"Are you insane!" Eli shouted at Stiles early that morning. "I'm not gonna just abandoned Malia on a full moon."

"Eli, you will die in mexico, okay?" Stiles patted his chest, walking past him toward the kitchen and sighing in disbelief at the sight of Liam. "Oh! Liam, go home. You're not coming with us."

"Why not?" Liam whined.

"Because it's a full moon." Stiles pointed out.

"Exactly!" Eli announced as he waved his hands in Malias direction. "Last full moon she tried to kill you. She needs me, I was the only one to stop her."

"Oh, now you're just trying to gloat." Stiles waved him off immediately.

"You're coming." Malia nodded. "I need you to make sure I don't kill anyone."

"I know you need me, babe." Eli gushed, putting a piece of hair behind her ear, sending a teasing smirk Stiles way just to prove a point.

"See! This is why I don't-" Stiles began before waving him off immediately. "Not worth arguing about."

"This is why he does that, he wants under your skin." Malia laughed as she jabbed a finger into Stiles arm.

"Works every time." Eli nodded with a wink over to the Stilinki boy.

"Chain me down to the back seat or something." Liam tried as Eli reached past him, grabbing his bag in confirmation.

"You tore through the last chains, remember?" Malia gave him a minor frown.

"Yeah, we would have to freeze you in carbonite to get you down there." Stiles pointed out dramatically.

"Okay, then where do we get carbonate?" Liam asked. Eli gushed slightly at his words with a hand to his heart.

"Seriously, you haven't seen it either?" Stiles asked him in disbelief before turning to go.

"Just let him come with us." Eli protested, circling around the counter with his navy hat on backwards, pulling the bag up on his arm.

"You're cool with getting your throat ripped out?" Stiles asked in disbelief.

"What if we put me in the trunk?" Liam suggested as he got infront of Stiles again.

"Liam, you've been a werewolf all of five minutes. You don't have to do this." Stiles shook his head at him. Eli stood next to Malia, she gave a grin and adjusted his backwards hat a bit better, poking his ear.

"I know I don't but I want to." Liam sighed as he looked up into Stiles eyes. "There's gotta be bigger chains, a bigger trunk, or something. There has to be.

Stiles hesitated. "Maybe there is."

"This feels like a major drug deal." Eli said as he crawled out of the jeep, looking at the large van that pulled up in an empty garage.

"Wouldn't get too excited." Malia spoke honestly.

Eli's heart jump at the woman who jumped from the front seat. "Woah. Who is she?"

"How'd you get a prison transport van?" Stiles asked the woman in questioning.

"Im a U.S Marshal." she gave look of disbelief.

"Yeah, I just thought that was just a cover." Stiles said honestly. Eli looked back at Liam with that look. He gave it back honestly.

"Are we really bringing him?" Derek asked as he shut the door and got out. Eli looked over at Malia in a slight panic as she gave him a crazy look, smacking his loud heart rate.

"Are we really bringing him?" Stiles shot back, looking at Peter.

"Why are you here?" Eli gave a harsh glare, arm reaching out as he shoved Malia behind him slightly. He heard her give a chuckle in adoration, a human boy thinking he'd been what could protect a woman werecoyote.

"Oh, look who it is." Peter greeted the Foxx boy. "You wanna lay one on me again? Break my nose one more time?"

"Tempting." he said back honestly with an eye roll.

"We're bringing everyone that we can." Peter looked back to Stiles. "And considering Scott and Kira were taken the night before a full moon, we should probably get going. A werewolf can't steal a true Alphas power. But maybe a Naguai jaguar, with the power of Tezcatlipoca behind her... maybe she can. So, if ectoderm sufficiently freaked out, I say we get going."

"We can't." Stiles huffed. "Not without Lydia."

Eli had called Lydia again, only getting voice mail.

"What's she doing at the school anyways?" Derek huffed from the previous story.

"We got Kira's sword, but we need something with a stronger scent." Malia looked over at him. "Lydia wants to get a jacket out of her locker."

"Nothing." Stiles joined them again with his phone in hand. "Eli?"

