work_inprogress | Is it gone, tell me what went wrong / 'Cause baby I'm not that strong

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Is it gone, tell me what went wrong / 'Cause baby I'm not that strong

It wasn't that Peter wanted to leave Scott behind, by any means, but he'd rushed back in there and the Alpha twins--who'd flipped sides just like he'd said they would--were right behind them and Cora had already stopped breathing once. So, he snarled at Isaac who could see the twins behind them and knew, if nothing else, he had a duty to his pack--of which Peter and Cora were a major part.

He floored it.

The epinephrine had burned off a little too fast, which had been embarrassing, but the adrenaline was still pumping--possibly the only thing keeping him upright, honestly. That and needing to take care of his pack...Cora hadn't regained consciousness, and he could only hope someone had found Derek.

Isaac didn't know where Scott was, didn't know if he'd gotten out, and he was shaking, but he got them back to the loft safely. Sure, the pack knew where it was, but they knew where all of them lived and where else were they going to go? Better somewhere they could sort of defend. They didn't have Ms. Blake, anyway, so why would they come after them?

When they got to the loft, Peter got Cora out of the car, lifting her with a pained wince, but when Isaac tried to take her, he snarled at the boy until he ran ahead, getting doors instead, letting them all into the loft and skidding to a bit of a halt at finding Lydia and Hayley sitting there.

Peter noticed the girls, but didn't process, moving across to get Cora on the table, somewhere they could work on her more easily than the sofa. After he got her there, he just leaned against it, head hanging down, breathing a little too hard.

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"Things do seem to be going downhill," Chris murmured. He was tense, looking around, remembering the last time he was here.

Klaus nodded, letting her lead, though he pulled out his phone to text Elijah where they were.

Elijah hadn't been listening for him, so the phone buzzing caught him and he read it, before nodding at Derek. "If you think she'll come, call her..."

"So, uh, what are we going to do?" Stiles asked, trying not to sound nervous. "How do we know when we can go in?"

Allison stood still, glancing over at Klaus again as he sent a text message. "Does mountain ash bother you?" She asked softly.

Derek nodded as Elijah encouraged him to call out to Jennifer and he moved forward, looking around. "Jennifer?"

Chris was scanning the area. "We get as close as we can without being seen and when the fighting starts...we move in."

Klaus frowned a little, confused, as he looked back a her, and shook his head. "No?"

Isaac caught his breath, wondering if she'd show, even as Elijah scanned the area between them and the tree. Reaching out, he touched Isaac's elbow lightly. "Let's fall back in the shadows some, so she thinks it's just him here..."

Stiles nodded slowly, his heart pounding wildly in his ears as he felt his chest growing tight with anxiety as they waited.

"Good to know." Allison nodded, moving forward slowly.

Derek waited quietly till he saw a shadow ahead of him, recognizing the slight frame as Jennifer moved slowly towards him with a smirk on her face. "Well, what do we have here?" She paused then, looking around not unlike a rabbit sensing something nearby. "What brings you out here, Derek?" She looked at him again. "I wouldn't think you would want to come back here willingly. Not here of all places."

Elijah held back, hand still on Isaac's arm, waiting for Jennifer to move closer to Derek, farther away from the storm doors. He knew Klaus would be listening, and spoke so softly even Isaac had to strain to hear him. "Be ready to close off retreat."

Klaus heard him, more whisper than voice, but, well. This wasn't their first time doing this. "They're getting ready to move," he told the girl, moving in close to murmur it in her ear. "We need to make sure she doesn't get back to the entrance, to leave it clear for your father and the boy."

When Elijah judged the distance sufficient, he squeezed Isaac's arm. "Right behind me." Then he moved, just a blur that was little more than a whisper of wind past Jennifer, then a blow, hard on her back, sending her toward Derek. If the parents weren't in the root cellar, he wanted her alive to question, which was the only reason she still had her head.

"Got it." Allison murmured softly. "Stay back behind me, then you'll be another surprise for her." Ducking down, she moved into the shadows.

Jennifer had only taken a couple steps when she heard a whisper in the wind that wasn't quite right and then she was flying forward, hitting the ground at Derek's feet. She was disorientated for only a second though before she was looking up into the angry red eyes of an Alpha. "Well I guess you brought some friends." She smirked.

Then her eyes started to glow white as she brought her hand down on the Earth, a crack of thunder filling the air at the same time Derek felt the invisible force slamming into him to send him flying backwards. Jennifer was on her feet then, knowing she needed to get to the Nemeton where she would be her strongest.

