Thirty-One
Phoebe's POV:
My eyes widen. "Oh my god, I can't believe I forgot," I whisper and dig inside my pocket, quickly pulling out my cylinder-shaped weapon. "I can use this against that thing." I hold it out for them to see.
"You really must have hit your head hard if you think that'll hurt the Berserker." Lydia muttered.
"No, just watch," I say and flick the mini lever to take off the safety lock. I press the button and swiftly let go as the cylinder instantly extended into a staff before I grab onto it again. "I bought this after the Violet and Garrett incident to protect myself."
"Okay, cool." Mason crossed his arms. "Now what about us?"
"Uh..." I awkwardly trail off until my eyes land on two baseball bats. "You guys can use those?"
"Seriously? A baseball bat?"
"Oh great." Lydia muttered before grabbing the metallic one.
"Against that guy, or thing, or whatever it is?" Mason exclaimed.
"Well do you have a better idea?" I retort. "I barely know how to use this thing!"
"My friends are in trouble. So is Liam, your best friend." Lydia stated before her eyes land on mine. "And Olivia's been protecting you ever since Garrett kidnapped you. They need me, I'm going for it."
She's the first to walk and I nervously walk behind, tightly gripping on my metal staff.
"And yes, with a baseball bat." She muttered under her breath.
Once we were halfway there, a battle-cry comes out of Mason's mouth as he ran passed us with a wooden bat in his hand.
Lydia and I quickly follow behind, but with each swing Mason took, the Berserker deflected it with his arm until he slammed the back of its hand, sending him flying back until he crashed against the wall where we started.
I twirl the staff around my hand and swing it across its head while Lydia aimed for the waist. It doesn't last very long, however, because the next thing I knew, it swung its arm again, sending us to crash against the same wall where Mason laid.
"I thought you said it wanted to keep us here, not hurt us." Mason grunted.
The Berserker starts to make its way towards us which causes my eyes to widen. "I think it changed its mind!" Lydia panicked.
The Berserker grabs my staff on the ground, snapping it in half which causes me to gasp. "That cost me twenty dollars!"
"Phoebe!" Mason and Lydia scolded.
"Sorry."
"Excuse me," Another voice spoke up which causes all of us to turn at the voice, revealing to be the Sheriff in his uniform. "Catch!" He said as he tossed the square object and the Berserker immediately catches it.
"Take cover!" He yelled out.
Lydia, Mason, and I scramble to the small corner before we cover our ears. In a matter of seconds, a loud explosion goes off along with several bone pieces to land nearby us.
Once the dust settled, I quickly stand up from the floor along with Lydia and Mason, seeing Sheriff along with my father barely emerging from the corner.
"Dad!" I sigh in relief, quickly pulling him into a hug.
"Are you guys okay?" He asked once I pull away from the hug.
"Sort of." Mason said, wiping the blood that trickled from his forehead.
Sheriff leans down to pick up the Berserker mask from the pile of sand with his brows furrowed.
"It was after me." Lydia spoke up, never taking her stares off of the mask. "It wanted me to stay in Beacon Hills. I think this was all some sort of...distraction."
"From going to Mexico with everyone else?" My dad asked and her eyes slightly widened. "I know about Olivia sneaking out of the hospital."
"You knew they're trying to kill someone." Sheriff Stilinski said and Lydia nodded.
"Kill who?" I asked, looking between him and Lydia.
"Scott."
Olivia's POV:
"Aim for the skull! Kill it!" I hear Peter's voice shout which caused Kira and Stiles to sprint ahead of us and turned to the next corner. "Kill it!"
"No, wait, wait! Malia, wait!" Stiles shouted.
Allison and I run in, seeing the dagger-shaped bone in Malia's hand while Peter and Liam held the Berserker back.
Before Malia could stab Scott, Kira instantly slices the dagger in half with her katana. The bone clattered to the floor and Malia took a step back with a confused expression.
"What are you doing?" Liam asked as he and Peter were still trying to hold Scott. "We almost had it!"
"Guys, it's Scott." I panted, taking a step closer to them. "Kate did what she did to me before. He's still in there."
