I went back home and the loft felt so empty without Derek, I packed my school satchel with my books and pens then drove towards the campus because I had advanced Bio which was a boring class today as it was all theory
After class I walked out but felt a hand on my shoulder stop me and I really had to fight the urge not to spin around and knock the person on their arse, I turned and saw a girl with blonde hair and brown eyes and she kind of reminded me of Erica so I smiled
"Hi, you're Skyler right" I nodded "I'm Abby"
"Hey" I smiled shyly
"There's a party at my place tonight and I thought you should come" I was a little shocked at first because I had never talked to this girl yet she was inviting me to her party when she didn't even know me, my instincts said to refuse as it seemed too good to be true but it sounded fun and I could tell this girl was human
"Sure sounds fun thankyou"
"Put your number in and I'll text you the details" she handed me her phone so I quickly added my number into her contacts then sent a quick text to myself so I had her number since I don't answer unknown numbers
Later that night I rocked up to the address she texted me and found out it was a fraternity house and was full of college students drinking and dancing, I made my way inside dodging drunk kids and walked out the back, I didn't know any of these people
"Skyler" I heard making me turn around and saw Abby "I'm glad you made it"
"I didn't know this was going to be a frat party" I replied smiling
"Would you have come if I did?"
"Probably not" I said making her laugh
"You like to keep to yourself but you don't have to so I thought you could use a friend and a night out" I nodded as she picked up two drinks from the nearby drinks table and tried to hand me one
"Oh I can't drink" I could but it was useless because I couldn't get drunk anymore not unless someone added wolfsbane and I really didn't feel like being poisoned tonight and hallucinate uncontrollably
"Can't or won't, it's a party you should have fun and I think someone has their eyes set on you already" she nodded behind me smiling so I turned my head to see a blue eyed blond guy walking towards us "Have fun" I heard her say as she quickly walked away, he walked up to me and smiled
"Hi, I saw you from across the room and thought we might be into each other and now that I'm here I'm sure" I cocked an eyebrow at him
"The line from The Duff really, you really thought that was going to work" I replied
"Worth a shot" he shrugged "I haven't seen you around before, you a freshman"
"Something wrong with that" I crossed my arm and was sure I was pulling off a Derek Hale scowl
"No, it's about time we got a beautiful girl on campus" I smiled stepping forward and pretended to start flirting back
"Those blue eyes might make normal girls drop their panties to your every whim but not me so if you want to save yourself the embarrassment of me knocking you on your ass I suggest you move onto the next girl because I'm not interested" I stepped back and went to walk away but he grabbed my arm, I spun and twisted his back clearly hurting him then leaned in and whispered in his ear as other students started to stare "When a girl says no, she means no" I kicked his legs out from underneath him and he fell to the ground groaning in pain as I walked away to the corner of the party and just observed and wow I was Derek at Lydia's party Scott's first full moon
"That was pretty hard core for a girl" I sighed loudly as it was another guy, I turned and glared at the brown haired guy
"As I just told him, I'm not interested" he held up his hands
"Neither am I" he dropped his hands and smiled "I have a girlfriend" I felt immediately guilty
"Oh I'm sorry you must think I'm totally one of those egotistical girls who are so full of themselves" he laughed
"Nah, okay maybe a little" he replied but I could tell he was joking which made me laugh with him, he held out his hand "I'm Evan"
"Skye" I shook his hand
"I can't believe a petite girl could knock Jared on his arse like that"
"Friend of yours I'm guessing" I asked him
"No but I agree he needed to be knocked down, he's the number one playboy of UCLA"
I ended up talking with Evan the whole night and it was so nice just talking about normal everyday things and not worrying about werewolf things except for when I was checking my phone as Derek hadn't called me yet
"You expecting a call" Evan asked me making me look up
"No why"
"You keep checking your phone every twenty minutes"
"Oh it's nothing" he kept looking at me so I sighed "My boyfriends out of town visiting family and he hasn't called me yet when he promised"
"I'm sure he's just caught up with other things, nobody would ignore a promise with a beautiful girl like yourself" I smiled and brushed my hair behind my ear nervously
"So where's your girlfriend" I asked him to get off the topic of Derek
"She got into NYU, we see each other on the weekends we don't have class and I drive up there to see her whenever I can"
"That must be hard" I asked because I couldn't imagine being separated from Derek like that
"A little but we make it work, we've been together since our sophomore year of high school" I smiled "What about you and your boyfriend, you said he's out of town does he go to school here"
"Uh no, he's older"
"Oh sorry I just assumed" he stuttered
"It's okay, it's complicated"
"You must have met recently if you just got into college"
"Not exactly we've been together since I was sixteen, it's a lot more complicated and I really can't explain it"
"Oh I get it, he's a dropout" I smiled and nodded nervously, going with that
"Yeah I guess, I never really asked because it's–"
"Complicated" he said cutting me off
"Yeah sorry I know I keep saying that"
"You keep apologising too, are you okay" he asked
"Yeah I'm just really bad at talking to people outside my family" my phone started buzzing in my hand, I looked down at it and saw Derek's name and picture flash "Uh I have to get this"
"Sure" I stood up and walked into a corner and answered the phone
"Hey what happened to calling me as soon as you landed, I've been worried" I said as soon as I picked up
"Sorry" he replied sighing
"Are you okay, have you found Cora yet?"
