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Harder To Breathe

Chapter 01: Take Me Home

Scott's sister knows about werewolves, kanima's and everything supernatural. She wasn't surprised when Scott told her that he was a werewolf, in fact she'd suspected it after he was spending more time at the Vet Clinic then what he needed to. Madison 'Madi' McCall met Derek and Laura Hale in New York when she was eighteen, but they remembered her from when she was little and Laura used to babysit her. Madi had travelled to New York by herself so she didn't know about the Hale fire until she ran into them, it was the look on Derek's face that told her everything.

"Hey Madi, call me when you get this...Theo," Theo left the message on his sister's cell when she didn't answer and turned to the pack who were looking at him with raised eyebrows. "What? You forgot Scott and I had a sister?"

"It's not that, how are you so calm?" Stiles questioned, his heart was racing they needed to find Scott.

"Because...just because..." Theo muttered, praying that his phone would ring so that it could distract him. Even though he was staring at his phone he still jumped when it rang.

'Theo, this better be a good reason,' Madi's voice was loud down the phone as he heard her yell at someone to be quiet.

"Scott's missing," Theo was straight to the point, taking a deep breath as he waited for her to say more.

'What do you mean by missing?' Madi sat down, calmly looking around before she yelled again telling people to be quiet. 'Theo?'

"Missing, missing as in we can't find him," Theo said before his phone was snatched off him by Stiles.

"Madi...it's Stiles, Scott's been missing for a couple of months..." Stiles rambled, this time he was the one to get yelled at.

'Stiles! Why the hell are you guys only calling me now?' Madi yelled taking a deep breath to compose herself before she continued. 'Tell me everything that you know,'

"Everything?" Stiles raised his eyebrow knowing that she couldn't seem him but was curious none the less. "What do you know about the supernatural world?"

'Werewolves, everything. Scott didn't tell you did he?' Madi questioned, this time the person she'd been yelling at sat down beside her and raised an eyebrow at her smirking. 'Stiles just tell me what you know,'

Stiles and Theo launched into everything that thy could think of that happened between Scott going missing and the current time. Madi rolling her eyes at some of the things as she put the phone on speaker so that she could book flights back to Beacon Hills, she may have forgotten temporarily about their car. Madi looked at Derek motioning for him to be the one to talk next.

"Stiles, slow down," the only words out of Derek's mouth as he watched Madi pull out a map and a take a crystal pendant from around her neck.

'Hale?' Stiles and Theo both looked at one another as they spoke before their eyes landed on Isaac who was still pacing up and down but now had Allison's arms wrapped around him trying to get him to stop moving.

"Yes that was Derek, look we'll track down Scott," Madi paused before she continued to speak. "Keep your phones on and tell Isaac to call me when he's calmed down,"

'How?' Theo questioned pulling his phone away from Stiles and moving slightly away from the group. 'Madi?'

"Same way I found you," Madi answered remembering when Theo had been ten years old and tried to run away after a fight with Scott and Stiles. "I'll find him,"

Madi and Theo hung with Madi looking at Derek hoping that she would actually be able to locate her little brother. Derek knew that she would be able to do it, she just needed to have faith that she could do it. They were both silently hoping that Scott had just not wanted to be found, they weren't expecting what they found.

Madi laid the map she'd pulled out in front of her and then held the crystal pendant over it, she may have been doing something old fashioned but she knew it worked. Scrying was something that she could only do when family was involved, Deaton had told her that she needed a connection to the person. She'd done it once to locate Derek after he'd run off from her and Laura but that as a complete fluke.

"Mads, you can do it," Derek said, taking her hand as she held the pendant over the map.

"I know...I just hope he's in one piece," Madi said as she concentrated and they both watched as the pendant started moving in circles. The pendant moved until it finally stopped in Logan, Utah. "What the hell?"

"Peter...we have a vault in Utah," Derek growled, what was his uncle doing with Scott.

"Der, we have to get there...Something isn't right," Madi said, as she suddenly felt something very wrong with the situation. "I don't know what it is but it's something,"

"If we leave now we can be there by day break," Derek looked Madi in the eyes and offered her a smile as the two of them quickly packed their things and tossed whatever they didn't need away.

As the two of them paid for the hotel room they'd been, Madi grabbed some food from the vending machine and leaned against Derek's car putting her head in her hands. The scrying was starting to give her a headache. Derek placed his hand on her shoulder startling her as her phone rang. Madi looked at the phone and smiled when she saw it Isaac's name.

