I stared at the body on the metal table with shock, his torso was completely shredded apart with ten slashes starting at the bottom of his waist up to his sternum, I turned my shocked expression over to Deaton because he was just standing next to it like it was nothing
"They're coming back, we don't have much time to talk" Deaton said, as he rapidly started to dress Scott's wound
"What is that?" Scott asked as Deaton took a bottle and poured some liquid onto a cotton ball
"Rubbing alcohol you don't want it to get infected do you?" Deaton began to pat the wound and Scott winced at the sting "You'll heal the same, just not as quickly because of Derek"
"Okay, how do you know all this?" I asked the vet "Actually...how-how do you know anything?"
"It's a long story" he said, putting a bandage on Scott "What I can tell you is that I know about your kind, you're kind...I can help this-" he turned to the body on the examination table "This is something different"
"Wha...well do you know what did it?" Scott asked
"No but the Argents will and this is the crucial part they'll have some kind of record or book it'll have descriptions, histories, notations of all the things they've discovered"
"All the things?" I asked in shock "How many different things are there?" outside the sound of a car stopping on the gravel, made all us turn to the door the bell on the door chimed as it was opened as people entered so Scott and I hurried into the supply closet, just as Chris and Gerard Argent entered the room
"I'm starting to think I need to buy a more prominent "closed" sign" Deaton told them
"Hello Alan" Gerard said "It's been a while the last I heard, you had retired"
"Last I heard, you followed a code of conduct"
"If you hadn't noticed" Chris started "This body is one of ours"
"I did, I also noticed the gun powder residue on his fingertips so don't assume I'll be swayed by your philosophy just 'cause I'll answer a few questions"
"He was only 24"
"Killers, come in all ages"
"All ages, sizes, shapes" Gerard said "It's the last one that concerns us" I looked at Scott worriedly
"How about you tell us what you found" Chris said
"See this cut?" Scott and I heard Deaton ask, followed by the crack of a neck "Precise almost surgical but this isn't the wound that killed him this had a more...interesting purpose"
"Relating to the spine?" Gerard asked
"That's right whatever made this cut was laced with a paralytic toxin potent enough to disable all motor functions, these are the cause of death notice the patterns on either side"
"Five for each finger" Chris said
"Each claw" Gerard corrected
"As you can see" Deaton started "It dug in, slashed upward, eviscerating the lungs and slicing through the bone of the rib cage with ease" I looked over at Scott again with a scared expression on my face
"Have you ever seen anything like this before?" Chris asked
"No"
"Any idea at all what killed him?"
"No but I can tell you it's fast, remarkably strong and has the capacity the render its victims essentially helpless within seconds"
"If you're saying we should be cautious, we get it"
"I'm saying you should be afraid be very afraid because in the natural world, predators with paralytic toxins use them to catch and eat their prey this prey wasn't eaten that means whatever killed him, only wanted to kill him in fact, killing may be its only purpose"
"Thank you, Alan" Gerard said "We'll take it from here" two more hunters entered the room and put the body in a body bag then took it away with Chris and Gerard following as soon as Scott heard the cars pull away, the two of us walked out of the supply closet
"I'm sorry you two had to hear that" Deaton said
"So whatever killed that guy" Scott started "Is gonna kill again?"
