Scott left the school after informing Stiles and Cora about Danny being poisoned by mistletoe. The brown haired Beta then got a call from Allison telling him that she had something important to show him and to come to her place quickly before her dad returned home.
Allison and Daphne were hovering over Chris' work desk looking at a map of Beacon Hills with symbols and lines drawn in invisible ink.
The Huntress was highly suspicious of the random map of Beacon Hills on her father's desk, Especially considering that he wasn't a fan of Beacon Hills in the first place.
The ravenette thought that there might have been a clear transparent sheet with markings on them, hidden somewhere in the office to complete the map. But when she couldn't find one Allison assumed that there must be invisible ink on the map, so she tried using the citric acid and heat method first. Once this also failed the ravenette moved onto her next option, using a UV light.
Daphne was simply watching as Allison moved around her home like a woman on a mission and it only enamoured the blonde further as the Huntress was dedicated to her friends, morals and protecting others.
Daphne almost scowled when Allison called Scott but let out a cool breath of air. The blonde Witch could tell that Allison was doing whatever she could to make up for her actions from a few months ago under her grandfather's actions.
Which unfortunately for the universal-travellers, means keeping the Beacon Hills Pack up to date with whatever information she found. Even if they don't grace her with the same courtesy Daphne thought bitterly to herself, although the thought wasn't completely unheard as Hope's disapproving hum sounded over their bond..
Scott must've made it to Allison's house in record time as he knocked on the door with a small amount of hesitation. Allison left Daphne in Chris' office as she went to let Scott into the apartment and beckoned him to follow her.
The Huntress led the young Werewolf back into the office with Daphne looking over the blank map. Why Allison left the map blank was because she wanted to provide a show and tell to prove her dedication to helping Scott and the pack.
"Scott." Daphne greeted the young man with a small nod of her head in his direction before turning her attention back to the map.
Scott blinked a couple of times, not expecting the blonde Witch to be in Allison's home but it also didn't completely shock him either considering how close the two girls were becoming. "Hi Daphne. How are you?"
Daphne shrugged slightly. "Been bet –" The blonde Witch cut off her answer before tilting her head to the side as her Animagi hearing picked up the older man's footsteps approaching. "Crap, Chris is home."
Allison paled as she frantically went to move Scott into the closet in order to hide the Werewolf from her father's gaze.
However, when Allison reached out to Daphne to guide her into the closet as well, the Ice Witch instead reversed the action and pulled Allison towards her and whispered. "Trust me and remain quiet. Invisique."
The Huntress' eyes widened as she somewhat understood Daphne's spell as she started learning new languages. Ever since Ms Morrell gave her and the pack misinformation when researching the Kanima the Huntress never wanted to be caught unaware again.
Even though Allison had never heard either of the Witches use this spell before she gathered that the spell was something to do with invisibility.
"Come on darling. We need to move over to the corner or edge of the room so your father doesn't accidentally bump into us." Daphne's British lit entered Allison's mind as the blonde girl lightly pulled Allison towards the closest wall.
"Are we invisible?" Allison wondered as her feet moved along with Daphne's gentle insistence.
"Yes, darling." Daphne replied with a smirk on her face.
Chris entered the room causing Allison to tense up as he moved throughout the room without seeing her and Daphne standing right in front of him. He was only just a few feet away from the closet that Scott was hiding in before setting his gaze towards the closet..
Chris looked a little suspicious as he narrowed his gaze on the map on his desk and walked over to it. As the older Hunter got closer to the map he noticed a distinct smell in the air. Lemon with a hint of fire.
Chris smirked a little as his eyes narrowed back onto the closet door as he heard a small rustle of fabric and a shadow shifting slightly under the door.
Allison nearly facepalmed at Scott's anxiousness but refrained as she watched her father tap on the desk before shaking his head slightly in annoyance as he pulled something out of his desk. A slip of paper.
Chris glared at the piece of paper but a look of resignation crossed his face as he sighed.
Allison carefully shifted around the room under the cover of Daphne's invisibility spell, much to Daphne's quiet frustration at both of her Soulmates impulsive tendencies.
The Huntress peered over Chris' shoulder to glimpse at the small piece of paper in his hand. Allison's heart nearly dropped to her stomach as she read the note.
'Gerard Argent
Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital
Room 211
"When you'll eventually need me."'