She had only made it half way when she heard the whistle of an arrow seconds before light exploded from the ground in front of her, causing her to stumble back as she brought a hand up to protect her face.

Klaus followed her, though urging her a little faster, a little closer. If he was holding back, he needed to make sure she didn't escape.

Isaac had been right behind Elijah, lunging to help Derek with her when the force hit and he went flying backwards, as well. It knocked Elijah off of his feet, momentarily, though he just rolled with it back to his feet, scanning for Klaus.

The light from the arrow made him flinch, but Klaus had been expecting it, and moved in swiftly with the flash, fingers finding Jennifer's throat and bearing her to the ground, eyes glowing bright in the night.

"Now," Chris told Stiles. "Quickly, but quietly. We want to get down there while she's distracted..."

Derek rolled back to his feet as well, instinctively looking for Isaac just to make sure he was okay especially after losing Boyd and Erica already. As soon as he was sure the boy was safe, he turned back in time to see Klaus slamming Jennifer to the ground.

The Darach was winded for a second before focusing on the thing looming over her. Her eyes widened and then narrowed with interest as she tilted her head slowly to the side, a small smirk forming on her mouth. "Well....look at you." She murmured softly, lifting her free hand up towards him almost as if she were going to touch his cheek in wonder. "Aren't you marvelous?"

Stiles stumbled over his feet when Chris told him to move but he was quick to catch himself, glancing sideways at the others even as he and the hunter rushed for the storm cellar doors.

Isaac wasn't as strong as the others, maybe, but he was young and he was a werewolf and if he hadn't rolled up quite as quickly, he'd still gotten back up and nodded when he saw Derek look at him. He was fine. His eyes widened when Klaus just appeared like that, catching the glow in his eyes and the sheer power in the move.

"I am absolutely marvelous, sweetheart, and you are clearly not all that bright."

Elijah glanced at Chris and Stiles, moving the other direction, a visible movement meant to draw the eye with the approaching threat, as he moved to hover over the girl and his brother. Straightening his cuffs, he looked down at the two of them. "Niklaus, do stop flirting with the witch."

"Aren't I?" Jennifer murmured, her hand moving to his arm, sliding slowly over the sleeve of his jacket as she tilted her head despite the hold he had on her. There was something almost animal like in her movements as she continued to watch him. Unseen all around them the shadows started to thicken and grow.

Then she gave a low laugh as she looked up at the other man in the pretty suit. "Witch?" She arched a brow as though it was just an every day disagreement. "I'm so much more than a witch."

The shadows rose like tidal waves, causing Allison's breath to hitch as it crashed over her and the werewolves. It wasn't a normal darkness though as it seemed impossibly thick like nothingness instead of darkness. A high pitched hiss filled the air then, nearing a painful pitch as Jennifer tried to slam her hand against Klaus's chest to send him flying back again.

Stiles heard the high pitched noise, causing his to wince even as he flung open the doors and dashed down the crickety steps. "DAD?!"

Elijah snarled at the darkness and the noise, already moving before Klaus went flying--with his hand clutched around Jennifer's throat. His hand squeezed harder, as much involuntarily as intentional, which might have killed her. Elijah right behind them, though, had his hand through her back, hand curling around her heart. As Klaus collapsed, he pulled the organ out, backing up with it in his hand.

Isaac just...stopped where he was and stared and looked at Elijah and then Derek and then Elijah and then Derek. "...Did he just....?"

Chris came down right behind Stiles, guns drawn and at the ready, breathing out a sigh of relief at finding two live bodies instead of blood.

Derek had been ready to follow as well but he stopped dead at the sight of Elijah pulling the bitch's heart right out from the middle of her back and even he had to admit that was impressive. Jennifer's entire body stiffened, then shifted to reveal the horrible disfigured creature underneath for just a second before the woman collapsed at their feet. The shadows fell back, the noise stopped and the forest was eerily quiet.

Allison was staring at the sight in mild horror as she stood back, an arrow half drawn though she lowered her bow since there was no point for it anymore.

Stiles had no idea what was happening though as he was focused on the sight of his Dad tied up but alive. "Dad!"

"Stiles!" The Sheriff looked up in surprise and then relief as his son rushed towards him. Stiles didn't say a thing though, merely fell to his knees as he threw his arms around him, closing his eyes to hold back the tears that threatened once more though it was more from his own relief as well.

