The air was full of malice as Scott, Stiles and I explained everything to my brother. Stiles was still distraught as I gave his hand a comforting squeeze. He told us to wait in hiding. I felt my eyes glowing bright ruby as we hide. The storm brewing outside was getting worse by the minute.
" Derek? Derek, where are you?" Miss Blake called out as I heard her come into my home. I wanted to tear her apart, but Stiles held me firm to him.
" Right here," Derek called flatly. I heard steps then they stopped.
" Thank God! Something happened at the recital, at the school, okay? I need to tell you before you hear it before you hear it for any of them." She said in a frantic tone. God I want her dead!
" From who?" My brother's voice echoed through the loft with power hidden well underneath.
" Scott, Stiles...Raven!" She replied to him with fear in her voice. I want her to know fear.
" They're gonna tell you things- things you can't believe. You have to trust me, okay? You trust me."
" What is it?" My brother asked her with fake worry.
" Promise you'll listen to me." She begged him again.
" I promise." He lied to her as I her a lip smack. How miserable.
"..They're already here, aren't they?" She said with annoyance as I came out of hiding with Scott and Stiles. I was holding myself back for Stiles and him alone. My anger rose ever so quickly.
" So, they told you it was me? That I'm the one taking people?" She asked my brother. My body felt hot and I wanted revenge for Stiles' Dad and Cora.
" We told him you're the one killing people." Scott said as she chuckled.
" Shut the fuck up." I said as my eyes changed to ruby red.
" Oh, that's right. Committing human sacrifices? What, cutting their throats? Yeah, I probably do it on my lunch hour- that way, I can get back to teaching high school English the rest of the day. Makes perfect sense." She said in disbelief. What I hear next made me want to rip her throat out.
" Where's my dad?" Stiles asked her. His tears fell down his cheeks. I wanted to snag her, but Stiles' hand had its grip on my wrist.
" How should I know?'" She yelled at us.
" Liar!" I yelled as I see my claws were out.
" Derek, tell me you don't believe this?" She begged my brother to understand. I shook my head at him before he looked back at her.
" Do you know what happened to Stiles' father?" My brother asked as I can feel his anger rising.
" No!" She screamed at all of us.
" Then why did we find you trying to kill Lydia with a garrott?" I asked her as venom left my tongue. Hate filling my heart.
" Lydia Martin? I don't know anything about that!" She exclaimed with falsehood in her voice.
" What do you know?" Derek asked as I can feel his rage coming fast.
" I know that these boys and your ignorant sister, for whatever misguided reason, are filling your head with an absurd story- And one they can't prove, by the way." She said with a vile tone.
" What if we can?" Scott said as he had the jar of the white herb.
" What is that?" Miss Blake asked as I can feel her fear coming quickly.
" My boss told me it's a poison and a cure… Which means you can use it…" Scott said as he unscrewed the jar.
" And it can be used against you." He said as I see her eyes light up.
" Mistletoe?" She said with anger. Scott threw it at her and it surrounded her. I see the face as it screams. The cloud clears as she looked panicked. She tries to run, but Derek holds her by the throat.
" Derek, wait! WAIT! You need me!" She yelled begging for her life. Yeah right!
" What are you?" I screamed at her as my anger kept growing.
" The only person who can save your sister... Call Peter... Call him!" She begged. I nodded at Derek and he rings our uncle. I watched his face soften before hardening with anger.
" Mistletoe." He said before hanging up and continuing to choke her.
" Derek… Derek, what are you doing?" Scott asked my brother.
" Her life... it's in my hands!" She said gasping for air.
" Stop! Derek, stop!" Stiles begged my brother. I growled out at him. He had to think logically.
" Stilinski... you'll never find him…" Miss Blake said as she was begging for her life.
" Derek! DEREK!" Scott yelled at my brother before he let the bitch go!
" That's right. You need me- all of you." She said with a sadistic smile on her face. I bared my fangs at her as Scott shook his head at me.
" You are lucky as fuck right now." I said to her as Derek grabbed her arm and we left to go to the hospital to heal my sister.
" Oh piss off." I growled as Stiles pulled me to him. I nodded and I walk with him and Scott to the Jeep. I pop inside and just sit in the back.
" It's going to be ok Rave." Stiles said as he began to follow my brother's car.
" I don't know... Something feels wrong about this, you know? We proved it to Derek, but she still had this look like it didn't matter. You know, like it was all going to plan. You saw it, didn't you?" He asked us as he drove.
" All I saw was her fear then calm. That worries me." I said as I placed a kiss on his temple. The storm was just getting worse by the second. When we finally got out of the jeep at the hospital, I see Stiles with a bat.
