CHAPTER FOURTY ONE
GEORGE
after spending all morning and afternoon convincing her friends she was very ill, valencia pulled up to an unknown house just outside of beacon hills. valencia looked down at the piece of paper on her hands, reading over the address.
valencia lifted her head and read the sign saying the same address, she let a sigh roll off her lips. valencia fixed her lip gloss in the mirror before jumping out of her car and closing the door behind her. valencia approached the doorstep of the house, lifting her house to knock.
she hesitantly hit her fist off the door multiple times and took a step back, waiting for somebody to answer. valencia waited for a moment, not seeing any movement from the windows. just as she was about to walk away, the door creaked open, revealing an old man who squinted his eyes at valencia.
"um, hi. i'm valencia malin." valencia greeted and the man stopped squinting his eyes, a welcoming smile falling onto his face. valencia copied the action, smiling back at him nicely.
"my, my." the man's croaky voice spoke for the first time. "you look exactly like your mother did at your age."
"you knew my mother?" valencia asked, holding her hands infront of her stomach. valencia had no idea who the man was or where she was, but her mother had sent her to the house so it must have been something important for valencia to know.
"ah, yes. very well indeed." the man opened the door widely, revealing a large hallway with old decorations hung up on the walls. "how rude of me. do come in, valencia." the man offered and valencia pressed her lips into a thin line, stepping through the doorway with a sweet smile expression.
the man led valencia into his living room which connected into his kitchen by a large, open frame. the man gestured for valencia to take a seat, which she did.
"would you like something to drink, a coffee or tea maybe?" the man asked, moving himself into the open kitchen. "you're eighteen right?
i can fetch you a glass of pink gin." the man offered to her.
"gin sounds fantastic." valencia nodded her head. she assumed she would be in the house for a long time, talking to the old man. she needed something strong to prepare herself for the chat ahead of her.
"you really are your mothers daughter." the man chuckled, grabbing two glasses for him and the young girl. the man poured two drinks before he made his way back to valencia and handed her a glass. valencia thanked him, waiting for him to sit down on the small chair opposite her. "i'm assuming cynthia came to see you?" he asked.
"well... um." valencia stuttered, not knowing how to explain the story. did he know about the supernatural?
"i know everything, dear. your mother was my beta a very long time ago." he informed valencia who nodded her head with furrowed eyebrows. valencia took a sip of her drink and then placed it down on the table infront of her. "i see her too, you know. every day she comes and sees me."
"i only started getting these... things a couple nights ago. i haven't told anyone." valencia wasn't sure how to describe it. "i don't remember my mother. i was three when she died and anything before that age i don't remember. what was she like?"
"your mother was a very intelligent young woman." the old man started. "very intelligent indeed. she was always thinking of others, putting them before herself. that's what got her killed."
valencia nodded her head understandingly. "my mother gave me your address." valencia held out the piece of paper, handing it over to him. "she told me that i had to find you immediately and that big things were coming my way?" valencia questioned. the man nodded his head.
"valencia, i have a lot of knowledge when it comes to the supernatural." the man begun his story. "i was born a werewolf, have been one my whole life. i'm now sixty-three years of age and i have learnt a lot in my lifetime. as you know, you are the only phoenix to walk this earth. with being a phoenix, comes much danger and risks. when you let that thing out of the wild hunt, the anuk-ite, you caused great danger to yourself."
valencia raised her eyebrow as the man paused, not knowing how to explain the rest of the story. "so i'm in danger? why me, why the phoenix?"
the man let out a loud sigh, taking a sip from his drink. "the phoenix holds great power and responsibility. it's element is fire. fire is a dangerous weapon. but despite being the most powerful supernatural out there, there are still some things that can be brought onto this earth that can kill you."
valencia's mouth fell agape at his words and she started to question herself and her future. "am i going to die?" valencia asked and her face creased in concern.
the man shook his head at her. "i don't know." he said blanky, to which valencia's heart dropped in her stomach. "the only person who knows is your mother. but she can't tell you, it would mess everything up, time would be messed up, aswell as the future. you cannot tell your friends any of this information, not your alpha, not your brothers, not your boyfriend. nobody."
"i understand, sir." valencia nodded her head in agreement.
"oh, dear. you can call me george." the man grinned at her, pleased that he'd finally got the chance to meet cynthia's daughter.
but one thing ran through valencia's mind, death.
