Merry Christmas Guys! Sorry it took so long. Thank you for all the beautiful and encouraging reviews in my pitiful absence. I took a serious blow to my writing skills during the year and haven't really been the same since but I'm getting better. And I probably deserved it but still someone who says they can't get through the Hunger Games because there are too many mistakes like they are so high mighty and don't make mistakes opinions don't really matter to me anymore. Anyway enough of my ranting. On with the Chapter!

Flashback:

"I'll consider it but now it's late and it's time to get you home." He said and opened her door. She sighed and leaned against the car. "I'm not leaving until you say you'll let them help you…and not until I get a goodnight kiss." She said and pulled him closer by his hoodie. "…Really Kagome?" Derek said with a sigh and a grin. "What? The night was too perfect to just leave without a goodnight kiss." He wrapped his arms around her waist and gave her a peck on the lips. "Hey that wasn't a kiss. That was a peck!" She fussed. "No it was a chaste kiss. But I might change it if you leave." She huffed and got in her a car and rolled down the window. "I don't want a goodnight kiss that bad. But nice try Hale. You know I'm not leaving."

"Yes but that doesn't mean I can't make sure you stay safe tomorrow. And that means staying away from me until this over." Before she could protest he leaned and gave her a kiss to remember. 'It's possible I might now even see her again before tomorrow is over. I can at least leave her a better memory of me than before.' He thought and broke the kiss with one last nip to her lips. "Goodnight Kagome." He whispered against her lips and turned to start walking to his car. About halfway to his car Kagome's son's name came into his head like a flashing neon sign. "Seth Zane huh? Now that I think about it Kagome did say her favorite book of all time was Hawksong and I think the main guy in the book is named Zane too. That definitely sounds like something she would do." He laughed lightly to himself and took his keys out of his pockets before freezing.

"…Grandpa's name was Zane…No way." He turned back to run back to Kagome's car but she was already gone.

The Ultimate Second Chance Ch. 7

"How was Seth tonight?" Kagome asked coming into Stiles's room after her shower and drying her hair. Said baby was already sleeping in the middle of Stiles's bed already bathed and fed. "He just missed his mommy and tried to eat us out of house and home. But other than that he was pretty good for a baby wolf." Kagome giggled and sat down gently on the bed by Seth and rubbed his back. "I thought he looked more adorably pudgy than usual."

"And I see your favorite football team is still the Pittsburgh Steelers even though they were technically humiliated and destroyed last year. Bet don't let dad see you wearing than or he'll never let you live it down." He while eyeing her Polamalu jersey with a grin.

"Hey don't start on my team just because Green Bay had a good season. My team still has six Super Bowls and they are just rebuilding right now and will do better this season and make me proud."

Stiles just laughed and turned his computer chair to face her. "So how was your date? He wasn't being over bearing or grabby was he? Do I need to break an extra-large branch of mountain ash ad role it in mistletoe and stick it where the sun don't shine?" Kagome just stared at him. "…Why would you…you know what never mind. First of all you sound kind of like a dad which is weird coming from you." Stiles scoffed and rolled his eyes. "And no he was the perfect gentleman. And he said if you're going to threaten him do it so their face and not behind his back." She said with a grin and Stiles threw his hands in the air. "Then you tell him next time to actually pick up his date from the house instead of making her drive so he can be threatened properly next time." Kagome bit her lip and picked up Seth and shushed him when he started to fuss.

"…IS there gonna be a next time?"

"I honestly don't know Stiles. You know how life goes. When people like us start to actually have fun it all gets shot to hell." She said and told him what happened to between and the members of the Alpha pack.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but I agree with Derek." Kagome shot Stiles a look. "What? It's best that you stay away from him until all of this dies down. You and Seth could get hurt or used as bait. Kali made sure to point that out tonight." He said and Kagome sighed looking down at Seth. "…I know. Believe I know because for some odd reason I have an invisible sign on me that just screams kidnap me apparently." She kissed Seth's forehead. "But that doesn't mean I'm not going to try and help you guys when I know I can. And who knows maybe I'm just the incentive to make Derek grow a pair and accept help when he knows he needs it." She said with a smile on her face that was anything but humorous.

