Once in a Lifetime

49

"We can try." Scott narrowed his eyes. "Yeah. And you can't kill everyone, Peter. Look, you can fight with us or fight alone, but one way or another, you'll end up fighting."

"I'm guessing it's going to be alone," Malia said.

They walked away and Peter yelled after them, "You made it this far without getting your hands dirty, Scott. No one makes it this far through a war with clean hands. Something I'm sure Tabitha understands. If you won't start killing... You better find someone who will."

The teens made their way back to Scott's and Malia walked in and said, "There's something else we can try. But you're not gonna like it."

"What?" Scott and Tabitha asked.

"There's another pack of werewolves I know about. They gave up everything that makes them human. Rules, morals. Electricity."

Scott nodded. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've heard of this pack. They call themselves The Primal. Their pack symbol is a circle with a crescent on top."

"They're strong."

Scott frowned. "They're not only strong, they'll kill anything that crosses their path."

"Are they worse than Deucalion and Peter?"

Scott shrugged. "I mean, at least I know Deucalion and Peter. This pack, I, I don't know anything about them."

"Does it matter if they can help us beat Gerard?"

"It matters if they're murderers."

Tabitha turned to her friend. "Uh, do I need to remind you Gerard has murdered hundreds of our kind, Scott? We can end it all right here, right now."

Scott glared and Malia sighed. "So we should just probably ignore it."

Tabitha shot Malia a look as Scott said, "Probably."

"There's got to be someone who can help us."

Scott shook his head. "We're not that desperate."

"And going to them would be really desperate, right?"

Tabitha, not able to sleep, decided to go for a casual stroll in the woods. Though, she'd be lying if she said she wasn't hoping for some adventure.

Tabitha, Malia and Scott trekked through the woods. They were searching for the Primal Pack compound. Scott and Malia suddenly felt terrified.

Tabitha's eyes widened, seeing her parents and Stiles being killed in front of her. "What's wrong with this place?" she whispered.

"I feel it too," Scott said. "And it seems Tabitha does too."

"It's the Anuk-Ite," Malia realized, trying to leave.

Scott grabbed Malia's hand and said, "We came for the pack. You two okay?"

Tabitha and Malia nodded as Scott pushed back a curtain. They walked into a bedroom and in a secluded area, saw numerous bodies with their eyes burned out. They heard a loud clanging sound and jumped.

"What was that?" Malia asked furiously.

They turned and Scott shined a flashlight on Lydia, still in her hospital gown. "What are you doing here? How did you get here?"

"He led me," Lydia answered, shaking. "He wanted me to find it."

Tabitha draped her sweater around Lydia's shoulders and asked, "Who led you?"

"Halwyn."

They walked through the woods and Malia frowned. "Why would a dead Hellhound bring you here? And isn't he dead?"

Lydia shrugged. "I guess the connection between a Banshee and a Hellhound..."

"Dead Hellhound?" Malia interrupted, earning a look from Tabitha.

"...Is stronger than I thought. As for the why, I'm hoping if I find the body, I'll figure that part out."

Scott glanced between them. "You know, there's a pile of dead bodies back there."

"It's a different body," Lydia said.

Malia frowned. "There's not a body out here. I'd smell it."

Lydia glanced at her. "I'm a harbinger of death. Trust me."

They followed Lydia to a skinless bloody lump covered in leaves.

Malia frowned. "How is this possible? We saw Parrish kill it."

Lydia knelt next to the body and Tabitha stood over it as the strawberry blonde said, "This one's different."

Scott nodded. "Yeah. I think Lydia's right. I think this is part of the pack."

"How do you know?" Lydia wondered.

Tabitha noticed a tattoo on the person's arm and knelt for a closer look. "This looks like a pack symbol."

Lydia nodded and said, "Its skin is gone."

The redhead looked up at her friend. "Don't wolves have to burn tattoos into their skin?"

He nodded and looked between his friends. "My tattoo is probably scarred into my muscles, too."

Malia shrugged. "Okay, but why are there two of these bodies?"

Lydia's eyes widened. "Because the Anuk-Ite has two faces."

Scott turned to the Banshee. "That's why Halwyn sent you here, Lydia."

She nodded. "He wanted me to find the Anuk-Ite's other face."

Lydia made her way to the school and the rest of the group made their way to the school to meet up with Liam and Theo. They'd found more bodies.

Malia sighed, closing the freezer. "It's a bad day for finding bodies."

Liam glanced at her. "There's gonna be a lot more if we don't find Aaron's other half."

"Which we know nothing about," Theo added.

Liam frowned and Tabitha rolled her eyes. "So what you're saying is we need to find this werewolf sooner than later."

Theo looked at her. "Preferably before they merge."

"What happens if they merge?" Liam wondered.

Theo shook his head. "I don't know, but I got a feeling that it's not going to be good."

Liam glanced to Tabitha and Scott and asked in a hopeful tone, "Any chance you two got to put that army together, Scott, Tabitha?"

Tabitha gestured to everyone as Malia said, "You're looking at it."

"Let's hope this thing doesn't feed off desperation, because this room reeks of it," Peter said, entering the room. "I'm also getting the scent of anger from the witch."

He was covered in soot and was holding a partially burned steering wheel.

"What happened?" Scott wondered.

"The hunters destroyed my perfect automobile. So, if this thing had anything to do with it, I'd like to see its demise is appropriately painful."

Malia's eyes narrowed, showing her confusion. "I thought you said you had two cars?"

Peter dropped a small object. "There's going to be hell to pay."

Tabitha nodded sharply. "Nice to see you've come around."

Scott and Tabitha walked to Roscoe and climbed in. He turned the ignition and smiled at his friend. "Ready?"

She nodded. ""I can do this all day.""

"No killing and stop quoting Marvel."

"Never."