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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄

𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘺𝘥𝘪𝘢

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Meilani McCall paced back and forth outside of the hospital. Her and her boyfriend, Stiles Stilinski, decided to visit Lydia Martin since she was finally conscious after being bit by Peter Hale. Stiles had passed out across the seats in the waiting room while they waited for Lydia to wake up from her nap and shower before they could go in and see her. Meilani took the opportunity to take the call from her twin, Scott McCall.

"Wait, you're staking out on Allison's roof shirtless?" Meilani giggled as she could pretty much picture her brother hiding. 

Ever since Chris Argent, Allison's father, had found out about Meilani being a werewolf and Allison being a hunter, he didn't want Allison being around Scott, Stiles or Meilani. Not that any of them were actually going to not see each other. All of them had been hanging out in secret for the past week. Scott would sneak to Allison's at night when her parents would go out, but it seemed like Allison's mom came back earlier than expected.

"Mei, it's not funny!" Scott whined from the other end.

"It is to me!" Meilani continued to laugh at her twin's expense. "I swear only this stuff would happen to you. How did you even get on the roof? You can barely walk straight on even ground."

"I couldn't hide in her closet. Her mother would have looked there so I clambered onto the roof and I'm hiding on the side of the house until Allison gives me the okay to go back inside."

Meilani shook her head even though she knew Scott couldn't see her. "I'm sorry that you're being forced to see her in secret, Scott. I feel like it's my fault."

"You didn't tell Peter Hale to bite you, Mei. So don't blame yourself alright? I'm sure once everything settles down we won't have to hang out with Allison in secret. I think I can go back in now so go back to Stiles and let me know how Lydia is."

"I will, Scotty. I love you," Meilani said, making her way back inside the hospital.

"Love you too, Mei."

Meilani pocketed her phone once Scott had hung up and stopped in the waiting room when she noticed Stiles was still knocked out on the seats, mumbling to himself.

"Lani, no... my dad could come home any minute," Stiles mumbled as he flopped onto his back, a smirk on his face. "Oh... you're dirty."

Meilani raised an eyebrow at her boyfriend's obvious dirty dream about her. Any other time she would probably sit and listen to what his strange mind could come up with, but she really didn't want him talking about their sex life out loud in a hospital. Especially not with her mom, Melissa McCall, on duty and being Lydia's nurse. She could pop up any minute to check on her and see if she needed anything.

Shrugging, Meilani kicked Stiles' foot and he startled awake, hitting his head off the GET WELL BALLOON tied to wrist and falling off the row of chairs and onto the white linoleum floor below. She rolled her lips into her mouth as she tried not to laugh at her boyfriend's spastic nature.

"Babe, what the Hell?" Stiles groaned, pushing himself to his feet and swatting the balloon out of his face.

"I heard your dream and I don't think my mom would have appreciated listening to that one," Meilani said, crossing her arms and giving Stiles a pointed look. 

Stiles' face blushed a deep red in embarrassment. "Sorry."

Meilani merely rolled her eyes and tugged on her boyfriend's hand to pull him down the corridor towards the vending machine at the end. "Buy me a Reese's and all can be forgiven."

Stiles huffed, but reluctantly took out his wallet and put his money in the machine to get his girlfriend the chocolate. However, just as the chocolate was about to fall, it's wrapping got caught on the spiral and it hung slightly off the rack. "Ugh, come on. Seriously..."

"I'll go get my mom," Meilani offered and made it two steps before Stiles was pulling her back.

"No, what kind of man would I be if I can't get my girlfriend her chocolate?" Stiles asked and Meilani raised an eyebrow at him. "Watch and learn, baby girl."

Meilani snorted at the pet name and stepped back, gesturing to the machine with both hands to allow him to work his magic.

Stiles walked up to the vending machine and wrapped his arms around it, trying to lift the machine up for whatever reason. Meilani watched in amusement as he struggled to lift it even an inch off the ground.

"Still waiting."

"Shut up, Lani!" Stiles huffed at his girlfriend, letting go of the vending machine. He stood in front of the machine as he tried to think of another way to get the chocolate to come down. 

"Stiles, let me just get my mom," Meilani said and made a move to walk around the corner and get her mom from the nurse's station.

