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"Faster?" Tara asked as Vivian gripped the backseat in fear. They were driving Derek's car with an Argent hot on their tail. Whoever decided that Tara could drive was wrong.

Stiles was in the front seat and Scott was next to Vivian. Sydney got stuck with the Mikayla questioning for the day. Ever since she found out it had been nonstop questions and since Stiles was still ice cold, Sydney was stuck with her today. He hadn't really shown any distaste to Tara, Scott, or Vivian which confused them all but honestly they were grateful.

"Much faster." Stiles said looking back at the car which was gaining on them. Tara hit the gas and they started going a little faster.

"Tara, I don't think you're grasping the concept of the car chase here." Stiles said when they barely sped up.

"If she goes any faster, she'll kill us." Vivian said from the back leaning forward.

"Well, If she doesn't go any faster, they're gonna kill us." Stiles snapped back pointing to the car still very close behind them.

"Good point." Tara said pressing even harder on the gas. "I've always wanted to be in a car chase."

After a minute they looked back and the car has disappeared. Scott looked over at Tara. "They're gone."

Tara checked behind her quickly to make sure. She started to slow slightly and Stiles turned up the walkie talkie he had nabbed. "All units, suspect is on foot in Iron Heights."

Stiles looked over at Tara and she nodded. They drove as fast as they could to Iron Heights and saw Derek hiding from something above him. Tara stopped the car and Stiles flung the door open waving for Derek to get in. Derek looked above him again before running into the car with arrows missing him as he did so.

"What part of laying low don't you understand?" Scott asked as they sped off. Stiles was now in the back with them while Tara was driving the best she could.

"Damn it, I had him!" Derek said ignoring what Scott had just said.

"Who? The Alpha?" Stiles asked leaning forward from in between the seats.

"Yes! He was right in front of me, and the friggin police showed up." Derek explained with annoyance in his voice.

"Oh, hey, they're just trying to do their jobs." Tara defended getting a glare from Derek. "..Uh, yeah.."

"Yeah, thanks to someone who decided to make me the most wanted fugitive in the entire state." Derek said looking back at Scott.

"Can we seriously get past that? I made a dumbass mistake. I get it." Scott said back.

"All right. How did you find him?" Stiles said getting excited and still leaning forward. Derek gave him a look before shaking his head and looking over at his window.

"Can you try to trust us for at least half a second?" Vivian asked over Derek's whole moody bullshit.

"Yeah, all of us." Stiles said making Derek glare at him and lean closer. Stiles backed up slightly. "Or just them. I'll be back here."

"Look the last time I talked to my sister, she was close to figuring something out." Derek explained reluctantly. "She found two things. The first was a guy named Harris."

"Our chemistry teacher?" Tara asked confused.

"Why him?" Scott asked leaning forward.

"I don't know yet." Derek said getting more annoyed at the questions.

"What's the second?" Stiles asked leaning forward and butting Scott out of the tiny window between the seats.

"Some kind of symbol." Derek said holding an unfolded paper with a crest of some kind on it. Scott took one look at it and banged his head on his seat.

"What? You know what it is?" Derek asked looking back at Scott.

"I've seen it before on a necklace." Scott said sighing.

"Allison's necklace."

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"This is gonna be impossible, you know." Scott said as Tara, Stiles, and Vivian walked into school with him

"Why don't you just ask her if you can borrow it?" Tara suggested as she squeezed through the door that was about to shut.

"How?" Scott asked looking over at her.

"It's easy. You just say. 'Hey Allison can I borrow your necklace to see if there's anything on it or in it that can lead me to an alpha werewolf that I need to kill in order to get back together with you.'" Stiles suggested breaking out into a smile shortly after saying it

"You're not helping." Scott said back.

"Why don't you just talk to her?" Vivian asked the farthest away from Stiles.

"She won't talk to me." Scott stated. "What if she, like, only takes it off in the shower, or something?"

