"Stiles!" Lydia called out as the four stood in the tunnel again, dropping her hand. "Where is he? It was working! You saw him, right?"

"We didn't see anyone." Malia told her honestly.

"Sorry, Lydia." Eli frowned in her direction.

"No, he was here." she shook her head. "I know it. Stiles was here."

Eli leaned his head on Malias shoulder with a small sigh.

They lead her out of the tunnel, toward the door. Eli went to close it as a hand hit his, making him scream and toss his fist back. Liam groaned a he held his nose. "Eli!"

"Liam!" Eli gapped. "You scared me to death! Why didn't you say something!"

"I figured you heard me." he gave him a crazy look in return. "There's something all of you need to see."

"You're still here." Scott smiled.

"Everyone else is gone. Miss Adeline, all of them. You have to come with me." Liam spoke fast, trying to plead with Scott.

"What is it?" Scott shook his head.

"I can't explain it. I have to show you." he ran off, leaving the group.

"You guys stay here just in case." Scott looked back at the trio.

"Just in case Stiles comes back?" Malia asked him with an odd look.

"If there's any hope, you need to keep trying. Eli, I need you right now." Scott gave him a serious look. "Try to help Lydia. Maybe he needs to hear you and know you're here too."

"Got it." he nodded, looking at him. "Be carful, and don't let Liam get taken."

"I'll protect him." he promised. "We're gonna get your Mom and Dad."

Eli nodded, watching as the pair ran off. Malia grabbed his hand, making him look back at her. "Your mom is tough, like I wouldn't try to eat her. She'll make it through this."

He gave a little grin. "I know. If we find Stiles, we can get her back."

"Then we better go find him." Malia agreed.

"Scott told us to stay in case he shows up here." Lydia rose her eyebrows at the pair.

"If we listen to everything Scott wanted us to do, we'd probably always be safe, but where's the fun in that?" Eli shrugged his shoulders dramatically her way.

"Stiles isn't coming here. If he was, he would have, and he hasn't, so he's not." Malia shrugged her shoulders. "You still think it worked, right?"

"I know I saw him." Lydia agreed confidently.

"And you're never wrong about these things." Malia agreed.

"Our lovely little brain." Eli grabbed her head with a little shake to it. "You aren't wrong."

"I'm not wrong." she agreed with him as he let her head go. "Stiles is out there. I can feel it."

"Then what are we doing standing here?" Malia shrugged her shoulders.

"Mildewing." Eli agreed, taking Malia and Lydia's hands as they ran. "Let's go find my big bro!"

"This looks fresh." Lydia looked down at the tire tracks where they'd left the jeep.

"It's from Stiles' jeep. It must have just left." Malia pointed out with a serious nod.

"I can smell the rubber still." Eli agreed with her.

"The keys." Lydia shook her head.

"Don't you remember the screwdriver I found?" Eli pointed to the side of his head. "Hello? Smarts are in here."

"That's how he got it started half the time." Malia pointed out with a faint head tilt in her boyfriends direction.

"He's here. We have to tell Scott." Lydia spoke as she stood up quickly.

"We should probably tell Scott about that too." Malias words made Eli follow her gaze, widening at the sight of the train track leading through the high school.

"Good idea." Eli agreed. Malia walked forward. "Nooo, no. Malia, we don't have to go."

"Eli." she reached back, yanking his wrist to follow her, Lydia close behind. They pulled the doors open, coming face to face with a waiting room. "Why's there a train station in the middle of the library?"

"Why is no one moving?" Eli looked around at the still figures.

"Theres also a train station in the wild hunt." Lydia looked over at them.

"Any chance they're connected?" Malia suggested.

"Very high possibility they are connected." Eli agreed with a nod of his head.

"Like 100%." Lydia nodded as they walked past the few benches.

"If there's a train station, then there's probably a train." Malia looked over at the two. "Back me up."

"Agree." Eli nodded on her direction, Malia looked in disbelief. "Heavily agree."

"If there's a train, it's going to the wild hunt." Lydia shook her head.

"They're all gonna be taken." Malia stressed.

