035 — the divine move

season three —
episode twenty-four

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MARLO LEANS against the metal gate alongside Scott exhausted from crying and being used as a body for possession.

She listens to Chris as he explains to the broken boy what to do when the police ask him what happened tonight.

"Scott, look at me—look at me, Scott, look at me, you have to remember, you called me first, okay? Say it, you called me first" Chris says to the alpha gripping the metal in front of him with rage.

"I—I called you" Scott begins panting, "Not you, say Mr. Argent or her dad" Chris interrupts looking at Marlo who's staring into space.

"I called her dad first" Scott repeats while Marlo grabs his hand trying to comfort the boy.

"What else? What happened?" Chris asks, "There were two of them" Scott begins.

"Mhm" Chris agrees motioning to continue, Scott sighs, "They tried to steal our car, they wore masks, one of them had a knife" Scott says breathing heavily.

"You think, don't get specific, Scott, you saw something sharp and metallic, you think it was a knife, what do you say next? If you get confused, what do you always repeat?" Chris asks, "It happened so fast" Scott stutters.

"That's right, say it again" Chris says, Scott looks at the metal gate in front of him before tightly squeezing Marlo's hand, "Scott, say it again" Chris demands.

Scott looks behind him at the man of the huntress who just got killed, "How are you doing this?" Scott asks exhaustion in his tone.

"It's what we do" Chris explains before looking at the vampire hybrid beside him.

"It's what we do" Chris nods showing the woman this wasn't her fault.

Scott turns towards the gate again breathing heavily, Marlo sniffles beside him.

Scott turns towards the broken woman, and startles her by wrapping his arms around her tightly.

Coming to realisation that someone he looks at like an older sister is back and no longer the wicked.

Marlo hugs the alpha back, "I'm so sorry" Marlo sobs, Scott shakes his head.

"This wasn't your fault" Scott states looking at the older brunette.

Marlo nods towards the direction of the vehicle that's waiting for them to transfer them to the sheriff station.

"Come on, Scott" Marlo says holding his shoulder, he nods following after Marlo as they both get in the deputies car.

Marlo sighs nervously afraid of seeing everyone, "We all missed you so much Mar" Scott says from beside her.

"Especially Derek, Stiles and your dad" Scott adds nodding.

Marlo looks at the teenager beside her and bites her lip, "I missed you all so much, I tried fighting every day" Marlo begins growing panicked.

Scott nods moving closer to her to comfort the woman, "It's okay, you're back now" Scott says.

"I just wish it was on better circumstances and not this one" Marlo answers fidgeting with her hands.

After a ten minute drive the two arrive at the sheriff station alongside the others who were at Oak Creek tonight.

"Come on, let's get you guys inside" one of the deputies says nodding towards the entrance.

Isaac notices Marlo straight away once she enters the department and hugs her tightly needing his mother figure's embrace.

"Mar" Isaac sobs, even though she helped him earlier they fully hadn't had enough time to hug one another.

Marlo hugs the curly headed teenager running her fingers through his hair comforting him.

"We've got to go answer some questions, okay? Come on, I'm not leaving anytime soon" Marlo explains nodding towards her father's office.

Parrish, Noah and Riley look at the woman in awe as she enters, "Marli" Noah sighs rushing towards his tired and pale daughter.

"Hey dad" Marlo whispers hugging the man.

Scott sits down after a while of watching the two reunite, Noah and Parrish walk into the office to question Isaac who's struggling to hold himself together.

Whispering to the males, it all happened so fast and he doesn't recall what occurred.

Parrish and Noah look at each other as Noah comfort the boy who looks outside the office just wanting the one person who's always been there for him, Marlo.

Marlo enters her father's office after Noah and Parrish wave her in and Isaac leaves sitting beside Scott, "What happened Marlo?" Parrish begins.

"I don't really remember as I haven't been around the past few weeks" Marlo answers holding onto her head as her headache she just got earlier is growing worse.

Noah notices his daughter's pain, going into his desk and getting some panadol and a cold glass of water.

Before sitting beside her again, handing her the pain killers and water.

"Thank you" Marlo whispers taking the pain killers before looking at Parrish sitting across from her.

"I think they had a knife, that's all I remember I'm sorry" Marlo explains sighing growing teary eyed again thinking about Allison's death.

Parrish nods and taps her on the shoulder in sympathy, "I'm sorry for your loss" Parrish says exiting the room leaving Marlo and Noah together.

"Dad, I was so scared" Marlo says finally accepting the will to break down.

Noah exhales wrapping his eldest child in his warm embrace, "Does Derek know?" Marlo whimpers out loud.

