"Where are the others?" Allison asked looking around for them
Isaac shrugged " I don't know. Scott and Stiles went back for Derek and Jennifer. I had to get Cora out."
"Is she ok?" Yelena asked but before he could answer they heard Derek coming out of the hospital
"Where's Scott and Stiles?" Allison asked him
"Stiles is still at the hospital. He's gonna hold off the cops for us." He answered as he picked up Cora from Isaac's car to put her in his own, "We have to go right now." He told them
"Cops?!" Yelena exclaimed
"What about Scott and Melissa?" Chris asked
"Jennifer took Melissa. Len come on."
"What? No, where's Stiles and Scott?" Yelena demanded
"Derek, where's Scott?" Allison asked desperately.
Derek exchanged a look with Yelena who shook her head in disbelief of what he was silently telling her.
They all turned at the sound of police sirens nearby
"I've gotta go and get Stiles." She told them as she ran back inside for him.
Yelena ran through the hospital corridors to get to Stiles, however, she stopped dead in shock at the sight of him. Scott's dad. Nobody had seen him in years and Yelena was very aware about things in his past. She carried on walking over to Stiles where she could hear Scott's dad asking questions about the sheriff and Yelena's anger peaked when she heard him talking about their father's alcohol intake, especially given his own issues.
"All right, how about this?" Yelena said startling both McCall and Stiles, who didn't know she was there, "Next time we see him, We'll give him a field sobriety test, okay? We'll do the alphabet, start with "F," and end with "U." She spat out at him in anger as she pulled Stiles to his feet.
"Ah, another Stilinski." He sighed before turning back to Stiles, "Well Stiles how about you just tell me what the hell happened here?"
Yelena narrowed her eyes at him as Stiles opened his mouth, "We don't know what happened here. We were stuck in the elevators the whole time." Yelena said speaking on his behalf, "And just in case you don't remember, Agent McCall, you can't ask him anything without a parent or guardian present and I'm entitled to seek legal counsel if you continue." She finished by folding her arms across her chest
Stiles smirked at his sister whilst she stood her ground.
Agent McCall exhaled deeply, "Nobody is under arrest, no need for the dramatics Lena."
Stiles watched their stare down before clearing his throat, "Well in that case you don't mind if we go then." Stiles said as he and Yelena began to walk away.
"You're not the one who put the name on the doors, are you?" He called after them
They both stopped and frowned at each other, "What name?" They asked in sync.
They followed him to the elevator Where they saw that someone had painted ARGENT across the outside of the elevator doors.
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"The word is guardian, Allison. More than anyone, you know that's a role I haven't exactly lived up to lately." Chris told his daughter.
A group of them had gone to the argents apartment to discuss their next move after Stiles and Yelena had informed them about what was written on the doors in the hospital
"But she took Scott's mother and Stiles' father. That's not a coincidence." Allison argued
"Yeah, I'd also consider the fact that someone put your name up in large block letters on the elevator doors. That kind of felt like a warning to me." Yelena agreed
"I think it might be Morrell. She knows a lot more than she lets on, and she might even be trying to help us."
Stiles nodded "Well, she needs to get on that a lot faster, okay? Seeing as how the lunar eclipse is less than two freaking nights away." He exclaimed.
Yelena reached out and squeezed his shoulder trying to calm him down.
"Stiles, don't give up hope," Chris said softly trying to reassure the teen
"Easier said than done," Yelena said under her breath.
Stiles nodded "They could already be dead."
Chris shook his head "I don't think so. There's something about Jennifer's tactics. It's like she's still positioning, still moving pieces into place."
"And you're one of them."
"Then let's not wait around to see the next move. Everything she's done has been on a telluric current, so Melissa and the sheriff have to be somewhere on one of those currents, right? Stiles, if we're gonna find them, we need your help."
"You seriously want to go after her? I mean, what if she just takes you like the others, huh? No offense, but what's the difference between you and them?
Chris looked at Stiles "I'm carrying a .45. Maybe she can heal from a shot to the leg and a few slashes to the face, but personally, I'd like to see how she holds up with half her skull blown off. We've got one priority right now, and that is to find Melissa and your dad. We've got a map and every clue we need to figure this out. The only thing we don't have is time, which is why I need you guys."
