I stood in the doorway of Derek's loft and watched as the he held a trash bag in his hand, picking up trash and peeling the neon tape off the walls, everyone else had gone but I didn't I wanted to talk with him
"You need help?" I asked he looked up at me and nodded, running his fingers through his hair, I walked over to him and took the trash bag "You know I didn't know the party was here until we pulled up"
"It doesn't matter anymore, it's done" Derek said as he turned to pick up a piece of trash but I grabbed his arm and turned him back to me, then looked up into his eyes
"Is this real or am I dreaming" I asked him running my hand up his arm to his shoulder
"You're not dreaming"
"I'm sorry you had to see me dance with that guy" I told him
"It's okay, I guess I kind of deserved it I left you with no promise I would be back"
"No one deserves that" I replied making him pause, I sighed and walked across the room peeling strips of neon tape off the wall "So when did you get back?" I asked him
"Before the party, Peter and I ran into a little trouble on the way back"
"What kind of trouble?" I asked him tilting my head
"We were trying to get something back but we ran into some hunters"
"Oh, did you get what you wanted?" I asked, just trying to make conversation
"Yeah, we did" we fell into silence again and I watched as Derek rubbed the back of his neck, I knew he did this when he was nervous so I didn't push him "You're not going to ask what it was"
"I'm not going to pressure you, if there's one thing I've learned since we started dating is that you'll tell me eventually but on your own time" Derek smiled turning back to pick up more cups, I sighed and couldn't take it anymore, I quickly walked up to him
"So how-" he went to ask but I spun him around and cut him off with a kiss
I couldn't help myself and he didn't seem to be able either as he returned the kiss with so much passion, the two of us seeming to devour each other, I felt Derek reach his hands underneath my shirt but I did the work myself by taking my shirt off then ran my fingers through Derek's hair as he kissed along my neck and down my chest, I ripped off Derek's blue T-shirt and jumped up, straddling his waist as he went forward quickly and I was up against the wall
"Oh…now this is interesting" Derek and I turned seeing Peter standing in the doorway then looked at each other and realized the position we were in he quickly put me down and I walked over and retrieved both our shirts, tossing Derek his "You didn't have to stop on my account" he added and I scoffed putting on my shirt and quickly exited the loft
As soon as I was downstairs and outside I touched my lips because I could still feel Derek's lips against mine then looked down at my phone seeing a text from Derek – We still need to talk xx Derek, I smiled then went home with the first fleeting feeling of happiness again now that Derek was back
I held on tight to Scott as he zoomed through the neighbourhood, going to school we took our normal route but I began to hear the sounds two bikes zooming up behind us, I turned seeing two expensive black motorcycles following us on both sides, they pulled up in line with Scott and me and that's when Scott noticed, he revved the engine and took off faster, when we got to the school we parked and took off our helmets, the evil twins were on either side of us
"You guys going to be doing this all day?" Scott asked the twins
"All day" Ethan said
"All night" Aiden added
"Is this about being in my pack?" Scott asked
"This is about you being the target of demonic ninjas" Aiden said
"You mean the demonic ninjas that pulled swords out of their chests and completely kicked our asses?" Ethan asked
"Yeah, those demonic ninjas" Aiden added, I rolled my eyes
"We don't need anyone to protect us" I said looking at them
"They were looking right at you's when the sun came up" Ethan said
"And they also disappeared" Scott replied "Argent thinks that they could just come out at night"
"Since this is our first experience with demonic ninjas, we're thinking we should play it safe" Ethan said
"All day" Aiden said
"And all night" Scott said with a sigh as we all got off our bikes
"Sounds like you have a problem, little brother" I said clapping his shoulder
"One, I'm younger by five minutes" I saw Ethan smirk at his brother "And two what about you Skye someone should be protecting you all day and all night, they were looking at you as well" Scott added
"I'm being protected trust me, Derek's probably doing what he did when we first met and stalking me from afar, it's super romantic and I'm so lucky" I replied smirking then we walked into the school and I followed Scott over to his locker as the twins also followed us
"Okay, one thing first, Skye and I need to talk to Stiles and let him know everything that happened last night, without you"
"No" Aiden argued
"Yes" Scott replied
"And we don't want you listening in" I said "No wolf hearing"
"How would you even know?" Aiden asked
"I'm a true Alpha" Scott said "You have no idea what I can do" Scott closed his locker
"Or what I can do" I added then Scott and I went off to find Stiles, we found him by the chemistry room "What's up?" I asked frowning at him, he looked exhausted and his emotions weren't much better
