"You said that since you made me watch Star Wars, I get to make you watch something." Liam said as he and Melanie sat on Mel's bed.

Melanie chuckled, shrugging her shoulders. "I never said that." Liams jaw dropped in betrayal. "You liar!" Liam playfully yelled, tackling Melanie on her bed.

Melanie laughed loudly as Liam grabbed both of her hands, pinning them above her head. As their laughter died down, Melanie looked up at Liam as he looked down at her. Liams eyes traveled to Melanie's lips before looking back up to her eyes.

Suddenly, Liam let go of Melanie's hand, cupping her face and leaning down into a kiss. Melanie hummed, wrapping her arms around his neck to pull him down closer.

The couple was cut off by Melanie's bedroom door being swung open. Mel and Liam instantly jumped apart, turning to see who came in. Mel gasped at the sight of Belle, dirt and blood covering her body.

"Jesus Christ Belle!" Melanie yelped, jumping back on her bed as Belle tiredly stumbled into Melanie's room, falling onto her beanbag chair.

"What happened to you?" Liams asked as Belle sighed. "A big monster attacked me and Hayden. I fell off a cliff and was paralyzed. Now I'm just tired." Belle muttered. Melanie turned to Liam with wide eyes when a loud snore escaped from Belle.

The pair whipped their heads to Belle as Liam gasped, squinting at her. "How did she fall asleep so fast?!" Liam whisper yelled, not wanting to wake up Belle.

Melanie sighed, falling back down onto her bed as Liam fell on after her, wrapping his arms around her waist. "No clue."

...

"I went to the club looking for Hayden, and there's Josh. Standing there. Completely alive. Just like Hayden. Because of Theo." Belle explained to Mason what she had told Mel and Liam the night before after she woke up as they walked through the he halls to help with the library cleanup.

"Theo brought them both back." Liam said, making Masons eyes grow wide. "That's what he's doing. He's, he's building a pack." Mel nodded her head before her face scrunched in disgust. "His own pack of... dead Chimeras."

"They both looked pretty alive to me. But they're not the same. There was something about Hayden. There's something wrong about her." Belle said and Mel turned to her, her brows creased. "Maybe that's what dying does to you." Mason nodded as he looked at the ground, licking his lips as he pointed at Melanie. "Mel's onto something. What if it, what if it like darkens your soul. What if they're all evil now?"

The sound of the school doors opening made the four look up. Melanies face softened at Corey as he smiled brightly at the four. "Hey, guys!" Corey cheered happily, making Mel smile, leaning towards the three. "But how can he be evil?"

"Don't trust the kindness." Liam whispered, grabbing Mel's hand and squeezing it. Corey looked at the couple with a scrunched face, not hearing their conversation but saw the awkward smiles they sent his way. Corey let out a small chuckle to soothe the tension before turning to Belle and Mason. "Are you volunteering for the library clean-up, too?"

Masons eyes went wide, not knowing what to say before he nodded. "Yeah."

"Totally." Belle stammered out as Liam sent him a thumbs up. Corey smiled and nodded, before turning to Melanie. "What about you?" Melanies eyes went wide before clearing her throat. "Mm hmm." Mel hummed out, making Corey smile, walking with them to the library.

...

"Just talk to him or something." Melanie whisper yelled to Mason, pointing at Corey behind him who was cleaning shelves. "But I don't want to..." Mason complained. "Oh my God." Belle muttered, pushing Mason towards Corey. When Corey turned to them, Melanie let out a small squeak, turning away as Belle and Liam did the same.

"So... You're alive." Mason said and Melanie groaned, throwing her head in Liams shoulder as he put his head in his hands, Belle across the cast from them, facepalming into the book she had open.

"Yeah." Corey said awkwardly, making Melanie sigh, shaking her head. "It's... sad."

Mason ran back over to the three his eyes wide as he pointed at Corey walking toward the exit. "He's leaving." "Okay, what's the plan?" Melanie asked and Mason looked at her with wide eyes. "I have a date with him on Saturday. I thought that was the plan."

