045 — perishable

season four —
episode nine

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DEREK AND MARLO decide to spend the whole day together celebrating amongst themselves about their engagement.

Knowing Marlo will want to scream it to the world she's marrying the man of her dreams.

Marlo tears up looking at diamond on her finger once more allowing it to really sink in.

"Lo? You all good?" Derek asks noticing the sad frown.

Marlo nods looking over at the male driving his vehicle towards their shared loft.

"Yeah, sorry—it all feels like a dream, I love you so much" Marlo says placing her hand in Derek's free hand that's currently not on the wheel.

"Baby, you're special to me, I love you so much, okay?" Derek says looking over at the brunette who's still looking at the male in adoration.

The two eventually pull into the loft parking lot and make their way up the stairs.

Not knowing that Jordan Parrish is currently being burnt alive by one of his work colleagues.

Derek and Marlo frown confused after hearing both of their phones vibrate in their bedroom.

Marlo's being a text message from her younger brother stating their father had been shot and is in hospital, she looks at her fiancée concerned seeing his frown.

"What's up, baby?" Marlo asks walking closer towards the male.

"Jordan Parrish was burnt alive in his car by his work colleague, Scott is bringing him here so we can look over him" Derek explains replying to the message.

Marlo nods before biting her lip remembering the text message, "You might have to deal with Jordan and the others yourself for a few hours, my dad was shot in the process of the attack, his in hospital awaiting surgery" Marlo states.

Derek looks at her sympathetically, "Oh yes, Lo, go, I'll be okay, text me when you get to the hospital?" Derek asks.

Marlo rushes around the loft grabbing her car keys and jacket from the seat.

"Of course, I'll see you soon, I love you" Marlo says pecking Derek's lips and rushing out of the loft seeing Jordan, Riley and Scott and the others minus her brother pulling up outside.

"Derek's upstairs waiting, help yourselves inside" Marlo says getting into her vehicle leaving the others nodding and walking into the building heading up to their shared loft of Marlo and Derek's.

Marlo rushes inside the hospital seeing Stiles waiting for her at the emergency reception desk.

"How's he doing?" Marlo asks looking at her younger brother.

"His okay, they're waiting until the morning as it's not an emergency where the bullet is sitting" Stiles explains using his hands to gesture where the bullet is placed inside their father's body.

They enter Stilinski's hospital room, "Dad, oh my god" Marlo says rushing towards the man worried for the man.

"I'm okay, Marli, I promise, just some minor pain in the shoulder blade, nothing morphine won't fix" Stilinski says reassuring his two kids.

Marlo nods understanding before looking at Stiles sitting in the chair beside the bed biting his finger due to the anxiety his feeling.

Dr Vandenberg comes into the room, "Oh hi, Marlo, glad to see you're doing better" he states looking at the brunette.

Who smiles letting him into the room more to update all of them with Stilinski's current situation.

"All right, Mr. Stilinski" Dr Vandenberg begins, "Sheriff, Sheriff Stilinski" Stiles states.

"I've got you scheduled for surgery first thing in the morning, unfortunately, it's going to take a little digging to get that slug out of your shoulder" Dr Vandenberg explains.

Marlo comforts Stiles, "Yeah, it's fine" Stilinski states going over the paperwork frowning at one of the questions.

"One more, what's this part here? This line?" Stilinski asks.

Dr Vandenberg comes closer reading the question and explaining to the man what it's about.

"Patient Responsibility, parts of the procedure and hospital stay not covered by insurance" the doctor explains.

"Are those big parts? Expensive parts?" Stilinski asks as Stiles frowns remembering they're currently going broke.

Marlo frowns as well not being awake of this problem.

"That's between you and your insurance, unfortunately, you should start feeling the morphine in a minute—try to get some rest, Mr—Sheriff" Dr Vandenberg explains leaving the three to spend time together.

Stilinski looks up seeing Stiles bouncing on his feet anxiously before noticing Marlo standing with her arms crossed.

"Hey, stop that, I was just curious about the terminology, we're not in any kind of dire straits" Stilinski explains.

Marlo raises her brows, "I know about the bills, Dad, I know about the collectors calling about Eichen House, I know about the advance from the department, about the credit cards" Stiles states.

Marlo whispers under her breath shocked at the sudden news, "Stiles, are you going through my stuff? What about you, Marlo?" Stilinski asks looking at both of his children.

Marlo raises her hands in surrender, "No sir, I'm innocent" Marlo states smirking at her dad.

"Yeah, I go through all your stuff; especially when you keep things from me" Stiles states.

"I keep things from you because you don't need to know everything" Stilinski says frustrated.

"Yes, I do, I have to know everything, how the hell else am I supposed to take care of you?" Stiles asks.

"You're not supposed to take care of me, I'm the dad, you're my daughter and son, you get it?" Stilinski yells as Marlo raises her brows shocked she's involved.