"Not yet, the pack has moved locations so it's a little harder than I thought"
"I'm sure you will and if you need my help you know I'll be there as soon as I can"
"You need to stay exactly where you are, I'll find them and be home in no time" the music got louder so I had to cover my other ear to hear him "That better not be at our loft" l laughed
"No I'm kind of at a frat party right now"
"You're kidding right"
"Nope not all, I'm attempting to make friends and this girl Abby invited me and I didn't know it was a frat party until I got here" he chuckled softly "Don't laugh, it's actually been fun, I kicked this kid to the ground when he wouldn't stop flirting with me" he growled and I knew it was jealously
"Did you hurt him" I laughed
"Of course I did, nobody gets to flirt with me but you"
"Good cause your mine" I rolled my eyes
"Live in the twentieth first century babe" we both laughed but then saw Evan staring at me and I realised I was being rude "Hey I got to go, I'm being really rude to Evan right now"
"Evan?" he growled "Who the hell is Evan?" I could practically taste the jealously
"He's a guy I met after I kicked the other one to the ground and before you go all macho puppy on me he has a girlfriend who he hasn't shut up about and I've told him that I have a boyfriend so don't worry" I could tell he just rolled his eyes "Don't roll your eyes Der-Bear"
"I wasn't" I laughed at him "I love you"
"Love you too and remember please be careful"
"I will, miss you already"
"Miss you too, bye"
"Bye" he said then hung up, I pocketed my phone then walked back over to Evan
"Sorry that took so long"
"It's okay, you can stop apologising to me, was it your boyfriend" I nodded sighing
"Yeah" I then smiled and we got back to talking about ourselves and by the end of the night it felt like we were good friends, it was around three in the morning when I finally got back to the loft
Two weeks went by and I was really starting to worry about Derek, he called me twice a day as promised and sometimes more but I hated that we were so far apart especially because he hasn't found Cora yet and I was worried that Monroe had gotten to her, I was never that close with her but she was Derek's sister and practically all the family he had left
"Derek I'm coming to help" I said sighing loudly into the phone
"No Skye you need to stay in school, you can't afford to miss out on any classes, college is not like high school they don't have an obligation to keep you on as a student" I sighed
"Derek the longer this goes on the worst I fear that maybe Monroe has gotten to her and I know she's your sister but I don't want anything to happen to you"
"Nothing is going to happen to me Skye but I have to find her"
"Then let me help" I heard him sigh
"If you want to help then try searching for the pack from there"
"And how do I do that" I asked him
"Peter's computer from the Hale house, look up the Alpha's name he might have moved the pack to a known location" I sighed
"Okay but if I don't find anything I'm going to be on the next flight out, I don't care about college you're more important"
"I think college is more important"
"How would you know, have you ever been?" I asked him
"Yeah for a little while but it wasn't me and I dropped out, you need to remain exactly where you are so that you can get even smarter" I rolled my eyes "Do not roll your eyes at me Skyler" I couldn't help the laugh
"We really are made for each other" he laughed
"Alright I got to go, if you find anything text me"
"You know I will, I love you and I miss you especially your hands on my body" I heard him sigh
"Don't start something we can't finish Skye" I smiled and sighed into the phone "I love you and I'll talk to you tonight"
"You better" I replied before hanging up, I had the weekend off so I went over to Stiles place where we kept Peter's computer hidden under a loose floorboard, I knocked on the front door but no one was home so I walked around the back and climbed up into Stiles bedroom and grabbed the laptop before going back to the loft and started my research typing in the Alpha's name Derek had told me
I didn't come up with much except the last known location but I didn't know how old this information is I knew it had to be old since Derek told me this Alpha has been in power for a very long time, I kept searching for anything but couldn't find anything, I sighed then decided to do something very illegal and hacked into the FBI using my Dads clearance code and used facial recognition using an old photo that I had of Cora
I was at it most of the day searching traffic cams and any video footage barely moving from the computer but it was a lot harder than it looked, I heard my phone ring and answered it without looking at the caller ID
"Hello"
"Please tell me you didn't hack into FBI data using my clearance" my Dad's voice yelled
"I could tell you that but then I'd be lying to you and we have agreed not to anymore" I replied
"You have exactly five seconds to tell me what you are doing?"