"I'm afraid so"
"How will we know who's next?" I asked them but no one answered
Later that night I was sitting at my desk doing Math homework when I heard my window being opened, I sighed already knowing who it was because I could smell his familiar scent so I spun around and glared at him as he climbed through then stood in front of me
"You've been screening my calls again, why?" Derek demanded
"Oh gee I don't know how about you nearly killing my twin brother" I glared at him crossing my arms over my chest
"We need to talk"
"No we don't, I have nothing to say to you" I spun back around but he turned my chair and held it in place "Go away I'm mad at you for hurting Scott"
"I know but that's not what I wanna talk to you about, something happened during our 'fight'"
"What?" I asked annoyed with him
"You're eyes changed"
"Well yeah they changed from brown to gold genius" I rolled my eyes but he shook his head
"No Skye…they changed to red"
"What" I demanded loudly then looked to my door because we weren't alone
"Your eyes changed from gold to red" he replied sitting down on my bed, I shook my head
"No, no that's not…that's not possible"
"It's very possible Skye and it's fine"
"How is this fine why aren't mad at me, is this because I wouldn't move, because you were hurting Scott and I wasn't going to let you seriously injure him just like I wouldn't let Scott seriously injure you or the other Betas I don't want this power…I don't wanna take it from you I…"
"Skye" Derek chuckled "Calm down before you get yourself worked up and shift, I'm not mad because this is completely normal, I just didn't expect you to show signs of becoming an Alpha so soon and it actually explains a lot"
"What?" I asked him
"Mates are usually on the same level in the pack a Beta with a Beta or an Alpha with an Alpha, a pack needs at least three Betas but now that there are four it's natural for you to show signs that you're ready to step up"
"Derek, I don't want to kill someone for that title" he shook his head
"You won't have to, the thing I was talking to you about last night…when I said I'd tell you later…that's how you become an Alpha"
"What is it?" I asked him
"It's a bond we have to form, when the bond is formed we'll be linked together, we'll be able to tell if something's wrong physically and emotionally with the other, it'll also allow you to pull up to an Alpha ranking whenever you want"
"I'm probably going to regret asking this but how is it formed?" I asked him
"Sex…when the full moon is at its peak"
"Yup, I was right wait is this why I was all over you on the full moon?" he nodded
"Since that was your first full moon it was hard for you to push back those urges, it was hard for me the first full moon when I came back to Beacon Hills" I looked at him confused
"Why?"
"It's our natural instinct to create that bond with our mate…it's dulled in human mates but it's still there"
"That's why I couldn't look away at Lydia's party and why I pretty much attacked you the night when you showed up alive…that was a full moon" he nodded
"And now that you're a werewolf yourself…it's like ten times stronger for both of us, unfortunately it's pretty much going to be like that until we create that bond" I let out a long breath
"This is a lot to process…so moving away from the bond…I'm not taking any power away from you?"
"No, the only thing that would change is I wouldn't be the only Alpha"
"Is this why I seem to be a tuned to your emotions and being able to sense Scott's and Isaac's" he nodded, I sighed and put my head in my hands my life is getting so complicated and it is getting worse and worse every day, I had only been a werewolf for a couple of weeks
"You okay" I nodded but knew he wouldn't believe me and I reluctantly let him pull me to his chest "Tell me Skye"
"Something else is out there killing people, it paralyses the victim before slaughtering them" he looked at me
"Is it bad?"
"It's bad enough for me to use the word slaughtering" Derek nodded and stood up
"We'll figure this out…everything will be okay"
"I just feel like everything's hitting all at once, you know like me trying to control myself but freaky things just keep happening, us fighting all the time, me trying to step into an Alpha ranking and now something out there is killing people, it's just so much in so little time" he gently wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him
"Skye, it'll be okay just focus on one thing…mastering control we'll stop fighting it'll make things a lot easier on you, you don't need to worry about the Alpha ranking thing right now…we haven't even created our bond yet so just let that go and let me handle the thing that's killing people"
"Not by yourself…I don't want you getting hurt Derek" I argued
"I won't be alone…"
"Okay how about this I don't want any werewolf getting hurt trying to take this thing down, especially you, it's dangerous" I sighed and leaned my head onto his chest, I felt safe in Derek's arms it felt like nothing bad could happen to me as long as he was holding me
"Skye I'll be fine" Derek whispered running his hands up and down my back soothingly
"Do you think it's the thing that killed Isaac's dad?" I asked him, he nodded
"It's very possible but I'd have to do some digging to find out" we stayed in silence for a minute before Derek cleared his throat "I should go they'll be wondering where I am" I stepped out of his embrace and watched him walk towards the window then watched as he jumped out, I walked over and closed the widow locking it then went downstairs I needed some me time
I sat on the couch with a tub of cookie dough ice cream, I felt like total crap after the confrontations I had today with Derek, especially the one where he almost killed my twin brother, I just wanted to drown my sorrows in ice cream and The Breakfast Club
"Is the Breakfast Club I hear?" my mother asked as she walked into the room and sat next to me
"Didn't you have to work the late shift again?" I asked
"No and don't turn this on me whenever you pull out the ice cream and 80s movies, you are upset about something is it a boy?"
