"Okay, just like a shirt or something. Anything with her scent." Belle said as her and Melanie looking around Kira's room for something with a scent.

Melanie groaned as she looked into the hamper. "Yesterday was laundry day!" Belle turned to Melanie, her jaw dropped with a slight glare. Before Melanie could open her mouth, a loud knock rang through the air from the window.

The two girl screamed, jumping to face the window. Liam waved at the two through the glass, making the girls sigh. Belle walked over to the window as Melanie looked around the room.  "Why do you two always yell?" Liam asked and Melanie peaked her head out from Kira's closet. "In our defense. Belle's the only one that uses a window so when she's in the room and someone pops up, it freaks us out."

Liam rolled his eyes as he climbed into the room. "Did you guys find anything?" Liam asked, the two girls shaking their heads and letting out disappointed hums as they looked around the room for anything.

As the three searched the room, Melanies eyes widened as she realized something. "Wait. While she was gone, I stole one of her jackets to wear one day but I never put it on... Could it work?" Melanie asked, looking up to Belle and Liam. Belle nodded, pointing out Kiras door. "Well, we can find out. Go get it!"

Melanie nodded, running into her room she quickly grabbed the jacket off of her chair and ran back into Kiras room, throwing the jacket to Belle.

Belle quickly sniffed it before looking up at Melanie, nodding her head. Melanie let out a relieved and tired chuckled as Belle grabbed her arm, pulling her towards the window. "Come on, we gotta go."

"I'm coming with you guys." Liam yelled as Belle climbed out of Kira's window. Melanie let out a hum, going after Belle as she looked back at Liam. "He's not gonna let you go." Melanie said in a sing song voice, making Liam roll his eyes, following after her out the window. "That's not true."

...

"Liam, go home. You're not coming with us." Stiles yelled as soon as he noticed the boy with Belle and Melanie. Stiles turned to Belle with a 'really' look. "I thought I said just you two?" "He followed us!" Belle yelled and Stiles sighed, turning back to Liam. "You're not going."

"Why not?" Liam asked as he followed after Stiles and Malia. "Because it's a full moon. And I don't feel like driving all the way down to Mexico just to have you rip my throat out." Stiles said, turning around to face him.

Liam opened and closed his mouth, trying to think of something to say. "You can lock me up, right? Chain me down to the back seat or something?" Melanie shook her head, remembering the night they tricked Liam at Lydia's grandma's lake house. "You tore through the last chains, remember?"

Stiles nodded, pointing at her in agreement. "Yeah, we would have to freeze you in carbonite to get you down there."

Liam nodded. "Okay, then where do we get carbonite?" Belle shut her eyes, biting her lips to hold back a remark as Melanie looked down disappointedly.

Stiles sighed. "Seriously, you haven't seen it either?" Melanie sighed, hitting Stiles' shoulder. "We'll make him watch it when we get back." Stiles nodded, turning to walk out of the house, Melanie, Belle and Malia following.

Liam stepped up, grabbing Melanie's hand since she was closest and to stop her walking. "Wait! What if we put me in the trunk?"

Stiles sighed, shaking his head slightly. "You'd get out of that, too. Liam, you've been a werewolf all of five minutes. You don't have to do this."

Liam nodded, trying to think of some way to change Stiles' mind. "I know I don't, but I want to. There's gotta be bigger chains, a bigger trunk or something. There has to be."

Stiles squinted, the three girls watched as gears turned in his head. "Maybe there is."

...

"How did you get a prison transport van?" Stiles asked Braeden as she drove up, Derek and Peter driving behind her in a separate car.

"I'm a U.S. Marshal." Braeden answered and Melanie furrowed her brows, her nose scrunching in confusion. "I just thought that was just a cover?"

"Are we really bringing him?" Derek asked, he and Peter walking up as he pointed at Liam. Belle scoffed, pointing at Peter. "Are we really bringing him?"

