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Vivian would like it to be known that after finding out that there's an Alpha killing people, she should be aloud to miss school. She was tapping her nails on her desk while the teacher handed back tests. She glanced over to Sydney who was across the class from where she was seated next to Stiles. Scott in front of Stiles, he was bouncing his foot nervously. Vivian couldn't tell how Sydney was feeling, but could assume based on what Scott told them.

Scott was trying to look at how everyone else did on the test, but Stiles wasn't satisfied with the questions left unanswered. "If Derek isn't the Alpha, if he's not the one who bit you, then who did?"

"I don't know." Scott said, after a moment of thinking, looking back at the teacher moving through the desks.

"I'm sure Derek would like to know that." Vivian muttered now tapping her pencil on the table.

"Did the Alpha kill the bus driver and librarian?" Stiles asked not giving Scott another second. Vivian heard a loud noise at the front of the room. She looked and couldn't tell who had made it so she went back to listening to Scott and Stiles.

"I don't know." Scott said after another moment of contemplation.

"Lets assume he did." Vivian said to the two, also Sydney who was listening in.

Stiles sighed looking over at Vivian, getting a shrug. He leaned back into his chair pouting after getting nothing from Scott. He then suddenly got another thought and leaned back over to Scott.

"Does Allison's dad know about the Alpha?" Stiles asked only getting a second between that and Scott's reaction.

"I don't know!" Scott said louder than the other two responses and getting reactions from the class. Stiles and Vivian shared a shocked expression, Stiles then leaned back and tried to act casual. Vivian looked over at Sydney who hadn't changed or reacted to his reaction at all.

When she focused back on her little group, Stiles and Scott had gotten their papers. Stiles had an A while Scott got a D -, with a note.

"Dude, you should study more." Stiles said after looking over Scott's shoulder. Scott slammed his paper back down on the desk, obviously not in the mood. "That was a joke."

"Scott, it's one test. You're gonna make it up." Vivian reassured "Tara would be glad to help you study."

"No. I'm studying with Allison after school today." Scott said getting a scoff from Vivian as she got her test back, A.

"That's my boy." Stiles said with his eyebrows raised, getting hit by Vivian.

"We're just studying." Scott said making Vivian laugh.

"Yeah right." Vivian said now completely focused on the conversation.

"I am?" Scott said confused.

"You aren't if I'm forced to live vicariously through you." Stiles whispered with conviction now leaning over Scotts shoulder. "If you go to her house today and squander this colossal opportunity, I swear to god I'll have you de-balled."

"Ew, stop right now." Vivian said with amusement and disgust, watched Sydney's reaction to her brothers words. She held back a fake gag, covering her mouth.

"Okay, just... stop with the questions man." Scott said with a tired expression.

"Done. No more questions. No more talk about the Alpha or Derek. Especially Derek... who still scared me." Stiles said talking more to himself near the end.

"He makes me unease." Vivian said in response tapping her nails again and hearing a pencil break up at the front of the class.

"Wonder what got into Sydney."

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"Scotts coming over?" Lydia asked while Allison and Sydney walked next to her.

"Tonight? We're just studying." Allison said after hearing the undertones of Lydia's tone.

"'Just studying' never ends with just studying." Lydia stated while Sydney sulked next to them. "It's like... getting into a hot tub somebody eventually cops a feel"

Allison looked over at Sydney with a confused look and gets a half-hearted shake of her head, which helps calm her worries about getting into a hot tub. "Well, so what are you saying?"

"I'm just saying, you know, make sure he covers up." Lydia says getting another confused look from Allison as they stop at the bottom of the stairs.

"Hello, Snow White! Do it with a condom." Sydney says bluntly and a monotone look. Allison chuckles awkward following the two up the stairs.

"Are you kidding? After one date?" Allison says more directed at Lydia then Sydney.

"I mean she has a point. It's Scott." Sydney said getting a blank look from Lydia, forgetting that Lydia hasn't known Scott since Kindergarten. Well more like she'd ignored him since Kindergarten. "He's a sweet guy."

"Don't be a total prude. Give him a taste. Especially if he's sweet." Lydia says playfully hitting Allison and winking at Sydney. Sydney rolls her eyes with a small smile looking over at Allison.

"Do what you're comfortable with. I've known Scott since I was 5, he won't care." Sydney reassured, her smile falling again.

"Well, I-I mean, how much is 'a little taste'?" Allison said quietly, leaning towards the two while stopping at the top of the stairs.

"Oh, god. You really like him, don't you?" Lydia said a little shock in her voice.

