regency au } { of invasions and lost battles

[braveandstupid]

Kali: [so after the holidays, in the middle of the night in the dead of winter, dark shapes start slipping across the landscape and towards Hale Manor. Most of the household is asleep in their beds at this point, and the shapes are taking advantage of that, making their way across the grounds to the doors]

Parrish: [and he's asleep in his bed, arms wrapped around his wife. He doesn't have the senses that the wolves in the castle do, so he isn't aware of anything approaching]

Elena: [nope. everyone is in a dead sleep except for ... Elena. Why? Because Miranda isn't quite sleeping through the night yet. She usually calms down if you walk her a bit, which is why Elena is on the other side of the manor from her bedroom, lingering towards the knights quarters. She's rocking her daughter in her arms, when she hears the brush of footsteps nearby. She turns, confused, before frowning] Who's there?

Derek: [of course he's asleep but he hears his wife's voice and it perks his ear up a bit. Is something wrong? Does he needs to wake up?]

Ennis: [the large alpha appears out of the shadows, a wide grin splitting his features as his eyes flash red] Hello, Elena.

Elena: [her chest tightens as she pulls Miranda closer to her chest, before turning on her heels and starting to run. It's useless, but it's also instinct, and she charges away, pounding on the door of whatever knights happen to be in the area] Help! Someone help!

Tyler & Isaac: [they are on duty in the halls, and they come running to her help, already shifting]

Derek: [hearing his wife's scream, he's also up, out of bed and running to where he can hear her heartbeat]

Ennis: [Elena darts past Tyler and Isaac, heading back to her bedroom and her husband, but Ennis is looming behind her, several of his wolves on his heels who are of an equal size. His fangs bear as his claws get ready to tear into whoever reaches him first]

Isaac: [he knows that face, and no, he's going to raise the alarm with a howl before he dives in to fight Ennis. He knows he doesn't stand a chance, but every second he distracts the giant of an alpha, it's a second more of distance Elena gets]

Elena: [keeps running until she reaches her husband] It's Ennis. Ennis and his pack.

Laura: [starts awake at the howl of her beta, pushing up in her sleep and picking up the sound of struggle] Jordan, wake up.

Derek: [there's a growl, and he knows that the betas won't have long] Get the other women and Patience. Use the secret passage that leads to Cora's room. She will get you out safely.

Parrish: [groans awake] Is it Amelia?

Elena: [she nods before going off to find Caroline and Bonnie, before heading off to find Cora.]

Laura: [shakes her head] No, it was Isaac. We're under attack.

Derek: [and he will move his desk to block the passage door once they are through, and off he goes to help Isaac and Tyler, even as Boyd and Scott rush by to join them.]

Parrish: [his eyes widen and he's getting out of bed and heading to the window to see what he can]

Ennis: [there are werewolves all over the grounds, and Jordan can see them from his window, swarming the NPC staff and leaving injured or dead anywhere they can find them. As they do that, Ennis is going to town on the betas in front of him, knocking and tearing them to the side as he goes.]

Laura: [pushes up and goes for her daughter] Go help the betas. I need to get Amelia to my sister before I can help.

Parrish: [nods, going to grab his sword and putting on his light armor. Because you know, not!wolf.] Be careful, my love. [and he will go to find his battles]

Derek: [finds Ennis, snarling] And here we thought it was nice to have you come visit us. [snarled, because nope, they had known they were up to something]

Ennis: [he shrugs with a grin] Knowing we were coming or not, still got the jump on you, didn't we? [and he'll start to tear in again]

Laura: [nods, before scooping up her daughter and disappearing into the other side of the manor. and most of the stuff with the ladies is just going to be me talking to myself so focusing on the boys for now!]

Derek: Maybe.

