The group scouted the woods trying to find a way out before what ever was responsible for making that roar wouldn't find them.
Argent, Sheriff Stilinski, and Parish had there guns drawn as they had their flashlight shine the way.
"Hope you have enough fire power in that bag of yours." Sheriff anticipated.
"I should have plenty." Argent reassured.
"For whatever made that sound, it sounded big."
Scott and Stiles stayed close to each other.
"You think it was that beast we saw earlier at the school?" Stiles queried.
"Maybe." Scott replied.
"It sounded just like it."
"I know."
"You think it wants her?"
"I don't know, but-" Scott stopped and tightened his lips to keep himself from saying anything else, almost hesitant that if he did it would make everything all too real.
"What?" Stiles asked softly knowing that his friend was in a tough spot.
"I've seen that creature before." Scott let out.
"When? Where?"
"In my dream or one of my dreams."
"What happened in that one?"
Scott shook his head before looking down.
"Come on Scott you can tell me." Stiles assured him.
"In nearly every dream I've dreamt of her, they never ended well. They always ended…badly. They always ended either with me not getting to her in time, or her…..dying or mainly getting killed right in front of me, sometimes its me killing her."
Stiles heart leaped into his throat and found it hard to swallow for he didn't know that the dreams were that bad. He just though they were simply dreams of the girl, he had no idea it was more than that.
"For the passed six months I've been having dreams about her and I don't know why or how." Scott confessed, "All I know is that I could never save her. Do you remember that day, when I wrote those things on that piece of paper how I had to save her and protect her?"
"Yeah I remember."
"I don't remember writing those words, but I do remember the dream or vision or whatever it was." Scott said in a sob through gritted teeth.
"Okay." Stiles put his hand on his shoulder trying to comfort him at least ground him in some way, "You can tell me."
"That thing whatever it was-was at the cemetery and was mauling her." Scott dragged out, "It pounced on her and ripped her apart before I could even get to her. All I could hear was her screaming…screaming in pain, I could even hear it teeth breaking through bone and tearing her skin off."
Stiles was disturbed by the amount of detail that Scott presented he could only imagine what Scott could have seen or what he was going through, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I just wanted it to go away, forget about it. I thought it was guilt, regret, some kind of cathartic release, disorganized memory. It was my fault all of this is my fault."
"No its not Scott." Stiles pressed, "This is just some kind of way for the universe or the natural balance to get back in order."
Scott looked at him like he was crazy.
"She's been very vocal about order and balance." Stiles explained.
"Does she know?" Scott asked terrified by this revelation.
"No, she doesn't." Stiles assured, "I haven't told her anything, no one has. Lydia keeps nagging that we do, but I don't think it's a good idea."
Scott nodded, He sniffs, "There's something else, something, that's been bugging me, something that I've noticed and I'm starting to wonder if I'm starting to be psychic or the affects or the mugwort, something, but I had a dream she was in a cemetery with the creature, and..."
"What?"
"We found her at a cemetery and that thing was there trying to maul her."
"So what are you think that your dreams are coming to life somehow?"
"I don't know."
"What else has come true?"
"Her, how I found her at the hospital, it was slightly different, but that how I saw her in the dream."
"How?"
"She was shackled to a stone table, but when I saw her at the hospital, her wrists and ankles were wrapped in gauze instead of shackles."
"That's good."
"There's one more thing I haven't told you."
"What?"
"You remember those riders you told me about, the horsemen?"
"The four horsemen. Death, War, Famine, and Conquest, often times named Pestilence."
"They were there, in my dream."
"Why?"
"I don't know, but they were chasing me. That and there was some dragon knight."
"A knight?"
Scott nodded, "Yeah like a medieval knight, in dragon armor, and the one I fought before all this, was also a knight it wanted to kill her."
"Why?"
"I don't know."
"In that dream, what happened?"
"She died in my arms, Stiles. I fought it the knight and she died, that's when I woke up. What if she was always supposed to die?"
"What makes you say that?"
Scott bite his lip remember all the times he dreamt of her corpse how she died in her arms much like Allison.
"She going to die in my arms, like Allison."
"Don't say that that's not going to happen."
"How do you know? I didn't know that I would cause all this."
"You didn't, this is something that been happening for awhile, everyone's felt it even before this happened, it was coming that was it and now its here now like we always do we face it head on. And all will come to a happy end when all is said and done. Okay?"
Scott nodded, then all of a sudden a thought came to mind that made her turn pale, he started to look around frantically as he did not see the girl close by.
"What what what is it?" Stiles said.
"I don't see her, I can't even smell her." Scott said panicking.
"Looks she's here she's close by."
"I can't lose her."
"You're not going to lose her, buddy. You want to see her, she's here come on let's go get her." Stiles lead his friend to the maiden.
They went passed a tree little did they know that they were being listening in on, Derek heard everything and was not happy. He went and followed them.
The girl wasn't far she was within their area, she walked in front of Ste who was out of breath trying to keep up with everyone.
"Hey, you need to get behind me." Ste told the girl, "If something jumps out I won't be able to get to you in time."
The girl turned to him with a finger up to her lips.
"What?" Ste said in a whisper.
The girl went to the right, took a few paces forward, then dropped to the ground.
"Look right there." The girl said still on the ground.
"Where?" Ste asked.
"There, on your right. Don't you see it?"
"What?"
The girl got up to her feet and took Ste by his arm. She took him a few feet away form where they were standing to stop so suddenly.
"Right there." The girl presented.
Ste gasped at the sight for it was the sight of horrors.
Scott and Stiles weren't far behind they were walking towards them, when Scott was grabbed from behind and pinned to a tree.
"If you ever touch her against her will again!" Derek shouted.
Stiles goes to intervene, but is shoved to the ground. Scott took offense to this and punched Derek in the ribs, before slashing at his knee.
Scott stood in front of Stiles who was crawling back away from the fight. Derek stood up straight ignoring the pain. He turned to Scott and clearly pissed off.
"You did this to her!" He stated in a voice that was not human.
Scott growled.
Derek started to trailed Scott, "I'm going to rip your throat out with my teeth."
Scott lunged at Derek and jumping up and doing a drop kick. Derek flailed back before gathering his balance back. Derek imitated what the girl did back at the school, he rushed to a tree putting his foot on the tree using it like if it were a stepstool pushing himself off and punching Scott, it made him flail back, but Scott spun around performing a round house kick, but Derek ducked down dodging it. Derek grabbed Scott by the neck and body slammed him to the ground.
Scott slashed at his chest, then used his legs to flip Derek over and performing an arm bar. Derek rolls over Scott getting out of the arm bar, and grabs Scott by his arm and throws him into a tree. Derek spring sup to his feet as Scott rolls on to his. Scott charges at him, but is met with a round house kick sending him plummeting to the ground. Derek then grabs Scott and drags him, Scott fights to get out of Derek's grip, but nothing seems to work. He is then slammed up against a tree.
Before Derek could even get an attack in, Scott grabs at the wound that resides on his side making scream in anguish. Scott then uses all of his strength to slam the bulky werewolf against the tree was he started to slash away. Not even Stiles pending could stop him.