"There was one but he was a total jerk and an ass" I hated saying that about Derek but couldn't tell my mom the truth and it would stop her prying
"Sounds like your father" I chuckled then suddenly my phone beeped, I checked the message it was a text from Stiles, I need you to come pick me up at the mechanics, something happened, something supernatural
"Mom, can I borrow the car?" I asked
"Sure what's up?"
"Stiles need's me" I grabbed the car keys, leaving to go help my best friend "You okay?" I asked Stiles as he got into the car outside the mechanic's garage
"Yeah" Stiles said, though he was still obviously shaken "Scott was right it's not like you guys its eyes were almost like, reptilian but there was something about 'em"
"What do you mean?" I asked him
"You know when you see, like a friend in a Halloween mask but all you can see are their eyes and you feel like you know them but you just can't figure out who is it?"
"Are you saying you know who it is?" I asked him
"No but I think it knew me" I sighed then drove him home
I pulled up to the old warehouse and stopped the car, I sighed as I decided to enter something I had been debating ever since getting in the car this morning but after what happened to Stiles last night, we needed all the help we could get in figuring out what this thing was the only problem was getting Scott to agree so that's why I was going behind his back, I walked inside standing at the top of the steps just in time to see Derek throw Erica on the ground, I smirked the bitch deserved it
"Does anyone want to try not being completely predictable?" Erica suddenly jumped on Derek, straddling him and kissed him on the lips it took everything in me not to run down the stairs past Boyd and rip Erica's hair out, Derek threw her off quickly "That's the last time you do that" he said, wiping his mouth off and I wanted to know if that was the first time she's done that, otherwise I was going to put that bullet in her head myself
"Why?" Erica asked "Because I'm a Beta"
"Because he has me" I said, walking down the stairs Boyd got up and let me pass, I walked up besides Erica "Try that again and you'll see how dangerous I get"
"Are we done?" Isaac asked "I got about 100 bones that need a few hours to heal" Derek seemed sympathetic and kneeled besides Isaac then took his arm but broke it
"101 you think I'm teaching you how to fight huh look at me!"
"Derek stop" I said because it was as if I felt Isaac's pain
"I'm teaching you how to survive" Derek growled and watched the other Beta's cringe at the power in Derek's voice
"Derek that's enough" I said, putting a hand on his shoulder Derek looked at my hand, nuzzled it and stood up, the others looked at each other then at me pretty shocked I'm sure that I was able to calm Derek down
"If they wanted us dead, why aren't they coming for us now?" Isaac asked "What are they waiting for?"
"I don't know but they're planning something and you especially know that's not our only problem whatever that thing is that killed Isaac's father, I think it killed someone else last night"
"It did" I said, the four werewolves looked at me
"Well until I find out what it is, you all need to learn everything that I know as fast as I can teach you" Derek grabbed my hand and led me into his train car "Shouldn't you be at school?"
"Shouldn't they?" I asked him as Derek sighed and sat down "I had a free period"
"Are you okay, what's happened?"
"Depends there was the part where you almost killed my brother which we never resolved last night, our fight with each other and you're blonde Beta threatened me?"
