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season four —
episode two

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YOUNG PETER WALKS alongside young Marlo, walking down the staircase leading towards the locker rooms where teenage Derek is currently sitting with water pouring over his head.

Hearing two heartbeats, he growls at the incoming people before him.

Young Marlo takes a step back still also learning how to control her vampire abilities but also slightly afraid of the boy she claims to be her best friend.

After Paige's death and young Marlo's return, Talia helps the young girl try and control her urge for blood.

Which continues being a success, young Peter walks towards the taps of the shower turning to the handles to stop the water flow, picking the werewolf up by his basketball jersey.

"I thought—I thought I could control it" young Derek says out of breath, "All this risk, just for a basketball game?" young Peter asks.

"It's the finals, they need me" young Derek states breaking out his uncles hold and walking towards his locker where young Marlo's currently standing.

"To do what? Rip someone's throat out on the court?" young Peter curiously asks.

"Even born wolves have to learn control on a full moon, Derek" young Peter than states to his young nephew who's leaning against the locker.

Marlo looks at the boy concerned, "Yeah, but it's supposed to be easier for us, why does it hurt like this?" young Derek asks looking at his uncle.

"Did you bring it?" young Peter asks stepping closer to the teenagers.

"It's not working" young Derek states, "Did you bring it?" young Peter asks more demanding.

Stepping closer towards the painting boy, young Derek leans against the locker digging into his basketball shorts getting the object out and showing his uncle and his best friend.

"Go ahead" the young man demands, young Derek pants as he tightens his hold on the triskelion.

"I told you, it's not working" young Derek states looking at the circled object in his hand.

"Do it" the young man demands,"Alpha, beta, Omega" the young boy starts chanting.

"Again" young Peter demands, "Alpha, beta, omega" the young boy repeats growing more and more annoyed and breathless.

"Again" young Peter encourages his nephew as he looks up with his fangs and blue eyes showing.

"Alpha, beta, omega—alpha, beta, omega" young Derek repeats, young Marlo steps behind the older male noticing and feeling the younger boys anger and pain.

Young Marlo puts her head down as the young teenage boy leads out a scream of pain.

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MARLO AND THE OTHERS arrive after the drive back from Mexico at the animal clinic as Deaton is waiting for their arrival with the younger teenage Derek Hale.

The veterinarian looks at the brunette surprised at seeing her alive, "I know, I know, I'll explain everything once I know Derek is safe" Marlo says nodding towards the others who are putting teen Derek on the steel metal table.

Deaton nods accepting that she wants to focus on her boyfriend's younger figure, Deaton looks the young teen over with a confused frown.

"Wow" Deaton says looking at the now young Derek, "'Wow?' 'Wow,' as in, 'I've seen this before and I know exactly what to do' kind of 'wow?' 'Cause that's the kind we were hoping for" Stiles asks the veterinarian.

"I think you might be overestimating my abilities" Deaton states, Marlo nods beside him still looking at the young teenage boy on the examination table.

Lydia picks the boys hand up, "He's cold, really cold" Lydia states looking at Deaton as Scott looks at strawberry blonde worriedly.

Deaton picks young Derek's hand up feeling the temperature on the teenager.

"Do you think this is permanent?" Scott asks as Deaton gets out some equipment checking the boy's pupils.

"I'm not sure a medical diagnosis is even adequate, this is well beyond my experience" Deaton states.

Marlo bites her nails nervously before grabbing the boys hand, "So, what do we do with him?" Stiles asks knowing his bigger sister's going to stress wanting to find a cause for her boyfriend who is now a teenager again.

"Until he wakes up? Probably not much, it might be best to leave him with me, he'll be safe here" Deaton states looking at the boy on the table and then Marlo beside him who nods.

"You mean, from Kate?" Stiles asks, "If she's alive and she is what you say she is, she won't be able to walk past that gate" Deaton states.

Marlo sighs looking at the teenagers around the clinics room, "Why would she want to do this to him?" Lydia asks.

Marlo looks at the boy before scoffing out loud earning looks from the rest of the people other than Deaton already knowing their past with the argent woman.

"Knowing Kate, it's probably for a reason that won't be any good for anyone but her" Deaton explains.

