Chapter 21: Nancy Drew & Batman

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Chapter Twenty-One

"And that's pretty much it" Crystal crossed her arms over her chest, Scott standing next to her as they watched Stiles climb the wall with ease.

"So Derek stopped him from hurting Stiles. Brought him out of his shift" Crystal nodded as her eyes travelled to the blonde haired girl clinging to the wall, her name was Erica. Crystal had seen her around over the years, they'd even had lunch together once or twice a couple of years ago when neither of them had anyone to sit with. Crystal knew Erica suffered with epileptic fits, everyone did. The amount of times she had to be rushed out of class lately worried her. Erica was clinging on for dear life, fear radiating from her body.

"Crys?" Scott gave her a little shove as she looked to him.

"Hmmm, sorry. Yeah an Alpha can control his pack, well Isaac anyway. He doesn't really have a pack" her eyes went back to the wall.

"Yet" Scott added.

"No, he promised he wouldn't change any more people. He won't" she felt the words come out but knew deep down she wasn't a hundred percent sure Derek would keep that promise.

The sound of Stiles' buzzer drew her attention back as she watched her boyfriend gliding back down to the ground as he unhooked himself.

"Well done" she went to give him a kiss but Coach blew his whistle.

"No kissing in my class" he shouted as Crystal giggled and gave Stiles a simple playful punch to the shoulder. "Better" Coach turned around and Crystal took the opportunity to give Stiles a quick peck on the cheek as he blushed. Her eyes went to Erica's shaking body as she heard the girl gasp.

"Something's wrong" she stepped forward as all eyes were now on Erica. "Erica" she called up but this only seemed to make the girl shake more, she was terrified. Everyone surrounded the wall as they all looked up to her shaking form.

"Erica. Are you dizzy? Is it vertigo?" the coach questioned.

"Vertigo's a dysfunction of the vestibular system of the inner ear. She's just freaking out" Lydia explained bluntly as Crystal sighed.

"Lydia, she's scared. Stop it" Lydia held her hands to show how little she cared.

"Erica!" the coach barked, he wasn't helping her situation.

"I'm… I'm fine" she stuttered.

"Coach, she's epileptic" Allison said as the Coach gave a groan.

"Why doesn't anybody tell me this stuff? Erica, you're fine" she could hear the Coach's heartbeat, he was just as scared as everyone else. "Just kick off from the wall" Crystal could see Erica's hands slipping, if she fell it might trigger a seizure. "There's a mat to catch you".

"Coach" she stepped forward to stop him talking. "Erica. Just let go, we've got you ok" she saw the girl one had let go as she smiled. "Now the other hand, hold onto the rope. We'll lower you down" the girl finally let go as she lowered to the mat. Coach quickly unhooked her as Erica looked to Crystal, her lips trembling.

"Thanks" she squeaked before the crowd cleared to let her past. The Coach clapped her on the shoulder as she flinched away.

"Walk it off" he said as people went back to climbing the wall, Crystal continued to stare after her.

"So did Scott say where they're taking us after school?" Crystal looked up from where she was pulling on her skirt.

"Nope. Stiles has said nothing either. God knows what they've got planned" she took a seat to pull on her light beige wedge boots. Allison looked up first to Lydia who was too busy admiring herself in a little compact mirror, apply another layer on her lip gloss.

"I actually wanted to talk to you about yesterday. I heard about Isaac at the station" Crystal sat up and shrugged.

"Everything was fine. He's somewhere now with Derek. Did you grandfather send that hunter out?" she asked. Even though he was her adoptive grandfather she didn't feel comfortable saying 'our' any more, not since her nightmares had been getting worse.

"He did" Allison replied as Crystal let out a sigh. "I actually heard him talking to my dad last night, about you" Crystal almost smudged her lipstick across her face, her head snapped round to look at her friend.

"What about me?" she asked frantically. If the hunter had told Gerard about her being at the station, would he work out that she was a werewolf too.

"About your family. He said he was thinking about inviting you, your Mom and dad round for dinner" Crystal eyes went wide.

"That's exactly what I want to do, go have dinner in a house full of werewolf hunters" her voice laced with sarcasm, she stood up to grab her bag from her gym locker when her hand started to shake.

"You ok?" Allison looked to her hand as Crystal's head snapped up. She took off running as Lydia noticed Allison close behind her.

"What's up with them?" she asked herself before shaking her head, "Being strange gets you nowhere" she went back to her mirror.

