"Are you two out of your minds?" Noah quips in a rushed whisper before shutting the door to his office and turning around towards us.
He lifts his hand to point a finger at us as he continues, "You two are not going to Mexico."
Stiles huffs out a frustrated breath before he argues "Dad, Scott and Kira have been kidnapped and taken to Mexico. Okay? I think that's a pretty good reason for a trip to Mexico."
Noah walks away from us and inhales deeply while stepping behind his desk to lean his hands on the back of his chair "Okay even if you guys are right about this– the best thing is to go through the proper channels–"
Stiles hits his hand on the desk with his objection "Dad–"
Noah nods his head and raises his hand out to his side, continuing on a little louder like Stiles didn't say anything "That means calling the right law enforcement agencies, border patrol, putting out an all-points."
Hearing his words I nod, however I urge "Mr. S... something happened to Scott. It's like Derek, he's not dead– but it doesn't exactly feel like he's alive either."
Noah softens his eyes but shakes his head to stand his ground.
I feel Stiles wrap an arm around me while lifting his free hand out to his side to argue "Dad, we can't just wait around for the wheels of bureaucracy to start spinning in five different government offices. Okay? Someone needs to go down there right now, find them and rescue them. We're going."
Noah furrows his brows as he moves his eyes between us. He takes in our serious and not backing down faces before he stands up from his lean, raising his brows to go with his words "I can keep you two from going."
Stiles shrugs and clarifies "We'd find a way."
Noah shakes his head to take it a step farther "I can throw you in separate cells."
I tilt my head to the side and elaborate softly "We're resourceful– we'd still find a way."
Noah softens his face with a sigh and moves from behind his desk to walk around, coming to stand in front of us with his plea "Guys, please. Just give me a little more time to verify something slightly more concrete than a banshee scream backed up by Deaton seeing a psychic vision by some guy with a third eye in a mental hospital."
I must look offended because he sets his hand on my shoulder with a reassuring little shake "Not that I don't trust what you feel kid–"
I close my eyes, offering a nod of understanding with his words he's right no one would accept that as probable proof to go into another country after them
Opening my eyes when I hear Noah sigh, he looks between us and continues with his bargaining "Look, I will call every law enforcement agency all the way down to South America if I have to. If nothing turns up, then we'll book three flights to Mexico. We'll all go. Okay?"
I smile softly with his words before Stiles makes a noise and grips his hand lower on my hip while he nods towards his dad "Okay, okay, great. Do I get a gun?"
"No." Noah deadpans before walking towards the office door.
I try to cover my snort into my hand by coughing softly, however I just earn Stiles pulling me harder into his side.
Fighting a smile he places his mouth against my temple, murmuring "Heard that" before placing a kiss against my skin.
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Malia smiles when I open the front door and gesture inside for her to follow us up to Scott's room.
She volunteered to get his scent before we needed to leave for Mexico sorry Noah but it's Scott– we have to do this now
Digging around in Scott's closet I find the shirt I last remember him wearing and hand it over to her "Here try that."
Stiles crosses his arms over his chest and taps his fingers on his arm while she takes a deep breath of the material.
She looks over to us and shakes her head, stating "Fabric softener."
Stiles raises his brows and tilts his head to the side before he turns and walks into the bathroom.
He digs through the hamper and grabs an article of unmentionables that has my nose grimacing before he holds it out towards her and shrugs "Remember, Scott's life is on the line."
Chuckling at his bright idea, I widen my eyes slightly and move a step over to the bed.
I clear my throat after grabbing my idea and both of them turn around from the bathroom doorway while I hold out Scott's pillow to Malia with a hopeful look on my face.
Malia sends me a grateful look before walking up next to me and taking the pillow from my hands.
She inhales deeply and smiles with a nod that she fully has his scent now.
I smile triumphantly and raise my brows quickly when Stiles moves his eyes towards me and nods his head to the side "Yeah. That works, too."
We walk out of Scott's room and head down the stairs with a little rush in our steps.
Stiles walks around the corner first and I hear him make a noise before we're following behind him through the living room.
I see Liam in the kitchen waiting for us when Stiles raises his arm up with his words "Oh! Liam, go home. You're not coming with us."
Moving his wide eyes between, Liam quickly rushes out "Why not?"
Sidestepping around Liam, Stiles comes to a stop in the kitchen to clarify "Because it's a full moon. And I don't feel like driving all the way down to Mexico just to have you rip my throat out."
Liam scoffs and offers his solution "You can lock me up, right? Chain me down to the back seat or something?"
I grimace softly to debunk that suggestion as I connect my eyes with his "You tore through the last chains, remember?"
Stiles lifts his hand out towards me and elaborates "Yeah, we would have to freeze you in carbonite to get you down there."
