I stretched and smiled when Derek's arm tightened around my waist but groaned when I heard my phone ring loudly echoing through the loft
"You gonna answer that?" Derek asked with his eyes still closed
"No" I sighed and cuddled closer to him
"Okay… " he replied but before he could say another word the loft door opened up and Cora's scent filled the room causing me to sigh and get out of bed walking over to my phone
"Skye there you are I've…" Cora started then Derek came into her view "…Derek?" I watched her face grow angry and felt her emotions do the same as she walked over and punched her brother in the jaw causing both of us to groan in pain as our jaws broke
"CORA?" I yelled holding my jaw
"When were you going to tell me about this?"
"In like two minutes after I answered these texts" I replied rolling my eyes
"Why didn't either of you tell me or anyone for that matter last night?" she protested loudly
"Hmm…that would be an awkward conversation, hey guys just to let you know Derek's alive but please don't see him at the moment because he looks like a giant open wound, he might not make it through the night, oh and if he heals we're gonna have sex" I replied and heard Derek chuckling to himself as Cora shook her head
"I did not need that much detail" I rolled my eyes but started gathering my stuff because I had to check up on Scott and make sure they were all okay
"Where are you going?" Derek asked me
"I need to check on Scott and Isaac to make sure their okay" I hugged him and kissed his cheek before leaving them and drove home, I walked in just as it looked like Scott was getting ready to leave "Scott!" I run up and hugged him "I'm so glad you're okay" I leaned back then punched his shoulder "You ever do that to me again I swear to god I'll kill you myself"
"I promise I won't" he replied "Mom's really busy at work and I thought I'd bring her dinner want to come" I nodded then we got on his bike and went to the hospital after picking up some take-away
"Oh, thank God" Mom said, as we walked into the hospital with food "I'm starving" she took the bag from Scott and put it on the nurses desk then turned back to us "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry thank you for bringing me dinner" she hugged both of us
"Is everything okay?" I asked
"Except for half the accident victims in a ten car pile-up being rerouted here from downtown, and the E.R. attending not answering any of his pages, yeah, I'm okay"
"What does not answering pages mean?" Scott asked
"It means that nobody can find him, so now we have to wait for the on call to get here"
"Miss" we turned to see a woman standing there and I could tell she was in a great deal of pain just by looking at her and when I tuned into the emotion around me I felt it making me quickly block it out again before I passed out
"Yes?" Mom asked
"Excuse me, can I kind of please have something for the pain?"
"Okay, I'm sorry I know but actually giving you something could complicate things, so we really just need to wait for the doctors, okay?" Mom explained as she sat her down "Okay, how much longer on Dr. Hilyard?" she called to one of the nurses
"Ten minutes" they responded and Mom sighed then walked over to help other patient, Scott and I both looked at each other and then sat on either side of the woman
"Uh, you know I think that I read online that sometimes human contact can help with pain" he told the woman and took her hand, I watched as the black veins appeared in his arm, taking her pain away it seemed to be working, because she stopped shaking and let out a gasp
"Someone... someone help me!" I looked up from the woman and saw Ethan helping Danny into the ER "Oh, I need help!" he yelled again Mom, Scott and I ran over and helped Ethan bring Danny over to a chair
"Okay, gentle, gentle, gentle!" Mom told us as Danny started screaming in pain, as soon as we had Danny sitting down, Scott and I pulled Ethan away
"What did you do to him?" I asked, trying to keep my anger under control
"Nothing, he said he was having chest pains and trouble breathing but it... it just kept getting worse"
"This is not good, how much longer on Dr. Hilyard?" Mom called "His larynx has shifted to the side I think it's a tension pneumothorax" Danny suddenly threw up as we looked helplessly on as he kneeled to the ground, I couldn't help but look and saw what looked like round white balls all over the floor
"Mistletoe" I heard Ethan say
"Can you three please go back to the waiting room?" Mom asked as they wheeled Danny into a room
"Where are the nurses and the doctors?" Ethan asked "Where is everyone?"