"Well..." Allison sighs thinking over her words. "He's just different. When I first moved here, I had a plan- No boyfriends till college. I just move too much."

Allison took another short pause. "Then I met him, and.. he was different. I-I don't know. I can't explain it."

"I can. It's your brain flooding with Phenylethylamine." Lydia said making Allison laugh and Sydney smile.

"What?" Allison asked after a second.

"I'll tell you what to do. When's he coming over?" Lydia questioned brushing over her comment.

"Right after school." Allison said as the bell rings. Sydney gives a small awkward smile.

"I'm gonna leave before this gets explicit." Sydney said trying to walk away.

"Is it cause you're a lesbian?" Lydia joked with a small smirk.

"It's cause Scott's like a brother to me, but that gives me another reason to leave. So goodbye."

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Tara and Vivian burst through the doors with Stiles trailing behind them. Vivian's eyes drift over the crowd while half listening to Tara and Stiles conversation and half planning the rest of her night. Which is probably going to be hanging out with Stiles and Tara so she decided to focus on the conversation.

"He's going to waste his chance." Stiles complained now caught up with them. "He could lose his virginity."

"Well Stiles, then he'd break the prophecy we've made." Vivian joked when she noticed how uncomfortable Tara was getting. "4 of the biggest nerds shall enter high school as virgins, thou shall not haveth sex because of how nerdy they all are. Doing so will unleash a great evil no one can defeat."

"Ha ha." Stiles said getting into the car with the others. "It's just none of us have lost it yet. This should be an exciting moment. Sydney's lost it but she's my sister so it doesn't count."

"How do you know she's lost it?" Vivian asked with a blush on her face as he started the car.

"Thin walls!" Stiles yelled suddenly making the other two laugh as he pouted in the front.

"You know you could lose it if you didn't hang out with me all the time." Vivian said. "And Tara, but Tara's a good wingwoman so I don't think she'd hurt your chances that much."

Stiles looked over her as they made it to the exit of the parking lot. He had a weird look in his eyes and wasn't smiling like she was use to. After a minute he looked back at the road and saw a man walk right in front of the car, causing him to slam on the breaks.

"Oh, my, god." Stiles said as they all sat there in shock for a moment. They had stopped so suddenly that every car behind them had stopped and were now stuck in a line. They started honking their horns. One of those people was Mikayla. Well Sydney since she could actually drive Mikayla's car. Lydia had driven it to school but was leaving with Jackson so Sydney was the only other person with a license that could drive Mikayla home.

She was stuck in the middle of the line and stepped out of the car to see what was happening. She heard Scott from the front. "Oh, no, not here!"

Scott ran over and Sydney followed after reassure Mikayla that she'd be right back, and that she was just checking on what was holding them up. Derek collapsed onto his back causing Tara to jump out of the car. Vivian was still staring in shock, trying to keep her anxiety at bay.

"You've gotta be kidding me. This guys having-" Stiles ranted more to himself looking behind at the cars.

"What the hell?" Scott asked to Vivian and Stiles as he ran past to Tara and Derek. That got Vivian and Stiles to get out of the car making it to Derek right as Sydney did.

"What are you doing here?" Scott asked panicked crouched in front of Derek who was leaning heavily on Tara.

"I was shot." Derek said with annoyance.

"He doesn't look so good, dude." Stiles said looking between the two.

"Why aren't you healing?" Vivian asked from next to Sydney who was looking at the crowd starting to form, luckily too far to see what's happening.

"I can't. It was- It was a different kind of bullet." Derek explained

"A silver bullet?" Stiles asked.

"No, you idiot." Derek said back getting a few different glares.

"Wait, wait. That's what she meant when she said you only had 48 hours." Scott said looking away for a second, trying to remember.

"What?" Sydney said with her arms crossed leaning closer to Scott and Tara.

"Who said 48 hours?" Tara asked while Derek started breathing heavy.

"The one who shot him." Scott said not really answer the bigger question of how did he know.

Derek then groaned wincing in pain his eyes starting to flash blue. Sydney and Vivian then both looked back in panic. Vivian's hands started to get shaky.

"What are you doing?! Stop that!" Sydney whisper-yelled to him leaning forward.

"I'm trying to tell you. I can't." Derek growled back his eyes flashing blue again.

Vivian takes a shaky breath and looks around, noticing the crowd starting to form. She crossed her arms and leaned over to Scott. "We need to get him in the car."

"Yeah, um." Tara stuttered starting to stand while pulling Derek's arm with Scott's help. They both got Derek up and dragged him to the car. Sydney looked back and noticed Mikayla, Jackson, and Allison all getting out of the cars and walking towards them.