"Don't even joke like that. It's not funny or close to it." Stiles said, running his hands down his face. "Well before you guys were so rudely interrupted, were at least able to tell him he has a kid?"

"…."

"…Kagome you did tell him right? At least made an attempt to?"

"Well…yeah I did but Kali showed up and I only got as far as Seth's middle name before she came. Then we started arguing about me taking Seth and leaving Beacon Hills. Of course I said no and he just told me to stay away from him until all of this blows over." She said unconsciously holding Seth closer. "But I know it won't be that simple."

"True but you know he's right Kagome. You can't stay here. You might get hurt or worse."

"Derek can too. If he stay so do I." Stiles sighed and moved to sit beside on the bed.

"I know how you feels Kags. Really I do. But Seth comes first remember? You've been a fighter and a warrior but now you're a mother. Seth still needs you. If something happens to you or Derek or both of you. He'll be all alone. You can't take away his chance of getting to know you or love you just because of your pride and friends. Your son trumps all including friends, family, innocent people, and crazy werewolf boyfriends." He said pulling them into a one armed hug. "Babies before rabies."

Kagome let a watery laughed and sniffed looking at her son who trying to cuddle against his mother as if he was looking to comfort her. "…Alright I'll stay out of it as long as I can. But you do know someway somehow I'm going to get pulled in again right?" She said standing up with Stiles following closely behind and pulling her into a full on hug. "Let's not speak of such things now and hope and pray it doesn't come to that." He said and let her go before giving her gentle push towards the door. "Now off to bed with you. You have big day tomorrow because the owner of Beacon Hills Daycare called and asked you to comeback for another interview."

"…Really?" Kagome squealed. "And you're just telling me now? I don't even know what I'm going to wear tomorrow!" She fussed as she jogged back to her room and closing the door behind her. Stiles waited for a while until he heard his cousin's door close and moved to his closet to pick out his clothes for the next day. "When you're nervous and anxious, you become the worst predator slash stalker with all the noise I didn't even know you were capable of making." He said then turned around and wasn't surprised to see Derek leaning against the wall beside his window. "And you're being such a hypocrite right now. If you tell her to stay away it should be vice versa for you a well dude."

"Don't call me dude." Derek scowled. "And yes I do know that but I needed to confirm something."

"Why would you need to confirm something when you already know the truth? I know you know otherwise you wouldn't be here."

"…You knew?!"

"Of course I knew. She's my cousin and I needed to know whose ass I needed to kick for walking out on my cousin when she needed him the most." He said casually. "But I guess I can that let it go since the Alpha pack seems to being doing enough of that by themselves." Derek growled and flashed his eyes.

"Are you saying I deserve this?"

"The ass kicking part yes but that's just my opinion. The torture part not so much. And with all of this going on around you, there is no way in hell you're going near my cousin until all of this shit is over Derek." Stiles said crossing his arms while unconsciously moving towards his door; blocking it.

"What makes you think we're going to make it out of this alright?"

"I never said that. I'm a realist man. I know that not all of us are going to make it out of this without getting hurt…or worse. I don't want that to happen to any of us Derek. Including you." Derek, who had somehow found the floor of Stiles bedroom suddenly interesting, lifted his head at that. Stiles moved now so that he was in Derek's personal space.

"Derek Hale you can't die. As a matter of fact, you're not allowed to. You have something to live for now which means you can't just roll over and die like I know you've been dying to do like the martyr you are." He said his voice dripping with sarcasm. "If you let yourself get killed, I'm going to find a way to bring you back and kill you myself. And that's if Kagome doesn't get to you first. You got that?" Derek stared at him but Stiles refused to break eye contact. "…Fine." He said then climbed out the window.

Stiles closed the window the behind Derek and closed to the curtains before he gracelessly started freaking out and rambling out loud "Oh my freakin God! I thought for sure he was going to kill me. Or at least choke me out slowly until I die and or pass out. Either way he's going to kill me when this is all over."

D&K: With Derek

"He's so dead when this is all over." Derek muttered under his breath when he opened the door to the loft with a plastic bag in hand.

