Hear Me Roar [] Liam Dunbar []

TWENTY-FIVE|Wires

"3x19: Letharia Vulpina"

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Victoria didn't wait as she leapt down off of the roof and she flipped twice to slow her fall, landing in the dirt quickly on her feet.

Victoria saw that Derek and Scott were jumping down after her and she was scrambling to back away from the electrified water, and then, she was quickly grabbing Casey just right before she could step into it.

Victoria was backing away quickly right along with Casey and quickly now, they reached Scott and Derek quickly as Derek was tightly hugging Casey, only to keep her from running into the growing lake of water from a broken fire hydrant.

Isaac fell into the electrified water and then suddenly, Kira was jumping onto a skidding car and flipping off of it.

To their completely shock, Kira was completely unaffected by the massive pool of electrified water, that she had landed into and she stood up.

Kira's hand shot out and quickly was grabbing the live wire with one hand, as her other one was covering the top of the wire.

Kira was absorbing all of the electricity and only once she was sure that the electricity was fully absorbed, did she drop the wire.

After a few seconds of silence, Derek let go of Casey and they both ran into the water along with Victoria, as they were all running straight to Isaac in a hurry.

"Isaac?" Derek asked. "He's not breathing..." He said and Casey was shaking her head, as she helped him roll over. "Scott, he's not breathing!" Derek shouted in horror.

After they had been forced to leave Isaac to the others, Derek and Casey were sitting in the SUV, and then a few moments later now, Victoria was getting quietly into the backseat of the car. "I should've been faster." Victoria said, as they both turn around to look at her in their seats. "I'm faster than any of us!" Her voice broke and Derek was shaking his head as, he got out of the car and he pulled her against him in a hug.

"He wouldn't even be in this mess if I hadn't bitten him." Derek murmured and Victoria was cracking completely, as all of her emotional walls and, all of her barriers came crashing down around her.

"I need to talk to Mom." Victoria whispered as Derek nodded at the words and he was tightening his hug on her and Victoria was clutching his jacket and a short moment later from then, another set of arms joined the hug. Victoria was clearly aware of it being Casey, she saw that there was a new triskelion tattoo on her arm and Victoria inhaled sharply. "We-we need to call Beatrice." She said and then, it was Derek, who was nodding.

||Hale Loft,

Hours Later||

"Are you totally, and, completely, sure about this?" Beatrice asked as she had a set of Laura's claws on her right hand as Victoria nodded. "Okay. This is going to hurt like nothing, that you have ever felt before." Beatrice said and Victoria leaned forward against her chairs and then, Beatrice forced the claws into the back of her neck and top of her spine, as then Victoria gasped in pain.

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Victoria opened her eyes with a choked cry and she looked over to her right, seeing that there was nobody standing there right next to her and he was nodding a little bit at the sight of her standing there.

"Did it work?" Victoria asked softly and her voice was echoing, as she was turning around in a full circle, seeing if she had missed anything.

Victoria turned around again as she had heard quiet paw steps, to see that there was a wolf loping into the room and Victoria was shuddering with emotions already, as its' eyes glowed red.

The wolf stared up at Victoria for a moment, before now it was changing in front Victoria's eyes.

Laura Hale stood up in front of Victoria, looking the same as she had before she had left them in New York, before she had been killed by Peter.

"M-Mom?" Victoria asked as her voice was coming out strangled.

"Hey there kiddo, hey there, my little victory." Laura murmured with a small smile and Victoria sobbed at the sound of the familiar nickname, the only one that Laura had exclusive access to.

Victoria was throwing her arms around her mom and Laura smiled gently at her. "Why did you go without us?" Victoria sobbed and Laura hugged her daughter. "I don't know what to do, Mom, I need your help." She whispered.

"You have Derek now, but... You have to trust him enough to let him in, my little one." Laura said and she looked up at her mother.

"Dad... Dad, he abandoned me." She whispered and Laura looked at her, as she nodded. "I don't know what to do, Mom. Derek isn't an alpha anymore, Tye is hardly around, Casey is human, Isaac is dying... Everythin' is changing so fast and it's all coming... It is all just crashing down." Victoria whispered as she looked up at her mom.

"You have your family, you have a new pack now. Our family's pack, it will always come back one day. We will always, always be drawn back to Beacon Hills. We built this town, there should always be a Hale in Beacon Hills." Laura said softly and she looked at her daughter. "One day, that responsibility, might be yours and yours alone. But that won't be today, little lion, and not right now. Not while Derek is here, not while Beatrice walks the earth, and, not while Peter survives." Laura said as she looked at her.

"Ah." Victoria said and she touched the back of her neck, as her fingers were wet with blood. "Mom?" She asked and her voice was quivering.

"We're almost out of time, little one." Laura said sadly and she was crouching down in front of Victoria, who threw her arms around her mom tightly. "Do me one favor and tell Derek something for me?" Laura asked as Victoria sobbed, but she was nodding anyways. "Tell him to just pop the damn question already. I'm heartily sick of watching them both dance around each other." Laura murmured and Victoria was gasping, but she laughed all the same as she was crying.

"I-I love you Mom." Victoria whispered and Laura smiled at her with a sad look in her eyes, as their surroundings had begun to fade and Laura was fading with them.

"I love you too, little lion."

With the precious words echoing in her ears, Victoria shut her eyes again and prepared to lose her mother for the second time.

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Victoria sobbed as she opened her eyes and Beatrice was staggering, as Tye was supporting her and Victoria had her arms wrapped around herself and she was pressing her head against the chair.

"Tori?" Derek asked softly and Victoria didn't turn around to look at him, so he went around and he sat in front of her. "What did she say?" He asked and she looked directly at him.

"Mom... Mom said to just ask the damn question already." Victoria said and at the words, Casey was walking into the loft and she looked at them. "I guess Mom somehow knows just how happy you two used to be." She said as a moment later, she was staggerin' up the stairs to be alone with her thought process.