So...this is my third story in Jewel Argent Series. Season 3A.
a crazy friend of mine suggested something super crazy and I'm kinda thinking of adopting it. So, here's the thing. Usually I'm territorial of my stories, but i thought this time i might as well be open to as many suggestions as you guys can give. that's for season 3b and onwards. anything that you think, you can share with me, or Personal message me or put it in the review box, and I promise to read it and get back to you. and if i like it, I promise to include it in my story somewhere.
i just updated my other story -Wolves with History. do check that out
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"Do visit again"
"We will" Derek nodded with a grin and headed out of the restaurant
"Thanks for this, Derek" Jewel smiled at her boyfriend
"We haven't nearly spent anytime together with you gone for 4 months. And I missed you" Derek looked at her, stopping on his tracks
"Well, I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss you myself" Jewel weakly chuckled
"Think we can do this some other day?" Derek asked as they both entered Derek's Camaro
"Just name it, Derek" Jewel laughed "I always have time for you"
"And Chris won't mind?"
"We are retired. All three of us. We are living here on a condition. If we live here, we stay out of the supernatural. We are just now like any other normal residents of Beacon Hills."
"Nothing is normal about you. You know that right?" Derek held her face close to his
Jewel nodded
"So how about tomorrow?" he smiled big "I have something to show you"
"Well, I do too" Jewel beamed "But right now"
She lunged at him, pressing her mouth to his as they kissed each other passionately.
Derek opened the doors to his loft, carrying Jewel in his arms, bridal style still kissing while Jewel snuggled to her boyfriend. He threw her softly on the bed and joined her
"I want to try something" Derek said after about an hour as they laid side by side
"what is it?" Jewel asked
"When we find our mate, we-"
"Mark them. I know" she smiled
"Jewel," he breathed "I want to mark you as my mate. I want to make you mine"
Jewel shifted and faced him "We are already mated. And i love you." he held his one cheek "What else do you need?" She turned and showed her bare back to Derek, shifting off her hair "Go on"
"I'll make sure it doesn't hurt" Derek grabbed one of her shoulders
"It won't turn me, would it?"
"You are immune to our bite." Derek chuckled "it won't turn you"
Jewel nodded and bit her lower lip as Derek sank his fangs on her shoulder. Jewel's eyes shot open, glowing bright emerald green. As Derek retracted, the glow in her eyes dimmed and she stayed still. Derek saw in surprise as his bite mark just disappeared from Jewel's shoulder leaving only a faint trace. He bent forward and snuggled in her neck's crook
"I love you"
jewel chuckled and kissed his cheek "I love you too"
"so how are things going between you and Allison?"
"We are back to our only friends step. It will take a lot of time for us to form that same bond again" She answered, grimly
"Well, focus on that later" Derek snuggled and pulled her towards him tightly.
About 15 minutes later, Jewel's phone went off. She slightly squirmed under Derek's cuddle and took the phone and saw it to be a call from her sister
"Hey" she sleepily answered
"Where are you?" she asked but suddenly spoke again "Wait. Don't tell me. You are with Derek"
"Yeah" she exhaled
"how about you come home tonight? It's a school night and Dad's being pretty normal"
"Can't say I don't know"
Allison laughed "Lydia and I are on a late night drive. Might as well pick you up"
"Okay"
"see you in ten"
And she hung up
Jewel fell back on the bed and then looked at Derek's sleeping face with a smile
"Derek" she slightly shook him
"Hmm?"
"I have to get back. It's a school night. Tomorrow's my first day" she said, pushing Derek's arm aside and getting out of bed
"Can't you stay for tonight?" Derek whined
"Nope. Wish I could" she smiled, pulling on her black three-forth sleeve tee, a blue denim skirt and a denim jacket. She detangled her hair with her fingers and looked at Derek, smiling at her.
"I'll see you tomorrow" she pecked on his lips and walked out
She waited on the road to see Lydia's car pull in front of her, the back seat opening. She got inside and greeted the two.
"It is not a double date. It is a group thing." Lydia said
"Do they know it's a group thing? 'Cause I told you that I'm not ready to get back out there." Allison answered
"What are you guys talking about?" jewel asked, leaning forward
"She's just worrying that Scott and Stiles might think of our small gathering as a double date" Lydia rolled her eyes
"You broke up with Scott. Why would he think of it as a double date?"
"Exactly" Lydia grinned "You were in France and didn't do any dating for four months? No cute french boy?"
"Did you? I mean, after..." Allison asked when
" Do not say his name." Lydia snapped at her
"Is he okay? I mean, did everything work out?" Allison asked
"Well, the doctors looked like total idiots when he turned up alive, but everyone got over it. And yes, Derek taught him the werewolf 101, like how not to randomly kill people during a full moon." Lydia said
"So then you've talked to him?" jewel asked
"Uh, not since he left for London." Lydia shrugged
"You mean since his dad moved him to London." Allison said
"Whatever, he left. And seriously, an American werewolf in London? Like, that's not gonna be a disaster." Lydia shrugged
"Hello. British Witch in America. Any disasters?" Jewel asked
Lydia eyed her with a 'seriosuly?' look which made Jewel sigh
"I talked to my people over there. They'd there to help him if he ever went out of control or needed anything" she answered
"So you're totally over him?" Allison asked
"Would I be going on a double date if I wasn't?" Lydia asked making Allison's eyes go wide "Yes, it is a double date. It's not an orgy. You'll live."
