We were running, and managing to not trip and fall over the rocks on the ground. Thankfully, Stiles remembered the exact path her took to get back to the entrance of The Church. Which meant, we had to hurry our cute little asses up before Scott was killed. I know that he's going to be the Berserker that is attacking Peter, Malia and Liam... that's the only way that Peter can ensure that my brother gets killed once and for all.
Just as we slid out into the open are where the fight was going down, I noticed that Liam and Peter had Scott pushed against a pillar and Malia had a knife her hand. She was getting ready to stab Scott right in the head, "MALIA WAIT!" I shouted in a panic.
Kira jumped out with her katana and sliced right through the knife. Malia nearly fell to the ground as she whipped around to glare at Kira.
I was breathing heavily as I stepped in front of Stiles, "It's Scott."
Liam glanced at Scott's eyes and you could tell by his body language that he recognized him. Scott then shoved Liam and Peter both to the ground. He hit Malia, causing her to fall. Stiles tried to stop him, but Scot pushed him to the ground too. Liam then tried to stop him, but Scott threw him across the room. I then realized that he was coming straight for me, and once again my brother had me by the throat up against the wall.
I could see Peter standing a few feet behind us, a smirk in place. This is what he wanted... he wanted it to go come down to Scott and I. He wanted it to be a fight to where you had to pick a side, and the loser would end up dying. He wanted Scott to kill me, so he could then kill Scott-- or vice versa. I'm not going to let that happen. For once, Scott and I can both make it out alive and I'm not going to let Peter Hale ruin the chances of that.
Scott lifted his fist, preparing to hit me with the sharp objects positioned on his hands. I squirmed in his grip, "Scott! Scott! Listen to me! Listen! You're not a monster! You're not a monster, this isn't you. You're a True Alpha, okay. You're the good guy who saves everyone and can get through anything. Scott, this isn't you."
I was struggling to breathe as I prayed that maybe I was able to get through to him. Maybe, just maybe my words would be able to trigger something and get him to realize that he's about to kill his sister. He's about to kill his counterpart all because of Kate and Peter and he can't let them do that, because if anything is going to separate us it sure as hell isn't going to be those two. We are stronger than that.
"Scott, it's me," I whimpered as his grip loosened slightly, "it's me, it's Kasey. Don't let him do this, don't let him take something else away from us."
A few months after Peter had bitten Scott and I, we had a talk. One night we were home alone because Stiles was out doing something with his dad and our mom was working so it was just Scott and I together in the house and for some reason the topic of Peter Hale came up and we had a genuine conversation.
"I kind of hate being like this," I admitted softly.
Scott and I were sprawled out on his bed, laying side by side with our eyes glued to the ceiling, "I kind of hate it too."
"I would probably like it more if it didn't mean that we had to deal with bad guys all the time." I chuckled.
He laughed along with me, "I don't know why, but we were chosen to do this, Kasey. For some reason you and I were destined to have this happen to us and now we have to work together to try and do as much good as we can."
"Yeah, but we didn't ask for this." I stated evenly, not liking the fact that we were stuck in the position that we are in with no means of an escape.
Scott sighed, "I know... but sometimes you just don't have a choice."
"Well, I choose to hate Peter for the rest of my life." I muttered bitterly.
He nodded in agreement, "Me too."
"And I don't want him taking anything else away from us," I added as an afterthought.
Scott glanced at me oddly, "Huh?"
"He took away out choice to be this way. He took away our ability to be normal teenagers. He took away our freedom. I'm not letting him take anything else." I explained as I made eye contact with him.
He smiled, "That sounds like a plan."
"I mean it, Scott. I just have a feeling that he's not going away... and we have to have a united front on this. We can't let him take anything else." I elaborated.
Scott's gaze softened, "I'm not going to let him, Kasey."
"Don't let him take me from you, because I'm sure as hell not letting him take you from me." I said.
My brother smiled faintly, "I won't let him take you from me."
