𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊'𝚜 𝙿𝙾𝚅

"Derek?" I hear Jennifer Blake's voice call out and anger runs through my veins "Derek, where are you?!"

"Right here" Derek replies, walking out into the loft as we hide in the next room.

"Thank God" She gasps "Something happened at the recital. At the school. Okay, I need to tell you before you hear it, before you hear any of it from them"

too late, bitch

"From who?" Derek plays dumb.

"Scott, Stiles, Natalia. They're gonna tell you things. Things you can't believe. You have to trust me, okay? You trust me" She says desperately.

"What is it?" Derek asks.

"Promise you'll listen to me" She pleads.

"I promise" Derek replies and there's a short pause.

"They're already here, aren't they?" I hear her ask.

Stiles, Scott and I step out into the loft and she turns to us.

"So, they told you it was me? That I'm the one taking people?" She asks Derek, putting on an innocent sounding tone.

"We told him you're the one killing people" Scott spits out.

"Oh, that's right" She scoffs "Committing human sacrifices? What, cutting their throats? Yeah, I probably do it on my lunch hour. That way, I can get back to teaching high school English the rest of the day. That makes perfect sense"

"Where's my dad?" Stiles asks and I glance at the boy to see a tear roll down his cheek, making my anger towards the woman in front of me grow.

"How should I know?" She retorts, turning back to the Hale man "Derek, tell me you don't believe this"

Derek looks to us and I slightly reach behind me, my hand brushing Stiles'. The Stilinski boy accepts my vague offer for comfort and grabs my hand, squeezing it tightly.

"Do you know what happened to Stiles' father?" Derek asks Jennifer.

"No" She lies.

"Ask her why she almost killed Lydia" I sneer, glaring at the woman with hate.

"Lydia Martin? I don't know anything about that" Jennifer lies through her teeth.

"What do you know?" Derek demands.

"I know that these kids, for whatever misguided reason, are filling your head with an absurd story" She declares, looking at us "And one they can't prove, by the way"

Scott holds up a glass bottle containing a light coloured powder and her face falls.

"What if we can?" My brother retorts.

"What is that?" Jennifer asks, worry written on her face.

"My boss told me it's a poison and a cure, which means you can use it and it can be used against you" Scott explains, unscrewing the lid.

"Mistletoe?" She breathes out.

Scott throws the powder at the woman and she screams, flashing rapidly from her real form to her fake one. The powder settles down and she pants heavily, anger on her face. She tries to run towards he door but Derek grabs her by the throat, stopping her.

"Derek, wait, wait!" She pleads "You need me"

"What are you?" Derek growls.

"The only person who can save your sister" Jennifer answers "Call Peter. Call him!"

Derek pulls out his phone and dials Peter, having a short conversation before hanging up and glaring at the woman in his grip. He squeezes her throat aggressively and she gasps for air.

"Derek" Scott snaps "Derek, what are you doing?"

"Her life, it's in my hands!" Jennifer chokes out and Derek, lifts her body off the ground.

"Stop. Derek, stop!" Stiles yells.

"Stilinski, you'll never find him" She tells the boy.

"Derek, let her go!" I scream.

"Derek" Scott warns him "Derek!"

The Hale man groans, throwing the woman to the floor in anger.

"That's right" She smirks "You need me. All of you"

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"I don't know, something feels wrong about this" Stiles declares from the driver seat "You know, we proved it to Derek, but she still had this look like it didn't matter. You know, like it was all still going according to plan. You both saw it, didn't you?"

Scott glances back at me and I lean forward, between the two front seats.

"Yeah, I think I know what you mean" I answer.

We pull up at the hospital, behind Derek's car, and I'm the first one to jump out the car. The rain pours down on us, completely soaking through my denim jacket and dress, the thin material sticking to my thighs. Stiles appears from the back of his car with a wooden baseball bat and I raise a brow at the boy.

"What's that?" Scott asks as we walk towards the hospital entrance.

"Well, you got claws and she's got magic. I got a bat" Stiles explains.

"Seems fair" I say sarcastically as we enter the building behind Derek who is dragging Jennifer along beside him.

"Scott! Natalia!" I hear our mother holler as we pass the front desk and I spin around.

"What are you doing here? The hospital's evacuating" She tells us.

"We're here for Cora" I answer.

"What, all of you?" She asks, glancing at Stiles, Derek and Jennifer "Why does Stiles have my bat?"