"What did Stiles do now?" Cora asked from the couch. "He's breathing." Derek snapped and put the box on the coffee table. "Listen I need you to do me favor and tell Lydia to stay away from Aiden for a while. It's for her own good. And after that I want you to stay away from here for a while. Go stay with Stiles or Scott and Isaac or Peter if you need to. But only use him as a last result."

"Why?"

"Apparently I had a deadline. I ran into Kali tonight. If I don't kill anyone before sunrise tomorrow, they are going to do it for me. Everyone will be fair game."

"So you think us staying away is going to protect us?"

"That's what I'm hoping for." Derek said and crossed his arms. "At least I know you guys will have a fighting chance together rather than apart."

"That also leaves you out in the open by yourself Derek. You can't go against them on your own. They almost killed you last time." Cora said while standing up from the couch and moving to stand in front of her brother

"True." Derek said and couldn't help the grin the crossed his face. "By orders of a scrawny ADHD teenager, I'm not allowed to die." He said then started moving things around and against walls.

"Stiles? Wow either you're really stupid or you have a plan to somehow make I out of this alive."

"Neither. But you should try and be gone before sunrise. I know they'll come here looking for me when they find out I didn't kill any of you." He said before going to his bed and laying down and closing his eyes.

"You can't possibly be trying to fall asleep!"

"No just resting but I can't possibly do that if you keep yapping at me Cora."

Cora stared at him looking like a fish out of water before throwing her hands in the air and going up the stairs. "Fine! Go ahead and get yourself killed I don't care! But don't expect me to cry over your bloody corpse when I find you!" She yelled and slammed the door when she finally made it to her room.

D&K: Dream Sequence (Derek POV)

I walked through Kagome's apartment door breathing hard and fell to my knees gripping my chest. The pain was unbearable. I can barely breathe. "Derek?" I heard her voice call out to me. I looked up through hazy eyes and saw Kagome rush from the bedroom to me. "Derek are you ok? Are you hurt?" I heard her asking me but I could barely hear over the excruciating pain in my chest. I felt her look me over for wounds but there wasn't any. None on the outside any way.

It felt like a part of me or at least what was left of that part was ripped out. Liked a connection has been severed. By the time I actually came around and working through the pain, Kagome had somehow moved us to the couch and was helping me take off my jacket. "I don't see any blood on you. Derek you have to talk to me or else I'll never know what's wrong with you baby."

I stared at her while my brain was trying to process what she was saying through the pain of the hole in his chest.

"… Laura…"

"What? What about Laura?"

"…Laura…Laura is dead."

Kagome stared at him and kneeled down in front of him and cupping his face. "Derek." I looked up when I heard her voice break and saw her eyes shining with unshed tears. Derek how can you be so sure? Maybe she disappeared or just haven't answered her phone in a few days because she lost her charger like she usually does. You know how she can get when it comes to that phone." I shook my head and closed my eyes.

"No I'm sure…it feels…it's just like the fire. She's gone Kagome." Kagome stood up and wrapped her arms around me. "Oh Derek. I'm so sorry." She started crying and held me tighter it seemed with each sob. And with that I just fell apart. I wrapped my arms around her and buried my face in her stomach and started bawling like a wounded pup. The death of a pack member always hurts but the death of an Alpha is worse. And then to top it off she was my sister. The only living relative I had left besides Uncle Peter.

After a while Kagome let me go and wiped her face then mine. "I think we both deserve a drink right? I know you can't get rip roaring drunk but it should take off the edge a little. I'll be back in a bit." She said then walked away. I stared after for what seem like forever before I followed her to the kitchen. She was in the pantry bent over looking for something. I walked up behind her and put my hands on her hips. Kagome jumped with help and stood straight up. "Dammit Derek you scared me. Make a little noise when you walk into a room why don'tcha ya?" She fussed and turned around in my arms to face me with her arms full of bottles.

"Now we have Hennessey, Hypnotiq, Strawberry Vodka and good old Jack Daniels. So take your pick." Kagome then moved back to the living room with me following her close behind. As soon as she finished putting the bottles down on the coffee table, I wrapped my arms around her again and buried my face in her neck.

