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[Allison's POV]

I walked into my room trying to shake the feeling of dread about having to tell my dad about Jackson but I nearly jumped out of my skin when I flipped the light on and saw Lydia sitting on my bed.

"You scared the hell out of me." I said gripping my chest.

"I've been waiting here for over an hour." She pouted.

"I can't hang out right now." I dismissed her and she huffed.

"I don't need anyone to hang out with. I need someone to talk to." She get snippy and I just let out a sigh as I took off my scarf. I had so much on my plate right now with the bestiary and Scott telling the Sheriff about Jackson and having to tell my dad. I just couldn't listen to her ramble about hating Jackson right now.

"I understand it's important but it's going to have to wait." I dismissed her and she stood up.

"Why is everyone always telling me to wait? Why can't anyone have right now available?" She wined.

"You can't have everything right now!" I argued only making her pout more.

"Why is it that the only person that is available to talk to me is Maggie?" She said catching my attention.

"Wait what?" I asked. Lydia looked up confused.

"Maggie said that I could talk to her if I needed to talk to someone." Lydia explained sending me for a loop.

"I thought she hated you?" I questioned.

"Apparently not and I'm freaking out and I'd like to talk to you but you're more interested in why someone is talking to me but considering you've known her longer than me, you should already know the answer to that." Lydia freaked out on me and I threw my arms out.

"How should I know? She hates me now." I said seeing Lydia's face look unamused.

"Must you make this about you, Allison?" She picked and I just rolled my eyes.

"Look I need someone to translate 5 pages of Archaic Latin and there is no way I can talk right now." I explained hanging my coat and scarf up.

"I know Archaic Latin." She said simply.

"You know Archaic Latin? Just how smart are you?" I asked curiously.

"I'll make a deal with you. I'll translate the pages if you tell me more about Maggie and her family." I felt my eyebrows go up.

"Why do you want to know about Maggie?" I asked stepping back slightly.

"I know she's a witch. I want to know more about it, about what she's capable of, what her family is capable of. I want to know more about her father." Lydia let out a breath and I nodded my head.

"I don't know much about her family to be honest. Why are you suddenly so interested?" I pressed even though she looked disappointed in my answer.

"Just forget it. Let me see the pages." She held her arm out.

"Lydia-" She cut me off.

"Just forget it alright? Let me see the pages or I'm just going to go." She insisted and I wasn't going to lose the opportunity to get Lydia's help while she was offering it.

[Maggie's POV]

I was sitting on a bench in the hallway of the police station with Scott and Stiles on either side of me. Nathan came barreling around the corner and I jumped up unsure of why he was there. I guess I just figured that all the people who would punish me were already here. The idea was still kind of foreign to me that Nathan was actually the one responsible for me but I kept thinking of what Karen had said.

"Hey are you okay? Melissa called me." Nathan looked me up and down and I nodded.

"Yeah I'm fine it's just-" Before I could explain the Sheriff cleared his throat.

"Nathan, a word?" He gestured into the room and Nathan looked at me confused.

"You didn't steal anything did you?" Nathan whispered.

"Not...technically." He looked at me before letting out a sigh and following the Sheriff back into the interrogation room. John pointed at the three of us and told us not to go anywhere but when Scott's phone rang and he held it up to reveal it was Allison he gestured to an empty office. I followed mostly because Stiles kind of stopped behind me, allowing me to go into the room before him.

"Hey did you talk to your dad?" Scott asked putting her on speaker.

"No we have bigger problems. Lydia was here when I got home and she translated the pages for me. Apparently the kanima doesn't seek a friend, it seeks a master." She said making Scott look over at Stiles.

"Someone's controlling him." I said catching their attention.

"Exactly. If Jackson doesn't know what he's doing then someone has to be controlling him." Allison agreed.

"Or he doesn't remember." Scott leaned on the desk.

"What if it's the same kind of thing with you and Lydia when she took off from the hospital and you dreamed about going to the Hale house?" Stiles pointed at me.

"A fugue state." Allison said.

"But he'd have to forget everything." Scott looked at me and I shook my head.

"It was like a dream but I still felt the cold on my body, the thorns in my legs and the stone bruises on my feet. It's real and you feel it." I said trying to shake the thought.

"Someone had to help him though. We know that someone messed with that video tape. It had to be the person controlling him." Stiles spoke up.

"Are you sure Jackson still has no idea about any of this?" Allison asked sounding unconvinced.

"I talked to him in the van, he thinks he's becoming a werewolf and somehow being with Lydia delayed it or something." He rolled his eyes.

"Did Lydia asked you about what she translated?" I questioned hearing a pause on Allison's end.

"No but she did ask about you and your family." I crossed my arms over my chest.

"Why would she ask about that?" Scott shook his head.

"She's going through something. The bite might not have turned her but she's definitely going through something. I offered her help but she just kind of blew me off." I mentioned seeing how surprised Stiles looked.

"Well she asked about your dad too so maybe you should just keep your distance." Allison suggested.

"Yeah that's not strange or anything." Stiles widened his eyes but I tried not think about it.

"We need to focus on Jackson now. We have to get through to him before he kills someone else, the full moon is coming." I reminded them.

"Do you think he'll actually still talk to us after what we did to him?" Allison sounded unsure but Stiles shrugged.

"Of course he will, it's us." The door of the interrogation room opened the Sheriff Stilinski came out looking angry.

"Got to go, I'll call you." Scott hung up his phone and we turned to face John as he walked in.

"You three, in there, now." He practically growled pointing towards the other room. We filed out and sat down at the table. Melissa stood next to Nathan who looked slightly confused as Mr. Whittemore glared at the three of us.

"I don't know what the hell has gotten into you three but you're going to sit there quietly and listen as I read this. I don't want to hear one word." Sheriff warned as he picked up the clipboard from the table.

"You will not go within 50 feet of Jackson Whittemore. You will not speak to him, you will not approach him, you will not harass or assault him physically or psychologically." The Sheriff threw the clipboard on the table and we all kind of sat in silence for a few moments.

"What about school?" I asked growing too uncomfortable with the glares.

"You're going to attend while trying to maintain a 50 foot distance." John looked at me disappointed.

"What if we both have to use the bathroom at the same time and there's only two stalls available and they're right next to each other." Stiles asked making them all let out a sigh of annoyance and Scott and I cover our faces. Stiles looked around the room before seeing how enraged his dad was.

"I'll just hold it." Stiles breathed.

"Sign the damn form." John seethed. Scott quickly grabbed the clipboard to sign it and his mom pulled him up from the chair. Stiles followed suit before the Sheriff was doing the same and Jackson's father walked out towards the Sheriff's office to wait for him, no doubt to give him shit for how Stiles acted. Nathan sat down in a chair across from me as I signed the restraining order.

"So do you make it a habit to kidnap people or is this something adolescents are doing these days?" He asked making me almost too embarrassed to look up at him.

"No it's not new." I realized what I had implied and he pulled a face that screamed what have I gotten myself into.

"And no I don't kidnap people. Technically, I wasn't even apart of all this but I guess I'm guilty by association." I explained.

"Yeah I get that. Don't sweat it. That kid's dad is a tool so I can't imagine he's much better." Nathan shrugged making me feel a wave of relief. I could hear the Sheriff scolding Stiles and Melissa tearing Scott a new one in the hallway but Nathan was sitting her seemingly relaxed and surprisingly understanding.

"Thanks for being here. I really appreciate it." I said honestly but Nathan shook his head.

"Hey I told you before, we're family. I got your back." He winked at me before leaning back in the chair. I couldn't help but smile thinking that Karen was right. I could trust Nathan.