As Scott continued his abuse, he felt a sharp pain in his stomach being him to a complete stop. He looked down and found Derek's claws in him, oddly enough it happened to be in the same spot where he stabbed the girl in his dream. Derek shoves Scott to the ground, he then strudes towards him.
"That's enough!" Stiles shouted trying to stop Derek, but Derek throws him to the ground.
Derek climbs on top of Scott, he brings his arm back about to slash at the beaten Scott's throat when he heard screaming.
"Oh God!" Ste shouted.
"Look blood!" The girl said, "Blood! So much blood, look!"
He's mental gears ground to a halt, as his face softened, and turned away from Scott into the direction the screams were coming from as he came back knowing who they were coming from.
"No." Derek said fearing that his stupid showdown with Scott had left the girl unprotected for not even he could smell her.
He ripped himself away from Scott and went to where the screams were coming from. Stiles rushed to his best friend's aid who just laid there in a daze.
"Scott." Stiles called, "Scott."
"I'm okay?" Scott said, but the pain in his voice exposed his deceit.
"Come on." Stiles said helping his friend up to his feet.
Ste continued to show disgust, while the girl examined the dead bear. She rubbed her hand across its once thick black fur, which is now covered in blood. The girl looked at her hand and saw that her hand was nearly covered. She showed Ste who bent over and gagged.
The other started to come to see what was the matter.
"Oh that's disgusting!" Ste insisted, "Stop touching it."
The girl attempted to push the carcass over although she did very little the lift it, the internal organ spilt out on to her feet.
Ste threw up at the sight, as everyone looked on in disgust. The girl stiffened as she looked at her feet, which was covered in blood, bile, and pieces of the intestines.
"I'm not going to lie I've missed feeling this." The girl stated.
Argent looked at her with question, but oddly enough was not taken back by what she said unlike his cohorts.
The girl stretched out the fur a bit an saw that the claw marks sliced deep enough just enough to see the exposed ribcage.
"Sharp claws." The girl stated.
Derek rushed on the scene. The girl looked at him and noticed his wound along with his bloody hands. Derek saw where her attention was and quickly hid them behind his back. He looked back at her and was embarrassed by his behavior.
The girl was quiet, but her face said it all, although stoned face, Derek could tell that her eyes showed that she intolerant towards him and clearly not happy with him as her body language showed she was not pleased with his unseen actions as Scott and Stiles joined the group. She gave the same look to Scott, as she gave a sigh of disappointment. She then casually turned her attention back to the dead bear.
"What happened to you guys?" Liam asked.
"Mountain lion." Derek causally said, "It nearly had the drop on us."
"You guys alright?" Sheriff asked.
"Yeah, dad we're fine we just didn't see it coming." Stiles lied, "It came out of nowhere. Its dead now. Thanks to Scott and Derek here, who pretty much saved the day."
The girl gave a half hearted chuckle, she knew it was a lie, but now was not the time to call out a false prophet.
"What is that smell?" Lydia asked.
"Stomach acid." The girl answered, "Or some would know it has gastric juice."
"How do you know?" Cora roughly questioned.
"I too have gutted some animals, even humans." The girl bluntly confessed.
Argent went in front of the girl as if retaliation would befall on her.
"What?" Mason nervously asked.
"Its really not that hard actually." The girl said with confidence.
"That's not creepy, that's not creepy at all." Isaac deluded himself although purely disgusted on what was just said.
"Alright guys lets just keep it together." Parrish recommended, "We still have a matter to face here."
The girl walked in the blood as she was walking around the bear.
"Stop walking in it!" Cora bellowed.
"Oh quit your bleeding howling, you'll wake the dead!" the girl snapped.
"Yeah you're not from around here." Isaac said.
"I'm sure we've already established that Isaac thank you." Lydia defended.
The girl made her way around the bear as Argent watched closely. She went to where the bears head was and saw something very disturbing as massive teeth markings were shown as the throat of the bear was torn out.
"Its pounced on it." The girl uttered, "The bear was running, running from it. It pounced on it, and when it did its claws dug through from its rib to stomach."
Argent was intrigued by these findings.
"And when it rendered it defenseless, it used its powerful jaws and sharp teeth to rip it throat out nearly severing its head. Look the only thing keeping it attached is it's the thin strain of skin."
Argent looked at the throat and clearly was impressed by the girls powers of observation, but disturbed on what could've caused this much damage.
"Question is how long has it been dead?" Sheriff asked, "That's what I would like to know."
"Not long." The girl relied, "Its still fresh. Give it ten maybe fifteen minutes. It's not bloated, it not even close to active stages of decay. Not even rigor mortis has set in yet."
"You know a lot about the decomposition process." Stiles commented.
"I've been around a lot of death and decay."
With that notes they started to realize that she didn't just have a hard life where she clearly it was known that she had been through some trouble while having no supervision or guidance what so ever, it was a fucking nightmare on that shows on her skin like a map to the decent of Hell.
Argent looked at the gutted stomach.
"What ever it was, it was eating its insides." Argent voiced, "Its even severed the spine."
The girl looked to her right and pointed, "That is too big to be from a bear."
Everyone looked into the direction. Argent and Sheriff headed to that direction and were met with something clearly unexpected.
"You're right." Argent agreed, "This is not from a bear."
The paw print was big enough to leave a deep impression behind.
The girl lightly put her foot by it, to show the length and depth of it, "My foot can't even reach the full length of it." The girl claimed.
"Mine can't either and I'm a size 9'." Argent stated.
"Neither of our weights combined can come to a tee with this one."
Sheriff joined in on the print, "That looks like a lion."
The observation stirred a thought that came into the girl's mind. The real question was it is still around the area or is it away from them. The girl started to think of the creature they had a few encounters with.
She started to look to see where the tracks of the predator came began.
"Don't go too far." Sheriff warned.
The girl followed the trail till it too her to a tree where the beast's tracks began with its confrontation with the bear, the funny thing was that huge deep impressions were in the ground seemingly left there out of nowhere. The girl looked around her trying to see if she missed something, that is until she looked up and saw claw marks on the branches. She looked at the marks left behind, and came to the realization that the beast was up in the tree looking down at its prey as it waited quietly patiently for the right time to pounce its prey.
"Strong tree." The girl expressed.
The girl walked around the tree. She saw the marks of where the beast latched onto the tree even the hind leg prints. She then saw the trail of where it came from.
"Where did your journey begin from?"
Not far away, Sheriff and Parrish still examined the bear wondering what they should be watchful of.
"Sabor tooth tiger?" Parrish questioned.
"I've seen a lot of stranger things that should not be possible." Sheriff said, "And if time travel is or going to other worlds is, and a Saber tooth tiger is running around here, I am officially retiring."
Ethan and Isaac were coming back from their reconnaissance.
"What did you find?" Sheriff asked.
"We lost the scent." Ethan replied.
"That and we found a lot of dead animals." Isaac added, "Funny thing was it wasn't from the culprit in question."
"The bite marks don't match those. Funny thing is while we were there we caught the scent of werewolves."
"More werewolves." Sheriff protested, "Are they at least friendly?"
"We don't know Sheriff." Isaac replied, "But they smell familiar, like we know them."
"Who else do we know that are werewolves?"
"Even if it was them, it wouldn't be possible, they're dead."
