Chapter 05: Nothing But Everything
A few days later and the noise had been terminated, and Argent had managed to send Sanders on his way – no one knew how he had done it. They were sitting around Derek's loft when Stiles had a thought.
"Oh oh! I just realised something..." Stiles trailed off as he looked between Derek and Elizabeth when he remembered an incident with the Kanima in the school pool. Derek shot him a glare and caused Elizabeth to raise her eye-brow at him.
"Fill you in later," Scott muttered, Elizabeth sighed she already knew what Stiles had realised.
'Don't I already know, Derek told me,' Elizabeth sent the thought straight to her nephew's head. "If you must,"
"Stiles leave it," Scott said before he watched as Derek dragged his aunt away from them.
"So what if Stiles worked out why you really freaked out? Derek, you would have freaked out whether I was there or not," Elizabeth told him pulling her hand away from his before forcing him to look at her. "Derek, you can't always have the strong façade, everyone is vulnerable,"
"What do you think they're talking about?" Stiles questioned looking at his best-friend who shook his head as Isaac and Cora went to answer him. "Never mind,"
"Tell me exactly what happened with Jackson," Elizabeth said as she and Derek walked away from the teens. "You told me a little on the phone,"
"Before we knew he was the kanima, he sliced me a across the neck with his tail..." Derek paused briefly glancing at her before he continued. "I fell in the pool, paralysed from the neck down. Freaked out as it brought back memories..."
"Hey, you know freaking out is perfectly warranted on occasions like that," Elizabeth smiled reassuringly at him before he went on.
"Stiles jumped in after, kept me a float for the most part until he let go for his phone, and then Scott turned up," Derek finished, it was the Stiles letting go part of him that was had really caused the freak out. Elizabeth shot Stiles a glare from where they were.
"I was trying to call Scott!" Stiles yelled as he worked out that was what they had been talking about.
"Scott you tell him," Elizabeth said, motioning for her nephew to tell his best-friend. "And only him!" Elizabeth emphasised the last part of her sentence. "I'm going for a walk,"
Elizabeth's walk by herself was short-lived as Allison, Kira and Lydia had joined her. The girls wanted to know as much about her as possible. Elizabeth sighed, as she came to a stop outside a small coffee shop that she had frequented and sat down.
"Tell us about you," Lydia said, as she sat opposite the older woman and the other two girls sat on either side of her.
"What exactly do you want to know?" Elizabeth questioned, raising an eyebrow at Lydia before her eyes fell on Allison who was staring at her.
"How old? How are you Scott's aunt?" Lydia folded her arms across her chest as she spoke.
"Couple of years older than Derek, and I'm Scott's dads younger sister," Elizabeth paused briefly as she smiled at the three teenagers. "The much younger sister, I was eight-ish when Scott was born,"
"Eight? So you're really not much older than us," Allison blinked, she was slightly younger than her own Aunt but not by much. "What do you know about Derek?"
"That I've known him since I was five years and he was three, that he's my best-friend? Or that he's a werewolf?" Elizabeth laughed at the reaction that she was getting from the girls. Kira and Lydia were still relatively knew to the Supernatural aspect of Beacon Hills and life.
"You know about him?" Kira questioned, leaning on the table as they sat and talked.
"I know a lot about Beacon Hills, I lived here before I went away...Derek and I have more in common than you might think," Elizabeth told them waiting for when they were going to ask her what exactly she was. "Anything else?"
"What are you?" Allison asked, she had somewhat of an idea of what she was from when she was a child, but she wanted to hear it from her.
"Supernatural...werewolf mixed with witch...one a lot longer than the other," Elizabeth answered, what else was she to say, she couldn't tell them exactly how long it had been.
Not long after and it Scott was blaming himself for Derek dying or so they thought he had died but he hadn't. They had gone to old abandoned shopping centre and fought with Duecalion, Kali, Ennis and the twins. While Elizabeth had gone out of town on business the day that it had happened she'd felt something but hadn't been sure what it was. Peter had contacted her and told her that Derek was dead, but she hadn't believed him. 'If Derek was dead I would know it,'. The second that Peter had told her she had contacted Scott and told him as much. Elizabeth had sent Derek a message and told him to call her as soon as he had gotten the message.
