"Preliminary notes on fire arm discharge incident. Assailant armed with sound suppresser equipped Walther P88. Having heard the perpetrators threat and count down, I made visual conformation of the barrel of the weapon pressed to the potential victims head. Determining the danger to be imminent I felt no choice but to respond with the use of deadly force"

Scott and I sit outside in the office's of the police station waiting for Agent McCall to finish his Incident report. Once McCall finishes up he walks out of the office and comes up to Scott and I. Getting up of the deputy's desk I was sitting on I walk over to him with Scott at my side.

"Thanks for waiting. I know it's late" McCall says closing the door to the office behind him.

"It's okay. It's not like I'm going to be going to school tomorrow anyway". Scott replies as I put my right hand on my shoulder and squeeze it, trying to soothe the pain that I ignored throughout the time we were outside of the high school, but it was gone and forgotten when I was with Liam.

"Unfortunately I'm gonna have to drive back to San Francisco tonight. Umm I need to do a review at the field office but I'll be back as soon as I can. I might have to miss the first game of the season"

"It's no big deal" Scott assures him and glances at me wearily as I wince at the pain. Shaking my head at him I tell him to forget about it.

"It is to me. I'm keeping my promises this time." Seeing Scott and I look at the gun in the evidence bag McCall continues "What I did, it was necessary. Justifiable. You know that, right?"

"He does, we do" I say getting into the conversation "If you hadn't of done what you did Stiles would be dead. Maybe you're not so bad of and Agent, McCall. And I'm sorry for being so cold to you and calling you an Asshat all the time" I say smirking and he gives me a small laugh as then looks at me confused along with Scott.

"You've never called me an 'Asshat' before Grace" and he looks to the hand I still have on my shoulder, confused.

"No but I thought it. Many times actually. What I'm trying to say is that I'm... happy, your here" I say hesitant and drop my hand to my side again.

Before McCall can speak Scott does "Have you? Done it before?" he says directing the conversation back to the gun.

"Two other times. It's not easy, taking a man's life. Even someone who forces you to do it"

"How do you deal with it?" Scott asks and I give him a confused look but he just brushes it off.

"You look at it logically. Without emotion. You compartmentalize" McCall explains

"How do you do that?" My brother asks

"I used to do it by drinking" Agent McCall says with a humourless laugh. I see Scott look at McCall in realisation and McCall pulls him into a hug as I stand back, awkwardly. Pulling away and looks to Scott and I. "Two more things. When I do come back. We have to talk about some stuff. You two and your friends, the way you guys handle things, it doesn't seem to faze you like it should. It's like you guys know something I don't. When I come back, I'd like to be in the know" Scott and I look at him shock then He stutters out.

"What? What um... What was the other thing?"

Turning to me McCall raises a eyebrow and smirks. "And when I come back you and I are going to have a conversation on the fact that you stole from the CDC. Is it Petty crimes your into Grace. Or are you into the big stuff as well?" He says laughing.

"In my defence it did save Stiles' life. Besides it was Lydia's Idea. I'm just the one who acted on it" I reply trying to act innocent.

"Innocent? Right..." I falsely agrees with me.

"Grace I might not be your father... but you are my son's sister. Which means your family to me. So maybe the two of us can at least try and get along?" He asks me hopefully.

"I don't know..." I begin to say but a glare from Scott shuts me up especially when he looks down to the 6 marks still present on my neck and back to my eyes giving me the 'You broke your promise, be good' look. "Fine, I can try to get along with you, Agent Asshat" I say smirking and the two McCall men chuckle.

"Agent Asshat, huh! It's good. Come on you two let's get you home. It's late and we've had a long day"

"Are you going to be okay driving back to San Francisco?" Scott ask worriedly

"It's only a half hour away without traffic, I'll be fine" He assures him and we leave the station.

Scott Looks over to me as Agent McCall opens the door and Lets us out first "Are you okay?" he asks indicating to my back.

"No" I say truthfully and walk over to McCall's car and get in the back as the other two go in the front.

The Next day ~ Sunday

"Is three enough?" Kira asks looking to Scott.

