Chapter 5

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Thursday

The night before had turned out to be quite enjoyable for the teens and Merry along with her father. Thankfully there hadn't been any encounters with Reena or Aranck during it either. And during Thursday's school fun, there hadn't been much in the way of encounters with the two thankfully enough. Though Scott and Liam did end up chatting a bit with Wapun who had told him quite a bit about Born Wolves that even Derek or Cora hadn't said much on to him about. So not only was it educational for the young Alpha, but also for Liam as well. Who also found himself wondering if whether or not any future kids he had would be born a Were and quite possibly inheriting his IED. Which was something he really didn't want his kid experiencing. Especially if they already had to deal with the Were life as it is. Neither boy really looked forward to explaining the whole thing to Hayden and Liam wasn't sure if she'd freak out if she got the impression he was thinking some really long term plans with her.

And after some Lacrosse practice, the three boys along with Bradley, Greenburg, and a few others following them decided to go to that food joint they'd gone too on their first day here. Naturally this would be when problems would start in the form of Reena right when they were about to start eating. "Why hello boys! Nice to see my dear old dad didn't bore you all with his little myths and stuff last night."

Sighs could be heard from the three as those in the food joint already aside from the three boys' teammates tried to ignore the whole thing that was starting to develop. "Can you like, come back in about 30 minutes? Cause seriously, we're tryin' to eat here." Said Stiles in annoyance.

The girl chuckled at him and pulled up a seat to their table much to their annoyance. "Sorry cutie, but not gonna happen. Now, who wants to buy a girl some food?"

Scott himself said nothing as he started to glare at her much like he did to Marty Goldstein back in Sophomore year after his fellow Cyclones teammate had interrupted him and Allison talking after winning their game that night. Something that didn't deter Reena in the slightest and Marty even shuddered when he saw that look! "Careful babe, or you might get that hot ass face stuck like that. And that would be a true crime."

"Look, I don't wanna be rude here as I usually try not to be. But could you seriously go somewhere else? Maybe go do whatever duties an Akhati member has to do where Akhaten's concerned." Tried Scott as he just wanted to eat in peace damnit!

Liam would even add his own two cents in, unfortunately he would choose to do so while having his mouth full of food and earning himself a disgusted look from the girl for it. "Eat first, swallow second, THEN talk."

"He could do that, or he could talk with his mouth full just to annoy you." Replied Stiles with a grin on his lips.

"By the way, where's your shadow?"

"He's outside on a smoke break."

"Oh, well how nice of you to let him do that."

"I know!"

Evidently sarcasm passes right over her head. Thought the ADHD teenager with a shake of the head.

Leaning in and looking right at Scott as she finally decided to address a certain remark of his. "As for those 'duties' you mentioned? Pshh, not my concern as there's no point. And why do I say that? Cause Akhaten doesn't exist anymore!" Declared the girl firmly and causing for Scott to shake his head with a sigh.

"Look, I get it. I do, but denying it isn't gonna help you any at all. In fact, it'll only make things worse if you keep doin' it. If I didn't have Stiles and even Derek despite how things were for him at the time when things first started for me, I probably wouldn't even be here right now. But you? You have your sister, your father, and a whole order to help you out and yet… And yet you push that away and for what? Cause you don't want to listen!?"

The passion could be heard in his voice by everyone in the food joint and Bradley, Marty, and Greenburg all wondered a whole Hell of a lot about what he had meant by the beginning stuff. But whatever it was, it was some damn serious stuff and it made Bradley wonder if it had a lot to do with what he and the others saw in the library about a month ago when Scott was fighting that weird glowy eyed creature who was painfully kicking his ass! Reena frowned unhappily at the Wolf for his words. "I don't listen cause its not real! They are all worried over a stupid ass story who's main character died a long ass time ago! I'm meant for more then that and I know that but they refuse to accept it cause they would rather see me trapped by old beliefs like them! But me? I refuse! I'm meant for a life of glam and fame in Hollywood!" Ranted the girl as she stood up and leaned over the table to get right in Scott's face.

