Fifteen minutes before midnight. The full moon overhead became blood red, signifying the blood moon had finally taken place. The ASA army located the mine shaft where Stiles possibly had been taken to as they dressed up in their tactical gear, night vision equipment and headed in.
Outside the perimeter, Director Claudia and Operations Tamara stayed with the rest of the ASA agents along with Scott's pack, armed and ready waiting for the rescue to be successful. They could only hope that Stiles was still alive.
"Agent Gray," Tamara addressed the field op on her walkie. "Any sign of the captive or the target?"
"We're moving in pretty deep," announced the field op. "These caverns are vast but so far no sign of the Beast or the victim."
"Keep us updated," said Tamara. "And hurry. We're running out of time. We can't let the ritual happen at midnight."
"Understood, Operations," replied the field op through the walkie. "We'll keep you informed of our progress."
The Sheriff turned to Claudia. "Do you think Stiles is still okay?"
"I would assume so," responded the Director. "The Beast needs him alive as well as Derek in order to gain his ascension. He won't be stupid enough to kill Stiles."
Harry the pug whimpered. Surprisingly, he wanted to help his friends and asked to join them. "Poor Stiles. That Beast better not hurt him or the baby!"
"He won't, pal." Derek reassured him. "Remember he needs the both of us to complete his spell."
"Operations!"
Tamara quickly grabbed the walkie. "What is it?"
"We found where Stiles was possibly kept," said the field agent. "A piece of his torn shirt is on the ground and footprints indicate him moving away from the area of the cave. We can only guess the Beast moved him somewhere here."
"It would be obvious," noted Chris Argent. "He knew we were coming for him here and moved him to another spot."
"But, Dad," Allison noted. "He wouldn't move far because he needs to complete the ritual with everyone involved. He has to be close."
"Allison is right," Claudia nodded. "He has a short window of opportunity to get what needs. He's not stupid enough to move far."
"He's not," Tierney said with a stern face. Her eyes began to glow as a slight glowing aura appeared around her. It was apparent that Kuza had now possessed her body."
Scott McCall's eyes widened in surprise. "Kuza? Is that you?"
The body of Tierney nodded. "I apologize for being late but body possession does take alot of magic to hold. Plus, I feel bad that I have to borrow Tierney's vessel in order to assist you all, but better late than never."
"Do you know where the Beast is?" Scott asked Kuza.
Kuza shrugged. "I sense he's close by and Stiles is with him and very much alive. Do not fret, friends, Stiles is safe…so far."
"Not for long," gasped Melissa. "Look!" She pointed to the large dark mass perched on top of the cavern's entrance. The Beast looked even larger and taller than before as it wrapped a struggling Stiles in its one arm.
"How nice of you to join us!" The Beast mocked. He glared at the group and then to Stiles. "Look, Stiles, it's a family reunion!"
"Stiles!" The Sheriff shouted. "Are you okay?"
Stiles struggled. Even with the zip ties off his wrists, the strength of the Beast kept him in place. He nodded. "A little busy, Dad! This asshole is trying to be part of the WWE!"
Derek yelled to the creature. "Let him go! Come on! You want me! I'm right here, fucker! Come get it!" He challenged the Beast.
The Beast cackled. "I'll get to you in a minute but first…" He raised a talon and nicked Stiles's cheek drawing a drop of blood. "One down." He nodded at Derek. "One more." Still holding Stiles, he lunged off the roof of the entrance at Derek Hale.
Tamara yelled at her army. "Take down that motherfucker!" The ASA agents raised their weapons and began to fire.
"NO!" Claudia protested. "You'll hit Stiles!"
Operations Tamara rolled her eyes. "Casualties are to be expected. We have to protect this universe at any cost!" She gave the signal. "Take it down through any means necessary!"
"NOOOOO!" The Director screamed.
Sounds of gunfire flew everywhere. Bullets hit the Beast but ricocheted striking only the ground and the nearby forest causing everyone to scatter. Seeing that their artillery had no effect, the pack went in. Allison and Melissa shot at it with crossbows and arrows. Chris and Noah shot at it with its own mystical bullets while Scott, Derek, and Kuza raced at with their supernatural abilities. Neither arrow or bullet penetrated the monster leaving Stiles safe but at the mercy of the Beast.
Scott attacked first and tried slashing at it but was met with transparent smoke while Kuza tried pummeling it with her hands and firsts but phased through its misty form. Derek tried slashing at with his own claws but the Beast roared and responded with its own strike and raked a pair of sharp talons across the Alpha's chest, drawing blood. Satisfied, the Beast released Stiles and tossed him at Derek who perfectly caught him despite being seriously wounded. The pair toppled to the ground.
