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❨ ∘ 𝔞𝔠𝔱 1 ∘ ❩

. . .‧₊˚ ✩ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜɪʀᴛᴇᴇɴ​✩.‧₊˚ . . .

❛code breaker❜

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Zoe's phone received a notification. She looked up and saw that Scott wanted to meet her at home because it was urgent. "Sorry, Danny. I have to go" she apologized and said goodbye to him with a hug before heading home.

"Scott?! What's so urgent that it can't wait until tomorrow!" she called to her brother when she got home. "Get changed. I know how we can find Derek" he told her. Zoe paused and then ran to her room to change.

Since she didn't have the time or the desire to do her hair, she left it down and went downstairs to Scott. "Okay, we can" she said, and the twins walked out of the house.

"Wait a minute. Is that my leather jacket?" Derek asked skeptically. "Um...yeah?" Zoe replied. "That's why I couldn't find one of my leather jackets. Why are you girls so obsessed with my leather jackets?!" Derek asked frustrated. The girls looked at each other and just shrugged.

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They arrived at the viewpoint from which the whole city could be seen. They climbed up on a rock and both howled. As they climbed down from the rock, they heard a howl and followed it.

The howling brought them to a cottage in the woods, very close to the Hale house. They entered the house and noticed that there were tunnels. They both followed them until they arrived at Derek's door.

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Meanwhile, Oliver prepared himself by taking his bow and some arrows. He went to his room where there was a crystal on a chain and held it over a map to find Derek.

"I thought you needed something personal from the person" Stiles said. "Well, theoretically you do, but memories of the person are enough" Oliver explained.

The crystal landed in an area in the forest, and he made his way there. What he didn't know was that Nina was following him.

"Well, first Mom was a stalker and now you are one, little sister?" Oliver asked, smiling. "Is it my fault if you leave me out?" Nina asked, shrugging her shoulders as the others smiled.

"I told you. She's my daughter" Marie said, smiling and looking at Sirius, who just rolled his eyes.

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"Ready to have some more fun?" the hunter asked as he turned on the light. "To be honest, my knuckles are kind of hurting... So I brought some help. But, I need to warn ya-- I used to play in college" he added, holding a baseball bat. He was about to swing when Derek caught it with his free hand.

"...I brought a little help too" Derek said. The hunter turned around and saw Scott and Zoe. Derek knocked the hunter unconscious. "Dude, I wanted to knock him unconscious! Is that how you thank us? By not letting me have fun?!" Zoe asked angrily.

"I'm still upset" Zoe said, crossing her arms. "Oh, cousin, you can't stay mad at me forever" Derek said, playfully poking her in the side, which made Zoe giggle because she was ticklish.

The boys just rolled their eyes.

"Dudes, don't roll your eyes, you know I'm right" Zoe said, sticking her tongue out at the boys.

"Scott, help me with this" Derek said urgently.

"No" Scott said to Derek, making him look at him in disbelief while Zoe did nothing.

"Why didn't you help me?" Derek asked his cousin. "Well, first of all, you asked Scott to help you and not me, secondly, I was still mad at you because I couldn't knock him unconscious and thirdly, I didn't feel addressed" Zoe replied, shrugging her shoulders as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, while Derek just rolled his eyes.

"What?" Derek asked him, confused. "Not until you tell me how to stop Peter" Scott replied to Derek. Zoe groaned as the boys looked at her. "Guys, first of all, he only kills those responsible for the fire. What's the problem? And secondly, Peter is actually really cool; he even bought me my dress for the formal" Zoe replied, shrugging.

"Not voluntarily!" Peter exclaimed.

"He bought you a dress?" Derek asked, hardly believing it. "Yeah, he used his own money, well, I used his money, but it comes down to the same thing, so..." Zoe replied, shrugging.

Derek just shook his head and looked back at Scott. "You really wanna talk about this right now?" Derek asked him exasperatedly.