"Derek you stupid ass call me now," Elizabeth left the message on Derek's phone before she tried calling Scott again. "Scott, you need to listen to me, Derek's still alive...I can feel it. Trust me please," Elizabeth left the messages reluctantly before she went back to doing, what she had left Beacon Hills to do. She had planned on being back before they had left for the cross-country but her work had, had other plans.
"Ace?" Scott returned the call three days later when he was visiting his mom at work.
'Finally Scott, next time I call you. Please answer your damn phone,' Elizabeth hissed into the phone as she had been worried about him. 'Now do you trust me about knowing Derek?'
"Yes...I'm sorry," Scott muttered, looking at his mother who was standing before him. "Mom says to stay safe,"
'Tell your mother I always do. I'll be home tonight,' Elizabeth answered, she had finally finished with her business meetings and was getting ready to head back.
When Elizabeth had returned she headed straight to Derek's loft, sending him a message to let him know that she was back and that she was still waiting on him to call her. Derek looked at his phone and shoved it back in his pocket before he heard her growl outside in the street.
"You might want to answer that," Isaac said as both he and Boyd heard the growl.
"Stay here," Derek said before heading downstairs to talk to her.
"Why the hell didn't you call me like I asked you to?" Elizabeth questioned, grabbing hold of him as they stood in the street. "Seriously?"
"Sorry! Stay away tonight, stay home...stay with Scott's mother," Derek told her, even though he knew that the second anything happened to him she would be there. "You'll know,"
"I know and that's what scares me," Elizabeth sighed, letting go of him as he pulled her into a hug.
"Just like you knew days ago what happened," Derek told her, kissing the top of her head briefly. "Elizabeth, stay home,"
Hours later and Elizabeth could hear and feel the agony that Derek was going through having been made to kill Boyd. Elizabeth ran to Derek's apartment and pushed Stiles out of the way and pulled him up. Cora stayed laying over Boyd's body crying. Elizabeth hugged Derek close to her, forcing his body to heal before the two of them decided that they needed to leave Beacon Hills for a couple of days again even though she had just returned. Days later and Stiles was concerned that Derek going missing was big. Peter explained Derek's change to Stiles and Cora. Derek and Elizabeth hadn't so much as left Beacon Hills but rather gone into hiding in Elizabeth's apartment that they didn't know about.
"Did Elizabeth know Paige?" Cora questioned, wondering if the older woman had known the girl that her brother had fallen for as a teenager.
"No, Elizabeth had left Beacon Hills earlier that year," Peter answered, Stiles looked at Cora and then at Peter. "Elizabeth was a smart girl," Peter paused and then continued on with the story of how Derek's eyes changed.
"How do you know all of this? I thought Elizabeth was his best-friend," Stiles questioned, still confused as to how Peter knew everything that he was telling him and Cora.
"Back then I was his closest friend and confident. Elizabeth knows what I know...and may be more," Peter replied before he continued with the story – what he neglected to tell them was that he manipulated Derek.
"You're lying," Cora said after Stiles left she faced her Uncle and stared at him. "Why did you make Derek do it?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," Peter said looking out the window as Cora moved to stand before him.
"Elizabeth has been his best-friend since he was three years old – he told me that, I remember her coming over and playing every weekend and even staying when there was a full-moon after she became one of us," Cora said not taking a breath as she spoke fast making it impossible for Peter to get a word in. "She's always been there for him and you're telling me that she didn't know about Paige?"
"Derek didn't tell her. Your mother on the other hand she may have told her," Peter replied, leaning against one of the supporting beams in the loft. "Elizabeth did return to Beacon Hills, after the fact but Derek had already changed,"
"But Elizabeth still loves him, you can see that can't you?" Cora questioned, she knew what Elizabeth felt even if the older girl didn't. Peter nodded at her. "What happened with Elizabeth?"
"She was just a child when she was turned. You were born a year after," Peter replied running a hand over his face as Cora stared after him. "That's why you remember her coming all the time,"
Meanwhile Derek had gone with Elizabeth to the distillery and was staring at Ennis' revenge symbol with Elizabeth standing beside him. He hadn't said a single word to her and she knew it was because he felt guilty. Elizabeth wrapped her arms tightly around him and kissed him on the cheek.
