A/N: Welcome to my third story of this series and if you haven't read the other two I fully suggest you do to fully understand what's going on and of course please remember to fav/follow and review, the more you review the quicker I will post chapters.

Skye's POV

When the plane finally made it's descent into LAX I couldn't stop bouncing in my seat next to my father as I stared out the window, we had visited my dad's parents in Miami for the holidays and it's been a whole six weeks and six weeks with your grandparents was enough to make you want to pulled your hair out.

I knew this whole trip though was my dad wanting me and Derek separate for a little while since the first half of summer vacation we barely spent a minute apart, I'd be with him out in the forest training or we'd be looking for Erica and Boyd together or we'd be cuddled up on my lounge room sofa snacking out watching movies and when my dad went to bed we'd be in my room doing a various of things that my dad surely didn't approve of but now I'm just so relieved to be coming home since I missed everyone especially Derek who I couldn't wait to see.

"Skye will you settle down" I turned to my dad.

"I can't I've missed Scott, Stiles…"

"And Derek" he smiled as I turned back to the window as we finally stopped at the terminal and passengers started getting off.
I couldn't wait to get home and see Derek because even though we talked and texted everyday it wasn't the same as seeing him, touching him…I snapped out of it as I walked through the gate beside my dad but the first thing I saw was Derek making me squeal dropping my backpack and ran straight into Derek's arms, he picked me up laughing as I clung to his neck.

"Oh my god" I exclaimed because I couldn't believe he was actually here. "What are you doing here, I thought we were going to meet at my place later?"

"I wanted to surprise you" I pulled him into a kiss but someone cleared their throat making me step back with an embarrassed smile when I saw my dad. "Mr Blakesley I hope you don't mind my showing up here" my dad smiled.

"Of course not, especially since she's been talking non-stop the whole four hour flight about seeing you"

"Dad" I warned but couldn't stop smiling.

"Alright we should go get our bags?" my dad replied giving me back my backpack before he walked off, so I pulled Derek to me crashing my lips to his in another kiss.

"I take it you missed me" Derek muttered when we parted. "More than you could imagine"

"Skye" I heard my dad call out so I quickly grabbed Derek's hand and we caught up to him just as he was getting our bags from baggage claim. "So Derek how have you been?" my dad asked making me smile because since finding out and me and Derek and us being werewolves he's actually been trying to get to know Derek.

"Uh great actually, I finally found a place in downtown Beacon Hills-"

"You found a place" I asked pulling him to a stop since he told me last week on the phone that he'd been looking for a more permanent place to live now that the Argent's weren't out for our heads.

"Yeah" I smiled and squeezed his hand.

"That's great Derek and Skye don't look so happy, there will be no sleepovers" I rolled my eyes at my dad but smiled anyway as we headed towards the parking garage since Derek offered to drive us home but when we walked towards another car I was surprised when it wasn't the Camaro.

"Where's the Camaro?"

"At my place but I hardly ever drive it anymore so I'm thinking of selling it"

"What no!" I argued with Derek.

"Skyler!" my dad warned me but I took no notice.

"I love you're Camaro"

"Fine I'll keep it a little bit longer" Derek replied but it didn't make me feel any better especially since his Camaro held too many good memories.

"You'll regret giving in to her one day son" my dad joked walking closer to Derek's new car, it was a Toyota FJ cruiser and it was nice but not the Camaro.

"I probably already do" Derek joked.

"Hey!" I yelled following them. "It's great that you two are starting to get along but no teaming up on me, it's not fair" I whispered so low that only Derek would have heard me.

"Why not it's fun to see your face and besides it's good your dad's accepting me" I growled.

"Hey you two no secret conversations around the old man" I looked up confused. "I can see your lips moving" I rolled my eyes before jumping in the back opting to give my dad the front seat since I'd have plenty of time to *catch up* with Derek later when my dad's sound asleep.

We all made easy conversation the whole way from LAX back into Beacon Hills and I couldn't help the smile since everything was still the same thank god, I'd talked to Scott and Stiles a lot this summer too just to make sure Beacon Hills didn't explode into another catastrophe especially since I knew what was coming but the Alpha Pack hadn't made any others moves since kidnapping Erica and Boyd and marking Derek's old house with their pack symbol and yet while that was comforting especially when I was out of town I knew this threat was far from over.