Allison quickly shifted back when her father finally moved away from the desk to avoid Chris from running into her unseen body.
The Huntress barely managed to dodge him as he made his way out of the office with one last glance to the closet in the corner of the room. Silently allowing Allison to believe she's getting away with spying on him.
As Daphne heard Chris leave the apartment with a small click of the front door, the Ice Witch removed her invisibility spell with a quiet, "Visique."
Allison took the time from when she read the slip of paper her father had done his best to hide from her to the quiet click of the front door closing to reign in her thoughts and guilt. The guilt the ravenette felt at the sight of her Gerard's note.
Once Allison noticed that she could see her own hands in front of her face, she moved robotically to the closet door in order to let Scott out of the small space as she regained her composure.
Allison pushed the contents of the note into the back of her mind for now so she could finish helping out Scott before figuring out what to do about her grandfather.
Scott exited the closet with a confused expression on his face as he wasn't sure how Daphne and Allison weren't noticed by Chris but he assumed it had something to do with the blonde Witch.
Allison, on the other hand decided to ignore the curious gaze from her ex-boyfriend and beckoned the both of them back to the desk while keeping her voice quiet, not fully trusting her father has left them alone in the apartment. "Shh, shh, shh. See this map? I noticed that my dad was acting suspicious the last time we were talking in here, like strategically moving a large book to cover the map so I couldn't see it."
Scott glanced between the map and Allison's determined gaze as he quietly replied. "I don't see anything."
Allison smirked a little as she held up a UV light and switched it on before hovering it over the map . "Yeah, you can't until you use this."
"He's been tracking and marking everything." Allison informed Scott before explaining everything that she discovered.
"Cora and Boyd at the bank, the Alphas in the penthouse above us, all of the dead bodies. He has a symbol for where someone was taken, and then a different mark for where the bodies are found, see? Now here's the scary part. There have been six sacrifices, right? There are 12 markings on the map." Allison continued her observation as she pointed on the map, showing Scott the locations on the map.
The young Beta Werewolf leaned his hands on the desk and peered closer at the map as his eyes flickered across all the marks and lines on the map.
The information seeped in as he realised that Allison has found something very important and game-changing in regards to the new big bad in Beacon Hills.
"What does this mean? Did your dad find more bodies and didn't tell anyone about it?" Scott wondered aloud.
Allison looked slightly quizzical as she considered Scott's question before replying with a voice that seemed relatively sure that her father wouldn't hide this information away. "I don't think so. I think he knows where the body is going to be found, so one of these six locations, one of these, is where Deaton could end up. I mean, it doesn't tell us where he's being kept right now, but…"
"But it's close to figuring it out." Scott finished before slightly tensing up as he heard Chris coming back.
"Yeah." Allison mumbled.
Scott was nearly halfway out the window as Chris entered the apartment again when Allison quietly asked for him to call her once he found Deaton. Scott nodded his head and hopped out with a small nod of acknowledgement to Daphne.
Daphne moved closer to Allison as she whispered. "Do you want me to stay?"
"Not right now. But I think I'll need both you and Hope later when I go confront Gerard… Please? I don't think I can do this on my own.: " Allison quietly pleaded with the younger girl.
"Of course. We'll see you later darling." Daphne pressed a light kiss on Allison's cheek before flashing away in a soundless apparation.
Allison managed to sneak her way to her bedroom before Chris could make his way into the house. Her father first checked the office and closet before poking his head into her bedroom.
"Hey, I, uh, I didn't hear you come in." Chris stumbled through his words as he didn't think Allison would be lying on her bed seemingly reading a book, 'Heart of Darkness'.
"Yeah. I was just doing some homework." Allison answered with a frantic heartbeat but she was portraying as much truth as she could with her face by forcing a smile and lifting her English book to emphasise her statement.
- - -
Due to the fire alarm being pulled in the afternoon, the school decided to send the kids home. The alarm was pulled during the last period of the day and there would only be a few minutes left after the fire department finished checking the school. The fire department was silently fuming at the stupidity of the kid that pulled the fire alarm.
Hope gave Lydia a lift home after Stiles and Cora made their way to the hospital at Scott's behest.
Ever since Lydia moved into the magical couple's home, she's managed to fall into a routine that was a lot different than when she lived with her mother but she was enjoying the stability it gave her.
Morning runs are usually joined by Allison (sometimes Hope and Daphne join them as well, but they sometimes use these mornings to shift into their animals for a faster run through the forests).
