Burn Amongst Humanity [D. Hale ]

|XXXIII|

"Fireflies"
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"Does Trent have an anchor?"

"That's why he's here."

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"Derek?" Casey asked and he looked at her, as she motioned with her head and he followed her. Casey walked over to the closet and she opened it, as she pushed the door open. "I saw it when I was waiting for the fighting."

Casey pulled out a flashlight and clicked it on as she pointed it into the corner and Derek, he looked like he had been stabbed. Casey's tears were rolling down her cheeks at the sight of Erica's body and Derek looked at her.

"I'm sorry." Casey whispered and Derek, he nodded and he moved his arms around her and she felt him shaking. "I am so, so sorry." She murmured and she shut her eyes.

"This wasn't your fault. I turned her, I bit her, I brought her, to the attention and, now-" Derek couldn't finish his words and Casey moved her arms around him to return the hug.

"This wasn't your fault either. This was the Alpha Pack, okay? This was Deucalion, Ennis, Kali, the twins that combine. This was them, not us." She reminded him and he nodded.

"What would I do without you?" He asked and Casey laughed quietly, and she wiped tears from her cheeks.

"You would, probably already be dead... twenty, twenty times over by now." Casey whispered and she was looking at the body. "What do we do with her?" Casey asked softly and he looked at her.

"You say that you found the body in the woods on an evening jog." Derek said and he looked at Casey, who was nodding in agreement. "We need to find Tye, Boyd and Cora. Before more people get hurt or killed." Derek said.

"I'm not standing by, Derek, I was trained to track werewolves. You need me, whether you like it or not." Casey murmured, and, he nodded slightly at the words.

Casey looked at Scott and Allison silently and Derek came up behind her, with Erica's body in his arms.

Casey looked back at him and Derek was fighting to bury his emotion to be rational.

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"We are not killing them. Not even if you think it is easier than the possible alternatives. Derek, this is two members of your family. Your little brother and your little sister, are you really willing to kill them just because it might be easier than catching them tonight?" Casey asked and Derek looked at her. "No. You will have to kill me first." She said and they looked at her.

"We need somebody, who knows how to hunt werewolves." Scott said as Casey looked insulted at the words.

"What am I, chopped liver?" Casey asked and Scott stared at her. "I'm a hunter too, remember?"

"You're only six years older than me!" Scott shouted and Casey looked at him, before she shook her head.

"Fine. Go and try talking it out with Argent. I'll be making a plan that will actually work." Casey said and Scott looked at Derek, but Derek was now just silently looking at the ground.

Casey got onto the ATV that she had bought not long ago and she pulled on a helmet and she rode off quickly out of the woods.

Casey was at the high school already when Scott, Derek as then eventually Isaac arrived at the school.