Isaac came with Derek and I to our Loft, Derek sat down as I just wrapped my arms around his shoulders, Isaac was pacing by the large window.
"You know, I'm starting not to like this idea. Sounds kinda dangerous. You know what? I definitely don't like this idea, and I definitely don't like him." Isaac said to us as I quirked my eyebrows at him, but still clinged to Derek, our baby girl kicked his back, his smile lit up as she did this,
"You'll be fine." Derek said as I kissed his cheek, Derek's hand rubbed on my belly, our little girl kicked his hand.
"Does it have to be him?" Isaac asked us as I went back to my spot behind Derek and clung to his back best I could,
"He knows how to do it. I don't. Be more dangerous if I tried doing it myself." Derek replied as I chuckled when our baby moved inside of me
"I do but I could go into labor" I said smiling at my cousin,
"You know Scott doesn't trust him, right? You know, personally, I'd... well, I'd trust Scott." Isaac said making me feel slightly offended,
"Wow what ever happened to family" I asked placing a hand on my heart acting like I was offended.
"Do you trust Derek?" I asked him, Isaac looked at me while my head was on my Imprint's shoulder, Derek looked at my cousin, which he nodded.
"Yeah. I still don't like him."Isaac said as I felt her move in my womb again, I scoffed as I rested my head on Derek's shoulder.
"Nobody likes him." Derek replied as he slightly looked at the loft door, which opened and there in his own shining glory stood Peter Hale.
"Boys and Expecting shefox. F.Y.I., yes, coming back from the dead has left my abilities somewhat impaired, but the hearing still works. So I hope you're comfortable saying whatever it is that you're feeling straight to my face." He said as he walked towards us then stopped at the small set of steps.
"We don't like you." Derek said as I lifted myself off of him, Derek then stands up and shutting his book.
"Now shut up and help us." I said with my eyes glowing.
"Fair enough." Peter replied before his claws became unsheathed. Isaac sat in Derek's chair, Derek sat on the couch, I sat by my Imprint,
"Relax. I'll get more out of you if you're calm."Peter said as he stalked towards my cousin.
"How do you know how to do this, again?" Isaac asked as Peter got behind him and began aligning his claws.
"It's an ancient ritual used mostly by alphas, since it's a skill that requires quite a bit of practice. One slip, and you could paralyze someone. Or kill them." Peter said as I leaned my body on Derek, who placed his arm on my side and placed his palm on my belly.
"You... You've had a lot of practice, though, right?" Isaac asked a bit scared as I scented his fear.
"Well, I've never paralyzed anyone." Peter replied as I looked up to see Derek confused.
"Wait, does that mean that you..." Isaac started to ask, but Peter took the chance and struck his claws into the his neck. Both Isaac's and Peter's eyes began glowing, Isaac struggled for a little bit,
"Wait, I see them." Peter said alert, but soon he pulled his claws out, and was panting, Isaac was crouched in pain, I got out of my spot and went to seethe claw marks on Isaac's neck beginning to close up..
"What'd you see?" Derek asked his uncle, I looked up at the old wolf.
"It was confusing. Um, im... images. Vague shapes." Peter said a little confused as he clutched his fists.
"But you saw something." I said worried for my missing pack members, worried that something bad was happening.
"Isaac found them." Peter confessed as I had a small smile on my face, sighing in relief.
"Erica and Boyd?" I asked him again, hoping they were ok.
"I barely saw them. I mean, glimpses." Peter continued as I placed my hand on my belly,
"But you did see them." I growled feeling my baby move under my touch,
"And worse. Deucalion. He was talking to them. Something about time running out." Peter said looking me in the eyes, I went wide eyed,
"What does it mean?" Isaac asked us, I shook my head,
"He's gonna kill them." I said worried,
"No, no, no, no, no, he didn't say that. He did make them a promise that by the full moon that they'd both be dead." Peter said as I breathed heavily.
"The next full moon?" Derek asked shocked.
"Tomorrow night." Peter replied. Peter left then Isaac went to his room, I sat in bed, trying to find a comfortable position, but my back was hurting.
