Selene POV- Selene refused to close her eyes as the hunter aimed the rocket at her. However he never got the chance to fire because he was hit by a blue Jeep.
"Didn't think you're doing this without me did you?" Stiles said smiling.
"Without us?" Derek added stepping up next to the Jeep with Isaac behind him getting out of Derek's car.
Then Selene, Derek and Isaac attacked the hunters. Each of them took bullets to their bodies but none went down. Soon Scott, Malia and Peter joined the fight. Monroe saw her hunters falling left and right so she gathered her men and fled in their SUV's.
Selene grinned and roared their small victory she was joined by the rest of the wolves.
"You're late" she said to Stiles.
"And I can't believe you didn't tell me about any of this. Hunters yes, war nothing, not a word" Stiles said looking at Scott and settling a glare on Selene.
"We had reasons not great ones but they were there" Lydia butted in.
"I didn't want you to worry" Selene said.
Selene knelt down next to Deucalion.
"Gerard, what he fears most…he can't beat you…any of you. And he knows it" Deucalion said looking at Selene, Derek and Scott.
"I can help you" Selene said.
"No no save your power for the full moon. I've done things, so much blood on my hands… my own pack. I deserve this. Please allow me the honor of a death I know I am due" Deucalion spoke softly.
Selene nodded slowly she felt Stiles' hand on her shoulder.
"It's really started hasn't it?" Malia asked as Deucalion closed his eyes and breathed his final breath.
Selene stood up growling.
"It's been started for a few months now. You're all just late to the show" she said as she felt her body go cold and hot from Deucalion's death and her own anger.
Beside her Stiles shuddered as he too felt Deucalion die. Selene curled against Stiles and he put his arm around her as Scott quickly hugged Derek.
"As much as I enjoy the impromptu family reunion what are you doing here?" Peter asked Derek.
"I found a pack slaughtered in Brazil. There were two words written in blood on a wall. 'Beacon Hills'."
"You came back for Beacon Hills?" Scott asked.
"No. Came back for you and you" Derek said looking at Scott and Selene.
Selene gave Derek a one armed hug as Stiles kept hold on her hand. The crackle of a radio had all heads turn toward Stiles' Jeep.
"Blood and destruction dreadful objects so familiar. All pity choked with custom of fell deeds Caesar's spirit ranging for revenge. With Ate by his side come hot from hell shall in these confines with a monarch's voice. Do you know the rest Scott? Do you know your Shakespeare?" Gerard asked.
Derek motioned for the mic.
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" Derek said.
"War indeed. Welcome back Derek. You must all be feeling rather nostalgic. Are you pleased with the little family reunion I've gathered around you Scott?"
"Yeah well why don't you come join us and I can thank you in person?" Scott said.
"I even have a few visitors for you from London" Gerard continued.
"Jackson and Ethan. I know something was wrong when they didn't show up" Selene said.
"It isn't your fault" Stiles said squeezing her hand.
"Isn't it?"
"Even someone like Jackson Whittemore couldn't resist coming back to Beacon Hills. Say hello Jackson."
They all heard Jackson's pain filled cry.
"Do it again old man. Come a little closer. I'm gonna shove that thing so far up your ass…" Jackson said.
"Lost none of his charm has he? You can find him here with us at the armory Scott. In fact I'm going to tell you where to find all of them. Your Deputy Hellhound met some friends of his while responding to a call at Eichen House. Your father was on his way back from San Francisco with the goal of entering the fight, but he didn't get far. You might want to tell your mother to skip her shift at the hospital tonight. Liam and his friends are there now optimistic of them but woefully ill advised. This is how you wage war Scott a strategic positioning of your army against theirs. Which is why your will come to me. You will try to save as many as you can and you might even save a few. But your limited resources will be spread thin ultimately you will fail. The dogs of war Scott they're coming for you."
"And the wolves of war are coming for you" Selene growled into the mic.
Gerard didn't answer.
Scott called Theo to help and then the others all went to the animal clinic.
Stiles POV- "It was literally day one of our internship and up comes a slide about this guy that they've been chasing in the woods in North Carolina" Stiles explained.
"I thought you were in South America?" Malia asked.
"I was. The bodies of the werewolves I told you about? They blamed me" Derek said.