"It's a full house tonight, they're tending to other patients"
"Okay, well mom, how can we help?" I asked
"Honey, you can't, his lung is collapsed his heart is being pushed against his chest cavity, so..."
"He's gonna die, isn't he?" Scott asked, Mom cautiously looked around the room
"No, no he's not, Scott you grab the tape, Skye grab those scissors and cut his shirt open, okay" we did as we were told but I panicked when I saw Danny start to go still
"Mom, he's not breathing" I said nervously
"I know, I know" she began feeling around Danny's chest and when she found what she was looking for, she stuck a needle into Danny and flipped a lever and began to pull on the syringe then took it out and looked at Danny for a few seconds, he opened his eyes and looked at her
"Thank you" he whispered
"No problem" she said with a smile then looked at us as we stared at her in shock and wonder because that was amazing "What?" she asked us
"That was awesome" we both replied
"It was no problem, you know I mean, it wasn't a big deal" she exhaled loudly, once Danny was settled in and stabilized, Scott and I thought it would be time to go so we went outside to get on his motorcycle, when Ethan stopped us
"I know you're not gonna believe me, but I didn't do anything" he told us holding up his hands
"All we know is that the minute that you got here, you went right for Danny and your brother went for Lydia" I said again trying to keep my anger in control
"We're not gonna hurt him"
"Why should we believe you?" Scott asked
"Because we knew one of them was gonna a be important to you's and now we know it's Lydia" he replied as Scott and I looked past him at a car, slowly driving or more like swerving into the parking lot
Scott and I both stepped forward and Ethan turned to see what it was, the car swerved to the right and hit a parked car, we all quickly ran over, Scott threw the door open but no one was inside except for a single dead moth, it wasn't long after the car came into the parking lot that police showed up and we found out the car had belonged to the on call doctor who never showed up
"Hang on, hang on they were both in the car?" The Sheriff asked as he questioned me and Scott
"No, dad they're trying to tell you that it was two separate kidnappings, okay?" Stiles said, he had come with his father "Two doctors, both gone"
"So whose car is this?"
"Dr. Hilyard, the on-call doctor" Mom said cutting in "The E.R. attending is the one that never made it in" the sheriff sighed
"Let me just focus on getting your story first, all right?"
"Yeah" Mom nodded
"Can you give us a second?" we nodded then walked over to the side
"These are definitely sacrifices, right?" Scott asked
"Yeah, it's the one Deaton mentioned: Healers" Stiles informed us
"What about Danny?" I asked "He threw up mistletoe that's not a coincidence and if he hadn't been with Ethan he probably would've died, Danny's not a healer" Stiles shook his head and looked behind us at his dad who was on the phone
"Can you two hear that?" Stiles asked us, we both listened in and my eyes widened
"They found a body" Scott answered
Scott, Isaac and I all decided to watch over our Mom because we feared she would be the next Healers sacrifice and we took it in shifts with Isaac being on the last shift giving Scott and I a chance to rest but I wasn't exactly having a peaceful rest I dreamt that the Alpha twins were chasing me through the woods and then I saw Derek but he was dead with his throat slashed
"HEY!" I heard my mom yell which made me, Scott and Isaac jump up rudely awoken "What do you think you're doing" Mom asked
"Uh, we were watching over you" Isaac replied
"We wanted to make sure you weren't the third sacrifice" Scott added
"But all three of you were asleep" she said looking at us and I turned to Isaac who was rubbing his neck
"You were on watch last" I said
"What are you talking about, Scott was on watch last" he replied looking at Scott
"No, you were on watch last" Scott said
"I might've been on watch last" Isaac replied looking at our Mom and she laughed
"My heroes, wait didn't you say they were all doctors I mean I haven't recently had an M.D attached to the end of my name, so I think I'm in the clear"
"Yeah but it could just come under any healer Mom" I replied
"And you were definitely a healer last night" Scott added
"Yeah well I'm not going to be anyone human sacrifice today so all three of you get your butts to school" Mom replied
I told Scott and Isaac that I'd meet them at school that I had to check up on something, I drove to the loft in record speed having fun with the Camaro but when I got to the top of the stairs I heard the alarm start so I ran in just in time to see Derek jerk awake and run over to the alarm box quickly turning it off, Derek moved to where I was and stood facing the door just as Cora walked over and nodded towards the window
"What does it mean?" she asked him, I looked at the window and saw the Alpha pack symbol, Cora and I watched as Derek walked over to the window
"It means they're coming" Derek answered her "Tonight"
"That's it, I'm not going to school today" I declared grabbing my phone out of my pocket but Derek was quick to snatch it out of my hands "Derek, give it back!"