•••••
"scott, everything will be okay. listen to me, melissa will be okay." valencia reassured the boy who sat across the hall from his mothers room whilst she went through surgery. valencia felt for her bestfriend, having to watch his mother nearly die infront of his eyes.
melissa had been rushed straight to the hospital after their house had been shot up by the hunters. the second valencia got a text from her friends, she sped as fast as she could in her car.
not only was melissa mccall like the mother valencia never had, but she was scott's mother, a great friend and the woman who looked after every member of the pack like her own. valencia would never be able to thank melissa enough for everything she'd done for her.
melissa was always there for valencia, despite everything. she cared deeply for the woman and hearing that she'd been shot by the hunters, enraged her.
if valencia was mad before, she was furious now. the hunters already took two people away from valencia, and they nearly took another. valencia was out for war, she was out for blood. the anger that flew through her body was unexplainable.
valencia reached over, holding scott's hands in her own as a way of comforting the werewolf. "melissa is one of the strongest women i know, and you're very lucky to have her as a mother, just like she's lucky to have you as a son."
scott nodded his head, forcing a smile at valencia. valencia leaned her head against scott's shoulder as he squeezed on her hands. the two bestfriends sat on the hospital chairs together, waiting for a nurse to come out and tell them that everything would be fine.
lydia and mason had also ended up in hospital, though so far valencia had been informed that they were okay. melissa on the other hand...
•••••
the room was quiet as theo had drifted off to sleep about an hour ago. valencia held theo close to her body, his head resting on her chest and his arms wrapped around her stomach.
valencia played with theo's hair, staring at the blank wall beside them. ever since speaking to george, cynthia's old alpha, she'd been questioning herself. she wished she could tell theo what was going on but instead, she reassured him that she was completely fine.
but in reality, she wasn't fine. she was sure what was going to happen to her. she wasn't sure if she'd still be alive by the next week. but if she died, she would do everything in her power to make sure her friends were safe first. she didn't want to die knowing her friends were in danger or hurt.
cynthia knew what was going to happen to her daughter, she knew wether valencia was going to live or not. but as george said, cynthia couldn't tell valencia.
valencia rested her chin on theo's head, feeling his fingers touching the exposed skin on her back. the couple were in valencia's bedroom at blake's house. valencia couldn't bring herself to go with the pack to solve mysteries. there was so much on her mind, and she couldn't speak to anyone about it.
other than one person. a person that wasn't even alive.
"i knew you two would end up together." cynthia's voice rang through valencia's ears she closed her eyes at the sound of her mother. she already had a lot on her mind, last thing she needed was for cynthia to drop more horrible news on her. "i've been watching over you and blake since i died."
valencia hummed, her eyes growing tired as she was exhausted. "how come you're only showing up now?" valencia asked, not bothering to look at cynthia as she placed herself at the end of valencia's bed.
"i had no reason too." cynthia shook her head, even though valencia could not see her. "but now, i'm here to help you, my daughter." cynthia watched her daughter and theo with a small smile lingering on her lips. her daughter was in love. love was something magical.
"mum." valencia said for the first time, causing cynthia's heart to skip a beat at the name. "am i going to die...?" valencia whispered quietly but loud enough for the woman to hear. though, valencia kept asking the question, she didn't truly want the answer. she felt like she already knew the answer.
"valencia, you know i can't tell you. all i can say is keep fighting. you need to stop thinking about everyone and put yourself first for once." cynthia warned valencia. "that's where i went wrong. i never put myself first. and now i'm dead."
valencia creased her face up at her mothers words. "how are you here?" valencia asked and finally opened her eyes, looking at the woman at the end of her bed. "i don't understand how this is real."
cynthia sighed and tilted her head at valencia. "i'm a dead spirit." cynthia shrugged her shoulders. "so you met my good friend george then?" cynthia questioned, though she already knew the answer seen as she was there. valencia hummed as an answer. "george was my scott." cynthia said, making valencia look over at her mother sadly. "he was like my brother."
"scott is my brother." valencia looked down at a sleeping theo. "the pack is my family." she admitted, the tips of her mouth lifting slightly as she thought about her friends whom she loved more than life. "i couldn't imagine a world without them."
cynthia reached over, taking valencia's hand in her own. valencia's eyes travelled in between their locked hands and her mothers face. "i'm happy that you got to meet people like them. and i'm sorry..." cynthia trailed off and valencia raised her eyebrow, motioning for cynthia to continue. "i'm sorry about brett and lori." cynthia paused. "and allison."
valencia felt her eyes grow glossy, looking at her mother sadly. "don't be sorry. losing people is a part of life."
"but the way you lost them shouldn't be a part of life, valencia." cynthia denied with a small frown stretched across her features. "i'm so sorry you went through that without me. if i was still here i promise you i would have found you and helped you. i'm so sorry, baby."
valencia let a tear slip out of her eye and she shook her head dismissively. valencia used her hand to gesture for cynthia to come over to here, which cynthia did. valencia wrapped one of her arms around her mother, the other still wrapped around theo.
valencia cried into her mothers shoulder, her tears staining the t-shirt she wore. though, it didn't matter because she wasn't actually there. it was just her mothers spirit.
her mother was dead.
•••••
"does the teacher know about this?" theo asked, looking down at a freezer of dead bodies. valencia cringed at the sight of them. they were frozen, their eyes ripped out of their sockets as died blood covered their cheeks.
"that's the teacher." gabe looked down at one of the dead bodies, pointing his finger at them.
