𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅 ━━ LYDIA MARTIN

58

WITHOUT THINKING IT through, Reid found himself rushing forward and kicking Deucalion in the back of his knees which made him lose his balance thus letting go of Scott.

He turned to face Reid with shock all over his features, "did you just—"

"— You fuckin' lied to me!" Reid shouted as his fist clenched hand swung forward to hit Deucalion who instantly grabbed his wrist but he was having a hard time to hold him, "you told me that she didn't give a fuck about me and that I should kill her–"

"She doesn't care about you!" Deucalion exclaimed, pushing him away. He stumbled backwards but quickly regained his footing and lunged at him again, successfully throwing a punch in his ribs.

Deucalion stumbled backwards and Reid didn't give him the time to regain his balance as he threw another punch followed by another and another until Deucalion was on the ground, not wanting to fight his only family member left.

"Listen to me, I—" he was cut off when Reid punched him in the face, his head snapping to the side, blood pouring out of his mouth at the impact.

"I'm done listening to you," he muttered, his actions halting upon noticing something, "why the fuck aren't you fighting back?"

"Because I care about you," Deucalion admitted with a groan as he tasted blood on his lips. It had been a while since someone hit him and truly managed to make him bleed. "I don't want to fight you."

"No, you just want me to be in your stupid pack," Reid stood up from him, glancing down at his hands, his knuckles were red.

"You know that's not true," Deucalion stood up, wiping the blood on his face with the back of his hand, "I did what I had to do to protect you."

"Pro—" he cut himself off with a scoff, "— protect me? How the fuck was that supposed to protect me?"

"I left you because I had enemies and I didn't want them to come after you since you were just a child," Deucalion began, "I kept your mother away from you because she is insane. She's mentally fucked up. Leaving your father rendered her mental."

"Guys..." Scott began, making them look at him, "the eclipse... She's gone."

"Shit–" Reid groaned in frustratuon, his eyes falling on Deucalion who had now regained his normal face along with everyone else. They were now all powerless. "Fuckin' great."

Just then, they all stared at the entrance where Jennifer began walking towards them with her actual face. She was quick to rush towards Scott and push him with so much force that he went flying backwards.

Then she turned to Reid and tried to attack him but he grabbed her wrist and managed to land a punch in her stomach but it barely even affected her. He rolled his eyes at his lack of power which made Jennifer chuckle before pushing him away as well.

Instead of letting go of him, she straddled him and traced her fingers down his face. "Such a pretty face."

"You must be really jealous right now," Reid muttered, unable to stop himself from smirking at the enraged look on her face, "you never know when to keep your mouth shut, do you?"

"Not really, no." He bit his lip when she dug her fingers in his stomach, blood oozing out of him, "yeah, so– that hurts."

"Does it?" She mocked, digging her fingers further. He nodded, his eyes closing slightly at the main, "yeah but we both know you're not gonna kill me."

"Doesn't mean I can't hurt you," she mumbled, removing her fingers before shoving them back in his stomach again. A small groan got past his lips at the sudden action but then he chuckled, "is that how you're going to waste the little time you have until the eclipse ends? By torturing me?"

Realising that he was right, she instantly stood up and turned to Deucalion before she began fighting him although it wasn't much of a fight considering that he was barely fighting back, unable to. Jennifer grabbed him and began slamming his head on the ground repeatedly, breaking it as blood began to pool out of it.

Reid winced at that, seeing Deucalion in such a condition. He would've helped if he did not have fingers sized holes in his stomach with blood soaking his shirt.

"Jennifer, wait!" Derek shouted before she could kill him, "He doesn't know."

"Know what?"

"That you look like sh—" Reid was cut off by Derek who shot him a subtle glare, telling him to shut up, "— what you really look like. He knows the cost of bringing Kali into his pack, but he's never seen the price you paid."

"No. No, he hasn't." Jennifer bent down and placed her hand on Deucalion's eyes, healing him as she gave him his sight back while Deucalion screamed in pain. After a few seconds, he stopped and she removed her eyes.

Deucalion blinked, now able to see as he looked at her, taking in her face. "Turn to me," Jennifer stared at him, angry, "turn to me—" she stumbled a few feet back, her normal body now appearing again. Derek was quick to catch her as she frowned, "what is this?"

"Healing him made you weak, just like healing Cora did to me," Derek replied, "you won't have your strength for at least a few minutes."

"Then you do it," Jennifer looked at Derek hopefully, "kill him!"

"No," Derek refused earning a large frown from her, "what?"

"Like my mother used to say—" Derek began, lifting her by the neck, "I'm a predator— I don't have to be a killer. Let them go!"

"Derek..." Jennifer trailed off as she began slamming his body against the wall over and over again. Scott and Reid exchanged a look, contemplating whether they should intervene.

"Should we..." Scott was now sitting next to Reid as they watched. The latter shook his head, "no, let them adults deal with it. Derek's stalling."

After a few minutes, Reid felt his wounds closing up and he looked down, his lips twitching upon realising that her time was up. Just then, Derek's eyes flashed blue as he stared at Jennifer, "your fifteen minutes are up."