Mortal Enemies

Disclaimer: A fun little idea I came up with recently. As always, I own nothing but what you see here! Ignores anything to do with the Alpha Pack and Melissa is basically the reason Boyd and Erica didn't leave after Chris freed them.

When Scott got the text to come over to Derek's Loft with an address included in the text, he was initially confused. As for one, he didn't even know the guy had a Loft and for two, he couldn't help but wonder why he would have some news for him of all people. Unless said news involved a new member of the Pack that the older man had decided to bring in for whatever reason. Sure, things were improving between him and the Alpha for some time now since the man was trying to do things better so there wasn't any friction between the two of them anymore. And it was clearly working given the fact Boyd and Erica weren't wanting to leave anymore. Or that Erica herself wasn't trying to be antagonistic anymore towards him, though the same couldn't be said about her and Allison all things considered. Funnily enough, the Blonde She-Wolf had chosen to turn Stiles' life upside down much to the immense amusement of his dad as she did just about anything to snatch him for herself. And if Scott's view of the situation was right, it was looking more and more like his best friend was succumbing to it since he barely seemed to be putting up a fight these days much to Lydia's liking.

Though Scott privately suspected the two girls had plotted the whole thing out as it is with some assistance from Harley but so far hadn't been willing to ask. Deciding that some things were just better off not being known about. A sentiment Jackson, Danny, Boyd, and Isaac all agreed on surprisingly enough. And once he got to where Derek's Loft was located at, Scott couldn't really give the place high praise as the whole building looked like it had seen better days. But it was a definite step up from the old burnt out Hale place and the Subway station at any rate. Thankfully the Elevator worked too as even with his stamina being what it is these days, going up all the steps would have been a pain in the ass! He knocked on the giant metal door to the older man's new place and heard him shout to come inside and did so. And as he did so, an unfamiliar scent hit his nose, one he kinda liked for that matter but the source of it was one he couldn't see at the moment much to his surprise dislike! "Welcome to the Loft, Scott." Came Derek's voice as he got off his couch.

"Uhh… No offense or anything, but you didn't somehow break in and 'convince' the people who run this place to let you have it, did you?" The young Wolf asked curiously as he looked about the place.

Deciding it definitely looked a bit better then the rest of the building did. Derek chuckled at the younger Wolf's slight amount of suspicion. Knowing he probably would have thought of something like that given their past history despite the way things were going now between them. "No, I didn't do any of that. My family has a lot of money and now that things are calmer, I decided to use some of it to buy this Loft."

"Oh. Lydia doesn't know yet does she?"

"No, not yet." Came the response with a slight grimace.

As the older man knew what Scott was thinking where the Redhead was concerned! As no doubt, she'd want to 'brighten' up the place so it wouldn't look so dreary looking and all that! "Der! Who are you talking too!?" Came the voice of a girl that Scott didn't recognize but thought was pretty from the second floor of the Loft.

He didn't have long to wait either as the owner of the voice came down in a pair of blue jean shorts and a yellow Henley with her hair in a braid going over her shoulder and no socks or shoes on. Derek smiled at the girl. "Just talking with Scott here, sis."

"I'm sorry, but did you just say sis? As in sister?"

"Yep."

"I thought Laura died?"

"She did, but Cora didn't. We just left her in New York for her own safety until we felt things were safer for her to be here." Explained Derek with a twinge in his chest over his lost older sister.

Scott looked at the girl for a moment, something in the back of his mind niggling at him that she seemed somehow familiar while Cora herself regarded him cooly with a suspicious air about her. "Is he a member of the new Hale Pack too?" She finally asked, as she could smell the Wolf within him.

Along with feeling a sense of familiarity about him. A shake of the head came from her older brother. "No, not yet but I hope in the future he will be when our history together is fully behind us."

"Right." Replied Cora, as personally, she didn't particular see anything special about him. Unlike the other 4 Betas she'd already been introduced too.

Then again, something about him was off putting and that's why she had such a negative view of him for whatever reason she couldn't fathom other then a vague sense of familiarity. "Did you go to Beacon Grade School by any chance?" Questioned the boy curiously.

"Yeah? Why?"

His eyes lit up at her response and it made her a bit… Guarded as that couldn't mean anything good. Or perhaps it did and she was merely over thinking things! "Does the name 'Three Tail Hale' mean anything to you?" He asked with a small smile.

A growl escaped Cora as her eyes went gold as Derek looked between the two as he vaguely remembered how one little boy back then seemed to garner that kind of reaction whenever he was brought up at home. Often being a source of irritation for his little sister that his mom and Laura thought was just some grade school crush thing going on between the two. Something little Cora had denied vehemently back then. "I do, and I hated that nickname! Only one person was ever brave enough to call me that since I'd kick the ass of whoever tried to call me that!"

Scott's small smile widened and realization dawned on Derek then and there. "You were the one Cora declared as her 'Enemy Above All Others'."

"Really? Wow, I'm kinda touched."

Snarky and sarcastic was something the older man was NOT used too where Scott was concerned! "Weird. Jaw. McCall." Snarled out Cora as her eyes continued to stay golden.

"While I missed you and our fun, I can't really say I missed that name." Retorted Scott with a shit eating grin on his face.

One she wanted to wipe off his smug smuggity smugful face! "You won't have time to miss much when I'm done with you!"

"Whoa now, you gotta buy me dinner before promising me a fun time like that."

"And I thought Stiles was the one with the idiot mouth." Muttered Derek off to the side with a shake of the head.

A growl came from Cora right before she launched herself at Scott. In which in a series of shenanigans as her brother watched on, would see her end up being piggy backed by her Mortal Enemy. "WHOO-HOO! GIDDY UP LIL HORSEY!" Shouted Scott gleefully.

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"

"Now that's not proper first date talk!"

"THIS ISN'T A DATE, YOU MORON!"

Scott let out a fake gasp as the metal door slid open, revealing Stiles, a hesitant Allison, Boyd, Erica, Lydia, Jackson, Danny, and Isaac. All of them getting quite the show in the process as well! "What do you mean this isn't a date!? I thought it was! I mean, your brother brought me here to be re-united with you and now here we are doing piggy back rides!" Man, he hadn't had this much fun in a long while!

"THIS ISN'T A PIGGY BACK RIDE! THIS IS ME TRYING TO KILL YOU!" Yelled Cora angrily.

"Really? Cause… I've been in several life and death situations and this doesn't really seem like one of those my sweet Three Tail Hale!"

Incoherent grumbling could be heard from the mysterious girl as Lydia's eyes lit up in recognition of the name. Along with Stiles' as he remembered the days of his best friend and Cora Hale being at 'war' with one another. "Umm… Should we stop this?" Allison asked in concern.

"Nah, believe it or not, this would have probably happened sooner or later if the Hale Fire had never happened." Replied Lydia with a small shrug.

"Really?"

"Yep, Cora and I were best friends back then and after the fire, Scott just kinda slipped my mind some time later since I got focused on other things." As thinking of Cora had proven to be a bit… Painful around then.

Derek side stepped his sister and Scott to come up to the surprised group. "So long as they aren't breaking anything, I'm good with what's going on."

"DEATH TO WEIRD JAW MCCALL!"

Author's Notes: Heh, this was fun!