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"You are not going to Mexico." Stilinski whispers harshly

"Dad, Scott and Kira have been kidnapped and taken to Mexico, okay? I think that's a pretty good reason for a trip to Mexico!" Stiles says

"Okay. Even if Deaton is right about this.." Stilinski says, "The best thing to do is to go through the proper channels."

"Dad-"

"That means calling the right law enforcement agencies, border patrol, putting out an all-points..."

"Dad, I can't just wait around for the wheels of bureaucracy to start spinning in five different government offices, okay? Someone needs to go down there right now, find them, and rescue them. I'm going."

"I can keep you from going."

"I'd find a way."

"I can throw you in a cell!"

"I'd still find a way."

Stilinski then turns to Luisa who had stayed quiet throughout the argument, "Your sister's letting you go?"

"Well, she's coming. So.." Luisa grimaces

Stilinski sighs, "Stiles, please- just give me a little more time to verify something slightly more concrete than a psychic vision by some guy with a third eye!" He says, "Look, I will call every law enforcement agency all the way down to South America if I have to. If nothing turns up, then I'll book two flights to Mexico. We'll both go. Okay?"

"Okay. Okay, great. Do I get a gun?"

"No."

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Ariane sets one of her guns down with a sigh. Derek shakes his head, "I still don't like relying on these things."

"I get it. You miss your power. I would, too." She chuckles

"It's not about power, it's about being able to help." He says, "I don't like feeling helpless."

"I'm human... Do I look helpless?"

"You're a much better shot than me." He smiles

"Do you really think you won't be coming back?"

"Not alive."

Ariane frowns, "You know I'm not okay with that."

Derek takes a step closer and cups her cheek before kissing her softly. He pulls away a second later and places his forehead on hers, "I am... If it saves Scott and Kira."

Ariane's eyes flutter shut, "Derek."

He turns toward the table of guns, "But, to be honest, I don't even know if this is enough firepower to take down one Berserker."

"Not even close." Peter says coming down the steps, "Killing a Berserker is next to impossible. It's not just the firepower, it's breaking the animal spirit from the human."

"Well, the only person we know with that kind of experience is Argent, and he's not getting back to me." Ariane says

"Well, then you're going to need help... Like Malia, maybe Liam, and definitely me."

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"Liam, go home. You're not coming with us." Stiles says coming down from Scott's room with Malia

"Why not?"

"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."

"You can lock me up, right? Chain me down to the backseat or something?"

"You tore through the last chains, remember?" Luisa says

"Yeah, we would have to freeze you in carbonite to get you down there." Stiles says

"Okay, then where do we get carbonite?" Liam shrugs. Luisa squints with a smile.

"Seriously? You haven't seen it, either?" Stiles mutters turning around

"Wait! What if we put me in the trunk?"

"You'd get out of that, too." Malia says

"Liam, you've been a Werewolf all of five minutes. You don't have to do this." Stiles says

"I know I don't, but I want to. There's gotta be bigger chains, a bigger trunk, or something. There has to be." Liam says

Stiles tilts his head, "Maybe there is..."
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"How'd you get a prison transport van?" Stiles asks

Braeden scoffs, "I'm a U.S. Marshal."

"Yeah, I thought that was just a cover..."

Derek hops out of the car with Ariane behind him, "Are we really bringing him?"

"Are we really bringing him?" Stiles says raising his brows and pointing at Peter

"We're bringing everyone that we can. And, considering Scott and Kira were taken the night before a full moon, we should probably get going." Peter says

"What's that mean?" Malia asks

"If Kate took Scott back to the same temple that she took Derek, how do we know she's not planning to do the same thing to him?"

"What, she wants to make him younger?" Anna says

"Or take him back to when he wasn't a Werewolf..." Derek suggests

"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." Peter says, "So, if everyone is sufficiently freaked out, I say we get going..."

"We can't- not without Lydia." Stiles says pulling out his phone, "I'll try her again."

"Where is she?" Ariane asks as he steps away

"The school." Luisa answers

"What's she doing at the school?" Derek asks

"We got Kira's sword, but we need something with a stronger scent. Lydia went to get a jacket out of her locker." Malia says holding up Kira's sword

Stiles walks back over, "Nothing."

"If she has a car, she can catch up to us." Braeden says

"That's a good point. We'll call her from the road." Peter says

"No, what if something happened? What if she's in trouble?" Stiles says

"Fine. You stay, you find her. We're going on without you."

"I could call Adrian or Mason. There's a study group at the school. Maybe they could look for her?" Liam suggests

"All right. Fine." Stiles says before turning away with Malia

The others walk over to the transport van. Derek turns toward Anna, "You sure you have yourself under control?"

Anna furrows her brows, "Yeah. Obviously."

"We just don't need two wolves trying to tear into everyone." Braeden says

"Do you guys remember who my dad is?" Anna asks looking around, "I was taught control before I could even think properly."

"Perfect."

"Remember what we're dealing with." Peter says as Stiles joins them, "It's not just Kate, it's Berserkers. You might see human eyes behind those skulls... Do not assume there's any humanity left."

He then looks over to Liam and smirks, "Oh... This little one is terrified of them, aren't you? Don't worry, my friend. It is that fear that will keep you alive. A reminder to everyone? You do not fight Berserkers to survive, you fight to kill."

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