Killing the Past

Austin had left when he saw his cousin was dying. I didn't see where he went. I had to save Justin and protect my pack. I picked up my blade and went to Stiles. He was working hard of putting Jackson's shoulder back into place. When he did that, he looked over to me.

"Aideen, are you ok?" I shook my head.

"Justin joined us. Austin attacked him and he's dying. I have to go get help, so I need you to keep an eye on him. He's just down the hill."

I didn't wait for an answer. I knew he would do what I needed of him. I ran to the closest car around which happened to be Derek's. The keys were in it and I drove to the weirdest place for a person in a supernatural war to go. I went to the bakery.

It may be the middle of the night, but I knew Reggie enough to know he works. When I got there, I charged through the building screaming his name. "Reggie! Please, I need help!"

The man came out from the back room. "Aideen? You're ok?"

"Yes, I'm fine but I need help! Get in the car and I'll fill you in. I need you to help kill wolves."

"You know what I am?"

"You have 'hunter' written all over the bull whip I found a few weeks ago. We have to go. Justin is in trouble." Reggie followed me to the car and I began to drive.

"What happened, Aideen? How bad is it?"

"Bad. After he found me, his cousin poisoned him against me and his best friend Derek by saying we had something going on behind his back. Somehow, Justin believed him. He joined Austin's pack. When I got free, I went to get the pack together and found Derek almost dead. I saved him and he told me Austin and Justin tried to kill him. We got the pack together to go save Justin, who fought on their side until we almost killed each other, but he couldn't kill me. Austin attacked him, and now he's dying."

It was a lot to take in, but Reggie rolled with it. We pulled into the battle field that was now stained in blood. A girl who looked like Arianna lay on the ground while blood flowed from her side. Jackson was back into the fight, but his arms was moving a bit slow. Derek and Austin were back at it, both wolves looking like they'd been to hell and back. A boy was trying to take on Scott and he looked as if he was going to win.

Reggie looked to me to decided what we needed to do. I was needed to fight, but my mind was with Justin. "Reggie, if you go down that hill, you'll find Justin. I have to help the pack. I'll be there as soon as I can."

He nodded and went in the direction I told him to. I pulled my blade out and jumped into the fray. I wanted to help Scott first, but I couldn't bring myself to kill the child on him. He couldn't't be any older than eleven. I kicked him harshly off my friend so Scott had a better chance.

I went to aid Jackson who had now both Arianna and her sister on him. I took the sister, punching her in the face. I only wanted to kill one person, and she wasn't it. When she went down, I headed to take down the alpha.

He was in the middle of the whole thing, fully transformed as Derek was. They had blood pouring from almost every place you could see. I could also see the weakness in both their eyes. watched them, looking for a good time to jump in. Austin had Derek on his back and I lept onto the insane alpha, knocking him off my friend.

His eyes met mine and he snarled at me. We circled each other until he made the first move, lunging at me. Derek's massive frame slammed into him, knocking him away. Austin raised his paw to slash at him, and it may have been Derek's end if the arrow hadn't cut through the center of the paw.

Austin shrieked in pain, wide eyes looking at his hand. I looked behind him, seeing the Calvary had arrived. Standing a ways away, Allison stood with her compound bow. Her father was with her, standing tall and proud of the great shot. Austin was enraged and turned human long enough to get his arm around my neck.

"No hunters! I made an exception to her because she's part of the pack. You two are not, so stay out of this!" Derek growled at the situation. The fighting around had stopped to watch me and my captor. Chris spoke down to us.

"Both of my daughters love members of this pack. That makes she and I a part. I will stand with them." I wanted to hug Chris so much for the touching statement, but Austin shook his head.

"No long distance weapons!"

"Hows this?" a familiar voice from behind me asked. Austin was wrenched away, Derek catching me as I fell. He set me down and joined my savior in battle against Austin.

Justin, fully healed was fighting with a new strength. He tore at Austin, ripping flesh from bone. Reggie came running up from the hill, whip in hand. Derek saw him and flinched a little at his weapon. Suddenly, it clicked on who had made the scars on his back. I would kill Reggie later.

Arianna jumped him, and he used his whip to fend her off. Though he was strong, she was fast. Protecting her mate, she tore open his chest. Derek took the fight from Justin so that he could go help Reggie. I ran with him.
The she-wolf was fighting Jackson right now, fangs flashing. We went to Reggie's side. Justin was crying. "Please, buddy. You gotta live. I have to have someone to do my homework." He was trying to make the situation a bit more funny, and though Reggie laughed, we knew the truth. He was going to die.