Liam looked to Scott's eyes and from his posture, I could tell he recognized that I was telling the truth.
However, Scott harshly shoved Peter and Liam into each other before throwing both of them on opposite ends.
Allison quickly runs to Liam's aid and I protectively stood in front of them.
Before Malia could help her father, Scott swung his fist directly to her cheek which sent her instantly to the ground.
Scott turned his head towards Liam and began to stalk over to us.
"Scott? Scott, don't!" Kira begged.
Stiles tries to cut in front of his path. "Scott, it's m—"
Without hesitation, he easily smacked Stiles to the ground and he accidentally collided into Kira.
Allison worriedly glances at Liam who held his side with a pained expression. "Scott, you have to remember us." She pleaded.
"We're your friends." I slowly lift my fists, not wanting to ignite them into flames. "Please, you have to snap out of it."
His hand clasps onto my fist, moving it behind my back until he harshly shoved me against the stone wall. My head slams at the impact and I instantly collapse to the ground.
He swiftly flips me on my back and lifts his hand with the bone-shaped like a dagger, pushing it through my abdomen and an agonizing cry escapes from my lips.
"No!" I hear Allison yell out as Scott yanks the dagger away.
I weakly roll to my side and watch as Scott kick Allison to the side when she attempted to stand to her feet.
He grabs Liam's collar and pinned him up against the wall, lifting him from the ground with his hand on his throat.
"Scott." Liam choked out.
I try to push myself up from the ground but my arms instantly give out. "Scott, stop it!" I shout but he held his grip. "Don't do this!"
Scott drew his arm back, preparing to pierce the dagger through Liam, causing him to widen his eyes in horror. "Scott, Scott, listen, listen, listen!"
Surprisingly enough, Scott pauses his action and I felt a bit a sense of relief. "Talk to him, Liam." I grunt.
"You're not a monster! You're a werewolf." Liam shakily stated. "Like me."
Scott lowered his arm and slowly placed Liam on his feet again, taking a couple of steps away from us as he began tearing away the bones that he had on his body.
It was only the skull that remained on his head and once both of his hands had a tight grip, he tore the mask in half which emitted a bright yellow glow with a loud roar.
I look over to Peter and took notice of his not-so-amused expression. Almost as if he wasn't shocked at the revelation. "You knew," I spoke up, causing him to look toward my direction. "You knew the whole time. You knew about Kate turning me into a Berserker because you wanted her to take me."
"Oh please." Peter scoffed.
"She's right" Scott stated, keeping his hard glare to Peter. "The only one who knew as much as Argent about Berserkers. About the Nagual. You taught Kate. You helped her. All for the power."
"For my family's power," Peter argued. To be rightfully inherited by me. Not usurped by some idiot teenage boy, so incorruptible, he wouldn't shed the blood of his enemies even when justified." His eyes land on me. "And as for you, taking away an ability so I could transfer your immortality to myself. It was perfect until we realized why not do something better? Unleashing darkness so that you have the urge to kill."
My eyes widen. "No...you're lying!"
He smirked. "You've been hesitant to use your fire abilities, am I wrong? Neither of you deserves your powers. Not power like this."
His head instantly snapped back along with fur growing on the sides of his cheeks his face forming into more of a monstrous wolf.
Malia lets out a roar as she sprung towards her father, but she's quickly chucked to the stone wall once she came close to him.
She lets out a groan at the impact and Peter tilted his head to the side. "Oh, sorry, sweetheart." He mused. "We'll talk about this later."
Kira drew out her katana along with Allison who unsheathed her large dagger from her belt.
"Stop." Scott's voice caused both girls to freeze in their place. They both nod and backed away, leaving enough space for Scott and Peter to battle.
"You were my Beta first, Scott." Peter spoke as he menacingly took a step forward. "It was my bite that changed your life. And my bite that can end it."
"Then, end it, Peter." Scott took a step forward. "Because you won't get another chance."
Peter lets out a roar, lunging forward and Scott does the same in response.
