Fair Warning, the following chapter is super intense. I even nearly cried writing it. Hopefully, this chapter and the last chapter has enough Dean/Kaitlyn and AJ/Punk.

I don't know when's the next time I'll be updating, but either way keep on reviewing! I love reading them!

-J.

Dean POV

Kaitlyn has completely blacked out. I don't understand what happened. She was physically okay, one minute, and then she faints the next. "Kaitlyn! Kaitlyn!" I cry her name several times and shake her slightly trying to wake her up. "Kaitlyn, come on, wake up don't do this to me!" She stirs and opens her eyes. I take a deep breath and begin to relax. "Kaitlyn, you scared me. What happened?" She looks at me and then gets to her feet. I stand up as well. "Kaitlyn?" She looks at me queerly, as if she's contemplating something, but then I notice something different about her. Her scent has changed, that could only mean one thing. "You're not Kaitlyn, are you?"

"Very good, Dean. I guess not all wolves are idiots." A sinister smile spreads across her face as she puts some space between us.

"What did you do with Kaitlyn?"

"I'm a little surprised you're asking that as opposed to who I am." She crosses her arms and walks around.

"From the conversation I heard earlier, I'm guessing your Natalya, but who you are isn't my concern right now. What did you do with Kaitlyn?!" I'm trying to stay calm, but I'm getting really angry. I don't care who this person is! I just want Kaitlyn back.

"Oh she's here," She points a finger to her temple. "She's screaming very loudly too. Would you like to know what she's saying?" I tilt my head slightly and walk around her slowly. "She begging you to help her, but you and I damn well know there's nothing you can do."

"Let her go, Natalya."

"Is that the best you can do," she asks me while snickering. She's really pissing me off. "I suppose that's all a useless wolf can do, but you're wasting my time, and I don't have long before I lose control. Kaitlyn needs to go kill a human, and because she won't do it on her own, I have to do it for her." No. Absolutely not. Kaitlyn could never live with herself if she murdered a human. A lunge at her, hoping to keep her busy until she loses control and Kaitlyn can expel her from her body, but don't get far. Natalya sticks out her hand and I'm overcome with pain. I fall on the ground cringing. What the hell is going on?! She starts to close her fist slowly and in an instant my head is pounding. It feels like someone is squeezing the sides of my skull. "You know what she's saying now, Dean?" I look up at her, still writhing in pain as she walks closer to me. "She's begging me not to hurt you. Seems as though she's rather fond of you. Of course, I could kill you right now." Her fingers get closer together and the pain in my head is magnified tenfold. She speaks again, but I can barely what she' saying over my screams. "Unfortunately, killing you would be instant gratification, and why waste my time on one measly little wolf when I could be furthering my plans to destroy the entire werewolf race? I will however, leave you with a parting gift. A little something to ensure that you can't stop me until it's over." She curled her hand into a fist and I felt a flash of excruciating pain before I blacked out.

When I woke up it was night time. I grabbed my head and slowly sat up. Damn, Punk was going to pissed that we weren't back at the den already. I look around, searching for Kaitlyn, when the memories start flooding back to me. Kaitlyn! Oh shit! Where the hell is she?! I get up and frantically search for her. She's not here! Dammit she's not here, and that siren Natalya was controlling her body. I need to find her before she kills someone! I'm vaguely able to pick up her scent. She must have left immediately after knocking me out. It's going to be hard to track her down unless I'm in my wolf form. I hope I don't have to go into the town. I quickly transform, and my senses heighten, making it easier to pick up Kaitlyn's scent. I start running as fast as I could, following the scent deep into the woods. It's much farther than I've ever gone. In fact, I'm pretty sure that this is Northern Pack territory. I come across a campsite. Kaitlyn is here. Her scent is really strong, but it's not stronger than the other scent I pick up: blood. Dammit, I'm too late! I need to find her. She's probably an emotional mess. I transform back into my human form and walk through the campsite. It looks like there was a family here. Natalya couldn't just have her kill one human could she? Around the fire I see a dead man and a woman. They were probably a married couple. After all, they didn't exactly look young, maybe middle aged. I hope they didn't have kids. I continue to follow Kaitlyn's scent and it leads me inside a tent. There are sleeping bags covered in blood and in the corner is Kaitlyn with blood splattered all over her. She's curled up in a ball with her legs pulled up to her chest and her head in her knees. "Kaitlyn?" She doesn't respond to me, and, as I get closer, I hear her crying. I bend down and put my hand on her left knee. She lifts her head abruptly and stares at me. Her eyes are red and puffy from crying so much. "Kaitlyn, what happened?"