"It depends on how many cameras they have but I think so" Stiles answers her.

"Are we really doing this?" Liam asks from beside me as I stand between him and Stiles.

"We're doing it, tonight" Scott confirms.

"Isn't it kind of dangerous?" Liam asks his voice laced with worry and I grab his hand, ignoring the glare I get from Stiles as he notices my movements.

"Yep it's incredibly dangerous and borderline idiotic "Stile says shifting his gaze from me to Liam.

"You guys done something like this before?"

"Something dangerous? Or something idiotic?" I ask before Stiles. And she gives me a slight smirk in approval.

"I think it's a yes to both" Kira pipes up and Liam looks to the table sighing.

"You don't have to be a part of it if you don't want to" Scott informs the young Beta.

"I'm not Scared" Liam insists and glances at me.

"Well then you're borderline idiotic." Stiles says reaching over me and patting Liam on the shoulder. "If we do this, we don't know what's coming for us. You know that right?"

"How do we even know something's definitely coming?" Kira asks them.

"Because the tape from Garrets bag said 'Visual conformation required'"

"Simon said the same thing, he couldn't get paid by the Benefactor until he had proof that you guys where dead" Stiles informs us and I squeeze Liam's hand harder

"So the idea is, what if you kill someone on the Deadpool but you can't send the proof" Scott says looking to me.

"You don't get paid"

"How does that get us any closer to the Benefactor?" Liam asks.

"He still needs to know if the target is really dead"

"Especially if it's someone high on the list"

"That's Scott and I"

"Right but we don't know what it will do to you Grace, so..." Kira says to me.

"It doesn't matter, she's not even an option" Scott growls out and I roll my eyes at him.

"So if he wants visual conformation" I say

"He's going to have to come and get it himself" Scott Finishes.

Time Skip

Liam and I sit outside of the hospital in Stiles Jeep waiting for the 'body' of my brother to arrive. Just as Liam is about to say something the ambulance pulls up and the staff rush him inside.

"This is a stupid plan" I say with my back turned to Liam as he massages my aching back.

"It's the only plan we've got"

"It's still stupid" I pout and turn forward then slump back into the seat of the Jeep.

"My dad has just called it" Liam informs me after several minutes of silence, knowing I wasn't listening in on the doctors trying to revive him.

"Show time" I say and Jump out of the car with Liam following. Pushing through the doors the staff at the front look at me in confusion. A familiar scream rings out and they all rush to the end of the hall. To see what was wrong. Nosy bastards.

"MOVE!" I yell impatiently to two nurses blocking my way. Pulling Liam with me I forcing the tears to spill down my face as I rush around the corner. I look at my mother who is clinging onto Dr. Geyer. "MOM!" I yell and run down to her the tears still sliding down my cheeks. Getting to her just in time to catch her falling down to the floor. I let her take me down with her as she cries into my shoulder and I cry into hers.

Flashback ~ This morning

"Are you guys totally sure about this?" Liam asks as we all stand around Scott who is lying on his bed.

"I think Liam is kind of nervous. Maybe you should tell him it's going to be alright" Kira says looking down to my brother.

"It's going to be alright" Scott repeats, his gaze never leaving the young Kitsune.

"So? You've done this before right?" Liam asks Noshiko.

"I've seen it done" She informs us from beside me.

"Is that just as good?" Liam asks wearily.

"No" She deadpans.

"Mom! You're not inspiring confidence"

"Good this is a terrible idea" Noshiko tells her daughter whilst looking down at Scott.

"Do you want us to do it without you?" I asks the woman beside me.

Giving in the Noshiko walks forward in holds her hand out over Scott and tells her daughter "Put your hand over his heart" Nodding Kira kneels on the bed and puts her hand on Scott only for him to grab it.

"Hold on" He says to his girlfriend and looks between Noshiko and I. "What happens while I'm out? am I going to feel anything?"

"It might feel like you're dreaming" she informs the Alpha.

"Is it good dreams or bad?"

"I suppose that depends on you" Not looking greatly satisfied Scott lies back down on the bed and allows a very nervous Kira to place her hand on his chest and send bolts of electricity into his hers.

