Derek moves to the door of the van. In an instant, he was pulled out of the van by a Berserker, and it threw him onto the ground. Nova stood up, ready to go help the Berserker that was beating Derek on a rock, but Stiles grabbed her arm, stopping her from leaving. Braeden cocked her gun and shot at the Berserker a few seconds later. The Berserker ran off, leaving a bloody Derek on a rock that was nearby.

Nova yanked her arm out of Stiles' grip and rushed outside. Liam and Stiles stood on either side of her and Peter and Malia had gotten over to them while Braeden knelt beside Derek. Nova noticed that Peter was looking at Derek with sadness which surprised her. She hasn't seen him look sad ever. Nova looked back at Derek with teary eyes. He had no werewolf powers and no werewolf powers meant he didn't heal fast.

"How bad is it?" Peter asked.

"I'm fine. I'm fine." Derek replies, unconvincingly. "Just go find Scott. Just find him. We'll be right behind you. Go."

When no one moves and continues to look at him with concern, Derek yells, "Go!"

Peter was the first to head inside, followed by Liam and Nova. Stiles had stayed back a few more moments, listening to Derek tell him to save Scott before he and Malia went inside. There were pews inside the old church that were old and broken. The ruins took on an eerie light as moonlight poured through the hole-lidded roof. Although the walls were made of stone it looked like peeling paint.

The four teens followed Peter through the thin halls. It was Stiles right behind him, then Liam, then Nova, and Malia was at the back. Peter brought out his arms in front of them, stopping them from moving. "We gotta figure out where we are, then we gotta find out how to find Scott and Kira." Peter told them, his voice echoing which made it seem he was talking louder than he was. Suddenly, Stiles' phone started ringing.

He pulls out his phone, mumbling to himself, "How do I even have service?" He walks off, answering the phone call. "Hi, dad."

Peter outstretched his arms, a look of frustration clear on his face. The three of them listened in on Stiles' conversation and Nova wasn't happy to find out their dad is mad and that she and Stiles were going to get punished when they got home. Noah said that he would look for Lydia and Mason at the school.

When he ends the call and walks back over to them, Nova looks at him and cringes upon noticing how upset he looked. "We're in trouble?"

Nodding, Stiles sighs. "Big time."

"That's just great." Nova sarcastically commented with a frown on her face.

"What do we do now?" Liam sighed.

"Duck!" Malia pushed Liam down by grabbing the back of his neck to push him down just as the fist of a Berserker hit the wall over their heads.

Liam had quickly grabbed Nova's hand, pulling her down with him since she had stood by him and he didn't want her to get hurt. He wanted to know that she was right by his side at all times. And he kind of liked holding her hand. Nova honestly didn't mind holding his hand so she didn't mind not letting go yet. She was also glad the thin halls were kind of dark so no one could see the light shade of blush that appeared on her cheeks.

The five of them continue to run down the thin hallways with the Berserker right behind them, growling lowly the whole time. Nova hated the way the Berserker smelled. It smelt of death and it made her eyes water. They make it to a larger room after the hall had ended. Malia tossed Kira's sword to Stiles, telling him to go find Scott and Kira while the rest of them took on the Berserker. Liam and Nova had followed Peter, hiding behind one of the pillars in the room. Stiles looked like he wanted to argue with Malia, but instead he turned around and ran.

When the Beserker came into the room, Liam had let go of Nova's hand after squeezing it gently and stepped out from behind the pillar, standing beside Malia, who was already transforming into a werecoyote. Nova moved to stand beside Liam, transforming into a werewolf as she did so as well. Peter made the first move, jumping from behind the pillar and slamming his fist into its face. It spun around, shoving Peter out of the way.

Nova takes a hit at it next, slashing her claws against its chest. She knew that if she could just get through the bones to the skin she could cause some real damage. She didn't realize she was thrown into a nearby wall by the Berserker until she felt her whole body ache. She shook her head, blinking away the fuzzy vision she had for a few moments, and then got back into the fight.

They each ganged up on the Berserker. They trapped it and took turns at punching, swiping, and kicking it. The Berserker fought back and then Liam threw a punch at its face. It grunted which showed a sign of weakness. The four of them took advantage of that, hitting it anywhere they could. Nova stepped out of the way when Peter shoved his shoulder into the Berserker's back. The Berserker rolled onto the floor. She easily caught the bone knife that Peter threw to her. She didn't see him pick it up off the floor.

