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❨ ∘ 𝔞𝔠𝔱 3 ∘ ❩
. . .‧₊˚ ✩ 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒯𝒽𝓇𝑒𝑒 ✩.‧₊˚ . . .
𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓑𝓸𝓭𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓐 𝓦𝓮𝓻𝓮𝔀𝓸𝓵𝓯 𝓗𝓾𝓷𝓽

❛fireflies❜
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Ellie truly didn't know how fast she was driving or how many traffic laws she broke trying to get to the bank.

She kept trying to call Derek or Scott but neither answered. Ellie didn't even see the two betas she almost hit as she pulls up at the bank.

"You almost hit me with your car!" Cora yells at her sister-in-law who smiles at her sheepishly.

"What is it with you and almost hitting Hale's with cars?" Allison asks laughing making Ellie glare at her.

Putting her car in park Ellie runs into the bank looking around for the two. Well more like she was looking around for one.

"Really feeling the love," Scott tells Ellie who smiles innocently shrugging her shoulders.

"Derek! Scott! Derek! One you answer me before I kill both of you!" Ellie yells as she looks around heading deeper into the bank.

"Ellie," Derek says making Ellie look toward the two werewolves. Ellie looks at them seeing them alright slightly scratched up but alive making Ellie sigh in relief as she walks towards them.

The moment she got in front of Derek Ellie wraps her arms around him tightly making Derek surprise but does the same holding her close to him with his head on her shoulder.

"Aww," Lydia says with a bright smile.

"Are you okay?" Ellie asks him worriedly making Derek nod as he runs his hands through her long brown hair.

"I'm okay," Derek mumbles into her neck making Ellie nod as she slowly pulls back and looks at Derek before slapping him across the face as Derek looks wide-eyed.

Chris begins to laugh loudly at that smiling as he does. Ellie not able to keep it in begins to laugh making everyone laugh with her beside Derek who was glaring at Ellie who just begins to laugh even harder.

"Ellie! Stop slapping me!" Derek yells at her holding his check making Ellie glare at him.

"No! I'm trying to get your brain cells to work?!" Ellie yells glaring at Derek angrily but you could clearly see the worried in her eyes.

"What were you thinking Derek? I told you something was wrong! And then you almost get killed! And then wouldn't answer the phone?! What the hell?!" Ellie exclaims as Scott begins to back away slowly not wanting to get yelled out as well.

"Good idea," Isaac tells him nodding his head and making everyone agree with him as Ellie shrugs.

"Move on more step Scott and I will hang you by your toes. Or worse tell Melissa what you were doing tonight!" Ellie exclaims making Scott freezes as he looks wide-eyed.

"Really?!" Scott looks at Ellie in disbelief who shrugs as Melissa chuckles.

Ellie looks at the two and sighs as she shakes her head at them. Both of them are idiots.

"What happened?" Ellie asks them as the two share a look.

"They got free," Scott tells her making Ellie sighs as she crosses her arms.

"How?" Ellie asks them as Derek went to tell her how her twin broke the mountain ash seal and let them out to save them but Scott interrupts him before he could.

"So it seems both of my daughters decided to break their promises," Chris tells them making Ellie and Allison smile at him innocently.

"They needed us," Ellie and Allison tell their dad who just sighs at them.

"The wind!" Scott exclaims quickly making Ellie raises an eyebrow at him.

"The wind?! Seriously?!" Stiles exclaims throwing his arms in the air as Scott looks at him sheepishly.

"Yeah, I don't believe that at all," Ellie tells Scott who just looks at her wide-eyed.

"But we have two werewolves to begin looking for. Let's go," Ellie tells them as the two nods while Ellie begins to walk away. The two werewolves share a look before following after the girl.

As Ellie walks out of the bank the brunette hybrid suddenly freezes making the two confused.

"Ellie?" Derek calls as he heads towards her worriedly.

