I tried to sleep, but I heard a howl, a howl that brought chills down my spine,
" Relax Marina, it's nothing" I rolled my eyes, I felt some pain in my right arm, but I passed out, I woke up the next morning and took a bath, my tail moves as I
used some oceanic potion, it made me smell of water lily, I hummed as I felt some more pain in my arm, but it faded, I sighed, why was my arm hurting so much, I
got out and dried off, my tail becoming legs.
" Gezzums" I retorted as I found something to wear, Stiles was hear to take me to school, I got in and he drove me, when we got there, I went to class, my English
Class, I was getting a test back, yay, I was in the back corner,
" If Derek isn't the Alpha, if he's not the one who bit you, then who did?" stiles asked Scott, great he wants to know more, fuck me dead.
" I don't know." Scott replied as I smiled, I see the teacher passing tests back, wonder what my grade is?
" Did the Alpha kill the bus driver?" Stiles said as he asked Scott again, oh brother,
" I don't know." Scott replied as I touch my pearl, please get a good grade.
" Does Allison's dad know about the Alpha?" Stiles asked as he fumbled his pencil,
" I don't know! Jeez." Scott yellishly said causing some fellow classmates to look at him, then turn back, my test read a 100% yes,
" Dude, you need to study more. That was a joke. Scott, it's one test. You're gonna make it up. Do you want help studying?" Stiles asked as Scott shook his head,
" No. I'm studying with Allison after school today." Scott said making me smirk, that sneaky bastard.
" That's my boy." Stiles says so slyly, smirking so sinister,
" We're just studying." Scott replied, Stiles looked at him in disbelief,
" Uh, no, you're not." Stiles told him, Scott turned to him,
" No, I'm not?" Scott asked him, he is so innocent, god help him.
" Not if I'm forced to live vicariously through you. If you go to her house today and squander that colossal opportunity, I swear to God I'll have you de - balled." Stiles
said as I covered my ears, gross,
" Okay. Just - Stop with the questions, man." Scott said as he turned back to the board, our teacher was writing our assignments, for sophomores, it read ' Read
Othello chapters 4 through 6' for juniors it read, ' Continue on your short story', I smiled, I had my story almost done,
" Done. No more questions. No more talk about the Alpha or Derek. Especially Derek - who still scares me." Stiles told Scott, I got out of class and roamed the halls, I
smelt a familiar scent, I focused my hearing,
" Where's Scott McCall and Marina Rivers?" Derek's voice echoed in my ears,
" Why should I tell you?" Jackson's voice entered my ears,
" Because I asked you politely, and I only do that once." Derek's voice echoed harshly, why would he be looking for me, of all people?
" Hmm. Okay, tough guy. You know, how about I help you find him if you tell me what you're selling him? What is it? Is it, uh, Dianabol? Hmm? HGH?" Jackson asked him, I smelt blood as I was getting closer,
" Steroids." Derek stated as I found them, Derek looked paler,
" No, girl scout cookies. What the hell do you think I'm talking about? Oh, and, uh, by the way, whatever it is you're out selling, I'd probably stop sampling the
merchandise. You look wrecked." Jackson told him, I see some blood drop from Derek's finger, what was wrong? I came into view, Derek saw me and then looked at
Jackson,
" I'll find him myself." Derek said as he began to walk towards me,
" No, we're not done" Jackson said as he gripped Derek, the wolf turned and slammed the boy into the locker, I smelt new blood, Derek ran away, I grabbed him and
pushed him into the wall.
" What the hell Derek?" I asked as he looked terrible,
" We need to get to the preserve" He says as he holds himself up,
" Why?" I asked as he looked at me, he looked so sick,
" I was shot with a wolvesbane bullet last night" He groaned as I stiffened up,
" I have a way to heal" he says as I quirked my head,
" The scale, a mermaid's scale" he whimpered lowly,
" Derek, I hate to say this, but my grandmother told me that Mermaid Scales can't help rare poisons such as rare wolvesbane bullet's" I said as he groaned,
" Well it was worth a shot" He said before twitching, the day ended, I helped Derek get to the front of the school, he found Stiles' jeep, he collapsed in front of it, I
helped him sit up,
" What the hell? What are you doing here?" Scott asked as Derek was getting paler by the second.
" I was shot." Derek said slowly, but I felt my arm burning again, it hurt, but faded.
