Chapter Ten: The Overlooked
Beacon Hills High School
"Stiles call Derek. I need to go to Deaton's to get something." Scott ordered as his bones knitted back together.
"Scott, she took my dad. We need to go after her." Stiles spun around and glared at Scott.
"I know Stiles!" Scott yelled. "Do you know where she is taking your dad, because I don't!" Scott ran his hand through his hair causing his ribs to ache. "Derek is important to her; she'll try to get to him before us. That's why we need to get moving."
Stiles shook his head in shock of how Scott spoke to him. Scott never snapped like that at him before and quite frankly it worried and scared him shitless. Stiles pulled out his phone and dialed Derek's number as Scott rushed out of the room clearly in pain.
"Excuse me." A voice from the side of the room startled Stiles causing to nearly drop his phone. Stiles looked over to see the completely forgotten Lydia still taped to the chair. "Could you please get me out of here?"
Beacon Hills Hospital
A huge storm was brewing over the Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital. Lightening lit the sky and caused the lights inside to flicker as the nurses and doctors rushed to evacuate the patients. The wind picked up severely throwing a tree branch through a window covering the people nearby in shattered glass.
"Okay, all medications should be sealed inside the plastic bags, and the patients carry it in their hands. When you've completely evacuated the room, you mark the door with a red 'X', okay?" Melissa ordered trying to keep as much order as possible.
What the hell is going on? A doctor ran up to Melissa. "The weather called for mild thunderstorms this morning."
"Now they're saying power is already out in several towns. Hill Valley is under a flood watch." Melissa explained.
"I live in Hill Valley." The doctor's face went pale.
"Are your patients clear?" Melissa shouted over the noise.
"All except for Cora Hale." The doctor showed Melissa the list.
"Go, I'll take care of it. She's my son's girlfriend anyways." Melissa replied to the thankful doctor.
Cora's Room
Cora laid in bed sweating as Peter wiped her forehead with a washcloth. Peter was surprised when Derek called him asking him to watch his niece while he went to see Scott and Stiles. Everyone may consider him a psychopath, but he still cared for his family. Peter listen as another nurse ran past the room without so much of a second glance.
"Hey, anyone want to tell me when they're getting my niece out of here?" Peter shouted turning back to Cora.
"Sorry, but she wasn't, uh…" Melissa trailed off seeing the face of someone she wished she never see again. "You're supposed to be dead." Melissa mentally reminded herself to hit Scott upside the head for not telling her that detail.
"I get that a lot actually." Peter sighed.
Before anymore could be discussed between the two Cora woke with a start barely able to breath as she leaned over the bed and threw up black blood and alarmingly mistletoe. Peter and Melissa looked at the throw up with frowns on their faces.
Derek's Loft
Jennifer Blake tugged the large metal door open and walked inside calling for Derek hoping he was home.
"Derek, where are you?" Jennifer called.
"Right here." Derek stepped forward into the main room.
"Thank God." Jennifer rushed to him and hugged him. "Something happened at the recital. At the school. Okay, I need to tell you before you hear it, before you any of it from them."
"From who?" Derek asked.
"Stiles and Scott." Jennifer spat out their names as if it left a bad taste in her mouth. "They're gonna tell you things. Things you can't believe. You have to trust me, okay? You trust me."
"What is it?" Derek furrowed his eyebrows.
"Promise you'll listen to me." Jennifer begged.
"I promise." Derek replied.
Jennifer stepped forward smashing her lips to his, but after a few second she noticed that Derek wasn't returning the kiss. Jennifer opened her eyes as realization dawned on her.
"They're already here, aren't they?" Jennifer growled as Derek looked over her shoulder at Scott and Stiles walking into the main room. "So, they told you it was me? That I'm the one taking people?"
"We told him you're the one killing people." Scott gritted out through clenched teeth.
"Oh, that's right." Jennifer laughed mockingly at the teens. "Committing human sacrifices? What, cutting their throats? Yeah, I probably do it on my lunch hour. That way, I can get back to teaching school English the rest of the day. That makes perfect sense."
"This isn't a joke!" Scott yelled.
"Where's my dad?" Stiles demanded.
"How should I know?" Jennifer asked softly before facing Derek. "Derek, tell me you don't believe this."
Derek looked at Jennifer and then at Scott seeing the teen barely holding back the dam keeping his rage at bay. Derek then looked back at the woman he came to care about and wished it wasn't true, but Scott wouldn't be the way he is unless he was sure.
"Do you know what happened to Stiles' father?" Derek looked at Jennifer.
"No." Jennifer shook her head.
"Ask her why she almost killed Lydia. Why she broke every bone in my torso." Scott growled.
"Lydia Martin?" Jennifer frown. "I don't know anything about that."
"What do you know?" Derek asked sharply.
"I know that these boys, for whatever misguided reason, are filling your head with an absurd story." Jennifer pleaded for Derek to believe her. "One they can't prove, by the way."