After their run the girls had breakfast, generally put together by Hope or Daphne's magic, school or hobbies on the weekends, lunch, finishing up at school while maintaining her perfect GPA.
Sometime in the afternoon Hope, Daphne and even occasionally Allison would take her through some hand to hand combat training.
Lydia would always manage to find some time to fit in some shopping trips (although these were a little more subdued as she's now being financially supported by her new roommates after learning that she no longer had a trust fund as her mother was struggling financially for a while and never told her).
Lydia also found the time to hang out with friends like Danny and some other members of the school's lacrosse team. The Banshee came to the realisation that life was a lot different and more complicated than she ever expected and she wanted to focus her time into becoming a better version of herself. Dinner, followed by reading or studying and then finally, sleep.
When the girls went to school, either Hope or Lydia would drive, normally using Hope's car but if Lydia goes out by herself she uses her own car.
This is how Lydia ended up at Deaton's animal clinic informing the Beacon Hills Pack about telluric currents. Lydia had sped read through Danny's work before being roped into heading to Derek's loft to help the Pack.
Lydia was so very tempted to call Hope or Daphne for backup once she learned that the Alpha Pack was going to be attacking Derek's loft tonight, but she knew that they were busy with Allison.
The two soulmates were providing unwavering support in the face of Allison's horrendous grandfather. The man who could manipulate his own family for his own selfish gain without a care in the world for their safety, only his own.
After witnessing the Alpha Pack killing Boyd using Derek's claws to finish the job and Derek's guilt, the strawberry blonde needed to leave as her powers were overwhelming her.
The Banshee didn't want to head home after what she saw.
The Mikaelson household was lovely but without Hope, Daphne or Allison there, it felt empty so she went to the hospital to visit Danny. Lydia needed a friend to look after her and Danny was one of the few people that knew about her situation with her mother and new home life.
Hope and Daphne were waiting outside the Memorial Hospital, keeping an eye out for Allison's soon-to-be approaching car.
"So out of curiosity… but how do you feel about Lydia living with us?" Hope asked her soulmate aloud to pass the time.
Daphne shrugged lightly. "I don't mind. She is a decent roommate. A massive step-up from Pansy and Millicent. It almost feels like rooming with Tracey."
Hope furrows her brows slightly as she thinks about the Salvatore School and Hogwarts. "Hmm… In that context, She's probably one of the best roommates I've had. No one really liked me at Salvatore and I was a pariah at Hogwarts."
Daphne smirked in mirth as she glanced over at Hope. "I could've sworn that you had your own room at both the Salvatore School and Hogwarts… Other than me sneaking into your room at night, of course."
Hope rolled her eyes as she let out a snort before replying. "Schematics, my love."
The blonde Witch let out a chilled breath in the air, filled with amusement and a hint of love at Hope's easy declaration. "Lydia is kind of a mixture of Luna and Lizzie, isn't she darling?"
"Yeah. That little Banshee is very important, not just to Allison. She's growing into herself and I'm starting to like who I see… Even the bitchiness is growing on me." Hope admitted as she watched Allison's car pull into the parking lot.
Daphne hummed in consideration before an entertaining smirk stretched across her face. "You totally gave Alexandria 'banshee guard duty' didn't you?"
Hope's only reply was a Mikaelson smirk causing the other girl to let out a quiet noise of laughter that was nearly blocked out by the closing of the car door.
"What are you two talking about?" Allison wondered as she walked up to the pair with a grateful expression on her face as she really didn't want to be alone with her grandfather.
Daphne smirked as she glided over to Allison's side and pressed a kiss against the now blushing red cheek before whispering. "Hope's overprotective nature. She had to practically beg Alexandria to remain by Lydia's side on 'guard duty'... Although according to Alexandria, something bad happened with the Beacon Hills Pack earlier and is more willing to watch over Lydia now."
Allison reared back a little at the information. "What happened?"
Hope took this opportunity to move forward and placed an arm around Daphne's back as she motioned for both girls to make their way into the building. "The Alpha Pack attacked Derek's Pack. Boyd was killed. So Lydia needed some company since we wouldn't be home and went to the hospital to stay with Danny."
"Why didn't you two help out?" Allison questioned with a small frown.
"We weren't made aware of this Pack altercation until after Lydia told us about this. Despite what you believe, I don't actually remember every single event that ha[[ens in this universe." Hope pointed out defensively before continuing.
