Skye's POV
I quickly grabbed my phone out of my pocket and tried calling Lydia but her phone was going straight to voicemail so I tried Scott and Stiles' phones as well but they didn't pick up for a good worrying ten minutes before the receiver finally clicked over.
"Stiles?"
"Skye the Darach, it's Ms Blake and she…she took my dad, she took him"
"Stiles slow down what the hell is going on, Derek and I are at the hospital with Cora and we heard Lydia scream, what happened?"
"I told you Ms Blake is the Darach and she's taken my dad and she just tried to strangle Lydia" I looked up and shared a confused look with Derek.
"Is she okay?" I asked him.
"She's fine, Allison and Mr Argent are taking her the hospital"
"Okay where are you guys I'm coming?" I stood up ready to leave but Derek grabbed my arm.
"We're at the school but we need to find Ms Blake" I looked up at Derek and couldn't help thinking about that morning we confronted her about what she saw the night Boyd and Cora were loose and uncontrollable, the way she looked at Derek and I knew she knew what we were.
"I think I know where she's headed but we're gonna need a weapon, go and see Deaton then meet me at Derek's loft"
"What why would she go there?"
"Stiles just trust me for once okay" I hung up without letting him protest then tried to leave again.
"Why do you think she's headed to my place?"
"Because I saw the look in her eyes the day we went to her class room, it wasn't just attraction Derek, she knew what we were and I just have a feeling that she's gonna try and ask for your help, she's going to try and get you to protect her"
"I don't even know her and I haven't spoken to her since that day" he replied frowning.
"I know but you give off the ultimate protection vibe Derek and she's going to try and manipulate you" he sighed then looked up with a smile
"Good thing I don't trust anybody but you" I smiled then kissed his cheek.
"Stay with Cora" he shook his head. "You promised her you wouldn't leave"
"I know but I've also made you a promise and that was to protect you and I'm not letting you face this dark druid alone" I rolled my eyes but didn't argue. "I'll call Peter on the way and he can come watch her while we deal with this" I nodded quickly.
We ran out to the Camaro and headed straight towards his loft, I parked then we quickly climbed up the stairs seeing Scott and Stiles already here and Deaton had given them a jar of mistletoe powder which is apparently a poison to her just as much as it is to us.
"Okay we need to hide" I could hear heels running up the steps. "Now!" I whispered quietly then dragged them into hiding leaving Derek because I knew if Ms Blake saw me or the boys she'd change her mind before we could get the drop on her.
"Derek!" Ms Blake yelled as she threw open the steel door. "Derek where are you?" I clenched my fists and felt Scott take hold of my arm as if sensing my anger towards her coming here like this and thinking Derek would just jump to help her.
"Right here" Derek replied and I heard Ms Blake sigh in relief.
"Thank god, I need your help" I clenched my teeth trying to rein in my temper before I alerted her to our presence. "Something happened at the recital, at the school" I poked my head out a little and saw Ms Blake stepping back from Derek who looked up and briefly met my eyes seeing me. "Okay, I need to tell you before you hear it, before you hear any of it from them"
"From who?" Derek asked looking back at her so that he didn't draw attention to me.
"Scott, Stiles or Skyler" I looked up at Scott and Stiles and matched their angry looks. "They're gonna tell you things, things you can't believe, you have to trust me okay, you trust me" I growled low in my throat at her begging tone and couldn't stop the step forward but Scott grabbed my arm and held me back shaking his head.
"What is it?" Derek asked her.
"Promise you'll listen to me" she begged again making me roll my eyes but Derek's reply angered me.
"I promise" I growled loudly and it echoed through the loft especially since she leaned in ready to kiss him.
"They're already here, aren't they?" Derek looked up as we stepped out and I glared at Ms Blake as she turned to us. "So they told you it was me?" she turned back to him. "That I'm the one taking people"
"We told him you're the one killing people" Scott replied.
