Derek's POV
"Derek, where are you?" I heard her voice emulate the loft, Lexi is dying and it's all cause of her, I need to stay calm. Deaton is watching Laura, my little girl.
"Right here." I said with fake concern towards the woman who Scott tells me is the Darach, Jennifer looked so panicked as she ran to me and engulfed me in a hug.
"Thank God. Something happened at the recital. At the school. Okay, I need to tell you before you hear it, before you hear any of it from them." Jennifer said hugging me the best she could, I was disgusted but did it anyway, I hugged her back, come on.
"From who?" I asked as if concerned, but I didn't care, I only care for my true love.
"Scott, Stiles. They're gonna tell you things. Things you can't believe. You have to trust me, okay? You trust me." Jennifer said as she just continued to panic, Lexi is dying because of this bitch.
"What is it?" I asked as she just clung to my shirt, she was shaking, but I was not concerned for her,
"Promise you'll listen to me." Jennifer begs as I think of Lexi being in pain because of her,
"I promise." I said nodding my head, she smiles she hugs me again, her lips reach mine, but I push her off, giving her a look of disgust and betrayal.
"They're already here, aren't they?" She asked as the two appeared from the wall, both Scott and Stiles, Jennifer took two steps away from me and smiled.
"So... they told you it was me? That I'm the one taking people?" She said chuckling as she watched the two boys standing confidently as they stare at her.
"We told him you're the one killing people." Scott said confirming his statement that he told me, I am worried about Lexi, she's dying, I need her.
"Oh, that's right. Committing human sacrifices? What, cutting their throats? Yeah, I probably do it on my lunch hour. That way, I can get back to teaching high school English the rest of the day. That makes perfect sense." She said cocking her head to him as she looks at me then back at the boys.
"Where's my dad" Stiles asked as a tear fell down his face, I had to hold back my anger back to keep it all clean, Jennifer needs to admit the truth, before I kill her.
"How should I know? Derek, tell me you don't believe this." She looked at me with fear on her face, she looked at me with disbelief, but I scowled at her.
"Do you know what happened to Stiles's father?" I asked her, she looks offended as if I didn't believe her which I don't.
"No." She shook her head at me as I cross my arms, she needs to suffer as Lexi has suffered.
"Ask her why she almost killed Lydia." Scott said with anger flooding him, but he stood strong as I looked at the woman who is disguised as a flower but she's the snake underneath.
"Lydia Martin? I don't know anything about that." Jennifer said trying to keep her innocence to me, but it was long gone.
"What do you know?" I said getting annoyed at this going on right now, Lexi of all people need me.
"I know that these boys, for whatever misguided reason, are filling your head with an absurd story. And one they can't prove, by the way." Jennifer said with disgust in her tone as I watch Scott take a bottle out of his pocket.
"What if we can?" Scott said as he untightened the lid a bit.
"What is that?" Jennifer demanded to the boy.
"My boss told me it's a poison and a cure... which means you can use it... and it can be used against you." Scott told her the description of the herb, she looked at him scared.
"Mistletoe?" She growled as Scott then threw the powder at her, the cloud enveloped her, she writhed in it, I saw the face, her true face. Jennifer soon got control over her form, then panicked as she tried to run, but I caught her and I lifted her off the ground with my hand around her neck,
"Derek.. wait, wait! You need me." She said as she struggled in my grip, I growled deeply as I lifted her off the ground even more, my rage is exposed.
"What are you?"I growled at her with my eyes glowing and my anger rising as my wolf snarled Kill her, she hurt Imprint .
"The only person who can save Alexandra. Call Peter. Call him!" She begged as I got my phone out, Peter told me that she was getting worse. Lexi was throwing up black blood and a white substance, I hung up as my grip on her neck tightened, her windpipe was being crushed slowly under my grip.
"Derek, Derek! what are you doing?" Scott growled at me as Jennifer struggled in my grip that tightened around her neck.
"Her life... it's in my hands!" Jennifer began choking, but her mentioning Lexi made my grip tighten even more.
"Stop. Derek stop!" Scott said begging me as I growled in pure rage.
"Stilinski, you'll never find them." She said trying to catch her breath.
"Derek DEREK" I looked over to see Stiles with pleading eyes staring into mine, I dropped Jennifer, she was trying to catch her breath. I was letting out rough breaths
"That's right. You need me. All of you." She said staring at me. I got her in the hummer so we could get to the hospital to heal Lexi.
"You should know I'm not doing this because I have to. I want to. I could still run, and you wouldn't have an easy time stopping me. But I don't want Lexi to die. I'm only doing what I had to do." Jennifer said making me upset, so I just growled at her,
"Shut up." I growled at her,
"You need to hear the whole story, Derek. You need to know just how connected we really are." Jennifer said making me more agitated, I shook my head as I tightened my grip on the wheel
"Stop talking." I growled at her before we got to the hospital, We got inside with Scott and Stiles, we ran into Melissa
"Scott! Scott! What are you doing here? The hospital's evacuating." Melissa told her son,
"We're here for Lexi." Scott said as she looked at us confused.