"Lydia," Ellie whispers worriedly before she begins running towards her car and leaving the bank pulling out her phone to call the strawberry blonde worriedly.

Lydia looks towards Ellie confused making her look at her. 

"It's the bond. It's telling me somehow you need me," Ellie tells Lydia who nods her head at that smiling.

Lydia answers right away and Ellie hears crying and shaky breathing.

"Lydia!" Ellie exclaims worriedly as she speeds down the road.

"Ellie I need you," Lydia says with a shaky voice making Ellie push down even harder on the gas pedal.

"Where are you?" Ellie asks her worriedly.

"The pool at the high school," Lydia says making Ellie nod slowly.

"I woke up screaming like a lunatic and went to the store and somehow I ended up here," Lydia explains.

"It's okay. I'm almost there Lydia. It's okay," Ellie tells her making Lydia nod holding her coat closer to her.

Ellie wraps her arms around Lydia who holds her tightly making two Hale's watch them with clear jealousy in their eyes as Talia and Cora chuckle at them.

Soon Ellie pulls up at the High School and Lydia sighs in relief seeing the headlight as Ellie rushes out of her car.

"Lydia!" Ellie exclaims making Lydia heads towards her and the two girls hug tightly.

"I got you. I'm here," Ellie whispers towards Lydia who nods holding the older girl tightly. Ellie pulls back and looks over at the strawberry girl worriedly before looking into Lydia's eyes.

"Go wait in my car," Ellie tells her making Lydia look at her hesitant but Ellie smiles slightly at her pushing her towards the car.

Lydia gets in slowly as Ellie sighs heading towards the pool. With each step, it becomes clearer there was a body floating in the water.

"Oh great," Stiles mutters as Ellie looks at Lydia. She was getting an idea of what Lydia was.

"Oh great," Ellie mutters as she crouches down at the edge of the pool. Ellie reaches towards the body, managing to grab the leg, pulling it into the moonlight to reveal it.

"Oh yes. Thank goodness!" Ellie sighs in relief seeing it was a mannequin. Ellie chuckles but she freezes when she begins to smell blood.

Ellie looks around until her eyes caught the big puddle of blood on the ground and her eyes slowly follow towards the lifeguard's chair.

"Oh no," Ellie mumbles seeing a body perched in the lifeguard chair. It was some boy that looked around
eighteen-year-old. He had blood still flowing through his clothes from a cutthroat.

"Uhm I didn't need to see it," Stiles says feeling dizzy as Liam and Issac nod holding their stomachs.

Suddenly, Lydia let out a piercing scream in her ear that made Ellie quickly cover her ears as she looks towards her car worriedly before heading towards Lydia and pulling her into a protective hug.

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Soon Stiles's Jeep flies into the parking lot, stopping next to Lydia's car. Stiles instantly hits the brakes and jumps out seeing Ellie having her arms wrapped around a shaking Lydia.

"Ellie? Lydia, are you both okay?" Stiles asks as he runs to where the two girls were standing.

"I'm fine...," Lydia says as she nods before pointing towards the lifeguard chair.

"That, there...? It's not good," Lydia tells Stiles making him turn to see the figure perched on the lifeguard chair and looks for his phone as he shudders slightly

"Yeah. All right. I'm gonna call my dad," Stiles tells the two as he brings out his phone making Ellie and Lydia shake their heads.

"We've already called him. Well, I already called him. He's on the way," Ellie tells Stiles who looks at the girl in disbelief.

"You called the police before you called me?" Stiles asks incredulously making the two look at him confused.

"Yeah Stiles that's what they are supposed to do," Stilinksi tells his son who just looks at the two girls in disbelief and offended.

"I'm supposed to call you first when I find a dead body?" Lydia asks him confused as she looks at him Ellie who was holding her tightly shaking her head at the boy.

"YES!" Stiles exclaims making the two girls roll their eyes. Stiles scoffs at them and rolls his own eyes before he begins to call Scott.

