A/N: This is the fourth installment to Skye and Derek's story so please read the other three first.
Skye's POV
It's been two months since Derek's been missing and it's been a long two months barely sleeping, barely eating and spending every waking moment searching for answers but hadn't had any luck and I was starting fear I'm too late but we finally had a lead and it led us to Mexico
Which I how I found myself in a hunter's club blending in to the crowd sitting at the bar drinking my sorrows away even though I barely felt any different and I cursed the fact we couldn't get drunk because it was the only thing that would help me feel better about this plan but if it was finally going to get me Derek back then I'll take it.
I'd tried to solve it by myself first but eventually even Scott finally figured it out that Derek was gone and came knocking at the loft after Derek hadn't returned his texts but that was a least a week after Derek went missing and he was angry that I hadn't told him sooner but I didn't want to burden them with this since he just lost Allison but it was him who finally got me a lead thanks to Deaton.
I saw Stiles and Lydia finally turn up but I quickly avoided my eyes because none of us others we're meant to draw attention to ourselves just yet but I did a quick scan of the room just to check in on the others and saw Malia still dancing, Kira was in the same chair she'd been sitting in since we got in here and Scott was…somewhere.
I looked back toward Stiles and Lydia and saw the bartender put two tequila shots in front of them so Stiles automatically went to pay but guy came up behind them and put his hands on their shoulders.
"No, on the house" Stiles and Lydia hesitated. "Most American teenagers don't cross the border to refuse a drink"
"We didn't come to drink" Lydia replied then dropped one of the shell casings with their family crest on it into the shot glass then they we're immediately taken into the back, I looked up and caught Malia's eyes then nodded that the plan was in motion, she nodded back then passed on the message quickly but discreetly.
I threw back another shot then focused my hearing pass the music following Stiles and Lydia as they we're taken to see the leader of this hunter family.
"Severo hates this music, me I've always loved the music of youth, this kind especially it has a savage energy" I frowned at the older woman's voice already deciding that I didn't like her.
"We're here for Derek Hale" Lydia replied and I fought to control my temper over being reminded what we were really here for.
"Is that so?"
"We know you have him, we've heard you can be brought"
"It's 50,000 for Derek" Stiles added clearly showing her the money.
"Now, where does a teenage boy get money like this" the head woman replied. "Japanese mafia" I frowned since we clearly hadn't thought of that reaction or knowledge, I flinched hearing guns cock from where Stiles and Lydia were and looked up searching for Scott and saw him shake his head telling me not to react. "Not smart to come alone" I smirked because they weren't alone.
"What makes you think we came alone?" Stiles replied making me smile and glowed my eyes just for the hell of it and saw the others doing the same.
"You brought a wolf into my home?" the woman asked them.
"We brought an Alpha" Stiles replied and I looked up at Scott then took another shot and headed over to the dance floor finding some guy who instantly started dancing with me but I kept my distance just enough that he wasn't touching me.
"Somethings happening" I looked up at Kira's voice and saw her talking with Malia.
"I know"
"What do we do?" Kira asked her and I rolled my eyes because she was so the odd one out and always panicked.
"Blend in" Malia replied still bouncing along to the music but Kira looked around then shrugged clearly confused by 'Blend in' which was a pretty simple thing to do. "Dance with me dumbass"
"Oh" I rolled my eyes then groaned when she started dancing because it was horrible even for my standards and I could hardly dance myself but at least I knew how to club dance but luckily Malia helped her and soon a full-on dance party broke out as people started dancing around them since to outside eyes they looked like two girls about to start making out.
I looked up when I saw two hunters heading for Malia and Kira so I silently pushed my way away from my dance partner and headed towards them but Scott grabbed my hand and shook his head then pulled me away and we headed down a hallway and we took out a couple of guards.
"Stiles take ten off the table" Scott said into a radio before we headed back to the dance floor just in time to take out a couple of guards that were attacking Kira and Malia then we all left the dance floor and went down some corridors but then smoke started coming out and when we all started coughing I realized it was Wolfsbane.
"Kira get out of here" Scott yelled but she was quickly knocked out by another guard before finally I came face to face with the woman holding my mate prisoner.