"Justin, make sure you take care of Aideen. I wish I had been around longer to get to know her. And I'm sorry I can't be your best man anymore. I really wanted to tease you about how I might try to steal your wife."

They clasped hands as the light left Reggie's eyes. His last breath left him and his spirit left. His head lulled to the side, eyes still open though they saw nothing. I closed them. Justin looked up in rage. He attacked Arianna, wrapping his hands around her neck. She looked me right in the eyes.

"I'm sorry." she said before her neck napped. Her lifeless body dropped to the ground. In that moment, she had apologised for everything. For killing Reggie to protect Austin, for helping to take me, for torturing Derek. It was all over, and I hoped she was a piece. She had never been evil.

At seeing his older sister die, the little boy ran away. I don't know where he went, but I never saw him again after he limped away from the waring packs. My attention was turned to a loud yelp. I saw teeth dig into Derek's right paw. The bones crunched in a sick noise, making me shiver. Austin tossed him aside like trash. Derek was finished.

Justin pulled out his necklace. I knew what it did, but I placed my hand on his. "Leave it. This is my fight. Take care of Derek."

I turned to face Austin. I was going to end this. "Austin, this isn't about anyone but you and I. We need to finish this now before anyone else dies. I want to challenge you. One on one. Hunter against werewolf. The way it should be."

He laughed. "And why would I do that?"

"Because it will end all this. Either you or I will die. This is how it should be. And you wouldn't show weakness to your pack by backing down from a challenge, would you?" I let my blade gleam a wicked reflection in his ruby eyes.

He pondered this until he got an evil looking smile on his face. "I accept. Only if you win, you kill me. If I win and if you're alive, you become my mate. I change you and everything."

I knew what was at stake. Even though Allison was screaming at me to not do it and Derek and Justin sending me warning looks, I nodded, agreeing to the terms. This was for my sister.

Justin tried to come help me, but Derek held him back. "I don't like it either, but we can't interrupt or she automatically loses."

I taunted Austin by waving my blade back and forth at him. He growled and though I was afraid, I didn't let it show. He lept at me and I moved to the side just in time. I managed to flip myself onto Austin's back. In his giant beast form, it was hard to stay on, but to help, I sunk my short sword into his back.

He roared in pain. I liked the sound, knowing my heart had made the same sound when he killed my sister. To make him scream more, I twisted it, letting the knife rip away his muscle and flesh. A giant paw came out of nowhere, knocking me away. I rolled on the ground, managing to take my blade with me.

I ended rolling into Allison, who patted my back to show support. I was panting hard, but I picked myself up and ran back at him. The blow that knocked me off had tore up my shoulder with the claws, but I ignored the fact blood was flowing from my body.

I tried to stab him, but I was loosing too much blood. Weakened, he spun me around and my his claws over my neck, just like Peter had done to Kate. My eyes locked with Justin who was leaning close to come help. Derek was right behind him.

"It doesn't matter if they come to help you, Aideen. When I finish with you, I'll kill that alpha you care about so much and make Justin my towel boy. You might as well give up."

I knew he was saying the truth. This could end two ways. Everyone I love could die, or it would just be me. I went with the latter. I clutched my missing mother's blade in my hand that was now bloody and slippery with the blood that flowed from my torn arm. With my final act of strength, I screamed my sister's name and rammed the short sword through my own stomach so that it would cut through Austin's heart.

I gasped at my last act, the pain becoming too much. Austin let forth a great howl before falling down dead. Both of our blood soaked the weapon I used in my suicide. I pulled it from my own body. I could see that everyone thought I was ok because I was still standing. I looked over my red shoulder to see the body of my greatest enemy. When I saw he was dead, something in my snapped.

I fell to the ground. Justin came to my side and picked up my mess of hair into his lap. Derek stood just behind him. To their sides were Jackson, Scott, and even Stiles. Allison had her hands covering her mouth in pure shock. Chris was unmoving, frozen in his own miserable world.

I offered them all one of my last grins. Though I was going to die, I was almost happy. Austin was dead and everyone was safe. That was all that I wanted. Justin kept patting my face while begging me to live.
"You can't die! I need you. I just got you back, Aideen. You deserve so much better, but you for some reason picked me. And I only want you, Aideen. Please live. I can't loose you. We're going to get married, remember?"

Though he was rambling for a lost cause, he pulled my ring from his pocket and slipped it onto my finger, ignoring the mess of blood we were in. I held his hand with the last of my strength, managing to whisper out one thing.

"It was all... worth it." My world was black.