"He's going after Allison and her family. He's going to kill them" Scott said, making Derek scoff. "I have to agree with him there. Allison is my friend, and well, her dad is really cool and hot. As far as I'm concerned he can live too, but the mother - she would scare me more than an entire alpha pack. So Peter could kill her too" Zoe admitted.

"Wait, you think I'm hot?" Chris asked the teen. "Didn't I just admit that on the screen? Why doesn't anyone listen when you say something" Zoe complained while rolling her eyes, not caring if he heard or not because she wasn't ashamed.

Derek ignored what Zoe had said. "So what?" he asked annoyed. "So, tell me how to stop him" Scott pleaded.

"You can't!" Derek shouted at him angrily. "All right? Now, I don't know when Kate's coming back, so just get me out of this right now! Get me out right now!" Derek said angrily.

"Promise you'll help me" Scott said to Derek, staring at him.

"You want me to risk my life for your girlfriend? For your stupid little teenage crush that means absolutely nothing? You're not in love, Scott! You're sixteen years old! You're a child!" Derek yelled at him furiously.

"Maybe you're right... But I know something you don't. Peter said he didn't know what he was doing when he killed your sister, right? He lied. Remember this?" Scott asked, holding up a picture of the stag with the triskelion on it.

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"This is what brought your sister back to Beacon Hills, right?" Scott asked.

"Where did you get that?" asked Derek.

"My boss told me three months ago, someone came into the clinic asking for a copy of this picture. Do you wanna know who it was? Peter's nurse. They brought your sister here so that Peter could kill her and become the Alpha, and that's why you're going to help me" Scott explained while Derek looked down thoughtfully. Scott sighed and turned away from Derek.

"Okay, it's official now, you can't trust a Jennifer" said Laura T. and her siblings and cousins ​​agreed. This just left everyone looking confused.

"Just say you'll help me, and I'll help you unlock your other--" Scott began when he heard a noise and turned to Derek, who had freed himself. "I'll help you."

Zoe had fallen asleep and when she heard the noise she quickly opened her eyes. "I'm awake, I'm awake" she said and the boys looked at her confused. Zoe stretched as she stood up and looked at the boys. "What are we waiting for? Come on or do you want to wait for someone to come and the three of us to be stuck here together?" Zoe asked as she walked to the door. The boys just shrugged and followed her.

"I still can't believe you fell asleep" Derek said. "Believe it. If it takes you two that long to decide what to do, I can take a nap in the meantime" Zoe explained, shrugging her shoulders. "You know, you could have helped us too" Scott said. "Yes, I could have, but that would have been too much effort" Zoe replied, grinning.

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As the three of them came out, Derek was suddenly attacked and pushed against the wall of the house. He tried to fight back, his werewolf eyes glowing, but when he saw that it was Oliver, he stopped.

"Where is my sister?!" the young Black asked the werewolf.

Meanwhile, Luna was still locked in the room and slowly slid down the cold door.

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"Oliver" Derek began. "I'll ask you again: where is my sister, Hale?!" Oliver asked angrily. "I don't know!" Derek shouted, trying to calm himself down. "Listen, the last thing I know is that she was with me and Kate took her somewhere - I don't know where" Derek explained. Oliver cast a spell, went into Derek's mind and saw everything he had experienced with Luna and how he felt about her, and then let him go.

"What was that?" Derek asked, confused. "I just wanted to make sure you were telling the truth" Oliver replied. "Well, it looks like you care a lot about my sister" the boy said, which made Derek nod. Oliver turned to the other two. "Okay, let's go. I'll help you."

The three of them walked ahead and Oliver followed them when Zoe heard a noise and assumed her werewolf form, causing the person to scream. Zoe stopped when she noticed a little girl. "You're Nina, right?" Zoe asked and Nina nodded.

"Nina, what are you doing here?" Oliver asked in a panic. "I followed you and wrote a note to Mom and Dad to say I followed you" Nina explained innocently. "Hey, Derek" she called and waved at him, which he returned.

Oliver sighed and said, "We don't have time to turn around. You stay close to us."

"Well, at least she left a note" Stiles said, smiling.