"Your not going to let me sleep are you" I asked as my daughter kicked my hand,
"She not letting you sleep" Derek asked as he crawled into bed, getting under the covers.
"Nope she's restless" I said as I let my back hit my back pillow,
"Let me try" Derek said as he pulled the covers down soon revealing my large belly,
"Hey pretty girl, I know your space is getting smaller as it is, but your mother needs sleep" Derek said as he placed his head by where she last kicked me.
"She's beautiful, smart, funny and all I could have asked for" He continued as my eyes became droopy,
"One step closer, I have died everyday waiting for you, Darling don't be afraid I have loved you,For a thousand years, I'll love you for a thousand more,And all along I believed I would find you,Time has brought your heart to me, I have loved you for a thousand years,I'll love you for a thousand more...I'll love you for a thousand more " Derek sang before I gave him a sleepy smile before falling asleep. I woke up the next morning with Derek rubbing my belly,
"Hey" I said as I rubbed his hair,
"Hi" Derek said as I smiled, but I felt something clench,
"Derek it hurts" I said feeling something new, his eyes wided as I gritted my teeth, I grabbed a jacket, Derek took me to the Hummer to the hospital. Melissa saw my discomfort and placed me in a room.
"Well good news is your not in labor, what you were feeling were Braxton Hicks, false contractions, but your gonna have to take it easy until you do in fact go into labor"She said getting the discharge papers.
"Thank god" I said as I smiled.
"Guess your gonna have to take school off for the remainder of the pregnancy and a few months" Derek said as we got into the car.
"Good Idea" I said as I nuzzled into his neck. As we got to the loft I called the school and told them that I had to take it easy, they allowed it. Later that night, Scott told us that they might have a way to make Isaac remember. Derek and I got to the Animal clinic, where Deaton let us in, I watched as Derek and Scott filled up the metal tub with ice and water.
"Obviously, it's not going to be particularly... Comfortable. But if we can slow your heart rate down enough, you'll slip into a trance-like state." Deaton said as Isaac looked at the tub imitated,
"Like being hypnotized." Isaac said as I rubbed my belly,
"Exactly. You'll be half transformed. It'll let us access your subconscious mind. " I said as Deaton nodded at me, looking at my belly as I hissed, another Braxton Hick flooded my body.
"How slow does his heart rate need to be? " Scott asked as I looked at Derek who was rubbing my back,
"Very slow. " Deaton told them as I shook my head, "Okay, well, how slow is very slow? " Derek asked as I sighed,
"Nearly dead." I said as I rubbed my eyes tired as hell.
"It's safe, though, right? " Isaac asked the druid who looked at him with a stoic look, which Isaac just sighed,
"Look, if it feels too risky, you don't have to do this. " Derek said as Isaac then took his shirt off, once inside the cold tub, Scott and Derek held Isaac's shoulders as they pushed him under. Isaac rose out of the water, glowing eyes and fangs as he growled, Scott and Derek tried pushing him under again, I had to restrain myself from getting up, pushing them away from my cousin.
"Get him back under. Hold him." Deaton ordered them
"We're trying!"Derek yelled, soon Isaac stopped struggling against their grip and he rose to the surface taking a breath in.
"Now, remember, only I talk to him. Too many voices will confuse him and draw him out. Isaac? Can you hear me? " Deaton asked as I watched Isaac's blue eyes open but were glossy as if he was in his trance,
"Yes. I can hear you. " Isaac replied, that's good,
"This is Dr. Deaton. I'd like to ask you a few questions. Is that all right?" Deaton asked as I continued to rub my belly.
"Yes" Isaac replied to the druid,
"I want to ask you about the night you found Erica and Boyd. I want you to remember it for me in as vivid detail as possible, like you're actually there again." Deaton asked as I watched Isaac shake in the water,
"I, I don't wanna do that. I don't... I don't wanna do that. I don't wanna do that. " Isaac said shaking as he unconsciously gripped Scott's arm,
"Isaac, it's all right. Just relax. They're just memories. You can't be hurt by a memory. "Deaton said as I got up and pushed Derek away.
