you on the team, okay? You know I can't put you on the field next season if you don't get your grades up", Coach said.
"Yeah, I know, coach", Scott said.
"All right. I mean, I - I know I yell a lot, but it's not like I hate you guys. Well, I kind of hate Greenberg, but, you know, that's different. It's Greenberg. I'm just saying we - I need you on the team. Get your grades back up", Coach said.
"I will", Scott told him.
"I know", Coach said and walked off.
The three were left in the empty locker room.
"Is that everyone?" Scott asked.
"I think so", Isaac said.
Scott ripped the door of Stiles' locker off and started searching through it.
"You're gonna find him by scent?" Isaac asked, realizing what Scott was thinking.
"Yeah, we both are", Scott said, handing Isaac his shoe.
"But how come you get his shirt and I get a shoe?" Isaac asked.
Scott looked over and saw Derek standing there.
"We need to talk", Derek said.
"All of us", Peter said appearing from behind a set of lockers.
"Holy sh…" Scott started to say.
"If you value your life, you won't complete that sentence", Peter threatened.
"What the hell is this?" Scott asked. He turned to Paige. "Did you know about this?" he asked her, but Paige was silent.
"You know, I thought the same thing when I saw you talking to Gerard at the sheriff's station", Derek said.
"Okay, hold on. He - he threatened to kill my mom. And I had to get close to him. What was I supposed to do?" Scott asked.
"I'm gonna go with Scott on this one. Have you seen his mom? She's gorgeous", Peter remarked.
"Shut-up", both Derek and Scott said.
Isaac leaned over to Paige and Scott and asked, "Who is he?"
"That's Peter, Derek and Paige's Uncle. Little while back, he tried to kill us all, and then we set him on fire, and Derek slashed his throat", Scott explained.
"Hi", Peter said.
"That's good to know", Isaac said softly.
"How is he alive?" Scott asked.
"Look, the short version is he knows how to stop Jackson. And maybe how to save him", Derek said.
"Well, that's very helpful except Jackson's dead", Paige said.
"What?" Derek asked her.
"Yeah, Jackson's dead. It just happened on the field", Scott explained.
"Okay, why is no one taking this as good news?" Isaac asked.
"Because if Jackson is dead, it didn't just happen. Gerard wanted it to happen", Peter said.
"But why?" Derek asked.
"Well, that's exactly what we need to figure out. And something tells me the window of opportunity is closing. Quickly", Peter said.
They got in Derek's car and went back to the Hale House.
"I told you, I looked everywhere", Derek said.
Peter went to the staircase and pulled something out. "You didn't look here", Peter told him.
"What is that, a book?" Derek asked.
"No. It's a laptop. What century are you living in?" Peter asked him, "A few days after I got out of the coma, I transferred everything that we had. Fortunately, the Argents aren't the only ones that keep records".
Scott's phone rang and he answered it, while the others went into the living room. Scott came back into the room. "We need to get to the hospital", Scott said.
Paige started to follow the guys, but Derek grabbed her arm.
"You're staying here", he said.
She looked at the guys and nodded.
Isaac looked at her one last time before leaving with Scott.
"What the hell Derek?" she snapped.
"Can't have you endangering the pup", Peter said.
"I'm barely pregnant! I'm not invalid!" she growled.
"You know how delicate wolf pregnancies are", Derek said, "You're in bigger danger because of how young you are".
A few minutes later, Derek got a call from Scott.
"They say he's in some kind of transparent casing made from the venom coming out of his claws", Derek told Peter.
"That sounds sufficiently terrifying", Peter said typing away on the laptop.
"They also say he's starting to move", Derek said.
"Okay, look, I think I found something. Looks like what we've seen from Jackson is just the Kanima's beta shape", Peter told them.
"Well, meaning what? It can turn into something bigger?" Paige asked.
Peter clicked on a picture. "Bigger and badder", Peter said.
"He's turning into that? That has wings", Derek said.
"I can see that", Peter said.
"Scott, bring him to us", Derek told him.
"Look, somebody actually made an animation of it. Maybe it's less frightening if we…" Peter said. He clicked on it and it made a shrieking noise.
All three of them jumped back from the laptop.
Peter slammed it shut. "Nope, not at all. We should probably meet them halfway", Peter said.
"Scott, get him out of there now - go now", Derek said and hung up.
"Derek, we need Lydia", Peter told him.
"There's no time for…" Derek said.
"That's the problem. We're rushing. We're moving too fast. And while everybody knows that a moving target is harder to hit, here we are, racing right into Gerard's crosshairs", Peter said.
"If I get the chance to kill Jackson, I'm taking it", Derek said. He turned to Paige. "You can come, but you are not fighting. Is that understood?" Derek asked.
"I can live with that", Paige said and they left.
They met Scott and Isaac at the Iron Works.
Derek ran in on all fours, flipped, and landed in crouch.
Paige rolled her eyes and stepped out of the shadows. She immediately went to Isaac and nuzzled his neck with her head.
"I'm here for Jackson. Not you", Chris Argent said.
"Somehow, I don't find that very comforting. Get him inside", Derek said.
They went inside and everyone stepped towards Jackson's body.
"Where are they?" Scott asked.
"Who?" Derek asked him.
"Peter and Lydia. Whoa, hold on a second", Scott said as Derek unzipped the body bag, "You said you knew how to save him".
"We're past that", Derek told him.
"What about…?" Scott asked.
"Think about it, Scott. Gerard controls him now. He's turned Jackson into his own personal guard dog. And he set all of this in motion so that Jackson could get even bigger and more powerful", Derek explained.
