As I exited the elevator, I pulled open the large steel door to see Derek and Peter in the middle of my home. I ran to my brother and hugged him. I pushed him away as my eyes glowed with harsh tears almost leaving my eyes.
" Where the hell were you!" I yelled at him. Why he did worry the fuck out of me for so long? Was so damn important that it took longer for him to come back?
" After we dropped Cora off in South America, we got a lead on something." Peter said as Derek pulled out the Hale Triskele cylinder. I haven't seen this since I was a kid.
" How?" I asked him as I took it in my hands. The cool feel of the wood sparks up memories.
" The Calaveras had it. Probably as a little trophy." Peter said with a bit of anger in his voice.
" What was in it?" I asked as I saw Peter lift his hands to display claws on his right hand. They weren't his normal claws, different shapes and different colors.
" Talia's claws." Peter said as I stiffened. My mother's claws? How?
" After the fire, that's what was all left of her." Derek said as I almost stumbled.
" Why did you need me here so fast? Do you have any idea what I've been doing since you left?" I asked him as I saw the look on his face. Both Peter and Derek looked as if I had grown another head. Derek took a deep breath and exhaled before calmly coming over and taking the cylinder from my hands.
" She needs to talk to you." Derek said as I was confused.
" How?" I asked as Peter pulled up a chair with his nonclawed hand.
" Back of the neck." Derek said as I felt hesitant. The memory manipulation ritual? Fucking Christ!
" Fuck me." I groaned as I reapped my hair into its messy bun, so my Uncle would have a better time finding the base of my neck.
" After this, we all have to have a serious talk." I groaned at them as I sat down. I felt the sharp tips of my mother's claws on my neck.
" Get it over with." I groaned as I gripped the back of the seat. I felt the claws plunge into my neck. My vision flickered as I felt the world around me grow dark.
" Fuck!" I gasped as I found myself in the loft, mist coating the floor and I saw the Nemeton in the middle of my home.
" Not unusual." I said as I saw a figure move in the mist. A Black Wolf padding towards the stump before jumping on it. I felt my heart race as I saw the familiar glowing eyes of an Alpha. The Wolf diminished its form as I felt tears washing down my eyes.
" Mom?" I asked as she smiled, I ran to her and embraced her. I felt my eyes glow their Alpha tint as I pulled away.
" My daughter, you have grown so beautiful these past years. An Alpha at that." She said as I smiled. I let it fall as it's been many years since we talked. This is my only chance to speak with her.
" I have watched you overcome trial after trial. You have shown that you are a leader amongst your peers. It makes me proud." She said as she placed a hand on mine. I couldn't help but smile.
" Sometimes it feels like half the time I'm just keeping my friends and family safe. Also with keeping Stiles safe." I replied as she smiled.
" That boy is certainly a charmer. I'm happy you found someone." She says as I blushed. Now was the time to ask the real question.
" Mom, I've missed you. Derek told me you needed to talk to me." I said as we sat on the Nemeton. She nodded.
" The Hale Clan has many principles among our kind. Our family didn't just live in Beacon Hills, we protected it from many dangers. I hope that either you or Derek can uphold that part of our lineage." She said as I nodded.
" I promise." I told her with my eyes flaring up as my wolf connected with my voice.
" You have many trials coming forth. You must be prepared. Some may surprise you, but I know that you as my daughter can overcome them." Mom says as she gets up. I get up in response. I watched as she changed into her wolf and walked away, her howl echoing in my ears.
" Agh!" I growled as I felt the pain leave my neck. I heard the sound of claws falling and my Uncle struggling.
" Are you ok?" Derek asked as he got me off the chair and sat me on the couch.
" Alive and ok, but kind of shaken seeing our dead mother talk to me." I said as he rubbed my back.
" I need to talk to you. Both of you." I said as I saw Peter putting Talia's claws in the cylinder.
" What?" Peter asked as I began to pace.
" For the last three weeks, something has been going on with me." I started as my hands began slightly shaking.
" I've been sleepwalking, seeing things, hearing voices, and weird dreams. It's been happening since Scott, Stiles, and Allison saved their parents with the ritual." I said as Derek looked perplexed and Peter looked interested.
" Well isn't this a different turn of events." Peter said with that stupid smirk.
" Oh, bite me asshole." I growled at him.
" If these things are happening, we need to keep an eye on you." Derek said as he put a hand on my shoulder. I shook my head and trudged toward the hallway leading to my room.
" I won't be surprised if demons come to kill us all at this point cause life sucks!" I called out as I let my body fall into bed to crash. Yet sleep was harder than I thought. I got up and showered.
" No sleep? Fine by me." I said as I got out after washing everything. I heard my phone ping as I dried my hair. I picked it up to see it was Stiles who texted me.
Meet you at School, love you. SS.
" You got it." I said quietly. I smiled, I put on a skull black crop top with black leather pants. Grabbing my Converse and grabbing my book bag, I began to go find my keys for Beast.
" Are you ok?" Derek asked as I saw him holding them. He tosses them my way.
" Yeah, lack of sleep is kicking my ass right now." I told him as I walked towards the door, my hair down on my back.
" Are you sure?" He asked as I turned to him.
" Nothing I can't handle." I told him before leaving. I get in my car and drive to school. I get out after I park. I see Stiles and smile. I walked over to him and embraced him.
" What did your brother need?" He asked me. I shook my head.
" It's a bit of a long tale, can it wait?" I asked as he nodded, we headed inside to school. We had to stop at Stiles' locker.
" Class starts in five minutes! Just because there's no power, don't expect there to be no school!" Coach yelled out in a bullhorn.
" That was a triple negative. Very impressive, Coach." Stiles called out.
" Copy that." He replied.
" Even with all of this shit happening, Coach is one of two things that keep me sane." I said as I adjusted my bag.
" What is the other?" He asked as I smirked. I watched as he opened his locker.
" You." I replied as he smiled, he planted a small kiss on my cheek. I went to grab a book out and knocked his keys off.
" My bad." I said as Stiles went to pick them up.
" Hello... Where did you come from?" Stiles said as he showed me this new key.
" Never seen that before." I told him, we go to find Scott trying to go towards Kira.
" Get him! Get him!" Stiles told me. I grabbed Scott's shoulder.
" No. No, stop! Stop!" Stiles told him as we pulled him away.
" What? I need to talk to her." He told us.
" No, you need to remember someone left a coded message telling Barrow to kill her." Stiles told him as I perked up.
" Not till we know what the hell is going on." I told him with a pointed finger.
" Which is why I need to talk to her." Scott said as I shook my head.
" Scott, no way! Until we figure out if she's just another psychotic monster that's going to start murdering everybody, I vote against any interaction!" Stiles exclaimed as I saw Scott looking towards the way Kira was walking away from.
" What if she's like me?" Scott asked us.
" That girl walked through one-point-twenty-one jigawatts of electricity- she's not like you." Stiles told him.
" I might have an idea of what she is, I just need to see what my brother knows." I said before we all went to class. School ended.
" Hey, there's going to be a party later that I wanted to know if you could go with me?" Stiles asked as I smirked.
" A party during Halloween? Of course." I said with a grin. I see Scott coming up to us.
" Hey, I need you guys to help me with something." He said as I smirked.
" What you need Scotty?" I asked as he rubbed the back of his head nervously.
" I need help breaking into the Sheriff's office to delete some stuff off of Kira's phone." Scott said as I lifted an eyebrow.
" What stuff?" Stiles asked as I leaned on my car.
" Pictures." He said as I was confused.
" What kind?" Stiles asked as we needed to know why this was so important.
" Kira told me that she had naked pictures on her phone." Scott said as my face got hot.
" Oh, I guess we can help you out." Stiles said as I saw the blush on his face. I followed Stiles to get the keycards made. We dropped my car off at my place and met the two of them at the Sheriff's office. The night had come full as Scott and Kira came to the jeep.
