Jewel yelped and let out a small cry as she tried to stretch herself

"Hey" Allison looked at her through the rear-view mirror, worry covering her face

"Are you okay?" Lydia asked, equally worried

"I'm fine" she answered

"You shouldn't have come, Jewel. you should be at home right now. resting and healing" Allison frowned

"and let you two alone with chasing four ticking time-bombs in the bus? puh-lease" Jewel scoffed

"Jewel, let's be a little practical here" Lydia said "You are badly wounded. your magic is somehow not working. and you are not healing"

"I'm okay" Jewel answered "Besides its not like i can apparate home"

"We can call Derek" Allison suggested

"No. he's busy. I'm alright"

Jewel knew neither Allison nor Lydia bought none of her 'I'm fine's but that was least of her worries right now

"At least try to grab some shut eye" Allison said

Jewel gave a look at her younger worried sister and turning away slightly, tried to sleep


Jewel raised her head from the ground. covered in dirt and blood, she tried to get the look around. she noticed two people-werewolves- fighting near the big hold on the floor and Derek lying perfectly still on the other side of the same hole. worried and tensed, she weakly got up and limped her way to her mate.

suddenly something-someone-stabbed her behind and then the claws removed. she managed to get a look. Kali. She anticipated falling on the cold hard floor but before she could hit the ground, someone caught her. a small smile crept to her lips as she looked at the person but before she could do anything, Kali punched the person and the next feeling can only be described as free fall and everything turned black


Jewel woke up with a start but apparently neither of the two teens in front noticed her waking up, busy in their own conversation

"Am I getting too close? I'm getting way too close, aren't I?" Allison asked

"That depends. Are you just following the bus, or are you planning on mounting it at some point?" Lydia said

"Yeah, I should back off."

"Well, that also depends. Oh, do you mean the bus or the ex-boyfriend you're currently stalking?"

"Well, after it happened, I'm not letting him out of my sight. Him and Jewel both"

"Hm."

"And by the way, this all started when he came knocking at my door."

"For what?"

Flashback, Allison's room

"I found it outside of the school, right where Isaac got Boyd and Cora to turn back." Scott said, showing an arrow

"How do you know it's not from the archery team?" Allison asked

"We don't have an archery team." Scott chuckled

"Oh." Allison said, embarrassed

"And even if we did, they probably wouldn't be using military grade armor-piercing titanium arrowheads. I looked it up." he said tapping the arrowhead

"Maybe it's one of Jewel's." Allison shrugged

"I thought you guys had some kind of agreement where you three stay out of all this." Scott said

"Is that why you came here? To tell me to stay out of this?"

"No."

"Okay. Well, I can take care of myself." Allison got up from the bed and stood in front of Scott

"I know. But these guys, Allison, if you didn't notice, they're pretty terrifying. Plus, they have some serious advantages, like superhuman strength."

"You're pretty strong, and I can handle you."

"Me?" Scott chuckled

"You don't think I'd have a chance against you?"

"I didn't say that."

"Maybe you didn't notice, but I'm pretty good with a bow and arrow."

"Okay, well, what if you didn't have it? I still have super strength."

"I have skills and training."

"I have claws."

"I'm smarter."

"Well, I'm faster."

"Prove it..." Allison smirked

A sudden groan brought her back to the present and both the girls looked at Jewel. their car crossed a speed breaker, making Jewel wince harder

"Was it a nightmare?" Allison asked

Jewel didn't answer

"Please tell me you brought some healing potions" Lydia pleaded

"Lisa's bag"

Allison handed her to Lydia who quickly scuffled through it and pulled out a vial and handed it to jewel, who finished it.

