A/N~ So didn't quite manage to end this story by the end of the series but never fear the end will be coming up soon. I hope everyone is still enjoying the story and will continue to do so. Please review, it feeds the writer almost as well as tea, scones, and chocolate do. ~A
Chapter 26
Jennifer decides, her mind running in circles to try and seduce Derek again, in hopes of gaining a little energy from the werewolf. As she pounds on the loft door desperately, she has already decided her course of action. That she is going to try and convince the Alpha that apparently the police are blaming her as the newcomer for the recent events that have been happening.
The teacher is surprised when the werewolf not only lets her in but seems at least receptive to her. As she begins to rub against him, releasing the pheremones she has been using to coerce men since her arrival here. Only to be surprised to discover that not only has she been tricked by the Alpha, lured into a trap, but that she also wasn't so successful with her trap to kill the rest of the Pack as she had hoped.
When Stiles and Scott step out of the shadows and the Spark asks her rather tiredly, "Where is my father?"
She tries to manipulate the situation thinking since Derek let her in he might be more receptive to her trickery. He shuts her down when he asks in a deceptively mild tone, "Do you know where the Pack elders are? Do you know where Stiles father is?" i
Even though she knows he'll probably be able to tell she's lying, she still tries. "I have no idea where he is. As far as I've heard the man has a drinking problem, maybe he went on a binge and is sleeping it off somewhere. These boys are clearly delusional. Made up this fantasy of me being a serial killer. I mean look at me."
"You are very beautiful, but is that an illusion or delusion. Well there's one way to find out." Scott offered as he unscrewed the lid of the plastic jar of mistletoe powder. Before adding, "By the way Deaton sends his regards."
She lunges away from Derek but she is not fast enough to get away from the arc of mistletoe dust the younger werewolf lets fly. The dust arcs toward the Darach and seems to swirl around her unveiling the true form of the woman. They watch for a few horrified seconds as she writhes in pain as though she has been struck repeatedly, before the mistletoe's dust cloud settles.
Blake looks a little panicked as she tries to explain, "I need the glamour just to walk around town or in public let alone teaching the way I look.". It's rather obvious that no one believes her though at this point..
When she hears them calling Bo and Vex and hears the word Mesmer, she casts a, magic spell that basically blasts them away from her and into the walls of the loft before she manages to make her escape. Not before she leaves behind some leaf litter as a clue. This is something that Stiles, Kenzi and a newly arrived Vex can use to scry and find the missing parents with.
After a surprisingly quick scrying session the three fey find the location of the missing Pack elders. They call Issac and Allison to send them to the root cellar. While Derek, Bo Dyson, and the other Pack members try to track down the Darach.
~O~
Lydia meanwhile arrives at the loft about two minutes after everyone else has left Cora who is still there explains to her what has been happening. She turns toward the kitchenette going to prepare the other clearly distressed girl and herself a cup of tea. Only to be surprised and knocked out by Aiden, Ethan meanwhile pulls Lydia close to and behind him as they hear a distinctive clicking noise on the concrete floor of the loft.
Kali walks into the loft her toe claws making the clicking noise as she walks across the loft to where Ethan is holding Lydia. Aiden leaves Cora where she falls and moves around to stand beside the female Alpha. Ethan is clearly doing his best to keep Lydia away from Kali. The other woman had already seen the strawberry blond though and wiggles her fingers in a beckoning gesture.
Eyes glowing as the younger woman moves around the Alpha Twin. Still held in place but clearly fearless and defiant in front of the older Alpha. Kali's voice deepens into the dark honeyed tones of a predator as she asked the teen, "Do you know who I am?"
Ethan and Aiden both nearly roll their eyes at the Banshee's sass as she responded, "Someone who's clearly in desperate need of a mani- pedi?"
Kali's eyes flashed as she chuckled, "Oh I'm going to enjoy making an example out of you." The female Alpha said as she reached for the teen only to find Aiden blocking her path.