"She threatened you?" Derek growled, his eyes glowing red
"Don't worry about her I can handle it myself listen, what I came here to tell you is that thing almost killed Stiles last night and it killed a mechanic and a hunter as well" I went to leave since I delivered my message
"Skye wait I realised that we never really did solve the issue last night and I never apologised for hurting Scott"
"No you didn't" I replied "But don't because I know you're not sorry" I replied moving to walk out of the train car again he stopped me
"Skye, I'm really am sorry please forgive me"
"I don't know if I can Derek, if we are gonna make this relationship work you need to trust me and you need to tell me things and let me be this Alpha female you keep saying I'm supposed to be since it might come true"
"Skye-"
"I'm not asking you to marry me or run away with me, I'm asking for trust I know you haven't had the best track record with trusting relationships but I'm different, this time it's different and deep down you know it which I know is why you're being like this" he kept his head down so I sighed "Fine if you decide, I'll be at the game tonight you can tell me your decision then either we work something out or I don't think we can be together anymore"
Derek looked up with sad eyes at what I had said, it hurt me as well but if this was how he was going to be, then he needed an ultimatum to figure out if I was what he wanted, I left the car and the warehouse leaving him with that to think of, I went back to school and went straight to my locker, I was putting my books in when I saw Scott walking up to me
"Hey are you okay, after last night I know fighting with Derek like that couldn't have been great"
"It wasn't but we kind of worked it out, were just going through a really rough patch at the moment and I feel like such a freak these days" I replied
"You're not a freak Skyez" Scott whispered soothingly as tears began flowing out my eyes
"But I am…I'm a freaking horrible werewolf and I'm not even a normal werewolf"
"What do you mean?" he asked
"I don't know…I just…all I know is that I'm not normal"
"How?"
"I don't know…remember when I was so angry at the clinic and you calmed me down…I wasn't calm per say it was more along the lines of concerned which is exactly what you felt"
"How did you know I felt that?" he asked me, I scoffed
"You're eyes are like a freaking open book Scott, I know when you're concerned about something especially me"
"So you're telling me you felt the same as me?" Scott asked, I nodded but didn't say anything else since I didn't really know more and Derek hadn't found anything else out "Everything will be okay…we'll figure this out I'll get Stiles on it" I laughed
"Thank you, Scott"
"For what?"
"Making me laugh" Scott shrugged
"It's what brothers do" I linked my arms through his and walked towards the stairwell to find the last member of our trio, we quickly found Stiles and sat on the stairwell next to him
"I'm so sorry about the other day" Stiles started, I looked at him questioningly "I'm trying, we'll get through this I know because…I love you" I snapped my head up and looked at Stiles confused as hell
"What?" Stiles ignored me and continued talking to Scott
"I love you more than…oh my God, I can't…you and Allison just have to find a better way to communicate"
"Alright I'm caught up now" I nodded smirking
"Come on!" Scott exclaimed "You and Skye are the only ones we can trust"
"So make her do this stuff!" Stiles sighed
"Hey" I snapped throwing a book at him "In case you forgot it's not a good idea for me to be around the Argents…Allison doesn't even know I'm a werewolf and they know I'm Derek's mate but they don't know that I'm with him" Scott shifted his weight and I instantly felt guilt and slightly uncomfortable feeling wash over me, my eyes narrowed at Scott "She doesn't know right?"
"Um…well I might have mentioned something…"
"SCOTT, what the hell we agreed that if anyone was going to tell Allison anything about me it was going to be ME!" I exclaimed then stood up and gathered my things
"Where are you going?" Stiles asked me
"I can't be around Scott right now because I have the sudden urge to punch him in the face…God now I'm turning into Derek…thank you Scott" I stormed off and walked outside only to see Allison sitting at one of the tables, I quickly made my way over to her "Okay" I said sitting down "You know why I couldn't tell you about me right?" Allison looked up at me
"Couldn't tell me about what?"
"The night of the formal…what happened to me and all"
"Oh that…yeah I understand, Scott told me that my family thinks you're still human and that you're not with Derek I can honestly say that everyone wants to keep it that way I guess I just don't understand why you couldn't trust me with the information"
"I was…" I started but Stiles ran up to us
"Okay does your family own like bestiary?" Stiles asked her and we laughed
"I think you mean…" Allison started
"No I mean bestiary" Stiles interrupted "And the two of you I don't want to know what's going on in your heads"
"Okay" Allison sighed "Can you describe this thing?"
