Burn Amongst Humanity [D. Hale ]

|XXIX|

"Scott, get him out of there now. Go now." Derek said as he walked out of the Hale House and Casey followed, as she grabbed her weapons' bag, as she followed.

After making a stop first, Casey followed Scott's phone to the railway district and she grabbed a gun. Casey walked silently into the warehouse district.

"Scott, don't. You know that he is gonna kill me right after. He'll be an Alpha." Derek was saying and Casey's eyes moved around the room, as her eyes were narrowed with fury, when she saw that Scott held up Derek, who apparently was at least partially now paralyzed.

"That's true. But I think that he already knows that now, don't you, Scott? He knows that the ultimate prize is Allison. Do this small task for me, and they can be together. It is clear that you are the only piece that doesn't fit, Derek..." The sound of a bullet being moved into a chamber cut off Gerard's speech and the older man froze.

"I don't agree." Casey said as one of her guns was pressed to the back of his head.

"Hello, little Branson. I wonder what your father would think, of you going against the code?" He was trying to bait her and Casey was shaking her head.

"You are the code-breaker here Gerard, I was not the one who was willing to be bitten, in order to extend my own lifetime. Don't speak of the code to me, for it is my family that is judge, jury and executioner." Casey replied coolly.

"Kill her!" Gerard ordered and Jackson let go of Allison and lunged for Casey, who whistled.

Two shapes burst through the wall and intercepted Jackson in midair, as Tye and Beatrice roared at Jackson, as his tail swung through the air. But unfortunately, Gerard took that brief moment of distraction for Casey to get the rather unwilling Derek to bite his arm.

Tye and Beatrice circled the Kanima together as Casey raced over to where Derek was on the ground. "I'm okay." Derek murmured as she was crouching next to him.

"I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner, I had to get those two to wake up and get ready to fight again." Casey murmured and she was suddenly looking up at Gerard, whose arm from the bite, it was bleeding black blood. "Holy, holy shit." She whispered.

After Gerard Argent had swiftly just vomited up a whole ton of black blood and Stiles' jeep had come bursting through the wall, Tye and Beatrice were standing behind Derek, along with Casey and Lydia cried over the death of Jackson.

Tye and Beatrice were silently standing behind Derek and Casey as they watched the grieving red-head as she cried, while Casey was standing next to Derek and he looked at her. "I did what I had to." Derek murmured, sounding like he was trying to convince himself and Casey nodded at the words and silently she tucked her gun back into the holster on her leg as she moved his arm around her, as he still wasn't completely steady on his feet.

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Casey was looking over some old cases on her desk in her room, when she heard a quiet thud. "Hey." She said and she turned around quickly to see that Derek was standing there. "You okay?"

"I can move properly again." Derek remarked and Casey put the files back into the box as she put the lid on it. "I still think that you need more sleep."

"You and everybody else, that is probably true." Casey replied as she was shaking her head quickly. "Is it true, that they are here?" Casey asked and Derek sighed. "The Alpha Pack, they are in Beacon Hills." She said softly and Derek nodded.

"Which is what I came over here to talk to you about." Derek admitted as Casey glanced at him. "Tye, as you know, was one of my mother's picks for being the next alpha. He might have information on these alphas, but no matter what information he has... I don't need you involved." Derek said and she looked at him.

"You don't need me involved with this? Or... do you just not want me to be involved?" Casey asked and he looked at her.

"I want you to leave town, for your own safety." Derek murmured as she looked at him. "Please, Casey." Derek murmured and she reached out as she took his hand in hers.

"You need the full force of your pack behind you, minimum, to be able with a fight, take out one." She said and he looked at her. "Are you sending Peter away too?" Casey asked as Derek was stumped.

"Peter is a Hale." Derek countered as she raised her eyebrows. "You know as well as I do by now, that, the Hale family will always be in the middle of this." He said and she nodded.

"True. But guess whose family swore to stay in Beacon Hills no matter what happened?" Casey asked and Derek was shaking his head.

"Never going to win an argument with you, am I?" He asked.

"Fuck no." Casey replied and she smiled a little. "You stink, you need a shower." She said and Derek winced a bit, as he smelled it. "Like now." Casey said.

"All right, I'm leaving." Derek said with his hands above his head and she shrugged.

"Where was the symbol?" Casey asked.

"On the only standing door." Derek said and Casey nodded a little bit, as she sighed.

"I'll call Trent, see if I can bring him back to Beacon Hills." Casey said and he looked at her.

"Why do we need Trent's help with this?" Derek asked and Casey sighed as she looked over at him.

"Because Derek, Trent was in a relationship with Deucalion's nephew before Deucalion killed everyone in his pack." She said and Derek's eyes widened. "I'll call him." Casey said and Derek nodded.