Maia sat in her kitchen, Boyd standing behind her against the counter with his arms folded across her chest- he had seen to it to watch over her, acting almost like her protector. She stared at her phone, waiting for a call or a text, anything really: she just wanted to know that her kids were safe.

Heavy footsteps came at the door and she looked up, Derek searching her eyes.

"Nothing," he asked, his wife shaking her head.

"Nothing."

He moved to the door and pulled on his jacket, "I'm gonna go to the school, see what's taking them so long… Boyd, you stay here and look after Maia: keep her in this house. Alright?" He got a nod of agreement and Derek went out the door, going after his two young wolves.

Isaac and Erica walked into their Chemistry class together, both smiling- something that they had never done before their changes. The young male looked at Scott and Stiles before allowing his eyes to shift to Lydia and narrow slightly. He placed himself between the girl and his pack mate, pushing Erica forward gently to her seat. They sat beside each other, Isaac looking at his wolf sister, reaching up to tuck her hair behind her ear when it fell forward. "We have to get close to her, but Derek and Maia were right about her possibly having protectors," Erica murmured, her words catching the attention of Scott. She smiled then and he flashed his eyes at her before looking forward at their teacher.

For the class assignment they had to switch lab partners for each step, Erica trying to get as close to Lydia as she could, her hand wrapped around the small vial of Kanima venom Maia had given her.

At the first part of the lab, Scott and Erica ended up together, the Omega turning to glare at her. "You know I won't let you hurt her," he said underneath his breath, looking over Erica's shoulder at Allison. They exchanged a worried glance before Erica moved within his line of sight, sighing, "I have to do as I was told. Don't you understand how… dangerous she could be?"

"Its none of your business-"

Erica looked over her shoulder at Allison as well, smirking as she laid her hand on his thigh. "Would you endanger her then? You've already turned on your pack- what's a little demon spawn running around?"

"I don't belong to Maia or Derek or any other Alpha. They were never my pack and I will never become one of you," Scott hissed, resting his hand over Erica's and piercing her flesh with his claws. She let out a small growl and bared her teeth at him, feeling her eyes glow venomously.

"I wouldn't speak so soon if I were you Scott…"

Isaac sat beside Stiles across the classroom, staring at the back of a strawberry-blonde head. Long forgotten feelings started to well up inside of him and he growled, Stiles looking at him. "How about you control yourself, eh Isaac? You can't wolf out inside of a classroom; after all, you did just get acquitted for murder and you don't wanna go back so soon now do you," the human asked, Isaac smirking. "Don't try and distract me Stiles- I know you have feelings for her. Don't we all?" When he received a blank stare, he turned back to Lydia, reminiscing on the foggy human memories that still lingered in his brain, "I asked her out during freshman year, when she was a little less popular and I was a little less awkward- she rejected me. At the time I couldn't do anything about it… but now, I just really want to kill her. After I let Maia have her first; she has sort of an oral fixation for pretty little girls…"

"If you and that she-bitch even think to go near her," Stiles started, Isaac allowing his eyes to flash gold.

"I would seriously think about finishing that sentence Stilinski, especially if you want to live to see another fucking day."

At the next stage of the experiment Isaac and Erica regrouped at a lab table in the corner, sitting beside each other and staring at Lydia. "You have to get next to her, brother," the female wolf murmured, pulling the vial of venom from her pocket and sliding it into Isaac's jacket. "Influence the bitch, flirt with her, do whatever you have to and get this venom inside of her." Isaac half-smiled as he looked at his pack mate, seeing her fierce gaze, "You really want to please mama wolf don't you?"

"Don't you," Erica asked with a smirk as they moved to the final stage of the experiment. "After all, we are damn good at it…"

There was a kid sitting with Lydia as Isaac approached her lab station, heading off Scott as he sought to keep the wolves away from their prey. He looked at the young boy with an intimidating glare, looking at the stool he sat upon, "You're in my seat." The kid hurried to a free station and Isaac moved to Lydia's side, smiling as he looked at her. "Hi Lydia." She blushed even while maintaining that same uppity expression that had occupied her features since freshman year, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "Hi Isaac. Do you want to add the solute to the solution and mix it up," Lydia asked, her eyes unashamedly roving over his muscular build. Erica could feel herself literally bristle with anger that she would eye Isaac like that, but stayed her seat nonetheless, seeing him mixing the solution before pulling out the vial of Kanima venom and pouring it into the beaker without alerting any of the humans to their plans. He swirled the solution, slowly turning the liquid into a crystalized substance that continued to solidify into a large rock candy crystal.

