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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄

𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢

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Meilani sat at her desk with her only light being from the small desk lamp and the bits of moonlight that filtered in through her curtains. She had been trying to get through her science homework for the past hour and one question posed to be more difficult than she had originally thought. Stiles and Scott were both hanging out somewhere to have their weekly "boys only" nights so Meilani couldn't even call Stiles to help her out.

A knock on her door snapped Meilani out of her current thought and glanced over her shoulder to her door. "Mom, you can come in!"

However, Melissa wasn't the one behind the door and Meilani was shocked to see Isaac stood in her doorway. He looked rather frazzled and his clothes had bits of dirt on it that made her wonder if he had walked all the way here. Which posed another question of why he would have had to walk here in the first place? Derek would have driven him if he had wanted to come here and Derek more than likely would have came in with him. The uncomfortable shifting on his feet made Meilani wonder if Derek even knew Isaac was here at all.

"I was wondering if I could ask you a favor..." Isaac said.

Meilani had abandoned her homework to fully turn around in her chair to face Isaac. She had suddenly noticed the duffle bag in Isaac's right hand with his leather jacket draped across it. That didn't mean anything good. "Isaac, what happened?"

Isaac frowned and shook his head, seemingly just as confused as she was. "I - I don't know. Deucalion showed up at the loft and attacked Derek and Cora when Boyd and I were out. Derek kicked me out because he didn't want Deucalion to come after me next. He thinks it's safer if I stay away, but who will be there to protect him if Deucalion comes back? Peter?"

"He - is Derek okay?" Meilani asked, worried about the alpha wolf. Sure, the guy was a dick and had an anger issue, but Meilani would like to think the two were now closer than before. He helped her out when she needed it and if it wasn't for him, Meilani had no idea if she would have even been able to save Boyd and Cora from the bank. 

They needed each other right now with the alpha pack growing more and more dangerous by the day. Derek couldn't be in that loft by himself with just Peter and Cora. Cora was better now that she had been let out of the vault, but she still needed to get her strength back and still work on not changing during the next full moon. Then with Peter you never knew what you were going to get. Even with Derek being an alpha, Meilani still worried for his well being as she didn't want him to get hurt.

"As okay as Derek can be," Isaac shrugged and scratched the back of his neck. "Would you mind if I crashed here until things calm down over there? I really don't want to fight Derek because once he makes his mind up, it's hard to change it."

"You really think I'd say no? There's no way you can just stay out there on the streets, especially not with those alphas roaming around," Meilani replied, standing up from her chair and walking over to Isaac. "We have a spare bedroom you can sleep in for as long as you need. I'll tell my mom it's werewolf business."

Isaac smiled softly at Meilani and followed her down the hall to the guest room that was across from Scott's room. "Thanks, Lans. I know we got off on the wrong foot before."

Meilani waved Isaac off and smiled over her shoulder at him. "Hey, that's in the past, right? We're friends now and friends help their friends out. Besides, can't let you become an Omega and die. I don't have the sanity to deal with a funeral right now."

Isaac scoffed out a laugh and stepped into the guest room after her, dropping his duffle bag on the bed. "Glad to know you're only keeping me around for your sanity."

"I aim to please," Meilani mused and rocked back on her heels. "Um, so... just make yourself comfortable. I was going to get some dinner after I finished my homework if you wanted to come."

"Sure, I'd like that."

"Good just give me a half hour," Meilani said and turned on her heel to make her way back to her room so she could finish her homework quickly. She just hoped Scott and Stiles didn't kill her for letting Isaac stay there.

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To say the next few days of Meilani's life were stressful would be a mega understatement. Not to say that every day for the two years has been stressful, but this week in particular was just absolutely draining.

First, Meilani had to go and confront Allison with Scott because she found one of Chris' arrows near where Boyd and Isaac had been attacked. Allison had tried to pass it off as part of the archery team that Beacon Hills did not have. She had stressed to Allison that her and Chris needed to keep out of this alpha pack business. Her and Allison were finally back to at least acquaintances and Meilani wanted to keep her safe. She still cared for the brunette and couldn't handle the thought of her or even her father getting injured from this wolf drama. 