"Mom, just trust me on this. You need to get out of here" Scott tells her as thunder booms in the sky "Right now"

"The building is supposed to be clear in 30 minutes. We've got two ambulances that are coming back. One's 10 minutes out, the other's 20. Cora needs to be on one of those. They'll be picking up in the basement garage" Our mom explains to us.

"Got it" We chirp in unison.

"Okay" She breathes out.

I shoot her a reassuring smile and we follow behind Derek as he tugs Jennifer towards the elevator. We all file in and I hit the button for the floor Cora is on.

"You don't have to keep me on a leash, Derek" Jennifer complains "I'm going to help"

I turn, shooting the woman a fierce glare and she rolls her eyes, only fuelling my anger. The elevator doors open to the second level and we head down the hall. The lights above us flicker on and off and the hall is completely empty, not a soul in sight.

We reach Cora's room and I turn, my heart dropping to my stomach when I see the empty bed and the pool of black blood on the floor.

"Derek" Scott speaks up.

I look at my brother and see him looking down at the ground. My gaze follows his line of sight and I notice the trail of black blood drops. I hear a loud thud and the doors abruptly swing open, Peter sliding towards us on the ground. He stops at our feet and I look down at him in confusion.

"We got a problem" He says, looking up at us before looking to the now open doors "Big problem"

I look up and I notice the twins merged together, eyes glowing red as they roar loudly.

"Oh, crap" I mumble.

Derek's eyes glow red as he roars, running towards the twins as they run at him. The Hale manages to knock the ultron wolf back at first, but the twins get a hold of him and throw him at the wall.

He hits the ground and my brother growls, running forward. Scott uses the wall to jump at the twins, slashing at their torso before ducking as they try to claw at him. Behind the fighting, I notice a figure laying on the ground and my eyes widen when I realise that it is Cora.

"Help me" I demand, tugging Peter of the ground and slapping Stiles' arm.

We run past the Alphas and my brother, Peter picking up his niece off the floor as I turn back to see the twins holding my brother up by his throat.

"Ethan, Aiden, stop!" Scott growls.

"You don't know what you're doing. All we want is her" The twins declare.

I hear the ding of the elevator and look behind them to see Jennifer behind the closing doors.

"She's getting away!" I shriek.

The twins let out an almighty roar and I gulp, scrambling to help Derek up before we all dash down the hallway. We reach an operating room and rush inside.

"Don't stop! Don't stop!" Derek barks.

I watch in horror as Stiles does exactly the opposite of that, stopping dead and looking back.

"Stiles!" I snap as he runs back to hide behind the door.

The twins walk in and my heart thumps wildly against my chest in anxiety. Stiles jumps out and hitting the bat over the Alpha's head. The wood completely smashes and the splinters scatter everywhere, leaving Stiles holding the handle in shock.

The twins angrily growl at the human boy and his eyes widen as he runs towards us. Derek and Scott wolf out, growling at the twins before Scott leaps up and grabs one of the ceiling lights. It comes crashing down and hits the twins, causing them to roar in pain.

"Move, quick!" I shout, pulling Scott back.

We all sprint out the door, running as fast as we can from the conjoined Alpha twins. Peter turns into a room as the power cuts out and places Cora down on a table. Derek and Scott race in behind us and the former closes the doors, looking out the window.

"Where's the big guy?" Stiles asks the pair.

"He's close" Derek answers.

"What about Miss Blake?" I ask and Scott shakes his head.

"What do you mean? What does that mean? Like, she's gone? Scott, are you kidding me?" Stiles freaks out.

"Shh, quiet" Derek snaps.

"Me be quiet? Me, huh? Are you telling me what to do now?" Stiles challenges the Hale Alpha, getting in his face "When your psychotic, mass murdering girlfriend, the second one you've dated, by the way, has got my dad somewhere, tied up, waiting to be ritually sacrificed?"

"Stiles, breathe" I tell the boy.

"They're still out there" Scott adds.

"And- And they want her, right? Which means now we don't have her either, so my dad and Cora are both dead!" Stiles shrieks.

"Not yet" Scott argues.

"Is she really dying?" I ask Peter in concern.

"She's definitely not getting any better" Peter retorts vaguely.

"There has to be something that we can do. We have to help her" Scott stresses.

The doors on the other side of us are swing open and I spin around to see Jennifer Blake stood there.

"You can't. Only I can" She announces "I can save her, and I can tell you where Sheriff Stilinski is. But there is a pack of Alphas in this hospital who want me dead. So I'll help you, but only when I'm out of here and safe. Only then"