Scott lifted a container holding a white powder inside while glaring at the woman.
"You sure about that?" Scott snarled as his canine's lengthened.
"What is that?" Jennifer looked at the container nervously.
"My boss told me it's a poison and a cure, which means you can use it and it can be used against you." Scott walked forward until he was right in front of Jennifer.
"Mistletoe?" Jennifer frowned.
Scott grabbed Jennifer by the throat and pour the mistletoe on her face. Jennifer screamed in agony as the mistletoe went into her mouth and down her throat. Jennifer threw Scott off of her as she began to change into the figure with the clawed and deformed face. Scott lifted himself up and smirked as Jennifer was exposed for the liar she was. Derek looked on in horror as the realization dawned on him that this was the second time he trusted someone that turned out to be an insane killer. Jennifer went to run as the mistletoe wore off and she return to looking like Jennifer Blake. Derek grabbed her by the throat and lifted her in the air.
"Derek, wait, wait!" Jennifer gasped as Derek popped his claws. "You need me."
"What are you?" Derek growled.
"The only person who can save your sister." Jennifer replied causing the two werewolves to tense and Stiles to look at Scott with worry. "Call Peter. Call him!"
Derek sat Jennifer's feet back on the ground as he pulled out his phone and called.
"Peter, how is Cora doing?" Derek asked.
"It's not good. She's in and out of consciousness." Peter sighed. "She's vomiting up black blood along with one other alarming substance."
"Mistletoe." Derek answered.
"How did you know that?" Peter frowned.
Derek hung up glaring at Jennifer and began to tighten the grip he had on her throat. Jennifer gasped for air as the grip got tighter.
"Derek. Derek, what are you doing?" Scott stepped forward.
"Her life, it's in my hands!" Jennifer struggled to breath.
"Stop. Derek, stop!" Stiles yelled rushing forward.
"Stilinski, you'll never find him." Jennifer croaked.
"Derek." Scott warned. "Derek!"
Derek looked at Scott seeing that surprisingly the teen wanted the woman dead as much as he did, but knew that they need her alive to save the people they cared about. Derek released Jennifer letting her drop to the floor gasping for breath.
"That's right." Jennifer mocked lifting herself up. "You need me. All of you. Especially Scott. How many people is it that you care about on the line? Your pseudo-father and your girlfriend."
Trip to the Hospital
Derek and Jennifer were in Derek's car with Scott and Stiles following closely behind in the Jeep. Jennifer looked over at the silent werewolf driving and let out a sigh.
"You should know I'm not doing this because I have to. I want to." Jennifer said looking out the windshield. "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 growled.
"You need to hear the whole story, Derek." Jennifer insisted. "You need to know just how connected we really are."
"Stop talking." Derek reiterated.
In the Jeep Scott and Stiles were quietly thinking about the past day and everything that happen.
"I don't know, something feels wrong about this." Stiles broke the silence. "You know, we proved it to Derek, but she still had this look like it didn't matter. You know, like it was all still going according to plan. You saw it, didn't you?"
Scott nodded silently and stared out the window again. The words Jennifer said in the loft earlier kept repeating in his head. Two people he cares about are in danger and there's nothing he could do about it. Scott clenched his fist in anger as he told himself that no matter what he will not find their bodies, he will do whatever it takes to bring them home safe.
The two vehicles pulled in front of the hospital as the four got out. Derek grabbed Jennifer's arm as Scott stood on one side of her and Stiles on the other holding a wooden baseball bat ready to be used if needed.
"Is that my mom's bat?" Scott squinted through the sheets of rain.
"Well, you got claws. I got a bat." Stiles spoke as if it made perfect sense.
The four walked inside the hospital while everyone else was rushing out. As they were walking down the halls Melissa ran up to them.
"Scott! Scott!" Melissa called to get her son's attention. "What are you doing here? The hospital is evacuating."
"We're here for Cora." Scott answered.
"What, all of you?" Melissa frowned. "Why does Stiles have my bat?"
"Mom, just trust me on this. You need to get out of here." Scott couldn't let anyone else he loves be put in danger. "Right now."
"The building is supposed to be clear in thirty minutes." Melissa sighed knowing her son wasn't going to leave Cora. "We've got two ambulances that are coming back. One is ten minutes out, the other is twenty. Cora needs to be on one of those. They'll be picking up in the basement garage."
"Got it." Scott nodded and followed the rest to the elevator.
"Should we have told her about Dad?" Stiles asked as they got further away.
"She got enough on her mind and hopefully we can get him back before she knows he is missing." Scott replied as they walked into the elevator as Derek pushed the button for Cora's room.
Jennifer looked at Derek slightly annoyed that he still had a tight grip on her arm and that Scott looked like her was going to rip off her face. She looked over at Stiles to see him tighten his grip on the bat.