Melissa watched the scene with a small smile before shifting just enough to look up at Chris. "Hey." Despite the bravado she was trying to put forth, he would see the fear giving way to relief and the rush of emotion that came with realizing that she was free. That he was there to save them.

Klaus scrambled out from under the body before she completely collapsed, looking at the blood on his hand and then heart in Elijah's. He glared as Elijah dropped her heart and pulled out his handkerchief to clean off his hand. "...You said I could kill her."

Elijah sighed and rolled his eyes. "I'm sorry. You seemed ready to chat her to death. And she was hurling magic. Perhaps I should have just let her turn you into a frog..."

"...Can druids do that?" Isaac asked, mostly to Derek, mostly still just staring at the heart now on the ground.

Elijah tossed the handkerchief to Klaus. "It looks like you did a good job on her throat. Let's say we killed her together and perhaps see about getting on with the night..."

Klaus caught the scrap of fabric on instinct, but still looked disgruntled.

Chris watched Stiles and the sheriff for a moment, then shifted his gaze to Melissa, tucking his gun away and reached around to pull the knife at his belt free, laying it down by Stiles so he could cut the sheriff's ropes, while he got the one up his sleeve out and moved to Melissa, kneeling beside her. "Hey. That doesn't really look all that comfortable..."

Allison swallowed thickly, making herself look away even as she kept her features composed into a perfect mask of neutrality. Sliding the last arrow away, she turned to head towards the cellar, wanting to make sure that her Dad was okay and that they had found the missing parents.

"I don't know." Derek muttered towards Isaac. "I wouldn't be surprised." Then he nodded towards the cellar. "Go make sure Scott's mom is in there." Since he knew the woman had become important to Isaac as well.

Still watching him, Melissa smiled as he left a knife for Stiles before moving over to help her. "I have to say I've been in better." She murmured before realizing how that sounded. "I mean...I...nevermind." She looked down to watch the process as he started cutting her free while Stiles grabbed the knife to work on his Dad's bonds.

The vampire and the hybrid seemed not to notice the others' reactions to their actions and subsequent bickering. Like, really...this was their world, so, their lives.

"This is why we left Ireland in the thirteenth century," Klaus muttered.

Isaac just nodded at Derek, running to follow Allison down in the cellar, relief flickering over his face when he saw Melissa. He moved to kneel next to Chris, giving him, then her, a look. "Is she okay?"

Chris had just been about to reply to Melissa's statement when Isaac appeared, so he bit it back and but gave her a look that said he was, possibly, thinking about how things could be better with ropes. But he nodded at Isaac as he got the last ropes done, looking back at her. "I think so..."

Allison moved to help Stiles get the Sheriff to his feet which was no easy task considering he had been tied up for hours. He even groaned as he straightened, wincing at the pins and needles sensation that ran through him as his blood started to race through his body again.

Melissa saw the look on Chris's face and, for a second, she looked intrigued by what he might say but she was distracted by Isaac's sudden appearance. Recognizing the worry on his face, she smiled as she reached out her free arm to cup his cheek. "I'm okay, sweetheart." She reassured him before giving a confused frown. "Where is Scott?"

The question made Stiles look over with a frown, suddenly uneasy. "He's...."

Outside, Derek had moved to join the two vampires. "She's dead and it sounds like they found the Sheriff as well as Scott's mom."

Isaac resisted the urge to throw himself in Melissa's arms like a baby, but there were tears in his eyes, especially when she asked about Scott. He glanced at Stiles, then back at her. "Deucalion told him he could get you and the sheriff back, so. He went with him..."

Chris interjected, "But he's okay. Deucalion wants him in his pack, so he won't hurt him."

"And we've got you back," Isaac said, worrying at his lower lip. "And Ms. Blake is dead. So, we'll call him and let you know and he'll know he can come home." God, he hoped so, because he was on the verge of falling apart over it, a tiny tremble in his voice like the one thing he'd been leaning on was lost now.

Elijah tilted his head and listened to the reunion. "Good. Mission success, then."

Brushing her thumb over Isaac's cheek, Melissa didn't hesitate to draw him close even if her arms were screaming with strain and ache from behind tied behind her for awhile. Then she felt a thump of fear, her eyes widening as she looked at Chris. "He went..." Of course, he would have. If Scott had thought that going with Deucalion would get her and the Sheriff back, he would do it without hesitation.

But still...

"Deucalion won't let him go easily." She swallowed thickly. "I've talked to him, he's...there's just something very wrong with him." She nodded. "We need to call Scott. Now."