"And you know what? How about I bring you and your little friends with me to the Hill where the old God is supposed to appear at tonight? And then, and then you'll see what a bunch of fools my dad, my sister, and the others are!"

A tense and silent standoff happened after that as the two teenagers stared heatedly into the other's eye. "Fine, we'll go." Said Scott and breaking the silence in the building.

Knowing our luck, things will get bad after we get there. Groused the young Alpha in his head.

The pale girl smiled happily as she was more then ready to show the proof of just how wrong her dad and the others were! The group got up after that and made their way towards the door and before Scott walked out of it, he turned towards Bradley, Marty, Greenburg, and the few others from his team that had come there. "If anyone asks, we're out looking around in the woods out past the city."

"You got it man. And uhh, be safe as I doubt Yukimura will wanna handle things on her own if anything bad happened to you." Spoke up Bradley seriously.

Scott looked at him weirdly before nodding and walking out. Not realizing that Bradley was about to cause him a future problem when the boy shared what he knew with the others! Or at least what he thought he knew despite Liam's words on the whole thing! It'd take about an hour and twenty minutes to reach the hill where Akhaten was said to be buried and by the time they made it there, the sky was beginning to grow dark. And three things that were noticable was the small temple at the edge of the hill's cliff and the lone figure in ceremonial robes who was singing constantly. The third thing was the giant tv screen that was situated nearby. "See? Told ya, not a single thing to worry about or even vlog about for that matter." Spoke the girl as she widened her arms outwards to make her case even more solid.

"Yeah? Well he seems to think otherwise." Pointed out Liam as he pointed at the singing figure.

Reena merely rolled her eyes. "He's what's known as a Chorister, and the latest in a long line of them to try and keep that stupid myth asleep. I'm supposed to be the next to take over but screw that."

"Sometimes what we want in life isn't always possible." Informed Scott knowingly.

Disbelieving scoffing could be heard after that from their escort who had shook her head at what had been said. "That's where you're wrong babe, I'm GONNA get EXACTLY what I want."

Stiles was so ready to get as far from this girl as possible and never see her face again if he could help it. She made Scott in his early days as a Werewolf look good in comparison to the whole denial thing. He and the other two watched as the girl who was so un-willing to accept things at the cost of forever estranging herself from her family walked towards the singing figure and wrapped an arm around him. "Hey guy, mind if I call ya Gus?"

No answer was given but she shrugged and continued on. "Yeah, you don't mind. So Gus, you ever I don't know… Thought about not doin' this whole singin' thing? I mean you could totally be doin' a million other things right now instead of this stupid crap." Suggested the girl and sighing when she got no answer again as the man continued to sing.

She then turned to the boys and gave them a 'can you believe this guy?' look who all gave her looks of disbelief and disapproval themselves. A mischievous smile appeared on the girl's lips after that and after taking her arm away, she pushed the singing figure, causing him to fall to the ground. The figure looked up at her in shock. "Are you mad child!? To disrupt the Song of Sleep at a time it is most needed is insanity!"

"Oh please Gus, no need to be dramatic!" Waved off the girl.

The man frowned at her unhappily as he got up and dusted himself off. He pointed a finger at the foolish girl and was about to speak up when the ground began to shake. "Uhh… Something tells me this isn't a good thing!" Shouted out Liam worriedly as he struggled to keep from falling.

"I think he might be on to somethin'!" Called out Stiles in agreement.

"Its just an earthquake for God's sake! Stop bein' little bitches!" Shouted Reena.

She'd soon be eating her words however when a burst of light broke free of the small temple, causing it to explode everywhere and making the group to hit the ground thanks to the shockwave the light had produced. The light traveled a short distance into the sky where it would be visible to everyone down in the city below and would soon form into a round glowing object with a pair of eyes and a mouth that looked really disturbing to anyone who saw it. The Chorister looked at it before looking to Reena with fear on his face. "You've doomed us… You've doomed us all! For Akhaten has finally risen!" Shouted out the man as Reena herself looked on in shock at what she was seeing!

"We need to get out of here. NOW!" Ordered Scott as he forced himself up.