"Take him." Peter demands. "Aim for the skull!" He and Liam pushed the Berserker back into a pillar, both of them holding it still. "Kill it!" Peter yells at Nova. "Kill it now!" Nova nodded and with a look of determination on her face, she went to aim the bone knife directly at the skull of the Berserker.

"Wait!" Stiles yelled.

Just before Nova could hit the Berserker, Kira knocks the bone knife out of her hand with her sword. Nova furrows her eyebrows, looking at Kira with confusion. "Why'd you do that?"

"It's Scott." Nova whips her head to look at Stiles, her eyes widening with surprise and disbelief. Stiles nods. "It's Scott."

Nova looks back at the Berserker that's supposed to be Scott. Stiles' words sunk into her and a look of shock forms on her face as her shoulders slump in defeat. She almost killed Scott. Wow, she's an awful Beta.

Liam looks into the eyes of the Berserker, realizing that it truly was Scott. Scott pushed Liam and Peter off of him, making them land roughly on the floor. Nova groaned in pain when she's punched to the face by Scott, how powerful the impact of the punch was sent her to the floor. Scott walked over to Liam, who looked at him with wide eyes, backing up away from him.

"Scott?" Kira tries to get his attention. "Scott, don't!"

"Scott," Stiles takes a step towards him. "It's me."

Scott shoves him to the floor and continued to move closer to Liam. Now in a sitting position, Nova watched with worry while Scott picked Liam up by his shoulders, pushing him up against a nearby pillar. Liam grunted when Scott started choking him.

"Scott." Liam shakily said, staring into Scott's eyes that looked emotionless. Scott lifted Liam off of his feet, raising his left fist to punch him. Nova managed to stand up, yelling at Scott to let him go, but she stopped after a few seconds after seeing it was no use.

"Scott," Liam tries to get his attention again. Scott didn't say anything and keeps his fist aimed at him. His fist had sharp bones on it, pointed directly at Liam. "Scott, listen, listen! You're not a monster!" The growls from Scott stopped when Liam said that. Nova was afraid for many reasons at the moment. She just hoped that they could save Scott and he wouldn't kill Liam. Nova had tears in her eyes as she went over to Stiles, helping him up on his feet.

"You're a werewolf." Liam continues. "Like me."

Liam must've gotten through to him because Scott slowly lowered his left arm and then lowered Liam back to his feet. Scott backs away, clawing at his mask as if it was stuck to him. Piece by piece, his new attire was torn off. After the chest piece fell, Scott reaches for the mask again, screaming as he pulled it apart. A bright yellow light had shown while the mask was torn into two pieces.

Scott now has red glowing eyes and he was transformed, looking directly at Peter. If looks could kill Peter would be ten feet under ground now. "You."

Nova glances at Peter, furrowing her eyebrows. She wondered why it looked like he was almost upset with how this turned out. Nova's eyes widen in realization, realizing that Peter wanted her to kill Scott and that meant he must've knew all along that Scott was the Berserker they were fighting with. "The only one who knew as much as Argent about Berserkers." Scott said angrily. "About the Nagual. You taught Kate. You helped her. All for power."

"For my family's power." Peter speaks instantly after Scott said that. "To be rightfully inherited by me. Not usurped by some idiot teenage boy, so incorruptible, he won't shed the blood of his enemies even when justified." He shakes his head, showing his blue glowing eyes. "You don't deserve your power." A low growl is sounded with his voice as he speaks. "Not power like this." He transformed to a werewolf, roaring as he did so. Malia transformed as well, looking at him as she roared. She went to attack him but he threw her to the floor.

He shakes his head. "Oh, sorry, sweetheart, we'll talk about this later."

Kira twirls her sword around, getting ready to fight with Peter but Scott stops her. "You were my first Beta, Scott." Peter reminds him. "It was my bite that changed your life. And my bite that can end it."

"Then, end it, Peter." Scott challenges. "Because you won't get another chance."

They both roar and jump at each other. It took all Nova had not to help Scott in on the fight. She now stood beside Liam and he must've noticed she was struggling to not help Scott out because he intertwined his hand with hers, making sure he has a tight grip on her hand to keep her by his side. Peter would easily one-up Scott each time Scott tried fighting him. Peter threw Scott into a wall, looking like he enjoyed every second of it.