"And bad for everyone else" Stiles scoffs looking at his older sister, who's rubbing her hands along the boys shoulder trying to keep him warm, Deaton looks at Stiles, Scott and Lydia and nods.

Stiles stretches his neck realising how tired he is, Marlo also notices and looks at the veterinarian sharing the same thoughts.

"You guys should probably go home, he doesn't look to be in any danger, so, maybe the rest of you should get some sleep?" Deaton says looking at the tired teenagers around his clinics room.

Alongside the tired Marlo leaning over her boyfriend's younger frame.

"It is a school night, and you all need to start taking care of your own lives again" Deaton states.

Marlo nods agreeing with him, mostly looking at Scott and Stiles knowing the two don't study much, and Lydia does.

"Someone should stay with you two" Scott says knowing Marlo's not leaving anytime soon.

"I'll stay" Lydia shrugs looking down at young Derek's hand before looking up Scott's worried glance.

"My grades are fine, despite missing a few classes" Lydia explains, Marlo smiles.

"I'm so not okay with this" Stiles states from beside the strawberry blonde and his childhood crush.

Marlo rolls her eyes, "Guys, go" Lydia says, "No" Stiles declines.

Marlo looks at the Scott beside her contemplating leaving the three alone, before looking at his sister figure who's nodding at him.

"Text us if anything happens" Scott asks looking at Deaton and the two girls—who all nod, Scott motions Stiles to leave alongside him.

"Nope, still not okay with it, not going anywhere" Stiles states, Scott grabs ahold of Stiles from beside and dragging him towards the exit.

"All right, just 'cause you're stronger" Stiles says leaving with Scott.

Marlo chuckles missing her brother's humour, both Marlo and Lydia rub young Derek's shoulders trying to warm the boy up still.

Deaton steps towards the storage table before looking at the brunette hybrid in curiosity.

"All right, stop staring at me will you?" Marlo says holding her hands up.

Deaton shrugs wanting to hear about how the woman's alive.

"I woke up in the morgue, I wasn't healing and was still bleeding from the oni's katana, all I remember from being taken was Kate entering the morgue and injecting me with some sort of poisonous substance so I was unable to turn or heal, she told me they still had one location to go to before we left Beacon Hills and that was Derek and I's loft, I remember hearing a few gunshots go off and seeing Derek in the middle of our living room with a shocked expression on his face holding his bullet wound on his torso" Marlo explains tearing up.

Lydia wraps her arms around the brunette woman before she looks at Deaton and inhales.

"All I remember after that was being knocked out, Derek and I were separated, at least I think we were, I was still pretty out of it due to the poison and basically reviving from the dead, I do remember waking up and seeing James's face right in front of me smirking down at me while he injected more liquids into my system, that continued alongside torture like cutting me, burning me and other things I'm not ready to talk about just yet, that went on for a few months until I was rescued" Marlo says wiping a few tears from her eyes.

"Riley was the one to rescue me, he overhead his step father talking about some hybrid he was torturing and doing other things to for his pleasure, and followed some of his men alongside Braeden, I remember getting let out of my restraints and Riley telling me to run, he'll deal with the others who were coming into the room, Braeden found me not long after that, I was bleeding and could barely walk, she helped me on her motorcycle and we went to this safe house they both had together, Riley and Braeden cooked me food and I rested there until Braeden got a phone call about helping Scott, that's how I ended up with my brother and the others" Marlo explains looking at the two standing beside her rubbing soothing circles on her back.

Lydia doesn't wait a second before wrapping her arms tightly around the brunettes shoulder in a tight embrace.

"You're safe now" Lydia says wiping under her eyes as well, Deaton looks at Marlo sadly, a few hours later Lydia sits down falling asleep.

Marlo sits beside young Derek's unconscious body leaning her head on the blanket and dozing off to the sleep as well.

Deaton wraps the woman in a blanket seeing a shift and groan in her sleep.

As Daylist comes Deaton takes the young boys pulse and temperature.

Marlo and Lydia wake up around the same time as one another, Lydia looks at Deaton who's feeling the boys pulse beside Marlo, "How's he doing?" Lydia asks.

"His heart rate is alarmingly high" Deaton states, "He's a lot warmer now" Marlo says.