"That's why you ease- That's why you ease back into it, okay. Get back on the good side, remind her of the good times. Then you ask for the necklace." Stiles explained as they stopped in the middle of the hall, Scott zoning out halfway through.

"You're thinking of her in the shower, aren't you?" Vivian asked smacking him in the shoulder.

"Yeah." Scott said only looking a little ashamed.

"All right, stay focused, okay?" Tara said grabbing his shoulder. "Get the necklace, get the alpha, get cured."

"Get Allison." Stiles added helpfully. "In that order okay?"

Vivian nodded at him and then started to walk away without a goodbye. Tara followed after her while Stiles went the opposite way.

"What happened?" Tara asked when she caught up.

"What do you mean?" Vivian asked playing dumb.

"Don't do that V, you're better than that." Tara said. "I'm talking about you and Stiles. He dropped me off at his house before going to yours and was gone for an hour and a half. You two seem fine on the outside but something's changed."

"Nothing's changed. I lied about his twin sister for weeks and nothings changed." Vivian said before walking faster and leaving Tara behind in that hall.

She needed to ask Stiles what's going on because Vivian was not helping whatsoever.

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"Did he say it out loud?" Stiles asked a very panicked Scott. Jackson had approached him at the lockers and said he knew Scott was a werewolf and that Scott had to give it to him or Jackson would tell Allison. "The word?"

"What word?" Scott asked with Sydney on one side of him and Stiles on the other. Stiles completely ignoring Sydney and Sydney scared out of her mind.

"Werewolf. Did he say werewolf, 'I know you're a werewolf.'?" Sydney asked with a panicky edge to her voice.

"No, but he implied it pretty freaking clearly." Scott said with the same tone as Sydney.

"Okay, maybe it's not as bad as it seems. I mean, he doesn't have any proof right?" Stiles said trying to think on the bright side. "And if he wanted to tell someone, who's gonna believe him anyway?"

"How about Allison's father." Sydney snapped back. "Do you think he knows about me?"

"You think he knows about Allison's father?" Stiles said still ignoring Sydney.

"I don't know." Scott said responding to both.

"Okay. Where's Derek?" Stiles asked coming up with a small plan in his head.

"Hiding, like we told him to. Why?" Scott responded interested.

"I have another idea." Stiles said stopping Scott and in turn Sydney in their path. "It's gonna take a little time and finesse, though."

"We have a game tonight. It's Quarterfinals, and your first game." Scott reminded Stiles who rolled his eyes when Sydney did a little cheer thing at the end.

"I know, I know. Look do you have a plan for Allison yet?" Stiles asked getting a shrug from Scott.

"She's in my next class, so's Tara." Scott said waving his hand dismissively

"Get the necklace." Stiles said before walking away without even acknowledging Sydney once.

"Get the necklace." Scott repeated to himself before looking at the hopeless Sydney. "Just give him some time. You did lie to him. He'll yell at you and it'll be over."

"I hope so."

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Tara got her class pretty early for once. She didn't really had any life threatening danger that she had to fix yet so she just hung out in class until Stiles or Scott texted her telling her what thing they needed her to do.

She looked up as Scott walked in and spotted the seat next to Allison and across from Tara. He made a beeline for it but was stopped as Lydia got to it first. "Try another row, sweetheart."

Scott chose the seat next to Tara and across from Allison, still determined to do what he was tasked with.

"Allison." Scott whispered trying to get her attention but getting a hesitant look back.

"Hey. Class is beginning." Allison said obviously not wanting the conversation to continue.

"I know. I'll shut up. I just um- I have some stuff on my phone that I wanted to send you. I thought you might like it." Scott said trying to do what Stiles said, ease in.

Allison nodded still a little cautious. "Okay."

Scott's smile doubled in size and Tara just gave him a small thumbs up before going back to her work as Scott texted Allison. Scott waited to see how Allison reacted to the photos he sent. She ran out, Scott following after her.

They both didn't return, and when Tara saw Scott again he didn't look like it went well.

