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Chapter 26

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The next day hadn't been fun for Maddie. Thanks to her little freak out, Derek sent her home and ordered her to stay home sick and stay inside until he said else wise. Staying home wasn't so hard. If she didn't wake herself up on her own, her dad didn't bother. He always had late shifts so he didn't wake up as early as she did. She just usually left him a note saying to call the school once he did wake up. Since it didn't happen a lot, it was probably the only thing he ever did for her. She was actually surprised when Derek called her that night and gave her instructions on what he needed her to do. So that would explain why she was now sitting on the dirty ground against the wall opposite some dumpster.

She didn't understand why Derek wouldn't let her go with him, Isaac, and Erica to get the last boy they were welcoming into the pack. He had said that it was because he knew Scott was there, and he wasn't going to make her fight him, but she knew better then to believe that it was the only reason he wasn't letting her go. She knew that he thought that she wasn't ready to fight anyone. Thanks to her little melt down when fighting Isaac, he had deemed her unfit to preform in a fight. So here she was, stuck on Stiles watch. Why Erica felt the need to dump him into a dumpster, she didn't know. She wasn't about to go dumpster diving for him either. She might have been best friends with the boy, but given their current status of being in a fight? He wasn't worth smelling like garbage for a week.

Besides, she was suppose to be at the library with Matt as far as her dad knew. If she came home smelling like trash? He'd for sure know that she had lied about where she was. Though, it wouldn't matter what she smelled like if she didn't get home soon. It had been a few hours now, and she was getting antsy already. Her orders were clear, though. She couldn't leave until Stiles was on his way home. Since Erica had been just so kind to break his stupid beat up jeep, they would have to go to the mechanics after this before even considering him driving her home.

While Erica and Isaac got to have all the fun, she was stuck dumpster watching. She didn't see how that was fair at all. She knew that Derek was worried about her, but she wasn't the fragile little girl she was that night in her hospital room. Because of him, she was a lot stronger than she had been. She had learned from him, that she would not crumble. Why couldn't he see that, though? Why couldn't he see that she was just as strong as Isaac, and even now Erica, were? She could fight just as well as they could, and maybe even better in some moves. She might be smaller then they were, but she was quicker and more flexible then they were. Derek knew that, yet he still kept her out of the fight.

She was pulled from her thoughts at the sudden movement in front of her. Stiles pushed open the top of the dumpster as he popped out from inside of it. He looked like it was struggle at first, but he seemed to realize where he was and what had happened to him before he blacked out. "Bitch," he muttered out, obviously meaning Erica since she had been the one to put him inside of the dumpster in the first place. Maddie couldn't help but giggle at his expression, causing him to jump back. "Oh, my god!" he gasped out as he fell back into the dumpster with a small cry of pain as the lid slammed back down on top of him. She straight out laughed then at him as she got up from the ground and brushed herself off.

She crossed the alley and stretched up onto the tips of her toes as she pushed the dumpster's lid back up. She leaned over the edge and looked down inside of it to see if he had knocked himself out again. "I don't need to come in there and get you, do I?" she asked down to him, seriously hoping that she didn't have to do that. The last thing that she wanted to do was jump into a dumpster to help Stiles get back out of it. Stiles grumbled as he shot back up beside her. She then went onto helping him climb out and get back down onto solid ground with her again. She jumped away from him once he was on the ground, holding her nose as she tried to block the smell that was now coming from Stiles. "Oh, god, you frickin' reek, Stiles! I think I'm going to be sick." she gagged out to him.

He rolled his eyes at her before shooting her a glare. He might be a little surprised, and secretly happy that she was here, but he was in no mood to be insulted by her right now. Her little werewolf BFF was a bitch, and yes, she had a killer body now, but he had a feeling that she was going to be a big pain in his side already. "So not in the mood, Mads. What are you doing here anyway?" he asked her as they started down the ally way that they were inside of right now. She opened her mouth to answer him, but then he thought against it. He didn't want to know. "Never mind. Don't answer that. Just give me your phone so I can call the mechanic and get him to come get the car." he told her as he stopped and held out his hand for her phone. She held out for a moment, but then sighed as she dug through her pocket and took out her phone. She passed it over to him and waited as he called the tow truck company.

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Maddie had ended up going with Stiles to the mechanics when the tow truck came for the jeep. While they were waiting, she had called Derek to tell him where she was. She was on the phone with him while Stiles was seeing what was taking the mechanic so long. She had walked off to the side, ignoring the lingering looks that the mechanic was giving her when he 'just happened' to need to look her way."Yeah, I'll call you when I . . ." she started to say into her phone to Derek, only to trail off suddenly. She had looked up from her nails to see Stiles pausing at the door leading into the office. ". . . Stiles? What's wrong?" she asked out to him as she made her way over to him.

She could vaguely hear Derek calling out to her on her phone, wanting to know what was going on, but her focus was more on a frozen Stiles as he kept his hand locked around the door knob. "Stiles?" she asked out to him again. She could hear his heart beat flying now, and it was honestly starting to scare her a little bit now. "Sti . . . whoa!" she gasped out as she dropped her cell phone when he suddenly fell back into her arms. "Whoa, hey, Stiles! Hey, what's going on? Stiles, talk to me." she asked out to him in a panic as she struggled to hold him up on her own. She might have been a werewolf now, but she was still tiny and Stiles was . . . well, he just wasn't.

