After finding out that the message came from Melissa's computer they'd gone straight to the hospital, for some reason it was more important that they go now instead of waiting for the morning, in safe daylight. Yelena had opted to sit in the back, ever since their close encounter at the school, Yelena wasn't sure if she trusted herself around Derek, what was worse was that he knew how nervous he made her. Her thoughts of Derek were cut off by the sounds of Stiles's phone ringing, it was Scott whom Stiles put on speakerphone
"Did you get the picture?" Scott asked.
In the background they could hear the sound from the crowd at the lacrosse field, Yelena knew how much this must have been hurting Stiles as he was meant to be there. Scott had finally managed to take a photo of the necklace and sent it to them to see if it matched with the one Laura Hale had seen before she'd been killed.
"Yeah, I did, and it looks just like the drawing," Stiles replied.
Derek roughly grabbed Stile's hand and pulled the phone closer to him so he could speak "Is there something on the back of it? There's gotta be something. An inscription, an opening, something." He asked frantically.
"No, no, the thing's flat. And, no, it doesn't open. There's nothing in it, on it, around it, nothing. And where are you? You're supposed to be here. You're first line. Man, you're not gonna play if you're not here to start." Scott exclaimed
"I know."
Yelena tenitavly put her hand on Stiles's shoulder "Stiles you can still make it, just drop me and Derek off and we'll find our way back later."
Stiles's face resigned as he spoke to Scott again "Look if you see my dad, can you tell him - tell him I'll be there, I'll just be a little bit late, okay? All right, thanks." He said before hanging up.
"You're not gonna make it. And you didn't tell him about his mom, either." Derek unhelpfully pointed out.
"Not till we find out the truth." Stiles insisted.
Yelena nodded in agreement as she looked out the window remembering her lacrosse games and thinking about how gutted she would have been if she'd not been allowed to play. It was Derek who snapped her from her thoughts as he nodded and looked at Stiles
"By the way, one more thing."
"Yeah-"
Derek grabbed the back of Stiles's head and rammed it painfully into the steering wheel. Yelena grimaced as she could practically feel the pain herself. Stiles yelped in pain as clutched his head "Oh, God! What the hell -"
"You know what that was for." Derek growled, referring to earlier in the night with Danny "Now Go. Go!" He growled and pointed to the door.
Stiles opened the door still holding his head but Yelena reached over and stopped him
"Wait I'll go." She felt guilty that Stiles was missing his lacrosse game.
"No." They both said at the same time, scowling at each other. Stiles's distrust of Derek was evident, as was Derek's dislike for Stiles.
"You're staying in the car, he can go." Derek continued
"Excuse me? Who asked you?" Yelena argued with Derek with raised eyebrows.
"It's fine, I'll go."
"Stiles-"
"Look I'm already missing the game at least let it count for something," Stiles told her as he climbed out of the jeep.
"Be careful!" She shouted out to him as she climbed into the front seat next to Derek.
Stiles pulled his phone out of his jacket and waved it to her "I'll call you when I find something."
Yelena nodded and watched nervously as her brother walked into the hospital. After a few minutes of silence, Derek glanced over at her and cleared his throat.
"Can I ask you a question?"
Yelena sighed not wanting to talk to Derek, she was beginning to get whiplash from him acting friendly when they were alone and then not even answering her when she asked a simple question like if he wanted a drink when they were with other people
"You don't tend to answer any of mine - oh hey I just answered your question, Miguel."
Derek rolled his eyes at her sarcastic answer "Your brother and Scott don't trust me much, but you do."
"What's the question?"
"Why do you trust me?"
"It's not a matter of trust it's a matter of logic." She explained.
"Logic?"
"You may be a werewolf and I don't doubt that you've hurt people, but killing your own family member for no reason and then sticking around afterward just seems stupid, and you don't seem stupid."
Derek's eyes flickered to her lips much like they did at the school making Yelena take a deep breath in anticipation "What do I seem like then?" He asked with genuine curiosity, slowly moving closer to her.
"You need to stop doing that."
"Doing what?" He asked quietly
"That." She breathed as she felt herself mimicking his actions by moving closer to him. Being alone with him always made it harder to be pissed off at him, especially when he put himself in such close proximity as her. His hands gently went to the nape of her neck, her lips barely on his when they both jumped back from the sound of her phone ringing "Stiles!" Yelena exclaimed, putting him on speaker phone and calming her breathing down as Derek cleared his throat.
"I can't find her." He whispered to them as he walked through the hospital
"Look, ask for Jennifer. She's been looking after my uncle." Derek suggested.
"Yeah, well, he's not here either."
"What?"
"Oh my god," Yelena muttered as it finally clicked in her head.
They knew Derek wasn't the alpha, but his sister, his only living family member aside from his uncle, was. Derek didn't want to be on his own but he would never kill his only living family member to become an alpha and create a new pack, a new family. That didn't mean that someone else in his family wouldn't.
Derek seemingly realized the same thing as they exchanged a terrified look
"He's not here. He's gone, Derek." Stiles answered again.
Yelena's heart started pounding in her eardrums as she grabbed Derek's arm in panic "Oh my god, he's going to kill Stiles."
"Stiles, get out of there right now - it's him! He's the Alpha! Get out!" Derek shouted through the phone as both he and Yelena opened their car doors "Where are you going?!" He snapped, gripping Yelena's wrist tightly as she attempted to get out of the car
"To save my brother!" She hissed back as she attempted to pull her wrist out of his grip.
"You could get killed!" He shouted as she managed in anger to pull her wrist back
"I don't care he's my brother!" She shouted back as he looked at her half surprised half annoyed.
Yelena and Derek quickly found Stiles and Peter, Yelena's sisterly instincts kicked in when she saw Peter's nurse about to attack him. She ran over and slammed her into the wall "Bitch only I get to hit my brother!" She shouted as she pulled Stiles behind her.
"That's not nice" Peter tutted "She's my nurse.
"She's a psychotic bitch helping you kill people." Derek growled, "Get out of the way, get him out of here."
Yelena hesitated but one look from Derek told her not to argue. She could hear fighting from behind her as she and Stiles ran to the jeep. Yelena paused once she opened the car door, looking back to the hospital.
"Len! Come on!" Stiles called as he put the keys in the ignition "Lena-"
"But Derek-"
"Has already survived the alpha once, let's go."
Yelena nodded and got into the jeep "Aren't you full of surprises today."
Stiles frowned "What do you mean?"
"Well using logic about Derek, coming up with lies on the spot. Sacrificing your place on the team."
"Didn't need reminding about the last one."
Yelena grinned sheepishly "Yeah sorry. We shouldn't leave him."
Stiles started the engine and looked at his sister "We have to tell Scott, that's more important."
Yelena sighed in defeat and nodded as they pulled out of the hospital lot.