"show me the wound" Lydia said

"I'm o-"

"You are anything but okay and fine, alright. I'm not buying even a single shit you are selling. just show me the wound"

With a sigh, Jewel lifted her tank top. her older stitches were re-reopened. there was another big gash on her stomach and none of it was healing

"that's it. I'm calling Derek" Allison declared

"No. Lisa, no. Don't. He's busy" Jewel said and Allison gave her a pleading look but she shook her head "I'll be fine. okay?" Allison nodded and focused her driving and following the bus

"i just can't believe Cora and peter are dead. I can't believe Cora died because of me" Jewel muttered as another tear escaped her eyes


Derek's Loft

"I know where they are." Scott said, entering Derek's loft

"Same building as the Argents, we know." Derek said, looking at the hunter in the room

"Cora and I followed the twins." Boyd said

"And I met Duke this morning in the elevator" Jewel crossed her arms

"Then they want you to know." Scott said

"Or, more likely, they don't care." Peter shrugged

Scott looked down on all the stuff on the table

"What is this?" Scott asked

"Isn't it obvious? The schemers are scheming, coming up with a coup de main, better known as a pre-emptive strike." Peter explained

"You're going after them?" Scott asked

"trust me. I'm not too thrilled about the idea too" Jewel said

"Tomorrow. And you're gonna help us." Derek said, looking at Scott


"Jewel, for god's sake let me call Derek to take you home" Allison begged

"Lisa, you say that one more time and I'm gonna make you chicken for the next whole week" jewel threatened but it didn't sound as effective as it did in her head.

"you are bleeding" Lydia deadpanned, looking at her "Again"

Allison stopped seeing the long line of traffic and turned to face her sister. her yellow tank top was red with the bleeding

"don't you dare say you are good" Allison frowned

"Lis, I'm fine. really" Jewel assured "Look, I've been bad and I have survived. I can live this down too"


Derek's Loft

"They're one floor above them in the penthouse, right above Jewel." Derek said

"So kill them first, that's the plan?" Scott asked

"They won't even see it coming." Boyd said

"Why is the default plan always murder?" Jewel asked raising her brow "Just once, can someone try to come up with something that doesn't involve killing everyone?"

"I second that" Scott nodded

"You both never get tired of being so blandly moral, do you? Not that I disagree with them." Peter said

"I do. Why do we need this kid? And since did hunters started helping us?" Cora asked, glaring suspiciously at Jewel

"This kid and hunter helped save your life. and the hunter is my girlfriend" Derek frowned "And you know we can't just sit back and wait for them to make the first move."

"You can't beat a pack of alphas." Scott said

"That's why we're going after Deucalion, just him." Cora said

"Cut off the head of the snake and the body dies." Boyd said

"Only this isn't a snake, it's a hydra." Jewel said "And like Scott says, they're all alphas."

"Deucalion's still the leader." Derek said

"Let's hope so. Because you know what happened when Hercules cut off one of the heads of the hydra?" Peter said

"Two more grew back in its place." Scott muttered

"Somebody's been doing their summer reading." Peter smirked


"So is that whole "not let them out of your sight" thing literal or more like a general rule?" Lydia asked, putting down her Thermodynamics book

"Why?" Allison asked

Jewel had finally managed to go to sleep and that the best that could happen to the two teens

"You're running on fumes." Lydia said and Allison noticed that the tank pointed at 'E'

"Ugh."

"Yeah. And I'm pretty sure that bus holds a lot more gas than this Toyota."

"What if we stop?"

"Is it really that big of a deal? I mean, so we lose them. We know where they're headed."

"You didn't see what happened."

"I know who started it."

"Is that what Aiden told you?"

"Aiden?" Lydia asked and looked at her friend "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on a second. Is that why you invited me on this whole little road trip thing? Oh, my gosh. You're keeping an eye on them and me."

"So there's nothing going on between you two?" Allison asked

"I'm appalled by the insinuation." Lydia said

"Nothing?"

"Nothing." Lydia said, remembering their small makeout session in the Coach's office


Derek touched the dried blood on the side of the escalator when he heard another heartbeat nearby and got up swiftly

"It's just me. Draydon" Dray said from top of the broken escalator, looking down on the escalator stairs with some blood stains

"What are you doing here?" Derek asked, eyes glowing alpha red for a brief moment

Dray sighed and looked at him "Chris called me two days back. saying something about Harry's magic. and then Allison called last night. Apparently Harry's magic is somehow trying to hit ground zero and she's not able to heal herself"

"Do you know what caused it?"