"Dead? As in no longer with us anymore?"
Isaac nodded.
"We do know that there's two males and one female." Ethan added, "They weren't here long. Mostly eating judging by their tracks they were heading off in the other direction maybe whatever was here scared them off."
Lydia was the road with her ear to the pavement. Malia was far from her for she was doing the same thing. She sits up and looks to Lydia.
"Anything?" she asked.
"No." Lydia groaned in defeat.
She sits up and looks down the road.
"I just wish I could hear what she was hearing." Lydia stated.
"She said it was humming constant humming." Malia said, "Funny thing is I'm a werewolf and I couldn't hear it. Thing of it is it's from those fields."
"Force fields." Lydia corrected.
"Right. Why can she hear it and we don't?"
"I don't know, maybe," Lydia stops then a thought comes to mind, "Maybe she's not of this world."
"Or maybe not from that world to begin with I mean like me I've been away from home for seven years lived in the woods. Maybe she was in that world for some time and she finally got out. Maybe they want her back."
Lydia took what Malia said and started to think about that had transpired, "I think you're right."
Elsewhere, the girl followed the tracks, until she stopped. She stood there and in one swift movement, took out a hunting knife and turns in a 180 degree motion putting the knife to Liam's throat.
"Sorry, I'm sorry." Liam apologized.
"How long have you been following me?" The girl asked in disbelief.
"Not long. I saw you walking from that tree and thought I'd keep an eye on you."
"Thank you, but I've been on my own for quite sometime. I don't need anyone looking after me."
"Okay and that's fine, but can I ask you to put the knife down."
"Why?"
"Because I'm not going to do anything, I'm not going to do anything bad to you."
"Oh really, like what happened at the school?"
"I'll admit I wasn't really in my right mind neither was everyone else."
The girl pressed to knife even more on him throat.
"But regardless I'm a man in charge of my own actions, and I have to be accountable of those said actions."
The girl lessened the pressure of the knife, "What are you a soldier?"
"No my step dad told me that, I got expelled from school in freshman year."
"I don't want to hear your sorry bad story."
"Right okay and that's fines." Liam said with hands raised up.
The girl sighed and pushed Liam away.
"Alright fine you can come with me to find where the creature is maybe we can find out where it came from. However, any funny business like that crap you pulled back there and this blade will do more than just kissing your Adam's apple."
"You got a deal."
The girl put the knife into her waistband and puts her shirt down.
"Where'd you get the knife from?" Liam asked as he rubbed his throat.
"Swiped it from the hunter when he wasn't looking." The girl exclaimed.
"Oh well that's good to know."
The girl looked down the path, "Any idea where these leads to?"
Liam shook his head.
The girl looked in a direction behind Liam, "Friend of yours or should we be concerned."
"What?" Liam asked and turned around and saw a tall werewolf standing in the brush, "What the hell?"
"I take it you don't know him."
"Not someone that big."
"Good that make one of us. I saw him at the school twice and he had two other-"
"There's another one." Liam said nervously as he pointed behind the girl.
The girl looked behind and saw another werewolf slightly smaller and at the likeness of Ethan.
"That looks exactly the other one." The girl stated, "Either he has a twin biological, or he has a doppelganger."
"A double ganger?"
"Yes, could be shapeshifter like a Takuki, Kitsune, other would say Wendigo which I highly doubt since both the Wendigo, Crocata and at times the Rugaroo have the ability to mimic voice but not change their appearance. Funny thing is Peru says they're the reason they stated the superstitions called the Death's call."
"Death's call."
"Or perhaps this is not shapeshifter least not a natural one at all, but a demon maybe even a Jinn."
"Jinn."
"It's a creature in Middle Eastern Folklore other lands have their own versions, but its said that the Jinn is the dark part of a person that has manifested itself when they are born and its mission is to lead the good part to stray away from the path, they can shapeshift to anything even a cat, they say don't hurt it for it you hurt that part you hurt the good part or worse."
"I take it you've faced some."
"No just seen them around."
"Okay." Liam said nervously.
"Look alive you got one on your left."
"What?" Liam looked and right in his face was the female who had long hair blonde hair who bared her teeth.
"I was beginning to wonder where she was?"
The two were surrounded, however oddly enough only two of the three showed aggressive behavior although the big on just stood there, it was on their card, but seemed to show a sense of humanity.
"Back off!" Liam shouted.
The two growled, the girl kept her eye on the big on in case it was playing trick. The girl turned her attention back towards Liam to have the blonde in her face. Clearly not having it the girl sucked punched her. Then went at her waist using all the strength she had to lift the blonde off her feet and did a body slammed enough to put the blonde in a daze. The girl took her knife and was about to stab her, but was clawed at the wrist causing her to drop the knife. Liam jumped on the male, but they threw him off, the girl did a round house kick knocking him in a daze, she quickly gets her knife. The male charged at her, she ducked down being her knife upward walking dodging him. She sliced at the flesh of his side. The male groaned in pain and put his hand on his side. His wound healed up quickly and looked at the girl seeing nothing, but her grave.
The girl got into a fighting position ready to fight. The male went to charge at her, but unexpectedly the big one went in front the girl in one swift motion and growled at him making him come into a complete halt and backing off as if an alpha told a beta to stand down. The big one turned to the girl and like a magic trick its feature along with demeanor softened.
"Liam I need you to get up." The girl said sternly.
"Yeah give me a minute." He groaned as he got up.
The girl slipped the knife back into her waistband. The female werewolf sat up and shook herself. The male was beginning to calm down. The big one towered over the girl, he then hesitantly, but gently took the girl's wrist and looked at it. The girl slightly tilted her head to the side as the big one did the same. They then went to reach for her face, but Liam cautiously intervened.
"Easy cowboy." He said.
The towering height was unbelievable, Liam was maybe a nine inches taller than the girl, but compared to this titan he looked to be about the same height has Isaac, though this one has a lot more muscle.
"Are you lot going to be nice or am I going to have to discipline you more?" the girl asked.
"I think they get it." Liam replied.
A loud roar came making the bunch scatter about trying to hide. Liam and the girl hid behind a tree. What was heard was a pack of wolves howling as if warning.
"How big do you think that pack is?" Liam asked.
"Their two different packs, they're packing up they never do that least not unless their danger. Funny thing is they're packing up with coyotes too." The girl explained.
"Great."
"Come on." The girl started to lead and Liam followed.
The ground shook as the beast walked the trail and into an open field. The girl and Liam followed a little behind before hiding behind a large rock that gave them cover.
The peered behind it and saw it sitting by the brush eating.
"What is that thing?" Liam asked.
"I don't know." The girl replied, "But it's the same thing that killed that bear."
"Look at the size of that thing."
"Its big."
Liam turned to look over his shoulder, "Oh my God."
The girl turned to him and found the three werewolves standing there.
"I'm not going to lie that was quite unexpected." The girl claimed, "Very unexpected."
"Where'd it go?" the female werewolf asked.
The girl turned to her clearly in aw that she capable of speaking, "What did you say?"
Then out of nowhere half of a dead wolf's body was dropped right in front of them. They all felt hot breath behind them. They all turned to find the beast looking down at them as it stood at the top of the rock.
