My eyes shot wide open and I sat straight up, gasping for air as water sprayed from my face like a waterfall and water dripped onto the floor. Stiles and Scott heaved for air too as they sat up in their tubs too. I expected Derek to be at my side to comfort me but he didn't show. Instead, I looked around to found the three of us in a large perfectly clean, pure white, empty room. I climbed out to examine the front half of the room and began to turn around to see the second half but instead found a large, circular tree stump rooted in the floor on the other end. Scott and Stiles followed my lead. Scott took the first step toward it and we followed him as we made our way slowly toward the stump. Scott bent down to touch it and within a blink of an eye, he was gone. I quickly turned around, searching frantically for him but when I did turn around, I was no longer in the white room. I was in the Beacon Hills Park Reserve.

"Calla!" A familiar, femine voice called out. A little girl laughed and jumped out from behind some trees, running right past me. Another girl, more older, with flowing blonde hair and bright blue eyes followed after her.

"Mom?" I involuntarily said but she took no notice of me as she ran after my nine year old self. I watched as she caught with my younger self and tackled me to the ground, laughing as she pulled me into a hug.

"Come on, Calla, your father will be waiting." She stood up and picked me up with her.

"But, Mama, I want to catch some fireflies." My younger self whined as she wrapped her arms around my mother's neck. "

"Darling, there is no fireflies around here. Maybe we'll catch some when we go see grandman and grandpa in Ohio." She carried me back through the trees and I took a step back and almost tripped over a tree root. I turned and saw the same exact tree stump that was in the white room.

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My eyes shot open again and for a split second, my vision was clouded by a red mist as I was seeing with wolf sight. My face broke the surface of the ice cold water again and I found myself back in the clinic as I gasped for air. Stiles and Scott splashed in their tubs beside me as they woke up. I quickly stood up and Derek was there to catch me as I started to slip across the slippery metal bottom. He pulled me out of the tub and immediately wrapped me in a towel as I started shivering violently.

"I saw it." Scott annouced as he got out of the tub, dripping wet. "I know where it is."

"We passed it." Stiles added. "There's-There's a stump, this huge tree. Well, it's not huge anymore. It was cut down. But it's still big, though, very big."

"It was the night we were looking for the body."

"Yeah, the same night you two were bit by Peter."

"I saw it another time." I said, breathlessly. "I remember going to the woods with my mother when I was nine. I stumbled acrossed it before she dragged me back out of the woods."

"We can find it." Scott insisted to Deaton. Allison, Derek, Deaton, Isaac and Lydia all exchanged worried glances.

"What?"

"You guys were out a long time." Isaac said.

"How long is a long time?" Stiles asked.

"Sixteen hours." Deaton answered.

"We've been in the water for sixteen hours?" Scott questioned him.

"And the full moon rises in less than four." I groaned and turned to Derek.

"You need to go home." I ordered him.

"I'm not leaving you, Lily." Derek whispered to me as he pulled me close to him.

"You need to go back to Cora. You did your job here and I appreciate and love you more than anything for that. But please go home. Look after Cora and Peter until I get there. Ok? We'll talk later. I promise." He stared down at me for a moment longer before giving a short nod.

"Ok. I love you."

"Love you too." He kissed my forehead before turning to leave.

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"No, dude, you are not going back with them." Stiles snapped at Scott after he suggested that he went back to Deucalion and the other alphas.

"I made a deal with Deucalion." Scott reminded us.

"Does anyone else think that sounds like a deal with the devil?"

"Why does it matter, anyway?" Isaac asked.

"Because I still don't think that we can beat Jennifer without their help." Scott answered.

"He trusts you more than anyone." I said to Deaton, hoping that he could convince Scott to change his mind. "Tell him he's wrong."

"I'm not so sure he is." Deaton said and I stared at him with a dumbfounded expression on my face. "Circumstances like this sometimes require that you align yourself with people you'd normally consider enemies."