"So we learned that the FBI has cornered this feral mass-murdering unsub…" Stiles went on.
"I found a group of hunters gathering in a meeting place. I was trying to get information."
"Well the FBI found out about it too and they were planning a SWAT assault to take him down. Dead or alive. And as we all know though with Derek it's preferably dead" Stiles continued.
"Preferably" Derek agreed.
"So Selene came here and I convinced them to take me on the Field Op."
"You convinced the FBI to bring an intern onto an extremely dangerous field operation?" Lydia said.
"I'm surprised he didn't convince them he could lead it" Derek commented.
"I tried. Didn't work. Anyway long story short I basically you know had to save his life" Stiles finished.
"That's not how it happened" Derek said.
"Yeah I may have left out a detail but that's the gist of what happened. It was the essential essence of it" Stiles argued.
"You couldn't walk."
"I was limping."
"You couldn't walk and I know that because I was carrying you."
"They shot my toe. My toe was caught in the crossfire. It was obliterated."
"And it healed didn't it?" Selene asked.
Stiles could tell she was trying not to laugh so he just gave her a playful glare.
"Guys it's not just the hunters. We've got another problem" Scott said.
"It's called the Anuk-Ite" Lydia explained.
"I've never heard of it but since it was locked in the Wild Hunt I'm not surprised I haven't heard of it" Selene said.
"It can get into your head it can make you see things" Scott said.
"What does it look like?" Stiles asked.
"It used to look like two ordinary people but somehow they merged. All we know is that it's made of two faces one human the other supernatural" Lydia said.
"What kind of supernatural?" Isaac asked.
"Werewolf. But it's a shapeshifter just like us except it knows what you're afraid of. What you fear most" Scott said.
"And now it can kill you just by looking at you" Malia said.
"Like Medusa?" Selene and Isaac asked.
"Greek history?" Selene asked.
"Clash of the Titans" Isaac replied.
"Okay so you're telling me we gotta go up against this thing blind? And face our deepest fear?" Stiles asked.
"Yeah why? What do you fear the most?" Scott asked.
"Blindness" Stiles replied.
"Becoming blind?" Derek asked.
"Yeah terrified of it. Always have been. This just seems to be a situation of unfortunate overlap."
"Stiles, Lydia and I will go to the armory and get Jackson and Ethan. Scott if you and the others can stop the Anuk-Ite I'll focus on the hunters" Selene said.
"Wait so Jackson and…Ethan are…together?" Stiles asked.
"Yeah. They're great together as a couple and as a team" Isaac said having worked with them before.
"So stopping this thing can stop Gerard and the hunters?" Derek asked.
"Not all of them are hunters" Scott said.
"He's right. Most of them are ordinary people acting out of fear" Lydia agreed.
"Monroe's not gonna change. But I think that we can reach the others. Most of them actually" Scott said.
"Leave Monroe to me" Selene said.
"The Anuk-Ite is causing them to come from a place of fear" Lydia explained.
"Well fears pretty motivating. Especially when it leads to anger" Derek said.
"And I think that if we can take out the fear we can take out the fight in them too. They're afraid of us but they don't have to be. They just have to change their minds" Scott said.
"Well we have to change their minds" Derek replied.
"Okay we can face the Inuk-Ite. We can try to fight it blind we can try to face our fears. But we still need to know how to catch it" Malia said.
"We will figure that out we always do" Scott assured her.
"Oh it's nice to see that somebody hasn't lost their optimism" Derek said.
"Not yet."
"I have" Stiles said.
"We will buy you time Scott. Who knows maybe Jackson has an answer" Lydia said.
"Maybe Argent will come back with one" Malia said.
"We need Peter and anyone who can help stop this thing or slow it down" Scott said.
"Where we headed?" Malia asked.
"The high school" Scott told her.
"That's where we're gonna find this thing?" Derek asked.
"No. it'll find us" Scott said.
Selene POV- Stiles, Selene, and Lydia drove his Jeep to Gerard's armory with Lydia giving them directions.
"Where is Jackson at?" Stiles asked Selene.
Taking a minute Selene closed her eyes.
"Follow me. There's at least six heart beats behind the door so get ready to fight" Selene said.