"Anyhow, Lydia wanted to tell us but Derek, Boyd, Cora and Isaac all told her not to, otherwise they would break her phone. Alexandria didn't interfere as she was pissed off on Lydia's behalf. If the Alpha's attacked Lydia… Then there would be some dead Werewolves we would need to bury." Hope answered the query with a hint of annoyance.
Allison paused for a moment in the walkway as she stared at Hope in slight shock at the admittance.
Hope and Daphne stopped as well but Daphne was the one who asked. "Are you trying to tell me that if you saw Lydia in danger you wouldn't threaten bodily harm on whoever was threatening her?"
Allison's expression immediately darkened. "No. I'd be sharpening my arrows waiting for nightfall before shooting whoever hurt her."
The Tribrid smirked a little to herself. "I kind of love how we are all a bit violent when it comes to defending those we care about." The both of you would fit into my family quite well."
The dark-haired Huntress was standing outside room 211 as she took a moment to prepare herself but before she could walk in she heard her father's voice.
"If you know something about him and you're reluctant to tell me, try remembering it's a long list of favours and penance before you're redeemed in my eyes. You're gonna tell me the story, and you're gonna tell me the truth."
Meanwhile Hope and Daphne shared a look, silent understanding passed through their gazes. The witches knew that this conversation with Allison's grandfather would most likely go as bad as they expected it, especially if Gerard learns about his granddaughter's soulbond with a Werewolf and a Witch.
Both girls discreetly pulled out their wands and drew a quick tune into both sides of the doorframe. Hope's was a privacy rune so no sound could leave room 211 while Daphne's was an electrical disruption rune.
Allison walked in with her soulmates, both girls returning their wands to their invisible holsters and just a step or two behind her, bracketing the Huntress as she announced her presence to her father and grandfather. "Surprised to see me?"
Gerard looked up originally with a smirk on his face before it faltered slightly at the sight of the two girls with Allison. "Only surprised that it took you this long."
Chris looked frustrated at Allison's arrival but kept his mouth shut at the sight of the two girls behind her, recalling the girls' threats from France.
"So who are your friends, Allison? I'll admit… I expected you to show up with Scott." Gerard struggled to wheeze out through his pain.
Hope allowed her eyes to glow gold at Gerard's question and also allowed her upper fangs to descend dangerously past her lower lip. Daphne on the other hand glared at him as she pushed out her magic into the room, slowly freezing the room to match the ice in her eyes.
"My very overprotective girlfriends." Allison replied with steel in her voice at her grandfather's obvious dismissal of her soulmates.
Hope was partially stunned at Allison's admission of their new relationship status but was able to continue speaking through the Argent men's shock at Allison's candor. "Yes, her girlfriends. The same girlfriends who are simply just waiting for you to put one toe out of line so we can rip you to shreds and feed you to a pack of rabid wolves."
Gerard only blinked. "So your daughter is gay, in a relationship with 2 girls and is still dating a Werewolf… I never thought that she could become more of a disappointment but here we are."
A sharp pang of guilt went through the soulbond from Allison but before the Huntress could regain her composure Hope was already across the room in a show of impressive speed as she gripped the old man's throat and lifted him off the wheelchair with ease growling low in her throat.
Daphne remained by Allison's side but moved closer so they were standing side by side as she took Allison's hand in her own. The blonde Witch stayed silent, knowing that Hope took great pride in vividly explaining to those who insult her family.
The middle-aged Hunter almost considered moving to remove Hope from his father. But he stopped himself as he didn't believe that Hope would kill someone right in front of him after telling him that she didn't plan to start trouble.
"You don't get to say anything to Allison in regards to her personal life. You are a worthless piece of shot that is only alive right now because of your son and granddaughter's will." Hope compelled the old man without really realising what she was doing before throwing him back into the wheelchair with some force.
"Now tell us what happened with Deucalion." Hope hissed through clenched teeth as she moved back to Allison's side while keeping a death glare on the older Hunter.
Gerard opened his mouth then closed it. Once. Twice. Then a look of fear entered his eyes as he stared at the newcomer. "What did you do to me?"
"Neutered you. So answer the damn question before I make you answer." Hope promised the old man with malice in her voice as she allowed the blood red of her Vampire side creep into her irises, changing the glowing gold to a burning orange that matched the heat in her voice.