"Dad, daughter, son, I take care of you both" Stilinski states pointing at them.

Stiles sits down beside Marlo, "We're supposed to take care of each other" Stiles states as their father sighs, "Hey, we're going to be all right" Stilinski states.

"How do you know, Dad?" Stiles asks, "I don't, but, the morphine's kicking in, I'm not all that worried about anything right now" Stilinski explains growing sleepy.

"But I am" Stiles says quietly, "Little man, you're gonna be okay and so is dad, I promise" Marlo says kissing her brother's head before walking closer to their dad's bed.

"Okay, Dad I'll see you tomorrow morning after your surgery, I have to get back to Derek" Marlo explains softly.

Stilinski sighs gently tapping the woman's hand feeling the rock on her ring finger but passes out before he manages to say anything.

Marlo says her goodbyes to Stiles and eventually makes her way back to the loft.

Where Derek's waiting for her alongside Jordan, Scott, Riley and Lydia after they explained things to the deputy.

Marlo walks inside the loft seeing everyone sitting around the living room, "What's a Kanima?" Jordan asks confused.

"We'll get back to that, just know that everyone that is like us; everyone with some kind of supernatural ability, is on the Deadpool" Scott explains sitting on the couches arm rest beside the deputy.

Riley notices the ring on Marlo's finger and smirks at Derek, "But I don't even know what I am" Jordan says confused.

"I'm pretty sure they don't care" Derek states noticing Riley's smirk.

"How many professional assassins are we talking about?" Jordan asks looking at Derek and Marlo, "We're starting to lose count" Lydia states.

"But is it still just professionals?" Scott asks looking around at the others.

Riley points at the alpha agreeing with him, "I don't think Haigh's ever tried anything like this, I think he was taking a chance" Riley explains.

"That means anyone with the Deadpool could take a chance" Derek states.

Marlo leans against his side, "But if Haigh had it, then who else does? How easy is it to get this thing now?" Jordan asks as Scott looks at Derek and Marlo unsure.

"Well, looks like I'm a goner, I'm the highest ranked on the list" Marlo mumbles looking at the others inside Derek and her loft.

Also remembering James is out there somewhere probably betting on this money.

"I won't let him—them hurt you and I'm sure everyone standing in this room won't either, especially Derek" Riley states nodding towards the male and then towards the engagement ring on her finger.

"Thanks Riles" Marlo says smiling at him as Lydia gasps and Scott looks at the engaged couple with an open mouth.

"Oh my god, congratulations guys!" Lydia says happily grabbing a hold of the brunette's eyeing the ring.

"Derek, you have good taste in jewellery" Lydia gasps, Scott congratulates them, alongside Jordan and Riley before they share a friendly hug with Marlo.

Soon the conversation goes back to the whole deadpool and how Lydia thinks her grandmother might've faked her death or is the benefactor.

"Meredith was only at my grandmother's lakehouse once—but I think once was enough" Lydia explains sitting beside Marlo on the bed.

"How did your grandmother know her?" Derek asks leaning against the pillar near their bed.

"She didn't, she found her, because of another woman named Maddy, the woman she loved" Lydia explains.

While handing Marlo a picture of Maddy and her grandmother before Marlo hands it to Scott.

"I never met her, but I saw her name everywhere, she used to be part of a yacht racing team, there were plaques and trophies in the lake house from all the regattas she'd won" Lydia says.

"How did she die?" Jordan asks standing beside Riley.

"How's not the story—it's what happened right before, my grandmother, Lorraine, used to work in San Francisco for IBM, she was there on a weekend, catching up on work, she started hearing this sound, like rain" Lydia explains.

Lydia begins walking towards the loft window looking outside, "But, when she looked out the windows, all she saw was blue sky" Lydia says.

"But she kept hearing the rain?" Scott asks, "And it just kept getting louder, rain and thunder, cracking like gunshots in her head—so loud, she finally just, screamed" Lydia states.

"Like a banshee" Derek states looking at his fiancée before looking back at the strawberry blonde.

"She called Maddy, who was planning on taking one of the boats out on the lake, but Maddy said that the sun was shining there, too, so, Lorraine didn't say anything" Lydia explains looking at everyone in the loft, "There was an accident?" Riley asks.

"It took them four days to find Maddy's body and then it took decades to figure out how Lorraine knew, she started with parapsychologists, like the Ph.D in their name made it more scientific—they built the study in the lake house according to every pseudoscientific theory they could find, none of it worked—so then, she started going to more extreme occult, things like mediums and psychics, all of them failures, until she found Meredith—they found her in Eichen House, this fragile girl who didn't understand the things she heard, they brought her to the study and they almost killed her, she was hospitalized for over a year, she never really recovered, my grandmother drove her insane, I drove her to suicide and all she ever wanted to do was help, my grandmother created the code for the Deadpool, they think she's the Banshee who put the names out in the first place, she left me this message in the same code" Lydia explains before pulling out a piece of paper and showing the others the list with another code on the white paper.

