Risen

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All of them searched the room in order to find something to help Peter and Scott take on the twins, mostly Peter, since his abilities as a werewolf aren't as strong as they used to be ever since he came back from the dead.

"Hey, wait" Stiles said, holding up defibrillator paddles "what about these?"

"Stiles, do you know how to use those?" Nova asked, looking at him

"Well, no" shaking him head slightly

"Put 'em down" Derek replied

Nova looked down at the drawer she was looking through, pulling out a large syringe and looking at the name of the liquid inside,

"What about epinephrine?" She asked

"That's only gonna make him stronger" Derek replied

". . How strong?" Peter asked, looking at the two

"Let's find out" the redhead replied, removing the cap from the needle

She walked over to him, raising her hand and gently prodding his chest for the right place before raising the other hand that held the syringe. Peter growled when the needle pierced his chest, Nova pushing the drum down and injecting the epinephrine, the former alpha pushing past her, syringe still in his chest as he walked out of the room, Scott following. Nova shrugged slightly, Derek quickly moving to Cora and picking her up from the table, putting her over his shoulder as they all ran out of the room, down the hall as the werewolves fought.

"It's still here" Stiles informed, holding a door open

Derek ran out with Cora, Nova behind him and Jennifer behind her, Stiles opening the doors to the ambulance so they could put the unconscious teen on the gurney. The redhead, however, paused for a moment at the scent of blood, raising her head slightly as she sniffled the air, Jennifer watching as she slowly walked around the ambulance.

"Oh, hell" she muttered

Derek looked at his mate, walking over to her as soon as Cora was out of his arms, spotting the dead body of the EMT on the floor by the driver's side of the vehicle.

"Julia" a female voice called out, echoing throughout the room

Kali walked out from in front of the ambulance, spinning the keys in hands, not caring if her bare feet were covered in blood

"It is you" looking at Jennifer

"You can't beat her on your own" Jennifer whispered

"That's why were going to run" Derek replied

The three of them ran back inside the building, trying to get away from the female alpha,

"The elevator!" Jennifer exclaimed

Derek looked down the hall, seeing that Kali was running toward them, Derek grabbing Nova's arm and pulling her along, the three of them inside the elevator. Kali growled as the doors slid shut, Nova looking at the lights in the ceiling as they flickered, grabbing on to Derek's arm when they shut off completely, the elevator coming to a stop as well. The emergency lights in the corner of the elevator turned on, Derek moving Nova a few steps away from Jennifer as he walked to the doors, forcing them open, seeing that they were blocked in. He backed away from the doors, looking up at the ceiling,

"If your thinking service hatch, they bolt from the outside" Jennifer informed "you'd have to break it, which will make noise and tell the alpha's where we are"

"Kali already knows" Derek replied

"Not necessarily" Nova said "she knows that we got in, but she might not know that we didn't get out"

"Well, if I get through, then we can do to another floor" looking at the ceiling

"Or, we'll end up fighting them in an elevator shaft" Jennifer replied "they'll rip my head off before you even have a chance to land a punch"

"Then someone needs to get the backup generator running again" Nova muttered, pulling her phone from her pocket

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"Anything?" Jennifer asked

"Not since the Don't move. On my way text sent five minutes ago" Nova replied, sarcasm in her voice

". . Derek, I know what you're thinking" causing Nova to roll her eyes "that I'm using you, that I'm evil. A bitch. But I hope you're not thinking the most superficial thought, Is that her real face? The slashed, mutilated face revealed by the mistletoe . . Is that what she really looks like? Julia Baccari. That was my name"

"We don't care" Derek replied, not even bothering to look at her

"I guess I should have changed it to something with different first letters" a small smile on her lips "I think I read somewhere that people always pick aliases that are subconsciously derivative of their original name. It's a way of not completely letting go of your identity, since your name is so tied to your sense of self. Do you know what else is? Your face. The one that's supposed to be staring back at you in the mirror. Not some hacked up atrocity you can't even recognize"

"We still don't care" Nova replied

"But I bet you're curious" looking at the teen "I bet you wonder exactly what happened"

"You were an emissary" putting her phone in her pocket "they tried kill you along with the rest of the pack. Mystery solved"

"I was Kali's emissary" she corrected "and I was the one she couldn't kill. For years, the Nemeton's power was virtually gone, like the dying ember of a burned out fire. But a few months earlier, something happened that caused that ember to glow a little brighter. Something that gave it a spark of power again. The sacrifice of a virgin. You didn't know what you were doing back then, but killing Paige in the root cellar, sacrificing her there, gave power to the Nemeton. You gave it power again. You gave me power. Just enough to hold on to life a little longer. Long enough to be found. You know mistletoe is important to druids, but do you know the myth of why people kiss under mistletoe?"

". . No" Derek replied, his arms crossed as he leaned back against the wall

"It's a norse myth" Nova said "Baldur, the son of Odin, was the most beloved by the other gods, so much that they wanted to protect him from all of the dangers in the world. His mother, Frigg, took an oath from fire and water, metal, stone, and every living thing, that they would never hurt Baldur. At a gathering, they tested him. Stones, arrows, and flame were all hurled at him. Nothing worked. But there was one God who wasn't so enamored of Baldur. The God of Mischief, Loki. He discovered that Frigg had forgotten to ask mistletoe, a tiny, seemingly harmless plant. And completely overlooked. Loki fashioned a dart out of mistletoe, and it killed Baldur. Frigg was heartbroken. She decreed that mistletoe would never again be used as a weapon and that she would place a kiss on anyone who passed under it. That's why hang mistletoe underneath our door during the holidays, so that we will never overlook it again"

"We were the overlooked" Jennifer said, looking at the two "the emissaries. It was a mistake Deucalion and the alphas should never have made, because I made an oath of my own. From virgins and warriors, from healers, philosophers, and guardians, to loan me their power so that I could teach these monsters that their monstrous actions would never be overlooked"

"You killed innocent people" Derek replied

"So have you" looking at him "I know the real color of your eyes, Derek. And I know what it means. I'm not asking you to save just my life. I'm asking you to save everyone they'll ever hurt again"

"You can't beat them" Nova said

"Are you sure about that?" a smirk on her lips "what happens to a werewolf during a total lunar eclipse?"

"We lose all our power" Derek replied

But what happens to a Phoenix?