Crystal took off running down the hallway as she rounded the corner to the doors leading into the gym. Scott running up the hallway from the boys changing rooms. "Did you feel it?" he asked when his eyes landed on Crystal. Crystal nodded and they both opened the doors, just as Erica let go from the wall, her body slowly falling back.

"Catch her!" Crystal screamed as Scott skidded to a halt and caught Erica in his arms, her body convulsing. Scott laid the girl on her back as Crystal threw herself to her knees, ignoring the pain in them as they banged on the wooden gym floor.

"On her side, put her on her side" Allison instructed as Crystal and Scott rolled Erica over, Erica's hand gripping his.

"Oh god, Erica" Crystal bit her lip and soon they were joined by the rest of the class having followed the scream Crystal had let out. Erica's hand reached out and latched onto Crystal as she squeezed for dear life. "It's ok, you're going to be ok" she squeezed back as her eyes went up to Stiles who was crouched behind Scott.

"How did you know?" Allison asked both her and Scott. Scott looked up and his eyes locked onto Crystal's.

"We felt it" he simply said as her eyes went back down to Erica.

Her eyes drifted over the heads of students, she smiled when she caught sight of Stiles. Her head tilted as she noticed him getting up from Boyd's table. He caught sight of her and gave her a small wave as she smiled, what was he up to?

"What was that?" she asked as she took a seat next to him, Scott already at the table.

"What was what?" he was playing dumb.

"You talking to Boyd?" Stiles heart beat picked up. "You nervous about something, Stiles?" he simply shook his head.

"No, and you promised you wouldn't use your werewolf powers on me. It's a surprise, deal with it" he quickly shoved a large roll into his mouth, turning away from her.

"Fine. I love surprises, I've been getting a lot of them lately" she added as she picked up her fork.

"Scott…" but she never got to finish her question as his eyes lifted to something behind her. "What?" she turned her head as did everyone else in the lunch room as their eyes landed on a blonde walking smoothly through the double doors. Her curls bounced with every step, her long toned legs moving with such grace as her hips swayed.

"Oh my god" Crystal breathed as her eyes went wide. It was Erica. How was this Erica? Erica moved forward with a smug smile on her red lips, her eyes going to two boys sitting in front of her. She lent down and pinched his apple off his tray, her eyes baring into his as she took a large bit, cleaning the juice from her lips.

"What the holy hell is that?" Lydia asked in pure shock that all eyes were on someone else apart from her.

"It's Erica" Scott simply replied wide eyed.

That's when Crystal caught her scent as her eyes narrowed, no he wouldn't. He couldn't, he promised her he wouldn't turn anymore. Erica straightened up and turned back towards the doors but not before taking one last bite of the apple, her eyes flicked to their table as she caught Crystal's eyes and gave a wink. Everyone seemed to go back to normal once she'd left.

Crystal was already on her feet, her lunch now forgotten as she, Scott and Stiles followed after her. Crystal slammed her hands against the double doors as Scott and Stiles came to stop on either side of her. They saw Erica getting into a sleek black car in front of them, her smile wide as she winked and slipped inside. Crystal's eyes were no longer on the blonde but on the dark haired man sat in the driver's seat, they narrowed at the sight of him. Derek turned his head to them, he gave them a dazzling smug smile before driving off.

"Yep, definitely going to kill him now" she snapped before shoving herself back inside.

Crystal poured the macaroni and cheese into a bowl as she heard the front door slam, her Mom was back. "There you are" she dumped a large pile of papers onto the kitchen counter. "I wanted to speak with you" Crystal hopped up onto the side, the warm bowl in her hands as she forked some into her open mouth. "It's about your Pappy" she choked a little at his pet name.

"What about him? I already know he's an Argent and the new principal at my high school, what else is there?" her Mom rubbed her tired eyes as she sighed and lent against the counter.

"Your dad's on his way back from New York. We've been invited this weekend to a nice little dinner at the Argent's house. Your grandfather wants to bring us all together. I've never had the pleasure of meeting your father's half-brother but he's meant to be quite nice" Crystal gave a small 'are you kidding me' smile and continued to eat. "Is that ok?" she shrugged.

"Not like I have a choice" her Mom nodded.

"You know Allison though, your friends with her so she'll be there. I know right now you must be very confused but know that I love you ok, your father loves you and Pappy loves you. I'm nervous too meeting this other family but your father said he will help us get through this" Crystal finished her food and continued to wash the bowl up.

