A/N: Here it is, Season 4
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Skye's POV
I checked my surroundings making sure I wasn't being followed as I quickly walked back to the hotel room I'd been staying in and unlocked the door rushing in and closed it behind me then turned seeing Jake exactly where I'd left him when I left to do a sweep around Araya's compound so I walked over and kicked the bed making him jerk upright startled.
"Jesus Skye"
"Well you should be up by now, I'm not waiting any longer Jake, I'm getting Derek back" he sat up rubbing his hands over his eyes.
"Oh yeah, your seven months pregnant Skye do you really think Araya is just going to hand Derek over to you"
"I don't care, now are you with me or not?" I hadn't wanted to drag Jake all the way down to Mexico but I also didn't have any other choice since I wasn't stupid enough to risk doing this on my own but we'd been down here for three months now and haven't gotten any closer to rescuing Derek.
"I'm gonna regret this, let's go but your waiting in the damn car since if we do find Derek and get him out then I don't need him rearranging my face because I let you put yourself and my niece in danger" I rolled my eyes at him but quickly went into the bathroom changing my shirt and pulled a jacket on.
"Whatever let's go" I walked out and climbed into Derek's Toyota and I drove towards Araya's compound/night club and he looked over at me before getting out and I watched him walk towards the guards and immediately flashed the skull card and was let in.
I sighed leaning back but looked up eyes widening as I saw Stiles and Lydia, I hadn't seen them in months since I'd taken off after finding the loft the way it was and grabbed Jake from Berkley before coming down here, I quickly got out watching from the shadows as they were speaking to the guards before Stiles reached into his pocket and held up a card exactly like the one Jake had and couldn't help the smile since they must have had Argents help but I wondered what the hell they were doing here.
I shook my head when they walked forward but knew I wouldn't have the same luck approaching the guards like that so I walked around to another entrance that wasn't guarded as heavily and quickly slipped over to it and reached into my pocket grabbing a few homemade lock picks and quickly got to work smirking when I heard the lock give and when I tried the handle it opened so I quickly slipped in.
I walked down the halls heading towards a door on the left where most of the noise was coming from but suddenly bumped straight into someone, I looked up ready to explain what the hell I was but frowned seeing Araya's first hand goon with Stiles and Lydia in his arms.
"Skye?" Stiles and Lydia asked at the same time.
"Uh crap" Severo smirked then grabbed me and forced me along with Stiles and Lydia into a room and I frowned seeing Araya sitting at a desk.
"Hello Skyler" I smiled but noticed Stiles and Lydia look towards me confused. "To what do I owe the pleasure this time?" she asked and I glared at her.
"You know why I'm here, I'm here for Derek Hale again" I snapped taking a seat in one of the chairs near the desk as Stiles and Lydia took the other two.
"Severo hates this music" Araya replied avoiding my question and I glared at her. "Me, I've always loved the music of youth" she was patronizing me and I really didn't have the patience. "This kind especially, it has a savage energy"
"We're here for Derek Hale" Lydia spoke up and I turned surprised that we were here on the same cause.
"Is that so?" Araya asked smiling at her.
"We know you have him" I smiled at Lydia as I turned back to Araya with a hard glare. "We've heard you can be bought" Lydia added and Stiles slapped down five stacks of cash making me raise an eye since where the hell did they get all the money from.
"That's $50,000 for Derek"
"Now where does a teenage boy get money like this?" Araya asked putting down the knife she'd had in her hand. "Japanese mafia?" I frowned as her goons all cocked their guns. "Not smart to come alone" she stated leaning forward in her seat and I smiled since I wasn't alone and if I knew these two, Scott was here.
"What makes you think either of us came alone" I replied leaning forward smiling as her smile dropped immediately.
"You brought a wolf into my home?" she asked looking at Stiles and Lydia.
"We brought an Alpha" Stiles replied and I smiled even wider.
"My friends…" Araya stood up and walked over to the window behind her. "I don't think your aware of your poor timing" I scoffed since she could talk. "Do you know what the dark moon is?"
"The part of the lunar phase when the moon is least visible in the sky" Lydia replied.
"But do you know it's meaning?" Araya asked and I frowned.