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At lunch Sydney decided to just sit with Lydia and her friends. Not wanting another play of the cold shoulder with Stiles. So it was the original four plus Mikayla for lunch. She had told them she wanted to be included in this since she's in it now. She cares about them and wants to help.

"Did you get her to give you the necklace?" Stiles asked while sitting down next to Scott and in front of Mikayla who was next to Tara and Vivian.

"Not exactly." Scott said vaguely.

"He made her leave crying." Tara said taking a bite of her food and getting a look from Scott.

"She told me not to talk to her. At all." Scott explained further.

"I'm sorry Scott." Mikayla said with a sad smile. "I know how much you like her."

"And he has to make her like him again or we won't find the alpha, which we need to kill so all if this can be over." Vivian explained bluntly.

"Nope, I actually have a plan b ready." Stiles said with a huge smile getting one back from Mikayla but not Vivian like he hoped. But he'll take Mikayla's support.

"What's plan b?" Tara asked looking over at Stiles.

"Just steal the stupid thing." Stiles said with a mouth full of food.

"Can't we just try at least getting to Harris?" Scott asked not wanting immediately to go to theft.

"My dad put him on a 24-hour protective detail, okay?" Stiles said. "The necklace is all we got."

"Steal it, please." Vivian said before going back to her food.

"I never realized how into misdemeanors you guys were." Mikayla said, still in shock that she witness a petty theft agreement happen.

"I'm more of a felony girl myself." Vivian said with a small smirk. "We don't usually steal, Ms. Martin. We are just desperate."

"Thank you for clarifying." Mikayla said before starting a conversation with Stiles. Tara was impressed by how well she was taking it. Tara was still freaked out about some of the stuff they did and witnessed. She looked over at Scott and saw him staring wide eyed in a different direction then any of them. She looked over at where he was looking and saw Jackson staring straight at him.

"Guys, he's watching us." Tara pointed out because Scott was to scared to. They all looked over and then quickly looked back to their food.

"I can't believe Lydia's dating him." Mikayla said, she never really liked Jackson. She just hopes that Lydia realizes that she's too good for him soon.

"I can." Vivian muttered getting elbowed by Tara. Scott then winced and Tara looked over at Jackson and saw him smirking with an apple in his hand. Scott then started to look troubled and looked down at his food.

"What's wrong?" Stiles asked when he noticed. Scott looked at him while still facing down at the food on his plate.

"Jacksons talking to me." Scott said "He knows I can hear him."

"Oh my god." Tara said about to look at him when Scott subtly shook his head.

"Act normal. Talk to me like we're all having a conversation." Scott explained and they all just stared at him.

"Say something!" He said looking more disturbed. That's when Sydney walked over and sat with them.

"Jackson's a dick." Sydney said. "I can hear him too. He's taunting you, Scott."

"Someone please say something else." Scott said, before looking at Stiles.

"My mind's blank." Stiles said putting his hands up in defense.

"Your mind's blank?!" Scott snapped. "You can't think of anything to say?"

"Not under this kind of pressure." Stiles said a little bit of hurt in his tone.

"FYI, he's not with them anymore." Vivian said motioning to the table with Lydia and Allison.

"What?" Scott said looking over and looking around. "Where is he?"

Scott slowly started to get angrier and angrier. Sydney was too focused on him to even hear what Jackson was saying. He started to squeeze the water out of his bottle. The after a minute his tray snapped in his hands and people parted to show a smirking Jackson.

"We need to get that necklace." Vivian said after everyone finally stopped staring at them after the loud noise that tray made.

"Allison usually swims today." Mikayla said trying to be helpful. "She leaves her bag on the bleachers."

"Great. Mikayla and Tara, you distract Allison. Sydney and Scott, you steal the necklace." Vivian said. "Got it. We don't need her hating Scott more."

"Where's that leave you and me, gorgeous." Stiles said trying to be light. Vivian looked over at him with a neutral look.