"We'll call him as soon as we get you guys out of here." Stiles nodded, looking at his Dad.

"We parked nearby but it's still a bit of a walk." Allison added, moving to the stairs as Melissa eased back, shifting to try to get to her feet though her legs gave out about half way.

Looking down at the body at his feet, Derek felt almost empty. The murders, the questions and the fear were gone now and it felt almost anticlimactic. Tearing his gaze away, he looked to Elijah again. "Not till we get Scott back."

Isaac didn't burrow into her side like he wanted to, though, but was there when she tried to stand, caught her when her legs gave out and helped her up, providing what he could of his own strength and support. She probably could feel him trembling, but it wasn't weakness, just emotion. He was steady enough to help her get feeling back and stretch as she needed. Chris seemed to realize he needed to, and stepped back, retrieving his knives and restrapping them on, though he was watching to make sure Isaac had it.

"We'll get him back," he promised her with a nod. "Let's get back to the cars, away from this place, and we'll call him, let him know you're okay. Deucalion needs him to be there by choice. Holding him against his will isn't the way to get his power added to the pack. I'm no saying he won't try to find another way to get him, but...it's in his interests to treat him well, still."

Elijah looked at Derek for a moment, then nodded. Klaus rolled his eyes, but shrugged. "We should get her away from here. Too much magic in the ground for my comfort."

"Agreed." Derek nodded. "She used this place before to keep herself alive and I don't trust her not to somehow bring herself back." Peter had managed it after all.

"No one will buy an animal attack though." Not with how her heart had been ripped out.

"He should get to the hospital." Melissa nodded to the Sheriff but he merely shook his head, waving off their concern.

"I'm fine, just a bit stiff." He muttered as Stiles and Allison helped him up the stairs. They paused at the sight of the three men talking around the dead body. A sight that made him frown, open his mouth and then close it as he shook his head. "Get me away from here before I have to do something about that." He muttered, letting Stiles steer him away and back towards the cars.

Melissa didn't look either as she let them get her back to the cars as well.

Klaus gave Derek a slightly savage smile. "Don't worry about it--we're good with this. Elijah and I will take care of it and meet you back at the loft."

Because, seriously--Elijah's heart ripping out fetish kind of made this kind of thing fairly common.

Isaac glanced over a them, gave the sheriff a slightly rueful smile and wanted to say something about welcome to knowing about all the stuff that was going on, but he bit it back and just helped Melissa back to Chris's car, which was closest.

Chris glanced at them and nodded a little. "Stiles and I will get them ... either home or back to the loft...?" He wasn't sure if they should all meet back up or not.

"I'll call Scott," Isaac said, without thinking that, well, maybe Stiles or Allison would do that. But--Stiles had his dad to check on and....yeah. He kind of didn't think about Allison might want to call him.

Derek nodded, not even wanting to argue as he was perfectly content to let Elijah and Klaus handle the disposing of the body. "See you there." He turned, moving to the others.

"Take me home." Melissa told them all before looking at Stiles. "You two can come over. I have a kit at home." And she was sure that the Sheriff should get looked at.

Allison glanced over at Isaac but she nodded. "Call him. He needs to know we have them."

Klaus looked down at the body, then back up at Elijah. "Away from here?"

"Far, far away," Elijah murmured, hoisting her before they both blurred off.

Chris nodded. "Home it is." He glanced at Allison. "You follow us?"

Isaac pulled his phone out, pacing off a little bit and calling Scott.

Allison watched the two vampires disappear in a blur before turning towards her father. "I'll wait here to see what's going on with Isaac and if he can get a hold of Scott. Take them home." She motioned at the Melissa and towards the Sheriff who Stiles was helping into Allison's car since she had left it open. "I'll be right behind you."

Scott picked up on the third ring. "Isaac?"

Chris gave her a bit of a nod, uncomfortable, but figuring she was probably safe enough for the moment. Jennifer was dead, after all. "All right. We'll see you back at the McCall's, then."

Isaac wasn't much paying attention to them, just praying Scott would pick up. His relief when he did made him a little breathless, rushed, maybe a little vulnerable and trying really hard not to sound like he was pleading. Because what if Scott wanted to be with them, after all? He didn't think so, but nothing else had gone right in months. "Hey. We got them. Your mom and the sheriff. They're safe. Mr. Argent's taking them back to your place now, and the vampires killed Ms. Blake so...you don't have to do this, Scott. You can come home..."

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