Gerard gulped before shifting his gaze to his son before whispering in fear. "She's the Wolf Queen?"
Chris pressed his lips together but nodded his head slightly at the question, knowing that his father wasn't stupid.
The old man took a few moments to try and collect himself before attempting to barter with the dangerous Werewolf in front of him. "Take some of this pain away and I'll tell you what you want to know."
Hope clenched her jaw slightly as she knew that was a skill that the Werewolves from this universe have, not her. Instead the Tribrid countered with a no nonsense expression. "Or… I come over there again, force you to tell us the truth, then I'll make that bit on your arm feel like a mosquito bite in comparison to the bite I'll give you.
"Isn't your bite lethal to just about everything?" Daphne emphasised over their soulbond.
"To my knowledge, yes." Hope answered her blonde soulmate's query while she narrowed her burning Tribrid eyes at the sweating man opposite her as Chris' eyebrows rose at the interaction.
"... Is my — Is Gerard going to survive past this conversation?" Allison warily asked over the bond.
"Doubt it.", "Only if you can give me a really good reason to leave him alive. Besides, I'm fairly certain he doesn't have any real importance past this conversation which he already plans to lie to us about." Came the replies from the 2 inter-dimensional travellers.
Allison didn't say anything in regards to what Hope mentioned but took the statement for what it is. An intention of murder. But when the Huntress tries to think of anything to keep Gerard alive, the ravenette couldn't think of a single thing. He is a terrible person and murderer. He killed some Werewolves without any proof that they broke the Hunter Code.
Gerard cleared his throat awkwardly. "Well…"
Allison's phone dinged with a message and she pulled it out before frowning and relayed the information to her soulmates and family. "A third body was found. Not Deaton though… Scott got to him in time. Another doctor"
Gerard hummed in deep thought. "Right after?... Almost like it was expected that Dr Deaton would survive."
"He's right. It's too much of a coincidence." Chris muttered as he agreed with a hint of disgust on his face.
The girls also made a sound of agreement.
"Do you know who the Darach is? And what's the connection to Deucalion?" Allison questioned her grandfather.
Gerard chuckled a little before coughing black ooze into a tissue. "I have no idea who the Darach is… Although Dr Deaton would be a decent first choice."
Allison remained silent at the first suspect Gerard suggested as Deaton was also someone who Stiles also suspected back at Motel Capri… But then again Hope and Daphne wouldn't be so open to helping him if he was the Darach.
The elder Hunter subtly gritted his teeth, annoyed that his granddaughter didn't rise to the bait. "As for Deucalion… You would be surprised how far some people would go to get rid of someone like Deucalion… Or your new Werewolf lover, Allison."
Allison's fists tightened at her sides in anger but stayed in place between her two soulmates. Gerard smirked a little as he got a reaction out of his granddaughter.
"In his defence… He's not wrong." Hope admitted over the bond as she was used to this type of hatred from people that fear what she would become. Her father's enemies, who just wished to hurt him and her own enemies, since she is very much a Mikaelson with her mother's sass.
"I don't care. He practically threatened you. He needs to die before he has the opportunity to call any of his associates to come after you." Allison darkly informed her soulmates with a strong pull of possessiveness pulsing through the bond.
Daphne expressed her pleasure at Allison's loyalty to them through the bond as did Hope, who finally allowed her eyes to stop glowing at the admission from her Snow White Huntress and smiled gently in Allison's direction.
Gerard was confused at the Werewolf girl's smile. It was almost like she didn't care about the threat against her Soulmate, which for a Werewolf was practically unheard of.
"How do we beat him?" Allison asked as she glared at the older Hunter.
"You can't. I tried." Gerard mentioned with a croak as another coughing fit took over his frame.
"Then there's no reason for us to be here." Allison snapped as she turned on her heel to leave.
"Wait!" Gerard called out. "Bring Scott and I'll tell you what you want to know."
"No. You don't get to call the shots. Tell me what you know or I'll leave and let Hope rip into your mind to get the answers I want." Allison turned back to him and pointed a finger at him in anger as she laid down her options to her abuser and manipulator.
Gerard sucked in sharp breath as his eyes darted over to the Wolf Queen who was smirking back at him maliciously before shifting backwards to Allison's dark brown eyes."... Very well. One thing you should know about Deucalion is that he may have lost his eyes, but he's not always blind."
