A/N: This chapter will be in two POV's, Skye's and Scott's
Skye's POV
I stood in my bathroom, tears pouring down my face as I tried with all I could to scrub the blood off my hands, Isaac's blood it was Isaac's blood on my hands, from scratching at him so hard when I was trying to break free of his grip, he wouldn't let me go to Derek's body, Derek was dead but he couldn't be dead, I kept saying this in my mind to try and keep myself from freaking out even more but it wasn't working
I continued to scrub until my hands were raw, Derek was dead and the last thing we did is fight and I never even got to tell him I loved him once last time, we didn't even have his body to say goodbye too, my sobs turned louder and I felt so despaired that I literary couldn't breathe
"Skyler" a voice said but my mind would register who "SKYE" Scott caught me before I could hit the ground and I grabbed onto my brother, not wanting to let him go as I finally let myself break down in sobs
"He…He's…He's not gone!" I cried in between sobs and clutched his shirt
"I'm so sorry Skye" I heard Scott say in between my sobs
"I can't go tomorrow, I just can't!"
"I know, I'll tell Coach you're sick" Scott paused "I can stay to if you want"
"No, you need to go, you need to be there for the others and make sure they don't get into trouble, I wish I could be there for them but I just can't be right now" I looked up at him and could tell he was in pain "Is it healing" I asked as I looked at his side
"Yeah, I'm totally fine" I knew he was lying but I couldn't stop thinking about my own pain, Derek was really gone and I felt like my heart had been ripped from my chest, I nodded then moved to my bed and don't know how long I just laid there clutching Derek's leather jacket to my chest
"How long has she been like this" I heard Cora ask from somewhere in the house
"Since she laid down, she hasn't moved, hasn't eaten, hasn't talked since…" Scott replied then Cora walked in my bedroom with him not far behind her and she sat down on the edge of my bed
"Skye?" I didn't even look up "Skye please, look at me…I don't know what to do" my eyes met Cora's but I didn't say a word
"She's not gonna budge" Scott said standing in the doorway "I've tried everything Cora if she keeps going like this…she's going to die"
"You know what happens to mates when the other passes…" Scott shook his head "Derek's dead and that means we only have a couple hours maybe a day or two left until Skye dies too, we can't lose our only Alpha we need to get her to eat or something" Cora added then I heard her sigh as I closed my eyes and let myself fall asleep
TWENTY FOUR HOURS EARLIER (Skye's Dream)
Derek, Cora, Peter, Boyd and I all stood around the table in Derek's apartment when Scott came rushing in
"I know where they are" he said looking at me in confusion because he knew Derek and I weren't in the best of places after he kicked Isaac out but they were still my pack and I was their other Alpha
"Same building as the Argents, we know" Derek said, looking up at him
"Cora and I followed the twins" Boyd added
"Then they want you to know" Scott replied
"Or, more likely they don't care" Peter cut in as Scott walked over to the table, seeing the blue prints and books on the table
"What is this?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Peter asked "The schemers are scheming, coming up with a coup de main, better known as a pre-emptive strike"
"You're going after them?" Scott asked again looking at me but this time with worry and confusion
"Tomorrow" Derek answered "And you're gonna help us" Derek paused when my head snapped up, I didn't want them doing it, if he thinks I was going to let my twin brother do this as well he was crazy "They're one floor above them in the penthouse, right above Allison"
"So kill them first, that's the plan?" Scott asked
"They won't even see it coming" Boyd replied
"Why is the default plan always murder?" Scott asked "Just once, can someone try to come up with something that doesn't involve killing everyone?"
"You never get tired of being so blandly moral, do you?" Peter asked him "Not that I disagree with him" Peter looked at Derek and me
"I do" Cora chimed in "Why do we need this kid?"
