001   —  MEXICO

Laura could hear the voices of the conversing hunters outside of the room she was contained in. She knew from what she heard that something was happening, something that they weren't expecting which for Laura meant time, and time meant a chance of escaping.

It was easy for Laura to get out of the room anyone knew that but the hard part was always getting past the hunters, Laura had tried numerous of times to escape before and it never worked this was because she would always get caught at the North Gate where there was always one hunter that was impossible to fight but Laura hoped that this time he would be too busy to guard the hallway that leads to the exit.

She cautiously made her way around the building keeping silent and making sure that any hunter that saw her was left out cold, she couldn't afford for anyone to raise an alarm knowing once Araya found out she was missing or trying to escape she would hunt her down in a second. Just as she was turning into the North corridor she heard a radio go off.

"Stiles, take 10 off the table" Laura heard a boy talk into the radio. She furrowed her eyebrows cocking her head to the side as she saw the former hunter that usually guarded the corridor lying unconscious on the floor with a tan latino boy crouched beside him. He turned towards her looking down the hallway but she made sure that he didn't see her, not knowing whether he would help her or not but she decided to follow him to see where he would go.

Laura ended up in what seemed like a club as soon as she stepped foot into the room she had already lost the boy in the crowd, she tried to remember which way he went but ended up face-to-face with one of the Calavera's hunters. He smirked down at her cracking his knuckles as she sized him up knowing that he wasn't going to be too difficult to take down. He made a move to punch her but she reacted quickly and grabbed his fist twisting it in her hand and flipping him over her body onto the floor. She gripped her bag that she made sure to take with her from the room that she was contained in and quickly made her way out of the club as she did she realised that she had relocated the boy again only now he was accompanied by two girls.

She continued to follow them down some halls that weren't familiar to her and realised that the trio had stopped, staring at the gas that poured out of the vents. The gas started pouring out of more vents making it hard for Laura to see but she could hear the teenagers choking, she tried to get closer but another hunter appeared in front of her and as she tried to take a step back she realised there was another behind.

The hunter from behind hit her over the head with his gun causing her to momentarily lose focus which allowed the other hunter to slam her against the wall. She struggled to get out of his grip and in the end head-butted him and then kneed him in the stomach and threw him against the other hunter. She tried to make a run for it as best as she could with her head now pounding, but before she got any further she felt a familiar sting in her side as she heard the voice of the woman who had trapped her here.

"We're not done with you quite yet, pequeña" Araya voice sounded in her ears before her vision faded to black.

~

Laura shot up taking note of the others in the room, three of which were vaguely familiar to her as she had been following them around earlier. She stood up ignoring them as she made her way to the door that had been sealed shut. Laura started to bang against the door trying to find a way to break it open.

"We already looked for a way out" A voice interrupted her causing her to turn around and huff. Laura turned back around and continued to bash against the door as the teenagers began to converse about how to find a way out.

Laura thought that she must have finally got to them because the door suddenly slid open and revealed three of the hunters. One came up to her and grabbed her arm whilst the other two grabbed some of the others, more like tasered and dragged them out. She clenched her fists extended her claws and stabbed the hunter with her free hand and jumping over him onto his shoulder and stabbed his neck causing him to collapse on the floor, she took out another and just when she was about to take out the last one he threw her behind him and into the corridor where she leapt up and let her claws come out daring him to step forward. He ran towards her shooting bullets but none of them affected her as she kept healing, she grabbed a hold of him and threw him into the wall stabbing him and slicing her claws up his body before letting him fall to the floor.

Laura adjusted her bag and made a run for it, making her way out of the Calavera's. Once she was outside she saw hunters everywhere and knew that she couldn't take down that many at once, she needed to find a way out. Her eyes landed on a blue jeep parked just metres in front of her. Laura glanced around and made sure that no one saw her before quickly making her way towards the car and sneaking in the back making sure that she was concealed by the blanket that was kept there. She hoped that whoever owned this car had nothing to do with the Calavera's although she knew it was highly unlikely that they did seeing as it was a Blue Jeep and the rest of the cars around were black SUV's.

~

Laura soon felt the Jeep come to an abrupt stop and slowly lifted the blanket that concealed her. She peered out from underneath it and saw that it was the same teenagers from back at the club. One of them saw her looking at them and slapped the arm of his friend.

"Stiles!" He whispers trying to be discreet.

"What Scott?" The boy replied in an annoyed tone.

"Stiles, why is there a girl in the back of your jeep?" Scott asked him still staring at Laura who was frozen in place as she didn't know what to do four out of the five teenagers were staring at her intensely and she didn't know whether to run or fight.

"There's no girl in the jeep?!" Stiles told him giving him a sceptical look but as Scott turned his head Stiles' mouth fell open.

"Oh, there's a girl in the jeep" And as soon as those words left Stiles mouth Laura shot out of the car quickly shouldering her bag and making a run for it.

She didn't get very far before she got tackled to the ground by the brunette girl. Laura switched their positions so she was now on top of Malia and glared down at the girl before scrambling up and running the opposite way until an arm knocked her back smacking her into a large rock, Laura groaned as she forced herself back up already feeling her bones healing. She sprinted in the direction where she heard the sound of fighting take place and saw the large creature who had knocked her into the rock clawing at the girl who had tackled her minutes earlier. She leapt onto the creatures back extending her claws and shoved them into its upper torso forcing the creature to stumble back and let go of the girl. Once the creature was distracted Laura jumped off its back and made a move to take another swing but the creature dug its knife into her stomach twisting it deeper, she grabbed its arm and kicked it in the stomach successfully making it fall to the ground. The other girl who had now recovered grabbed Laura's bicep and dragged her back to the Jeep where her other friends were waiting.