"So we're gonna trust him, the guy that calls himself death, destroyer of worlds?" Isaac inquired. "We're gonna trust that guy?"

"I wouldn't trust him, no. But you could use him to your advantage. Deucalion may be the enemy, but he could also be the bait." The door to the clinic opened and clattered and we exchnaged worried looks. I followed Deaton to the waiting room and involuntarily let out a growl when I saw Ethan standing by the door. I was actually surprised that his twin wasn't with him. Those were inserparetable. Literally.

"I'm looking for Lydia." Ethan announced calmy, his heartbeat continuing a steady rythm. Lydia appeared to my right and looked questioningly at him.

"What do you want?" She asked.

"I need your help."

"With what?" Stiles snapped.

"Stopping my brother and Kali...from killing Derek."

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"This is my fault." I muttered into the microphone of my phone as we stood outside Allison's penthouse, ready to get some atillary.

"No, Lily, no, it's not your fault." Derek said.

"I should have joined the pack. Then you would be safe and not have some pyschotic alpha female coming after you trying to slash your throat out with her toenails just so she can get to me."

"Then the rest of our pack would have been dead." I was quiet for a moment, realizing that he was right. "I'll be fine, Lily. I'm taking Cora out of town with me. Peter is going to stay behind and try to hold Kali and Aiden off."

"Good thing it's only Peter. No one cares if he dies."

"Lily."

"I know, I know. He's still pack. You will call me right?"

"As soon as we're safe. I love you."

"Love you too." I hung up and sighed as we walked into Allison's penthouse. We followed Allison to the back room where her father's office was and she opened it to reveal Agent McCall and two officers from the Beacon Hills department standing behind him as he sat in the office chair. "Man, we have to deal with your ugly face again."

"It's a pleasure speaking to you too, Callana." Agent McCall said sarcastically as he stared down at the guns and arrows that were laying perfecting on the desk in front of him. "Quite an arsenal your father's got here, young lady." He stood up as soon as Scott stepped between me and Allison and stared in shock at his father. "Scott."

"What are you doing here?" Scott snapped at him.

"Following one of the only leads I have. Now, since I don't know where you've been, why don't you have a seat and we can talk?"

"Or why don't you show us the warrant you have to be in this penthouse." I said, crossing my arms over my chest.

"I'm guessing this isn't the first time you've talked to him." Scott whispered to me.

"Oh, no, it's not. Stiles and I had the pleasure of speaking to him a couple of days ago. Lovely chat we had."

"Sit down, Callana." Agent McCall ordered. Scott gave me a little nudge and I sighed and walked over to one of the seats in front of the desk and sat down. "You too, Isaac." Isaac slowly appeared in the doorway and looked questioningly at Agent McCall. "How do you know my name?"

"Your name's one of the few things I know."

"Notice how he said few." I said, looking over my shoulder at the others. "His brain's too small to remember anything else." I started laughing at my own insult, slapping my hand against my thigh in amusement.

"It just gives you joy to insult others, doesn't it?"

"Oh, you have no idea."

"To be honest, the rest of what's going on around here has me stumbling in the dark,"

"Blindness usually comes with age." Agent McCall glared at me before continuing to talk.

"Even over the smallest clue."

"If you're trying to tell me that you don't have a clue, I learned that a long time ago." Scott growled.

"Oooo," I said. "Getting talked down to by your own son. That's just-That's just said. But way to go, Scotty!" I raised my hand to give him a high five as he walked closer to the desk but he left me hanging so I slowly put my hand back down.

"I'm really hoping to avoid the embarrassment of dragging my own son into an interrogation room." Agent McCall said. "Really hoping."

"I say let's embarrass him." Scott ignored me and sat down in the chair beside me and I groaned knowing that this was going to take forever to get out of now.

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"I'm not gonna lie." Agent McCall said as he paced the floor behind Chris's desk. "I'm more than a little disturbed." Isaac pulled out a case of icebreakers and shook it as if to check if there were any in it. He opened it up as he sat down on the arm of my chair and held out the icebreakers to me. I snatched one from the case and tossed it into the air, catching it in my mouth. Agent McCall shot a death stare at me and I just smiled as I cracked the icebreaker in my teeth as he continued to talk. "Not only by the number of missing parents, but that that it's Stiles' father, your father and your mother."

"Mine are both dead." Isaac pointed out as he popped an icebreaker into his mouth.

"Save the teenage cliche for your high school teachers. The four of you know more than you're saying, and I'm fully willing to keep you here all night if I have to."

"Oh, God, I don't think I could stand anymore of your annoying voice." I muttered, slouching in my chair and closing my eyes.

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"You can't keep us here." Scott snapped at his father.

"Not without some kind of warrant." Allison added.

"I've got a desk full of probable cause." Agent McCall said.

"Acutally you don't." I said. "Considering that I was there when my father gave Allison's father the licenses to all those weapons."

"My father is a highly respected," Allison began to speak as she stood up and began to walk over to the desk.

"More respected than you."

"Private security consultant and federal licensed firearms dealer. That means he has to own a few weapons. Like this 175-pound draw tactical crossbow or this carbon steel maring combat knife, .50AE Desert Eagle. Hmm." She picked up a medium sized silve cylinder and twirled it in her hands. "Smoke grenade with pull ring igniter." She yanked the ring out of place and tossed it at the officers' feet and the room filled with smoke, giving us the perfect distraction to escape the room.

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Allison's car pulled down the dirt road to the Beacon Hills Preserve with Scott and I behind her on our motorcycles. We pulled up beside her and took off our helmets as her and Isaac got out of the car.

"Are you okay?" Allison questioned Scott.

"I didn't know what to say to him." Scott said as he got off his bike with me following his lead. "I couldn't come up with anything, but what you did, that was awesome." I looked around and saw that Stiles' jeep was no where to be found. He was suppose to meet us here.

"I still haven't gotten anything from Stiles-you?" Isaac said, checking his phone. Scott and I pulled out or phones and shook our heads.

"I don't get it."

"All right. Well, we can't wait for him. Come on." Isaac and Allison started through the woods while Scott and I lingered behind staring into the darkness of the road, expecting Stiles to come at any second but he never came. We reluctantly followed Allison and Isaac into the woods.

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We stood on the jagged rock that stuck at my the mountain side and over looked Beacon Hills below. Lights twinkled from the streets and rooftops almost making it look like a thousand fireflies fluttering around.

"Cutting it a little close, aren't we, Scott?" A voice sounded behind us and we turned to see Deucalion coming out of the woods towards us.

"We got a little delayed." Scott explained. "Where are the others?"

"Occupying themselves with other pursuits."

"So it's just you and me against her?"

"And me." I snapped.

"I think you'll be surprised what a good team we make." Scott turned back to us.

"Callana, you need to go with Isaac and Allison. Get Stiles and then meet us at the root cellar. We'll keep Jennifer away long enough for you to get them out of there." I stared at him for a moment, weighing my options on an imaginary scale in front of me.

"How are you gonna do that?" I asked.

"I have a plan."

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"Are you sure we're going in the right direction?" Isaac questioned Allison and me as I took the lead and walked down the dirt path. The wind howled through the naked tree branches as they hollered for bumping into each other. My white blonde hair waved in the wind and I struggled to walk a straight path. The full moon was high in the air and half my energy was gone due to me trying not to wolf out.

"I know we're near it." Allison said behind me. "You think you can pick up a scent?"

"I'm trying, but I c-" I halted abrutly causing Allison to almost collide into me.

"What is it?"

"I smell something." I called over my shoulder. I inhaled deeply again to confirm the scent. "It's my dad."

"Are you sure?"

"It has to be. Come on." I took off through the woods not even checking to see if Allison and Isaac were following behind me. The trees broke away from each other to form a clearing with a large tree stump in the middle of it. I raced to the other side where two wooden cellar doors lead to under the stump. I yanked them open and plunged down into the darkness without a second thought.