Then, when Meilani and Scott left the apartment that Allison and Chris were staying in for the time being, they ran into Deucalion on the elevator ride down to the lobby, who supposedly lived in the apartment complex. Something that was the furthest thing from good with all the innocent people there and two hunters that he could easily manipulate and kill. Meilani had made sure to keep Scott pressed up against the corner of the elevator car the whole way down. She didn't trust Deucalion to not suddenly strike and try to harm Scott since he couldn't necessarily protect himself. Meilani had faith in her abilities, but she didn't want to screw up and get her twin hurt or, worse, killed. Deucalion had tried to taunt her and ask if she was going to kill him and become an alpha herself. As if she were like any of those monsters in his pack or even Deucalion himself. It almost made Meilani bark out a laugh at the thought. 

Finally to top it all off, Derek, Peter, Boyd and Cora wanted to go in guns blazing on Deucalion and just kill him. An idea that Meilani had turned down almost instantly because she was so sick of all their ideas ending with death. Couldn't they ever just do something where they didn't have to resort to any type of violence? Deucalion was dangerous, but they should at least try to talk to him first and see if they could come to any type of agreement. If worse came to worse, then Meilani would break out the claws and slash through the pack like it was no one's business. However, that would be the absolute last resort and, even then, Meilani would still hesitate because she just couldn't stomach the thought of murder.

So Meilani stood by her bed, throwing on her leather jacket and getting ready to go talk to Deucalion. Alone. Probably not the smartest idea, but Meilani didn't want anyone getting hurt if things went sideways. She could get herself out of there no problem, but if Scott or Stiles or the pack came in with her... she'd be more worried about getting them out. If she failed to get even one of them out, Meilani didn't even want to imagine what she'd do afterwards. She couldn't handle death right now.

"Where you goin'?"

Meilani jumped and turned around to see Isaac leant up against her doorframe, dressed in his usual leather jacket, gray t-shirt and jeans. The past few days of him staying at the McCall residence wasn't as awkward as Meilani thought it would be. She had sat down with Melissa, Scott and Stiles and explained the current situation and why she had agreed to it. None of them argued, which shocked Meilani because she thought Stiles would hate the idea of Isaac staying there. Though, he had stopped singing his thoughts of Isaac being evil so maybe Stiles had warmed up to the blue eyed wolf more than she realized.

"Uh... I was gonna go get some food to eat," Meilani swiftly lied, grabbing the keys to Scott's moped from her bed. She had made up some excuse about wanting to use it instead of her car so she wouldn't waste her gas. After he made her promise to make sure she brought it back in one piece, he had handed the keys over to her and left for his shift at the clinic earlier.

"Oh, cool. I'll come with you," Isaac offered, stuffing his hands into his jacket pockets.

"Isaac, it's okay. I can eat alone. I can shift through everything that's going on and try to figure out something that doesn't end with violence," Meilani said, hoping that Isaac would just drop it and let her go. 

Isaac raised his eyebrows at Meilani and smiled in a way that said he knew something, but Meilani couldn't determine what. "What are you getting?"

"Mexican...?"

"Lans, I love Mexican - "

"Isaac," Meilani called, gripping his wrist before he could make his way down the hall. A wave of fear shocked through her at the thought of Isaac following and getting hurt. She just couldn't let it happen. "I can eat alone. It's okay."

Isaac smiled softly at Meilani and shifted his hand so it fell into Meilani's, squeezing it assuringly. "You're not going there alone, Meilani. I'm coming with you whether you like it or not. Now come on."

Meilani sighed, but smiled back regardless and took the helmet from Isaac that he held out to her. She decided to just allow Isaac to go with her since he'd probably just follow her to the abandoned mall Deucalion hid in anyway. Plus, Isaac was the one person she'd probably want to go with her since he'd be the more logical one like her. She'd say Stiles, too, but he didn't have the abilities her and Isaac did. He'd only get hurt and wouldn't be able to protect himself.

It didn't take long for the werewolf duo to make it to the abandoned mall. The whole place was pretty much gutted and the floors were littered with debris, leaves and dust. On the floor of the mall Meilani and Isaac stopped on, there were two stone circles that had previously held two fountains.

