What the hell was that? demanded Danny. Gina wished he wouldn't be so loud. She was feeling lousy. They tried to wake up but struggled to break through the fog of wolfsbane that was still in Gina's system. It made her chest feel tight but at the same time she wanted to run. Her whole body wanted to break free but was being held in chains. Is this what it's like every time? She wondered to herself.

Yeah it does suck said Danny still mad and not even giving her privacy anymore. His thoughts were spilling into hers and making it harder to concentrate. You didn't clean your shoulder out right. Why not? You always do it for us Daniel demanded calling up the multiple times Gina had treated wounds. She's even went as far as holding them down with magic to get the job done properly.

You're right I always clean you up because I take care of the whole pack. I take care of the pack better than I take care of myself. It's what leaders do. Didn't you ever listen to Dad? Gina snapped back.

Newsflash you're in my body so take care of it Daniel countered.

They both let each others words sink in. There was a breath and then at the same time
I'm sorry

You're right said Gina.

No I'm sorry you're right. You've always been more of an alpha than me anyways Daniel said bitterly. Always held onto Dad's lessons better than me.

You know that's not true. I'm too much like Dad to really lead. He only became a leader after Pops straightened him out. You have the best part of both of them that makes you able to be the alpha George said.

Oh now you're ready to admit who our parents are? Besides you're a much of them as I am. We just ended up a little differently. They let that hang in between them. If things had been different Gina might have been the alpha. You going to finally stop acting weird about us being in the past? Objectively speaking it's still not the weirdest thing that's happened to us Daniel said.

Oh like you haven't been weird argued Gina.

The difference between us is that I've spent time with our parents and you ran away from them.

I'm just tired of seeing so much regret and death in our lives. We had a chance that they never did Dina said.

What does that even mean? Daniel asked.

It means what I meant before remember? Gina didn't want to explain it.

No actually I don't Daniel said being stubborn.

It means that I've seen Dad and Pops both feel like shit over losing their family Gina finally started to explain.

Yeah and you've never felt that Daniel was getting frustrated he had to drag an answer out of her. She was usually better at pack feelings than her own but still. They'd both been sad to have lost their families but never obsessed over it like Gina was now. Their old pack was a part of them sure but it didn't define them.

Because I'm soulless right? I make smart decisions with too much logic. I know the other emissaries call me a robot and now look. I don't even miss my mother. Gina sounded wore out.

You didn't know her Daniel said feeling upset. He was going to have a talk with those other emissaries.

And now I do and I still feel nothing. I watch out for pack and I would do anything for them. I can't say that I would ever miss these people thought Gina admitted.

Dad lost his family. He grew up with in a house that as filled with pack and lost it all in the fire. Gramps and grandma had been married and lived together since college when Pops lost his mom. Daniel could see that he was winning her over.

It's just with everything that happened…Gina tried.

You were raised by this pack. We may have come from there but we're Hales Daniel said firmly.

We're Hales, thanks big brother you finally stepped up as Alpha said Gina realizing the truth of it as she said it.

Hey I mean it took Uncle Scott long enough Daniel laughed a bit.

Yeah Gina felt better as her brother leaned in to hug her.

Hey I can go back Daniel mumbled into her shoulder.

No thanks I still want to spend time with our dad Gina said.

Derek was on the way to freaking out. He called Stiles and Isaac to let them know that the beta had been brought back. They were surprised when Derek told them to stay away but hadn't questioned it. Well Isaac hadn't, Stiles had been a little more trouble. She'd (Derek was not going to call her Claudia, there's just no way ok) been muttering. He felt like he was going crazy. She smelled even more like pack than Daniel had. Ok he was definitely already freaking out.

When they finally got back he laid her down but she had was out but tossing and turning it hurt him but Derek didn't know what to do. It was an hour and a half until she woke up he clearly sensed her uneasiness. It was more than that though. When she looked around there was confusion and worry in her face before she started to get a grip on things.

"What did you do to Daniel?" Derek asked when she opened her mouth.

"Danny's fine, he's still here actually" she gave a little smile.

"Care to explain," Derek made it more of an order. He didn't want to give anything away but it was hard. This girl looked through him like she knew about things.

"From what I hear you don't like any details," she responded with a slight edge. Derek didn't like that.

"Things change," he countered.

"Like what?" Gina asked.

"Like how a boy we let escape came back as a girl," Derek regretted his words because she tilted her head and damn it if that wasn't a Hale glare.

"You know that's not what happened. My brother already explained it to you," Gina said.

"Daniel said that you blasted him back," Derek noticed that Gina's eyes steeled over. She was restraining herself.