"Foolish humans!" The Beast cackled. "It's now midnight! I don't need to kill the Hale bloodline to complete the ritual, just their blood! And now that I have the last component, a drop of Eli's blood from Stiles and Derek's own on my claws, the prophecy can begin!" It raised its large arms as it recited some incomprehensible incantation. Dark pools of mist came out of nowhere and began to rotate around the creature making it stronger, enlarging it. The group and the ASA knew they were doomed.
"Hit it with everything you got!" Scott advised. "We can't let it finish the ritual!"
Alpha Scott and Alpha Derek wolfed out and rushed toward the Beast. Allison and Melissa once again steadied their bows, crossbows, and arrows while Chris and Noah aimed their guns. Bullets and artillery fired everywhere, added with the continued efforts of the ASA agents as they tried to shoot down the Beast who only grew more immune to their attacks and increased gradually in size. The Beast roared in satisfaction.
Harry the pug turned to Kuza who had Tierney's body in full possession. "Can't you do anything?"
Kuza sighed and thought for a minute. "I have one more trick up my sleeve." She sat on the ground as her friends and allies tried to take down the monster. She closed her eyes, using the internal shapeshifting and healing abilities of the alkonost she inhabited and reached for the last shred of kitsune spark. It took a bit of coaxing and searching but she finally found it. A glowing sphere. She reached out into the darkness and touched it.
She felt herself being pulled, yanked down into the abyss into another world as her spirit entered the destination she needed to be.
Earth 2011
Still unconscious, Deaton barely moved except for the breathing apparatus underneath his nose. It had been two days since his friends disappeared but Mason remained faithfully by the vet's side in the hospital as he awaited for all of them to return.
Twirling the tiny totem in his hand, he concentrated on the memories of Scott, Stiles, Melissa, Noah and Chris and prayed they were okay.
Suddenly Deaton's eyes shot up as he awakened from his bed to stare at the FBI agent.
"Alan?" Mason gasped looking at the patient in the hospital bed. "You're awake!" He began to leave the room. "I'll get the doctor or the nurse…"
"No wait, Mason!"
Alan's voice had a familiar feminine quality. Mason stopped to address the mysterious person inside Deaton's body.
"Who are you?" He asked suspiciously. He began to approach the bed cautiously.
"It's me, Kuza." The feminine voice replied. "Listen, I don't have much time. The Beast is nearly reaching full ascension and I astrally projected to temporarily possess Deaton's body. Do you still have the totem?"
Mason nodded.
"Good," said Kuza. "I need to once again tap into the remnants of my magic and call forth its power. I need you to connect with the Beast. You and it were once part of the darkness that created him. We need you to summon it once again."
Mason's mouth dropped. "I don't think I can…I don't know how…"
Kuza exhaled. "He's magical and supernatural as are you and your friends. Please Mason, you're our last chance. The Beast is going to kill everyone if we fail. We need…"
Her words were cut off as Deaton's eyes quickly closed and he fell back into the bed unmoving. Mason tapped the vet's shoulder to see if he would return to being awake. "Kuza? You still in there?" No answer. "Dr. Deaton?" Still, no answer. Worried, Mason took a seat nearby, clutched the totem in his hand, shut his eyes and concentrated.
All he could see was darkness in his mind. Nothing but pure blackness. Then something glowed, tiny and small, almost a centimeter of illumination. His body instructed him to follow the path and he did. He finally reached the object. A spark of spherical light appeared, sparking like electricity telling him to reach out and touch it. He did.
Then in an instant, flashes of images formed around him. Like quick film clips of a movie, he saw everything. Sebastien turning into the Beast. His plan to ascend to full godhood. His objective of bringing chaos and destruction upon the world.. He also saw his friends fight valiantly but losing the fight as swirls of dark mist pounded the ground causing the earth to shake and bringing everyone to topple everywhere. Bullets, arrows, and heaving artillery shot from everywhere as it did very little penetrate the skin of the Beast and instead blew its enemies in a gust of strong wind back, knocking them back into the dirt.
Even Alpha Scott and Derek's sharp claws did very little in causing any damage as a swift back hand of the Beast's paw slammed them against the nearby ASA vehicles leaving them horribly bruised and dazed. Mason then looked at his friend and FBI partner, Stiles, watching helplessly as he clutched his stomach carrying the twin souls of the older Eli and Eli Junior now trapped into one infant that now can never be born due to the Beast bringing forth the end of this universe.
Mason screamed. He knew he had to do something. Seizing the spark one again, he clutched the totem even harder and reached into the void and called for the pieces of the blackened mist that now aided Sebastien Valet. He recognized the vapor and called it forth. A tendril touched him, followed by another. Soon the tendrils of mists surrounded him, filling him with darkness, pain, anguish, anger and fury. He knew these emotions all too well.
He was now part of the Beast.
Earth Omegaverse
The shadowy creature now grew taller and larger in size reaching the top of the cavern's opening and to where the entrance reached the edge of the highest part of the cliff. More bullets and artillery fired his way but did nothing but become a nuisance as the Beast pounded the ground again with its foot causing another strong quake and forcing the pack and ASA agents back on to the ground.