"You're going to school this isn't going to change anything"
"Derek they threatened us…"
"No they threatened me" I tilted my head
"I have to ask…did that sound like a good reason for me to leave you in your head, because it sounded more like a reason for me to stay" Derek sighed
"Skye, please"
"…No"
"Skye think about it…" I growled at him but then sighed
"I…" he gave me a look so I gave in but I had a plan anyway "Okay fine but I'm coming back straight after school and use this anger for good" he opened his mouth to argue so I shot his look right back at him he sighed then cupped my face and stroked my cheek with his thumb
"Everything will be okay"
"I can't lose you again Derek…" I whispered doing my best not to cry
"You won't…not again" I nodded and leaned up to kiss him, he instantly responded back and wrapped his arms around my waist then pulled back and lightly kissed my forehead "I love you"
"I love you too" I whispered before giving him a quick kiss and walking out the door and went to reluctantly went to school, I sighed as I sat next in between Scott and Stiles
"What's wrong" Scott asked
"The Alpha pack threatened Derek, they left their symbol on his window this morning and they're going to kill him" I explained
"Is everything gonna be okay?" Stiles asked me but all I could do was shrug
"I have no idea" before anything could be said a book was placed on the teacher's desk causing us to look up I let out an involuntary growl at the sight of Ms Blake, Scott and Stiles shot me questioning glances that I ignored
"Good morning" Ms Blake said, getting the classes' attention "As you all know, Mr Harris is still missing..." I raised my eyebrow at her "I mean, sick, anyway I'm filling in while we all hope and pray for a more qualified substitute to take my place, okay so let's get started, shall we?" I sighed as the lesson began because so far my day had been one bad thing after the other
"So my dad said that the ER attending wasn't strangled but did die from asphyxiation, they just don't know how" Stiles whispered to us once everyone was busy copying the notes
"Do you think the on-call doctor could still be alive?"
"I don't know"
"I doubt it" I sighed loudly trying to focus on my school work as much as possible
"Scott, there's got to be at least twenty other doctors in that hospital, at least you know any one of them could be next" Scott's phone began buzzing and he quickly answered it
"Hey, Doc sorry, I'm in class right now can I call you back later?" I listened into the conversation
"Unfortunately no, is Skyler near you?" Deaton asked
"Yeah she's right next to me"
"Good…I honestly thought I might never have to burden you two like this but I'm afraid at the moment you two are my only hope, I'm going to be taken, I need you to find me" the phone hung up
"Doc, doc, doc, doc?" Scott exclaimed into the phone "What's happening?" he then looked over and matching my worried expression, Deaton was going to be the next sacrifice but before we could do anything my phone buzzed and I quickly raised my hand after reading the text
"Ms Blake, may I use the restroom?"