~

Laura who was forced into the Jeep by the brunette girl (who she now knew as Malia from the boy who was now driving the Jeep frantically waving his arms expressing his annoyance at her running away) sat next to one of the other girls whilst she listened intently to the conversation happening between the couple at the front whilst looking out the window watching tumbleweed roll by.

"You, You please don't do that ever again" The boy yelled at Malia continuing to wave his arms around.

"Do what?" She asked confused as she didn't think that she did anything wrong all she was trying to do was get the girl to come back and find out what it was that hit the Jeep.

"I thought you just took off, I thought you were running,"

"I was running?" Malia said not getting what Stiles meant.

"No I mean, I thought you were leaving" Stiles told her and you could hear the worry in his voice.

"I wouldn't leave without you" She admitted to him.

"Really?" He turned to her slightly shocked but most of all relieved.

"Yeah, I would never leave without you" Malia added giving him a small smile as she turned to the rest of the group in the car. "Them I would leave" She confessed her eyes staying on the younger girl a few seconds longer thinking that maybe she wouldn't leave her because she sort of reminded Malia of a younger version of herself, but the others she could handle leaving them behind.

The older girls looked offended whilst Laura didn't really care all too much she would leave them too if they let her. Stiles turned to them "Yeah...it's progress" He shrugged trying to loosen the tension that was created.

"That doesn't look so good" Lydia stated as she saw Malia's wound.

"It's ok"

"Are you sure it looks deep" Kira added looking at her friend in worry.

"I can feel it healing" Malia tried to assure them. "Besides it's not me you should be worried about whatever that thing was stabbed her" Malia jabbed a finger in Laura's direction causing the young girl to look up at the others who were now staring at her.

Laura grabbed the knife that she pulled out of her side earlier and threw it onto the console and lifted up her shirt to reveal that the wound had now healed itself and the only thing left were smeared blood marks.

"You've healed" Lydia breathed out looking down at the girl curiously. Laura nodded, "How?" She asked.

Instead of answering Laura turned her attention back to the road and continued to watch the scenery roll by not wanting to answer their questions not knowing what they'll do if she did, she didn't trust them and she doesn't talk to people she doesn't trust.

"You didn't see anything" Lydia spoke up changing the subject.

Malia shook her head "Barely, it had a strong scent though" She told them as she looked back at Lydia.

"Like what?" Stiles asked as he continued to look out at the road.

"Like death" Malia scrunched her face up remembering the smell that the creature carried.

~

The Jeep pulled up outside of an abandoned church as three people stepped out of it, two of them carrying the third between them.

Laura followed the rest of them out of the Jeep as they went to see if they had found Derek.

Malia turned to Stiles "Is that him?" She asked confused as the guy who Stiles explained sounded much older and this guy in front of them must have been around their age. "Is that Derek?"

"U-ah, sort of?" He shrugged not really knowing what to say as he looked down at the younger version of Derek Hale.

Laura looked around at the group wondering why they all looked so shocked as she thought they knew who the boy was, but she didn't understand why they were looking at him like that.

Scott turned to Stiles after looking at the girl that they had found in the Jeep earlier that day.

"What are we going to do with her?" He asked.

"How should I know you're the Alpha?"

"Do you know who she is?" Scott asked but Stiles shook his head.

"She doesn't seem to talk?" He shrugged whilst looking down at the girl who caught his gaze and glared up at him causing him to quickly look away.

Scott gave Derek to Stiles as he crouched in front of Laura who backed away slightly wanting to keep as much distance as possible.

"Hey it's okay, I'm not going to hurt you. We just want to know who you are" Scott asked the girl softly who continued to stare blankly up at him.

"Why were you with the Calavera's? What did they want with you?... Do you have any family, anyone we can contact for you?" The last sentence made Laura ball up her fists, she didn't know if her family was alright, she got separated from her Father when the Calavera's took her and now she has no idea where he could be or if he's even alive.

"Maybe we should take her back with us, talk to Deaton maybe even my Dad, he might know something. She doesn't look like she's going to talk to any of us so maybe they can help?" Stiles suggested.

"Guess you're right" Scott let out a defeated sigh as he helped Stiles get Derek into the Jeep before everyone else climbed in.

Laura who now had to sit between Derek and Lydia opened her bag and got out her X-Men comic the one which led her to her friends months before. She still liked to read it as it gave her hope that one day she will find her Father again.

"You read comics?" Lydia asked the girl peering over her shoulder at the Xmen comic.

Laura shrugged looking back down at the book in her lap. "X-men? Is that the one with the mutants?" Lydia questioned hoping that she didn't get it confused with another of the comics that Stiles would ramble on about. Laura didn't say anything and Lydia wasn't sure if she had even heard what she had said but if she did she didn't act on it, she simply continued to read the book hoping to get out of the cramped Jeep as soon as possible. It seemed as if she would be spending most of her life in a car nowadays.

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