Belle groaned, hitting Mason with the book she was holding. "You're love life was not apart of the plan." "You were supposed to ask about Theo. We can't wait until Saturday." Liam added, making the two girls nod.

Mason shrugged at his three friends, shaking his head. "Sorry, but Theo leading an evil Chimera pack wasn't exactly a natural progression to the conversation."

Melanie glared at him as Liam and Belle gave him 'really?' looks, making him sigh, nodding his head. "Fine. I'll talk to him." He turned around to catch Corey before he left to find him no where in the library, making Melanie groan. "And he's gone."

...

"Corey's not texting me back." Mason announced as he looked down at his phone. Belles eyes turned yellow, looking down the hall. "Because he left with Theo. "

"Are you sure?" Melanie asked, scrunching her face at Belle but Liam nodded in agreement with the other werewolf, moving to stand beside her. "Belles right. He was here. His scents still here."

"Well then, we should do something, right?" Melanie asked, throwing her hands into her back pockets. "We should tell someone." Mason said, align Belle sigh, nodding as she turned to Melanie and Liam. "I'll check the clinic. You two check the house."

"What about me?" Mason asked, taking a step towards Belle. The blonde smirk at Mason, nodding her head towards the schools exit. "You go plan your date."

...

"Someone's coming." Liam mumbled to Melanie, pulling away from their kiss. Melanie groaned, lying her head back into her pillow as Liam climbed off of her.

"We keep getting interrupted! Do we have to go right now?" Melanie asked as she slowly got up, standing in front of her mirror to fix her clothes. "Uh... kinda." Liam muttered, making Melanie groan. Liam smiled, grabbing her hand and leading her down the stairs as Scott walked into his house.

"They're alive." Liam said as soon as Scott walked into the house and he and Mel got down the stairs. Scott froze at the two teens, making Mel continue Liams thoughts. "We mean the Chimeras." "Some of them, not all of them." Liam added, making Mel nod in agreement. Scott looked at the sophomores with wide eyes before slowly nodding. "I know."

Melanie's face fell, her brows furrowing. "Oh, you do?" Scott looked at the two for a few more seconds before nodding again. "Yeah. Mel, have you talk to your parents or Kira lately?"

Melanie froze at the question. She opened and closed her mouth at the topic she still doesn't like to talk about before slowly nodding. "My dad. Kira and my mom are out in New Mexico, to this place called Shiprock. No cell service for calls. Why?"

Scott sighed, nodding his head as he grabbed a duffle bag off the couch. "They're trying to figure out a way to help her, but it's dangerous. So we're gonna go find her and bring her back."

Mel felt a smile grow on her face as she walked after Scott. "I'll come with you." Scott immediately shook his head no. "No, Mel, you can't."

Melanie chuckled at his words, going to walk passed him. "You're funny." Scott stuck his arm out, stopping her. "Mel-" Melanie cut Scott off, grabbing his arm and flashing her green kitsune eyes at him. "Don't 'Mel' me. They left. And I'm not just gonna sit around and mope about it. I'm gonna get them back."

Scott looked at Melanie for a few seconds before sighing, turning to Liam. "I'm not gonna win this fight, am I?"

"Nope." Liam said almost instantly. Scott sighed, nodding his head, making Melanie squeal in excitement to see her sister and mom again. She turned to Liam, going on her toes to kiss his cheek before grabbing his hand, pulling him towards the driveway where Stiles already was, working on his Jeep.

Stiles looked up at the sound of multiple footsteps coming his way, instantly smiling at Melanie and Liam. "Ayy, Mel! Liam! Turn the ignition." Stiles cheered, pointing at the front seat of his Jeep. Melanie raced to climb into the drivers seat, making Liam groan that she beat him, climbing into the backseat as Melanie turned to the ignition on, letting the engine roar.

Stiles let out a happy cheer that the Jeep worked, throwing his arms in the air as Melanie climbed into the backseat with Liam. "Success!" Stiles cheered as he and Scott got into the front seats.