Liam shrugs with a hopeful look on his face like it's completely doable and offers "Okay, then where do we get carbonite?" softest puppy in the world
I move my lips between my teeth, trying not to laugh at the look adorning Stiles' face when he turns towards me.
Sharing a look with me, he raises his brows before he turns back to Liam "Seriously, you haven't seen it either?"
Stiles turns towards me to head towards the kitchen door and I shrug "Movie night when we get back? We'll make the whole damn pack watch it with us."
Stiles releases a slight chuckle and reaches out to grab my hand when Liam rushes forward and stops in front of us "Wait! What if we put me in the trunk?"
I soften my face and connect my eyes with his "You'd get out of that, too bub."
Stiles shakes his head when he looks back to him "She's right– Liam, you've been a werewolf all of five minutes– you don't have to do this."
Setting a determined look on his face, he doesn't waver in his decision as he moves his eyes between Stiles and I "I know I don't, but I want to. There's gotta be bigger chains, a bigger trunk or something. There has to be."
Stiles nods his head to the side and connects his idea brewing eyes with mine "Maybe there is."
I furrow my brows with my silent question before he gives me a knowing look and I chuckle well we can't be the ones to steal it this time
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Derek texted back that Braedon was on it to fulfill our request and sent us to meet at the abandoned airport hanger where we needed to meet and regroup before we leave for Mexico.
Stiles and I get out of Roscoe, heading over towards the van.
Stiles makes a noise, pointing towards the van as he asks a smirking Braedon "How did you get a prison transport van?"
"I'm a U.S. Marshal." She states like it's obvious and I make a noise before imploring lightly "Yeah, I just thought that was just a cover?"
She answers with a deeper smirk before Derek chimes in with zero patience as he points to Liam coming to a stop beside me "Are we really bringing him?"
"Are we really bringing him?" Stiles quickly counters in Liam's defense with a point towards Peter who is also walking up towards our group.
I let out a groan of frustration and raise my hands out to my sides to stop the fighting "Guys stop– we have no time for this okay. We're bringing everyone that we can."
Peter nods and chimes in with his gloating words "Addy's right and considering Scott and Kira were taken the night before a full moon, we should probably get going."
I furrow my brows with his words and Malia shares a look with me before she looks back towards him with her question "What's that mean?"
Peter moves his eyes between us as he digresses "If Kate took Scott back to the same temple that she took Derek, how do we know she's not planning to do the same thing to him?"
Liam shrugs next to me "What, she wants to make him younger?"
Derek furrows his brows and chimes in "Or take him back to when he wasn't a werewolf."
"A werewolf can't steal a true Alpha's power. But maybe a Nagual jaguar, with the power of Tezcatlipoca behind her... Maybe she can." Peter lets out a deep exhale with his words before he continues "So, if everyone is sufficiently freaked out, I say we get going."
I shake my head and look between Peter and Derek as I answer "We can't. Not without Lydia."
Derek raises his brows with my words, shaking his head expectantly with his question "Okay well then where the hell is she?"
"At the school" Stiles answers as I pull my phone out of my pocket to call her.
I get her voicemail and call another two times before Derek stops my pacing steps by standing in front of me.
I move my eyes up to his and he shrugs "We need to go Addy– what's she doing at the school anyway?"
Malia lifts the item in her hand up slightly next to us "We got Kira's sword, but we need something with a stronger scent."
Derek looks back to me like he doesn't get how the school ties into this and I tilt my head to the side, making a noise before I answer "Lydia went to get a jacket out of Kira's locker we know she keeps in there and wouldn't have been washed recently."
I groan and drop my phone down from my ear as I connect my worried eyes with Stiles' "Nothing"
Braedon shrugs "If she has a car, she can catch up to us."
Peter gains my attention when he points towards her and nods "That's a good point. We'll call her from the road."
I scoff and look over towards him quickly "No. What if something happened? She's not answering for a reason– what if she's in trouble?"
Peter offers a look of mock pity before he widens his eyes with his idea "Fine– you stay, you find her. We're gonna go on without you."
He doesn't even wait for an answer before he's walking away from us and towards his car you're acting way to eager to get down to Mexico
I roll my eyes and turn to the side when Liam gains my attention "I could call Mason. He has a study group at school. Maybe he could look for her."
Both Stiles and Derek raise their brows towards me, like that's our best option to go with and I sigh as I set my phone in the back pocket of my jean shorts "Alright. Fine."
Stiles sets his hand on my hip and guides me over to Malia who starts walking towards Peter's car.
She stops her steps and looks to me when I set my hand on her arm "We need to be back there with Derek and Liam. I don't want to leave him alone right now."
Malia smiles and nods "If anyone's going to help him find an anchor it's you."
Stiles makes a noise and nods his head to the side "Plus it helps we have got some experience dealing with out of control teen wolves."
I chuckle with his words and look back to Malia "You'll be okay riding with Peter?"