"We're just gonna talk to him," Meilani reminded Isaac as they both dismounted the bike, placing their helmets down on the handlebars. "You know, try to reason with him. That's it, alright?" She glanced over at Isaac who seemed to be lost in thought. "What?"

"Nothing, it's just that, uh, I'm actually kind of hungry now," Isaac said, rounding the bike to meet Meilani on the other side and began their walk across the mall floor.

Meilani laughed and pat Isaac on the back. "We can actually get Mexican when we're done here."

"Oh, thank God."

The two made their way across the mall floor and over to Deucalion who stood half up one of the escalators that lead up to the mall's third floor. He stood with his hands stacked on top of his walking stick and his usual sunglasses adorned his face. Meilani was momentarily surprised that Deucalion was alone and not with the twins or the other alphas. She'd thought he have back up with him since he couldn't see.

"You didn't come alone," Deucalion noted, obviously hearing Isaac's heart beat also.

"Yeah, this is Isaac," Meilani introduced, gesturing to Isaac next to her even though Deucalion couldn't see.

"I'm not talking about Isaac."

Meilani furrowed her eyebrows and she turned to see Derek, Peter, Boyd and Cora come out from the shadows. All of them already in their werewolf forms. She puffed out her cheeks and realized that she probably should have saw this one coming. Derek and Peter definitely knew Meilani well enough by now to know that she would go to Deucalion alone to try and just talk to him rather than attack.

"Derek, don't. You can't do this so no one gets hurt. If someone else dies - "

"Him!" Derek cut off Meilani harshly, jerking his finger in Deucalion's direction. "Just him."

"Just me? Now, how's a blind man find his way into a place like this all on his own?" Deucalion theoretically voiced.

Yeah, Meilani should have saw that one coming, too. To her left, a brunette haired alpha used the claws on her hands and feet to slide down the stone pillar while Ethan and Aiden stood on the floor above, looking down at the scene below. Then from behind them, Ennis walked up the other set of escalators that lead up from the floor below. He growled at them as he passed and stood between Meilani and Derek.

Without warning, the brunette wolf went after Derek while Ethan and Aiden flipped down from the upper level, morphing into the one large alpha. Ennis and Boyd went at each other, slashing and throwing the other around like they were rag dolls. Meilani merely blinked and Isaac had transformed into a werewolf, shooting her a sorrowful look before he leapt at Ethan and Aiden to fight them off.

"For the love of - "

Meilani cut herself of and changed into her werewolf form herself before she rushed at Ethan and Aiden, the combined wolf throwing her into the marble wall behind her. She groaned as she broke into the wall and fell to the floor with the broken bits of marble. A Meilani sized hole now in the wall behind her. She scrambled to her feet as the combined wolf grabbed Isaac and when she went to slash at him to release Isaac, he brought up his clawed hand and created two long gashes in Meilani's side.

Meilani gasped in pain as she felt the blood soak through her white t-shirt and she was forced down to the ground next to Isaac, now too weak to move as fast. It was a wound inflicted by an alpha so there was no way that it would heal the way that a normal wound would. This would take a lot longer to heal and be a thousand times more painful. She lifted her head to see Boyd laid on the floor, blood dripping from his mouth and Cora panted next to him as she tried to catch her own breath, the brunette alpha keeping a heavy foot on Cora's chest to keep her still.

"Kill him," Deucalion instructed, earning Derek's attention who was the only one of the pack still standing. "The others can go."

Meilani breathed heavily as the combined alpha grabbed both her and Isaac by the backs of their leather jackets, holding them up on their knees so they could watch Derek kill Boyd. With every breath she took, hot white pain shot through Meilani's side and she wondered how she hadn't passed out from the blinding pain. 

"You're beaten," Deucalion continued when Derek just stared down at Boyd. "Do it, Derek. Take the first step."

"Are we serious with this kid?" the brunette alpha hissed. "Look at him. He's an alpha? To what? A couple of useless teenagers?"

"Some have more promise than others," Deucalion replied, walking down the escalator and stopping at the bottom and glancing over at Meilani. He had mentioned in the elevator that he had wanted to see what Meilani was made of, but she still wasn't necessarily sure what that fully meant.