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After the police arrive taking the two girls' statement soon Derek's SUV pulls up at the pool and Ellie heads towards it gesturing for Isaac to get in the back who sighs as he does so.

"Why?" Isaac asks Ellie pouting slightly.
"Because I'm older," Ellie tells him making Isaac sighs at that as Ellie smirks. 

"It wasn't them," Ellie tells them as she gets in the SUV making the three werewolves look toward her.

"It was too clean. Two bloodthirsty werewolves on the full moon would not take a single claw to someone's throat and then run away. He should have been in pieces not how he was," Ellie tells them as the three werewolves nod looking at her.

"She's right. That boy should be in shreds," Chris tells them making Ellie smile at her dad.

"So where are we going now?" Ellie asks the three who look towards her waiting for one of the others to answer.

"Your dad for help," Scott says slowly making Ellie look wide-eyed.

"Oh, I'm dead. Like dead," Ellie mutters as she runs her hand down her face wide-eyed.

"You are," Chris tells his daughter who groans at that.

"I should just tell him you three kidnapped me. That sounds reasonable. Right?" Ellie asks looking towards the three.

Derek just gives her a look as Scott shakes his head at that and Issac shrugs. It was believable sort of.

"No, Ellie. Just no," Chris tells his daughter who pouts at that.

"See at least Issac believes in me. That's why he is my favorite werewolf," Ellie says as she pinches Isaac's cheek smiling as the other two roll their eyes.

"At least someone believes in me," Ellie says smiling at Isaac who smiles back at her.

"Ellie's boy," Stiles mutters to Isaac who glares at him.

"Like you can say you aren't," Isaac retorts making Stiles open and close his mouth before turning to the front. 

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At the grocery store, Derek turns the engine off, and the three still in the car watch as Scott talks to Ellie's father just a few yards away who hasn't seen his daughter yet.

"You think this is going to work?" Isaac asks him as  Derek shakes his head and Ellie nods hers.

"No."
"Yes."

The ex-couple say at the same time before they look towards each other making Isaac nod slightly.

"Not awkward at all," Isaac mutters making everyone nod their heads beside Ellie and Derek.

"Me either. So...your sister," Isaac starts making Derek slowly turn an incredulous gaze on Isaac while Ellie begins to laugh.

Cora looks towards Isaac who looks at her with a small smile and slight red cheeks.

"You're cute," Cora says shrugging making Isaac smirk at that. 

"Sorry. Bad timing. I'll ask later," Isaac says as Derek raises an eyebrow slightly making Isaac's eyes widen slightly,

"Or never. I'm good with never," Issac says before sitting back while Derek shakes his head and Ellie laughs.

"Oh, Isaac. Poor Issac. You need a girlfriend or maybe a boyfriend. I don't judge," Ellie tells him chuckling as Isaac glares at her before smirking.

"Oh I think someone might be in trouble," Isaac mutters with a smile making Ellie confused before she turns to see her dad looking right at her.

"Damn it!" Ellie exclaims as she slides down her seat trying to hide making the two werewolves look at her.

"Really?" Allison asks her twin who shrugs at her.

"Do you think he saw me?" Ellie whispers wide-eyed.

"He saw you," Chris tells her at the window making Ellie close her eyes wincing slightly.

Before she opens her eyes and looks towards her dad with an innocent smile and a small chuckle.

"Daddy it is such a coincidence seeing you here," Ellie tells him as Chris just looks at her with his arms crossed.

"Oh, he's in dad mode. You are in big trouble," Allison whispers to her twin who nods at her.

"Grounded. One month," Chris tells her making Ellie sigh and nod her head.

"No phone. No tv. And no cake," Chris tells her making Ellie look at him wide-eyed.

"What?!" Ellie screams in disbelief not believing her dad just said that.

"Dad if you do that you are punishing all of us," Allison reminds her dad who pauses nodding his head.

"Wait just a second!" Ellie exclaims sitting up and looking at her dad.