"You don't have to keep me on a leash, Derek. I'm going to help." Jennifer spoke as the elevator dinged and open its doors.
Derek dragged Jennifer out of the elevator with the teens following closely behind. When they made it to Cora's room they discovered she was gone and the only thing that remained was the vomit from earlier which made both werewolves tense in anger. Scott looked at the black blood and notice a trail leading out of the room and now the hall.
"Derek." Scott pointed to the trail.
The four looked down the hall at two wooden doors as the sounds of a muffled fight could be heard. The door burst open as Peter Hale slid down the hallway stopping at Derek's feet. Peter groaned in pain as he looked up and noticed Derek.
"We got a problem." Peter stated. "Big problem."
The four looked up from Peter to see the twins in their merged werewolf form letting out a loud roar. Derek and Scott looked beyond the werewolf and noticed Cora on the ground. The sight of the motionless she-wolf made their wolves surge forward. As the merged werewolf charged so did Derek and Scott. The merged werewolf was able to throw Derek off of him as Scott used a wall to launch himself delivering a huge haymaker to the giant werewolf's head.
Stiles saw that the twins were readily distracted so he helped Peter off the floor and they headed to get Cora to safety. As the two ran past the twins grabbed Scott and slammed him into a door on the side of the hallway by his throat.
"Ethan, Aiden, stop!" Scott choked out. "You don't know what you're doing."
"Where's all that power, Scott?" The merged werewolf growled. "Having trouble getting it up?"
The sound of the elevator made both the merged werewolf and Derek turn to see Jennifer inside as the doors closed. The merged werewolf dropped Scott and headed towards the elevator missing the moment the gold of Scott's eyes turned red.
Main Floor
"Okay, everybody, let's evacuate this way and stay calm!" Melissa shouted over the noise.
Deucalion and Kali walked in unnoticed thanks to the chaos of the evacuation. Deucalion sniffed the air and turned his head towards Melissa and smirked slightly as he continued on his way. The two Alphas turned the corner just as soon as Jennifer was stepping out of the elevator. Deucalion uncapped his cane quickly throwing it hard making the cane lodge itself into the wall near Jennifer's head. Jennifer gasped as Kali ran towards her. Jennifer quickly got back in the elevator frantically pushing a button hoping the doors would shut fast enough. Kali just got her hands in the elevator doors stopping them from closing. Jennifer's eyes began to glow white as she slammed her palms against the doors causing a shockwave sending Kali flying backwards.
With the Others
Peter carried Cora over his shoulder with Stiles close behind as they entered another room. Derek and Scott followed urging them not to stop as the merged twins were right behind them. Stiles stopped and looked at his bat, Stiles ran over to the side of the room and waited for the twins to walk by. The twins enter the room and Stiles shattered the bat over their head causing the twins to look at Stiles in annoyance. Stiles quickly ran behind the two werewolves as Scott looked up at the lights. Scott jumped up hitting the light so that it would swing down and hit the giant werewolf. The electricity running through the huge Alpha gave the other time to get away as Scott tried to figure out how to control the Alpha powers within himself.
Beacon Hills High School
Allison made her way down the hall to find Isaac when he walked out in front of her holding his phone with a frown marring his boyish face.
"I can't get a hold of Derek or Scott." Isaac glared at his phone. "How's Lydia?"
"She's got bruising on her neck. They're taking her to a hospital downtown because Beacon Memorial is being evacuated." Allison answered.
"The storm is that bad?" Isaac widen his eyes.
"It will be." Allison sighed. "I overhead an EMT saying the backup generators might be too old to last if the power goes out."
"Beacon Memorial." Isaac thought the name sounded familiar. "That's where Cora is."
"I'm taking the two of you home." Chris said walking up to the teens.
"No, I have to get to the hospital." Isaac exclaimed. "I can't leave Cora there with just Peter."
"Isaac." Chris stopped the teen as he and his daughter shared a silent conversation. "I'll drive."
Beacon Hills Hospital
Melissa pushed the button for the elevator to make one last round in the hospital making sure everyone was out. She looked over to see a cane stuck in the wall. Melissa curiously walked over and pulled the cane out when Deucalion reached over and gently took the cane back.
"Thank you, Ms. McCall." Deucalion offered the nurse a kind smile putting the cap back on the cane.
"You're him, aren't you?" Melissa frowned.
"Him?" Deucalion raised an eyebrow.
"The bad guy." Melissa explained.
"You have no idea." Deucalion smirked as the power went out briefly showing his and Kali's glowing red eyes.
Upper Hallway
Ethan and Aiden separated from their merged form both clearly irritated with the other.
"You hesitated." Aiden growled at his twin.
"I pulled back. There's a difference." Ethan countered.
"They're protecting her." Aiden glared at Ethan.
"He doesn't have a choice!" Ethan exclaimed. "We're lucky he isn't fully in control of the Alpha spark within. He told us that he could kill us if we went after Cora again and right now it could appear to him that we are stopping him from saving her."