"This kid helped save your life" I said, crossing my arms in front of my chest glaring at her
"And you know we can't just sit back and wait for them to make the first move" Derek informed the group
"You can't beat a pack of Alphas" Scott said
"That's why we're going after Deucalion" Cora said "Just him"
"Cut off the head of the snake and the body dies" Boyd said
"Only this isn't a snake, it's a hydra" I said "They're all Alphas"
"Deucalion's still the leader" Derek said in a stern voice looking down at me, I turned and glared at him
"Let's hope so" I said, looking at my mate "Because do you know what happened when Hercules cut off one of the hydra's heads?"
"Two more grew back in its place" Scott answered
"Someone's been doing their summer reading" Peter said, looking at us and they continued trying to work out a plan as I moved and sat down on the floor letting my back rest against the windows, Derek looked back at me briefly as I put my head in my hands, I had a horrible feeling about this
Later that night everyone left to get ready but I stayed back because I knew I had to try and convince Derek not to do this because it's crazy and one of them were going to get hurt, I could just feel it
"I don't like this" I said, breaking the silence that had plagued us "Are you sure we can go up against Deucalion, I have almost lost you on multiple occasions and this seems like this could be the one that I do"
"You don't have to worry" Derek replied sighing "I'll have the others with me and we will be alright" I shook my head because I was never not going to worry about especially when he kept doing things like this "You're going to stay here"
"Uh no I'm not" I argued "I told you that I wasn't going to be cut out of these things, I'm your equal Derek" he glared at me clearly not appreciating my arguing with him "Derek I respected your choice to leave me behind last time you tried to go up against them alone but not this time, you need me"
"Skyler I'm not putting you in danger so please I need you away from this fight" I sighed because I knew arguing wasn't going to be worth it and left without another word feeling his anger again that I walked away
Later that night I stood in the doorway of Scott's room as he turned and gasped, his helmet in his hand, I knew where he was going he wanted to talk with Deucalion before Derek attacks and I was going with him because I had to stop it, for Derek
"Where are you going?" I asked
"Uh, I was gonna go get some food to eat"
"Oh, cool I'll come with you" I replied
"Nah, it's okay I can eat alone"
"What are you getting?"
"Uh, Mexican" he nervously replied
"Bro, you know I love Mexican..." I grabbed the spare helmet from his chest of drawers
"Skye I can eat alone, it's okay"
"You're not going alone" I paused "Come on" I nodded my head and started walking out with Isaac in tow
Scott and I rode on his bike, he drove into the old abandoned shopping mall where Scott planned to meet Deucalion he came to a stop and we got off the bike we saw Isaac standing there
"What are you doing here?" Scott asked him
"I followed you" he replied "I knew you were planning to talk to Deucalion before Derek could do anything and I wasn't letting you or Skye do this alone" I don't know if he knew I was there when Derek kicked him out but he had still been talking to me when we bumped into each other at home so I hope that meant we were okay, Isaac was definitely important to me and I'd hate it if he was mad at me
"We're just gonna talk to him, try to reason with him" Scott said after taking off his helmet and started walking further in "That's it, all right?" he paused looking at us as we stared at him "What?"
"Nothing it's just that, uh, I'm actually kind of hungry now" I said, giving my brother a smile
"So am I" we walked farther into the warehouse, until we came to an escalator that Deucalion was standing at the top of
"You didn't come alone" he said
"Yeah, this is Skyler and Isaac"
"I'm not talking about Isaac or your lovely sister Skyler" Scott and I turned, seeing Derek walk out of the shadows in wolf form with Cora and Boyd standing behind him
"You knew I would do this?" Scott asked Derek as he started walking towards Deucalion
"Derek don't, you can't do this, no one else needs to get hurt, if someone else dies..." I tried to reason with him
"Him" Derek growled, pointing at Deucalion "Just him"
"Just me?" Deucalion asked "Now, how's a blind man find his way into a place like this all on his own?" there was a loud noise, like nails on a chalkboard as Kali made her way down the wall using her claws, Ennis came up behind Scott and me, causing Scott to move me behind him, then the twins Ethan and Aiden were on the floor above us, we were surrounded
Derek surveyed the room, seeing his chance and he went after Deucalion but Kali went after him, slashing his face with her claws and I felt it appear on mine, the twins jumped from the floor above and landed as one massive Alpha as Ennis and Boyd began to fight
I roared and went after Kali to stop her attacking Derek but was caught by Deucalion, who grabbed me then moved his other hand to my throat with his claws just pressing against the soft skin above my main artery
"Let me go!" I yelled as he took me back on top of the escalator
"I can't do that, I want you to watch as the ones you love die!" the fighting continued and I felt every strike everyone got and Derek's wounds were showing up on my skin, the fight ended with Kali's foot on Cora's chest, Boyd trapped under Ennis' and the Alpha twins holding down Scott and Isaac "Kill him" Deucalion told Derek, Derek turned and saw for the first time saw that Deucalion had me "The others can go" Derek didn't move "You're beaten" Deucalion said, still holding onto me as he used me as a guide to make it down the stairs "Do it, Derek, take the first step" I shook my head at Derek as he stared between me and Boyd, I was shaking my head telling him not to save me
"Are we serious with this kid?" Kali asked "Look at him, he's a Co-Alpha, to what, a couple of useless teenagers?"