Stiles waved her off and stepped forwards again, this time placing his hands on the top of the vending machine and rocking it. He rocked it twice before it came tumbling forward and Meilani was quick to move him out of the way just as it came crashing to the ground, glass shattering all along the floor.

"Way to go, Stiles," Meilani snapped at him, slapping him upside the head.

"Sorry!"

Meilani shook her head and stepped forward to push the vending machine back into a standing position since she knew with her wolf strength it wouldn't be a struggle like it would be Stiles. However, when she went to bend down and wrap her hands around the sides of the vending machine, Lydia's screams from her room could be heard. 

Stiles couldn't hear it as well as Meilani could with her wolf hearing, but he heard it faintly and he was quick to move around the corner with Meilani just behind him. Melissa and Lydia's father were already pushing into the room when the couple made their way back to Lydia's.

Meilani rushed into the bathroom where she heard the shower going and Lydia was nowhere to be seen. Just the shower still going with the tub overflowing with water and she shut the faucet off, pulling the drain up so the water could go down the drain. She glanced around the room and froze when she saw that the window was wide open.

"Oh, you gotta be kidding me," Meilani sighed to herself.

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Noah Stilinski, Stiles' dad and the sheriff of Beacon Hills, made it to the hospital within a half hour with a few guys from his squad. He sent two of the officers to look in Lydia's room to see if she had been taken through the window or just escaped herself. Melissa, Lydia's dad and Noah walked along the hospital corridors as he questioned the both of them about what happened with Lydia. Meilani and Stiles were close behind them.

"Send out an APB on a sixteen-year-old redhead," Noah told the officer that stood behind him. "Any other descriptors?"

"Actually," Meilani spoke up, standing between her mom and Noah. "She's 5'3", has green eyes and her hair is actually strawberry blonde."

"Is that right?"

Stiles nodded his head from behind his girlfriend. "Yes, sir."

"Meilani, what are you still doing here? I thought you would have gone home already," Melissa said, tucking a piece of Meilani's hair behind her ear.

"Moral support for my mommy?" Meilani smiled sheepishly.

"How about you and Stiles provide your butts back home where you belong?" Noah suggested, earning an agreeing nod from Melissa.

Meilani and Stiles exchanged a look before silently agreeing with Noah and making their way to leave, but first Meilani snatched the hospital robe Lydia wore before she got in the shower so she could find her. When her and Stiles exited the hospital, Scott and Allison were running their way over to the couple.

"What the Hell? Why are you guys here?" Meilani whisper yelled at the two. "First, no one can see us with Allison. Second, why are you here?"

"We heard about Lydia and we want to help look for her," Scott explained, his hand tightly held Allison's who looked visibly upset. "Plus, the girl is Allison's best friend. She's worried and wants to find her before anyone else does."

Meilani crossed her arms and shook her head. "I can find her way faster than the cops can. I'm not dragging you guys along."

"How about we find her before my father does?" Allison countered.

"He knows?" Stiles groaned, already weary about the tight schedule they already had to find her. Now with Chris knowing, it made that schedule that much more tight.

"We just saw him and three other guys leave Allison's house in two SUVs."

Meilani's hands fell limp to her side as she realized why Chris had three other guys with him. "He sent out a search party for Lydia."

"More like a hunting party," Allison corrected.

"Fine you guys can come," Meilani finally relented and the two couples rushed over to Stiles' Jeep.

Stiles sped the Jeep out of the hospital parking lot and down the dark, empty roads of Beacon Hills. Most people were already home from work and were most likely getting ready for the next working or school day. Less traffic at least meant they could find Lydia quicker.

"If she's actually turning, would they actually kill her?" Stiles asked Allison as he pressed his foot further down on the gas pedal.

"I don't know!" Allison snapped, clearly annoyed that she didn't know. "They won't tell me anything. All they say is that we'll talk after Kate's funeral when the others get here."

"What others?" Meilani prodded, pressing Lydia's hospital robe to her nose again so she could keep the scent strong. Sadly, she couldn't sniff out the strawberry blonde girl just yet.

"They won't tell me that either."

