Hey Guys! Here it it Chapter 10, the end of the Benefactor arc. It's a much longer chapter than the others because of that reason. I feel that when I write action I don't do it justice so, I hope it's okay and I hope it's good enough for the end of the arc! ENJOY
Everyone was in Scott's house in the cramped kitchen, they were all gathered around the table and this time it was even worse. Even Peter was there along with Stiles' dad, Melissa, Noshiko, Satomi, Chris and Deaton. Everyone decided it was time to band together because this wasn't just a threat for some, this was a threat for everyone dealing with the supernatural and to beat Araya it would take all of them. Scott and Kira were together at the head of the table; hands laced and pretty much leaning on each other. Most were surprised they weren't on the table making out, but they understood how much happier she had made him and how much stronger she had made him. Most of the humans were backed against the cabinets together taking a back seat to the meeting. Derek, Braeden and Peter were on the longer side of the table while Stiles, Lydia and Malia were opposite them. Scott was just staring into Kira's eyes when he decided that it was time to talk about the long, hard road they all had ahead. It all started with a question.
"What are we going to do?" Isaac who had taken the spot with Liam opposite Scott and Kira looked around the room hoping someone had some miraculous idea, a divine move, but this time, this time there was no divine move this was harder than that. Everyone looked around the room for the same question, but when Scott saw panic starting to spread across people's faces he decided to take control.
"Well the answer to the situation we are in is simple, plain, but annoying and a huge pain in the ass. We have to fight her and the first thing we have to figure out is, how do we get her out in the open for a fight?" Scott looked around hoping someone had an idea because at this point he knew he was out of his depth.
"Leave getting her and her goons out in the open to me and focus on the other important details." Scott looked at the kitchen cabinets where most humans were and it was none other than Chris Argent who had volunteered for the job of getting Araya into the open, but he looked confident so Scott thought he would trust Chris and move on to the other more important details.
"Assuming Chris get's her and her goons into the open how are we going to go about it?"
"With murderous intent?" Scott didn't even have to look round the room to know it was Stiles who had suggested that idea. Everyone looked at him and frowned.
"He is right; Araya will always be a problem until she is put down." It was Peter this time.
"Okay so it's become obvious that we will have to kill her, that's not the question. The question is of that this isn't going to be easy so, what do we do?" Scott was really starting to feel worried; no one had any ideas for a plan. Kira rubbed his back reassuring him that it would be okay; he calmed down and started talking again. "We will have to use every advantage that we have. They don't know that we have so many people and I doubt the will expect Isaac and Peter to be there."
"Every advantage in the world could be exercised and we could still loose. They will have bullets that I am almost sure are full of Letharia Vulpina, which will render any and most of us no help and practically dead." After Peter had spoken Derek turned to Braeden remembering that she was working with them at some stage hoping that she had some insight into the situation regarding Araya. Braeden understood what Derek wanted and spoke up.
"Peters right. Their bullets are full of Letharia Vulpina because it can render more than just wolves useless and especially if they are fighting a Kitsune and werewolves. Other than that, there's not much else I saw when working for Araya, I did what she needed and she gave me the money I needed to love a good life."
"Thanks Braeden it's helpful to know what we are sort of going up against." Scott really was appreciative of what she had contributed to the conversation. "What other advantages do we have?"
"They will be caught off guard by having so many humans there because they may be horrible people, they aren't murderers they don't just kill people." It was Chris who had spoken again and then Noshiko.
"I have been training with Kira and her foxfire. She should be able to use that to her advantage now."
"And I will be there with the remnants of my pack to help. I'm sure they won't expect me to be there or to be alive." It was Satomi who had spoken up about helping and Scott was happy that she would be there, she had become like a werewolf mentor to him and someone he could learn from.
"Thanks Satomi." Scott smiled at the alpha then turned back to everyone at the table.
"They will be packing gun power and so will we. Chris, Derek, Stiles and I will have guns."
"Hang on. I get a gun?" Stiles looked confused and looked towards Braeden.