"...What's that?" Scott asked my boyfriend as he looked irritated as fuck and I understand his anger.
" Well, you two have claws, I got a bat." Stiles replied to him. I nod as I see Derek and Jennifer come out of his Hummer. The five of us went inside. Melissa McCall coming to us as we see people evacuating.
" Scott! Scott! What are you doing here? The hospital's evacuating." Melissa inquires her son as she looked frazzled and worried.
" We're here for Cora." Scott tells her as I nodded.
" We need to get her out of here." I say as I felt my emotions running fast and my body heating up.
" What, all of you?... Why does Stiles have my bat?" She asked bewildered. I shrugged as I looked over at Stiles, he looked like he was conflicted with his thoughts.
" Mom, just trust me on this- you need to get out of here, right now." Scott warned her as we all knew of a bigger threat that could end lives.
" The building is supposed to be clear in thirty minutes. We've got two ambulances that are coming back- one's ten minutes out, the other's twenty. Cora needs to be on one of those. They'll be picking up in the basement garage." She explained with quick detail as she got herself in a calm state of mind.
" Got it. Okay." Scott told her before we all got into an elevator. I stood by Stiles with my eyes aglow. My anger reached almost animal levels.
" You don't have to keep me on a leash, Derek. I'm going to help." Jennifer said as I let a heated growl out. I want to tear her head off. She has killed 9 innocent people. She has Noah kidnapped and held hostage. She poisoned my sister! What was going to stop me after she healed Cora? I felt a hand touch mine. I saw it was Stiles. I leaned on him, he needed support. The elevator soon stopped and we all walked out. I heard the fighting. I let my claws come out.
" Derek...?" Scott called out as I see my sister wasn't in her room. I felt my anger rising quickly. I saw my Uncle Peter slide through some swinging doors. God damn it! He looks up at us.
" We got a problem. Big problem." He said gasping as I see the twins in their combined state. Fuck no!
" Stay back." I told Stiles as he nodded quickly.
" No problem." She said as my eyes trailed to my sister's unconscious body behind them. I growled and went to tackle him. He slammed me into a wall. I fell to the ground before he hit my back.
" Fucking pathetic!" I snarled before clawing at their chest. They growled before swiping at my chest as I fell back. I see Stiles and Peter got Coira. I also saw Jennifer was fucking gone! I got up and ran. I followed my brother, Stiles, Peter, and Scott. My brother screamed for us not to stop, only for Stiles to hit the twins with his bat before moving away quickly. I snarled as he got behind me. We ran to a room that held my Uncle and sister. Scott and Derek quickly came in and I see Derek was keeping a lookout. I looked back at Cora.
" God what did she do." I say with worry in my voice.
" Where's the big guy?" Stiles asked aloud.
" He's close." Derek replied as I took Cora's hand in mine and sapped some of her pain.
" What about Miss Blake?" Stiles asked him. I looked up to see the dread on my brother's face.
" What do you mean? What does that mean? Like she's gone? Scott, are you kidding me?" Stiles said as his fear, panic, and anger burst.
" Shh! Quiet!" My brother said to him. I see Stiles' glare flare up.
" Me, be quiet? Me? Huh? Are you telling me what to do now? When your psychotic, mass-murdering girlfriend- the second one you've dated, by the way- has got my dad somewhere, tied up, waiting to be ritually sacrificed?" Stiles yelled at him. I understand his anger. I want to help him. I don't know how. All this chaos was just making the discord for the event even more insane.
" Stiles, they're still out there." Scott said trying to calm him down. Stiles didn't stop his rant though.
" And... And they want her, right? Which means now, we don't have her either, so my dad and Cora are both dead." He screamed out as his fear was wafting out of him.
" Not yet." Scott told him before I went over to him and he had tears in his eyes.
" We will find him. I promise you." I told him as I took his hands in mine as he let a hasted breath out. I see him worried and full of fear. I wanted to do all I could in my power to find his dad. The next few moments brought all anger back like a typhoon. Jennifer came through those doors like the big kahuna herself.
" You can't. Only I can." She said with a sneer. My eyes were full of hatred and rage as the ruby red began to bleed through.
" I can save her, and I can tell you where Sheriff Stilinski is. But, a pack of Alphas in this hospital wants me dead. So, I'll help you- but only when I'm out of here and safe. Only then." She said as if it was her only reason to stay alive. Derek tries to lunge after her, but Scott stops her and Stiles holds my wrists before I had a chance to slash her up myself.
" She was trying to get out!" Derek yelled out as I growled.
" I was trying to keep from getting killed! You can't blame me for that." She yelled back. I wanted to feel her throat in my hands.