"unless there's a gun in there too, this isn't helping us find the shooter." liam spoke up from beside valencia and gabe.
"why'd you hide these bodies?" theo glanced in between the freezer containing three dead bodies and gabe, the hunter that was friends with nolan.
"we didn't want to get caught." gabe replied. the right side of his face was covered in dried blood as liam was done being nice and had let his anger get the best of him. valencia was proud of him for sticking up for himself but she wished it was monroe.
"caught doing what?" valencia raised her eyebrow and placed her arms over her chest in confusion. lately valencia hadn't been herself, everybody noticed it. but when asked what was wrong, she shook them off and reassured them she was fine. she lied.
"testing them." gabe answered the phoenix, looking scared as if she would kill him, which she would if he hurt liam again. "to see if they were werewolves. and they were."
"just like you tested corey?" liam asked, nodding his head at the boy now across from him, having backed up in fear of one of the supernaturals hurting him.
"but we didn't kill them." gabe denied and looked down at the dead bodies. "look at their faces. something else did that." everyone gazed down at the three bodies again, looking at the eyes and the blood.
"the anuk-tie." liam figured, sending a shiver down valencia's spine at his words. theo noticed her grow quiet and anxious and he interwined his fingers with hers, gently squeezing her hand as a way of reassuring her it would be okay.
"the what?" gabe asked confused, glancing between the couple and liam.
"why would it want to kill anyone? it feeds off fear." liams face fell in confusion as he turned to face theo and valencia. "dead people aren't afraid."
"maybe the killing is just a by-product." theo suggested, squeezing valencia's hand reassuringly. he'd noticed how anxious she was lately, little did he know she was having visions of her mother who could tell the future of her daughters life.
"of what?" liam asked quietly, biting down on his bottom lip.
"of it looking for its other half." theo answered and nodded his head down at the freezer. "which means it's looking for a supernatural creature. someone like us." valencia sucked in a breath.
"so these these could have been werewolves. just not the supernaturals that the anuk-tie's looking for." liam finished for theo and the two boys gazed over at gabe angrily.
"which means you've been helping it." theo muttered and pushed down the door of the freezer, slamming it shut. "idiot."
"i don't even know what you guys are talking about." gabe told them quietly, his eyes travelling between the three. "i was just helping aaron. it was his idea to test everyone."
"who's aaron?" theo asked urgently, stepping forwards with valencia's hand still in his own.
"he's on the lacrosse team. he's just a freshman." liam answered for the hunter, recognising the name instantly. "aaron didn't want to find more of us. he wanted to find his other half."
"he's the anuk-tie." theo announced, to which valencia let out the heavy breath she'd been holding it.
•••••
"it's a bad day for finding bodies." malia claimed as her and scott closed the freezer door. isaac hummed in agreement, his arms crossed over his chest.
"there's gonna be a lot more if we don't find aaron's other half." liam announced to the alpha, were-coyote and werewolf what they had found out before. valencia ran a nervous hand through her hair, she was so done talking about death and the anuk-tie.
"which we know nothing about." theo added onto liams statement. he held his hands infront of his stomach, leaning against the bookshelf in the room.
"we do know one thing." scott corrected the raeken boy. scott looked between the three supernaturals. "we know it's a werewolf."
"we need to find this other werewolf right now." liam nodded his head, subconsciously looking at the freezer containing the dead bodies every few seconds. he was scared, scared that him or his friends would end up like them, scared that they wouldn't be able to stop the anuk-tie.
"preferably before they merge." theo added, causing everyone's gaze to travel to him.
"what happens if they merge?" isaac asked, raising an eyebrow curiously. valencia looked up at the girl, biting the inside of her cheek anxiously.
"i don't know. but i got a feeling that it's not going to be good." scott answered the girl behind him, looking back at her.
"any chance you got to put together that army, scott?" liam asked, taking a step closer to his alpha.
"you're looking at it." malia said and valencia furrowed her eyebrows.
"let's hope that this thing doesn't feed off desperation." a new voice entered the conversation. valencia spun around to the open doorway, recognising peter hale standing in it. "because this room reeks of it."
"what happened?" scott asked, noticing the dirt that completely covered peters clothes, arms, face and his hair was a ruffled mess. peter lifted a steering wheel in his hand.
"the hunters, destroyed my perfect automobile." peter whispered and dropped the steering wheel to his side, looking sadly at the floor. "so if this thing has anything to do with it, i'd like to see it's demise is appropriately painful."
peter threw the steering wheel to the side of the room. "i thought you had two cars?" malia questioned, gazing over at her dirty father.
peter dropped keys to the floor and everyone's eyes followed them as they clattered against the floor. "there's going to be hell to pay." peter announced, nodding his head.
"hell yeah." valencia whispered, smirking at the man proudly.
•••••
3 episode left of season 6
kind of considering making a stiles wattpad after this??
we love george <333
life isn't the best at the moment but live, laugh, love