I went to bed early that night because I wanted to get a goodnight's sleep after what happened to my uncle almost a whole month ago, Derek and I have bonded
more and more. My dad think's we are dating but I have had to correct him multiple times that we weren't, I did have feelings for him but did I love him? I don't
know, I got in bed and fell asleep.
I saw a creature crawling up the side of a building, I scented Derek, he was following it, and he got on the roof and watched the creature bounding along the other
roofs in the vicinity. He jumped, I soon heard a gunshot, Derek fell, and I soon felt pain in my arm. I felt like it was burning, my skin was becoming a little pale.
"Get in." I heard a familiar voice through my ears, Chris Argent,
"Not even "hello," "nice to see you"?" A new female voice filled my ears.
"All I've got at the moment is "please put the assault rifle away before someone notices." "Chris told the woman, I could see her very well.
"That's the brother I love." She said as I could get a better look at her.
"Chris, there were two of 'em." The woman said as I kept getting a better look at her.
"The Alpha?" Chris asked her, I was getting closer to seeing the woman's face.
"I don't know, but one of them tried to kill me "She spat at him,
"One of them is gonna lead us to the other. He can't do that if he's dead." Chris argued at her. The burning sensation in my arm was growing little by little.
"Well, I can't help kill either of them if one of them kills me first." The woman argued back at him.
"How long will it take?" Chris asked her,
"Give him 48 hours - If that." She said smirking, I saw her blonde hair, I know her from somewhere, I have dreamt about her, but why.
I woke up gasping for air, I could still feel the burning sensation building in my arm, what the hell? I just decided to get dressed, my body was feeling more and more
sluggish as I was ready, and I decided to walk to school. Once there I got to my class, which Stiles and Scott were a part of, Stiles looked at me,
"You ok you don't look so good" He asked me,
"I feel fine" I lied through my teeth, my arm was throbbing and burning. Stiles then began talking to Scott, I felt hot, like I had a fever, but Fuchsbau don't get sick.
"If Derek isn't the Alpha, if he's not the one who bit you, then who did?" Stiles asked Scott, I tried to keep myself calm,
"I don't know." Scott mumbled back.
"Did the Alpha kill the bus driver?" Stiles asked as I felt a tear weld up in my eyes, but I wiped it away.
"I don't know." Scott mumbled back to him. Stiles had a face of frustration, then leaned to Scott.
"Does Allison's dad know about the Alpha?" Stiles asked him,
"I don't know! Jeez." Scott yelled at him, which caused most of the class to look at him like he was crazy, then they turned around, I got my test back, 100% yeah. I
looked to see Scott had a big red D- on his.
"Dude, you need to study more. That was a joke. Scott, its one test. You're gonna make it up. Do you want help studying?" Stiles asked him,
"No. I'm studying with Allison after school today." Scott said making me go wide eyed, wow.
"That's my boy." Stiles said making me slightly chuckle but wince at the burning sensation in my arm that was growing by the minute.
"We're just studying." Scott said trying to make it simple.
"Uh, no, you're not." Stiles retorted to him.
"No, I'm not?" Scott asked him, I groaned at ow stupid the boy was but also with the pain growing.
"Not if I'm forced to live vicariously through you. If you go to her house today and squander that colossal opportunity, I swear to God I'll have you de - balled. "Stiles
ranted but Scott looked at him.
"Okay. Just - Stop with the questions, man." Scott pleaded to him.
"Done. No more questions. No more talk about the Alpha or Derek. Especially Derek - who still scares me? And I don't like how protective he is over Lexi, it's like he
likes her" Stiles whispered to him, but I could hear him loud and clear. As the day went on, the pain was growing and growing to the point that my skin was a pale tan
color, sweat riddled my body, and I felt like I was dying, why is this happening.
"Stiles can you drive me home" I asked him as I felt light headed.
"Yeah totally" He replied as I just smiled, but felt a bit more pain flood my body. Stiles lead me to his Jeep, I sat in the passenger seat, hoping that whatever this is
would pass. As we were leaving I see Derek in front of the jeep, He collapses on the ground, I get out of the jeep, and stride best I could to his side.
"Derek" I winced in pain as I groaned.
"What the hell? What are you doing here?" Scott asked Derek as another flash of pain ripped me into submission to whimpering in pain
"I was shot. "Derek replied as I laid closer to him.
"He's not looking so good, dude. Neither is Lexi" Stiles said as I winced in pain again.
"Why aren't you healing?" I asked Derek who looked at me concerned,
"I can't. It was - it was a different kind of bullet." Derek replied as I tried to get up, but faltered.