"I have to show you guys something" Stiles said, opening the door to the room "I was with Caitlyn last night and we were kissing so then she starts talking about phosphors and the key having chemicals on it, right and so that made me think of the chemistry closet and the fact that someone had to let Barrow in…" Stiles paused, looking at the board, I could feel his panic and it was making me light-headed "It's gone…okay it doesn't matter though, it doesn't matter I've still got the key" he walked over to the closet and started looking at his keys "What the hell I had it, I had it here, I had it here this morning, I swear to God, I had it this morning"
"The key you were talking about last night?" Scott asked
"Yeah, I showed it to you, right didn't I show it to you?" he looked at us
"No, you just told me about it I never actually saw it" Scott said then he turned to me
"I saw it briefly but I thought you just got rid of it"
"I was here a couple of hours ago" Stiles explained "And the message left to Barrow spelling Kira's name was right there on the board in my handwriting and I had the key to the chemistry closet"
"So you unlocked the chemistry closet so Barrow could hide in it from the cops and then you wrote him a message to kill Kira?" I asked calmly and tried to calm him down because I could feel Stiles' anxiety start to rise
"I know how it sounds…but look at this, this is the news report that came out about Barrow when they caught him, okay?" he pulled out a newspaper clipping "About the shrapnel bomb that he used see this, see what he did, he put nuts, bolts and screws and then he hid the bomb and the detonator in a box that he wrapped as a birthday present what does that sound like to you?"
"Coach" Scott said
"The joke we played on Coach, that was my idea you remember, that was my idea that's no coincidence, it can't be"
"I don't want to sound like I'm trying to tell you that you're wrong but I don't think you're trying to kill people either" I said
"It was here, it was all here"
"Dude, are you feeling okay?" Scott asked "You're looking really tired"
"And you're about to have a panic attack" I added
"Yeah, I'm fine I just haven't been sleeping really"
"Why don't you go home?" I asked "Take a sick day or something" he nodded then left and I shared a nervous look with Scott, Stiles wasn't himself lately and it was really starting to worry me
"Did you tell him?" Aiden asked Scott and I as we walked down the hallway
"No, he's got enough on his mind right now" Scott explained
"If they're coming for you in a few hours then so do you"
"What if it's not us okay, what if I'm not the one they want?"
"Who else is there?" Ethan asked, Scott and I turned seeing Kira walking down the hall
Scott wanted to make sure Kira got to the house alright so I texted Derek if he could pick me up and he agreed so I stood in front of school as the last bell rang and watched his FJ Cruiser pull up to the school and I got in as it parked
"Thanks for picking me up" I said, turning to Derek
"No problem but where's your car or why couldn't Scott take you home?"
"Uh he wanted to make sure Kira got to the house and I haven't driven the Camaro in weeks" I replied nervously, he looked at me but didn't comment, we were silent for the rest of the ride I would occasionally look over at Derek who remained focused on the road until he pulled up in front of my house
"Look" he started "I know this morning was…"
"Awkward, yeah" I said cutting him off
"I was gonna say unexpected but awkward works to, I didn't expect for that to happen"
"Me too, it just kind of happened I hadn't seen you in a while and something took over me, it might have been because of our mate bond which hasn't gone away or faded and the fact that I haven't slept in weeks because I missed you" I rambled without looking up at him
"I know this doesn't mean you forgive me for just leaving" Derek said, looking down "Or that we're together" I finally looked over at him
"Uh…what are you talking about" he looked over at me, his eyebrow raised but I leaned in and kissed him gently on the lips then we moved back, our foreheads touching and our breathing hard "We never broke up Derek" I added and he smiled then that's when he grabbed my face and really kissed me
I got on top of Derek, straddling him in the driver's seat and began kissing him again, I started unbuttoning my shirt as our mouths crashed together and felt Derek slip off my shirt just when there was a knock on the car window making me jump and look up, coming face to face with my father
"Oh my god" I gasped in shock and grabbed my shirt, buttoning it back while trying to gather my things
"Get out of the car" my father said in a serious tone, I nodded and gathered my book bag then turned to Derek, whose eyes were still wide with embarrassment written all over his face and couldn't help mentally laugh at this situation because Derek's face was priceless
"I'll see you later" I told him, he nodded and I got out, my father grabbed my arm and walked me towards the house as Derek drove the car off with a screech
"What the hell are you thinking?" my father said, stopping me just shy of the door "Do you know how old he is, how young you are, does your mother even know about this?"