Stiles, Scott, and Vivian all walked over to the passenger side where Derek was now sat. Sydney was still at the front of the car while Tara was sitting in the seat behind him. Derek was starting to shiver and looked more in pain.

"I need you to find out what kind of bullet they used." Derek said looking at Scott.

"How the hell am I supposed to do that?" Scott asked confused and panicked.

"'Cause she's an Argent." Sydney said standing in front of Scott now with her arms crossed, motioning her head over to Allison.

"Why should I help you?" Scott asked looking back at Derek.

"Because you need me." Derek said with the first hint of vulnerability he's ever shown to them.

"Fine, I'll try." Scott said when he noticed Allison walking closer with a confused look on her face.

"Get him out of here." Scott said when Vivian and Stiles sat in their own seats. Sydney sighed and leaned over towards Vivian before Stiles could leave.

"I have to get Mikayla home." Sydney said quickly giving her an impatient look.

"I'll call you." Vivian said as Sydney gave her a small smile and then walked away.

"I hate you so much for this." Stiles said to Scott as they drove off.

Sydney saw Allison approach Scott as Stiles jeep faded into the distance. She tried to listen in on the conversation but was distracted by Mikayla. "That's the guy who drove Ali home. Isn't it?"

"Oh, is it? I don't know maybe he just has one of those faces." Sydney said as she walked back to the car.

"I think it is. Do you know him?" Mikayla said getting back into the passenger seat.

"You could say that."

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"Scott McCall you're a jackass!" Vivian yelled into her phone as it went to voice mail. She threw it into her seat and sighed, vibrating with anxious energy.

"I just texted him, it'll be fine." Tara said with a tone that contradicted her words.

Derek took of his jacket while Stiles continued to drive to his house. Tara felt her phone ping in her pocket and rushed to look at it, while the jeep stayed completely silent.

'Need more time.' Scott sent back making Tara sigh in frustration.

"What'd he say?" Vivian asked after seeing Tara's reaction.

"He needs more time." Tara said with a sigh.

"Hey. Try not to bleed out on my seats, okay." Stiles said side eyeing Derek. Vivian kept bouncing her knee trying to calm her racing thoughts. "We're almost there."

"Almost where?" Derek asked consciousness fading.

"Your house." Stiles said keeping his eyes on the road, with an annoyed tone.

"What?" Derek said, more awake then he was before, as he whipped his head to the side. "No, you can't take me there."

"I can't take you to your own house." Stiles said his tone more aggravated then before.

"Not when I can't protect myself." Derek said that edge back to his tone.

"All right." Stiles said apparently having enough. He turned and parked at the curb suddenly, making Vivian and Tara snap their heads to Stiles.

"Little warning would've been nice." Vivian said glaring at Stiles who gave her an apologetic look before turning back to Derek his look going back to annoyed.

"What happens if Scott doesn't find your little magic bullet?" Stiles said barley keeping his voice down, his whole body turned to Derek.

"Are you dying?" Tara asked with more concern then Stiles.

"Not yet." Derek said looking down while breathing heavily. "I have a last resort."

"What do you mean?" Vivian snapped glaring at him. "What last resort?"

Derek ignored it and rolled up his shelve, showing off his bullet wound. It was still bleeding with dried blood already covering his arm. Tara gasped looking away, Stiles looking down at the wheel. Vivian gasped and leaned across the console grabbing Derek's arm looking it over before he ripped it right out of her arms.

"It's still bleeding Derek." Vivian said still leaning towards Derek. Stiles looked over at them and grabbed Vivian's arm dragging her away from Derek. Slightly aggressive earning a gasp from Vivian.

"Oh my god, what is that?" Tara asked finally looking at the arm, when Vivian was back in her seat.

"Oh, is that contagious?" Stiles asked looking back away. "You know what, you should probably just get out."

Tara shot Stiles a glare but not as intense as the glare Derek gave. He slowly turned his head, still breathing heavily. "Start the car. Now."

"I don't think you should be barking orders with the way you look, okay?" Stiles said looking back at Derek. "In fact, I think if I wanted to, I could probably drag your little werewolf ass out into the middle of the road and leave you for dead."

"Start the car, or I'm gonna rip your throat out... with my teeth." Derek threatened looking Stiles dead in the eye.

"I swear to god." Vivian said about to lean over again but being stopped by Tara with a forced smile.

"Stiles, start the car please." She said, Stiles looked at Derek with a blank look before sighing and starting the car again.

This is going to be a long car ride.