As Melanie put her seatbelt on, she heard a slushing noise behind her, making her turn around. Mel's brows lifted as she laughed, making the three boys turn to her as she pointed at the five gasoline cans behind the seat. Scott and Liam turned to Stiles, making him sigh as he drove out of the parking lot. "It's a minor leak. Very minor."

...

"Man, I think the Jeep's overheating again." Scott groaned as he fanned his face at the hot car. Melanie let out a tired breath, taking off her jacket as Stiles sighed, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel. "Probably."

"Should we pull over and put more antifreeze in it?" Melanie asked out of breath, leaning her head back onto the back of the seat.

"No, we can just turn the heat on." Stiles said, turning on the heater, making Melanie's head shoot up, looking at the back of Stiles' head. "It wasn't on before?!"

Stiles ignored Melanie, turning to Scott. "You find anything yet?" Scott sighed, scrolling through his phone. "They're mostly the same stuff you already knew. 'Damnatio memoriae was a Roman practice, a government decree to destroy the images of the damned. And they would scratch off their names from inscriptions, chisel their face off of statues. The Romans believed it was a punishment worse than death.'"

"Being forgotten." Stiles and Mel breathed out. Mel turned to him for a spilt second before turning back to Scott who looked at Stiles before turning around to Liam and Mel in the backseats. 

"Listen to this. 'Damnatio Memoriae, was later used on a serial killer in 1598, known as the Demon Tailor. He lured children into his shop in Paris where he would kill them and boil the flesh off their bones to eat. The courts believed the crimes so horrible, they ordered all the documents destroyed. To this day, no one knows his real name.'"

"That's a good ghost story. Definitely not sleeping tongiht." Melanie whispered, nodding her head as Liam sighed, tilting his head. "So the Dread Doctors resurrected a killer." Stiles sighed at Liams words, biting his lip in annoyance. "Yeah. One who was so bad that he had to literally be erased from history."

"A killer that became a werewolf." Scott said as he looked at his phone. Liam slowly turned to Scott, his eyes wide. "Which probably made him a better killer."

"That's great. Just great." Melanie mumbled, resting her head on Liams shoulder.

...

Melanie and Liam had spent their time trying to get sleep, curled up into each other.

"She's gonna kill her mother." Scott announced, making Melanie and Liams eyes shoot open as they turned to him. Melanie kept her eyes on Scott as she leaned towards Liam. "What conversation did we miss?"

Suddenly, the car started sputtering before going into a rough stop. "Woah! What's happening?" Liam yelled as Stiles sighed. "Um... Yeah, we're out of gas. It's out of gas."

Liams brows furrowed, leaning in between the front seats to read the gas level. "It says we have half a tank." Stiles sighed, facing Liam. "Yeah, not necessarily."

"You didn't fix the gas gauge, didn't you?" Scott asked, his eyes shut tiredly as Stiles hummed. "Not necessarily. Stay in the car." Stiles said, jumping out of the jeep, Scott right after him, making Mel lean in between the two front seats, squishing next to Liam, watching Stiles and Scott walk away from the windshield. "Hey! Woah! You're leaving us in here?!"

"We need someone to make sure the car doesn't get broken into. We'll be back." Stiles said, turning around to face Mel as he talked before turning back around, walking away with Scott.

Melanie sighed, leaning back into Liams side. Liam rested his head on Mel's as he sighed. "Are you excited to your mom and Kira again?"

Melanie shrugged, making a rubik's cube appear in her hand. "I guess."

"Are you nervous?" Liam asked but the only sounds he got in return with the sound of a rubik's cube in the making of being solved. Liam lifted his head off of Mel's shoulder, taking the rubik's cube out of her hands. "Mel?"

Melanie sighed, crossing her arms as she looked at the floor of the Jeep. "Yeah?" Liam looked down at Mel before resting a hand on her leg, rubbing her with his thumb. "You know it's okay to be nervous."