Stiles let out a sigh "Where do we start?" He asked
"You need to get Derek on side," Chris told Yelena as he pulled his maps out
"Derek won't leave Cora. Not right now." Yelena answered.
"Exactly, We need to make sure that Jenifer doesn't manipulate him-"
"She won't." Yelena insisted
"Lena, we don't know that-" Allison began
"You're not listening." Yelena told them firmly as she leaned onto the desk, "Derek needed a pack for strength and for the sense of family, Cora is his sister. His family. His priority is saving her, which means he won't be strong enough to protect Jenifer."
Allison and Stiles frowned but Chris knew what she was getting at, "He's going to try and heal her."
Yelena nodded at him "So Tell me the plan."
"The place where the sacrifices have been committed has usually been different from where the bodies have been found. I think the placement has to do with the strength of the current, so there's the school, the animal clinic, the bank."
"Wait a sec, she wouldn't use the same place twice, would she?" Stiles asked
"Only if she didn't succeed the first time."
"That would make sense." Yelena agreed
"Scott's boss." Allison realised
"Deaton. It was her only failure. That could mean something."
"That's just one place so far. We're gonna need a lot more help."
"What about Lydia?" Allison asked stiles
Chris frowned in confusion "Lydia? What can she do?" He asked
"Uh," Stiles began trying to think of an explanation, "Lydia's got sort of a talent. She somehow ended up finding a couple of the bodies, um, without actually looking for them."
"What is she? Psychic?" Chris asked
"Well, I dunno if I'd call it that," Yelena said in thought
"She's something," Stiles said
"Ok well, you guys speak to Lydia and I'll go round to Derek's loft."
"I thought you said he's on our side?" Allison asked Yelena
Yelena sighed, "Yeah, except there's another Hale that we should never discount."
"Peter." Chris sighed.
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As Yelena headed to the loft door she could hear Peter ranting and telling Derek that Jenifer was still trying to seduce him.
"Peter enough!" She snapped as she walked in, surprising both werewolves, "That's not helping."
"Oh great here we go." Peter began as he watched Yelena enter the loft "Well, if you still want that bite Yelena I'd ask for it now because he's about to lose all his powers!" Peter huffed as he stormed past her.
Yelena raised her eyebrows at Derek before coming to sit next to him at Cora's bedside.
"How's she doing?"
"Not much change." He answered in a concentrated tone.
Yelena glanced at the hand that was entwined with Coras and saw his healing power pulsing through the veins in his arm.
"How are you?" She answered quietly, when Derek didn't answer Yelena sighed and moved closer to him, "It isn't your fault Derek."
Derek let out a deep exhale, "Please, this is all my fault."
Yelena rested her forehead on the side of his face, "How many times am I going to have to tell you to stop punishing yourself. The fire was on Kate, not you. Boyd and Erica were the alphas. And now with Cora-"
"What about your dad?" Derek said cutting her off as she moved away and looked at him in confusion, "She wouldn't have gone for him if I hadn't broken up with her."
"Derek I don't think it had anything to do with that," Yelena answered truthfully.
"I should be with you, I should be helping you."
Yelena shook her head, "No you should be here. With Cora, she needs you," Yelena paused unsure if she should share her opinion but decided to anyway, "Although please be careful."He frowned at her not understanding, "I know what could happen if you go too far and it would really suck if the only family member Cora has left is Peter."
Derek wanted to smile at her dig at his uncle but couldn't find it In him to do so, "You always do that don't you." He commented
Yelena raised her eyebrows at him, "what?"
"You always find a way to take care of everyone."
Yelena smiled and shrugged before noticing the time. "I've gotta go." She told him standing up.
He nodded and carried on concentrating on Cora. Yelena bent down and kissed the top of his forehead before heading out.
A/N - I'm back (hopefully) I'm sorry for the break but I've had a lot going on, I hope I still have readers 🙈 anyway I'm planning to get more writing done now and I apologize also that this chapter is NOT EDITED....but at least it's here xx