"Derek's sister is missing we think it's the hunters and Monroe so I needed the FBI's facial recognition software to help find her" he sighed
"Where was her last known location" I smiled
"South America"
"Could you be more specific?" he asked me
"Not really, the pack she runs with moves around a lot to avoid detection by hunters but Derek's been in South America for the last two weeks trying to track her and has crossed Ecuador off the list, he's in Colombia at the moment"
"Skyler that's like looking for a needle in a haystack, do you have a name maybe I can cross reference other FBI searching software's"
"Cora Hale is Derek's sister and the Alpha's name is Diego Santiago" I replied
"Alright let me do the detective work and get out of the FBI's system before you get caught" I laughed and agreed then hung up but didn't because I got a match on Derek and saw him at a local dinner meeting with some beautiful woman with black hair and brownish skin, I watched them talk, smile and laugh which I had no idea why it made me jealous but it did
I continued to watch them as they ate then finally made a move to leave where I watched them hug and she kissed both his cheeks and I really wish this program had sound because I really wish I knew what they were talking about, they parted ways and instead of watching Derek I followed the woman who looked behind her when Derek was gone and pulled out her phone and was talking to someone which puzzled me so quickly called Derek
"Hey"
"Skye have you found something"
"Not exactly but I hacked into the FBI's facial recognition software so if I find Cora I'll let you know"
"You hacked into the FBI" he asked me
"Yeah I know it's a crime but it got my Dad on the case too so were gonna find her" he sighed and I realised he distracted me "You're black haired beauty called someone as soon as you were out of sight"
"Huh" he asked me
"The woman you just had dinner with at Kayo's dinner called someone as soon as you were out of sight, I thought you should know that"
"You're tracking me too" he looked up at the traffic camera's
"I'm keeping an eye on you there's are difference"
"Sure there is" he replied and smirked
"Who was she" I asked him and heard him sigh
"An informant kind of like Deaton"
"You mean emissary" I asked him
"Yeah for a pack whose territory I'm in, every time I cross paths into another wolf's territory I need to let them know" I sighed moving it sit on our bed
"I wish I was with you, it's killing me to be apart like this" I admitted
"I know it's killing me too but I really need to find Cora"
"I know Derek, she's family the only loyal family you have left, I only wish I didn't have my school obligations otherwise I'd be right there helping"
"I know and you are helping by just standing by me, I know this can't be easy being apart especially after all the times I've left you"
"I'm not thinking about that Derek I know you're coming home this time, just hurry up because I miss you like crazy"
"I miss you to Skye" I sighed and hung up after we talked a little more than I continued my search ignoring my father's warning about using the FBI's program, I wanted Derek back and finding Cora was the best way
As hard as I tried it didn't find anything even as the weeks went by, I kept an eye on Derek as much as I could but was growing more worried since he had been gone six weeks now, today was my last day since we were going on Christmas break which gave me seven days and I was done sitting around maybe I could draw this pack out with my Alpha presence or if Monroe did take them and Cora she'd be interested in me and I could draw her out
I was just walking out of my AP Biology class when Evan ran up to me, I smiled and hugged him, we had become really good friends since that frat party
"You doing anything for Christmas break" he asked me
"Uh going to meet up with my boyfriend" I replied
"You know I don't think this boyfriend of yours really exists" I laughed because I knew he was only kidding we always joked around like this because neither of us had seen each other's partners
"Does your girlfriend exist" he laughed then hugged me again
"Be careful Skye"