"Chris told him" Noah explains as Marlo nods looking at the teenagers outside the room.

"Can I please take them home?" Marlo asks her father who nods straight after the question.

"Of course—call me if you need anything and get some sleep okay?" Noah states looking sternly at his exhausted daughter, worried for her sake and his sons.

Marlo drops Scott and Isaac off to their destinations before setting off for Kira's house wanting to see her younger brother properly, she knocks on the Yukimara's door as Kira answers nodding to come in.

She steps into the home seeing Stiles sitting on the couch alongside Noshiko.

"Hi, sorry I don't want to intrude" Marlo says to the other woman.

"Of course not, Marlo, come on in, I've put the kettle on" Noshiko nods to the empty spot beside the boy.

Marlo sighs sitting next to her weakened brother.

"Hey, little man" Marlo says towards her brother who's looking at her with concerned look, "It's really you?" Stiles asks.

"It's me, little man" Marlo nods getting the breath taken out of her lungs as she feels a body slam into hers with force, hugging Stiles back sniffling together.

Kira hugs the hybrid after Stiles lets her go after fifteen minutes, Noshiko smiles at the sight understanding Marlo looks out for them like her own.

"Here—it'll calm you" Noshiko says to both Stilinski's handing them both cups.

"What is it?" Stiles asks fidgeting with his hands, "Tea" Noshiko explains as Marlo's already sipping on the liquid.

"What, like magic tea?" Stiles wonders earning a soft chuckle from beside him.

"No, it's chamomile tea little man, good for you" Marlo explains, nodding at Noshiko.

"He's not safe here, I'm also worried about Marlo as well—where's the wicked?" Ken stated before asking, "They're both not safe anywhere" Noshiko states.

Marlo gulps, "I don't know where the wicked is, I fought from the moment I woke up though, if there's anything you suggest me to do, I'll do it" Marlo states before adding.

"I am growing weaker though, I can feel my body draining—I don't think I've fully healed from dying before the wicked took over" Marlo explains receiving looks from those in the room.

"But Allison killed one of them, doesn't that mean something? She killed an Oni" Kira asks.

"Is that even possible?" Ken asks his wife, "I'm not sure how" Noshiko starts.

"But she did it, she killed one of them" Kira states, "Yeah, and they killed her" Stiles says sadly.

"Allison's dead, now, I guess the only good thing is it looks like I'm dying, too" Stiles says.

"Absolutely not, I'd risk myself before you die Stiles" Marlo says, Noshiko sits beside the pale boy looking at Marlo who's pale and bruised.

"Excuse me, where's your bathroom?" Marlo asks looking at both Mr and Mrs Yukimara.

"Down the hall to the left" Noshiko explains looking worriedly at the brunette.

Who weakly gets off the couch and walks down the hallway, "She's worse than him, why?" Kira asks after watching Marlo's retreating figure.

"Because she was the mastermind—now the wicked hybrids weak, making her grow weak and possibly even killing her" Noshiko explains.

Marlo exits the bathroom after doing her business sitting beside Stiles again.

Noshiko notices the blood on her lips, "You okay Marlo?" Stiles asks noticing the same thing.

"Yeah I'm okay" Marlo sighs tiredly, Noshiko looks at Stiles, "He made a powerful move by splitting the two of you" Noshiko states, "So what's our move?" Kira asks.

"At this point, you need a divine move" Ken states, "What's that?" Marlo asks curiously.

"In the game of Go, it's what we call a truly inspired, or out-of-the-box move—the Nogitsune had sente, the advantage, until this point, what you need is a divine move to turn the game around" Noshiko explains looking at the teenagers on the couch as well as Marlo.

"Okay, so, is anyone feeling divinely inspired?" Stiles asks, Marlo shrugs not knowing what to do about the wicked if she's alive and in her body.

"Mom, you said you trapped it in a glass jar, right?" Kira asks, "It wasn't the jar that trapped it, it was where I buried it" Noshiko explains.

Stiles and Marlo look at one another, "The nemeton" Marlo and Stiles both say in sync, "A place I don't know too much about" Noshiko says.

"Who does?" Kira asks, Stiles looks at his sister beside him who looks at him knowing the answer, "Deaton, Deaton does" Marlo says shrugging.

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Isaac meets up with Chris after suggesting to Marlo he doesn't want to be alone tonight.

So the vampire hybrid drops him off at the argents apartment where Chris is entering the building.

Isaac walks up beside the man who shares a look with the werewolf, nodding at one another.

They both enter the Argent apartment defeated, Isaac sobs shutting the door.

"I appreciate the concern, but you don't have to stay, I'll be all right, I've dealt with this before" Chris says with his back towards Isaac who's holding trying to hold his sobs in.