Derek dropped me and my dad off home and helped me get all four of my suitcases upstairs before saying he'd be back later since Isaac thought he had a lead on the Alpha packs location but hadn't gotten back to him yet.

"Okay well keep me updated okay" I asked.

"You know I will" he replied before kissing me than left after yelling out bye to my dad, I began to unpack but got distracted when I heard my phone get a text so I grabbed it and smiled when I saw the text was from Scott.

Hey Skye are you back yet – Scott

Yeah Scotty, landed about an hour ago, Derek picked us up, why you wanna catch up – Skye, I texted back.

Of course, we missed our third Amigo, Stiles and I will be at your place soon and you can come along with us, I'm finally getting my tattoo – Scott, I smiled at the third Amigo part but when Scott mentioned getting a tattoo I frowned because I knew what would happen from experience.

Before I left for Miami I asked Derek if he thought it'd be sexy if I got a tattoo since I always wanted one and he told me how he got his done and why, he said it was his family's pack symbol and he'd got it done after the fire as a reminder and tribute to his family So I asked if he'd be okay if I got the tattoo to symbolise I was with him forever and he was a little hesitant at first but then agreed wholeheartedly and I had it done by the only tattoo artist in town who did underage tattoo's for the right price then Derek…fixed it when it healed over.

I heard a horn beep from outside so I peeked out my curtains and saw the Jeep making me smile then quickly get changed into some leather jeans, red top and threw my usual combat boots and leather jacket on before running downstairs.

"Going out with Scott and Stiles, be back later" I yelled to my dad.

"Okay be careful" my dad always told me to be careful not to revel myself since he was worried if more found out about me they wouldn't understand and I'd be *studied* his words not mine.

"Hey Skye any day now" Stiles yelled snapping me out of it.

"Nice to see you to Stiles" I laughed as I approached the Jeep. "Now move over Scott" I climbed into the back and Stiles took off, we drove to the only tattoo place in Beacon Hills and I watched Scott sit in the reclining seat and he looked beyond nervous.

"Boy, it's a good thing you drew me a picture" I looked over at the tattoo artist who was looking at the drawing of the tattoo Scott wanted, it was two bands and I didn't really understand why he needed that tattoo since it didn't seem to have a real meaning behind it at least not one I could figure out.

"Hey Scott sure you don't want something like this?" I turned to see Stiles holding up a tattoo design that looked like the Kanima.

"Really?" I asked him raising my eyebrows at him.

"Too soon?" Stiles asked I nodded and he put the design down.

"Are you sure about this Scotty" I asked him just to make sure since if he got it I'm going to need to tell Derek to get his blowtorch out, I couldn't help the shudder just at the thinking of when Derek used it on me to get my tattoo to show up.

"I'm not changing my mind" Scott insisted.

"Okay, well why two bands?" Stiles asked him.

"I don't know I just like it"

"Well, shouldn't your first tattoo have some sort of meaning?" I asked him crossing my arms.

"Getting a tattoo means something" Scott replied.

"He's right" the artist said cutting in. "Tattooing goes back thousands of years the Tahitian word 'Tatua' means 'to leave a mark' like a rite of passage"

"Yeah, you see?" Scott smiled. "He gets it"

"He's covered in tattoos Scott, literally" Stiles replied putting emphasis on literally.

"Okay, you ready?" the artist said, raising the needle to Scott's arm and Scott looked really nervous again. "You ain't got any problems with needles, do you?"

"Nope" Scott said with a nervous gulp.

"I tend to get a little squeamish though, so..." Stiles replied as the tattoo artist started on Scott's tattoo. "Oh man" I heard Stiles add before he fainted collapsing.

"Stiles!" I exclaimed and rushed over to him but he was okay for the most part then resumed watching Scott get his tattoo done flinching every time Scott did since I knew sometimes it did still sting from experience.

Stiles groaned holding an ice pack to his head as he, Scott and I got into his Jeep after Scott's tattoo was done, I was watching Scott knowing what happens next and soon enough Scott began groaning.