"You will" Jewel nodded
"What about you?" Lydia asked
"What about me?" Jewel asked, taking off her leather jacket
"You and Derek seemed to be back on track"
"We are. But we are back to square on and are taking things with baby steps"
"You two slept on your first date after you returned to Beacon Hills. Now that's definitely baby steps" Lydia smirked
"shut it" Jewel snapped
"At least someone's happy" Allison muttered. Lydia pulled on the road seeing the red-light. She teasingly eyed jewel, which made her look away and her eyes widened
"Lisa, whatever happens, do not look on you left" Jewel said
"Why?" And Allison turned to her left then turned back to look forward
"oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I can't see him, not now." She muttered. Till then Lydia had also looked and smiled
"Lydia go! Just go!" Allison panicked
"But you have to talk to him someday" Jewel said
"Not now. Lydia, can we go?"
"But the light." Lydia said but Allison pouted at her. Lydia rolled her eyes and started driving
"You all right?" Jewel asked. Allison nodded and checked the review mirror
"They are not following us, are they?" Allison asked
"Don't be ridiculous. No. Of course not" Jewel shook her head then looked at the mirror to see their jeep behind them
"Lydia, stop." Jewel said and Lydia pulled over "We need to go back and talk to them."
Lydia pulled over and so did they
"They stopped too. Why would they stop?" Allison asked
"It's Stiles and Scott. Do you really wanna try applying logic to those two?" Lydia asked
"Maybe we should go back." Allison said
But before either of them could do anything, a deer ran and rammed into the car, breaking the front window and died. The three girls screamed and rushed out, panicked. It didn't take much long for the boys to come to their rescue
"It came out of nowhere." Lydia muttered
"Are you hurt?" Stiles asked
"It ran right into us." Jewel said then winced. Everyone saw a glass shard half buried in her arm
"Oh god" Lydia muttered in horror
"It's okay" jewel took a breath "Scott, pull it out"
"Me?" he asked in shock
"Yeah you. Now pull it out" she showed him her arm. Scott grabbed her arm above the injury, looked at her one final time then started pulling out the glass. Jewel whimpered then let out a small scream when the glass finally came out. She held her arm and saw the injury vanishing in front of them
"It healed" Stiles said
"Are you okay?" Scott asked Allison
"I'm okay." Allison nodded
"Well, I'm not okay. I am totally freaking out." Lydia complained "How the hell does it just run into us? I saw its eyes right before it hit us. It was like it... it was like it was crazy."
Scott and Jewel walked to the deer's carcass and they shared a look
"No, it was scared." Scott said. Jewel pressed her fingers over's it's neck
"Actually... Terrified." She added
"You ready?" Chris asked
"Yeah." Jewel and Allison said at once and laughed
"You know, you could wait till tomorrow if you want. I know the first day can be tough." Chris said
"We're all right." Jewel said
" Yeah?"
"Yeah." Allison answered
"Or you could wait a week, if that would make things easier." Chris said
"I promised Lydia that I would drive her, since her car's wrecked. So I should... I should go." Allison answered then Chris turned to Jewel
"Derek's giving me a ride" she said and left, pulling all her hair to her right side and the two sisters started walking out when
"Jewel" Chris called
"Yeah Dad" she turned to face him. Chris walked over and pulled her shrug a little more. Allison also approached to looked what happened. Jewel turned then suddenly winced. Derek's bite mark was well visible
"Want to explain?" Chris demanded with a mix of pissed-off, surprised and amused expressions
"It's not what you think Dad" Jewel protested
"Okay. So what is it?" Chris crossed his arms
"We are getting late. She'll explain after school" Allison came to her rescue and pulled her with herself. They both entered the lifted and Jewel released the breath she unconciously was holding this long
"Thanks" She smiled at Allison
"Okay. What is it?" Allison asked, with a smirk
"Yesterday, after our date-"
"And your night together" Allison chuckled
"date and that, he marked me. Marked me to be his mate for life"
"Like you are bonded?" Allison asked, coming out of the elevator
"More or less" she shrugged "So he dug his fangs on my shoulder. That was what the mark is about"
Once they were outside, Derek was waiting for her. Jewel walked to him and pecked his cheek before entering the car while Allison went to hers
"Dad noticed" she said after a while
"what?"
"the small hickey that you decided to give me" she said with a small frown
"I can't help if it is still visible" Derek said
"It's not that" Jewel rubbed the bridge of her nose "Dad's...being Dad. More like pissed off. And he'd be demanding answers this evening"
"All the best then" Derek smirked
"that means, I want you to be there" she deadpanned and Derek gulped. He was not at all afraid of Chris argent. But tonight he was meeting him not as a werewolf, but as his daughter's boyfriend. And everyone knew how protective was Chris of Jewel.