"I have a capacity and an ability to compartmentalize my emotions" Chris says turning back towards Isaac, who sniffles looking at the Argent hunter walking towards the entrance door on the apartment.

"I don't" Isaac whispers looking at Chris, Chris walks forward bringing the wounded Isaac into a hug.

Holding tightly on the Lahey boy staring at the wall furiously ready for revenge on the Oni for killing his little girl.

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Jordan Parrish and Riley Marshall sit at their desks doing paper work after what happened earlier that night with Allison Argent.

Riley still shocked at seeing Marlo after weeks of her being MIA and under the wicked possession.

Sheriff Stilinski enters through the doorway looking at the two deputies; adjusting his belt.

"Hey, we need to try to keep this quiet for as long as we can, once the press finds out about this, they're gonna be all over those kids and Marlo" Noah explains to the males.

"You want a squad car outside your house and Marlo's loft building?" Parrish asks.

"Yeah, might be a good idea tonight" Stilinski sighs nodding at the two unaware of their looks elsewhere into the shadows.

Riley frowns his brows before looking at Jordan, withdrawing their guns from the belts.

Noah looks at the two deputies confused before turning around noticing an Oni attacking one of the deputies and other two standing behind the main one.

Parrish starts firing his weapon at the creatures as Riley flashes his vampire veins under his eyes.

Marlo leaves the Yukimara house as they've come up with a plan of getting one of the boxes from Deaton but she makes the plan to help out her boyfriend with anything he needs.

She gets into her vehicle driving towards their loft building ready to reunite properly with her boyfriend—who's currently burning the wolfsbane out of twins, finishing and snapping the lighter closed.

"Should be fine in a couple hours unless whoever shot you manages to find you again" Derek says turning towards the table in his and Marlo's shared loft.

"Lydia's with Scott, we need to go" Aiden states walking towards the loft's door.

"You're gonna try to convince her to go with you?" Derek asks, "I'm gonna try and convince her to run and hide, like any sane person would do" Aiden states, "And Danny?" Derek asks looking at Ethan.

"Allison's dead, Stiles and Marlo are dying; what do you think?" Ethan asks looking at the muscular male, "I think Danny won't believe you and Lydia would never run and hide" Derek states.

"Because of Stiles?" Aiden snarls, "Because of Scott" Derek states looking at the twins in front of him.

"You've been trying to find a way into his pack, trying to earn his trust, trying to fight for him, you've had it wrong this whole time, you don't fight for a leader, you fight for a leader's cause" Derek states taking steps forward getting closer to the twins.

"What cause?" Aiden asks, "Scott's always been about one thing, saving his friends, he will do anything and everything to save the people he cares about, when there's no chance of winning? He keeps fighting, when all hope is lost? He finds another way and when he's beaten down, he stands up again, you want to earn a place in his pack? You want redemption? Find another way to stand and fight" Derek sternly demands.

Aiden and Ethan look at one another, "Now that was one hell of a speech, Der" Marlo says entering the loft behind the twins.

"I'm in though, I might be dying but let's kick this bitches ass alongside her stupid accomplice" Marlo snarls.

Earning a proud look from her boyfriend, the twins growl looking at the woman unsure if it's the wicked or the real Marlo, "Oh don't get your noses in a twist, I'm me" Marlo shrugs.

"The wicked wouldn't be stupid enough showing it's face around here after a few days ago with Derek here" Marlo explains to the twins who look at each other in disgust knowing what that meant.

"So are we gonna do this or what?" Marlo asks standing with her hands on her hips, "You bet we're" Aiden and Ethan growl.

Derek looks at his girlfriend standing a few feet away from him, the twins leave saying they'll come back later sensing the two want to the left alone together.

"You're really here baby?" Derek asks softly, "I'm really here, I fought every day since I woke up in the hospital bed knowing I've been possessed" Marlo sighs explaining to the man.

"Do you remember the other night?" Derek asks nervously, "You mean where we had angry adventurous sex together under the wicked and flies possession? Nah I don't remember any of that" Marlo smirks coming closer to the smirking male.

"Fuck I missed you, Lo" Derek says attacking the woman in a smothering hug.

"I missed you too, Der-bear" Marlo pouts looking up at the taller man.

Before attaching their lips together in a kiss that says a lot, "I need you to promise me something though" Marlo says stopping their make out and turning serious.

"Anything" Derek states, "If it comes down to it, you have to save Stiles not me, promise me Derek" Marlo demands, "You'll be saved, Lo, I promise you" Derek says.

"You have to promise Stiles gets saved first Der, he's just a boy" Marlo says allowing one of the tears to fall down her cheek, "Promise me" Marlo demands crying.

