050 — the wolves of war

season six —
episode twenty (finale)

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MARLO WATCHES BEHIND ONE of the pillars her father's injured and jolting body bleeding on the pavement with tear filled eyes.

Sensing a hunter coming up beside Scott and herself, Marlo growls shoving him away from her and her not so little brother figure.

"Stay the fuck away from my family!" Marlo snarls knocking the same hunter unconscious after he gets up trying to fire at them once again.

Marlo looks around seeing Lydia hiding behind one of the steel bins blocking her ears from the loud gunshots surrounding them.

"Strawberry!" Marlo shouts rushing over to her and avoiding getting shot in the process.

"Are you okay? Are you hit?" Lydia panics seeing the older woman panting, "I'm fine, just out of practice" Marlo explains with a sigh.

Marlo holds herself over Lydia protecting the strawberry blonde from being shot and injured hearing about she managed to survive a gunshot wound a week ago.

"Stay behind me, Lydia!" Marlo demands seeing Lydia nodding hurriedly avoiding looking up at the echoing gunfire.

Marlo closes her eyes praying for her body to be enough to shield the strawberry blonde from any oncoming bullets hearing tires screeching from beside them noticing Stiles's jeep.

"You didn't think you were doing this without me, did you?" Stiles shouts with a smirk.

Before Scott can process his best friend's arrival, "Without us?" Derek adds appearing next to the Jeep smirking at him and winking in his wife's direction.

"Sorry I didn't know this was happening, I'm here now!" Isaac states with growl launching for one of the hunters targeting him.

Marlo sighs in relief seeing Derek and her adopted son growling their fangs, claws, and glowing blue eyes showing in the moonlight,

And Derek launching himself into the air, allowing him to easily take down two hunters in midair.

Derek growls again processing that the said hunters were after his wife and the rest of the pack.

Marlo doesn't hesitate in rushing towards Deucalion who's laid awake on the pavement growing weak due to the blood-loss.

"Stay with us, Dad" Marlo whimpers sadly looking at the man she's gotten close with while being out of Beacon Hills.

Deucalion grabs a hold of his daughter and Scott's hands, Marlo exhales seeing no black veins appearing on her arms silently telling her he's not in any pain and is on the edge of death.

"Gerard—what he f-f-fears most, he can't—beat you" Deucalion weakly mumbles struggling for air hearing Marlo sniffling.

"And he knows it" said man voices gurgling on the lack of air while Marlo watches eyes go glassy and his breathing stops feeling her father's hand slips out of hers confirming his death.

Marlo and Scott with tears in both of their eyes exhale in disappointment.

The others gather closely around them, with Isaac and Derek gently place their hands on their wife and adoptive mother's shoulders comforting her.

Malia who's just as upset by Deucalion's death, shakes her head in disbelief realising something.

"It's really started, hasn't it?" Malia questions anxiously, Stiles frowns not knowing what she's talking about, "What's started?" Stiles quizzes.

Scott and Marlo stand, though both don't immediately take their eyes off of Deucalion's body slouched on the cement pillar, "It's an all-out war" Scott mutters in explanation looking at the rest of his friends.

Marlo smiles hugging into her husband's torso while Scott remembers that Derek has re-joined them for the first time in over a year and looks at him in shock.

Noticing Scott's line of sight—Lydia, Malia, Isaac and Peter all turn to look at Derek as well while Scott walks forward and hugs him tightly.

Though Peter rolls his eyes in the background and sighs before he turns toward his nephew.

"As much as I enjoy the impromptu family reunion, what are you doing here?" Peter questions while Marlo smirks feeling the jealousy radiating from the man.

"Don't be jealous Peter" Marlo taunts smiling while Derek and Scott break apart, each clapping each other on the shoulder in a brotherly fashion as they do so.

Before Derek begins to explain his return to his hometown, "Marlo and I found a pack slaughtered in Brazil, there were two words written in blood on the wall—Beacon Hills" Derek explains bringing Marlo into his chest again wanting her close.

Scott glances backward at Deucalion's body for a moment before turning back to Derek with a surprised look on his face.

"You came back for Beacon Hills?" Isaac questions, Marlo looks at Derek with a smile plastered on her face.