"Fight like an Alpha!" Peter shouted.

Peter pushed Scott against one of the pillars. Then Scott growled, throwing Peter off of him. Scott slams his fists downward into Peter's sternum after Peter landed on the floor. It sent shocks through the wall because of its power. He picked up Peter after hitting him one more time. Peter then head-butted Scott roughly. Scott blinked and shook his head from the sudden impact. Peter sarcastically laughed, smirking evilly at him. Peter continued hitting Scott, and Nova was finding herself struggling to get out of Liam's grip to help Scott. Peter knocked Scott to the floor, circling around him confidently.

"You want to defeat me?" Peter grabs Scott's arms. "You're going to have to kill me!" He threw Scott and Scott flew through the air until he hit a pillar by the ceiling and then fell back on the floor.

Liam suddenly let go of Nova's hand which confused and surprised her. She watched with furrowed eyebrows as he took a step forward which caught Peter's attention. Peter grabbed a nearby pew, throwing it in Liam's and Nova's direction. The two young teens were quick to duck, Liam had even wrapped an arm around her, pulling her into his side, and made sure to shield her with his body so he would get most of the hit.

They breath heavily as they look back at Peter, who roared and went towards them. From his place on the floor, Scott glared at Peter, getting up on his feet which stopped Peter from going to Liam and Nova. Every time Peter tried to hit Scott, Scott would block each one. Liam removed his arm from her waist as he stood up with Nova, both of them watching the scene in front of them with wide eyes.

Scott takes a hit at Peter, hitting him in the gut. He sends Peter flying in the air. Peter goes over the table, landing on his back roughly on the other side of the room. Scott jumps on the table, staring down at Peter. "You were never an Alpha, Peter." Scott tells him. "But you were always a monster."

Peter growls at him, going to get up to take a hit at Scott, but Scott jumps off the table, punching Peter in the face which knocks him out. One by one, Stiles, Malia, Kira, Liam, and Nova stepped out from their hiding places as Scott turned around to face them.

"Everyone alright?" Scott asks them and when they all nod he says, "Good. Let's get out of here."

****

Nova didn't realize how much time had passed until they got outside and saw that the sun was shining. There were multiple people outside standing beside Chris and Araya Calavera. Nova guessed they came to help take on the Berserkers. Nova even noticed Parrish was standing over by his black van which surprised her since she didn't think he would be there.

Scott and Kira was standing in front of Chris while Liam, Nova, Malia, and Stiles hung back, leaning against a wall as they listened. "There's enough wolfsbane to keep Peter out for the trip back." Chris reassures them. "But be careful."

"You're really going with them?" Scott asked him.

"I made a deal with the Calaveras weeks ago." Chris replies. He nods. "They'll leave you alone. All of you. But only if I help them catch Kate."

Kira shakes her head. "What if you can't?"

Chris nods. "I'll find her. Someone has to."

It was going to be difficult not having him around. Nova hoped that he would come back though. Chris walked away, leaving with the Calaveras. Stiles and Malia stood beside Scott and Kira while Liam and Nova stood behind them. A shocked expression formed on Nova's face when Derek stepped out from behind the van with Braeden, looking alive and well.

Then a smile formed on Nova's lips. She was happy and relieved to see him alive. Derek looked at each of the teens with a smile and nodded at them. Scott nodded back at him before Derek walked around to the driver's side of the van.

When Nova and Stiles got to the station, bringing Malia along with them, their dad pulled them both into a tight hug. "Dad, you smell terrible." Stiles commented which made Nova chuckle.

"We probably don't smell as great either, Sti." Nova spoke, her nose scrunching up in disgust upon realizing how bad she smelt.

Noah chuckles. "Yeah, she's right."

They pull away from the hug, smiling at each other. They look over at Malia who was standing there awkwardly, looking at the floor. "Malia," Noah gets her attention and she looks at him with a small smile. Noah gestures her over to join them with a smile on his face. "Come over here."

Malia smiles widely and joins the small family on the hug. "I'm just so glad you three are safe." Noah smiles at the three teens after they pullef away from the hug. "Hey, what do you say we get out of here, get something to eat?"

"Great." Stiles nods with a smile on his face. "I'm starving."

Nova grins. "I won't say no to food." Nova and Stiles went to follow their dad and Malia out of the office but stopped when they realized they were both handcuffed to the desk.