A gun shot could be heard from the distance, and the beast turned its attention in the direction where it came form giving the group a chance to run. Liam and the girl stuck together until one of them tripped bringing the other down with them tumbling down a hill.
The two found themselves in a quarry where construction equipment stood. Heavy footsteps shook the earth.
"Go hide." the girl warned Liam.
"I'm not leaving you." Liam protested.
"Can you survive being mauled by that thing? Do you think you have a better chance against that thing like the Ghost Rider did? Are you even able to have an advantage over it? Don't argue with me boy, go!"
Liam took off running and the girl ran in the opposite direction as the have footsteps came closer the girl quickly took refuge under a nearby car. She took out her knife and cut the gas cable underneath where the gas tank was located. Gas pour all over her, which she spread all over her. Once that was done the girl laid still and just in time as the beast's snout came into view sniffing the side of the car. It didn't grab the scent of the girl for the gas a masked her scent, for it was all it could smell. It began to sniff the air trying to grab her scent it then started to walk off as the heavy steps made the ground bounce a bit.
Once the footsteps had gone, the girl turned over on her stomach to have a better look, she didn't dare leave her post until she was sure the danger was gone.
She looked around and took a sigh of relief, only it was short lived, and was grabbed at the ankles and pulled from under the car. The girl took out her knife, but was stopped by Argent who held her wrist. He had his finger to his lips telling her to hush as Liam was nearly jumping out of his skin while trying to keep quiet himself. He pointed at the direction of where the beast went.
Once it seemed the beast was far gone, Argent released the girl's wrist and looked at the too. He saw that the two looked roughed up, but had no idea how. Then a familiar scent came to play one that he didn't expect coming off of a person.
"Why do you smell like gas?" he asked the girl.
"I masked myself." She said, "I used the gas to hide my scent."
Argent was both impressed and taken back by this. He would never have though of that, and he was a hunter.
"Where did you say you were from again?" he asked.
"All over." The girl replied.
Argent didn't know her full story, or what has happened during his absents, but knew she was important to Scott and Derek. However what he did know was that this is a woman who can handle herself very well.
"Come on." He said, "Stay close, and no more wandering off."
Argent began to lead the way for the two.
"Thank you for that distraction back there." The girl thanked.
"Yeah, thanks." Liam said.
"Distraction?" Argent questioned.
"The gun shot." The girl said.
"Yeah we heard a gun shot that's what gave us a window to escape." Liam explained.
"It was a small window, but it worked. I just hope the others were able to have the same luck as us."
"Okay I'm sorry I'm confused, you heard a gun shot?" Argent asked.
"Yes, was that not you?"
"I didn't discharge my gun."
"Then who was the one who shot?"
The answer to that question was simple and not far behind. The scarecrow was standing over the body of a Ghost Rider as the others look on.
"This is what happens when I am presented with failure." He said, "Failure is not an option, punishment for not producing the result that I want in the way that I want is none other than death. Are we understood?"
The Ghost riders look on.
"You may not have leaders, but I am your leader now. If any one of you has an issue with that, then challenge me because if you go against me, you're done, you will not be able to walk least not alive."
He gave the dead Ghost rider's gun to another one and walked off.
Argent led the two runaways through the woods. They kept close and stayed vigilant.
All of a sudden without warning, Argent drew his shot gun and pointed it at a figure that stood in the shadows by a tree.
"Argent." The shadow called.
"Parrish?"
Parrish came out of the shadows, and Argent relented.
"Where did you guys go?" Parrish asked, "And why am I smelling gas?"
"Is the rest of the group with you?" Argent asked ignoring Parrish's questions.
"Yeah they're back there."
"Good, let's go."
Argent led the way while Parrish walked with the girl.
"Why do you smell like gas?" he asked.
The group went onto a small construction site where Cora stood on a rock, "Where have you guys been?" she shouted.
"You better have a twin running around, I'm not fighting Jinns." Liam protested.
"Liam calm down." Scott ordered.
"No you calm down you weren't nearly ripped apart by three werewolves and one of them looked just like him. If there's a Jinn running around I'm leaving! I didn't sign up to fight Jinns."
The girl was whisked away by Lydia.
"They came after us." Liam bellowed.
"What came after you?" Sheriff asked.
"They did three werewolves, one was big."
"What happened to you arm?" Lydia asked the girl.
"Werewolf, funny thing was one of them was capable of speech despite their frail state." The girl explained.
"That thing knew where we were it was trying to psyche us out." Liam spoke about the beast, "It knew we were trailing it and set a trap."
"He's not lying, it knew we were there somehow. Clearly its predator that's show extreme intelligence."
Doctor went up to the girl and took her aside, she noticed the girl's wrist. Not saying a word, the girl knew what she was implying.
"One of the werewolves we saw took a nail to me." She explained.
Doctor took off the bandages to see what other damage she may have sustained and noticed some thing was off, she saw the burnt scars leading up her arm.
The girl knew this and simply said, "Long story."
Another thing that caught her eye was that the girl could not feel with that arm. Doctor ran her finger up her arm. The girl didn't seem to react, flinch or even seem ticklish. It was as if she was a statue. The girl kept her focus on Doctor and didn't mind the examination. When Doctor reached up near her arm pit, the girl reacted as if she was ticklish.
"Yeah that's me."
Doctor did not seem too keen on this. She was soon knocked out of that thought with a question.
"Do you think it is deemed wise for you to be around them like this?" the girl asked.
Thunder roared and Scott found himself riding his bike through a tunnel. Screams and the rev of the engine could be heard echoing through the tunnel. Lights exploded making glass shatter and sparks fly on him. He manages to get to the end of the tunnel when the knight that has been after the girl, casually walks into his path.
Scott loses control of his bike as he tried to maneuver around the knight, he ends up flying forward. The knight gracefully moves out of the way. Scott rolls down the pavement. The knight casually walks up to Scott as he comes to a stop. He grabs Scott by the throat.
"Run all you want little rabbit." The knight mocked, "No matter where you go you will follow and when you do she will be there."
Scott struggled to get free, but the knight refused to let go.
"Time to wake up." He said before lodging a dagger into Scott.
Scott jerks up teeth bared and eyes glowing red. He looked around the room, he saw Derek staring out a pathetic excuse for a window and Stiles was picking away at old pieces metal to keep himself busy as Cora looked on as if trying to figure out what he was doing. Lydia was in the corner lost in her thoughts as Malia was sitting next to her as if keep her grounded with her company. Liam was asleep on the floor next to him as were Mason and Cory. Hayden was looking at old blueprints as if trying to solve the puzzle. There was someone missing though. Well, if he let himself think about it, there were a lot of people missing. Parish, Sheriff, Argent, and Doctor, even Allison, though there was no chance of getting her back.
As if reading his mind, Scott jumped when Derek said, "She's outside." His heart stopped. It took a moment before he realized what 'she', Derek was talking about, the girl the maiden that plagued his dreams and was being pursued by many people who want to see her dead.
Scott nodded. He quietly left and went outside where her looking at the sky.
"Its funny." She says, "Same sky no matter where you go, but your sky looks as if it in trouble, having some kind of battle trying to hold back the hordes."
"Hordes?"