Derek gives Scott a look as though he should know the real answer, "No—I came back for you and so did Marlo, hence why she came back a little earlier with Brooklyn" Derek responds.

Scott looks at the husband and wife gratefully and smiles at them before suddenly, the police radio in Stiles's Jeep starts to chirp and beep with static.

Marlo groans audibly hearing Gerard's voice through the speakers, and the pack follows Scott and Stiles to the Jeep.

Scott gets into the passenger seat while Stiles gets into the driver's seat and Marlo gets in the back—just like old times, minus Marlo use to be in the passenger seat due to her motion sickness.

While the others circle around the open windows to hear what Gerard has to say.

"Blood and destruction and dreadful objects so familiar, all pity choked with custom of fell deeds and Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, with ate by his side come hot from hell, shall in these confines with a monarch's voice—" Gerard voice is heard.

Scott and Stiles share a concerned look, clearly unnerved by the message Gerard is sending.

"Do you know the rest, Scott? Do you know your Shakespeare?" said make wonders.

Scott looks up at Derek, who is standing outside of the passenger door of the Jeep with Malia and who nods to indicate that he knows the answer.

Scott picks up the radio microphone and hands it to Derek, "Cry "havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war" Derek finishes.

"War, indeed, welcome back, Derek and I'm guessing your beautiful wife as well, hello Marlo, you must all be feeling rather nostalgic, are you pleased with the little family reunion I've gathered around you, Scott?" Gerard taunts through the radio.

Marlo chuckles seeing Scott who can't help but roll his eyes, "Yeah, why don't you come join us, and I can thank you in person" Scott mutters in suggestion.

Gerard ignores this comment in favor of continuing to make his point.

"I even have a few visitors for you—from London, even someone like Jackson Whittemore couldn't resist coming back to Beacon Hills, say 'hello' Jackson!" Gerard demands while a grunt and a loud electric sound is heard along with Jackson's agonised groaning.

"Do it again, old man! Come a little closer—I'm gonna shove that thing so far up your ass!" Jackson snarls.

"He's 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" Gerard voices.

Marlo looks around the jeep with frown confused, "Your deputies—the vampire and hellhound met some friends of his while responding to a call from Eichen House" Gerard explains.

Marlo sits up more straight hearing Jordan and Riley are locked away in 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" Gerard taunts also meaning that the two ran by hunters arrested Mr McCall.

"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" Gerard states adding to the list of issues.

"This is how you wage war, Scott" Gerard states as Marlo scoffs hearing the smug smirk through the radio noticing Scott and the others looks horrified.

"A strategic positioning of your army against theirs, which is why you 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, and ultimately, you will fail" Gerard says.

Scott clearly overwhelmed by what he's hearing, grimaces and sighs as he squeezes his eyes closed for a moment, clutching the radio so tightly that he nearly crushes it.

"The dogs of war, Scott and Marlo—they're coming for you" Gerard taunts.

"Bring it on, old man, it'll be your last" Marlo mutters into the radio hearing a nervous gulp and then static on the other end of the radio.

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THE PACK FIND THEIR way back to the animal clinic since Derek wanted to see his daughter and for them to come up with a plan on what to do.

Brooklyn coos adorably looking up at her father in his arms while Derek smiles in awe of his daughter.

Not noticing the way Marlo is looking at him with a loving smile plastered on her face.

Stiles rambles at what happened in the past few days and how he found Derek—more so how Derek found him.

"So, literally day one of my internship, and up comes this slide about this guy they've been chasing in the woods of North Carolina" Stiles explains.

"I thought you guys were in South America?" Isaac asks confused, "We were, the bodies of the wolves I told you about? They blame me" Derek states with a grim expression holding Brooklyn in his arms.

"So, I learn that the FBI has cornered this feral, mass-murdering unsub—" Stiles voices being cut off by Marlo smacking the back of his head and a look off Derek who sighs.

"Marlo and I found a group of hunters gathering in a meeting place, I was trying to get information since Marlo was already here" Derek explains.

Stiles rolls his eyes before finishing his thought, "Yeah, well, the FBI found it, too, and they were planning a SWAT assault to take him down, dead or alive" Stiles reveals.

Seeing Marlo looking at her husband shocked, Stiles looks over to see Lydia smirking—clearly humoring Stiles.