" I don't wanna do that. " Isaac said making me use my strength to remove Scott's arm from Isaac and replace it with mine.
"Relax. Relax. Good. Now let's go back to that night. To the place you found Erica and Boyd. Can you tell me what you see? Is there some kind of building? A house?"Deaton asked him after Isaac must have realized that I was here,
"It's not... it's not a house. It's stone. I think marble. " Isaac said as his lips were turning a light blue,
"That's perfect. Can you give me any other descriptors?" Deaton asked my cousin,
"It's dusty, so empty." Isaac replied,
"Like an abandoned building? " Deaton asked him as I watched my cousin's eyes dilate,
"Isaac? Isaac? " Deaton asked after my cousin shot up out of the water,
"Someone's here. Someone's here." Isaac whimpered as he slinked back into the water, Derek and Scott helped hold him down, but Isaac's hand was still on my wrist.
"Isaac, relax." Deaton told him but Isaac was still panicking, "No, no, no, they see me, they see me! " Isaac screamed, I began unconsciously releasing calming pheromones to him,
"Just memories. You won't be hurt by your memories. Just relax. Relax. Good. Now tell us what you see. Tell us everything. " Deaton said as Isaac calmed down,
"I hear him. He's talking about the full moon, about being out of control when the moon rises. " Isaac said as I rubbed his forehead,
"Is he talking to Erica? " Deaton asked as I watched Isaac's expression turn confused,
"I think so, I can't... I can't see her, I ca... I can't... I can't see either of them. " He replied as I continued calming him down.
"Can you hear anything else?" Deaton asked my cousin as I kept my eyes on his,
"They're 're worried what they'll do during the 're...Worried that they're gonna hurt each other. " Isaac said as he was calm and still,
"If they're locked in together on the full moon, they're gonna tear each other apart. " Derek told us,
"Isaac, we need to find them right now. Can you see
them?" Deaton asked as Isaac's eyes began quickly dilating quicker,
"No. " Isaac said as I was worried for him.
"Do you know what kind of room it is? Is there any kind of a marker? A number on a door? A sign? " Deaton asked as Isaac soon shot up again,
"They're here. They... They... " Isaac said as Derek and Scott held him
down, "It's all right. " Deaton told him,
"No. " Isaac screamed as Derek looked more irritated,
"Just tell us..." Deaton ordered Isaac who was still panicking,
"They see me. They found me. They're here! " Isaac screamed more and more.
"This isn't working. Isaac, where are you?" Derek said as he yelled at Isaac,
" I can't see them. It's too dark! " Isaac screamed at his Alpha,
"Just tell me where you are. " Derek yelled at Isaac,
"You are confusing him. "Deaton told my Imprint,
"I can't see! " Isaac screamed again,
"Isaac, where are you? Just tell me where you are. " Derek growled at him, but I was being more and more paranoid,
"His heart rate... he could go into shock. " Deaton said as I felt my anger grow,
"Derek, let him go!" Scott said and my body pushed them away, I gripped Isaac's shoulders tight, my eyes glowing and fangs bared,
"Isaac, where are you? What did you see? Just tell us!" I said as I felt my inner fox scream,
"A vault! It's a bank vault! They're dragging me into a room, there's a dead body it's Erica!" Isaac screamed before shooting up out of the water.
"I saw it! I saw the name. It's, uh... B-beacon hills first national bank." Isaac said as I helped him out and wrapped him in a towel,
"It's, um... it's an abandoned bank, and they're keeping them locked inside, inside the vault. What?" He asked as I shook my head and Derek wrapped his arms around me to keep me from collapsing,
"You don't remember what you said right before you came out of it, do you? " Stiles asked my cousin, who shook his head,
"You said when they captured you that they dragged you into a room and that there was a body in it." Stiles said as I felt my body shaking,
" What body? " Isaac asked,
"Erica. You said it was Erica. " I said as I sat down,
"She's not dead. " Derek said after I sat down and began rubbing my belly,
"Derek, he said, "there's a dead body. It's Erica." Doesn't exactly leave us much room for interpretation." Stiles said as I growled at him.
