Thanks for all the reviews! I'm hoping to get the rest of the episode done by the new episode tonight. That's the plan anyway. I do not own anything in this chapter, besides Laci, everything else belongs to their rightful owners.

Chapter 10

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Derek had offered to drive Laci home since Scott could only drive one extra person home on his bike, and that would have to be Kira since he needed to bring her home. Isaac had gone back to Allison's place with her, which left Laci with Derek. The ride home was quiet, only a few silent glances at each other every few minutes. When he pulled up to her house, she saw that her mom was still home, probably worried sick about her and Scott. She had texted her earlier, telling her that she and Scott would be home soon and that they were alright.

The two sat their in silence for a moment, neither of them moving to get out. Laci didn't know what to say to him. Thanks for a night of getting marked by some creepy shadowmen? We should do this again some time, only without someone trying to kill us? What had they really done though? Bought candy that they never gave out? They caught up, laughed while they went through the store. It was normal, fun, something she never expected from Derek Hale. She liked it though. She missed laughing like that, she missed talking to him. It felt nice to just laugh and have fun again. It had been a while since she'd been able to do that.

But of course, it was short lived because those creatures had attacked again and they weren't sure when they would do it again. They had turned their attention to Scott before the sun got rid of them. The sun wouldn't stay up forever though. It would eventually be night again, and those creatures would be back for her brother. Subconsciously touching the mark they left behind her ear, she worried about what it meant. Derek had one too, along with Isaac, Ethan, Aiden, and Lydia. None of them knew what it meant, but it couldn't be a good thing.

No one had heard from Stiles either. He had been at the party at some point, he had gone with Scott and Kira, but between when they had gotten there and the attack, Stiles had left on his own and they hadn't heard from him since. She had tried texting him, but he had yet to answer her back, which wasn't new, but it didn't help her nerves right now. She couldn't help but worry if the creatures had gotten him. What if they just didn't find him? What if he was really hurt somewhere and they didn't know? Just the fact that she didn't know if he was okay, was making it all worse. If it turned out that he was perfectly fine, she was going to hit him for making her worry so much.

"You okay?"

The sound of Derek's voice brought her back from her thoughts. Blinking a few times, clearing her throat before turning to him, she nodded her head. Giving him a weak smile didn't seem to convince him though. "I'm fine, Derek. Really. Just spacing out, sorry," she told him, hoping that he believed her. He didn't look like he did, but he nodded his head regardless. She hesitated before leaning over, kissing his cheek before unbuckling her seat belt. "Thanks for the ride home. I really didn't want to be stuck in the car with Isaac and Allison," she told him, giving him a forced smile as she grabbed her stuff and got out of the truck.

As much as she liked hanging out with Derek all afternoon, she knew her heart wasn't ready to go there with him, not again. After Isaac, she wasn't sure if she was ready to get right back into a relationship with anyone. Clearly, he didn't feel the same way, but it still hurt her to think that she meant that little to him. They had gone through so much together, done so much together, for it to be forgotten so quickly. At least for her anyway. Isaac was her first, he was the first boy she ever loved, first she ever made love to.

Now he was with Allison, more or less. She wasn't sure how to think of that. A part of her wanted to hit him, scream at him, ask him if she really meant that little to him. If she really was that easy to get over so quickly. God, she had tattooed his lacrosse number on her, branded herself basically as his, and now they were broken up and he was already moving onto someone else. She was embarrassed, to say the least. Humiliated. So, as much as she liked just spending the afternoon with Derek, she wasn't ready to move on from Isaac like he was with her. That didn't mean she didn't feel anything for Derek, because a part of her knew she did, but she wasn't ready to go there yet.

Closing the door behind her, she moved around the truck to head towards her house. The sound of Derek's horn caught her attention, causing her to pause and turn back to him. He was leaning out of the window, looking right at her. "Be careful today. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call me," he told her, giving her a small lopsided grin. Lifting his hand up, he gave her a small wave before starting his truck and driving off. She smiled weakly, liking the fact that he was still there for her. Waiting until his truck was out of sight, she hurried to her front door and walked inside, calling out to her mom. Closing the door behind her, she knew that the day was only just beginning. She had a feeling that it was going to be a long day, and boy was she right.

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While she was waiting for Scott, Laci had showered and changed for school. She had debated just having her mom call her in sick, she was exhausted, but she had a test today that she couldn't miss. So, she caught a quick nap waiting for Scott to get ready for school, and woke up when it was time to go. They were on their way to school when the twins pulled on either side of them. "Scott, what's going on?" Laci asked him as she looked at both of the twins. She hadn't realized that they were friends with the twins, last she knew they weren't in Scott's pack. After last night though, anything was possible.

"Hold on!" he called back to her.

Before she could react, Scott sped up, trying to stay ahead of the twins. Laci was quick to tighten her hold around her brother, not wanting to fall off. The twins stayed close behind them, though she was sure if they wanted to, they could pass them without breaking a sweat about it. Scott only slowed down when they pulled up to the school. He slipped around the bus and pulled into a spot. Turning off the engine he kicked down the kickstand and took off his helmet. "You alright?" he asked her as he turned to see her taking off her own helmet.