"Oh, yeah of course Skyler" she answered, I walked out of the room and towards Isaac and Boyd
"Hey thanks for meeting me you guys"
"What's going on?" Isaac asked me
"Derek's in trouble…the Alpha pack left their symbol on his window and he's says they're coming for him tonight"
"So what do you need us to do?" Boyd asked
"I know this is a lot to ask but can you guys go stay with him please, it would make me feel a lot better knowing he has someone with him" Isaac and Boyd both nodded
"We'll go" Boyd replied, I sighed in relief
"Thank you guys so much!" I hugged both of them and watched them walk away then quickly caught up with Scott, we pulled up outside the clinic and Scott and I ran in but the Sheriff and one of his deputies was already there
"How did you know?" Scott asked them
"Stiles called me as soon as you two left school" the sheriff answered "I'm sorry, your boss' car is still here and the back door was wide open" Scott sat down in one of the waiting room chairs while I stood, still in shock "Scott, Skye I need you guys to tell me everything" Scott and I shared a look before looking back at the Sheriff
"All right, we're doing everything we can" The Sheriff told us, Stiles stood beside us as he patted Scott on the shoulder "Right now, the best thing you can do is go back to school" we nodded and the Sheriff turned away, going back over to the deputy, Scott and I both looked at each other, then at Stiles, nodding towards the cat clinic and went inside, closing the door
"We have to tell him" Scott said
"You mean, like tell him, tell him or tell him something else that isn't telling him what I think you want to tell him?" Stiles asked
"You know what he means" I said
"You remember how your mom reacted, she didn't look you guys in the eyes for like a week"
"It's a little different for us" I replied and Scott hit my arm then looked back at Stiles
"She got over it and... and it actually made us closer" Scott replied
"I don't know, dude I mean, look at him come on, he's completely overwhelmed as it is"
"He's overwhelmed because he has no clue what's happening" I said "He's got people dying in his town, the town that he's supposed to protect and it's not his fault that he doesn't know what's happening, he's gonna find out sooner or later"
"Yeah but is now really the right time?"
"What if not telling him now gets someone else killed?"
"What if telling him gets him killed, huh I mean, okay look I get that Deaton's been like a father to you two I get that, okay but this is m...you guys, this is my actual father I can't... I can't lose both of my parents, all right not both of them"
"You're right" Scott said but Stiles sighed
"No I'm not, I'm not right" he paused "I'll tell him"
"We'll help you" I said, putting a hand on his shoulder and Stiles grabbed me, hugging me then the three of us exited the room
"Please, whatever you need, however you can help find my brother" Ms Morrell said to the Sheriff, what the hell was she doing here, the Sheriff nodded
"Will you excuse us for a moment?" he asked and left the room with his deputy
"Okay, listen closely, all of you" Morrell said, becoming serious "No sheriff, deputy or Detective is going to be able to find him"
"You don't have to ask us for help" Scott said
"Actually, I'm trying to help you because if you're going to find my brother then you need to use the one person who might actually have an ability to seek out the supernatural"
"Lydia" Stiles said nodding at us, Stiles and I quickly drove back to the school and ran to go find Lydia
"My guess is Coach's office…it's like their place" I told him just as a fire alarm went off and I covered my ears because it was ten times worse for a werewolf
"Let go" I heard Lydia say from the locker room over the sound of the fire alarm, so I pulled Stiles into the room to see Cora had her hand gripping Lydia's wrist "I said…" Lydia started
"Let go" Stiles finished "She said "let, go"" Cora stood there for a second looking at me
"Cora let her go" I told her, she let out a growl before releasing Lydia
"You know what Derek wants" Cora told me, I knew Derek didn't want Lydia or any one of us around the Alpha pack
"And I'm going to tell you the same thing I told him, you can't make Lydia do anything she doesn't want to do"
"She's in danger" Cora protested
"She knows that and the only thing we can do is to keep them separate as long as we can"
"Uh hello" Lydia waved "Yeah right here"
"I know" I responded turning my gaze on her "That's why we're here…we need your help" Cora, Lydia, Stiles and I went to the chemistry room and all sat down, Stiles pulled out a box causing me to roll my eyes
"A Ouija board?" Lydia asked him
"Also called a spirit board and it's worth a shot" Stiles answered
"A shot in the dark"
"Would you just try it please, okay let's not forget who this is for Scott and Skye's boss, the guy who has saved our collective asses on more than one occasion" Stiles put the pointer on the board facing Lydia and I was quick to turn it around the other way rolling my eyes
"Okay, so do we all do this?" Cora asked him
"Yeah…Yeah"
"That's reassuring" I deadpanned
"Skyez when this is over do me a favour?" Stiles asked confusing me
"What?"