No way in hell was that gonna be fun
"Freshmen. Tons and tons of fresh men." Lydia said, leaning on the lockers
"You mean fresh boys." Allison smirked, taking out her books from her locker
"Lydia, they're 15." Jewel added
"Eh, some are more mature than others." Lydia answered
"You know, it's okay to be single. Focus on yourself for a little while, work on becoming a better person." Jewel said
"Look who's talking" Lydia said
"She's right. Love your bachelorism" Allison added, closing her locker
"Jewel, Allison, I love you. So if you need to do that thing where we talk about me and pretend like we're not actually talking about you, it's totally fine. But I don't want a boyfriend. I want a distraction." Lydia said then her eyes got fixed on someone. The sisters turned and looked. To boys, identical in almost everything, entered the school
"Brothers?" Allison asked
"Twins." Lydia corrected. Suddenly Jewel's eyes glowed and she took a whiff
"And werewolves" she added
"Jewel?" Lydia asked.
"What?" Jewel turned to face her red-head friend
"What's that?" Lydia pointed at the mark on her shoulder. Since it was hot, Jewel had decided to remove her shrug and tried to cover her mark by her hair
"come on. Is it seriously some kind of notice-Jewel day? Because I'm starting to get fed up" she complained at walked away
"Derek" Allison said one thing and Lydia's smirked widened
Jewel entered her English class and took a seat in behind Stiles, next to Scott. Then came Allison. She looked around and only one seat was vacant. In front of Scott
"Is someone... " she began
"No, no, no, no. No, it's all you, all yours. Uh, it's totally vacant." Scott stammered. Stiles and Jewel shard an amused look. Jewel felt her phone vibrate. She checked it and found it to be a message from an unknown number
" "The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds and the tranquil waterway", leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under-" she read and stopped hearing another voice
""an overcast sky, seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness." This is the last line to the first book we are going to read. It is also the last text you will receive in this class. Phones off, everyone." Their teacher said
She was beautiful. Nice brown-black hair, pale skin and big brown eyes.
She was in the middle of explaining a certain paragraph when a man entered and spoke something to her in a hush-up manner. She nodded and asked Scott to come with his bag.
"Jewel"
She looked up and saw Stiles looking at her
"What?"
"what's that?" he motioned to her bandaged finger
"Hedwig nipped it a little too hard"
"You mean she bit you"
Jewel shrugged
"Either way" she said
"Has she ever done that before?"
"Once or twice. But it's okay. nothing unusual"
"I don't think it is okay. Look" Stiles pointed at Lydia's calf which was bandaged
"Lydia" he called "What is that? Is that from the accident?"
"No. Prada bit me." Lydia answered
"Your dog?"
"No, my designer handbag."
Jewel chuckled as Lydia rolled her eyes
"Yes, my dog."
"Has it ever bitten you before?" Stiles asked
"Mm-mm." Lydia shook her head
"Am I only one who is noticing the strange behavior of animals? What if it's, like, the same thing as the deer? You know, like, how animals start acting weird right before an earthquake or something?" Stiles said
"Meaning what? There's gonna be an earthquake?" Lydia asked
"Or something. I just... maybe it" Stiles tried
"something's coming. Something bad." Jewel said, as if almost in a trance
"It was a deer and a dog." Lydia said, bringing Jewel back to the world of reality
"And an owl" Stiles pointed at Jewel's finger making Lydia roll her eyes
"What's that thing you say about threes? Once, twice..."
Suddenly something slammed into their class's window and blood appeared on it. Everything went silent.
"What the heck-" Jewel started to stand up noticing something flying towards them in flock. Crows. Then they started crashing on the window making her jump. Everyone got startled as the crows kept on hitting the windows, dying in the process. Blood smeared on the window. Allison quickly pulled and hugged her tight, shadowing her view of the bloody window. The window shattered and crows started flooding in
"Get down, everyone!" Jennifer started yelling. With Jewel in her arms, Allison sat on the floor, trying to protect herself and her sister. This lasted for about half an hour when they finished coming.
"I'm okay, Lisa" Jewel assured her.
"Sure?"
"Yeah"
Allison let her go and they stood up, joining everyone, looking around. The whole room was filled with dead bodies of the crows. The windows were with barely glass. And kids were traumatized
The Sheriff department was called and so were many kids' parents.
Chris didn't spend an extra minute to think and drove their. When he pulled at the school, the place was already buzzing with cars.
The cops were already there. Chris came and hugged both his daughters, making sure they were safe
"Next time you're feeling you wanna stay home, you stay home."
"We're okay." Jewel said
"But, dad, the deer and now this?" Allison asked
"I know, I know." Chris nodded
"It can't be a coincidence." Jewel said
"Mr. Argent," the trio turned to see Sheriff approaching them "you wouldn't have any insight into this, would you?"