The older Hunter launched into a story about the past, 2003, the last time the Argents last saw Deucalion. Mentioning that multiple Packs came to Beacon Hills for meetings as this is where the strongest and wisest Alpha of their time lived, Talia Hale. A Werewolf with the rare gift to shapeshift into a wolf.
Hope, Daphne and Allison decided not to comment about the shapeshifting ability and let Gerard continue his story.
Gerard mentioned how the Werewolves wished to offer an olive branch of peace after they killed one of ours, a Hunter. They offered a Celtic five-fold knot token but they ambushed us. Gerard mentioned how they barely managed to get away and how he blinded Deucalion as he managed to escape the trap.
Allison glanced over to her father to see if he could collaborate his story but he shook his head. "I wasn't there for the peace talks. I was on another assignment. But I saw the aftermath. It was a bloodbath. We lost a lot of good men that day."
A pleased micro-expression passed over Gerard's face but Allison asked some of her own questions. "Why a Celtic knot? Isn't that more of a Druid thing rather than a Werewolf?"
"'Know thy enemy' Allison. Druids who bind themselves to a Wolf Pack are called an Emissary." The older man answered as he educated the younger girl.
"Like Deaton… and the Hale Pack?" Allison theorised as she took a few moments to put the pieces together.
"Back then yes… Though I'm not sure if he's still an Emissary to the Beacon Hills Pack."
The Huntress glanced over to Hope and Daphne for a moment before turning back to the wheelchair-bound man.
"Why do Werewolves need a Dru– Emissary?" Allison wondered.
Gerard explained the myth of Lycaon to Allison, how Zeus cursed Lycaon as he was becoming too powerful and Zeus grew weary of the powers he possessed. So now Lycaon was cursed to live a life as a wolf. Druids were known to hold the key to shapeshifting.
"What about the peace offering? Why would they offer it if they just planned to break it during the meeting? It doesn't make any sense." Allison shook her head at the thought.
The sickly man coughed up more black ooze before answering the question with one of his own. "Have you ever heard the tale of the scorpion and the turtle?"
Daphne frowned a little before talking for the first time during this meeting as she guessed the meaning of the tale. "I'm assuming the scorpion wanted a lift across a body of water and asked the turtle for safe passage in exchange. The turtle probably was skeptical, concerned about being stung by the scorpion but the scorpion made a promise that it wouldn't as that would ensure both of their demise. The turtle agrees but is stung by the scorpion during mid-travel, killing them both. But before they sink the turtle asks why?"
"It's my nature." Hope finished as she stared down Gerard.
Gerard met her eyes and commented confidently. "I know a Werewolf's nature. So I knew what was coming."
Hope smirked a little at this and the old man paled as he saw the Werewolf's expression, realising that he was in serious danger from this Wolf and looked over to Chris who looked between the 2 of them with a pained expression.
"Hope… I can't let you just kill my father… Allison's grandfather." The middle-aged Hunter tried to convince the Wolf girl not to kill him by name dropping the relation between her soulmate and the man opposite her.
Hope glanced over to the other man and asked in a mock confused voice. "I never said I would kill him. Daph, love. Did I say anything about killing Gerard at any point?"
"No darling. You didn't. You mentioned biting him but are you really sure you want that awful taste in your mouth? You don't know where he's been or how that black ooze will affect you." Daphne replied easily before throwing in a callback to the pink-coloured Umbitch.
Hope almost snorted in amusement before a disturbed look crossed her face. The Tribrid turned to Daphne. "Really? You had to bring her up?.. Thank God I never bit her. Snape was bad enough."
The blonde girl let out a laugh at Hope's disgusted face as the memory of grease on her tongue.
"Relax Chris. I won't do anything that would harm Allison. I promise." Hope offered with a slice of honesty to the father of her soulmate.
Chris narrowed his eyes. "That's not a promise not to kill him."
Hope shrugged. "It's the only thing I'm willing to promise in front of him."
"Is he lying?" Allison asked her soulmates as she just wants to leave, she's had enough of Gerard's spiteful words and actions to last a lifetime.
"His heartbeat didn't change during his story… but then again, neither did his tone. You've seen Daphne's ice mask? He's doing something similar to that. So I'm not sure how much is true or not." Hope admitted.
"That's because I'm telling the truth." Gerard defended himself.
