Panthera Onca ➳ Derek Hale

23. Insatiable

Jade's P.O.V

   A vision drew to me Eichen house. Once I saw Derek getting out, I got a bad vision about this place. I knew Derek is saved, so I took myself here. Being here drove me a little insane. The screams that are left in this place... The deaths... It's inside my head. Deep inside. Like other voices evaded my brain and started screaming at me to help them. I couldn't feel more helpless than how I feel right now. I began walking around, back and forth, anything to calm these screams down, when I saw Lydia with the nogitsune. Oh, no. Why is she here? Why did he take her here?

   "Can you hear them?" He asked her. "Louder than usual, isn't it? Well, that's because a lot of bad things happened down here. What are the voices telling you? Are they saying that Stiles is dying?" Yes, but she shouldn't believe them. He's playing mind games with her. He's trying to play her. "He is, you know. He's dying." Lydia kept shuffling down the corridor, hurrying away from him without being able to really run. I could sense the amount of anxiety and fear coming from her. 

   "Then what do you need me for? You think I can tell you something??" Lydia yelled at him, terrified of him. The nogitsune laughed as Lydia reached the gate at the end of the hall.

   "Oh, I know you can."

   "I'm not telling you anything!" He appeared right behind her.

   "You won't have to. You'll be screaming." Lydia took a breath and then screamed. Oh, fuck.

Derek's P.O.V

   I grabbed the elevator door just before it closed.

   "You had a gun pointed at my head. You could've pulled the trigger. Why didn't you?" I asked Chris about the events that happened a few moments ago. I don't know what possessed me, but I had unknown rage targeted at him. I mean, I'm sure it's a part of the nogitsune's plan, but how did he do that? How did he get me to this level of emotion...? Chris glanced away and shook his head before looking back.

   "Because you're not my enemy anymore, Derek, and I'm not yours." Chris answered. It's hard to adjust to this kind of reality. Me, working with an Argent? They haunted me and my family for too long. How can I know that I can trust him? 

   "The truth is that we should be out there looking for him, right now. Especially if he can do something like this." I responded. Affecting me the way he did... He's very good with mind games, and this does not come to our favor.

   "I'm not sure that's actually going to be necessary."

   "Why not?"

   "Because if he can do something like this-"

   "He's stronger than ever."

   "Which means he'll be coming for us." I went back, and the elevator closed.

Jade's P.O.V

   I saw Lydia walking further down corridors and ended up at another locked gate. Oh, God, I can't watch this. I can't listen to them anymore. I must get involved.

   "They'll find me. My friends will find me." Lydia kept telling herself. She's losing her mind, hearing these screams in her head are making her lose her sanity. The nogitsune sat down on the top of the stairs. I'm sure it knows I'm here.

   "You think so? I, myself, was kind of wondering what they're doing right now. What useless lead they're chasing. I wonder if maybe some of them have bigger problems to deal with right now. Are they really spending every minute looking for you? Or, are they waiting for nightfall? Focused on some hopeless gesture to pass the time." The nogitsune claimed. Lydia turned around to look at him.

   "What do you want?" Lydia asked.

   "More."

   "More what?"

   "The trickster stories are all about food, Lydia. The coyote, the raven, the fox. They're all hungry. I'm the same." It walked down the steps toward. "I just crave something a little different. I eat what you feel." Lydia turned away, and the nogitsune pressed up against her ear. "And I am insatiable."

   "I can hear you, but I can't understand. Just a little louder, please." I heard someone speak in my head. But it doesn't seem like she's here. She was in Eichen House. Is she another banshee? She's trying to communicate with us?

   "You're nervous, aren't you? You know they're coming. You know they're going to kill you." Lydia was talking about the Oni.

   "Well, that's exactly why I'm keeping you so close." He locked himself and Lydia in a cell. But that's not what's going to keep them away.

   "They're here. And I don't need to scream to know that they're going to kill you."

   "Good. Because that's exactly why I brought you. I needed to know when they'd be close enough. When my own death was closing in." The nogitsune told her. "Cause only when they're close, I can do this." He produced Noshiko's last tails. Oh, no. He must be stopped now. The oni appeared inside the cell with them. Lydia ran to hide against the wall, and the nogitsune broke the tails, taking control of the oni. No!

   "Mom? What is that? What does that mean?" Kira asked. Scott and his pack joined the second the oni came. I'll jump in the second they fight him.

   "It means there's been a change in ownership. Now they belong to me." The nogitsune informed everyone. And that's when a battle began.

   Kira fought two oni at once. Isaac kept slashing at whoever came closest. Allison fired her arrows, but the oni chopped them out of the air. It's useless, the nogitsune is trying to get them tired and I don't want that, they shouldn't play by his wish.

   "Stop!" I entered inside the fight, knowing I can't stay in the shadows anymore. That's enough. Everyone were shocked to see me around, but I had not time to focus on that. I knew it's time for me to help and bring in my knowledge in supernatural. "Don't use all of your powers on the oni. The nogitsune is trying to tire you. If you want to kill the oni you need to use s-" I felt sharp pain in my stomach. Shock waves ran all through my body. I fought hard to inhaled, but I couldn't. The air refused to enter my lungs. Why is it so hard to breathe? I slowly looked down. Oh... I felt sick. The oni stabbed me in the stomach with its sword. My pulse got slower and slower. How is it possible? I've gotten worse wounds before and I've never died. Why am I dying now? It wasn't supposed to be like this. I'm not supposed to die. I didn't have a vision about death... My head was dizzy. My vision got darker. No, no, no. How do I stop this? I cannot die.

   I fell on the floor.

   "No!"

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A\N: What the hell, how could I do this?

Anyway, people who want an epilogue can tell me in the comments. next chapter is the last one. I truly did love this book, and I'm happy we reached 22k views on this story. I'm excited for you all.