"Me?" Chris asked
"Yeah. All this bizarre animal behavior, it's... you must have seen something like this before, right?"
"I'm not sure why I would or why you would think I would. "
"I'm sorry. I-I could've sworn I overheard my son talking about how you were an experienced hunter."
The three Argents skeptically looked at Stiles who had the decency to look away
"Ah, right. Well, not anymore." He replied
"You all right?" Sheriff asked the girls
"Yeah." Allison replied
"Is it me or is Beacon Hills turning into more like beacon for the totally bizarre and supernatural?" Lydia asked when the Argent sisters were standing near their lockers
"Where's Scott McCall?" A girl approached them. She had dark skin, black hair and was in hospital clothes " You're Allison and Jewel, right?" she asked
"Yeah, how do you know..." Allison began
"where's Scott?" she demanded
"He had to leave. He was supposed to be back in class..." Allison was again cut off when the girl grabbed her wrist and Jewel's
"is he coming back?"
"Hey, easy with the physicality." Jewel said. Then the girl left them abruptly and walked away, checking her surrounding now and again. Jewel checked her wrist, seeing a bruise appear which did not heal
"Ugh. Well, she bruised you." Lydia said, checking Jewel's bruise
"Huh. Me too." Allison checked her
"It's weird. It should have healed" Jewel said "By the amount of magic I'm using, it shouldn't be here"
The three exchanged a look when Chris approached them
"Come on, let's get you three girls out of here. School can wait another day." He said and made them walk out, following himself when Allison stopped
"Sweetheart? Hey. You don't have to worry about this anymore. Remember our agreement? We stay in beacon hills, but only if we stay out of this. It's not our problem now. Okay?" Chris said
Allison nodded and looked at Jewel, who assuringly nodded back at her.
In the evening, Jewel was cooking the dinner, Allison was doing her homework with Lydia, when she felt a presence behind her
"Do you need something?" she asked
"How about some explanations?" Chris asked
"About that. I-" she was cut off by the ringing of the doorbell
"I'll see it" Allison informed and the door opened and closed
"In the kitchen" they heard and door to her room closed and Derek entered the kitchen
"Hey" he tried not to sound very nervous or jumpy. He was an alpha, for crying out loud. What was wrong with him?
Chris eyed Jewel
"I'm not entirely at fault" she retorted
"Okay. So start explaining" Chris crossed his arms
"He marked me"/"We are mated"
Jewel and Derek said at the same time then exchanged a glance
"You two are mated?" Chris coolly asked
"Yes" Jewel meekly answered
"He marked you?"
"Yes" Derek answered
"And you two are bonded?"
"Yes" Derek said
"and are you being safe?"
Jewel head shot up, her cheeks blushing red, eyes wide. Derek looked away, similarly blushing and embarrassed.
"Should I be expecting grandchildren at this age?"
A roar of Allison's and Lydia's laughters came from Allison's room
"Dad!" Jewel exclaimed, embarrassed and blushing the brightest shade of red
"What? I want to know if I should be prepared for-"
"No! We are not having safe s-…I mean we are not having any kids right now" Jewel stammered
"Right now?" Chris asked, amused
"Dad, please. Can we talk about this later?" Jewel pleaded
"Whenever you feel like" Chris chuckled and walked away
"Gosh! This is totally embarrassing" she rubbed her temples
"He had to know" Derek wrapped her arms around her
"Not this way"
"Jewel!" Allison called.
"I'll be back" Jewel replied and left. Once she was into her room, Chris reappeared in the kitchen
"Look, Derek. I'm not one of those fathers who will threaten you to stay away from my daughter or something like that. I know what you mean to her. But if you hurt her, ever, intentionally or unintentionally, I'd kill you the way you can't even imagine. And that's a promise"
Jewel entered her sister's room and closed the door
"That's for the save, Lis" she exhaled
"Totally cool" Allison beamed "So, should i be expecting nieces and nephews now?"
"Not you too" Jewel frowned
"How about me?" Lydia smirked
"I'm so not answering any of your questions, now" Jewel frowned and reached for Allison's dresser table to take a rubber band when she noticed something. her arm's reflection in the mirror. frowning, she got up and went to her sister and pulled her bruised wridt
"What's it?" Allison asked
"Look." Jewel said, bringing her and Allison's wrists together so their bruises were joined
"I don't know. It doesn't look like much to me." Lydia shrugged
"It looks like a pattern. It has to mean something." Allison noticed
"You really think Scott's gonna know what it is?" Lydia asked
"No, but he might know someone who does." Jewel answered, getting off the bed
"How are you so sure that it means anything at all?" Lydia asked, putting on her coat
"Because that girl wasn't just looking for Scott. It's like she needed to find him." Allison explained
"Like she had to. And that means something" Jewel answered
"You are a witch. Shouldn't you be knowing something?" Lydia asked
"I thought werewolves always change under full-moon. Never knew that they could control themselves. And I also thought a regular bite from a regular wolf also changes you" Jewel answered and picked her coat and another one, throwing it at Allison
"Where are we going?"