"We'll be the only ones she doesn't hate if it goes wrong."

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Allison and Jackson were racing one more time, Tara and Mikayla were at the end to see who won and well, to distract.

"Allison won. I called it." Mikayla said as Jackson finished a full minute before Allison.

"You need glasses Mikayla?" Tara asked as Allison laughed at Mikayla's antics.

"In Allisons defense, I do have an advantage." Jackson said with a joking smile, one Tara hadn't seen once on his face, and it was aimed at her. "You see these cheekbones? Aerodynamically suited for speed in water."

"See cheating. Allison wins." Mikayla said with a satisfied smile. While they were joking Scott and Sydney snuck up to where Allison's back was sitting and trying to look as casual as possible while sitting down. They blocked everyone's view of the bag and Scott opened it getting no reaction for anyone around them.

"So are you coming to the game, right?" Mikayla asked trying to keep Allison talking.

"I was thinking no." Allison responded looking down at her arms which were keeping her out of the water.

"You have to." Tara said immediately. "You're like a good luck charm."

"You were already a good team before I got here." Allison said trying to hide her blush.

"But you make use a great team." Mikayla said with a smile. "It's not because of Scott, right?"

"I was thinking it might be a little weird." Allison responded a little nervous since she was talking to two of Scott's close friends.

"He's fine with it." Jackson said with a smile shot Tara's way before looking over at Allison.

"Yeah, he actually asked me if you were coming. He said he hoped you didn't feel weird about it." Mikayla said perking up.

Up in the bleachers Scott was still searching through Allison's bag when he heard what Jackson and Mikayla had said. "I did?"

"He did?" Allison asked, Tara having the same question.

"You know, he's a good guy. You can't hate him too much." Jackson said much to their surprise.

"Yeah, I mean- I mean you can't blame him for wanting to date you." Mikayla said with a bright smile earning a blush from Allison. She then jokingly splashed water up at Mikayla while Jackson pulled Tara back down into the water.

"They were in cahoots." Tara said while laughing.

Later while Jackson was helping Tara get a towel and Mikayla was chatting with Allison, Scott peered over the railing. They hadn't found the necklace and Sydney was looking him over, she didn't know who he was more mad at. Jackson or himself.

Because Allison was not the person he was getting jealous over this evening.

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"Tell me, tell me, tell me." Tara repeated as she followed Stiles to his room. Trying to learn more about the Vivian incident.

"There is nothing to tell Tara." Stiles said back while he sat in his chair.

"I know there is." Tara said, her voice low as she stood next to him. Stiles next response was cut off by his father yelling for him.

"Hey, Stiles!" Noah yelled from down the hall. Stiles turned towards his open door, Tara doing the same, and they both noticed a looming Derek.

"Yo, D-Derek?" Stiles said back very confused. Tara walked over to him pointing a finger.

"What are you d-" She started before Derek pushed her against the wall next to the door and put a hand over her mouth. He then motioned over to the door for Stiles to get his father to leave. Stiles disappeared as he talked to his dad and Tara just glared at Derek.

Tara was trying to piece together why Derek would go to the Sheriff's house of all places to hide and she came up blank. Stiles reappeared soon and the minute the door was closed, Derek let go of Tara and slammed Stiles into the door.

"If you say one word-" Derek started to threaten but Stiles had some surge of confidence and interrupted him.

"Oh, what, you mean, like 'hey, dad, Derek Hale's in my room.. bring your gun?'" Stiles sassed back. Derek slowly eased his grip on Stiles but still glared at him with a fire. "If I'm harboring your fugitive ass, it's my house, my rules, buddy."

Derek nodded slightly and fully let go of Stiles. Stiles had a self assured smile on his face as he adjusted his jacket then adjusting Derek's before walking away, Derek 'lunging' at him as he passed making Stiles flinch back. Tara gave Derek a hesitant smile as she passed and followed Stiles back to his desk.