"Its like it trying to give us a chance to undo what has been done, but if we don't then the titans or guardians of the earth will take matters into their own hands and cleans this land in any way they see fit, even if it means our annihilation. It won't be the first time I went through this kind of matter."
"You been through a lot haven't you?"
"I have, though its not something make public. I don't want to proclaim my business. I don't even like people knowing my business."
"Where are you from?"
"All over."
"You talk like you're from another time."
"I get that a lot, and my answer as always said the same. I guess I may have adopted certain enunciations from Rufus."
"Rufus?"
"He was my teacher while I was in the circus."
"You were in a circus?"
"For about almost two years, I was quite theatrical then. He taught me how to speak properly. He was a scholar back in his day."
"Then I guess he must be from another time?" Scott joked.
"Aye, he is."
Scott was a bit taken back by this revelation.
"Tell you mountain lion to knock it off." The girl firmly said, "I will not keep playing peacekeeper, its not my place nor my job. You two are grown men capable of knowing right from wrong and clearly have control over their actions. I am not your mother nor your keeper, so I suggest whatever is going on between you two to either put it aside or how you say squash it. This is not the time nor the place to act like this. I understand everything is off balance, but at the end of the day you should still have a head."
"You're right." Scott agreed.
Scott knew their behavior was not the best, at the same time he wasn't sure how to tell the girl why this was all happening.
Metal clanged followed by a loud groan of pain. Scott and the girl turned in that direction. Stiles rushed out of the office and ran to where it came from.
"Dad?" he rushed to the back.
The girl and Scott followed him.
They found Sheriff holding his hand in pain, as Argent tended his wound.
"Dad what happened?" Stiles asked.
"I lost control over the cinderblock and smashed my hand." Sheriff explained.
"I told you to let me do it." Parrish scolded.
"You know I'm a do it yourself kind of guy."
"Yet I still have to remind you to make the reminder for your blood pressure pills." Stiles implied.
The girl shook her head amused by this, she then step away from the situation and looked up to the sky again.
"Are you a soldier?" Parrish asked.
"Pardon."
"Are you a solider? Its just that you stand like one."
"No, I am not, although I'll admit I have been in a few wars."
"Which ones?"
"Ones that you have not heard of."
"Is she hurt?" Derek asked concerned as he walked, "Why do I smell blood."
Lydia walked after Derek and noticed that it was sheriff who was hurt.
"She's not its me, its nothing to worry about." Sheriff explained.
Once sheriff's hand was tended and he sat on a crate making a make shift chair, there was some bickering going on, but one thing caught his eye. The girl was playing at her make shift shirt when he noticed the bite mark on her side. Despite it not being the right time he felt he needed to say something in order to help him understand.
"Were you attacked by a dog?" he asked.
"Excuse me?"
"Were you attacked by a dog when you were younger?"
"How would you know?" the girl chuckled.
"Just that I have a knack for these things." Sheriff lied.
Everyone looked at him knowing that that was just a lie
"I was actually." The girl said she lifted up her shirt slightly to show where the scar was, it was the same scar that they saw at the hospital, "Big dog."
Sheriff started to feel unsettled for that was the same quote that was said.
"I was about either eight or nine when it happened. I remember walking down the street and he let the dog loose on me."
"Who?"
"The neighbor, he wasn't a good guy, the muskers would often be at his house. There were a lot of complaints about his rottweiler. It was a big one. He just let it loose on me all because I looked at him, he kept shouting and screaming at me asking me what I was looking at what was my malfunction. He was defiantly on something. I remember running hard, at one point I lost it, and I started to make my way home. Next thing I know I hear screaming and yelping from a dog. I remember running to where it was coming from only to find that the dog was attacking a young boy and his dog. It was a small dog some kind of terrier. It had a long snout and was all white with short fur. It had a pink collar. And its name was Roxy."
Scott started to feel uneasy about the amount of detail.
"How would you know that the dog's name was Roxy?" Scott asked.
"The boy kept screaming Roxy Roxy. When I saw this, only one thing came to mind and I just went in in hopes to stop it. Next thing I knew everything went black. Then all of a sudden everything came back and I remember walking down the street home, I felt like I've been knocked out yet I felt like I was on autopilot. I went home and I kept asking if the boy was okay, but no one knew what I was talking about. I just remember being covered in blood and my side was hurting. I don't remember ever getting bit, but I got a big scar on my side."
Everyone started to see some kind of connection.
"Do you know how to swim?" Derek asked.
It seemed like a random question, but Derek needed to know something.
"Odd question, however I do." The girl replied, "Correctly."
"What do you mean by that?"
"When I was first introduce to swimming it didn't go very well. He tried to throw me in. I didn't like that so I kept trying to get away from him. He was yelling and screaming telling me knock it off and get in the water. I was scared I'll admit that because the whole situation seemed wrong to me. I had enough and I bit him. He didn't like that not at all."
"Did he hit you?"
"He did actually. Funny you asked. He struck me across the face, the force of the impact was so hard it split my lip open. I still have the scar on me lip."
The girl bit her lip to show where the scar was. Sheriff shook his head he was never a man who condoned abuse especially when a child was involved.
"The funny thing about that whole thing is that I still remember what I was wearing. I had pig tails not the good kind but they were okay. I wore a bathing suit that had yellow and orange strips on them with a hint of purple. I even had those floaties on my arms they were orange and so uncomfortable he put too much air in them, I couldn't really put my arms down correctly. I still have some of the scars on my heels."
Derek was completely taken back.
He wasn't the only one who was taken back, everyone looked among each other, could the visions or ghosts they saw were merely manifestations of the girl's memories?
"You know you can join us if you like?" the girl said.
It broke everyone out of their thoughts and looked to the girl who was oddly looking at them.
"I promise we don't bite." She said, "Well least I won't unless I have to."
Derek noticed that she wasn't talking to them, but someone else.
Doctor came out from behind the corner. Everyone was abit taken back by this for no one heard her. Sheriff looked at Argent for answers.
"She does that." He answered.
Doctor stood by the girl's side and the odd thing was they stood next to each other with ease.
A scream was heard from inside, the group rushed inside to find the sleeping members awake and alert.
"Dude, I saw it!" Ste shouted, "It was right there, right side the window!"
"What was?" Mason questioned.
"A face! A face! There was a face right there, outside the window."
"What it look like?" Parrish asked.
"I don't know man, it didn't look human I'll tell you that. All I saw was its teeth, like it had no lips. And it had like scratch down its face."
With the description alone, Lydia knew who it was.
She managed to grab Stiles and Scott, taking them somewhere in private, where Derek soon followed.
"I know who he's talking about." Lydia said, "Jennifer he saw Jennifer."
"Wait what?" Stiles said shocked by this.
"How can that be she's dead, Deucalion was the one who slashed her throat." Scott added.
"When we got separated at that school, we saw Jennifer as the Darach." Lydia explained.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Stiles asked.
"I don't know, I guess I didn't want to be true."
"So Jennifer's back, along with the onis, the ghost riders, and the Berserkers who the hell is else is back, and how? Matter of fact here's another question what the hell happened back there?"
"Her memories." Derek answered.
"What?"
"We saw her memories."
"What makes you say that?"