"You too" I replied then parted ways and I called Derek on my way home but he didn't answer which was odd since he hasn't missed one of my calls yet, I tried not to let it bother me as I packed then called Derek again but it went straight to voicemail so I decided to leave one
'Derek I've called you twice now and you haven't answered, you know that worries me so please call me back' I decided to check the cameras running Derek's face through facial recognition but came up empty so I called again but again didn't answer so I called Dad
"Dad hey" I said when he answered
"Skye what's up you don't sound happy"
"I haven't gotten a hold of Derek and I've called three times now"
"Has he ever missed a call before?" he asked me
"Not once since he left and I can't find him on the facial recognition"
"Skyler I thought I told you not to use the FBI facial recognition software"
"I need to use it dad I think something's happened, can you look for him too" he sighed
"Skye I'm already looking for Derek's sister, her Alpha and now Derek, I can't do this much longer without clearance, it might be time to file a missing person's report" I sighed
"Dad you know why we can't, look I'm heading down to South America"
"Skye its Christmas"
"I know that but Derek's more important right now, Dad I know your relatively new to the supernatural world and my whole relationship with Derek but if anything happens to him I'd never live with myself" I heard him sigh
"Okay, you know if you need me just call"
"I will Dad" I hung up then booked at flight from Los Angeles airport to Bogotá Airport El Dorado in Colombia since that was the last place I knew Derek to be, then finished packing a bag and grabbed the computer so I could continue to track him once in Colombia
Mom dropped me off at the airport once I convinced her I had to do this and promised I'd be back in time for school, she gave me at least four hugs before I finally boarded the plane, I had never been a fan of flying but toughed it out for the seven hour flight
I checked into the nearest hotel then booted up the computer and opened up the software and cross referenced every traffic camera in this city but didn't get a hit on Derek but suddenly got a hit on Cora at an ATM, I quickly grabbed my wallet and phone then went to the ATM and picked up her scent following it south until I lost the scent, I looked around and sucked in a breath of air but was suddenly tackled and I rolled around fighting off my attacker but stopped when she was beneath me
"Cora" I got off and stood up
"Skye what are you doing here" she asked
"Derek's been looking for you for six weeks"
"I know he finally found me a few days ago, my pack and I have been running from this black woman" I sighed loudly
"Monroe, where's Derek" she couldn't meet my eyes "Cora where's Derek" she sighed then reached into her pocket and showed me a picture on her phone, Derek was shirtless and chained to a metal fence with electrical wires taped to his side "I'm going to kill her"
"She asked me to give up the location of my pack for Derek"
"Let me see that photo again" I tried to look at any signs or location as to where he is "It's zoomed in too much but I might be able to track Derek's location the last twenty four hours" she looked at me puzzled "Trust me" I walked back to the hotel and she decided to come with me, I unlocked the door and booted up the laptop again and ran a picture through facial recognition
"How do you know how to do this?"
"I've learnt a lot since you left with Derek" I scanned through the cameras because sometimes the program misses things and if anyone could pick Derek out of a million people it would be me "Wait there, that's her" I scrolled back and sure enough saw Monroe with two of her guards stalking towards someone, I tried to scan the busy crowd in her line of vision but couldn't see anyone who resembled Derek
"When did you get that photo" I asked
"Just after seven this morning" she replied and I looked at the time stamp
"This was time stamped at six am this morning" I scanned further into the video footage and followed Monroe's movements but lost her in a blind spot
"How did she just disappear like that?"