"I-I tried," she cries shakily. "I told her to stop, but," she sobs loudly. She can barely get her words out, but tries to continue. "She wouldn't stop! She killed the parents an-and she walked into the tent." She's stuttering and trying to catch her breath, but having to recall what happened is taking an emotional toll on her. "The babies were sleeping! She woke them up. The oldest wasn't even ten and they begged me not to do it. I told her to stop, but she killed them too!" She's completely distraught and breaks down into loud uncontrollable sobs. I take her in my arms and stroke her hair as she cries into my chest.

"It's going to be okay, Kaitlyn. This isn't your fault. Stop crying." I sigh deeply. I don't know how she's going to survive this. It's going to be difficult for her to live with herself, and we're still in the middle of a war. As Kaitlyn quiets down, I hear a small stirring coming from the sleeping bag farthest from us. Kaitlyn hears it too and lifts up her head. The both of us are still wondering what's going to happen next. A small hand comes up from the bag followed by a head. It was one of the children, a little girl who was probably no more than three years old. Kaitlyn and I let go of one another, and she slowly crawls over to the little girl. The little girl shivers slightly as she looks at Kaitlyn with big brown eyes.

"I'm sorry," Kaitlyn whispers. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for this to happen."

"Gone," the little girl says, pointing at the other two sleeping bags with her siblings in them. Kaitlyn nods her head. "Momma and Daddy gone too?" Kaitlyn can't hold back her tears anymore and cries hysterically. I quickly move to the little girl and block her from Kaitlyn's vision.

"Hey little one, what's your name?"

"Jojo."

"Okay, Jojo. We'll take care of you, okay?" Jojo nods her head, and looks at me. This kid is going to be scarred for life. I need to take her memories. It's the only merciful thing I can think of doing. I take her small face in my hands and look her dead in the eyes. Mere moments later, she's unconscious. "Kaitlyn, come on," I tell her getting up to my feet.

"What about the baby?"

"We're taking her with us. Grab her and then get on my back. We're going to the den." I walk outside and transform. Kaitlyn walks outside. In her arms is Jojo, who is wrapped up in her tiny sleeping bag. She gets on my back and I race off to the den. Hopefully this night won't get worse.

Roman POV

Of course the pack masters would decide to leave me in charge of protecting the den and waiting for Dean and Kaitlyn to get back, but they had to make things worse and leave me with Bayley. Ugh. Don't get me wrong, I like the pup. I've known her since she was born and I watched her grow up. She used to follow me around when we were growing up. She really looked up to me and always wanted to be around me. It broke her heart when the pack split up and she learned that we weren't going to be able to see each other anymore. I felt bad for her, but what could I do? Now she's back at the den and she hasn't let me out of her sight since. Normally, I wouldn't have thought much of it, but after Paige revealed that she had a crush on me, I just can't interact with her the same way. I don't want Bayley thinking that we can actually be mates or something like that. She'll always be that little puppy who followed me around. I don't think I can ever see her the way she sees me.

Ever since our shift started, she hadn't left me alone. I don't want to hurt her feelings by telling her that I'd never choose her as a mate, but I also don't want to tell her to give me some space either. Knowing Bayley, she'll take it the wrong way and start crying. I'm finally able to get some time to myself when I tell her to go check on AJ in the basement. Yeah, AJ's still in there. She hasn't come out since I brought her down there. Punk told me that she was mad at him, but he didn't tell me anything else. Bayley, may just be exactly what AJ needs to get her out of her bad mood.

I sit on the couch and begin to relax a little. With everyone on duty, the den is empty with the exception of AJ, Bayley and I. Punk was very upset when Dean didn't come back with Kaitlyn before he left on his shift with Eve. I hope Dean has a damn good reason for ditching. If not, Punk will have his head. I hear the door open and am pulled out of my thoughts. I get up and turn around to find Dean and Kaitlyn walking into the living room. Kaitlyn is covered with blood and holding what looks like a small child wrapped in sleeping bag. I just stare at the scene before me. What the hell happened?!

"Who else is here," Dean asks me.

"Bayley and AJ." Dean nods and turns to Kaitlyn. He takes the child from her hands and motions for her to go upstairs. Kaitlyn walks up the staircase without even looking at me. She looks like she is in shock.

"Care to tell me what happened?" I smell the child slightly, definitely human. "Why do have a human child?!"

"Roman, it is a very long story that I don't exactly have time to tell."

"Make fucking time," I respond to him, looking him dead in the eyes.

"Watch your mouth around the kid, Ro." He's making me mad. Why can't he just tell me what's going on?

"Roman," I hear out of the corner of my ear. I turn around to find both Bayley and AJ standing in front of the basement door.

"What is it, Bayley?"

"I smelled Kaitlyn come into the den, and AJ wanted to see her, so we came up here."

"I don't know if that's the best idea right now, Bayley. Kaitlyn's… not herself."

"All the more reason for me to see her, Roman," AJ says. I look at Dean and he nods his head.

"She's in the bathroom upstairs," Dean tells AJ. "Go ahead and check on her." AJ runs upstairs, and I look back at Dean.

