So this is the last chapter! Thanks to all those who read, followed and reviewed! This is actually the first multi-chapter fic that I have ever finished. I hope the ending of this fic is suitable.

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"You know," said Theo, from where he was lying on the floor as they tried to catch the two hours of sleep they could get before they both had to be up, "If you were anyone else, you should have reverted to human."

"What do you mean?" asked Liam.

"I mean, that despite what everyone thinks, the dullahan had pretty much absorbed all of your power. What was left, wouldn't have been enough for you to ever shift.

"What? But then how…?"

"You're the beta of a true alpha Liam. And where does the power of a true alpha come from?"

"From inside," said Liam slowly.

"Exactly. Anyone else, the dullahan would have been able to absorb their power but she couldn't absorb all of yours. You already had more than she bargained for, you're a hell a lot more powerful than the average beta but you have a link to Scott. He turned you. His power still runs through you." Theo was silent for a moment while Liam was trying to take this in.

"But if you hadn't opened the link," he continued softly, "If you hadn't accepted it. It wouldn't have worked."

"You mean, I'd be human?" asked Liam.

"I think so," said Theo.

"Did you know?" Liam asked, "When you said that, did you know what I'd choose?"

There was silence in the dark room and then Theo said, "No. But whatever you'd choose it'd be what you really want. It'd be the truth."

Liam bit his lip and closed his eyes for a moment.

"Thank you," he said. "Thank you for reminding me."

Theo scoffed softly. "I just gave you a nudge. You reminded yourself. Now let me go to sleep."

"As I recall, you started talking first."

"Go to sleep Liam."

A few nights later the dullahan was crossing a stream in the forests that joined those in Beacon HIlls. She was still on foot not having bound another faery steed to her will but she didn't think anything of crossing the water. She should have.

Blue sparkles rippled through the water rising up from the stream bed and before the dullahan knew what was happening, the water was surging around her and then something hit her. She went down into the water struggling with the thing atop her but water was not her habitat, not like the thing that was currently tearing into her with claws and teeth.

The faerie tried to escape, slip from the unseen world into the normal but her opponent was fae born too and all that was accomplished was the Dullahan's blood spilling into the water of the stream as she was laid open again and again until all that was left of her was ribbons.

A few moments a lovely young woman, with eerie, blue eyes and sharp claws stepped from the water. She dug into her pale, grey skin and tore it from her body revealing brown human skin underneath. The claw disappeared, the sparkling eyes dampened and she was just like any other human woman.

"You should have remembered," Joanne McLaughlin said softly to the dead dullahan, "The Irish myths rarely have happy endings."

Liam's head reared up. He'd been doing his homework, listening to music while he did so when something seemed to fade, a tie he had to someone outside. He blinked and then realised that it was the power that was inside the dullahan. It was gone. It was gone and she was dead.

He blinked and then looked around his room. Theo wasn't there.

"Are you going to hurt me?" McLaughlin asked the dark-haired Chimera that was leaned up against her gate, barring her way.

"I warned the other one," said Theo, smiling wickedly, "But I didn't warn you," he said. "So you get a free pass this time."

"And next time?" said McLaughlin.

Theo smirked at her. "You wouldn't want there to be a next time."

"Oh really?" Mclaughlin raised an eyebrow, a smile playing around her lips.

Theo laughed softly. "You live in Beacon Hills. You're in the territory of Scott McCall and his pack. You really want to test that? I don't think so. Have a good night." He rocked off the gate, pulling it open for her and closed it behind her when she walked through.

He hadn't gone far down the street when he stopped on the sidewalk. "You know you should come out and say it. Keeping all that rage repressed can't be good for you."

Liam stalked from the darkness and stood in front of him shaking with rage.

"You did it on purpose!" he grolwed.

"Did what?" asked Theo but he was smirking. Liam wanted to punch him in his face.

"You warned Elias but you didn't warn her. You knew, you knew there was a chance that she'd do it. That's why you didn't. You wanted her to kill the Dullahan!"

"Of course I did!" snapped Theo, "And if you had any sense you would have wanted it too!"

"This isn't how we do things!" yelled Liam, hurt and anger rising up in his chest.

"I didn't kill it!" Theo told him, "Look," He ran a hand through his hair, "The dullahan is a faerie horsewoman. They don't like being beaten at their own games. And you did beat it. Did you really think it was going to end so easily? I know you would have found her and when she was far away enough she would have made sure you had reason to find her. She would have ,left a trail of bodies for you to follow until you caught her. Do you really want that? Huh? Can your precious little conscience take that? I'm trying to help you! Sometimes the nice solutions don't work! The world isn't like that no matter how much you and Scott try to make it so! Do you know why? Because there are too few people like the both of you and you can't be everywhere. Some people you can't lock up, some things that are too dangerous to let roam free. Believe it or not, there are things out there that will flirt with the threat of your pack just cause it's fun."

"But we're not like this!" said Liam.

"Don't be naive!" said Theo sounded disgusted. "And don't get all hypocritical with me. The only reason Scott's hands are blood covered is because he got everyone else to do it for him. His superpower is scheming. I just took a page out of his book."