While both Scott and Malia are looking at Stiles and Derek with wide eyes—the sudden attention causes Stiles to become even more awkward.

"And, as we all know, though, with Derek, it's preferably dead" Stiles mumbles.

Derek looks at Marlo taken aback by this comment at first before finally shrugging—acknowledging the truth in Stiles's words as the debate continues on.

"Preferably" Derek mumbles handing Brooklyn to Marlo so she can feed her for the night.

Stiles ignores Derek in favor of moving on with the story, "So, I convinced them to take me on the field op" Stiles states.

Scott, Isaac and Malia are still looking at Stiles and Derek with shock and confusion.

While Lydia and Zara's expressions are both incredulous and impressed by what she's hearing.

"You convinced the FBI to bring an intern onto an extremely dangerous field operation?" Lydia questions.

Derek rolls his eyes sarcastically before he speaks, "I'm surprised he didn't convince them he could lead it" Derek suggests while hearing Marlo in the bathroom of the clinic giggling softly at something Brooklyn did.

"I tried—didn't work" Stiles responds, "How tragic!" Marlo exclaims walking out from the bathroom seeing as she fed Brooklyn and burped her receiving an offended look off her brother.

"Anyway, long story short, I basically had to, you know, save his life" Stiles shrugs telling them about the 'saving Derek's life' by helping him out of the warehouse while Derek looks at him in annoyance and sighs.

"That's not how it happened" Derek mutters after a while of letting Marlo's brother mumble.

"Yeah, I may have left out a detail, but that's the gist of it" Stiles replies looking at the others seeing Lydia nodding skeptically.

While Scott, Isaac and Malia look impressed, "That's the essential essence of it" Stiles says.

"You couldn't walk" Derek flatly mutters with his arms crossed over his chest noticing Marlo staring at his biceps through his long sleeve.

"I was limping!" Stiles states in an awkward voice, "You couldn't walk—and I know that because I was carrying you" Derek voices hearing Marlo and Isaac snort beside him.

"Yeah, that sounds like my little brother" Marlo speaks after a while seeing Stiles look at her offendedly.

"They shot my toe! You wanna see it?" Stiles snaps annoyed looking at Derek.

Derek rolls his eyes and looks at Lydia, Marlo, Isaac, Zara, Scott and Malia with an expression that seems to say.

You see what I had to deal with?

"My toe was caught in the crossfire! It was obliterated!" Stiles exclaims offended, Lydia looks at Stiles exasperatedly.

"Okay, forget your toe" Lydia begs seeing Stiles look at her clearly upset with the lack of concern regarding his injuries.

"Obliterated" Stiles mutters looking at Scott—who sighs and tries to redirect the conversation back to the task at hand.

"Guys, it's not just the hunters—we've got another problem" Scott voices, "It's called the Anuk-ite" Lydia explains.

"It can get into your head, it can make you see things—" Scott states, "What does it look like?" Stiles quizzes.

"It used to look like two ordinary people—but, somehow, they merged, all we know is it's made of two faces—one human, the other supernatural" Lydia explains.

"It's a shapeshifter, just like us" Scott says jerking his head Malia's direction to indicate that he's referring to himself, Marlo, Isaac, Zara Malia, and Derek.

"But it knows what you're afraid of—what you fear most" Scott explains.

Derek sucks in a breath at the mention of his worst fear discreetly looking over at his wife.

"And now it can kill you just by looking at you" Malia responds, "Okay, so you're telling me that we've gotta go up against this thing blind and face our deepest fear?" Stiles questions with a frown.

"Yeah—why, what do you fear most?" Scott asks, "Blindness" Stiles states firmly.

Derek looks amused and incredulous by this answer, "Becoming blind?" Derek asks.

"Yeah, terrified of it, always have been and so has my dearest sister so don't try to mock me for it without mocking Marlo! This just seems to be a situation of unfortunate overlap" Stiles states seeing all of them looking at him with blank expressions on their faced.

Scott turns the conversation back to their next move, "Lydia, you, Marlo and Stiles need to find Argent, get to the armory and rescue Jackson" Scott suggests.