"Just voice mail, which I left her one." he nodded, standing between Liam and Malia. "You think she's okay?"

"Most likely." Stiles waved him off.

"If she has a car, she can catch up to us." the girl, who Eli now knew was Braeden, shrugged.

"And just leave her here? Alone? With no one?" the Foxx boy spoke up her way, clearly against the idea.

"What if something happened. What if she's in trouble?" Stiles went alongside his words.

"Fine, you stay, you find her, we're going to go on without you." Peter announced toward Stiles before looking at Eli. "I'd suggest you stay too but I like your company."

"Well, I don't like yours." Eli crossed his arms his way with a faint glare. "In fact, it gags me being within the same atmosphere. You know, how did you birth Malia? Malia is great. You are not great."

"Well, I didn't birth her, that was her mother. But, i'm flattered." Peter gave a cheeky smile his way. Malia rolled her eyes, protective arm out across
Eli.

"I could call Mason." Liam suggested to get the subject changed quickly. "He's taking over Eli's study group tonight. Maybe he can look for her."

Derek gave an agreeable look. Stiles huffed. "All right. Fine."

When they started to load up, Eli realized that Liam would be going in the van while Malia was in the car. It took him off guard because he figured they'd be together. Eli looked at Stiles. "What am I suppose to do?"

He gave him an odd look. "You go with Malia."

"We can't all ride together? What about Liam?" Eli gave a worried look in return.

"Liam will be fine. Scott calmed him down last full moon. Derek will do it just as well." Stiles nodded his head in a promise. "You just need to keep Malia grounded."

Eli nodded before looking at Liam in the back, over hearing the entire conversation. "Are you gonna be okay?"

"I think so." Liam said, a bit of uneasy in his tone.

Eli frowned. "Maybe I can figure out a way to trade off with you guys."

"It'll only take us longer to get to Scott and Kira." Liam shook his head, looking toward Malia and Peter near their car. "You should be with her. She needs you."

Eli hesitated, knowing he was right. "I have my phone on me. If it gets bad, i'll make Peter stop and i'll jump in."

"I've got this." Liam gave a confident grin. "I'll see you there."

Eli patted his back, backing up as he bumped into Derek. "Oh, so-"

He stopped, wide eyed at he stared at him. Derek looked at him with a minor eyebrow raise. "Heard a lot about you."

Eli flushed. "Really?"

"I'm gonna watch after Liam." Derek promised him with a nod of his head. "You take care of Malia."

Eli nodded his head. "I'm kinda lost on how to."

"There isn't a how. As long as your with her, she'll be okay." Derek promised him with a slap to the shoulder. Eli stumbled in the slightly before making eye contact with Malia, she'd opened the door for him as he walked over, crawling in as she got into the front with Peter.

"You worried about Stiles?" Peter asked Malia as the trio rode in the car together. Eli sat in the back, biting his nails anxiously.

"I'm worried about everyone." Malia corrected him.

"Do I need to be worried about you?" Peter asked her after a second of silence, looking her way. "We have to go through the Berserker's to get to Kate. Then we need to go through Kate to get to Scott and Kira. Trust me, it's gonna get messy."

Malia heard Eli's heartbeat speak up tremendously. "Scott says we don't kill people."

Peter hesitated. "You think Scott would kill to save Kira? Would you? Kill someone's for Eli? For Stiles?"

Eli have a crazy look. "Are you hinting at something?"

"Don't freak him out." Malia gave Peter a minor look of disbelief. She ignored the rest of what he said, looking up at the full moon. She exhaled.

"What is it?" Peter asked her.

"The full moon." Malia sighed, unbuckling her seat belt.

"Good." Peter spoke as Malia crawled into the back with Eli. "You'll need that power."

Eli welcomed her with a smile. Malia crawled into the backseat completely, sitting next to him. Eli lifted his hips to readjust, scooting in close to her so their shoulders pressed. He flipped his hand over on his own thigh, wiggling his fingers as she latched onto his hand. Eli leaned his head back on the seat, the backward hat on his head falling slightly, grinning ear to ear with a red face.

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