"Oh that's right" she chuckled and it was taking everything in me not to run over there and rip her throat out. "Committing human sacrifices?" she kept smiling. "What, cutting their throats" I growled. "Yeah, I probably do it on my lunch hour that way I can get back to teaching high school English the rest of the day, that makes perfect sense" she laughed at us.
"Where's my dad?" Stiles asked her with tears in his eyes.
"How should I know?" she asked back denying it but I heard her heart stutter which meant she'd just lied, she turned back to Derek and I took a step forward in warning. "Derek, tell me you don't believe this" Derek looked back and forth between us and Ms Blake and while I knew this was all a ruse I couldn't stop the anger and jealously flaring up inside me.
"Do you know what happened to Stiles' father?" Derek asked her.
"No" Ms Blake replied and I growled walking closer feeling my claws coming out as I clenched my fists.
"Ask her why she almost killed Lydia" Scott retorted angrily.
"Lydia Martin?" Ms Blake exclaimed. "I don't know anything about that!"
"What do you know?" Derek asked sounding like he was sick of playing up the ruse pretending he was on her side.
"I know that these kids for what ever misguided reason are filling your head with an absurd story" she turned back to us but was mostly glaring at me. "And one they can't prove by the way"
"What if we can?" Scott replied holding up the jar of mistletoe Deaton gave him.
"What is that?" she asked and I saw her face change to show a little bit of fear.
"My boss told me it's a poison and a cure" Scott replied unscrewing the lid as Ms Blake stepped backwards. "Which means you can use it and it can be used against you"
"Mistletoe?" Ms Blake said as her face scrunched up angrily knowing that we had her, Scott threw the powder at her and she started slashing around as her face changed and became the Darach screaming at us before returning to Ms Blake, she looked around then quickly tried making a break for it but Derek was faster and grabbed her around her throat and squeezed tightly as I flipped out my claws ready to back him up. "Derek wait, wait you need me" Ms Blake begged us.
"What are you?" Derek asked her through a deep growl.
"The only person you can save your sister, call Peter" I growled and watched Derek squeeze tighter even more on her throat closing her air ways. "Call him!" she exclaimed fighting for air, Derek lifted his phone calling Peter's number.
"Peter how's Cora?" he asked as soon as the receiver clicked.
"It's not good, she's in and out of consciousness, she's vomiting up black blood along with one other alarming substance-"
"Mistletoe" Derek replied before Peter could.
"How did you know that?" Peter asked him but Derek had pulled the phone away and hung up then started squeezed Ms Blake's throat as hard as he could.
"Derek, Derek!" Scott yelled stepping forward. "What are you doing?"
"Her life, it's in my hands!" Ms Blake yelled trying to persuade him but it wasn't going to be any use as Derek lifted her up higher so her feet weren't touching the ground.
"Stop, Derek stop" Stiles begged walking towards us, I turned and he gave me a pleading look.
"Stilinski, you'll never find him" Ms Blake continued to plea.
"Skye please" I sighed turning away from Stiles and looked to Derek and he continued choking the life out of Ms Blake.
"Derek stop, Derek!" I yelled and he dropped her looking at me angry. "I know but this isn't the way" I stepped up and put a calming hand on his arm as Ms Blake panted for breath and looked up at us as the thunder and heavy rain sounded behind her.
"That's right, you need me" she said looking up at me and Derek before turning to Stiles and Scott. "All of you" I growled then bent down.
"Actually bitch!" I smirked getting up into her face. "You need me to stop him from ripping out your throat" I jabbed my thumb back at Derek who was trying to calm his anger. "Now you're going to get up, shut up, heal Cora, give us Stiles' dad then you are going to get the hell away from us and this town, got it?" I smiled. "Good!" I grabbed her arm not letting her protest then dragged her down the stairs with the others following.
I dragged her over to Derek's Toyota and threw her in the back seat not caring that her head smacked against the other door before closing the door and locked her in.