The others soon got themselves up and Scott was quick to tell the cameraman to leave his camera where it was since it was busted after falling down. "N-no… Its not, its not supposed to be real! It can't be!" Shouted Reena in denial of the whole thing.

Scott pulled on her and forced her to get moving as they all hauled ass down the hill, through the trees, and back into the city as everyone in Ojai began to stand out in the streets seeing the terror of Akhaten himself arisen once more. Finstock and the rest of the Cyclones were all shocked as Hell as well once they saw the glowing round thing in the sky! Bradley, Greenburg, and Marty even looked at one another and had the feeling this was what Scott and that girl from the food joint had been on about earlier on. Finstock and the Cyclones even started walking almost as if against their wills towards where everyone else was seemingly starting to gather. "Can someone tell me what the Hell is going on here!?" Shouted out Finstock in confusion as it would be really freaking nice to know!

Omaris would come up beside the man with a grim expression on his face as a frightened Merry stood by him with her hand holding his tightly. "A threat from long ago has arisen as we had feared it would…"

Finstock was about to say something, something that likely would have been rude when he spotted several figures running towards them. Three of them actually being Stilinski, Dunbar, and that girl who had been trying to stir up trouble! The Coach broke through the crowd with Omaris and Merry following through as well. "STILINSKI! DUNBAR! What the Hell did you two idiots do!?

Once the runners had gotten to him and the quickly growing crowd, Liam would be the first to speak up since Stiles was a bit out of breath! "We didn't do anything! But her? She pretty much did!" Pointed out the young Beta as he indicated Reena.

Who was looking rather shell shocked! Omaris sighed as he closed his eyes in resignation. Especially after having seen the Chorister with her who was looking at him in a rather apologetic way. It'd be Merry who would also notice something was off about them as well. "Hey! Where's big brother Scott!?"

This had Stiles and Liam looking around in a panic and then getting twin looks of realization on their faces as they realized he must have stayed behind! Or worse! Reena could be seen shaking her head as she started to look upwards at Akhaten in the sky. "This… This just can't be..."

Stiles stomped towards her with an angry look on his face. "WELL IT IS! ALL BECAUSE YOU JUST HAD TO BE PROVEN RIGHT!" Yelled the boy angrily and steadfastedly ignoring Finstock's reprimands.

She looked at him with that wide eyed and shocked expression still on her face. "I..." Began the girl but couldn't go on.

Stiles it seemed wasn't finished however. "THAT THING IS UP THERE AND ITS PROBABLY GONNA KILL EVERYBODY HERE BECAUSE OF YOU! STARTING WITH MY BEST FRIEND!" Raged the teenager and needing to have Liam and Bradley pull him back.

A giant tv then started to rise up out of the concrete and it came on once it was fully up. The screen revealing the site of Akhaten and one lone figure walking up to it. Said figure being Scott McCall. "He confronts the evil ghost on his own!" Spoke Wapun in alarm as Finstock looked on in shock.

"It seems my request to have you taken from here if the worst happens may not go as I hoped it would." Muttered Naru to his youngest daughter as he made his way to her and Omaris.

Reena saw her father and stepped towards him with tears glistening in her eyes. "Daddy… I… I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" Cried the girl as the reality of the situation was slamming hard into her.

Naru hugged his oldest as she cried into his chest. "No! We can't give up hope!" Shouted out Merry as she looked towards the big tv screen as Scott continued to stare at the great and terrible Akhaten.

Turning back, she looked at the still gathering crowd that had some of its people looking back at her. "Scott's never given up hope! He always stands up and fights back! Even when things aren't the greatest he always, always pushes through to make everything better!"

"M-Merry..." Stutttered Reena tearfully.

The little girl paid her older sister no mind however as she started to walk down the road a little and then stopped and looked back. "I have hope cause Scott has hope. I'll do what you couldn't do big sister. What you wouldn't believe in." Declared the girl and then looked towards the Akhaten filled sky as several individuals were simply amazed by the level of faith the kid had in Scott.

Especially when she didn't even know him! "Rest now… My Warrior..." Began the little girl in a beautiful voice.