" Okay, this one will get you into all of the perimeter doors, this one into the evidence room, and this one's for my father's office." Stiles said handing the three cards to Scott.
" You didn't steal these, did you?" Scott asked us. I chuckled.
" No, I cloned them using the RFID emulator." Stiles told him.
"...Is that worse than stealing?" Scott asked us worried.
" It's fucking smarter." I said with a smirk.
" Scott, can I ask you something?" Kira called over to Scott, he walked away before coming back after a few minutes.
" Okay. So, now almost everybody's out dealing with the blackout, but there's always somebody at the front desk- there's dispatch and usually a night-shifter or two. You guys are gonna use the service entrance by the dumpster, all right? Nobody uses it. Now, I'll text you if anyone comes out, but Scott, if you get caught, I can't help you. My dad's under investigation for impeachment because of your dad, so... if anything happens, I will run and leave you both for dead." Stiles said quickly.
" Got it. Thanks. Seriously, dude." Scott said with a small smile.
" I'd ask my dad, but you know." Stiles said leaning out the window a bit.
" No, I know. I get it." Scott said to Stiles.
" All right. Just, uh... hurry up." Stiles told them before they left.
" I hope we figure all this out." I said as Stiles and I waited.
" Everything feels kind of clustered with stupidity." Stiles replied as I leaned back with my arms crossed.
" I still feel like there is something bigger happening in the background." I said as I looked up to see a new car pulling in.
" Aw, hell." Stiles said as we saw Scott's Dad.
" Fucking hell, this guy is everywhere." I said annoyed.
" Come on, Scott." Stiles said as he gripped the steering wheel.
" Okay, I am so going to regret this." He said out loud as he got out.
" What are we doing?" I asked him as we got out.
" Going to distract Scott's dad." He said as I nodded. I didn't like the guy one bit. The one interaction fucking sucked.
" Fuck!" I groaned as I followed him. We got in before Scott's dad got to his office.
" Hey, hey! Wow! Thank God you are here! Oh, boy! Thank the lord!" Stiles said as we stood in front of the door.
" What do you want, Stiles? Raven?" He asked us.
" Oh, jeez!" Stiles said as I rubbed the back of my neck.
" Stiles had this thought about the investigation that he wanted to cross with you." I said as Stiles rubbed the back of his neck.
" I was just... I was thinking about the case. I was thinking I should clue you in on my thinking. Here's my thinking. I was thinking this- I was thinking that Barrow, right...? I was thinking that Barrow received the information about who to kill at the school, right? You know that? So, I was thinking, maybe the person who gave him that information- check this out- might be someone at the school. And that's, uh, my thinking." Stiles said as he rambled on. Oh fuck!
" You're right." Scott's dad said as I see Stiles perk up.
" I am?" Stiles asked him.
" We started looking for links between Barrow, faculty, and students last night." He said as Stiles stood firm.
" So you just figure this out and agree with him?" I asked as he nodded.
" You already thought of that." Stiles said as Scott's dad shook his head.
" Your dad did. His one useful suggestion." He replied. I took a step forward.
" I don't get why you have this disapproval towards Noah, but maybe get off this high horse before you get into something you don't fully understand." I said with anger in my voice. I felt fingers slipping in my hand.
" He can dress it up to all the professional disapproval that he wants... But I know the real reason." Stiles told him.
" Is that so?" He asked us.
" Yeah... Because he knows something that you don't want him to know. And guess what? I know it, too." Stiles told him, I can hear malice.
" Go home, Stiles. Raven. There's a-there's a curfew." He said before going past us into his office. Stiles and I walked back to his car.
" You ok?" I asked him.
" Yeah, just I don't like how his dad treats mine." He said as I nodded.
" I'm here for you." I told him, he smiled while pulling me in for a hot kiss. We pulled away at the sound of Scott and Kira running towards us.
"We did it! All the pics deleted!" Scott said with Kira by his side. They were both smiling.