She makes a face and nods slightly "He is my father. Maybe we could do some bonding."
"No. No bonding." I quip back with a shake of my head and Stiles elaborates "Play the radio, play it loud."
She chuckles and heads towards the car after giving us a slight nod with our words.
Peter shrugs on his jacket and states "Remember what we're dealing with. It's not just Kate, it's Berserkers. You might see human eyes behind those skulls. Do not assume that there's any humanity left."
He smirks and nods towards Liam "Oh– this little one is terrified of them, aren't you?"
Liam looks down quickly and I set my hand on his upper back when Peter continues "Don't worry, my friend. It is that fear that will keep you alive. A reminder to everyone. You do not fight Berserkers to survive, you fight to kill" interesting statement since before you wanted to run away from them
We get into the back of the van and after Liam calls Mason, telling him to call as soon as he finds Lydia we get him double handcuffed to one side of the benches in the van.
I sit next to Stiles and after Derek finishes fastening the cuffs around Liam's wrists, he sits down on the other side of me.
Liam looks over to us and I raise my brows with my question "All good?"
He nods before he pulls up on the cuffs and they make a decent sound of they won't be going anywhere.
Derek clears his throat and reaches into his jacket. He pulls out the talisman that Kate was originally after when the vault was broken into.
I share a look with Stiles before we hear Derek softly inform Liam "Okay. I brought something to help you. This has been with my family for centuries. It's a very powerful, supernatural talisman. We use it to teach Betas how to control themselves on a full moon."
Derek finishes and reaches out to place the talisman into Liam's hands.
Derek looks over to us expectantly and nods towards the absolutely powerless talisman with his brows raised very high.
Getting his meaning I look back to Liam who thankfully still has his eyes on the disk in his hand and Stiles clears his throat to elaborate "Yes, it's powerful– very powerful."
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We've been driving for a couple hours at this point and night has fallen around us.
Stiles stretches his long gazelle legs out across to the other bench, sending a smirk my way as he silently gloats that he's grown taller and is even more comfy than the last time we were waiting in the back of one of these.
I glare playfully and move my feet onto the bench we're sitting on, bringing my knees closer to my face.
I stick my tongue out that I'm just as comfy and move to wrap my arms around my legs when he huffs and reaches his hands towards me.
Stiles wraps his hands around my ankles and pulls my legs towards him to lay them over his lap and scoots me on the bench to be right up against him.
I chuckle with his antics and move my shoulder trying to get comfy as I cross my arms over my chest.
Liam clears his throat and nods towards us "How long have you guys been together?"
We look over to him and Stiles is beginning to answer when Derek scoffs and points over to us "These two idiots have only been together a few months."
"Months?" Liam stresses through his disbelief at the same time Stiles and I quip back towards Derek "Idiots?"
Derek fights his smile as he moves his humor filled eyes between Stiles and I "Seriously? Yes idiots– the both of you."
He turns back towards Liam and shakes his head as he leans back against the wall behind us "Be glad you weren't a werewolf before they were together– it's worse than right now."
"Fucking chemosignals" Stiles grumbles at the same time I laugh with no humor behind it and point towards Derek "One– shut your face and B–" I point towards Liam and continue on a lighter tone "Why do you ask?"
Liam tries not to laugh at the whole exchange and clears his throat "Umm you two just remind me of my parents– the way you both interact with each other, having silent conversations knowing exactly what the other is thinking and how calm being around you two even makes me– it's different... it's nice. Also why I would have guessed years."
I smile softly and feel Stiles wrap his arm behind me, resting his hand on my hip before he pulls me back against him.
I set my chin on my shoulder and smile softly at Stiles, earning a wink thrown my way before we all jump back with the grunt of pain from Liam as he pulls on the cuffs around his wrists.
Stiles drops his feet from across the bench and we share a worried look with Derek as Liam starts to breathe heavily.
He lifts his head slowly and connects his were yellows shining brightly with Derek as he grips the talisman with his claws out fingers and clips out "Whatever you were gonna teach me... I think you better start."
Derek leans closer to him "Liam, you with me? We have a mantra that we use. You repeat it, you focus on the words. It's like meditating. You say the words until you feel control coming back to you."
"Okay. Okay, okay! What are the words?" Liam rushes out and Derek nods pointing to the talisman "Okay, look at the triskelion. See the symbol? I have a tattoo on my back, it's the same thing. Each spiral means something."
"Alpha, Beta, Omega." Stiles ponders in thought and Derek nods as he continues "It represents the idea that we can always rise to one and fall back to another. Betas can become Alphas–"
"Alphas can become Betas," I chime in and Liam looks around to us quickly with his question "Can Alphas become Omegas?"
Derek nods his answer and continues "All you have to do is say the three words. And with each one, you tell yourself you're getting calmer, more in control. Go ahead."