"I don't think we have time to wait for him, I've gotten through those doors once anyway, I can do it again" Lydia states confidently, "With my help, we've got this!" Marlo confirms with a nod.

Stiles—looking at them incredulously interjects before they can continue.

"Can we slow it down just for one second to make sure I'm grasping this? So, we're talking about actually doing this? We're gonna do exactly what Gerard wants us to? Is that right?" Stiles quizzes.

"I think that if we stop the Anuk-ite, we stop it all" Scott explains, "Stopping this thing can stop Gerard and the hunters?" Derek wonders.

"Not all of them are hunters" Scott replies with a glum look, "No, he's right, most of them are ordinary people acting out of fear" Lydia says.

"Monroe's not gonna change—but I think that we can reach the others, most of them, actually" Scott responds.

"The Anuk-ite is causing them to come from a place of fear" Isaac states remembering feeling the power the creature has.

"Well, fear's pretty motivating, especially when it leads to anger" Derek shrugs lacing his hand with Marlo's—hating the idea that they'll be separated for this next part of the plan.

"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 explains.

"No, we have to change their minds" Derek says, Malia and Isaac—who are clearly nervous and still slightly affected by the Anuk-ite's powers attempt to get them all ready for battle.

"Okay, we can face the Anuk-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 states sharing a look with Isaac before both of them look at Scott.

"Yeah, we'll figure that out, we always do" Scott responds to his sort of girlfriend and close friend.

"Well, it's nice to see someone hasn't lost their optimism" Derek says.

Scott smiles weakly at Derek, "Not yet" Scott denies, Stiles stares off into the distance for a moment bitterly interjects.

"I have" Stiles mutters not noticing Lydia and Marlo shooting Stiles exasperated looks before turning to Scott.

"We will buy you time, Scott, who knows? Maybe Jackson has the answer" Lydia suggests looking at Marlo who shrugs, "Maybe Argent will come back with one" Malia suggests softly.

Scott looks at Malia, Isaac, Zara and Derek, "You four, you're with me and we need Peter—anyone who can help stop this thing, or slow it down" Scott states firmly looking over at Malia and the two share an affectionate expression.

"Where are we headed?" Malia asks, "The high school" Scott utters, "That's where we're gonna find this thing?" Derek questions in disbelief, "No, it'll find us" Scott reveals nervously.

Marlo looks at Deaton stood in the office to the clinic sorting out paperwork saying goodbye and thanking the man for looking after Brooklyn once again alongside Derek.

Derek sighs nervously looking at his wife in slight fear—feeling what everyone's been feeling around town the past few months.

"Hey, I've got this and so do you—I love you" Marlo says softly grabbing Derek's scruffy cheeks rubbing soothing circular motions on them with a smile on her face.

"I love you so much" Derek murmurs kissing Marlo passionately before letting the woman break off to go with her little brother and his girlfriend to the Argents warehouse where Jackson is.

Derek watches as Lydia drives out of the parking lot, "She'll be fine—she's so strong" Isaac voices stood beside his adoptive father.

"Let's go" Derek demands clearing his throat scared of losing his wife and having to raise Brooklyn on his own without her.

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MARLO, STILES AND LYDIA all manage to break into the warehouse correctly and follow behind Marlo who can track Jackson using her hybrid abilities.

"Now it's your turn to shine" Marlo states winking at Lydia who blushes at the woman before releasing a massive wail at the steel door smashing it open with the help of Stiles's running into it.

"Jackson?" Stiles asks stunned seeing the male stood on the opposite side of the door.

"Stiles?" Jackson responds just as confused spotting Marlo stood beside Lydia panting, "Jackson?" Lydia gasps shocked.

Marlo and Stiles step out of the doorway, Stiles looks at the ex couple suddenly feeling jealous of Jackson when his eyes widen in shock at the sight of her.

"Already covered that" Stiles mutters being ignored, Lydia runs through the open door and squeals as she jumps into Jackson's arms and hugs him tightly.

"I don't think you have to worry too much about him, Stiles" Marlo says quietly sensing something incredibly different with the male.

"Oh my god! It's you! It's really you!" Lydia exclaims happily, Jackson laughs as he hugs her back while Stiles continues to look jealous and uncomfortable.