"Derek?"

Instead of answering her I sat down on the couch and pulled her into my lap wrapping my arms around her waist. I pulled down in strap of her simple pink silk nightie and littered her shoulder in butterfly kisses then up to her neck until I reached her ear.

"Make me forget."

Kagome gasped and pulled back from me but I kept my arms around her waist. "Der… I… I don't know if we should-"

"I know it's not the proper way to mourn her but please Kagome just for a little while. Please Gome?" I heard myself practically begging but I need this. Just one last time. She stared for what were probably mere seconds but they ticked by like hours before she grabbed the hem of black shirt and pulled it over my head. As soon as the shirt was out of the way I pulled her in for another kiss and moved my hands up her thighs to grab her ass. But she broke the kiss and pulled my hands away from her and pinned them down on the couch.

"Kagome?" Kagome grinned and leaned forward to nip the tip of my ear making me hiss. Then she moved down to my neck for another bite making me groan and unconsciously tilting my head to the side. "You said you wanted me to make you forget right?" She whispered against my skin while soothing the bite with her tongue. "Yeah." I groaned and jerked when she bit me again. She sat up and gave me a chaste kiss with a small smile and pulled her gown over her head.

"Then sit back and let me work. I'll take care of you." She said then leaned down and started leaving kisses and love bites from my neck to my chest. I bit my lip to hold back my moan when she flicked her tongue over my nipple while she raked her nails down my abs. My eyes, which I don't remember closing, opened when I felt her tracing the V of my hips that was showing at the waist band of my pants. I looked down at Kagome as she undid the button and pulled down the zipper with her teeth.

"When did you learn to do that?"

"I have my ways." She giggled and pulled down both my pants and briefs down and over my hips and wrapped her hand around my dick and started moving it up and down. Every time she made it to the top she would squeeze the head just the way she knew I liked it. Then she grabbed the base and circled her tongue around the head. I laced my fingers in her hair and pulled it back from her face so I could see her. "So good at this baby."

Kagome giggled then winked at me, before taking it all the way to the hilt and swallowing. I tossed my head back and couldn't help but buck against her hot mouth. She hollowed out her cheeks as she came and licked the slit before going back down again and repeating. "Fuck." I growled out and pulled her off her knees and back into my lap. "Hey!" She yelped.

I grabbed her breasts and flicked my thumbs over the pebbled flesh making her gasp and arch against. Then I leaned forward and took her right nipple in my mouth and flicked my tongue against it. "Derek." She pulled me closer, keeping my head in place. I nipped it and switched to give its twin the same treatment. "I mmm I wanted to take care of mmm you."

"We can take care of each other." I said before moving my hands down to her waist. "And shame on you for not wearing any panties. Were you expecting something?" Kagome blushed and turned her head to the side. "Well you act like you can't wait sometimes so I decided to skip the panties to save them from you."

"Well you are right." I said while rubbing my dick against her hot center making her moan and burry her face in my neck. "They do just get in my way." Then I pulled her down slowly on my cock. Kagome gasped and bit my neck making me hiss. I didn't stop until it was all the way in to the hilt. "De- Der- Derek aren't we forgetting something?" She whimpered against my neck as she started to squirm against me. "Fuck you're so deep baby." It was feeling so good that her words barely registered to me.

"No." I pulled her up slowly and slammed her back down and she yelped and held on to me.

D&K: End Dream Sequence (3rd person POV)

Derek's eyes opened to early morning rising sun which didn't match his mood at all. He sat up slowly on the edge of is bed and just stared into space for a few minutes before getting up to install the alarm system he bought last night. 'You finally remember?' The voice asked and Derek froze. 'You knew?'

'I didn't know. I had a feeling. There's a difference Derek. We were just too caught up in the moment and pain to think about protection.'

Derek sighed and went back to installing the alarm system.

'What's done is done. We can't change it but we can make it better by not dying for example. You and I both know you can't fight Kali and the others on your own you're going to need help from the others.'

'And why the hell should I listen to you? You knew it was possibility that Kagome was pregnant and didn't tell me.'