"We don't have a choice either!" Aiden spun around. "If all these sacrifices, all these bodies piling up, if it's actually giving her the power to get rid of us, then we need to take any chance we can to get rid of her. Threat or no threat."
Ethan reluctantly agreed as the backup generator started up.
Another part of the Hospital
Peter led the way still carrying Cora over his shoulder as Scott and Derek stayed behind them in case the twins show up once more. Peter laid Cora down gently on a table as Scott and Derek ran into the room.
"Where's the big guy?" Stiles asked.
"He's close." Derek replied looking out the small window.
"What about Ms. Blake?" Stiles inquired as Scott shook his head. "What do you mean? What does that mean? Like, she's gone? Scott, are you kidding me?"
"Quiet." Derek glared.
"Me be quiet? Me, huh? Are you telling me what to do now?" Stiles stormed over to Derek. "When your psychotic mass murdering girlfriend, the second one you've dated, by the way, has got my dad somewhere, tied up, waiting to be ritually sacrificed?"
"Stiles, that's enough." Scott stepped forward. "They're still out there."
"And they want her, right?" Stiles argued. "Which means now we don't have her either, so my dad and Cora are both dead!"
"Shut up!" Scott growled causing his best friend to stumble back in shock before Scott turned to Peter. "Is she really dying?"
"She's definitely not getting any better." Peter replied.
"There has to be something that we can do." Scott frowned. "I… We have to help her."
The four men looked over as the door swung open revealing Jennifer Blake.
"You can't. Only I can." Jennifer spoke. "I can save her and I can tell you where Sheriff Stilinski is."
"Then do it." Scott rushed forward slamming Jennifer into the wall his eyes flickering between gold and red.
"There is a pack of Alphas in this hospital who want me dead." Jennifer looked at Scott then at the others as she was still pinned to the wall. "I'll help you, but only when I'm out of here and safe. Only then."
"Scott let her go." Derek ordered.
"So she can escape again? I don't think so." Scott growled then looked Jennifer in eyes. "I really want to rip your throat out with my teeth."
Everyone looked at Scott in shock hearing that he wanted to kill someone, especially the way Derek loved to threaten people. Stiles finally realized just much pressure and stress Scott have been under the last few days.
"I was trying to keep from getting killed. You can't blame me for that." Jennifer stared at Scott as his grip tightened. "Can you let me go now?"
"If you want to show you're one of the good guys, then heal her." Derek pointed to Cora as Scott dropped Jennifer to her feet.
"Not until I'm safe." Jennifer spoke.
"I'd like to volunteer a different method of persuasion." Peter piped up. "Let's torture her."
"Works for me." Scott growled.
"I like this Scott." Peter smirked as the P.A. system buzzed to life.
"Um, can I have your attention?" The voice of Melissa McCall echoed through the room. "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."
Scott felt the anger inside him slowly being replaced by fear for his mother. Scott's breathing became shorter and more frantic as he paced the room. Jennifer stared at Scott not certain how the teen was going to react.
"He's not gonna hurt her." Jennifer stated.
"Shut up." Derek growled.
"He won't!" Jennifer insisted. "Scott, you know that he won't hurt her if you think about it. Tell them why."
"What does she mean?" Derek asked.
"You're not the only one he wants in his pack." Jennifer spoke before Scott had a chance causing the teen to close his eyes in frustration as Derek looked at him.
Outside the Hospital
Chris pulled up to the entrance of the hospital not caring about parking neatly. The three got out of the Toyota and ran into the hospital and out of the rain.
"Looks like the evacuation's over." Chris yelled over the storm.
"Can you catch a scent?" Allison asked the werewolf.
"No, not with the rain this heavy." Isaac shook his head.
With Scott
"Deucalion doesn't just want an Alpha pack. He wants perfection." Jennifer explained. "That means adding the rarest of Alphas to his ranks."
"A true Alpha." Peter realized.
"What's that?" Stiles asked.
"The kind that doesn't have to steal his power from another." Peter answered. "One that can rise by the force of his own will. Our little Scott."
"The power is sporadic at best. I don't have full control. Actually, it doesn't matter." Scott shook his head. "We need to get her out of here and save Cora."
"Scott, your mom…" Stiles interjected.
"My mom said there's one more ambulance coming in twenty minutes." Scott pushed his fear down and let his anger and logic push forward. "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."
"The twins aren't gonna let us just walk out." Peter pointed out.
"I'll deal with them." Scott allowed his red to flash red in front of the others.
"You mean fight them." Derek stated.
"Whatever I have to do." Scott clenched his fist.
"I'll help you." Derek insisted.
"Um, sorry, but I'm not going anywhere without you, Derek." Jennifer interrupted.
"I'll do it." Peter spoke surprising everyone. "I'd prefer to be out there with an advantage."