Stiles: [guess who was woken up by the knights and look, there's a tip of a crossbow gun inching out of a crack in the wall and it will hit with a nat 20 and that is totally laced with wolfsbane]

Ennis: [unfortunately for Stiles, Ennis' wolves are loyal to their alpha to a fault. He spots the crossbow and surges forward, taking the bolt right in the heart for his alpha. Ennis turns as his second drops behind him, holding Tyler by the throat as he does, and his eyes track to the door with the crossbow and his teeth bear] Kill him. [another one of the werewolves surges towards the door to rip it off it's hinges]

Stiles: [and as that door opens, there will be two Stilinskis with crossbows as Stiles hands the empty one back to Jody. There also happens to be a desk halfway in front of the door, making the entrance a lot smaller so they can't surge through]

Sheriff: [not asking questions, but fires as well]

Tyler: [uses the distraction to go and jam his claws into the alpha's throat, going to rip and tear as best he can]

Derek: [going to join Tyler, his claws aiming for the face]

Ennis: [the other werewolf ... crit fails his reflex save and takes the shot head on. Two of the other wolves come at Derek, pulling him off Ennis and pinning him to the wall. Ennis's claws come up and land in Tyler's stomach, drawing up towards his heart drawing long red lines in his chest before dropping him to the ground]

Stiles: [has the reloaded gun from Jody as John falls back and he takes his shot. His grandfather's sword is on his hip, though, in case something gets through. He fires the bolt, aiming at the wolves still coming in]

Derek: [he will push off the wall, trying to drag the wolves with him and slam them into the wall on the opposite side of the hallway]

Boyd: [he's hurt, but he's going to jump in anyway, grabbing that arm of Ennis' and biting into it hard]

Ennis: [Ennis bats Boyd back first, knocking him into the wall, before catching him by the throat and lifting him up slightly - Boyd is big, but Ennis is still bigger] Where is your lord, pup?

Boyd: [strangled choking clawing at wrists]

Parrish: [and that would be when he arrives down the hall, sword out] Put. Him. Down.

Ennis: [glances over at Parrish, bloodied but healed, and grins. He pulls Boyd forward, before slamming him back hard into the stone wall and dropping him to the floor.] Just who I was looking for. [as he speaks, the two wolves Derek are dueling with turn him in the face of Stiles' crossbow bolts intending to use him as a shield]

Stiles: Damn. [he can't do anything with Derek there and motions for his parents to get into the tunnels, taking the rest of the crossbow bolts with them and promises to explain later. He's then going to get to the door, using the bolt he has to stab into their hands to get Derek free]

Parrish: [he swings his sword back and forth. Like Stiles' arrowheads, the metal polish was made from a blend of wolfsbane so that the humans weren't defenseless. His battle armor was not polished with it to avoid harming his wife, but his chainmail undershirt was] You dare come into our home as friends only to return to try and overtake us. That is not very friendly, m’lord.

Ennis: I never claimed to be friendly. [he dodges each of the blades before aiming one punch to the dead center of Parrish's chest, aiming for force rather than real damage. The two wolves holding Derek both rolled really high, sorry Stiles and Derek. One just yanks his hand back at the last second so that the bolt drives into Derek's shoulder while the other catches Stiles' wrist before it can come down, twisting it to the side and driving it into Derek's side]

Parrish: [yeah, that's going to hit and send him back into the wall. He luckily had a good woman who made his armor to be able to take a jousting hit full on. He looked up at Ennis, deadly glare and for a moment there is a hint of orange glowing in his eyes] Well, it is a good thing that we never believed you to be. [and he will go back to attack again, rolling high as he swings the sword around at the alpha's shoulders]

Stiles: [however, rolled low and his wrist snapped as the wolf grabbed him. He lets go of the bolt in Derek’s shoulder - sorry Derek - and reached at the wolf holding him, going to grab his shirt and pull him forward hard into the stone archway of the door. (str 18)]

Ennis: [the werewolf Stiles grabs stumbles forward, hitting against the wall and stumbling back disoriented. He throws one arm out, also rolling an 18 as he bats Stiles to the side and his partner lets Derek go to catch him. Ennis rolls a 3 to dodge the swipe of Parrish's blade, but he rolls a 16 at getting a hand out and around his throat, claws digging sharply into the skin as he does]

Kali: [appears from around the corner, covered in blood of various people, including Caroline and Laura] Are you finished yet?