'Because I'm your wolf that's why! I am technically you. Just the smarter and more rational side apparently.'

Derek was going to give his wolf a few choice words, Cora interrupted their little argument. "What does that mean?" She asked and Derek followed her gaze to the window and saw a symbol drawn on the widow.

"It means they're coming. Tonight."

D&K: With Kagome

Kagome had to keep herself from dancing out of the building with Seth on her hip because she was so excited. "I can't believe I actually got the job I'm so excited!" She squealed while she put Seth in the car. He laughed at his mom's silliness. "You can laugh all you want kid at mommy kid but I'm just too excited right now to care." She laughed and kissed his forehead before closing the door and pulling her phone out of her purse. "I want to call someone and tell them the good news. But who? Stiles is at school and Uncle John is probably too busy with work to be bothered." She said then thought about Derek. "I only have his email address…and he told me to stay away from him until this was all over."

"Do you know it's a bad sign to talk to yourself out loud in public?"

"Do you know it's cowardly to stick to the shadows in broad daylight?" Kagome answered back and turned to face the alleyway right beside her car in time enough to see Ethan stepping out of said alley with a cautious look on his face.

"Ethan right?"

"What did you do to my brother?" He growled out.

Kagome tilted her head to the side. "What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about the other night. When he talked to the other night he hasn't been the same since. You did something to him."

"Sweetie I'm no witch. I didn't do anything to him except open his eyes to what is really going on around him. He needs to wake up and so do you. You're half way there but your leader and Kali are clouding your judgment."

"You don't know what you're talking about." He growled.

Kagome's eyes hardened. "I know enough. Both of you think you're weaklings but you're not. Stop being children and grow a pair." Her voice was hard but warmed slightly at the end. "And just like I told Aiden, Derek or Scott can help you. All you have to do is ask."

"No they won't…not after this." Ethan said as he looked behind her.

Kagome turned around and all she saw was Aiden's hand coming to her face before she was flying through the air and into her car. Aiden walked over to her to pick her up. "That was kind of over kill don't you think?" Ethan asked following behind his brother.

"Shut up. Deucalion said take her by any means necessary. I just wanted to hurry up and get it over with so that I wouldn't see that disappointing look in her eyes." Aiden said and Ethan looked at his brother like he was crazy. "Why would you care about something like that?" Instead of answering his brother, Aiden knelt down on the ground and started to pick her gently as if he was handling fragile glass before her was thrown back by some electrical shock into his brother.

Kagome got up slowly while holding her head and spitting blood to the ground. "That was a cheap shot Aiden." She said and couldn't help but grin when she saw the shocked looks on their face. "Don't worry it hurts like hell but I'm little bit more resilient than others." She said, her hands glowing pink. "Now are we going to do this the easy way and talk this out? Or are we gonna do this the hard way and I can kick your asses here and now in the street."

"Kagome please don't make me do this. I really don't want to hurt you."

"Well too late for that. And I don't want to hurt you either but it seems like you and your brother don't want to give me a choice in the matter."

Aiden got up while Ethan stayed on the ground. "And I told we don't have a choice!"

"There is always a choice! The both of you have someone who actually cares about you! Why throw it all away for someone else who could give a rat's ass about you?"

"Come with us willingly or by force. Either way you're coming with us Kagome and I've told you why." Aiden said then put his hand on his brother's back, merging with him. Kagome took a step back when the twin hybrid stood up to his full height. "Alone…No…where…else…" Kagome sighed. "Fine then. Since I can't talk to you, I'll be happy to give you two the kick in the ass that you desperately need." Before she could take another step forward she was hit in the head again from behind making her pass out. She fell back into the arms of Deucalion.

"Come now boys. It doesn't take all of this for one little human." He said and looked down at her. "Well a special little human." He stroked her face and ran his fingers through her hair. Deucalion then passed her to the boys. "Patch her up and get moving. You boys still have a message to send to Derek Hale." Deucalion ordered then turned around to go back into the dark shadow he came out of before stopping. "And take care of the wailing bastard in the car."