"Scott didn't get the necklace?" Derek asked crossing his arms.

"No, he's still working on it. But there's something else we can try." Stiles said leaning back in his chair. Derek gave him a motion to continue. "The night we were trapped at the school, Scott sent a text to Allison asking her to meet him there."

"So?" Derek asked still unimpressed.

"Scott didn't send that text." Tara added looking over at Stiles confused.

"Well, can we find out who sent it?" Derek asked now interested.

"No, not me." Stiles said turning back to his computer.

"But I think I know who can."

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Vivian scoured the internet for something on the necklace. She didn't know much of what it looked like so her being the one to do this wasn't the best but she still was. The night before was running through her head. All the secrets that unraveled. After maybe half an hour she gave up.

Tara was with Stiles probably trying to find out why Vivian was being cold towards him. A shiver of anxiety went up her spine and she called Sydney.

"Did you guys find another way to steal the necklace?" Vivian asked as soon as Sydney picked up.

"I left that to Scott. I can not get in a fight with Lydia because I broke into her friends house." Sydney said over the phone. "I was about to walk into my house actually.. maybe Stiles has something?"

"Then you and Tara should help him. I need some rest anyways." Vivian responded before hanging up. She rolled in a quick circle before looking back at her computer. She knew she should have gone over with Sydney and to stop overreacting.

But Naomi always said she was stubborn.

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Tara always wondered why she only had a handful of friends. Those friends are why. She realized this as she was standing behind Stiles in his chair while asking Danny for help.

"You want me to do what?" Danny asked looking at Stiles like he was insane.

"Trace a text." Stiles explained again trying to find anyway to say it so that Danny won't walk out of here and tell everyone about Stiles's weird request.

"I came here to do lab work. That's what lab partners do." Danny said still standing and still very confused.

"We will, once you trace the text." Stiles said and when he saw that Danny was still unconvinced he motioned towards Tara. "Look at her, you like her."

Tara gave him a smile but he just gave her a dead stare back. He looked back down at Stiles. "And what makes you think I know how?"

"I- I looked up your arrest report, so..." Stiles said letting Danny explain for himself.

"I-I was 13. They dropped the charges." Danny stuttered out to a completely uninterested Stiles.

"Whatever." Stiles said with wide eyes.

"No, we're doing lab work." Danny said going to pull up a chair. "Tara can stay if she likes, I tolerate her more."

"Oh, my.." Stiles said annoyed as Tara walked over to where Derek was sitting enraged.

"Who's he again?" Danny asked looking over at the out of place Derek.

"Um, my cousin... Miguel." Stiles excused and Tara had to stifle her laugh. Tara nodded when Danny drew his attention towards her.

"Is that blood?" He asked looking at Derek's shirt that did indeed have dried blood on it.

"Yeah, yes. Well, he gets these horrible nosebleeds." Tara said. "Hey, Miguel. I thought I told you, you could borrow one of Stiles shirts."

Derek reluctantly shut the book he had been reading and threw it on the bed as he pushed past Tara to Stiles dresser. Derek took off his shirt and revealed his back tattoo which honestly distracted Tara as Stiles still tried to convince Danny to trace the text for him.

"You have the skills to trace that text, so we should probably-" Stiles said casually before the door opening distracted him. Sydney walked in very surprised at the sight of Danny an a shirtless Derek. Who was turned towards Stiles holding a shirt.

"I don't think that'll fit." Sydney said as she shut the door and walked over to the bed. Tara looked back over at the two and saw Danny admiring Derek.

"Then try something else on." Stiles said annoyance laced in his voice. "Sorry."

When Stiles turned back to the computer and Danny took a second to move his eyes, Stiles realized what he could use.

"That one looks good. Don't you think Danny?" Tara asked making Sydney catch on.

"Huh?" Danny said trying his hardest to keep his eyes away. Also a little embarrassed to have such a large audience.

"The shirt." Stiles answered looking back over at Danny.