The teen wolf looked at her with open hostility as he said, "No, not her."
"Excuse me, since when do you tell me no?" Kali asked, her eyes widened and glowing red in angry surprise at the younger Alpha.
"Since now," he said and seeing her hand come up to slash at him, he punched her in the face hard. Not used to the twins fighting back Kali never saw it coming. Pushing Lydia behind him swiftly Ethan ran to join his brother in the assault on the female Alpha. The twins both knew that Decaulion probably wasn't far behind. They also knew that if it came down to a two-on-two fight between the Alpha Twins and the two older more experienced Pack members they would lose. Solution: eliminate Kali first.
They were all so focused on their fight they almost missed the approach of the Darach the Banshee however as her inner talent told her someone was about to die, screamed. Stunning the werewolves into immobility. Just before Jennifer Blake crashed through the sky light at that moment in a perfect three point landing. Kali attacked first recognizing the bigger threat as she ran to attack the other woman only to be thrown into a concrete supporting beam.
The twins then tried to join together to form the Super Wolf. Jennifer though showing surprising strength again reached between the two joining twins and ripped them away from each other painfully. She then turned back to face Kali who was back on her feet and realized even though the face was different, who it was in front of her.
"You?!" she said incredulously.
Instead of answering her the Darach used the force of her magic to lift several of the larger shards of glass into the air, from where she had crashed through the skylight. The air itself whipped around the woman like a small dust devil. All of the shards of glass faced in one direction though, towards Kali.
The Alpha female, saw her imminent death in the eyes of her former mate. She recognized it as the same cold, hard expression she had once held in her own eyes when she had killed off her former Pack members and left her lover for dead. Kali's eyes went dead as she told the other woman, "I should have …I should have finished you off when I had the chance."
At that a flash of bitterness went through Blake's eyes before the glass all shot forward and into the body and head of the Alpha female with a meaty thunk. The twins who had joined together behind her into the Super Wolf as she was occupied with her former Mate, attacked.
In a deft move the Darach stepped out of the way of the Super Wolf's lunge and pulled him down hard, snapping the neck of the larger werewolf easily. Dropping the lifeless body on the floor of the loft and completely ignoring the pair of women she left in the loft. The Darach used her power to lift herself back out of the loft back through the skylight, undoubtedly to go in search of the Alpha of Alpha's.
Cora though still unsteady on her feet grabbed Lydia to try and pull her out of the loft to find someplace safe for the very human and still fragile member of their Pack. Only for both of the young women to hear a groan. They both looked behind them in surprise as the twins separated from the Super Wolf into their individual selves. The two young women looked at each other before heading back to help the twins.
~O~
As a simple matter of poor planning and having no idea where their parents were being kept. It takes a while for the pair to actually locate the root cellar, simply for the matter they've never been there before. The fact that the imminent eclipse is already affecting werewolf abilities doesn't exactly help them in this situation.
Allison calls Stiles, "…part of the fence is down there. You should be able to get across with no problem. Do you have a compass? Of course you do you're Hunter Girl." the way the younger teen said it was like a comic book hero alter ego. She kind of liked it. "Ok head due west you'll see it right beside the… Yeah that's it, watch out the ground is a little crumbly around the entrance. Holy shit!"
At the Spark's shout, Allison yells over the phone, "Stiles, Stiles are you okay?"
A few seconds later the teen is back on the line and she can hear the fear and a slightly panicked tone in his voice as Stiles responds, "I'm fine, just do me a favor Ally? Don't tell my dad I was driving while on the cell. Don't tell Derek either?"
"I promise," Allison agrees easily enough as she watches Issac call down into the cellar.
"Is there anyone there?" A couple of seconds later, they hear several shouts from inside the darkened space. Issac and Allison both cheer.
The Spark stays on the line long enough to hear them cheering because they have found the entrance and can now hear the parents calling for help. "I'll be there soon," he promises, before hanging up.