[4.12]

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PULLING UP IN A WAREHOUSE, EVERYONE EVERYONE GOT OUT OF THEIR CARS. Walking up to Braeden Stiles asked, "How did you get a prison transport van?"

She scoffed, walking over to him "I'm a U.S Marshal."

"Yeah, I thought that was just a cover," he assumed. Getting out of Derek's truck Isabella overheard them, "She is a U.S. Marshal, just like I'm a Columbia University graduate."

"I don't see how those things correlate." Stiles stated "They correlate because they're both true facts."

"Huh, I would've never taken you for a college person." Stiles said, looking her up and down.

"And I wouldn't think you would still be driving that jeep, yet here we are." she sassed back. "Hey, no one talks about Roscoe like that, he's very sensitive." Stiles stated back.

Braden laughed at the two's antics. But soon the subject changed.

After Derek finally got out of his car, he walked over, seeing Liam he asked "Are we really bringing him?"

"Are we really bringing him?" Stiles countered pointing at Peter. "We're bringing everyone that we can. And considering Scott and Kira were taken the night before the full moon, we should probably get going."

Turning around, Isabella faced Peter, "Hey Scar, no one talks to Stiles like that except me, given I don't know him all that well. But I don't like your tone."

Peter looked at her, "Why'd you call me Scar?"

"Because, someone like you always has ulterior motives and I'm just waiting on you to pounce when no ones looking. You also remind me of Mufasa's brother off of lion king, " she stated.

"You know Zella didn't really like me either, which I don't understand. I'm very likable." he appraised himself.

"You're about as likable as pineapple on pizza, some people may like it but I don't." she stated, looking him directly in the eye.

Speaking up, "Okay sensing some tension here, um thank you for your blatant honesty about your feelings for Peter, which everybody has by the way but we have to save Scott and Kira. So can we please put a cap on it when someones not in danger?" he suggested.

"Sure," Isabella said with a small forced smile. Braeden nudged her side getting her attention. Isabella saw her trying to hide her laugh.

Whispering to her she said, "No, no laugh. So people can see you can."

Braeden rolled her eyes then went back to her stature.

"A werewolf can't steal a true alpha's power but maybe a nagual jaguar, with the power of Tezcatlipoca behind her... maybe she can." Peter explained.

"And I can read minds." Isabella muttered rolling her eyes not believing a word Peter said, because she thought he was too eager to go to Mexico.

"So if everyone is sufficiently freaked out, I say we get going." Peter stated. "I'm as cool as a cucumber." Isabella added.

"We can't, not without Lydia." Stiles halted.

"Well, yippee ki yay, we have to wait for another today." Isabella exclaimed.

"What's she doing at the school anyway?" Derek asked.

"We got Kira's sword, but we need something with a stronger scent. Lydia went to get a jacket out of her locker" Malia said.

"Ah, no you don't. Have you not met me, I'm like a GPS system. I can find them without a shirt or whatever you guys smell." she said, waving her arms around.

Derek thought she looked like a little kid, when someone didn't listen to what they had to say. He was amused by the insinuation.

Walking back over, Stiles had tried to contact Lydia but he couldn't. "Nothing."

"If she has a car, she can catch up to us." Braeden concluded.

"No, what if something happened? What if she's in trouble?"

"Fine, you stay, you find her. We're gonna go without you." Peter stated, being fed up having to wait.

Isabella caught on to his eagerness to leave, she knew he was hiding something she just didn't know what.

"I can call Mason, he has a study group at school. Maybe he could look for her." Liam suggested, trying to be helpful.

"See, look at the little teen wolf, he has solved your problem." Isabella said, hyping the young wolf up.

"All right, fine." Stiles agreed.

"Yay, now I'm going to Mexico, but not how I originally planned on going though." Isabella said, a little bit bummed.

"Cheer up Ella, I'm sure you'll go exploring Mexico another time." Derek said, seeing the slight change in her mood.

"You're right, I don't work, so possibly." Isabella said, getting into the van with the others.

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On their way to Mexico, Liam was chained up to the seats in the van.

"Okay, I brought something to help you." Derek said, taking the triskelion out of his pocket.

"This has been with my family for centuries. It's a very powerful supernatural talisman. We use it to teach beta's how to control themselves on a full moon." Derek said, passing it over for Liam to look at.