"But the next time you want to commit a crime or you know, be an accessory, give me a heads up. Okay? Okay." He gave me two thumbs up and I laughed as we stood up.

"Still hungry?" He asked.

"I could eat." I said walking into the hallway to see Stiles motioning to Scott as Melissa yelled at him. I hit his arm to stop him.

"How about I meet you at Mel's diner a few blocks over. I heard that place has good burgers." Nathan said catching Stiles attention.

"Yeah that works. I have my car so I'll just meet you over there." I gave him a smile as he went out of the fire exit.

"What was he doing here?" Stiles asked me.

"He's my guardian, Stiles. It's sort of his job now." I crossed my arms over my chest and could feel Stiles staring.

"You're grounded!" Melissa said making Scott sigh.

"What about work?" Scott questioned.

"Fine other than work but no TV." She crossed her arms over her chest.

"My TV's broken." Scott admitted.

"Then no computer." She followed up.

"I need the computer for school." I felt a headache coming on as Scott went back and forth with his mom.

"Then uh..." She glanced back at us as we stood in the doorway.

"No Stiles." She said making Stiles tense.

"What?! No Stiles?" Stiles moved towards her to argue but she put her hand up.

"NO STILES!" She yelled making him fall back next to me silently.

"And no more car privileges, give me your keys." She held her hand out and Scott looked like he was going to say something but Melissa stopped him.

"GIVE ME YOUR KEYS!" Scott rifled through his pocket and handed the keys over watching as she struggled to get the key off the ring. Scott finally took her hands in his and she let out a sigh.

"What is going on with you? Is this about Allison?" She asked desperately.

"Do you really wanna know?" Scott asked and Stiles started shaking his head at him. When Scott looked at us I hit Stiles in the stomach making him stop.

"Is this about your father?" She whispered and I could hear Scott's heart skip a beat. Stiles nodded his head at Scott again and I grabbed him by the shirt.

"Will you cut it out!" I gritted.

"Look, I'll go get the car and we'll talk about this at home." We watched Melissa walk out the police station and Scott's head hung.

"I'm the worst son ever." I put my hand on his arm and gave it a squeeze.

"Yeah well I'm not winning any awards either." Stiles looked into his father's office and saw Jackson's dad verbally attacking his father.

"By the way, why the hell am I banned and not Maggie? I mean how come she doesn't get banned?" Stiles argued bitterly.

"Because she lives with us." Scott sighed.

"For now." I added making them both look at me.

"I've actually got to get going. I'm having dinner with Nathan but I'll be at your place tonight." I looked at Scott and he nodded. Stiles seemed speechless but I figured it was best to just leave before there was anymore trouble. Jackson smirked at me from a chair by the front doors and I eyed him. If he really knew what he was doing to these people, would he be able to live with that weight? I still didn't understand how taking a life could be so simple to some people. It plagued my mind the short drive over to the diner to meet Nathan. He waved me over to the booth he was sitting in and I sat down across from him.

"So I was going to order you something but it occurred to me pretty quickly that I don't know that much about you personally. I mean I know what Louis and Karen would say but that's like trivial, she's got A's in French and she really wants a dog, sorta thing." Nathan said as I smiled at Mrs. Tina.

"Hey sweetheart, the usual?" She said from behind the counter.

"Yeah thanks Mrs. Tina." I waved as she walked back into the kitchen. Nathan laughed before shaking his head.

"Sometimes I come here to do homework. It's quiet and Tina thinks I'm too thin. Plus the turkey club is pretty good." I shrugged.

"So you eat meat and are a creature of habit, off to a good start." He said sipping his drink.

"What exactly do you want to know?" I asked unsure of just how much Nathan knew about our lives. He gave me a soft smile and relaxed his face.

"I'm not here to question you, Maggie. I know what you are. Well sort of. I know that you're special in the supernatural sense but as far as all of those details are concerned, I'm pretty jaded." He lowered his tone.

"Would you like to be unjaded? I mean I can tell you what I know but even I'm still trying to figure it all out." I admitted.

"You don't have to tell me about all of that. I guess I should know for future reference but how about you just tell me about you. Thing's you like, thing's you don't like, your friends. If we happen to stumble into the weird stuff then great but I'd like to get to know my niece first." Nathan said as Tina brought our food out. I tried to hide a smile but Nathan spotted it and furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"It's nothing just...I think this is the most normal thing I've done in a really long time." I said and it was. I couldn't remember a time where I could sit down with someone and have a meal to just tell them about myself, not my family troubles or werewolves and witches. Just me. Nathan and I talked for a few hours taking in as much as we could about each other. I found out that it was yoga that kept him zen and that he enjoyed working on the water because it made him feel like he had ties all over the world instead of just in one place. He thought it was cool that I loved music as much as I did and I promised to make him a mix. I didn't realize it as we talked but it was the clearest my head had been since pulling out of that coma.

[Derek's POV]

I paced through the rail car getting thing's ready for the full moon coming up but Isaac and Erica followed me around like mosquitoes, questioning every decision I made. I hadn't heard from Maggie since the other night but I refused to budge on how I felt as far as she's concerned. She had made the decision to help Scott and his band of misfits but the only person it was hurting was her.

"Why do we need their help and do you honestly think they're going to help us after the other night?" Isaac asked as he followed.

"Because it's harder to kill then I thought and I still don't know for sure who it is." I explained for what seemed like the millionth time.

"And you think they do?" Isaac snorted.

"Maybe, which is why I need one of you to get on their good side." I turned towards them and Erica shook her head.

"Scott or Stiles?" Erica asked making my eyebrows go up.

"Was that supposed to be your slick way of avoiding bringing Maggie up?" Isaac asked making her shove him.

"Either one of them will do but I want you both to stay away from Maggie." I informed earning shocked faces.

"Derek, you know the full moon is coming up right?" Isaac stepped up behind me as I opened the box I had brought from the house.

"I'm aware of that which is why I want you away from Maggie. She doesn't know her own strength or how to control it yet. She thinks she can suppress it but on a full moon nothing is going to be able to keep the wolf from coming out." I explained feeling their eyes boring holes into me.

"Shouldn't we be trying to help her too then?" Isaac pressed.

"Maggie made her decision and I've made mine. Stay away from her or you'll get yourself killed." I raised my voice.

"You said you would teach us to change whenever we want. If you lock us up during the full moon then that means you're alone against the Argent's. Maggie would be alone against the Argent's." Isaac was getting on my last nerve as he whined.

"Let her tear those idiots apart then and the Argent's aren't our first priority. They still haven't found us yet." I started to walk away but Erica grumbled.

"How about we forget about the damn Kanima!" Isaac yelled making me growl as I turned around.

"WE CAN'T! There was something about the way Gerard looked at it. He wasn't afraid. I don't know what he knows or what he's planning but if we don't find it first it could kill us all." I tried to get them to understand but Boyd came through the door and looked at me surprised.

"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be keeping an eye on Maggie." I asked and he shook his head.

"She's not doing anything. She's having dinner with her uncle. She's texted me telling me to stop spying on her so I didn't really have much of a choice." Boyd explained throwing his duffel on the floor.

"How come Boyd gets to be near Maggie but we don't?" Isaac asked crossing his arms over his chest like a 5 year old.

"Because Boyd knows how to maintain a safe distance. I don't need either of you getting emotional about it." I said looking between him and Erica.

"You know it's okay to admit that you care about her. She is family even though you think she's somehow betrayed you." Erica softened a bit and I chuckled.

"That's exactly why I sent Boyd." I pointed at Erica before walking up the stairs and out of the railcar to get some air. I had no idea what to expect with Maggie turning this full moon. I didn't have a whole lot of sources to check in with and the only people I could ask about it were Deaton and Maggie but I wasn't about to do that. I got a moment of peace before Boyd walked up next to me.