Peter glared at her. "We're bringing everyone that we can, blondie. And considering Scott and Kira were taken the night before a full moon, we should probably get going. A werewolf can't steal a true Alpha's power. But maybe a Nagual jaguar, with the power of Tezcatlipoca behind her... Maybe she can. So, if everyone is sufficiently freaked out, I say we get going."

Belle rolled her eyes as Stiles shook his head. "We can't. Not without Lydia."

...

"What's she doing at the school anyway?" Derek asked after getting no response from calling Lydia. Malia shrugged. "We wanted some extra scent. Lydia went to get stuff from Scott and Kira's locker.

Stiles groaned, hanging up the phone again. "Nothing." Braeden pulled her lips into a line, readjusting the gun in her hands. "If she has a car, she can catch up to us."

Melanie shook her head. "No. What if something happened? What if she's in trouble?" Peter clenched his jaw, turning to her. "Fine. You stay, you find her. We're gonna go on without you."

"I could call Mason. He has a study group at school. Maybe he could look for her." Liam suggested and Stiles ran a hand down his face, sighing. "All right. Fine."

Melanie walked towards the car she'd be in with Malia and Peter before Liam grabbed her wrist, stopping her. "Wait. Can you... can you stay in the back with me and Derek?"

Melanie furrowed her brows as Liam let go of her wrist. "Why?" Liam pulled his lips into a line, looking down at his shoes. "You're good at helping. When you talk it... it distracts me from turning." Liam muttered, slowly looking back up at Melanie who had a small smile on her face. Melanie nodded, making Liam sigh, a small chuckle escaping as well.

"Remember what we're dealing with. It's not just Kate, it's Berserkers. You might see human eyes behind those skulls. Do not assume that there's any humanity left." Peter said before his eyes drifted to Liam who started to bounce back and forth between his feet. He smirked, pointing at him. "This little one is terrified of them, aren't you? Don't worry, my friend. It is that fear that will keep you alive."

Melanie sighed, placing her hand on Liam's arm as she lead him to the back of the van, Peter screaming out one final sentence. "A reminder to everyone. You do not fight Berserkers to survive, you fight to kill."

...

Melanie handcuffed Liam's hand to the bars and when she was done, she leaned back into the wall and turned to Derek from the other side of Stiles. "All good?" He asked and Melanie nodded, making him let out a breath of relief. "Okay."

He turned to Liam as he reached into his pocket. "I brought something to help you. This has been with my family for centuries." Melanie scrunched her face in confusion, looking through the little gate to make eye contact with Belle who sat in the passenger seat beside Braeden.

"It's a very powerful, supernatural talisman. We use it to teach Betas how to control themselves on a full moon." Derek said, pulling out a small wooden circle, the werewolf mantra on it.

Derek turned to Stiles and Melanie. Stiles instantly knew why Derek was looking at them and nodded. "Yes, it's powerful. Very powerful."

Melanie stayed silent, making Stiles, elbow her in the ribs. Melanie winced slightly, making Liam turn to her. Melanie pulled her lips into a line, nodding her head. "Extremely powerful."

...

The car ride had been quiet for the most part, Stiles and Melanie spending their time playing rock paper scissors while Melanie talked tried to talk with Liam about anything she could think of when suddenly, Liam growled, his nails growing longer.

"Whatever you were gonna teach me... I think you better start." His eyes turned bright yellow, making Melanie's eyes go wide.

"Liam, you with me? We have a mantra that we use. You repeat it, you focus on the words." Derek said and Melanie nodded. "It's like meditating. You say the words until you feel control coming back to you."

"Okay. Okay, okay! What are the words?" Liam grunted and Derek nodded. "Okay, look at the triskelion. See the symbol? I have a tattoo on my back, it's the same thing. Each spiral means something." "Alpha, Beta, Omega." Stiles breathed out.

Derek nodded, keeping his eyes on Liam. "It represents the idea that we can always rise to one and fall back to another. Betas can become Alphas."