"Derek, we really don't need that. I could just send him into the astral dimension until we arrive, though he might see a dead relative or two." Isabella said thinking about it.

Liam looked at her a bit frightened and gladly took the talisman man from Derek. Isabella laughed at the sudden movement.

"You remind me of someone that was also easily spooked, tell me have you ever met a kid named Isaac Lahey." Isabella asked Liam.

Derek and Stiles looked at her confused, because only Zella knew Isaac not her. Feeling them look at her she turned to them, "What now?"

"How do you know Isaac?" Stiles asked suspiciously.

"Because I remember meeting him." she stated plainly.

"So you're getting your memory back?" Derek asked.

"Some of it, yeah, there's a sort of block age though. I just have to find the right way to open it." she said, shrugging her shoulders.

Stiles and Derek nodded towards her statement, but Liam was very confused. Liam then put his focus back on the talisman in his hands, and Derek turned to Stiles. Jerking his head towards Liam.

"Ah, yes the talisman is powerful, very powerful." he said, unconvincingly. Isabella laughed at the two.

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It was now night time and the full moon was at its peak.

"Show time people, we got the full moon up in the sky and ready for some fun." Isabella stated, seemingly in a very calming mood.

Right on cue, Liam grunted and his claws came out. "Whatever you were gonna teach me...I think you better start." he said, while heavily breathing and his eyes glowing.

"Yes, Derek, it's showtime. Be thy sensei, be thy yoda." Isabella stated.

"You watch Star Wars!" Stiles said very excitedly.

"Duh, who hasn't and if you haven't then you haven't lived life yet." she said.

"Ella, it's not the time for your banter." Derek warned.

"Okay sourwolf, didn't mean to crap on your dog food." she said, crossing her arms and rolling her eyes.

"Smartass." he muttered. "I heard that, and you're not wrong I am a smartass in fact I'm the greatest smartass." she said confidently. Braeden laughed at the commentary between the two.

He rolled his eyes and began to help Liam. "Liam, are you with me? We have a mantra that we use, you repeat it. You focus on the words, it's like meditating. You say the words until you feel control coming back to you." he explained, to the transitioning beta.

"Okay. Okay, Okay! What are the words?" he said, breathing heavily.

"Okay, look at the triskelion. See the symbol? Each spiral means something."

"Alpha, Beta, Omega." Stiles said.

"It represents the idea that we can always rise to one and fall back to another. All you have to do is say the three words. And with each one you tell yourself, you're getting calmer, more in control. Go ahead." he said.

"Alpha, Beta–"

"Slower."

"Alpha...Beta...Omega," he grunted.

Getting more restless, he chanted "Alpha...Beta...Omega..."

"Good say it again, remember every time you say the words, you're getting calmer."

Saying it again, Liam's voice stated to get distorted into a deeper tone. "Alpha, Beta...Omega."

His voice started to spook Stiles, but Isabella found it amusing.

"You have it here folks, watching live a turning beta in one corner and one human and semi–human in the other. Who's going to make it out alive." she said.

"This is not the time," Stiles said with a slightly shaky voice.

"Well, I offered to send him to the astral dimension, but he didn't take it so I just sit back and observe." she stated.

"Derek, I don't think the powerful talisman of self–control is working." Stiles stated, worryingly looking at the turning boy.

Liam started growling at everyone.

"I should be worried, but yet I find this awkwardly normal." Isabella said.

Trying to calm him down, "Liam, say it again." Derek pressed.

Liam then tried to yank the cuffs free, tipping the van over a little bit.

"Yeehaw," Isabella stated. Then she saw him break the chain. "Oh shit."

"Isabella?" Braeden questioned. "Keep going!" she said back.

Then Liam got out of both of his cuffs and tried to reach for Derek but Isabella held him down. "I think we're gonna need to go a little faster." Stiles exclaimed.

"You're being a bad dog, Liam." Isabella said, trying to hold him down.

"Liam!" "We're almost there." "Derek, I don't think alpha, beta, omega is reasoning with him." Stiles said.

"You know any other mantras?"

Thinking about it for a minute, "Yeah, I do."

"Liam, Liam. What three things cannot long be hidden?"

Liam halted for a minute then went back to growling. "Liam, look at me. What three things cannot long be hidden?" Stiles forced.

"What three things?"

Huffing he stated, "The sun...the moon...the truth."