"It's- It's not really his color." Danny responded quietly. Derek sighed as he took off the shirt he had on and went in search of another one.

"You swing for a different team but you still play ball, don't ya Danny boy." Stiles said with a stupid smirk on his face.

"You're a horrible person." Danny said glaring over at Stiles.

"I know it keeps me awake at night." Stiles said back zoning off before looking back down at Danny. "So about that text?"

"Stiles! None of these fit." Derek yelled back holding up another small shirt.

Tara, Sydney, and Stiles looked over at Danny who sighed and looked back down at the computer.

"I'll need the ISP, the phone number, and the exact time of the text."

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"There." Danny said exasperated as everyone loomed by him and the computer. "The text was sent from a computer. This one."

"Registered to that account name?" Sydney asked leaning forward slightly.

"No, no, no, no, that can't be right." Stiles said as they all took in the information. Tara was stunned silent. She grabbed her phone and called Vivian.

The text was sent from the Beacon Hills Hospital. By Naomi Gasko.

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"Did you get the picture?" Scott asked through the phone to Derek, Sydney, Stiles, and Vivian as they sat in the jeep. Vivian had demanded Tara go to the game because otherwise she might risk her assistant coach spot. They also didn't really tell Mikayla, even though she was desperate to help, they all really still saw her as a innocent girl who shouldn't be fully dragged into this.

"Yeah, I did, and it looks just like the drawing." Stiles explained to the phone on speaker.

"Hey, is there something on the back of it?" Derek said grabbing Stiles hand and pulling it towards his mouth. "There's gotta be something. An inscription, an opening, something."

"No, no, the things flat." Scott answered. "And no, it doesn't open. There's nothing in it, on it, around it, nothing."

"Where are you? Stiles, you need to get here soon." Mikayla said, softly grabbing the phone from Scott.

"Where the hell is Bilinski?" Coach asked Scott, Mikayla, and Tara on the bench.

"Man, you're not gonna play if you're not here to start." Tara said taking the phone from Mikayla.

"I know." Stiles snapped back, banging the bottom of his hands on the steering wheel on accident. "Look, if you see my dad, can you tell him- tell him I'll be there, I'll just be a little bit late, okay? All right, thanks."

Stiles hung up the phone aggressively and tried to ignore the stare from Vivian. "You're not gonna make it."

"I know." Stiles said a cold stare ahead of him.

"And you didn't tell him about Naomi either." Sydney added leaning forward.

"Naomi and Melissa are very close. If Naomi's involved so is Melissa. I'm not telling him until we find out the truth."

"You told Vivian and Tara." Derek said stating the obvious.

"I didn't." Stiles said still staring straight ahead at the place Vivian worked a day out of the week. Beacon Hill Hospital, Long Term Care Unit. "They found out themselves, and Tara's not here, Vivian insisted."

"By the way, one more thing." Derek said glancing over at Stiles.

"Yeah." Stiles said looking at him before his head was slammed into his steering wheel.

"Derek!" Vivian yelled leaning to check on Stiles, who was holding his nose.

"What the hell-" Sydney started looking over at Derek.

"You know what that was for." Derek said pointing at Stiles accusingly.

"I won't forget about you Sydney. Go."

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"What are those four doing?" Mikayla whispered to Tara as she walked over to the bleachers before the start of the game. "Stiles is risking first line."

"I don't know." Tara said back looking over at Scott who was having a tense conversation with Jackson. "Stiles's mind is truly a mystery."

"He better not get himself killed." Mikayla said stopping at the stairs she needed to use.

"He's got Sydney and Vivian. Trust me those two won't let that happen." Tara said too distracted with the game to notice the emotion that flickered across Mikayla's face. "Talk to you after the game."

Mikayla nodded and walked to her seat, while Tara walked to Scott and Jackson. She got there the same time Coach did who had a smile on his face.

"Now, this is what I like to see, rivals turned allies." Coach said putting an arm around each of the boys shoulders. "You know there's no 'me' in team, right, boys."

