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Chapter 8
Danny awoke from his restless slumber, once again, not sure where his visions ended and current reality started. He hated these moments of not knowing, of disorientation and fear. Fear for his friends, for himself and fear for the whole world. He hated that it had to be him, suffering from these terrible visions, visions of what once was, of what is and of what might be. He hated that it was him, getting these vague clues about what he should and shouldn't do. He hated that it was him, who had to carry this burden, and yet, he wouldn't wish this upon anyone else. The thought, of somebody else suffering this fate, made the martyr in him cringe and demand he stopped this pointless train of thought immediately, before he hurt himself even more.
"Hallo Daniel!" An incorporeal voice whispered into the darkness of his bedroom. A voice, he had learned to hate and fear in equal measures, for it's appearance never heralded anything good, only more tears and heartache. Sweat started running down his forehead and chest when the possibilities of "what is it this time" went through his head. Slowly rising off of his bed, he walked to the middle of the room, carefully sinking onto one knee, he bowed his head deep in submission.
"My lady, how might I, your humble servant, be of service to you?" He recited the words his guardian had ingrained into his subconsciousness.
"Arise guardian, there is no need for protocol right now." The voice of his mistress, the voice of the Angel of Destiny, dismissed his formality in an unusual manner, a golden orb slowly forming her corporeal form. "We both now how you truly feel about your role in all this and how you feel about me. Believe me, if it were possible I'd change your destiny, but, to put it bluntly, your are the means to an end. I'm so sorry for what was done to you, but if everything turns out they way I intent to, you will be rewarded beyond anything you can possibly imagine. Now, about your charges. I had their teachers intervene in an assassination attempted last night, but I didn't want to send you, you are overexerting yourself as it is." She said in an voice of a concerned mother.
"I'm sorry my lady, for not being adequate for the task you, in your wisdom, bestowed upon me. It is I, I fear, who will be responsible, if your great vision will not come to pass. I already failed you once, in not anticipating Derek Hale's desire for power and his eagerness to turn Stiles and Jackson to gain more of it in his selfishness. A werewolf's bite is meant to be an act of kindness and trust, not of hate and greed!" Danny's voice broke at the end, choking in tears. He started crying openly for the mistake he, assumedly, made.
"Danny!" It was the first time she ever called anything else but Daniel. "Listen, none of this is your fault. Even I could not interpret the signs correctly, how can you expect of yourself to foresee something even I could not?" Never before had Danny or his guardian, heard her voice so gentle, so caring and loving. In this moment, he asked himself if the outcome might be worth all the sacrifices they would have to make. Worth all the pain, the blood, the tears and the lives it would cost to reach the ultimate goal. Peace. Peace in a supernatural community, that had only known war, since the beginning of time itself.
"Danny, you are, apart from the boys, possibly the most important part in the plan and your role will not go unnoticed by anyone. When they'll, one day, write the story of the events that are about to unfold, they will be thinking of you and your heroic deeds. Your friends need you, they trust you, not me, not Derek and definitely not their teachers." She replied, slowly embracing him in a hug he did not expect. Who was this woman and where was the cold, heartless bitch that intimidated him into doing his "duty" ,by using thinly veiled threats against him and all those he loved?
As if she could read his thoughts, and as far as he knew she could, she started chuckling, honest to god chuckles, FROM THE ANGEL OF DESTINY.
"Sorry I had to be, as you so eloquently put it, a "cold and heartless bitch. Do you know how hard it is, to encourage a pubescent fourteen year old boy, to take on the mantel as savior of the supernatural world? Honey, this ain't Harry Potter, this is the real world and, not to sound to crass or anything, you needed to grow up and be ready for what's to come. I will always hate myself, for robbing you of your childhood's innocents, but it had to be done. Had I not given you your power on this particular day, an angelic assassin would have killed you and that I could not allow. I need you, Jackson needs you, Scott and Stiles need you and even Derek will need you soon." She told him in a firm, but still gentle sounding voice.
Danny was flabbergasted by all this new information. He might have died? Why had she not told him this before? Was it to protect him from the truth or so he could finish his training first? Did she really care for his and his friends lives or were they, as she called him earlier, all just the means to an end. Just chess pieces on the board she played on, sacrificial lambs she killed off on a whim, if it gave her an edge to win the game in the long run? And what was her angle in all this? Why did she tweak and change reality to this point? Why is it she seeks the peace? She stands above war and peace, doesn't she?
While his brain went through it's mental diarrhea, all the Angel did was look at him, with all knowing and loving eyes.
When he could not find out, why she got involved so much in this particular matter she simply said.
"Because it's meant to be!"
Knowing that this was all she would say about her motivations in the matter, he decided it was time to change the subject.
"Who tried to kill them this time? Or was it the usual suspects, meaning our local red headed demon and her companion, the untalented angel wannabe?" He asked, his voice too light for the matter at hand, because he knew those two would be unable to execute a successful assassination, if someone gave them "A dummies Guide to a successful assassination".