"We know where he is...Isaac, it's not your fault," Madi said taking a deep breath before she started to talk again. "Take a deep breath, tell Stiles that we found Scott...We're getting him,"

'Where is he?' Isaac asked, stepping away from the others only to have Theo following close behind him.

"Isaac, just tell Stiles and Theo...I can't explain it," Madi said, she knew hat her sentence made absolutely no sense whatsoever. "Trust me okay?"

'Just bring him home?' Isaac mumbled, Theo almost instinctively put an a protective arm around his shoulder. "They found Scott,"

Madi hung up with Isaac and then looked at Derek as they got in the car. They drove for around ten hours only stopping for a bathroom break midway. They'd been in a hotel in Rapid City, which was roughly ten hours from Logan where Scott was. Madi and Derek arrived at the warehouse that Peter was holding Scott and found that he not only had werewolves but humans with him.

"Peter!" Derek roared as loud as he could as held Madi back. Madi closed her eyes, scrying may have taken her energy earlier but that didn't mean that she was completely hopeless.

"Scott! We're coming," Madi yelled opening her eyes and they flashed golden and she grinned at Derek. Madi and Derek fought there way through both human and werewolves.

Derek held Peter in a headlock whilst the older werewolf struggled against him. Madi stopped in her tracks seeing her little brother completely immobile, that explained the feeling that she was getting earlier in the evening. Derek looked at Peter who was grinning satisfactorily.

"What did you do to him?" Madi growled, turning to glare at him as she slowly walked towards Scott at the same time.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Peter smirked, before Derek knocked him out and headed towards Scott as well.

"Wait Der, he flinched when you stepped then," Madi said as her features returned to human and she walked towards Scott slowly again. "Scott, it's me Madi," Scott blinked at her, Madi sighed something was very wrong with what had happened to Scott. "I'm going to get you down okay?" Madi reached up to Scott's left hand gave a yank at the chain, before she used her claws on the right hand side. Scott fell into her causing her to stumble backwards slightly. "Scott, I need Derek to help me, can you let him?" Madi felt Scott blinking against her neck. "Der, can you pull his feet free?"

"Madi, what is it?" Derek questioned, as he noticed that she was looking at Scott's back.

"I...I don't know, Peter's done something," Madi said as she held on to Scott as well as she could before the two of them carried him over to a table and laid him down. "Shh, Scott it's alright," Madi whispered as she heard him let out a whimper.

"Madi, roll him onto his side...let me see what Peter's done," Derek said, Madi nodded and the two of them rolled Scott onto his side, with Madi holding his head. "What the fuck...look at this," Derek said motioning to what looked like a metal rod sticking out from underneath his hip bone.

Madi and Derek looked over Scott some more, before Derek picked him and carried him towards the car. They were going to have to have him lie down on the front passenger seat. Madi held Scott's hand as she sat in the back seat trying to reassure him that he was going to be okay even though she had no idea what was going on in his head. After six hours of driving they pulled over so they could use the bath room, Derek reluctantly helping Scott before helping him to eat.

"Scott, we're not going to hurt you," Madi said as she held him in a somewhat upright position while Derek fed him some yoghurt. "Remember when you were little and scared, do you remember what you used to do?" Madi asked, she didn't like the helpless feeling that both she and Derek had currently. "You keep hold of my hand and squeeze it okay?"

"Deaton said to take him straight to the Clinic, he'll explain everything to your mom," Derek said squeezing Madi's shoulder before they both put Scott back in the car, but not before Madi used the rest room. "I'll sleep when we get back to Beacon Hills, you keep him calm,"

"I know," Madi smiled leaning between the seats and kissed the side of Derek's head. "Just get us there in one piece?"

By the time that Derek and Madi arrived at the Clinic with Scott, Melissa was waiting for them with Theo and Isaac. They had somehow managed to convince everyone else to go home. Derek and Madi carried Scott into the clinic and laid him on the metal table that Deaton had made ready for them.

"Bandages?" Deaton raised an eyebrow, Derek hadn't said anything about the bandages around Scott. Scott flinched at the sound of Deaton's voice.

"Whatever Peter did to him, he's scared of males...he only let Derek near him after I asked him," Madi said, moving back to Scott's side and motioning for their mother to join her. "Mom, hold his hand like when we were kids,"

"Madi?" Melissa looked at her daughter and then at both her boys before she walked towards Scott and held his hand. "Scott, sweetheart is mom," Melissa crouched down, watching as Madi put her hand on Scott's chest and drew on the pain that her little brother was feeling.