"Still working on that, mate" Dray sighed

"What are you doing here?" Derek asked, his emphasis of "here"

"Allison mentioned what happened here in her phone call. And knowing how stubborn Harry is, now way she'll stay at home while Allison and the other red friend of theirs follow your pack. so until they make a stop, i thought why not come here and see what really happened" Dray stepped down a few "What are you doing here?"

"Wondering where the bodies went. Wondering if they were carried out, or maybe if one of them managed to find enough strength to push themselves up off the floor and walk out, leaving the me standing here to answer the all-important question." Derek said

"Which one?" Dray asked, standing next to Derek


"That's it. I'm calling Lydia and Allison." Stiles sighed taking his phone out. so far all his endeavors, he whole-heartedly believed in turned futile. Though he did manage to find out why Ethan kept on checking his phone continuously, but neither could he manage to convincing the Coach to make a small stop or neither could he convince Scott in admitting that he needed help. besides from what Scott told him, Jewel was pretty injured too and he was worried for her

"How are they gonna help, back in Beacon Hills?" Scott asked, slightly wincing

"They're not. They've been following us for hours." Stiles said and looked outside then back at his phone "Pathetic." he muttered and called


A sudden ringing of phone managed to wake Jewel from her sleep again and she found the car not moving, courtesy of a long traffic jam. she slowly tried to siting up just as Lydia answered the phone

"Hey, Stiles. Yeah, we're just about to walk into a movie, uh, you know, the popcorn and..." Lydia began

"I know you guys are right behind us. Put me on speaker." Stiles said

"Yeah, okay." Lydia answered and put the phone on speaker and kept it between the three

"Okay, look, Scott's still hurt." Stiles said, grabbing the attention of all the three girls.

"What do you mean still? He's not healing?" Allison asked

"No, he's not healing. I think he's actually getting worse. The blood's turning, like, a black color."

"W... What's wrong with him?" Lydia asked

"What's wrong with him? I don't... do I have a PhD in lycanthropy? How am I supposed to know that?" Stiles asked

"We need to get him off the bus." Allison said. the cars started moving a little, so did she and suddenly applied breaks because of the driver right in front of her suddenly stopped. the jerk resulted in Jewel pushed back on the seat and she let out a cry in pain

"Wait. w-what..what was that?"

Both the girls shared a look

"It's Jewel" Allison answered

"You brought Jewel with you? are you both freaking out of your minds?"

"Can't get rid of me that easy" Jewel weakly chuckled

"Okay. something is deeply wrong with that. Jewel, you just gave me the creeps with that voice. and goose-bumps. what the hell are you doing here, Jewel?"

"Well, keeping an eye on you so no one dies" Jewel rolled her eyes and then winced

"Scott said you were hurt pretty bad"

"Pretty bad doesn't even touch it, stiles" Lydia said, ignoring the frown from the concerned "her wounds are not healing and she's bleeding"

"It's another Scott all over there, isn't it?" Stiles sighed "We need to get them both out"

"And take them where, a hospital?" Lydia asked

"If they're dying, yeah." Stiles answered

Allison frowned at that. nothing was going to happen to Jewel. not if she could do something about it

"Stiles, there's a rest area about a mile up. Tell the coach to pull over." she said

"Yeah, I've been trying."

"Well, reason with him." Allison snapped

"Reason? Have you met this guy?"

"Just try something." Allison pleaded, this time, snatched her phone and hung up. she searched her purse and grabbed another vial and gave it to Jewel

"Please" she said "Let's get you home"

"Look, I keep taking on the potions, I'm gonna be fine, alright. besides if Scott is as bad as Stiles is saying, we need to worry about him right now"


about 10 minutes later, the girls noticed the bus pulling over

"Stiles did the trick" jewel weakly smiled. Allison pulled behind the bus and the three got out. but before she could walk a few steps, her legs gave out and she almost fell but Allison caught her. Lydia looked at the sisters

"Get Stiles to bring Scott into the restroom. I'll bring Jewel" Allison said, holding Jewel. Allison frowned and she touched Jewel's forehead with the back of her palm

