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Luisa, Scott, and Stiles rush into the police station hoping they'd find a way to find Derek. As they enter the main room, they stop. Sheriff Stilinski stares back at them confused while Derek sat on a bench by his office.

"I'll handle this." He says to Parrish before waving the teens over to his office. Stiles shuts the door behind them as Stilinski stands beside his desk, "I want you to be honest with me. Absolutely and completely honest. Have you been time traveling?"

The teens frown as Stiles shakes his head, "Hang on, what?

"Because if time traveling is real, you know what? I'm done. I'm out. You're going to be driving me to Eichen House."

"We found him like that." Scott says

"Where? Swimming in the fountain of youth?"

"No. We found him buried in a tomb of wolfsbane in an Aztec temple in Mexico underneath a church in the middle of a town that was destroyed by an earthquake." Stiles says

Luisa sighs, "Right."

"You told me you were camping!" Stilinski exclaims

"Yeah, we were..." Stiles mutters, "In Mexico."

"Derek's been aged backwards. He can't remember anything." Scott says

"We just need to talk to him." Luisa says

"Yeah, well, so far he's not talking to anybody." Stilinski sighs

"He'll talk to me." Scott nods

•••

"Why would I go anywhere with you?" Derek says

"There was an accident. You lost some memory, but we can help you get it back." Scott says

"How much memory?"

"A lot. But you can trust us." Scott says before squatting down and flashing his eyes

"You're an Alpha. Okay, who are you? And who is she? Who is he? Who are you?"

Stiles looks up, "Oh, we're the guys keeping you out of jail."

"Let us help you." Luisa tries

"No." Derek says

"Okay, dude, you almost tore apart two cops back there. You need to listen to us. And that starts with no fangs, no claws, no wolf man. You got that?" Stiles says

"I'm fine as long as it's not on a full moon." Derek mutters

"You still have trouble with the full moon?" Luisa asks

"I said I'm fine."

"All right, you coming with us or not?" Stiles says

"You want me to trust you? Where's my family?" Derek asks

Scott turns to his friends before looking back to Derek, "There was a fire. And... They're not here anymore. They're fine. Just had to move out of Beacon Hills. And we're going to take you to them as soon as we figure out how to get your memories back."

Derek exhales, "Okay."

•••

The three watch as Sheriff Stilinski works to do the paperwork to release Derek.

Scott sighs, "I shouldn't have done that. I lied my ass off."

"Hey, your ass is fine." Stiles says

Luisa frowns before shaking her head, "You saved him a ton of unnecessary pain. We'll figure this out in a day or two, he goes back to being old Derek, everyone's happy."

"Except for Derek, who's never happy."

"It's just another person that we're lying to. I always feel like it's always been better when we tell the truth. With Lydia, my mom, your dad." Scott says

"Yeah, but that is Derek Hale in there. He may be a kid right now, but he's still Derek Hale." Stiles points

"All right. Take him to my house and don't let him out of your sight."

"And where are you going?" Luisa says

"I'm going to go talk to the guy we should have gone to before."

"Uh... Yeah, I hate that guy." Stiles groans

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"We're going to wait here for Scott. We're going to sit quietly. We're not going to call or talk to anyone." Stiles says as Luisa shuts the door behind them

"Do I talk to you?" Derek asks

"No."

"Fine. Good. Who's going to talk to him?"

Stiles and Luisa jump as they come face to face with Scott's dad, Rafael, "Ah! Are you getting taller?"

"What are you guys doing here?" He asks

"We're waiting for Scott." Derek says

"Yeah, so am I. We're supposed to have dinner. I brought extra. You guys hungry?"

"Yeah."

"No. We're not hungry." Luisa smiles lightly

"No, I'm starving." Derek says

"None of us are hungry. Thanks, though."

"Okay, well if you two are not hungry, your friend can still eat with us. What's your name?"

"Miguel." Stiles stammers, "My cousin Miguel. From Mexico. So..."

"¿Es usted natural de México, Miguel?" Rafael asks

"Oh my God." Stiles mutters

"No soy nativo, sino que pasé un montón de tiempo allá." Derek smiles

"Fantastic. Egg roll?" Rafael offers

"Hell, yeah." Derek says walking over to the table with Rafael. Stiles turns to Luisa who shrugs.

He nods, "Fantastic! Egg roll."

•••

"So, uh, Miguel. What did you say your last name was again?" Rafael asks

"Oh, it's Juarez. Cinqua... Tiago." Stiles interjects

"That's a mouthful. How do you spell that?"

"Phonetically."

"Mr. McCall, you're an FBI agent?" Derek asks eyeing Rafael's badge sitting on the table

"He's low level. Very low level. He doesn't even have a voice." Stiles says

"So do you investigate murders?"

"Sometimes. When it's a Federal crime." Rafael nods as Luisa looks to Stiles wide eyed

"What about fires?"

"Oh my God, I wonder where Scott is." Stiles says to Luisa, "Shouldn't Scott be here by now? We should call Scott."

"What kind of fires are you talking about?" Rafael asks

"Do you know anything about the Hale family?" Derek says

"I'm gonna call my sister." Luisa says jumping up, "Excuse me."

Luisa rushes upstairs to Scott's room. Her fingers tapping on her screen before she puts her phone up to her ear.

It rings for a few seconds before she hears her sister's voice, "Hello?"

"Ariane, um, we have a situation?"

"What kind of situation?"

"Like, we have to keep Derek hidden and under the impression that his family isn't dead.. kind of situation."

"What?" Ariane exclaims

"I know. But I need your help to keep him under control. Please."

Ariane sighs, "Where are you?"

"Scott's. Please hurry."

"I'm on my way." Ariane says before hanging up

Luisa jumps as Scott's door slams. Derek shoves Stiles into it, "What the hell?"

"Okay, I didn't lie. I omitted certain truths. Vital truths now that I think about it." Stiles mumbles

"I don't want to talk to you." Dereks says stepping back, "I want to talk to the Alpha. I'll talk to Scott."

"Okay. I'm going to go get him. My phone's downstairs. Going to call him real quick." Stiles says as he opens the door. He looks over to Luisa, "Stay with him. You stay here, just don't move, okay? Don't move. Don't..." He says disappearing into the hall before reappearing, "I thought you..."

Luisa rolls her eyes before Stiles rushes downstairs.

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¿Es ᴜsᴛᴇᴅ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ᴅᴇ Mᴇ́xɪᴄᴏ, Mɪɢᴜᴇʟ? - Aʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ Mᴇxɪᴄᴏ, Mɪɢᴜᴇʟ?

Nᴏ sᴏʏ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴏ, sɪɴᴏ ᴏ̨ᴜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴇ́ ᴜɴ ᴍᴏɴᴛᴏ́ɴ ᴅᴇ ᴛɪᴇᴍᴘᴏ ᴀʟʟᴀ́. - I'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ I sᴘᴇɴᴛ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴏғ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ.