Braeden shot the Berserker that had attacked Derek. The trio in Peters car had shown up as soon as it happened, hopping out immediately as she relentlessly shot it away. Everyone stared in panic at Derek, who seemed to be in a terrible amount of pain. Braeden went to his side quickly as he looked around at the multiple worried eyes.

"How bad is it?" Peter asked, watching Derek moan in pain as Braeden looked at his wound.

"I'm fine. I'm fine. Just get to Scott." Derek spoke quickly. Eli's head snapped over at Stiles, leaving Malias side to look inside of the van. Liam sat perfectly calm, sweat on his forehead, claws still out but seemingly doing fine.

"You're good?" Eli scanned him over quickly. Liam nodded his head, climbing out of the van as the duo went to Malias side again.

"Just find him. We'll be right behind you." Derek spoke up, trying to sound tough but it was more then clear he was in a extreme amount of pain. "Go!"

Peter hurried off inside, the four waiting back a moment.

"Hey, hey, save him." Derek spoke up again. Eli had a sudden idea, unbuckling his belt and yanking it off. Braeden turned back to him as he held it out to her.

"If he can't heal, it'll help put pressure." he promised her with a nod. Braeden took it from his hand, Malia latching onto Eli's arm as they hurried after Peter, Liam close after. Stiles hesitated but went after the trio moments later.

Wondering into a beaten down, barley standing, tunnel was not something Eli would have thought he'd ever do. He walked between Malia and Liam, looking up at the holes in the ceiling that were allowing the moonlight to come through.

"Okay, stop, stop, stop. We gotta figure out where we are, then we gotta figure out how to find Scott and Kira." Peter stopped the group, who were all hurrying, possibly going in a circle.

Stiles phone beeped. "How do I even have service? Hi, Dad."

Peter looked back at the three in disbelief as he walked away for a second. The chatter of Stiles echoed slightly, clearly on the phone with his furious father, then containing to ask about Lydia and Mason. When he hung up, he turned back their way. "Your mom is freaking out."

"My mom?" Eli's eyes widened. "I told her I was staying at Liam's."

Liam turned to him in disbelief with a slap to the arm. "I told my mom I was staying at yours."

"Don't worry, she knows you're with us." Stiles looked at Eli again with risen hands. "She's gonna go with my dad to the school to look for Lydia and Mason."

"What if the Berserkers are there?" Eli gave him a crazy look.

"My dad will protect her." Stiles shook his head.

"She doesn't need protection, she's gonna loose it if she sees something that isn't suppose to exist." Eli explained with a dramatic wave of his hands.

"Okay, well, then maybe my dad will just have to tell her." Stiles scratched the back of his neck.

"Tell her?" he gapped in, yet again, disbelief.

"What's the worst that could happen?" Peter spoke up when sensing his terrible nerves.

"The worst that c- she could yank me out of school, keep me away from all of you, send me back to Sweden, put me in Eichen House." Eli listed on before giving a sarcastic shrug of his shoulders and a wave of his hand. "But, sure, no biggie."

"Well, you heard him." Peter nodded. "No biggie."

Malia flashed her father an annoyed look, rubbing Eli's back.

"What do we do now?" Liam gave a worried look toward Stiles.

Eli felt a hand on his neck. "Duck!"

Malia yanked him and Stiles down, Peter and Liam following immediately. The growl of a Berserker echoed as it came at them, lurking a few feet away no.

"Go! Go. Go. Go!" Peter insisted quickly as the group took off down the narrow tunnel, the low growling of the creature getting closer as they hurried. They rounded the corner quickly, now in a much more spread out arena.

"Go find Kira and Scott!" Malia yelled as she threw the sword to Stiles. "Take Eli!"

"What?" Eli gave a crazy look her way.

"Go!" Malia spoke sternly.

"I'm not leave you here." Eli gave a shake of his head, looking at Liam. "Neither of you!"

"Eli, go with Stiles." Liam gave him a crazy look. "These things are too strong."

"Do you wanna die?" Malia looked at him in disbelief. "Go, now. We'll be fine."

As Malia turned back around, Eli hesitated before hurrying off with Stiles quickly.

"Scott!" Stiles yelled out as the pair went down a dark, narrow tunnel again. Eli's head was spinning relentlessly, feeling like he couldn't breath. Something was sitting on his chest, something that wasn't there. He stopped, feeling like he'd collapse if he hadn't.

Stiles turned quickly. "Eli, we gotta go."

"I can't believe I just left them back there." Eli spoke through ragged breaths, placing a hand to his racing heart. "They could die. Malia. Liam. And I just left them."

Stiles grabbed hold of his shoulders, now that the light was in his face he saw how red his cheeks became. "Malia and Liam are gonna be fine, all right? They know what they're doing."

