Liam and Malia lead Melissa and John into the woods, following their instincts and any scrap of scent they could find. It would have been helpful to hear Scott howl again but Liam didn't ever want to hear his alpha sound so heartbroken ever again.

Malia grunted in frustration as she lost the scent of blood she had been following and looked back to where Liam was looking lost too when the wind suddenly picked up. The scent hit her nose like a physical blow and the coyote pointed her nose in the direction of the wind to smell it again.

It was a mix of scents but she recognized them and knew immediately who they were from.

"I smell them! I smell the hunters. They're the same ones from Mexico. The… what were they called?"

Liam came to stand beside her and sniffed the air as well.

"The Calavera's."

Melissa moved closer to The Sheriff's side and slipped her hand into his as she smiled up at him.

"We can find them John. We can get them back."

John smiled back, feeling a flare of hope rise in his chest and squeezed her hand as they followed the two teenagers further in to the woods.

Liam and Malia were moving faster now growing more excited as they had a scent to follow. Melissa and John had to run to keep up with the two supernatural kids leading them as they were eager to find their pack again and didn't want to waste any time getting there.

John didn't mind running through the cold forest or tripping over logs in the dark because with every step he knew he was growing closer to his son and the rest of the kids that had become so much like family to him. The Sheriff would happily run all night if it got him back to his only son.

John was just about to ask how far off they were when Malia skidded to a halt in front of a mass of vines, Liam panting beside her.

The two began dragging the vines and branches away to reveal heavy metal doors. The Sheriff reached for the handle but stopped when Liam pressed his ear to the cold metal and closed his glowing eyes. Malia did the same and the parents fidgeted nervously, just wanting to go in to find their children.

After a few minutes of anxious silence Liam opened his eyes and podded and pointed to the door.

"I can hear them inside. It's the hunters, they're talking about Scott."

The Sheriff nodded in thanks and grabbed his police communicator and called for backup. The kids had all been reported missing already so back up was coming shortly. It was easy to tell them where to meet because John recognized the doors from where he had caught teenagers camping out in the dungeon-like tunnels several times. He was hardly surprised it belonged to hunters with everything that went on in this town.

Melissa watched the Sheriff and hoped back up would arrive soon. She wanted to throw open the cold door on front of her and see her son. She wanted to see that he was okay and wrap him in her arms but she would have to twiddle her thumbs until back up came. The nurse knew it was the right thing to do of course with all those hunters in there but their children were in there and they had no idea what state they were in or what the hunters were doing to them.

As much as she hated to think about it Melissa knew that hunters liked to torture wolves, and Scott would heal but Stiles and Lydia wouldn't. The thought of the pack of kids being hurt in any way made Melissa's eyes fill with tears but she cleared her throat and nudged the Sheriff anyway.

"Tell them to bring a med kit, we don't know what ….. state the kids might-" She couldn't even finish but the Sheriffs curled an arm around her shoulders and did as she asked, quietly requesting a med kit be brought along.

The nurse just wanted to open the damn doors but resigned herself to wait.

….

Stiles was barely coherent and Scott knew that there was internal bleeding among the broken bones of the humans' semi-crushed ribcage. He could smell the blood, hear the bones shifting in his best friends body and worst of all he knew Lydia could feel it. She could feel the scent of death coming from the pale boy lying in her arms.

His best friend was dying because of a choice he made to make a beta. Stiles was paying for something he didn't even have a choice in and Scott was sitting beside him totally fine and he felt guilty as hell. All he wanted was to keep his pack, his family, safe. He was supposed to be the true alpha, the hero, and he couldn't even escape from some hunters and if all he could do to help Stiles now was taking his pain than he would.

The black lines that wound around his arms pulsed and there was so much pain to take that it made Scott dizzy and his stomach twist in guilt but still he held on. It hurt so badly that he had to be careful not to crush his brother's hand as his arms started to shake but as long as Stiles wouldn't have to feel this pain then he would hold on forever if he had to. The shaking pain was overwhelming and he chose to listen to Lydia's trembling voice as she talked to Stiles.

"Stiles keep your eyes open okay? I know your tired but we're gonna get out of here…. or your Dad's gonna find us and you'll….. You'll be okay just don't leave us. Please don't leave us Stiles." Lydia's words came out hiccupped because she could feel how cold he was becoming and she just couldn't seem to stop crying.

Each time his eyes slipped closed she worried it would be last time she would see those brown of eyes that she loved so much and every time they opened again she just hoped he could see her and know that she was there with him. She didn't want him to feel alone.

And god, she wanted to tell him how important he was to her. How much his faith in her kept her going, how he was her best friend now that Allison was gone and how it would kill her if he left too. Her chest felt like it was caving in on itself with agony because she honestly didn't know how the pack would survive another death, especially his.

Stiles' eyes were fixed on the beautiful girl holding him, watching as the tears dripped down her cheeks and wanted to wipe them away but found his arms were too heavy to move. His eyelids drooped but he forced them open again not wanting to lose sight of the angel above him.

