Risen

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"Derek!" Nova exclaimed as he collapsed to the floor

The figures looked at her, one of them advancing, only to have Nova take her lighter out from one of her boots, flicking the lid open and letting the fire dance in her hands, standing straight as she looked at them. She stepped over her mate, protecting him now that he was unconscious, her eyes turning red, which caused all of them to take a step back. They all crossed their right arms over their chest, lowering their heads slightly before disappearing into the shadows, Nova looking around for a moment, letting her fire extinguish before crouching down toward her mate, taking off her witches hat,

"Derek?" She asked, rolling him on to his back "Derek? Can you hear me?"

His eyes were opened, but he didn't respond to her at all and his skin felt like ice, even through her gloves,

"I'm sorry" her voice barely above a whisper

With her added strength, she threw a hard punch to Derek's arm, which caused one of the bones to crack, his eyes turning red as a painted roar emitted from him, pain snapping him out of that state. Nova helped him sit to his knees, spotting something behind his ear, which looked like the number five, burned into his skin, but it didn't heal like his broken bone did.

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Nova's jaw dropped slightly at the sight of the rave happening in the loft, something Derek obviously didn't know about, which caused him to walk inside, heading over to the DJ in an instant.

"Bro, sorry" a stocky man said as he stopped Derek "the Blood Beetroot doesn't take requests"

The redhead moved away from the exit, watching as her mate threw the man to the side, as if he weighed nothing and flipped the table that held the DJ's equipment. The partiers gasped at the sound, looking toward Derek, who glared at all of them.

"Get out!" He yelled

His voice boomed throughout the entire loft, everyone looking at him for a moment before clamoring to get out of the building. As they left, Nova's eyes widened at the sight of the figures, taking out her lighter and letting the flames dance in her hands once more as soon as everyone was out. She ran over to Derek, standing next to him as the figures turned to the one of the twins,

"Guys, they're all looking at me" he said as they took a step forward "why are they all looking at me?"

They took another step forward, and then another, Derek and Scott charging in with roars, fighting the black cladded figures. But as Nova was about to do the same, one of them held out a hand toward her, as if telling her to stay where she was, causing her eyebrows to furrow slightly in confusion. Nova watched as they fought, their style in fighting seeming to be more Japanese than anything else she's ever seen, Derek snapping one of their necks, which only caused it to quickly repair itself. He was thrown back against one of the pillars, Scott being shoved hard in the chest, causing him to slide on the floor and crashing into the wall. The rest of the figures advanced toward the twin, Isaac taking a small step forward, his claws snapping out.

A figure turned toward him, reaching up and into his chest, pulling out a straight edged katana, swinging it around with the skills of a master swordsman, causing the beta to take a step back.

"Nova, do something!" Allison exclaimed as they grabbed Aiden

The one that held his katana turned toward the redhead, shaking his head slightly, which caused her to let the fire in her hands extinguish once more. Another figure grasped the side of Aiden's head, which caused everything to pause for a moment before he lowered his hand, the others letting the werewolf fall to the floor, then turning toward Scott. He quickly stood on his feet, his eyes turning red as he growled at them, Nova spotting Kira standing behind them, looking at both of them with widened eyes. But before the figures could do anything, the sun began to rise through the large window, the figures turning their head toward the light before fading away into the remaining shadows.

"What the hell were those things?" Scott asked

No one had an answer, Ethan running over to his twin,

"Your dad's twenty-four hours are up" Isaac said, looking toward Allison

"Why didn't you do something?" Allison asked, looking at Nova "you could have done something!"

". . They didn't want me to" Nova replied, her eyes locked on the places where they once stood

She was the only one dressed in a costume, Nova reaching up to the end of her left glove and taking it off, holding it over her arm before removing her ring, taking off the other glove as well. Putting her ring back on her right middle finger, slightly raising her shoulders as Enjin gently tightened his wings around her, knowing his eyes were closing now that the sun had risen and she was still awake. Derek looked around at his loft, seeing that things were moved, paint covered the walls as high as they could reach, the alpha letting out a slow sigh as he glared at the teenagers, aside from Nova.

"Whoever's responsible for this, I hope you know that you're cleaning this up" he informed "I want this place back to the way it was by tonight"

He looked at Nova, jerking his head slightly, which caused her to walk over to him, her heels tapping on the concrete floor, following him out of the loft, some of them raising an eyebrow slightly at her costume, but didn't say anything about it. She caught up to him with ease, Derek closing the gate to the lift before pressing the button to take them down to the main floor,

". . I found James and Eli" Nova informed, causing him to look at her "they're here in Beacon Hills, they're staying at the house. Gran and Deucalion adopted Eli and he'll be starting school in a few days" looking at him "with everything that happened with the alphas, that trust is a little . ." raising her hand to make the so-so motion "my dad was an alpha" dropping her hand "I was wondering if you would accept them into your pack, that's what I wanted to talk to you about"

". . Of course, I will" he replied, nodding his head slightly "they're your brothers. If you trust them, that's all I need"