Ennis: Just about. [and then that's a 19 for ripping Parrish's throat out]

Stiles: No! [trying to struggle in the grip of the other wolf, watching as Parrish goes down and bleeding out and the light fades from his eyes almost instantly. Derek is on the ground, barely moving and the other knights are broken and unconscious]

Ennis: [shakes off his claws before moving to his wife's side] Take care of the human and let's get out of here. [the werewolf grins before pulling the same trick that Stiles did to him, yanking him forward into the wall. It's only a six though, thanks to his dizziness.]

Stiles: [he has an 11 against unconsciousness, but he's going to use the other wolf's disorientation to his advantage and just collapse on the ground, faking it and hoping he buys it]

Ennis: [yep, he will because he's dumb, and with that Ennis and Kali and their pack are just going to abscond with their wounded, the Hale alpha and her daughter, yay! And we're going to say this all is happening while Peter is out looking for Kate?]

Stiles: [once he is sure that there is no one nearby, he will get up and make his way to the window and watch them escape and get an idea on their direction, and then run back to kneel beside Derek. He's going to revive the Hale, trying not to look at Parrish, and then they will stumble their way to Cora's wing]

Elena: [meanwhile, Elena was hiding in a closet with the babies, protected by Laura, Cora and Caroline. once the sounds of battle die down, she stays where she is, not wanting to leave the girls. Cora and Caroline were both left sprawled on the ground, Cora on her back with bright red claw marks across her stomach while Caroline is opposite her, also featuring wounds but most prominently a violent bite mark in her shoulder. When she hears someone coming, she pulls Patience and Miranda closer, not daring to even breathe]

Stiles: [and in they will come, Derek being supported on his good side. He will see Cora and let Derek go to his wife as he rushes to kneel beside her] Cora, Cora, love, open your eyes.

Derek: [he's exhausted and needs to burn the wolfsbane to heal the wound. But seeing his wife and daughters, he's going to them, pulling them into his arms no matter how bloody he is]

Elena: [exhales when she sees him] You need a doctor, and so does Caroline and Cora. Stay with the girls I will go find Deaton.

Cora: [doesn't respond, but she is healing, still breathing and her heart is beating, albeit not as fast as he would probably like]

Stiles: [nope, that doesn't really settle him, and he's going to brush her hair from her face, going to gingerly check her injuries with his one good hand before looking up at Elena] My parents are in the passages. They can help too.

Derek: [he will just sit against the wall and snuggle his girls keeping close to Caroline. He can't help her - only Laura could - but he monitored both women’s' heartbeats.]

Elena: [leans in to kiss Derek gently and nods to Stiles, before going off to find the Stilinskis and Deaton]

Sheriff: [she will find the Stilinski's with Jeremy, Melissa and Malia.] Is it over?

Elena: [she nods] I think so. Have any of you seen Doctor Deaton? I think everyone is going to need help.

Sheriff: He went upstairs when things fell silent.

Elena: [she nods] I will find him. We need to try and move all the injured to their rooms. Find the other knights and make sure they're alright.

Malia: [glares up at her because she is not the alpha] Where is Laura?

Elena: [glances down at her, her face softening for a moment, before she crouches down to meet her eyes] They took her, Malia. Her and Amelia both.

Malia: Then where is Derek? He is the second, he is in charge.

Elena: In Cora's wing with the others.

Malia: [and she will take off to find her cousin, Melissa following after her - but more than likely she's looking for Scott]

Deaton: [and Melissa will find him because Deaton has checked over Isaac, Scott, Tyler and Boyd before settling them all in Stiles' room. He is now kneeling down in front of Parrish, his hands holding Parrish's wrist as if he was looking for a pulse.]

