Chapter 11: Blood Tides and Shock Waves
When the betas return to consciousness the rubble extends in every direction for acres. Trees are splintered and shattered outward from the epicenter of Stiles' fury. Blood from any creature in the area is sprayed in an eruption. All of the hunters are dead; their bodies are eviscerated either by claws or ruptured by the sheer force of the sonic boom Stiles had unleashed in his reaction to Derek's pain.
Even though they were spared from the power of Stiles' feral magic they all hurt from everything that fell on them and the oversensitivity of their senses as they push any foliage or stone off of their bodies as they begin to slowly heal from last night's reaping. As they gain more awareness they spot each other getting up and more importantly they see Stiles' still shifted figure holding the crumpled body of Derek in his arms.
"What the hell!" Erica screams as she races towards Stiles.
The pain in her voice is evident. But, Stiles doesn't care. As she gets within twenty yards of the two she hits a wall and gets thrown back half way to the edge of the clearing almost a mile away. She falls back unconscious as she lands the tearing of her flesh being too much for her mind to handle in its still recuperating state.
"Stiles! What is going on?" Scott roars as he runs for Erica to make sure she doesn't die. Boyd also runs to her side once he finally gets the collection of trees that landed on him off of his body. He puts his hands on her unconscious frame and starts to leech as much of the pain as he can handle with Scott's help. Boyd's face is scrunched, eyes watery, and there is a grimace about it that surprise Scott with a strong display of emotion more powerful than any he had seen on Boyd to date.
"It'll be okay Boyd we'll get her to Deaton soon." Scott says removing a small branch from her leg.
Boyd picks her up nods and runs for the clinic with her limp form in his arms.
"Stiles?" "Are you okay?" Danny and Isaac call as they slowly approach him. Their eyes search for any sign of movement from the two alphas. Their ears notice it first. And it hits them like a truck.
"Derek!" They scream their voices breaking off.
"Scott! He isn't breathing. Derek's not breathing!" Isaac cries out.