"You know that I agreed to watch Maggie to protect her and make sure she was alright, not to spy on her right? I respect you and this gift you've given me but I'm not your watch dog. I care about Maggie enough to watch her back while you struggle to make things right with yourself." Boyd wasn't afraid of me like Erica and Isaac were. He seemed to have a healthy respect but it's like he's become my Sergent of arms.

"Thank you." I said looking over at him and he nodded his head. I couldn't be near Maggie right now but that didn't mean I stopped caring about her. I trusted Boyd to be there for her while I tried to figure out a way to protect the pack from this deadly creature and the Argent's. I didn't have time to make nice with Maggie. I was too busy trying to keep us all alive.

[Maggie's POV]

I ended up spending the night on Nathan's boat and getting a late start the next morning. We talked most of the night about my childhood in Beacon Hills and he showed me some old pictures of him and Louis. I even showed him a little bit of the simple magic I could do. Nathan was impressed but worried other people seeing so he made me promise to be careful. I was too tired to drive back to Scott's house so I just crashed in a spare cabin. It was weird how calming the water was but I was in an instant rush getting back to Scott's and changing. Stiles had texted me 6 times trying to figure out where I was and why I wasn't at school. I slid into the school and spotted Allison at her locker.

"Hey." I said opening my locker. She looked surprised I even said something to her, looking over her shoulder as if I was addressing someone behind her.

"H-hey. Um is everything okay?" Allison asked cautiously.

"Yeah just got off to a late start today. How about you?" I asked making her shut her locker.

"I'm actually on the way to meet Scott and Stiles...are you like talking to me now?" Allison asked confused. I shut my locker and shrugged.

"I appreciate you covering for me with Lydia. I want to help her but my family tree massacre would probably be more of a horror story than an informative talk." I fixed my bag on my shoulder as we walked down the hallway towards the library. She opened the door and we both walked out of view of the camera. Scott looked surprised to see me standing next to Allison as she pulled out her tablet and passed it through the bookshelf to Scott.

"Where the hell were you last night?" Stiles asked looking at me but Scott elbowed him.

"Where are we at with all of this?" I asked looking around to make sure the coast was clear.

"Other than Lydia being even more confused? I'd say we're pretty screwed if we don't figure out who's controlling Jackson." Allison looked at me as Scott read the tablet.

"What did you tell Lydia?" Scott asked glancing over.

"I told her we were apart of an online gaming community that battles mythical creatures." Scott and I chuckled at Allison's response.

"I am apart of an online gaming community that battles mythical creatures." Stiles said completely serious.

"Oh...great." Allison bit her lip as Stiles blinked blankly at us.

"Enough about your weirdo cosplay kinky time, do we have any leads on who could be controlling Jackson?" Stiles mouth opened up.

"Hey it's not a cosplay kink! It's a gaming community!" Stiles defended.

"Oh yeah? Do all the characters have clothes on?" I asked knowing the weird gaming forums always had a smutty section.

"I think we're getting a little off topic here." Allison spoke up when Stiles didn't.

"I'm actually curious about the answer to that question." Scott smirked looking between Allison and Stiles. Allison gave him a look and he cleared his throat quickly changing the subject. I caught Stiles testing glare though.

"Does it say how we can pinpoint who it might be?" Scott asked.

"No but Stiles was right about the murders. They call the Kanima a weapon of vengeance." Stiles silently celebrated making me roll my eyes at him as Allison explained further.

"Yeah high five for you being right about that." I said making his shoulders slump.

"Is it pick on Stiles Day and no one told me?" He whined.

"There's a story in there about a South American priest who uses the Kanima to execute murderers in his village." Allison pulled a book off the shelf to make herself look busy.

"See then maybe it's not as bad as we thought." Stiles pointed out.

"Until the bond got so strong it killed whoever he wanted it to." She added.

"All bad. All very very bad." Stiles joked.

"Here's the thing though, the Kanima is actually supposed to be a werewolf-" The librarian came around the corner and I pulled a book down.

"I think that would be great for mythology week in book club." I cut her off making her glance back. Once she walked away Allison gave me a nod.

"Until it resolves what's in it's past that manifests it." Scott finished her sentence.

"Yeah raise your hand if you don't think Jackson needs about a few thousand hours of therapy." Stiles insisted.

"What about his parents? Wasn't he adopted?" I asked making them all look at me.

"Does anyone actually know what happened to them?" Scott asked.

"Lydia would." Stiles said firmly.

"Then you should talk to her. Someone should be with her today anyway. I need to talk to her but I've got a few things I need to take care of myself." I adjusted my bag on my shoulder.

"Well I don't have a restraining order against me so I can talk to Jackson." Allison put the book back on the shelf and Scott passed her the tablet.

"What am I supposed to do?" He shrugged.

"Don't you have a makeup exam?" I reminded earning an unpleasant face from Scott. Allison put her hand on Scott's and I saw the tension leave his body.

"If he does something crazy then you take off, got it?" Scott warned.

"I can take care of myself." Allison said firmly.

"Allison, if you get hurt while I'm taking some stupid test then someone's going to need to take care of me. If he does anything weird, bizarre, anything-" Stiles cut Scott off.

"Anything evil." I shoved Stiles face back through the shelves.

"Look, you need to not flunk out so go take your test. I just need to collect some make up work for Boyd and I'll have Allison's back. Everyone cool with that plan?" I offered and the three of them looked surprised.

"I'm good with that. Now go and take your test and stop worrying about me." Allison said giving him a reassuring smile.

"Scott...I won't let her get hurt. Go." I nodded towards the door and he took a deep breath before Stiles gripped his shoulders and led him towards the doors.

"Do you mind going with me to get Boyd's work and then we'll go look for Jackson?" I asked as we waited long enough for Scott and Stiles to get a head start out before checking out a random book.

"You don't have to go with me." She brushed it off as we walked out of the library.

"I told Scott I'd go with you and seeing as how bodies keep piling up, it won't hurt to have some backup." We walked down the hallway awkwardly.

"Maggie, we haven't exactly been B.F.F's since...well you know. Why do you suddenly want to talk to me again? I mean I understand trying to appease Scott but-" I cut her off.

"Would you believe that I just had a change of heart? I don't have an angle here, Allison. I just...reevaluated where my lines of strife are and they're not with you." I smiled as I backed into Boyd's homeroom. I figured if she believed me then she'd wait and if not I'd just use my annoying sense of smell to find her but after retrieving the assignments she was waiting against the lockers.

"Lydia said he was heading towards the locker room. We should get going." She smiled slightly and I nodded my head following her. I spotted Jackson rounding the corner away from the Bio lab and Allison slipped her shoes off to stop the added noise. We heard the locker room door open and close and I glanced around the corner to see he had gone in.

"I'll go in. You watch the door." Allison said as we looked down each hallway.

"You want me to send you in there by yourself? How can I watch your back if I can't actually see your back?" I asked as Allison reached for the doorknob but when the door flung open we both jumped.

"Whoa! You scared the hell out of me." It was Matt. He eyed the both of us but I knew he had a thing for Allison. Danny was complaining about it the whole time we danced that night at the club.

"We were just...nevermind." Allison tried to cover but Matt didn't seem to care. I felt eyes watching me from behind and picked up the scent of leather and a specific cologne.

"Will you excuse me for a moment." I said as Matt chatted up Allison. I walked around the corner slowly and was pulled into an empty classroom roughly.

"If Derek insists on you guys following me around, can you at least try harder to not look so obvious. There are cameras in the school now." I said as Isaac stood in front of me.