Derek sobs sighing, "I promise" Derek replies not wanting Marlo to leave him anytime soon.

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Scott and Lydia enter the clinic while Deaton leads them to the back room.

"Stiles and Kira said it was the Nemeton that kept it trapped" Scott explains.

"The problem is, this isn't even a person you're fighting, it just looks like one, it's a spirit that's taken the shape of a human" Deaton explains before continuing.

"Oh and I've been looking at information—the wicked's gone for now as Marlo fought through her possession, however that does not mean Marlo's in the clear though, she might die first" Deaton explains.

Scott sighs sadly alongside Lydia about Marlo's future, "The shape of my best friend" Scott states looking at his father figure.

"We seriously cannot lose Marlo but someone caught it once, someone can do it again, right?" Lydia asks.

"I don't know, this thing was trapped a long time ago, before the Nemeton was cut down, it doesn't have the same power anymore" Deaton explains.

"Is there anything that does?" Scott asks, "Possibly" Deaton states, "When the tree was whole, 2 wood was sometimes used to contain powerful objects, but those objects are very rare" Deaton explains further.

Lydia tilts her head realising something, "Wait a second, powerful objects? Like an alpha's claws?" Lydia asks.

"Which alpha?" Deaton asks curiously, "Talia Hale" Lydia states, Scott and Deaton look at her with surprised glances.

"Peter had them in this wooden box with a triskele carved on the lid, what if it was made from the Nemeton?" Lydia asks.

"It was" Deaton answers, "How do you know?" Scott asks confused, "Because I made it" Deaton says looking at Scott.

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Void enters the hospital after Melissa McCall but chaos occurs with many bodies being spread across the hospital floor by the Oni.

Void follows behind the Oni before standing at the start of the hospital hallway watching the blood and horror with a smirk on his face.

"Guess I'll have to do this myself, Marlo" Void wickedly whispers hearing the wicked's voice inside his head telling him what to continue doing even though Marlo Stilinski was strong enough to break through the possession.

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Sheriff Stilinski and the other deputies alongside Jordan Parrish and Riley Marshall sit armed and ready to fire again at the creature on the ground.

Noah exhales noticing the figure passed out unconscious on the ground.

Parrish noticed the man's fear as does Riley as both deputies get up from their post ready to protect the sheriff.

Noah looks at them motioning for them to stay back as he doesn't need their help just yet.

Moving towards the creature on the floor he watched as a shadow like smoke comes from it and it screeches coming back to life.

Parrish notices the movement on the other side of the leader, "Sheriff" Parrish yells capturing the man's attention before being impaled by the blade of the Oni.

Noah falls back against the desk once getting away from the Oni, gunfire starts again once the Oni begin walking closer.

Parrish and Riley stand in front of the Sheriff shooting the creatures but nothing seems to weakening the ninja creatures down.

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Inside the hospital, Melissa and Rafael walk on the West side, second floor towards the elevator unaware of the danger below them.

"I just think it would be better if it came from you" Rafael says as the lights flash above them.

Melissa looks at the flashes alongside Rafael, "So, I tell Scott that his dad went back to San Francisco, says he's sorry, but he didn't have time to say goodbye?" Melissa questions.

"Right, then, I'll send a follow-up email or something" Rafael shrugs, "You're an idiot" Melissa states towards her ex husband.

"What's wrong with that?" Rafael wonders, "Seriously?" Melissa wonders looking at the man she once married.

"Raf, you say that you want a relationship with your son, you can't just bail after one fight" Melissa says as the elevator doors close as they both go down to the chaos below.

"He hates me" Rafael states, "He doesn't hate you, he just wants you to try harder" Melissa shrugs.

The lights in the elevator flicker and then a boom like sound is heard from outside the elevator.

"What is going on?" Melissa wonders as Rafael goes to the side of his body for his gun.

"I don't know" Rafael answers as the elevator doors ding and open revealing the blood splatter and ninja creatures outside of it.

Rafael and Melissa look at the chaos, "Get back" Rafael says shooting the Oni before Melissa falls on the floor behind him.

Rafael closes the doors again turning around to see Melissa with a deep gash from the katana sword on her thigh, Melissa pulls herself on the wall grunting.

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Isaac goes into Allison's room, going through her things mostly her weapons before finding one of her ring daggers and delicately running his fingers along the blade crying softly.

Chris looks at the mourning boy, "Careful, that one takes some practice" Chris says entering the room taking the blade from Isaac.

"When Allison was learning, she had to bandage her fingers because they got so raw, she wouldn't give up on it, though" Chris explains as Isaac looks at the floor.