He didn't remember why he would be in the arms of the girl he had loved since second grade but he was and she was keeping him warm so he smiled up at her instead. He could see her lips moving and tried to answer her but there weren't enough air in his lungs to get much more than a whisper out. She looked so sad and all he wanted was to see her smile again so, looking into those big eyes of hers, he used all his strength to lift a hand and trace a small heart on her cheek.

He felt his body shift a little as she pulled her arm from around him to catch his hand before it fell. His head was still cradled in her elbow, keeping his body off the cold floor as she pressed kisses to his palm before pressing it to her cheek again. He wished he could hear her say the words she was mouthing to him but he caught a few words that managed to crawl into his cotton mind and they made his heart beat a little stronger.

"I love you Stiles." He wanted to tell her so badly that he felt the same but the room suddenly filled with noise and his angel looked away from him.

Lydia looked terrified and he felt a sudden surge of pain before he saw what he thought was Scott being thrown past him slam against a wall. There were a few other people being thrown around as well and the room flickered with light like someone was frying mosquitos with a giant bug zapper. Lydia screamed then and looked down at him again as someone grabbed at her and suddenly he was falling, barley hearing her scream his name when all was black.

…..

Back-up arrived quickly and once the Sheriff had briefed everyone on what was happening they broke the doors down and marched inside, guns at the ready. The sheriff got his own firearm out and led the team through making sure Melissa and the kids stayed at the back, where they would be safe. Time to get their kids back.

….

Arya was getting so sick of those damn animals not giving her what she wanted and started to think maybe she should just kill them all when he heard shouting coming from down the hall. One of her hunters, Leon, rushed in looking panicked as he held a shotgun.

"There are cops outside and they look like they're getting ready to come in. Didn't you say the human's dad was a cop?"

The huntress sighed in agitation. "He's the Sheriff."

Araya knew if the police were really here they wouldn't be able to hold them out for long and once they were in she wouldn't be able to stop them from taking Scott and his pack. She had a second exit she could get out from away from the police but she needed her information first. She needed to know who the beta was.

Knowing they were out of time she nodded to the man still standing in the door way, get Marco and his guys to guard the door, you and your boys come with me."

She marched to the cell they were keeping their guests in and waited till Leon was back with four others and pointed to the red head. "Take the Banshee, she'll tell us what we need."

…

Derek had been watching Lydia and Scott with Stiles for a while, sitting next to Kira as she slept, and knew that if they didn't get out soon then the human would die.

Before he could offer to take over Scott's pain draining the door burst open and the hunters marched back in. The looks on their faces meant they really meant business this time and they looked a little desperate too. He briefly registered shouting and what he thought was gunfire from down the hall before Araya told her men to take Lydia.

The hunters opened the cell and started moving towards the scared girl but through the noise Derek could hear the Sheriffs voice commanding someone to put their weapon down. Help was finally here, now was the time to fight.

The wolf jumped up and stood in front of the banshee growling at the hunter daring him to come closer. The man got out his taser and Derek jumped at him, baring his fangs and clawing at him but there was more than one hunter and he could see the other go for Lydia again.

Lydia was yelling at them as she held Stiles, begging them to stop but they came closer still and Scott let go of his humans hand to roar at them. Kira was up now and stood beside Scott but a hunter simply kicked Kira out of the way and tased Scott before throwing him into a wall as well. There was a hunter each on Scott, Kira and Derek, keeping them from protecting Lydia as Leon grabbed at her arm and pulled her out of the cell as she screamed.

Without anyone to hold him up Stiles slumped to the ground, his head hitting the concrete and finally making his eyes fall closed and stay that way. Lydia kicked and punched at the hunter, still screaming for Stiles when the hunter dragging her out got fed up and punched her. The banshees head snapped back at the impact of the fist and she slumped in his hold, barely standing as pain spread through her face and head.

But she heard a gun being cocked and a familiar voice boom throughout the room.

"Let go of the girl or I'll shoot, I swear to God you piece of shit." Lydia looked up through bleary eyes to see the Sheriff aiming his gun at the hunter holding her and some other deputies standing beside him. Arya was nowhere to be seen having seemingly escaped in the action and it seemed all the other hunters had already been taken care of.

The sheriff watched the hunter reach back for his gun and fired, the bullets hitting the man in the chest, and watched him drop to the floor, his hand slipping from the girls arm as he fell.

John lowered his gun and ran to the crying girl, gritting his teeth at the bruises on her face and arm. His deputies surged forward into the cell and he could hear gunshots as they took out the hunters.

"Lydia are you okay?" The girl was shaking so bad he thought she might fall over but soon felt like doing the same when she sobbed out a name.

"Stiles…he's-" looking towards the cell he could hear Scott crying but still couldn't see inside and prayed that his baby boy wasn't gone.

John heard one of the deputy's call out that the cell was clear of suspects and quickly turned to the hall to shout for Melissa, who he knew was waiting at the end of the hall with Liam and Malia.

"Stay here Lydia your safe now, just stay here alright?"

He didn't want to leave the frightened girl on her own but his head was full of thoughts of his son and he ran past her to enter the cell.

"Oh God no, Stiles."