Stiles POV: The whole summer went by without any new danger. The Argents went to France, Jackson's family moved to London, and Erica and Boyd were gone. Sadly Stiles didn't see Selene at all hadn't seen her since he let her walk out of his bedroom.

Stiles drove Scott to a tattoo parlor so Scott could get one.

"Boy it's a good thing you drew me a picture" the tattoo artist said sarcastically.

"Hey Scott sure you don't want something like this?" Stiles held up a picture that looked just like a kanima.

Scott gave him a look.

"Too soon? Yeah. I don't know man are you sure about this? I mean these things are permanent you know?"

"I'm not changing my mind" Scott said.

"Okay but why two bands?"

"I just like it."

"But don't you think your first tattoo should have some sort of meaning you know or something?"

"Getting a tattoo means something."

"I don't think that's…"

"He's right tattooing goes back thousands of years. The Tahitian word 'tatua' means 'to leave a mark' like a rite of passage" the tattoo artist spoke up.

"Yeah you see? He gets it" Scott said smiling.

"He's covered in tattoos Scott literally."

"Okay you ready? You ain't got any problems with needles do you?" the tattoo artist asked.

"Nope" Scott replied.

Then he started on giving Scott his first tattoo.

"I tend to get a little squeamish though so…" Stiles passed out when he saw the need mark Scott.

They woke Stiles when it was over. He had an ice pack on his head as they climbed into his Jeep.

"Oh man" Scott said looking at the bandage around his tattoo.

"You okay?" Stiles asked.

"Kinda burns."

"Yes you just hand your skin stabbed about 100,000 times with a needle" Stiles said.

"Yeah but I don't think it's supposed to feel like this."

Then Scott jerked in pain.

"No it's definitely not supposed to feel like this. Oh I gotta take this thing off" Scott started to undo the bandage.

"No no no Scott. Oh Scott please stop. Whoa whoa" Stiles begged then watched as the tattoo fade completely away.

"Oh no what. No come on. It healed" Scott said upset.

"Ah thanks god I hated it" Stiles said as he started his Jeep.

Scott gave him a look.

"Sorry."

Then they drove off.

"So have you talked to Allison?" Stiles asked.

"No we agreed to give each other the summer… no texts no calls."

"So then how do you know she won't be back at school then?"

"After everything that happened I'm not sure she's coming back at all."

Stiles pulled up next to another car at a red light and looked over to see Lydia and Allison.

"I think she is. I's day pretty definite you know. Like 100%" Stiles said then nodded at the car next to them.

Scott freaked and tried to hide.

"Oh my god… oh… can we just drive please Stiles?"

"Scott it's a red light."

"I think we should say something" Stiles said reaching for the window.

"No no no Stiles come on. Oh my god dude no" Scott tried to stop him but he rolled the window down.

"Hey!" Stiles yelled.

Lydia drove away through the red light.

"You know they probably didn't see us" Stiles said.

Then the light turned green and Stiles started to drive again.

"What are you doing?" Scott asked.

"I'm driving."

"We're right behind them."

"Okay well do you see any turns?"

"I don't want it to look like we're following them" Scott said.

"Well what do you want me to do?"

"I don't know anything."

Stiles gave Scott an annoyed look and slammed on the brakes. But then Lydia stopped too. Stiles and Scott just looked at each other confused. They looked back at Lydia's car just in time to see a deer crash right into their car.

"Are you okay?" Scott asked as he and Stiles jumped out of the Jeep and ran over to them.

"It came out of nowhere" Lydia freaked. "Are you hurt?" Stiles asked.

"It ran right into us" Lydia said.

"Are you okay?" Scott asked Allison.

"I'm okay" Allison told him.

"Well I'm not okay. I am totally freaking out. How the hell does it just run into us? I saw its eyes right before it hit us. It was like it… it was like it was crazy" Lydia explained.

Scott walked towards the front of the car and lightly touched the deer.

