𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊'𝚜 𝙿𝙾𝚅

Stiles and I are hauled into a room and roughly thrown inside, the door slamming shut behind us with a loud bang that echoes through the room.

"Get back here and let us out, you spineless little shits!" I holler in anger, slamming my fists against the metal door.

I try to summon my magic to blast open the door, little pink sparks lighting up and fading away in my palms.

"You're fucking joking me" I spit out in disbelief, realising they must have some sort of talisman or something here that is draining my energy.

I let out a rage filled scream and throw myself at the door, kicking it and hitting it with my bloody knuckles.

"Natalia, enough!" Stiles warns me and I'm grabbed away from the door into his arms "Deep breathes, yeah?"

"Okay" I breathe out, pressing my forehead to his chest to listen to his heartbeat and letting him stroke my hair.

A loud roar sounds through the air and knowing that it belongs to my brother causes my anxiety to climb, but I try to focus on the beat of Stiles' heart.

The sound of the latch on the door opening makes me perk up and I turn my head to see the door open. Stiles' grip on my tightens protectively and he pulls me away from the door.

Scott, Malia and Kira are thrown into the room unconscious and the door is slammed shut again. Stiles' arms fall to his sides once he sees I'm calm and we rush to Scott's side in worry.

Malia and Kira stir awake and the latter sits by Scott opposite me while the former sits next to me and toys with my fingers in boredom as Stiles searches the room for a way out.

"You're not gonna find anything, dork" I sigh out defeatedly.

"He's awake. Guys, he's awake" Kira announces and I look down to see my brother's eyes peeling open.

"Scott, you okay?" Stiles asks.

"Yeah" Scott nods, letting Kira and I help him up "They don't have him. They don't have Derek"

"We know. But right now, they've got Lydia" Kira replies and Scott's head whips to Stiles and I.

"Lydia? What do they want with Lydia?" He asks.

"I have no clue" I huff out, worried about the safety of the strawberry blonde.

The young Alpha jumps to his feet and races over to the door. He grabs the side of the door and uses all his strength to try and rip it off the hinges, but it doesn't budge.

"We already looked for a way out" Kira tells the boy as he notices the claw marks on the walls "I think a lot of people have"

"I say when that door opens again, we take out whoever's standing in the way and run for it" Malia suggests.

"What about Lydia?" Kira questions.

"What about her?" Malia replies.

"We're not leaving without Lydia" I tell the werecoyote who furrows her brows.

"Why not?" She asks, looking confused and Stiles comes to her aid this time.

"Because we don't leave without people. Remember, we talked about this? Rules of the wild kingdom don't apply to friends" The Stilinski explains to the girl and she looks down at her feet, making me frown.

"It's okay, Mal. You're still learning" I assure her, patting her back and she perks up a little.

"Is that what you would do as a coyote, leave her for dead?" Kira asks curiously.

"If she was weak and injured, yeah" Malia answers "If hunting had been bad that season, I would eat her. Then I'd leave"

"Mmm. Believe it or not, that's progress" Stiles tells us.

"Good job, Mal" I smile, nudging her arm and she grins.

"All right, guys, we're not dead yet. That means Araya wants something" Scott declares.

"But if the Calaveras don't know where Derek is, that means they didn't take him from the loft. Right?" Kira realises.

"Maybe he left on his own" Stiles suggests.

"Maybe someone else got to him" Scott retorts and I frown deeply in worry.

The door is thrown open and Severo storms in, accompanied by two other men. They immediately electrocute Scott and Malia before threatening Kira, Stiles and I with the same fate. Stiles tugs me back behind him and I let him, fearing the men.

My eyes shine a bright pink as they grab Scott's unconscious body and Kira, taking them both away. I grab Stiles' arm as the door slams shut and give him a worried look to which he returns a sigh.

I sit down with Malia, laying her head on my lap and stroking her hair gently until she stirs awake, blinking to look up at me with wide doe eyes.

"How you feeling?" I murmur and she groans, pulling herself up.

"Sore" She admits.

"Do you hear them? Can you hear Scott?" Stiles immediately asks the girl "Can you hear Kira? Lydia? Anybody?"

"What are they saying?" He adds.

"Stiles" I snap at him with a warning look that shuts him up.

"I- I can't. I can't concentrate. I- There's too many sounds...and voices" Malia tells us in frustration and I sigh, gently taking her hands in mine.

"It's okay, Mal" I assure her "Just breathe. Take deep breaths with me, yeah? We've practiced this before, remember?"

"I'm trying" She stresses.