"You'd think a former Alpha and someone who has only been an Alpha a few months should be more careful when facing a hunter of 40 years" I frowned looking up at her.
"All we want is Derek" I replied choking on the air.
"My Lobito, you're a long way from home" she replied which just pissed me off even more but at the moment I couldn't even breathe let alone attack her.
"You don't know where he is either" Scott suddenly said looking up at her and she frowned then shocked Scott making him roar before he passed out.
"Hey!" I protested but she just turned the cattle prod onto me and I passed out to.
"Okay so how long has it been" Stile's asked us as we walked into the animal clinic.
"Weeks, he hasn't gotten back to any of my texts" Scott replied.
"Has Derek ever returned your texts" Stile's asked Scott.
"Once definitely once" Scott answered.
"Look that's not what matters here" I snapped angrily. "When I got home, the alarm was on and everything looked okay but Derek was gone and I found these" I put a container down onto the bench then opened the lid and slid to towards the middle of the bench, Stiles reached inside and grabbed one of the bullet casings and held it up to the light.
"I sent a picture of it to Deaton, he said it's the mark of a family of hunters based out of Mexico, The Calavera's" Scott replied.
"What would they want with Derek?" Lydia asked us.
"They've had him before" I shrugged and they looked at me confused. "When he took Cora back to South America, Derek and Peter went to them since they had his mother's claws and they tortured them"
"You don't think they killed him, do you?" Stiles asked and I frowned shaking my head.
"I don't know" I replied anxiously then turned to Lydia and slid the container closer to her. "That's why you're here" Lydia took the tin and pulled out the bullet shell casings then dropped them to the table and by the look on her face she heard something and it didn't look good. "Lydia what, is he dead?" I asked her feeling like my heart was about to explode out of my chest.
"No" I let out a breathe of relief. "But I'm not sure he's alive either"
"What does that mean" I said raising my voice a bit and ignored the look Stiles sent me.
"I don't know, there's something not right I just…I don't know" Lydia replied undeterred by my yelling.
"So if the Calavera's have him, how do we find them" Stile's asked and Scott picked up one of the bullets and stared at the skull engraved into the side of it.
"Mexico" I bolted awake then looked up seeing Stiles standing over me.
"What happened, where are we?" I asked them as I sat up.
"We don't know they dragged us in here" Stiles replied as I looked around and noticed Lydia wasn't here.
"Where's Lydia" I asked them and stood up.
"That hunter has her, Araya I think" I sighed and rubbed my neck nervously then heard Scott start to stir.
"He's awake guys, he's awake" Kira yelled she walked over to him.
"Scott you okay?" I asked as we helped him sit up.
"Yeah" he replied. "They don't have him, they don't have Derek"
"We know but right now they've got Lydia" Kira replied and he looked around.
"Lydia what do they want with Lydia" Scott asked but we could only shrug, Scott got up and went to the door trying to get it open but I already knew that was useless, they would have reinforced it specifically so werewolves couldn't get out.
"We already looked for a way out, I think a lot of people have" Kira pointed out the scratches on the wall.
"I say when that door opens again we take out whoever's standing in the way and run for it" Malia cut in making us all turn to look at her.
"What about Lydia" Kira asked her.
"What about her" Malia replied and I rolled my eyes.
"Were not leaving without her" I stated.
"Why not?" Malia asked and Stile's went to her.
"Because we don't leave without people remember we talked about this, rules of the wild kingdom don't apply to friends" Stile's told her.
"Is that what you would do as a coyote, leave her for dead" Kira asked looking at Malia.
"If she was weak and injured yeah, if hunting had been bad that season I would eat her then I'd leave" Malia replied.
"Mm believe it or not that's progress" Stile's cut in making me roll my eyes again because all this was pointless Derek was still missing and if the Calavera's didn't have him than we are back to square one and we needed to find him, I had to find him.
"All right guys, were not dead yet and that means Araya wants something" Scott said stopping the useless conversation.
"But if the Calavera's don't know where Derek is, that means they didn't take him from the loft right, so where the hell is he?" I asked them trying to rein in my temper but it was working.