"You okay?" I asked Scott.

"Kinda burns" Scott said examining his bandaged arm.

"Yes, you just had your skin stabbed about 100,000 times with a needle" Stiles replied.

"Yeah but I don't think it's supposed to feel like this" suddenly Scott winced and I leaned forward because I knew exactly how he was feeling. "Oh God no, it's definitely not supposed to feel like this oh I gotta take this thing off" he added sitting up straighter and started to unwrap the bandage.

"No, no, no, no, Scott" Stiles begged. "Oh Scott, please stop" he unwrapped it revealing his arm it was red and the dark black ink began to fade away as the skin healed over it.

"Oh no, what?" Scott sighed.

"No, no, come on" we watched as it completely disappeared. "It healed"

"Ah thank God" Stiles sighed. "I hated it" I gave him a look raising my eyebrows. "Sorry" Scott groaned as Stiles left the parking lot and began driving us home. "So have you two talked to Allison over the summer?" Stiles looked in his rear view mirror at me.

"Nope not since she tried to kill Derek" I replied messing with the end of my shirt. "You?" I asked turning to Scott. "You haven't said one word about her this whole summer"

"Nah, we agreed to give each other the summer... no texts, no calls" Scott mumbled as we pulled up to a stop light.

"So then how do you know she won't be back at school then?" Stiles asked him.

"After everything that happened, I'm not sure she's coming back at all" Scott replied so I squeezed his shoulder in support.

"I think she is, I'd say pretty definite you know like one hundred per cent" Stiles replied nodding out Scott's window so Scott and I followed Stiles' gaze and looked in the car next to us, seeing Allison and Lydia inside, Scott seemed to stare at her for a while but then Allison looked up and saw him.

"Oh my god, oh..." Scott exclaimed ducking down in his seat trying to hide his face. "Can we just drive please, Stiles?"

"Scott, it's a red light"

"Will you go just go?"

"I think we should talk to her, I just think we should say something" he reached over Scott to roll down the window.

"No, no, no Stiles come on oh my god dude no" Scott begged.

"Hey!" Stiles smiled but Lydia's car sped away. "You know, they probably didn't see us" Stiles said as I sat back in my seat before he started driving forward when the light turned green.

"What are you doing?" Scott asked him.

"I'm driving" Stiles replied.

"We're right behind them" Scott pointed out stating the obvious.

"Okay well do you see any turns?" I asked him.

"I don't want it to look like we're following them"

"Well, what do you want me to do?" Stiles asked him.

"I don't know, anything" Stiles sighed and slammed on his breaks but a few seconds later the girls car stopped to. "What are they doing?" Scott asked but then we heard them start screaming so we quickly got out and ran over as they scrambled out of Lydia's car.

"Are you okay?" Scott asked Allison.

"It came out of nowhere" Lydia exclaimed.

"Are you hurt?" Stiles asked her.

"It ran right into us" Lydia continued to yell.

"Are you okay?" Scott asked Allison again because they were both freaking out.

"I'm okay" Allison replied looking at him.

"Well, I'm not okay" Lydia exclaimed. "I am totally freaking out, how the hell does it just run into us?" Lydia paused as Scott and I walked closer to the dead deer on the hood of the car. "I saw its eyes right before it hit us it was like it...it was like it was crazy"

I frowned as I stared at the dead deer now lying on the hood of Lydia's car with its head through the front wind screen and breathed in its scent like Derek's been teaching me and focused more on the ones which gave off emotions.

"No it was scared" I replied looking up at Scott as he put his hand on it.

"Actually...terrified" Scott added then looked down the road, I followed his gaze and growled as I recalled the night the herd of deer nearly trampled Scott and me the night he got bitten, this deer was running away from something and I was pretty sure I knew what.

We gave the girls a ride home after a tow truck picked up Lydia's car but it was a total wreck so I doubt they'd fix it then the boys dropped me off home and I walked in heading straight upstairs since it was late and my dad was already in bed, I kind of expected and hoped Derek was in my bed waiting but I found a note on my pillow instead.