"An advantage like what? You mean like a weapon?" Stiles asked.
"Something better than a baseball bat and a malfunctioning Alpha." Peter shrugged his shoulders.
The group got to work looking for anything to use against the giant werewolf. Stiles ran over to a defibrillator and lifted the paddles.
"Hey, wait. What about these?" Stiles asked.
"Do you know how to use those?" Derek replied.
"Well, no." Stiles stared at the paddles.
"Put 'em down." Derek ordered before the teen hurt himself.
Scott watched Stiles shove the paddles back in their space when he found two big needles. Scott looked at the side to read what was in the needle.
"Epinephrine?" Scott read aloud.
"That's only gonna make him stronger." Derek stated.
"How strong?" Peter asked.
Scott looked at the needles and then at Peter and smirked slightly.
"Let's find out." Scott shoved the needle into Peter's chest and pressed the plunger down before doing the same to himself with the other.
The two pumped up werewolf walked out in the hallway. Scott looked ready to fight as Peter looked at the needle in his chest in amazement before pulling it out. The two looked up to see the twins at the other end of the hallway. The twins growled and merged themselves into their giant form.
"All right, boys. Let's rumble." Peter growled lighting his eyes up blue.
The werewolves all roared and charged at each other. Peter got to the merged twins first and was reward by being tossed through a door. Scott sprinted forward as his gold eyes turned red with the help of the Epinephrine flowing through his body. Scott slammed into the giant werewolf's midsection sending him to the ground. Scott began to repeatedly punch the werewolf in the face as the other four made their way in the opposite direction. The twins were able to toss Scott off of them only for Peter to launch himself on their back as soon as they were standing. Scott lifted himself up and jumped at the twins when they got ahold of Peter and tossed him at the airborne Scott. The two werewolves collided and fell to the floor. They picked themselves up quickly and took off down the hall getting the twins to follow.
Basement
Jennifer and Stiles opened the doors as Derek carried his sister through.
"It's still here!" Stiles pointed at the ambulance.
The three ran over to the vehicle and Stiles opened the doors and climbed in to help Derek get Cora inside. The two got Cora up onto the gurney as carefully as they could.
"Derek, over here." Jennifer called.
Derek frowned and slowly made his way around the side of the ambulance. Derek looked to see Jennifer staring at something and followed her line of sight to the body of the ambulance driver. The two made their way to the body to see he was clawed up.
"Julia." Kali called out walking forward, her feet covered in blood, while twirling the keys to the ambulance on her finger. "It is you."
Stiles quietly shut the doors on the ambulance at the same time Jennifer hid behind Derek.
"You can't beat her on you own." Jennifer pointed out to Derek as Kali's eyes burned red.
"That's why we're gonna run." Derek replied backing up and then taking off with Jennifer close on his heels.
The two ran back inside the hospital. Derek turned to go down the hall as Jennifer suggested the elevator. Derek looked up to see Kali running at them and threw as gurney at her as he ran into the elevator with Jennifer. Kali slammed into the doors as soon as they closed and let out an angry roar. Derek and Jennifer panted trying to catch their breaths inside the elevator when the lights when out.
Rooftop
Deucalion pulled the switch for the power while the rain still poured down.
"Thank you." Deucalion spoke to Melissa. "That was more than helpful."
"What now? What do you want with me?" Melissa demanded.
"You?" Deucalion shook his head in amusement. "You're my gesture of goodwill. Go find your son." Deucalion stepped back letting Melissa run off. "Do yourself a favor, Melissa. Be careful out there."
Ambulance
Stiles locked the doors to the ambulance and checked to make sure they were secure before sitting down and looking at his best friend's girlfriend.
"Okay, okay, okay. We're okay. We're all right. You okay? How you doing?" Stiles was nearly freaking out. "Why do you look like you're not breathing?" Stiles lean forward only to hear nothing. "Because you aren't breathing, are you? Oh, no. Oh, God. Oh, no, no, no. Why are you not breathing? Come on." Stiles eyes were wide with panic. "Okay, okay, okay." Stiles rolled up his sleeves. "You can do this. Here we go, tilt the head. Fingers on the chin. Clear the throat. Great, nothing. I see nothing. Okay, all right, so, uh… Just pinch the nose and blow."
Stiles proceeded to give Cora mouth to mouth trying to get her to breath once more.
"Oh, come on Cora. Come on Cora." Stiles said during breaths. "Don't do this to Scott."
Elevator
Derek slid the doors open to find that they were stuck between floor with only a small gap towards the top. Derek frowned at his luck and walked back to the center of the elevator looking at the ceiling.
"If you're thinking service hatch, they bolt from the outside, so you'd have to break it. All you'd end up doing is creating a lot of noise, telling them exactly where we are." Jennifer explained.
"Kali already knows." Derek pointed out.
"Not necessarily. She saw that we got in, but she might not know that we didn't get out." Jennifer countered.