"Always?" Eli looked at him, eyes cloudy in the slightest.

Stiles gave him a look. "Come on, now. You know this. You know how to keep yourself calm. Don't loose it on me now."

"I'm trying." Eli breathed heavy, shutting his eyes and looking down. Stiles gripped his shoulders tightly. "I can't breath."

His breathing became uneven, gasping for a breath that wasn't there. His hands felt numb, his entire body felt like it was lit up, staring at his heart and flooding his body. Stiles grabbed his shoulders with a firm shake. "Did you know my dad took your mom on a date?"

Eli looked at him oddly as he continued to try and catch a breath that just wasn't coming.

"They went to that expensive restaurant even though neither of them could afford it." Stiles laughed slightly as he looked at him. "It doesn't seem serious yet, but maybe it could be, you know? You think she deserve that?"

Eli grabbed his arms tightly. "Yeah, yeah, sure."

"Yeah, me too." Stiles nodded quickly. "When we make it out of here, when we all make it out of here, we could tell them that ourself. Okay?"

Eli finally seemed to grasp the breath he was lookin for, meeting Stiles eye with a quick nod. The pair hurried off again in search of Scott and Kira. "Kira?"

"Wait!" Eli grabbed Stiles arm tightly as they nearly skipped a tunnel. Yanking his flashlight, it shined over at Kira. "Kira! Hey!"

He pulled her in quickly, arms around her tightly with a hand pressed to the back of her head. Blood seeped on his palm, realizing she's been bleeding badly.

"Are you okay?" Stiles scanned her over in a panic.

"It's Scott." Kira spoke with panicked eyes, holding onto Eli but looking toward the Stilinski boy. "Stiles, it's Scott."

"What?" he asked worried.

"The Berserker. It's him." Kira spoke, Eli looked at Stiles in a panic. "Kate did it."

"How can she do that?" Eli asked, still holding Kira considering she was limb and leaning against him.

"What? What are you talking about?" Stiles gave an insane, clearly loosing his mind, look.

"She made him into one of them. I don't know how but it's him and if they don't know it, they could kill him." Kira explained through ragged breaths.

"That's why Lydias not here." Stiles spoke in realization, looking at Eli quickly. "They won't know they're killing Scott."

"We gotta hurry!" Eli announced quickly with wide eyes, his voice echoing off the walls, helping Kira as Stiles gave her her sword. They ran back the way they came, a lot faster this time. Coming toward the opening, the three saw Malia had been moments from stabbing Scott into the skull.

"Wait, Malia! Wait!" Stiles yelled out in a panic, Kira swung her sword and hit it from Malias hand. Eli's eyes widened at the sight, so close to her hand, so close to chopping it right off. Malia was met with a force hitting her suddenly, Eli grasping her wrist in a panic and sighing in relief at her untouched wrist. "It's Scott."

Malia held Eli's arms as they all paused, looking at the Berserker that had their alpha underneath. Liam looked into it's eyes, helping Peter pin it to the wall, seeing the familiar puppy brown ones. Scott growled, shoving at the moment of weakness as Liam and Peter flew in opposite directions.

Eli went to help him before the Berserker hit him in the face, causing his to fall. Malia went down right after from the same force, the pair on the ground.

"Scott. Scott, don't!" Kira called. Eli held his face as he rolled over, seeing Scott storming infront of Liam. His eyes went wide.

"Liam!" Eli yelled out, getting to his feet, despite the dizziness he felt and the pounding headache. Malia grabbed hold of him tightly. "Let me go, he's gonna kill him!"

"Scott, it's me." Stiles tried to stand before Liam, getting hit across the face as well and falling to the ground. Scott grabbed hold of Liam, shoving him up against the wall.

"Liam!" Eli yelled out again.

"Scott." Liam tried. The rest frozen, lost at what they could do. Eli, despite being the weakest there, still fraught against Malia slightly. He stopped when he saw the Berserker frozen, not hurting Liam, just holding him against the wall and staring at him. It's claw lowered, bringing Liam back to the ground.

Scott stumbling backwards. Malia and Eli both went to Liam, helping him up as the trio huddled together. They all watched the Berserker stumble around, yanking it's claws off, stripping away the disguise Kate had him in. Scott grabbed the skull over his face, breaking it apart to reveal himself in alpha form with a loud yell into the air.

They all stared, paused, frozen. Scott wasn't looked at them, he was looking down the tunnel. "You."

They each turned to see him stared at Peter. Eli tightened his arms around Malia as Scott went on. "The only one who knew as much as Argent did about Berserkers. You taught Kate, you helped her. All for power."

"For my families power!" Peter hollered at him. Eli felt Malia lean into him more, her head pressed against the side of his. "To be rightfully inherited by me. Not usurped by some idiot teenage boy so incorruptible, he won't shed the blood of his enemies even when justified. You don't deserve your power."