"W-what?" Jewel managed to ask

"You are burning up. we have to get you to heal" Allison frowned and got up, helping Jewel with her. she saw Lydia and Stiles bring Scott in and she followed them

Scott was put against the the bathroom floor, resting on the wall and then Stiles helped Allison with Jewel

"Why is she so hot?" he asked

"I don't know." Allison muttered, crouching in front of both of them. she gave a look to stiles and he crouched next to her. she lifted Jewel's tank top just as one of her wounds puked out more blood. Stiles followed her lead and raised Scott's shirt. the blood was indeed turning black and black veins were around

"Why didn't you tell us?" Allison asked Scott

"Sorry." Scott sighed

"What's her excuse?" Stiles asked looking at Jewel

"She's fine" Allison quoted her sister "Okay. Just give us a second, okay?" she told them both and got up and the three separated

"This shouldn't be happening. I've seen both of them heal from worse than this." Allison said

"Okay, what do we do then? Do we just call an ambulance?" Stiles asked

"What if it's too late? What if they can't help?" Allison asked. she didn't like losing any chance on her sister, but her wounds were looking worst in the worst case scenario

"We gotta do something." Stiles pressed

"You know, it could be psychological." Lydia said

"What do you mean, like, psychosomatic?" Stiles asked

"Somatoformic." Lydia corrected him

"Som..." Stiles tried but Lydia cut him off

"A physical illness from a psychogenic cause."

Stiles grunted and snapped his fingers

"Yes, it's all in their head." Lydia said

"All in their head?" Stiles asked

"Because of Cora." Allison nodded. that was one thing Jewel had kept on repeating since they all got out of there

"They're not letting himself heal 'cause Cora died." Stiles added, nodding

"So what do we do?" Allison asked. Lydia dug in her bag and pulled out dental floss and a box of needles and pins

"Stitch 'em up." she said. the other to gave her a questioned look "I'm serious. Maybe all they needs to do is just believe it's healing."

"He's gonna need another shirt." Allison said, cleaning a needle "And so would Jewel. Where's his bag?"

"Um, I'm gonna get it. I hate needles anyway, so..." Stiles said and turned to rush out but stopped and looked back "uh, do you know what you're doing?"

"Yeah, my father taught me." Allison nodded

"I mean, how fast are you gonna... I mean, the bus, like, the bus could leave." Stiles said

"you just make sure it doesn't leave." Allison snapped

"I can help." Lydia said, grabbing his hand and then stopped on her way out "I'll get something for Jewel"

Scott seemed worse of the two so Allison decided to stitch him first

She heated a needle and then tried to thread it, but the thread refused to enter

"Come on." she groaned and then looked at Scott "Okay. Okay, stay with me. Stay with me, okay? Stay with me." she patted his cheek

"I'm tired." Scott tiredly said

"Scott, just look at me, okay? Just keep looking at me." she said and Scott looked at her and resumed her trying to thread the needle "Come on. Come on. Come on." she ended up yelling in frustration

"Unbelievable. One simple little task? You can't thread a needle?" she heart her mother's voice mocking her

"I'm trying." Allison grunted

"Well, you want my sympathy? Because you're just a 17-year-old little girl and this is all too much for you to handle. Well, get over it. Thread the needle." Allison was almost on the verge of tears

"My hands won't stop shaking."

"Breathe. Allison, breathe. Try it again."

"Aah!" Allison yelled as she again missed the eye of the needle

"Lis!" Allison finally snapped out and looked at her sister, who looked at her tiredly and somehow more pale than a corpse

"Are you okay?" Allison asked

"I can hold" Jewel nodded, chewing her bottom lip

"Okay. How do we approach a situation like this?" Jewel softly asked

"Clinically." Allison almost chocked on her tears looking at her sister

"And?" Jewel asked with a soft smile

"And unemotional... and unemotionally."