"Yeah, well, if I get through then we can go to another floor." Derek argued.
"Or you'd end up fighting them alone in an elevator shaft." Jennifer shook her head. "They'll rip my head off before you even have a chance to land a punch."
"Then someone needs to get the backup generator running again." Derek pulled out his phone.
Ambulance
Stiles continue to try and get Cora to breathe again. After about two more times of breathing for Cora she began to cough letting Stiles let out a sigh of relief.
"You know, the next time I put my lips to your mouth, you better be awake." Stiles groaned then stiffened. "Please don't tell Scott I said that."
Hallways
Peter stumbled around the corner and crashed into the wall as Scott began to help him up.
"Those shots didn't last very long." Peter complained.
Scott practically carried Peter down the hall and into a side room hoping to lose the twins.
"Those twins are really starting to piss me off." Peter growled.
"Join the club. How the hell are we supposed to get past them?" Scott wondered as blood ran down his face.
"Personally, I think if we keep letting them beat the living shit out of us, they'll tire and give up." Peter rolled his eyes.
"I just don't understand why I can barely tap into my Alpha powers. They have been coming in gradually allowing me to control it in certain moments." Scott frowned as Peter looked at Scott thoughtfully. "What?"
"Derek told me that the night Cora was under the influence of the moon, the two of you froze when attempting to attack each other. Then Cora told Derek that she felt drawn to you before she even knew much about you. Now, she is injured severely and your powers aren't working right." Peter furrowed his eyebrows. "You and Cora are mates. That means you two are connected and her injury is affecting your ability to use your Alpha spark."
"We'll discuss this later." Scott said as he opened the laundry chute. "I found our way out."
Peter sighed and walked over to the chute and climbed in. Peter slid down the chute and landed in a pile of laundry. Within a second Scott landed on top of him with a grunt. The older werewolf pushed Scott off of him and glared at the teen.
"You couldn't have waited, like, ten second?" Peter glared.
"You'll live." Scott rolled his eyes and pulled out his phone frowning.
"They didn't get out, did they?" Peter groaned pulling himself out of the pile of laundry.
Elevator
Derek looked at his phone as a message appeared on the screen.
"Don't move. On our way." Derek read aloud.
"Where do they expect us to go?" Jennifer rolled her eyes.
Ambulance
"You just hold on a little longer, okay?" Stiles looked at the she-wolf. "Trust me, if anyone's gonna get us out of this, it's Scott. Can't believe I just said that. You know, I actually used to be the one with the plan. Well, or at least a plan B." Stiles sighed deeply. "Now I don't know. Now I'm thinking maybe you were right. You know, maybe… Maybe we are pretty much useless. Maybe all we really do is show up and find the bodies. I don't want to find my father's body." Stiles wiped his eyes and exhaled. "You know, you're a lot easier to talk to when you're completely unconscious."
A banging outside the ambulance made Stiles stiffen as he carefully looked out the window to see the twins walk by. Stiles leaned as far back out of sight as he could, not wanting them to see him. Stiles hated feeling so helpless.
Main Floor
Chris, Allison, and Isaac made their way through the main floor of the hospital. Something caused Chris to still for a second before cocking his gun.
"I'm gonna take that as a sign you're a little worried." Isaac whispered.
"Stay close to me." Chris ordered.
"I think I heard something." Isaac said putting his head to the floor. "Below us."
Ambulance
Stiles still sat with his back pressed against the metal side of the ambulance when he heard footsteps again. Stiles shifted slightly so he could put his ear against the metal to hear better. Stiles began to reach for the door to get a look when Scott appeared suddenly nearly causing Stiles to jump out of his skin.
"Stiles! Stiles, open the door." Scott panted. "Help me get him in."
"Where's Derek and Jennifer?" Stiles asked as he help Peter sit.
"I have to go back for them and my mom." Scott nearly collapsed.
"Okay, two problems. Kali got the keys to this thing, and I just saw the twins, like, thirty seconds ago" Stiles spoke.
"Stay here and keep her safe." Scott looked at the two conscious males in the ambulance.
Hallway
Scott walked down the hallway swaying slightly due to a concussion he received. Scott glance behind him to see if anyone was following him when he caught the scent of the twins. Scott turned slightly and then ducked as a huge fist soared above his head and into a metal cabinet. The twins attacked with an abundance of ferocity, though Scott dodged almost all of their attacks. The twins were able to get a grip on Scott's throat and slam him into the wall.
"Where is she?" The twins demanded. "We're trying not to hurt you."
"Me too." Scott growled as his eyes turned red.
Scott brought both his feet up to the merged werewolf's chest and using the wall for extra leverage pushed the huge werewolf into the other wall with enough force to put the giant through the wall. The twins slowly got up only to be put right back down as Scott delivered a huge left hand to their temple. Scott looked up to see his mom running down the hall with the defibrillator. Scott grabbed the twins in a chokehold as his mother slammed the paddles into the giant's chest sending electricity dancing through the werewolves. The twins separated and passed out as Scott stood, his body smoking slightly. Melissa jerked her head to the side and took off with Scott following close behind.
