Chapter Twenty-Three

Fight it

*Derek

Derek growled, "Get out of here Josie" He carefully sat Stiles down on the bed and turned around to glare at her. His eyes turned blue as his face morphed "Or I'll kill you" he growled.

"I don't know Derek haven't been able to do that yet" Josie said with a smirk, and chuckled softly before morphing as well. She turned to look at Scott her red eyes studying him. "Hey Scott, heard lots about you" she said and tilted her slowly, "Nice to finally meet you" she said. "But unfortunately you being here is just getting in my way" she said and a moment later the ahzi jumped down from the ceiling and landed next to her. "I don't have a grudge against you Scott, why not just leave while you can" she said with a smile.

"No I think i'm good where I am" Scott said and roared as he morphed into a werewolf, his eyes turning just as red as hers.

"Suite yourself" Josie said and turned to the ahzi. "Kill him" she said before turning her attention to the human. "Hey Stiles how ya doing?" she asked with a small cold laugh.

"Great thanks for asking?" Stiles said sarcastically.

Derek growled "Shut up, leave him out of it" he said and ran at her.

Josie sighed softly and dodged his attempts before hitting him back. She grabbed onto his shirt and picked him up before slamming him into the ground. "Just a moment, trying to talk to Stiles" she said and tsked before slapping a hand over his mouth so he couldn't talk, while the other held him in place, despite his struggling, didn't help that she was also sitting on his chest with her knees digging into his biceps.

Josie looked up at Stiles "Why don't you just stop fighting it Stiles. All the pain you're feeling will go away. You'll be free" she said and smiled small as she studied him. "All that guilt, because of Allison….. it'll be gone too you know" she said. "Come on Stiles, you know you want too. Just let it, let it consume you and you won't feel anything ever again." she said.

Stiles shook his head slightly "Never" he said and gritted his teeth as the pain racked his body again. He slid off the bed and landed on his knees before bending over clutching his head. "Get out of my head" he yelled loudly.

"Sorry can't do that Stiles" Josie said and closed her eyes for a moment, focusing almost all her energy on getting him to follow her commands. "Come on Stiles just do it" she said before turning her attention to Derek and sighed. "Just you and me this time Derek" she said with a cold grin before rolling off of him and jumping up to her feet ready to fight him. "Or should I say you and him" she said and pointed at Stiles, who must have lost the mental battle because he wasn't writhing on the floor anymore.

Stiles struggled to stand up, or more like struggled not to stand up. His body was moving against his will. He tried stopping it with all his might, but he just couldn't get himself to, no matter what his limbs just wouldn't listen to his commands.

"Time to have a little fun" Josie said and stepped out of the way. "Stiles why don't you go ahead and kill Derek for me." she said and stood back to watch, her eyes drifting off to see how the ahzi was holding up against Scott. It was losing, but at the moment she really didn't care. The Stiles and and Derek show was much more interesting.

Derek watched Stiles and shook his head slightly, "Stiles stop, come on you can fight her. You're stronger than her" he said.

Stiles roared, baring teeth that were no longer his, but ones that belong to a Ahzi. "I can't stop" he hissed and roared once more before running at Derek.

Derek growled, mad at the situation not Stiles, "Come on Stiles fight" he yelled, but it was too late. Stiles jumped ontop of him, making them both crash down onto the floor. He barely had enough time to get his bearings before he felt claws dig into his chest. "Stiles please" he said and stared up at him, looking into eyes that no longer belonged to his boyfriend. They were to dark, too cold to ever belong to Stiles. The change wasn't complete yet though, so he knew that meant Stiles had to be in there somewhere yet. "Come on Stiles, just listen to my voice. This isn't you. Fight it, for just a little longer fight it" he said, and bit his lip slightly. "I didn't say it before, maybe because I thought it would be worst if I lost you or something I don't know. But I love you Stiles. I love you" he said.

Stiles' movements grew more hesitant and his eyes softened for a moment as he started down at the werewolf. He shook his head, "I don't want to do this" he sobbed. "I'm sorry.."

"Kill him" Josie yelled, and a moment later the hesitation was gone, as much as he didn't want to as much as he fought against it Stiles was going to hurt Derek.

"Sorry not just yet" Deaton said as he walked into the room. He tossed a handful of mountain ash at Josie smiling as it formed a perfect circle around her.

Josie growled loudly and angrily banged on the force field that kept her from leaving the damned circle. "Oh I'm really going to enjoy ripping you apart Deaton" she growled.

Deaton smiled, "Yes I'm sure you will" he said and turned his attention to Stiles and Derek. "Derek pin him down." he said and hurried over. "You only have a few minutes otherwise it'll be too late. The remedies won't work" he said.

"I don't want to hurt him" Derek grunted as he tried to stop Stiles' assault without hurting him, but it wasn't working honestly he was starting to feel weaker.

"Don't worry about it. Whatever you do will heal. If he turns he'll be gone forever. Make a choice. Now!" he insisted.

Derek hated it but the vet was right, so with the last bit of strength he had left he forcefully shoved Stiles off of him. He jumped to his feet as quickly as he could and ran over to hold him down, but Stiles was quicker.

Stiles jumped up onto his feet and hissed, before running at Derek, quickly slashing out with his claws trying to rip him apart.

