The Darkness: 4

Part 26

Italics- nogitsune's whispers

Oliver

"What's the Wild Hunt?" Oliver asked. "The army of the dead who reap souls because they don't have any. If you see them, that's when you're in trouble. When they take you, every memory of your existence will erase to the point history rewrites itself without you in it," Stiles explained. "When Stiles and Peter were taken, they were gone," Malia said. "Even Stiles' mother came back."

"What about Douglas?" Theo asked. "He and the other Riders fear banshees, they won't have a choice than to be loyal." "So the werewolf guy is back?" Peter asked. "He's a Rider," Stiles corrected. "She called him the General," William added.

"I thought the Wild Hunt doesn't have a leader?" Argent asked. "That's what Douglas was trying to achieve, twice." "He probably gave himself that name because of his ranking," Theo thought. "Tell them the story," Scott said. "They need to know everything."

Theo nodded and started with Garrett Douglas' life. How he served in World War I, was an alpha lion wolf that Oliver had no time comprehending. How he was named the Soldier for Hitler's Third Reich using the supernatural. Then was whipped by a Ghost Rider and he turned to supernatural abusing doctors and was trapped for over ninety years.

Scott talked about forgetting Stiles and how Theo was the only who remembered him. Stiles talked about being in a train station with Peter and getting out. Argent added how it's difficult to kill a Rider but they can still be put down.

"This is what happened after I left?" Kira asked confusedly and they all nodded. Felicity placed a sticky note with Douglas' name on the knight piece. "We finally got all the pieces," she said. "Hey at least we're going to be forgotten," Peter pointed out. "But those with the supernatural healing can go through the rift if we ever make it to the station."

From the corner of his eye, Oliver could see William staring at him. His eyes trailed to the boy and he managed a smile. But that quickly faded when William collapsed, holding his head, letting out shouts of pain.

"What's going on?" Samantha asked, crouching beside him. Scott bent over to take his pain but he groaned that it was hurting him too. "She's angry," William managed to say. "She's angry."

"About what?" Kira exclaimed. "That she made the wrong choice and we found her Divine Move?" "Yes!" He shouted. "The nogitsune is a sore loser. Lydia won the game and look what happened to her," Malia commented.

"Will it stop?!" Samantha shouted. "His head might explode," Stiles thought and she glared at him. "Lydia!" Oliver called out. "What are you doing?" Felicity whisper shouted. "She does this mind walk thing and if she's connected to William, maybe she can be me," he explained. "I don't think she can do astral projection like a Celeste Kitsune," Kira said. "Lydia a banshee who's being charged by a nogitsune, we don't know what she can do," Argent told her.

"Lydia!" Oliver called out again and William still had pain in his head but Scott was able to control it. "If you stop hurting him, we will give up and everything can stop." "Speak for yourself," Peter snapped and Scott glared at him to shut up.

"She's thinking about it," William mumbled. "She wants a deal. Felicity and everything stops." He took a massive gasp of air and the pain pounding on his head stopped and Oliver rushed over.

"Since when does a nogitsune make deals?" Derek asked, crossing his arms. "She was probably lying," Theo thought. "Come on Blondie, time for a Druid's sacrifice," Peter said, leaning to grab her arm hug Malia grasped his wrists. "No she isn't."

"We don't have a choice Malia," he said. "One less version of Stiles and we won't be forgotten or killed by Oni." "Or we trick the trickster," Kira said. "And still die," Argent commented. "Or we kill her right now," Theo suggested.