The wolf hybrid out Kagome down when it registered to the baby crying in the car and put Kagome down on the ground and within seconds they were themselves again. "What are we gonna do?" Ethan asked while picked up Kagome. Aiden walked to the car and looked at Seth in car seat crying his heart out. "We what we're told."

D&K: With Derek

Derek started when he heard the door to his loft open but calmed down when he saw who it was. "What are you two doing here? Go back to school." He droned on without really looking at them.

"Well, actually we can't. Boyd and I are incredibly and unbelievably sick."

"With what? Brain damage?"

"Well uh I have a migraine and uh Boyd here has uh explosive diarrhea." Isaac said happily while Boyd scoffed and rolled his eyes. "We're here to protect you." He said while throwing a duffle bag on the floor.

"You're here to protect me?" Derek said while coming down from his step on the staircase. "Well I'm in trouble then."

"Actually", Isaac started from his perch on Derek's metal table. "Boyd here has a plan." He grinned while thumbing through a book on said table and Derek turned to face Boyd.

"I thought about that time Gerard had me and Erica locked up." He knelt and opened up a duffle bag he bought with him. "Tied up with electrical wires; pushing a current through us. I was wondering how we do something like that." He pulled a roll of electrical wires. "But on a bigger scale." Derek looked at him then back at Isaac. He'd never say it out loud but they were like the two little brothers he never really asked for instead of the pack mates he was looking for to make him stronger. Then an image of Kagome holding and playing with Seth ran across his mind.

"I'm listening."

D&K: With Stiles

"Lydia now isn't the time to be drawing trees. You need to help us find Deaton before whatever this thing is kills him." Stiles pleaded with his head in his hands. Lydia hummed quietly to herself as she filled in her tree. "And I told you I don't know how to do that Stiles. Cora rolled her eyes and stood up. "What are we even doing here Stiles? She's obviously useless and we don't have to waste right now.

"I'm not useless!" Lydia snapped at her. "I just don't know how to do…whatever it is you want me to do alright? It just happens… I have no control over it." Stiles sighed and moved in front of Lydia. "Lydia you have to try. I know it's scary, confusing and a lot of pressure but I really really need you to help me Lyds." They were locked into a deep staring contest until Stiles's phone went off. Stiles sighed and pulled out his phone.

"Yes… Wait…Wait a minute! Now slow down and start from the beginning…WHAT?!... Ok ok I'll be there in five minutes I promise!" Stiles hung up and started taking deep harsh breaths trying to calm himself down. "Stiles?" Cora asked while Lydia rushed over to him and put her hands on her shoulders. "Panic attack. Stiles listen, you need to breath. Calm down and breath with me. Focus!" She said and Stiles seemed to hear her as his breathing started to calm down a little.

"Ok…Ok we gotta go." He said grabbing his keys. "Wait where are you going?" Cora asked. "I have to get Seth from the daycare. They owner said she found him outside in front of the door crying his lungs out."

"But where is Kagome?" Lydia asked as they followed him out of the hallway.

Stiles pulled out his phone again to call Derek. "She's gone."

D&K: With Derek

Derek and the boys were sitting in different corners of the now water filled and electrically charged loft waiting for the Alpha pack to show up.

Isaac sighed then looked at the new alarm system Derek set up and did a double take. "Isn't the red light on that supposed to be on?" He asked and Derek looked and took a deep breath. "Yeah."

"Then…what does it mean if it's off?" Isaac stood up.

"It means someone cut the auxiliary power."

Boyd stood up as well. "Then what about the main-…" Just then the lights in the loft went off and Derek's phone went off. Everyone was quiet for a second before he picked it up "Hello? Stiles? How did you get my-…?" Derek stood there listening to Stiles before hanging up the phone. Isaac and Boyd looked at each other then back at their Alpha.

"…Derek?"

"Kagome…Kagome is missing." He said lowly just as a banging was heard on the door to the loft. Derek looked at the water on the floor before taking a step in the water. He didn't know if he should be relieved or mad that the trap didn't work. "Derek what do we do know?" Isaac asked. Derek's eyes turned red and the boys flanked him on either side.

"We fight."

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