Skye,

I came back earlier but your dad said you went out with Scott and Stiles so I missed you, I won't be coming to your room tonight. I still haven't heard from Isaac and I'm concerned so I'm going to keep looking for him and the others but I want you to sleep and go to school since this year your schooling comes first and you need to focus so I don't want you to worry about supernatural problems for a while okay.

I love you and wish I was there to hold you especially since we've spent six weeks apart but I promise we'll definitely catch up on some much needed us time soon okay.

Derek xx

I frowned a little since all I wanted to do right now was cuddle with my mate but he was right finding Erica and Boyd was more important right now and if Isaac's been taken now as well than these Alphas had to be found and stopped, I got changed into my pyjamas and climbed into bed falling asleep easy since Derek's scent was still clinging to the fabric of the pillows.

The next morning I showered, changed into a knee high dress, denim jacket and my black converses then put on a final layer of lipstick and fluffed my hair one last time since I was letting it fall in my natural curls and examined myself in the mirror as I was getting ready for school which I had actually been looking forward to because this year I was going to do better.

"If you need an opinion…I think you look beautiful" I turned and smiled then went over to Derek and wrapped my arms around his body kissing him.

"Why thank you, you don't look so bad yourself this morning" even though he looked like he hadn't slept at all. "Any luck?" he shook his head.

"I don't know where else to look Skye, we've been all over Beacon Hills more than once and there's no scent or sign of them anywhere" he replied sitting down on my bed.

"We're going to find them Derek" I sat beside him and rubbed his shoulder.

"I'm starting to think they're not even alive"

"Hey…we're going to find them okay, we have to find them" he looked at me. "Isaac's probably got a lead so all we can do is just wait and hope okay, until we know for sure than we keep looking" he nodded so I kissed his cheek. "I missed you last night"

"I know I'm sorry, I'll definitely be here tonight and maybe I can even pick you up from school and we can break in my new place" I smiled and nodded as he pulled me onto his lap.

"Of course every new house needs to be christened" he shook his head before pulling me into a kiss and I melted into his arms since I really missed his lips. "Do you think my dad would be pissed if I skipped school and we can go right now?" I asked still with my eyes closed as we parted but kept our foreheads touching.

"Probably and I told you in my note that you're going to focus more on school this year, I know your grades slipped last year" I looked up raising my eyebrows.

"You know most people consider stalking a crime" he laughed.

"Won't be the first time I've been charged with something" I rolled my eyes but stood up and grabbed my bag because I was going to be running late soon. "Need me to drive you?"

"Nah I'm good, I haven't ridden my baby in ages" I grabbed my helmet watching him frown which made me smile because I know he worries about me riding my motorbike. "Don't frown Derek you know I love my baby"

"I know and I'd never ask you to stop riding but it scares me especially since you go over the speed limit"

"That's because it's fun and besides if I ever did come off how much damage could I really do"

"You can snap your neck, hit a tree and die instantly before your healing would even think about kicking in" I frowned.

"Alright I'll take it easier killjoy" he stood up shaking his head playfully at me.

"Thankyou" he kissed my forehead.

When I got to school I met up with Scott and Stiles as usual and some days even as our life's are drastically changing I'm glad this hasn't and I know that's really sappy but everything that has happened since we looked for Laura's body unknowingly it has made me appreciate the little things in life.

"So I've been thinking about asking Derek about helping me with my tattoo" I heard Scott say snapping me out of my thoughts.

"You wanna ask Derek for help?" Stiles asked him. "Why, why?"

"He's got the triskele tattooed on his back so there has to be a way to do it without healing, right?" Scott replied.

"There is…in a way" I nodded nervously.

"You know how to do it?" Scott asked stopping.

"Yeah I know how to do it and should have probably told you about it last night" I replied nervously then lifted my shirt a little showing them the triskele tattoo that was on my left hip.

"Oh my God" Stiles groaned. "What the hell we're you thinking…that's seriously messed up Skye that you and Derek have matching tattoo's" I growled then punched Stiles softly.

"I got it as a symbol that I'm with Derek for life and because any werewolves can already sense that Derek and I are mated so I might as well let the tattoo scream it to the rooftops" I growled at Stiles angrily.