"As you can see, you have made sugar," Mr. Harris said, looking at Stiles and Scott and their failed experiment. "Well, most of you have."

Lydia offered the candy to Isaac before he smiled, pushing her hand towards her mouth gently, "No you eat it." She smiled and he watched a drop of Kanima venom slide down the crystal, holding back a growl.

"Suit yourself."

"Hey Lydia-"

Stiles called out to her, both Isaac and Erica turning to him just as Lydia put the candy into her mouth. They all waited for any sign of her being paralyzed- like only a known creature could be- but strangely, nothing happened. Isaac took a step back from her, the ringing bell sounding incredibly far off as he stared at Lydia. She was dangerous, he thought, his mind moving much faster than his body- her very existence put the only people he had ever loved in grave danger; Derek, Erica, Boyd… Maia.

At the thought of her in danger, he started back towards Lydia menacingly as she started packing her books, something hard and warm crashing into his chest. "Isaac, outside! Now," Erica said, hearing his grisly growl rumbling even in her chest.

She pushed him out into the hallway before he tore away from her, people stopping to stare.

"Isaac, you have got to calm down-"

"We need to kill her. Now," Isaac spat through his teeth as he turned to face her, Erica shaking her head- Derek had been explicitly clear about how they were to proceed after the test and he was probably waiting for them in the parking lot as they spoke. "Before she kills someone I love. Because I can't bear it…" Erica swallowed and nodded, understanding him fully, "Bear losing her. Or him."

Isaac cupped her face in his hands before kissing her, channeling as much love through the gesture as he possibly could.

"Or you."

She swallowed before taking his hand and pulling him outside, seeing Derek waiting for them. "What's the news," he asked roughly, looking at his fledglings. "She ate a piece of rock candy with the venom on it. Nothing happened. And I mean nothing- no paralysis or scales. What does it mean?"

"That its her," Derek replied, opening the car door. "Get in, we have to visit a friend."

"I don't understand this," Maia said, squinting at her laptop as she and Boyd lounged on his bed- she had been staring at it for much of the day, even though all she needed to know what already imprinted upon her thoughts. He was attempting to catch up on his homework before the others returned home. He looked up at her and saw the heavy crease between her brows, sighing, "Why have you never had sex with me?"

She raised an eyebrow as she looked at him, dismissing the bestiary pages momentarily. "You have never even looked at me in any manner that indicated you wanted something more from me Marcus," Maia replied matter-of-factly, her fledgling smirking. "I guess you are a very insightful creature then, huh?" They shared a laugh before Maia shook her head, turning back to her laptop, "Now back to this fucking archaic Latin; I'm rusty. Been years since I read any of Derek's family histories…"

"Try Google translate-"

She glared at him before sighing, hearing tires on the gravel walkway and perking up. "That's not Derek's car. Boyd-" He was already standing, starting towards the stairs, "On it."

He opened the door to see Scott standing on the doorstep, looking up at the house, "Boyd, where is Derek?"

"Out," he replied flatly, the Omega narrowing his eyes. "Maia, then."

"What do you want McCall?"

Maia padded down the stairs, her hair wild and wearing only a tee shirt and underwear, staring at Scott. He looked at her, seeing how innocent she seemed, the Alpha exuding a maternal air he wasn't entirely resistant to. "I know that you tested Lydia today and maybe there was cause to believe she was the Kanima, but we can't just say that she is without more proof. I'm going to convince you that she's not the creature… and if I can't, I'm prepared to fight," Scott said seriously, looking at her. Maia's eyes narrowed slightly and looked at him, folding her arms over her chest, "Fight, who Sott? Me? Boyd?"