"Follow us to the hospital" I ordered looking back at Scott and Stiles before climbing into the front passenger seat as Derek got in the driver's seat and started towards the hospital as I stared out the window watching the rain get even heavier.
"You two should know I'm not doing this because I have to, I want to" I growled but otherwise didn't reply. "I could still run and you wouldn't have an easy time stopping me but I don't want your sister to die, I'm only doing what I had to do"
"Shut up" Derek and I replied simultaneously without even looking back at her.
"You need to hear the whole story Derek" Ms Blake continued and was really starting to piss me off. "You need to know just how connected we really are" she added staring at Derek.
"Stop talking" I snapped turning back to glare at her. "The only connecting you're going to do is my claws to your throat if you don't shut the hell up"
"Don't flatter yourself Skyler, you're not a killer" I growled grabbing her head and smashing it down against my seat successfully breaking her nose.
"I'd shut up or I'll let her break more than your nose" Derek cut in grabbing my hand and squeezed it with a proud smile.
I turned to look out the front again and tried to force myself to calm down since my heart was beating so hard in my chest and I couldn't believe I was letting her affect me like this especially since Kate hadn't even filled me with this much rage that I wanted to kill her.
Derek parked in front of the hospital and I quickly got out after pulling my hair into a ponytail, while I waited for Derek to pull Ms Blake out of the car as Stiles and Scott pulled up beside us in Stiles' jeep before we walked into the hospital.
"What's that?" I heard Scott ask making me look back at them to see Stiles holding up a wooden baseball bat.
"Well you guys got claws, I got a bat" I chuckled as I walked beside Derek who was keeping a firm grip on Ms Blake as we walked towards the elevators soaking wet from the storm that I had a feeling she was causing on purpose.
"Scott, Scott!" we heard making us stop and turn seeing Melissa coming towards us. "What are you doing here, the hospitals evacuating?" she asked him.
"Were here for Cora" Scott replied turning to face her.
"All of you?" she asked looking around at us. "Why does Stiles have my bat?" I chuckled underneath my breath.
"Mom just trust me on this, you need to get out of here, right now" Scott replied as the lights flickered.
"The building is supposed to be clear in thirty minutes, we've got two ambulances that are coming back, one's ten minutes out, the other's twenty, Cora needs to be on one of those, they'll be picking up in the basement garage" she replied and I smiled mouthing a thankyou
"Got it" Scott replied before we continued our way through towards the elevators heading up to the floor Cora is on.
"You don't have to keep me on a leash Derek, I'm going to help" Ms Blake replied as the elevator started its ascent, she turned to me and Scott so we glared at her before she turned once more to see Stiles on her other side holding his bat up in defence making me smile a little.
The elevator door opened but the lights flickered as we walked down the hall and when we came to Cora's room it was empty except for a small puddle of black blood was on the floor beside the bed, I looked at it and noticed a few drops exiting the room so I followed them.
"Uh Derek" I called and he looked up at me but my gaze was locked down the hallway where the black goo trail was leading towards another set of doors where we could hear the sounds of a struggle before suddenly we saw Peter being thrown through them sliding on his back towards us before stopping at our feet groaning then looked up at us.
"We got a problem" he looked back down the hallway. "Big problem" we followed his gaze and saw the twins in their Voltron wolf form standing in front of Cora who laid unconscious on the ground behind them.
Derek quickly shifted then charged down the hallway towards them and threw himself against the twins pushing him back roaring but the twins elbowed him in the back forcing Derek off but Derek was quick to recover and try punching them in the stomach but nothing was working so I sighed then shifted and ran to help just as the twins headbutted Derek before throwing aside.
I threw myself into the fight and tried punching them in the head to knock them out but they each stuck their claws in my sides then threw me into the wall before dropping me making me land on top of Derek just as Scott decided to join the fight and jumped on the wall going in high but the twins easily dodged his attack, I groaned and tried to fight off the pain in my sides as I watched Stiles and Peter quickly ran past us while the twins we're distracted holding Scott against the wall.