And you don't deserve her.

Peter began to transform, growling loudly. Malia did the same, breaking free from Eli and charging at him. Peter tossed her to the side easily. "Oh, sorry, sweetheart, we'll talk about this later."

Eli wanted to go to her, but if he had, he'd be right in Peters way. And sadly, he didn't have the power to heal like Malia did. Kira waved her sword before Scott cut in. "Kira!"

She backed away as Scott stepped forward, keeping his eye contact with Peter. "You were my beta first."

The way they circled around gave Eli time to go to Malia, leaning down next to her as she groaned in pain, grabbing hold of him.

"It was my bite that changed your life. And my bite that can end it." Peter continued to mock Scott.

"Then, end it, Peter." Scott insisted. "Because you won't get another chance."

Peter growled loudly, lunging forward. Eli, Liam, and Malia all watched as Scott did the same, the pair meeting in the middle. Peter threw Scott backwards, but he'd came up immediately and lunged at him again. Peter hit Scott in the stomach, making Scott duck and hit him back, getting knocked across the face.

Scott flipped backwards, landing on his feet, blocking Peter. Kira had huddled up with the four as Peter started to taunt Scott. "Come on, Scott! Come on!"

Peter tossed Scott to the side, pulling him up and doing it over again. Scott kicked off the wall, yanking Peter side ways and throwing him into the wall.

"Kick his ass, Scott!" Eli yelled out as Scott hit Peter in the chest harshly, his back against the ground. He came up, doing it again before picking him up off the ground. Peter head butted Scott in the face, but Scott managed to return it with a punch to the jaw and stomach. Peter knocked him down to his knees soon after though. "You want to beat me? You're going to have to kill me!"

Peter threw Scott again, Liam stepped forward as Peter threw a large beam his way. Eli's eyes widened as it crashed over his head, not hitting him, but close. Kira grabbed Liam's arm and yanked him back toward the trio. Peter roared, facing Scott again, who stood up in anger. Scott blocked his punched easily each times, staring intensely with his red eyes.

With a knock to the stomach, Peter hunched over, giving Scott the time to upper cut him. Peter flew across the room, landing in rubble. Scott jumped before him. "You were never an alpha, Peter. But you were always a monster."

Scott hit him hard again, knocking him out. The group all approached as Scott turned their way.

Eli squinted from the sun, standing with his friends infront of the abandoned building. The bruise was forming across his face, lip cut, but he was good. He stood by Malia, surrounded by his friends. Chris nodded at them. "There's enough yellow wolfsbane to keep Peter out for the trip back. But be carful."

"You're really going with them?" Scott nodded to the group behind Chris.

"I made a deal with the Calaveras weeks ago. They'll leave you alone. All of you." Chris promised as he looked over the group of teens. "But only if I help them catch Kate."

"What if you can't?" Kira asked him.

"I'll find her. Someone has to." Chris gave a single nod. He turned, leaving with the group. Scott put an arm around Kira as he looked to Stiles, watching them leave together.

Eli's phone beeped as they headed to the car, pulling it from his pocket as they all turned back to him. A smile went across his face. "It's Lydia. Her and Mason are okay."

"Then Stiles said that Scott and Kira were stuck in Mexico which was why they missed the game. Uh, so we went down to Mexico to drive them back from Mexico and that's why we all missed practice." Liam explained to coach when school came around again, the four having to give an excuse together. "Cause...we were all in Mexico."

"You took Kira on a date to Mexico?" Coach looked over at Scott with an eyebrow raise.

"It was Eli's idea." Stiles spoke up, pointing over to Eli who gave him a insane look.

"It was our first real date." Scott spoke up to coach with wide eyes.

"In Mexico?" coach asked, looking at Eli. "What would you know about going on dates?"

Eli's mouth fell. "I-I have been on multiple dates in Mexico. That's why-that's why I told Scott to take Kira."

"Okay, I believe you." Coach looked over the four.

"Really?" Liam asked in disbelief, getting a slap in the arm from Eli.

"Absolutely not." Coach huffed as a glare went across his face again. "But i've had experiences south of the border that would knock the genitals off you boys. Still, let me be clear to you three. This kids the best talent i've seen in years. So he's your responsibility now. And his bench warming buddy, too. You boys are gonna stick together. You're gonna look out for each other. And you're gonna have each other's backs. You got it?"

The four shared similar looks before Scott smiled. "We got it."

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kylie speaks

omfg long chapter but
i can't believe s4 is over!
I loved writing eli in with
everyone this chapter but
i was dying for a way to
add lydia in but failed
sadly, but it's okay bc they
have some good moments in
s5! i'm really excited for s5,
i think it's gonna be a crazyyyyy experience'