"He may be bigger, but I'm faster-"

Maia growled and bared her teeth, Boyd throwing out an arm to keep her from pouncing on the Omega. "Mai, you heard what Derek said," he said with heavy bass into his voice, the woman submitting for the time being. All three of them turned to the driveway as the Camaro sped up to the garage, Derek stepping out to slam the door and approach Scott. "Maia, get dressed; we have things to do," he said, flashing his eyes red to signal to her that they were going to kill Erica. "McCall, shouldn't you be at the Argents'? I'm pretty sure they'll be upset their guard dog has run off-"

"Look, you may not like me but what you're about to do is wrong," Scott said, the hairs on the back of his neck rising on end as Derek glared at him. He shoved the Omega into the house and closed the door behind him, Boyd providing the muscle he needed to knock Scott on his ass. "You don't realize that she's putting all of us in danger, not just my pack and myself but you and the Argents and your fucking Scooby Doo gang and all the rest of Beacon Hills. Lydia is an abomination, bitten by an Alpha-"

"Maybe she's immune!"

Derek scoffed and shook his head, allowing his eyes to flicker upstairs, "We've already looked at that possibility, poured over research and books, but its never been seen or heard of. But what is known that very rarely, an Alpha's bite will transform a person into a shape that reflects that person's true self-" Scott pulled himself to his feet and took a menacing step towards Derek, Boyd letting out a grisly growl of warning. "Then tell me why you bit Jackson thinking that he would die but that absolutely nothing happened. He rejected the Bite," Scott said, the Alpha's eyes tightening as his clawed hands curled into fists. "What if Lydia is immune because of Peter? What if she passed on her immunity to Jackson?"

"If she had passed on some sort of immunity, then Jackson wouldn't have been affected by the Kanima venom. Besides, its too late," Derek said, seeing a knowing look dawn in Scott's eyes.

A moment passed before his phone began to ring, Scott answering it, "Allison?"

"Scott," she said, her voice sounding frightened. "Maia and Erica and Isaac are standing outside. You have to get home. Please… or they're going to kill her. They're going to kill us all."

Scott looked at Derek and swallowed, the Alpha's jaw tight. "Get her and Stiles out of the house or we will kill them all," he said, allowing the Omega to leave. Boyd looked at Derek as the latter pulled out his own cell phone, calling Isaac, "Tell Maia to strike now. We're on our way."

The women stood in front of Scott's house as Isaac went through the back, knowing that they were being watched by Allison and Stiles.

"You hate her don't you? For having their blood running through her veins," Erica asked quietly, Maia's face steely. The Alpha growled as one of the curtains pulled back, seeing Allison's face in the window, "I understand her, loving Scott against everything she knows is right. But yes, I hate her. Like you wouldn't believe…"

There was a crash from inside the house as Isaac attacked the humans, Maia listening acutely to the fight. And then her preternatural hearing caught the sound of a fourth heartbeat, sounding… almost human, a heartbeat she had heard before. "Erica, go help Isaac. Now." Maia heard a window open up and stared at the roof, seeing the dark shape slither out of the darkness. It met her eyes and she tilted her head inquisitively, the Kanima hissing at her before it scampered off the roof and into the trees. She started towards it before hearing the squealing of Derek's tires behind her and turning to see her mate and Boyd starting towards the house. "Move," Derek shouted as the door was flung open, Alison holding a bow pointed at Maia. He snarled roughly, seeing McCall appear over her shoulder, "Get that fucking arrow off of my wife's face before I rip her throat out! I'll be damned if another Argent takes away another person I love."

Sensing that Derek was close to his breaking point, Stiles and Scott drug Erica and Isaac to the porch, Boyd's eyes flickering to his pack mates, one prone and defenseless, the other unconscious.

"They're alive," Derek said lowly, trying to calm the young wolf. "Just wait."

"You were wrong about this one Derek," his wife murmured, moving slowly towards the house and onto the porch. Allison looked at her, her hand tight on her bow as the werewolf eyed her. "He's not an Omega at all… He's already the Alpha of his own pack."

There was the sound of sirens in the distance and Maia turned to look back at Derek, scooping up Erica in her arms, "We need to leave. The Kanima is long gone and we don't need to be here when the police arrive."

The pack took their wounded and began to run, trying to get as far away from the police as possible. Maia led the retreat before pausing, her breath heavy as her mind raced in archaic Latin, spinning before her in its full text.

One sentence stood out in stark contrast to her, Maia whispering quietly, "Where the wolf seeks a pack, the Kanima… seeks a friend."