Chapter 02: Something in the Air

Cora and Elizabeth worked on getting Derek out of the cell, when Scott looked at Theo who nodded they could both feel something wasn't right even Jordan was starting to feel it. Cora raised her eyebrow, though she was more focused on getting Derek out of the cell then anything else. Jordan moved from where he was standing talking to Walt, and took over from Elizabeth.

"Hey Jordan, I have a theory...think you can try something on the cell?" Elizabeth questioned, Jordan nodded as he and Cora stopped after they left the cell.

"Something like this?" Jordan replied, his eyes glowing a golden orange and looking at his hand as it lit up – that was something that Elizabeth had been working on with him.

"Just like that," Elizabeth smiled, before Jordan moved his hand and put it through the cell door and the six of them watched as a blue flame arose and died just as quickly. "Mountain ash...you might also know it as the Rowan tree,"

"How did you...?" Walt questioned, looking at Jordan and Elizabeth who exchanged a look before Scott spoke.

"A circle of mountain ash can contain most supernatural creatures," Scott explained, Theo let himself smirk a little, he wasn't one that it could contain.

'We have to get Derek to the car now,' Elizabeth spoke silently to Theo and Jordan who nodded, Theo taking over from Cora as they all turned to the door.

"Sorry, we need to get him out of here," Jordan said, as Scott listened to the footsteps that were seemingly bounding up the stairs.

"Stiles?" Scott raised an eyebrow when he saw his suited best-friend step through the door. "What are you doing here?"

"FBI got a notification that Derek's name was being searched...Oh my god Derek are you okay?" Stiles was immediately in front of Jordan and Theo before he stepped away from Theo realising he was there too.

"And I..." Lydia started to say but was taken a back by Cora and Elizabeth shaking their heads. "Never mind,"

"What's the FBI doing here?" Walt questioned, he hated the FBI being in his county without his approval.

"Sorry, I'm an Intern...was sent here by my superiors...Stiles Stilinski that's me," Stiles rambled, Elizabeth rolled her eyes and looked at Scott who was furiously typing a message to his father.

"Dad sent him," Scott said looking up from his phone and then at Stiles before his eyes landed on Walt who was looking him up and down. "Rafael McCall,"

Scott said his father name almost bitterly as he looked at Stiles an Lydia, Lydia and Elizabeth seemed to be mid conversation though if you didn't know the you wouldn't know. Ruby looked at the group before heading back to her desk, she knew that both Elizabeth and Scott weren't too fond of Rafael.

After Theo and Jordan had gotten Derek to the car Elizabeth sat beside him and worked her magic to remove the bullet that was lodged in his side. Cora and Lydia caught up, while Stiles and Scott did the same. Though Stiles wanted to know what Derek was doing in the first place and where the twins were.

"Were you human or wolf?" Theo asked, Stiles raised his eyebrow at the question that was asked of Derek.

"Wolf...transformed to human when I got back to the car," Derek grimaced as the bullet slowly came out and fell into a plastic bag that Stiles had pulled from his pocket.

"You're lucky it's a regular bullet," Elizabeth said, before wiping off the blood that had started pooling again. "Why didn't you tell them? You know you can slow your healing,"

"Not enough control near the full moon," Derek answered, watching as Theo took over and bandaged his side before they allowed him to sit up straight. "You and Ellie," Derek rolled his eyes, they were just as bad as what Cora was.

What they didn't realise was that Vic, Ferg and Walt were watching out the window, the three of hem wondering just what she had done and how long the bullet had been lodged in his side. Elizabeth glanced up at the window after a minute, and noticed everyone but Ruby looking. Stiles followed her eyes and nodded to Elizabeth.

'Aunt Ruby, why didn't the deputies and Sheriff check Derek?' Elizabeth questioned silently as Derek leaned back against the front seat of the SUV.

'They said that they did,' Ruby answered silently, she was used to her niece's sometimes silent conversations.

'He had a bullet lodged in his side. Derek also doesn't use a gun,' Elizabeth told her, running a hand over her face before she returned her attention to Derek.

"Everything okay Ace?" Cora questioned, from where she was now leaning against the SUV talking to Derek.

"Yeah, Aunt Ruby said that the Sheriff and his deputies checked Der," Elizabeth said, as she watched Theo toss the first-aid kit into the trunk of the car again. "Lyds you wouldn't have come if you didn't feel something, what was it?"

"Derek," Lydia answered quietly, the banshee in her saw Derek die.

"I'm okay Lydia," Derek put his hand out the door of the SUV for Lydia to hold. "See, I'm right here,"

"Yeah you are," Stiles grinned, he was almost beaming from ear to ear at the fact that Derek was alive. Lydia smiled at him and squeezed his hand. "So what happens now?"

"Now, the Sheriff is going to take us to the crime scene," Elizabeth answered, getting a raised eyebrow from Stiles and a confused look from Lydia. "We had to tell them what we are to get them to release Derek,"

Stiles and Lydia looked at their friends, both wondering just how much of a shit show it was going to be in Absaroka County now that they knew about the supernatural. Scott smiled innocently, they didn't really know what they were doing but hoped that Elizabeth and Derek would be able to clear things up.