" If you want to show you're one of the good guys, then heal her." Stiles told her. Jennifer shakes her head as I bared my fangs at her.
" Not until I'm safe." Jennifer replied. I snarled out. I felt my skin heating up as my anger was becoming dangerous.
" If you don't. I'll kill you myself. All you have done is murder, lie, manipulate, and plague this town with bodies. You kidnapped my boyfriend's father! YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A PARASITE!" I screamed at her as Stiles held me against him. My eyes burned bright with all my anger.
" All that anger. You should see a therapist." She told me as I struggled against Stiles' hold.
" I'd like to volunteer a different method of persuasion...Let's torture her." Peter said as I slumped in Stiles' hold.
" Works for me." My brother replied before the intercom came on with a fear-filled voice came with a reverberating echo.
" Um, can I have your attention...? Mr. Deucalion... Excuse me, just Deucalion... requests you bring the woman calling herself Jennifer Blake to the ER reception. Do this, and everyone else can leave. You have ten minutes." Melissa's voice was like a strike of lighting.
" He's not gonna hurt her." Jennifer said nonchalantly.
" Shut up!" Derek told her with anger. I growled at her with my anger practically making my blood boil.
" He won't! Scott, you know why. Tell them it's true." Jennifer said as this piqued my interest.
"What does she mean?" Derek asked my friend.
" You and your sister aren't the only ones he wants in his pack." Jennifer said as I growled low.
" Deucalion doesn't just want an Alpha Pack- he wants perfection. That means adding the rarest of Alphas to his ranks." Jennifer explained to us.
" A True Alpha." Peter said with a stunned tone.
" What's that?" Stiles asked as I was still restrained in his arms. I was grateful that he kept his hold on me.
" The kind that doesn't have to steal his power from another. One that can rise by the force of his own will. Our little Scott." Peter said with bewilderment.
" It doesn't matter. We still need to get her out of here." Scott told us as I nodded, but kept my eyes on the bitch that made this happen. All the bloodshed.
"' Scott, your mom. We have to get her out of here. We have to get her away from Deucalion.
" My mom said there's one more ambulance coming in twenty minutes. And I don't think we've been here that long, so, if we can get down to the garage, get to the last ambulance, we can get out of here." Scott informed all of us. He was right. It was the best thing we can do for now, but we have a big issue which is the remaining Alphas in the building.
" The twins aren't gonna let us just walk out." Derek said coldly as I can feeling the anger roll off of him.
" I'll distract them." Scott replied to my brother with no hesitation.
" You mean fight them." Derek told him. Scott shrugged.
" I'll help you." Derek said as I felt Stiles' grip lighten up. I looked at him and nodded I would be ok.
" Um, sorry, but I'm not going anywhere without you, Derek." Jennifer called us. I growled at her.
" My go do you ever shut your fucking mouth?" I screamed at her. She scowled at me and I growled back.
" I'll do it. But, I'd prefer to be out there with an advantage." Peter said as Stiles perked up.
" An advantage? Like what? You mean, like, a weapon?" Stiles asked as Peter snickered.
" Something better than a baseball bat." Peter replied. We began to search for anything that could be an advantage to us.
" Hey, wait, what about these?" Stiles asked as he held shock pads.
" Do you know how to use those? I mean actually know how to?" I asked as he sighed.
" Well, no…" Stiles replied as I chuckled.
" Put 'em down." Derek replied as I kept moving things about on shelves.
" Epinephrine?" Scott asked as he held up a huge fucking needle.
" That's only gonna make him stronger." Derek replied as I continued to search for something.
"..How strong?" Peter asked him. I smirked, grabbed the big needle out of Scott's hand, and smirked before plunging it into my uncle's chest.
" Let's find out." I grinned as I plunged the medicine into him. He growled at me. I pushed him out and picked up Cora. Stiles, Derek, Jennifer, and I used Scott and Peter fighting the twins as an escape to get Cora to the ambulance. As we got outside, I adjusted Cora in my arms.
" It's still here!" Stiles exclaimed as I smiled. We were gonna get her out of here. Stiles got the back doors open and I set her down on the gurney.
" Derek...? Over here…" Jennifer said as I got Cora situated. I saw him nod to me and I shut the doors. I watched as Derek and Jennifer ran as Kali followed them. My heart raced as I hoped Derek got out of there. I sat down as Stiles was mumbling to himself.
" Okay, okay, okay... We're okay. We're all right. You okay? How are you doing?" Stiles asked my sister. I looked over at her and she wasn't breathing.
" Wh... Why do you look like you're not breathing?" Stiles asked as I panicked.