"She kept trying to say something" Isaac whispers as Chris looks at the teenager confused.

"What's that?" Chris asks, "She was trying to say something to Scott and Marlo—'you have to tell him" she said, 'you have to tell my father', she didn't get a chance to finish it, but I'm sure it was just that she loved you" Isaac says tearfully looking at ground to sniffle.

"It's okay, it's okay, she made a point of telling me earlier" Chris explains sitting beside the crying boy.

"Earlier?" Isaac asks, "There's a tradition we have" Chris explains, "The silver bullet?" Isaac asks the man sitting beside him.

"She was making a silver arrowhead" Chris answers as Isaac looks up from his hands.

"Where is it? The arrowhead?" Isaac asks, "Downstairs" Chris answers honestly.

"I need to see it" Isaac says getting off the fallen huntresses bed, "Why?" Chris asks confused.

"Because I have a feeling it isn't there" Isaac says to the older man, walking out on the room towards the basement to look for Allison's weapons.

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Melissa scrams out of agony as the cut on her leg is growing worse, "Ow" Melissa yelps.

"What the hell is that?" Rafael asks looking at the wound that is leaking black smoke.

"I think it's poisonous, it hurts like hell" Melissa pants from the intense pain inside of her thigh.

Rafael rips one of the closest things he could find the wrap the wound, putting it under the woman's leg.

"Oh, be careful" Melissa gasps as Rafael ties it strongly against the wound, "Oh" Melissa screams.

The elevator dings and the lights flash, "I'm gonna get you out of here" Rafael says to the injured woman, "Okay" Melissa says weakly.

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The Sheriff's department begin cocking more of their guns due to the creature not wearing anytime soon.

Parrish and Riley reload their guns to shoot more bullets at Oni—only for Noah to come up beside them.

"You're gonna need a bigger gun" Noah states cocking his shotgun and shooting the Oni in the chest.

One of the deputies gets badly injured by the katana sword; as Parrish goes to shoot the creature.

Noah realises the Oni's intention of killing the young deputy and yells out and gets in front of Parrish and Riley.

The sheriff gets cut deeply on the lower arm, grunting from the pain, Parrish and Riley shoot the Oni only for it to be a ninja and move closer and closer during the gunfire.

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Scott calls Derek who's enjoying his well spent time with Marlo but as nightfall comes closer and closer, the alpha states he needs the triskele box.

Derek looks at the weakened and even more woman beside him who nods swallowing telling the teenager they'll meet them at the high school.

"Listen, we need to hurry up, Marlo's not doing so good, she keeps vomiting blood, she can barely stand" Derek says quietly, as Scott stands beside Lydia in the clinic.

"Bring her to the school as well" Scott demands hanging the phone up on the man and woman.

Marlo nods at her boyfriend saying she'll come and they both leave the loft unaware of what's going to happen tonight.

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Scott looks at Deaton and Lydia, "Derek's got the triskele box, he's gonna meet us" Scott says, Lydia falls backwards nearly collapsing.

Scott catches her looking at her in worry as she gasps, "What's wrong?" Deaton asks.

"Something's happening, I had this sudden rushing feeling, like we're running out of time—Marlo's dying" Lydia says.

"Yeah" a voice is heard from the side entrance, revealing Stiles and Kira.

"Yeah, I kind of got that feeling, too" Stiles states missing the last part about Marlo.

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Chris turns the light on to the storage compartment of their basement letting Isaac into the weapon area.

Chris looks at the cloth covering the arrowheads before removing the cloth from them, "Why would she make four of them?" Chris asks.

"She didn't, she made five, she made the first one, then she figured it out, she used the first silver arrowhead to kill one of the Oni-we saw her do it" Isaac explains leaning towards the Argent man.

"How?" Chris asks, "The same way you almost did, do you remember when you told us about one of your first gun deals, the Yakuza?" Isaac asks.

Chris looks at Isaac beside him, "That meeting wasn't one of my first deals, it was my first deal" Chris explains.

"The bullet that you used to shoot the Oni, was that a silver bullet?" Isaac asks, "Yes, but it didn't kill him, it just broke his mask" Chris says.

"Probably went straight through, what if silver is like a poison to them? What if it needs to stay in the body? What if that's what she was trying to tell Scott? What if that's what she was trying to tell you that she'd figured it out?" Isaac asks.

"These four would still have been setting when she went off to meet Scott" Chris says looking at the arrows and running his fingers along the blades.

"We could stop them" Isaac states, "No, we can kill them" Chris states sternly.

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𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖐𝖘 ⛧
posting this part in two parts as
it's a long chapter;
season three finale ya'll

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