"To find Scott" Jewel smiled
"This isn't the talk we were gonna have, is it?" Scott asked Allison when the three pooled out of Jewel's car
"You can have that when you two are literally alone. Right now, we have something to show you" Jewel said, interrupting them
School, next day
"I don't see anything." Derek said
"Look again, you idiot" Jewel frowned and traced her finger over the bruises over their wrists forming a vague shape
"Okay. If we accept that this does tell something, for the sake of argument, how is a bruise gonna tell me where Boyd and Erica are?" Derek asked
"It's the same on both sides. Exactly the same." Scott tried
"It's nothing." Derek sighed
"Pareidolia. Seeing patterns that aren't there. It's a subset of apophenia." Lydia piped in
"They're trying to help." Scott tried
"Jewel, I can see. But this one, who shot about 30 arrows into me and my pack. And she, who brought back my psychopathic uncle back from dead. Thank you very much" Derek frowned pointing at Allison and Lydia
"also known as my sister and my best friend" Jewel growled
"Okay, all right, now, come on. No one died, all right? Look, there may have been a little maiming, okay, a little mangling, but no death. That's what I call an important distinction." Stiles explained
"Our mother died." Allison said, her voice lightly cracked
"Your family's little honor code killed your mother. Not me." Derek answered coolly
"Look Derek, if you are so promising to act like such an ass, then so be it. That girl was looking for Scott. I'm here to help him, not you." Jewel snapped and left out
"You pissed her off" Stiles shrugged as Allison and Lydia left to check on her
Jewel left her class to go to washroom, when she saw Sheriff and Stiles talk. So she focused her hearing
"Has no one really seen her since last night?" Stiles asked
"No. We put out an A.P.B., but, Stiles, all her friends say you were the last person who saw her." Sheriff said
"Me?"
"We hope that it's just a series of bad decisions based on too much to drink. But if you remember anything else, you call me. All right?"
"Yes!"
Just what the hell was going on?
Net one was a free period. So Allison and Jewel went to the library and they were joined by Lydia, who was drinking a Starbucks.
"I want one." Lydia said
Jewel looked at her then followed her gaze. The werewolf Twins
"Which one?" Allison asked
"The straight one, obviously." She answered and kept her glass on the table
"They are werewolves" Jewel deadpanned
"And my best friend is the Harry potter and with her sister are werewolf hunters. I think I can handle one for a boyfriend"
Lydia finished her drink and left. Probably to plan something. Jewel sighed and folded her arms on top of the table and rested her head on it.
"Hey" Allison called and Jewel lazily faced her "What if it's not a symbol? What if it's actually a logo?"
Allison was holding the Starbucks glass and stroking the logo. The sisters exchanged a look and Allison began her search
"So you think they kidnapped Heather to turn her?" Scott asked, walking down the hallway with Stiles
"Derek says it's easier to turn teenagers." Stiles argued
"But what would a pack of alphas need with a beta?"
"Scott, I don't know. I don't care. All right? This girl... Our moms were best friends before mine died, all right? We used to take frickin' bubble baths together when we were three. I gotta find her." Stiles sighed and faced his best friend
"Then we need Isaac to remember."
"How? Peter and Derek couldn't do it. You know any other werewolves with a better trick?"
"Maybe not a werewolf" Scott smirked
"You want me to what?" Jewel asked, eyes wide
"Enter his mind and see his memories." Stiles said
"Isaac's mind?"
The two nodded
"You two are my good friends doesn't mean that I'll do any crazy shit you'll ask me to" Jewel narrowed her eyes
"I thought you knew legilimency" Stiles said
"I know it, Stiles. But I've never tried it on any muggle. Or Muggle werewolf, for that matter. Last time I did it on Scott, it almost drained me out. And we are talking about a memory that had Isaac go into trauma. This might result in some great deals of mental damage on him" Jewel said
"So what do we do know?" Scott asked
"Seek someone who knows how to do it without causing any harm" Jewel explained
"Obviously, it's not going to be particularly... Comfortable. But if we can slow your heart rate down enough, you'll slip into a trance-like state." Deaton explained. Derek and Scott tore open sacks of ice before emptying them in a water tub
"Like being hypnotized." Isaac said
"Exactly. You'll be half transformed. It'll let us access your subconscious mind."
"How slow does his heart rate need to be?" Scott asked
"Very slow." Jewel answered
"Okay, well, how slow is very slow?" Derek asked
"Nearly dead"
"It's safe, though, right?" Isaac was terrified
"Do you want me to answer honestly?" Deaton asked
"No. No, not really." Isaac stammered
"What?" Stiles asked at the look on Derek's face
"Look, if it feels too risky, you don't have to do this." Derek said
"Right. Then Jewel can enter his mind and explore answers for us" Stiles snorted. Jewel rolled her eyes
"I'm with Derek on this one. Do it only if you want to"
Isaac sighed and removed his shirt and got into the tub
The moment Isaac put his head under water, he got back up with a jump, breathing hard
"Get him back under." Deaton said
Derek and Scott tried to put him down water but Isaac struggled, eyes glowing with fangs, growling
"Hold him." Deaton said
"We're trying!" Derek snapped and the two werewolves dunked him down again. It took them time but finally Isaac calmed down under water.