"I didn't come here because Derek wanted me to, I came here to talk to you." He said staring down at me. I put my arm out pushing him at least an arms length away and he put his hands up in surrender.

"Talk about what? How you attacked Stiles or tried to kill Lydia? How about how you played me trying to get me to join the pack?" The moment I said it he stepped forward making me push him back again.

"I didn't play you! Yes I attacked Stiles and I was only going to kill Lydia because Derek said she was a threat to us all but what happened between us wasn't any sort of game. Derek practically broke me in half for even asking if I could take you out." Isaac explained but I kept my guard up.

"It doesn't matter now. I need to be out there with Allison." I went to open the door but Isaac stopped me.

"You don't believe me. I'm telling you the truth Maggie. I wouldn't do that to you. I...I care about you." He touched my face and I turned my head.

"Isaac..." Before I could say anything he leaned down and caught my lips. I backed into the door and felt his hand on my hip. I kissed back for a moment and moved my hands up to wrap around the back of his neck. I ran my fingers through the back of his hair and felt him wrapping his arms around my back to lift me off my feet. My back hit the door and Isaac bit my lip. That's when I became very aware of the rising heartbeats in my head.

"Isaac...you've gotta stop. You can't just keep doing this." I pushed against him and he moved his lips down my neck.

"Doing what?" Isaac tested licking my neck.

"Kissing me one minute and attacking people I care about the next." I felt my eyes flutter and I felt something animalistic in my stomach dying to ravish Isaac right then and there. It had to be the full moon coming up. I'd never felt my nerves so raw before.

"Do you really want me to stop?" His breath on my neck made something inside of me ache and I felt my throat vibrating.

"You can't tell Derek, alright? Just because you got the whole Alpha bite makeover doesn't mean you get to go around destroying people." I heard Stiles voice and I snapped out it. I pushed Isaac back and his eyes sprang wide unsure of what was going on.

"Why not?! That's all anyone ever did to me." Erica was outside talking to Stiles and I opened the door catching both their attention.

"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be with Derek." Erica said but Stiles fists clenched.

"I was just checking on Maggie." Isaac cleared his throat and Erica shook her head before gesturing for him to get lost. I pulled him aside and Stiles huffed turning back to Erica.

"Look, I'm not really in the position to jump into anything right now and the way things are going with me and Derek..." I hugged my arms around myself and Isaac smiled.

"I'm not looking for you to go steady Maggie. I just want you to believe me when I say the thing's I feel for you are real. I don't have a motive and I'm here if you need a friend." His dimples came out as he smirked and I shook my head.

"Get out of here." I said watching him run towards the exit just before classes started to end. I turned towards Erica and Stiles to see them staring at the floor. Before I could even walk towards them Scott burst out onto the floor and Jackson quickly followed trying to grab him up.

"HEY!" I ran towards them as Stiles pulled Scott up from the floor and tried to hold him back.

"SCOTT!" Stiles yelled to calm him down and Erica grabbed Jackson by his neck to hold him back. I noticed Allison slide out behind Scott looking frazzled and I touched her arm.

"Are you okay?" I asked her and she shook her head.

"NO! He attacked her!" Scott growled as he slipped on the water that was on the floor. Stiles readjusted his grip on Scott and looked over at me as I put my hand on his chest to calm him down.

"You need to calm down!" I said sternly but Stiles eyes went wide.

"Maggie, your hands." He pointed out my nails and they were extended like claws. I jerked my hand back just as Mr. Harris came around the corner.

"What the hell is going on? ENOUGH!" Harris stood between us all and Stiles let go of Scott.

"CALM DOWN JACKSON! Mr. McCall, you want to explain yourself? Ms. Stevens? I didn't think so." Harris glared at all of us as Matt walked up.

"You dropped this." I reached out to grab it but Harris snatched it away.

"You and you...actually all of you, detention 3:00." Harris stormed off thrusting the tablet at me.

"How is it possible that I'm always getting in trouble when I wasn't even involved!?" I said aloud as he rounded the corner and Jackson pushed Erica off of him as he went back into the locker room.

"Where the hell were you?" Scott gritted his teeth at me and Erica moved closer but I put my hand up to stop her.

"Scott it's not her fault." Allison defended me.

"You said you would have her back but you reek of Isaac. I trusted you to keep her safe, Maggie! She could have really gotten hurt." Scott stood up straight and walked past me. Stiles followed him and I could tell Allison wanted to but couldn't because of the cameras.

"He doesn't mean that. He's just-" I cut Allison off.

"He's right. I messed up and I'm sorry. Are you okay?" I asked sincerely. Allison shook her head and fixed her hair. I suddenly got a splitting headache and saw flashes of Lydia talking to a boy.

"Maggie? Maggie are you alright?" Allison asked as I backed into Erica.

"I want to talk to you...actually I want to show you something. Make sure to bring that flower." A boy with brown hair was talking to Lydia and she seemed to know him somehow.

"Maggie!" Erica's voice snapped me out of it and the headache lightened.

"What was that about?" Allison asked being careful not to touch me.

"I have no idea. I keep having these visions." I rubbed my eyes.

"Visions of what?" Erica pressed and I looked around the hallway.

"Lydia." The three of us looked at each other as I tried to shake off the ache in my temple.

[Stiles POV]

I followed Scott to the bathroom as he pulled himself together. Allison texted me letting me know she was okay and I texted her back letting her know that Scott was too.

"Allison said she's fine and she's with Maggie." I read the text and Scott rolled his eyes.

"Yeah that's comforting. Remind me again when she started getting along with Allison again." He dried his hair with paper towels and put his hoodie under the hand dryer.

"She walked out of an empty classroom with Isaac. What the hell were they doing though?" I said out loud.

"Probably making out." Scott looked over at me realizing what he said and I bit my lip.

"I'm sorry man, I didn't mean that. Who knows what they were doing. I don't know what's going on with her anymore lately. It's like she's a completely different person." Scott made me think. Maggie had been making all these irrational decisions lately and now she suddenly is wishy washy with how she suddenly felt about Allison. Something just didn't add up. Scott finished drying himself off and fixing his clothes when we headed to the library for detention. Maggie rubbed her head sitting down across from Erica, Allison moved towards a table with Matt and Jackson and Scott moved to sit next to Erica but Jackson spoke up.

"I can't be in detention with them. I have a restraining order on these tools." Jackson smirked.

"All of these tools?" Harris asked unamused.

"Just us." I raised my hand. Harris gestured for us to sit at another table and Jackson's smirk left his face quickly.

"Stevens too." Jackson grumbled making Maggie lift her head.

"Just sue me." She massaged her temples as Harris decided to just leave it alone. I could tell Scott was fuming as Jackson sat smugly with Allison even after having attacked her.

"I'm gonna kill him." Scott seethed, limbs bouncing around on the table.

"No you're going to find out who's controlling him and save him remember? That was the plan." I reminded him and he shook his head.

"No you were right, let's kill him." I shook my head at him and glanced at Maggie. Erica was whispering to her as she continued to rub at her head.

"Did we miss something with Maggie?" I asked making Scott turn around to see her wincing.

"Whatever it was, I didn't do it." Scott put his arms up. I rolled my eyes at him and looked over towards Allison. Matt was sitting there nonchalantly eating chips but something was off about him.

"What about Matt? It could be him. I mean it all comes back to the video right and it was his camera." I pointed out.

"Danny said Matt found the two hours of footage missing though." Scott said but I couldn't shake the bad vibes he was giving me.

"Yeah but that's simple misdirection. He wants us to think he helped us but really he is behind it all." I narrowed my eyes at him earning a laugh from Scott.