"Yes I understand you taking my phone, tv, maybe not my grimoire, but my cake! I can't live without cake weekly!" Ellie exclaims as Chris just looks at her.

"We had an agreement. You promised and then lied to me," Chris tells his daughter who sighs at him.

"Dad let's talk away from ears," Ellie says pointing toward Derek and Isaac who turned their hands once they were caught.

"Nosey werewolves," Ellie says rolling her eyes.

Chris nods as he opens Ellie's door who gets out as the two walk away.

"So that's why Ellie doesn't get in unless someone opens her dad. You," Talia says making Chris shrug as he nods.

"I understand you don't want me a part of this world dad but I am," Ellie tells her dad softly as he looks at her.

"I can't just forget that. I can't forget that I'm now a werewolf or that I'm destined to die as a guardian. Believe me, I tried but I can't do that," Ellie tells him as Chris sighs looking down at that.

He knew she was right, but he wanted to not think about it. He wanted to imagine that it wasn't true because he didn't want to lose her.

Chris couldn't just forget what his daughter was. He couldn't blame her for something she was born as and something he gave permission for her to become.

"Thank you," Ellie tells her dad who smiles at her nodding his head.

"Fine but you are still grounded. No going anywhere for two weeks for the lies. Now is there anything else you need to tell me?" Chris asks Ellie who wraps her hands around her arms right where she was injured.

"Nope not at all," Ellie tells him with a tight smile as Chris looks at her and nods.

"Ellie," Chris says in a warning tone who smirks at him softy and innocently.

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Now in the forest, Chris drops a bag of equipment on the ground in front of Scott, Isaac, Derek, and Ellie before kneeling to examine the numerous footprints on the ground.

"Have you been tracking them by print?" Chris asks as he stands beside his daughter the two looking at the werewolves.

"Idiots," Ellie and Chris's mutter shaking their heads.

"Trying to...," Scott says shrugging as Ellie shakes her head.

"This is why I can't leave them alone. They are idiots dad," Ellie whispers to her dad who smiles at his daughter wrapping his arm around her shoulders. The werewolves look at the two offended.

"Well I'm not wrong," Ellie says shrugging her shoulders.

"Look what my daughter was implying is that you've been wasting your time," Chris tells the three who look at him.

"There's only one creature on earth that can visually track footprints, and that's a man," Chris tells them making Ellie clear her throat at that.

"Or girl," Chris corrects making Ellie smile at him.

"Right. Don't be sexist dad," Ellie and Allison tell him.

"And, if you're not trained like me and Ellie, you have no idea that this print is Boyd's and these--," Chris explains as he points to a footprint.

"Are Cora's," Isaac says with confidence making Ellie shakes her head at him.

"Nope those are yours," Ellie tells them making the werewolves look at her.

"You trampled Cora's as soon as you walked over here," Chris tells Isaac who raises his foot and steps back.

"Listen, I know the three of you are focusing half your energy on resisting your own urges under the full moon, but that puts you at a severe disadvantage to Boyd and Cora, who have fully given in. They put the pedal to the floor, where you three are barely hitting the speed limit," Chris tells them as Derek sighs.

"So, what do we do?" Derek asks impatiently with his arms crossed.

"Focus on your sense of smell. Actual wolves are known to track their prey by up to a hundred miles a day by scent," Chris tells the werewolves before looking towards Ellie.

"Ellie you are in charge. You know all this. You were taught it. To use all your senses to your advantage," Chris tells his daughter who nods remembering this summer.

Ellie smirks at that happily. She liked being in charge.

Chris was literally the best teacher this summer. He taught her control and how to use her senses to the best of her abilities. For a werewolf hunter, Chris made sure that his daughter had all the advantages.

Chris nods at that. He was happy that he accepted and helped her learn control.

"A trained Hunter can use scent to track them. If the wind is with them, wolves can track a scent by a distance of two miles, which means we can draw them to us... or into a trap," Ellie tells the three as she steps up with her arms crossed as the three watch her.