"Alpha, Beta..." Liam begins quickly and Derek reassures calmly "Slower."
"Alpha... Beta... Omega..." Liam succeeds in saying the words slower before he groans and his claws out fingers grip the talisman even harder before he goes again "Alpha... Beta... Omega..."
"Good. Say it again. Remember, every time you say the words, you're getting calmer," Derek tries again and Liam pops his neck to the side.
He's sweating more and through his panting breaths, his voice adds a definite growl behind his words "Alpha, Beta... Omega."
Stiles makes a noise and pulls me back with him, sharing a look with me in agreement that doesn't sound good
"Say it again," Derek urges before Stiles stresses quickly "Derek, I don't think the powerful talisman of self-control is working"
Liam looks up and his were yellows are shining brightly as well as his teeth being on display while he roars towards us.
We jump backwards more and Derek bellows right back in his face "Liam, say it again!"
Liam answers with a bone chilling roar as he tries to stand up.
The cuffs do a spectacular job of keeping him in place, however Braedon slightly loses control of the van and we serve around while Derek yells back "Liam!"
Liam roars even louder and breaks one of the cuffs around his wrist, earning Stiles to make a fearful noise as he pulls me across his lap and onto the bench on the other side of him, effectively putting himself in front of me.
"Derek?" Braedon yells from behind the wheel and since Derek is holding onto Liam's sprung free arm, Stiles shouts back towards her through the middle gate divider between the front and back area "I think we're gonna need to go a little faster!"
Fighting through Liam trying to break free, Derek returns with his own shout through the divider towards Braedon "Keep going!"
"We're almost there!" Braedon informs right before Liam roars and tries to swipe at Derek again, successfully breaking the other handcuff in the process.
Noticing both hands are free now, Liam reaches forward and attempts to wrap them around Derek's throat.
"Keep focus!" Derek again shouts through fighting to keep Liam at bay.
Stiles moves more in front of me as he helpfully adds to the situation "Derek, I don't think Alpha, Beta, Omega is resonating with him."
"Either of you know any other mantras?" Derek pants out and I set my hand on Stiles' arm to let me around him "Yeah I do– Liam, Liam– what three things cannot long be hidden?"
Liam only looks at me for a second before he goes back to trying to attack Derek and Stiles lunges forward to grab Liam's other arm, keeping it away from Derek as he bellows in his face "Liam! Liam look at her"
I kneel in between the benches, my back against the divider from the front and when I get his were yellows shining brightly towards me I continue "Bub, what three things cannot long be hidden?"
"What three things?" Stiles urges again through keeping him back on his bench.
Liam pants as the recognition flashes in his eyes and he answers slowly through strained breaths "The Sun... The moon... The truth."
I smile and nod towards him as I move closer and kneel beside them "That's it. Say it again."
Liam lets go of Derek and sits back on his bench, panting out through less and less of a growl behind his words "The Sun, the moon... the truth."
I watch as he slowly transforms out of his were features and I smile brightly when he connects his blue eyes with mine, whispering softly "You did it."
Braedon rushes through her worry back towards us again "Derek?"
Derek sets his hand on my shoulder and squeezes once as he answers back "We're okay."
Liam breathes out deeply, stating even more in control with every word "The sun... the moon... and the truth."
Stiles and Derek breathe out a breath of relief and sit back on the bench as I move to sit next to them again.
The van comes to a stop outside of the building we were at not that long ago and Liam offers a slight chuckle "I can't believe I did it."
We all look at him as he lets out a scoff and continues lightly "For a minute there, I thought I was gonna tear the two of you apart."
Stiles raises his brows "Yeah. That would've made for an awkward ride home– wait two, there's three of us"
Liam shakes his head "I finally know what it's like to have a sister, you think I'd hurt her?"
I try to hide my chuckle behind my hand at the look Stiles throws him before he tilts his head to the side "Not sure you would have been at the level to not hurt someone, but since it's my girlfriend I'll let it slide– so, thanks for not hurting any of us."
We share a chuckle and Derek flicks his eyes over to him, nodding towards the building outside "Think you can bring the same level of control and strength inside La Iglesia?"
Liam moves his eyes between us before he raises his arm out in front of us all, flicking his claws out of his fingers perfect level of control
I set my hands together and smile between them "All right– we might actually be able to do this."
Derek smirks and nods over at us before he gets up from the bench and heads towards the door.
No sooner than he opens the door do we hear a growl from none other than a Berserker before we watch on in horror as Derek is pulled out of the van and thrown a few feet away from us.
The Berserker slams Derek back against a rock and starts to punch him repeatedly in the chest.
It's when the Berserker lifts his arm up for the fourth time we see a sharp bone attached to the back of his wrist and realize he's been stabbing Derek with every punch.
Gunshots ring out beside us from the open door and Stiles grabs my side and pulls me closer to him as we raise our arms up to block the noise.