" He's not looking so good, dude." Stiles told Scott, well no shit asshole,
" Why aren't you healing?" Scott asked him, the wolvesbane was burning in Derek's body, it was killing him.
" I can't. It was - it was a different kind of bullet." Derek sighed as I helped him sit up,
" A silver bullet?" Stiles exclaimed as I rolled my eyes,
" No, you idiot." Derek growled human as I see Scott in surprise,
" Wait, wait. That's what she meant when she said you had 48 hours." Scott said as I looked at him,
" What? Who - who said 48 hours?" I asked as Scott looked at me,
" The one who shot him" Scott states as Derek groaned, his wolf eyes were glowing but returned to his normal emerald green, but they flickered,
" What are you doing? Stop that!" Scott scolded him like a child,
" Hey Einstein, I think he can't" I growled at him, Scott looked at me with surprise, but his focus went back to Derek.
" Derek, get up!" Scott told him, Derek's eyes continued to flicker,
" Help me to put him in your car." Scott said as I helped Derek get into the jeep, I got into the back,
" I need you to find out what kind of bullet they used." Derek told Scott, he didn't look concerned for Derek,
" How the hell am I supposed to do that?" Scott barked at him, this outta be good,
" 'Cause she's an Argent. She's with them." Derek told him, this isn't good, Derek is withering fast,
" Why should I help you?" Scott asked as he stared at him.
" Because you need him" I growled as my cousin looked at me, I was being serious,
" Fine. I'll try. Hey get him out of here." Scott told Stiles, he looked scared,
" I hate you for this so much." Stiles said before we were off. Stiles drove for at least thirty minutes, Derek was struggling to get his jacket off, but he finally did it,
" Hey, try not to bleed out on my seats, okay? We're almost there." Stiles said as I was confused, where was he taking us?
" Almost where?" Derek asked as he was breathing heavily,
" Your house." Stiles said as Derek's head turned to look at the sheriff's kid,
" What? No, you can't take me there." Derek told him, Stiles looked at the road,
" I can't take you to your own house?" Stiles asked as Derek's scent was beginning to rot
" Not when I can't protect myself." Derek said as I frowned, Stiles pulled to the side of the road and parked,
" All right. What happens if Scott doesn't find your little magic bullet? Hmm? Are you dying?" Stiles asked as I grunted, my arm began to burn again, was the bond
between Derek and strong enough for me to feel his pain?
" Not yet. I have a last resort." Derek said as he was panting hard,
" What do you mean? What last resort?" Stiles asked, Derek lifted his right sleeve, it was bad, the wound was a bullet hole, it was black inside of it and looked painful,
" Oh, my God. What is that? Oh, is that contagious? You know what, you should probably just get out." stiles said as I smelt Derek's anger rising,
" Start the car. Now." Derek scolded Stiles,
" I don't think you should be barking orders with the way you look, okay? In fact, I think if I wanted to, I could probably drag your little werewolf ass out into the
middle of the road and leave you for dead." Stiles said as I about had it with Stiles' negativity,
" Start the car, or I'm gonna rip your throat out - With my teeth." Derek said as I stared at Stiles,
" Stiles you better listen to him" I said as I stuck my face in front of his, he stared as me, I made my eyes flicker from my normal eyes to my mermaid eyes, he
looked scared, I got in the back and Stiles drove.
Stiles parked as it was becoming night, Stiles got on the phone, Scott finally answered,
" What am I supposed to do with him?" Stiles asked as I groaned, Derek's scent wasn't as pleasant, and did I forget to mention Derek is fucking dying
" Take him somewhere, anywhere." Scott replied as I rubbed my arm, the burning was getting worse,
" And, by the way, he's starting to smell." Stiles whined to Scott, this isn't how I wanted to spend my night tonight for Christ sakes.
" Like - like what?" Scott asked as I made a fist, I wanted to know about Stiles' answer as well,
" Like death." Stiles replied, I was really getting pissed off heavily,
" Okay, take him to the animal clinic." Scott said giving Stiles an order, fucking fantastic.
" What about your boss?" Stiles asked as I wanted the water so bad, but I held my desire off,
" He's gone by now. There's a spare key in the box behind the dumpster." Scott informed Stiles, oh great, this is humorous,
" You're not gonna believe where he's telling me to take you." Stiles said as he moved the phone, Derek took it in desperation.