"Der, it's okay. It wasn't your fault," she whispered, not moving from his side.
"It's all my fault," Derek muttered, not looking away from the symbol as they stood together.
"Look at me, none of this is because of you. None of it," Elizabeth said not removing her arms from around him almost forcing him to hug her.
"Elizabeth..." Derek muttered hugging her back but not removing his eyes from the symbol. "Do you remember what this means?"
"I know exactly what it means, and Derek stop being an ass," Elizabeth said pulling away from him slightly before she spoke again. "You know what you have to do,"
Days later and Derek went to the school and met with Ms Blake, Elizabeth could feel something fishy was going on with the teacher and she didn't know exactly what it was. She couldn't determine whether it was because of the way Derek was around her or what it was. Stiles took it upon himself to take Cora home after a run in with Aiden in the locker room – though she had been the one to instigate it. Scott had talked with Ethan after a conversation with his Aunt revealed that she knew that he was different to his brother. Elizabeth met with Derek and Cora at the hospital, she tried to kick-start the healing process off the injuries that Aiden had caused but it wasn't working.
"Elizabeth, why isn't it working?" Derek questioned, holding onto his sisters hand tightly.
"I honestly don't know," Elizabeth replied as she tried to force a smidgen of magic into her body. "Come on Cora, you need to accept it,"
"I'm trying..." Cora mumbled, as Derek leaned over and kissed her forehead.
"Shh, take a deep breath," Elizabeth whispered, moving one hand to Cora's forehead. "It's okay sweetheart,"
"Elizabeth..." Cora smiled weakly at her as both Derek and Elizabeth pulled away.
"Shh, it's okay," Elizabeth repeated stepping back up to Cora and holding her hand tightly again.
The next day Elizabeth and Derek left the hospital leaving Cora with Peter and met with Stiles and Scott in his loft. Ms Blake tried to tell Derek that she wasn't what they were after – and that she was the only person that could save Cora. Derek was rather protective over his little sister.
"Derek go! Take her and the boys with you. Don't listen to anything she says and if you have to text me," Elizabeth said as she moved to find Allison, Isaac and Allison's father. Not long after Derek, Stiles and Scott arrived at the hospital Elizabeth felt something was wrong. "Isaac, stay with Argent and Allison. Head to the hospital now!" Isaac had answered his phone after the first ring.
Scott left with Deucalion, leaving Stiles standing on the roof of the hospital calling his best-friends name. Elizabeth ended up staying at the loft, and was slightly surprised when Derek returned with Cora in his arms and Isaac close behind him. Elizabeth told Isaac to leave it, Derek could be an idiot and she was his best-friend. Peter informed Derek that there was a way that to save Cora but it would mean giving up his Alpha powers.
"Derek, you have to do this now. I can take your pain while you take hers," Elizabeth said, nodding to Peter she'd heard all of the tales about what could happen. "Peter why the fuck didn't you tell us about this earlier?"
"Because it means that Derek will lose his alpha power...it could also kill him," Peter explained, Elizabeth sat on the bed behind Derek and put her hand on his shoulder. "Elizabeth, you need to be careful,"
"I don't care about power, I need my sister and I need Elizabeth," Derek said looking towards Peter as he spoke, he really didn't care what happened.
Lydia turned up at the loft to tell them that Stiles had worked out where the parents were being held. The only problem was that no one knew the location of where the nemeton was. Elizabeth sent them to Deaton he would know the best way to do it while she stayed with Derek and Peter. Scott had wanted Elizabeth to be there in case anything went wrong – but she needed to be with Derek.
"The lunar eclipse, we'll all be powerless," Derek told Peter, before he glanced at Elizabeth they knew that she wouldn't be entirely powerless. "That's why I need Elizabeth here," Elizabeth placed her hands on Derek's shoulders as he began to draw the pain from Cora's body he screamed out in pain. Elizabeth quickly removed her hands from his shoulders and hugged him tightly. Peter shook his head at her, thinking that it was a stupid thing to do.