"The full moon does give us one advantage though. They'll have a higher heat signature, which makes them easier to spot with infrared or your wolf eyes," Ellie explains with a serious expression.

"She's so hot when she is in charge," Laura whispers looking at the brunette.

"But you all need to remember that we are not hunting wild animals. Under those impulses, there are two intelligent human beings," Ellie reminded the three.

"I'm right. There's a difference between wolves and werewolves. Werewolves are more intelligent. At times," Ellie says shrugging her shoulders.

"Don't think they can't trust that human side. It's suppressed, but it's there. Reminding them how to mask their own aroma. How to cover your fingerprints. How to survive," Ellie tells the wolves who nod. 

The group then walks toward the edge of the cliff, Chris and the others look at the bright lights of the city.

"When was the last time you saw your sister?" Chris asks looking at Derek making Ellie look at him in concern.

"Not in years. I thought she had died in the fire," Derek tells him.

"So did I. I thought I was the only one alive," Cora tells her brother who wraps an arm around her pulling Cora closer to him in a protective way.

"Do you feel like you have a lock on her scent?" Chris asks Derek who shakes his head as Chris looks toward his daughter.

"You?" Chris asks as Ellie closes her eyes and focuses her senses.

"I hear running. Two people. I don't know which direction going though," Ellie tells her dad who nods looking towards Scott.

"Scott, how confident are you in your skills?" Chris asks him.

"Honestly, most of the time, I'm trying not to think about all the things I can smell," Scott tells him making Chris sigh.

"All right-- the problem is when they breach the woods and hit the residential area. Once they're past the high school, they're right in the middle of Beacon Hills," Chris explains as Ellie sighs.

"They're not gonna kill everything they see, are they?" Isaac asks worried making the daughter and father duo shake their heads.

"No. But there is an important difference. Wolves look for food. At some point they get full. Boyd and Cora are looking for the pleasure of killing. For some apex predatory satisfaction that comes from the ripping warm bodies to shreds," Ellie tells Issac as the three wolf wolves look worried.

"We can't kill them," Scott says leaving no room for discussion. 

"Who said we were?" Ellie asks Scott as she rolls her eyes at him.

"I'm telling you facts so you can prepare yourself," Ellie tells him shaking her head.

"No one said we were. We just need a way to catch them. Somewhere to hold them till sunrise where they can't get out and no one is around," Ellie tells them as she looks towards her dad the two thinking the same thing.

"There's no one at school at night, right?" Chris asks making Derek raise his eyebrows slightly.

"You two want to trap them inside?" Derek asks as the two Argents nod.

"The boiler room," Ellie tells her dad who nods at her.

"If there's a strong enough door, with no windows or access to the outside...," Chris begins as he trails off.

"And it's far enough away that no one will get hurt," Ellie says making Chris nod agreeing with her.

"The boiler room," Ellie and Isaac say making the other three look at them.

Ellie high-fives Isaac who smiles at her.

"It only has one door and it's made of steel. Perfect," Ellie tells them as Chris nods looking at his daughter.

"Are you sure the school is empty?" Chris asks and Ellie shrugs at him.

"I'm not a hundred percent sure but most teachers don't like staying late after the whole Peter thing and it's very late or early," Ellie tells him making her dad nod.

"Well Peter it seems you did one thing right," Ellie tells the older man who rolls his eyes at her. 

A few minutes later, Chris grabs something and stabs it into the ground making Ellie groan as she covers her ears.

"These are ultrasonic emitters, it is one of the tools we use to corner werewolves, pushing them in a direction in which we want them to run," Chris tells them before turning it on.

"It mits an acute frequency that only they can hear," Chris says, smiling and having fun when he looks up to see Isaac, Scott, and Derek covering their ears in pain as Ellie glares at her dad.

"Yeah, no kidding!" Isaac groans out while Ellie seems used to the sound.