Melanie combed a piece of hair behind her ear as she shrugged. "I know." "Then what's wrong?" Liam asked, making Mel fiddle with her fingers. "It's just..."

Mel groaned, unbuckling her seat belt to move around and face Liam fully. Liam did the same and Melanie waited for him to face her before speaking. "It's just... They left while I was taken by the Dread Doctors and I know it was because Kira was too dangerous and needed to leave as soon as possible but even when I came back, they didnt."

Liam slowly nodded, slowly looking up at Mel. "So if your mom asks, do you want to leave with her?" Mel instantly pulled her lips into a line, shaking her head. "I don't. I really don't."

Liam nodded, scooting over to wrap an arm around her shoulder, pulling her into his side as he rubbed her arm. "You can be mad. They left you here while you were being held captive by dread doctors. You haven't even heard from your mom. Your dads been the one in touch with you."

Melanie sighed, hugging into Liams side; the pair staying like that even when Scott and Stiles came back and started driving again.

...

"Hey, guys." Stiles said, looking back at the two sophomores asleep, Mel's head on Liams shoulder and Liams head on top of hers. After not getting a reply, he threw his hand back, punching Liam and Mel's knees, waking them up.

"What?! I'm up!" Melanie screamed, waking Scott up from his nap. Stiles sighed, pointing off at the landscape of mountains. "Take a look at this."

Melanie squinted before leaning forward in between the drivers and passenger seat. Once her eyes adjust, she saw a shining light, almost looking like a sword ricocheting light off of it. Melanie let out a happy, airy chuckle, making Scott turn to her. "What?"

"Do you see that?" Melanie asked, waiting until she saw Scott nodded. She turned back towards the glimpse of light, a small smile growing on her face. "It's Kira."

...

When they got to Kira, she was standing by Noshiko, the skin-walkers in front of them. Scott jumped out of the Jeep first, rolling as Mel climbed into the passenger seat. A few seconds after Scott jumped out, Melanie did a flip out of the Jeep, channeling her sword to appear in her hand while in air and landing in fighting position.

"Get in!" Liam yelled, sticking his head out between the two front seats to Kira. Kira ran into the car as Scott roared at the skin-walkers, going in after her.

Noshiko turned her back to get into the Jeep, not noticing one of the skinwalkers throwing their stick towards her. Melanie's eyes went wide as she ran in front of her mom, raising her katana in the air and bringing it down, slicing the stick in half.

"Mel! Come on! Let's go." Stiles screamed and Melanie sent one last look towards the skin-walkers before climbing into the passenger seat she was squished in with her mom.

"Everyone okay?" Stiles asked and Mel tired to catch her breath as she nodded. Not hearing a reply from Kira or Scott, Melanie turned around to face the back seat and instantly stifled a laugh. On one side of the backseat was Scott and Kira, having a long awaited kiss but right beside Kira was a disgusted and annoyed Liam, trying to scoot as far away from the couple as he could.

"How you feeling back there?" Mel taunted, making Liam roll his eyes. "Shut up." Melanie laughed, blowing him a dramatic kiss as Scott and Kira finally pulled away.

"You came back for me." Kira breathed out before turning her head to Melanie, reaching forward to grab her hand. "You all came back for me." Melanie smiled at her sister. "We'd never leave you." Melanie mumbled, squeezing Kira's hand

...

As soon as they got back to Scott's, Belle and Mason was waiting out front for them. "I found out something from Corey." Mason said as soon as they got out of the car.

"We know what Theo's doing." Belle said and Mason nodded. "He's looking for an Alpha." Mason said.

"A blind Alpha." Belle said, giving Scott a knowing look. Scott sighed, looking down. "Deucalion."

—THE YUKIMURA WOMEN ARE BACK TOGETHER BABES

i was so ready for liam to be all protective over mel so when like kira was like "you came back for me." liam would be like "yeah. and you guys never came back for mel." LIKE CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SHADE- but liam would never do it in front of noshiko bc he wants to make a good impression-