"No it was scared. Actually… terrified" Scott said.

They left shortly after the tow truck got Lydia's car.

"I don't know what happened but summers definitely over" Stiles said guessing trouble was on the way.

Selene POV: The entire summer was one big problem. First Erica and Boyd disappear, and then Derek had to fast train Jackson who moved, the Alpha pack who barely listened to or even liked Selene was in town, Isaac's now missing, and she hadn't seen Stiles at all.

Selene paced as she growled softly.

"Isaac should be back by now" she told Derek.

"What's the Alpha pack got against you?" Derek asked.

Selene gave a little snort before answering.

"The fact I'm stronger than them and always will be. Kali hates me just cause I'm a woman whose stronger than her. Ennis didn't like that I wouldn't mate with a wolf from his pack. He really didn't like the fact he couldn't make me do it with an Alpha order. That's why I'm so worried about Isaac he's close to me. If they find out about Stiles…"

"Why not just kill them?"

"I'm not a monster Derek. Plus I owed Deucalion. At a time of blood and death he could've ran and saved himself but he didn't he helped me save a lot of wolves at his own risk. I won't kill unless forced."

"Selene they killed their own packs to form this Alpha pack" Derek told her in anger.

Selene turned away looking out the window of Derek's new loft.

"I know that's why I don't owe Deucalion anymore. But I am not a monster I can't and won't kill unless I have no other choice."

After a few minutes in silence Selene turned around and sighed.

"I can't wait here I'm gonna go look for Isaac."

Then she left.

Stiles POV: The next morning Stiles was researching deer car crashes. His dad walked past his room to check on him.

"You know how many vehicle collisions last year involved deer? 247,000" Stiles said.

"Oh god please go to school" his dad said.

"But that's crossing the road. This one last night came right down the middle" Stiles continued.

His dad walked into his room and stood behind him.

"I'm not gonna beg you" Mr. Stilinski said.

"Okay good I'm impervious to your influence anyway" Stiles said still looking at his computer.

"Would you consider a bribe?"

"You couldn't meet my price."

"Extortion?"

"You got nothing on me."

"Yeah" then his dad started to pull his computer chair away from the laptop.

"Dad what are you doing? Dad what are you doing?" Stiles asked as he reached for the laptop until he finally just fell out of his chair.

At school Scott was talking about his tattoo.

"You wanna ask Derek for help? Why? Why?"

"He's got the triskele tattooed on his back. So there has to be a way to do it without healing right?"

"Okay yeah but still doesn't he have his hands a little full?" Stiles asked.

Once in English class Allison sat in front of Scott. Before the teacher walked in the room erupted in text ring tones.

"'The offing was burned by a black bank of clouds and the tranquil water way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under…'" Stiles read the text.

"'An over cast sky seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.' This is the last line of the first book we are going to read. It is also the last text you will receive in this class phones off everyone" the teacher said walking in.

Not even five minutes into class and Scott left with his moms permission. Stiles was looking around when he saw a bandage on Lydia's ankle.

"Hey Lydia. What is that? Is that from the accident?" Stiles asked.

"No Prada bit me" she said softly.

"Your dog?"

"No my designer hand bag. Yes my dog."

"Has it ever bitten you before?"

Lydia shook her.

"Okay. What if it's like the same thing as the deer? You know like how animals start acting weird right before an earthquake or something?" Stiles said.

"Meaning what? There's gonna be an earthquake?" Lydia asked.

"Or something I just… maybe it means somethings coming. Something bad."

"It was a deer and a dog. What's that thing you say about threes? Once… twice…" before she could finish a bird flew into the window.

When they looked out the window dozens and dozens were headed right at them. They all flew into the window breaking the class and flying into the classroom. Stiles hid under his desk waiting for it to end. All the birds were dead and the cops and medics were at school. Stiles decided to call Scott.

"We got a serious problem at school. Ms. Blake's class…"

"Hey can you tell me about it later?" Scott asked.