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I took the steps two at a time and looked to the right to see Melissa, Stiles' dad and Jake tied to pillars. I laughed with relief and ran over to him, skidding onto my knees to stop beside him. I kissed his forehead and smiled involuntarily, happy that he was alive.

"Where's Stiles?" Deputy demanded. "Where's my son?"

"And Scott?" Melissa added as Isaac began to untie her.

'They're coming." Isaac answered as Allison untied Stiles' dad and I untied mine. "They're on their way to help." The ground shook and piles of rocks began to fall on top of us as the Nemeton started to collaspe.

"Hurry!" I yelled. I helped Jake up and we started towards the steps but before any of us could start to climb them, they crumbled before us and soil began to fill the den. The wood beam began to collaspe and Isaac raced under it and firmly placed his hands against it to try to hold it up. I joined his side and helped him, grunting with effort as my arms threaten to give way. I let myself go to the full moon to try to give me extra strength.

"Is it me or is this place getting smaller?!"

"No! I thought when things began to collaspe, they would expand!"

"Even in the face of death, you're still a smart ass, Calla!" Just as fast as the full moon gave me strength, it took it away. I felt myself buckling under the weight of the beam as the eclispe began to start.

"The eclipse it starting."

"I can't do it. I can't hold it. I can't hold it."

"Keep trying!" I closed my eyes and grunted and just as my arms were about to give way, the weight was taken off of me. I opened my eyes to see Stiles placing his aluminum baseball bat under the beam. He looked towards his dad.

"I always said aluminum was better than wood." His dad said and he pulled Stiles towards him to embrace him in a hug. The creaking of the other beams and pillars started again. But as quickly as they started, they stopped. The wind stopped howling and the earth became still.

"Is it over?" Allison asked. I laughed again with relief and embraced my dad in a hug. Stiles' phone rang and I pulled away from Jake to listen in on the conversation.

"Scott?" Stiles answered.

"Hey, are you okay?" Scott asked.

"Yeah, we're okay. We're all okay. How about you, you okay?"

"Sort of."

"You think you can come get us?"

"Of course."

"Great. Um, uh, bring a ladder."

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"So you gave up your power to save your sister." I muttered as I sat on the foot of Derek's bed with him beside me and me playing with his hand in my lap. "Not many alphas would do that. I could always make you alpha again."

"It can't be done, Lily. The spark is gone. It can't come back unless I kill another alpha." I frowned and he sighed. "It was a selfish choice." He murmured. "You know have the pack to take care of on your own." I looked up at him and smiled.

"But you'll still be here to guide me. When you get back of course."

"I can always stay."

"No, you can't. You need to go. Take some time off and clear your head." I stood up and faced him. He rested his forehead against my stomach and pulled me close to him as I bent down to kiss his thick, black hair. "There will always be a spot in this pack when you get back. Come back when you're ready." I kissed his temple and moved my lips gently across his skin to his ear. "You'll always be my alpha male." He looked up at me and I pressed my lips to his but as quickly as he started to kiss me back, I pulled away. "I love you."

"I love you, Callana." My wolf inside moaned at the sound of my name. I pulled away from him, letting his hands slip from mine and turned my back on him to walk out of the loft. His eyes burned into my back. It had been a rough year but yet I was still hanging on. He was a beta and I was an alpha and two of my packmates had died this year. Erica and Boyd. But I still had the rest of my pack to take care of. My father, Isaac, Peter...Derek when he got back. I would take care of them with my life. That's what an alpha is suppose to do. And Scott was an alpha too now so it's time for him to build his own pack now. Well, he has his mother, Stiles, Allison but who knows if he will turn another to build onto his pack. Bottom line is, I was an alpha and I am capable of standing up to that title and I will not listen to anyone who tries to tell me otherwise.

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I will have the fourth story Teen Wolf Four: I Hear You up by tomorrow, March 21, 2014. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it.