She only got to nod before the twins pulled into the spots on either side of them. Both McCall twins were confused and wanted to know why the twins were following them. "You guys going to be doing this all day?" he asked them both.

"All day,"

"All night,"

"Is this about being in my pack?"

Laci looked between them, wondering the same thing. Aiden and Ethan were not their friends, and up until the past few days, they hadn't tried to be their friends. She knew they were all on edge about those shadowmen, but a part of her did wonder if this was more about proving to Scott they could be in the pack, than actually trying to be good guys about this. "This is about you being the target of demonic ninjas," Aiden spoke up, shooting him a look.

The twins knew that this was more about what was going on now. Even in the group of alphas, they hadn't come across anything like this. That scared them, and they didn't like being scared of something. They had been alphas, they were feared, not scared of someone else. Being the omegas now made them a liability, which wasn't something they liked either. So if that meant working with Scott and Derek, they were okay with that. For now anyway.

"Is that what we're calling them now?" Laci asked them, trying not to smile since this was something serious.

The twins ignored her though. "You mean the demonic ninjas that pull swords out of their chests and completely kicked our asses?" Ethan asked his brother, making his point clear to Scott that this wasn't a joking matter. It was serious.

Scott rolled his eyes, knowing what they were doing. Even if they were right, they had gotten their asses kicked by those things, didn't mean they had to remind him. He had spend a good part of the morning before he went home with Allison, Isaac, and Chris Argent, who was filling them in about this . . . demonic ninjas. "Yeah, those demonic ninjas, and yes, that's what we're calling them now," Aiden told them, shooting Laci a look before he turned his attention back to Scott .

"I don't need anyone to protect me," he told them, a smug look on his face.

He was an alpha, he knew how to control his powers now. Granted, that was because of them, but that wasn't important right now. What was important, was the fact that the creatures were gone, and they hadn't gotten him. A part him wasn't convinced that they were really after him either. It hadn't been just him that was in that corner. Laci had already been marked, but Kira had been there too. The twins didn't realize that, and neither did his sister. "They were looking right at you when the sun came up," Ethan reminded him.

Scott wasn't going to let them scare him about this though. Not more than he already was anyway. On some level, he knew the twins were right to be cautious, and he was going to be, but he didn't need the bodyguards. "And they also disappeared," he reminded them, looking between the two of them. "Argent thinks they just come out at night," he explained to them all, Laci too since he hadn't told her that part yet. He hadn't mentioned that he was at Allison's before he came home, and he wasn't even going to mention that Isaac was there too, acting as if he was right at home.

His sister's love life was the least of their problems though. As much as he wanted to know if she was okay, he'd rather make sure they were all safe before he worried about her broken heart. The twins weren't as optimistic as he was though. They knew better, they knew to be more careful around an enemy they didn't know. "Since this is our first experience with demonic ninjas, we're thinking we should play it safe," Ethan told the both of them. The twins knew that if they were trying to prove something to Scott with all of this, that protecting Laci was part of the job.

"All day," Aiden told him.

"And all night," Scott said with a sigh of defeat.

This day was never going to end.

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Scott had found Laci during one of the spare times the twins weren't following him around. He told her that he needed to get Kira alone and that meant that he couldn't drive her home from school. Stiles was around though, so she could go home with him. Of course, that would have been the plan if their good friend hadn't skipped last period and left. Lydia hadn't come to school, probably sleeping off last night, and Allison and Isaac didn't show up either. She saw the twins and sighed, going over to them. They were having bike problems from the look of it. Scott's doing, she was sure. On her way over to them, she noticed something on the ground.

Of course.

Picking the plugs up from the ground, she approached the twins. Holding up the pieces, she got their attention saying out, "I think you're missing these,"

The boys both groaned before taking them from her. She watched as they made quick work of fixing their bikes. They needed to catch up to Scott before it got dark out. Which would be soon if they needed hurry up. It was good half hour before they ready to drive. When Laci noticed that they were good to go, she got up from the curb and went over to them. Before they could argue, Laci tossed a leg over Ethan's bike and wrapped her arms around him. "Hey, I'm not walking home. You owe me for finding those," she told them as she got comfortable on the back of Ethan's bike.

The twins weren't happy with the tag along, but they grumbled and sucked it up as they backed out of the parking lot and took off. Ethan's bike was definitely a lot faster than Scott's dirt bike, she hadn't been expecting just how much though. When they parked by Scott's house, Laci saw that they weren't the only ones there. Derek was standing across the street, as if he was waiting for something to happen. Derek wasn't the only one here though. She could see her dad's car in the driveway. He shouldn't be there, he was going to get hurt if those things came back. "Oh, no," she muttered as she hurried to get off the bike once it came to a stop.