"When she woke up that one time we were all at the hospital, what did she ask?"
Lydia caught on to what Derek was saying, "Is the boy okay?" Lydia replied.
Derek nodded, "Yeah."
"When we got the call to the station your dad was telling us what we say, after I told you what I saw of a little girl running from a ghost rider. She explained everything of that day and everything added up. Even used some of the wording that was said."
"How did we see here memories?" Scott asked.
"Deaton said that she may be someone with power." Stiles added, "If she's able to manifest her memories for us to see then what else can she do."
"I don't think she was even aware she was doing that." Lydia defended.
"How'd you know about the pool?" Scott asked Derek.
"I had the same experience you guys did, when we were at the hospital, the day you guy were talking about what you guy saw?" Derek recalled. "I heard screaming and crying, it led me to the hospital pool. When I got there I witnessed something I can't really explain. I saw her as a little girl in the same bathing suit she described wear that say along with the pig tails and floaties. There was a man trying to force her into the pool and she bit him, and then he struck her across the face. At that moment I didn't know it was a memory I was watching I just saw some asshole abusing a child."
"She could be lying about all this." Stiles accused.
"No she's not!" Derek scolded through gritted teeth.
"Yeah she's not." Lydia agreed, "Ever since I found her at the church, I've felt something was very different about this girl."
"Like what?" Stiles asked.
"I don't know just that we need to protect her, like if we don't something really bad is going to happen."
"Something bad is already happening." Stiles pointed out.
"I know, but way worse, if we don't do something."
"Its my fault." Scott admitted.
"Scott stop." Stiles scolded.
"No Stiles it true. It wasn't supposed to be like this, she was supposed to wake up fine safe. Not this not madness and chaos. They warned me about the consequences, but they didn't tell me that it was going to be like this."
"What do you mean?" Lydia asked.
"I would also have dreams about this woman, Margaret. She would keep telling me let it be, this is not my fight, that I should stay out of it. Then when I took the mugwort because I just couldn't take it anymore I was tired of doing nothing and not trying to do something when I knew I could. I met her mother and she was telling me to also leave it alone, this is her fight, let her do what she needs to do, she'll take up from the coma when she tires of it, telling me to stop. She also said that the only way to help her was not to help her. When she saw that I wouldn't stop. That's when she told me that if I go down this road that there would be consequences saying that what ever was suppose to happen can't happen and before of that, natural order has to correct itself in order for that to happen."
"She didn't keep saying balance has been overturned. That someone meddled. You're the meddler?"
"I didn't know it was going to be like this. It wasn't supposed to be."
"She told you what would happen. Now she's paying for it."
"She wasn't supposed to, I was. I was willing to pay the price just so she wouldn't have to."
"So what are you going to do, are you going to tell her?"
"Yeah I don't think that's a good idea." Stiles confirmed.
"She has to know, we have to do something."
"We're not going to tell anything." Derek ordered.
At the same time, the girl, Argent, and Doctor stood close together. The girl was petting her so called familiar, when she felt it tense up and stood up with ears point up in alert. The girl stood up on her feet alert. Argent took noticed of this and the girl pointed in the direction. Argent saw something in a cloak a few miles up the woods walking through. Argent gestured for Doctor to come with him. Argent went ahead while Doctor was a bit reluctant to leave the warrior maiden. Doctor felt a light tug on her wrist, she turns to find the girl looking at her. The girl took out the knife she took from Argent and gave it to her. Doctor took the knife from her and put it in her ankle pocket, in doing so unbuckled a belt around her thigh that held a knife holster, she pulled out the knife and presented it to the girl.
"For me?" the girl asked.
Doctor nodded knowing that the girl needed a better weapon and needed to have something to use to defend herself with.
"Thank you." The girl thanked.
Doctor went into the forest to follow Argent.
Barking went off, the girl turned and saw the wolf barking, when she went to go and to investigate she saw something that would make anyone's hairs stand on end.
"Uh oh." She stated.
There on craved into the tree and outlined in blood was the five knot symbol the symbol for the Darach.
The girl looked around wondering if she was being watched. She's had a few run in with Darach and each one ended with her taking their heads as souvenirs. The girl looked down at the wolf who was looking up at her.
The girl looked back at the symbol before going into the woods.
Scott and the other came out of their private moment and onto the scene.
"So what do we do?" Stiles asked.
"We'll just keep doing what we've been doing." Scott said.
"And if they find out and go against her, what then?" Derek said.
"Hey guys?" Parrish called, "Have any of you seen Argent at all?"
"Last time I saw him he was with my dad." Stiles replied.
"I can't find him anywhere not even his friend."
Derek went into the office area, then all of a sudden bolted out not happy at all, "Where is she?"
Sometime later, Argent and Doctor found themselves face with a rundown factory. They ventured into the factory. It was decaying slowly fading from the earth it stood on. Argent had his gun drawn not taking any chances and Doctor looked around at the old machines that shown some aging and were slowly falling apart.
They reached the production floor which was oddly spacious mostly likely robbed of its scraps over the years of being shutdown.
"Well well well I never thought drawing you guys out would be so easy, but I'm quite disappointed." The familiar yet menacing voice said, "I am quite pleased to find that hunter have become the prey, but not the prey I was hoping for."
"What were you hoping for?" Argent asked, "Scott, Derek, I mean after all it was they foiled your plans for wanting revenge against the alphas, and revenge on them seem understandable."
"Oh yes it does, but I'm not here for them."
"Then what are you here for?"
"Its simple really. She has many names and everyone wants her. I can see why, I thought perhaps if I got her force all that power all that knowledge would be mine."
Argent and doctor exchanged looks.
"I'm not going to lie." Jennifer said now behind them.
The two turned around to find her looking down from the catwalk in her true grotesque appearance.
"With the way her little body seems to be working it won't be long tell she shuts down. Her will is strong I'll give her that, her knowledge in all things exceptional, though the yearning to keep going foolish. It be long now, once I get the two of you out of the picture my job will be a lot easier without you."
Out of the shadows someone comes out welding a katana. They go to slash at Jennifer, but she dodges the blow with ease. Jennifer grabs her assailant and pulls her under her arm before slamming them face first into a fire extinguisher case. Glass shatters, Jennifer drills her elbow into their back, just before slamming their knee into their stomach being them to their knees. Jennifer then kicks their side has their bent over in pain kicking them through the metal railings and making them fall from the second floor. They hit the floor and rolls couple of times before rolling to a stop.
Jennifer tosses their katana to the floor, "What a waste I was expecting a fight."
The hooded warrior still bent down, took off their hood. It was Kira who tried to get the drop on Jennifer to no avail.
Argent helped her up to her feet, "You okay?"
"I'll admit that wasn't my best move." She said.
"Enough!" Jennifer bellowed, "I don't have time for this childish game."
She raised her hands up and in doing so, shadows started to appear taking the forms of Oni and two Berserkers.
"They must be punished."
Onis drew their katanas and Berserkers growled welcoming the fight.
The girl was walking through the woods, until the sound of snapping twigs was heard. She quickly hid behind a tree, Jennifer walked passed. The girl waited for a bit, once the coast was clear, the girl stepped out of her hiding place. Once she saw that Jennifer was gone, she went to go back on her current path, but was met with a grisly site.