"She's right, she's been smelling like Derek for months" I smiled at Scott because he was so more accepting of my relationship with Derek then Stiles was even if Stiles was less mean and sarcastic about it these days.

"Plus this symbol is a lot more personal to him than you think Stiles and it's the Celtic symbol for forever"

"What does it mean to him?" Stiles asked me.

"It was his family's pack symbol and I wanted him to know that no matter what I'm with him for the long haul" they both stared at me.

"Does your dad know?" Stiles asked me with an amused smile on his face.

"Of course not so if you say anything I will seriously hurt you" I replied and after a few more seconds of silence passed they looked at each other.

"So you know how to make my tattoo show up?" Scott asked me.

"Yeah…but you're going to need to talk to Derek for that" Scott nodded.

"Doesn't he have his hands a little full?" Stiles asked pointing towards Erica and Boyd's missing flyers that had been hanging around town for months now with still no sign of them.

My heart sank because it felt like I'd lost a part of my family since I had gotten close to them over the few months and they were my pack mates after all, I sighed and felt Scott grab my shoulder before he led me away knowing I was hurting.

"Look…" principal Thomas' English accent floated out into the hall causing us to walk closer and look into his office seeing he was back in the principal's chair. "These are the applications for the career advisor I need them sorted and what ever happened to the library while I was gone, I want it cleared up and what the hell is this?" he pulled Gerard's sword out of his desk, so we all looked at each other wide-eyed before I bit my lip to contain my laughter.

"Go, go, go" Stiles said quickly pushing us down the hall.

"Hey I'm gonna go find Lydia and make sure she's okay, I'll see you guys in class" I told them then walked to find her but stopped when I saw her talking to Allison at her locker, we hadn't spoken a word to each other since she stabbed me going after Derek so I took a deep breath and put a smile on my face before walking up to them.

"Hey"

"Hey" Lydia greeted then I turned to Allison and gave her a soft smile.

"So uh…how was your summer?" Allison asked me awkwardly.

"It was good, I went to Miami to visit my grandparents" I replied then looked over at Lydia for a distraction and since I noticed her staring off at the all the boys that we're walking around which made me smile. "What's caught your eye Lyds?" I asked her.

"Freshmen…tons and tons of fresh men" Lydia answered waving her finger around.

"You mean fresh boys" Allison corrected putting some more books into her locker.

"Seriously Lydia, they're 14" I added laughing a little.

"Eh, some are more mature than others" Lydia told us.

"You know it's okay to be single" Allison said. "Focus on yourself for a little while, work on becoming a better person" Lydia scoffed.

"Allison, I love you so if you need to do that thing where we talk about me and pretend we're not actually talking about you, it's totally fine but I don't want a boyfriend" I nodded my head because I know Lydia took Jackson moving to London really hard and I could understand because if Derek just up and left my life I'd be a total wreck too but I wouldn't sleep with a bunch of different guys to get over Derek like Lydia was currently doing, she placed her hand on the locker with a loud smack causing me to end my thoughts. "I want" Lydia continued as she checked out a boy walking past us. "A distraction" her eyes kept sweeping over the boys until her gaze settled on something.

I turned around and looked at who she was looking at, the guy had on a light blue shirt, jeans, a black leather jacket and was carrying a motorcycle helmet and I raised an eyebrow as his face came in to view, even if I was taken I allowed myself to admire his attractiveness then all of the sudden someone moved to walk next to him, it was his identical twin.

"Brothers?" Allison asked looking at them as well.

"Better" Lydia said smiling. "Twins" she added before walking off leaving Allison and me behind to share a look before shaking our heads and following after her to our first class.

I bit on my pencil as I waited for first period English to start watching as Allison sat awkwardly in front of Scott making me scoff as that was predictable but then everyone's phone began to go off, I looked down at mine and opening the message staring at the huge paragraph in confusion.

"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 an overcast sky, seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness" I looked up, seeing a woman walk into the classroom and lean back against the desk. "This is the last line to the first book we are going to read" she told us. "It is also the last text you will receive in this class" she smiled. "Phones off, everyone"

Our new teacher, which was now obvious looked around the room before her eyes caught mine for a moment and as they did I knew something was off about this woman and I did not like the vibe she sent out but I ignored the feeling because it was probably nothing and began to take notes as she wrote them on the board.

