"You did what?" Derek's tone was deadly but his expression was downright murderous.
"I lost him, her, them," Stiles explained trying to understand the situation himself.
"What does that even mean?" Derek asked in frustration. They had already been through the story but Stiles let out a sigh ready to explain it again.
"I don't know they like voodoo'd and switched somehow. She said they wanted to see someone they couldn't in the future," Stiles started to trail off. He wasn't sorry and Derek knew it. Besides it wasn't like Stiles could have done anything to stop her anyway. Derek still wanted to be angry at someone though and he knew Stiles would put up with him.
"You're an idiot and we need to go after them. Can go you do research on how this is even possible?" Derek finished before Stiles could protest. Derek knew he was being harsh but they needed to fix this soon.
"And how am I supposed to do that?" Stiles asked. "I have no information and I'm pretty sure that I can't just look up in the bestiary: magical wolf twin powers, so tell me where do I even start?" Stiles started to gesture wildly toward the end. Derek countered with a glare until Stiles could put it together. The answer was obvious and he saw it on Stiles features when he realized where he needed to go. "Aw come on no way, no way I'm talking to the murder twins," Stiles gaped at him. Derek never liked the names given to the twins, he didn't like to remember how they earned it.
"At least not on your own they'd take you out without even trying," Isaac said from across the room. Damn Derek forgot he was there and felt a twinge of guilt for leaving him out. Stiles just got him so worked up. Besides it wasn't just the fact that Stiles lost a person. Sure Derek was angry because he let Daniel lie to them, and whoever that girl really was could be anywhere. To be honest though he was more pissed that Stiles was alone with that wolf. Anything could have happened to him and none of them would have known about it until it was too late. He shook that thought from his head feeling weird that it came to him in the first palace.
"Take Scott with you then," Derek ordered. "It's the best move we have before getting them back."
"And what are you doing then oh great alpha?" Stiles asked getting right in Derek's face.
"I'm going to track down the actual time traveler you just lost," Derek answered plainly. He was trying not to shove Stiles against anything, it was tempting but he knew he'd get that look from Issac that he didn't want to deal with.
"Fine," grumbled Stiles.
Derek knew that this wasn't over but for now Stiles would do what he said. Stiles turned and Derek started searching. It wasn't too hard to follow the scent north. It was a female wolf but the scent was off. Derek scrunched his nose. She smelled worse than Daniel did when he showed up. Well how the fuck did that happen. He saw that it lead through the Argent's territory. If they were lucky Chris got a hold of her. Of course they were never that fortunate though. Derek could tell that she was hurt and her smell lead to the northern pack. They didn't have much contact but they weren't particularly aggressive either. Derek figured that his chances of getting her back would be better if he actually looked like an Alpha. He turned back to pick up the Camaro.
Gina woke up in an unfamiliar house. Swallowing hard she quickly checked to make sure that the flask was still on her. It wasn't there. She looked around trying to take in her surroundings. It was a small bedroom with a bathroom in the corner but there steps leading up in the corner of the room. Gina walked up slowly and when she opened the door was hit by a bright light. What time is it she wondered? Hesitantly walking up the steps she realized she was going from the basement to a kitchen.
"And here I thought you were dead," came a voice. Gina spun around and half shifted causing the other person to shift as well. They looked at each other golden eyes and claws out ready to advance when they were interrupted.
"Calm down both of you!" came a second voice.
"Sorry," said Gina not quite under control but still trying to calm down. What would Argent do? Be friendly, assess the risk, get close, and attack. "I was just looking for the Hernandez pack."
"You found us," said the first boy still shifted. It seemed like he was going to give her trouble.
"And everything's ok?" Gina asked a little too forcefully. She needed to make sure that this pack was still safe.
"Yeah why wouldn't there be?" said the boy sneering. This guy was really getting on Gina's nerves.
"We had some trouble with a rival pack on our territory and wanted to make sure that you were ok," Gina countered.
"And that arrow we took out of your shoulder?" This was the second man again. He was older and seemed to be in charge.
"Shot by hunters actually," said Gina as they both gave shared a look.
"Thought you had some kind of pact with them," the first practically spat. The older man held up his hand to silence him. He definitely had more pull than he was letting on if the sudden silence was anything to go by.
"Why would you come way out here?" he asked.
"We're trying to branch out," Gina said carefully. "I was one sent here when I ran into some unexpected hunters." She was careful to only stretch the true and not fully lie. It was easy because part of her work before had been dealing with other packs. This was the same thing she said to herself just with an added layer of pack negotiations to deal with. This is what Gina had been training for.
"If that's true it makes me wonder how you made it in the first place," the boy crossed his arms.
"Hunters chase you, shoot you and you end up with all kinds of motivation," the older wolf answered for her. Nothing Gina had said was a straight out lie so they didn't have any reason to distrust her. Maybe this one starting to believe her.
"Fine," said the boy but didn't look happy.
"Good, we really just wanted to make sure you were ok and safe," Gina said this with so much passion they had to believe her. She had journeyed so far for this they had to believe her.
"And your name again," The older man asked.
"Hale….Claudia Hale," Gina said. It was a variation of her name, her middle name at least.
"Didn't know there were many of you actually Hales left," said the older wolf softening a bit.
"We build and grow," said Gina feeling proud to be able to use the motto the pack used when they needed inspiration.
"And apparently expand out," said the boy with a scrutinizing glare but Gina already knew she was in. She smelled less hostility and let herself finally relax a bit.
"Like we said just doing what we can," Gina responded. "I didn't catch your names."
"Doug," said the younger one.