"So he makes Jackson kill Isaac's dad, one of Argent's men and a mechanic working on your jeep?" Scott questioned.

"Yes!" I said without doubts.

"Why?" He shook his head.

"Because...he's evil." I cut my eyes at him as he offered Jackson some chips.

"Seriously? You just don't like him." Scott said making me shrug.

"I don't know what it is, the guy just bugs me. Just look at his face." Scott and I both stared at him but he wasn't taking my accusation seriously.

"Any other bright theories?" Scott asked but we all jumped when Maggie groaned. Harris jumped up and looked at her.

"What's going on? Did you hit your head?" He reached forward to touch her but Maggie's head shot up and back stopping him.

"I'm fine...just a migraine." She took a deep breath and looked over at Allison. Jackson suddenly got to his feet and grabbed his backpack.

"Jackson you don't look good either." All of his attention went to Jackson and I moved to get up.

"Stay in your seat, Stilinski." Maggie looked up and put her hand up trying to tell me she was okay but she wasn't.

"Something's wrong." I whispered and Scott kept his eyes on her.

"I just need some water." Jackson bolted from the room and Harris looked at us.

"No one leaves their seat." Harris followed Jackson out of the door and I got up to sit next to Maggie.

"What's going on? Are you alright?" I touched her hand but she pulled away from me.

"I feel like I'm caught in a latch with Lydia or something. It's nothing personal I just don't want my brain to feel anymore ripped in two then it already feels." Maggie eyed me. Scott reached over and put his hand on Maggie's and when she tried to pull away he gripped tighter. His veins turned black and Maggie let out a sigh of relief before daring a glance at him.

"I'm pissed but I don't hate you." Scott said before looking at Erica.

"Stiles said you know how Jackson's parents died." Scott let go of Maggie and once she gave Erica a nod she looked at Scott.

"It was a car accident. My dad was the insurance investigator. Apparently he's going to get a huge settlement when he turns 18." Erica shrugged.

"So Jackson's rich now but gets richer when he turns 18? What the hell is wrong with the world?" I shook my head. Scott looked back at Allison as Erica opened her laptop.

"I can hack my dad's email and see if he's got the insurance report. He keeps everything." Erica started typing away on her laptop.

"Would he keep something that old though?" I questioned.

"He keeps his mistresses on speed dial. Trust me, he'll have it." She said bitterly.

"Scott McCall, please report to the principal's office. Scott McCall to the principal's office." Allison's mom came over the loud speaker and he looked terrified.

"What did I do?" Scott whispered to me.

"You mean other than wreck the locker room and get into a fight? You were just kind of staring at Allison." Scott looked worried as he got up and walked towards the door. Maggie straightened up in her seat and looked at me.

"I'm fine." She brushed it off but I had my doubts. Apparently she could read my body language because she let out a heavy sigh.

"What? What's on your mind Stiles?" She pressed.

"Nothing, you just keep saying you're fine but you just keep doing all these things to make it seem otherwise." I said honestly. Erica glanced up from her laptop but I didn't look at her. I kept my eyes in Maggie.

"I know you're still upset about me moving out-" I cut her off.

"Moving out with a guy you barely know because it's what Karen wanted, hating Allison one day and then saying you'll protect Allison just so you can end up making out with a guy who tossed me around like a rag doll not too long ago." I tried to reel it in because I realized how bitter I sounded by the end of it but Maggie just took it.

"I was there that night that Derek made you feel like shit. Scott and I were there trying to convince you that it would be okay but you just keep pushing us away like it was us who told you that you weren't family. You keep pushing me away and honestly I have no idea what I did wrong..." Erica cut me off before Maggie could respond.

"I found it. Passengers arrived at the hospital DOA, June 15th 1995." Erica read as I looked at the paper on her laptop.

"Jackson's birthday is June 15th." I said running my hand over my head. Harris stood up and started packing his bag. We all started doing the same only for him to laugh at us.

"Oh yes I'm leaving but you all can leave once you shelve all these. Have a wonderful evening." He patted the packed book shelves. I dropped my bag back on the table and we all stood up to start working. Scott came stumbling back into the library looking like he'd seen a ghost.

"Everything okay?" Allison asked from the book shelf. Scott went the long way around and still seemed jumpy like someone was watching him.

"Anything new on Jackson?" Scott rubbed the back of his neck.

"Yeah apparently his mom had a C-section after she died so they basically pulled him out of his dead mom." I explained seeing him pull a face.

"But was it an accident or not?" Allison asked as Maggie came back around from the other shelf.

"The word all over the report was inconclusive." I said as Scott leaned on the shelf.

"So they could have been murdered? That falls into the kanima myth right?" Scott pointed out.

"Yeah but is that true for Jackson or the person controlling him?" Allison pitched Maggie rubbed her head again.

"Are you having visions again?" Allison asked concerned.

"They keep trying to force through. I need to find Lydia." Maggie said trying to shake the bad vibes off.

"Well the first thing we need to do is tell Jackson even if he doesn't want to believe us, we have to make him aware." Scott rounded the corner and I shook my head. Maggie's body suddenly straightened out and her eyes glowed green like the time we brought her back.

"DOWN!" She grabbed Allison and I and pulled us to the ground just as something hit the ceiling lights above us causing sparks and debris to fly.

"ERICA!" Scott yelled and Erica growled. Maggie got up from the floor and tried to move towards the next aisle but I stopped her. Allison got up to follow her but the fixtures started to fall and I tackled Allison backwards to avoid getting hit.

"STAY DOWN!" She yelled desperately before something shot around the corner and knocking her to the ground. Scott was quick to drag her out of the way and back next to us. Maggie had been hit in the head with a light fixture and was now bleeding.

"We need to get Erica!" She yelled fighting him. I made sure to cover Allison's head with my arms and she gripped my forearm to keep from falling over. Maggie and Scott jumped to their feet only to be face to face with Jackson but it wasn't Jackson. He was mid change into the monster we'd seen fully scaled out and somehow he seemed more terrifying half possessed. It snarled at the both of them and swatted Maggie back into the bookcase in the aisle Erica was in and shoved Scott into another, knocking it over. Scott shook it off before rushing over to Allison and I.

"Maggie?!" I called out hoping she was alright.

"I'm fine." She called back but I knew something was wrong. We watched Jackson's body walk towards the black board and start to write something as if whatever was controlling him was using his body to send us a message that read: Stay out of my way or I'll kill you all. I felt a panic wash over me before he jumped out of the window leaving us and the library in shambles. I got up and ran around the aisle to look at Maggie who had rolled into the aisle where Matt was. Blood was running down the side of her face and she had a piece of splintered wood sticking out of her thigh.

"Jesus! Why aren't you healing?" I panicked as she looked at the ceiling. pulled the wood out of her leg and slapped her hand down on the floor next to her.

"The head wound. I can't heal it. You need to pull it out of my leg...please." She looked at me and I reached down seeing how shaky my hands were as I gripped the wood from the shelf.

"Ready? 1...2..." I yanked the wood out and she cried throwing her head back.

"DAMNNIT!" She bit her bottom lip as ripped a piece of my black shirt off to tie around her wound.

"I'm sorry just keep pressure on it." I said putting my shaky hand up to the wound on her head. She reached up and grabbed my hand to stop me.

"Check on Erica." She said out of breath as Scott ran over to her. I got up and looked at Erica who was twitching madly on the floor.

"Whoa whoa HEY! She's having a seizure!" I picked Erica up off the floor and she twitched violently in my arms. Scott gestured for Allison to check on Matt as he ran towards me. The aftermath of the attack had my heart racing so fast, there was no way Scott and Maggie couldn't hear it.