"I'm guessing you used them on me for my training," Ellie says glaring at her dad who shrugs.

"You need to be prepared for anything," Chris tells his daughter who sighs at that.

A couple of minutes later, Chris begins passing them to the issuers.

"These are gonna drive them to the school?" Derek asks as he grabs one making Ellie nod.

"And then, it's up to you to put them in the basement," Ellie tells him although worriedly.

"Are you sure you want to do that part? I can do it instead," Ellie tells Derek who shakes his head looking at her arm that wouldn't heal.

"You are already not healing as it is. If you get hurt..," Derek trails off as Ellie sighs nodding her head.

Derek looks towards Ellie worriedly who just smiles at him softly.

"Why didn't you tell him? Your dad," Derek asks Ellie who shakes her head at that.

"There's nothing to tell. I'm just taking a little bit longer to heal. It's nothing to worry about. If it becomes I'll let someone know," Ellie tells Derek who looks at her clearly not believing her.

"That was clearly a lie," Allison says making Ellie just pause at that.

"Does anyone else want to rethink the plan where we just, uh... kill them?" Isaac asks making Ellie roll her eyes at him slapping the back of his head.

"Thanks," Cora mutters rolling her eyes at the werewolf.

"No Isaac," Ellie tells him leaving no room for discussion as Isaac pouts.

"It's going to work. It will work," Scott tells him hopefully as Ellie just looks at Scott.

"Please don't do some type of inspirational speech or something," Ellie says disgusted making Scott roll his eyes at her. 

"Yeah no," Ellie says shaking her head.

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"And the hunted become the hunters!" Peter says dramatically as Derek stabs an emitter into the ground.

"Oh greats he's here," Ellie says rolling her eyes.

"You love me don't lie," Peter says making Ellie scoff.

"Love to see you in pain? Definitely," Ellie says with a fake smile.

"Do you really think some high-tech dog whistles are going to help?" Peter asks Derek who rolls his eyes.

"I don't see you offering a hand..." Derek says irritably making Peter shrug a little.

"Personally, I'm trying to cut down on futile endeavors," Peter tells his nephew

"Cora is alive," Derek says as Peter begins to walk towards him.

"I heard! Let's throw the reunion party when she's not an unstoppable killing machine," Peter tells him.

"I won't show up," Cora tells Peter leaving no room for discussion as Ellie laughs. 

"I can stop her," Derek tells him sternly as Peter nods.

"Sure you can! By killing her... Which happens to be the point of this little exercise," Peter tells him as Derek clenches his jaw.

"If you touch another one of my daughters I'll kill you," Talia says glaring at her brother full of hatred.

"Deucalion wants you to kill them. He wants you to get rid of his baggage, making it easier for you to join his pack. The fact that it was supposed to happen in the vault, and not up here, out in the open, doesn't change his plan...it just means Boyd and Cora are gonna kill a few innocent people first," Peter tells him as Derek narrows his eyes at him.

"That's not good," Ellie mutters wide-eyed.

"And who names their child Deucalion it's like they were waiting for him to become the villain," Ellie says shaking her head.

"And I should just let them? I should be okay with innocent people dying?" Derek asks him as Peter shrugs.

"Just remember if you don't soon then Deucalion will go after something more important to you. Someone more important," Peter says turning to see Ellie laughing with her dad about something. 

Chris tense at that as does Derek both looking at Ellie who was just eating some popcorn.

"And if I heard correctly she is already weak as it is," Peter tells him before he leaves as Derek looks towards Ellie worriedly.

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"Do you see that?" Chris asks making Ellie and Scott follow his line of sight to see a firefly.

Talia looks worried seeing the light-up firefly.

"Yes. It's a firefly," Scott says making Ellie and Chris shook their heads slightly.

"California fireflies are not bioluminescent," Ellie tells him making Chris nod at his daughter as Scott looks confused.

"They don't glow," Chris says making Scott furrow his eyebrows slightly.