That seemed to get through to him. He dropped me and I fell to the ground, Stiles rushed to my side and pulled me back to my feet. My hands were instantly rubbing at my neck due to the burning that Scott left behind. I watched as Scott stumbled backwards and scrambled to get as much of the Berserker armor off that he could. He threw the gloves to the ground and I smiled as he ripped off the skull.
Gold light emitted from the cracks and Scott snapped the skull in half, throwing both pieces to the ground. He then showed his True Alpha self and let out the loudest roar I've ever heard. When he glanced at us, his eyes were shining bright red and he was in full transition.
Scott narrowed his eyes at Peter, "You. The only one who knew as much as Argent about the Berserkers. About the Nagual. You taught Kate. You helped her. All for power.
"For my family's power," Peter bellowed, the volume of his voice had Malia stumbling away from him, "to be rightly inherited by me. Not usurped by some idiot teenage boy, so incorruptible he won't shed the blood of his enemies even when justified. You don't deserve your power. Not power like this."
I nearly fell back against Stiles' chest as Peter's face contorted into the definition of a monster. His eyes were shining bright blue and my stomach dropped at the sight. This isn't good, Scott and Peter are about to fight to the death and there isn't a single thing I can do about it, because for some reason my powers aren't working.
Malia rushed at Peter, but he shoved her away from him with deadly force. Her body went soaring through the air before she slammed into a slab of concrete. Peter glanced at her, "So sorry sweetheart, we'll talk about this later."
Kira began to wield her katana but before she could rush at Peter, Scott shouted her name and made her stop. She obeyed and lowered her sword before stepping away from her previous position. My heart lurched in my chest as Scott began to walk towards Peter.
"Unfortunately, you were my beta first, Scott. I can see now that Kasey would have been the better choice, Kasey would have been able to corrupt, Kasey would have been the better alpha. I would have enjoyed this so much more if she would have been mine... but it was you. It was my bite that changed your life and it's gonna be my bite that ends it." Peter stated, as his gaze flickered to me.
I swallowed thickly as Stiles moved to position himself in front of me protectively. Peter smirked, "As soon as I met her, I knew that I had picked the wrong twin. She's not like you, Scott. She's not the good guy. She's willing to get her hands a little dirty. It's too bad that Kate took away her gift, this would have been so much more interesting had she'd been able to join in."
My stomach dropped and suddenly it made sense as to why my abilities weren't working. When Kate was draining me, she somehow managed to take away my werewolf abilities. I'm not a hybrid anymore. I'm back to being an Admonere. I feel more violated than I should, because I didn't want to be a hybrid... but at the same time it was nice being able to defend myself and keep everyone safe. I'm back to being defenseless yet again.
Scott took another step forward, "You want to end my life? Do it now, because you're not going to get another chance."
Peter then rushed at Scott and Scott rushed at Peter and time seemed to slow as they both went for each others throat's. Stiles kept himself in front of me and began to move me away from the fight. He grabbed a hold of Malia's wrist and tugged her along with us. My eyes were wide as I watched Scott flip the switch of his humanity as he went straight savage on Peter.
I don't know how Peter was managing to get the upper-hand on Scott, but he was. I winced every time that Scott hit the ground or one of the concrete pillars. I wish that there was something that I could do to help him, but clearly all hope of me ever being able to help anyone went out the window as soon as Kate began her ritual.
Stiles had a tight grip on my waist as he watched my brother with wide eyes. This was the showdown that everyone has been waiting for. This is the moment when Peter finally showed his true colors. This is the moment where we can finally escape him and all of his good for nothing drama. We can finally get rid of Peter once and for all. He may have changed mine and Scott's lives, but clearly Scott's going to end his.
"Come on, Scott! Fight like an alpha, Scott!" Peter taunted as he threw Scott against another pillar.
I was thinking along the same lines as Peter. I wanted Scott to fight like the True Alpha he is. I wanted Scott to kick Peter's ass once and for all. I wanted this to end right here right now.