Alpha Scott and a wounded Alpha Derek continued to fight, slashing and trying to claw at the large monster but nothing seemed to phase the Beast as it merely swiped at the pair, sending them flying and smashing against the ASA vehicles.
"Any bright ideas on stopping it?" Harry the pug asked Stiles.
Stiles shrugged and ran for cover as more ASA agents fired at the creature. "Looks like we're fucked!" He looked at the possessed Tierney as Kuza for guidance. "Any other ideas?"
Tierney as Kuza folded her arms. "Only prayers at this point, Stiles. Prayers."
Operations Tamara continued to yell at her army. "Keep firing! Something has got to work at taking down that monster!"
Undeterred by their attack, the Beast roared, picked up one of the ASA vans and chucked it at Operations and the rest of the group.
"Hit the deck!" The Sheriff screeched. He slammed into Claudia and maneuvered out of the way of the falling vehicle. Chris did the same with Melissa while Scott grabbed Allison and Kuza and darted from its path. Derek rescued Stiles and Harry and despite the flesh wound managed to pull them away from the collapsing car, rolling into a safe corner of the ground.
Now on top of his baby's father, Derek looked down with concern at Stiles. "You okay?"
Noticing his glowing red eyes and wolfed appearance, Stiles smiled. "Never better, hero." He quickly gave him a kiss on his wolf mouth. "Now let's kick this Beast's ass!"
Derek released a soft growl and helped him to his feet as the pair turned around to see the crushed body of Operations Tamara. "Shit! He got Tamara!"
Stiles didn't have time to process the loss when he noticed something strange about the Beast's misty appearance. Peering through the glowing torso of the monster, he noticed a transparent figure at the center.
It was Sebastien Valet.
"Guys!" Stiles exclaimed to his team. "The Beast has a human physical form! Aim at the stomach! It must be his weak spot!"
Kuza as Tierney noticed it too and then she saw it. Right on the top of the shoulders of the Beast, the appearance of a corporeal Mason Hewitt. "Mason is fighting for control of the Beast! This is our opportunity. Hit him at his weak spot!"
They understood. Chris, Allison, Melissa and Noah readied their weapons and fired. The bullets and arrows passed through the mist hitting Sebastien's transparent form. Even though it did not kill him, it did wound him enough to cause the Beast to fall back against the cavern entrance.
"It's working!" Kuza shouted.
Director Claudia took note and quickly led the ASA after the fall of Operations. "Fire now!"
The ASA army shot through. Some of the bullets missed but the ones that made contact did so on Sebastien. He struggled to get up.
"Keep firing!" Claudia continued to order.
The Beast roared in protest as Mason continued to fight for control of the creature.
"No! I'm the true host of the Beast! Release me!"
"No!" Mason argued. His transparent form puppeteering part of the monster. "I won't let you hurt my friends!"
"I'll kill you, Mason!" Sebastien growled. "After I kill your loved ones!"
"Not today, Sebastien!" Mason sneered. The swirling mist that formed the monster began to dissipate, leaving behind the darkened, glowing form of a feral Sebastien still with illuminated eyes and sharp claws and teeth. Seeing him now in physical humanoid form, the pack went in for the kill.
Bullets and arrows struck him but still the enemy refused to be bested by the pack. Releasing a loud roar and began to pounce on Scott's friends but the Alpha and Derek were waiting as Scott leaped in and kicked into the Beast's chest sending him backwards. Then out of the blue, Derek jumped in and slashed Sebastien's chest causing a row of bloody gashes as the wounded the villain fell to the ground.
Seizing the opportunity, Kuza as Tierney nodded to Stiles. "You have to end this, Stiles." She advised him. "It's now or never."
Confused, Stiles stared at the kitsune as she waved her hand and a ball of light sparked from beneath his hand. The light then crackled and popped, forming something tangible: long, strong and metallic.
A brightly lit katana.
Stiles saw the uncontrollable swirls of the blackened miasma and tendrils behind the fallen Sebastien as the spirit of Mason gestured to him from above.
"Do it, Stiles! End this!"
Then a flash of something blinded his eyes. The transparent figure of a teenage Eli holding Eli Junior in his arms smiled back at him. "It's okay, Dad. Give him hell!"
Stiles grinned, clutched the glowing katana and darted toward Sebastien who looked at him in horror. The Beast roared, fought off the two Alphas and raced at Stiles.
"Stiles!" The Sheriff gasped. "Look out!"
Sebastien swiped at him with a claw but missed. Stiles sprung up into the air, spun nearly missing the second swipe, raised the sword and brought it down.
The thump of a head, hitting the ground echoed into the night as light and darkness filled everywhere and the blackened mist covered everything into darkness.