"Maybe he left on his own" Stile's stated.
"No he wouldn't do that, not without telling me!" I argued glaring at him and he jumped away from me.
"Skye calm down, we're gonna find him okay" I looked back at Scott and took a few calming breathes.
"We have to find him Scott" he nodded touching my arm in hopes to calm me down even more but only finding Derek was going to do that.
"Maybe someone else got to him" Scott spoke up looking at the others but then three people came in zapping me and Scott then they took us along with Kira dragging us into another room chaining us to metal chairs which had wires attached to them then they brought Lydia in and chained her in-between us before they dragged Kira over to the dial box which controlled the electricity I remembered the setup from when Kate tortured Derek.
"Let her go, look you've got me just let the others go" Scott said trying to reason with Araya.
"Your hand goes here" the guy said placing Kira's hand on the dial. "So let me explain what's about to happen, this one" he gestured to Kira. "The fox has an immunity to electricity, so she's going to turn the dial on the Werewolves" Scott and I shared a look. "If she doesn't I turn the dial on the Banshee"
"No I'm not doing this" Kira argued looking at Scott.
"Are you sure?" the guy said forcing her hand back on the dial. "Two of your friends have the power to heal, the other not so much" we all shared at look with Lydia.
"What are you doing is this a game to you?" I asked turning to Araya, I knew she was the one who kidnapped Derek and Peter which only added to my detest towards her.
"This is a test Lobito's, let's see if you's pass, we're going to ask some questions you answer them correctly nobody gets hurt, you don't answer we turn on the dial" Scott and I both looked at Kira.
"Do as they say, okay whatever they want" Scott told her.
"We can take it" I added nodding at her when she looked for my input because I knew it was better we get electrocuted then Lydia.
"So…we don't know where Derek is, we want to find him as well, you know who took him"
"What?!" Scott exclaimed. "How would we know that?"
"That doesn't sound like an answer" Araya said.
"We don't know" Lydia cut in.
"Why do you think we came here" I added looking at Araya.
"Kira, turn the dial" Kira shook her head. "Should we turn the dial on Lydia instead?"
"Wait no, no" Scott yelled. "Do it Kira" I sighed and readied myself for the pain, I'd seen Derek go through this and if he could handle it then so could I.
"Do it" I nodded.
"Let's start at one" I clenched my fists when the electrify started flowing through our bodies and fought the scream in my throat. "Tell me who actually has Derek, who had a reason, a vendetta particular to the Hales"
"We said we don't know" I replied fighting against the cuffs as the electricity kept coming.
"Oh you don't know because you haven't figured it out yet, so think" Araya replied angrily, I felt my eyes shift. "Who could've taken him?"
"Tres" the guy holding Kira said and I knew that was three in Spanish.
"It's okay, it's okay" Scott said when Kira stared at him, she turned the dial and I threw my head back in agony.
"Who had the power, the power of a Shapeshifter?"
"We don't know" Scott and I cried out grunting
"Someone who could have turned without you knowing, turned but not by a bite" I tried to think through the pain as Scott yelled he didn't know again. "Diez" TEN is she kidding! "Diez" Araya yelled at Kira when she shook her head again, when Kira still refused Araya went over and turned it up to ten herself Scott and I screamed in the worst pain imaginable then it finally clicked, we did know who it was, Scott and I ripped out arms out of the cuffs with our own roars echoing through the room.
"Say the name" Araya asked us.
"Kate!" Scott and I said at the exact same time.
They were letting us go which confused me but I was thankful because that meant I wouldn't have had to fight my way out because I knew that when I found Kate I was going to kill her and this time she was going to stay dead because this is the last time I let her hurt Derek and wasn't letting her get away with kidnapping him.
"So you're just letting us go?" Scott asked her as we walked out of her compound.
"I sent four men out to where Kate was rumored to have been seen, none of them came back" she turned to us. "Let's see if you can do better"
"You could have just told us she was alive" I spat at her crossing my arms across my chest.
"You wouldn't have believed me" she replied smiling. "Now I know what kind of Alpha you are and where your next step lies" she added looking at Scott.
"What next step?" Scott asked her confused.