As if he heard my thoughts, Scott managed to get the upper hand on Peter. I gasped as Scott shoved Peter to the ground and hit him in the chest so hard, the entire ground shook. But, once again Peter managed to stand up. He kicked Scott several times and once Scott was slightly disoriented Peter grabbed him by the shoulders, "If you want to beat me, you're going to have to kill me!"
He threw Scott's body across the room and Scott's back smashed right into the wall, causing several chunks of the concrete to fall to the ground with his body. Liam took a step forward and Peter threw a bench at him. As the wood hit the pillar and it broke apart, Scott stood up with a fierce look on his face. Peter attacking Liam was Scott's trigger. He got angry and now he was going to give Peter everything that he had left in him.
Once again they were face to face and Peter was swinging on Scott, but Scott managed to deflect every hit effortlessly. He then managed to hit Peter, and then he hit Peter again and again and Peter was stumbling backwards as Scott continued to hit him over and over. With one final blow, Scott sent Peter's body flying through the air.
He landed on a bunch of broken wood and Scott jumped on top of a concrete structure in front of Peter, "You were never an alpha, Peter. But you were always a monster."
Scott jumped off the rock and hit Peter one last time. I didn't have to be a werewolf to hear the deafening crack of a bone in Peter's skull. Scott turned around to face us, his eyes were bright red but when he saw all of us standing there waiting for him, the red dulled to brown and he was back to being my brother again.
I shoved past Stiles and ran around the table towards Scott. The moment that I was in front of him, he snatched me up off the ground and pulled me against him. I let out a sigh of relief as he squeezed me with enough force to let me know that he was sorry for what he did and that he was worried about me but not enough to break my ribcage.
"Kasey--"
"It's okay, I'm fine." I cut him off as he began to apologize.
He remembered almost killing me. He remembered cutting off my supply of air, feeling the life slip away from me. He remembered doing it not only once, but twice. He remembered almost killing me twice. I understand how he feels, and that's why I'm not the slightest bit upset. I've been in his position and I know how it feels to remember doing something that I couldn't control.
Scott's grip tightened, "I didn't let him take you from me."
I choked out a laugh that was on the verge of a sob, "No, you didn't."
He hadn't let Peter inadvertently take me away from him. He broke through the wall and regained control and he didn't allow Peter to take away anything else. He stuck to the plan. He choose me.
"I'm sorry," he whispered as he rested his head against mine.
I let out a sigh of relief, "It's okay. We're both alive, that's all that matters."
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The sun was rising as we gathered around the outside of The Church. Apparently, the Calavera's had shown up during the train wreck that went down twenty minutes ago. Parrish and Argent had showed up. Derek as stabbed by a Berserker and ended up evolving into some sort of werewolf that could transition fully to an actual wolf. And Stiles' received a call from his dad two minutes ago, telling him that Lydia was safe back in Beacon Hills.
You could almost say that this was a picture perfect ending.
"There should be enough yellow wolfsbane left to keep Peter out for the trip back. But be careful." Argent said to Scott.
"Are you really going with them?" Scott asked sadly.
"I made a deal with the Calavera's weeks ago. They'll leave you alone. All of you. But only if I help them catch Kate." he explained as he glanced over his shoulder at Araya.
I didn't miss that crazy bitch in the slightest.
"What if you can't?" Kira asked him curiously.
Argent nodded, "I'll find her. Someone has to."
I watched sadly as Chris walked off with the Calavera's. Everyone then began to grab what little belongings they had and make there way to their vehicles. Derek and Braeden moved towards the range rover that Peter had driven here. I swallowed down my pride and jogged over to my sour wolf.
"Derek! Hey, wait up." I called as I approached him.
His eyes widened considerably when he realized I was actually coming over to him. He folded his arms over his chest and attempted to seem unfazed by my presence, "Yeah?"
"I'm sorry... about how I acted. It wasn't your fault that Stiles and I got into a fight." I apologized awkwardly.