"Some have more promise than others" Deucalion informed her
"Let him rise to the occasion then, what'll it be, Derek, pack or family?" Kali asked as she stepped harder on Cora's throat but an arrow suddenly shot across the room and white sparks lit up the room which stung my eyes and made my vision go blurry, Kali screamed and they started to scramble but Deucalion held tighter to me
"Your eyes..." he yelled "Cover your eyes!" Allison shot a few more arrows until Scott and Isaac were freed then Scott went after Ennis the two collided, sounding like thunder as they did, when they were separated I could have sworn I saw Scott's eyes change to a bright red making me gasp, Scott shook it off but Derek was already fighting Ennis and he seemed to be losing, the two of them were getting closer to the ledge
"Derek look out!" I shouted, thrashing against Deucalion as the two wolves tried to make the other weak but nothing was working, Deucalion finally released his grip on me and I ran towards them immediately but then Scott scratched Ennis in the back of the knee and that did it, that weakened him and sent the two over the edge "NO!" I screamed so high pitched I swear I saw all the werewolves cringe
Time seemed to go in slow motion until I heard a loud thud and so much pain run through my body as I shakily made my way over to Scott, I looked down and Derek laid there dead on the ground, I began to scream uncontrollably as the tears ran down my face
Scott grabbed me and tried to move me away but I kept fighting him, Isaac then started grabbing me as well but I scratched him, trying to get away then suddenly Boyd was in front of me, trying to calm me so I just stopped fighting letting them drag me away, I felt like my heart was going to explode as they all got into Derek's FJ Cruiser, Derek couldn't be dead we needed to get him
"We can't leave his body!" I yelled at them as they started speed away "We can't!" I began to fight Isaac harder as he held onto me, causing him to bleed as I dug my claws into him and it was like that the whole ride home
I screamed and shot up in bed then cried clutching my chest, it felt like I couldn't breathe and my heart wanted to jump out of my chest then let myself cry myself back to sleep, I just felt so weak and like I couldn't move, my whole body was in pain, my wounds from Derek had healed but it still felt like they were there aching painfully
Scott's POV
Stiles and I sighed from our seats in the back of a school bus, the Cross Country meet was the last thing on our minds and we were constantly checking our phones to see if Skye responded back but she never did which was really worrying me, I heard Stiles sigh and looked over at me as I groaned when the bus jerked and sent a painful stab up my injured side
"Oh Buddy you okay" Stiles asked me "We shouldn't have come, I knew it we shouldn't have come"
"We had to" I replied "There's safety in numbers"
"Yeah well there's also death in numbers okay, it's called a massacre or bloodbath, carnage, slaughter, butchery, wow that's…" I groaned as the bus jerked again "All right Scott, I'm telling coach"
"No, no, no, I'm alright"
"Well you don't look alright, would you let me see it" he tried reaching for my side but I flinched back
"I'm okay" I protested
"Just let me see it, okay" Stiles insisted, I nodded then turned my side to him then lifted my shirt revealing the two bloody scratches "Oh, dude…"
"I know it's bad but it's because there from an Alpha" I replied painfully "It'll take longer to heal"
"How come Isaac and Boyd are fine" Stiles asked but I didn't reply and let my mind wonder back to Derek
"I can't believe he's dead, I can't believe Derek's dead" I said to nobody and laid my head against the window, remembering the fight with the Alpha pack very vividly but sat upright when I heard the coach blow his whistle loudly
"McCall not you too" Coach yelled
"No Coach, I'm good!" I replied
"Whoa Scott, you're bleeding again" Stiles said noticing the growing stain of blood seeping through my shirt "And don't tell me that it's just taking longer to heal, okay because I'm pretty sure that still bleeding is not healing, like, at all" I noticed Ethan was listening to us so I nodded towards him
"He's listening"
"Is he gonna do something?" Stiles asked
"Not in front of this many people"
"Okay, well what about the two ticking time bombs sitting right near him?" he gestured to Isaac and Boyd
"No they won't, not here" I replied shaking my head
"Because of Skye?"