Stiles slammed his fist down on the wheel. "Dammit. Why does this have to be so difficult? Can't they just tell you instead of having communication issues?"

Meilani caught the faint scent of Lydia from the open window and slapped Stiles' arm. "Take the next right, Stiles."

Stiles sharply turned at the next right and Meilani thanked the Lord for her reflexes because she would have gone flying if she didn't catch herself on Stiles' dashboard. "Watch your turning, Stiles!"

"Do you want to find Lydia or not, Meilani?"

Meilani flashed her wolf eyes at Stiles. "Don't make me kick your ass."

Stiles gulped and made sure to lift his foot off the gas pedal a little. "Yes, ma'am."

Eventually, the two couples found themselves slowly walking along the woods near Derek Hale's house. The only sounds they could hear were their footsteps in the crunching leaves and the normal animal sounds of the woods. 

"You sure she went here?" Scott inquired, glancing around them.

"This is where the scent leads," Meilani replied. 

"Has Lydia ever been here?" Stiles asked, stuffing his hands into his sweater pockets.

Allison shook her head. "I don't think so. At least, not with me she hasn't. Maybe she came here on instinct, like she was looking for Derek."

"You mean... looking for an alpha," Meilani clarified. "Lydia doesn't even know about Derek or Peter though."

"Would she have been drawn to him either way? Is it an instinct to be part of a pack?" Allison asked Meilani.

Meilani shrugged and crossed her arms. "I mean... we're stronger in packs. We're faster, better in every way really."

"That the same for an alpha?" Scott asked next.

Meilani silently nodded as she tried to figure out how to say her next words properly. "Uh... yeah. That'll make Derek stronger too.

"Guys, look at this!" Stiles called from behind Scott, Allison and Meilani. He lightly held a tight string of wire in his between his fingers. "I think it's a tripwire."

Meilani squeaked when Stiles tugged on the wire and a rope wrapped around her ankle and she hung upside down. "Stiles..."

"Yeah, babe?" Stiles turned and flinched when he noticed his girlfriend hung from a rope. "Oh..."

"Next time you see a tripwire, don't tug on it!"

Stiles, Scott and Allison stood to their feet and made their way over to her to help Meilani down.

"Wait!" Meilani waved her hands, causing the trio to freeze in front of her as she heard footsteps. "Someone is coming. Hide."

Scott, Stiles and Allison ran into the shadows of the woods just as Chris Argent emerged from the other side of the woods with his three lackies behind him. He chuckled to himself when he noticed Meilani was in his trap and squatted down by her face.

"Meilani?"

"Mr. Argent."

"How are you doing?"

Meilani gestured to her current predicament and she could feel her head starting to hurt from the blood rushing to it. "Oh, you know, just hangin' out. Is this one of yours, sir? It's... uh... good. Nice design. Very constricting on the bone."

"What are you doing out here, Meilani?" Chris asked, ignoring Meilani's small rant about his tripwire.

"Looking for my friend."

"Ah, that's right," Chris whispered, glancing away from Meilani for a minute before glancing back. "Lydia's in your little group now isn't she? Part of the clique? Is that the word you kids use now? Or is there another way to put it? Part of your pack?"

Meilani's eyes narrowed at Chris and if she could, Meilani grow her nails and slash him across the face. "Clique sounds about right to me."

"I hope so because I know she's a friend of Allison's, and one special circumstance, such as yourself - one, I can handle. Not two."

"No," Meilani whispered, knowing fully well Lydia wasn't a wolf. Her wound hadn't even healed yet. If she was a werewolf, it would have healed that same night or the next day. It was still there after almost a week.

Chris stared at Meilani for a long moment. "Meilani, do you know what a hemicorporectomy is?"

"I have a feeling I don't want to know."

"It's a medical term for amputating somebody at the waist," Chris informed. "Cutting them in half. Takes a tremendous amount of strength to cut through the tissue and bone like that." He sliced his hand across Meilani's middle and even though he hadn't touched her, she still felt as if he had. "Let's hope a demonstration never becomes necessary."

Meilani glared as she watched Chris stand back to his full height and motion for his buddies to follow him back through the woods. 