The Tribrid turned to Allison. "Do you want me to find out what he's not telling us?"
Gerard's eyes widened as he shifted nervously in his seat and Allison saw the movement, pinging her inner instincts, telling her that her grandfather was lying. "Yes, please gorgeous."
Hope and Daphne's eyebrows rose at the endearment from the ravenette Huntress but the Tribrid moved towards Gerard at Allison's acceptance.
"No! Wait! Allison, I'm telling you the truth!" Gerard practically screamed at her.
"If you are telling the truth, then there is nothing to fear. The fact that you are trying to fight this means that you are lying." Allison pointed out knowingly.
Chris watched in fascination as his father tried to slink away from the Wolf girl as he frantically pulled something out of his pocket. He threw a cloud of powder at the brunette girl. Hope growled at the burning sensation of mistletoe mixed with mountain ash and wolfsbane before shaking off the fine dust from her face.
"Ow." Hope half-heartedly complained.as her hand shot forward once again to grip Gerard's throat, pulling him towards her, forcing him to make eye contact with her.
"Tell me the truth. Why did the Alpha Packs come together back in 2003? Was a Hunter killed by the Werewolves?" Hope compelled the older man.
Gerard tried to fight the command from the young girl but something deep inside him broke and he spoke through gritted teeth. "The Werewolves did kill a Hunter but I believe that it was in retaliation to us killing one of theirs. I strung up the Werewolf as a warning. The Packs came together to discuss how to deal with us."
Chris frowned at the information as he was led to believe the Werewolves started this war. "The Werewolf you killed. Did they break the Code?"
Gerard glared at his son but Hope was curious. "Answer Chris' question."
"I don't know. I never questioned him. I haven't checked if a Werewolf has broken the Code in over 2 decades." Gerard answered much to Chris' shock.
"Did the Werewolves ambush you in the distillery?"
Gerard once again tried to struggle against the compulsion but once again failed. "No… I ambushed them. I put gas into the building with the only antidote on my person. Disorienting both Werewolves and Hunters. I pulled out a spiked mace, with the spikes shaped like wolf claws and used it on my own men."
Chris and Allison gasped at the admittance but Gerard wasn't finished.
"Deucalion asked me why I was attacking my own men. I told him there could never be peace. He managed to pull himself out of the distillery and I took my time killing the Werewolves as well before stalking Deucalion outside. I taunted him. Calling him a 'visionary' and that his 'vision was short-sighted' before pulling out 2 flash-bang arrows and embedding them into his eyes."
"You mentioned that 'just because he's lost his eyes doesn't mean that he's blind'. Elaborate what you mean by that." Hope compelled him once more as she realised that Gerard never mentioned that Deucalion can see as a Wolf and Allison needs to know this information.
"I learned from Deaton that I did in fact blind him but his Beta, Marco, believed that Deucalion was weak, sick and deserved to be put down so the Pack could survive. But it seems that the theory of removing one of the senses increases the other 4 to superhuman peak and for a Werewolf, I imagine this would mean he could hear Marco approaching him, smell his intention. According to Deaton, Deucalion unleashed his Wolf and slaughtered him, almost like Deucalion could see his attacker."
"He can see as a Wolf?" Allison muttered quietly as she met her father's gaze which was also surprised at the information.
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Chris attempted to take Allison home after ensuring that Hope and Daphne left the building without killing his father. The middle-aged Hunter was highly considering staying at the hospital with his father as he didn't fully trust the girls not to come back later to kill him. But with the forced admission of his father's crimes Chris couldn't find the strength to stay in the same room as his father without looking at him in disdain.
Surprisingly, Hope and Daphne did leave the Memorial Hospital without killing Gerard. However they ended up taking Allison home with them for the night as the Huntress practically collapsed from mental and emotional exhaustion.
Since Allison was basically asleep, Daphne ushered the ravenette into the back of her own car, fished through Allison's pocket for her car keys and passed the small rattling keychain through the centre console to Hope.
Daphne made sure that Allison was buckled in before Hope started the car and headed out of the near empty car park.
The magical Emrys couple didn't call Lydia back home as according to Alexandria the strawberry blonde was asleep, cuddled into Danny's side. Alexandria kept a keen eye on the Banshee, acting as a watchful sentry. Lydia looked comfortable with Danny and the Thunderbird didn't want to disturb her sleep.