"No…if anything Skye's situation would drive them to attack" I knew my sister wasn't in a good place and what Cora told me before I left was scaring me, I couldn't lose her she was my twin sister and I was meant to protect her especially since I haven't been around much
"Do they know how bad it is?" I shrugged
"We don't even really know how bad she is" I replied
"Are you going to stop them" he asked me
"If I have to" I nodded, then noticed Boyd had his claws out and was gripping the seat in front of him, I started to stand up
"What…what...Scott, where are you going?"
"Boyd, he's gonna do something"
"Okay, what how do you know?" Stiles asked me
"Look at his hands" we looked at Boyd's clawed hands gripping the seat tighter and tighter as the seconds passed, I quickly got up then grabbed Boyd's clawed hand that was gripping the seat in front of him
"Let go" Boyd growled
"You got a plan?" I asked him "Tell me you're brilliant plan and I'll let go, what are you gonna do, kill him right here and then what, what are you gonna do after that?"
"I don't care" Boyd began struggling against mine and Isaac's grips
"Skye wouldn't want this" Isaac told him
"Skye hasn't moved, hasn't talked, hasn't eaten since it happened…I'm doing this for her" Boyd argued
"And look how well that turned out the last time someone thought they were doing something for her, she lost the most important person in her life…she won't want to lose another pack member" I told him gripping Boyd's wrist tighter, Skye cared about all of them so I couldn't let him do this
"Whoa, whoa, you're still hurt" Isaac said when he noticed the blood seeping through my shirt, Boyd looked at me now
"I'm fine" I answered "Give me a chance to figure something out, something that doesn't have to end with someone else dying"
"Okay" Boyd agreed I nodded and slowly got up
"Crisis averted?" Stiles asked as I made my way back to our seat
"Mm-hmm" I told him
"Okay, good cause we got another problem Ethan keeps checking his phone, like every five minutes, it's like he's waiting for something you know, like a message or a signal of some kind I don't know something evil though, I can tell I have a very perceptive eye for evil but you know that"
"I don't like him sitting with Danny" I said
"Yeah, neither do I" Stiles pulled out his phone and began texting "I'm gonna see who he's waiting for"
"What are you doing?" I asked him
"I'm gonna ask"
Skye's POV
The next time I opened my eyes I felt the tears instantly began falling down my cheeks again at the sight of Cora kneeled in front of me as she gently started rubbing my back, seeing her reminded me of Derek
"Skye…we need your help" she whispered sounding a little hopeful
"Why him, why did it have to be him?" I sobbed
"Well at least she's talking" Peter said from the doorway, my head snapped over towards him sending him a warning glare but Peter held up his hands "I'm just trying to help, we're all kind of at a loss right now, you're our leader…so lead us"
"…I…I can't…not without him" I whispered, we were supposed to lead the pack together, I'm not cut out to do it alone
"Yes you can" Cora said sitting on the side of the bed "We need your help, all you ever want to do is help people, so help us" I nodded
"Okay…"
"What I'm about to tell you" Cora started "May or may not be true, so don't get your hopes up, I went back to the abandoned mall…and neither of the bodies were there, if someone were to take them where would they go?" she asked me
"If they were still hanging on…I'd take them to the animal clinic" I replied laying back against Derek's jacket and cuddled it
"Of course" Peter whispered
"Thank you" Cora said squeezing my hand
"Cora" I called out just before she left "If the Alphas grabbed Ennis they wouldn't have grabbed Derek as well…if Ennis is there more than likely Derek won't be"