"Some people say it's a time of reflection or grief" I replied rubbing my hand over my stomach since I just got kicked.
"Grief and loss, mija" Araya said and I looked up with a hard glare. "I wonder why, when you and your friends have suffered so much loss you would risk it again for someone like Derek Hale"
"Cause we don't like to lose" Stiles replied before I could say anything.
"And in case you can't notice, we're expecting a baby together" I snapped just as someone spoke Spanish over a radio on her desk and the only thing I understood was 'front door clear' and another saying 'south clear'
"North?" Severo asked into the radio.
"Stiles, take ten off the table" I turned to the radio at the sound of Scott's voice and smiled as Stiles took one stack of cash off the table stuffing it back into his pocket.
"Maybe you should just take the deal" Lydia said and I smiled leaning back in my seat smiling up at her.
"While I'm keen to follow the warning of a Banshee, I'm going to have to decline" I kept the surprise off my face but I was confused on when and how the hell she found out about Lydia since it wasn't exactly obvious.
"Alright come on just give us Derek" Stiles replied and I looked back at Araya. "You don't want him anyway, haven't you noticed what a complete downer he is, no sense of humor, poor conversationalist"
"He is not!" I protested glaring at Stiles.
"He is with anybody that not's you" he countered and I rolled my eyes. "Just come on, take the money" he added looking back at Araya but she smiled and picked up the radio.
"Severo, show them how the Calaveras negotiate" Araya countered taking into the radio before her goons grabbed us and we were quickly taken away with them taking Lydia in the other direction and Stiles protested loudly to this.
As they took us to the other room I came to the conclusion that they didn't have Derek since if she did she would've taken to me like she did last time to use as leverage but if she didn't then who did, they pushed us into the room and my eyes widened seeing Jake.
"Jake!" he walked over to me.
"What are you doing here?" he asked and I smiled nervously. "Seriously you couldn't have waited a few more hours"
"For what, you to talk your way out of this" I replied and he glared making me laugh.
"Who is this?" Stiles asked from behind me and I turned remembering that the last time Jake was in Beacon Hills they didn't exactly meet or get introduced since Jake left straight after the paperwork was sorted of my emancipation.
"Oh right, Stiles this is my brother Jake, Jake this is Stiles"
"Hey" Jake nodded still unhappy that I was here but before he could argue with me again the door opened again and Severo, Araya and her other goons threw Kira, an unconscious Scott and another girl I didn't know into the room before closing the door again.
"Skye?" Kira asked and I waved.
"What happened to him?" I nodded at Scott.
"That lady-"
"Araya?" I asked and she nodded.
"She shocked him" I sighed.
"He'll wake soon" I replied then turned to the girl I didn't know. "Who's this?"
"Oh this is Malia" Stiles replied but I was watching Malia regarding me cautiously. "This is Skye" I waved. "And that's her brother Jake" he added seeing my brother hovering near me.
"So what is she?" I asked knowing she had to have been some kind of supernatural.
"Werecoyote" Stiles replied and my eyes widened since you don't see many werecoyote's these days.
"How many more of your friends are supernaturals Skyler?" Jake asked making me turn.
"Hey don't get all protective big brother Jake, I can take care of myself"
"Clearly" he scoffed making me glare at him before I turned back to Stiles so they could fill me in on what the hell they've been doing the last three months.
Scott's POV – (Flashback)
"Okay so how long has it been?" Stile's asked us as we walked into the animal clinic.
"Weeks, he hasn't gotten back to any of my texts" I replied really worried since I hadn't been able to hear from Skye either.
"Has Derek ever returned your texts" Stile's asked again.
"Once definitely once and I've been texting Skye too and she hasn't answered either" I replied grabbing the container out of the cardboard to show them. "It felt strange so I went to the loft, the alarm was on and everything looked okay but then I found these" I put a container down onto the bench then opened the lid and slid to towards the middle of the bench, Stiles reached inside and grabbed one of the bullet casings and held it up to the light. "I sent a picture of it to Deaton, he said it's the mark of a family of hunters based out of Mexico, The Calavera's"
"What would they want with Derek?" Lydia asked us.
"You don't think they killed him, do you?" Stiles asked and I frowned shaking my head.