Braedon continues to unload the clip of her gun into the Berserker before he finally runs away.
Peter and Malia run over to us as Stiles, Liam and I climb out of the van.
Derek grunts through the pain as he slides down the rock and blood starts coming out of his mouth with every quick breath he releases.
Braedon runs up to his side and pulls back his hand that is fully covered in blood.
I lift my hand over my mouth and feel Stiles set his hand on my shoulder, pulling me into his side as Peter shows his worry "How bad is it?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine. Just get to Scott," Derek rushes out through his pain filled breaths and I shake my head, gaining his eyes as he urges "Just find him. We'll be right behind you. Go."
When we don't move he bellows out into the otherwise silent night around us "Go!"
Peter makes a face towards his nephew, looking over to us quickly before he listens to his command and runs inside. Malia turns to follow after him, however I'm completely rooted in the spot.
Tears are welling in my eyes, the all too familiar fire coating my nerves telling me exactly what this means. I make a noise and shake my head softly, earning Stiles to reach over and link his hand with mine.
Derek notices we are still not moving to follow the others and through his wounded shallow breaths he croaks "Hey, hey--"
I move my eyes up, connecting my gaze with his and he attempts to smile with his reassurance "Addy, don't- don't focus on me, okay? Scott-- you need-- you guys need to save him."
Knowing his words to be true does not make the fact that accepting his words means we have to leave him right now. Leave him alone out here with who knows how many more Berserkers or worse? No, we have to do something to help him before we go find Scott
I quickly wipe the few tears that have managed to fall, my decision to not leave clearly written on my face because Derek makes a face of his own and he flicks his eyes just past me "Stiles--guys, please go"
That plea reaches Stiles and spurs him into action. He slides his hand from my shoulder and down my side until pulls on my arm gently to go with him, sadly murmuring "Come on Adds--"
I draw my brows in with how much pain it brings me to turn my back on Derek, before he nods slightly and Stiles finally succeeds in pulling me with him.
Stiles looks back over our shoulders one last time before we're fully committed to running through the open doorway and into La Iglesia right behind Malia and Liam.
"This way" Peter states as we come into an open room and start running through the building.
The stale air around us smells like death and despair the deeper into the hallways we get.
I'm overrun with the same suffocating feeling I felt the other night, however I push it down to focus on finding them.
There's enough holes in the structure around us and broken windows that the moonlight is lighting everything up enough for us to move around.
There's cobwebs and other vines of nature hanging down from the walls that we have to continuously move out of our way as we make our wall through the corridors.
Peter stops our steps and turns to us quickly with his instructions "Okay, everyone stop, stop, stop, stop, stop– we gotta figure out where we are, then we gotta figure out how to find Scott and Kira."
We nod with his words before Stiles increases his grip on my hip with one hand and reaches into his other pocket with his free hand, pulling his phone from his pocket and muttering completely flabbergasted "How do I even have service..."
He steps past me, grabbing my hand and pulling me with him as he answers the phone "Hi, Dad."
I widen my eyes that we are so totally busted when Stiles returns my look with a grimace and continues through the phone "Okay, Dad, I know you're angry."
Stiles lifts his hand out to his side with his next suggestion at whatever Noah said "Okay, well, when I get back, you can ground me."
I frown with that idea before Stiles grimaces and looks around us "You want me to lie?"
Drawing my brows in, my heart takes a little pang with the worry we're causing Noah.
Stiles sets his arm around me and mutters "If you could try to find Lydia– she was at the school when we called Mason to look for her, but now we're not hearing back from either of them. I don't know, Dad, I don't know what I'm doin'. You know, I'm just... I'm trying to save my friends."
I shift my feet closer to him, wrapping my arm behind his lower back and setting my chin on his chest.
Stiles drops his head towards me, resting his forehead on mine and I can hear Noah's voice filter through the phone "Okay. I'll find Lydia and Mason. You get Scott and Kira. You save your friends and keep Addy safe."
I smile softly with his words and Stiles lifts his head from me, kissing my forehead before he elaborates "Dad, if it's one of the Berserkers at the school, you're gonna need firepower. A lot."
Stiles hangs up the phone with his dad and smiles softly towards me.
I grab his hand and shrug "Wasn't so bad?"
Stiles scoffs and leads us back over to the group "We'll see how bad it is when we're in the same city with him again"
I scrunch my nose in a small grimace with his words as we stop our steps in front of them and Liam raises his arms out to his sides "What do we do now?"
Malia looks over to him and I watch as her eyes widen slightly before she grabs him behind the neck and pushes him down "Duck."
A Berserker flies forward and his fist hits the wall where Liam was as Malia pushes him over towards Stiles and I.
I set my hands on Liam's arms and step back quickly with Stiles and Liam as Peter shouts and pushes us in front of him to run down the passageway behind us "Go back– get back! Go! Go, go, go, go!"