"Why didn't you just say that?" Stiles asks him making Ellie shrug.

"Does that mean anything?" Scott asks as Ellie and Chris share a look but then they hear a distant howl.

Isaac stops outside the school before hearing grunts coming from behind him making him sigh.

"Oh, great...," Issac murmurs as he turns around to find Boyd and Cora standing there, growling at him.

"Nice knowing you. Well not really," Stiles says shrugging as Isaac glares at him.

Isaac prepares to fight, but Ellie and Chris approach and honk their horn. The two ran towards the school making Derek, who was standing in the hallway, turn to the doors. Boyd and Cora ran and look at him before suddenly jumping to the ceiling.

"They're not going to go to school...They're going over it," Ellie says with a groan before the group ran to Derek.

"The back doors-- someone has to get them open," Chris tells them and Derek nods before running to the school.

"Someone has to drive them inside," Ellie says as Chris nods.

"I'll go," Chris says while holding a stunned tranche making Ellie look at him worriedly.

"No," Ellie and Allison say at the same time worriedly.

"No, I'm faster," Isaac says making Ellie look toward him.

"Just be careful," Ellie tells Isaac who nods before leaving.

A little later, Boyd and Cora ran through the halls of the school before Derek suddenly come out of nowhere hitting his sister into the lockers.

Boyd stops and turns to them as Derek pushes Cora to the ground. Boyd roars towards him and Chris and Ellie turn the corner, Chris raises his stupor and Scott jumps down the stairs.

Derek and Scott went towards the two werewolves as Boyd and Cora growled at them.

"Come and get us," Derek tells them before he and Scott ran away, making Boyd and Cora follow them.

Chris looks at his daughter and nods before, quickly following the two bloodthirsty werewolves.

Scott and Derek ran down the stairs to the basement before opening the boiler room and running in while Boyd and Cora ran after them. When they ran into the dark boiler room, Ellie ran and stood by the door.

Boyd and Cora walk slowly down the stairs of the boiler room before Derek and Scott suddenly blew them with a fire extinguisher.

"Come on boys! Now!" Ellie yells at them making the two drop the fire extinguishers and run back to the door. The moment they passed by, Ellie slam the door close and locks it.

They wait a minute as the werewolves knock on the door before they stop.

"Did it really work?" Scott asks in surprise making m Derek nod slightly.

"It worked," Derek says making Scott sigh in relief as Ellie stops and turns her head slightly while focusing on her hearing.

"No," Ellie mutters as she goes to open the door but Scott and Derek stop her.

"What are you doing?!" Scott exclaims as Ellie glares at him.

"Listen there are three heartbeats. Not two! Someone is in there!" Ellie exclaims making Derek's eyes widen slightly before reaching towards the door, causing Ellie to grab his arm.

"Of course, it was too easy," Stiles says rolling his eyes.

"What the hell are you doing?" Ellie asks him incredulously and he looks at her.

"Close the door behind me and keep it closed," Derek tells her as Ellie shakes her head looking at him concerned.

"If you go in there alone, you're either gonna kill them, or they kill you," Ellie exclaims to him as Derek nods slightly before looking at Ellie for a moment.

"That's why I'm going alone," Derek says as he looks toward Scott nodding.

Derek opens the door and Ellie tries to stop him as Scott wraps his arms around her stopping her.

"Derek!" Ellie yells as Scott closes the door and locking keeping Ellie from entering. 

"No," Ellie mutters shaking her head as she listens to all the growls and tears of flesh.

Talia looks at Derek worriedly knowing they wouldn't kill his beta or sister which meant it was him in pain.

"Scott let me in there! They are going to kill him!" Ellie yells trying to get in but Scott holds her back stopping her.

"Scott! Let me go!" Ellie screams terrified.

"And you say you don't love him," Lydia says rolling her eyes.

"Ellie! Scott! Guys! Guys! The sun is coming up!" Isaac shouts as he runs down the basement stairs making Ellie use her magic and throw Scott out of the way as she runs into the boiler room, which made Issac quickly run after her.