"Actually, there is, Coach." Tara pointed out from next to him.

"Okay, how 'bout this- no 'a' in econ if no win on field." Coach said with an anything but innocent smile.

"Coach, you- can't." Tara tried to say but he walked away before she could. She sighed but took his place between the boys. "Good luck to both of you, and be nice."

Before she could fully walk away, Jackson lightly held her wrist with a smirk. "I always am."

Tara playfully rolled her eyes and walked away hiding her blush, missing another dark look that fell over Scott's face.

She stood on the outside of the field as the team huddled. Scott looked tense, Tara should have asked him what Jackson said. She should have tried to comfort him before this huge, stressful game. She looked to the bleachers and found the Argents staring, not at Scott, but Jackson.

Tara took a shaky breath and wished, not for the first time, that she was with the others.

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They all got out of the car except for Derek who was still being hunted and Sydney who was babysitting Derek so he didn't stray from his hiding. They were walking through the halls looking for Naomi or Melissa. They found neither.

"Yeah, I said I can't find her." Stiles said with Vivian next to him, and through the phone to Derek and Sydney who were still in the car.

"Look, ask for Jennifer. She's been looking after my uncle." Derek said as they all went to Peter Hales room.

"Yeah, well, he's not here either." Stiles said into the phone.

"No, no, he can't move. He shouldn't be out of that chair." Vivian muttered taking a step into the room and looking around, panic starting to build.

"What?" Derek said through the phone.

"He's gone." Stiles said taking the phone.

"We have to leave." Vivian said realizing something at the same time as Derek who repeated the same thing into the phone.

"You have to get out of there. It's him- He's the alpha!"

The duo backed up and turned to find Peter Hale, standing upright with only half his face still showing burn scars. Casually looking up at the two.

"Hello Vivian. You must be Stiles." Peter said looking from one to the other.

Both of them backed up quickly and turned to run the other way, only to be stopped by the nurse they were told to look for.

"What are you doing here?" The nurse said making them back the other way. "Visiting hours are over."

"You.. and him?" Stiles said looking between the two. "You're- You're the one who- Oh my."

"We're all gonna die." Vivian stated her breathing picking up, Stiles grabbed her hand and both of them backed up to the wall.. Vivian looked over at Stiles who had the same hopeless look on his face, but was trying to keep her calm anyways.

Vivian stared at Peter as a whole. A man she had checked on more than once. Someone she felt bad for, someone she didn't think deserved any of it, and he was about to kill her. She took a deep breath and tried to focus on the positive, that nurse was human. If they tried hard enough they could escape. Right.

Before she could overthink it too much, the nurse who had been blocking their path was suddenly on the ground. Sydney and Derek having appeared, elbowing the nurse. Both their glares focused on Peter.

"That's not nice. She's my nurse." Peter said unnervingly calm.

"She's a psychotic bitch." Derek responded as he looked at his uncle.

"And you're a bastard." Sydney said seething.

"Get out of the way." Derek said to the two humans, who all obeyed. Stiles and Vivian still holding hands by the time they slid down the wall.

"You think I killed Laura on purpose?" Peter said walking closer to his beta and his nephew. "One of my own family."

Derek pushed Sydney to the wall with the others as he lunged for his uncle. Stiles grabbing her keeping her from joining the fight. They all crawled away from the hallway where Derek kept being thrown into walls.

Peter grabbed Derek by his neck and dragged him the direction the others crawled. "My mind, my personality were literally burned out of me. I was being driven by pure instinct."

Stiles was on one side of the counter while Sydney and Vivian were on the other side. Peter dropped Derek back to the ground when he was done with his sentence. He reached into his nurses pocket and grabbed a set of keys.

"You want forgiveness." Derek said standing up again and punching Peter, but then getting shoved away.

"I want understanding." Peter said kicking Derek across the hall right in the pocket the 3 could see through.

