4/5 Booki Chapter23 Emmas P.O.V. Recap We only had to wait two hours for the witches to prepare the powerful spell to send us to the base and bring us back . Emma ordered the group , Stay still and do not move . This might be unpleasant . And it was quite unpleasant , but we were finally coming for mom . She just needed to hold on a little bit longer . End of recap I hated travelling by witches spell . It always made me feel like I left my stomach behind . I grimace as I look around me . Turns out most people feel the same way . The witches dropped us off a ten minute walk from the base , inside their borders . If we wanted to , it could be a two minute run . I was supposed to stay in my sniper hideout the entire time of the fight , but I doubt that this is going to happen . I just cannot resist a good fight . Everyone remained silent throughout the run to the base to avoid alerting the guards of our arrival . Before the group had been bickering , now I could see how they were the best fighters in both of our groups . No one could even hear us move . I stopped first with another werewolf , Belle , at the sniper hideout to get set up . In a minute , I would start taking down guards all around . Belle was back up in case something happened . I could see the group stop right in front of the door and Ethan give me the signal to start shooting . I took it and shot the first guard I saw . He went down silently without alerting the others . I was able to take down three more guards before someone noticed . Belle signaled Ethan to charge . and that the guards were aware of our presence . They did just that and I saw our fathers split off of the group with Stefan , Laurine , and Max to go look for mom . I hope they wouldnt take too long . I refocused on shooting . The only problem is that the actual fight was taking place inside , so all the guards were inside . I shot three more before everyone was inside . I got an extra two through the windows . But now I couldnt shoot and I was getting bored . I honestly tried to stay at my location , but I felt Jackson get hit by silver and I had to act . Book1 Chapter23 1/4 期 I told Belle , Stay here , I am going to help . She nodded and took my place . I hopped down from our spot and ran towards the building . The moment I opened the door all I could see was blood . The place was practically slipping in it . The room was to our advantage because it stopped the Hunters from bringing in reinforcements since we blocked the hallway . I spotted Jackson fighting off several Hunters at once and sprinted towards him . I shot a Hunter in the neck with my gun and he went down , chocking on his own blood . Jackson saw me and nodded , showing his gratefulness for the help . We went back to back and fought like he have a million times before . I used all my ammo and turned my gun into a stick . Our objective was to make sure the Hunters stayed down to give the Alphas more time to find mom . At some point , Ethan made it to our side . We were in a little circle , our backs facing each other as we fought off the Hunters . As triplets , we always fought like this . Some people in the past told us it was quite the sight to see . We were the killing machines of the Smith Organization , a part of the reason why though the Alpha Kings of the world hated us , they would never attack us . The Alpha King and pack wolves had to respect this idea of honor . For us , everything is fair in war and survival . We used guns and tricks . People insulted us saying we had no honor , but to us , it wasnt an insult . Back to the battle , Ethan , Jackson and I were surrounded by an increasing number of bodies . I could tell Ethan was injured on his right side because he favored his left , something he hates doing . Jackson on the other hand had a cut on his left shoulder and he was a lefty unfortunately for him . Most of the werewolves had chosen to shift into their wolf form . Ethan , Jackson , and I had learned how to partially shift . So in this case , I had claws coming from my hand which I used to fight . When we were younger , the Smith Organization had barely started and we were sitting targets . Mom , Josh and Chris made sure we were taught how to fight in any situation any way any how . Even though we are only sixteen , this is not our only fight and we have killed before . I remember my first kill like it was yesterday . A rogue had spotted us at a park and decided we were easy targets . I saw him first and at ten years old , I snapped his neck after shooting him . I am also injured . Someone had gotten close enough to cut me on my thigh and currently the wound was healing before my eyes . thank God for werewolf healing ! Out of the corner of my eye , I saw our fathers come out of the staircase , carrying mom unconscious in their arms . She did not look good . Stefan , Laurine and Max were trailing them . Book1 Chapter23 2/4 I yelled through the temporary mind link that we put in place for all of the fighters , Retreat ! Objective obtained ! Success ! Everyone listened and dealt with their final opponent before running for the door . I noticed that the Alphas and mom were already gone . Max and Stefan were killing the Hunters who pursued us while Laurine showed the way home . I was one of the last ones to make it to the clearing because I went to get Belle . When we both made it , I nodded to Ethan , signifying everyone was here . Ethan pressed the button the witches had given him to show when he was ready to go home . I tensed as the witches spell took place . My only thought was that we did it , that we have mom . 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