"Uh…it's probably like a book old, worn…"
"Like bound in leather?" she asked him
"Yeah"
"I've seen Gerard with a book like that" Stiles nodded and ran off, as I shook my head and continued the conversation from earlier
"As I was saying I was going to tell you before your grandfather showed up but then I overheard your dad and him talking about me still being human so I decided that if something were to happen and they found out about me or my relationship with Derek…you wouldn't know and you wouldn't get hurt" Allison smiled at me
"I can handle myself"
"No doubt in my mind, I've seen you shoot a bow and arrow" Allison smirked as Stiles ran up to the table again panting
"Where…does he…keep…it?"
"It's got to be in his office" Allison replied, he ran off again and I laughed at him
"This is fun we should do this more often although if I were Stiles I probably would have just called Scott while I was sitting with you rather than running around making a scene"
"Maybe we should tell him that" Allison laughed as I watched as Stiles ran back out
"Or we can just let him continue like this" he ran up to the table and took a puff of Scott's inhaler
"You know drug dealers have been using disposable cell phones pretty successfully for years" Allison shook her head
"My parents check every call, email and text message I send, trust me they'd find it"
"All right, can you get the book?"
"Not without his keys"
"Oh God we're planning on stealing the principal's keys" I sighed "Why can't we have one day where we don't do anything that could put us in danger?"
"How is stealing his keys going to put us in danger?" Stiles asked
"You didn't watch him slice a werewolf in half Stiles…trust me stealing a piece of candy from him could potentially put us in danger" Stiles nodded
"Very true, so how are we going to do this?"
"What about at the game?" Allison asked "He's going tonight, I'll just sit with him and grab his keys then Stiles can grab them and run into his office to find it"
"Wait why me?" Stiles asked "Why not the werewolves"
"Because Scott will be on the field it'll be hard for him to get away long enough to go searching for the book but I'll look with you big baby" I replied rolling my eyes
"Fine I'll look in his office" he sighed and started walking off
"Come on!" Coach yelled as another player was taken down by Eddie "The Abomination" Abomowitz "Is that thing even a teenager, I wanna see a birth certificate!" The coach turned around and sat next to Stiles and me on the bench I would usually sit with my mom but not tonight and lucky the coach liked me enough to let me sit here with the team "Who or what is that genetic experiment gone wrong?"
"Eddie Abomowitz, coach" Stiles said
"They call him 'The Abomination'" I added
"Oh that's cute" The coach mumbled, Stiles and I turned around and saw Gerard put his coat on Allison the plan was going as planned, we both got up and walked over to her, just as two other players were taken down, Allison handed Stiles Gerard's keys and the two of us ran towards the school we almost made it, when Stiles stopped
"What's wrong?" I asked, Stiles nodded his head at a car Lydia was sitting inside crying, I wanted to help my friend but knew it was Stiles' time to shine, I took the keys "Go talk to her, you can catch up" I ran inside the school and went to Gerard's office then started rummaging through his desk, trying to find the bestiary "Come on...come on where is it?" I asked myself
"What are you looking for" I looked up and saw Derek standing in the doorway
"You came" I said surprised I didn't think he was going to come
"Why wouldn't I?" Derek held out a hand, which I took "We need to talk" Derek led me to the school swimming pool then let go of my hand and picked up a random basketball that sat by one of the diving boards
"I remember I used to come here a lot after basketball practice sometimes" Derek started "I felt like I could just swim for hours and not be tired I met Kate in a place like this the pool" he paused "When I was with Kate, it was all about the sex and physical aspect of a relationship but with you, I want the emotional and physical Skye, I've never felt this way about anyone, listen I promise from now on I will be honest with you and I will tell you everything about the pack but I will keep making more Betas if it means it can protect you from this creature"
"I can protect myself and this sounds very rehearsed" I said, Derek scoffed and grabbed my face kissing me passionately on the lips I kissed back tangling my fingers in his hair but then he pulled back from the kiss