"Not one of my shining moments I'll admit," Gina had a small bitter smile on her face. She looked so tired. Derek wanted to make her feel better. It was weird to be drawn in like he would with pack when this was his first time meeting her. "Fine what do you want to know?" Gina finally asked. Derek just used his tried and true stare until she smiled wider, when he scowled she just laughed.

"My brother is still here," She tapped her finger to her head "I look over his consciousness and did a little enchantment that made me as you see me but trust me it's still him." Gina must have seen how confused he really was when adding hastily. "It's a twin thing," with a shrug that emphasized that it should all make sense.

"That's all you're going to say?" asked Derek.

"That's all you're going to ask?" Gina countered. "Fine I convinced Danny to switch because I wanted to see someone, turns out they weren't there," Gina said the last part bitterly. She wasn't lying but she was trying to hide something still. That reminded Derek.

"What did you tell the other pack? You seems to fall in pretty fast," Derek had hoped to sound less accusatory.

"Only what I needed to check them out, nothing important I promise," Gina said with so much sincerity that Derek didn't need to listen to her heart to know she was telling the truth.

"So you checked things out why are you still here?" Derek asked. He wasn't letting up. They had let this go too long without asking what was going on. Gina's face held a flicker of sadness but it disappeared so fast Derek almost wondered if he's seen it.

"I wanted to stay and see things," Gina was forcing herself to meet his gaze. It was obvious to Derek that she was trying to stand her ground.

"You mean you wanted to see me right pup?" Derek heard a tick in her heart beat and felt Gina freeze on the couch. There was a definite tensing in the room.

"Don't you ever call me that, please don't," Gina shook her head as she started to breathe again. Derek didn't realize that he's been holding his own breath in until he started breathing too.

"Why not it's true isn't it? I'm your father," Derek didn't miss her wince when he said it.

"When did you figure it out?" Gina asked with her face still blank.

"Daniel made me suspicious but you confirmed it," Derek said.

"Was it the scent?" Gina kept asking questions but looked straight ahead not meeting his gaze anymore.

"And the fact they said your name was Claudia," added Derek trying not to focus too much on what that information also implied.

"Then you know who you end up with," Gina finally looked at him. Shit there goes that.

"I didn't think-"

"Don't get mopey and evasive Derek it doesn't work on you and I don't want to see it," Gina ordered and Derek smiled despite himself.

"Now you sound like him," Derek looked closer now at her now. She looked like a Hale even though there was no way. Derek had to take a deep breath he could tell this was going to get complicated.

"And you sound a little more like I'm used to," Gina met his gaze taking in Derek as much as he was taking in from her. It was a weird sort of understanding they had in the moment.

"And how is that pup?" Derek asked without thinking. It was something that his family had said and he didn't think anything of it. Whatever softness Gina had gained disappeared and she went stony again

"I asked you not to call me that Derek," Gina said closing herself off again. Jesus this girl was giving him whiplash. Is this what Stiles had to deal with? What traumatic event had turned this kid into an actual Hale?

"Do you really want to know Der?" She asked almost in pain. Shit he's said that out loud. First thing he did after learning he was a parent and Derek let his kid know how screwed up she was. Great.

"Yes and why do you call me Derek?" he asked feeling weirdly defensive about it.

"Fine," Gina took a deep breath. Derek saw as she seemed to switch things over in her head. When she spoke again her tone was more businesslike. "You need to do something for me though. You have to help me get everyone to forget when this is all over. I can't have this time traveling mess with things," Gina explained.

"Fine" agreed Derek.

"I don't call you-" Gina stopped herself "I mean I call you Derek because it's easier for me, right now at least. You're not you that I know yet. Me and Danny are used to pack dynamic that you can't even understand yet," Gina explained.

"What happened to you two?" Derek couldn't stop himself from asking. He regretted it but Gina looked ok with talking about things now. He doubted Daniel would have been though.

"When my brother and I were born it was to two teenage parents. A wolf and a druid emissary both training but both from prominent packs that were about to merge into one. Some people thought that was too much power for any one pack, to have a future alpha and an emissary both with powerful bloodlines. A pack of hunters attacked and killed most of the pack," Gina said this like it was rehearsed like it didn't affect her anymore. He saw her go through the motions like she didn't even hear the story she was telling.

"What do you mean pack of hunters?" Derek thought he must have misheard.

"This pack was made up of anyone who had been bitten or changed in some way and came together to continue being hunters," Gina didn't waver but her face started to betray her. Derek felt a chill when she talked about it.

"How is that possible?" Derek asked.

"I can't answer all of your questions even if I am telling you the story," Gina shook her head.

"But you could safe your parents," Derek said thinking about his own family and of what he would give to save them.