"That's it, say it again."

"The sun, the moon... the truth." Liam said, calming down.

"Derek?" Braeden questioned. "We're okay." he replied but when he said that Liam started to get a little feisty again.

Seeing his eyes dimly turn gold again, Isabella put two fingers to his temple. While her eyes were glowing black. Then removed her fingers and her eyes changed back to green, while Liam's eyes were closed.

"What did you do to him?" Stiles asked curiously.

"I sent him to meet his ancestors." Isabella said, calmly.

"You killed him!" Stiles exasperated.

"No you idiot, I just calmed him down, he'll wake up any second."

And a second later Liam walked up calmly. "And you couldn't have done that earlier." Stiles said, in a high pitched voice.

"I could have, but I wanted him to learn first so he would know how to do it on his own."

"Oh...well that's a good reason." Stiles said.

Finally arriving outside the church, in the van Liam said "I can't believe I did it. You know for a minute there, I thought I was gonna tear the three of you apart."

"Oh honey no, those two maybe, but not me. I would have held my own, but props to you for thinking that you could." she chuckled, patting him on the shoulder.

"Yeah, that would've made for an awkward ride home. So, thanks." Stiles said.

"Think you can bring the same level of control and strength inside La Iglesia?" Derek asked.

All Liam did was flick out his claws. "Look at you learning." Isabella stated, with a thumbs up.

"Alright, we might actually be able to do this." Stiles thought.

Shaking their heads, Derek went to open the door of the van but was grabbed by a Berserker and thrown onto the ground.

"DEREK!" Isabella yelled.

"NO!" she said, seeing the Berserker stab him. She tried climbing out of the van but Liam and Stiles were holding her back.

While she saw the Berserker stab him again, it triggered something in her head.

The memories, they all came flooding back.

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"I wouldn't do that if I were you, I know you're frustrated that I knocked you out and left you cold and unconscious on the street but I had to make sure you weren't it."

That memory came then, another.

"Mr.Hale you made me laugh earlier tonight because you scared little kids, but do not interrupt me when I'm talking, I don't like that at all in fact that sort of thing makes me furious and you don't want to see me furious."

And that followed another.

"I do hope you put decorations in this loft. It looks lonely, like in the worst way possible and this is only my 3rd day on this planet."

And another.

"You have a habit of just knocking people unconscious don't you?" "I have a mission to complete, and I'm looking for supernaturals and people around supernaturals to see if they have what I need to get rid of."

"Oh, come on Derek you know we're best buds we can hate your uncle together, actually I think a lot of people hate your uncle so why don't make a book club already, all you have to do is let me in."

"Oh come on Derek, don't be such a– wait what did that spastic kid call you? Oh yeah, 'Sourwolf'."

"Do you even know how to drive?" "Of course, I know how to do everything humanly and inhumanly possible."

"I could easily get out of these, you know." "And I could materialize out of this station, but yet here I am so you're not that special Derek."

"You guys okay?" "You protected me, why? I would have healed," "As long as I'm here Derek, I'm always going to protect you,"

"I don't even understand why you're here, last I saw you, you said "From now on don't even bother considering Void your greatest enemy. I am." Then you left, you haven't spoken to me since, so why come now. What you couldn't handle being by yourself or something?" "No, that's not it. I came for you, remember what I told you in the police station after the bombing, "As long as I'm here Derek, I'm always going to protect you." "I meant every single word when I said that, even now, even when I said I'm your biggest threat. Because you are my friend, and friends don't leave each other behind when they need each other the most."

"My ancestors Derek put me down, this is literally my second hug for the night and the first was not this hurtful it was rather delicate." "I heard her scream, I thought you died." "Really you thought I would die like that, it's kind of offensive to be honest."

"You know it, now I created them to help you guys so don't make them do all the work. Get up and fight." "See you after?" "Maybe,"

All the memories came flooding back between Zella and Derek, Isabella was reliving the good and the bad moments. It was a flood she thought she'd never escape from.

She thought she had seen all of them, that was until she saw the one that broke her heart the most.

"I'm sorry, I didn't tell you" "No, you'll be alright. It's just a wound you'll heal like you did before." "No Der, not this time. I was connected to him now that he's gone I go too," "Thank you for making me have my first laugh and for having the first party I ever went to and overall thank you for being my first and very best friend."