His head fell back limply and he groaned out to her that he couldn't move. She growled out, obviously getting that little piece of information on her own. His eyes caught sight of something above them. "Mads, it's here. It's in the jeep. It's inside of the jeep, Mads!" he whispered out frantically to her. She looked at him confused before she looked to where he had said to. Her eyes widened fearfully as she caught sight of the claw reaching out from the window of the jeep. "Oh, shit." she gasped out before she lifted Stiles up more. She had to help the mechanic, who seem to be the creature's target. She shook down her sleeve of her jacket and grabbed hold of the door knob, being extra carefully not to actually touch it like she had seen Stiles do. She yanked it open and pushed him inside of the room, knowing that he would be safer inside of there then out here.

She turned back around towards the lift that Stiles's jeep was on, only to see the creature slash a cut into the back of the mechanic's neck. He fell instantly victim to the cut as, like Stiles, he was suddenly unable to move and fell to the ground. She looked up at the lizard creature, her eyes now golden as her canines extended. With a flick of her wrists, her claws were now all extended as a growl left her throat. She let out a louder growl, trying to get the creature's attention on her inside of the mechanic. She jumped forward, lunging at the monster inside of the jeep. She pushed it out, sending them both flying through the other open window and down onto the hard ground. Thanks to it's tail, it flipped the switch and the lift was now lowering down towards the mechanic.

Maddie landed on the ground with a small groan as she rolled to a stop. She landed on her feet and raised up her head, a growl rumbling in her throat as she locked eyes on the lizard creature. She could hear the man calling for help, but she wouldn't be able to get near him with this thing still around. She pounced at it, trying to take it by surprise, but it only caught her leg with it's tail and swung her away from it. She cried out as she landed on top of another car, cracking the windshield slightly. As the lift finished off the mechanic, the creature turned to the little office where Stiles was laid out on the ground. He was shaking as he tried to call 9-11. His eyes frantically searched for Maddie inside of the shop, but he couldn't see her anymore.

He panicked when the creature suddenly appeared in front of him and screeched out. He felt like screaming himself. His body jolted when the creature was suddenly tackled from the side, Maddie now standing in front of the door in a crouched position as she growled out protectively. Stiles' eyes widened in shock, not believing that Maddie was protecting him like she was. He didn't have time to think about her forgiving him enough to protect him because she was off and moving again. She went to attack the creature again, and she had even gotten in some good swipes at it, but she suddenly cried out as the creature grabbed hold of her wrist. She looked frightened for a moment before she found herself being swung around again. She went head first into the tool cart. She fell over the top of it and then hit the ground with a hard thud. As her head bounced off the cold ground, she found herself loosing consciousness. Once the lizard creature was sure that she was down for the count, and it's victim was dead and was now unsavable, the creature took off out of the shop.

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By the time Derek had gotten there, Stiles was able to move again. He couldn't say the same for the mechanic, though. Maddie was still unconscious, but Stiles had been able to get over to her. Derek came running in to immediately be greeted with the smell of fresh blood, and a lot of it. "Maddie? Maddie, answer me! Stiles!" he called out as he rushed through the little office. He saw Stiles' red sweatshirt sticking out behind a fallen tool cart and hurried into the shop and over to him. He skidded to a stop as he saw Stiles on the floor holding a knocked out Maddie in his arms. He sank down to the ground and moved to the other side of Maddie and Stiles. "What happened?" he asked the younger boy across from him as he brushed back the hair from her face.

Stiles looked up at him, almost bitterly. He was still resenting Derek for giving Maddie the bite, but after what had just happened? He'd probably be as dead as the mechanic was if it wasn't for her going wolf on that thing's ass. He still couldn't believe how kick-ass she had been while fighting it. "We had another little run in from that lizard creep. She tried to fight it and got her ass kicked in the end. She held up for the most part, but she must have hit her head when it threw her into this thing. She's been out cold ever since." he said out to him emotionlessly. He was still in shock of it all. There was a dead body just a few feet from them, and he had seen the guy get killed. He had also seen his best friend fight for them both and only end up getting hurt. He had been so sure that she was dead when she didn't get up for the second time. He was just lucky that she was breathing still when he had gotten to her.

Derek just nodded his head without a word to him. He looked around and could just faintly hear the sirens getting closer. He would need to get her out of here before they showed up because if the cops saw her? It would send a lot of questions that they couldn't answer their way. "I've got to get her out of here. You'll be alright, right?" he asked him as he started to shift Maddie into his own arms. Stiles looked almost shocked over the fact that Derek even cared about how he was holding up. "Stiles, are you hurt?" he asked him more firmly. Stiles just shook his head, not knowing if his voice would work. Derek hesitated for another moment before nodding his head and lifting Maddie up from the ground as he got back up to his feet and took off, leaving Stiles there to fend for himself with the cops once again.

Stiles sighed out once they were gone from sight before he looked down at the dirty ground once again. Something shiny caught his eye and he saw that it was a necklace. It had a spider looking charm at the end of it, and he recognized it almost instantly. Maddie wore it all the time since Isaac had given it to her on her birthday. He reached forward quickly and snatched it up as he heard the sirens now. He quickly pocketed the necklace, knowing that she would want it back and that the cops couldn't find it, and then he climbed back up to his feet. He brushed himself off and took a deep breath, preparing himself for what he was going to say to his dad and the other cops. It would have to be good, especially since it looked like a tornado hit this place.

Well, good luck to him then, huh?