"Does that seem rehearsed?" he asked
"N..N…No" I stuttered, on a high from the kiss but realised what he just did he distracted me as usual and I fell for it as usual
"Ah...Ah...Ow" I heard from behind me, I turned to see Erica dragging Stiles by the ear
"Stiles" Derek said picking up the basket ball again
"Derek" Stiles said "Skye, did you find it?" I shook my head
"What did you see at the mechanic's garage" Derek asked Stiles
"Uh, several alarming EPA violations that I'm seriously considering reporting" Derek smirked and used his claws to deflate the basketball in his hands "Holy God" Stiles gasped
"Let's try that again I know you saw something Skye told me, what did you see?" Stiles looked at me in a 'I can't believe you did that' way and I gave him an 'I'm sorry' look
"All right, the thing was pretty slick looking um skin was dark kind of patterned um, I think I actually saw scales is that enough because I have someone I really need to talk to" Derek looked at Stiles unamused "Alright eyes, eyes are um...yellowish and slitted" just then, I felt the tingle go up my spine and looked up, I was looking right into the eyes of the creature I squeezed Derek's hand making him look up to which caused to Erica follow our gazes as well "What?" Stiles asked "What, you've seen it you all have this look on your faces like you know exactly what I'm talking about"
"Stiles" I said making Stiles turn and look up as the creature let out a hiss, it screamed and jumped down from the second story causing Stiles to jump next to me, Derek growled and took a protective stance in front of me as the creature knocked Erica into the wall, leaving her unconscious
"Run!" Derek said, pushing me and Stiles away but I saw the creature whip its tail around and Derek grabbed his neck and I saw the cut already starting to heal
"Derek, your neck" I said and caught him as he began to fall, Stiles grabbed him to and draped Derek's arm over his shoulder while I did the same to the other one then we took off running
"Where is it?" Derek asked "Do you see it?"
"No" Stiles said "Just hurry"
"Call Scott" Stiles grabbed his phone but it slipped out of his hands and landed on the ground, I turned around at the sound of the creature's hissing and was about to attack but the sound of Derek yelling distracted me
"Stiles, you son of a…" I turned around just in time to see him hit the water
I started towards the pool to jump in the water but the creature hissed at me and blocked my way, I watched Stiles jump into the water before turning my attention back to the creature that was eyeing me and for a moment nothing happened we just stared off then I vaguely heard Derek and Stiles take a breath when they surfaced but my focus was on the thing in front of me
It locked its reptilian like eyes with my gold ones, I suddenly gasped as I felt a lot of anger which trigged my shift and backed away trying to fight it, it just came so suddenly I kneeled down at the pool's edge taking deep breaths desperately trying to fight it off
"No…I don't want to shift…"
"Skye" I heard Stiles call out
"Don't" I heard Derek whisper "She's trying to fight it…you might distract her" I roared in pain as I fought the shift, I tried to conjure up every memory I had of Derek but it wasn't working I felt myself shift and let out a vicious roar as I stared at the two warm bodies in the water
I felt trapped, I felt like I wasn't in complete control of my body, I watched as Stiles starting swimming near me and let out a warning growl against my will
"Wait, wait, wait, wait…stop" Derek said as the creature appeared on the side of the pool adjacent to me
"What are they waiting for?" Stiles asked noticing neither of us had made a move to enter the pool I don't know why I wasn't trying to jump in after them I just knew that I couldn't "Wait did you see that, I don't think he can swim" I could hear Stiles but my brain didn't process it, I was running on pure primal drive
"But Skyler can" Derek told him, they looked over at me as I continued stalking and staring at them only seeing their infrared shapes
Stiles swam up to where I was kneeling and I felt myself snapping my jaws at him but he ignored me then grabbed my wrist putting it near the water, I let out a pain filled roar as the water hurt me
"Stiles let her go!" Derek shouted and the small sound of my mate's discomfort at my pain brought me back for a spit second but I couldn't hold onto it, Stiles let my hand go and looked at Derek
"Why…hurting…?" I heard Stiles ask Derek
"I don't…I need to…her back"
"How do…know…can…it?"