"When you take the bite of an innocent, when you make a wolf of your own, when you do that then I will cross your border and come knocking at your door" Araya walked away and I shook my head as Scott and I walked over to the others standing next to Stiles' jeep and my bike.
"So what now?" Stiles asked meeting us halfway.
"She thinks she knows where we can find Derek" Scott replied holding up his hands.
"She gonna tell us where?" Malia asked him.
"Uh actually she's giving us a guide" I replied shrugging my shoulders just as someone pulled up on a Triumph and pulled of her helmet making my eyes widen because I knew who she was.
"You know her?" Stiles asked.
"Braeden" I replied looking at her.
"Who's Braeden?" Kira asked us.
"She's a mercenary" Lydia replied
"Right now I'm the only one who's gonna take you to La Iglesia" Braeden spoke up.
"The church?" Lydia and I cut in, since I heard about La Iglesia once upon a time in study.
"What's the church?" Stiles asked.
"It's not a place you'll find god" Braeden said so we set out with her leading the way on her bike, me behind her on mine and the rest of them packed into Stile's jeep.
While I was driving I couldn't stop thinking about Derek and worrying about what kind of condition we were going to find him in because who knows what Kate's done to him, I had heard Scott, Stiles and Lydia fill in the other two on Kate but then Jeep suddenly skidded to a stop and the others started climbing out so I stopped and quickly jumped off my bike to make sure they were okay.
"What happened?" Braeden asked getting off her bike as well.
"I don't know it felt like we hit something" Stiles replied looking over his precious Jeep.
"Scott we need to get there by night, it's too dangerous otherwise" Braeden protested, Scott looked at Stiles.
"Go" Stiles said waving us on.
"Not without you" he pointed to Stiles.
"Scott someone needs to find Derek we'll think of something we always do, just go" Stiles argued and although I didn't like it, we didn't have much of a choice right now.
"Okay" Scott said then walked towards me as I hopped back on my bike but Kira ran up to him and I gave him privacy but smiled when I saw them hug even though he should have kissed her, I put my helmet back on.
"Scott the sun's going down" Braeden called putting her own helmet on then Scott ran over and hopped on the back of her bike before we drove off leaving Stiles and the others behind which I wasn't all too comfortable with but I needed to find Derek.
I followed after Braeden again until she finally stopped then hopped off our bikes and stared at the ruined town below us, all the buildings were practically gone except for a huge church in the middle.
"La Iglesia" Braeden said stating the obvious.
"What happened here?" Scott asked her.
"An earthquake, it levelled the town" she replied.
"Why's the church still standing?" I asked turning to look at her.
"The locals think it's because of what's underneath"
"Do we wanna know?" I replied raising an eyebrow towards her.
"The church was built over the ruins of an Aztec temple, it belonged to the people called nagual" I pinched my eyebrows together since I recognized that from somewhere.
"Shapeshifters?" Scott asked but then I remembered since I've read the Bestiary front to back.
"Were-jaguars" I cut in and Braeden looked at me surprised. "So Derek and Kate are somewhere in there?" I asked her.
"I don't know, never gotten this far" she replied going back towards her bike as I shared a nervous look with Scott.
"That's comforting" I said before following Braeden and got back on my bike and we continued the rest of our trip towards the church.
When we made it to the town we got off and started walking the rest of the way towards the church, Braeden had a gun and Scott had the flashlight leading the way, we walked around a corner and Braeden cocked her gun making us look at her.
"If you find Kate in here what are you gonna do with her?" Scott asked her.
"Bring her back to the Calavera's" she replied shrugging her shoulders. "That's what they paid me for"
"What happens after that?" I asked since I wasn't going to let Kate get away with this and if I had the chance tonight I was going to kill her.
"Not my problem" she replied.
"You don't care" Scott asked making me roll my eyes because who would care, Kate deserves everything she gets.
"Do you?" Braeden asked him and I smiled because I kind of liked this girl. "She's a mass murderer"
"And you're a mercenary" Scott replied chuckling.
"Girls gotta eat"
"If you were paid enough would you kill her" he asked again as we got closer to the church.