"Ethan, Aiden stop!" Scott roared. "You don't know what you're doing"
"All we want is her" they replied as Derek and managed to get up turning just in time to see the elevator doors closing with Ms Blake inside, I growled angrily getting up off the ground as the twins ran after her and in their distraction we made a break for it especially when they turned and started chasing us now pissed even more.
"Don't stop, don't stop!" Derek yelled at us as we entered the morgue examination room but I saw Stiles stop and went back towards the door as the others ran ahead.
"Stiles!" I yelled as the twins entered and Stiles hit them over the head with the wooden bat but it shattered on impact, the Voltron wolf turned and roared at him so Stiles quickly ran back over to us and Scott seeing an opportunity jumped up with a boost from Derek and broke down the hanging light hitting them with it causing them to be knocked out then Derek, Stiles, Scott and I ran off and met Peter and a still unconscious Cora in another exam room.
"Where's the big guy?" Stiles asked us as Derek, Scott and I ran in shutting the doors.
"He's close" Derek replied looking out the door as I panted for my breath holding my hands over my wounds.
"What about Ms Blake?" Scott and I shook our heads. "What do you mean, what does that mean like she's gone, Scott are you kidding me?"
"Shh, quiet" Derek snapped glaring at him,
"Me be quiet, me huh are you telling me what to do now, when the psychotic, mass murdering woman the second one which has seemed in love with you by the way, has got my dad somewhere tied up waiting to be ritually sacrificed?" Derek's nose flared in anger so I quickly got in between them.
"Stiles will you shut up, they're still out there" I said shutting him up before they found us or for Derek to kill him.
"And...and they want her, right which means now we don't have her either, so my dad and Cora are both dead!"
"Not yet" Scott cut in walking over to Peter and Cora "Is she really dying?" Derek looked down at me and seemed to notice the blood on my shirt from my wounds and looked worried so I grabbed his hand and squeezed it.
"I'm okay" I quickly reassured him.
"She's definitely not getting any better" I heard Peter reply to Scott's question.
"There has to be something that we can do, we have to help her" Scott said but then the doors opened and Ms Blake ran in.
"You can't" she replied to his question. "Only I can, I can save her and I can tell you where Sheriff Stilinski is but there is a pack of Alphas in this hospital who want me dead, I'll help you... but only when I'm out of here and safe, only then" Derek threw a metal table over as he and I went to go at her but Scott stopped us.
"Hey wait!" Scott said putting his hands out in front of us.
"She was trying to get out" Derek exclaimed.
"I was trying to keep from getting killed" Ms Blake said "You can't blame me for that"
"You wanna bet" I growled ready to rip her head off.
"You don't have it in you Skyler" I growled then launched forward and punched her clear in the face, a sickening crack sounded throughout the room as I broke her nose yet again and everyone looked at me slightly shocked except for Peter and Derek.
"How bout now huh?" she turned back and glared as Derek grabbed my waist pulling me back into his chest and I knew it was to calm me and restrain me since we still needed her alive.
"If you want to show you're one of the good guys, then heal her" Stiles cut in pointing at Cora.
"Not until I'm safe" Ms Blake argued.
"I'd like to volunteer and different method of persuasion, let's torture her" Peter replied making me smile since for once we were agreeing on something.
"Works for me" Derek snarled trying to shake Scott off.
"Mm I'll help" I smirked baring my fangs and snapped at her.
"Um, can I have your attention?" a voice said, coming over the P.A it was Scott's mom "Mr Deucalion... excuse me, just Deucalion...requests you bring the woman calling herself Jennifer Blake to the E.R. reception, do this and everyone else can leave, you have ten minutes" with that she was gone and the look on Scott's face was utter terror so I reached out and rubbed his arm in support.
"He's not gonna hurt her" Ms Blake spoke up.