" She isn't!" I exclaimed as I began to give her CPR.
" Come on Cora. Breath!" I say as I came up and pumped her chest before giving her another breath. She finally breathes and I back off before taking her arm in my hand and begin sapping her pain again.
" Thank god!" I gasped as I took an easy breath before letting her arm go.
" You ok?" He asked as I nodded. I leaned on him and sighed.
" I'll be ok. Just took enough for her to be comfortable." I replied as I felt tired and overwhelmed. We just sat in the back of the ambulance with my sister as she remained unconscious.
" You just hold on a little longer, okay? Trust me, if anyone's gonna get us out of this, it's Scott." Stiles said as I opened my eyes. I smiled as he was reassuring both my sister and me of our immediate rescue.
"...I can't believe I just said that. You know, I actually used to be the one with the plan... Well, or, at least a plan B." He continued as I reached for his hand and held it.
" Now? I don't know... Now, I'm thinking, maybe you were right. You know, maybe we are pretty much useless. Maybe all we really do is show up and find the bodies." He says as I can smell the sadness hitting him. I can smell the salt of his tears.
" I don't want to find my father's body." He said as I looked at him with determination in my eyes.
" I'll die before that happens." I told him as he nods. I hear growling as I look over. I see the twins walking about the parking lot.
" Fuck! The Twins are right fucking outside!" I whispered as I hold him back. We can't be found! They leave before too long. I hear footsteps coming. Oh no!
" Get behind me." I whispered. Stiles went wide-eyed before doing so. I felt my eyes heating up as they get close. I was ready to attack before I see it is just Scott holding my exhausted-looking Uncle.
" Stiles! Raven!" He exclaimed as I went wide-eyed. I open the door.
" Sorry!" I exclaimed as Peter looked to have some trouble getting in.
" Help me get him in." Scott says as I nod. I get my uncle situated on the bench.
" Where's Derek and Jennifer? Where did they go?" I asked as worry filled my body.
" I have to go back for them, and my mom." Scott replied as I turned to Stiles.
" Okay, two problems-Kali's got the keys to this thing, and Raven just saw the twins, like, thirty seconds ago." Stiles explained to him. We heard banging before Scott looked towards it and then back at us.
" Stay here." He told us before shutting us in. I watched as Scott left the four of us alone. Letting deep breaths hold me to the reality of all that was happening now was my sanity. The sound of a car's brakes screeching made me perk up. Peter, who was now recovered helped me open the door to get Cora out. I see Isaac with an SUV. Thank fuck! Isaac helps get Cora. I go to help Stiles close the ambulance doors when he stops. I see where he was looking. A consent form was near the door and at the bottom was a signature line, under it was the words Parent or Guardian in big bold font.
" Stiles! Raven! Let's go!" Isaac screamed at us. Guardian? She was taking parents! That's the fucking pattern!
" Melissa!" I exclaimed as the pieces connected in my head. Stiles had this fearful face displayed as I grabbed his hand.
" We have to find Scott!" I screamed as he nodded. We ran inside the building. We see Scott heading to a stairwell.
" Scott!" I exclaimed as I hear Stiles call out for him! I see my brother passed out in the open elevator. Fuck! She got away!
" We have to go!" Stiles told me. I growled as I followed him to the roof. I see Scott going towards Deucalion. No!
" Scott!" I called out to my friend as Stiles was by my side.
" Scott, don't do this! Don't go with him!" Stiles begged his best friend.
" We can do this without him." I called to him as I saw Scott's tears leaving his eyes.
" I don't know what else to do." Scott said as I see the worry and fear on his face.
" No, there's g-" Stiles stammered as I see Deucalion standing like the villain he is. I wanted to tear him apart.
" Scott, there's gotta be something else, okay? We always-we always have a plan B. We can do this, please don't go." Stiles begged him as Scott. The beta looked defeated as if every option we had was not there anymore.
" Not this time." Scott tells us as the rain pours harder. Stiles was shaking at his best friend's new idea.
" I'm gonna find your dad. I promise. I'm going to find my mom. I'm sorry." Scott told us as he began to back away and go towards the blind Alpha. His mom and Stiles' dad were both taken by Jennifer.
" SCOTT!" Stiles yelled out as I watched him leave with Deucalion. He fell to his knees. I grabbed him and held him as he screamed and cried. I felt my own hot tears leaving my eyes as it felt like hope was fleeting from us.
" We have to…. We have to tell him." I said as Stiles looked at me.
" We have to regroup." I told him as we stood up. He nodded as I saw in his eyes a new resolve. He took my hand and we left the rain to head into the building.