001 — ice pick

season two —
episode three

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"𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳.. 𝗔𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀, 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲, 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀 𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘃 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱.

𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲.

𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮.

"𝗜'𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝘄" 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱.

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗰 𝗟𝗮𝗵𝗲𝘆.

𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀, 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗰 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗱.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗰 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀.

𝗔𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮."

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WHILE DEREK SEARCHES for pack members, he decides to call someone he never realised would answer their phone.

"Hey, this is Marlo, I can't get to the phone right now, why? Oh because she's dead, just kidding, hi Derek" the voice on the other line of the phone speaks.

"Hello Marlo, I see you haven't lost your sarcastic spark, I know it's been a while since we last spoke but a lot has happened in the last six months and I would appreciate the help, you know return the favour you owe me and I owe you?" Derek suggests.

"Of course Der, when do you need me there?" Marlo asks, Marlo sits on the other side of the phone at her favourite little cafe in New Orleans just sipping away on her coffee waiting for her best friends response on when she should pack up and head back to the place she never thought she'd return: BEACON HILLS.

"As soon as possible Lo, I already have one beta at the moment—you'll meet him when you come here, but please travel safely I don't need to relive years ago when the Sheriff, your father pulled us over and told us off directly for going against the driving laws" Derek says.

"Ha good times, I miss them, listen I know a whole lot of shit went down between us & Paige but I'm so sorry about everything and yeah I'll be on the next flight out, see you soon Der-bear" Marlo says smirking on her end hanging up the phone.

Marlo soon decides to leave the cafe and go back to her little studio apartment and start packing little things & pieces knowing she probably won't be returning here anytime soon

𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳.

𝘛𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴; '𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵', 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩.

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AFTER PACKING UP her belongings and buying the first flight out to Beacon Hills, California, she sets off on her new adventure.

Unaware of what's waiting at home and afraid to see when and who will react to her return, it's been six years since she stepped foot into that 'cursed' town as she liked to call it.

"This is your captain speaking, we're landing in 20 minutes, please make sure your carry on items are collected and I hope you enjoy your stay in Beacon Hills, California or to some of you, welcome home."

As Marlo steps off the plane she takes a deep breaths of the air and makes a beeline for the exit, making her way to Derek's loft hoping to see him first and discuss their plan for the pack and future.

"Let's do this, you're strong and gonna kick anyone's arse who will get in your way Marlo, don't beat yourself up" she thinks to herself calling a taxi over..

As the taxi ride comes to end, she thanks her kind driver and wishes him well on his day as it's only early in the morning.

'Let's hope he stills lives in this building because that's going to be embarrassing showing up as some random persons loft' she says to herself out loud.

"Are you talking to yourself?" A voice asks from behind her startling her as she turns around and gives the unknown teen? a concerned but curious face.

"Yeah coping mechanism, sorry if it bothered you" Marlo replies politely even though she doesn't know this teenage boy? Well she's guessing by the way his dressed and talks his a teenager.

'Might be the same age as Stiles and Scott?' She thinks in her head instead of outing her thoughts to this said stranger.

"You're alright, didn't bother me, sorry I didn't catch your name, mines Isaac" Isaac says offering his hand for her to shake.

"Marlo, I'm looking for a close friend of mine" Marlo politely replies, she notices his curious and wide eyed reaction minutes later.

"Oh you're the famous Marlo, Derek hasn't shut up about you" Isaac says smirking, "Ah yes, I'm her, Marlo Stilinski, do you know where I could find him Isaac?" She asks.

After many moments of silence and awkwardness; he nods and signals to follow him as he begins walking.

As worried and paranoid as Marlo has been she doesn't grow weary of this teenager in front of her.

"His in there, be careful his kinda a sour wolf" Isaac says saluting her and walking off towards wherever his going.

She takes a deep inhale and breathes out deeply as she enters the room where the male previously said Derek would be.

She doesn't know why she's so nervous, like it's only Derek, but the way things ended off between them before she up and left everyone behind, let's just say things will be beyond awkward.

As Marlo enters the other room, she sees a tall broad male standing over what looks like a teenage blonde girl.

"Are you trying to be intimidating or beyond creepy?" She makes herself known to both of them as the female gasps and looks at the tall male.

"Hello Marlo" Derek says, "Hi Derek" Marlo replies, "Sooo whatcha thinking, you wanna turn this scared teenage girl into something more confident and stronger?" Marlo aims her comment at the younger girl sitting on the bench but Derek answers her first.