"Good. Stop crying, and do it." Jewel said

Allison could never understand how her sister managed to maintain her cool in such situations. but she did. and that was what she needed to her

Allison nodded and turned to Scott "Stay with me, stay with me." she smiled as the thread got through the eye and she began stitching Scott up


"Ten more minutes and we are back on road!" Coach yelled and Lydia and Stiles exchanged a worried look


Scott's Room

"So just talk to them?" Scott asked on phone

"That's the general idea. far as i know Duke doesn't get back on his word that easy"

"He's the demon wolf, Jewel"

"That's why I'm saying this. he has a certain reputation to keep up. and won't do anything stupid to endanger his own repo. all you gotta do is find an opening in his armor and keep on going through it. besides, I'm gonna be there with the element of surprise if, they plan on attacking one of my favorite wolves"

Scott chuckled and so did Jewel

"Take care, Scott" and with that she hung up. Scott smiled and keeping his phone in his pocket, picked his helmet and turned around to see Isaac on the doorway


Allison snapped the thread from Scott injury and looked at him

"Okay. Scott. Scott? Scott? Scott? Scott. Scott?" she kept on calling but Scott laid perfectly still. she finally hit his chest hard "Scott!"

and Scott woke up with a start

"It's my fault." was all Scott said

"Scott, look at me. It's okay." Allison cupped his face

"Did you do that?" Scott looked down at the stitches

"Yeah."

"Nice."

"Not nice enough" Allison answered and Scott turned to see Jewel, leaning against one of the pipes. Allison turned and began doing the same with her sister. her wounds just seemed more nastier and more hard to stitch even with Scott's help. once she was done, she looked at her ister, who was refusing to move, just like Scott

they both exchanged a look and Scott extended his hand to take some of her pain but Allison stopped him

"Don't. you yourself are not healed. " she said

"B-But.."

"she's not dead. she can't be" Allison said, trying to hold herself strong, took a deep breath and then slapped Jewel so hard that it even made Scott wince. but she got no response. scared, she looked at Scott

"Her heart's beating. she's alive. Weak, I'll say" he said

"Can you stand?" Allison asked and Scott nodded. he stumbled a little but managed to stand perfectly. together the two helped Jewel out of the bathroom when Lydia approached them

"You okay?" she asked Scott

"Not as bad as Jewel" he answered, looking at the girl in question who was still unconscious

"Is she okay? Are you okay?" she asked Allison, heading for the bus

"Yeah." Allison answered

"Where's Stiles?" Scott asked as Lydia took his place, holding Jewel

"Trying to stall coach. We still don't have gas." Lydia reminded Allison

"I'm not leaving them." Allison confirmed

"Then we have to leave the car."

"Sounds good."

"What? That wasn't an actual suggestion. Allison, wait." she called but Allison just walked away with jewel "Ah. Screw it."


Abandoned Mall

Jewel crouched behind one of the pillars. a perfect spot just above Deucalion. she could everyone from their. earlier the day, she had tried to lower hear heart beat and mask her scent but that didn't seem working. so she took potions for their respective jobs.

just as she got on her place, Scott approached on his bike with someone. Isaac. Jewel frowned. that wasn't the part of the plan.

Scott pulled and the two got down

"You didn't come alone." Deucalion said

"Yeah. This is Isaac." Scott introduced

"I'm not talking about Isaac." Deucalion said

Scott almost thought that Deucalion was taling about his little hidden backup but her breather in relief, and more stress when he turned and saw Derek coming out of the shadows, wolfed out. Jewel's heart clenched at the sight of her mate on the potential battle field. she wanted to yell at him to leave but she knew she had to maintain her element of surprise

"You knew I would do this?" Scott asked, feeling betrayed "Derek, don't. You can't do this so no one gets hurt. If someone else dies..."

"Him. Just him." Derek interrupted, pointing at Deucalion

"Just me? Now, how's a blind man find his way into a place like this all on his own?"

they all heard some grinding noise and Kali slid down a wall, equally wolfed out. Ennis climbed up one of the escalators, snarling at the Hale pack. Ethan and Aidan appeared on the floor just below Jewel.

fear started settling inside Jewel. she had never seen so many werewolves at one place before and something told her that it was going to end bad


"Stiles, what's happening?" Scott asked, approaching them, Allison handling Jewel

"They went after him. I told 'em what was happening with you and jewel and they just went after him." Stiles said and Scott rushed

Boyd stood a little far as Isaac beat the crap out of Ethan.