"I don't know" I replied anxiously then turned to Lydia and slid the container closer to her. "That's why you're here" Lydia took the tin and pulled out the bullet shell casings then dropped them to the table and by the look on her face she heard something and it didn't look good.
"Lydia what, is he…are they dead?" Stiles asked her.
"No but I'm not sure Derek's alive either" she replied.
"What does that mean?" I asked since that didn't make any sense.
"I don't know, there's something not right I just…I don't know" Lydia replied undeterred by my yelling.
"So if the Calavera's have him, how do we find them" Stile's asked as I picked up one of the bullets and stared at the skull engraved into the side of it.
"Mexico"
Skye's POV – (Present Time)
"He's awake, guys he's awake" Kira yelled out and we all looked up walking towards Scott to see his eyes were open.
"Scott you okay?" Stiles asked then helped him sit up.
"Yeah" Scott mumbled. "They don't have him, they don't have Derek"
"We know" I replied and he turned towards me with a shocked expression. "But right now they've got Lydia"
"Lydia?" he asked looking around. "What do they want with Lydia?" he asked but none of us could answer him but I knew it couldn't be anything good given that Araya knew she was a banshee. "Why are you here?" he suddenly asked looking at me.
"What do you think I'm doing here, the same as you I'm after Derek but the fact that Araya hasn't tried to use me as leverage means she doesn't have him" I replied crossing my arms and he stared down at my very prominent bump.
"Who's that?" he asked now looking at Jake so I rolled my eyes.
"Scott, my brother Jake, Jake this is Scott the true Alpha of Beacon Hills" I said quickly since I was sick of the introductions, Scott nodded eyeing my brother cautiously as he stood. "Relax Scott, he's not going to shoot you at least not yet since neither one of us have our guns" he nodded looking like he didn't appreciate my joke as he walked towards the door and tried to force it open.
"We already looked for a way out" Kira protested when it wouldn't budge. "I think a lot of people have"
"I say when that door opens again we take out whoever's standing in the way and run for it" the new girl, Malia said.
"What about Lydia?" Kira asked her.
"What about her?" Malia asked back and I raised an eye since that was insensitive.
"Were not leaving without her" Scott protested walking towards us.
"Why not?" Malia asked and even Jake raised an eye given that even hunters arent that heartless, what the hell is wrong with this girl.
"Because we don't leave without people, remember we talked about this" Stiles cut in walking over to her. "Rules of the wild kingdom don't apply to friends" I frowned confused since clearly I'm missing something.
"Is that what you would do as a coyote, leave her for dead?" Kira asked her.
"If she was weak and injured yeah, if hunting had been bad that season I would eat her then I'd leave" I stared confused and now shocked since there was something severely wrong with this girl.
"Mm believe it or not that's progress" Stiles replied.
"From what, clearly I missing some key developments here" I spoke up confused as hell.
"Oh right you weren't there, we kind of turned Malia back into a human after she was a coyote for eight years when you and Derek were last missing" my eyes widened.
"Okay that's random and weird but anyway were not dead yet so that means Araya wants something" I replied turning to look at Scott.
"But if the Calavera's don't know where Derek is that means they didn't take him from the loft, right?" Kira asked and I frowned looking over at Jake since I hadn't even thought about that.
"Maybe he left on his own?" Stiles argued so I turned back with a glare.
"He wouldn't do that, he wouldn't have just leave without telling me which means someone else got to him" I argued but before anyone could offer up any theories the door slid open and three guys came in zapping Scott unconscious again grabbing him and Kira and took them away shutting the door behind them.
"That can't be good" I mumbled going over to Jake. "Did you get to see Araya, did they say anything?" I asked now that we were more alone.
"No, as soon as I got into the club that Severo guy grabbed me and brought me in here" he replied and I growled angrily.
"Can you hear them, can you hear Scott?" I heard Stiles ask so I turned seeing him talking to Malia but she shook her head before closing her eyes. "Okay, okay can you hear Kira, Lydia, anybody?" je went on probably not helping. "What are they saying?"
"I…I can't, I can't concentrate, I…there's too many sounds and voices"
"Okay, it's okay well just breathe" Stiles replied kneeling in front of her. "Breathe with me, all right you practiced this with Scott before, remember that?"