"Mr McCall, Miss Blakesley?" I heard the teacher say making me look up at her then over at Scott as she motioned us outside so we grabbed our stuff and followed her. "Uh, I'm sure it's an emergency if Scott's mother needs you both to leave school but I'm gonna give you a warning in the nicest possible way" she started as the classroom door closed. "I am well aware of both of your attendance records so I don't wanna see you two slip back into old habits"

"We won't" Scott answered sharing at smile with me. "It's gonna be different this year"

"Resolutions are only good if you stick with them, Scott"

"We will, I promise it won't be ephemeral" he turned and walked away, I followed behind him shaking my head.

"Ephemeral?'" I asked him questionably.

"It's my word for the day?" I chuckled under my breath.

We went out and got on our bikes and headed straight to the hospital wondering what the hell Scott's mom needed us both for and when we walked in his mom was already waiting for us by the front entrance.

"What's wrong?" Scott asked her.

"Thank god you two are here, there was a problem Isaac came in last night"

"What?" I nearly shouted. "Is he okay?"

"We tried calling Derek, he didn't answer"

"At all?" I asked her since that wasn't usually like him, she shook her head.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Scott asked her as we walked with her through the hospital.

"Honestly, I was hoping I didn't have to"

"What do you mean?"

"Everything that you've been doing... the extra reading, the summer school, saving up for the bike even though it scares me half to death honey, I just didn't wanna disrupt a good rhythm"

"It's not gonna stop" Scott said. "I'm gonna be better this year, a better student, better son, better friend, a better everything I promise"

"Okay" his mom said with a sigh. "He's in room 215 if he isn't already in surgery"

"Thank you" I said as Scott gave her a kiss on the cheek before we went over to the elevator getting in but just as the door was about to close a white cane stopped them from closing so we looked up and saw a blind man walk in then stood beside us.

"Would you hit the button for the second floor, please?" he asked us.

"Yeah" I replied then pressed the button even though it was already pressed.

"Thank you" we slowly ascended our way to the second floor and when the door opened we went to walk out but the man put a hand on Scott's shoulder

"You wouldn't mind helping me out for a second would you?"

"Sure" Scott said then he led the man to where he needed to go before we continued our search to find Isaac.

We continued walking trying to find the room when suddenly Scott grabbed my wrist I looked at him but he wasn't looking at me so I followed his gaze and saw a man maybe in his mid-thirties wheeling Isaac into the elevator before he turned pressed a button and smirked at us, Scott and I growled flipping out our claws then ran towards the closing elevator doors and threw ourselves just in time before they closed and slid into each other against the back wall before we both completely transformed standing up to face the fully transformed Alpha.

The Alpha growled before grabbing Scott then started throwing him into the elevator walls and ceiling so I moved to attack the Alpha next and managed to get in a couple of punches but he suddenly caught my hand and twisted it until I heard and felt the sickening crack, I growled in pain dropping to my knees but then the Alpha grabbed Scott and I by our throats and lifted us up into the air so that our feet weren't touching the ground, I grabbed at his arm and tried to get air in but couldn't since his grip was closing up my windpipe.

"Don't you realize what you're dealing with?" the Alpha asked us. "I'm an Alpha" the door dinged behind him and a clawed hand was shoved into his back causing him to drop us, I landed on my broken arm causing me to cry out in pain again.

"So am I" I heard Derek voice say before he threw the Alpha out of the elevator then he was quickly bending down beside me and gently grabbed my arm then without warning he rebroke my arm to set it properly, I let out another pain filled cry and Derek grimaced. "I thought I told you to say out of trouble" he told me wiping the tears off my cheeks.

"I know…I'm sorry" I nodded as he pulled me up then looked over at Scott who was leaning against the elevator wall still in his werewolf form.

"Aren't you two supposed to be in school" Scott sighed and leaned his head against the back wall.