A dead corpse bound to the tree and cut open was what she saw. If anything there were organs and bones taken from it.
"Nothing new." She said.
A strange feeling befell the girl, making her look over her shoulder.
Argent was thrown across the floor. He got up to her feet and pulled out his gun, but a Berserker smacked it out of his hand and shoved him back into Kira. Kira saw her katana and went to go get it, but was kicked in the stomach with such force that it made her fly into a wall breaking some wall pipes and smoke spraying everywhere.
The smoke proved to be of use as a cloak when bullets were shot from a above. Scoot and Derek came out of the smoke along with their pack, some onis were taken down, but the Berserkers proved to be an obstacle.
Scott and Derek stood with Argent.
"Where is she?" Scott asked.
"Who?" Argent asked.
"The girl." Derek answered, "Is she with you?"
"I thought she was with you."
"Well she's not."
A Berserker took a swing at the three, making them roll out of the way. Once they were out of the Berserker's reach it stood over them.
Commotion could be heard from outside, all of a sudden Stiles' jeep busts through the wall knocking the Berserker across the room breaking a set of pipes in the process.
Lydia and Stiles going off on an adrenaline rush. They looked at each other in disbelief as they couldn't believe that it worked, but their discovery came to an end. The Berserker sprung up to its feet, it turned to the pipes it broke even went as far as taking one of the broken pipes and ripped it out of the wall and using it as a makeshift weapon. It ran up to the jeep making the two evacuate the jeep. It started to pound the jeep with the pipe.
Lydia screamed and pushed it towards the Berserker and pushed it down to the ground. The pulse of the scream went through the building and went outside.
The girl was just outside when she heard the scream and the current went through her nearly knocking her off her feet, but sustain her balance.
The girl was left astonished stood there in awe, "Peculiar." The girl rushed towards the building.
Inside, the group was surrounded and outmatched.
"Not good odds." Isaac warned.
"Wow good call Isaac." Cora scolded.
The girl was able to get into the building through a broken window and onto the catwalk. She snuck to the railing and looked over and saw her comrades in trouble. She swung her leg over the railing and was able stand the narrow side. She then jumped off and landed on a Berserker's back.
The Berserker struggled to get the girl off, but this made the girl hold on tighter. This made the battle resume.
The Berserker was finally able to buck the girl off went it reached for her from behind and threw her to the ground. The girl was able to roll to her feet.
Though she was not off the hook just yet, she soon found herself surrounded by Oni. But as luck would have it Kira's katana was near her foot and not thinking any of it, the girl used her foot to toss the Katana up and into her hand.
Oddly enough this caused all of the Oni to trail their sights on the girl. Soon the girl was surround by more Oni than expected.
The girl got into position she put the katana above her and looked into the blade's reflection. Although it was smudged up the girl was able to tell how many were behind her. She moved back a little bit and in doing so the Onis behind her started to move back as if giving her space, but the one in front of her were closing in on her, neither side were not letting their guard down.
One went for an attack, the girl was about the dodge it and spun around slicing it vertically killing. She then swung the katana which ended up colliding with another in doing so it gave another oni the opportunity to strike a blow, but the girl saw it coming and moved slightly to the side just enough for its Katana to stab the one she was facing. She elbowed that one in the face, took their arm just under hers and was able to break its grip on its sword. She stuck the Katana in it from behind making it go into smoke.
With the katana she acquired she used both katanas to deflect a blow from an oni. She kicked it away and two her katanas and sliced through them. She then took the katanas and stabbed the ones where were charged behind them. She then took the oni Katana and threw it at one killing it.
She slashed at another one that charged at her, she used its body as a step stood and she jumped to kick at one and sliced another one in two. She even did a crockscrew flip and slashed through a Oni from his shoulder to its side.
One by one Oni started to fall much to the awe to the gang as they could not believe that this one girl was about to take on a small army of onis so easily.
Once the Onis were defeated, only two Berserkers were left who had been antsy to get a piece of the action. When it proved to be too much for one it started to charge at her. The girl performed the crockscrew flip again kicking them right in the face, almost cracking the skull it wore. The girl landed and like the last one she face did a number on her foot.
The Berserker got its bearings back, it charged at her again, the girl crouched down and spun around making the katana slice through its bone armor and its flesh, once she was done, the Berserker dropped dead.
The girl up, "Who's next?" she half heartedly.
The last Berserker slashed at her arm with its bone dagger making her drop the sword. It went at her with it making her dodge it in any way she could. She was able to catch it oversize hand under her arm and take it with her bending it behind it thus making it drop its weapon. The girl punched it making it flail back.
The girl felt pain in her arm when she examined it she had cuts on it, she saw just one deep enough and near the axillary artery any closer and she may have bleed to death where she stood.
The Berserker not wanting to be best by a pint size warrior like her goes at her and was able to punch her in the face, the blow was so strong that the girl's head went back as if it broke, but the girl was able to gather her composure. No one like this, not even the wolf who went at the Berserker biting at its Achilles heel. It turned its attention at the wolf, taking advantage of this distraction the girl wasted no time to spot a pipe that it had before. Like the Katana used her foot to bring it up to her hand and slammed it right into the Berserker's face, but the punishment didn't stop there.
She continued to hit it, all the Berserker could do was to shield itself from her blow. Not pleased with the results and out of patience, the girl abandoned the pipe and started to use her bare hands to dish out the punishment.
She gave it some upper cuts and punched towards the chest and rib. She even climbed on them at one point to elbow it at the top of its head, before diving down and swiping at it leg making it slam to the ground. It didn't stop there she climb on it and started to throw and array of punches to its face. The Berserker went to throw a swing at her, but she dodged it and came back punching it square in the nose breaking it.
The Berserker rolls out from under her and struggled to get up to its feet, but was able to succeed. Clearly it was out of breath and was doing everything they could to stay on its feet for the girl clearly wore it out.
The girl having enough of her opponent still on their feet gave out a war cry that surly anyone who heard it could anticipate what was to happen next. The girl ran at it with sharp position and jumped up to perform a drop kick and in doing so caused the Berserker to go back just enough for its back to meet the broken pipe and have it come out from it ribs killing the giant and making Death claim its soul or whatever was left of it.
The girl stood there out of breath, but managed to keep herself up right. She looked around her comrades who were stunned by what they witness.
"Whose katana is this?" the girl asked with the Katana in hand.
The question took everyone back.
"Well?" she said.
Kira raised her hand, "Mine."
The girl walked up to her and gave Katana back, "You need to clean it properly."
Kira nodded still in awe by that she saw. It wasn't the best first introduction, but with how thing were going there was never a good time to do anything properly.
The girl took her leave even whistled for her so called familiar to join her which they did as they left the building.
Argent examined the Berserker who was impaled by the pipe. He then took his sights on the Berserker that laid on the floor, he looked at the wound.
"What do you think she is?" Parrish asked.
"Someone whose clearly been through hell and back again." Argent replied.
Outside, the girl was examining her found. Scott went to her and saw the wounds she had required.
"I think I'm getting worse." The girl said.
"Worse?" Scott wondered.