Melissa: [stops over him, eyes widening when she sees how prone Parrish is] Is he ...?

Caroline: [meanwhile, back in Cora's room, Caroline's heartbeat is starting to pick up a bit, before she startles up into a sitting position, eyes briefly glowing gold for a moment]

Derek: [his eyes glow back in return to Caroline] Take a deep breath, Lady Caroline. You're safe for now.

Deaton: Dead. Very much so, and yet not.

Melissa: [frowns] how do you mean]

Caroline: [WILL NOT BE TAKING DEEP BREATHS THANK YOU. Derek's eyes just glowed like the woman who attacked them and she feels strange. So strange] What happened? Where did she go? [her hands come up to cover her ears] Why is everything so loud?

Deaton: It is not something that is spoken about beyond the Hales themselves, but Lord Parrish is not as human as he appears. But he only has one talent that we know of. [he waves her over] Come feel his skin. [which she will notice is steadily getting hotter, and not cooling like a dead body would]

Derek: [sighs, because he is tired] My sister is a lot better at this than I am... but we have not been fully honest with you here. Our family is not exactly... human.

Melissa: [reaches forward before yanking back when she felt how warm he was] That's not good, is it?

Caroline: [she gaves him a long look, not wanting to deal with this, before (slowly) pushing up onto her feet and moving towards the door] I need to find Tyler.

Deaton: For him, it is. It will take him some time to reach the heat level he is going for, and there are a lot of patients in this manor I need to attend to. Do you think you can watch him and send for me when his status changes?

Derek: Elena went to get Doctor Deaton. Please, just sit and wait for her to come back. Tyler will heal.

Caroline: [nope, not listening, just going to go in search of her friend since she already knows Elena is okay. The more she moves, the better she feels, so she's just going to keep going]

Melissa: [nods] Of course. I'll keep an eye on the boys too. [because they're her babies, obviously]

Jeremy: [is following Malia and sees Caroline and stops because] Oh my God...

Deaton: [and he will check on the boys again before also heading to Cora's room]

Caroline: [glances up at him] I'm okay. Are you okay?

Melissa: [and she will go and mother the boys]

Jeremy: Yeah, I'm fine. But you're... you're covered in blood.

Caroline: [glances down then looks up at him again] I need to find Tyler. Do you know where he is?

Jeremy: He went to Derek's wing.

Caroline: [nods and she's going to head that way to find him]

Deaton: [and he is coming into Derek's room, trying to debate on who he needs to work on first]

Stiles: [looks up at Deaton] She's not waking up, doctor.

Cora: [yep. completely unconscious but steadily breathing and healing]

Deaton: [he will go and check on Cora] She's healing, Lord Stilinski. She just needs rest. [notices his wrist] Why don't we put her up in her bed to do that? After I check on Derek, I want to set your wrist.

Stiles: [nods] Yes, that would be fine.

Deaton: [and they carry Cora to her bed and then Deaton goes to check on Derek, and he has the wolfsbane to burn and rub into the stab wounds]

Derek: [relaxing finally, before looking up at Deaton and Elena] Caroline was bitten. She's already in transition.

Elena: [her eyes widen] Where did she go?

Derek: She was adamant to go and find Tyler. He's in the corridor outside our room, and not in good shape.

Elena: [she nods] I will try and find her. Are you okay with the girls?

Derek: Just help me move to the couch? Miranda is already asleep and Patience is halfway there. I may join them.

Elena: [she nods, reaching down to take Miranda since she was the more delicate of the two] before moving them to the couch so that they can settle comfortably with their father, Patience on his chest and Miranda tucked into his arm. She then leans forward to kiss him] Rest well.

Derek: Send someone to find Peter. We need him back here immediately.

Elena: [she nods] My brother is well and he's good on a horse. I'll try and send him out as soon as I can.