"Although I'm against the idea you do need something to protect Lydia and yourself and an aluminium bat really isn't going to cut it against these guys." Scott understood the logic, but wasn't sure if he liked the idea of Stiles with a gun. Actually the idea kind of frightened him.
"So we know our advantages and we will have to play to them, but other than that the fight will be completely unpredictable. It's not like the fight we had with Kate, this fight could change any number of ways and we will have to deal with it."
"So what do we do?" It was Melissa who spoke up because she wanted to know where she would fit into the plan along with any other humans. Scott knew she wanted to help, but he was not letting her go anywhere near the fight.
"I'm sorry mum, but you and Stiles' dad will be going about your lives normally. Deaton and Noshiko will be there, but just in case something goes severely wrong.
"We will talk about this later." Melissa scorned her son and left the kitchen and went upstairs to her room, well knowing that the battlefield wasn't the place for her or Stiles' dad.
Scott and the others kept planning, but at some stage planning for a fight which wasn't going to go the way they wanted was pointless. Everyone started to leave to be ready for the fight. Chris had told them where it was going to be and then left. Everyone else started to leave except for Liam and Kira. Noshiko had thought about taking Kira home with her for the night, but she knew that the night before the fight which could possibly be the end for some, there was no way she was going to be able to pry her fingers away from him, let alone out of his arms. Scott and Kira were about to go upstairs when Scott noticed Liam was still sitting on the couch in the living room.
"Go up, I'll be up in a minute." Kira nodded and continued up to Scott's bedroom. She felt weird without him, but she didn't feel like she was apart from him. In his room, it smelt so much of him and she felt just as safe their as she did anywhere else, the only place where she felt better was Scott's arms. That was when she noticed that it was barley just Scott's room anymore. There were photos of him, but they all had her in them, the only pictures that didn't have her in them were of him and Stiles or him and his mum. On one of the nightstands there was everything Kira needed and on the other everything Scott needed. Some of the draws had Kira's clothes in them and most had Scott's. She walked into the bedroom and opened the cabinet. There was 2 toothbrushes one his, one hers and again anything either of them would need was in there and she looked in the shower and there was 2 sets of shampoo and conditioner one hers, the other Scott's and 4 towels. The entirety of the room was literally set out for the both of them. This was no longer just Scott's room, it was their room and that thought made Kira happier than anything as she got some clothes out and started to get changed.
Downstairs Scott approached Liam who was sitting on the couch and he could literally feel the angst radiating off him.
"Liam, everything will be fine." Scott reassured his young beta as he approached him.
"I know that's what everyone wants to think, but what if it isn't? What if someone gets hurt? What if someone dies? What if you die? What happens then?" Scott could see how worried Liam was, but wasn't sure of all he could do for Liam.
"Well we will figure the answers to those questions out as we get to them, if we get to them. Liam you just have to let go you have to think that nothing will go wrong otherwise you will have this overshadowing sense of doubt that will help no one survive tomorrow."
"I know, but aren't you worried about what will happen?"
"Of course I am, I'm always afraid that something will happen to someone, I'm always worried that something will happen to Kira, but the point is that if I think something will happen to her, something will be more likely to happen."
"I see what you mean, it's just I'm scared that something will happen. I'm scared that I'm not ready."
"Of course you are! You just need to stop worrying."
"You're right. Thanks Scott."
"It's fine Liam, if I can't even help my beta with his worries what kind of alpha would I be?" Scott joked to help Liam feel better and to stop worrying. "Now go do whatever you need to do and everything will be fine tomorrow."
"Thanks! I'll see you later." Liam left through the door not quite sure where he should be going. Scott waved him off, closed the door and went up stairs. He entered the room seeing Kira laying on the bed in his clothes, to be specific one of his grey shirts and just some casual sleeping pants on.
"You know it's about mid day right? You could have just stayed in your sleeping clothes."
"I feel better in yours, they remind me off you." Scott laid down on the bed which by now as quite inviting. Scott was staring into Kira's eyes caressing her face with one of his hands. "You know I was looking round the room and I noticed that this isn't just your room anymore."