Gasping for air Scott's body lifts of his bed slightly before dropping back down, unmoving.

"Oh God" Kira shout and jumps away from my brother. "Was that too much? Did I actually kill him? Oh my God he's dead, he's actually dead" I hear Kira say as I listen to find Scott's heart beat. A couple of seconds later I hear the clear sign how a very slow Heart beat. Thump.

End of Flashback.

10 minutes later Scott's body has been taken to the Morgue and Liam picks me off the ground and pulls me away as his Stepfather moves my mom away. Liam pushes the door to the Morgue open and pulls me inside. Drying my eyes on my Cream knitted baggy sweater sleeve, I walk to the others around Scott's 'body and Stand by his head next to Noshiko as Liam moves to in between her and Kira.

A few minutes later my mom comes in wiping her face and stops next to Stiles and I, taking a deep breath and looks over Scott.

"I still hate this plan" She announces, looking to Kira's Mom "I mean this is pretty significantly terrifying, he looks dead"

"Give me your hand" Noshiko says and reaches towards her.

Looking toward Stiles he tells her 'it's okay' and she hesitantly places her hand in Noshiko's and she pulls my mom's hand down to Scott's body. She flinches when her hand touches his skin but older Kitsune holds it down.

"Wait for it" Noshiko says.

Once my mom feels the low thumping of my brothers heart she smiles in relief and asks "Is that enough to keep a werewolf alive?"

"Enough for an Alpha" Noshiko confirms.

"How much time do we have?" Mom asks her.

"45 minutes"

"What happens after that?"

"I bring him back the same way" Kira informs her.

"No I mean what happens if he stays like this for longer than 45 minutes" she asks looking around at us and we all look at each other.

"No one's told her?" Noshiko asks and looks at me. The others turn to me too.

"What? What happens after 45 minutes?" Mom asks looking straight at me.

"He dies" I says looking straight back at her.

Time skip

Mom, Stiles and Noshiko left a while ago. Mom and Noshiko, to the car outside to watch for anyone 'suspicious' and Stiles went to get Argent. Kira is standing next to Scott, running her hand through his hair as Liam paces around the room and I lay on one of the metal tables in the middle of the room in a plain black vest top, with my sweater under my head, my black ripped jean covered legs out straight, my arms flat by my side, with my blonde hair spilling around over and off my Cream sweater. The cold of the metal soothing the burning of my 'wings' on my back.

Lifting my hand to my neck I grab the end of my Bow and Arrow necklace and run my fingers down the arrow with diamonds in it multiple times that I never noticed Liam stop his pacing and walk to my chestnut brown Mini UGG covered feet.

"Are you okay?" Liam asks gently.

"I hate this! I hate waiting and I hate feeling weak!" I exclaim sitting up and crossing my legs looking at him. Whilst ignoring the return of burning in my back

"You're not weak, your just..."

"Undeveloped" I say interrupting him and Kira laughs watching us.

"Uhh..."

"You're not 'undeveloped' Grace your just learning" Kira says walking over to us and sits on the table opposite to me

"Well 'learning' feels like waiting to a tragedy to strike" I say and roll my shoulders in agitation.

"I wonder what they'll look like" Kira says staring at me.

"What?" Liam asks confused and Kira turns to him.

"Her wings" she says and then turns to me again "Your wings"

"What if you get a beak like a werewolf gets fangs?" Liam blurts out and Kira starts laughing.

"I am not growing a beak!"

"Who says?" Kira asks

"Uhh.."

"Exactly for all you know you could"

"Deaton said that all the Phoenix's he has heard of get the glowing eyes, big ass wings a black Talons, that's it, that's all he knows. Argent too"

"Scott told us yesterday about the Talons and stuff, that and the beautiful colour of your eyes. Red, yellow and Orange. That's cool"

"They're Beautiful" Liam comments from beside me, making me blush.

"Can you show me? Can you control it?"

"I'm not sure"

"Remember yesterday?" Liam asks and I look to him

"Vividly"

"At your house after watching the walking dead and we had nothing to do..."