"Stop spending so much time with Derek…you're turning into Mrs. Sourwolf" I shot a glare at him as Cora scoffed
"Excuse you" I huffed annoyed "I was a smart ass before"
"Guys" Lydia interrupted "Let's just do this please" we put our hands on the pointer
"You guys ready?" Stiles asked
"Yeah"
"Yes" Cora answered
"I guess" I sighed
"Where's Dr. Deaton?" Stiles asked and after a few seconds of nothing we all looked at Lydia
"What?" she asked us
"Aren't you gonna answer it?"
"Oh, I don't know the answer I thought we were asking some sort of spirit"
"Well do you know any spirits?" Cora asked her, Lydia pointed at her
"Is she for real?" Lydia asked looking at me
"Let's try something else" I replied turning to Stiles
"Okay" Stiles pulled out a set of keys "These are Deaton's keys for the clinic, close your eyes and I'm gonna put 'em in your hand and then we're just gonna try and see if you can feel out for his location, it's called psychometry"
"I'm not a psychic" Lydia told him
"You're something!" Stiles exclaimed "Okay, just… Lydia put out your hand and…" Lydia sighed and did what he asked, he placed them in her hand and she flinched
"Ooh"
"What?" Stiles and I asked her
"They're cold" I started laughing as Stiles stared at her
"Look Lydia you made his eye twitch" I replied still laughing
"Skyler, not helping!" Stiles sighed, I glared at the use of my full name coming from him "Lydia concentrate please we're trying to save lives here, for the love of God" Lydia rolled her eyes but closed them anyway and scrunched her eyebrows closer together "What is it, what do you see?" she opened her eyes
"Nothing"
"Okay let's try something else" Stiles sighed holding up a pencil for her
"Automatic writing?" Lydia asked, Stiles nodded, she sighed and took the pencil and we watched as Lydia began moving the pencil across the paper
"Lydia, what are you doing, what the hell is that?" Stiles asked her
"A tree"
"A…" he looked over at Cora and me as we shrugged our shoulders "Lydia you're supposed to be writing words, like in sentences, something like a location, something that would tell us where he is"
"Well maybe you should've said that"
"Isn't she supposed to be some kind of genius?" Cora asked
"Genius yes, Psychic no, honestly I don't know why you're even bothering with me anyway especially since it's obvious you should be talking to Danny"
"Wait what, why Danny?" I asked her
"Because" Scott said from the doorway, we looked over and I saw he was holding his hand against his shoulder which was bleeding "Last night, he was a target but he wasn't a sacrifice"
"Scott what happened?" I asked running to his side and moved his hand looking at his slowly healing shoulder
"Deucalion was here"
"What, why?"
"He was warning me, he told me that I had to choose between Derek and Deaton but that someone was going to die tonight" I backed up
"Are you sure?" I asked him with panic clear in my voice, Scott nodded
"You should go…go help Derek" I nodded
"You'll find him Scott, I know you will" I quickly ran out of the classroom and grabbed my keys out of my locker but stopped dead in my tracks as Kali stepped into my line of view "What are you doing here?" I growled allowing my eyes to shift
"Just picking something up" Kali smirked, I gasped as I felt electricity course through my body and fell to my knees convulsing slightly, I felt someone lift up my head to make me look back at Kali "Knock her out" before I could react my head was bashed into the concrete wall knocking me out
I woke up by a sudden stop then looked around and noticed I was in a car the door opened and I found myself being pulled out by Ethan and Aiden
"What are you doing to me?" I asked thrashing against the twins as Kali got out of the driver's side
"I've brought you here for leverage"
"My brother and Derek will find me, they'd know my scent even if I was in a filthy sewer" I said growling at them
"Oh, I took care of that" Kali said, holding up my phone "Scott already thinks you're helping Derek and well you're the leverage for Derek" Ethan and Aiden tightened their grip on me and Aiden put his hand around my throat, his claws extended as they led me into a building, which I realized was Derek's and led me up to his loft, Kali went first opening the door