Elevator
"Anything?" Jennifer asked as Derek stared at his phone and getting no response. "Derek, I know what you're thinking. That I'm using you, that everything that has happened between us is a lie, or that I'm evil. A bitch. 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?' Please tell me you're not thinking that."
Morgue
Kali paced the room frowning.
"You should have kept his mother." Kali stated.
"Is that so?" Deucalion asked.
"You have a soft spot for him." Kali accused.
"I have an investment I'm trying to mature." Deucalion corrected. "If you want to talk about soft spots, let's talk about Jennifer Blake. Or… What was her name again?"
"Julia." Kali nearly whispered.
"Ah." Deucalion nodded.
Elevator
"Julia Baccari. That was my name." Jennifer began.
"I don't care." Derek shook his head refusing to even glance at 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." Jennifer explained. "Do you know what else is? Your face. The one that's supposed to be staring back at you in the mirror. Not some hacked up atrocity you can't even recognize."
"I still don't care." Derek groaned.
"I bet you're curious though." Jennifer stated. "I bet you wonder exactly what happened."
"You were an emissary. They tried killing you along with the rest of the pack. Mystery solved." Derek spoke.
"I was Kali's emissary." Jennifer looked at Derek. "I was the one she couldn't kill."
Morgue
"I didn't understand why I had to kill her too." Kali sighed. "She was harmless. I did it because you wanted me to. I did everything you asked to be a part of this pack."
"You did it to be with Ennis, so don't point that accusing toe at me." Deucalion took off his glasses. "And as for harmless, how harmless does she look now?"
"I thought she was dead." Kali argued.
"Did you?" Deucalion growled.
"Are you asking if maybe there was a moment of uncertainty? That when I walked away thinking she was dead, that maybe I turned back? And maybe I saw her there, lying perfectly still, but I focused my hearing anyway. Listened to the sound of her heart still beating, still fighting for life, and I thought, 'I could go back and finish it, or I could let someone I love die peacefully.' And maybe I just kept walking." Kali told the story as Deucalion stood beside her.
"My heart bleeds for you, Kali. Apparently hers could have bled a little more." Deucalion snarled.
Elevator
"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." Jennifer turned to Derek. "Something that gave it a spark of power again. The sacrifice of a virgin. 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. You gave it power again. You gave me power. Just enough to hold on to life a little longer. Long enough to be found.
With Scott and Melissa
"He just let me go, said it was a gesture of goodwill." Melissa explained. "No other reason."
"He had to have a reason." Scott frowned. "I don't think he does anything without a reason."
"Well, if that means I should continue to be profoundly terrified, then don't worry about it, I got that covered." Melissa stated.
Scott grabbed his mother's arm as he heard a gun click around the corner of the hallway. Scott slowly made his way to the corner and looked around to be greeted with Chris Argent holding his silver pistol at Scott's head.
Elevator
"You know mistletoe is important to Druids, but do you know the myth of why people kiss under the mistletoe?" Jennifer asked. "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. 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 enamored 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 she would place a kiss on anyone who passed under it. So now we hand mistletoe underneath our door during the holidays so that we will never overlook it again. 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 exclaimed.
"So have you. I know the real color of your eyes, Derek." Jennifer smirked. "I know what it means. 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 looked at Jennifer.
"Are you sure about that?" Jennifer quirked an eyebrow. "Boyd asked you right before he died, what happens to a werewolf during a lunar eclipse? You didn't get the chance to tell him, but you know, don't you? What happens, Derek?"
"We lose all our power." Derek sighed.
With Scott
"So then they're essentially trapped?" Chris asked walking beside Scott.
"Yeah. There's no way of getting them out without turning the power on." Scott explained.
"Wait, wait, wait, if the power's back on, they're gonna hear the elevator moving, right?" Melissa pointed out.
"They'll be on Jennifer and Derek as soon as it stops. We can't afford to get in a fight with them again." Scott groaned.
"You got us now." Chris replied to the concussed werewolf.
"It's too much to risk. They want her dead, and if she dies, two very important people to me are going to die as well." Scott explained.
"I don't even think I know which teacher this is." Chris shook his head.
"She's… She's the one with the brown hair. She's kind of hot." Isaac described earning strange looks from everyone else and a glare from Allison. "No, it's… Just an observation."
"I got an idea." Allison spoke looking at herself in the mirror.
Morgue
"What are they doing?" Kali asked.
"Plotting." Deucalion smirked.
Hallways
Aiden and Ethan were walking down the many halls in the hospital hoping to find Jennifer Blake and end her when they heard the elevator doors being pushed open in the distance. The twins shared a look as they began to head towards the sound.