"You mean when you two made out?" Kira Interrupts and we both look at her wide eyed. "Seriously guys? We all know. Grace you neck is covered in Hickeys" she exclaims and Liam and I blush.

"yeah well when I pulled away and looked at your face your eyes were glowing. I didn't want to tell you cause I didn't want you to get embarrassed"

"So what your saying is?"

"We need to speed up your heart rate"

"Like when I got angry with Scott at the clinic, my eyes glowed"

"Yep" Kira says with a little jump and the next thing I know Liam's lips are connected to mine. A couple of minutes later the banging of a door opening makes Liam and I jump apart. And we both look to the door to see Stiles and Argent Looking at us confused and Kira with a big smile on her face. Stiles goes to attack Liam but Kira rushing towards me stops him.

"Oh My God, Grace!" She squeals and puts her hand on my chin to move my head around. "Stiles! Have you seen her eyes?" she says and we both look to him. Realisation dawns on his face and he moves towards me without hesitation, Argent following him closely although he has already seen them.

Now standing in front of me Stiles looks into my eyes with tears welding up in his. "They're...eh. like a flame bright in the middle around the pupil kind of like the fire is exploding outwards. They're..."

"Unique" Argent says "But now is not the time to do this. Do you know how to stop? You can't walk around the hospital with glowing eyes" with a shake of my head he sighs "How did Scott do it?"

"He found his Anchor" I say and images of Allison flash through my mind.

"Then Grace, find your Anchor" Closing my eyes I try to concentrate on finding my anchor. Moments later I pick up on the thumping of a heart coming from my right and I know who it is. "Open your eyes Grace" Argent demands and I do and look straight at him and see he's smiling. "Good job kiddo. Now you guys get to setting up the laptops in one of the rooms while I get you in the system" Argent says and turns to leave.

"Wait! I'm coming with you!" I shout to him making turn to me and give me a questioning look.

"What? What? Why, why do you need to go with him?" Stiles asks looking between us.

"You're going to the roof right? Great I need the fresh air. All I can smell right now in dead people" I say and move to follow him out

"G?"

"I'll be okay" I reassure Liam, kissing his check and walk out of the door, then head for the stairwell to the roof.

Once we are on the roof goes to the power box and sets the device up whilst I just look over the ledge.

"It's Liam right!" He calls over to me.

"What's Liam?" I ask turning around and walk over to him.

"Your Anchor, it's Liam"

Looking to the ground I nod slightly and he chuckles.

"Grace I don't have to warn you about dating a werewolf do I?"

"Well with the fact of me being some sort of supernatural fire bird. I think we're good"

"Good" He replies and pulls away from the box as the green light appears on the device he clipped on. Pulling up Stiles name on his watch he clicks the call button and waits for him to answer. "we're here you ready? Try it now" He instructs when the call is answered.

"We got it" Stiles informs us.

"Okay we're coming back" Argent says and jerks his head towards the door and I follow him to it and back down the stairs.

When we get to the floor 'B' we stand by a corner and wait. Argent watch vibrates and We both look to it and see it sat 28:01 and counting down. The flashing of the light going on and off make me uneasy and I look at Argent and he gestures for me to follow him. Walking down the hallways next to him he suddenly pulls out his gun whilst spinning and aims it at Stiles who freaks a little. Dropping the gun Argent allows Stiles to talk.

"The powers out in the whole building and I lost all the cameras"

"Stay with Scott, text me if you see or hear anything" Argent tells him and looks at his watch. 18 minutes. "Grace go with him" He tells me and I obey.

Running to the morgue with Stiles, I stop in my track which he notices and turns to me asking "What? Gracie what is it?"

"Go to the morgue and protect Scott. I have to find my mom"

"What? No! Grace she's fine her and Mrs Yukimura are outside!"

"No they aren't. Stiles just go!" I say and this time I flash my eyes at him myself and take off running back the way we just came then turning down a different hallway. Getting to the older two women just in time to see my mom pushed to the side by Noshiko, who gets stabbed by a berserker in the stomach.