"Good" Jewel smiled
"Now, remember, only I talk to him. Too many voices will confuse him and draw him out." Deaton said and others nodded. Deaton sighed and looked at the calm Isaac
"Isaac? Can you hear me?" Deaton asked
"Yes. I can hear you." Isaac answered in a calm voice
"This is Dr. Deaton. I'd like to ask you a few questions. Is that all right?"
"Yes."
"I want to ask you about the night you found Erica and Boyd. I want you to remember it for me in as vivid detail as possible, like you're actually there again."
Isaac squeezed Derek's hand in fear
"I, I don't wanna do that. I don't... I don't wanna do that. I don't wanna do that."
"Isaac, it's all right. Just relax. They're just memories. You can't be hurt by a memory."
"I don't wanna do that."
"It's all right." Deaton assured the beta
"I don't wanna do that." Isaac repeated
"Relax. Relax." Deaton said and Isaac visibly relaxed "Good. Now let's go back to that night. To the place you found Erica and Boyd. Can you tell me what you see? Is there some kind of building? A house?"
"It's not... it's not a house. It's stone. I think marble."
"That's perfect. Can you give me any other descriptors?"
"It's dusty, so empty. Like an abandoned building?" Isaac explained and then grew attentive
"Isaac? Isaac?"
"Someone's here. Someone's here."
"Isaac, relax."
"No, no, no, they see me, they see me!" he started panicking again
"Just memories. You won't be hurt by your memories. Just relax. Relax. Good. Now tell us what you see. Tell us everything." Deaton asked
"I hear Boyd. He's talking about the full moon, about being out of control when the moon rises." Isaac answered as others exchanged look
"Is he talking to Erica?"
"I think so, I can't... I can't see her, I ca... I can't... I can't see either of them."
"Can you hear anything else?"
"They're worried. They're worried what they'll do during the moon. They're...Worried that they're gonna hurt each other."
"If they're locked in together on the full moon, they're gonna tear each other apart." Derek said
"Isaac, we need to find them right now. Can you see them?"
"No."
"Do you know what kind of room it is? Is there any kind of a marker? A number on a door? A sign?"
"They're here. They... They..."
"It's all right."
"No."
"Just tell us..."
"They see me. They found me. They're here!" Isaac panicked
"This isn't working." Derek muttered and turned to his beta before anyone could stop him "Isaac, where are you?" Derek demanded
"I can't see them. It's too dark!" Isaac answered
"Just tell me where you are." Derek asked
"You are confusing him." Deaton said
"I can't see!" Isaac's hold of Derek's hand tightened
"Isaac, where are you? Just tell me where you are."
"His heart rate... he could go into shock." Deaton said, himself starting to panic
"Derek, let him go!" Scott said
"Derek. Leave it. or he'll be harmed" Jewel squeezed Derek's shoulders "Derek"
"Isaac, where are you? What did you see?" Derek asked ignoring others
"A vault!" Isaac sprung back out of the water, taking deep breaths. And looked around "It's a bank vault! I saw it! I saw the name. It's, uh... B-beacon hills first national bank. It's, um... it's an abandoned bank, and they're keeping them locked inside, inside the vault." He said and looked around at others grim expressions "What?"
"You don't remember what you said right before you came out of it, do you?" Stiles asked
"No."
"You said when they captured you that they dragged you into a room and that there was a body in it." Stiles added
"What body?" Isaac asked
"Erica. You said it was Erica." Stiles answered
"She's not dead." Derek shook his head
"Derek, he said, "there's a dead body. It's Erica." " Jewel softly said, squeezing his shoulder softly. no matter how much she hated the bitch, she never wanted her to die
"Doesn't exactly leave us much room for interpretation." Stiles added
"Then who was in the vault with Boyd?" Derek asked
"Someone else, obviously." Stiles rolled his eyes
"And maybe it was the girl on the motorcycle. Okay, the one who saved you?" Scott looked at Isaac
"No, she wasn't like us. And whoever was in the vault with Boyd was." Isaac answered
"What if that's how Erica died?" Scott asked
"They, like, pit them against each other during the full moons and see which one survives. It's like werewolf thunderdome." Stiles said
"Then we get them out tonight." Derek finalized
"Be smart about this, Derek. You can't just go storming in." Deaton said
"He's right. We are talking about a pack of alphas. And we only have one on our side. We are a severe disadvantage. Any time the tables could turn on us, Derek" Jewel added
"If Isaac got in, then so can we." Deek said, ignoring what Jewel said
"But he didn't get through a vault door, did he?" Deaton asked
"We need a plan." Scott said
"How are we gonna come up with a plan to break into a bank vault in less than 24 hours?" Derek asked
"Uh, I think someone already did." Stiles said, showing a news report on his phone ""Beacon hills first national closes its doors three months after vault robbery." Doesn't say here how it was robbed, but it probably won't take long to find out."