One that had Scott turning his head in the direction of it and smiling to himself. Turning back to the threat above him, he started to speak. "Can you hear her? Singing her little song to you? A song of stories, hopes, dreams, fears, joys, and so much more?"

As he spoke to it, Aranck and Wapun came up to the little girl and Aranck would even surprise little Merry by allowing her to sit upon his shoulders with Wapun holding one of her hands all while she continued to sing. The siblings even joining in on the song, and slowly, one by one, the crowd of onlookers began to add their voices to the Song of Sleep. Even those who really didn't have a damned clue as to what was going on but knowing that whatever this was, was damned important. Reena would look on in shock at the whole thing, hardly believing what she was seeing! Scott smiled again when he started to hear more then just little Merry singing and it made his heart want to burst in happiness over it. "For so long and so many, many years… These people and their ancestors feared you and your judgment. Devoting themselves to you, sacrificing themselves to you in order to do what must be done! But can you hear them singing!?"

No answer was given beyond a rumbling noise from the glowing creature. "You like to think of yourself as a God when you're not! As you're nothing more then a damned Parasite who likes to feed on the emotions of others! CAN YOU HEAR THEM SINGING!?" Roared out the boy as the singing wasn't just something he could hear thanks to his Wolf hearing, but now cause it was joined by so many voices that it was coming all the way up to the hill where he and Akhaten were.

"Please… Wake up!"

"Feeding on the emotions of love, envy, jealousy, anger, and hatred! The memories of love, friendship, loss, death, birth, sorrow, and joy!" As he spoke, those watching could see images somehow appearing above his head of so many diferent people in so many different ways.

Images of hard fought battles that sometimes included loss of life, images of tight friendships, loving boyfriends, girlfriends, and families. Images of the faces of those like Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Allison Argent, Kira Yukimura, Aiden Carver, and so, so many others. It was simply staggering to see all that coming from Scott and it gave more than one person outside of Stiles and Liam more of an idea of just who Scott McCall is and what he'd gone through despite the fact someone his age should never have had too to begin with. A young man who's seen and done so many things, even loved and lost for whatever reason in whatever way. "So if you wanna take all theirs… Then come on and take mine too but I hope you got a big appetite for it all!"

"Wake up, Wake up!"

A golden swirl started to envelop Scott and he could be heard grunting as it surrounded him. "Ever since my Sophomore year I have seen and done so many different things that would make your head spin! I have faced death in so many different ways, fought so many maniacs, even had my very mind twisted for one's own vendetta! I've lost people I cared about, some I wish I had done better by! And it'll be something you'll never understand! Those people singing!? And even myself!? We all represent so many possibilities! Possibilities that not even you could eat with your appetite! Possibilities that would make you blaze!"

His arms had gone wide as he looked on with a determined expression on his face. Some could even hear the tiredness in his voice too and it made them wonder just how close he was to a breaking point. Especially after having seen all those images from him. "So take it! Take all I have! TAKE IT ALL!" Roared out Scott as he shifted and a golden light shot from his mouth and towards the glowing round creature in the sky.

"And you can take from this too! Cause this camera? This camera represents infinite possibilities! Possibilities I want to be part of! Possibilities I never thought I could be part of cause I felt trapped by a duty I didn't think mattered cause it wasn't real to me for so long!" Declared the surprising voice of Reena as she held the camera up into the sky after having ran off to join Scott with no one else having even realized it until she had appeared on the screen.

Making for a golden light to come from it and towards Akhaten. The glows soon left them and Scott fell to his knees with a tired sigh as Akhaten fed on its last meal and soon started to glow brightly until it exploded. Sending little golden balls of energy everywhere as Merry finished the last of her song with a contented smile on her face. "Wake up, Wake up!"

Author's Notes: Now if this doesn't get you emotional, I don't know what will cause damn it made me feel emotional! Which mighta been cause of the Rings of Akhaten Speech I was listening too as I was doing this scene. Hope you all enjoyed and there will be one more chapter! Though I had considered writing what I have in mind for the next chapter to be included in this, but I felt after Merry's last line that it was a really good place to leave things off. Anywho, R and R!