"NO!" I yell as the berserker pulls the dagger out of her and she drops to the floor .

"Grace. GRACE RUN!" My mom yells as she moves over to hold Noshiko's wound and the Berserker runs at me.

Feeling all the burning pain from my back rush to my shoulders and down my arms to my hands I look down to them to see they're on fire. Looking up to my mom and Noshiko they look at me with wide eyes.

"Grace! Throw it" Noshiko gasps out and I look from her to the advancing Berserker and thrust my hands out in front of me and a giant all of flames rushes towards the Berserker and throws him backwards toward the two women and over their head, through the metal doors behind them, ending with a loud crash.

I wait for the Berserker to come back through but It doesn't so I run to the doors I went it through and push them open to see... nothing but a mess and a few burnt hospital equipment. Oops.

"It's gone" I say and move to the two women on the floor. "What can I do?" I ask but before they can answer Liam runs around the corner shouting my name. Turning to him I look and see him coming towards up "Liam, Go! Go get Kira" I shout making him stop in his tracks and look at me hesitantly "GO!" I yell to him and watch as he nods and head in the way of the morgue. Turning back to my mom I ask again "What can I do?"

"Go, Go and find a doctor" She instructs me and I get up and run off in a random direction. Noticing I'm near the front of the hospital I train my hearing to listen for anyone around and here a familiar voice. Pushing myself to move faster I round three more corners until I see the person I'm looking for.

"DR. GEYER!" I yell running up to him. Turning around to face him he looks at me and notices my hands are black.

"Grace are you okay?" he says and picks up my hand.

"I'm fine it's just dirt" In a hospital? "You need to come my friends mom is hurt" I say and take off running back the way I came, with him a few steps behind me. Getting back to my mom and Noshiko, I drop to the ground beside them with Dr. Geyer beside me.

"What the hell happened here?" Geyer asks.

"Just help me get her off the floor" Mom says. Not wanting to explain a man covered in animal bones stabbed Noshiko in the gut with a dagger made out of well... Bone.

"Mom I'm going to go and see..." I say but she knows what I want

"Go!" She says with a nod, not looking at me. Getting off the ground I run in the direction of the Morgue. Getting around two corners I bump into Kira sending us both to the ground.

"Kira! Two lefts" I inform her knowing where she going. She nods and we get up, then takes off running whilst shouting.

"He's fine" Smiling I run to the morgue. Once outside the door, I stop and take a deep breath before slowly pushing open the door and looking at the familiar faces of Argent, Liam, Stiles and Scott.

Noticing I'm in the room Scott looks at me and I begin to cry. Noticing the water works, my brother rushes forward and wraps his arms around me.

"I'm okay, I'm okay Gracie" He whispers to me holding me close.

"You're okay" I say pulling away and putting my black burned hands on his face. His and the others in the room attention going straight to them.

Lifting his hands to mine he plucks my hands off his cheeks and holds them in front of him, turning them over to get a better look.

"What? Why are your hands covered in ash?"

"Fire" I gasp out. "I threw fire at a berserker and it threw him through a door"

"I don't... what?" Scott asks

"Phoenix fire" Argent says and we all look at him and he shrugs. "The pain?" he asks

"Pain? What pain?"

"The pain in my back, it's still there but it's not so bad anymore Scott"

"You knew this would happen, didn't you!" He says turning to Argent

"Gerard told me once came across a Phoenix when he was young. She had gone through the exact same thing as you. The burning in your back is indeed fire, they all went through it. That has been building up over the years. A Phoenix doesn't become a well 'Phoenix' until maturity, but the signs show around a year before. The Woman my father met was probably 24 at the time so she had already matured. A fully matured Phoenix is when they get their wings, It's the last stage"

"What happened to the Phoenix?"

"Gerard killed her with the only thing that can kill a Phoenix... Iron"

"Iron?" Stiles asks

"It's an impure metal. Think Iron pokers they're used for fire places. To control the fire"

"What was her name? The Phoenix?"