"I'm trying" she argued and I sighed as I started to pace back and forth anxiously with a hand on one side of my bump rubbing it softly.
"It's okay, it's okay just focus on something, here look into my eyes, very good" I rolled my eyes since this wasn't gonna get us anywhere. "Focus on the sound of my voice, anything you have to do to, just try to concentrate, concentrate" Malia suddenly kissed him and I couldn't help smile as I turned to look at Jake who was looking at them confused.
"Don't worry, usual were-creature technique" I said as he looked to me for explanation then we turned back to Malia as she leant back eye bright blue making both Jake and I surprised since she'd taken an innocent life but the lights started flickering making us all look up.
"They're killing him" Malia spoke up. "He just said 'Kate'" she added and my eyes widened as I turned to share a look with Jake.
"No that's impossible, it's impossible that can't be what he said" Stiles replied sitting down.
"Why, who…who's Kate?" Malia asked.
"She's a hunter, like us" Jake cut in speaking up for the first time and they turned to us.
"An Argent" I added with a hard look.
Araya came back with Scott, Kira and Lydia and she was letting us go which confused me but I was thankful because that meant I wouldn't have had to fight my way out because I knew that when I found Kate I was going to kill her and this time she was going to stay dead because this is the last time I let her hurt Derek and wasn't letting her get away with kidnapping him.
I was at the Toyota with Jake double checking our weapons because we were in for a fight watching the others who were next to Stiles' jeep parked beside us as Scott was talking with Araya but I turned back to Jake seeing him staring at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing, I just…how is Kate alive?" he asked and I frowned.
"Remember dad's lesson on how werewolves are made" he frowned and nodded. "Born, bitten or scratched deeply" he sighed nodding again.
"I thought we were done, that we had our revenge" I grabbed his hand squeezing it.
"I know Jake and this time we'll both make sure this bitch isn't coming back, she's taken Derek from me for the last time" he nodded as I turned back to the others and saw Scott was with them so I let go of Jake's hand and walked towards them.
"…knows where we can find Derek"
"She gonna tell us where?" I asked cutting in.
"Uh actually she's giving us a guide" I raised an eye but before I could as we heard the roar of a motorbike engine and turned seeing a girl and she parked then took off her helmet and my eyes widened seeing Braeden.
"You know her?" Stiles asked and I smiled.
"Braeden" I supplied and she smiled looking over at me.
"Who's Braeden?" Malia asked.
"She's a mercenary" Lydia replied and I rolled my eyes.
"Right now I'm the only one who's gonna take you to La Iglesia" Braeden replied.
"The Church?" Lydia and I asked at the same time.
"What's The Church?" Stiles asked us.
"It's not a place you'll find god" Braeden argued and they nodded heading towards the Jeep.
"I guess I owe you for saving Derek's ass again, huh?" I asked Braeden and she nodded. "Thank you Braeden" she shrugged.
"I'm getting paid" I nodded knowing that but I had to say it. "We should get going" I nodded walking towards the Toyota and got in with Jake driving since I couldn't drive much these days and this was going to be a long drive.
It was a long quiet couple of hours as we followed the jeep which was following Braeden on her bike but the longer I was able to sit and ponder my thoughts the angrier I seemed to get since I'd thought the drama with Kate had been done but yet again I was dragged into the drama.
"Skye you need to prepare yourself that Derek-"
"Don't!" I cut Jake off turning to glare at him. "Derek's alive, he has to be alive" I knew Lydia would have told me otherwise by now if he wasn't and they wouldn't have come all the way down to Mexico for Derek if he was dead.
"Skye I'm being practical" he argued.
"Well don't because I don't need it, not right now" I protested rubbing a hand over my bump since she was being really active right now.
I felt her first kick two months ago and because of Kate Derek missed it and he'll never get that back so that thought just added to my anger towards her, I leaned back in my seat closing my eyes hoping to relax even just a little but it was hard.
"How do we even know that the Calavera's are right about Kate, we both saw her body"
"Peter clawed out her throat and the Calaveras must have heard about it and come to Beacon Hills to check it out for themselves, found her changing the closer she got to the full moon after her death and switched out the bodies, we both know they take the code like law and take it upon themselves to enforce it if a hunter gets bitten" I explained and he sighed.