"Ok Mom, I'll go" she put her dry bowl away and folded her arms. "I'm off out anyways with Stiles, I made you some macaroni and cheese, it's in the pot" as she went to leave she saw her Mom smile from the corner of her eye. She'd never mentioned that she and Stiles were a 'thing' now. She could practically feel the pure joy coming off her mother.

"I knew it. I knew you two would end up a couple" she clapped her hands as Crystal rolled her eyes.

"Alright, enough of the 'I told you so' I've gotten enough from Allison" her Mom laughed as she grabbed her phone and headed outside to wait for Stiles.

"So still keeping it a surprise?" she asked as Stiles pulled into the parking lot for the Beacon Hill's ice rink. "Are we going to build a snowman, Stiles" he gave her a smile.

"I would gladly build you a snowman. Hold on" he scrambled out of his seat and flung himself around to the passenger door before holding it open for her. "Ma 'lady" Crystal giggled as she took his hand.

"Wow pulling out the airs and graces" Stiles pulled her close as she cupped his cheek. "Always know how to impress a girl don't you Stiles" he silenced her with a kiss.

"Get a room" Lydia moaned as she hopped out of the jeep. Crystal rolled her eyes at her friend as the five of them made their way towards the ice rink.

Stiles jiggled the keys in the lock as Crystal tilted her head, now it all made sense. The keys belonged to Boyd who worked here. As the doors opened, Stiles flicked on the lights as the ice rink was illuminated, a smile spread across her lips as she reached out and grabbed his hand.

"Well as surprises go, this is amazing" she clutched onto him as they moved off to grab some skates.

"So you really had no idea?" Stiles asked as she laced up her skates.

"Not a clue. So, is this our first date?" Stiles head snapped up at such a speed Crystal thought he might be sore tomorrow.

"What? No. This is not our first date. Trust me. When we finally go on our first date, and we will. You'll know. I'm going the whole nine yards so be prepared because I am going to spoil the crap out of you" Crystal giggled as he leaned over and pressed his lips to her. Could life get any better?

Lydia cleared her throat as Crystal sighed. Apparently it couldn't. Stiles pulled away as Lydia shooed him down the bench until she was parked between then, lacing up her skates with a hum.

"Do you know how to skate?" Stiles asked, aiming the question at Crystal but Lydia cut her off before she could utter a reply.

"Please" she giggled. "Of course I can" she shivered a little and rubbed her arms.

"Cold?" Crystal asked. Lydia raised her eyebrows to answer her as her teeth chattered.

"I think I might have an extra shirt in my bag" Stiles reached down as he pulled out a very vibrant orange shirt, holding it out to Lydia. Lydia threw herself back in disgust and held up her hands.

"I'm wearing blue. Orange and blue, not a good combination" she shook her head refusing the shirt.

"But it's the colour of the Mets" Stiles defended as Lydia once again raised her eyebrows as he roughly shoved the shirt back into his bag. He was starting to question why he'd ever had a crush on her in the first place, she was an extremely difficult woman to please.

"I've got something for you Crys" Stiles delved into his bag and pulled out something Crystal considered to be a better present than diamonds. Reese's peanut butter cups. Her eyes went wide as he held out the packet of two cups to her. Taking it she ripped off the end and fished out a cup, holding the packet for Stiles to have the other when the packet was ripped out of her hands by Lydia.

"Thank you" she smiled and began to pick the brown wrapping away from the cup. Crystal looked to her cup and then to Stiles whose eyes were wide with shock at Lydia. He felt like she just punched him in the gut.

"Here" Crystal broke her cup in half and held it out to Stiles who took it with a smile. "Come on" she hopped down from the bench and wobbled to the wall of the ice rink. It had been a few years since she'd last skated. The memory now distant of her mother cheering as she managed to skate towards her dad all on her own.

"Crys" Stiles came to a stop in front of her and held out his hand. "I won't let you fall; I promise" she rolled her eyes at his cheesy comment.

"Chill, Stilinski. I can skate" her smile disappeared when she stepped onto the ice and wobbled a little. "I think" Stiles hand came out and his fingers interlocked with hers. "Shut up" she could hear him trying to hold back a laugh. "I'm at least better than Scott" Stiles turned his head to see his friend fly back onto the ice.

"Well I think a one legged blind guy would be better than Scott" Crystal giggled and then began to skate. One leg in front of the other and soon enough she felt the confidence returning as she skated with ease.