"What makes you think you can come back and tell me who I can and cannot date or even like, you are the one who left, I may call you dad but you are not in charge of my life" I turned to enter the house but turned back to my father "And yes, mom knows about us and in fact she loves Derek!" that last part was a lie, my mother had never really met or talked to Derek before but anything to push my dad's buttons was great, I stormed into the house throwing my book bag on the table and saw Kira and Scott give me a confused look
"What's wrong?" Scott asked me but that's when he saw our dad follow me inside "What are you doing here and why do you still have a key?"
"Funny you mention keys" he said "Because while I have a key to this house, I'm not exactly sure how you got a key to my office" he paused, grabbing out his laptop and opening it, revealing a picture of Scott and Kira on his screen "Let me help you out here, this kind of thing usually begins with something along the lines of "It's not what you think" or "I can explain""
"Dad, let me help you out" I said, looking at the window, seeing the sun going down fast "You need to leave"
"I will with a satisfactory explanation of what you and your brother have been doing?"
"Go get a warrant" Scott and I said, dad scoffed
"I don't need a warrant, I'm your father"
"No, you're a gene donor" Scott snapped "I got my hair colour from you, Skye got your eyes and that's all we got, so you're not allowed to play tough dad with us"
"Hey, what's going on?" I looked up seeing our mom enter the house
"Maybe one of you should explain" dad said, I turned seeing the sun going down more and then the sky went dark
"Scott…" I started
"Who the hell is this?" dad asked looking behind us, we all turned seeing one of the creatures in the living room, he started walking towards one
"Dad, no" Scott exclaimed "Dad, wait" one appeared behind him and stabbed our dad in the shoulder, Kira screamed and mom rushed over to him
The front door opened and mom quickly dragged our dad out of the room, I could feel my face transform and I watched as Derek, fully transformed slid into the room and began to fight the creatures, Scott and I joined him, trying to get them out of the house
"Mom, the ash!" Scott yelled, we heard the sound of a smashing window and the evil twins entered the house and began fighting as well, we soon had all the creatures outside
"Mom now, do it now!" I yelled and mom grabbed the container and ran to the front door, throwing it and the powder to the ground in the doorway, I looked at Derek smiled and hugged him then Scott walked over to us
"All of the baseboards are ash wood?" Derek asked Scott still keeping me close to his side and a protective arm around my waist
"Uh, yeah it was Deaton's idea" Scott said "And where the hell did you come from?" Derek and I both looked at each other
"I was around" Derek hesitantly said "And I've been following you two"
"For how long?"
"All day"
"I told you he would be" I shrugged when Scott looked at me questionably
"Scott, Skye, this isn't good!" we turned and followed our mother's voice and found her, pressing down on our father's heavily bleeding wound, I went over and quickly helped but Scott picked him up and brought him up to his room, lying him on the bed
"Need to call for backup" dad mumbled
"How bad is it?" I asked our mom still helping her press down on Dads wound now with a cloth
"From the way that his arm is rotated, the tendon looks torn" she explained "He could be on his way to a collapsed lung"
"Mom, those things, they're not going to leave until the sun's up" Scott said
"At the rate he's bleeding, he's not gonna make it that long we got to get him to the hospital"
"Should we call Stiles' dad" I asked
"I don't know, is that gonna get more people killed?"
"I don't think guns are going to work on them"
"Then what does?"