[Allison's POV]

I checked Matt's pulse and Maggie shifted out of the way.

"He's alive!" I yelled seeing Scott and Stiles trying to help Erica on the other side of the bookshelf.

"How bad is she?" Maggie asked looking pretty worn out.

"She needs to go to the hospital." Stiles said quickly as she struggled in his arms.

"D-derek. Only to Derek." Erica said making Scott look over at me. After the earlier attack from Jackson, I couldn't help but think he was right. Scott wasn't a born wolf. He was eventually going to need Derek and if Derek hated my family then how long would it take for Scott to not need me? How long would our love be able to hold up to the pressures that now surround us?

"Go." I said making them all look at me. Scott shook his head before running over to me, making Stiles call after him.

"I'm staying here with you." He said but looking over at Stiles holding Erica, I knew he needed to go.

"He can't take her alone, not like that and I've got to have call an ambulance for Matt." I explained quickly but Scott still wouldn't leave.

"This doesn't feel right-" I cut him off.

"It's okay." I tried to reassure him but he kept fighting me.

"No! I'm not going to leave you." He touched my face and I tried to fight the growing pain in my chest that was telling me Jackson was wrong.

"I-it doesn't mean anything." I said knowing he could hear my lie.

"It feels like it does-" This time Maggie spoke up.

"Scott...Erica needs help. I won't let you down this time but you have to go...please?" We both looked at Maggie and Scott clenched his jaw. Scott kissed my head before getting up quickly to take Erica out of Stiles arms and carry her out. Stiles topped and looked back at Maggie only for her to give him a nod. I could tell he didn't want to go as much as Scott but we didn't have many options. My phone beeped and it was a message from my mom telling me that she'd called for a medic and not to say anything to the police.

"My mom called the paramedics. Are you going to be healed by then?" I asked Maggie as she let out a sigh.

"Once my head wound heals I can heal my leg. If I can't get it to fix by the time they get here then I'll just let them do there thing." She said leaning her head down.

"You didn't have to stay with me. I can take care of myself. Scott just needs to understand thing's aren't how they used to be." I said swallowing the lump in my throat. She looked up at me with just her eyes and tilted her head sideways.

""It's not about Scott. It's about us, all of us. We've all had hardships that we've had to deal with, families that aren't exactly ordinary but that doesn't make it our faults." Maggie kept her eyes on me and I felt a tear escape my eye. I quickly wiped it away.

"I don't know what you're thinking right now but I do know that Scott's love for you is as deep as it can get. He will never be able to let you go or turn his back on you. Never." The doors to the library opened and I nodded my head at her as my mom came rushing in with paramedics.

"Allison, are you okay?" Mom ran over and eyed Maggie.

"I'm fine but Matt is hurt and so is Maggie." I explained.

"What the heck happened in here?" The paramedic asked but my mom stopped her glaring at Maggie long enough to answer.

"Can we please get them taken care of first." My mom helped me up and pulled me aside as the paramedics looked over Matt and Maggie.

"Do you mind explaining to me what went on in here? It's bad enough I have to cover for Scott causing thousands of dollars worth of damage earlier but now you are at the root of this." She gestured around us.

"This wasn't my fault." I said but she shook her head.

"It's time to grow up Allison. Stop the childish games and the lying. Performance reflects leadership, I will not have you making this family look weak." She marched out of the library and I stood there stunned as they loaded Maggie and Matt up on stretchers. I followed them to the hospital and waited for news on Matt's condition only to find out he had a concussion. Maggie came limping out of one of the rooms and Ms. McCall told her to wait for Scott to come get her. She plopped down next to me and let out a sigh.

"How did everything go?" I asked curiously.

"Luckily my head wound healed before Melissa showed up otherwise I'd have to find a really good makeup artist." Maggie said with a weak smile.

"Good. Matt has a concussion but he'll be fine. I figured I'd wait and make sure you were alright before heading out." I rubbed my palms on my legs and she watched me closely.

"You didn't have to do that but thank you. Are you going to be alright?" She asked me making hold my head up high.

"I'll be fine." I said confidently and she shook her head.

"I know you will be. Your mom was wrong...in the library. You're the strongest girl I've ever met Allison. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise. Keep fighting and stop over thinking. Scott's going to need you." Maggie stood up and started to limp towards the doors.

"Where are you going?" I asked standing up.

"I need to find Lydia. I don't know what her sudden interest in me is about but it's gotta mean something. There is some sort of connection between us and I feel like if I don't figure it out...she could get really hurt. I'm not willing to let that happen again." Maggie turned and kept walking.

"Hey Maggie...thanks for today...for having my back." I said firmly. She nodded her head at me before pushing through the doors and making an exit before Ms. McCall came back. I tried not to let all that had happened today overwhelm me but Jackson's voice combined with my mom's kept echoing in my head.

"What are you going to do Allison when your stupid bitch of a boyfriend turns on you? They killed your aunt, they almost killed Lydia and Maggie Stevens has your entire family pegged at the top of her hit list for killing her family. Who do you think is going to be next?"

[Scott's POV]

Stiles had called Derek letting him know the situation so he would expect us. Maggie had sent a text that said Allison was fine and that she was going to look for Lydia which made me feel a bit relieved but when we ran into the subway car, Derek took Erica from me immediately looking worried.

"Hold her up!" He said sitting her on the ground of the dirty railcar. Stiles jumped behind her to hold her up.

"Is she dying?" Stiles asked worried just by looking at Derek's face.

"She might, I don't know...which is why this is going to hurt." He grabbed a hold of Erica's arm and snapped it making her scream in agony.

"YOU BROKE HER ARM!? WHAT THE HELL KIND OF MEDICAL ATTENTION IS THAT?!" Stiles yelled at Derek but he ignored him. I covered my mouth in shock as Erica continued to thrash in Stiles arms. I'd broken bones in my lifetime but I'd never seen someone snap a bone with their bare hands.

"It'll trigger the healing process but I still gotta get the venom out and this is where it's really going to hurt." Derek took a deep breath before squeezing the broken bone causing blood to pour out of it like a faucet. Erica let out another scream of pain as she started to cry and once the venom started to clear her system, she relaxed back into Stiles on the verge of passing out.

"Stiles..." Erica reached back and fingered Stiles shirt as her eyes became heavy.

"Maggie was right." She whispered making Stiles glance over at me.

"Right about what?" He questioned unsure of what she meant.

"You make a good batman." Erica finally blacked out in his arms and I gave him a nod. Derek continued to drain the venom and my phone went off. It was Maggie.

"Hey are you okay?" I asked quickly.

"Yeah I'm fine. How is Erica?" Derek looked up hearing Maggie's voice through my phone.

"She's passed out but Derek saved her. She'll probably be out for a while but she'll be okay. Did you heal?" I asked hearing Derek's heart tick a bit.

"Yeah I'm just sore. I can't seem to find Lydia anywhere and if I keep creeping around her house then her mom will probably call the cops." Maggie sounded defeated.

"You should come here. Erica would probably want to see you when she wakes up and she could definitely use some of that good health juju you're so good at." I said trying to make up for being a jerk earlier. I could hear her sigh before seeing the grumpy face Derek held at the suggestion.

"I appreciate the sentiment but you were right earlier. I screwed up and I'm sorry." She admitted but I stood up and walked a few steps away from Stiles, Erica and Derek.

"I was a jerk because I was scared so I'm sorry too. We're all just a little confused as to all these sudden changes but no matter what we love you." I'm not sure why I whispered it considering Stiles was the only one who couldn't hear me. Maggie was silent for a moment as she contemplated what to say.

"I assume Derek knows you invited me over to his current residency without his permission so maybe you should check with him." I turned around and looked at Derek who closed his eyes for a minute before nodding slowly.