"Yeah I know which is why I'm always worried about you" I rolled my eyes.
"I have no desire to turn into a werewolf Jake and Derek knows that" I replied then looked out the passenger window as a knew thought entered my head. "I guess the real question is what she turned into"
"What do you mean?" he asked and I turned to see him looking at me out of the corner of his eye.
"It's just something I remember Derek telling me when he bit our old friend Jackson and he turned into a Kanima instead of a werewolf, sometimes the shape you take reflects the person that you are on the inside" he scoffed.
"Great so what shape would a homicidal bitch take?" I laughed shrugging my shoulders but Jake suddenly hit the brakes and I had to brace myself against the dash.
"What the hell?" I protested glaring at him but he shook his head nodding towards the jeep and I saw they'd stopped too so Jake and I got out walking towards them as they all stumbled out. "What happened?"
"I don't know, it felt like we hit something" Stiles replied inspecting his jeep.
"Scott, we need to get there by night, it's too dangerous otherwise" Braeden argued having stopped as well.
"Go" Stiles said after he and Scott shared a look.
"Not without you" Scott protested.
"Dude someone needs to find Derek, we'll figure something out, we always do just go" Stiles argued with him so Scott sighed and nodded his head muttering an okay before he walked over to Braeden's bike so I turned to Jake.
"Don't even ask Skye" I rolled my eyes but nodded and he walked back towards the Toyota.
"We'll see you soon Stiles and be careful" I said and he nodded before I followed Jake getting back in as we watched Scott and Kira share a few words before he finally got on the back of Braeden's bike and Jake pulled back onto the road following them leaving the others behind which I wasn't all the comfortable with but I needed to find Derek.
We followed behind Braeden neither one of us talking since there wasn't anything to say that we hadn't already said, I know Jake was worried about me especially now that we knew we were up against Kate again but I had to see this though and be some level of help since it was Derek and I refused to have this baby without him.
Braeden finally stopped so Jake pulled over and we got out walking over to where Scott and Braeden was overlooking what used to be a town but was now mostly rubble except for the large church in the middle standing tall and untouched.
"La Iglesia" Braeden stated pointing out the obvious.
"What happened here?" Scott asked.
"An earthquake, leveled the town" Braeden replied.
"Then why is the church still standing?" Scott asked again pointing at it.
"The locals think it's because of what's underneath" Braeden replied and I frowned knowing the legend.
"Do I wanna know?" Scott asked and we all looked at him.
"The church was built over the ruins of an Aztec temple, it belonged to a people called the nagual" Jake spoke up and I turned surprised since he'd been pretty quiet around other people until now.
"Shapeshifters?" Scott asked and I turned back nodding my head.
"Were-jaguars" I replied kind of answering my earlier question on what shape Kate might have taken if this is where she was, she was probably drawn here.
"So Derek and Kate are somewhere in there?" Scott asked again.
"I don't know" Braeden replied. "Never gotten this far before" she added walking back towards her bike.
"Fantastic, that's comforting to know" I sighed walking back towards the Toyota with Jake following and we all got back onto the road driving closer as the sun set sending us into darkness before we parked inside the town and got out with Jake grabbing his rifle and I grabbed the flashlight stashing a Glock in a thigh holster just in case before we started following Braeden towards the church.
As we were finally standing in front of the church both Braeden and Jake cocked their guns nervous and preparing for the fight and Scott turned looking at them curiously as we started walking towards the church again.
"If you find Kate in here, what are you gonna do to her?" Scott asked looking at Braeden.
"Bring her back to the Calaveras" she replied but I scoffed since if I found her first she wasn't going to go back alive. "That's what they paid me for"
"What happens after that?" Scott asked again.
"Not my problem" she replied and chuckled.
"You don't care?" Scott asked and I turned to him.
"Do you?" I asked since honestly who cared what the hell happened to her.
"She's a mass murder" Braeden added.
"And you're a mercenary" Scott argued and I scoffed rolling my eyes at him.
"Girls gotta eat" Braeden replied and I chuckled remembering her saying the same thing to Derek, Peter and I when she rescued us form the Calavera's the last time.
"If you were paid enough, would you kill her?" Scott asked and I scoffed looking at Jake.