"Let's hope he got up and walked out on his own then" I sighed and grabbed my phone that had been buzzing all morning, I had fifteen texts from Scott, twenty-two texts from Isaac, five from Boyd and fifty from Stiles, I read the last text Stiles sent and stiffened, Scott still hasn't healed and we might need help controlling Isaac and Boyd from attacking Ethan – Stiles
I was quick to throw the covers off of me and pull on the first outfit I could find and pulled on Derek's leather jacket needing him with me, I'm not letting Scott die and I'm not letting Isaac or Boyd kill Ethan it wasn't the right thing to do, no matter what's happened
I grabbed the keys to the Camaro that I had found on my desk when I came home after Derek died, it had a note next to it from Derek and I don't know when he left them here, I sighed when I felt a fresh set of tears fall as I stood looking at the note again
Skye
I thought twice about selling this car because you love it and it holds too many memories of the good times I've spent with you, so it's yours and I'm sorry about our fight and just want to tell you I love you Skyler and always will
Derek xx
I wiped the tear from my cheek then ran out the door clutching my phone and quickly sent Stiles a quick message before jumping in I'm on my way, tell him to hold on, I sighed and breathed in the welcoming scents of the leather seats and the faint smell of Derek which made my heart lurch, I pushed the feeling down and sped down the highway thankful that there were no cops out today but my phone ringing caught my attention, I saw Stiles name and number flashing so I quickly pressed accept
"Stiles?" I answered the heard Stiles sigh
"Oh it's good to hear your voice Skyez…how are you?" I paused not sure how to answer
"How's Scott?" I asked instead
"Not good…he's bleeding black blood"
"Where are you?" I asked him quickly because I knew that wasn't good at all
"We're about to pull into a rest stop in like two minutes"
"Which one" he told me which rest stop "Ok I'll be there in five" I replied then hung up and pushed on the accelerator a bit harder and continued speeding my way towards the rest stop they were at, five minutes later my car skidded to a stop behind the bus and tried to look for Scott and Stiles then finally saw Stiles and Lydia coming out of the men's restroom
"Skye" Lydia called out seeing me approach
"What's going on?" I asked them
"Scott's not letting himself heal, because of Derek" Stiles told me
"What?"
"He blames himself for Derek's death" I shook my head
"It's not his fault" I replied sighing
"Well we know that but he doesn't"
"You should go see him" Lydia said "Hearing it from you might help him as well, tell him you don't believe it's his fault Derek died" my heart clenched as the words fell out of Lydia's mouth, she started to apologize but I shook my head
"It's fine I'll go in there" I ran into the restroom as Allison was attempting to thread a needle, I could see her hands shaking so I kneeled next to her and grabbed Allison's hands, Allison looked at me and nodded before taking a deep breath and threaded the needle then began quickly stitching Scott up
"Okay" Allison said pulling away from her work "Scott" he didn't respond and my heart stopped when I only heard one heartbeat
"SCOTTY!" I cried out letting it turn into an Alpha roar "Scott no…no I can't…I can't lose you…not now!" I sobbed grabbing his hand tightly
"Scott!" Allison called out again making him gasp for air causing us to sigh in relief
"It's my fault" Scott panted
"Scott" I whispered and put my hand on his shoulder getting his attention "It's not your fault"
"Derek's dead because of me" I shook my head
"I don't blame anyone for Derek's death…especially you, so stop beating yourself up about this" Scott nodded and looked down at his stomach
"Did you do that?" he asked looking at Allison
"Yeah" Allison answered
"Nice" she let out a small laugh
"Can you stand?" Allison and I both helped him stand up "Here put this on" Allison told him sliding on a fresh shirt, we helped him walk out of the restroom, Lydia ran up to us
"Is he okay, are you okay?" Scott nodded
"Yeah, where's Stiles?"