"Pretty good" Stiles commented as she felt her ego boost and did a little circle around him before coming to a stop, hands on his chest.

"This is amazing" she beamed as he leaned down and captured her lips. Crystal closed her eyes as she wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing herself close to him. "Just perfect" she turned her head and caught sight of Lydia doing a fast twirl as she tucked her arms in. "Oh now that's just showing off" her friend spun out of the twirl and came towards them.

"Enjoying yourself?" Crystal asked, referring to the wide grin on her face.

"It's ok" Lydia gasped, catching her breath. "Come on" she grabbed a hold of Crystal's hand and they took off, Stiles watching them go around the rink giggling. Stiles turned to see Scott once again fall flat on his face.

"Dear god Scott, you're embarrassing all werewolves right now" he muttered as Crystal came back towards him and slid by his side.

"Come on Stilinski" she slipped her hand into his, "Show me your moves" he smiled to her as they proceeded to skate around the side of the rink.

"Has Derek called you?" Stiles asked as Crystal shook her head.

"No, let's not talk about my jackass brother right now" she did a twirl and came to a stop, her back pressed against the wall of the rink. Stiles slid in front of her, placing his arms on either side to make sure she didn't fall.

"You know, kissing you on prom night was the best decision I've ever made" she smiled and pulled him close, hooking her hand behind her neck as they're lips met. She could spend all her life just kissing these lips and never see a reason to complain.

"I'm glad you did too" she whispered as Stiles brushed his tongue against her lips. She granted him access as he wrapped one around her waist, pulling her close as her chest was pressed against his. "Calm yourself, you might melt the ice" she breathed when they finally pulled back. Stiles brushed a strand of hair from her face and stroked her cheek with his thumb. Their intimate moment was broken by the sound of Lydia's horrified screams coming from behind Stiles as Crystal ducked under his arms to see her friend hitting her palms against the ice. "Lydia?" she skated over and dropped to her knees next to her friend. However, Lydia seemed to be completely catatonic as she continued to beat her hands on the ice. Crystal arms came out and wrapped themselves around her friend as she used her strength to stop Lydia from hurting herself when the double doors burst open and Scott and Allison appeared.

"What happened?" Allison asked over Lydia's terrified screams.

"I don't know" Crystal continued to hold her.

The next day Crystal walked into the cafeteria as she grabbed a fresh lunch tray and got into the line. Her eyes brightened up when she saw tater tots. "Tots please" she held her plate out as the lunch lady gave her a large spoonful. Crystal titled her head to the side and smiled as she used her puppy eyes. "Can I have a few more" the lunch lady gave her a smile and put another spoonful on. "Thanks" she turned to find Stiles and Scott within the crowd.

"Hey" she smiled when she saw Stiles rushing towards her followed by Scott. "What's the rush?" she asked but Stiles simply grabbed her tray and threw it down on the side.

"We've got to go" he said and grabbed her hand.

"But my tater tots" she was extremely confused.

They rushed down the hallway as she still wasn't quite sure why they were running. "Someone going to explain why we are running away from the tater tots" Stiles continued to pull her along.

"Boyd's not at school" she dug her feet in as Stiles gave a yelp, being yanked back as Scott stopped running.

"Seriously. You're making me miss tater tots because Boyd's off sick" Stiles held up his hands as he was getting frustrated with her.

"For the love of god woman forget about the tater tots" Crystal crossed her arms.

"I'll never forget about the tater tots, Stiles" she shook her head in disbelief in him. Scott stepped around Stiles, his face deadly serious.

"We think Boyd might have been given a choice by Derek. Stiles is going to find out if he's just at home sick from school, me and you are going to the ice rink where he works" Crystal uncrossed her arms and nodded.

"Well come on, what the hell are we just standing around for" she instantly took off running down the hallway as Stiles' eyes narrowed after her.

"Girls are very confusing" he sighed as he and Scott took off after her.

"Any word from Stiles?" Crystal asked as Scott checked his phone, still nothing.

"No. He should've called by now" Crystal drummed her fingers on the wheel as she pushed her foot down on the gas. "He'll be fine" Crystal nodded as they pulled up in front of the ice rink. "Are you sure he'd be here?" Crystal asked.

