Chapter 17
Derek felt a strong burning sensation engulf his body followed by a cool hand. His eyes were slowly opening and his muscles were spasming. He turned his head and saw hell. Blood and a silver like substance covered the ground completely. He could see Stiles crying to his left and could taste the saltiness of his tears in the air. To his right a demonic figure with wings was fighting another one and his pack as throwing itself at the male demon.
"DEREK! DEREK! YOURE AWAKE! YOU'RE REALLY AWAKE! I THOUGHT I LOST YOU! DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN YOU ASSHOLE!" Stiles sobbed and clutched Derek, relieved that his mate was alive. Derek's body was still covered in the red symbols and the symbols that covered Stiles had now turned an icy blue color. "You have too, help Azrael, Abaddon..he..he..he killed Harry and…the… the.. babies..too. They're dead Derek they're dead."Stiles stumbled his way through of an explanation of what was going on. "Lydia…I'm pretty sure she's dead…..Abaddon threw her against a tree when she go to close to Jackson. And Abaddon is controlling Jackson. And everything is going so wrong Derek. Nothing is working out. And everything hurts. And Azrael isn't winning. And you have to do something Derek please" Azrael…Derek thought, had she truly shown her real form.
"Listen to me Stiles. You have to get these symbols off of me. They're, they're not meant to be on me. Transfer them to Azrael, now, she has to take Abaddon's power from him" Derek told Stiles. "What..what? why? What does that mean?" "It means that Azrael will have to take in Abaddon. She will become the new Angel of Destruction. She'll be both."
Jackson went flying towards Azrael and he managed to tear out a piece of her side as he went. The wound quickly redid itself and Azrael was as good as new. She couldn't concentrate with Jackson continually ripping out pieces of her skin and Abaddon throwing spikes at her. Symbols began to make their way onto her skin and a wicked smirk graced her features.
"Do you see this brother? Do you? I've been chosen to take your power. It doesn't matter how long we fight in the end you will be nothing. " Azrael said to her brother, gesturing towards the red runes covering her skin. "It doesn't matter how hard you try. You will be mortal. It has been decided" Lighting stoke where Abaddon was standing. Knocking him into a tree. The earth shook where he was standing and soon the wolves under his control were starting to drop. "It seems that your power no longer favors you brother. It is time for a new master to control them. Derek, restrain my brother" Derek moved towards Abaddon and held him down with his jaws clamped down around his neck. Abaddon, or Luke as he would now be known, didn't put up a fight. Not that he could anyways. His powers had abandoned him; running wild trying to destroy their old master.
"You can't take my power. It will destroy you. Your body will break apart at the seams. No amount of magic will ever be able to bring you back."
"Watch me" Azrael held her arms up to sky and started to chant. Stiles felt himself forced to chant along with her. Soon green mist permeated the area and a silver light filled the clearing.
"Antequam dei da opes. Liceat omnibus virtutibus gloriosissimae exercituum. Ego mortis Azrael Archangeli, et impleat vos adducam in finem mundi. Et ero vester exercitus. Coepit ad mortem et interitum mundi adducam denuo. Sed iam tempus est lectus fata, domini, ad nouum exercitum voluerunt. Sicut in Apocalypsi dator huiusce onus feram ad plenam consummationem saeculi. Ego Angelus finis."
Stiles broke out of his trance and realized that Azrael words meant the end of the world.
"AZRAEL! NO!"
But it was too late. Destruction has accepted its new host.
"Dammit Azrael! You can't handle all this power. Why would you this?!" Jackson asked. It seemed as if he had appeared out of nowhere. "I—" Jackson couldn't bring himself to say anything else.
"This, this will bring Lydia back. Not now. But when the world is reborn. You and her will meet again and you will finally have her"
"I don't want that if it means losing you! I know what happens after you fall dammit! I know that you die too! Let me help you. Please give me your power" Thunder and lightning filled the air. The smell of sulfide floated into the clearing.
"Ah, Azrael this human wants to help. Why don't you let him help you" A figure with horns and green eyes appeared. It was Abaddon. Abaddon in his purest form.
"I will not make him suffer through what I do every day. Will not make him watch his loved ones die."