"Shut up!" Derek and I snapped at her.
"He won't!" she glared at us. "Scott you know why, tell them it's true" I turned to Scott curious as to what the hell she was talking about.
"What is she talking about?" I asked him but he refused to even look at us.
"You two aren't the only ones he wants in his pack" Ms Blake cut in looking at me and Derek but I kept my eyes locked on Scott. "Deucalion doesn't just want an Alpha pack he wants perfection, that means adding the rarest Alpha's to his ranks" she continued.
"A true Alpha" Peter spoke up making everyone look up at him.
"What's that?" Stiles asked him.
"The kind that doesn't have to steal his power from another" Peter replied sharing a look with Derek. "One that can rise by the force of his own will" I looked back at Scott with surprise. "Our little Scott"
"It doesn't matter" Scott muttered looking at me and Derek as we stared at him before he turned back to Ms Blake. "We still need to get her out of here"
"Scott your mom" Stiles and I spoke up at the same time.
"My mom…said there's one more ambulance coming in twenty minutes and I don't think we've been here that long so if we can get down to the garage, get to the last ambulance, we can get out of here" Scott replied.
"The twins aren't gonna let us just walk out" Peter argued.
"I'll distract them" Scott replied.
"You mean fight them?" Derek asked him.
"Whatever I have to do"
"We'll help you" I replied grabbing Derek's hand and he nodded at Scott agreeing with me.
"Um sorry but I'm not going anywhere without you Derek" I glared at her and started to advance towards her but Peter was quick to hold me back, I turned and glared at his hand holding my arm and he was quick to let go when Derek growled.
"I'll do it" Peter said surprising me. "But I'd prefer to be out there with an advantage"
"An advantage like what?" Stiles asked stepping closer to us. "You mean like a weapon?"
"Something better than a baseball bat" Peter replied and I chuckled at that one since that was a really bad idea on Stiles' part, we all started looking through the room trying to find something Peter could use, I started opening drawers in a cart while Derek, Peter and Scott looked through the cabinets.
"Hey wait!" Stiles called out making me look up. "What about these?" he held up the defibrillator paddles and showed them to everyone.
"Do you know how to use those?" Derek asked him.
"Well, no" Stiles replied.
"Put 'em down" Derek ordered and Stiles did as he was told making me smile as I found a large syringe and read the label.
"Epinephrine" I smirked lifting off the needle cover since I knew what this was.
"That's only gonna make him stronger" Derek replied looking up.
"Exactly" I smirked going over to Peter.
"How strong?" Peter asked.
"Why don't we find out" I replied before stabbing it into his chest pushing down the plunger, he looked up shocked but then went stiff. "Have fun" I smirked and he walked out with Scott following him, I stayed back since I wasn't leaving Stiles and Derek alone with Ms Blake.
The rest of us waited until they had the twins distracted before Derek picked up Cora and when we heard the fight start we quickly ran heading down to the garage and we saw the ambulance was still waiting.
"It's still here!" Stiles exclaimed as we ran over and opened the back of the ambulance, Derek and Stiles set Cora on the gurney but I noticed Jennifer walking away so I followed her but before I could reach her I stopped and sniffed the air catching a scent following it to the front of the ambulance where the driver was laying dead.
"Uh Derek, over here" I called and he walked over seeing the driver.
"Julia" we heard and looked up seeing Kali coming toward us twirling the keys to the ambulance on her finger. "It is you" I looked at Ms Blake curiously then it all fell into perspective, the Alpha's had to kill their emissaries to join the Alpha pack and by Kali's look towards Ms Blake I understood Ms Blake had been hers.
"You two can't beat her on your own" Ms Blake mumbled as she hid behind us and I heard Stiles close the doors to the ambulance and lock them.
"That's why we're gonna run" Derek replied grabbing my hand, we took off running leading Kali away from Stiles and Cora back inside the building.