He chuckled, "It's okay. Stiles punched me in the face before we came here and he came to terms with the situation."
"Wait--what?" I gaped as I glanced over my shoulder at Stiles, he was speaking to Scott, completely unaware that I was speaking to Derek.
Derek nodded, "Yeah... I didn't have my abilities so he took his shot. He's got a mean right hook, I'll give him that. Braeden had to pull him off of me."
"Oh my God," I breathed out in embarrassment. I can't believe that Stiles actually attacked Derek.
He placed a hand on my shoulder, "Hey, there's no hard feelings, alright? If you were mine and I found out another guy kissed you, I would have done the same thing."
"I'm just sorry about the whole thing," I sighed, "Derek, I do care about you... you're like another brother to me, one who seriously irritates me with his lack of communication skills, but a brother nonetheless."
Derek smiled faintly, "I understand, and I'm not asking you to change the way you feel about me. I just don't want there to be any awkwardness between us?"
"I think I can manage that," I stated with a grin.
He went to hug me but stopped himself. I let out a sigh and wrapped my arms around him. His body stiffened slightly before he returned the embrace. I gave him a tight squeeze before pulling back, "Be careful on the way back, okay?"
"I think I can manage that," he mocked my previous statement.
My eyes narrowed, "And we're back to me hating you."
"You mean loving me," he sang as he climbed into the jeep.
I let out a huff, "Nope, it's definitely hate."
"Whatever you say, princess." he snickered as he sped off down the road.
My eyes narrowed as I watched him drive away. That asshole is so lucky I'm not a werewolf anymore, or I'd kick his sour ass straight back to Beacon Hills.
"Kase! Come on, we're leaving!" Stiles called.
I turned on my heel and made my way back over to my friends. I smiled brightly when I got a glimpse of them. Scott and Kira were looking at each other with so much adoration it made me chest swell. Malia and Liam were bickering over who was going to sit in the front seat, and Stiles was standing there with his arms outstretched, waiting for me.
We've come such a long way to get to where we are. We've conquered so much. We've lost people along the way. We've saved so many lives. We've been able to stop so many bad things from happening. Sure, we can't always save everyone... but that's okay. We do what we can and that's all that matters.
I never thought that I would find myself where I am at this time last year. When we found Malia, I had no clue that she would end up being so important to me. When Scott and Stiles shoved Liam so hard at lacrosse practice that it ended him up in the hospital, there was no indication that he would end up becoming Scott's first beta. We never thought that we would lose Allison and Isaac within the same 24 hour period. We never thought that we wouldn't ever hear from Jackson again.
Scott, Stiles, Lydia and I have been through some of the craziest things... yet we've managed to stick together. We have proven that trust and love and friendship can get you through just about anything. Team Badass has lost some of it's members, but in that tragedy, we gained some new members who are just as important.
We might not be as we were in the beginning, but we were still as strong as ever... and that's all that matters.
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okay so it's barely over 3k, but you know what i don't even care. i don't want to force myself to add more to the chapter when there clearly isn't anything else to be added, lol. this is a happy ending and i'm excited because i haven't had a happy ending since TOM.
bUT FALLOUT IS FINALLY OVER CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS BOOK TOOK A BILLON YEARS TO WRITE BECAUSE I'M LAZY ASF!!!
no but really... it's finally over. **sheds a tear**
i'm so freaking excited for Haywire. i'm so ready to write about all of the craziness and i'm so excited for theo to f*ck up stasey because apparently that's what he does to everyone else, it's only fair that they get a taste of it too. jk my sister told me how to write kasey's relationship with theo and i'm taking her word for it because i haven't seen it yet.
i hope you all enjoyed the season 4 journey with kasey, now be on the lookout for her journey through 5a in Haywire. i already posted it so go ahead and add it to your libraries so when it's updated you can already have it! thank you so much for all of the support throughout this book. in the beginning i was mia due to mental health issues but you were all really patient and i really appreciate it, so thanks again!
this is me, signing off on Fallout! xx