"Tell Scott to never give up." "No, no you can tell him that yourself because you're staying here, I'll find Deaton and ask him to do something or I'll ask Noshiko." "Derek, you gotta let me go. Don't be afraid, my spirit will live on." "Ai gonplei ste odon. My fight is over, Derek."

Derek brought her up in his arms and hugged her and he wouldn't let go, "Thank you for being my friend, my best friend. Thank you for opening me up again."

"Little banshee, I know you feel it and it's okay to let it out." "Der-Derek, in y-your loft ther-" "What? There's what? Zella? Zella?"

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It was what triggered her memories, when Zella had gotten stabbed at the same time as Void.When she was Derek get stabbed everything came back, all the emotions every single moment they shared when Zella was being inhabited in her she remembered.

What snapped her out of it was Braeden getting her shotgun and firing at the Berserker.

The shots drove the Berserker away, and as it left Zella ran right up to Derek.

She saw blood coming from his mouth and she looked down to see his wound. It was deep and the bleeding wouldn't stop.

"How bad is it?" Peter questioned, but Isabella didn't hear it at that moment she was just focused on Derek.

"I'm fine, I'm fine. Just get to Scott. Just find him, we'll be right behind you, go." Derek told everyone.

He saw no one moving, "GO!"

Before Stiles left Derek told him "Hey, hey, save him." Stiles nodded his head and took off.

Braeden stayed behind with Isabella, but went to go be on the lookout, because she obviously saw that they needed to talk to each other.

Derek looked back up to see Isabella crying. Trying to laugh, he asked,"What are you crying about?"

"I remember," was all she said.

"You remember?"

"I remember everything that happened, I felt everything she felt, so yeah I remember."

All Derek could do was smile, it was a bloody smile but it was still a smile.

"Lydia was right." he said, breathing heavily.

"Don't say that, you never know what can happen. I came back, see, so why can't you get through this." she suggested, trying not to believe that any of this was real.

"You need to save yourself."

"No, if you're going down today then I'm going down with you. Because as long as I'm here Derek, I'm always going to protect you." she said, choking out a sob.

"You really do remember, huh?" he laughed.

"Yeah, so you're gonna have to be okay, because we have to make more memories like you said."

"Yeah, but this is a mortal wound and right now, I'm feeling pretty mortal." he stated.

"Well, I don't care how mortal you get your staying here with me and we'll grow old and brittle together." she said, earning a pained laugh from him.

They then heard a loud growl and Braeden started firing her shotgun.

Derek then turned to Isabella and grabbed her hand, "You gotta let me go."

"No, I won't do that." She said, as more tears started to fall.

He just smiled lazily and closed his eyes.

"No, no, Derek. WAKE UP!" she yelled crying even more than before.

It might be insensitive to some but, this hurt more than her parents death, because they had trained her to live without them when they passed. She wasn't trained for Derek's passing.

As she cried she started to lose control, the weather picked up winds becoming higher. Thunder rumbling in the sky. Lightning strikes danced across the fields.

She let a pained scream, and some hunters flew back from the power released from the scream.

Derek was gone and he wasn't coming back.

She hated that she got her memories back, because now that was all she had left, just memories of someone who died right in front of her.

But she knew if Kate wasn't in control of the Berserkers, then Derek wouldn't have died. Derek also would have still been a werewolf if she hadn't taken him to the church and buried him in wolfsbane.

So she knew what she had to do next, she was going to kill Kate Argent.

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It didn't matter if she had a brother or a niece who still cared for her, she had hurtin' too many people in her lifetime, and it was time someone finally ended it, properly this time.

Slowly standing up from Derek's dead body, she turned around and began to walk.

She heard gunshots sounding off all around her, but to her everything was moving in slow motion.

Gunshots whizzed past her, she didn't flinch, she just kept walking with a void look on her face.

She heard her voice, she heard Kate boasting saying she was gonna kill everyone and walk out of here alive, but not if Isabella had anything to say about it.

Walking up behind her she stood still, "Katherine."

Kate turned around and glared at the girl. "What do you want, did I hurt someone of yours?" she teased.

"You did, he was a good guy but he's not here to stop me now."

Kate laughed, "What are you going to do, kill me?" she said.

Isabella smirked, but it wasn't a fun one well at least not for Kate. It was a look that could kill.