As they attempted to fight each other off, Allison quickly rushes to my side and drags me to Liam since he was the closest, helping me lean my back against the wall. "Are you okay?" She worriedly eyed my hand that clutched on the stab wound. "Oh god."
"I'll be fine." I move it to the side to show that the healing was almost done. "Just help me stand." She wraps my arm around her shoulder and carefully helps me stand to my feet.
"Come on, Scott." I hear Peter taunt, causing Allison and I to turn to the battle. "Come on!"
Scott attempted to throw a punch but Peter easily blocked the attack, grabbing ahold of his arm and slammed him into one of the stone pillars.
Not giving Scott the opportunity to stand, Peter picks him up from the floor and threw him against the pillar on the opposite side.
"Olivia?" Liam spoke up which causes me to turn to him. "I can hear others outside and it doesn't sound too good."
Allison turns to us with her eyes widened. "Is it the hunters?"
"I think so. I hear...an elderly woman? Parrish too."
"The Calaveras." She whispered, a look of hesitation crossing her expression and Liam nodded.
"You should go." I urged but her eyes dart between mine and the wound on my side. "I'll be okay. Go help them."
She nods before sprinting out of the room.
Allison's POV:
I run outside the temple and my eyes widen at the sight of the hunters attempting to fight off the Berserkers with their guns along with Parrish and Braeden shooting from the side.
My eyes eventually land on Kate who was pulling her claws out of one of the hunters back.
She drops him on the ground but Araya steps out from the side with a glare. "You're next, Araya," Kate growled out before turning her head to face her. "I'm coming to kill you next."
Araya whips out her electrified baton but I discreetly sneak behind Kate. "Come, La Loba." She challenged.
Kate lets out a roar and I take that as my cue to plunge the blade against her back, causing her to grunt and slice her claws towards me but I evade the attack by taking a step back.
Her expression turns into a smirk once she locked eyes with me. "My favorite niece." She said as I held my other dagger towards her. "You've gotten braver than the last time I saw you. Too bad my older brother can't be here to see that his little girl has grown up." I tightly clutch on the hilt which causes her to raise a brow. "Do you really have the guts to go through with a kill?"
"If it means avenging what you did to Olivia, most likely." I countered with a glare as we slowly circled around. "Where's my father?"
"Let's just say," She picked at her claws. "him and Peter had a little chat."
I lunge to slice down her chest but she takes a step back and strikes a punch across my cheek, causing me to stumble a bit to the side but I swiftly slash across her thigh which earns a growl to escape from her lips.
She grabs ahold of my wrist and forces the dagger out of my hand, tossing it to the side before bringing her foot down against my chest.
I fall in front of where Araya stood and she still held out her electrified baton towards Kate.
Kate yanks out the other dagger from her back and tosses it to the side with an amused expression. "Looks like you still have a lot to learn."
"At least she was willing to die for it." Araya countered. "Let me show you how the Calaveras die."
Kate lets out a roar and takes a step forward to attack but the sound of a wolf's howl causes everyone to stop their actions. I turn to look behind me at the sound and see a black wolf emerge from behind the broken-down wall.
Kate lets out a roar and the wolf's eyes flash blue as it went towards her before it pounced on her body with a snarl.
My eyes widen in shock as the wolf attacked Kate as much as it could since she tried to cover her face, letting out pained cries that echoed in the night.
I feel Araya pick me up from the ground with a thankful expression before I turned back around, seeing Kate crawl away from the wolf with a grunt.
The wolf suddenly begins to transform into a human which causes my eyes to widen once I realize it was Derek.
I quickly avert my eyes to Kate since he was practically...well you know, naked.
"You were..." Kate grunted as her were-jaguar features returned back to her human state. "You were dead."
Derek shook his head. "No." He breathed out. "I was evolving. Something you'll never do."
The clatter of the bones from the Berserker causes Derek to snap his head towards it, seeing that it was trying to attack him from the side.
He dodges its attack and clamps his hands over the skull, a bright light emitting from the sides of its head until its body completely shattered into pieces. Woah.
A gunshot rings throughout the place which causes me to turn around, seeing my Dad clutch on his side as he held a gun with his other hand while he leaned against the building.