"Could you possibly give us a minute alone?" He demands, "Yeah absolutely not, she's scared and she doesn't need someone who's older than her standing over her all handsome and grumpy like, I'm going sit here and watch considering, I'm now the one calling the shots"

Marlo says making herself known, "Now Blondie, what's your name so I don't have to be rude" Marlo asks "Erica, my names Erica".

"Okay Erica, I'm gonna call you E from now on by the way, but what's so important about wanting to become a werewolf like Mr grumps over there" Marlo asks pointing over to Derek standing there with a grumpy but slight smirk on his face watching Marlo do her thing.

"I don't want to feel so afraid anymore, I wanna feel confident in my own skin and not get laughed at during school because I can't control my seizures or accidentally pissing myself in class, I wanna be like you" Erica responds confidently letting both Derek and Marlo know his picked the right person to become the second beta of his pack alongside Isaac.

"Okay E, let's do this, are you ready?" Derek asks while looking at Marlo in awe at how she automatically became in control.

Like he said to himself before, it all makes so much sense why she returned home after his phone call asking for help, she will always be the queen of the upcoming pack.

"One more question" Isaac says from behind them as Marlo looks over to where the beta came from, "Sure Isaac, what's the question?" She asks folding her arms into her chest and torso.

"Are you like us? Are you a werewolf?" Isaac asks making eye contact with Erica, Derek and lastly Marlo.

They all hear the deep breath Derek takes after the question lingers for a while in the air.

"No I'm not a werewolf unlike you guys, but I'm something powerful and a force not to be messed around with" Marlo answers looking at Issac with a stern look.

"What are you then?" Isaac demands an answer not even meaning to sound rude after asking.

Marlo begins walking off to the entrance to leave and get some fresh air but before leaving she turns around and says.

"I'm a vampire" leaving the three wolves looking up at her like she's their leader as she leaves the abandoned train station.

"Okay she's cool" Isaac says out loud expressing his thoughts, Erica nods agreeing with him while Derek still stares at the door where Marlo figures just left out of.

"Okay let's do this" flashing his alpha eyes at Erica showing her his ready to bite her and start her transformation.

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AFTER MAKING SURE Erica was safe and the bite wouldn't kill her.

Marlo and Derek decided it would be good to catch up for a while and see how they were considering.

"You're telling me Peter as in your uncle ended up being the alpha and you had to kill him?" Marlo says out of shock while sipping her red wine.

"That's right, he tried luring teens and even others to their deaths, and tried killing your brother and his friends in the process, so I took it into my own hands and killed him" Derek says unbothered but also secretly watching for any reaction while mentioning her brother and his friends.

But by the look of surprise on her face, she didn't react, "Wow and here I thought you were just some grumpy 'sour wolf' but you're actually pretty cool Mr Hale" Marlo says smiling and laughing not noticing the way the green eyed alpha is looking at her in pure love.

"We're okay right? After everything that happened during that time?" Derek bluntly asks.

Marlo tries to hide her flinch but is unsuccessful and the pure look of surprise takes over her face and how blunt and straightforward Derek is being with her.

"Of course we're okay Derek, even though those things happened, they happened—build a bridge and get over it kinda thing" she says looking at him while sipping her drink, "Good, good" he smiles before continuing.

"I really did miss you Lo, how long do plan on sticking around?" Looking at her in question.

"I think permanently, I just need to find an apartment and I'm going to be helping run this pack of werewolf betas, I'm going to need to stick around anyways, are you okay with that?' She wonders.

"Of course, there's a apartment above the loft, it'll be better than hanging around this dirty abandoned train station anyways" he says waving his hand around gesturing to the abandoned building they're currently sitting in.

The rest of their night is spent with many laughs, jokes, even some tears from some of the memories but Marlo realises one thing; how much she truly missed her best friend Derek Hale and why she stayed away for so long.

She watches him for afar leaning against the bench putting the glasses away from their wine session and late night nights.

She watches and tilts her head not even realising how she's looking at his Triskelion tattoo on his upper back, how tall and muscular he actually became over the past six years.

The only thing she can begin to ask if, when will she be able to go see her brother and father and how will they deal with her return?

That's a problem for another day and she can will deal with things then, the important thing now is finding their third beta and Marlo has a perfect idea of who to pick for that position.

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𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖐𝖘 ⛧
- this is only the first chapter; ignore how cringy it is, i promise you it'll get better and longer as chapters go on & on in the future.
- this will move into the movie as well that's just premiered on paramount+

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