Liam clenched his fist until blood leaked from between his fingers but Theo was standing there with a smirk on his face like he knew Liam was going to punch him and he didn't care.

Liam turned and stalked away. When he was far away enough he broke into a run until he was alone and his head was a little clearer.

"Scott," he said when his alpha picked up.

"Hey Liam," Scott's voice was gentle. "Theo said you'd call."

Liam was stumped. "What? He called you?"

"Texted, " said Scott. "What happened?"

Liam sighed and poured out the whole story. Scott was silent for a moment and then he said, "Do you remember what I told you about enforcers?"

He did. The words were seared into his mind.

"Yeah?"

"Would you kill someone so I don't have to? If it were completely and totally necessary?"

Liam choked at the question. "What the hell?"

"Just answer," Scott's voice was still so very gentle.

Liam sat in silence for a few moments contemplating and then he said, "I would." His voice was shaking.

They're the ones who take the blackness under their skin.

"And what is Theo to you?"

"My enforcer."

"I don't condone it," said Scott, "I understand how you feel but he has a point that the Dullahan could have gone around killing as much people as she could before you got to her. A while ago I learned about risk benefit-ratio. The risk this time was too much for her to go free. Peter we could keep an eye on, Deucalion had a history of a peace loving man behind the pain. The dullahan, she's been killing for years. She was a law unto herself. I don't think we could have stopped her from killing short of killing her. As much as I hate to admit it, Theo did the best he could and he did it in a way to keep all your hands clean."

"So I should forgive him?"

"I think you should talk to him," said Scott. "Clear up what's acceptable and what's not."

Liam sighed. "Are you mad?"

Scott laughed softly. "No. In this world it's not easy to keep your hands clean. Sometimes, sometimes you can't. Sometimes the best you can do is ensure that the blood ends up on hands of people it won't hurt too much."

"That's morbid," said Liam.

"Yeah," Scott admits with a huff of laughter. "Are you okay?"

Liam took a deep breath and took inspection. "Yeah," he said after a moment, feeling a little surprised. "Yeah I am."

"Good," said Scott. "Talk to you later!"

"Yeah," said Liam smiling.

Theo was lying in his truck. Liam opened the truck door and tossed the pillow from his bed,that Theo had claimed as his own, at him.

"What the!" said Theo sitting up.

"Scott said we should talk," Liam announced.

"And of course you do what he says," Theo says.

"Not all the time," Liam said cheerfully. "You're still here aren't you?"

"He does have a point," Theo says. "Alright what?"

"I don't like what you did but I get it," Liam said bluntly. "But we can't keep doing that, okay?"

"It wasn't going to be my default way of doing things," Theo grumbled.

"Good," said Liam.

"But if there isn't any other way…" Theo started.

"We have to figure out something else," Liam interrupted.

"You have any ideas?" Theo asked sarcastically.

"Eichen," said Liam.

"The Eichen we both broke into?" Theo said dryly.

Liam sighed. "Yes that Eichen. We could maybe try to build a rapport with the place?"

"That's probably not going to work," said Theo.

"We won't know until we try," said Liam.

"And if that doesn't work?" Theo asked. "Are you going to lock me into Eichen the next time I save you?"

Liam sighed. "How about we take it one case at at a time?" He swallowed. "I know, I know this world isn't easy okay. It's just… I wish we didn't have to be…"

"Killers?" Theo finished.

"Yeah," said Liam shoulders slumping.

"Sometimes you don't have a choice," Theo told him, almost gentle. "Cops shoot people too when they really have to."

"I know," said Liam. "Let's just take it slowly okay and not pull the trigger too fast."

Theo smirked at him. "When have I never thought things through Liam?"

Liam snorted. "Just drive us home."

"Guys," said Mason as they were climbing into Theo's truck that evening. "Do you realize what we did?"

"Uh what?" Asked Liam.

"We took on a major trouble and resolved it without Scott and the others."

"This isn't our first major trouble," said Liam.

"Yeah there was that pack who tried to take over." Corey said.

"They lasted all of three hours," said Mason. "And Theo beat the shit out of most of them."

Theo extended his fist for an air bump and Mason returned it. "This was our first major trouble and we did well!"

"It was a mess actually," said Theo.

"Definitely a mess," said Liam.

"But it worked out! We're awesome. But it makes sense anyway because we have the four main people."

"Uh what?" Liam.

"Well you're Scott," said Mason and Liam burst into startled laughter, "I'm Stiles obviously."

"I don't think that's something to strive for," interjected Theo.

"Corey is Lydia," Mason continued undaunted.

Theo bursts into laughter while Corey blinks and goes ,"Uh how?"

"She hears things no one else hears. You see things no one else sees,"

Theo laughs harder and Liam says, "I don't think that's how it works."

"You're missing the point here," said Mason.

"Does that mean Theo is Malia?" asked Corey.

"You know as impressive as she is I'd rather not," Theo said.

"Why is everybody missing the point?" said Mason.

"What is the point?" said Liam.

"We did it by ourselves, with the 'rents,"

"You said that already."

"I just...we're going to be okay," said Mason.

Liam looked at him, read the sincerity and relief and grinned at his best friend. "Yeah we are."

"Famous last words!" Theo announced and then they were all laughing.

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