"Okay—all right—that's nice—okay, not too close, watch the hands" Stiles voices seeing Jackson's hands on Lydia's lower back.

After a moment, Stiles can't bear it anymore and pulls them apart, "Okay! All right, let's just break that up" Stiles suggests not seeing Marlo rolling her eyes at the jealousy laced on her brother right now.

Stiles pats Jackson patronizingly on the shoulder with his hand, and Lydia continues to smile at Jackson.

Who suddenly sees five different hunters who are lying unconscious with bloody heads outside of the door and gestures between Lydia, Marlo and Stiles with a shocked expression.

"You did that?" Jackson asks, Lydia looks back at the unconscious hunters and takes credit for the assault with a smile, "Yeah, I did it" Lydia says.

"Um, not all of it? Excuse me very much!" Marlo mutters seeing Jackson look impressed by how powerful Lydia has become in his absence and Marlo as well since the last time he saw her was before he left for London.

Stiles looks offended to not be included in the won battle—can't help but interject, "I kicked down the door" Stiles shrugs.

Jackson looks at Stiles warily before they change the subject, though Lydia does pat Stiles proudly on the arm.

"Now that we've all contributed, you wanna get the hell out of here, huh?" Stiles questions.

"Not without Ethan" Jackson states seeing the shocked looks off Lydia and Stiles and the smirk on Marlo's face already sensing the change.

"Ethan? What's Ethan doing here?" Lydia questions, Jackson stops walking and turns to face them before he sighs.

"He's with me" Jackson admits, "He's with you?" Lydia asks confused looking at her ex boyfriend, "Yes, me" Jackson nods.

"Ethan?" Stiles asks making sure, "Yes, Ethan" Jackson confirms, "And—you" Lydia says slowly coming to realisation, "Ethan?" Stiles asks once again.

"Yes, Ethan and Jackson, oh my god" Marlo exclaims not finding it a big deal and smiling at the male who returns the gesture.

"Oh—my—god" Lydia responds shocked, "I thought you'd never figure it out" Lydia utters receiving a laugh from the male, "Can we go find him now?" Jackson questions wanting to find his boyfriend.

"Yeah" Stiles says while his phone vibrates in his pocket, "Oh, hang on, yeah?" Stiles questions seeing Scott's contract name.

"Are you still at the armoury?" Scott asks through speaker phone, "We are, leaving momentarily, though" Stiles responds.

"There's something I need you to get first" Scott states explaining the whole plan and what to get from the armoury and to meet them at the school as soon as possible.

After the two hang up, Stiles opens the sliding steel door to the trophy room and goes inside—grimly taking note of the wolf and coyote skulls, claws, and fangs on display before finally finding what he is looking for in the far right corner of the room.

Ethan is on his hands and knees in the armoury, panting from exhaustion and pain when Jackson, Lydia and Marlo finally find him since Stiles rushed out of the said place to bring Scott what he needs.

The three rush over to check on Ethan, who is also covered in blood from being tortured but is otherwise fine.

Ethan looks up inhaling a familiar scent seeing the woman who died alongside his twin brother looking at him nervously.

"How did you get out before me?" Ethan weakly wonders, Jackson puts a reassuring hand on Ethan's arm—clearly relieved to have found him alive and tries to play it cool by lying.

"Well, I talked my way out of it" Jackson responds, "You used the tail, didn't you?" Ethan questions.

Jackson smile falls after being called out by his boyfriend, and Marlo and Lydia's eyes widen in horror.

"You still have a tail?" Lydia questions while Marlo's eyes screw together with a grimace, "So gross" Ethan responds shaking his head.

Jackson sighs before beckoning Ethan forward and standing to his feet, "Can you just get up?" Jackson pleads wanting to get out of this hellhole.

Jackson holds out his hand to help Ethan to his feet who's looking at Marlo again shocked before smiling happy seeing the hybrid alive and well.

"Let's go" Jackson states ushering them out of the armoury towards the school where the others currently are.

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AFTER REMOVING THE YELLOW wolfsbane from Scott's chest.

Derek gets hit with the aura of fear inducement that the Anuk-ite surrounds himself with and though he doesn't exactly look afraid.

Derek slowly rises to his feet, his blue werewolf eyes and fangs out as he looks around and snarls in warning, knowing Scott is safe for the moment, Derek walks into the school's corridor to investigate.