"Wait, what?" Nova furrowed her eyebrows, looking at her hand that was handcuffed to the side of her dad's desk.

"Hey, dad!" Stiles called out to him, furrowing his eyebrows upon finding out he and Nova were handcuffed to the desk.

Noah just smiles back at his kids and looks at Malia, who looked back at the two siblings weirdly. "What's your favorite food?" He asked Malia.

Malia looks at him with a smile. "Uh, pizza."

"Is this seriously our punishment?" Nova questions with a look of frustration on her face. "I can easily break out of this!"

"This is stupid." She muttered, easily breaking free of the handcuff. Stiles watched with wide eyes, his mouth opened wide in an 'o' shape.

"Uh, hey, sis, mind helping me out of this?" Stiles asked, smiling sweetly at her as he looked at her with a hopeful glint in his eyes.

"I think I'll just leave you there." Nova smirked, walking out to the hallway.

"Wha-Nova!" Stiles yells, pulling against the handcuff. "Nova Josephine Stilinski get back here!"

When he thought she left him, he heard familiar laughter in the hallway, causing him to roll his eyes. "Ha ha, very funny." He sarcastically comments as she walks back inside the office. He points at the handcuff that cuffed him to the desk, looking at her with a stern expression. "Now get this thing off of me."

"Did you really think I was gonna leave you here all by your lonesome?" Nova questioned, tilting her head to the side. She walked toward him, breaking the handcuff which frees Stiles.

Nodding, Stiles rubs his wrist. "Honestly, yeah a little." He smiles slightly at her. "But thanks for not leaving me, Novi."

Nova smiles and nods. "I'll always have your back, Sti." Stiles smiled back at her and threw an arm around her shoulders, walking out to the hallway with her.

****

Later that night, Nova was in her bedroom, reading a book while she laid on her bed. Upon hearing a knock on her window, she glanced up from her book and over to her window, smiling when she sees Liam. Liam was outside her window, looking at her with a smile and he waved at her.

Nova gestured for him to come in since she had left the window unlocked. Liam opened the window and climbed in as Nova put a bookmark in the place she was at in her book before closing it.

"Not that I mind you here, but what are you doing here?" Nova asked him, moving into a sitting position since she was laying on her stomach.

Shrugging, Liam walks over to sit on her bed in front of her. "We went through a lot with saving Kira and Scott." He glances at his lap shyly, fiddling with his hands as a small smile tugs on his lips. "I just wanted to come and check on you to see if you're okay."

Nova internally said awe because of how sweet he is. She smiles softly and playfully shoves his shoulder to get him to look at her. "That's sweet, Liam. Thank you."

He looks at her with a smile, and his face tinted pink. "You're welcome."

"You didn't get hurt at all during that fight in La Iglesia, did you?" Nova asked him when she remembered that he was thrown around a lot and took a few hits.

"I was going to ask you that." Liam chuckles and Nova chuckles along with him. "But, no, I'm fine." Liam replies to her, raising his eyebrows at her. "I guess you are too?'

"Yep." Nova nods. "And if I was hurt I would've healed. So would you. I still worry when our friends get hurt even though most of our friends have enhanced healing."

"Yeah, me too." Liam admits. "But that's something I like about you." Nova smiles brightly, feeling her face heat up while he continues. "You care about all of us no matter what."

A moment of comfortable silence fell between the two before Nova is the one to break it. "So, we start our sophomore year tomorrow. You ready for it?"

Liam laughs a bit, shaking his head. "I'm far from ready for it." He smiles at her. "But I know I can survive the year with you."

Nova smiles brightly. "Same here. I mean, it's me and you." She moves to sit beside him, playfully elbowing him. "We've fought many supernatural creatures and assassins. If we can do that then surely, we can get through our next year of high school."

"Yeah." Liam nods, feeling butterflies swarm in his stomach when she leaned her head on his shoulder. He wraps his arm around her shoulders and smiles softly. "It's me and you. We got this, Noves."

A/N ahh can't believe this book is finally over! & ooh now you guys know nova's middle name! it took me like forever trying to come up with a good middle name for her & settle with one i liked. now i can start writing season 5! so excited. this chapter was fun to write. it had cute moments from liam & nova & a cute brother-sister moment with nova & stiles :)