"Then who was in the vault with Boyd? " Derek asked the spazzy boy,
"Someone else, obviously. " Stiles retorted to my Imprint,
"And maybe it was the girl on the motorcycle. Okay, the one who saved you?" Scott asked Isaac who was shaking his head,
"No, she wasn't like us. And whoever was in the vault with Boyd was. " Isaac said as I felt my babygirl kicking my hand.
"They, like, pit them against each other during the full moons and see which one survives. It's like werewolf thunderdome." Stiles said making me glare at him,
"Then we get them out tonight. " Derek said as I looked concerned,
"Be smart about this, Derek. You can't just go storming in." I said as I felt the baby kick my hands again,
"If Isaac got in, then so can we. " Derek said pointing to my cousin,
"But he didn't get through a vault door, did he? " Deaton asked him, which Derek then gave a frown, his grumpy face.
"We need a plan. " Scott said as I yawned, "How are we gonna come up with a plan to break into a bank vault in less than 24 hours? " Derek said as I felt my eyelids getting heavier,
"Uh, I think someone already did.
"Beacon hills first national closes its doors three months after vault robbery." Doesn't say here how it was robbed, but it probably won't take long to find out." Stiles said as he showed Scott his phone.
"How long?" Derek asked as he saw my body becoming tired, I felt his arms pick me up bridal style,
"It's the Internet, Derek. Okay? Minutes." Stiles said as I wrapped my arms around my Imprint's neck,
"Take me home" I asked Derek who's lips I felt press against my forehead. I woke up in bed with Derek's arms wrapped around me,
"What time is it" I asked as I turned facing him,
"It's five in the afternoon, you slept for a while" Derek said as I purred.
"Scott, Stiles and Peter are going to be here soon" Derek said as he sat up, placing his hands on my belly,
"I'm gonna stay here"I said as I saw that he had changed me into something else. I watched
as Stiles and Scott came in with blueprints, Derek got up but not before kissing me deeply,
"Okay. You see this? This is how they got in. It's a rooftop air conditioning vent. Leads down inside into the wall of the vault, which is here. Okay? One of the robbers was lowered into this shaft Now, that space is so small, it took him about 12 hours to drill into that wall, which is stone, by the way. Then throughout the rest of the night, they siphoned the cash up to the guys back on the roof through that one little shaft in the ." Stiles said as I continued to stay in bed, I took a drink of my apple juice Derek had by the bed.
"Can we fit in there?" Scott asked as I felt a harsh kick, I hissed as I watched Peter walk in and seeing my extended belly, he smiled then sat on the steps.
"Yes, we can, but very, very barely. And they also patched the wall, obviously, so we're gonna need a drill of some kind. I'm thinking maybe a diamond bit..." Stiles said as he then started going into detail.
"Look, forget the drill. " Derek said speaking up,
"Sorry?" Stiles asked him as Derek gave him a stern look,
"If I go in first, how much space do I have?" Derek asked as I smiled,
"What do you... what do you think you're gonna do, Derek? You gonna punch through the wall?"Stiles asked as Derek looked at him.
"Yes, Stiles, I'm gonna punch through the wall. " Derek said as he crossed his arms,
"Okay, okay, big guy. Let's see it. Let's see that fist. Big, old fist. Make it, come on. Get it out there. Don't be scared. Big, bad , look at that." Stiles said as Derek rolled his eyes and brought out his fist, then Stiles grabbed it.
"Okay, see this?That's maybe 3 inches of room to gather enough force to punch through solid co... " Stiles said as he held his hand out in front of Derek's fist, but then Derek punched Stiles fist with ease, Stiles felt back. Whimpering and clutching his hand,
"He could do it. " Stiles said as I giggled. Derek smirked as I laughed,
"I'll get through the wall. Who's following me down? " Derek said before looking at his uncle,
"Don't look at me.I'm not up to fighting speed yet, and honestly, with Isaac out of commission, and your mate almost ready to deliver your pup you're not looking at very good odds for yourself." Peter said before looking at me,
"So I'm supposed to just let them die?" Derek asked him,
"One of them is already dead. " Peter retorted to him,
"We don't know that." Derek growled at him,
"Do I have to remind you what we're up against here? A pack of alphas. All of them, killers. And if that's not enough to scare your testicles back into your stomach, try to remember that two of them combine bodies to form one giant Alpha. I'm sure Erica and Boyd were sweet kids. They're gonna be missed." Peter said before leaning back again.