"What, all of you? Why does Stiles have my bat?" Melissa asked as Stiles was holding her wooden bat, Stiles just shrugged
"Mom, just trust me on this. You need to get out of here. Right now." Scott told her as Melissa huffed.
"The building is supposed to be clear in 30 minutes. We've got two ambulances that are coming back. One's 10 minutes out, the other's 20. Lexi needs to be on one of those. They'll be picking up in the basement garage." Melissa told him,
"Got it. Okay." Scott said before we got on the elevator, my grip tight on Jennifer's arm, she rolled her eyes as we went up the floors
"You don't have to keep me on a leash, Derek. I'm going to help." She said before we got out of the elevator, we heard fighting as we looked into Lexi's now abandoned room,
"Derek." Scott said as I looked down to soon see Peter sliding at my feet,
"We got a problem." He said making me cock my head, Peter then looked in front of him
"Big problem." He said as I saw the twin alpha. I shifted as I growled, they are part of the reason Boyd is dead, they roared at me as I roared back running at them, dodging their attack as they tackled Scott.
"Ethan, Aiden, stop! You don't know what you're doing." Scott struggled against their grip,
"All we want is her." They growled back, my head turns to see the elevator open, I looked to see Jennifer's sad face as the doors then close, the twins let Scott go and we ran,
"Don't stop, don't stop!" I screamed for Stiles to stop, he waited for the twins then hit them in the back of the head with the bat, it broke, which made Stiles run. Scott looked at the light, I gave him a boost with he then slammed the light in the Alpha's face, this gave us time to escape. Scott and I shifted back to find Cora, Peter and Stiles in another room with Lexi,
"Where's the big guy?" Stiles asked as I looked out the small door window, they weren't here yet,
"He's close." I replied before going back to see Peter wiping Lexi's head
"What about Ms. Blake? What do you mean? What does that mean? Like, she's gone? Scott, are you kidding me?" Stiles said yelling at his friend, I scowled,
"Shh, quiet." I told him,
"Me be quiet? Me, huh? Are you telling me what to do now? When a psychotic, mass murdering bitch by the way... has got my dad somewhere, tied up, waiting to be ritually sacrificed?" He said getting in my face,
"Stiles, they're still out there." Scott told him, "And... and they want her, right? Which means now we don't have her either, so my dad and Lexi are both dead!" Stiles yelled, I didn't think he was overprotective of Lexi, but none the less
"Not yet. Is she really dying?"Scott asked Peter who was wiping Lexi's forehead,
"She's definitely not getting any better." Peter replied to him,
"There has to be something that we can do. We have to help her." Scott said before I saw the snake herself show up, my fist's tightening.
"You can't. Only I can. I can save her, and I can tell you where Sheriff Stilinski is. But there is a pack of alphas in this hospital who want me dead. So I'll help you... but only when I'm out of here and safe. Only then."Jennifer said before I rushed her but Scott stopped me,
"She was trying to get out." I said pointing at her
"I was trying to keep from getting killed. You can't blame me for that." Jennifer said as she tried defending herself, Cora stood by Lexi, who was breathing hard,
"If you want to show you're one of the good guys, then heal her." Stiles demanded from the Darach,
"Not until I'm safe." Jennifer retorted back to the boy,
"I'd like to volunteer a different method of persuasion. Let's torture her." Peter suggested, I was ok with that,
"Works for me." I commented before the P.A. System came on,
"Um, can I have your attention? Mr. Deucalion... excuse me, just Deucalion... Requests you bring the woman calling herself Jennifer Blake to the E.R. reception. Do this, and everyone else can leave. You have ten minutes." Melissa said before the mic went off,
"He's not gonna hurt her." Jennifer said to Scott,
"Shut up." I told her,
"He won't! Scott, you know why. Tell them it's true." Jennifer said looking at Scott,
"What does she mean?" I asked him,
"You're not the only one he wants in his pack." Jennifer said as if it was obvious.
"Deucalion doesn't just want an Alpha pack. He wants perfection. That means adding the rarest of alphas to his ranks." Jennifer said as Peter looked at Scott,
"A true Alpha." Peter said astonished,
"What's that? " Stiles asked as Peter spoke up,
"The kind that doesn't have to steal his power from another. One that can rise by the force of his own will. Our little Scott." Peter said really surprised,
"It doesn't matter. We still need to get her out of here." Scott said as I looked at Lexi, she looked so weak
"Scott, your mom..." Stiles started but Scott looked at him,
"My mom said there's one more ambulance coming in 20 minutes. And I don't think we've been here that long, so if we can get down to the garage, get to the last ambulance, we can get out of here." Scott told us as I walked to Lexi,
"The twins aren't gonna let us just walk out." I said to the group while wiping Jace's forehead,
"I'll distract them." Scott said as I quirked my eyebrows at him,
"You mean fight them." I said looking at my imprint's pale skin,
"Whatever I have to do." Scott told us,
"I'll help you." I told Scott, but the bitch just sneered,
"Um, sorry, but I'm not going anywhere without you, Derek." Jennifer said as I glared at her, I just want Lexi healed, and Jennifer dead
"I'll do it. But I'd prefer to be out there with an advantage." Peter said looking around the room,
"An advantage like what? You mean like a weapon?" Stiles asked,
"Something better than a baseball bat." Peter said as Stiles just glared at him, we then looked around the room for a weapon for Peter,
"Hey, wait. What about these?" Stiles said making me look at him,
"Do you know how to use those?" I asked him,
"Well, no." Stiles said holding the shock pads in his hands still,
"Put 'em down." I told him as I saw Scott grab a needle,"Epinephrine?"Scott asked me.