"Wait, wait the elevator!" Ms Blake yelled as Derek and I saw Kali come from another door, I growled then ran into elevator since we didn't have another choice.
"Derek come on!" I yelled since he didn't follow but watched him shove a gurney towards Kali halting her a little as I reached out for him because the doors began closing, Derek grabbed my hand and I pulled him in colliding into the back wall of the elevator just as the doors closed and we heard Kali hit the metal doors.
We were panting waiting for the shock to wear off and Derek pulled me to his chest and kissed the top of my head as I clenched my fists grabbing back of his shirt just as the lights began to flicker and the elevator stopped moving then everything went black for a few seconds before the emergency lights turned on.
"Oh for the love of…" I groaned stepping back, Derek walked towards the doors and forced them open but the gap wasn't big enough for an adult to squeeze through.
"Skye come here" I growled and flashed red eyes at him.
"No bloody way Derek, I'm not leaving you in here with her" I glared at Ms Blake.
"Skye" he pleaded.
"No!" I crossed my arms, he sighed then nodded and walked back towards me looking up at the emergency hatch.
"If you're thinking service hatch, they bolt from the outside so you'd have to break it" Jennifer told him.
"So?" he asked her.
"All you'd end up doing is creating a lot of noise, telling them exactly where we are"
"Kali already knows" Derek argued with her.
"Not necessarily, she saw that we got in but she might not know that we didn't get out"
"Yeah well if I can get through then we can go to another floor" Derek argued again.
"Or you'd end up fighting them alone in an elevator shaft" Jennifer argued right back with him, I looked at Derek and shook my head hating that I agreed with her.
"Yeah please don't do that" I replied reaching down and grabbed his hand entwining our fingers.
"They'll rip my head off before you even have a chance to land a punch" I scoffed and smirked back at her.
"Nothing wrong with that" she glared at me.
"Then you'll never find Stilinski and Cora will die" I rolled my eyes.
"I've got a pretty good idea about that already since every other sacrifice as been on the telluric currents and since I know this one is the last category you would need to have them at the most powerful spot and that'd be where you're drawing your power from then and only after it's complete will you take on Deucalion so it can't be that hard to figure out the rest" if looks could kill I'd be writhing on the ground in agony "How'd I do?" I asked with a satisfactory smirk.
"That's my girl" Derek smiled coming over to kiss my forehead before sighing. "Someone needs to get the backup generator running again" Derek pulled out his phone and texted someone as soon as it was sent he leaned against the back wall and I was quick to lean against him and sighed contently when his arms wrapped around my waist but a minute later his phone vibrated causing me to squeak in surprise and let out a quiet giggle.
"That felt weird" he chuckled pulling it out.
"Scott says, don't move on our way" I rolled my eyes.
"It's not like we can go anywhere" I replied nodding at the elevator doors, I sighed loudly resting back against him and Derek pulled me tightly against him as I closed my eyes listening to and focusing on Derek's heartbeat to stay calm since this whole situation had me riled.
"What's wrong?" Derek asked after a few silent minutes, I opened my eyes and looked back at him.
"Nothing" he gave me a pointed look. "It's just if Deucalion really gave a crap about either of us then why is Kali dead set on killing us, I mean I'm only an Alpha because of you so why does that make me special" I laid my head back against his chest.
"I don't think we were ever the intended target" I nodded and felt really scared for Scott. "And you're not just special because of me Skye, your special because you have the kindest heart, didn't have to kill someone to rise to an Alpha and because you've never been afraid of Deucalion and I'm pretty sure that scares him" I sighed turning around to lay my head on his chest and wrap my arms around his waist.
"He's been interested in you two because of your bond" Ms Blake cut in ruining the moment, I looked up and glared at her. "You two are the first mated Alpha pair for the better half of the century" I rolled my eyes. "But now he's threatened by it and when Deucalion gets threatened by something he destroys it"
"Why can't our lives be normal" I muttered against Derek's chest, we fell into silence again until Ms Blake decided to break it this time after Derek checked his phone.