"We'd gladly do it for free" he smirked nodding his head as we followed behind them.
"If the money was good, I'd kill you" Braeden replied looking at Scott before she went inside the church as Scott stuttered for a reply making me chuckle as Jake and I walked past him following Braeden inside with him slowly following. "Can you catch Derek's scent?" she asked kicking a few planks of wood out of her way.
"Yeah, already on it" Scott replied shining the torch around examining the damage of the church, it was mostly intact except for a few holes in the roof but Scott suddenly held his arm out stopping us.
"What?" I asked him.
"There's something else in here"
"Something like what?" Braeden asked him.
"Something not human" he replied so I reached down grabbing my Glock out of the holster when Braeden and Jake both held up their guns higher before we all continued forward following Braeden as she lead us towards some tunnels that lead underground and we followed them.
"So how come you didn't kiss her?" Braeden suddenly asked looking back at Scott.
"What?" Scott asked dumbfounded on what she was talking about and I rolled my eyes.
"How come you didn't kiss your girlfriend?" Braeden asked again but this time clarifying her question.
"You mean Kira?" Scott asked and I rolled my eyes again.
"Whatever her name is" Braeden replied and I smiled.
"Well she's not really, uh…I mean we've never actually…she's not my girlfriend"
"So if you die down here, you gonna regret not kissing her?" Jake asked cutting in with a smirk and I shook my head at him and Scott turned to him seeing his smirk. "You should've kissed her mate" he added before walking ahead and Scott looked at me but I could only shrug since I couldn't argue with his logic, it was corny sure but sometimes those moments are all you get.
I followed after Jake continuing the search for Kate or Derek but every now and then I could see Scott turn his head to look behind us and it was making me really nervous but didn't comment and continued following after Jake until he turned this time moving the light to see as well.
"What?" I whispered shouted at him.
"Just had a feeling like something was behind us" he replied so we all shared a paranoid look before Braeden raised her gun higher and Jake followed suit as we continued to walk forward but then there was a low guttural growl behind us making us spin.
"Do you hear that?" Braeden asked and I nodded my head protectively placing an arm around my stomach.
"Is this why you never get that far?" Jake asked her as we heard heavy footsteps running towards us.
"Get ready!" Braeden shouted just as…whatever that thing was came around the corner and she fired with Jake quickly joining her but it was like it wasn't having any affect so we slowly backed away from it further into the cave system as it continued to follow us. "Where is it, do you see it?" she asked us.
"No I don't know-"
"We can't see anything" I cut Scott off as Braeden reloaded.
"Where is this thing?" Jake asked pointing his gun around.
"It's coming back, it's coming back!" Scott yelled.
"Thanks genius we can all hear it!" I replied hearing it growl and start charging towards us again as I stood behind them.
"Scott, Skyler get behind us" Braeden said nodding at my brother who was standing beside her but Scott ignored her and moved in front. "Get behind me!" she yelled but he didn't listen and stood in front of her then let out his loudest roars ever that shook the entire cave system and I had to cover my ears from the sound.
"I think I scared it" Scott said turning to look back at Braeden.
"I think you scared everything" Braeden replied then we all turned when rocks started to fall and revealed another passage open up behind us.
"What is that?" Scott asked as we started walking towards the far wall which had some sort of art work carved into the wall.
"Tezcatlipoca, the nagual jaguar God" Jake said as we walked up to the wall and he wiped some dust away. "I think we found Derek" he added nodding to the carving which confused me and watched Scott walk up to it and put his ear to the wall and listened.
"Stand back" Scott said turning to us then bawled his fist and punched through the wall making a hole and I walked forward helping them as we started pulling the rest of the rock down then I looked inside and my eyes widened.
"Oh, my God" Scott said at the same time I did.
We grabbed Derek and started making our way back through the caves and outside just as Stiles, Lydia, Malia and Kira pulled up in the Jeep, we walked out with Derek's arms wrapped around mine and Scott's shoulders as they ran up to us.
"Is that him, is that Derek?" Malia asked looking at Stiles.
"Uh, sort of" he replied as Derek lifted his head up and they all saw that Derek was aged backwards, he was a teenager and if I ever found Kate she was as good a dead.