The girls were nearly home as Hope slowed the car into a slow stop before clicking her tongue against the roof of her mouth in annoyance,
"What's wrong, darling?" Daphne questioned Hope directly through their soulbond.
"I'm going to assume Deucalion's made his first move… There's a Pack in front of us. An Alpha and 4 Betas." Hope informed her wife as she tightened her grip on Allison's steering wheel.
"What makes you think it is Deucalion?" Daphne wondered as she shifted carefully away from Allison so as not to wake her.
Hope's eyes shifted her gaze to the tree line, her enhanced sight catching a glimpse of Kali's glowing red eyes and sharp nails clawing at the tree trunk she was hiding behind. "Kali's here. Observing."
Hope turned off the car and proceeded to get out of the car along with Daphne. The Ice Witch erected a magical barrier around the car and placed a silencing spell around Allison before the Emrys couple closed the car doors.
Hope used the keys to lock the vehicle behind her as the blonde and brunette made their way to the front of the car. Daphne, noticing that these Wolves weren't being very discreet as they chose to have a supernatural showdown in the middle of the street. Admittedly it was the middle of the night when only the dedicated night owls were awake but the Statue OF Secrecy was blaring in Daphne's mind like an alarm. The Slytherin Ice Queen created another barrier around them and the Pack of Wolves with an obscuring spell mixed with a silencing spell.
"Look, whatever Deucalion offered you –" Hope managed to say, wishing to give them a chance to turn away without a fight, was cut off as two of the Betas rushed at her and Daphne
While Hope was giving the Wolves a chance Daphne was creating an ice sword, similar to Excalibur in size, The Ice Witch was already swinging the blade in a beautiful, neck-height arc as the 2 Wolves were right in front of her and her wife, their heads falling off their heads with a shatter of broken ice as they landed on the road.
The other 2 Betas were so stunned by what they witnessed that they didn't even have a chance to defend themselves as Hope flashed forward with her Vampiric/Hybrid speed and ripped out their hearts in true Mikaelson fashion.
Hope slowly turned to the last Werewolf standing before dropping the hearts from her hands, one after the other so the meaty slap of flesh could be heard hitting the ground. The Alpha paled as his eyes stopped glowing.
"I tried to give you a chance…" Hope drawled out in annoyance at the situation and used her speed to rush behind the other Wolf as he turned on his heel to run away but tripped over his own feet as his exit was blocked by Hope. "... You should've ignored Deucalion altogether and ran away with your Pack. Because either way your Betas were going to die. Either by us or Deucalion. You're just a pawn in a much larger game."
Hope hummed a little in consideration before semi-shifting her fingers into sharp claws, slashing at the Alpha's neck. Between her Tribrid strength and the cutting razor-edge of her claws the Alpha's head rolled off his shoulders.
Daphne approached Hope with an annoyed expression on her face. "What do you want to do with the bodies? We can't leave them here."
"Apparate the bodies into the Alpha's penthouse" Hope answered coldly as she magically created a piece of paper, ink quickly sprawled across the paper in neat cursive script.
The Tribrid was about to pin the paper on the Alpha's head until she used her magic to alter the paper so the letter rose on the paper, like an engraving so even Deucalion could read the note. Daphne had already moved to apparate the frozen headless bodies into the penthouse as well as the heartless Betas.
Daphne looked distastefully at the bloody hearts on the ground but Hope reached down and apparated them away as well.
"Why did you send the hearts?" The Ice Witch wondered as she magically vanished the icy shards of the first 2 Betas heads into the ether with a whispered 'Evanesco'.
Hope smirked a little as she replied. "'You have to respond with a show of force'. The Alphas didn't believe us when we said we will kill them if they come after us. Now they know. Mikaelsons never make half-hearted threats. We always follow through if they come after our family."
Daphne looked at Hope in deep thought, wondering which Mikaelson Hope learnt that saying from. Probably her father… Maybe also her Uncle Elijah.
"Although, I am surprised that you made the first kill, love." Hope mentioned as she made her way back to the car.
"I was using Legilimency on all the Wolves as I didn't trust them. Apparently, your Mikaelson paranoia is rubbing off on me." Daphne answered before dispelling her two barriers, finally letting Kali see inside the area that was obscured to her, only to be greeted with the sight of the two children and absolutely no sacrificial Pack in sight.
Hope hummed in appreciation at her wife's admittance before calling out. "Let's go home before Allison wakes up."