We rush down the gaps in the walls as quickly as we can. I can hear everyone's panting breaths and quick running feet behind me, as well as the bone chilling growls and bones clacking together of the Berserker armor.
We run around a corner as Peter rushes out behind us "Go, go, go!"
Stiles pulls me with him behind a pillar that I crash my back against as I try to catch my breath.
Liam runs up next to us before he shifts his feet to stand in front of me, defensively looking in the direction we just came from.
Malia runs over and throws Kira's katana towards us, which Stiles catches with ease, before she urges "You guys go find Kira and Scott."
I look from the sword in Stiles' hand and over to her with my silent question, which she just shakes her head at and rushes out "We'll cover you– go!"
Stiles grabs my hip and guides me in front of him as we turn around and quickly rush through the other side of the room.
"Adds wait, here take this a second–" I step to the side and turn slightly to face him, Stiles hands me the sword and digs into one of the lower pockets on his pants.
He grabs a flashlight and clicks it on since the passageway we're heading down is getting even darker without the moonlight shining in.
He nods his head forward and we keep our steps quick in our search "Scott? Kira?"
"Scotty?" I whisper shout through the silent corridors, getting nothing in response.
We walk around another corner and stop our steps when we hear a slight nose almost like a crumble of rocks or a shoe stopping in the rocky dirt we're walking on
Stiles flicks the light past my shoulder and gasps softly "Oh. Are you okay?"
I turn around just as Kira rushes forward towards us, there's blood coming from a cut on her lip and she moves her frantic eyes between us as she informs "It's Scott."
I widen my eyes with her words as it clicks, everything that I've been feeling since stepping foot inside of this building has felt like the night at Derek's.
I gasp and set my hand on Stiles' arm already pulling him with my quick steps and frantic words "The Berserker they're fighting– it's Scott."
"What? How?" Stiles rushes out and I'm assuming looks behind us to Kira as we make our way through the corridor as quickly as we can and she answers "Addy, Kate did it– she turned him into one. Her being whatever she is– the locals call her 'The Bone Woman'. She controls the Berserkers and she can also make them. She makes them unrecognizable to anyone."
"Why the fuck would she do that?" Stiles clips out through quick breaths as we turn around the last corner and make our way down the corridor, taking us to the room we left them in as I digress "She wants them to kill him– she wants them to kill Scott, and after what Peter said in the hanger– if they don't know it's him–"
"They'll do it" Stiles fills in and our steps quicken even more as we rush into the room.
I quickly hand Kira her katana as we hear Peter instructing Malia "Take him. Aim for the skull!"
My eyes widen as he rushes out his command "Kill it. Kill it now!"
"No, wait!" I bellow as I rush forward and Stiles yells behind me "Wait, Malia wait!"
Malia is dropping her arm with one of the teeth weapons from the Berserkers in her hand towards Scott when Kira swipes her katana down, breaking the sharp end off.
Malia furrows her brows looking between us and over to Scott who Liam and Peter are each holding an arm of.
I breathe out quickly as I inform them "It's Scott, it's Scotty under the damn skull."
Malia moves her wide eyes from where we're standing and over to Scott.
Liam does the same thing right before Scott grunts and pushes Liam and Peter off of him.
Scott steps forward and punches Malia in her jaw, dropping her to the ground before he moves defensively towards us.
"Scott?" Kira tries softly and I shake my head with his steps coming closer "Scott, dont!"
Stiles pushes me behind him and tries to break through to him as well, "Scott, it's me."
Scott answers his best friend by also punching him in the jaw and Stiles drops to the ground from the force.
I follow him to the ground, setting one hand on his shoulder and the other on his side as he groans through the pain.
We follow Scott with our eyes as he grabs Liam from the ground and smashes his back against the wall.
Liam sets his hands on Scott's arms, trying to loosen his grip as he gasps out through a broken voice "Scott."
Scott's Berserker growl causes goosebumps to rise on my arms as he lifts Liam higher against the wall, lifting his feet from the ground in the process.
Scott raises his free arm back and is about to attack when Liam rushes out quickly "Scott, Scott, listen, listen, listen! You're not a monster!"
Liam breathes out heavily as he continues attempting to break through to him "You're a werewolf! Like me."
Stiles sits up and we turn more towards the pair as we watch Scott lower Liam back to the ground.
Scott steps away from him and starts moving in the armor in a way that looks like he's coming back to himself and wondering what the fuck is all over him
Scott raises his arms up, looking at the material on his arms through the small eye holes in the skull before he starts pulling the armor apart.
He drops the armor piece by piece onto the ground by his feet. From each of his arms, around his middle and chest, before finally setting his hands on either side of the skull.
Scott pulls the skull apart and as it rips a bright yellow light leaves the crack his pulling causes and we are left with his alpha reds and fangs shining bright as he roars towards the room.