"Anything?" I rolled my eyes but neither of us answered her. "I know what you two are thinking" I turned and shot her a confused look. "That I'm evil, a bitch" I scoffed.
"If the shoe fits" I muttered hearing Derek chuckle.
"But I hope you're not thinking the most superficial thought, 'Is that her real face, the slashed, mutilated face revealed by the mistletoe, is that what she really looks like'" I rolled my eyes since I wasn't even thinking about that until now.
"Actually the only thing I've been thinking about is how to kill you" I replied turning to glare at her. "Because I could care less what you look like or what you believe your fighting for and the only thing I'm really thinking about is that I'm stuck in a freaking elevator with a bitch who thought my mate would help her delusions and tried to kill my best friends so shut up because nobody gives a shit about you Jenifer or Julia whatever your real name is" I snapped angrily and felt Derek try to rub my arm in hopes it would calm me down.
"Julia Baccari, that was my name" she replied undeterred by my anger.
"We don't care" Derek told her.
"I guess I should have changed it to something with different first letters, I think I read somewhere that people always pick aliases that are subconsciously derivative of their original name it's a way of not completely letting go of your identity, since your name is so tied to your sense of self, do you know what else is…your face, the one that's supposed to be staring back at you when you look in a mirror, not some hacked up atrocity you can't even recognize"
"We still don't care" Derek snapped but Jennifer looked at him undeterred still.
"But I bet you're curious, I bet you wonder exactly what happened"
"You were an emissary, they tried killing you along with the rest of the pack, mystery solved" I snapped clenching my fists.
"I was Kali's emissary"
"Yeah already figured that one out too" I replied leaning back against Derek again.
"I was the one she couldn't kill" we sat in silence for a minute or so before she spoke again making me roll my eyes. "For years, the Nemeton's power was virtually gone, like the dying ember of a burned out fire but a few months earlier, something happened that caused that ember to glow a little brighter something that gave it a spark of power again, the sacrifice of a virgin" Derek and I both tensed realizing exactly what she was talking about.
"Shut up" I interrupted and glared at her.
"You didn't know what you were doing back then but killing Paige in the root cellar, sacrificing her there, gave power to the Nemeton" I turned around facing Derek and placed my hands on his face and gently allowed my thumbs to brush against his cheeks, Derek locked his green eyes on me allowing me to comfort him. "You gave it power again" she continued angering me even more. "You gave me power, just enough to hold on to life a little longer, long enough to be found"
"If you don't shut up I'm going to kill you" I snapped glaring at her over my shoulder, Derek didn't need the guilt, Derek dropped his head and took several deep breaths so I gently kissed his head and snuggled closer to him knowing it was what he needed and he rested his head on top of mine while I laid comfortably on his shoulder. "Don't listen to her" he nodded.
"You know mistletoe is important to Druids but do you know the myth of why people kiss under mistletoe?" Ms Blake asked us.
"No" Derek replied, I turned back to her and sighed.
"It's a Norse myth, Balder the son of Odin was the most beloved by the other Gods so much that they wanted to protect him from all the dangers in the world, his mother Frigg took an oath from fire and water, metal, stone and every living thing that they would never hurt Balder" I replied and felt Derek's arms tighten around me.
"You're full of surprises" Ms Blake smiled as I rolled my eyes and continued.
"At a gathering they tested him stones, arrows and flame were all hurled at him, nothing worked but there was one god who wasn't so enamoured of Balder, the god of mischief Loki, Loki discovered that Frigg had forgotten to ask mistletoe, a tiny seemingly harmless plant and completely overlooked, Loki fashioned a dart out of mistletoe and it killed Balder, Frigg was heartbroken she decreed that mistletoe would never again be used as a weapon and that she would place a kiss on anyone who passed under it so now we hang mistletoe underneath our door during the holidays so that we will never overlook it again, now what does that have to do with anything?" I asked her angrily, she smiled nodding her head in approval.