" Did you find it?" Derek asked my ignorant cousin, way to rely on him of all people to save a life,
" How am I supposed to find one bullet? They have a million. This house is like - the fricken Walmart of guns." Scott told Derek, oh for fuck sakes, this is fucking
fantastic,
" Look, if you don't find it, then I'm dead, all right?" Derek said as he was being as calm as he was gonna get, this is bad,
" I'm starting to think that wouldn't be such a bad thing." Scott told him, I felt my inner self yelling in rage,
" Then think about this. The Alpha called you out against your will. He's gonna do it again. Next time you either kill with him or you get killed. So if you wanna stay
alive, then you need me. Find the bullet." Derek tells him before hanging up, I was worried about Derek, this wasn't good, if he died, I will hurt Scott and Stiles.
" Derek?" I asked as he laid his head on the head rest,
" It will be ok" I said as he gave me a nod, we got to the animal clinic, I helped Derek sit down, Stiles got his phone out,
" Does Northern blue monkshood mean anything to you?" Stiles asked as Derek held his right arm,
" It's a rare form of wolfsbane. He has to bring me the bullet." Derek replied as he was sweating heavily, this isn't good.
" Why?" Stiles asked as I got up and stood strong,
" 'Cause he'll die without it." I replied, I grabbed the keys and opened the door, Derek and Stiles rushed inside, Derek took his shirt off, it was getting worse,
" Okay. You know, that really doesn't look like anything some echinacea and a good night of sleep couldn't take care of." Stiles said as I went full care mode,
" When the infection reaches his heart, it'll kill him." I said as Stiles looked at me in surprise,
" "Positivity" just isn't in your vocabulary, is it?" He said as I placed my hands on the table.
" right now Stiles I don't care what you think" I said as Derek looked in shelves,
" If he doesn't get here with the bullet in time - Last resort." Derek said as I knew what it was,
" Which is?" Stiles asked as Derek showed the bone saw,
" You're gonna cut off my arm." Derek told him, he passed the saw to Stiles, I got a turret,
" Oh, my God. What if you bleed to death?" Stiles asked as he was in disbelief,
" It'll heal if it works." I said as I tied the band on Derek's arm,
" Ugh. Look - I don't know if I can do this." Stiles say as his fear scent grew, oh brother.
" Why not?" I yelled at him, he stared at me,
" Well, because of the cutting through the flesh, the sawing of the bone, and especially the blood!" Stiles explained, I rolled my eyes,
" You faint at the sight of blood? Really Stiles?" I asked as he shook his head,
" No, but I might at the sight of a chopped - off arm!" Stiles yelled back, Derek wasn't going to be ok for much longer.
" All right, fine. How about this? Either you cut off my arm, or I'm gonna cut off your head." Derek threatened him, Stiles shook his head
" Okay, you know what, I'm so not buying your threats any" Stiles explain, but Derek grabbed his collar and brought him close,
" Oh, my God. Okay. All right, bought, sold. Totally. I'll do it. I'll do it." Stiles said as fear was growing on him, Derek began to cough, oh shit
" What? What are you doing?" Stiles asked, Derek then threw up black blood,
" Holy God, what the hell is that?" Stiles whined as Derek looked at me,
" His accelerated healing is probibly at work, but failing" I said not caring what Stiles would ask me later.
" Now. You gotta do it now." I said as Derek looked at me,
" Look, honestly, I don't think I can." Stiles said as he looked pale,
" Just do it!" Derek yelled, I held Derek other hand,
" Oh, my God. Okay, okay. Oh, my God. All right, here we go!" Stiles yelled, I prepared for it,
" Stiles!" Scott's voice stopped what was about to happen,
" Scott?" I called out, he was at the door's thresh hold, he saw what was about to happen.
" What the hell are you doing?" He asked as Stiles put the bonesaw to the side,
" Oh, you just prevented a lifetime of nightmares." Stiles said as Derek was still lying his upper body on the steel table,
" Did you get it?" Derek asked as he stood up, Scott dug into his pocket and brought what seems as a sniper's bullet, who ever shot him, it had to have been at a far
range.