"Monroe has a talent for disappearing and she has people who learn all the blind spots in every city" it was half an hour later when Cora had to leave but she gave me her new number so that when I found Derek I could call her for back up
"I'm serious Skyler don't go by yourself, Derek would kill me if I let anything happen to you"
"I'll call you Cora, trust me I'm not a stupid teenager anymore" she nodded then left
I don't know when I fell asleep but my head shot up from the desk when the computer made an alarm sound, I looked at the clock and saw it was nine in the morning, I quickly looked why it was going off and it was Derek the camera had seen him being dragged into a warehouse, he was definitely hurt and I would have feared he was dead if it wasn't for the fact his werewolf features were clearly visible, I wrote the address down then quickly changed into new clothes
I texted Cora the address then ran all the way there fuelled by the urge to protect Derek, when I got to the warehouse I scoped around the perimeter, I could smell that they were still here and so was Derek
"Skye" I heard someone whisper, I looked over and saw Cora creeping up beside me
"How many" someone else said coming up on my other side, I looked at the man, he was Latino and I could tell exactly who he was since he was giving off the Alpha vibe
"Ten hunters that I can tell since there's eleven heartbeats inside which makes me think it's ten since one has to be Derek" I answered him "You must be Diego"
"And your Skyler the other True Alpha of Beacon Hills" I just nodded then looked back to the warehouse "What's your plan" he asked me
"This is your territory"
"Aye but he's your mate and I know not to stand in-between something like that" I looked at Cora and she smiled shrugging her shoulders
"I was kind of just winging it so far but if Monroe is here she's going to have heavy firepower"
"So a quick and stealthy rescue it is" he replied "I have three wolves in the East, three South-East and two South-West who are on call as soon as we need them"
"Thank you but I'm hoping we won't need them because nobody else needs to get hurt" I looked at Cora as she rolled her eyes "I'm going in first, you follow in because no doubt Monroe will find me if she's here and she'll want to strike a deal for Derek"
"Skye–" Cora went to argue
"I'm not going to make the deal but I'm the distraction while you get in, grab Derek and get out and I'll meet back up with you but if I don't get back within ten minutes get Derek out of here"
"Derek won't leave you behind once he knows you're here"
"That's why you make him, I just need him out of harm's way" I went to walk in but she pulled me back down
"Skyler I didn't have much time to get to know you when I was in Beacon Hills but you are the most important thing in Derek's life so make sure to get out" she pulled me into a hug "You're practically my sister" I looked back at her then nodded and left making my way into the warehouse
I heard voices down the next hallway so I hid and looked down it to see three guards with assault rifles, I sighed then closed my eyes then whistled
"What was that" one of them asked
"It's probably the girl Monroe said would come, Ryan you go"
"Why do I have to" Ryan I'm guessing replied
"She's just a girl"
"No she's an Alpha" I smirked
"Come on Boys are you really scared of a petite, 5'4 girl" I called goading them and heard them finally step forward, as soon as they were close and I saw the tip of their guns I grabbed them and easily disarmed them like Braeden had showed me and Derek so long ago then knocked them out "And you should be" I smirked knocking the last one out with the hilt of the gun
I then grabbed their guns and dropped them in a barrel then continued to track Derek's scent into a room but then realised it was his leather jacket hanging up, I walked up and grabbed it since I knew it was important to him, I tied it around my waist because I wasn't leaving without it
"I knew you'd come" I growled and turned at the sound of her voice
"Aren't you finished with your clean the world plan yet" I glared at Monroe
"Not until every supernatural creature is dead"
"If you think I'm going to stand by and let you hurt innocent people–"
"Innocent people, you and Hale are far from innocent people" I growled and forced the feeling to shift down "I know the meaning behind Derek's eyes"
"He was just a kid" I argued bawling my fist to hide the claws since I could smell the wolfsbane on her and knew it was from the gun in her pocket which meant wolfsbane bullets
"You're kind is evil and I'm doing the world a favour" I growled and couldn't force the werewolf down any longer
"HOW ARE YOU ANY BETTER" I exclaimed and her gun was out in an instant, I held my hands up and sobered up then heard a distant howl from outside the warehouse and smiled because that was the signal they had gotten Derek out
"What" she asked
"You failed again, they rescued Derek and you're never going to hurt him or anyone else ever again"
"You think it was really the Hale siblings I was interested in" my smile faded "I was using Derek's sister to bring you both here but you didn't come so we took Derek to bring you" I growled
"You wanted me, here I am" I went to charge at her but she shot me before I got close and I fell forward
"Yellow wolfsbane" I looked up at her shocked because there wasn't supposed to be any more yellow wolfsbane "Hard to find but not impossible" I crawled forward attempting to get away but growing weak, she walked closer I groaned and kicked her legs out then used my last bit of strength to run out of the warehouse
I coughed and spluttered holding my hand over the wound as I made it to the meeting place and saw Cora and Diego already there with Derek leaning against the SUV that was parked there, I fell to the ground as soon as I was in the clearing
"SKYE!" I heard Derek and Cora yell as they made their way to me and rolled me over
"Woof…bane" I coughed up black blood then looked at Derek and lifted my hand to cup his cheek "You're okay"
"You shouldn't have come" he lifted my shirt to look at the wound then looked up at Cora "It's yellow wolfsbane, we got to get her out of here and fast" he put his arms around my back and underneath my knees lifting me up making me groan in pain
A/N: I hope you like this story so far, please review :)