Meanwhile Marlo, Lydia, Ethan, and Jackson have just arrived at the school themselves and are slowly approaching the main doors to the corridor.

Marlo and Lydia lead them inside quietly opening the double doors, while Ethan and Jackson follow behind her.

All of them on high alert for the Anuk-ite or the hunters, they make their way through the hall.

Lydia reminds them of what they're up against, "Remember, you can't look at it—you have to fight it blind" Lydia states firmly:

"How about we don't fight it? Just get our friends, and get the hell out of here?" Ethan suggests in a whisper, "Works for me" Jackson shrugs.

Marlo holds onto her head suddenly hit with the effects of the Anuk-ite's powers alongside the other three stood beside her.

As though it is affecting their sense of balance and ability to see clearly while also making them immensely terrified.

"It's here" Lydia mutters scared while Marlo and her continue to stare straight down the hall as both of their visions starts to clear slightly.

"Shut your eyes!" Lydia exclaims panicked, "Lydia—Marlo—" Jackson says, Marlo and Lydia ignore him making Lydia repeat herself.

"Shut your eyes!" Lydia orders following her own instructions and closes her eyes preventing her from seeing Marlo, Jackson and Ethan who seem to separate after a while.

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DEREK CONTINUES WALKING out of the classroom to investigate the sudden fear his experiencing.

Suddenly, a familiar female voice is heard from around the corner, which shocks Derek so much that the blue glow fades from his eyes.

"Derek?" Wicked Marlo asks in a sing song voice from the hallway, Derek sees the shadow of the woman rounding the corner and realises that it is—in fact.

The Wicked Hybrid using his now wife's body as their own, knowing that the Anuk-ite is messing with him.

Derek immediately turns his back as he tries to keep calm, "Derek? Derek, it's me, baby" Wicked Marlo murmurs.

Derek now knowing that he's in danger—squeezes his eyes closed as tightly as possible and flicks his claws out—keeping his head down to avoid anything that could trick him into opening his eyes.

"Don't you wanna look at me, handsome?" the wicked questions.

The wicked hybrid continues to walk slowly down the hallway toward Derek—who squeezes his hands tight causing his claws to pierce the palms of his hands.

"Are you gonna let them kill me again?" the wicked hybrid whimpers.

Derek growls under his breath and opens his hands again to reveal his fingertips are smeared with his blood.

Marlo's processed figure—now halfway down the hallway keeps talking to him.

"Are you gonna leave me for dead and let Kate and James kidnap me again?" the wicked hybrid questions.

Derek—still growling under his breath and gritting his teeth in anger keeps his eyes shut and aimed down at the floor, though it's clear that it is taking most of his willpower to do so.

"Or, are you willing to join me?" Marlo quizzes lustfully, "You're not real" Derek responds with a pant.

The Wicked Hybrid using Marlo's body as their own smirks in satisfaction, "Don't I sound real, baby?" Marlo weeps.

Derek—hearing just how close she is to him starts to back away from her, "Can't you look at me?" Marlo asks sadly.

Derek who's distracted by her voice and presence stumbles backward nearly falling and clawing at the air in front of him just in case she's there.

Marlo's expression and demeanor becomes serious, "Derek, baby, look at me, open your eyes" Marlo demands urgently.

Derek—no longer walking backward takes another swing at Marlo—who easily grabs him by the wrist and smirks, "Please, baby?" Marlo pouts.

Derek continues to pant for breath due to the fear, curiosity and anger overwhelming him and the stress it's causing to keep his eyes closed.

He clenches the hand she's grabbing into a fist and when he finally releases it, his claws have receded.

"Don't you want to look at me one more time? Don't you want to remember me and my body?" Marlo lustfully quizzes holding his wrist with both hands and is slowly tugging it toward her face—though Derek is fighting against it.

"Remember us and our shower fun?" Marlo smirks seeing Derek's eyes clenching tighter.

She drags his hand along the side of her face and down to her neck—and though Derek's eyes are still closed—he's no longer fighting it.

"Der, please—look at me" Marlo softly says while she drags his fingertips down her chest and stomach and loosens her grip on him.