"If I get the chance I'm going to kill her for free" I cut in and Scott stared at me. "What?" I shrugged as Braeden turned to us.
"If the money was good, I'd kill you" she said looking at us before walking in and just like that I didn't like this girl anymore she was dangerous, Scott and I shared another look before following her inside the church, it was already dark so we were running out of time "Can you catch Derek's scent?" she asked us.
"Already on it" I replied sniffing the air then put my hand out when I heard distant roaring.
"What?" Braeden asked.
"There's something else in here" Scott said before I could.
"Something like what?" she asked us.
"Something not human" I replied, she lifted her gun then led the way further into the church then we started down some sort of tunnel system with Braeden leading the way.
"So how come you didn't kiss her?" Braeden asked turning to Scott.
"What?" he asked like the dumbass that he is.
"How come you didn't kiss your girlfriend?" Braeden replied making me snigger since I knew she was talking about Kira.
"You mean Kira?" Scott asked her so I rolled my eyes.
"Obviously dumbass" I said hitting his head.
"Whatever her name is" Braeden shrugged.
"Well, she's not really my, uh…I mean we've never actually" Scott paused. "She's not my girlfriend"
"So if you die down here, you gonna regret not kissing her" Braeden asked, Scott turned to her clueless as usual when it came to girls. "You should've kissed your girlfriend" Braeden added as we continued to search the caves for any sign of Derek or Kate.
I was trying to pick up Derek's scent but it was really hard since there was already a really strong odor in the air and with the echoes in the cave I couldn't track by sound either and knew Scott wasn't having much luck either and that made me nervous, suddenly Scott turned the flashlight behind us.
"What?" Braeden and I asked him anxiously.
"Just had a feeling that there was something behind us" he replied.
"Oh that's fantastic, can you seriously not do the 'I heard something' thing" I muttered trying to see as Braeden raised her gun and we continued to follow the cave then there was a low guttural growl behind us making us spin.
"Do you hear that?" Braeden asked us and I looked over because if she heard it then of course we bloody heard it.
"Is this why you never get this far?" Scott asked her instead of answering the obvious since our hearing was triple hers but before she could answer it sounded like whatever was following us started running at us and growling.
"Get ready" Braeden yelled so I flipped out my claws and let my fangs out then she fired at whatever it was since we couldn't see much, Braeden continued to fire shots at it but it was like it wasn't having any affect so we slowly backed away from it further into the cave system as it continued to follow us. "Where is it, do you see it?" she asked us.
"No I don't know-"
"We can't see anything" I cut Scott off as Braeden reloaded.
"Where is this thing?" she asked.
"It's coming back, it's coming back!" Scott yelled.
"We can all hear it Scott!" I replied hearing it growl and start charging towards us.
"Scott, Skyler get behind me" Braeden said but Scott and I shared a look. "Get behind me!" she yelled but we didn't listen and stood in front of her and we both partly transformed and let out our loudest roars ever that shook the entire cave system.
"I think we scared it" Scott said turning to look back at Braeden.
"I think you two scared everything" she replied then we all turned when rocks started to fall and revealed another passage behind us.
"What is that?" Scott asked as we started walking towards the far wall which had some sort of art work carved into the wall.
"Tezcatlipoca, the nagual jaguar God" Braeden said as we walked up to the wall and she wiped some dust away. "I think we found Derek" she added nodding to the carving which confused me so Scott and I walked up to it and put our ears on the wall and listened hearing a heart beating.
"Stand back" Scott said pulling me back then bawled his fist and punched through the wall, we started pulling the rest of the rock down then looked inside and my eyes widened.
"Oh, my God" Scott said at the same time I did.
We grabbed Derek and started making our way back through the caves and outside just as Stiles, Lydia, Malia and Kira pulled up in the Jeep, we walked out with Derek's arms wrapped around mine and Scott's shoulders as they ran up to us.
"Is that him, is that Derek?" Malia asked looking at Stiles.
"Uh, sort of" he replied as Derek lifted his head up and they all saw that Derek was aged backwards, he was a teenager and if I ever found Kate she was as good a dead.
A/N: First chapter of Season 4, what do you guys think please Fav/Follow and Review.