Lydia stands beside her, "Marlo, Lydia, I'm going to try something. I want you to keep holding his hand, if that's okay" Deaton says noticing Lydia holding the boys hand.

Lydia nods as Marlo watches from the side as Deaton picks up a scalpel and cuts young Derek's inner arm, "That looks like it healed really fast" Lydia says shocked.

"Unusually fast" Deaton frowns, "What does it mean?" Lydia asks.

Marlo stands up confused as well, she heals fast but not that fast, "I'm not sure" Deaton says.

"Let's try something else, grab me a five milliliter syringe, top drawer" Deaton points.

Lydia and Deaton walk towards the supplies leaving Marlo beside the teenager looking him over worriedly.

Before walking over towards Lydia, the three unaware of the werewolf teenager boy waking up behind them, flicking his claws out not recognising where he is.

Marlo turns around after hearing a low growl from behind them, as Deaton and Lydia turn around confused hearing Marlo's gasp.

"Derek?" Marlo softly asks, the young boy looks up exhaling inhaling their scents—one familiar but not the same and two his doesn't know at all.

Lydia and Deaton try to calm the boy down, Marlo takes a step towards him.

"Hey, you're okay" Marlo says softly as the young boy turns his head to the side not recognising the voice but the tone sounds a lot like someone he knows.

Young Derek looks behind the woman to the unknown strangers he growls at them protective of the woman standing in front him.

Deaton also holds Lydia back seeing the behaviour of the young werewolf.

The young boy groans and holds his head as everything becomes overwhelming.

He lashes out and scratches Deaton on the arm sending the male towards the floor.

Lydia rushes towards the veterinarian on the floor holding his wound, the young boy rushes out looking at the woman questionably before she rushes towards Deaton as well.

"Come on, let's get you up, so I can bandage that" Marlo says helping the male up off the clinics floor.

Lydia also helps even though Deaton's leg aren't broken the two rush to get the right equipment before Marlo nods she's got the rest so Lydia can call Scott.

Who doesn't answer, so she tries the rest of the friends, who are in class right now with Mr Yukimara, the teacher reads the message out stating Scott needs to call Lydia.

The two boys rush off to the clinic once receiving the news—entering the doors.

They're met with Marlo bandaging Deaton's wounded arm, Deaton notices the two.

"I don't think he's just younger in body, I think he's younger in his mind, too" Deaton explains.

Lydia looks at Scott and Stiles, "He didn't recognize either of us, I think he might've felt familiar with Marlo though as he didn't try and attack her, and he looked like he was scared out of his mind" Lydia says.

Marlo finishes putting the last bit of tape on the bandage on Deaton's arm.

She nods at Deaton who checks it over and nods with approval of the woman's stitching and bandaging talents.

Marlo smiles before standing beside Lydia, "So, if you're a teenage werewolf, and you're scared, where do you go?" Stiles asks.

"A wolf goes back to its den, but Derek lives in a loft" Scott explains, "Not when he was a teenager" Stiles states, as the two begin to think.

"The Hale house" Lydia shrugs, "He wouldn't remember the fire, it wouldn't have happened yet" Marlo states.

The group unaware that the younger Derek is currently breaking down the gates to the old Hale House looking at the now destroyed building in confusion.

"Hold on, say you do manage to catch up to him? What are you going to say to him? That his whole family is dead?" Lydia asks, "I guess I'm going to have to" Scott says.

"Oh, good luck with that" Lydia states sarcastically, "She's probably right, maybe you shouldn't? You know, at least until we figure out how to get him back to normal" Stiles says looking at his best friend.

"I can't lie to him" Scott states, "Okay, I'll do it" Stiles states, "I don't think any of us can, remember, he can hear a heartbeat rising, when we find him, we tell him the truth" Scott says.

"If he gets to the house first, you won't have to" Deaton says as he looks at the hybrid standing to the side of them.

"Marlo should be there to catch up with him, he seems to be familiar with her" Deaton says, Marlo nods looking at the two boys.

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YOUNG DEREK LOOKS AROUND the destroyed house sadly, as a Beacon County Sheriff car pulls in front of the 'no trespassing' gate.

Jordan Parrish and one of the other deputies get out of the vehicle, walking into the destruction site.