"You're going back 40 years Scott, I was a kid back then"

"Why do you want to know?" I beg

"Because she deserves to have a name other than 'the Phoenix'"

"Benson... Something Benson"

"Benson?" Stiles asks him "That's not a lot to go on"

After a few seconds he says "Abigail Benson" And I stand there in shock just looking at him. Shaking out of my frozen state I look to him dead in the eye.

"Did you just say Abigail Benson?" I ask in shock

"Gracie what is it?" Scott asks moving closer to me. Turning my attention to Scott and Stiles, I ask.

"Do two you remember when we were little and I would ask grandpa about grandma Larrin?"

"Yeah what about it?" Scott asks

"Remember the time I asked how they met?"

"Yeah through Larrin's sister Ab... Abbie." Stiles says in realisation

"Larrin and Abigail Benson" Scott confirms

"Abbie was the oldest and she went missing a year after Grandma died, I remember Grandpa saying they never knew what happened to her. I guess we do now"

"Hold on a second. Larrin died how?" Chris asks

"Childbirth" Stiles informs him

"What if?" Liam starts but stops when we all turn to him.

"What if what?" Chris asks slightly agitated.

"Am I the only one who thinks it can't be a coincidence that two people in your family happen to be part of a rare species of supernatural creature?" Liam asks me and they all turn to me.

"We'll it's not like we can call up Grandpa George and ask if grandma was a supernatural fire bird" Scott says to me.

"Yeah we don't exactly have the money to call Peru"

"Peru?" Argent asks confused.

"Archaeology tour" I say and he nods his head in understanding.

"We'll think of something" Scott reassures me.

"But Scott... think about it. If Gracie's Great-aunt was a phoenix then maybe... Guys has George ever said anything about Abbie having kids?" Stiles asks us already know the answer.

"No" Scott Says

"Exactly you said that Deaton told you guys there could only be one phoenix at a time, but potentials are chosen... Grace if your Great aunt died a year after your grandmother died when your Mom was born. Maybe the power went to your mom, the next oldest because she was an only child and Abbie had no kids. And when your parents died..."

"Claire couldn't have been a phoenix" Scott says and turns to Chris "You said the only way to kill a phoenix is Iron. Grace your mom died in a car crash" He says turning to me.

"I think we may need to take a look at the accident report for your parent's car crash. Also she could have hidden it. Used her powers in small amounts. Didn't you say once that your grandfather kept your mother close growing up" Chris asks me.

"Yeah she was home schooled, he took her around the world with him until she was old enough for college"

"George is a archaeologist right?" he asks looking to the three of us.

"I bet those Egyptian deserts are great for training a phoenix to control her powers" Liam interrupts.

"Exactly, all those years of knowing what you're becoming and preparing is great, like a werewolf waiting for their first shift. Control is the key"

"Plus she had 2 years for physically controlling her power before getting back to civilisation and going to college." Stiles finishes.

"Oh My God. I think my head is going to explode. Wait if my grandfather knew what my mom was and knew her death would pass it on to me then why would he let me stay here?" I say putting my hand to my head and feel Scott lie his hand on my shoulder giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Maybe we should talk about this another time?" Scott asks and I nod in silent agreement before heading out the door with Liam trailing behind me.

Time Skip

"My Dad's still confused" Liam says from beside me as we sit on the floor of my bedroom, leaning against the bed "No one knows how Scott's alive, he should be dead"

"Yeah, he has to go back to the hospital tomorrow for a bunch of test" I say and chuckle "We could just take the easy route and blame faulty equipment"

"Nothing's ever easy for us is it thought?"

"I suppose not" I say whilst mindlessly picking at the cream carpet.

"Knock- knock" Kira says, coming from my bedroom door. I look over to see her and Scott leaning against the frame. "Liam I'm heading home now, you want me to drop you off?"

"Uhh. Yeah sure thanks" he replies, getting off the floor and holds out a hand to help me up, which I gladly take and stand up with his help. "I'll see you tomorrow?" He asks me

"I'm gonna take a few days off, talk to Deaton." I say and kiss his cheek.

"Okay" Liam replies weakly.

"Get some sleep Liam" Scott commands and with that Liam lets go of my hand and silently follows Kira out of the house and to her car.