"Because I can" Derek replied angrily
"Maybe I could try"
"Stiles she just tried to attack you…only I can bring her back" Stiles nodded
"What do you need me to do?" I growled as they came closer to me, all I could think about was ripping them to shreds right now none of their words trigged anything in me
"Get my hand on hers" Stiles grabbed Derek's right hand and placed it on the side of the pool and as soon as I moved close enough ready to kill them, Stiles grabbed my hand and placed it on Derek's open palm, I stilled and looked at my hand on top of Derek's "Skyler" Derek whispered causing me to look at him and I was actually seeing him but my vision kept going back and forth from normal to infrared "Fight this Skye…control yourself, you know you can"
I slowly started to shift back and saw Stiles eyes widen in disbelief as Derek pulled me out of an uncontrollable werewolf state into my human one, my small hand wrapped around Derek's wrist as my eyes returned to brown
"Derek" I whispered relieved as tears filled my eyes, I looked at Stiles then at Derek "What's happening to me?" Stiles shook his head
"I don't know Skye but I'll figure this out" Derek promised me and I was getting sick of him saying that but I nodded and turned my attention to the creature slowly moving its way towards us, I let go of Derek's wrist and motioned them to move away from the edge
"Okay, okay" Stiles panted "I don't think I can do this much longer" Stiles eyes looked towards his phone, I made a move towards it but the creature hissed and blocked my way
"No, no, no, no don't even think about" Derek yelled at Stiles
"Could you just trust me this once?"
"No!"
"Derek!" I snapped sending a quick glare his way, now was not the time for no trust
"I'm the one keeping you alive okay, have you noticed that?" Stiles asked him ignoring my warning
"Yeah and when the paralysis wears off, who's going to be able to fight that thing…you or me?" Derek questioned him
"So that's why I've been holding you up for the past two hours?"
"Yup, you don't trust me I don't trust you but you need me to survive, which is why you're not letting me go" Derek warned him but Stiles looked at him then looked over at me, I gingerly touched the water and nodded at him as soon as Stiles went for the phone the creature would be too distracted and leave me alone allowing me to jump in and grab Derek, Stiles shoved Derek off of him he yelled "Stiles!" before sinking to the bottom
The creature hissed and ran towards Stiles who was swimming towards his phone, I dove into the water as soon as I could swimming straight to the bottom grabbing Derek and pulling him up to the surface supporting his paralysed weight, we gasped for air and he looked at me
"You okay?" I asked trying to catch my breath
"I will be once the paralysis wears off, you?" I shook my head
"I'm…so confused" Stiles swam over to us and interrupted our moment
"Please tell me you got him?" Derek asked, he gave us a look before moving to help support Derek again
"He hung up didn't he?" I looked over at Stiles and spat some water out of my mouth
"Yup" he answered, I shook my head
"I'm going to kill him"
"Hey so…" Stiles started "…what's going on with you two?" I snorted out a laugh because he really did have horrible timing
"You know were together Stiles" I replied rolling my eyes at him
"But I didn't think you were that serious about each other, I remember helping Scott find control and Allison is one of the only things that could pull him back because he loves her and it's just like what Derek did to you earlier" the creature let out a scream
"Stiles now's not the best time for this but if you must know Derek's my mate and my anchor which I figured out on my first full moon" he nodded then looked around
"I…I can't stay up any longer…" Stiles panted "I need something to hold on to" I shifted Derek's weight to try and take some of the pressure off of Stiles but it didn't seem to be helping, I looked around and spotted a diving block
"There" I nodded towards the block Stiles started swimming towards it while I kept Derek's head above water so he didn't drown, he reached for the handle but his hand slid off causing him and Derek to fall into the water, I dove under trying to pull both of them up but was exhausted from the incident earlier then felt someone pull Stiles and Derek up before grabbing my hand and pulling me up as well
Scott locked eyes with me as he moved me towards Stiles and Derek then he let out a roar before the creature knocked him over it and grabbed Scott's ankle with his tail throwing him into a mirror, Scott grabbed a shard of the broken mirror and we watched as it stared confused by its own reflection the creature then hissed one last time before climbing the walls and jumping out the roof windows
"Okay…" I said causing the three of them to look at me "I'm only going to say this once…what the hell is that?"