"He doesn't mind." I said knowing that would make her happy.

"I'm going to grab a few things and I'll be over soon." She said as she started her car.

"Just be careful." I said before hanging up. Derek stood up and looked down at Erica.

"Maggie is on her way here." Stiles looked up at me as he stroked Erica's hair out of his face. Derek pursed his lips at me.

"If she's going to insist on following you around then at least have the common sense to talk her into controlling her wolf instead of pretending it doesn't exist. It's going to get her killed otherwise." Derek gritted out. I glanced over at Stiles and we were both thinking about her claws popping out earlier today.

"How much do you know about what she is exactly?" I questioned making him stand up.

"Not much. I just know it's power is greater than any alphas which poses a threat to all of us if it's uncontrolled." He crossed his arms over his chest.

"How is she supposed to control it?" I asked but Derek knew immediately I was hiding something.

"What happened? Did she turn in front of someone?" Derek pressed.

"Her claws came out. She didn't even notice but just as quickly she got them to go away." I said honestly making Derek shake his head.

"Great. That's great." Derek stormed out of the railcar and I followed him leaving Stiles on the floor with Erica.

"Look she's going through some really rough stuff right now and you aren't really helping." I said making him spin around.

"SHE'S CAN'T AFFORD TO BE CODDLED!" He yelled fuming.

"No one is coddling her. It's called being a good friend. You wouldn't know what that's like considering you couldn't even be a good cousin." I yelled back and Derek growled about to close the space between us but a voice broke through.

"HEY! THAT'S ENOUGH!" It was Maggie. She was carrying a bag over her shoulder and a pillow under her arm.

"I can't listen to this anymore. You want to know why I can't focus on healing myself? I'm too busy worrying about people I love getting killed but here you two are tearing each other apart for no reason. This is why I feel like I need to remove myself from all of it. This is why I'd rather you both be pissed at me than being the thing you play tug of war with." Maggie ran her hands through her hair. I felt like I was being disciplined all over again. She took a deep breath to calm herself down.

"I think things would be a lot easier if you both stopped worrying about me controlling myself and learn to control yourselves." She walked up to the both of us and looked between us. Derek stepped backwards and leaned on the pillar.

"Erica was almost killed today and the full moon is in a few days. We don't have time to bicker or point fingers. We need to focus on the immediate threat which is the kanima." Maggie said looking from me to Derek.

"You know who the kanima is, you just needed Erica to confirm it." I spoke up finally earning a sigh from Derek.

"Jackson." He admitted. I looked at Maggie and she stared back.

"I'm going to help you stop him...as part of your pack. If you want me in fine but we're catching him, not killing him." I said firmly catching Derek's attention.

"And?" Derek crossed his arms over his chest.

"We do it my way. No casualties, no arguing." I said seeing him glance over at Maggie but she walked towards the railcar where Stiles and Erica were.

"Fine." Derek shook my hand. I followed behind Maggie and helped her situate Erica comfortably on a makeshift bed before kicking Stiles and I out so she could clean her up.

"She looks better than when we left her. I mean at least her head does. I haven't seen her leg yet." Stiles said keeping his back to the railcar.

"What happened to her leg?" Derek asked without thinking.

"Oh you suddenly care?" Stiles laughed making Derek roll his eyes.

"The fact that you continue to try my patience when you know I can not only kill you but hide your body is astounding to me." Derek threatened. I shook my head as Maggie pushed the railcar doors open.

"She'll sleep through the night but I gave her something for the pain in case-" Derek cut her off.

"What happened to your leg?" He asked standing up.

"Nothing happened to it. It's fine." She brushed him off but he shook his head.

"I can smell the medication on your leg. The stitches are gone but the medication is still there." She let out a sigh before rubbing her head.

"I just..." Maggie stopped talking and cringed dropping her bag.

"Maggie?" Stiles started to walk towards her but she dropped to her knees grabbing her head as if something inside of it was trying to break through.

"Maggie?! Maggie talk to me?" Stiles grabbed a hold of her like he'd down with Erica in the railcar and Derek ran towards her but she couldn't form words. She gritted her teeth and I could actually hear them grinding together before she went into a seizure.

"What's going on?! What's happening?!" Derek started freaking out.

"I don't know! I don't know! MAGGIE!" Stiles heartbeat was almost beating as fast as Maggie but when she finally went still we knew she had passed out. I tried calling Deaton but he didn't pick up. I realized then we didn't know anyone who could help us figure out how to deal with Maggie's new abilities. My mom had called but I ignored the call. Derek picked her up from Stiles and made sure she was comfortable.

"What do we do now?" I asked watching over her with Derek and Stiles. Stiles phone went off again and he checked it before shaking his head.

"I'm not leaving until I know she's alright." Stiles said firmly.

"Stiles-" He looked over at me.

"No...I had to leave her in the library bleeding. I'm not just going to leave her again." Stiles phone started going off again and he finally answered it.

"Dad I really-" He started but the fury of the Sheriff overpowered him.

"STILES IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR ASS BACK TO THE HOUSE IN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES, NOT ONLY WILL YOU BE GROUNDED FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE BUT I'M GOING TO START LOOKING INTO HOMESCHOOLING! RESTRAINING ORDER AND NOW DETENTION FOR FIGHTING?! GET YOUR ASS HOME NOW!" He hung on Stiles and he rubbed at his head.

"She's safe here." Derek broke the awkward silence and we looked at him.

"Look, if we're going to be working together than you have to trust me. I'm not going to let anything happen to her and if she doesn't pull out of this by the morning than I'll take her to Deaton myself." Derek said looking at me. I knew he wouldn't let Maggie get hurt. I heard his heart tick when he called Maggie out the other night. He didn't mean it but it still hurt her. I looked over at Stiles and put my hand on his shoulder.

"Stiles, she'll be alright." I said firmly. Stiles raked his hands over his head before standing up and looking at Derek.

"Keep your beta bitch away from her. She's not a sleepy beauty. Call the moment she comes out of it." Stiles was pissed. I could tell the way he moved around to make sure she was covered up and throwing glares at Derek. Derek knew he was scared so he didn't say anything which was a different but as Stiles and I got in the jeep to head home he seemed kind of irritated with me as well.

"You know we couldn't stay. Derek may be an ass but he isn't going to let anything happen to her." I pointed out earning more silence.

"Even if everything else fails, Deaton said it's next to impossible for her to be killed." I thought that would be reassuring but he cut his eyes at me.

"Was that you trying to comfort me because you are terrible at it." He snapped.

"You know I love her too, man. But no matter how much we hate it she's family to Derek." Stiles seemed to let it soak in as he pulled up to my house.

"I'm just...I'm tired of watching her get hurt. I feel like I have to keep watching her suffer and I know she's some great big werewitch or whatever but she's still Maggie to me." Stiles explained and I nodded at him letting him know I understood exactly what he was feeling. I chuckled though catching his attention.

"You know she'd punch you if she heard you call her that again." Stiles chuckled too.

"I think it's growing on her." I got out of the jeep and ran inside trying to think of a way to capture Jackson and help Maggie.

[Maggie's POV]

I walked up the steps of the burnt out Hale house, unsure of how I got there or why I was even here. I felt the cold on my skin and the ache in my chest that I felt whenever I came back to the house. The ache that Peter put there with his claws. The first thing I saw was Lydia sitting on the floor in what looked like a trance. I ran towards her and looked around to make sure she was alright.

"Lydia! Lydia, what are you doing here?" I asked before a booming voice startled me.