Scott drops each piece of the skull in his hands onto the rest of the discarded Berserker armor pile on the ground around his feet.
Stiles and I stand up and I breathe a sigh of relief at seeing him in one piece "Scotty."
He nods towards us before he moves his glaring eyes across the room towards Peter.
Scott pants out through aggravated breaths when he connects his eyes over to him "You."
Stiles and I share a look with Liam before we all turn towards Peter as Scott continues "The only one who knew as much as Argent about Berserkers. About the Nagual. You taught Kate. You helped her. All for power."
I narrow my eyes towards Peter as he clips back towards Scott's accusation "For my family's power. To be rightfully inherited by me. Not usurped by some idiot teenage boy, so incorruptible, he won't shed the blood of his enemies even when justified."
I can feel the anger rolling off of Scott from here as Peter's were-blues shine bright and he continues "You don't deserve your power. Not power like this."
Peter rolls his head to the side and fully transforms into his werewolf features before he roars towards us.
Malia transforms as well and releases her coyote roar back towards Peter before she moves to charge at him.
Peter answers her advancing steps by knocking a punch into her chest and throwing her back into a boulder of rubble "Oh, sorry, sweetheart, we'll talk about this later."
Kira swings her katana around defensively, moving her feet to attack when Scott stops her with his words "Kira!"
Scott moves in slow, deliberate defensive steps as Peter continues darkly "You were my Beta first, Scott. It was my bite that changed your life. And my bite that can end it."
"Then, end it, Peter. Because you won't get another chance"
Peter growls before taking charging steps from his side of the room towards Scott who answers with his Alpha roar as he also rushes forward and they meet in the middle of the room, each landing their own punches.
They continue to fight each other across the room, crashing into the columns and rubble.
Peter lands a punch into Scott, knocking him on his back before Scott lifts his legs and flips forward to land on his feet again.
Scott lands punches into Peter's chest before dropping to a knee and punching Peter's legs.
Scott stands up and dodges Peter's attacks, moving backwards quickly.
Peter answers his missed shots with an angry roar before rushing forward and trying again.
Scott continues to pull acrobatic moves to get away from Peter which just angers him more "Come on, Scott. Come on!"
Scott moves to punch him, however, Peter is able to block his fist and returns with a punch into Scott's chest before lifting him up and throwing him into a pillar.
I jerk back from the pain that had to cause and Scott grunts as he lands on the ground while Peter continues to taunt him "Pathetic."
Peter grabs behind Scott's neck and continues to throw him around like a ragdoll into every pillar he can "Fight like an Alpha, Scott."
Peter sets his hand on Scott's shoulders and pushes him back into another pillar.
Scott growls and sets his hands on Peter's outstretched ones as he pushes him back a few steps and uses Peter's arms as leverage to lift himself up.
Scott runs up a pillar, gaining height on Peter before pushing his feet off and using the momentum to throw Peter across the room into a wall.
Stiles tightens his hold on me as we silently cheer Scott on with the move.
Scott looks down to Peter laying on the ground before he jumps up and lands into a kneel, connecting his fist into Peter's chest which rocks the ground over by us.
He lands another punch into Peter's chest before grabbing his shirt and lifting him up.
Peter uses the advantage and head butts Scott quickly, not missing a beat as Scott steps back from the blow and wraps his hand behind the back of Scott's neck.
Peter pulls him forward and makes a noise like he's already won before he lands three quick punches into Scott's face.
Scott drops down to a knee with the last punch and Peter growls out "You want to defeat me? You're going to have to kill me!"
Peter roars loudly as he grabs Scott and throws him across the way into the side wall.
Scott lands on the ground with a painful grunt of pain and Liam moves forward to help him.
Peter notices and immediately grabs a crate before throwing it our way. Liam crouches down to miss the object while Stiles pulls me more behind the wall so we aren't hit with the wooden debris.
Peter roars again before he turns back towards Scott who stands up slowly, earning Peter to swing another punch towards him.
Scott dodges it easily before Peter tries again– which Scott blocks just as easily as the first one.
Peter tries another three times and Scott looks to dodge with such quick movements you would think Peter had zero effort behind the moves.
Scott continues to move quick as lightning through Peter's attacks before finally Scott reaches back and lands a punch into Peter's jaw that has him flying through the air.
Peter lands flat on his back on a pile of discarded wooden crates.
Scott jumps up onto an alter table and looks down to the pitiful werewolf on the ground below him "You were never an Alpha, Peter– but you were always a monster."
Peter groans and moves to sit up to continue getting his ass kicked when Scott jumps from the table, fist in the air as he lands and punches Peter right in the side of the jaw.
The bones cracking reverberate deep in my bones and we watch a knocked out Peter lull his head to the side.