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"Hey, hold on, hold on, hold on. Something doesn't feel right" Derek said as the five walked toward Hale House.

"What do you mean?" Zoe asked, looking at him.

"I don't know, it's- it's kind of like it's-" Derek began. "No, don't say 'too easy.' People say 'too easy' and bad things happen. What, do you think finding you was easy? Getting away from Allison's dad? None of this has been easy!" Scott interrupted.

"Do you think it was easy to have a great night and then hear from your brother that he has an idea to find you?" Zoe asked as everyone looked at her confused. "Okay, that was really easy" Zoe replied laughing as Nina giggled and the boys rolled their eyes.

"Fine. You're right" Derek said, nodding as he looked at Scott. "Thank you" Scott said as an arrow flew and landed in Derek's stomach. "Great, you had to bring it up" Oliver complained, rolling his eyes as Nina cried out in fear.

"It was too easy to get a boyfriend" Zoe said, looking around, hoping someone would show up. When no one showed up, she just pouted.

Everyone looked at her. "What? I had to try it" Zoe said and just shrugged.

"Nina, climb the tree and close your eyes and ears" Derek said to the little girl, who listened to him and climbed the tree.

"Now the leg" Kate said. Allison aimed at Derek's leg, but her arrow landed, along with another, on a tree. The two looked at the archer.

"You may be very talented, Allison, but I'm better" Oliver said, looking at her. Allison gave him a look. He looked at her confused, but she winked at him.

"I finally get to see how the plan worked. I'm proud of you for completing it without me" Luna said, smiling. "Well, I enjoyed shooting an arrow at Derek" Allison replied, giggling.

"Oh, trust me, I believe you" Luna said, laughing as Derek rolled his eyes.

"What was the plan again?" Stiles asked. "You'll see" they both answered at the same time.

"Now the Flash-bolt" Kate said, not noticing that Allison was walking towards Oliver. "No, I'm not going to do what you want anymore" Allison said. "Excuse me?" Kate asked, surprised.

"This is all part of the plan Luna has made up. I'm supposed to gain your trust and pretend that I'm on your side. But I'm not going to help you kill innocent beings" Allison explained, giving Oliver a high-five.

"Boom! Wait, Oliver was involved too?!" Stiles asked, surprised. "No, but when Allison gave me the look, I knew that Luna had most likely involved her in a plan" Oliver explained with a grin.

"I just had to stall you a little" Allison explained, when suddenly Chris Argent appeared.

"Kate!"

"I know what you did" Chris said.

"I did what I was told to do" Kate explained.

"No one asked you to murder innocent people! There were children in that house, ones who were human. Look what you want to do now! You want to hold a gun at two sixteen-year-old twins with no proof they spilled human blood!" Chris said.

"We go by the Code-- 'Nous chassons ceux qui nous chassent.'" Chris said.

"'We hunt those who hunt us.'" muttered Allison, standing next to Oliver.

Before anyone could say anything, the Alpha's growl came through the trees.

"Allison, get back" Chris shouted.

"What is it?" Allison asked as Peter ran around, putting everyone on high alert.

Oliver drew an arrow and prepared to shoot the Alpha.

"It's the Alpha" Scott said.

"It's Peter who is dramatic" Zoe said at the same time.

Peter knocked everyone down one by one, leaving only Kate.

"Come on! Come on!" Kate screamed, pointing her weapon in different directions to locate the Alpha.

Peter was too fast for her, he grabbed her hand and broke some of her bones. He didn't hesitate and dragged her into the house.

"No!" Allison screamed as she got up and ran inside.

"She is beautiful, Kate. She looks like you. Probably not as damaged. So, I'm going to give you a chance to save her. Apologize. Say that you're sorry for decimating my family, for leaving me burned and broken for six years. Say it... and I'll let her live" Peter told Kate.

"I'm sorry..." Kate stammered, looking at Allison with tears in her eyes. Peter slit Kate's throat, and Allison just closed her eyes.

Marie covered Nina's eyes.