Sydney having to be physically restrained by Vivian. Stiles crawled one way towards an exit, while Vivian just pulled Sydney to the nearest room that could lock. Vivian took a minute to catch her breath.

"What the hell!" Sydney said looking over at Vivian. "Why wouldn't you let me help Derek."

"Because Sydney, if you haven't been paying attention. Peter can control you, or he's doing something to you. You shouldn't get into arms length with the man." Vivian explained harshly. "God, you're stupid."

"I'm stupid?" Sydney said harshly grabbing Vivian's wrist. "Stiles forgave you for lying to his face, and you've been icing him out. I'm his sister, and he still hasn't forgiven me."

"I have my reasons." Vivian said ice cold, staring ahead.

"What? You feel like it." Sydney said releasing her grip on Vivian. "Your emotions switch like flashing Christmas lights Vivianna."

"You want to know why?" Vivian said, more of an edge to her voice than before.

"It'd be nice." Sydney snarked back.

"I was the last to be dropped off that night. I was getting ready to be on my hands and knees to make Stiles forgive me." Vivian started to explain still facing forward. "I was getting my lines ready when he said he had already forgiven me. You want to know why? Because he couldn't lose me, or Tara or Scott."

"So?" Sydney asked hurt adding to her voice.

"So." Vivian said snapping her head to Sydney. "He acted like he couldn't lose you, like you would always be there. You're not."

"Vivi-"

"No. Stiles seems to have forgotten when you bullied us for that whole year, for no reason." Vivian continued holding a finger up to silence Sydney. "You know, ever since you've come back... I still don't know why you left. Why you went over to Lydia."

"It doesn't matter." Sydney said a waver in her voice.

"Like hell it does. Sydney, I am sitting in a storage room, praying that a murdering werewolf is too distracted with his family drama to hear me. I haven't left because why would I." Vivian ranted too tired and scared to stop herself. "If I stay in here, maybe Stiles can leave and warn the others. I can give Peter a 30 minute snack so the others are safe. Now I'm begging to know why my childhood friend left me because I'm pissed."

"I'm pissed at everything. Sydney, you wanted to know why I'm mad at Stiles. I don't know. I just need to be mad. Stiles said the same thing, that's why he's mad at you. He just needs to be mad at someone, for hiding one of the most important thing from him. I'm mad at you and Stiles because I- I can be." Vivian continued tears starting to fill her eyes. "But tonight I was panicking thinking I was going to die and Stiles grabbed my hand, and tried to stay calm. For me. I shouldn't be mad at him because of you. But I am."

Vivian held intense eye contact with Sydney when she was done. Sydney had an unreadable expression. Vivian took a deep breath and moved her eyes to the door that was still closed.

"Leave." Sydney said finally.

"What?" Vivian asked looking back at Sydney.

"I said leave. You know this place like the back of your hand. Find the closest exit and bolt." Sydney repeated not looking at Vivian but off focus somewhere in the distance. "Stiles is waiting at the jeep. I can just- just feel it."

"Sydney." Vivian said but got cut off with a kiss, Sydney holding the back of her neck.

"Find Stiles. Peter wants me and Scott. I need you and Stiles to be safe." Sydney said when she pulled away from the shocked Vivian.

"Why should I listen to you?" Vivian asked, still in her gut trying to protect Sydney by finding a reason to stay.

"If you listen to me, I'll take you to New York." Sydney said after a second to think

"What?" Vivian asked a slight laugh in her voice.

"You always wanted to go. If you stay safe I'll make sure you get there someday." Sydney said with a soft smile.

"Okay." Vivian said giving in. Sydney nodded and let go of Vivians neck. Sydney stood up, knowing that Vivian will listen to her.

Sydney left the room and walked right to where Peter and Derek were. She could feel a pull towards Peter, her alpha. When she got to the room she charged and tried to attack, only to be stopped by Peters hand. He held her up by her neck and looked back over to Derek.

"Let's go meet my other beta. You should know him."

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