Allowing him to jerk his hand back away from her as he processes everything he's experiencing.

Marlo's voice takes a deeper, demonic—sounding tone, "Derek, look at me" Marlo grunts.

Despite his better judgment—Derek opens his eyes, causing the glowing purple of the Anuk-ite's eyes to be seen in their reflection.

Derek gasps in fear before he—too, is petrified into stone like Peter, Malia, Isaac, Zara, Jackson, and Ethan.

The Anuk-ite takes one last look at his work before turning and walking away stalking towards his next targeted victim Marlo Laureni-Stilinski Hale.

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MARLO WALKS AROUND the school sensing the fear and pain radiating from the walls hearing Brooklyn's pained cries making Marlo scrunch her face up in disapproval before feeling a body hit hers roughly.

"Oh thank god! Marlo, it's me, I promise" Stiles states firmly placing both hands on Marlo's shoulders and doing their comforting squeeze no one else would know about.

"Oh, Stiles! Finally" Marlo sighs in relief walking around the corner spotting the hunters standing in front of her husband with their guns raised high.

"Fuck off!" Marlo grunts knocking both of the men unconscious and looking at Derek turned to turn hearing his faint heartbeat underneath.

Nodding at Stiles motioning to the library where Scott currently is due to hearing his screams of pain.

Marlo gasps seeing the stone breaking from Derek's figure and him gasping due to the shock.

Marlo doesn't hesitate in jumping in the males arms with tears soaking her cheeks from all of the shock she experienced tonight.

Derek inhales smelling the scent of his wife's perfume and body soap he loves so much.

"You're okay" Derek whispers seeing no stone fragments on Marlo's clothing.

"I'm okay, just didn't like seeing my family as stone" Marlo explains with a shrug hearing Stiles yelling her name and that she needs to come quickly.

Marlo looks towards her little brother's voice and runs towards it seeing Scott lying on the staircase of the library with blood soaking his cheeks and hands from blinding himself.

"Scotty, what did you do?" Marlo gasps horrified leaning down beside Malia who rushes into the library as well hearing Stiles's desperate cries for help.

"Scott?" Malia asks panicked, said girl turns to look at the others before returning her attention to Scott and Marlo beside her looking at Scott's wounds.

"He's not healing? Scott, what happened to your eyes?" Malia questions, "I had to, I'm sorry" Scott responds weakly.

While Derek looks at the boy with concern, "Scott, you have to heal, if your eyes stay like this much longer, the damage is gonna be permanent" Derek explains.

Stiles becomes worried about Scott at this news, and Malia squeezes his shoulder reassuringly.

"Come on, Scott, concentrate" Stiles begs scared for his best friend, "I'm trying, it's not working, I can't focus" Scott responds panicked.

Malia cradles Scott's face in her hands as she tries to help him heal, "Hey! Hey, look at me! Yes, you can! Just concentrate!" Malia begs tearfully.

Marlo bites down onto her finger and placing her hand on Scott's face also placing some of her blood on the wounds.

Scott begins hyperventilating, "I can't—I can't—I can't do it" Scott responds panting.

Isaac covers his mouth shocked while Zara watches cuddled into her boyfriend's side horrified, "Yes, you can, Scott, please, just look at me" Malia pleads.

"Okay, Scotty here—you listen to me, bite down on this!" Marlo demands holding her wrist to Scott's mouth who bites down tasting the blood from Marlo's wrist and grimacing at the taste but sighs a little bit feeling relaxed.

Stiles and Lydia look at each other with concern as they gently clasp hands remembering how she once brought Stiles out of a panic attack.

Lydia gets an idea, "Malia?" Lydia voices capturing Malia's attention, "Kiss him" Lydia suggests.

Malia looks at Lydia as though she's lost her mind, "What?" Malia asks confused.

"Mal, kiss him! Now!" Marlo orders knowing the idea that Lydia had.

Malia immediately places her lips on Scott's who sighs into the lip lock.

After a long moment, she pulls away, and Scott carefully opens his eyes to reveal that they are healing in a burst of alpha-red light.

Malia and the others let out a sigh of relief before Scott—looking at Malia with adoration leans forward and kisses her again.

Before pulling away and tugging Marlo into a tight hug since her blood helped him heal a lot faster.