"Gonna be honest Derek, when Ennis died I thought to myself I'd just go for it, find you and kill you wherever you stood, then I remembered how you surround yourself with these teenagers, hiding behind them and I thought, "What's a girl got to do to get you alone?"" that's when Ethan and Aiden brought me into the loft, I saw Derek standing there, his wolf form out while Boyd and Isaac stood beside him "You and me Derek or they tear your precious little Skyler apart" Kali said and I felt the boys grips get tighter "What do you say, you think you can beat me one on one?" Derek nodded his head, motioning for Isaac and Boyd to step to the side
"I'm gonna rip your throat out, with my teeth" Derek growled at her and Kali did the same to him, I shook my head and fought against the twins vice like grip
I could only watch helplessly as the two Alphas began to fight, I tried to struggle my way away from the twins but their grip only got tighter and I could feel blood coming from my neck and the more I tried to wiggle my way out of the twins grasps the more I was making myself bleed
"DEREK!" I cried out trying to get out of the twins' grasps, again as Kali scratched Derek across the chest and I screamed when I felt it appear on my skin
"Skye stop!" Isaac shouted obviously noticing the blood running down my neck I paid no attention to him and kept my eyes trained on Derek
"Derek!" I exclaimed as Kali jumped on the wall, spinning around kicking Derek in the face, she then moved to the table after he tried to force her down, she kicked him into the water that flooded his loft floor and watched as he kneeled up and locked eyes with me then growled out before turning towards Kali, Derek got up as Kali jumped from the table and she kicked him in the face, sending him backwards again "Derek!" I yelled, struggling because I could feel everything he felt, Isaac made a run towards me but the twins pressed their claws into my neck causing me to cry out in pain
"No!" Derek yelled
"Wait!" Isaac yelled, stopping Boyd as Derek and Kali continued to fight, Derek on the losing side Kali grabbed Derek by the neck and I was about to start fighting, when Isaac ran up to me and grabbed me from the twins, he did this as the power was turned back on and Boyd, Kali, and Derek were all shocked
"NO, DEREK" I yelled, trying to getting away from Isaac but he kept me down
"Take him" Kali ordered Ethan and Aiden, they both grabbed Derek forcing him to sit up and raised his arms extending his claws then Kali grabbed Boyd and lifted him in the air….making him fall on Derek's claws
"Boyd!" I yelled, tears filling my eyes Boyd let out a few groans before falling to kneel on the ground, I cried against Isaac as I felt it all
"I'm giving you till the next full moon, Derek" Kali said, walking away the twins following "Make the smart choice, join the pack...or next time" she paused, looking at me "I'm killing all of you" she walked passed me as I had fallen to my knees staring at the scene in shock, Kali scoffed at the sight "So much for being all powerful"
I turned my head and stood up, my eyes began to glow an intense bright red as I locked eyes with Kali and tilted my head, she looked at me with wide eyes as she fell to her knees in front of me, tears were running down her face as if she were the one who lost a pack member tonight
"Skye" Derek whispered pulling me out of my concentration, Kali and the twins fled, I felt myself getting weaker by the second as I moved towards Derek and Boyd, I sunk down next to Derek and looked at Boyd with tears running down my face
"It's okay" Boyd whispered
"No, no, no, it's not, it's not" Derek stuttered
"It's all okay, Derek"
"I'm…I'm sorry"
"The full moon, that feeling, it was worth it being a part of something…it was worth it, did you know it was the lunar eclipse I always wondered what…what that felt like for one of us, for a werewolf"
Derek adjusted his grip and Boyd fell onto the floor, I moved so I was in front of Derek and wrapped my arms around his neck as his arms wound around my waist and his head fell onto my shoulder, I heard Cora running through the water towards Boyd and began crying, Stiles walked over to Derek and me, I knew my eyes were glowing bright red but tears were falling down my face as I tried calming Derek down, I was taking away his emotional pain for now
I felt Derek's arms tighten around me and I looked up behind him, seeing Stiles standing there he had his hand on Derek's shoulder, I smiled appreciating the comfort he was giving Derek because I was just as distraught and didn't think my attempt to calm him was working very well