"I could lose my dads" her eyes flashed to yellow "and my pack." Gina looked away and rubbed her eyes.

"Keep going," Derek ordered.

"We were saved by the Hale and McCall packs by then Pops knew enough magic to save us but he needed more energy, an alpha's energy," Gina looked right at him holding Derek in place. "They saved us and we took in their energy. We were saved but it was more than that we changed. We looked like you guys after like we were actually your kids," Gina gave him a small smile as if she was testing his reaction. That would explain why he saw Cora in her.

"Why are you telling me this?" is all Derek could manage to respond with.

"Because you need to hear that to understand what happened to us next. After that me and my brother changed more than outwardly," Gina said. "Not only were we like you but we were fundamentally changed. Daniel lost whatever spark he might have had and I was never able to shift," Gina kept looking at him the entire time. Derek wished she would look away he was taught never to break eye contact first and it seemed to have passed on to his kid. To hear that a born wolf could never change though, it hurt Derek in a way that he wouldn't' have imagined before.

"There is it," Gina said softly.

"What?" Derek needed her to stop looking at him.

"That's the look I caught on my dad's face whenever I would train and he didn't think I was looking. Both my brother and I took a really long time to get back to normal after everything happened. Understandable but then it took so long it seemed like we may never shift or be anything ever again. For a while we were both so human I think it scared our dad, both of them. But then after a few years Daniel was finally able to change and I got to learning spells beyond anything that I was supposed to be able to handle. We were never even but what we had we were happy with. Sure there are a few traits here and there that we were able to pick up but nothing substantial. And here's the thing that sucks the most, D-Derek. I was just like you. Everyone could see my dad was training me to be the next alpha instead of my brother. It was just that we were so alike even growing up but I could never shift. You trained Danny but we were so the same, too the same. I know you don't like to hear it but we have our personality mixed. Danny is just like Pops but he's a wolf, a born alpha in every way possible, coming from a strong pack in his own right but taken in an infused with the Hale line. And me I'm just like you but I have magic. Again from a strong line but to have my power come from a strong magic user like Pops," Gina looked at the claws on her hand. Derek didn't know how she must feel with all of this happening now. "I can only shift when I've taken over Daniel and even that feels really wrong after a while. I'm a thing of magic," Gina chuckled darkly and lightly hit her head. "Last time we almost went crazy with all the senses and Danny almost burned down a forest trying to get all of his powers together. Luckily since then we've worked it out. And now," she tapped her head again "I think that little shit became an alpha," Gina smiled this time.

"What?" Derek and been trying to follow but it was too much. No, not that he couldn't follow just that he didn't want to believe it.

"The Hale House affected him more than you realize," Gina said. "When I was off throwing my tantrum and taking my turn as the flaily one he stepped up," Gina looked better now. Her story was more of a confession and it seemed like a weight had been taken off her shoulders.

"You wanted to see your parents it's understandable," Derek said knowing that it was what he would do.

"I wanted to see earlier times, we have always been targeted for being what we are as much as who we are. Twins from an alpha and druids from such high blood lines influenced and raised by a Hale pack and a true alpha. We'd just come from another fight and I just wanted to see something easier. I thought this could be it," Gina finished.

"If you're anything like me you probably took it all too seriously," Derek said. It would almost be funny if it wasn't so sad. He couldn't cope with things and now neither could his kids. Fuck. No wonder Daniel was so weird in the beginning.

"Yup blasted Danny back and here we are," said Gina. "And now I get to switch back into an emissary," she nodded a bit. "But I saw what I needed to they would never be real parents and he gave me a chance to forgive you but this is important now Derek." Gina was using his name again and he flinched. It looked like the heart to heart was over but he couldn't blame her anymore, they were too similar. "You need to forgive yourself," that threw Derek but she gave him a pleading look before a look crossed her face like she was going to sneeze. She blinked and her eyes turned purple for a second until they went back to the yellow of a wolf. "I'm fading. I've been here for too long. I'm surprised I've lasted but that's probably because of Danny's help. You won't see me for a while," Gina smiled a little "and I know you and Pops will have found something so I need to work with him with getting my brother back. Just know it's ok dad," Gina surged forward and hugged Derek. He started to feel the change.

Notes:

I'm so sorry this has taken so long but I promise that I have still been writing! I have a SPN fic in the works and I've fallen hard for Pacific Rim writing. If you have any prompts you want to start let me know! I'm feeling the end is coming up soon for this so I need to keep going. I'll definitely pick it up again because I love the idea of a hunter pack way too much to let go. I just need a little time to work on other fics before coming back to this.

If anyone is interested I'll be at London Comic Con for the next two days if anyone spots me you can decide which is the next fic I post haha.