"Well no pretty sure this qualifies for immediate discussion."

"Okay then meet me at Derek's."

"Derek's house? What the hell are you doing at…"

"Just meet us here okay?"

Then Scott hung up. Stiles left school and went straight to Derek's where Scott was explaining his tattoo problem.

"Yeah I see it. It's two bands right? What does it mean?" Derek asked looking at the tattoo with his wolf eyes.

"I don't know. It's just something I traced with my fingers" Scott said as he traced it in the dust.

"Why is this so important to you? Do you know what the word 'tattoo' means?"

"To mark something" Stiles said proudly.

"Well that's in Tahitian. In Samoan it means 'open wound.' I knew I wanted to get a tattoo when I turned 18. I always wanted one. I just decided to get it now to make it kind of a reward" Scott explained.

"For what?" Derek asked.

"For not calling or texting Allison all summer. Even when I really wanted to even when it was so hard not to sometimes. I was trying to give her the space she wants. Going four months later it still hurts. It still feels like a uh…"

"Like an open around" Stiles said knowing the feeling.

It had been 6 months since he last kissed or held Selene.

"Yeah" Scott agreed.

"The pains gonna be worse than anything you've ever felt" Derek said about the tattoo.

"Ah that's great" Stiles said sarcastically.

"Do it" Scott said.

Then Derek started up a blow torch.

"Oh wow. That's a… that's a lot for me. So I'm gonna take that as my cue. I'm just gonna wait outside" Stiles said as he tried to leave but Derek stopped him.

"Nope. You can help hold him down."

Stiles placed his hands on Scott shoulder and watched as Derek touched the fire to his arm. It didn't take long but Scott went full wolf as the pain made him scream. Once done Scott smiled at his now visible tattoo.

"It worked" Scott said.

"Well it looks pretty damn permanent now" Stiles said.

"Yeah I kind of needed something permanent. Everything that's happened to us… everything just changes so fast. Everything's so uh… ephemeral" Scott said.

Stiles nodded at his word use.

"Studying for the PSAT's?"

"Yep."

"Nice."

As they went to leave Scott looked at the door.

"You painted the door. Why'd you paint the door?" Scott asked Derek.

"Go home Scott" Derek said.

"And why only one side?"

Then Scott flicked his claws out and dragged his finger over the paint.

"Scott" Derek said as he came towards them.

But Scott started slicing away faster and faster. Soon a symbol was visible.

"The birds at school and the deer last night… just like the night I got trampled by the deer when I got bit by the Alpha. How many are there?" Scott asked.

Derek sighed.

"A pack of'em. An Alpha pack" Derek said.

"All of them? How does that even work?" Stiles asked.

"I'm told there's some kind of leader. He's called Deucalion. We know they have Boyd and Erica. Peter, Isaac, Selene, and I have been looking for him for the last four months" Derek explained.

"You were told? She's here isn't she? Where?" Stiles asked about Selene before Derek could argue.

Stiles looked at Scott who looked up the stairs. He took off up the stairs to find her.

Selene POV: Selene took the herbs Derek gave her to heal Isaac and now sat on the edge of the bed holding his hand as he lay passed out.

"Come on Isaac wake up please I need you to wake up."

She leaned over him and lightly brushed his hair out of his face. He slowly opened his eyes then.

"Hey there" he said smiling.

"Hey you're awake" Selene smiled back.

Then Isaac reached up cupped the back of her neck and leaned up a little and kissed her. She kissed back for a few seconds just to stop the pain from missing Stiles but felt so wrong she stopped the kiss and nearly threw up from the sickness she felt that somehow she betrayed Stiles.

"Stiles?" Isaac asked a little hurt.

She nodded "Stiles."

She felt so bad the feeling of betraying Stiles and for hurting Isaac she really did like him but not in that way and he wasn't Stiles.

It wasn't until later that she found out Stiles saw them kissing and walked away without saying anything.