"Boyd once said he'd never missed work, not once. So if he's not here that means something must be up" Scott replied. "You go through the front I'll go round the back; he has to be here" Crystal nodded as she ran around the side of the building until she came to the front doors. However, when she pulled on the handle she found it to be locked. "What? Come on" she groaned before glancing around to double check the coast was clear before she yanked at the handle and heard the metal grinding. "Don't be a little bitch" she muttered to herself as she gave the door one final hard yank as it cracked, breaking the lock. The door swung open as she saw the whole place in pitch black. Walking in her eyes lit up amber as she was able to see through the darkness.

"Boyd" she called out but no reply. That's when her ears picked up on banging but as she got closer to the ice rink they soon turned into grunts of pain. Her hands reached out as she opened the double doors, light flooding her vision as she held up a hand. When her eyes adjusted she saw Scott being thrown across the rink by Derek, his eyes blazing red. Looking to the rest of the scene she saw Isaac and Erica lying in pain on the ground. Maybe she should have gone the back way too. Derek threw Scott to the ice as his foot pressed down on his chest. Crystal felt a ripple in her body as she shifted, her amber eyes homing in on Derek.

She grabbed his arm and spun him around before using her palm to hit in him square in the chest, sending him to the ground as a growl erupted from her chest. "Enough!" she screamed as Erica and Isaac pushed themselves to their feet, ready to attack. Derek turned to them and gave a deep growl which caused them to cower back before his head snapped in the direction of his sister. Crystal reached down and pulled Scott up as he winced in pain. "What the hell are you doing?" she screamed at Derek as he stepped forward. "You promised you wouldn't bite anyone else" Derek barred his teeth.

"I gave them a choice; I didn't force it upon them" Crystal shook her head as she hooked herself under Scott's arm to help support him.

"Are you doing this so you can feel like the big bad Alpha?" Crystal felt disgusted by him right now. "Please don't tell me you're doing this so you won't be alone" Derek shifted back as Crystal's eyes dimmed.

"I wasn't alone, I had you but you decided not to be a part of my pack" Crystal gave a laugh.

"You killed Peter. Scott's only chance of a cure and you killed him for power. I know he killed Laura but what you did, you're just like him" Derek growled. "Stay the hell away from us Derek" they turned and caught sight of Boyd. "You'd be pretty stupid to take his offer, don't bother" Scott gave a grunt of pain.

"Don't, you don't want to be like them" but Boyd simply pulled up his shirt, showing them an already healing bite mark.

"You're right, I want to be like you" he said with a small smile before walking around them and following after Derek and the others.

"Are you ok?" Crystal asked as Scott slowly nodded.

"I'm fine" but Crystal sighed.

"You're a crappy liar Scott, I don't need super werewolf hearing to know that. Come on" she helped him across the rink.

"So what happened to your jeep?" she held the flashlight up for Stiles who was perched on top of the jeep, a wrench in one hand as he sighed.

"Erica decided to mess around with the engine" he groaned.

"Ok. How's your head?" she could see a small bruise forming on the side of his face. Her mind instantly filled with images of her grabbing a chunk of Erica's hair and ripping it from her stupid head.

"It's alright. Doesn't hurt much" Crystal smiled.

"Liar" Stiles clapped his hands once he'd finished.

"So Boyd's a werewolf then?" he asked as Crystal nodded.

"Yep. Now Derek has three new Betas on his side. He finally got what he wanted, a pack" she clicked off the torch as Stiles climbed down. "He broke his promise Stiles" she felt a lump forming as her words broke at the end. "He made a promise and he lied, he had no intension of listening to me and I'm his family. He could have just asked you know, if he needed some help but no he decided to invite three teenagers into this world, three teenagers who are going to end up being cut in half by Gerard" she rubbed her forehead as Stiles stepped close to her, pulling her into a hug.

"It's not your fault. It's Derek doing what Derek does best, destroying lives" Crystal sighed.

"I guess I shouldn't be surprised, I'm often lied to by the closest people to me" she gave Stiles a quick kiss and rubbed her nose against his. "I'm quite tired, I'll see you tomorrow ok" he nodded and gave her a soft kiss on the head as she closed her eyes. "God I wish we could just leave, go somewhere where no one knew us, where there were no werewolves, hunters or anything supernatural trying to kill us" Stiles shook his head.

"Then who would save the day huh, you and me. Partners in Crime" Crystal laughed.

"Nancy Drew and Batman. Now that would be a good show. See you tomorrow" she kissed him one last time. Tasting his lips before turning and sliding into her mustang. Waving to him she flicked on her iPod and listened to 'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac. It had been a long night, she hoped that tonight she wouldn't have the nightmare.

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