Everyone Has Demons [Teen Wolf]

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Cora, Derek, and I moved fast. We got what we needed, which wasn't much. I had my fake IDs and passports stuffed in a drawer along with my emergency cash, in case I needed money before I could access one of my accounts. I only took a few extra outfits. I kept my bag small, Cora barely had anything, and I didn't notice if Derek even packed a bag at all.

"Once we're out of here, if I'm a problem we can split up. I just saw my opportunity to get out and took it," I told them.

"You could have left whenever you wanted to, nothing was keeping you here," Derek said.

I met his eyes in the rearview mirror. "Yeah, you're right."

"Why all of a sudden?" Cora asked.

"I got too attached, it's time to cut ties. Maybe I'll go to London and see my cousin Kayla again, we have unfinished business. Last night when Stiles, Allison, and Scott were trying to save their parents I started thinking about how awful it was that I wasn't making connections. But, I don't think I'm built for that. It isn't in my DNA to be attached to people, I'm a nomad."

"Ava, you're human now. You're still thinking like you're immortal. You can't just up and leave your life and start over infinitely anymore, eventually your time will run out," Cora told me.

"Yeah, and some good mortality has been."

Derek pulled over quickly. "What was that?" Cora asked.

"Lydia."

"What?" I asked.

"Lydia screamed," Derek told me.

Cora looked very intently at the road in front of us. "If we go back we're going to die."

"We don't know that," Derek said. "But if we don't, they definitely will."

"Turn around," I told him. "If we die at least we die fighting for something."

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When we reached the loft Kali and the twins were dead. Lydia was crouched in the corner and Cora and I rushed to her. Julia was leaning against one of the pillars looking comfortable. "You came back," Lydia whispered to me.

"I was wrong, I don't want to start over," I told her.

"Take a good look," Julia said to Derek. "This is what I can do. This is revenge for anyone these monsters have ever hurt. I am doing this for their victims, you and me, Scott."

"Stop trying to convince me to join your cause."

"Then let me convince you of someone else's, Scott's. I need a guardian, either the parents that I took, or you." She glanced at me. "Or I could sacrifice Ava, she may have momentary lapses in judgment, but she loves these kids."

"What do you need from me?" Derek asked.

Julia smirked. "Nothing much, I just need you to get Deucalion in the right place at the right time."

"Derek, don't listen to her," I said.

"The eclipse only lasts fifteen minutes, Derek. That's all I have. If Scott is with Deucalion, I don't stand a chance, unless I have you," Julia continued.

"You can't help her," Cora begged.

"Help me kill him and everyone else lives."

"Ok."

Cora and I watched helplessly as Derek left with Julia. "He's going to die," Cora said.

I stood up and pulled her to her feet. "We aren't just going to sit here and wait for the bad news, we're going to fight."