"Deaton, what did they do to him?" Madi asked, as Deaton started to unwrap the bandages that were covering Scott's body. "And why the hell didn't they call me sooner?" Madi directed the question at her mother, having an inkling that she had something to do with it.

"Metal rods coated in wolfsbane from what looks to be his rib cage to his hips on both sides," Deaton said as he looked at the upper part of Scott's body before moving down towards the lower half. "The same in both of his legs and it they seem to have been put in repeatedly,"

"Shh, Scott it's okay, we're going to fix this," Madi said as Scott started to whimper, it was all he could do and he didn't know why. "What about why he can't talk?"

"That's Peter's conditioning," Deaton explained, before both of them noticed that a puddle was starting to form under Scott's body. "I'm not an expert, but whatever Peter did to your brother wasn't good. Madi we need to remove the rods as quickly and carefully as possible," Madi nodded, looking at her mother before taking her hand away from Scott and taking hold of her mothers.

"Mom, stay with Isaac and Derek, I want Theo in with me and Deaton," Madi said taking a deep breath as she was prepared to be reprimanded from her mother.

"Sweetheart, you help your brother. Theo do whatever your sister says," Melissa said as she collapsed in the chair that Isaac had moved for her to sit in.

Theo followed Madi back into the room, and Deaton closed the door behind them and motioned for Theo to take hold of Scott's hand even though the Alpha was going to fight him. Madi closed her eyes for a brief second and concentrated, she was trying something she'd only done a couple of times before. Deaton moved to one side of Scott and gently placed his hand on his shoulder.

'Scott, I know you're scared. But you're home now,' Madi hoped that Scott heard what she said and that he'd answer her somehow.

'Madi, what's happening...' Scott answered, he didn't know how his sister had gotten in his head but he was semi grateful.

'We don't know. Scott what happened to you? You don't have to tell me now, but I need you stay calm,' Madi said before she opened her eyes again and looked at Theo and Deaton. "He's scared,"

"He's your baby brother, Theo hold him still," Deaton said before he nodded at Madi, they had work to do. "Madi, you need to concentrate and remove one rod at a time,"

"You said they were coated in wolfsbane, how can she get them without touching them?" Theo asked, watching as Madi, held her hand steady over Scott's right hand side.

"Just watch," Madi said, as she sharply pulled her hand away from Scott's body as she did the metal rod came out with it and dropped to the ground. "Deaton now, I still don't think he'll be able to move for a while even after we get everything out,"

"You may be right Madi," Deaton said as he held a flame to the gaping open wound and burned out the wolfsbane before covering it over with a bandage. "Do the other side now,"

Madi and Deaton repeated the same process before Madi and Theo sat Scott up so that Deaton could bandage his entire torso. Madi decided that was enough for the day, they could remove the rods from his legs in a day or so. Scott scrambled to cling onto Madi, not feeling safe enough to go to Theo.

"It's okay, Scott we're going to take you home," Madi soothed, holding him as he clung to her, she hadn't seen him that way in a long time. "I know it hurts, but if you won't let Theo help you we can't take away the pain," Madi glanced at Theo and motioned for him to hold his hand out for Scott to see if he would take it.

"Scott," Theo muttered, as Scott took hold of his hand and he felt the veins in his arm start to pulse black. "Shh," Theo took Scott in his arms while Madi tried to think of what else they could do for Scott. "Take a deep breath," Theo spoke quietly not wanting to startle him, Scott was the baby of three but he was also the alpha of the pack.

"They should start to close up in the next few days, but we won't know what damage it caused until it's healed," Deaton spoke to Madi who had pulled their mother into the room. "Melissa, you'll need to keep his wounds clean, Madi can help you just give him time," Deaton said, Melissa nodded before joining her three children.

"Madi, what did you do?" Melissa questioned, looking at her oldest while wrapping her in her arms.

"What I had to mom, it may have hurt him more but it was the only way to help him," Madi paused taking a deep breath before she continued to speak. "And I have to do it again soon, I don't want to but it's the only way," Madi said hugging her mother tightly as Melissa kissed the side of her head. "He'll be okay mom,"

"Take him to your house, I have to work tonight...I know we just got your brother back," Melissa said, she didn't want to go to work, but needed to if they were going to keep the house. "Take both your brothers,"

"Mom? You work a double shift tonight...and I have no medical supplies at home that I haven't already used," Madi said, she would try anything to get her to stay home for the day. "How's he doing Theo?" Madi questioned, glancing at Theo when she noticed that Scott had closed his eyes and was leaning heavily against him.

"Passed out a few minutes ago, he's still in a lot of pain," Theo answered, Scott wasn't giving him the choice to let him go.