Marlo and Derek run into the animal clinic desperate to Brooklyn after what happened.

Marlo immediately breaks down at the sight of the four month old baby leaning into Derek's chest sighing in relief together.

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SHERIFF STILINSKI, RILEY MARSHALL, Jordan Parrish all walk into the station smiling seeing Marlo waiting for them with Brooklyn in her arms.

Noah covers his mouth in absolute disbelief his daughter has a child of her own and lifts her out of Marlo's arms while she hugs her two best friends tightly after learning about what happened to them.

After a while of catching up with her father and her two best friends at the station.

Marlo demands the three of them to meet her at the loft in an hour for a farewell dinner since Derek, Isaac, Zara, Brooklyn and herself have decided to move completely away from Beacon Hills

Marlo walks out of the sheriff station driving over to the loft seeing her family waiting for her there with large smiles on all of their faces.

"Photo time!" Melissa exclaims wanting to capture this moment in a freeze frame motion so they all can remember in years to come, Marlo smiles brightly as do the rest of the family—including Derek.

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CHRIS ARGENT PARKS the SUV in the parking lot in the pouring rain.

Scott and Alec get out and circle around to the driver's side, where Scott clasps hands with Argent affectionately as a thank you before he takes off.

Scott then turns to Alec, who looks despondent and confused, "Okay, Alec—the people who are hunting you? They've got a leader, her name is Monroe, and she's got a lot of followers" Scott explains.

"Like, what? Hundreds?" Alec questions confused, Scott looks at Alec with a serious expression.

"Thousands—all over the world" Scott reveals shocking the teenager, "So what are we doing here?" Alec questions.

"We're meeting up with some people who can help us, some of them are always with us, others come when we need them, but, tonight—we need everyone we can get" Scott states answering the young boys question.

While Alec is suddenly distracted by the arrival of the Jeep pulling up to them and watches as Stiles and Lydia get out of it to join them.

Next is Derek, Marlo, Brooklyn, Isaac arriving in Derek and Marlo's Camaro, and Malia—in her Toyota with Liam and Zaralia.

All six get out to greet their alpha, Malia makes eye contact with Scott and gives him an affectionate smile.

Alec looks back at Scott with a questioning expression, "Are they all—different?" Alec asks.

"Some of them are" Scott nods looking at Malia and Marlo who stand beside each other.

Brooklyn in Isaac's arms, Scott then looks back at Malia—who smirks playfully.

"Some can do things you'd never believe and others might only be human—" Scott states gesturing towards Stiles—who smiles and winks.

"But they make up for it by being really smart—" Scott says looking at Lydia—who turns to face Stiles.

"Or really good in a fight, and someone who's an original" Scott smiles looking between the husband and wife, "Who are they?" Alec wonders curiously.

Scott smiles at Alec at the thought of the answer before turning to look at Derek—who has a small smile on his face.

"My friends, my family—my pack and you can be with us, if you want, but you're going to have to fight" Scott states firmly.

"Against Monroe?" Alec questions grimly, "And everyone that follows her" Scott nods looking at the young boy.

Alec looks at Scott with fear in his eyes, "She said she'd find me, that she'd hunt me down and kill me, she didn't care how old I was, she said I was a monster" Alec responds sadly.

Scott looks at Alec affectionately, remembering a similar conversation he had with Liam before he speaks.

"You're not a monster, you're a werewolf, like me" Scott states with a smile while his eyes glow bright alpha red.

Scott turns to look at Liam who smiles in response, before beckoning Alec to follow him.

Scott walks over to the others to make his introduction, and Marlo and Derek smile with pride as the Hale family follows after him.

Scott puts his arms around Derek and Stiles's shoulders while Marlo smiles walking beside Isaac and Derek in the middle.

Alec—now excited to meet everyone, quickly rushes over, Malia joins them replacing Derek at Scott's side.

Derek wraps his arm around Marlo's shoulders bringing his soulmate closer towards him with a chuckle.

He then looks at Isaac and Zara walking together—Isaac holding Brooklyn in his arms still protecting her like the big older brother he is.

While Liam is the first to approach Alec to talk to him as all seven of them walk into the lit moon sky confident and remaining strong as a family—as a pack.

THE
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