"Could someone kill him again, please? " Stiles asked pointing at Peter, who looked at him offended,
"Derek, seriously? Not worth the risk. " Peter said as he looked at his nephew.
"What about you? " Derek asked Scott,
"Yeah, if you want me to come... " Stiles started,
"Not you. " I said as Scott looked at Derek,
"Got it." Stiles said as Scott looked at the Alpha that I loved,
"I don't know about Erica. But if Boyd's still alive, we have to do something. We have to try." Scott said as Derek looked at him confused,
"But? " Derek asked him,
"Who's the other girl? The one locked in there with Boyd?" Scott asked him, I got up, Derek walked to me, I felt his arms wrap around me
"Come back to us" I said looking into those green eyes I fell so hard for,
"I will that's a promise"Derek said as I smiled, I kissed him as he pressed his lips to mine, so much love and passion went into that kiss. We parted, our foreheads touching.
"Now I know I can't let you go" I said feeling tears going down my cheeks,
"I have to save them" Derek said as I nodded. I watched as he went down to my belly and kissed where our daughter was kicking. Derek got up then kissed my forehead before leaving with Scott. I got back in bed, I watched as both Peter and Stiles came through the door, Peter shuts the door as Stiles comes over to me with a smile, I received a few kicks every now and then, a harsh kick made me very uncomfortable so I grabbed my heating pad and placed it on my back pillow,
"How are you doing?" Stiles asked as I laid the my back on the pillow with the heating pad, Peter sat on the edge of the bed on my right while Stiles sat beside me. Peter has this wrapped gift,
"I'm doing great and so is this little one" I said as Peter then got up and sat near me,
"What's up Uncle Peter" I asked as I sat criss cross,
"This is for my great niece" He replied as I smiled, I opened the gift to find this beautiful light blue baby blanket with silk edges on all four side, but on the bottom right side was the Hale Symbol embroidered on it,
"Did you make this" I asked as I smelt lavender and vanilla on it,
"No it's Derek's old baby blanket" Peter said as I was crying a few tears,
"How did you?" I asked as I wiped the tears away,
"It was in the Hale Vault" He replied as I saw another gift inside, I carefully took it out to find a baby Mobil, it had a white wolf sleeping on a grey crescent moon with three white stars hanging below it and under the middle star was a tiny mountain.
"It's beautiful" I said smiling as I hugged the older Hale,
"Thanks, it was also in the Hale Vault, this was Laura's"Peter said as I felt another couple of tears go down my face,
"Thank you" I said smiling,
"Don't be such a Sappy Fox" Stiles said making me growl as I snapped my fangs at him, the poor boy got scared and fell out of bed, Peter and I laughed. I soon folded the blanket and walked to the nursery, and placed the blanket in the my old Dark Cherry Wood Crib I got out of my family's storage, I placed the blanket in the crib, after that I put the Mobil up above the middle of the crib, the bay then kicked my ribs,
"Easy baby girl, Daddy will be home soon" I said rubbing my belly. She finally settled after I got back in bed and had a nice nap on Derek and my bed,
"And push" Deaton told me as Derek was behind me holding my hands, I began to push, soon I had my baby girl. I woke up rubbing my baby bump, I watched as Stiles paced the window to the balcony.
"I can't take waiting around like this, you know? It's nerve-racking. My nerves are racked. They're severely racked. Racked." Stiles said as I just satin bed rubbing my large belly, feeling my babygirl kicking my hand as Peter was on the couch.
"I could beat you unconscious and wake you when it's over." Peter retorted to Stiles who's mouth was wide opened with offensive look on his face.