"But Azrael. You are you in your purest form. You have been able to live in your pure form since birth. You will not be able to do that now. Diana was just a skin. But you have power that no other Angel does. A new you will be born. You will be known as Thantos once again in the new world"
"I don't care. The world is messed up enough"
"Consider the boy Azrael. He demands it" Abaddon disappeared and Azrael collapsed under the strain of her new powers.
"Azrael, please just let me help you. Remember that day you found me in the forest? I was barely alive because of that rogue omega. Derek didn't want to change me but you convinced him to. You saved me by convincing Derek to do something he swore he would never do again. You are my savior Azrael let me become yours in the only way I can. Please just let me save you. I can't lose you too!"
"Call me Kat will ya? I hate my real name. I don't want to ruin your life Jackson understand that"
"If you the end the world I won't have a life"
Azrael let out a wry chuckle at that. She looked over to where Stiles and Derek were clinging on to each other. Eyes full of fear, they were reunited only to ripped apart once gain. She looked towards Lahey and McCall; that were sniffing and licking at each other's wounds. She saw Boyd and Erica crying and howling for their lost pack mates. She could save them. She could but it was against her nature. Something she shouldn't even attempt it was so against the Order. But she would be damned if she didn't try.
"Smartass. Jackson, Jackson. Listen to me. Promise me you won't ever change. Stay by my side and I will be yours forever. I will you my power"
"I accept your will" the words flowed out of Jackson's mouth. The spirit of Abaddon once again rose from Azrael "You have ma de a wise decision sister". Jackson withered in pain on the ground. His mortal body was not used to the amount of raw power that was now pulsing through his veins. His pulse was dropping fast and eyes once again became the inky black they had been at the challenge. Stiles rose to go to him but Azrael stopped him with a wave of her hand.
"I must speak to the Time keeper. And to Metatron. Take your wounded and dead. Bring them to the manor and care for them as if they were still alive. Derek, take Jackson and keep him in the southern wing. He will obliterate it with his power so it is best if you keep everyone out of that wing for now. I will leave and return when the time is right"
2 years later:
The return of the Hale pack brought peace back into the world. Derek Hale and his mate Stiles Hale presented a united front when they finally appeared in the U.K followed by Scott and Isaac McCall. Their 3rd and 4th betas are still in negotiations with China. The Hale Pack's heartthrob Jackson Whittmore was not present.
A memorial service for Diana Alvarez will be held next week. She died along with her unborn twins when the Hale jet crashed in the Atlantic. Alpha Hale is in morning over the loss of his partner and what would have been his 3rd and 4th child. His human mate Stiles addressed a crowd of people by saying that he and Diana had been "great friends" and that he still cries every time he sees Anthony and Nathaniel Hale.
The memorial service for King Harry is being held tomorrow. His body was finally recovered from the Alps. The rest of the pack has come back unscathed. The Royal family has not commented.
"Is is really over?"
"No"
"KAT!"
"Hello Stiles, how are the twins?"
"They're fine. I would tell you to see them. But they won't know who you are. At least not really" Stiles said gesturing towards Katerinas's (Azrael, Stiles has to keep reminding himself) real appearance. She had emerald eyes and fiery red curls flowing down her back. She was in her prime. Perfect, beautiful, cold, immortal, heartbroken.
"It's fine. I don't expect them too. It is best for them to think their mother is dead. How's Derek?"
"Hes, hes, not the same. I mean who would be ya know? He heard his pack mates die around him and then one day he wakes up to see them all in his bed. It's weird."
"I did the best I could do."
"But you couldn't bring Harry back or Lydia or the twins. They were going to be girls you know? I saw it when I was knocked out."
"I know. I saw them too." Kat smiled sadly at the thought. She had lost all her children. She had lost her best friend and the man she fell in love with. Stiles realized that he would be thanking her instead of making her feel bad. It wasn't her fault. At least, at least Derek was live.
"Jackson misses you. A lot. He won't come out of his room. Well he goes out obviously. He has to fulfill his Angel-ly duties but you get what I'm saying"
"I do. But it is not time yet for him and I to reunite. But now I must offer you something. Something that has been coveted by you mortals since the beginning of time. But whether you chose to accept it or not is fully your choice.
"What is it?"
"Immortality"
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