"A silver bullet? "Stiles asked interested.
"No, you idiot." Derek growled,
"Wait, wait. That's what she meant when she said you and your mate had 48 hours." Scott said making me look at him confused, Mate?
"What? Who - who said 48 hours?" Derek asked him,
"The one who shot you." Scott said, I whimpered in pain, feeling my eye flashing, I looked over to see Derek doing the same thing but his eyes were glowing their
electric blue.
"What are you doing? Stop that!" Scott grunted at both of us,
"I'm trying to tell you, we can't!" Derek said trying to help me up,
"Lexi Derek, get up!" Scott growled at us, but our eyes kept flashing.
"Help me to put them in your car." Scott said as I wrapped Derek's arm around my shoulder, Stiles helped us inside, I got in the back, while Derek was in the
passenger seat.
"I need you to find out what kind of bullet they used." Derek told Scott, I whined in pain, Derek looked at me for a split second before looking at Scott again.
"How the hell am I supposed to do that?" Scott asked him,
"'Cause she's an Argent. She's with them." Derek replied to him, I was feeling weaker and weaker by the second.
"Why should I help you?" Scott asked him, I let out a cry of pain and curled up.
"Fine. I'll try. Hey get them out of here." Scott said to Stiles, I looked up to see Derek's hand on my arm.
"I hate you for this so much." Stiles replied to him, then he began driving off. As minutes passed, Derek kept me calm, my inner fox felt contented, why is this
happening to me? What did Scott mean by Derek and his mate had 48 hours?
"Hey, try not to bleed out on my seats, okay? We're almost there." Stiles said bringing me out of my thoughts,
"Almost where?" I asked trying to sit up,
"Derek's house." He replied, I saw Derek's face turn to panic,
"What? No, you can't take us there." Derek said as I looked at his paling skin, his scent was changing, it smelt like a rotting forest, my scent smelt the same as his,
but why?
"I can't take you to your own house?" Stiles asked him, I winced in more pain.
"Not when I can't protect myself and Lexi." Derek said as I heard his heart racing,
"All right." Stiles said as I felt him put the Jeep in park on the side of the road.
"What happens if Scott doesn't find your little magic bullet? Hmm? Are you dying? Why is Lexi dying too?" Stiles asked Derek as I sat up.
"Not yet. I have a last resort." Derek replied as I saw him lifting up his sleeve,
"What do you mean? What last resort?" Stiles started then saw Derek's arm, the same bullet wound I saw in my dream but was so much worse now,
"Oh, my God. What is that? Oh, is that contagious? You know what, you should probably just get out." Stiles said as I looked at him.
"Start the car. Now." Derek huffed at the teen,
"I don't think you should be barking orders with the way you look, okay? In fact, I think if I wanted to, I could probably drag your little werewolf ass out into the
middle of the road and leave you for dead. "Stiles said and I don't know why but I let out a possessive growl, Derek then looked at Stiles dead in his eyes,
"Start the car, or I'm gonna rip your throat out - With my teeth." Derek growled, Stiles looked surprised, then started the Jeep again, I then looked at my own arm,
where Derek's arm was injured, my own arm was deathly pale white, the veins in my arm were up against the surface of my skin, they were ridged and the coloring
was a poison purple. It started turning to night, Derek looked bad, and I felt like the plague. Stiles soon got a call from Scott,
"What am I supposed to do with them? "Stiles asked his best friend.
"Take them somewhere, anywhere." Scott responded, my heightened hearing working overdrive.
"And, by the way, they're starting to smell." Stiles said to his friend,
"Like - like what?" Scott asked wanting to know,
"Like death." Stiles said emphasizing death
"Okay, take him to the animal clinic." Scott replied.
"What about your boss?" Stiles asked him,
"He's gone by now. There's a spare key in the box behind the dumpster." Scott replied, Stiles looked at us,
"You're not going to believe where he wants me to take you" Stiles said handing Derek the phone, which he took
"Did you find it" Derek sighed to the young beta.
"How am I going to find one bullet it's like a Walmart of guns and ammo." Scott whined to Derek as I groaned in pain.
"Look, if you don't find it, then I'm dead and Lexi will be changed forever, all right?" Derek replied, he looked at me as if saying we will talk about that later,
"I'm starting to think that wouldn't be such a bad thing" Scott said making me growl,
"Then think about this. The Alpha called you out against your will. He's gonna do it again. Next time you either kill with him or you get killed. So if you wanna stay
alive, then you need me. Find the bullet. "Derek said before hanging up, I looked at Derek's face, his under eyes had bags. We soon got to the animal clinic, I sat
Derek down on a large pile of dog food, and I felt my body beginning to shut down.