"Make a speech!" Eli encouraged Malia with a nod. "Like how you do for me before Lacrosse games."

She nodded, clapping her hands. "Okay, listen up everybody! We gotta get out of here. We have to go right now!"

No one moved. Eli looked to Malia in fear as she did the same. "It's bad, we have to go!"

"Hello!" Lydia called to them.

"They can't head or see us." Eli leaned infront of one of them, waving his hand infront of their eyes. "Hate to be the one to say it, but they can't leave if they can't hear us."

"Thank you, I didn't realize that." Malia sighed loudly.

"Maybe there's someone who can." Lydia spoke up, getting their attention as they follow her, laying eyes on Peter Hale.

"Again?" Eli sighed.

"Peter!" Malia yelled in his face, he hadn't moved.

"Peter!" Eli mimicked her.

"Both of you." Lydia sighed. "The only way we were able to break through the hunt is with an emotional connection."

"Dang. Wish I could help." Malia shook her head. Eli shut his eyes and rubbed her back. Lydia gave a knowing look. "I'm not saying it. I'm not saying it."

"Okay, then I guess everyone dies." Lydia exclaimed with a shrug, turning around. Malia growled to get her to stay.

"Look." Eli turned to Malia, grabbing her shoulders. "It's like how we did when you were still getting use to staying human. When we go into public, we just pretend. Doesn't have to be real, just needs to seem real."

Malia sighed, nodding her head. "Still sucks."

"I know." he rubbed her back as she turned to kneel infront of Peter again.  

"Dad. Dad. Dad!"

"Say it like you mean it." Lydia gave her a knowing look.

Malia kneeled infront of him with an inhale. "Dad. Please wake up. Dad."

Eli pulled her back back quickly as Peter stood, taking a moment before blinking at her. Peter then shifted his gaze to Eli. "You again?"

"Sorry to disappoint." he hummed.

"Attention all passengers, the train will be arriving in twelve minutes." the voice over the speakers rung as everyone began to stand.

"My moms not here." Eli looked around. "Peter, you have to stop them."

"Me?" he looked in disbelief. "You want me to stop them? Do you know how many of them there are?"

"Yeah. A lot of them, so get going." Malia yanked on his arm.

"There are hundreds of waiting rooms in this station." Peter exclaimed.

"Meaning my Mom is definitely in one of them." Eli nodded his head. "I have to find her."

"Yes." Malia turned to him. "Find your Mom, and break her out of this. Remember what you told me. You can fake it."

"Ah, nice." Peter hummed.

"Please don't get taken." Eli begged as he cupped Malias face. "If you do, i'll kill you."

"Promise." she gave a half smile, leaning in to meet his lips in a kiss. "Go save your Mom!"

"Momma!" Eli called, running into the rooms as he searched for the familiar strawberry blond. He'd been in six by now, having no luck yet. "Mom!"

She couldn't hear him, but something about it made him feel better. "M-"

"Eli!"

It wasn't Adeline though. Yet, he knew the voice.

He turned around quickly, two figures at the end of the hallway. One being the alpha he'd looked up to and felt protected by, the other his brother who he's forgotten and missed all at once. His scent was back, he knew it. Every memory, every detail, every bad moment, every good.

"Stiles!" Eli called out, running at him. Stiles met him in the middle, stumbling back when Eli collided with him. He squeezed Stiles hard. "Oh my god, I missed you so much."

"Hey." Stiles winced. "I can't- can't breath."

"Oh!" Eli let him go quickly as Stiles caught his breath. "Forgot about the whole human thing."

Stiles held his face with a grin. "You little shit, I missed you."

"I missed you too." he pulled him back into a tight hug. "My Mom is in trouble!"

"Your Dad and my Dad are in the hunt together." Stiles pulled back to tell him.

"I think they're collapsing in on each other." Scott pulled the two with him as they headed toward the door.

"Attention all passages. The train will be arriving in eleven minutes." the voice rung over the speaker.

"I gotta find my mom." Eli exclaimed.

"We gotta get back to the divertor." Scott agreed quickly.