"I don't know about you, Allison, but that apology... didn't sound very sincere" Peter said, walking toward her as Derek, Zoe, and Scott ran into the house.

"Run!" the twins shouted, and Allison ran outside to her father.

"Dad! Dad. Dad" Allison cried worriedly.

"I can help" said a voice coming closer. Allison looked up and saw Marie and Sirius running towards her. Marie put a hand on Chris' head and muttered a spell to make his wound heal quickly.

At that moment, Scott was thrown through a window and Peter followed him, this time in his full Beast form.

"Do you look as monstrous as he does?" Melissa asked, looking at Marco. "No, I look better" Marco explained with a grin, while Peter just rolled his eyes.

Suddenly a car pulled up. Stiles got out with a bottle in his hand. He threw the bottle and waited for it to hit Peter, but the Alpha caught it. "Oh, damn!"

"Allison!" Oliver shouted, throwing her his quiver and bow. She caught it and aimed at the bottle, which shattered and set Peter's arm in flames. Jackson threw the other bottle at him, and the Alpha was in flames.

"No!" Zoe screamed as she came out and saw Peter about to attack Allison. The girl ran at the Alpha and punched him, sending him flying.

She sat on the steps of the house and watched the moment between Scott and Allison.

Allison walked over to Scott and kissed him briefly and gently. "...Why did you do that?" he asked in a whisper.

"Because I love you" Allison answered, also in a whisper.

"You know, you could have thanked me for not ruining your moment. I could have said something like, 'I love you too' or something like that" Zoe said with a grin. Scott just rolled his eyes. "Thanks Zoe" Allison said with a smile. "No problem, sis" Zoe said with a wink.

"She's going to be my sister, right guys?" Zoe asked, looking at Luna and Derek's children, as well as Cora and Oliver's. "Wait, what?! No!" Chris exclaimed. "We're not allowed to tell you anything, Aunt Zoe" Eli began. "Yeah, just like we can't tell you who you're married to" Laura T. added.

"Someone wants to marry her at sixty? You look very young, kids. Okay, that could also be because of the Hale genes" Marco replied with a grin, while Zoe just rolled her eyes.

Derek walked towards Peter Hale's burned body with an angry look, not noticing that Marie and Sirius were present.

"Wait! You said the cure comes from the one who bit you. Derek, if you do this, I'm dead. Her father, her family-- what am I supposed to do?" Scott asked Derek, horrified.

"You've... already... decided... I can smell it on you...!" Peter said weakly and breathlessly.

"Wait! No, no! Don't!" Scott begged as he saw Derek raise his hand and slit Peter's throat.

"I'm the Alpha now" Derek said, his eyes glowing red.

"Well, I can understand him. I would have killed him too" said Zoe, while Scott looked at her in horror. "What? Peter killed his sister, our cousin, who we never got to know. Derek wanted revenge, and he got it. If I were in his place and you were killed, I would want revenge too" Zoe explained, shrugging her shoulders. "At least one of my children understands you" said Marco, smiling and patting Derek on the shoulder, who grinned himself.

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The Argents left, as did the twins, Jackson, and Stiles. Derek approached the tree where Nina was still. "Nina, open your eyes" he said, watching her carefully look around. She noticed Derek reaching out his arms to her. She jumped into his arms as Marie and Sirius exchanged a look.

Derek let Nina down, who then ran to her parents. The Blacks walked towards Derek. "I can really understand that you are mad at me. I mean, I am a werewolf and-" Derek started when he noticed Marie putting a hand on his cheek.

"What?! I thought you were going to punch him or torture him!" Stiles exclaimed, sulking as everyone looked at him. "Stiles, eyes on us" Zoe said, and Stiles looked at Zoe, Lydia, and Allison. "You're a DeLu shiper, remember that. That means don't be mad at Derek unless he deserves it" Zoe explained, trying to manipulate Stiles into letting himself be infected with DeLu again. The boy couldn't take his eyes off the girls and just nodded to himself.