"But she didn't leave a cipher key, did she?" Scott asks as Lydia shakes her head no and Marlo falls back on Derek and her bed due to exhaustion.

Eventually everyone leaves except Scott who hangs back to talk to Derek and Marlo about everything.

Lydia decided to meet up with Stiles and explain what was discussed at Marlo and Derek's loft and Jordan and Riley left together heading home for the night.

Scott looks at the gun on the bed carefully picking the weapon up, "Careful with that" Derek says walking into the room leaving a napping Marlo on the couch.

"I thought you didn't like guns?" Scott asks.

Derek holds his hand out to take the weapon off the teenager; looking the weapon over.

"Does this have something to do with your eyes?" Scott asks.

"My eyes, my strength, the healing, all of it" Derek answers, "Gone?" Scott asks shocked.

"Whatever Kate did to me, it's still happening" Derek states looking out the door towards where Marlo is still laying on the couch.

"If the Deadpool really was made by a banshee, then there's something else that you should know about, your name broke the third list, it was a cipher key but I'm sure Marlo already told you that?" Scott states looking outside the bedroom towards the vampire hybrid.

Derek nods before opening his mouth, "And the two other keys were Allison and Aiden" Derek nods seeing the pattern.

"And I—I don't want to make you nervous, but it kind of feels like there might be a pattern there, doesn't it? Allison, Aiden, you" Scott states, "Names picked by a Banshee" Derek sighs.

"It could mean that you're in danger" Scott states, "Scott—banshees don't predict danger, they predict death" Derek states grimly.

Scott sighs before looking out in the direction of Marlo once again, "She's going to be a mess, Derek" Scott states.

Derek looks at the boy knowingly, "I know and that's why, we're not going to tell her anything else, I love her and I don't want my fiancée stressed anymore than she is, okay?" Derek demands.

Scott stutters but nods nonetheless before leaving their shared loft and heading home to get some sleep, Derek's orders.

Derek smiles softly seeing Marlo roll over onto her back whilst napping on the sofa.

The male walks quietly towards the sofa picking his fiancée up bridal style and carrying her to their bed.

Which results in the brunette snuggling into his chest and neck mumbling.

"I love you, handsome" Marlo mumbles gently pecking the male's chest before falling into a slumber once again.

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THE NEXT AFTERNOON comes around quite quickly for Derek and Marlo as they decided to stay in bed all morning in one another's arms.

"This feels nice" Marlo smiles tracing heart shapes onto Derek's chest.

Derek smiles down at her, "It does" Derek nods kissing Marlo's forehead as she giggles.

"Come on, shower time" Marlo says jumping out of the bed and rushing into the bathroom starting the shower up seeing Derek walking into the bathroom behind her wrapping his arms around her waist.

They shower and get ready for the rest of the day together hearing Marlo's phone going off outside on the bedside table.

"School's under another attack and you're not on the list anymore" Marlo says growing teary eyed.

Derek shakes his head, "Hey, hey, no crying baby, calm down" Derek says wrapping his arms around her and grabbing the gun and leading her outside of the loft towards the high school to save Scott and the others from another assassin attack.

"What if they attack me?" Marlo asks looking at her fiancé driving.

"That's why we're going to hide in a nearby classroom and if anything happens I've got pretty good with a gun" Derek states pecking her lips.

They rush inside the school hearing the drunk teenagers around the bonfire in the courtyard.

"I feel dizzy, I'm okay though" Marlo explains feeling the effects but ignores them.

Waiting for the plan to be set in motion seeing Braeden waiting for the couple in the classroom, "You two ready?" Braeden asks.

Both Marlo and Derek nod watching the assassin's drag the drugged teenagers into the school throwing them towards the lockers.

Marlo grows nauseous and whimpers, "What? What's wrong?" Derek asks worried for her sake.

"Something's wrong with Stiles" Marlo explains looking at Derek worriedly.

Derek sits her down at one of the desks as the music outside shuts off and the drunk teenagers calm down outside.

"Let's do this" Marlo says snapping out of her weakened state as she begins walking outside flashing her fangs and claws towards the assassins knocking them unconscious like Derek and Braeden continue doing behind her.

Marlo bends down seeing Scott nod at her, as Derek helps the true alpha up from the lockers, "What happened to the gun?" Scott asks looking at Derek.

Marlo laughs softly, "You're covered in gasoline" Derek scoffs, "Oh, yeah" Scott mumbles as Marlo laughs seeing the look on Scott's face.

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Completely unaware that in the locker file room at Eichen House Stiles, Lydia, Riley and Jordan sit around once Jordan pulled the trigger shooting and killing Brunski.

Meredith Walker reveals herself as the benefactor shocking the four people inside the room remembering she was "dead" a few days ago..

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