"Stiles stop" He growled and held him back, though that didn't keep him from slashing at him with his clothes. "Please Stiles it'll only take a second. Just fight one second longer" he said, but didn't get anything in return. He swore in frustration before shoving him away again. This time he moved quicker and ran over to him and grabbed him before picking him up and slamming him into the ground. "Hurry up Doc" he said as he struggled to hold him down. "Don't know how much longer I can hold him" he said, the once weak human was so much stronger now. Stronger than even him.

Deaton ran over to the two of them and quickly popped the top off the bottle before grabbing Stiles' chin. He head his head as still as he could before pouring it into his mouth and then slapping his hand over it. He held it there until he was sure he swallowed, then he just let him go and backed away. "Let him go Derek" he said and looked over Stiles for a moment. "And don't worry I think he'll be okay" he said and turned to face Josie. "Now what to do with you" he said and walked over to her.

"Just kill me and get it over with" Josie said and rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"We're not killing her" Scott said and he shoved the limp body of the ahzi off of him and slowly pushing himself off the ground. Somehow during the fight he had managed to snap the things neck. Wasn't sure if it was actually dead though, so did something he really didn't want to do. He bent over and dug his claws into his neck and ripped out his throat, literally.

Derek rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything he kept his attention on Stiles. He was all he really cared about at the moment.

Stiles went still after the remedy ran down his throat and he coughed some of it up. He stared wide eyed up at the ceiling for a long time before he started gagging. He quickly rolled over and held himself up on his knees before he started throwing up a disgusting black liquid. The worst part came next though, a pain worse than ever before shot through every limb of his body and it just continued to intensify until he was screaming, until his voice was too hoarse for him to scream.

"What's happening Doc" Derek asked a bit frantically as the pain only seemed to get worse.

Deaton looked back at Stiles, concern clear in his eyes, "He's changing back" he said with a frown. "I'm afraid it's a painful process" he said and walked over to them. "But it's working. He isn't gray anymore" he said and smiled small. "I just hope he's strong enough to survive the process" he said grimly.

"What do you mean strong enough, thought you said he'd be fine" Derek snapped, talking loud enough to be heard over Stiles' hoarse screaming. Though he was holding onto him, trying to comfort him even if it really wasn't possible.

Deaton sighed softly, "Don't worry about it Derek, I'm sure he'll be fine. Just try and make him as comfortable as possible" he said and nodded slightly before standing up and walking back over to Josie.

Josie smiled as she stared at Stiles, she liked seeing the pain written all over Derek's face at seeing his lover like that. Wasn't really the time though so she turned her attention back on the vet. "So what's the plan Deaton. Gonna bore me to death with one of your cryptic lectures" she asked.

Deaton smiled, "No, I have a much better place in mind for you" he said and looked over at Scott. "What do you think about the Echin house Scott? Seem like a suitable place for her" he asked.'

Scott nodded slightly "Yeah seems like a good place for her to me" he said.

Derek jumped to his feet momentarily leaving Stiles' side, "Like hell" he growled. "She deserves a hell of a lot worse than Echin house" he growled angrily. "Neither of you were around so it's not your call. She's mine, and I'm going to kill her" he said and glared at Josie.

"Derek you can't kill her. It's not right" Scott said and shook his head slightly. "Deaton is right should just let her rot in Echin house"

"Not happening" Derek said and turned to Deaton, "break the line" he said.

Deaton sighed softly, "As much as I would love to watch you kill this young lady I can't let you do that Derek." he said with another sigh. "The rules of the ahzi is that if you kill the master then the ahzi dies as well" he said.

"So what does that matter. Scott already took care of it" Derek said, getting more annoyed by the minute.

Deaton nodded slightly, "Yes but Stiles still technically has ahzi blood in his system and he always will" he said. "Whether you like it or not they will always be connected. If you kill Josie you'll be killing Stiles too" he said.

"Are you sure" Derek asked and glared at Josie for a moment before turning his gaze back to the vet.

"I can't be sure, but is it really something you're willing to risk?" Deaton asked.

Josie laughed softly, "That's right Der Der" she said sweetly, calling him by the pet name she gave him when they were dating all those years ago. "Kill me and you kill your little boyfriend too" she said with a smirk.

"Fine" Derek growled and walked back over to Stiles, trying to relinquish his anger but failing terribly, and seeing Stiles in so much pain definitely wasn't helping.

"Wait what" Scott said looking between Derek and Josie, "What the hell does she mean by boyfriend" he asked.

Derek ignored the question and just cradled Stiles in his arms, trying to do and say anything to help comfort him, to make the process less painful.


~Two days later~

*Stiles

Stiles stared down at Derek smiling "So what are we going to do now?" he asked thoughtfully. "We just finished getting Josie settled, and there isn't anything going on in Beacon Hills" he said.

Derek shrugged, "I don't know. I'm sure we'll find something to do" he said with a smile and leaned up to kiss him softly."Thinking of a few things already" he said and rolled them over so he was on top. He trailed his hands down Stiles' sides as he places soft kisses on Stiles' neck.

Stiles smiled happily, "As fun as this is we can't do it all the time" he said.

Derek smirked, "Sure we can" he said and smashed his lips against Stiles' before he could open his big mouth again. He brought his hand up to his cheek and caressed it softly as he deepened the kiss and moved his body against Stiles'

The End