"Something's not right. Something's missing. I'm missing, whatever is going happening its affecting me bad. All of my senses, my strength, my abilities, even my skills that I've acquired overtime are all gone. My healing is gone. I could've easily killed that Berserker in one punch if I was in my normal state."
Scott started to see how much of his actions has affected the girl.
"I wonder what the Meddler was trying to achieve?" The girl pondered, "What was their motive?"
"Have you seen this before?" he asked.
"The first time I saw this was because a monk brought a plague to the city. Funny thing was the plague could be controlled and it took the form of rats. I put him down. The second time it was a little boy, he managed to bring the dead back to life surprisingly it was like they never died. Though the set back was strange marks would appear on the living once that happened they started to get sick and die."
"How did you dealt with him?"
"I didn't he did it himself. All he wanted was his family back, and seeing that there was consequence of this desire coming true. He surrendered and when he did the dead went back like literally left just walked as if they had some place to be."
"How was the boy?"
"I think once he let go he went to. I think all that happened because of his will, the yearning, he used everything in him and when he got it he had to keep feeding it like when you make a deal or a promise you have to hold your end and you have to ask yourself what is this going to cost me because there's-"
"A price to pay."
"In the end he had to pay that price and it cost him, his life."
Scott started to feel guilty for what he has done.
"He was just eight years old, its amazing and even quite strange how much that boy must've felt. When you're alone, scared, constantly misguided and being in an environment where silent tyranny ruled and no one wanted to do their job or be an adult and do the right thing even use their age and stature to bully, in the world for so long you start to turn to thing that are taboo and what most people wouldn't understand, what he was willing to give up."
"How can this be made right?"
"Find the Meddler they have to break it, they're the only ones that can do it."
"Scott." Stiles called.
"I'll be back." Scott assured.
The girl nodded.
She examined her wounds. As she did so, a gust of wind come and when it did she started to be bombarded with whispering voices.
"No." she protested, "Go find someone else, I'm done. Either grant me death or let me go."
The girl shook her head and looked up to Lydia walking away from the group and into the woods with her hands covering her ears. They girl stood there confused at first before venturing after her.
Lydia was suffering from a blistering headache as she too was hearing the whispers too. She blindly navigated through the woods until she tripped and fell on a blacktop road.
The whispers began to surround Lydia, she pressed on her ears hard trying to drown out of the whispers, but that it doesn't work.
"Stop it." She said, but the voices on continue, "I said stop it!"
As if an order the whispers stopped. Lydia sighed in relief.
"Did you hear them too?" The girl asked.
Lydia turned around and saw the girl standing there as if nothing was wrong.
"What are you doing here?" Lydia asked.
"What are you?" the girl questioned, "I saw you leaving your friends."
"You have to go back."
"Good, let's go."
Wind started to pick up as leaves started to blow at them and an eerie fog caved in on them. Lydia began to feel that something bad was going to happen.
"We have to go." Lydia pressed.
Lydia took the girl, but was interrupted with the neighing of a horse and galloping were heard up ahead. The girl walked ahead in the direction that it was coming from.
The galloping was getting louder as it grew closer.
"We need to go." Lydia sobbed, "We have to go."
Lydia went to grab the girl, but the girl ripped herself from her grip.
The Ghost rider emerged from the fog galloping right toward them. The girl stood her ground clearly not intimidated by the rider. The rider didn't show any signs of slowing down and drew its gun, it proved to be the last straw.
"I've had enough!" the girl bellowed
Just when the Ghost Rider was about the pounce it disappeared in smoke and went off. The girl looked in shock clearly not expecting that outcome and Lydia stood there unsure what had just happened.
That was short lived when the howling of dogs were heard followed by a massive herd of galloping that followed behind it. They looked down the road and like a floor hunting downs and knight and Ghost Rider galloped down the road.
Without any second thoughts the girls took off into the woods. They ran as they heard the galloping of the horses hooves as branches broke and twigs snapped. The two ran trying to gain cover in hopes of eluding their assailants. They ducked behind a tree holding each other close in hopes that they would pass by, but their would be captors stayed closed as if knowing that they were close. The two held their breath, not to even move trying with all their might not to make a sound and blow their cover, for the only thing that divided them from being captured was a narrow tree that could only fit one person. Their hearts nearly in the throats as if the anticipation wasn't threatening to kill them wasn't enough.
All of a sudden something grabbed Lydia's hand, before Lydia could let out a yelp her mouth was covered. She tuned and found Parrish who was their savior.
"Run." He said.
Without question, the trio took off running, they ran for a good few miles. With their legs threatening to give out, there up ahead was a cabin. Scott busted out of the cabin instructing the three to get inside. The three ran into the cabin and hid inside hoping the darkness inside would hide them.
That was an illusion. The riders descended around the cabin surrounding it. With no way out let alone nowhere to go the burning taste of defeat had come.
All of a sudden hinges could be heard squeaking, everyone turned around and found Doctor opening up a trap door. She was gesturing for the girl to get in there in a near panic. The girl looked down into the trap door. Without question, but clearly discomfort, the girl went into the hole.
With the cock of a gun, metal swishing, things were surely not going to go well. The girl looked up expecting more to come with, but that wasn't happening, Lydia looked at the girl and began to close the trap door.
"What ever you hear, don't scream." She warned, "Run."
Lydia closed the trap door, she went up to the window and saw that the small army were waiting for them. Argent turned the door knob knowing that all they could do was just surrender.
Rain pelted the ground and lightning lite up the sky. Thunder roared as if predating what was going to come next. One by one they came out of the cabin. Dogs barked at them waiting to be let loose on the meat. When they all came out, they stood huddled together. A Ghost rider went up to the group.
Funny thing was he started to examine the girls, he took a hold of Kira and did a once over, he took out a piece of paper from its pocket and looked back at forth at it and Kira, it then shoved her back into the group.
It walked around seeing that there were no more girls left to examine.
Then all of a sudden a struggle followed by yelling could be heard from inside the cabin.
Out came a Ghost rider with the girl in hand. Derek was about to go to the girl's defense, but had to be held down by couple of pack members to keep the situation from getting worse for fear that someone may be hurt in the crossfire.
The girl gave a couple of elbow blows before making direct contact to the Ghost rider's face breaking free from its grip, the girl took off running until one grabbed a hold of her by her hood. She threw a few kicks one even landing on the Rider's nether regions, but that didn't phase it. It started to drag her, before taking her to a rider on horse back who yanked her up onto the horse.
The group screamed in protest, those scream could be heard when all of a sudden out of nowhere loud roars could herd like a pack of wolves were near by. Scott and Sties exchanged looks unsure what was just heard. Then from out of the forest came the horned beast pouncing and mauling some of the knight and Ghost riders.
If it that wasn't enough, the werewolves that were seen before came in and joined the melee one of them came from out the tree pushing both the Ghost Rider and the girl off the horse making the girl hit the ground hard knocking her unconscious. Another werewolf took her and put her over their shoulder, as the other two werewolves were fended off the Ghost Riders they took off with the girl.
Some of the knight and Ghost Riders took off after the girl, but the fight still went on. The group taking this has a fight or flight situation took the notion to fight and just like that the group came out swinging taking their weapons in hand and went on into the battle.