We quickly walked out of the hospital with Derek carrying Isaac while I kept watch so that we didn't get pulled up on why we were carrying an unconscious teenager out of a hospital, when I nodded the all clear he put Isaac in the back of his FJ Cruiser.

"We'll follow you" I said as Scott and I ran over to our bikes and we followed Derek towards the reserve and I knew we were headed towards the old Hale House. We pulled up and we quickly jumped off following Derek as he carried Isaac into the house before setting him down on a table as I followed behind him just catching Scott's conversation with Stiles as I kept a hold of Isaac's hand.

"We got a serious problem at school" Stiles said over the phone. "Ms Blake's class..."

"Hey, can you tell me about it later?" I heard Scott reply as I checked Isaac over for external wounds but couldn't see any visible ones.

"Well, no, pretty sure this qualifies for immediate discussion"

"All right then meet us at Derek's" Scott replied cutting him off.

"Derek's house, what, what the hell are you doing at..."

"Just meet us here, okay?" he hung up then came into the room. "You don't still live here do you?" Scott asked as Derek tossed a piece of wood out of his way as he looked for something around the hole Peter busted out of when he came back to life.

"No the county took it over" Derek replied without looking up. "But there's something here that I need, it'll help heal a wound from an Alpha"

"Yeah but it did heal" Scott said looking at Isaac who was still unconscious.

"Not on the inside" he continued to clear off the floor.

"Hey, are you gonna tell us who that was back there?" Scott asked and I looked at Derek as I knew that he was one of them. "That Alpha?"

"A rival pack it's my problem" I glared at him and cleared my throat. "Our problem" he added quickly and looked at me. "Look I know you wanna help Scott and you did, I owe you one now go home" he picked up some wolfsbane then stood up. "Go back to being a teenager" Derek added before he came over to Isaac as Scott made a move towards the door.

"Uh hey Derek, if you wanna pay back that favour now...there is something you can do for me" Scott said rubbing his arm where his tattoo used to be, Derek looked over at me curiously.

"He got a tattoo and wants it to show up" I filled in smiling at Derek, he nodded then continued to treat Isaac before he went out to his car then he came back with Stiles following him in, Scott sat down on a chair that was next to few crates which were covered in dust and Derek sat on another chair across from Scott while Stiles and I stood nearby watching in silence as Derek flashed his red eyes looking at Scott's arm.

"Yeah, I see it" Derek said and let his eyes turn back to normal. "Its two bands right" Scott nodded. "What does it mean?"

"I don't know" Scott replied. "It's just something I traced with my fingers" he said tracing a pattern in the dust of the table, it was a big circle with a smaller one inside it.

"Why is this so important to you?" Derek asked him.

"Do you know what the word 'tattoo' means?" Scott asked him back.

"To mark something" Stiles chimed in smiling.

"Well that's in Tahitian, in Samoan it means 'open wound', I knew I wanted to get a tattoo when I turned eighteen…I always wanted one" Scott replied. "I just decided to get it now to make it kind of a reward"

"For what?" Derek and I asked simultaneously making me smile.

"For not calling or texting Allison all summer even when I really wanted to, even when it was so hard not to sometimes I was trying to give her the space she wants, going four months later, it still hurts it still feels like a, uh…"

"Like an open wound" Stiles finished.

"Yeah" Scott agreed.

"The pain's gonna be worse than anything you've ever felt" Derek informed him as he grabbed the blow torch he'd brought in from his car.

"Ah, that's great" Stiles mumbled.

"Do it" Scott nodded and that's when Derek lit the blow torch setting it to the hottest setting.

"Oh wow" Stiles squealed. "That's a...that's a lot for me so I'm gonna take that as my cue I'm just gonna wait outside" Stiles said as he moved past Derek and me out the door.

"Big baby!" I yelled out to him smiling before I walked over to stand behind Scott.

"What are you doing?" Scott asked me.

"What did 'the pains gonna be worse than anything you've ever felt' just go right over your head" I replied then grabbing a hold of his shoulders. "You'll move around and you could hurt yourself or Derek"

"And we don't want that" Scott scoffed but Derek and I were not amused and glared at him.

"If you hurt Derek then I can assure you that what you're about to feel will not be the worse pain you've ever felt" I replied growling at him and let my eyes glow gold for a second.