Getting out of the Jeep Selene and Stiles let their claws out. Selene simply opened the door and smiled at the guards inside.
"Hi there we're here for a pickup" Selene said smiling as her eyes went red.
She swung her fist catching one guard in the jaw knocking him out. Stiles knocked out the other guard with an uppercut. The four other guards came around the corner and Lydia screamed. The blast knocked out two guards and Stiles and Selene got the other two. Then Stiles kicked open a metal door.
"Hot" Selene grinned.
On the other side of the door was Jackson who had managed to break himself out.
"Stiles?" Jackson said.
"Hey" Stiles said.
"Jackson!" Lydia yelled and hugged him.
"You did that?" Jackson asked looking at the guards.
"We did that. Two wolves and a Banshee" Selene smiled wrapping her arm around Stiles' waist.
"Wolf?" Jackson asked Stiles.
Stiles just let his eyes go red. Jackson took on a look of fear and anger as he exposed his throat for Stiles as a sign of submission to the Alpha. Though Jackson didn't look happy to do it to someone he once bullied.
"Now how bout we get Ethan and get the hell outta here?" Selene suggested.
"Wait, wait" Stiles said answering his phone.
"We are leaving momentarily" Stiles said.
When he hung up the phone he went to another door and opened it walked in and grabbed something before rejoining the others.
"Okay now let's get Ethan and go" Stiles said.
"This way" Selene said taking off at a slow jog.
"Here!" Jackson said running over to a chained up Ethan.
"How did you get out before me?" Ethan asked.
"Well I talked my way out of it" Jackson said.
"You used the tail didn't you?"
"You still have a tail?" Lydia asked.
"So gross" Ethan said.
"Can you just get up? Let's go" Jackson said.
"Hey Selene" Ethan smiled as he leaned on Jackson.
"Hey" she smiled back then she healed the wound on his side.
"Thanks" both Ethan and Jackson said.
Selene led them back out to Stiles' Jeep kneeing a guard in the face as he began to get up.
Lydia, Jackson and Ethan went in one side of the school Stiles and Selene went in another.
"Something's wrong" Stiles said.
Selene could feel pure untainted fear running through her and she knew Stiles felt it too.
"Isaac, Peter, and Malia" Stiles said.
"Yeah I can still feel them but something's wrong with them" Selene said.
As they walked farther into the school the fear only got worse.
"Now Ethan and Jackson" Stiles said.
Selene stumbled and Stiles caught her holding her close.
"Derek" Selene whispered.
Both of them had their eyes closed and were tracking Scott.
"Library" Stiles said.
"You're getting better at this" Selene smiled.
Stiles was the next one to stumble. But he didn't just stumble he screamed and covered his eyes which started to bleed.
"Stiles! Stiles! Hey it's not happening to you. Stiles listen to me it's not your pain it's…" Selene said holding Stiles close.
"Scott's" Stiles said slowly standing up.
When he opened his eyes Selene smiled at him.
"You're okay" she said holding him.
They heard a crackle of a radio.
"Monroe" Selene growled.
"You get her I'll help Scott… with my eyes closed" Stiles promised.
"You sure?"
"Yeah I'm sure. And Selene…kill the bitch" Stiles growled.
Selene knew then that every werewolf death the hunters had caused he'd felt them all and he'd mourned each one.
"I will. For them."
Then Selene took off for Monroe leaving Stiles to go help Scott. As she came a crossed the hunters who were about to shoot Derek, who was trapped in stone, she growled.
"Run or die."
One hunter ran the other turned and shot her in the chest.
"You die."
With lightning speed Selene charged him and slashed her claws over his throat killing him instantly.
"Hold on, Derek. Scott will win" Selene said walking past the statue that was now Derek.
She continued to fight the hunters as she moved through the school. She always gave them a choice though to run or die because in her heart she wasn't a monster but she was a werewolf. The protector of her kind.
Stiles POV- Slowly Stiles made his way to the library where Scott was fighting the Anuk-Ite. Stiles burst through the doors and forgot to keep his eyes closed so he looked the Anuk-Ite in the eye and threw the jar of mountain ash at its feet.
Nothing happened when the Anuk-Ite looked at him but Stiles got to see it turn to stone thanks to the ash.