I shivered from the cold winter air blowing on my wet hair the bestiary was actually a flash drive hanging on Gerard's keys, Scott plugged it into a laptop and scrolled through it
"Is that even a language?" Stiles asked, I looked over at the screen
"Yeah…it's archaic Latin" I replied
"And you're just that much of a genius that you know archaic Latin?" he asked me, I snorted
"No…but I know what archaic Latin looks like since it and classical Latin are pretty similar"
"So how are supposed to figure out what this thing is?" Scott sighed
"It's called a Kanima" Derek said walking up to us and I felt a jacket being draped over my shivering body, I sent a quick thank you smile at Derek before looking back at Scott
"You knew the whole time" Stiles accused, I rolled my eyes knowing Derek didn't know before hand, I pulled the laptop onto my lap trying to translate anything I could
"No" Derek said "Only when it was confused by its own reflection"
"It doesn't know what it is" Scott said
"Or who" I added, Stiles and Scott shot me a confused look "What, it only makes sense"
"What else do you know?" Stiles asked Derek but he shook his head
"Just stories…rumours"
"It's like us?" Scott asked him
"A shape-shifter yes but it's…it's not right it's like a…"
"An abomination" Stiles and I supplied at the same time, Derek looked between us and nodded his head, he and Erica turned to leave but Scott stopped them
"Derek!" they turned around and faced him "We need to work together on this, maybe even tell the Argent's"
"Scott" I sighed "I'm pretty sure they already know what they're dealing with"
"You trust them?" Derek asked ignoring me making me roll my eyes, I seriously don't know why I bother talking to these boys they never listen to me
"Nobody trusts anyone!" Scott told him "That's the problem, while we're here arguing about who's on what side, there's something scarier, stronger and faster than any of us and it's killing people and we still don't know anything about it!" Derek just looked at him for a few seconds before finally saying
"I know one thing, when I find it…I'm gonna kill it" I debated following after him but stayed with Scott and Stiles trying to read the bestiary and knew Derek would check up on me tonight away
"Why didn't you tell us you found your anchor" Stiles asked me as I hoped in the jeep, Scott was going to pick up our mom and Stiles was driving me home
"I didn't know I had to"
"What is this mate business you've mentioned it a couple of times now" he asked me
"Were bonded for life" I replied shrugging
"So let me get this straight you and Derek are mates which means that you can never be apart and you're each other's anchors…is that all?"
"I don't know about being each other's anchors but he's definitely mine and I'm in his pack" I replied
"SKYE!"
"Stiles, believe me when I say that one day you will need someone in that pack that can change his mind and trust me…I can do that very well"
"Change his mind on everything?" he asked me and I rolled my eyes
"I don't know about that but most things yes"
"So did you know about him turning people?" he asked me
"I knew about Isaac but not Erica or Boyd or him biting Jackson"
"Is that all you lied about?" I sighed and bit my lip
"Yeah, that's everything" he pulled up outside my house
"Look Stiles I know you and Scott don't trust him but I'm in love with Derek and he's everything to me" he smiled and nodded as I got out walking up to my bedroom and exactly like I thought Derek was there waiting, I smiled and quickly got changed before climbing into the bed with him letting all the tension drain out of me, we didn't talk and just enjoyed each other's company