"Oh, I plan on it." she said, as lightning struck in front of her.

Walking up to her slowly, "You know some people might say death is like sleep, but you're more at peace. But for you I don't think death will be that way."

"Why you may ask? Because I'm gonna make it painful." she said, as she raised her hand.

Kate tried running at her, but soon saw she couldn't go anywhere. She then looked up to the woman and saw her eyes turned pitch black.

Black like smoke came from everywhere, and like strings they started casing Kate up in a cocoon like shape.

One of the strings of darkness, forced Kate's mouth open. Isabella's voice grew distorted when she spoke. "You think you're making it here out alive. Oh no baby, you've lived for too long and unlike Peter I'm gonna make sure you stay dead."

Hunters were watching this happen. They didn't know who the mystery woman was or what she was doing, but all they saw was a target and they started firing at her.

Isabella felt one shot pierce her leg, so she knew there were plenty more to come. While she had Kate tied up she made a shield of darkness and shadows to cover her.

And glanced at Derek one more time, then looked back to Kate who was already looking at her.

"Do you know what it feels like to suffocate from the inside out?" she asked, plainly no emotion evident in her voice.

Kate of course didn't say anything, but Isabella responded with "Me neither, but guess what. Today's your lucky day, you get to try it out first. So tell me how it feels when you're done or actually nevermind you won't get to since you'll be dead." she said, laughing a little.

And a rope of smoke started to go down Kate's throat and she started choking.

Chris started shouting trying to get her attention, even Parrish joined in.

Everybody tried to stop her, but the only thing that caught her attention was a howl.

Even if she never heard Derek howl before it was like she already knew it was him. She looked to where his body was supposed to be and didn't see him there anymore, that made her smile.

She then saw a large black wolf run from the rubble and shine his very electric and cooling blue eyes, this also caught Kate's attention because she was no longer suffocating.

Isabella turned back to her, "I think someone wants to say something to you." she said, smirking, and dropped her on the ground.

The wolf then ran at Kate and jumped on her and bit her, tearing some of her to shreds.

While the wolf was doing this Isabella was laughing, she was laughing from her stomach, hearing Kate in pain.

The wolf then morphed into a man.

"You were... you were dead." Kate let out.

"No, I was evolving. Something you'll never do."

A Berserker tried to come at Derek, but acted faster and broke the skull of the creature, killing it instantly.

While distracted, Kate tried to get up and run away. Isabella was about to come after her again when Chris shot her with a wolfsbane bullet wounding her.

She looked back at her brother, "Chris." she said with betrayal laced in her voice.

Isabella laughed at the woman, "Life's a bitch ain't it." she said and continued laughing.

And Kate got up and ran away, "It may not be today and it may not be tomorrow but she's gonna die." Isabella quoted.

Then turned to go hug Derek, but instead she screamed.

"What?" he asked.

"Derek, I love you I really do but please, I'm begging you to put some clothes on. Pants at least. My eyes have been permanently wounded as well as my brain." she cried.

He laughed at the girl, but obeyed her wishes and went to his truck and grabbed extra clothes that he had brought along the trip.

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As it reached morning and Derek was finally clothed, Isabella ran up to him giving him a big hug.

"You know I remember."

"Remember what exactly?" Derek asked.

"When you and Zella made this idea up of going on a long vacation."

"Oh yeah, I remember that, but that was such a long time ago."

"You wanna take that vacation now?" she asked.

"You serious?"

"Yeah, I mean you're alive, I'm alive, why not live it up and have fun." she said.

"What about your house?"

"Braeden can take care of it, something tells me she'll be going back to Beacon Hills anyway."

"If you're down, then I'm down." he agreed

"Then let's go sourwolf."

"Alrighty then smartass." Derek said, making Isabella laugh.

As they started to walk to his car, they turned to look at the kids. Derek smiled and of course Isabella had to say something. "Catch you kids on the flip side," she said with a smile and waved.

They all waved back and Derek and Isabella got in the car.

Closing the door, Isabella asked "I wonder what Costa Rica's like this time of year?"

And all that was heard before the car door shut was Derek laughing "What I got a big floppy hat that's waiting to be used."

And the car drove off.

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I liked this chapter a lot. It's probably one of my favorites to write. It's kind of surreal finishing this chapter because I'm almost done with the book. The last and final chapter for this series will be posted tomorrow.

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