"She's going after Guardians, Allison." Allison's dad told her as them, Stiles, and Madison walked into the Argent residence. "As you know, that's a role I haven't lived up to lately."
"But she took Scott's mother and Stiles's father." Allison said to him, following him into his office. Madison and Stiles walked in behind her. "That's not exactly a coincidence."
"And, you should also consider the fact that someone," Madison stated, sitting down, "probably one Jennifer Blake, wrote your last name in big block letters on the elevator doors. Think about that."
"Yeah." Stiles nodded. "That kinda felt like some sort of warning to me."
"I think it might be Morrell." Allison told everyone. "She knows a lot more than she lets on, and I think she might actually be trying to help us."
"Well, she should be getting on that faster, since the lunar eclipse is less than two fricken nights away." Stiles said to her.
"Stiles, don't give up hope." Argent assured him.
"They could already be dead." Stiles sighed, sitting down next to Madison. Madison placed her hand on his shoulder, trying to comfort him.
"I don't think so." Argent shook his head. "It's something about the way she's doing it. It's as if she's still putting the pieces in place."
"And you're probably going to be one of them." Madison stated. Allison glared at her, and she sighed. "Sorry."
"Then let's see who makes the next move." Argent stated. He grabbed his map. "Everything she has done has been on the Taluric currents, so Melissa and the sheriff have to be somewhere on those currents, right?" Stiles was staring down at the ground. Argent looked over at him. "Stiles, if we're going to find them, we need your help."
"You seriously want to go after her?" Stiles questioned him. "I mean, what if she just takes you like the others, huh?"
"Yeah." Madison sighed. "No offense, but there's really no difference between you and them."
Argent picked up his gun and loaded it. "Well, I'm carrying a forty-five." He stated. "Maybe she can handle a shot to the leg, and a few slashes to the face, but, personally, I'd like to see if she can handle half of her skull being blown off."
"That's vivid." Madison gulped. "I didn't need to imagine that, but that's for the image."
Argent sighed before leaning against the desk. "We've got one priority right now. That is to find Melissa and your dad, Stiles. We've got a map with all the Taluric currents, but what we don't have is time. That is why I need all three of you." Stiles sighed before looking up at him.
"Where do we start?"
Argent smiled before grabbing the black light. "The places where the people have been sacrificed have usually been different from where the bodies are found." Argent explained to them. "I think that the placement has something to do with the strength of the current, so there's the school, the animal clinic, and the bank."
"Wait, but she wouldn't use the same place twice." Madison stated, looking down at the bank.
"But, what if she didn't succeed the first time." Argent said to her. He place his black light on the bank.
"Scott's boss." Allison stated.
"Deaton." Stiles sighed.
"I have a feeling that could mean something." Argent told them all.
"Well, that's one place." Stiles said to him. "We're gonna need a lot more than that."
"What about Lydia?" Allison asked Stiles and Madison. Madi sighed before shaking her head.
"Lydia?" Argent asked his daughter. "What can she do?"
Madison looked down at her hands. "Lydia has a kind of talent. She sort of found a few of the bodies."
"Yeah." Stiles nodded. "And without actually looking for them."
"Well, what is she?" Argent questioned. "Psychic?"
Madison shook her head before looking down at her hands. "Well, ya know, she's definitely something, am I right, ladies?"
The Argents began getting out all there weapons, and there were a lot. "Uh, I thought you guys were retired?" Stiles asked them.
"Retired, yes." Argent nodded. "Defenseless, no. And for the two of you," Argent spoke to Madison and Stiles, "make sure your phone is on, and if you hear from Scott, text us immediately."
Madison sighed, looking down at her phone. "At this point, I'm thinking that's kind of unlikely."
"All of you try to remember that he's just doing what he thinks is right." Argent spoke to the teenagers standing in his office.
They all heard the door to the office open. "I can't shoot a gun or a crossbow, but I getting pretty good at using these." Madison looked back and saw Isaac in the doorway, with his claws out.
*
"I don't believe it." Lydia said to Madison and Stiles. Stiles had forced Madison to come with him to Lydia's house, but she really did not want to go. "Scott can't really be with them."
"You didn't see the look on his face, though." Stiles sighed before looking over at Madison. She hadn't said a word the entire time.
"Then what can I do?" Lydia asked him. "I mean, I get that I'm some sort of gigercounter for death, but I don't know how to turn it on and off yet. All I know is that she tried to kill me because of-"
Lydia's eyes widened as she remembered what the Darach had said to her. "Because of what?" Stiles questioned her. Madison raised and eyebrow, cocking her head to the side. "Hey, Lydia, what?"
"When she called me a banshee, she was surprised by it." Lydia answered him. "What if that's not why she tried to kill me."
"Then why did she?" Stiles asked her.
"That's what we need to find out." Lydia stated before standing up. "You're driving me to school, let's go."
Madison sighed before turning to Stiles. "Can you drop me off at Derek's?" She asked him. "I want to try and help Cora." Stiles nodded before exiting the Martin Household.
*
Madison walked into Derek's loft, and smiled. "Hey, losers!" She shouted. "I'm here!"
Peter looked up at her and sighed. "Oh look, it's Stiles and Scott's little gay friend." Madison chuckled a bit. "It's Madeline, right?"
Madison narrowed her eyes at him. "Close. It's Madison."
"Oh well." Peter rolled his eyes. "I really don't care anyways."
Madison's gaze finally landed on Cora. She was lying on a bed, and looking more pale than at the hospital. She immediately ran over to her, and grabbed onto her hand. "Hey, I'm here." She smiled at her. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you." She felt Cora cuddle into her, and she smiled.
She heard Derek walk into the room. "Now, I understand that you don't see the downside to this," Peter said to him, "but you haven't exactly been alpha of the year, and you need to think about what else you'd be losing."
"I don't care about Power." Derek shook his head. "Not anymore."
"What about the power to fight back?" Peter questioned.
Madison was confused. "Wait, what is going on?" She asked them.
"Derek wants to give up his alpha status to save Cora." Peter answered her.
"Oh, well then, you should totally do it." Madison told him before looking down at Cora.
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but Kali's promise still stands." Peter said to Derek. "The full moon is tomorrow night, and if you couldn't beat her as an alpha, how would you fair as a beta."
"I don't care." Derek snapped at his uncle.
"What if Jennifer knew this would happen?" Peter asked him. "She knew the only way for you too save Cora would be giving up your power. Maybe that's what she was going to have you do at the hospital."
"Why?" Madison asked Peter.
"So that he wouldn't be able to face the alphas without her." Peter answered Madison harshly. "She wants you to come to her. It's all apart of her little seduction, and she is still seducing you." Peter explained to Derek. "She needs you on her side."
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Author's Note -
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