"How long?" Derek asked
"It's the Internet, Derek. Okay? Minutes." Stiles smirked
By the time Jewel reached home, she was tired to her bones. It was about midnight and she knew both the people were sleeping. Removing her block heeled boots, she quietly entered and closing the door behind her quietly tip toed to her her room when she heard a tick and light got switched on
"Is there a reason on why you are so late?"
She winced at the tone and slowly turned around to face-to-face with a frowning Chris Argent, arms folded.
"Jewel" Chris demanded
"I..uh…I guess" she answered, nervously
"Where were you?"
"At Deaton's" she answered
"Why?"
"We…uh…I…." she stammered
"Jewel, we had condition if we wanted to stay anymore in Beacon"
Jewel sighed "I know. It's just…" she sighed again and looked at Chris "We were trying to get Isaac's memory back. There's an alpha pack out there. Erica's dead. Boyd's captured with another girl. And Isaac nearly escaped."
"Jewel" Chris walked to her "I get it why you want to help them. But we are no longer hunters. We denounced all our connections with supernatural. I lost Kate and Victoria. I cannot lose either one of you too"
"You won't" Jewel smiled
"good" Chris smiled and kissed her forehead
"So mystery girl leaves a bruise on your arms that turns out to be the logo for a bank?" Lydia scoffed, getting off of Allison's car "What's she trying to do? Give us investment advice?"
"Not at this bank. It's been closed for years." Allison said
"Why aren't you telling Scott?" Lydia asked
"Because according to someone, I need to find something real. Which reminds me, um, I can't drive you home today. I have an errand to run after school." Allison said, closing the boot of her car
"First Jewel goes MIA then you abandon me"
"Jewel isn't MIA. She just went to check on Scott and Stiles making sure they don't do something stupid to get themselves killed" Allison answered
"We are late" Jewel frowned when Stiles and Scott piled into his jeep, outside Stiles' house
"And why did you come here?" Stiles asked
"To make sure you don't do anything reckless" she said
"Reckless as in?" Stiles asked
"Reckless as in doing something stupid and so suicidal that would have me all my work and save your arse. Talks later. School first" Jewel said, starting her car
"All right, so we meet at Derek's at 5:00 to go over the plan, and then we don't get started until dark." Scott said, revising the plan
"'Kay. What do we do till then?" Stiles asked
"What, right now? We've got English." Jewel answered, getting off her car
EVENING
Jewel sighed, taking the phone off her ear
"Everything okay?" Derek asked
"Lisa isn't picking up. I've been trying her for the past 10 minutes"
"Maybe she's busy" Derek guessed
"Not this much to ignore my calls" she said
"Hey. Got it!" Scott and Stiles entered the loft
"Okay. You see this?" Stiles showed the map and ran his finger over it "This is how they got in. It's a rooftop air conditioning vent. Leads down inside into the wall of the vault, which is here. Okay? One of the robbers was lowered into this shaft Now, that space is so small, it took him about 12 hours to drill into that wall, which is stone, by the way. Then throughout the rest of the night, they siphoned the cash up to the guys back on the roof through that one little shaft in the wall. Boom."
"Can we fit in there?" Scott asked
"Yes, we can, but very, very barely. And they also patched the wall, obviously, so we're gonna need a drill of some kind. I'm thinking maybe a diamond bit..." Stiles wondered
"Look, forget the drill." Derek said
"Sorry?"
"If I go in first, how much space do I have?"
"What do you... what do you think you're gonna do, Derek? You gonna punch through the wall?"
"Yes, Stiles, I'm gonna punch through the wall." Derek deadpanned
"Okay, okay, big guy. Let's see it. Let's see that fist. Big, old fist. Make it, come on. Get it out there. Don't be scared. Big, bad wolf. Yeah, look at that. Okay, see this? " he checked Derek's raised fist "That's maybe 3 inches of room to gather enough force to punch through solid co..." before he could finish, Derek punched his palm. Stiles wore under his breath at the impact and pressing his hand between his legs, trotted away
"He could do it." Stiles added
"I'll get through the wall. Who's following me down?" Derek asked, looking around
"Don't look at me." Peter added "I'm not up to fighting speed yet, and honestly, with Isaac out of commission, you're not looking at very good odds for yourself."
"So I'm supposed to just let them die?" Derek asked
"One of them is already dead." Peter said
"We don't know that."
"Do I have to remind you what we're up against here? A pack of alphas. All of them, killers. And if that's not enough to scare your testicles back into your stomach, try to remember that two of them combine bodies to form one giant Alpha. I'm sure Erica and Boyd were sweet kids. They're gonna be missed."