"Let him rise to the occasion then. What will it be Derek? Pack or family?" the brunette threatened, putting more pressure down on Cora who screamed out in pain. She tried to pry off the brunette's foot as she whimpered quietly, trying to get air in her lungs.

Derek didn't move still, a full on war showing on his face. Boyd and Cora both meant a lot to him because Cora was his family and Boyd was his part of his pack which was like an extended family in Derek's eyes. It was an awful decision for Derek to have to make and Meilani prayed that he just didn't make a decision. Did anything else to get out of this situation.

However, Derek didn't need to make a decision because an arrow whizzed through the air and lit up the room when it struck the ground. One after the other flew through the air and hit right where the alphas stood. The combined alpha let Meilani and Isaac go as he covered his own eyes to block out the bright white light. Meilani and Isaac dropped to the ground and Isaac covered Meilani's head, burying his head into his arms as he blocked both of their eyes from the blinding lights of Allison's arrows.

Once the sounds of the arrows were done, Meilani and Isaac both peeked up at the top level of the mall to see Allison stood there with a triumphant smirk on her face. She winked at the duo as she lowered her bow to her side. Meilani and Isaac were quick to jump to their feet and held a defensive stance.

Ennis stood to his own feet across the way and growled at Meilani and Isaac. Meilani ignored the pain in her side that had gone down slightly as her body already began to heal the wound just the tiniest bit. She rushed at Ennis and the two collided into each other, sending Meilani sliding backwards on her knees. She felt a strange sensation in her eyes - a redness to her eyes that she didn't see - and blinked it away, returning her eyes to a yellowy-blue color.

With Ennis distracted, Derek charged at him next and began to fight back and forth with him next. They continued to throw punches at other and slide across the floor towards the middle where a massive hold laid in the ground that used to have a railing around it so you could look down to the other floors over it. Now, there was nothing there to stop anyone from falling over the side and go crashing to their death at the bottom.

Meilani struggled to her feet, gripping onto her throbbing side from the collide with the alpha and the slash she got the twins. Derek and Ennis were right on the brink of the side and if they fought any harder or took one misstep, then one or both of them would go over the side. Even though they were both alphas, there was no way that either one could survive that drop.

As if the gods wanted to mock Meilani, Ennis grabbed Derek and the two went over the side and fell down below. 

"No, Derek!" Meilani cried, pushing herself over to the edge to see Derek and Ennis fall past the floor below and hit the escalators below that would have lead down to the bottom floor. Derek had turned back into his human form on impact while Ennis took a moment before he slowly formed back. She whimpered and tried to scramble closer to see if there was even a sliver of hope that Derek somehow miraculously survived the fall.

Isaac grabbed Meilani from behind and hauled her back by the back of her jacket, the two stumbling back onto their asses. He was just as torn up as Meilani was as neither one could really hear Derek's heart beat anymore. Meilani choked out a sob and Isaac quickly pulled her into his chest, hugging her tightly as she broke down in his arms.

Derek Hale was dead and it was all her fault.

AUTHORS NOTE

Hi hey hello

Well, that chapter was HEAVY to write and my heart hurts. The relationship between Isaac and Meilani has finally arrived, though! I am so ready to share my brotp with you guys, like it's gonna be so precious. He's quickly gonna become like Meilani's second brother and I'm excited for Scott and Stiles to warm up more to him as well. I absolutely adore my babies and they're gonna be the BEST of friends, ugh.

The next chapter will be the rest of episode 5 and then all of episode 6. I thought about doing the bus bit for this as well, but I thought it was best to stop right after Derek's fall. Then just combine the few bus scenes we got in the episode (so much of it was flashbacks and ya girl spent so much time jumping around the episode to get the right time line of events, which i think i did so YES!) along with episode 6's events. 

Might come back later and edit it a bit, but I just spent three hours writing this nearly 4k word chapter and I don't have the energy to go back in and edit. So... we'll come back to that later woops

GET READY BECAUSE THE DRAMA HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN FOLKS. WE AIN'T DONE BREAKING HEARTS AND RUINING EMOTIONS JUST YET. JUST YOU WAIT FOR CHAPTER SIX OOF