"Does Northern blue monkshood mean anything to you?" Stiles asked us,
"It's a rare form of wolvesbane. He has to bring me the bullet." Derek said holding me up,
"Why?" Stiles asked as another wave of pain filled my body.
"'Cause I'm gonna die without it." Derek replied, soon we were all inside, I helped Derek get his shirt off, I took my jacket off, my arm's veins were popped against
my skin, so were Derek's.
"Okay. You know, that really doesn't look like anything some Echinacea and a good night of sleep couldn't take care of." stiles said as I tried keeping myself up and
standing.
"When the infection reaches my heart, it'll kill me. Lexi won't be the same person anymore" Derek replied to him.
"Positivity" just isn't in your vocabulary, is it?" Stiles said as I groaned in pain, doubling over slightly.
"If he doesn't get here with the bullet in time - Last resort." Derek said as he looked through a drawer.
"Which is?" Stiles asked him, only to have a saw in the wolf's hands.
"You're gonna cut off my arm." Derek replied as I groaned in pain.
"Oh, my God. What if you bleed to death?" Stiles asked Derek as I felt light headed,
"It'll heal if it works." Derek replied to him, I stumbled a bit,
"Ugh. Look - I don't know if I can do this." Stiles replied, I growled at the feeling in my gut.
"Why not?" I growled.
"Well, because of the cutting through the flesh, the sawing of the bone, and especially the blood!" Stiles said as I made my eyes flash.
"You faint at the sight of blood?" Derek growled at him,
"No, but I might at the sight of a chopped - off arm!" Stiles retorted,
"All right, fine. How about this? Either you cut off my arm, or I'm gonna cut off your head." Derek said looking paler by the minute.
"Okay, you know what, I'm so not buying your threats any - Oh, my God." Stiles said before Derek grabbed him across the table pulling him towards his body and
breathing heavily.
"Okay. All right, bought, sold. Totally. I'll do it. I'll do it." Stiles said terrified, but Derek started coughing hard,
"What? What are you doing?" Stiles asked him, which Derek threw up black blood,
"Holy God, what the hell is that?" Stiles asked him,
"It's his body - Trying to heal itself." I said feeling my nose dripping, I put my hand up to it and pulled away, my nose was bleeding black blood.
"Well, it's not doing a very good job of it." Stiles retorted.
"Now. You gotta do it now." Derek said leaning on the table, I got next to him, placing his head next to my heart, it soothed him a bit.
"Look, honestly, I don't think I can." Stiles started but I growled,
"Just do it!" I roared at him,
"Oh, my God. Okay, okay. Oh, my God. All right, here we go!" Stiles said as he prepped for something that could change us all. I felt Derek lean more towards my
body,
"Stiles!" Scott's voice filled my ears.
"Scott?" I said weakly. Scott appeared and saw what we were doing.
"What the hell are you doing?" Scott asked us and Stiles sighed,
"Oh, you just prevented a lifetime of nightmares." Stiles said happy.
"Did you get it?" I asked him, Scott reached into his pocket and gave Derek the bullet,
"What are you gonna do with it?" Stiles asked him,
"I'm gonna - I'm gonna -" Derek started then fell on the ground. The bullet went to the grate and Scott missed it,
"Derek. Derek, come on, wake up. Scott, what the hell are we gonna do? "Stiles asked him as he slapped his face,
"I don't know! I can't reach it." Scott replied, I slid to Derek's unconscious body.
"He's not waking up!" Stiles screamed at him,
"Come on." Scott said trying to get the bullet.
"I think he's dying. I think he's dead!" Stiles said scared, I pushed him away,
"Just hold on!" Scott yelled back, I tapped Derek's face a little,
"C'mon Derek wake up please" I said feeling more and more pain, I then got an idea, I heard Scott say he got the bullet, I then pressed my lips to Derek's, please
please wake up, soon I felt him pressing back, his green eyes opened,
"Give me" Derek said taking the bullet from Scott, I helped him up on the table, I took the bullet between my teeth, pounding the shell till the ash was in a slight pile,
Derek got his lighter out and burned the ash, as it sparked, he got it in his hand and looked at the wound. He then slammed the ash in the wound then pressed a
finger to make the burnt ash connect with the wound, Derek screamed and so did I, this is the worst pain I have ever been in, I let a roar out, soon the veins in my
arm depopped from the surface of my skin, my complexion went back to its tan color. I looked at Derek, his complexion went back to normal, I then just wrapped my
arms around him,
"That - Was - Awesome! Yes!" Stiles said as Derek helped me up.