"Joseph," the older man nodded. The realization hit that this was the alpha Gina was looking for. Instead of gaping she lowered her head in a show of respect for the alpha.
"So you've warned us and checked up on us. I don't see a reason for you to stay then," said Doug getting a warning look from Joseph.
"I have but if I may without being too much of a burden stay the night? My alpha should be by in the morning," said Gina with confidence. There was no way to know that Derek was actually on the way but if she knew her dad he was coming.
"Any reason that you can't leave now?" Doug asked. At first Gina thought he was hostile because she was an unknown wolf but maybe he was just like that all the time. Dick.
"I did get shot in case you forgot" Gina allowed herself to snap back. "The wolfsbane slows healing and I don't want to run into hunters again. Normally I wouldn't ask but Alpha Hale would appreciate it," Gina felt a little bad for throwing out the Hale name but she knew it would spark interest.
"Alpha Hale? Talia's brother finally stepped up?" Joe leaned forward. Gina had to bite her tongue because Peter as her Alpha was laughable.
"Her son actually but in just as good hands, he's new but there have always been strong Alphas in out pack," Gina said trying not to sound too smug.
"You speak like you're trying to sell him," Doug said.
"You speak like an emissary," Joe interrupted.
"Our pack is still young we've all had to learn to take on different roles," shrugged Gina.
"I see," Joe took a moment looking thoughtful. "Would you do us a favor then speak to my pack tonight? We've been established for a while and I think it might help them. It seems like you've been through a lot and we've become way too comfortable here," Joe said. Gina felt the Alpha command in his words but even if it hadn't been there she would have been nervous. She was going to see the pack. She was going to see their parents.
"Of course Alpha Hernandez, would you mind me washing up first?" Gina asked hesitantly. It seemed safe and she would be gone in the morning. "I'd like some of my items back, no weapons of course but I'd feel more at ease," said Gina hoping that she wasn't pushing her luck.
"You're free to use the room downstairs and we'll be sure to return your items," nodded Joseph. "You can eat with us to meet everyone."
"It'd be an pleasure to do that Alpha," said Gina as respectfully as she could. Gina took a shower and took care to not let the water touch her shoulder. They dressed it decently. After coming out of the bathroom she realized they returned the flask on the bed next to a pile of clean clothes. She poured it into a small bowl she found in the bathroom and waited.
"You're going to flip big brother," Gina said smiling as Daniel's image appeared.
"Ok fess up," said Stiles as he leaned toward a locker.
"What do you want Stiles?" Ethan questioned him flatly. Stiles had cornered it him after school with a little help from Lydia who was off talking to Aiden.
"I need to ask you about certain things," Stiles started but Ethan looked at him like he was crazy "wolf kind of changes," he clarified but that seemed to only add to the confusion.
"If this is sex stuff please just go to Scott," Ethan said finally
"No, what? That's not what this is about. I mean it's only something that I can only talk to you about," Stiles eased in trying to get him to understand. He didn't know if this weird twin stuff was secret so he didn't exactly know the protocol to ask.
"Then go talk to Danny after you talk to Scott," Ethan rolled his eyes. "Look I know we're not trying to kill you anymore but that doesn't mean we're going to bond over stories," he closed his locker. "Especially if this involves Derek I'm so not talking to you about that."
"What? No, listen dumbass this isn't a sex thing this is a twin thing," Stiles snapped annoyed. Why the hell did he bring Derek up? "And before you take that and twist it around to make it weird I need to know if your super duper twin trick is specific to you guys or if other twin wolves can do it to." Stiles took a breath after he got it all out.
"Why should I tell you?" Ethan asked slowly.
"Because we need your help ok, there's another set of wolf twins running around that can actually switch places," Stiles said Ethan suddenly seemed way more interested than a second ago. Stiles was just happy that that Ethan was finally listening to him. "Like think the opposite of what you do."
"Wait, what? You need to explain to me exactly what they do," Ethan looked freaked now. Whoa this may have been more than Stiles thought. Maybe he could use this to his advantage.
"You want learn from them because you don't have much of a clue either," Stiles started putting it together. The twins may have been their starting point but didn't know much beyond their own abilities. "If we let you talk to them you need to tell me as much as you know."
"Fine," Ethan looked worried but curious. "Look before Deucalion found us he's found other twins who could be in each other's heads-"
"Actual twin telepathy?" Stiles cut him off.
"And it didn't matter how far apart they were so it was useful in the pack," Ethan explained.
"This is a brother and a sister, one wolf and one magic user," Stiles said.
"I've never heard of born twins that weren't both able to turn. I didn't even know that was possible. In siblings yeah but never in twins. It's been all or nothing," Ethan looked really freaked out now. It was making Stiles feel uneasy too.
"None of us knew it was possible until they showed up. But I need to know if you think if they can switch is a real thing and they're not just trying to trick us," Stiles said. More specifically he needed to know that Daniel wasn't tricking them.
"Definitely, especially if magic is thrown in" Ethan said. "Why don't you ask Deaton?" he asked.
"Because he's getting stuff for a spell to send them back to the future," said Stiles as if it were obvious. "They escaped then they swapped. We think they're talking to dead people," Stiles realized after that his explanation was probably making things worse. "You know what it's a long story," said Stiles. He tried to walk away.
"No way Stilinski this is big even for us and a chance to talk to twins that could be like us oh no we want it," said Ethan.
Notes: First let me thank everyone who's hanging in there with this fic. I didn't think it would be this long. Second apologies for everyone being a jerk in this chapter. As usual I'm posting this super late so please let me know if there are any mistakes I should fix