Chris' Car
Isaac slid into the driver seat of the hunter's car when Allison's name popped up on his phone. Isaac hit the talk button and Allison's face appeared on the screen.
"Are you ready?" Allison asked seeing Isaac nod in confirmation. "You're not nervous, are you?"
"Do I look nervous?" Isaac tilted his head.
"No, not at all." Allison replied setting the phone up to face the hallway.
"Did he look nervous?" Chris' voice filled the car.
"Terrified." Allison answered.
"Yeah, I can still hear you, very, very clearly." Isaac growled.
"Just go as soon as you see them, okay?" Allison's face appeared back on screen.
"Yeah. Yeah, I got it." Isaac replied.
Hallways
Ethan and Aiden search around the floor they were on and found nothing when the sound of running footsteps reached their ears. The twins took off after the sounds knowing that the sound was of Jennifer's shoes.
In another part of the hospital the sound of the shoes reached Kali, who let an evil smirk appear on her face before walking out of the room she was in.
The twins finally caught up to the woman and ran after her past the cell phone in the hallway. Kali jumped out a window as the twins and the woman ran out the entrance to the hospital. Glass rained down as Kali stood to her full height. The woman turned around to reveal herself as Allison holding her bow and firing flashbang arrows at the three Alphas blinding them. Chris made his way towards his daughter firing his pistols at the werewolves not caring if he hit them of not. The werewolves scattered blind and disoriented.
As the werewolves took off the power to the hospital came back on as the backup generation was turned on once more.
Elevator
The lights flickered back on in the elevator making Derek smile slightly as he hit the button to get to another floor and out of the small space. Derek watched the doors wishing for the elevator to go faster.
"Derek, please look at me." Jennifer requested behind the werewolf.
Derek looked at the reflection in the metal doors to see Jennifer in her slashed and deformed faced Darach form. Derek eyes widen slightly as Jennifer let out a loud screech before everything went black.
Ambulance
Isaac whipped the car behind the ambulance as Peter and Stiles carried Cora out. Peter took the she-wolf in his arms and gently put her in the back seat as Stiles noticed something on the door of the ambulance. Stiles stared at the form on the door with dread flooding his veins as he read the words right under the signature line. Parent or Guardian. Stiles hand trembled as he ran his finger over the words almost not hearing Isaac yelling for him to get in the car. Stiles looked at the words again and took off to the hospital with Isaac calling after him.
Hospital
Scott ran down the hallways to get to where he heard the elevator heading. He arrived as soon as the metal doors opened and looked down at the unconscious body of Derek. Scott ran into the elevator and check the Alpha for a pulse letting out a breath when he found one. Scott looked up to see the service hatch open and felt his blood turn to ice.
"Mom!" Scott yelled and ran out of the elevator to the stairs not waiting as Stiles called his name.
Stiles nearly fell on his face as he seen Derek laying the elevator not moving. Stiles tried to ignore the terrible twisting in his stomach as he chased his best friend up the stairs. Scott burst through the door to the roof accidently making the door fly off its hinges and slide across the roof.
"Mom! Mom!" Scott yelled hoping against hope.
"They're gone." Deucalion stepped forward. "Guardians, Scott. If you were with me, I could've told you what it meant. I could've warned you. Let me help you, Scott. Let's help each other. You help me catch her, and I'll help you get your mother and Stiles' father back."
Scott looked at the Alpha defeated. He couldn't think of any other way. Cora was right, he always showed up late and this time he was going to lose everyone. His mom, his father-figure, and his girlfriend were good as dead if he didn't go with Deucalion. Scott slowly walked towards the Demon Wolf as Stiles ran out to the roof.
"Scott. Scott, don't do this. Don't go with him." Stiles pleaded.
"I don't know what else to do." Scott thickly replied.
"No, there's… Scott, there's got to be something else, okay?" Stiles grasped at straws. "We always… We always have a plan B."
"Not this time." Scott said as a tear ran down his cheek. "Too many people that I care about is going to die."
"Scott." Stiles watched Scott continued to walk towards the Alpha.
"I'm gonna find you dad." Scott promised.
"I'll tell you what, I'll even tell you how to save Cora." Deucalion spoke looking at Stiles. "Tell Derek that the spark can save her."
With that the two werewolves walked away disappearing into the fog leaving a heartbroken Stiles on the roof. Stiles wiped his eyes angrily as he realized he just lost his brother, father, and a mother-figure before walking back down the stairs.
Nemeton
Melissa woke with a groan as she found herself tied up very thoroughly. Melissa jerked at her bonds only to find there was no escaping.
"Hey. Hey." Sheriff Stilinski called out. "You all right?"
"Oh, God, where are we?" Melissa asked so terrified that she didn't think about finding out that Sheriff Stilinski was captured too.
"I don't know." Sheriff Stilinski frowned. "Looks like a root cellar to me, but, uh, she called it something different. She called it a Nemeton."