"Just focus on something" Stiles declares and she shoots him a glare.

"Here, look at my eyes" I instruct the Tate girl and she looks from him to me "That's it. Just focus on the sound of my voice. All you have to do is try to concentrate. You've got this"

Malia leans forward and presses her forehead to my own, closing her eyes with a concentrated expression on her face. I squeeze her hands gently and a little gasp escapes her lips as she sits up straight with wide eyes.

The lights around us start flickering like crazy and Stiles takes a step closer to me with a worried expression on his face.

"They're killing him!" Malia announces and my heart drops.

"My brother?" I breathe out in horror.

Malia nods and I feel sick to my stomach in fear, Stiles placing his hand on my shoulder as he crouches down beside me. The deafening roar of pain that echoes through the room has my eyes glowing pink and tears pricking in the corners of them.

"Kate. Scott said Kate is the one who has Derek" Malia tells us and my eyes dim down to their usual brown as I frown deeply.

"No. That's impossible. That can't be what he said" Stiles shakes his head.

"Why? Who...who's Kate?" Malia asks in confusion.

"She's a hunter" Stiles answers.

"She's an Argent" I add.

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Much to my surprise, we are let go by the Calaveras and I wait by the car with the others as Scott speaks to Araya.

"What's she saying?" Stiles asks Malia as I lean back against his jeep.

"That when Scott takes the bite of an innocent, she'll come knocking at his door" Malia answers and I scoff.

"Scott? Bite someone? As if" I state in disbelief and they nod in agreement.

"So what now?" Stiles speaks up as Scott walks up to us.

"She thinks she knows where we can find Derek" Scott answers.

"She gonna tell us where?" Malia asks.

"Uh, actually, she's giving us a guide" Scott declares and the sound of a motorbike revving makes all our heads turn.

The owner of the bike pulls off their helmet, causing me to whistle lowly and I see that it's Braeden, the girl who saved Isaac from the Alpha pack.

"You know her?" Stiles asks curiously.

"Braeden" Scott and I state in unison, a smile on my face.

"Who's Braeden?" Kira asks.

"She's a mercenary" Lydia replies.

"She's the girl of my dreams" I murmur in awe.

"Right now, I'm the only one who's gonna take you to la iglesia" Braeden announces.

"The Church?" Lydia scoffs at the translation.

"What's the church?" Stiles asks in confusion.

"It's not a place you'll find God" She responds.

"Sounds like a hoot" I chirp, pushing myself off the jeep "Let's hit the road, guys"

The six of us sit in the Jeep in complete silence, neither of us willing to speak up or ask the questions that really need to be asked.

"Okay, I'll ask" Malia finally speaks up, popping her head around me to look at Scott and Stiles "Who's Kate Argent?"

"Uh, I'd like to know too" Kira adds, putting up her hand.

"Well, we were at her funeral. So, I'd like to know how she got of a casket that was buried six feet underground" Stiles states.

"She was never in it" Scott replies and there's a short pause before Lydia turns her head from the window to look at us.

"She was Allison's aunt. And a total sociopath" Lydia declares and I feel a pang in my chest at the mention of our fallen friend.

"You don't have to talk about it now if you don't want to" Kira assures Scott.

"Um, yes, he does" Malia retorts.

"Malia" I warn her and she frowns at me.

"Yeah, she's right" Scott nods in agreement "You guys should know. You need to know"

"All right. Kate was the one who set the fire that killed most of Derek's family" Stiles explains.

"Some of them survived, like Cora, and Peter" Scott continues.

"A very angry Peter" Lydia adds.

"Yeah, he's the one who bit and turned me" Scott tells the two girls.

"And the one who finally caught up to Kate and killed her" Lydia says, looking like she's in her own little world and I reach out to take a hold of her hand, causing the girl to glance at me with a small smile.

"And we saw her buried" Stiles mutters.

"No. We saw a casket, remember?" Scott replies.

"It's not likely she was ever in it" I agree with my brother.

"The Calaveras heard that Kate had been killed by an Alpha's claws. They wanted to make sure she was really dead. Her body was healing. More and more, as she got closer to a full moon. She was coming back. So they switched out the bodies. They took her" Scott starts to explain "If a hunter is bit, they have to take their own life before they change. The Calaveras, they treat the code like law. They make it their responsibility to enforce it"

"Good for her. I wouldn't do it either" Malia scoffs.

"Can't say I blame her" I agree.

"Would you kill half a dozen people to get out? Because that's what she did" Scott replies and I frown, sitting back in silence.