"No. No, he wouldn't do that. If Jackson's a dog, he's turning rabid, and my father wouldn't let a rabid dog live", Chris said.
"Of course not. Anything that dangerous, that out of control - Is better off dead", Gerard said appearing out of nowhere.
Derek raised his hand, claws out, about to slash Jackson's throat.
Jackson's hand shot out and dug itself into Derek's chest. He threw Derek across the room.
Paige ripped herself from Isaac's arms and ran over to Derek. She was reassured by Derek's heartbeat. She looked over and saw an arrow embedded in Isaac's shoulder. She was torn between her only brother and the boy she loved.
"I'll. Be. Fine", Derek gasped, "Help. The. Others".
She nodded and ran over to Isaac. She pulled the arrow out.
Scott came over to them and helped get Isaac out of the way of the battle.
Derek recovered and all the werewolves shifted, excluding Paige.
She ran over to where she knew Peter was and buried herself in his arms.
Peter could feel her body shaking. "It'll be okay", he told her, stroking her hair.
All Paige could do was listen to the sounds of the battle.
When the sounds stopped, she looked up.
"He's doing what he came here to do", Scott said.
Isaac was on the ground holding his stomach.
Cautiously, Paige made her way over to her wounded mate.
"Then you know", Gerard said.
"What's he talking about?" Allison asked.
"It was the night outside the hospital, wasn't it, when I threatened your mother. I knew I saw something in your eyes. You could just smell it, couldn't you?" Gerard asked.
"He's dying", Isaac said, leaning on Paige for support.
"I am. I have been for a while now. Unfortunately, science doesn't have a cure for cancer yet. But the supernatural does", Gerard said looking down at Derek.
"You monster", Chris spat.
"Not yet", Gerard said.
"What are you doing?" Allison asked and Jackson tightened his grip on her throat.
"You'll kill her too?" Chris asked.
"When it comes to survival, I'd kill my own son! Scott", Gerard said.
Scott stepped towards Derek, but Paige stood in front of him.
"Please don't do this Scott", she begged.
"Step aside Paige", Scott said.
"No", she said, "You'll have to go through me first".
"Please Paige", Scott said softly, "What if it was Isaac?" The father of your son, Scott added mentally.
Reluctantly, Paige stepped aside, as much as it pained her.
Scott grabbed Derek by his neck and pulled him up.
"Scott, don't. You know that he's gonna kill me right after. He'll be an Alpha", Derek gasped.
"That's true. But I think he already knows that, don't you, Scott? He knows that the ultimate prize is Allison. Do this small task for me, and they can be together. You are the only piece that doesn't fit, Derek. And in case you haven't learned yet, there is just no competing with young love", Gerard said.
Paige buried her face in Isaac's chest, unable to watch.
"Scott, don't! Don't!" Derek yelled.
"I'm sorry. But I have to", Scott said.
He pulled Derek's head back, exposing his fangs.
Gerard lowered his arm into Derek's mouth.
Scott let go of Derek and Derek's jaws closed around Gerard's arm.
Gerard cried out in pain and Scott dropped Derek. "What? What is this? What did you do?" Gerard asked.
Paige pulled her head from Isaac's chest and saw the bite mark.
He was bleeding black blood.
"Everyone said Gerard always had a plan. I had a plan too", Scott said.
Gerard took out his pills and crushed them in his hand. "Mountain ash!" he yelled. Black blood starting pouring out of every hole in Gerard's body. He hit the ground.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Derek asked.
"Because you might be an Alpha, but you're not mine", Scott said.
"Kill them! Kill them all!" Gerard yelled and stopped moving.
Stiles' jeep suddenly appeared and hit Jackson.
"Jackson! Jackson", Lydia said getting out of the jeep.
Stiles ran over to Scott, but stopped when he saw Lydia standing in front of Jackson. "Lydia!" Stiles yelled, about to go after her.
"Wait", Scott told him.
Lydia pulled out a key and Jackson looked at it.
Jackson shifted back and took the key from her.
Peter and Derek rushed forward and jammed their claws into Jackson's stomach, killing him.
Lydia dropped to the ground with Jackson.
"Where's Gerard?" Allison asked.
"He can't be far", Chris told her.
After saying their goodbyes, Lydia got up and started to walk towards everyone.
They heard claws scratching on the floor. They all turned around.
Jackson was getting up from the floor…only…he was a werewolf now. He shifted back and Lydia hugged him.
It was over.
The next morning, Peter, Isaac, Derek, and Paige went back to the Hale House.
Paige stared at the marking on the door.
"You haven't told them everything yet, have you?" Peter asked.
"What do you mean?" Isaac asked.
"Why do you think Derek was in such a hurry to build his pack? So eager to strengthen his power and his number? When there's a new Alpha, people take notice", Peter said.
"People like who? What is this? What does this mean?" Isaac said touching the symbol on the door.
"It's their symbol", Derek said, "And it means they're coming".
"Who?" Isaac asked.
"Alpha's", Paige said.
Sensing Paige was hiding something, Peter asked, "Is there something you're not telling us, dear niece?"
"I might know two of them", she said, "Their names are Ethan and Aiden. I knew them before they were Alphas".
"You know, lately you've been lying to me a lot Paige", Derek said.
"Wait…More than one?" Isaac asked.
"A pack of them", Derek told him.
"An Alpha pack. And they're not coming. They're already here", Peter said.
One more chapter to go and then this story is over and we'll move on to the next one. Haven't thought of a title yet...guess I should do that. Unless you guys have some good ideas!