"Yeah!" Stiles nodded, the three pushing the doors open as a wave of green hit them, a yank to their body.

Eli landed on the hard floor with a yelp.

It took some time, but Eli made it outside when he heard gunshots. He immediately was blinded by the bright light, the sound ringing in his ears. It wasn't until a few moments later that he realized Malia was infront of the train. His girlfriend. "Malia!"

He ran, ran the fastest he's ever run on two legs. She tossed a whip to Scott. Eli ran across the train tracks, tackling Malia onto the ground. They both hit with a groan, looking over at the train as it made a different route once Scott pulled it. Eli looked over at Malia as she hugged him on the ground. "Thanks."

"You know it." he kissed her forehead, Scott letting out a loud roar into the sky, signally to Liam.

"Eli?" his heart dropped, his Mom on the other side of the train tracks with Theo.

"Mom?" he got up, running across to hug her. "Oh my god, I thought they got you."

"They did." she hugged him back. "Theo saved me."

Eli looked at him over her shoulder, Theo just looked away. Eli swallowed, hugging his Mom. "Dad?"

"With Noah." she nodded.

"Get behind me." Malia pushed both of them behind her as Ghost Riders circled them, thunder trailing in the air. Their guns were lowered, put away. Eli held his Mom, latching onto Malias hand as they all began to walk away as green lightening struck.

"This is dumb." Eli spoke as he helped Stiles pack his bags. "I just got you back and now you're gonna run away to DC? What's DC got that I don't?"

"I won't get my picture taken constantly. That's the plus." Stiles hummed as they zipped one up. "Plus, i'll be back for the big wedding. Apparently we've gotta march."

"Yeah. I'm my Moms maid of honor." Eli nodded, holding up three fingers.

"That's scouts honor." Stiles yanked his hand down. "Listen to me. While i'm gone, you gotta step up. Mason will be Liams me, but you gotta be Liams....well, I guess you gotta be Liams Malia."

"I don't know. That's a pretty big spot to fill." he shook his head, clearing his throat. "Now that my memory is back and i've realized that, you know, I was never friends with Lydia freshman year, Liam and Mason were actually my first friends, I wasn't being lied to about the super natural, and that i'm dating your ex girlfriend....is that, like, odd for you?"

"Nah, saw it coming." he pulled a backpack on. "Scott ever tell you about his anchor?"

"He says he's his own anchor." Eli shook his head.

"Well, he's not. Not at first, anyways." Stiles hesitated, reaching into his bags. "There was a girl. Allison. She was his anchor. Something about them, the way they were together, I just always saw it with you and Malia. Maybe I didn't want to think it was real, or whatever, but i'm glad she's has you, you know?"

"She's, like, my favorite person ever." Eli said honestly as Stiles passed him a photo, looking down at a younger Scott and a dark haired girl. "That's her?"

"Yup." Stiles agreed.

Eli smiled. "She's pretty."

"Don't be fooled. I wasn't saying y'all look alike." Stiles shoved the side of his head. "I know you might not feel like it right now, but the pack needs you. Malia needs you."

"She needs me in Paris but I didn't graduate early." he sighed. "I think she's really disappointed in me."

"She'll find a way to move past it." Stiles promised as they brought his bags out to Lydia's car. "Don't make me give you a ladies talk."

"Oh, I see." Eli nodded. "You think because you got Lydia Martin you all of a sudden know all about girls?"

"Liam said you're scared of boobs." Stiles gave a look of disbelief.

"I'm n-" he started, cutting himself off with a head shake. "Not worth it. Absolutely, far from worth it."

"Fetch." Stiles nodded toward the mail man, watching as he put it into the mail box. As he walked off, Eli's walked over to get it. Coming up the drive way, he flipped through the notes. "Find anything good in there?"

Eli froze, dropping all the mail aside one letter. Stiles shut the trunk. "Eli?"

"Holy shit." he yanked the letter open and read it. "Holy shit!"

"What!" Stiles gapped.

"What happened!" Adeline ran from the front door.

"I graduated early!" Eli yelled as he tossed his arms high into the air.

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kylie speaks

all this work just for them
to not even go to paris sm