"Trying to stall coach, we still don't have gas"
"I'm not leaving him" Allison told Lydia and I couldn't help the smile because even though they were broken up, they were still cute
"Then we have to leave the car"
"Sounds good" Allison agreed
"What, that wasn't an actual suggestion, Allison wait" we walked towards a group of kids surrounding a fight
"Stiles what's happening?" Scott asked
"They went after him" Stiles answered "I told him what was happening with you and he just went after him"
"Who?" I asked worriedly
"Isaac" he answered then quickly traded spots with me as I ran up to my beta, Isaac was beating Ethan senseless, I may not like the twins but this certainly wasn't the way to handle the situation
"Isaac!" I screamed grabbing his arm, he simply pulled out of my grasp and threw another punch "ISAAC!" I shouted allowing my eyes to glow red knowing no one else could see them, Isaac froze and dropped Ethan then slowly turned around and looked at me
"Skye" he whispered and hung his head in shame "I…"
"I know" I told him "Trust me I know"
"McCall?" Finstock yelled walking up to me, I sighed and turned to look at him
"Yes coach?"
"What are you doing here, no never mind I don't want to know" I opened my mouth to speak but Finstock blew the whistle in my face, I tried it three more times but was getting the same result then started sneezing so I held up my hands in surrender before turning back towards Isaac and Boyd "Okay everyone back on the bus" Finstock ordered
"You should go" I nodded towards the bus, Isaac nodded and walked towards the bus with Boyd following him "Hey guys!" I shouted at them, they looked back at me "Let me know how you guys do alright?" Boyd and Isaac smiled at me and nodded
"You're leaving?" Scott asked behind me, I turned and gave him a small smile but it wasn't genuine
"I…I can't be here right now Scott, I just needed to make sure you were okay" I hugged him quickly "Your all I have left"
"This…this is all my fault" he said sighing
"Hey" I said grabbing his arm "We talked about this…none of this is your fault…De…Derek being dead has nothing to do with you, I don't blame you so you shouldn't either, call me on your way home" he nodded
"I will" he walked towards Stiles, Lydia and Allison and into the bus "Hey Skye" I turned back to him "I'm sorry I haven't been around much"
"It's okay Scotty" I replied then quickly got into the car and started it up but before I could get on the road my cell phone rang I looked at the caller ID and saw Derek flash on the screen with his picture smiling at me "If this is some kind of sick joke…it's not funny…not even remotely funny" I snapped as tears ran down my face again
"Skyler?" Ms Blake said into the phone
"Ms Blake how did you get Derek's phone?" I asked jealousy now coursing through my veins
"Uh…he gave it to me….um here…"
"Skye" Derek said weakly into the phone, I gasped
"Derek, oh my God, you're…you're alive?" I sobbed
"Skyez…I need you…I couldn't…I couldn't find you, where are you?" Derek said in a weak voice, I clutched my phone tighter
"I'm about two hours outside Beacon Hills" I replied
"W…why?"
"Scott was dying and he needed me…and I had to stop Isaac from kicking the crap outta Ethan in front of the entire cross country team"
"I need you" I sniffled at the urgency in his voice
"Okay, I'll be there in an hour maybe less, there aren't that many cops here and I have the Camaro…I'll be there baby just hold on"
"Skyler?" Ms Blake said again
"Do you know where you're taking him?" I asked her
"His loft I think" she replied and I fought the growl in my throat
"Ms Blake…I need to know for sure, he says he needs me so I need to get there as soon as I possibly can"
"His loft" she replied
"Okay I'll meet you there in about an hour" I said before hanging up and speeding back towards Beacon Hills still not completely believing that this was real, DEREK WAS ALIVE!