"Isaac, Isaac, Isaac! Back off!" Coach tried to intervene and pull him out but Isaac pulled back and resumed hitting Ethan

"Isaac!" Scott called coming there and Isaac immediately stopped. he looked up and checked Scott. finding no blood and his injuries healing, he cracked a smile and then looked behind and frowned. jewel still seemed unconscious

"She's fine" Scott answered his unasked question "Just tired"


"Sometimes i can't believe this animal clinic is not as ordinary as it looks" Dray sighed as both the men found their way outside the clinic

"The building's half made out of Mountain ash. I'm not actually sure how to get in." Derek said, looking around

"Well, maybe we could do what normal people do and knock on the door." Dray shrugged and then his back straightened

that was something Derek had seen in Jewel multiple times. she's always got attentive just like that when she'd sense something off

"They're here?" Derek asked

Dray just nodded and then pulled his wand and waved it over them

Derek just gave him a smirk as they both hid behind some cars. a few minutes later Aidan and a very pissed off Kali came out. Aidan tried to control her but Kali just threw her head up and let out a huge growl full of pain and grief

"Looks like someone didn't make it" Derek muttered and then they both vanished


Abandoned Mall

Derek let out a growl and lunged at Deucalion but Kali intercepted him. the twins jumped down and landed, merged as one and let out a big growl

Boyd and Ennis engaged into a fight. Derek and Kali were also in a heated fight.

Peter, though admitting that he doesn't go on suicidal missions, helped Cora and Boyd with Ennis.

Scott looked at Isaac, who was wolfed out and ran towards the Twins. Scott sighed and flexed his neck and then wolfed out, attacking thw twins

things of course didn't go as planned. everyone but Derek and peter were defeated and were on the ground, with wounds inflicted by the alpha.

"Kill him." Deucalion ordered and Boyd gulped, looking at Derek.

Jewel swallowed hard. she knew Derek would never kill his own beta. she knew he won't. suddenly she heard footsteps behind her. she prepared the small knife she always kept on her and with one swift move pinned the person to a pillar, her hand pressed on the person's mouth. Jewel frowned and slowly removed her hand

Allison frowned at her sister for scaring her like that, but nodded when Jewel motioned her to stay shut. Jewel removed her hand and together they got over a little to look down on the show

"The others can go. You're beaten. Do it, Derek. Take the first step." Deucalion said, stepping down

"Are we serious with this kid? Look at him. He's an Alpha? To what? A couple of useless teenagers?" Kali asked, her foot on Cora's throat

"Some have more promise than others." Deucalion smirked at Scott's direction

"Let him rise to the occasion then. What'll it be, Derek? Pack or family?" Kali asked, pressing harder on Cora's throat

Jewel looked at Allison and nodded. they both took out arrows from their quiver and fired at once. Derek barely managed to duck from the arrow. the flash grenade hit the floor and sparks erupted. Both the sisters kept on firing

"Your eyes... cover your eyes!" Deucalion yelled


Chris' Study

"Someone needs to help them." Allison folded her arms

"Not us. I'm getting the consulting business back up and running, and you and Jewel need to graduate. That's a normal life. And it's what we agreed to." Chris said

Allison looked around the room, when she noticed a map on Chris's table. and as soon as Chris noticed that, he covered it with his book

"So we just ignore it?"

"We stay out of it." Chris said

"There's a pack of alphas trying to kill my friends. Including my sister's boyfriend How do I stay out of that?"

"There's a saying for these kinds of situations, the kind you have to navigate carefully. It's called, "threading the needle." It's finding a safe path between two opposing forces."

"Sounds like saving your own ass." Allison scoffed

"They're not your family."