Kate clutches onto her stomach before she weakly looked up to meet my father's eyes. "C-Chris?"
She grunts as she pushes herself up from the ground but I quickly pick up my daggers from the floor before I run over to my father as he tried to follow after her. "Dad, you're okay."
"I..." He grunts as I wrap his arm around my neck to hold him steady. "I have to stop her."
"You're too hurt. I'll go after her." I say as I walked us to one of the vehicles and have him lean against it.
"Allison--"
"Dad," I sternly interrupted. "I got this. She got me the first time but I can stop her." I stated and his eyes showed a bit of hesitation. "If I have to kill her, so be it."
"Fine." He winced as he handed me his gun. "There are two bullets left that should make sure she stays down. Make it count."
I nod. "I won't let you down."
Olivia's POV:
"Fight like an Alpha, Scott." Peter growled as he picked up Scott from the floor again, slamming his body against the wall.
Scott tightly gripped his hands on Peter's shoulders, harshly pushing him backward. Peter attempt to swing Scott around to slam against the wall but instead, Scott kicked his feet off the wall and once they touched the ground, he tossed into the wall.
Peter collapsed flat on his back and Scott swung a punch down onto his chest, the action causing Peter to let out a grunt. Scott swung another punch before lifting Peter from the floor but before he could land another punch, Peter surged his head forward to collide with Scott's.
Peter grins at Scott's dizzy expression, using the opportunity to sink a punch into Scott's abdomen and another across his cheek. Scott's grip loosens and Peter slips out of his grasp, sending punch after punch which resulted in Scott falling back on the ground.
Peter practically towered over him. "You want to beat me?" He reached down and grabbed Scott's arms. "You're going to have to kill me!" He chucks Scott across the room, his body harshly slamming against the archway before falling flat on the floor.
Liam took a step forward but Peter instantly grabbed the wooden shelf nearby and chucked it towards him.
I quickly yank Liam back, forcing us to duck as the shelf collided with the wall, the object splitting into different wooden pieces.
I glance down at my abdomen and see that it was completely healed which caused me to snap my head towards Peter with a glare, seeing that he made his way towards us.
I push myself up from the ground, feeling my eyes flash orange as I protectively stood in front of Liam.
"Do you really think you could take me on without your powers?" Peter taunted and dramatically sniffed the air. "I can smell your fear from where I'm standing."
"You're right. I am afraid but If it means not worrying about you ever coming back," I hold my fists up. "I'd do anything for my friends."
"Then prove it. Use your powers." He growled.
I smirk. "I don't need to prove anything to you." From the corner of my eye, I could see Scott already up on his feet and I knew I had given him the opening to recover. "I was just a distraction."
Peter snaps his head to Scott, letting out a growl before sprinting towards him. He tries to land a punch to Scott but he easily blocked it with his arm.
We watch with amazement as each slash or punch Peter attempted to use, Scott simply would block it with his arm or step to the side before going back to his spot until he finally lifting his knee to collide with Peter's chest, causing him to double over.
Before Peter could recover, Scott landed one last hard uppercut which sent Peter flying across the room and crashed against the other half of the broken wooden bench.
Scott jumped on top of the table, practically towering over Peter with pity. "You were never an Alpha, Peter." He spoke. "But you were always a monster."
Peter lets out a growl, pushing himself from the ground but Scott is quick enough to jump off the table, landing one last punch directly at Peter's face which instantly knocked him out cold.
Stiles, Kira, Liam, Malia, and I cautiously approach the table, seeing Scott slowly turn away from Peter.
The sight of seeing Peter unconscious felt as if the weight on my shoulders lifted.
It's over.
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A/N:
Hello! We're one chapter away to the end of this book! Wowza.
I just finished writing season 5a aaand let's just say it's lowkey wild.
Which brings me to ask you this. I'd like to get some opinions about what you would like to see more or what you would like to see less of? Just so I can give you guys the best chapters since you all deserve it with the amount of support I've received hehe.
That's all I have for you guys today! I hope you have/had an amazing day! Bye!
~Cimbello
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