"Shut up Peter, I know what I'm doing," Elizabeth hissed as Derek released Cora and collapsed into her arms. "Shh," Elizabeth said pulling him closer and leaning him against the window. "Cora's okay,"
The next morning Peter and Elizabeth made Derek and Cora leave. Ethan, Lydia and Elizabeth stood in the loft waiting for Aiden and Kali. The two alpha's prepared to fight before Ms Blake turned up. Elizabeth pulled Lydia to safety after Ethan pushed her to her. Elizabeth held Lydia back as the two of them watched Kali, Aiden and Ethan fought her. The twins didn't stand a chance, nor did Kali before Ms Blake killed Kali, and destroyed the alpha-twin. Elizabeth held Lydia close as the young woman let out an ear-piercing scream in the loft. Derek and Cora heard it and turned around returning to the Loft.
"Lydia, stay with me," Elizabeth whispered as Cora and Derek returned, so far Ms Blake was ignoring her. "Cora," Elizabeth said the young girls name as they both heard something moving behind them. "Fuck, stay together,"
"Elizabeth?" Cora questioned, raising an eyebrow at her as the three of them turned around. "Go,"
"Ethan, Aiden," Elizabeth said their names in almost a whisper. "We have to get them to Deaton...only then can I help to kick start the healing,"
The three of them took them to the Animal Clinic, where Deaton told them that the twins had to start healing on their own. Elizabeth shook her head and took each of them in her hands, and sent the tiniest bit of magic to them. Cora, Lydia and Deaton watched as the little bit of a magic spark entered their bodies.
"Boys, you have to start," Elizabeth said quietly as she felt the wolf in her start to go. "If they don't start soon I don't know what will happen,"
"You're right, with the lunar eclipse," Deaton told them as Cora and Lydia continued to look at her. "Elizabeth maybe able to stabilise them,"
"Maybe, possibly," Elizabeth said sending a little bit more magic to their bodies. "Just so you're aware I've never done this to two people at once...while holding him together," Elizabeth explained looking directly at Cora who nodded in understanding. "Ethan, Aiden, you need to heal now!" Elizabeth's voice was loud enough that it forced the twins to heal.
Scott and Derek had defeated Ms Blake and Deucalion had killed her, with Derek and Scott letting her go; although Peter had given Ms Blake the final blow who was also turned out to be a Darach. Ms Blake had taken Sheriff Stilinski, Argent, and Melissa to use as sacrifices. Whilst Lydia started to fall hard for Stiles after helping him to over-come a panic attack. Derek and Cora left Beacon Hills, with Elizabeth staying with Scott to help him deal with his father staying in town. Shortly after Elizabeth had left Beacon Hills again she'd gone to stay with Cora while receiving multiple phone calls and text messages with questions from the teens.
'What do hallucinations mean?' was one such question that Scott sent to his aunt, while Stiles sent. 'What do I do if Scott's eyes randomly start going alpha?' all the questions that the boys were sending Elizabeth were having her seriously question what was happening to the teenagers. Elizabeth had sent back 'Call me,' to both of them.
"Tell me exactly what's happening?" Elizabeth questioned over the phone as the five teenagers had lunch. As the teens told her everything that they could remember. "I don't know what it all means, but I know Deaton told you about it. Look out for each other, promise me that," she took a deep breath before she continued. "And Scott, no more beating up Isaac," she laughed, Scott looked at Isaac with wide-eyes wondering if the other teen had said something. "He said nothing, look just behave,"
That night Melissa called Elizabeth as Scott was having trouble controlling his wolf and she didn't know what else to do. Elizabeth talked to Scott and explained to him that wolves mated for life, but on the rare occasion they would find more than one. Derek and Peter were nowhere to be found while Elizabeth was still with Cora, the teen girl wanted her there. Elizabeth contacted Deucalion and asked him to contact Braeden to locate Derek, contacting Deucalion was her last resort.
"We can't keep calling Elizabeth whenever we don't know something!" Derek exclaimed, even though he wanted to call her himself and tell her something was wrong. Scott sent Derek a look that said 'You want to call her I can tell,' This was after the first attack of the Oni who were searching for the Nogitsune. Not long after and Derek and Peter had both called Elizabeth and she hadn't been able to give them any information, Peter had also informed her the wound on Derek's shoulder that wasn't healing.