Animagus

Chapter Eighty-Five: Mexico Part Three

~La Iglesia~

They arrive at La Iglesia, "I can't believe I did it! For a minute, I thought I was gonna tear you two apart." Liam chuckled.

Stiles nodded, "Yeah, that would have made for an awkward ride home, so thanks..."

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

Liam flicked his claws. "All right! We might actually be able to do this." Stiles said.

Derek opens the back of the van and a Berserker awaited him. It grabbed him and threw him on the ground, then tossed him against the rock wall. It beat him before stabbing him with one of his daggers. Braeden shoots it. When it ran off she rushed over to Derek who was bleeding all over. Peter ran around the corner and came to a halt when he saw Derek. "How bad is it?" He asked.

"I'm fine! I'm fine. Just get to Scott." He said quickly. "Just find him. We'll be right behind you. Go. Go!" Derek ordered. Peter was the first to leave. Malia and Liam followed behind, but Stiles couldn't stop staring at Derek. "Hey... hey, save him. And Stiles... find Leia." Stiles nodded as he took off after the others.

~Inside the Church~

Everyone was following Peter when he suddenly stops. Stiles' phone rings, "How do I even have service...?" He muttered. "Hi, dad... okay, dad, I know you're angry—"

Stilinski interrupted, "Oh, I'm beyond angry! I've reached a level of fury that you could not possibly comprehend." Peter looked at him like, 'what the hell.'

"Okay, well, when I get back you can ground me."

"Ground you? Ground you? I'm gonna hobble you! Now, please, tell me you're all right. Tell me you're safe." Stilinski asked worriedly.

"You want me to lie?" Stiles asked.

Stilinski gave up, "Oh God. Okay. Tell me—tell me what I can do. How can I help?"

"Lydia—she was at the school when we called Mason to look for her, but now we're not hearing back from either of them. I don't know, dad... I don't know what I'm doing. You know I'm just... I'm just trying to save my friends." Stiles said.

"Okay. I'll find Lydia and Mason. You get Kira and Scott. You save your friends."

"Dad if it's one of the Berserkers at the school, you're gonna need firepower. A lot." Stiles warned. Stiles hung up and rejoined the others.

"What do we do now?" Liam asked.

Malia glanced over, shouting. "Duck!" A Berserker attacked and they took off running deeper into the church ruins.

~Outside~

"Can you still pull a trigger?" Braeden asked Derek.

Derek nodded, "Yeah..."

"Stay with me! You're gonna be okay." Braeden said with tears in her eyes.

Derek laughed weakly, "It's a mortal wound... and right now, I'm feeling pretty mortal..."

"I'm not gonna let you die."

They hear a growl coming from a Berserker, "Eh. You might just have to... concentrate on saving yourself..."

Braeden grabs her shotgun and goes to check out where the growling came from, but she saw nothing. Derek motioned for her to look again and when she did she saw Kate and a Berserker. Braeden cocked her shotgun and gets ready to fight.