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After a few hours of just driving aimlessly Stiles stopped again. Tara and his texting wasn't going anywhere so Stiles was calling him now. Derek had only gotten worse and Vivian was starting to get a little worried about what his last resort might be.

"What am I supposed to do with him?" Stiles whisper-yelled into the phone right next to Derek.

"By the way he's starting to smell." Vivian said leaning over the back of the seat and speaking into the phone, not noticing Stiles blush.

"Like-like what?" Scott asked through the phone.

"Like death." Vivian said before the phone was snatched from both of them by Tara.

"Just give us a place to take him please." Tara said softly into the phone, cuddled into herself in the cold car.

"Okay.. take him to the animal clinic." Scott said back after thinking for a minute.

"What about Deaton?" Tara asked looking cautiously at the looks Stiles and Derek were giving each other.

"He's gone by now. You know where the spare key is." Scott reassured before she saw Derek holding his hand out.

"You won't believe where he's asking us to take you." Tara said as she handed it over.

"Did you find it?" Derek asked breathy through the phone.

"Look, if you don't find it then I'm dead, alright." Derek said after a minute, which Scott was supposedly speaking during.

"Might not be a bad thing." Vivian muttered to herself getting a glare, that Tara seemed to love handing out lately.

"Then think about this. The Alpha called you out against your will. He's gonna do it again. Next time you either kill with him or you get killed." Derek threatened his breathing getting worse. "So if you wanna stay alive, then you need me. Find the bullet."

Derek then hung up and gave Stiles his phone back. Stiles sighed and looked back at Tara. "Where are we going?"

"Before that, I'm going to give Sydney and update." Vivian said with a small smile getting two knowing looks from Derek and Tara.

She stepped out of car and pulled out her phone. Sydney picked up at the first ring making Vivian laugh slightly. "You miss me?"

"What's going on." Sydney demanded with no heat.

"Well Derek's not looking too hot. But Scott's looking and I think I should believe in him so..." Vivian said pacing and getting worked up again. "He also said the Alphas going to call out to him again which means he'll call you again and you'll have to kill or be killed. It's also cold outside and I'm hungry."

"I believe in Scott as well. Scott and I are also going to be fine. Do you not believe in me?" Sydney joked back trying to calm Vivian.

"I believe in you too. I'll text you when Scott finds the bullet." Vivian says going to hang up.

"Wait, tell me where you're going. I can meet you there." Sydney said quickly into the phone.

"I don't know, Tara hasn't told us yet. Also you shouldn't be near something hurting a werewolf. We don't know how it might effect you." Vivian said.

"I was fine earlier." Sydney said firmly.

"I don't want to risk it." Vivian said. "Have a nice night. Get some rest."

"Goodbye."

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Tara helped Derek to the back storage area, Vivian and Stiles found the key and opened the door as Derek was dragged into the building. He then sat back down onto some stacked food bags. Stiles phone went off while they closed it.

"Does Northern Blue Monkshood mean anything to you?" Stiles asked slowly turning to Derek.

"It's a rare form of wolf..." Derek said trailing off. "He has to bring me the bullet."

"Why?" Vivian asked crossing her arms.

"'Cause I'm gonna die without it."

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Derek was getting way to bad to keep waiting around so they stumbled into a patient room. Derek had his shirt half way off and was hanging off of Stiles before bracing himself onto the table.

Tara turned on the light as Derek took off the rest of his shirt. The veins around the wound were all black. They were slowly spreading through his arm. Tara had to keep her eyes off of it, gripping onto Vivian's arm as she looked it over.

"You know, that really doesn't look like anything some Echinacea and a good night of sleep couldn't take care of." Stiles said his voice showing his uncertainty.

"When the infection reaches his heart, it'll kill you. Right?" Vivian asked voice slightly shaky. She made eye contact with him as he nodded.

"'Positivity just isn't in his vocabulary. Is it?" Stiles said out into the are getting a small giggle from Tara who was still looking away. Derek had moved over to one of the cabinets and was looking through it.

"If he doesn't get here with the bullet in time.." Derek continued looking at a different drawer with drugs in it. "Last resort."

"Which is?" Tara asked looking over again.

"Amputation." Vivian said as Derek found a saw. She sighed and took some deep breaths and rolled up her shelves.

"What?! No." Tara said letting go of Vivian and holding her head.

"Oh my god." Stiles said as Derek moved the saw to Vivian and she turned it on. He noticed her breath picking up. "What if you bleed to death."

"Th-that's why he's tying- tying off his arm." Vivian stuttered staring the saw down.

"It should heal if this works." Derek said voice muffled by the ribbon he's using to tie to off with.