"That's only gonna make him stronger." I told him, but Peter looked up,
"How strong? All right, boys. Let's rumble." Peter said after he got out there with the drug running through his system, Stiles was behind me and Jennifer followed.
"It's still here!" Stiles said as I loaded Lexi inside to lay her on the bed,
"Derek, over here." Jennifer said as I got to her, sad to leave my mate,
"Julia. It is you." Kali said snarling at her,
"You can't beat her on your own." Jennifer said as I knew the obvious choice,
"That's why we're gonna run." I commanded her as we ran,
"Wait, wait! The elevator!" She said as we got inside, but as we went up we got stuck.
"Kali already knows." I told her,
"Not necessarily. She saw that we got in, but she might not know that we didn't get out." Jennifer said making me a bit irritable
"Yeah, well, if I get through, then we can go to another floor." I told her but I want her dead after she heals Lexi.
"Or you'd end up fighting them alone in an elevator shaft. They'll rip my head off before you even have a chance to land a punch." She told me,
"Then someone needs to get the backup generator running again." I said checking my phone
"Don't move. On our way." I said before pacing the small space,
"Anything? Derek, I know what you're thinking... that I'm using you, that everything that has happened between us is a lie, or that I'm evil. A bitch. But I hope you're not thinking the most superficial thought... "Is that her real face?" "The slashed, mutilated face revealed by the mistletoe.. Is that what she really looks like? Julia Baccari. That was my name." She said making me pissed.
"I don't care." I told her, but she wouldn't stop.
"I guess I should have changed it to something with different first letters. I think I read somewhere that people always pick aliases that are subconsciously derivative of their original name. It's a way of not completely letting go of your identity, since your name is so tied to your sense of self. Do you know what else is? Your face. The one that's supposed to be staring back at you in the mirror. Not some hacked up atrocity you can't even recognize." Jennifer said as I got angrier,
"I still don't care." I growled at her but she just kept running her god forsaken mouth,
"But I bet you're curious. I bet you wonder exactly what happened." Jennifer said as I shook my head,
"You were an emissary. They tried killing you along with the rest of the pack. Mystery solved." I said annoyed,
"I was Kali's emissary. And I was the one she couldn't kill. For years, the Nemeton's power was virtually gone, like the dying ember of a burned out fire. But a few months earlier, something happened that caused that ember to glow a little brighter. Something that gave it a spark of power again. The sacrifice of a virgin. You didn't know what you were doing back then, but killing Paige in the root cellar, sacrificing her there, gave power to the Nemeton. You gave it power again. You gave me power. Just enough to hold on to life a little longer. Long enough to be found." Jennifer told me but I just wanted out of here to be with Lexi trying to heal her.
"You know mistletoe is important to druids, but do you know the myth of why people kiss under mistletoe?" Jennifer asked me,
"No." I replied not caring,
"It's a norse myth. Baldur, the son of Odin, was the most beloved by the other gods, so much that they wanted to protect him from all of the dangers in the world. His mother, Frigg, took an oath from fire and water, metal, stone, and every living thing, that they would never hurt Baldur. At a gathering, they tested him. Stones, arrows, and flame were all hurled at him. Nothing worked. But there was one God who wasn't so enamored of Baldur. The God of mischief, Loki. Loki discovered that Frigg had forgotten to ask mistletoe, a tiny, seemingly harmless plant. And completely overlooked. Loki fashioned a dart out of mistletoe, and it killed Baldur. Frigg was heartbroken. She decreed that mistletoe would never again be used as a weapon and that she would place a kiss on anyone who passed under it. So now we hang mistletoe underneath our door during the holidays... so that we will never overlook it again. We were the overlooked... the emissaries. It was a mistake Deucalion and the alphas should never have made, because I made an oath of my own. From virgins and warriors, from healers, philosophers, and guardians, to loan me their power so that I could teach these monsters that their monstrous actions would never be overlooked." She told me, but I growled
"You killed innocent people." I growled back as she smiled, I continued thinking about Lexi,
"So have you. I know the real color of your eyes, Derek. And I know what it means. I'm not asking you to save just my life. I'm asking you to save everyone they'll ever hurt again." Jennifer said as I looked at her then looked away.
"You can't beat them." I told her,
"Are you sure about that? Boyd asked you right before he died, what happens to a werewolf during a lunar eclipse? You didn't get the chance to tell him, but you know, don't you? What happens, Derek? During the total lunar eclipse?" Jennifer asked me, I huffed,
"We lose all our power." I told her,I heard something else,
"Derek, please look at me."She begged, then I saw her Darach form then everything went black.