Derek: [nods] And if there is any of their pack still alive, have whatever men are left lock then in the mountain ash dungeon. Ask Stiles' father to help and I will answer any questions he has later.

Elena: [she nods and will run off to do just that]

Derek: [and he is going to just... sleep. Shifting a bit to make room for Malia when she finds him eventually]

Malia: [yep, she's just going to curl up on his legs so she doesn't mess with the babies. everything is awful]

Deaton: [and eventually he will set Stiles' wrist before going back to check on the lord of the manor]

Stiles: [and he's going to just sit there, stroking Cora's cheek with his bad hand while his good hand is holding her hand] Please just wake up, love. Just open your eyes so I know you're okay...

Cora: [she doesn't respond verbally, but she does turn into his touch, her head falling against his hand as she finds his scent by instinct]

Stiles: [and he is just going to stay vigil at her side until someone comes to get him. He heard Derek ask Elena to get his father's help, and he is sure Jody would be helping as well. Soon he will have to reveal the Hale secret to them though, and that was not a conversation he was looking forward to]

Parrish: [and about an hour after his death, anyone nearby will notice that the blood on the ground is starting to smoke]

Melissa: [startles a bit when that start to happens and ...] Uhhh ... Doctor?

Deaton: [and he will come out and nod] That is what I have been waiting for. It won't be long... perhaps you can grab one of Derek's robes in his rooms...

Melissa: [nods very slowly before backing away and going to grab the robe]

Deaton: [he had listened to Laura's description and watches as the blood boils, and then is aflame, setting the entire corpse on fire. Once there is a pile of ash, Deaton reaches forward carefully to remove the metal from the pile. He then watches in fascination as there is a reddish orange glowing from the ashes like embers, and then it hardens…and then a flesh covered hand starts to break through the cracks of the mound]

Melissa: [makes her way back with the robe again to this sight and ... looks away abruptly] I know shifters are strange, Doctor, but I think this is pushing it. Even for me.

Deaton: Lord Parrish isn't a shifter, m'lady. [small smile] He is a very rare and special being. Completely human, except in death... in which he is then reborn from his own ashes.

Melissa: ... That's ... awful.

Deaton: It is... but nature chooses those to be born with these gifts for a purpose. [watches as the ashes fall away and Parrish is revealed naked and without a scratch, his eyes glowing orange and looking around in confusion as his memory is a few steps behind]

Melissa: [and she will immediately hand over the robe to protect his modesty. While she probably has a comment on what Deaton said, she's going to ignore it in favor of bedside manor] Welcome back, my lord.

Parrish: [his eyes snap to her, and he remembers her face and that helps bring him back, the eye glow fading. He looks down at himself, and then Deaton and Melissa] What happened?

Deaton: What is the last thing you remember, m'lord?

Parrish: [Thinks] Putting Amelia to bed. [so confused]

Melissa: Kali and Ennis - they attacked the manor.

Parrish: Kali and... Laura... where is my wife... [goes to stand]

Melissa: [yep, this is the bad news so she's going to put her hands on his shoulders to keep his focus on her] They took her, Jordan. Both her and Amelia.

Parrish: [that is the sound of his heart breaking] We have to go after them… Where are my knights… Where is...]and he's going to stumble because he's overheated still and needs time to rest and finish healing]

Melissa: [and she catches him easily, guiding him towards his room] A rider has been sent for Peter and all of your knights are injured. You will have the time to go for her, but right now you need to rest.

Parrish: [nods, leaning against Melissa] Have Lord Peter come to my room the moment he arrives...

Melissa: I will, my lord. But in return, you need to promise me that you will sleep.

Parrish: I will try. [but without Laura in bed, his daughter far from him... sleep will be hard to come by]

Melissa: [she knows that, but she's hoping that the fact that he's still healing will lend to him passing out for at least a little while.]

Parrish: [It will. but he will be a very moopy lord after]

Melissa: [pets him. and once she tucks him into bed and makes sure he doesn't need anything else, she will return to the hallway]