"She threw him like he was a rag doll," Stiles says chuckling as Scott glares at him.

Entering Ellie sees Boyd and Cora passed out on the floor and Derek on his knees covered with cuts breathing heavily.

"Derek," Ellie says as she rushes towards him. Ellie falls to her knees cupping his face as she looks at him worriedly.

"There's a teacher... I'll take care of her. Get them out of here," Derek says exhausted as Ellie shakes her head.

"No, I'll talk to her. You need to get home. I'll call Peter to pick you up," Ellie tells Derek leaving no room for argument as he nods looking exhausted.

"Isaac call Peter and tell him to get his ass here. Now," Ellie tells Isaac who nods as Ellie stares at Derek.

"Asinta mulaf hinto, sho bala," Ellie whispers under her breath making Derek sigh in relief.

"What was that?" Derek asks as Ellie looks into his eyes.

"A pain reduction spell. It'll make you sleepy but you'll feel better once you wake up," Ellie tells Derek who leans his head on her shoulder as she runs her fingers through his hair.

"Your hair always smells so good," Derek mutters making Ellie chuckle at that as Peter walks in.

"It does. I don't what she does to it but it always smells good and so soft," Allison comments making everyone look at the girl's hair who smirks.

Ellie looks up at Peter who was watching the two.
"Get him home as well as Boyd and Cora. Scott and Isaac will help you," Ellie tells Peter who nods.

"Bye Derek," Ellie whispers as she gets up and walks towards where the teacher was sitting looking terrified.

"Hello, Ms.Blake. I think we need to have a little chat," Ellie tells the teacher with a serious expression on her face.

"Ellie! You can't threaten your teachers!" Chris reminds his daughter who shrugs at that.

"I don't like her. She's suspicious," Ellie tells her dad who sighs at that.

"I mean why would I teach be there that late well that early and she was in the same clothes so it means she hasn't left," Ellie says making everyone look at the screen now becoming suspicious as Ellie rolls her eyes at them.

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Ellie walks into her house exhausted as she heads towards her bedroom and opens the door before she pauses seeing Allison still awake waiting for her.

"Allie whatever speech you are about to give, give it to me after I sleep and shower," Ellie says exhausted as Allison looks at her.

"I saw you with Derek tonight. I was watching,"  Allison says making Ellie confuse.

"This isn't a good idea," Lydia tells Allison who winces nodding his head.

"Okay and?" Ellie asks just wanting to sleep feeling exhausted both mentally and physically.

"You clearly still care about each other. I just don't understand why you two broke up," Allison says making Ellie groans.

"Not now Allison," Ellie tells her as she begins going towards her bathroom and Allison gets up to follow her.

"You fight for everything Ellie so why didn't you fight for Derek? You clearly still love him!" Allison exclaims making Ellie get annoyed.

"I have my reasons, Allison! One I do not have to explain to you! Now leave me the hell alone. Why don't you go talk to your ex instead?" Ellie tells her angrily before storming towards her bathroom and slamming the door and locking it. 

"Sorry," Ellie says wincing as Allison waves her off.

"No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have pushed. Especially when you're tired," Allison tells Ellie who smiles at her.

Ellie leans against the door as she throws her head back running her hand down her face as she tries not to cry shaking her head.

Ellie takes a shaky breath and heads towards her bathroom mirror as she wipes her tears.

"You're doing the right thing. You're doing the right thing," Ellie whispers as she lays her hands on the bathroom counter before turning on the shower.

Everyone looks toward Ellie who was staring at the screen she had an idea of why she was doing what she was doing.

Derek just looks at the girl closely trying to figure her out. Apart of him felt like he could read her like an open book and at others times he couldn't. 

❀ ༄ ❀ AUTHOR NOTE ❀ ༄ ❀
I hope you all enjoyed the chapter! I love you all! <333