Sirens Song

SIX

CHAPTER SIX
( HUMAN AFTER ALL )

ALEX PLACES HER CUFFS ON HER WRISTS. She grabs her knives and  straps them to her leg.
  Theo walks in and leans on the door frame. "Why are you bringing knives?" He asks.
  "Because," she grabs a knife and slides it into a slit in her shoe, "if they really can take my power," she turns to face him, "I have to do anything to stop them. And that includes killing."
  Theo sighs. "Scott won't like that."
  Alex crosses her arms. "That's why I'm not telling him."
  "That's how friendships get destroyed, ya know. By keeping secrets. That's how I kinda momentarily destroyed Scott and Stiles' friendship."
  "That won't matter if they get my power. You'll all be dead."
  Theo stands ups straight as his eyes widen. "What!?"
  "If they get my power, because Monroe is hellbent of getting rid of the supernatural, she'll use it to kill every supernatural being."
  "You can do that."
  "Not alone, but if I had Mako on a full moon helping me, probably. It would be almost impossible, by I could do it."
  "Could they?"
  Alex shrugs. "Maybe." She pauses. "Even if they couldn't, they could kill all of you easily."
  Theo exhales slowly. "Wonderful." He walks out of the room, Alex following him. "We have to leave." He walks down the steps. The two see the pack plus Devon in the living room. "Alex is planning on killing them."
  Scott stands and walks up to her. "No, you're not."
  "You cannot tell me what to do," she says.
  Scott flashes his eyes. "No killing."
  "Your alpha eyes do not work on me. I could kill you right now and not feel a single thing," she threatens. "You mean nothing to me." She looks at the pack. "All of you." She looks back to Scott. "I don't have a soul. I feel nothing." She pushes past him. "Let's go." She walks out the house, all of them following her eventually.
  Devon grabs her arm to stop her. "Ξέρεις πώς θα τελειώσει αυτό." (You know how this is going to end.)
  She glances at the pack. She nods sorrowfully. "Ναί. Θα χάσουμε." (Yes. We will lose.) She takes a deep breath. "Και θα πεθάνω." (And I will die.)
  He lets go of her arm. "Και είστε εντάξει με αυτό;" (And are you okay with this?)
  She sighs while looking at Theo. "Πρεπει να ΕΙΜΑΙ." (I need to be.) "Είναι η μοναδική τους ευκαιρία να επιβιώσουν." (It's their only chance to survive.) She turns back to Devon just to walk away.
  The pack head to the Cafe. They walk in, seeing Mimmi, Ondina, Serena, Cam, Chris, Carley, Zac, Evie, and David.
  Alex looks to Cam. "You ready?" She might know they lose, but that doesn't mean she won't put in her best effort.
  He nods.
"What's your plan?" Zac asks.
Scott sighs. "Cam breaks any of the spells that's holding people under control, that way they help us. And we fight. We make sure they can't get Alex's power."
They all nod.
Issac sighs. "Since this could, potentially, be the end of the world," he takes out a pack of cards, "let's play cards."
Scott smiles lovingly at his boyfriend. "Alright. We have a lot of time to kill."
The twenty-three of them sit down.
Issac takes out three other packs. "Since there's a lot of us, I'm gonna quadruple the pack." He shuffles all the cards. "What game should we play?"
"Bullshit!" Alex calls out.
Issac shrugs. "Okay." He looks to the others. "Do you all know how to play the game?"
Ondina, Mimmi, and Serena shake their head.
"Well, you'll get it as we go," Issac says before he stars handing out the cards. "I'll go first." He places a card face down in the pile. "Ace."
Scott goes next and does the same. "Two."
Theo places down five cards. "Five threes."
"Bullshit!" Alex calls.
Theo turns over the five cards. All threes. He smirks as Alex grabs the pile of cards.
Liam goes next, starting again. "Two Aces."

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Alex checks her watch. "Guys." They turn to her. "The moon is gonna be right above Mako in ten minutes. We should be ready."
Issac quickly puts the cards away as Cam readies his spell. Only a minute passes before the doors slam open. Hayden, Erick, the warlock, Monroe, and four armed men walk in.
Instantly Hayden attacks Liam and Theo as Erick begins to fight Zac. Carly, Chris, David, Evie, and Cam hide behind the counter. The pack fight the gunman, attempting to keep them subdued. Alex blocks the spear the warlock has in his hand with her cuff. She kicks his feet from under him. In return, he pulls her to the ground. He straddles her and aims the spear at her face. She blocks it. He continues to push.
"De ce încercați?" He questions. (Why are you trying?)
"Pentru că, dacă nu, nu va contează niciodată," She spits. (Because if not, it will never matter.)
"Trebuie să știți că veți pierde," he says. (You must know that you will lose.)
"Fac." (I do.) She pushes him off. "Dar trebuie să încerc." (But I have to try.)
As Liam struggles with Hayden, he screams, "Cam!"
Cam pops up from behind the counter. "Frange animum dulcedine in imperio. De potentia trahere ad gelu." Both Hayden and Erik stop suddenly.
Hayden gets off of Liam and growls at the warlock.
Cam turns to the gun man. "Somnum." The men pass out.
The warlock quickly stabs the spear into the ground. His eyes glow gold. Vines grow through the ground, grabbing everyone but Alex.
Alex sighs. "When you do this you will not get the results you are hoping for?"
He pulls the spear out and rolls his eyes. "Shut up." He drives the spear through Alex.
"Alex!" Theo and Devon scream in unison.
Alex spits blood out of her mouth, breathing heavily. "No blood for you will ever be enough." She clenches her teeth. "You will never-" she pants, "-be a god."
Monroe pulls the collar of her shirt to reveal a gem. Her and the warlock pull it out. Distracted by the gem, the warlock drops the spell holding the others and pulls the spear out of Alex.
Theo catches Alex before her falls, tears falling. He cradles her and presses on the wound. "Why aren't-" he chokes out a sob, "-why aren't you healing?"
"Maybe I'm human after all." She wipes one of his tears. "Don't cry. It's okay. Everything is okay."
He chokes out another sob. "Don't leave me. You aren't supposed to die!"
"I am someone who did not die when I should've," she admits. Her vision becomes blurry. Tears. Her first true tears. Sadness and relief. Her first and last emotions.
"You shouldn't have to die alone," he says.
Alex sighs. "Everyone dies alone. But if you meant something to someone. If you helped someone. Or loved someone. If even a single person remembers you. Then maybe you never really die at all." She smiles at him. "It's okay." Her last breath leaves her as her heart stops.
Theo's body quakes with emotion. He hugs her body tighter. His teary eyes turn yellow as her howls. A heart breaking howl. An earth shattering howl.

"NO!"

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A/N— Sorry not sorry.
What will the pack do now that Monroe and the warlock hold Alex's powers?
We'll see.....
Eventually.