"Ugh. Look.. I don't know if we can do this." Stiles said when he saw Vivian's eyes darting around the room.

"Why not? Her moms a nurse." Derek said finishing tying it off.

"Well, because of the cutting through the flesh, the sawing of the bone, and especially the blood." Tara said looking away again. "I also don't like that you know what Naomi does."

"You faint at the sight of blood?" Derek asked annoyed.

"No, but I might at the slight of a chopped off arm." Stiles yelled back, with Tara nodding along.

"We have to." Vivian said swallowing and walking over to Derek with the saw.

"She knows how to get things done." Derek said wincing to himself and then bending over the table.

"What are you doing?" Tara asked as she looked over to where Derek's head was as he threw up a black substance.

"What the hell is that?" Stiles asked cringing.

"It's my body.. trying to heal itself." Derek said breathless and blinking rapidly.

"Well, it's not doing a very good job of it. So get over here." Vivian said quickly and panicked. Stiles grabbed her head and gave her a reassuring look.

"Okay, okay." Vivian muttered to herself as she lined up the saw with his arm. Tara was looking away from everything picking at her skin and squeezing her eyes shut. Stiles was holding Vivian's arm as she tried to calm herself down.

"Guys?!" They heard from the front.

"Scott!" Tara yelled as she ran through the door. Vivian let out a relived breath and dropped the saw away from Derek's arm and walked over to Stiles.

"Oh, you just prevented a lifetime of nightmare's." Stiles said as Vivian pulled him into a hug.

"Did you get it?" Derek demanded. Scott rummaged around his pockets grabbing a bullet and handing it to Derek.

"What are you gonna do with it?" Tara asked taking a glance over her shoulder at Derek.

"I'm gonna..." Derek said swaying slightly before passing out and making the bullet fall into a vent. Scott ran over to the vent putting his hand into it and searching for the bullet.

"Derek!" Tara yelled running over to the passed out guy. She knelt near him and grabbed his face while Stiles followed her and knelt on his other side. Vivian was glancing between the two groups. "Come on, wake up."

"Scott, what the hell are we gonna do?" Stiles asked loudly, while Tara lightly slapped Derek's face.

Vivian ran over to where Scott was and reached down with her longer arms and smaller fingers. Scott was still trying and everyone was panicked yelling back and forth. They were all trying to keep calm but failing. Scott then focused trying to grow his claws. He finally grabbed the bullet.

"I got it." Scott said handing it to Vivian who ran over to the other two.

"Please don't kill me for this." Stiles said as he recoiled his fist and punched Derek hard. He then fell back and clutched his fist.

"Give me." Derek said still groggy. Vivian handed it him and then took Stiles hand looking it over as Scott and Tara pulled him up to the table with Stiles and Vivian following them.

Derek bit open the bullet and dumped the powder onto the table. He pulled a lighter out and lit it on fire, a blue smoke coming off of it. He then swept the powder into his hand and dumped it into his wound, pressing it in. He fell back into the floor, crying out in pain. They all stood and watched him groan and writhe on the ground. Slowly the wound healed the blue smoke coming back out.

"That.. was.. awesome." Stiles said his mood completely changed. "Yes!"

They all silently judged him before looking back down at the now normal Derek. "Are you okay?"

"Well, except for the agonizing pain." Derek said back proving to them all he was back to his normal self.

"I'm guessing the ability to use sarcasm is a good sign of heath." Stiles said getting a glare from Derek.

"Threaten him again and I'll actually cut off your arm." Vivian said with a sarcastic smile.

"We saved your life, which means you're gonna leave us alone, got that? And if you don't, I'm going back to Allison's dad, and you're gonna tell me everything." Scott threatened.

"Like hell you are." Tara snapped back before Derek could. "I'll wait in the car."

Tara stormed off leaving them all shocked before Derek looked back over at them. "She's right. You shouldn't trust them. You think they can help you?"

"Well, why not?" Scott asked out of breath. "They're a lot freakin' nicer than you are."

"I can show you exactly how nice they are." Derek said with a weird tone.

"What do you mean?"

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Sydney was nearly asleep after all the worrying she had done when Vivian burst into the room. Sydney was shocked awake and followed Vivian's pacing. She sat up in her bed and watched Vivian with amusement.

"I always thought it was a horrible accident, but of course it wasn't." Vivian muttered to herself.

"Are you okay? Where's Stiles?" Sydney asked looking through her door.

"The Argents did it." Vivian said stopping in front of Sydney's bed.

"Did what?" Sydney asked worried.

"Killed Derek's family."

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