"Of course it's not." Scott smiled back at Kira and she reciprocated the action, but looking confused at the same time.
"What do you mean by that?"
"What I mean is that ever since we started going out, you have been the most important thing to me and I hope vice versa. Everything you need is here because this isn't just my room, it's ours and it's ours because I love you so much that I hope you have everything you need to stay here as often as you want and for as long as you can. I love you Kira." All Kira could do was stare back at him and think about what he had just said, obviously she knew he loved her, but this was more about a connection between them.
"I love you too Scott. You are perfect. Any girl would be lucky to have you and I'm incredibly happy that I'm the one who nabbed themselves the perfect guy." They just smiled each other. She moved closer to him, moving her lips to directly above his and pushing down on his with a certain amount of force. Scott kissed her back putting his other hand on her waist while leaving the other on her face. Her hands were running through Scott's hair, all she wanted was to be closer to him, to be closer to the guy she loved, the guy she would always love.
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Liam wasn't quite sure where she was going, he was just walking. That was until he walked past when someone called his name from above him. He looked up and he saw where he was. He was at Kiara's house. He didn't know how his body knew where to take him, but this was where he wanted to be.
"Hey Kiara! How are you?"
"Ask that question again when you're up here!" Kiara smiled and motioned for Liam to come into the house and into her room. "Come straight up, no one's home, but me!" Liam opened up the door and went up the stairs and went into what he assumed was Kiara's room. He opened the door and there she was sitting, the most beautiful girl he had ever laid his eyes on. They sat talked for a long time on the bed and after a while Liam decided he had to leave. He was where he wanted to be, but not where he wanted to be. When Liam was almost out the door Kiara spoke up.
"Liam I really enjoyed today, it was nice just to talk to you and find out things about you."
"I feel exactly the same way, it was exactly what I needed and it was enjoyable to be with you." Kiara blushed and she felt Liam move closer to her. She looked up and he was right there, his beautiful blue eyes. After about a second of staring at each other they started kissing, more so than the night they went on date. They felt like they really knew each other now and it added passion to their kiss. Liam left Kiara's house and felt incredibly happy and he felt like he could take on the world, which was of course great that he wasn't particularly worried anymore.
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Scott and Kira had spent the day and night in each other's arms making out and just clinging each other like they usually did. It was much the same for the other couples, but Lydia had spent the day catching up with Isaac and Liam spent it with Kiara. When it came for the time everyone was gathered in an open area in the preserve (not unlike the area the area where they fought Kate). They were all standing out in the open together when they saw Araya and her 'friends' come out of the bush in much of the same fashion that their side was in.
"Hello Christopher."
"Araya."
"Why have you called me here?" Chris motioned to Scott who was in the centre of the entire group.
"Araya we know you're the Benefactor."
"Me? Why would I make a dead pool for people I could kill myself?"
"Why don't you answer the question yourself?"
"Scott, I'm not the Benefactor."
"DON'T LIE TO ME ARAYA. PEOPLE HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF YOUR STUPID GAMES AND THEY END RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!" Everyone looked towards Scott because they had never seen him this angry before and what they saw was something they hadn't seen before. Scott's eyes were glowing a particularly dark red; they could see the anger coursing around him. They could all see how angry he was and they had never seen him this way.
"Las verdaderas emociones se muestran en sus ojos." Araya looked Scott dead in eyes as he said it, while everyone was looking at Braeden for a translation.
"It roughly means ones true emotions are shown in their eyes in Spanish."