Derek rolled his eyes and nodded towards me so I pushed down on Scott's shoulders as he put the flame up against Scott's skin and instantly Scott began screaming and bouncing around in the seat as his eyes glowed but I held him in his place as much as I could until he finally passed out from the pain slumping forward but Derek and I both grabbed him and gently leaned him back in the chair.

"Well that was fun" I spoke up and Derek laughed, I chuckled quietly and rubbed my arm since it was still a bit sore from earlier.

"How's it healing?" Derek asked me.

"It's mostly healed but still a little sore" I replied as Derek pulled me closer then started kissing up past my shoulder to which I couldn't help the gasp that slipped out when he nipped my pulse point before continuing up until he finally reached my lips, I wrapped my arms around his neck as his encircled my waist but broke our kiss when we heard Stiles groan.

"Seriously can't you two go ten seconds without devouring each other's faces?"

"You're the one that walked in" I responded with a smirk watching Stiles roll his eyes before he looked over at Scott.

"How long will it take for him to wake up?" I shrugged my shoulders.

"Depends" Derek answered crossing his arms as we stared at Scott.

"On what?" Stiles asked him.

"The person, everyone reacts differently to this" Derek replied. "It took Skye a couple of minutes" he added just before Scott gasped and woke up then looked down at his tattoo before looking at us with a huge smile on his face.

"It worked" I nodded and tossed him his shirt then Scott and Stiles moved to walk out the door while I stayed with Derek.

"Well looks pretty damn permanent now" Stiles told him.

"Yeah I kind of need something permanent, everything that's happened to us everything just changes so fast everything's so…"

"Ephemeral" I supplied and smiled over at him.

"Studying for the SATS?" Stiles asked him.

"Yep" Scott replied.

"Nice" Stiles replied as I heard the door open and looked over at them to see Scott was staring at the newly painted red door so I began to panic.

"You painted the door" Scott called out, Derek looked up before sharing a glance with me and I knew it didn't go unnoticed by Scott. "Why'd you paint the door?"

"Go home, Scott" Derek responded and I silently begged him not to push it any farther.

"And why only one side?" Scott added ignoring Derek and got out his claws making a single scratch at the door.

"Scott!" Derek called as we walked over to them but Scott continued ignoring him and scratched the paint off then backed away when the symbol the Alpha's had painted on the door was visible again and looked over at me as I started biting my lip and staring at the ground nervously.

"The birds at school and the deer last night, just like the night you and I got trampled by the deer when I got bit by the Alpha" I looked up at Scott and noticed he was glaring at me. "How many are there?" I sighed.

"A pack of them"

"An Alpha pack" Derek added.

"All of them?" Stiles asked. "How does that even work?"

"I hear there's some kind of a leader…he's called Deucalion, we know they have Boyd and Erica" I grabbed Derek's hand and squeezed it "Peter, Isaac, Skye and I have been looking for them for the last four months"

"Let's say you find them" Scott said walking up to us and continued to glare at me, I knew he was angry that I didn't tell him but I wanted to keep him safe. "How do you deal with an Alpha pack?"

"With all the help I can get" I looked over at Derek and clinched my jaw in anger because he knew I didn't want Scott or Stiles involved in this since they could easily be killed or seriously injured by these Alphas.

"But don't feel like you have to" I added looking back at Scott. "This isn't your fight" Scott looked at me before looking over at Stiles and was about to responded when we heard Isaac.

"Where is she?" we all turned and saw Isaac was awake sitting up looking at us. "Where's the girl?"

"What girl?" Derek and I asked him.

"The one from the hospital, the one who saved me" he replied and we all looked at him confused.

"What do you mean?" I asked walking back over to him.

"I think I found Erica and Boyd" my eyes widened as I looked back over at Derek.

"How, where?" Derek asked coming over to stand next to me, Isaac looked down but shook his head.

"I don't remember" I looked at him confused.

"They took your memories" Derek filled in leaving me even more confused, I saw Scott and Stiles sharing a look again before they turned back to us.

"We're in" I growled low in my throat because I never wanted them involved.