"Could someone kill him again, please?" Stiles asked
"With pleasure" Jewel said her eyes green
"Easy there princess" Peter said
"Do not call me Princess" Jewel growled but the blue-eyed beta just rolled his eyes
"Derek, seriously? Not worth the risk." Peter said
"I can apparate inside the vault" Jewel said
"No. Let's not take the risk. We don't know what's awaiting for us inside" Derek said "But we might need that backup from you. Element of surprise"
Jewel nodded
"What about you?" Derek asked
"Yeah, if you want me to come..." Stiles began
"Not you." Derek snapped and looked at Scott
"Got it." Stiles said
"I don't know about Erica. But if Boyd's still alive, we have to do something. We have to try." Scot said
"But?" Derek asked
"Who's the other girl? The one locked in there with Boyd?" Scott asked
By the time Derek and Scott left, Jewel left to enter through the main door. But to her surprise, the chain on the main door was broken and there were a pair of bolt cutters nearby.
She bent down and took it. the one scent on it made her go frenzy. Allison.
She rushed in but after taking necessary precautions. She hid her scent, lowered her heart beat to nearly none. That was one advantage she got from being the Mistress of Death. She could alter her heartbeat, like many animals do while getting into hibernation.
She looked around and wrapped the invisibility cloak around her and walked in. she heard footsteps and pressed herself next to a wall. Three of the alphas walked past her. suddenly the smell of ammonia filled her nose making her grimace. It was too much for her. just as the last female alpha passed, she sighed in relief but stopped when she returned. She looked around and for a second Jewel thought she knew about her. but she just walked past again. She sighed in relief again and waited for them to leave the corridor. Once it was done, she peeked from her cloak when her phone vibrated
"Not now Stiles" she said
"No. Listen. I'm patching up Scott and Derek. We are in one big trouble" Stiles said and something in voice said he wasn't kidding
"'Cause Boyd and that girl aren't gonna kill each other. They're gonna kill Derek and Scott." She heard Peter and her heart nearly skipped a beat. She heard some more shuffling
"Stiles, now is not the best time." Scott said
"Scott! Scott! No, listen to me, okay? Look, you gotta get outta there. Look, the walls of the vault are made with a mineral called hecatolite. It scatters the moonlight." Stiles explained
"What does that mean?" Scott asked
"Look, it keeps the moonlight out, okay? They haven't felt the full moon in months." Stiles said
"Okay, think of it like the gladiators in the Roman colosseum. They used to starve the lions for three days, making them more vicious, more out of control. Deucalion has kept them from shifting for three full moons, diminishing their tolerance to it." Peter added
"So they are gonna be more stronger" Jewel said
"More savage, more bloodthirsty, Scott, they're the lions. They're the starved lions, and you and Derek just stepped into the colosseum." Peter said
And Scott hung up
"Crap" Jewel muttered hanging up when she heard a door open and silenced herself
The door in front of her opened and the person she least wanted to see here stepped out. Allison. Her sister checked the corridor, before completely letting herself out. Jewel quickly removed her cloak. The sudden movement made Allison jump but calmed down seeing her adopted sister
"Jewel" Allison gasped
"what are you doing here?" Jewel asked
"Um…..trying to help you and Scott" she said
"Lisa, you don't just jump in trouble to help others. What about analyzing trouble?"
"Well, I couldn't tell Dad or you about it or you would have tried to stop me"
"And that would be for good. Lis, we are facing an Alpha pack. a pack of 5 alphas. This is not the time for stupidities. However," Jewel sighed, sliding her fingers through her hair, "I very much would like to slide this one was a stupid mistake."
"Thanks" Allison smiled
"come on,. It's not over. We need to find Scott and Derek" Jewel said and the sisters rushed out
They heard fighting which led them to the vault. Two werewolves, completely animal were trying to maul Scott and Derek
"Look out!" Allison yelled when she noticed something. A mountain ash barrier
"No! Don't break the seal!" Jewel pulled her before she could do anything but to her shock, the seal got broke. The girl and Boyd looked at her then rushed out, without harming the two sisters
"Boyd!" Allison called after the runaways but in vain. Derek snarled and headed for Allison angrily
"Don't touch her!" Jewel snarled back, standing between her sister and boyfriend
"What were you thinking?" Derek demanded
"That I had to do something." Allison asked
"She saved our lives." Scott said
"Yeah, and what do you think they're gonna do out there? Do you have any idea what we just set free?" Derek asked
"You want to blame me? Well, I am not the one turning teenagers into killers." Allison snapped which made Jewel slightly wince. Great that was what she needed now. Bad blood between her sister and mate
"No. No, that's just the rest of your family." Derek snapped back
"I made mistakes. Gerard is not my fault." Allison said, eyes getting glassy
"And what about your mother?" Derek asked
"Derek, don't" Jewel growled "Don't utter another word"
"why do you want to always keep her in dark?" Derek demanded
"Maybe because she's the one I have for a family" Jewel snapped
"You cannot always protect her. at least not from what your mother did"
"What do you mean?" Allison asked, looking between the three
"Tell her, Scott, Jewel." Derek said
"What does he mean, Scott? Jewel? What does he mean?" Allison demanded
The two concerned shared a look. They had to tell her now.
Aish