"It's clear someone's not getting out of this alive, so let's begin the fun." Araya signalled her henchmen to start firing as they started backing towards the bush. All the werewolves were wolfed out and Kira had her katana out. The fight had begun. They weren't firing at Stiles and Lydia figuring they were just harmless humans. The group was advancing on Araya's goons, but she and Severo (her right hand man) were nowhere to be seen. Chris, Derek and Braeden had taken a few out with their guns when Scott, Satomi and Kira made a run at the gunmen. They didn't stand a chance at hitting any of the 3 and as soon as they got close Satomi used a sharp knife to cut the man's throat open (Satomi was very reserved about using her claws as she didn't want someone to accidentally turn) She threw two objects at Scott and Kira's marks as she didn't want either of them to have to kill yet. She knew it was inevitable, but not yet. They continued making steady advances on Araya. Someone came towards Lydia and Stiles and he was forced to use the gun he was given to protect himself. Stiles collapsed after killing the man. It had that effect on people and Lydia sat with Stiles. By this point Lydia's screams were starting to get irritating, so many people were dying, so many screams. Malia, Liam and Isaac had gone ahead with Scott, but mostly Malia and Satomi were doing the killing because they had already killed people. Kira and Scott had split off from the rest of the pack to try find Araya and Severo. They reached an opening where they let their guard down.
"Where are they? We have been looking for ages!" Kira and Scott had stopped running to catch their breath when something cam hurdling towards Kira. She quickly dodged if by sidestepping, but Scott caught it. It was Severo; Scott picked him up and threw him against a tree. He heard cracking, but he knew Severo wasn't dead. Scott walked towards Severo when he made another run for Kira, but this time he caught Kira off guard smashing her into the ground. Scott got over there and threw him against the tree and this time it was obvious that Severo was dead. Scott fell over holding his head in his hands. He had done it, he had killed someone and this was what Scott was afraid of, becoming a murderer. He hadn't noticed, but Kira was still concussed, conscious and walking around, but she couldn't do anything, she barley even knew where she was. There were tears falling from Scott's eyes when he heard a gun being cocked. He turned his head and he saw Araya pointing the gun at a still recovering Kira.
"Araya don't do it! She's defenceless!"
"You killed my right hand man, so I'll kill yours!" The gun was now ready to fire and Scott knew there was nothing else he could do to convince her. He quickly morphed into a wolf as Araya fired the gun straight at Kira. By now Kira had recovered her senses and she looked up seeing the bullet flying towards her, she thought that it was the end to herself and just as it was about to hit her a grey wolf jumped in front of her took the bullet and just went flying past landing on the ground with a bullet wound in its chest. She knew that it was Scott, it had to be. Araya just stood there laughing as Kira went running over the wolf. She lent by its side as he began to change back into Scott. He had taken the bullet and it was stuck in his chest full of a lethal dose of Letharia Vulpina, she knew it would kill him quickly, too quickly for anyone to do anything. Everyone arrived and saw Kira holding Scott in her arms, he had a hole straight in his chest, but it hadn't come out the other side. Deaton and Noshiko arrived, but both knew there was nothing to be done. Kira was hunched over him holding his head, teardrops falling off her face onto his.
"Scott, Scott you can't leave me, not now!" The desperation in her voice showed and everyone was crying. Their alpha, their leader and their best friend was dying in front of them and there was nothing to be done about it, but no one was taking it harder than Kira.
"I love you." Scott managed to say it before he became completely limp, he was gone.
"I love you to." Kira was still crying, she was a mess. Her tears were going all over Scott she was collapsed on him. She was hoping he wasn't gone, but she knew he was and there was only one thing to do. She turned her attention to Araya who was now just standing about 10 meters away from them.
"YOU DID THIS. YOU KILLED HIM."
"It was meant for you, he jumped in front of you it's not my fault, it's his. Everyone started to move towards Kira and Araya when her hair started raising a little. Noshiko knew what was happening.
"Everybody move back, she's dangerous right now! She can't control her foxfire it could destroy everything! She's too emotional!" Everyone backed away from them going back to their original positions. What they saw was Kira's eyes glowing a dark orange, there was a power flowing them, a certain rage something that could only come out of those who had something awful happen to them.
"What are you going to do? He's dead and what are you going to do from his dead body. Your foxfire won't be enough!" Everyone looked towards Noshiko and she told them to wait because something else was happening here. Suddenly they heard a large crack of thunder and it only kept getting stronger. Everyone looked up and there was a massive storm cloud above them, it was as dark as the abyss and it was only getting darker.
"YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT HIM LIKE THAT! YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE!" The thunder kept getting louder and more often.
"Everybody you're going to need to duck when I tell you." Suddenly Stiles realised something, something extremely important.
"Lydia, why didn't you scream?"
"What do you mean?"
"When Scott died why didn't you scream?"
"I don't know Stiles, maybe I forgot or something." Just like something else was going on with Kira, Stiles had his own ideas. By now the thunder was constant and deafening. Noshiko saw the sky light with a glorious yellow.
"DUCK." Everybody lowered themselves to the ground, but to a position where they could see what was going on. Lightning sparked and exploded hitting the ground in the opening. It was a flurry of lightning, it was striking anywhere and everywhere and a strong wind had picked up. The area was lit up as bolt after bolt started smashing into the ground starting fire after fire and explosion after explosion. Then it smashed down right on top of Araya, she collapsed to the ground fried from the bolt of intense lightning which had just hit her, she was dead. Noshiko stood up.
"Kira you can stop now, she's dead, get your control back!" Kira was too emotional she didn't care about anything else lightning kept striking over and over until one smashed down on top of Kira and Scott.
"NO!" Everyone practically yelled in unison except for Stiles who just stood and watched.
"Are you insane Stiles? Get back down!"
"I think there's a reason you didn't scream and I think this is it!" Stiles exclaimed towards Lydia. They all stood up and as the smoke cleared they could see Kira absorbing the energy and feeding some through Scott. The werewolves could hear it, a heartbeat. Scott was alive again! Kira collapsed on top of him and the lightning stopped and the storm cleared instantly. Everyone rushed over to the two unconscious people on the ground. Deaton had to thoroughly check, but there was a pulse and it was only getting stronger.
"He's alive!" Everyone cheered and hugged each other. Chris quietly asked Noshiko a question.
"That's not even the beginning to her power is it?"
"No, I'm afraid not, but power like this and over generally only happens when a Kitsune loses control and all hope." They all gathered around Scott and Kira waiting for them to wake up. They both woke up at exactly the same time. Kira looked over to Scott, saw he was alive and jumped on top of him immediately.
"NEVER DO THAT AGAIN YOU IDIOT." Kira already had tears streaming down her cheeks; she pressed her lips down on his with a passion that could be felt by all those around. They only separated once they needed a breath and then went back at it.
"Get a room please." Everybody stared at Stiles now was not the time for humour.
"I love you, I love you Scott, I love you so much and you have to promise never to leave me like that ever again!" Kira pressed her head into his chest and he ran his hands through her hair and over her face.
"I promise. I love you Kira and I promise I will never leave you." Kira placed another kiss on his lips as they all started to get up. Everyone was giving Scott a kiss and hug they were all just happy that he was alive.
"What happened around here? Scott asked it as a serious question looking to all the explosion marks and the fires and everyone started laughing as they were heading back to the cars, but that was when Chris saw it. 2 shadows by a tree which hurried away as soon as he looked their way. 2 people had seen what had happened, but right now was not the time to think about that, so Chris kept it to himself for the time being as they walked away. Kira would barely take her lips off of Scott's let alone moving from his arms. She was just so worried about losing him, but he was safe, she was safe and was in his arms again. She was where she wanted and needed to be, she was with the person she loved, the person that she would always love.
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The two girls hurried away when one of the older men turned and looked at them. What had they seen? What had just happened in front of their eyes? They ran all the way back because they were so frightened of what they had just seen, but what had they truly seen?
AUTHORS NOTES
Hope you enjoyed the end of the arc! I hope the action was okay. I might take a tiny brake from the story. I will probably post the next chapter on Wednesday or Tuesday! From here on out the story line is on me, so the story will probably take longer to progress (plot line wise) and may take longer to write because I have to come up with the idea for it, but you will get chapters because the next 2 chapters will probably be fluf, some Scira, Stalia, Liam/Kiara AND some LYDIA? Also maybe a bit of Mumma McCall and Sheriff, who knows where we will be going!
.Who do you think the two girls are?