" What are you gonna do with it?" Stiles asked as I see Derek was dying faster,
" I'm gonna - I'm gonna -" Derek says but he falls, I get on my knees,
" Derek. Derek, come on, wake up. Scott, what the hell are we gonna do?" Stiles asked as I began pumping Derek's chest,
" I don't know! I can't reach it." Scott said as I continued, I need his heart to pump, come on.
" He's not waking up!" Stiles yelled out,
" Come on." Scott's voice was distracting me,
" I think he's dying. I think he's dead!" Stiles called to him, I hushed him, I placed my head on Derek's chest,
" Just hold on!" Scott told us, I pushed Stiles out of the way, I placed my hands over his heart, and pulsed at least 50 watts of electricity into him, he breathed in and
I helped him up. Scott had the bullet in hand,
" Give me" Derek said as he got up, he took the bullet between his teeth, pounding the shell till the ash was in a slight pile, Derek got the lighter and burned it, it
sparked, after it stopped Derek took it in his hand, he stared at the wound before he slammed the ash on the bullet hole. He screamed and fell on the ground, he
growled out and I watched as the wound healed,
" That - Was - Awesome! Yes!" Stiles said as I helped Derek up,
" Are you okay?" Scott asked as I shook my head at this,
" Well, except for the agonizing pain." Derek said as I began to untie the turret,
" I'm guessing the ability to use sarcasm is a good sign of health." Stiles said as I rolled my eyes.
" Okay, we saved your life, which means you're gonna leave us alone, you got that? And if you don't, I'm gonna go back to Allison's dad, and I'm gonna tell him
everything" Scott threatened, oh this bitch think he can threaten a born werewolf, oh please,
" You're gonna trust them? You think they can help you?" I asked as Scott looked at me,
" Well, why not? They're a lot freaking nicer than him." Scott countered me, I shook my head,
" I can show you exactly how nice they are." Derek said as he looked dead at Scott,
" What do you mean?" Scott asked, Derek then drove both Scott and I to the hospital. Derek took us to a room, a man was in a wheelchair, not moving as if
catatonic,
" What are we doing here?" Scott asked as Derek stood behind the man,
" Who is he?" Scott asked as I shut the blinds,
" My uncle. Peter Hale." Derek said as I looked at the man, poor guy.
" Is he - like you, a werewolf?" Scott asked as I felt the pain running through Derek, emotional pain,
" He was. Now he's barely even human. Six years ago, my sister and I were at school, and our house caught fire. 11 people were trapped inside. He was the only
survivor." Derek said as he sighed,
" So - What makes you so sure that they set the fire?" Scott asked as Derek looked at him,
" 'Cause they're the only ones that knew about us." Derek told my cousin, Scott had no clue,
" Well, then - They had a reason." Scott said as Derek tensed up,
" Like what? You tell me what justifies this." Derek said as he turned the chair, I covered my mouth to prevent myself from screaming, Peter's head lulled to the right,
but what almost made me scream was the fact that the left side of Peter's face was heavily scared for burn marks,
" They say they'll only kill an adult, and only with absolute proof, but there were people in my family that were perfectly ordinary in that fire. This is what they do.
And it's what Allison will do." Derek told us, a nurse with red hair came in,
" What are you doing? How did you get in here?" She asked us, Derek huffed.
" We were just leaving." Derek said as I was the first out of the room,
" Geez" I said as I see the woods, I smirked before I ran to the Preserve, I got to my large pond and dove in, I transformed fast, I waited for Derek,
" My Heart sings of light and promise, to the one who see my truth, all for one holds me, no matter what he do" I sing as I see him sit on the sunning rock,
" What is wrong Wolf?" I asked as he took his leather jacket off,
" I was almost killed by a rare wolvesbane" He said as I cringed, poor man, I pulled my tail up and plucked a scale,
" Use it incase you gets hurt badly" I said as he takes the scale, he smiles as sighed, he cupped my cheek and rubbed his thumb there.
" Derek, I need to tell you something" I said as my tail moved in the water, he stared at me,
" I was always watching you on land always knowing what was going on" I said as I went into the water, he looked confused,
" I doesn't understand" He said as I smiled yet sighed,
" You will soon" I said as he smiled,
" Sing, please" He asked as I smiled,
" Wisdom only comes with time
The road to love is paved with broken hearts
If I am to reach my goal, I must stake everything
In my true destiny, no matter what the price" I sang as he and I looked at the moon, it was rising.