Before either of the twins could stop her, she was hurrying to her house. She was just about to reach the house when Derek appeared in front of her, causing her to run right into him. She tried to go around him, but he wouldn't let her. "Derek, move! My-my dad's in there. They could hurt him," she tried to tell him as she fought to get past him. She might be mad at her dad, but that didn't mean she wanted him to get hurt. Derek didn't want her in the line of fire though. Not again.

"Wait, just hold on," he told her as he held her back.

She held off for all of a minute before she saw her mom go inside of the house. Then she just pushed past him and hurried to her house. She was close enough to hear voices coming from inside now. The sun had gone down, which mean that they didn't have a lot of time left to get their parents our of there. "Scott!" she called out as she came into the house, panting as she got her breath back. It was too late though. As her parents turned to look at her, she could see past them to into the living room to see one of the 'demonic ninjas' appear.

Her eyes widened in fear as she caught sight of them. Her look of fear must have been picked up by their father as he turned to see what she was looking at. Confusion crossed his face as he spotted the intruder. "Who the hell is this?" he asked them, looking between the small group of teenagers.

Laci took a step forward, but was stopped by her mom as they watched him round the table to get a better look at the person in their house. Scott didn't understand what he was talking about until he turned to see who his dad was walking towards. His eyes widened when he saw the creature standing in their living room, and their dad was going right for it. "Dad, no," he called out, but his dad just ignored him. "Dad, wait!" he tried again, but it was too late. Before he could move to help his dad, the creature had run it's sword threw him.

"Daddy!" Laci screamed as she watched him fall to the floor.

She and Melissa moved past Scott and dropped to the agent's side. Scott bared his teeth, snarling at the creature, as if he was warning it to stay back. Melissa was quick to apply pressure to her ex's wound. Laci held onto his hand, keeping his attention on her. He needed to stay awake until they could get him some help. Before the creature could attack Scott, the back door opened, no doubt the wolves outside. "Laci, help me move him," Melissa whispered to her once she caught on to the fact that they needed to get out of the way before the fight broke out. Laci simply nodded her head, helping her mom drag her father into the corner until they could get him somewhere safer.

No later after they moved him, Derek leaped through the doorway, growling as his eyes glowed blue. Laci watched as Scott swiped at the creature, all the while dodging the sword that was being swung at him. "Mom, the ash!" Scott called out. Melissa motioned for Laci to hold the bloody rag against the wound before getting up to do as Scott asked. Laci was shaking as she hurried to take her mom's place. Her body tensed upon hearing him groan in pain. She didn't mean to inflict more pain on him.

The sound of more glass shattering, followed by more growls, alerted her that the twins had joined the fight. She watched on as the chaos went on around her. It was completely dark, making it hard to tell who was who. She was pretty sure the ones with swords were the creatures though. She could hear more glass crashing, people being thrown out of them now inside of coming inside. "Mom, now! Do it now!" she heard Scott call out to wherever their mom had gone off to. A minute later, everything went silent. Whatever her mom had done, it seemed to have worked.

Melissa returned to them soon enough, taking over for Laci. The poor girl had blood staining her hands. Her father's blood. A yelp left her lips when a hand grabbed her arm, helping her up onto her feet. Her body was shaking as she stared at her hands. "Hey, come on," Derek whispered to her before pulling her away and letting Scott take her place. They were going to move him upstairs, and he could tell that Laci wasn't taking it well. He pulled her into the kitchen, glancing at the twins and Kira who were standing at the back door.

He paid them no attention as he turned on the water. Grabbing some soap, he squirted it on her hands and started to scrub away at the blood. He stood behind her, his arms around her as he helped her. She was leaning against him, using him for support. Her dad could be dying, and she had his blood on her hands. She could loose him all over again, and all he would know was that she hated him. "Relax, it's going to be okay. He won't die," he whispered to her, brushing her hair off her shoulder.

Thankfully, it didn't take long to get the blood off her hands. Once she was clean, he pulled her away, grabbing a dish towel before leading her off into the other room. He led her across the room and sat her down on the couch. He could see the shadows moving around outside, trying to find a way inside the house. He was really hoping that they didn't. He knew that her dad needed to get to the hospital though, there was only so much Melissa could do here. Laci didn't need to hear that right now though.

Sitting down beside her, it felt almost natural to just wrap his arm around her and hold her against him. She fit perfectly under his arm against his side. She wrapped her arms around him, resting her head in the crook of his neck. Rubbing her arm, he tried his best to comfort her in some way. It wasn't something normal for him to do, but he knew she needed it. Usually this would be Isaac's job, it would be Isaac comforting her and holding her. Isaac wasn't here though, he was off doing something else. Derek was here, Derek was the one to be able to comfort her now.

He could hear the twins talking in the kitchen. Aiden had seen Kira be trapped inside the house like the rest of them. She wasn't human like the twins thought she was. Now they were badgering her for answer he knew she she probably didn't have. "You gonna be alright?" he asked her after a moment. As much as he didn't want to leave her, he knew that the others needed answers and he had them. She nodded her head, pulling her body away from his to let him up. With a moment of hesitation, he nodded and made his way back to the kitchen. Laci took a deep breath and raised up to her feet, making her way upstairs to go check on her dad.