"We were the overlooked, the emissaries it was a mistake Deucalion and the Alphas should never have made, because I made an oath of my own, from virgins and warriors, from healers, philosophers and guardians, to loan me their power so that I could teach these monsters that their monstrous actions would never be overlooked"
"You killed innocent people" Derek replied and I could sense the detest and anger coming from him.
"So have you" she snapped at him and I couldn't help it then, my eyes flared to power and I went to lash out but Derek held me back. "I know the real colour of your eyes Derek and I know what it means" Derek looked down and I relaxed turning back to comfort him since I knew this was a sore subject. "I'm not asking you to save just my life, I'm asking you to save everyone they'll ever hurt again"
"You can't beat them" Derek argued.
"Are you sure about that" she replied with a smirk. "What do you know about the lunar eclipse, what happens to a werewolf during it, you know don't you?" I turned back to Derek confused especially since I saw his sadness on this matter and knew it was because Boyd had asked him about right before he'd died.
"What happens?" I asked him.
"What happens Derek?" Ms Blake persisted when he didn't answer me. "During the total lunar eclipse?"
"We lose all our power" he replied looking at me then up at her as my eyes widened in shock, we fell to silence again as I thought that over but then Derek's phone buzzed saying that they had a plan on getting us out.
"About bloody time" I muttered as Derek opened up the elevator doors, I sighed not really liking this plan but it had to be done, I walked over to Derek who pulled me to him immediately.
I frowned then leaned in and kissed him melting into his arms just as Allison appeared at the doors, I sighed then allowed her and Derek to help me through the gap before Ms Blake handed Allison her shoes, I held Derek's hand not ready to let go just yet while Allison changed into Ms Blake's shoes.
"Be careful" he said squeezing my hand.
"You too" I replied looking over at Ms Blake in warning.
I sighed letting go and stood up then looked at Allison before we took off running through the halls towards the front exit of the hospital and it didn't take long before two sets of footsteps we're following us.
We made it outside and just as the glass of an upstairs window smashed and Kali jumped down towards us but when Allison and I turned around seeing her smile fall as the twins stopped behind her, I ducked down covering my eyes when Allison pulled out her bow and started firing off flashbulb arrows at them and as her dad started shooting bullets at them.
They took the fire for a little bit before finally fleeing and when the shots stopped I allowed myself to look up seeing them standing there and for the power in the hospital to come back on and sighed in relief because it actually worked.
I smiled then took off back into the hospital not waiting but when I ran up towards the elevator I saw Scott stop briefly before he run up the stairs and Stiles skidded to a stop beside me seeing Derek lying on the ground unconscious and the emergency hatch was open, I quickly leaned around and pushed the emergency stop button so the elevator wouldn't go anywhere then grabbed Stiles hand and we followed Scott up onto the roof.
I hated to leave Derek like that but I had a really bad feeling about Scott taking off like that, I rammed into the door to the roof and Stiles and I walked out seeing Scott with his back to us walking towards Deucalion.
"Scott?" I asked taking a hesitant step forward.
"Scott don't do this, don't go with him" Stiles added walking up beside me as we stared at him.
"I don't know what else to do" he replied barely looking back at us.
"No Scott, there's got to be something else okay" I argued with him barely holding back my tears.
"We always…we always have a plan B" Stiles added.
"He's right Scotty, okay we always figure it out together, please come on" I held out my hand for him, he turned to us with teary eyes but shook his head.
"Not this time" he replied turning to go with Deucalion again.
"Scott!" Stiles and I called as I let the tears freely fall down my face.
"I'm gonna find your dad, I promise" he replied.
"Scott no!" I called but he didn't listen and disappeared with Deucalion, I turned back into Stiles' arms and we cried before I remembered Derek and pulled on his arm back downstairs.