"You think Erica's really dead?" Stiles asked as I was sitting crisscrossed,
"I really don't want to think about it" I said as I looked at the full moon.
"You think I really care?"Peter asked him, I growled at Peter who put his hands up to defend himself.
"I just... I don't understand the bank, though, okay? Wha... like, why wouldn't they chain them up in some underground lair or something? They're an Alpha pack, right? So shouldn't they have a lair?" Stiles asked us as I laid down on my side, Derek's pillow against my belly as I scented it, comforting myself.
"They're werewolves, not bond villains." I said making my annoyance known to him.
"Wait a sec. Wait a sec. Maybe they're living there. You know? Like, maybe the bank vault reminds them of their little wolf dens." Stiles said looking at the large hole on the right side of the loft, we need to get that fix Derek I have told you a hundred times.
"Wolf dens?" Peter asked him as I just relaxed as my back went into the mattress.
"Yeah, wolf do you live?" Stiles asked him as I quirked my eyebrows.
"In an underground network of caves hidden deep in the woods." Peter replied sarcastically as I chuckled quietly to myself.
"Whoa, really?" He asked interested.
"No, you idiot. He has an apartment downtown." I replied as the baby kicked my hand,
"Okay, fine, but still, that just proves that there's something up with the bank. And why wait around for the full moon, huh? Why not just kill them whenever they want to?" Stiles once again asked us.
"Maybe they think it's poetic." Peter said in a zen like way, I smirked as I laughed.
"They've already had three full moons to be poetic." Stiles retorts.
"And here you've only had one full hour to be so anno" Peter soon stops, what is he doing.
"No, go ahead, finish what you were saying. I'm an... I'm annoying. What were you gonna say there?" Stiles asked wanting to know.
"What are the walls made of?" Peter asked, wait the walls,
"What? Uh... I don't know, like, wood and brick or..." Stiles started, I watched as Peter got up to the desk of papers.
"No No, he is talking about the vault, the vault, the walls, what are they made out of? Where would it say that? Doesn't say anything. Where... where would it say the materials, the type of stone?" I asked panicking
"Oh.. Oh, hang on. Yeah, here, hang on. Here. It's gotta be in there." Stiles said as the three of us looked for like about five minutes, till I found it,
"Oh No Peter it's Hecatolite." I said scared.
"Is that awful? That sounds awful." Stiles asked me,
"Get 'em on the phone. Call them. Now!" Peter growled at Stiles.
"Okay, why?" Stiles asked us.
"'Cause Boyd and that girl aren't gonna kill each other. They're gonna kill Derek and Scott." I replied my fox growling.
Stiles, now is not the best time. Scott said through the phone.
"Scott! Scott! No, listen to me, okay? Look, you gotta get outta there. Look, the walls of the vault are made with a mineral called hecatolite. It scatters the moonlight. " Stiles said panicking like I was.
What does that mean? Scott replied.
We're here to get you out, okay? Derek's voice was in the background.
"Look, it keeps the moonlight out, okay? They haven't felt the full moon in months."I said with my fox echoing in my voice.
"Okay, think of it like the gladiators in the Roman colosseum. They used to starve the lions for three days, making them more vicious, more out of control. Deucalion has kept them from shifting for three full moons, diminishing their tolerance to it." Peter said setting the situation both Derek and Scott were in.
"Scott, they're gonna be stronger..." Stiles started,
"More savage, more bloodthirsty, Scott, they're the lions. They're the starved lions, and you and Derek just stepped into the colosseum." Peter said finishing for him.
Derek, we got a problem, a really big problem. Scott said through the phone.
Cora? Derek asked in the background. Cora? she's alive?
Who? Scott asked in the phone.
Cora? Derek's voice asked again.
Derek, get out. Get out now! Cora's voice rang through my ears, she is alive she's alive.
"Scott? Hey, Scott! Scott!" I screamed at him to answer,
No. No! Wait! Scott replied, soon the three of us heard growling and roars,
"Scott? Scott, are you hearing this? Scott!" Stiles yelled then the phone went dead silent.