Selene POV- Selene saw Monroe running away as the stone surrounding Peter began to break. Peter killed the guard who was holding a gun on him as Selene went after Monroe.
"This is for every wolf you've killed" Selene said charging toward her.
"No!" Monroe screamed.
Four guards came out of a classroom and tackled Selene. They shot her stabbed her and still she fought them. But when she had killed them all Monroe was already gone.
Selene roared her fury causing lockers to shake.
Angry at herself for letting Monroe get away she made her way to the library to check on Stiles and Scott. Scott had clawed out his own eyes to stop the Anuk-Ite.
Lydia, Isaac and Derek all came into the room. Malia wasn't too far behind them.
"Scott? He's not healing? Scott what happened to your eyes?" Malia asked kneeling beside him.
"Selene can't you…" Stiles said.
"Shh wait" Selene said softly watching Scott.
"I had to. I'm sorry" Scott said.
"Scott you have to heal. If your eyes stay like this much longer the damage is gonna be permanent" Derek said.
"Come on Scott concentrate" Stiles said.
"I'm trying it's not working. I can't focus" Scott said.
"Hey hey look at me. Yes you can, just concentrate" Malia said.
"I can't. I can't. I can't do it."
"Yes you can. Scott please just look at me" Malia begged holding Scott's face.
Selene slid her hand into Stiles'.
"Malia just kiss him" Selene said.
"What?"
"Kiss him" Stiles said understanding what Selene was doing.
So Malia kissed him and sure enough it gave Scott the focus he needed to heal his eyes. Stiles then kissed Selene and she smiled as she kissed him back.
Once they had everything settled all the hunters left Beacon Hills and the normal citizens gave up their guns. But it wasn't over.
Stiles sat a crossed from Selene holding her hands as a circle of their friends stood around them and the moon light of the full moon surrounded them.
"You ready?" Stiles asked.
"Not really. I mean some of the wolves out there won't deserve this power or will abuse it but most wolves need it. I have to protect them" Selene said.
"Don't worry you won't go anywhere that I can't pull you back from" Stiles smiled.
Selene smiled and closed her eyes. She opened all her senses took down every wall she'd ever made in her mind connecting her to every werewolf on the planet.
She felt her soul shatter into a million pieces and go into every single werewolf. She felt Liam and Scott but also Theo and wolves that she'd never personally met thousands of miles away.
She saw through their eyes felt everything they felt and she gave them a piece of herself. She made them stronger, faster, and heal a lot faster than before. She gave them a gift to survive this war because it wasn't over.
There were thousands of new hunters now all over the world and they followed one person: Monroe. Gerard was dead and if Selene had her way Monroe would soon follow.
Selene struggled against the emotions of the other wolves trying to get back to herself. Suddenly one wolf stood out from the others he was stronger brighter and he was hers. Stiles helped guide her back to herself with his love for her.
Slowly she took a deep breath and opened her eyes. Stiles was right across from her smiling.
"Wow I… wow" Liam said breaking the moment.
"How do you feel?" Selene asked.
"I… I feel you like you're a part of me" Theo said.
"Well I did give you all a piece of me" Selene explained.
"I feel changed but awesomely" Liam said smiling.
"We will win this war" Stiles said.
"Yes we will" Selene replied.
After that everyone slept for what felt like a week. But soon they were up and looking for wolves to recruit and protect.
ONE MONTH LATER
Selene POV- Scott and Argent, soon to be step son and step father, traveled with Isaac, soon to be step brother to Scott, to Los Angeles to save a newly turned wolf named Alec.
The rest of the group were to meet up with Scott to see if Alec would join the war. Stiles pulled up first in the Jeep. Selene joined him as they leaned on the front of the Jeep arms around the others waist, smiling at Scott who was talking to Alec. Their eyes flash Alpha red as they smiled at Alec.
Then Derek showed up next. Malia was next to drive up with Liam in the passenger seat. Last was Lydia she pulled up in a squad car. Parrish held her hand smiling as they waited for Scott to finish talking to Alec.
Scott gave the kid the option to fight and join them or run and hide then Scott walked away from the kid and towards his friends. They all smiled and greeted each other.
Soon Alec joined them and they all walked forward into a new future with the glow of the full moon shining down on them.
The End
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