"With all the family that I've lost, I could use a few friends." Allison said and got up but stopped and faced him "You know, Jewel would already be there doing something we should be doing. you always said that she does the right thing, every time. and if she thinks that this is worth it, then I'm gonna follow my sister's footsteps" and with that she left ignoring Chris's calls


Abandoned Mall

Allison and Jewel still kept on firing and once their friends were out of trouble, they stopped. everyone got up. Cora and Derek helped Boyd. Scott and Isaac got up too. Scott raised and growled at Ennis. Ennis growled back. they both lunged at each other with equal forces and then got pushed away. Scott slid back and then everyone noticed. Scott's eyes were red. Alpha red.

Jewel and Allison exchanged a look.

suddenly there was another roar and everyone saw Kali clawing Derek.

Scott lunged at Ennis again, but before Ennis could attack back, Peter intercepted him.

the fight was going rougher than Jewel had imagine. she looked at her sister and nodded, handing her bow and arrows to her

Allison nodded back. Jewel took a breath and jumped down into the fight.

Kali tried to take another swing at Derek but her ht got stopped. Kali snarled at the red head from whom she could easily smell hunter.

Jewel was glad that her animagus hadn't betrayed her like her magic. she thought of going panther, but she didn't wanted to reveal to the sick pack of alphas what all she could do.

she engaged in a heated fight with Kali, but Kali slammed her into a wall so hard that what happened in the school's boiler room a few weeks back came to her mind. a similar state of blurriness appeared and she felt herself falling on the floor.

A few seconds later she got back to consciousness. Apparently this head wound was not as bad as the older one, but it still hurt like a bitch. she raised her head and looked around. Derek laid on the edge of the hole, still. no. Derek wasn't dead. trying to control her flow of tears, she slowly got up and headed for her mate, noticing Peter and Ennis fighting and nearing the hole.

she managed to get away from them, holding her side but before she could head to Derek, she felt a sharp pain. she turned to her side to find Kali's claws covered in her blood. the dizzyness came back in full force and she felt herself falling on the cold hard floor but someone caught her. she managed to get a glimpse and it was Cora, to her surprise. before she could even thank Cora, Kali attacked her. horror filled her when she realized that Kali had just pushed both of them into the pit, but then she remembered someone holding her and blackness covered her. A falling Cora was the last thing she saw


Jewel slowly opened her eyes and noticed the blue skies. the glass felt cold against her forehead. she raised her head cautiously and looked around. she was in the bus. she felt a squeeze and saw Allison next to her

"thanks" Jewel smiled

"No problem" Allison smiled back along with Scott, seated next to Allison

"All right. Let's go over this one more time." Stiles began "So it's the sacrifices, right? Everything has to do with them and someone who thinks he's, like, a dark druid of some kind."

"Or actually is a dark druid." Lydia said

"A Darach." Stiles nodded

"You know... Some ancient cultures sacrificed people in preparation for battle." Lydia said

"So we got Alpha werewolves against a dark druid." Stiles summarized

"a darach's sacrifices are different" Jewel said, grabbing the attention of her friends

"wow. you look healthy" Stiles checked her out

"Yeah. i guess" she swallowed "A darach absorbs the power of their sacrifices"

"So.." Stiles trailed

"So by killing Virgins, they got pure. by killing warriors, they got strength. then we got Philosophers, Healers and Guardians. everyone has a role in the society. a special role" Jewel explained, slumping back on the seat

"That's just great" Stiles muttered, facing forward, wiping his hand over his face

"Yeah." Lydia nodded

"You know, if they're really dead, it's not your fault." Allison said looking at both of them

"Maybe." Jewel sighed

"But remember that whole thing that we talked about where I wasn't accusing you of being there, and if you were there you shouldn't be? Thanks for not listening." Scott smiled


Across the town, Jennifer had just gotten out of the school with her stuff, heading or the car. she opened the door, settled things in and closed the door. she was about to start the car when a bloody hand got placed on the window. she screamed but then recognized the person outside, who just fell n the floor. she quickly rushed out and raised Peter's head

"Cora" Peter sharply said, pointing at a vague direction "Niece" and then he blacked out leaving a confused and desperate teacher behind


Aish