Once they were gone, Scott, Stiles and Allison rushed back over to Meilani who looked like she wanted to punch Chris in the throat. Which... she did.

"You okay?" Scott asked his twin, kneeling by her face.

"Just another life threatening conversation with Allison's father."

Scott looked around and he stood up when he saw where the rope was tied on the tree. "Stiles, help me with the rope."

Meilani shook her head and winked at Allison before she released her wolf nails, slicing the rope and flipping onto her feet. "Thanks, guys. I think I got it."

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The next morning, Meilani got dressed into her lacrosse gear so she could be ready for her before school practice with the team. She had been a few minutes because Stiles stopped her and Scott before they could get into the school to let them know someone stole a liver from the graveyard and he thought it could have been Lydia. Meilani didn't necessarily believe it was Lydia because even when she was first turning, she didn't think about eating anyone's liver.

Coach Finstock was holding his usual before practice speech in the boys' locker room in just two minutes so she had to hurry or she'd have to listen to him cry all practice. 

Once she had her gear on, aside from her helmet, Meilani tucked the helmet under her arm and grabbed her stick before making her way across the hall to the boys' locker room. She knocked on the door and Scott opened the door for her to let her know everyone was decent.

"Danny, put a shirt on! A woman is entering. Seriously," Finstock scolded Danny who quickly threw his shirt on just as Meilani rounded the corner of the lockers to stand with the rest of the team in front of Finstock's office.

Meilani noticed the piece of paper in Finstock's hand and furrowed her eyebrows. "What's going on?" she whispered to her brother and boyfriend who stood on either side of her. 

"No idea," Scott mumbled back.

"Okay, listen up," Finstock yelled over the quiet buzz of chatter between the team. "Police are asking for hep on a missing child advisory. It's a sick girl, roaming around, totally naked."

The men around Meilani - save for Stiles, Scott and another brown, curly haired boy with blue eyes that Meilani wasn't sure the name of because he was usually quiet - all wolf whistled and laughed about a naked girl running around Beacon Hills.

"Now," Finstock said loudly so the boys could quiet down again. "It's supposed to get below forty degrees tonight. I don't know about you, but the last time that it was that cold and I was running around naked..."

Meilani, Scott and Stiles all simultaneously shuddered at the thought of a naked Finstock. Definitely an image the three never wanted in their heads again.

"I lost a testicle to exposure," Finstock finished. "Now I don't want the same thing happening to some innocent girl. So police are organizing a search party for tonight." He backed up to the wall near his office door and pinned the paper in his hand to the wall with a thumbtack. "Sign up, find the missing girl, you get an automatic A in my classes."

Meilani shook her head and backed away, tugging Jackson Whittmore, Lydia's ex-boyfriend and school's it boy, with her and Scott and Stiles following behind her. She pushed him into the corner where the showers were while the rest of the locker room were signing the search party sheet. "Where's Lydia?"

"How would I know? If she wants to take a naked hike in the woods, why should I care?" Jackson asked, leaning his arm on the wall next to him.

Meilani glanced around them and made sure to keep her voice low so the other guys wouldn't hear. "We have a pretty good idea that Lydia might be... you know... turning."

"Turning?" Jackson raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah... turning."

"Into...?"

Stiles scoffed and crossed his arms. "A unicorn. What do you think, dumbass?"

"Well, I think that if Lydia's turning, she's not the one that's gonna need help."

Meilani furrowed her eyebrows as she exchanged a glance with Stiles and Scott. "What are you talking about?"

"You've got it all backwards, McCall," Jackson whispered, smirking slightly. "When I was with Lydia, you should have seen the scratch marks she left on me. What do you think she's gonna do with a set of real claws?"

Jackson winked at the trio before shoving through them to exit the locker room.

"Can I kill him now or later?" Stiles growled.

AUTHORS NOTE

Hi hey hello

WELCOME TO BOOK TWO/SEASON TWO, MY PEEPS!! Scott finally is involved with all the wolf stuff - much to Meilani's distaste. She'll get over it eventually. Lydia is running around naked and freaked out. AND NEW BROWN HAIRED BLUE EYED COMING AT YOU SOON!!! (wonder who that is *cough* rhymes with SISSAC *cough*