"The elderly lady on dispatch, she's my aunt. She already knew about some of the supernatural," Elizabeth said, hoping to clear up some of the confusion from Stiles and Lydia. "Scott why don't you go with Stiles and Lydia?"

"Ace? You sure?" Scott raised his eyebrow at her she nodded as they watched Walt, Ferg and Vic walk from the building.

"I'm sure, make sure that you follow us," Elizabeth smiled, turning her attention as Derek let go of Lydia's hand wincing slightly at having to move.

"We will," Scott hugged Elizabeth tightly before Lydia hugged her and started to refuse to let go.

"Lyds, let go we'll be right behind them," Stiles gently grabbed hold of Lydia's arm, before Scott hugged him and muttered something about them never splitting up again.

"Follow us," Walt said before climbing into hid bronco with Vic.

"Do we trust them?" Vic questioned, sitting beside Walt as he started the bronco and motioned for them to follow them.

"Ruby seems to trust the girl," Walt answered, neither of them realising that everyone minus Lydia could hear what they were saying.

Twenty minutes later and the four cars were pulling up to the scene where Derek had supposedly killed a man. Elizabeth looked at Derek who nodded at her before pulling her over for a kiss. Scott wound down the window of the Stiles' car and just as quickly wound it up. Jordan, Scott and Elizabeth climbed out looking at each other before they headed over to where Walt, Vic and Ferg were standing.

"What about your friends?" Walt questioned, looking at Elizabeth and then at the two men.

"They're not needed for this, Derek is still weak from being in the cell," Scott said looking to Elizabeth who was closing her eyes before opening and them and allowing them to glow blue/purple.

'Scott, what can you smell?' Elizabeth asked her eyes scanning the area for footprints for anything really.

'Faintest trace of Derek's wolf,' Scott replied, his eyes flashing red briefly as he felt the different chemosignals starting to affect him.

"I'm going to show you what happened three days ago in this area," Elizabeth said taking a deep breath her eyes still glowing purple.

"You said that you'd had Derek in custody for around six or seven hours when Ruby contacted us, how long before that had the murder occurred?" Jordan questioned, he was doing his bit by standing slightly away from Scott and Elizabeth as they worked.

"That's correct," Walt nodded, Vic raised her eyebrow and looked at Vic before looking to where Elizabeth was standing with her back to them.

"Okay, well I need you all to stand still," Elizabeth said as she concentrated on bringing to life what had happened three days prior. "Hey Theo can you grab five crystals from the trunk of the car?"

Theo muttered something about her being able to do it herself but climbed out of the SUV and went fishing for the crystals. Scott looked at Elizabeth and then at Theo wondering if he knew what he had to do with them. Theo walked around the edge of the crime scene placing the crystals at spots of equal distance before getting back in the car. Elizabeth moved her hands in front of her concentrating on bringing to life what had happened seventy-two hours earlier.

Seventy-two hours earlier.

A black wolf with bright blue eyes ran through the crime-scene. There was nobody there at that stage, the area was devoid of human life. The wolf – Derek – ran around a few more times before finally disappearing, an hour later and Derek's figure was running through in human form. Derek did the same thing as his wolf self before disappearing not to be seen again. Again there was no humans there while Derek was there. The next thing they saw was the victim, that they claimed Derek had murdered, and a man dressed similar to Derek but not the same.

The man dressed similar to Derek had longer hair, and looked to be a Cheyenne from the Reservation spoke saying something about how the victim deserved what was coming to him. Next thing they saw was a gun being pulled and a shot being fired. Still there was no sign of Derek being there aside from hours earlier. Five minutes later a car drove by with a small child looking and an older woman looking out the window. The older woman making the call, as the driver looked out the window not stopping.

An hour later and they saw Walt, Vic and Ferg arriving at the scene, with only the body of the victim there.

Present day.

Elizabeth allowed the scene to fade before she turned around to face Walt, Vic and Ferg. Jordan already looking like he wanted to murder them, but restraining himself. Scott looked at Elizabeth and let out a little laugh, he seen the way Elizabeth's face had changed when the wolf ran before them.

"There are no wolves in Wyoming, especially no black wolves," Walt said, Elizabeth laughed a little harder and looked at Derek who shrugged.

"Sorry, that was uh...that was my husband," Elizabeth said taking a deep breath before she continued to speak. "Everything that you just saw then happened, nothing was made up,"

"Derek really can turn into a wolf, what we'd like to know is when did he get shot?" Jordan questioned, looking between the two Deputies and the Sheriff.

"We also know that you're not sure that you can trust us...we can hear pretty much everything," Scott said and as if to prove a point a spoke quietly. "Derek is a sourwolf according to Stiles,"

"Scott," Derek growled, before throwing a glare at Stiles who raised his eyebrow having no idea what Scott had said.

"That was a whisper?" Ferg blinked, looking between Derek and Scott.

"As you can see from what you just saw Derek was nowhere near the crime-scene, someone that looked a little like him but not him," Elizabeth said bringing the attention back to what she had shown everyone. "Did anyone recognise the man?"