" That was awesome! I mean, terrifying- completely terrifying! But kind of awesome. I've never done anything like that before. Have you?" Kira asked the three of us.
" Yeah... Once or twice." Stiles told her. I smirked.
" Want to go to that party I was talking about?" Stiles asked as I smirked, but let it fall.
" Where is it?" I asked him. He looked at me.
" Fucking no!" I said as he drove us towards my place. I see cars upon cars surrounding my place. The four of us go into my loft to see a black light party going on, it had Ethan and Aiden all over it.
" Fucking hell." I said as I saw the overflow of people in my loft. The party was massive, but right now I don't care. The bullshit accumulating the past few days was annoying as fuck.
" So about this key?" Scott asked as we walked through the sea of people.
" It just showed up there on my key ring this morning. I asked my dad if he put it there, but he said he didn't know anything about it." Stiles replied to him.
" It's just a key, right?" Scott asked as we stopped.
" Yeah, but it's not mine. And I don't know it got there, or what it's for." Stiles said as we looked at him.
" You want to leave so we can figure it out?" Scott asked as I placed a hand on Stiles' chest.
" I'm going to kill them later, yet it's a party. Let's slink away in a corner." I said with my eyes flaring up.
" Hey Scott, it can wait honestly." Stiles replied as I took him to a less crowded corner of my loft. I smirked as he put me against a wall.
" Finally." Stiles whispered as he had me in a corner. I smirked as his lips found mine. His hands led down my body as he found the helm of my crop top.
" Hey, sorry to interrupt!" A girl said as she came up. Stiles and I looked at her.
" You got a bottle opener?" She asked him. He pulled out his keys and popped off her bottle cap to her beer.
" Thanks." She said after taking her beer, I noticed his keys. I took them.
" Why did you take my keys?" He asked as I showed him the key with the glowing thumbprint.
" Sti, you have phosphors on your keys." I told him as I saw his confused look.
" Phosphors react to bioluminescent." I explained as he looked at his keys and then around us.
" How would I get phosphors on my key?" He asked me.
" Chemicals?" I asked as he looked to be thinking.
" No, I don't think I-we have to go to the school." He said as he took my hand. I followed him down to his car.
" What's on your mind?" I asked him.
" I need to complete a theory." He told me as I got into his jeep. Stiles drove us to the school. We walked towards the chemistry room. I walked to the board with the numbers. I turned back to see Stiles unlocking the chemical closet! The fuck!
" Did I make those?" He asked as I saw him come up and pick up a piece of chalk.
" I'm not sure." I replied as he wrote the numbers down and copied the same ones. It was a near match.
" It looks like my handwriting." He said walking backwards away from it.
" We can't conclude something that doesn't make sense. I don't believe it was you Stiles." I replied to him. Something bigger was happening.
" What's happening to us?" He said making me turn to him confused. Were his nightmares getting worse?
" Us? What's happening to you? Are the nightmares getting worse?" I asked as he leaned on a desk.
" It's more, much more. Sleepwalking. Night Terrors. Insomnia. Screaming myself awake." He told me as I let my fingers run through my hair.
" What is this happening?" I asked as I looked at my hands. They were slightly shaking.
" The nightmares? the weird fucking dreams? The sleepwalking?" I asked as he came over and took my hands.
" Maybe this is bigger than us." He told me as a tear fell on my face.
"Whatever it is, we got this. We survived Peter, The Kanima, and The Alpha Pack. We can survive and pull each other up when the other is down." I told him as I felt my eyes flare up as my wolf presented itself.
" We keep an eye on each other. Be the light that keeps me sane." He said as I smirked.
" I'm an Alpha. Anything that comes at you or me is going to face a rage that is borderline berserk." I said as I saw the sun coming up.
" We should get some rest." He told me as I smiled. I walked out of the school with him holding my hand. The sun's glow hits the both of us as we head back to his jeep.
" We should talk to Scott, but not right now." Stiles said as he opened the passenger door for me. I hopped inside, Stiles got in the driver's side and started up the jeep. He gave me his hand and began to drive us to his place.