"I don't know" Scott said and we looked at each other "We need to talk to the others" I nodded and quickly washed my hands to rid myself of the blood since it reminded me too much of the time we all thought Derek had died then we walked downstairs, I went to find Derek while Scott went for Kira
"Is your dad okay?" Derek asked me
"No he needs to go to the hospital and we're trapped here by those things" I said looking around
"He's gonna be okay" Derek paused then pulled me to his chest and started rubbing my back gently calming me "Aiden threatened Kira"
"I wasn't going to hurt her" Aiden said making us separate but Derek was still keeping me close and I didn't mind at all since his presence always kept me calm
"Not yet" Derek corrected him
"Why do you think we're here Derek, for a study group, we're here to protect Scott"
"We're trying to fight for him" Ethan added
"I'm sure you are, I'm sure you'd kill for him" Derek turned to them "But are you willing to die for him, I'm willing to die for Skyler, that's what a pack is, it's about protecting each other and if we have to, die for each other" I grabbed Derek's hand and smiled
"It's always been different for you, your first Alpha was your mother, then sister and now your mate…of course you'd be willing to die for them"
"It's about loyalty, blindly trusting your Alpha even if you don't agree with them half the time" I quirked my eyebrow at him
"You don't agree with me half the time?" I asked him
"No I always trust you" I looked at him for a few seconds
"Liar" I replied smirking then Derek kissed my forehead but suddenly, the creatures began banging at the barrier around the house
"What are they doing?" Scott asked as he and Kira walked in the room
"Testing for weaknesses" Ethan replied as they continued to bang at the barrier, I leaned closer to Derek's side as I heard dishes smashing as they fell from the counter in the kitchen and they kept going seeming to try and stick their hand through the barrier "Guys…we have a problem" Scott quickly pulled out his phone and dialled a number
"Allison, please tell me that you have something" he said into the phone "They're here, they're trying to get in and it looks like they're gonna' be able to do it"
"Okay, okay listen" I heard Allison say over the phone "They're Japanese demons, they're called the oni, they're looking for someone possessed, someone with a dark spirit attached to them"
"A nogitsune" Scott said and I looked at him confused as Derek looked towards the back door seeing another one trying to get in
"How'd you know that" Allison asked "Scott"
"Just…tell me what else" Scott said back into the phone
"Okay, they won't hurt you they know you're supernatural but once they do this check, once they realize that you're not carrying with you this dark spirit and then they won't hurt you, I promise all they're looking for is the nogitsune" Allison explained
"I'm right, aren't I?" Kira asked Scott "They're looking for me"
"They're looking for a dark spirit" Scott said, hanging up the phone "And I know it's not you"
"Scott, we're going to have to do something" Derek said, as the oni broke the barrier and stepped inside, I squeezed his hand as I trembled against him
"Don't do anything" Scott said
"Is he serious?" Aiden asked
"I said don't do anything" Scott walked over to me and grabbed my hand and then he did the same to Kira "Trust me" I nodded and the three of us walked towards the oni, I let go of Derek's hand but he reached back out worriedly so I shook my head and mouthed 'trust us'
We were in front of them now and three of the oni grabbed each of us and as I stared into its eyes I felt cold, it ran all through my body and seemed to paralyse me, I was brought to my knees and felt myself release Scott's hand, not long after I felt a sting behind my ear and felt myself fall to the ground as well as Scott and Kira but instead of hitting the ground I felt Derek catch me wrapping his arms around me and hold me close
"I got you baby, you're gonna be okay" he told me, cupping his hand around my face as I couldn't help but stare into his eyes
Later on I ran beside my father's gurney as Scott, mom and I ran into the hospital with the paramedics, Derek had wanted to stay with me but I convinced him to come back later when I got home
"Hey, stab wound to the left chest" mom told the doctors "Possible collapsed lung, pulse is weak" everyone left, going to treat my dad
"We'll find Stiles" Scott said to mom he and I ran off to find Stiles, as we walked I heard a thud and led Scott over to a door, leading into a surgical room, we opened the door and saw Stiles standing there, his back to us
"Stiles?" I asked "You okay?" Stiles turned to us
"Yeah, fine what's been going on?"
A/N: I won't be able to be update for a few days as I'm going away for the weekend and won't have access to the internet to post but please keep reviewing and I'll update as soon as I can