"We're not mad at you. My best friend is also a werewolf" Sirius said simply. "Now I know for sure that you are Talia's son" Marie said, smiling. Derek looked at her and paused. "You knew my mother?" he asked, surprised. Marie smiled and nodded.

"Um...guys? I don't want to ruin the moment, but there's a house burning" Oliver interrupted, and everyone looked at the house. "We'll call the fire brigade, and everything's okay" Sirius said, shrugging.

"No. Kate locked me in there. Luna too, but then she took Luna somewhere. I don't know where" Derek said in a panic. Marie thought for a moment. "Derek, if she's still in there, she can't escape because it's protected against magic" Marie explained. "I'm going to run in" Sirius began and wanted to give Nina to Marie, but was interrupted by Derek.

"No, I'll get her. I'm faster" the Hale replied. As he ran inside, he muttered, "I won't lose her."

"You are the only Hale besides Laura who has never been in a burning house or had anything to do with fire" Talia explained, looking at her son worriedly.

"Why did you risk your life for me?" asked Luna, looking at Derek. He smiled and replied, "Because I love you."

The young Black looked at him and kissed him, which the Hale returned.

"Luna!" he shouted into the burning house, coughing at the smoke as he reached the tunnels.

Luna was trembling and not knowing what was happening outside and mumbled, "Help."

Derek increased his hearing and heard her muttering for help. He ran through the tunnels and arrived at a door. "Luna?!" he shouted.

The young Black heard him outside the door and tried to use the door to pull herself up, whispering, "Derek?"

"Luna, get away from the door!" he shouted as he broke the door open and Luna fell against him, trembling. "Why aren't you naked?" Luna asked in a whisper. Derek smirked and said, "Naked? I was never naked."

"I mean shirtless. Why aren't you shirtless anymore?" she asked, still whispering. Derek smiled and replied, "Because I put my shirt on when the twins freed me."

Derek took off his leather jacket and put it over her shoulders to keep her warm. They looked at each other and kissed passionately. Suddenly, a burning wood fell to the ground near them, startling them and causing them to separate from each other. Derek picked Luna up bridal style and carried her out of the burning house.

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The Blacks watched the house explode and looked shocked.

"That's the end of the Luna Marie Black and Derek Samuel Hale era. They'll never have children. They'll never have grandchildren. They'll never have nieces and nephews. A tragic death for everyone present" Zoe said in a dramatic voice as everyone looked at her amused. "I have to spice up the scene a bit" Zoe added with a grin.

"There!" said Oliver and pointed to Derek, who was holding Luna in his arms. They ran towards them. Derek and Luna were covered in ash. "How are you two?" asked Marie worriedly. "Luna is trembling from the cold. We have to take her to the hospital" explained Derek. "Okay" said Marie and put a hand on Derek's shoulder, who just looked at her confused.

"You know, I'm getting a feeling of déjà vu. When Derek stayed at your place, you had these three dreams: the nightmare, the vision, and then a realistic dream in which someone attacked you and you got cold. You could almost consider that a vision, since it actually happened to you - just different" Stiles counted, and everyone looked at him in awe.

"...I didn't want to agree with you anymore, but you might be right" Luna replied, impressed. Stiles cheered for himself and gave himself a high-five. "Kids, please tell me this will happen more often!" Stiles begged with a smile. "It will definitely happen more often in the future, Uncle Stiles" Laura T. replied amused. "Yes!" the boy exclaimed, which made everyone laugh.

"This is going to be fun" said Oliver, grinning. "This is your first time being teleported. So just a warning: It might get uncomfortable" added Oliver with a wink. Derek just nodded, and the Blacks teleported with him to the hospital.

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When they arrived at the hospital, Derek had to control himself not to throw up while the Blacks just laughed.

"I sent Poppy a Patronus. She should be here by now" Sirius said as they walked in. Poppy came to meet them. "Put her on a stretcher. I'll take care of her" Poppy said as Derek put Luna on a stretcher and she was wheeled away by Poppy.

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I can't believe there's only one chapter left to complete the first season. 🥹

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