"Alphas can become Betas." Melanie interjected, making Liam look up. "Can Alphas become Omegas?" The three nodded.

"All you have to do is say the three words. And with each one, you tell yourself you're getting calmer, more in control. Go ahead." Derek said and Liam nodded, closing his eyes.

"Alpha... Beta... Omega..." He groaned and Derek nodded. "Good. Say it again. Remember, every time you say the words, you're getting calmer."

"Alpha, Beta... Omega." Liam growled, his voice growing deeper, barely recognizable. Stiles pushed Melanie back behind him as Derek nodded. "Say it again."

"Derek, I don't think the powerful talisman of yours is having any really impact on him." Belle screamed from the passenger seat but Derek ignored her.

"Liam, say it again!" Derek screamed but was met with a roar from Liam, so powerful, the van shook. Melanie shrieked as Stiles pushed her back farther while backing away himself.

"Derek?" Braeden yelled and Stiles cleared his throat. "I think we're gonna need to go a little faster."

"Keep going!" Derek screamed but Liam pounced at him, trying to claw his neck. "Liam!" Belle screamed as Braeden turned around. "We're almost there." "Liam! Keep focus!" Melanie screamed but her voice could barely be heard over the roars.

"Derek, I don't think Alpha, Beta, Omega is resonating with him. You know any other mantras?" Stiles screamed.

Melanie looked at Liam with wide eyes before she remembered what Satomi had said to her the night the hunters attacked them in Argents Warehouse.

"The mantra helps us subdue our nature. The Sun, The Moon, The Truth."

"I do." Melanie yelled, making Derek and Stiles whip their heads to her. "What?" Derek asked and Melanie turned to him with a hurried expression. "I know one!"

Stiles scooted down the bench so Melanie could be in front of Liam. "Liam, you need to breathe!" Melanie yelled as Derek pinned him back in his seat across from her.

"Liam!" Melanie yelled to get his attention. Liam slowly looked up at Melanie, growling at her, his eyes shining a bright yellow, he went to jump at her but Derek pushed him back. "What three things cannot long be hidden?"

Liams face scrunched as he glared at her, his breathing turning into growls. "What?"

Melanie shifted forward in her seat, trying to get his eyes to meet hers. "What three things cannot long be hidden? Come on, what three things?" She asked quieter and Liam growled. "The sun... the moon... The truth."

Melanie nodded, putting her hand on his knee tapping it so he had something to focus on. "Say it again." Liam took a deep, closing his eyes and placing his hands over hers. "The sun... The moon... The truth."

Melanie let out an airy laugh, nodding her head. "There we go. Keep going."

"Derek?" Braeden asked as Belle looked back to check on them. Melanie met eyes with Belle, nodding her head. "We're okay." Belle nodded, looking back at the road.

"Sun... Moon... And the truth." Liam whispered, finally changed back. "I can't believe I did it. For a minute there, I thought I was gonna tear the three of you apart."

Melanie tried to catch her breath as Stiles scoffed. "Yeah. That would've made for an awkward ride home. So, thanks."

"Think you can bring the same level of control and strength inside La Iglesia?" Derek asked and Liam nodded, opening his fist, his claws popping out, making Melanie let out an airy chuckle as she started to calm down.

"All right. We might actually be able to do this." Stiles muttered as Derek nodded, a faint smile on his face.

Melanie took in one last deep breath, feeling her heart rate start to fall back to its normal pace. Stiles could hear her heavy breathing and turned to her with worry, knowing she gets panic attacks like him. "You okay?"

Melanie kept her eyes on the shoelace holes in her shoes, counting them to try and ease her mind. She clenched her jaw as she looked back up at Stiles, her eyes glowing bright green. "I will be once we find my sister."

—the stiles and mel brotp blooming😫🤌

also belle just watching liam almost kill mel, stiles and derek from the from the front seat like👀😀