"Yes, it was them. You should not underestimate them, they are getting better, they are more then they appear to be. I'm sorry, but I can't tell you more! It would be unfair, if I provided you with all the answers you needed. It would upset the balance of nature and, as you know, even I'm bound to uphold her laws. You should go and see your boys, I think Derek decided it was time he started their training today. It would seem that you left quiet the... impression on young Mister Hale. Goodby my boy, we'll talk again soon." With that said, she disappeared again. Leaving Danny in the same state she always left him in. Really fucking confused.
"Stiles, you fucking idiot, at least try to concentrate on the silence or you'll never be able to control the shift! And Jackson? Would you please stop ogling their asses, you need to learn to control your desires instead of allowing them to control you. I swear, if I thought Scott alone was bad, all of you combined are gonna be the death of me!" Derek ranted, only to be meet by a smirk (Jackson), a half assed appologetic grin (Stiles) and a shrug (Scott).
Why did he agree to do this again? Oh right, he had turned them and somehow that made him responsible for them. And the fact that Danny could be every bit as threatening as him, and had the magical powers to back up mentioned threats, was an extraordinarily good motivator, too. FUCK, WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME.
"DEREK? Would you please stop your mental whining? It's giving me a headache! And while you are at it, why don't you continue your training session or those three will become mutinous and defile your bed, by fucking each other senseless in it! And Stiles? YIKES. Those are imagines I SO did not need to see! I'll have to bleach my brain, to get rid of the mental picture of those two giving you a double blow job, although I have to say, impressive!" Danny said grinning when he appeared in a shower of blue orbs.
After his encounter with the Angel of Destiny, who always left him with half a clue about what the next step in their plan was and some, seemingly, irrelevant pieces of advice, he enjoyed this little bit of normality. Well if normality included beaming into the training session of an alpha werewolf and his newly tuned pups. Yep, his life was not even on the same continent as normal, well more like not even on the same planet! Fuck it!
"How is training going? Any problems?" He asked mischievously, already knowing the answer from the tormented look on Derek's face.
Derek's first reaction was non verbal, when he threw his trademark youarefuckingkiddingmeright glare in Danny's direction.
"Well, they are making progress, just in the wrong direction. Instead of learning to control their wolves, it's like they are allowing their wolves more and more control over them. Right now there is little rational thought going on and a lot satisfaction of needs. It's like all they are interested in is food, entertainment and sex. Not like that's unusual in your average teenage male, but NOT to this degree. What is going on with them?" Derek asked a lot confused and maybe a little concerned, they were his pups, so sue him.
Danny's mind went into overdrive processing all the information Derek had just provided and the mental scans of the boys his telepathy allowed him to make. Their thoughts felt... off (for the lack of a better word). They felt not totally human and not (yet) completely like animals, but somewhere in between. Change. Heritage. Humanity. Rings. OH, OH.
"Derek, what does a werewolf bite do to a human being?" Danny asked, suspicion clouding his voice giving it an ominous tone.
"It either turns them into a werewolf or it kills them. Why?" Derek answered sounding confused.
"What if? What if the subject you tried to turn, was not completely human to begin with? I mean there are children out there that are sons and daughters of werewolf parents that are human, because the gene needed for the transition is not active in them, right? What about them? Are they bitten to activate the recessive gene, so they can become wolves, if they wish?" Danny continued his questioning of Derek, who got an idea where this was going, not liking it one bit!
"No, it is not done. While they are mostly human, still parts of them, even if those parts are not strong enough to initiate the transition, are wolf. The bite always kills a part of the human to make "space" for the wolf. In an ordinary human you wouldn't notice anything different, apart from a slightly weaker impulse control. In the case someone is born with the gene, the bite would make the needed space and mingle with the already existing wolf parts, resulting in something almost completely animalistic. It is one of our oldest laws not to change those born with the gene and to kill those who are turned! If you think that's whats happening to them, how? Scott has been a wolf for months now, why did it start now?" Derek asked clearly confused.
"Because when he was turned, he was completely human! His angel side was activated when you turned Stiles and Jackson! Through their mating bond their heritage, Stiles witch powers, Scott's angel abilities and Jackson demon side touched and triggered each other. It was meant to be like this, but much much later, when they had learned to deal with their abilities, and you had taught at least one of them how to repress the bond. Now there are three souls in each of their chests, fighting for dominance. They were normal for the last few days, because of the rings I gave them. These rings suppress their individual powers, so they wouldn't cascade and... well pretty much destroy the world. But as their individual powers grow, as they are supposed to do, the rings lose their suppressing ability, until they'll simply burst under the stress put upon them. Right now their wolf side is the strongest, as the weaker parts still fight each other. But in the end their heritage will win and then we'll have three all powerful beings, without the ability to think rationally and without any compassion. I see two choices, kill them while we still can or somehow strengthen their human part. Problem is, I don't know how!" Danny said, a look of fear and helplessness crossing his face.
That's it for today. I hope there is still someone out there interested in this after nearly six months of silence. I can only say sorry it took so long, but UNI is really time consuming right no. And by time consuming I meant up to ten hours a day, my days off I mostly sleep through.
Till we meet again
Dedalus