"Are you going to explain the human child or not," I ask Dean.

"Human," Bayley inquires. She rushes up to Dean and takes a peek into the sleeping bag to find the human child. "Oh my God, Dean, where did you get her?!" Bayley quickly takes the child from Dean, cradling the child in her arms gently. Dean takes a deep breath before beginning his explanation.

"Long story short, Kaitlyn contacted the sirens, but the siren possessed her, knocked me out and forced Kaitlyn to kill the child's parents and siblings."

"Oh no! Poor baby," Bayley exclaims, hugging the child gently so that she doesn't wake her up.

"Why did the siren make Kaitlyn do that, and why not kill the child too?"

"My guess," Dean starts. "The siren told me that she wouldn't have control over Kaitlyn for long. I think she lost control before she could kill the kid."

"That doesn't explain why the siren had her kill those humans in the first place," I state.

"I'm getting there! Before, Kaitlyn was possessed the siren mentioned that Kaitlyn was necessary in a spell that would make all werewolves extinct." I froze on the spot. What did he say? The extinction of all wolves? There was no way. How is that possible?! "The siren needed Kaitlyn to activate her werewolf gene. Now that it's activated the sirens can use her to cast the spell."

"That means we have to keep Kaitlyn safe," Bayley chimes in, the child slightly stirring in her arms.

"We need to get this information to the European packs immediately," I point out. "We need to tell our fellow pack members as soon as possible." Suddenly there's a crash, followed by a loud scream.

"Kaitlyn!" Dean runs up the stairs toward the noise. Bayley heads to the stairs as well but I stop her.

"Bayley, you stay here and take care of the child."

"But-"

"Bayley, don't argue with me." I place my hands on her shoulders, looking at her intensely. "We all have our place and right now your place is with the kid." She nods in understanding, and I follow Dean upstairs. I run to the bathroom to find Dean standing outside the door. Inside the bathroom AJ is holding Kaitlyn, who is only in a towel, as she cries into AJ's arms. I look around to find the bathroom mirror broken and the shower curtain pulled from its rings. The shower is still running and the sink is ripped completely off the wall.

"It's okay Kaitlyn! Calm down, it's okay," AJ is cooing to Kaitlyn.

"It won't come off! It won't come off," Kaitlyn is crying out loud. Dean walks over to the other side of Kaitlyn and bends down to her level.

"What won't come off? What are you talking about Kaitlyn," Dean asks her. I've never heard him be so gentle with anyone.

"The blood! No matter how much I scrub, it won't come off!" I have no idea what she's talking about. She's completely clean. Wet, yes, but clean. "It won't come off!" Kaitlyn keeps repeating it like a mantra. She starts clawing at her skin. "Make it come off! It won't come off!"

"Kaitlyn, sweetie, there's no blood on you," AJ tells her, holding onto Kaitlyn tighter.

"I can see it! It won't come off!" She keeps clawing at her skin, and she's starting to injure herself. Dean snatches her out of AJ's arms and holds her tightly to him, effectively pinning her arms by her side to prevent further clawing. "Let me go! It won't come off! I need to get it off!" Kaitlyn starts struggling wildly so Dean wrestles her to the ground.

"Kaitlyn, you need to calm down." Dean tells her, but she's not listening. Suddenly, Kaitlyn starts to transform. Her eyes turn yellow and her fangs grow out. Her claws start to form and now fur is growing. I quickly grab AJ and take her out of the bathroom.

"Roman, what's going on?! What's happening to Kaitlyn," AJ yells at me.

"She's too emotional. She's transforming into a wolf." I continue to hold AJ back as Dean struggles to prevent Kaitlyn from transforming.

"Kaitlyn calm down! You're transforming! This is exactly what Natalya wants!" Kaitlyn begins to calm down at Dean's words. "That's it Kaitlyn, just calm down. Take control." Kaitlyn's breathing becomes regular again and her wolf features slowly go away. Kaitlyn's cries become softer as Dean picks her up bridal style.

"She needs sleep," I voice out.

"We shouldn't leave her alone," Dean states

"Take her to your room then and stay with her."

"What," AJ exclaims. "No way! I should stay with her!"

"AJ, think logically," I tell her. "You weren't able to calm her down just now. If she gets overly emotional in the middle of the night and transforms, what could you possibly do?" AJ looks down and holds onto my forearm. "Dean is the safest choice to stay with Kaitlyn right now, okay?" She takes a deep breath and gets out of my grasp. She looks up at Dean and speaks slowly.

"Take care of her, and don't you dare try anything."

"I promise," Dean tells her. That surprised me. Dean doesn't promise anyone anything aloud. AJ turns away and walks downstairs.

"What are we going to tell Punk," Dean asks me.

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Right now you have a delusional hybrid on your hands and Bayley, AJ and I have a little human girl on ours. One step at a time."