"I'm so sorry Lydia. All of this must be terribly confusing but at least you know you're not actually crazy. Well not completely. There's bound to be some residual effects but you're a strong girl. I think you'll pull through with minimal amount of post traumatic stress and a few years of profoundly disturbing nightmares." I couldn't put my finger on who the voice belonged to but the pain in my chest was like the pain I felt in my head before I passed out.

"Lydia we have to-" The voice cut me off again.

"I had a plan you know? Mmm it was a good plan too." I reached out to take Lydia's hand but she jumped. I pulled back unsure of how to snap her out of it.

"If there's one thing I've learned in life it's to always have a back up...and that's you." The voice whispered.

"Lydia tell me how to help you." I gripped my chest as the pain seared and I felt blood dripping through my shirt.

"Your immunity makes you the perfect plan. You wouldn't die from the bite, you wouldn't turn but would be able to do one very important thing." It was then that I realized who the voice was. I don't think I have ever been more terrified as I pulled my hand away from my chest to see my own blood. I reached out to grab Lydia and saw flashes of the boy from earlier. He wasn't real, or he was but not anymore. He was dead. He had to be.

"LYDIA!"

I shot up trying to catch my breath. Derek jumped to his feet startling me.

"It's me! It's me!" Derek put his hands out and I looked around unsure of where I was. I pulled my shirt over my head and yanked up my tank to see my scar was inflamed but not bleeding.

"Are you okay?" Derek asked carefully as I realized I was in the railcar, not the Hale house.

"I-I don't know." I said honestly. I raked my hands through my hair and tried to wrap my head around what had just happened.

"Stiles said you've been getting migraines. You should have said something instead of letting them get this bad. You've been out for 4 hours." Derek said making me look over at him.

"Sorry to inconvenience you. I'll be out of your hair soon enough." I threw the blanket off and Derek shook his head.

"Why do you insist on acting like such a child." He grunted as I looked for my shoes.

"Why do you insist on acting like such an ass?" I pulled my shoes on and he sat down where I was once sleeping.

"I'm trying to protect you." He said simply and I snapped.

"IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO PROTECT ME ANYMORE! I'M NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, REMEMBER?!" I shouted. I remembered that Erica was resting and I could sense Isaac somewhere near by but I didn't care.

"I have someone who wants me around and cares about me. He's known about less time than you and he STILL wants me around. I...I'm the reason his brother was killed and he still wants to make sure I have someone stable that lets me know I'm not alone." I unleashed on Derek and he sat there taking it. I grabbed my jacket off the end of the bed and he finally sighed.

"You remind me so much of my little sister. So damn stubborn." I felt a thud in my chest at Derek's confession. He kept his head down and I could tell it hurt for him to say that outloud. He cleared his throat and I knew his guard was back up.

"I'm sorry okay? Is that what you want to hear? I'm sorry I said what I said the other night." He still hadn't looked at me.

"Okay." I said simply but that only seemed to upset him more.

"I don't know why you think I'm not capable of protecting you when I've been watching your back since you came back to town. You think two stupid boys and a girl who will eventually try to kill you are better allies then me." He said so bitterly I just shook my head.

"I'm not looking for allies, Derek. I was looking for family but you made it very clear that I wasn't a real Hale anyway." I replied equally bitter but I could hear someone approaching and knew that I didn't want to argue in front of Isaac, Boyd or Erica because I knew how much the alpha status meant to Derek.

"You can pretend that I betrayed you all you want but you know that you gave up on me first. All I did was have enough love for you to walk away like you told me to. I guess you were right considering picking your battles isn't really a Hale thing." Boyd came down the stairs and looked at me with sad eyes as I walked past him. I could faintly hear Derek whisper as I got to the top of the stairs.

"I didn't give up on you." I wished I could just talk to him and not feel like he was only thinking about being the alpha. When all of this started, he used me as an excuse to build us a family but now that I was on the outside it was more obvious that it wasn't about that anymore. I got in my car and wanted so badly to go to the place I saw in that vision but I just couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to go there. I found myself parking at the Stilinski's and staring up at Stiles window. It was late and the Sheriff was already home. I got out of the car and walked towards the tree that sloped down next to the low part of the house. Once on top of it I walked carefully to Stiles window and saw him sleeping on his side. I opened the window quietly and closed it before sitting on the edge of his bed and watching him sleep. He was clutching his phone in his hand and when I went to move it he woke up wide eyed.

"Maggie! Are you alright?" He sat up and gripped my face looking me over. I couldn't help but smile softly. I honestly don't know what I'd do if I'd lost Stiles.

"You didn't do anything wrong." I said remembering what he'd said in the library. He cocked his eyebrow in confusion.

"Well...that's a relief." He said.

"In the library, you said that I was making all these decisions, pushing you away...you didn't do anything wrong. It's just me. I'm the crazy one." I said honestly but he shook his head.

"You aren't crazy. You've been through a lot." He took my hand into his and I watched how he rubbed his thumb over my hand trying to put me at ease.

"I thought you were upset with me...why are you trying to make me feel better?" I questioned with a laugh but he shrugged.

"Well you admitted you were crazy and it wasn't my fault so I figured that was progress." Stiles teased making me shake my head. He put his hand on my cheek again.

"You look exhausted." He frowned but I rolled my eyes.

"Crazy, irrational and a hot mess. Anything else?" I joked.

"You're also really short." I shoved Stiles and he laughed.

"Hey I can still kick your ass!" I threatened but he put his hands up in surrender before rolling out of bed and rummaging through a box next to his closet. He tossed something at me and I realized it was one of my sleep shirts.

"What are you like stealing my clothes now? Something you want to tell me?" I teased him but he rolled his eyes.

"Get comfortable. I'm going to grab you washcloth for your face. Seeing you bleeding on the library floor and then bust out into seizure mode was enough worry for one day. You aren't going anywhere tonight." Stiles walked out of his room and I smiled. I knew I could take care of myself, I'd been doing it for years but the feeling I got when Stiles took care of me always made me happy. I quickly changed and bit my lip as I jumped into his bed. He came back and looked at me confused but more nervous than anything.

"I was wondering if I could stay with you tonight...it's been a really tough day and I could really use some company." I said nervously but Stiles shook it off and tossed the washcloth at me.

"So you want to cuddle? Wow that's probably the girlest thing I've ever heard you say." Stiles said as I covered my face with the cloth, wiping what was left of the makeup from today off and laughing.

"Do you want to be the big spoon or the little spoon?" Stiles flipped around on his side and I looked down at him.

"I've missed this. You're being very sassy, it's refreshing." I said lying back on the pillow. Stiles leaned on his elbow and let out a heavy sigh.

"I know things have been pretty crappy lately and I know you've got a lot going on in your head but I promised you that I'd stick it out with you, no matter what. I'm here Mags, for whatever you need." Stiles said sweetly but I couldn't get the thought of Peter out of my head.

"Where are you right now?" He asked looking concerned.

"I just keep thinking about how bad things have gotten and I have this terrible feeling that...that this is only the beginning." I rolled over and Stiles tucked his arm under the pillow copying my position.

"Well I can't tell you what's going to happen tomorrow or next week but right now I can guarantee that you are safe here with me okay?" Stiles reached over and rubbed my shoulder. I scooted closer to him and rested my head on his chest. His arm hovered for a few moments before he finally pulled my closer and kissed the top of my head. I tried to push the worries out of my head and just enjoy Stiles holding me if only just for one night.


Next Chapter: Scott and Derek team up to stop Jackson from hurting anyone else while Maggie struggles to figure out why Lydia is connected with her father beyond the grave. Stiles is not only working to help his father and Scott figure out who's responsible for the murders but also figuring out where his relationship with Maggie is going and whether or not he's ready to take the next big step.

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