"Are you okay?" Scott asked us,
"Well, except for the agonizing pain." I growled at him,
"I'm guessing the ability to use sarcasm is a good sign of health." Stiles said making me give him my bitch face,
"Okay, we saved your life, which means you're gonna leave us alone, all of us you got that? And if you don't, I'm gonna go back to Allison's dad, and I'm gonna tell
him everything" Scott started but I growled at him,
"You're gonna trust them? You think they can help you?" Derek asked him.
"Well, why not? They're a lot freaking nicer than you are." Scott said making me wince at his response.
"I can show you exactly how nice they are." Derek replied to him,
"What do you mean?" Scott asked us, we drove to the hospital,
"What are we doing here? "Scott asked us as I shut the blinds.
"Who is he?" Scott asked as he looked at Derek's uncle.
"My uncle. Peter Hale." Derek replied as I got to his side, and just placed a hand on his chest.
"Is he - like you, a werewolf? "Scott asked again,
"He was. Now he's barely even human. Six years ago, my sister and I were at school, and our house caught fire. 11 people were trapped inside. He was the only
survivor. "Derek replied, I know his past with Kate, but I wanted to make him whole again no longer broken.
"So - What makes you so sure that they set the fire? "Scott asked him,
"'Because they're the only ones that knew about us." Derek said keeping me close.
"Well, then - They had a reason." Scott retorted to him,
"Like what? You tell me what justifies this." Derek said as he turned Peter to show Scott his burns that he sustained in the fire,
"They say they'll only kill an adult, and only with absolute proof, but there were people in my family that were perfectly ordinary in that fire. This is what they do. And
it's what Allison will do." Derek growled at Scott,
"What are you doing? How did you get in here?" I looked to see Jennifer, Peter's nurse looking at us.
"We were just leaving." Derek replied to her. Scott went home but Derek and I needed to talk.
3rd POV
Derek and Lexi got to the Preserve Lookout, he wrapped his arms around her, letting her be comforted by his scent, which no longer smelt like a rotting forest but
now like a replenished forest.
"Derek we have to talk about this, what did that woman mean by you and your mate? Why was I dying? What did you mean by I would change forever if you died?"
Lexi asked him, he looked into her dusk blue eyes which reminded him of the clearest night sky with stars aligning just right,
"Alexandra, you are my true mate" Derek said as she looked at him with an expression he couldn't understand, but to her she knew what the expression was, it was
love.
"How long have you known" She asked him as she placed her hands on his chest,
"Since your 11th birthday when I gave you this" Derek said as he lifted her right wrist which had the triskele bracelet on it. Lexi just smiled at the new information
that would be a part of her for the rest of her days,
"Derek I have to be honest with you, I might have imprinted on you during my birthday when first laid eyes on you, I had shifted for the first time" She said as she
looked at his green eyes which reminded her of a forest full of life. He cupped her cheeks, rubbing his thumbs over her perfectly tanned skin, he looked at her lips,
leaning in, she leaned in and their lips were brought together in an embrace. Lexi's arms wrapped around his neck, while Derek's hand found the small of her back,
pulling her closer towards his body. They parted, but their foreheads were pressed against one another,
"I want this Derek, I want to be with you, no one else can make me feel what I am feeling right now" She said making her eyes glow with pure emotion,
" I want this too, I want what you want, I want to keep you safe, nothing will take me from you, I would rather die than see you suffer." He replied as she then
pressed her lips to his jaw line, he could smell her arousal, god did he want to take her there and now, but he restrained himself.
"Lexi" Derek said making her look him in the eyes,
"What is it" She asked him, love filling her body, her body flush against his,
"We should be taking this at a proper pace" Derek said as he held her close.
"Ok" Lexi replied as he kissed her slow with passion. Letting their scents merge would be a temporary claim till they would mate, then Derek would give her the
claiming bite, just as she would to him. They just stayed in their embrace looking out at the city. Unbeknownst to the two lovers, up on a hill top, far away enough so
they couldn't scent him, the Alpha watched as they embrace, kissing one another, then just looking out at Beacon Hills, He bared his teeth, then ran away further into
the Preserve, part of his plan was completed, the Beta Werewolf and Fuchsbau were now partners. Phase two would happen at it pace, just as he planned it many
moons before. He just had to wait for it to signal.