We all move out from where we were taking cover during their fight and I rush over to Scott, crashing my body into his for a bone crushing hug that he is alive.
He chuckles lightly as he returns the hug and I feel the presence of everyone walking up behind us.
Stiles lets out a relieved breath and sets his arms around us in a group hug that everyone else joins in soon after.
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We make it outside and see the sun slowly rising above the building of the church. Jordan, Chris and the Calaveras are standing outside and I couldn't hide my shock more at seeing all of them.
They apparently fought off Kate and her Berserkers out here while we were inside dealing with the betrayal of Peter.
Derek is also alive. He wasn't dying, apparently he was evolving he can now change into a full wolf just like his mother could
Chris injected Peter with some yellow wolfsbane so we can take him back to Beacon and imprison him like he deserves.
Chris walks up to us and smiles softly as he looks between us all "There's enough yellow wolfsbane to keep Peter out for the trip back– but be careful."
Scott nods towards the group standing a little ways off to our side and looks back to Chris "You're really going with them?"
Chris nods "I made a deal with the Calaveras weeks ago. They'll leave you alone. All of you– but only if I help them catch Kate."
"What if you can't?" Kira questions and Chris moves his determined eyes her way "I'll find her– someone has to."
I fight back the tears threatening to invade my eyes that he not only is leaving but knowing what he has to do and offer him a small smile.
Chris returns with a nod before he turns and walks over to the Calaveras and they continue on their walk towards their cars.
Stiles links his hand with mine and we walk up to stand next to Scott and Kira. He looks over to us and smiles as he lifts his arm up to wrap around my shoulders, pulling me into his side.
Derek walks around the side of Peter's car and opens the door for Braedon, they exchange a few words before she gets into the car and Derek walks around the back looking our way.
Immediately I know he's leaving once he drops off Peter in Beacon as he nods in a goodbye towards us all.
I draw my brows in sadly, however, I return the nod and smile sadly as he moves around the other side of the car he needs to be happy, leaving Beacon will accomplish that
Jordan offers to drive the transport van and we all climb in the back, most of us falling asleep instantly as we make our way back home.
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Jordan deals with returning the van from the U.S. Marshal's need while Stiles and I head into the station to see Noah.
We walk up to his office and he already is out of his chair and rushing to the doorway, throwing his arms around Stiles' shoulders in a bone crushing hug.
Stiles makes a noise from the action and breathes out "Dad, you smell terrible."
Noah connects his humor filled eyes with mine as he slaps Stiles on the back, muttering "Yup. You do too."
Noah lifts one arm off of Stiles and pulls me into them. Stiles shifts to the side and also wraps one arm around my lower back as we bask in Noah's relief to seeing us alive and in front of him.
Noah pulls back and sets his hands on each of the sides of our faces.
He smiles brightly and lowers his hands back to his sides as he states "I'm just so glad you're both safe. Hey, what do you say we get outta here, get something to eat?"
Stiles lifts his arm off of my waist to go with his words "Great. I'm starving."
Noah smiles and sets his arm on my back guiding me out of the room "Okay."
We take a few steps when a metal clanging noise has me turning around and watching as Stiles stands up from the desk he fell against.
I widen my eyes slightly as he mutters with a point to his handcuffed to the side of the desk wrist "Yo, Daddy?"
Noah ignores him and continues to lead us out of the office "World ended yet Addy?– because I'm craving pizza."
I snort and shake my head "Pizza sounds amazing Mr. S."
"Hey. Dad?" we hear the metal clanging again before he shouts back at our retreating backs "Bring me back a slice?"
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We meet with Coach at the school and try to explain why we not only missed some of the game but also morning practice yesterday.
He raises his brows expectantly at us and Liam takes the reins, finishing with "Then Addy said that Scott and Kira were stuck in Mexico which was why they missed the game. Uh, so we went down to Mexico to drive them back from Mexico and that's why we all missed practice. 'Cause... we were all in Mexico."
I grimace slightly with how it all sounds as Coach moves his unbelieving eyes between us, landing them on Scott with his question "You took Kira on a date to Mexico?"
Scott makes a noise and nods "It was our first real date."
"In Mexico?" Coach again tries to clarify and Stiles offers "They wanted to do something special."
Coach nods his head to the side slightly with his words "Okay. I believe you."
"Really?" Liam mutters incredulously and Coach furrows his brows into a hard glare back towards him "Absolutely not– but I've had experiences south of the border that would knock the genitals off you boys."
We all share a look like we were good with never hearing that information before Coach makes a noise and he points towards each of us with his next words "Still, let me be clear to you three. This kid's the best talent I've seen in years. So he's your responsibility now. You three are gonna stick together with him. You're gonna look out for each other. And you're gonna have each other's backs. You got it?"
I smile brightly over to the youngin beside me and nod back towards Coach as Scott and I answer confidently "We got it."