"Excuse me, young man?" Parrish calls out seeing the young teenager swatting near the wrecked house.

"You're calling him 'young man?'" Haigh taunts pointing at the young teen, "Shut up, Haigh" Parrish snarls at the deputy beside him.

"Sorry, but you can't be here" Parrish says, "Hey, dumbass! You ever hear of 'no trespassing?'" Haigh calls out.

"This is my house" young Derek states looking at the two deputies from the corner of his eyes.

"Nobody's been here for years, kid, now, get the hell out of here" Haigh demands.

"Haigh, maybe a slightly gentler touch?" Parrish says looking at the deputy, before leaning down closer towards young Derek.

"Are you all right? We can help you if something's wrong" Parrish asks in a softer tone.

"What happened to my house? Where's my family? Where's my mother? Where's Marlo?" the young boy asks.

Parrish looks at him sympathetically, obviously the only one feeling sad for the boy.

"All right, let's go, now" Haigh demands growing impatient grabbing a hold of the boy.

Only the teenager turns around grabbing the officer's lower arm hard.

"Hold on, just take it easy" Parrish says noticing the boys fear, young Derek looks behind him not noticing the officer pulling a taser from his jackets pocket.

"Haigh, would you, don't, wait" Parrish orders as Haigh puts the taser towards the young boy electrocuting him, young Derek groans from the immediate pain.

"Haigh, stand down" Parrish orders as the young boy falls on the ground from the pain of the electricity.

The one deputy handcuffs the younger teenager and leads him towards the vehicle leaving Parrish standing in the same spot shocked by Haigh's performance.

Walking back to the car and driving back to the sheriff station leading the boy inside and doing the usual lineup that comes with being arrested.

Parrish comes back from running the paperwork and handing Haigh over that paperwork, walking towards the teenage boy handcuffed to the seat.

"The other deputy thinks I'm an idiot for even asking, but I have a feeling if I take these cuffs off, you're going to be okay and, I think you'll help us figure out what happened to your family so that we can get you out of here, am I right?" Parrish asks as young Derek nods.

Parrish undoes the handcuffs so the boy can be free, "The other deputy's the idiot" young Derek replies looking at Haigh who's doing paperwork, before looking back at Parrish who's chuckling.

"I can't argue with that" Parrish says, Haigh calls him over to look at the fingerprints and the name of the male sitting on the bench.

"I ran this kid's prints eight times, this is all that comes up" Haigh says pointing at the computer screen seeing Derek's mugshot and information.

"Derek Hale?" Parrish says confused, Sheriff Stilinski walks towards the computer overhearing the conversation between the two officers.

"Did you say Hale?" Stilinski asks looking at the screen to young Derek multiple times, as Stiles and Scott rush into the office area.

Stilinski sighs, "I'll handle this" Stilinski states motioning his son and Scott towards his office.

Unaware of his daughter outside contemplating to come inside or not.

She sighs walking in circles, "Mar?" Riley asks seeing the woman fidgeting nervously.

Marlo gasps hugging the officer, "Thank you again, Riles" Marlo smiles as Riley nods in acceptance before looking at the stations door.

"I'm guessing you haven't shown your father you're alive just yet?" Riley chuckles as Marlo looks down towards the ground and shakes her head.

"Only been back a day and so much has happened already" Marlo shrugs as Riley nods understanding the busyness.

Riley sighs, "I have to get to work, but we'll talk again soon yeah?" Riley says as Marlo nods and the vampire walks into the station for his shift.

Marlo continues bouncing on her heels before she decides to go inside getting shocked looks from the deputies, she smiles at them politely.

Marlo walks towards her father's office door hearing the last bit of their conversation.

"Derek's been aged backwards, he can't remember anything, we just need to talk to him" Scott says leaving Marlo out of the conversation as of now.

"Yeah, well, so far, he's not talking to anybody" Stilinski states, "He'll talk to me and someone else" Scott states just as the office door opens.

Marlo comes inside as Stilinski looks at the brunette shocked, "Marli?" Stilinski whispers scared his imagining things, "Dad" Marlo says with a nervous smile.

Stilinski doesn't waste time in hugging his daughter he thought died, "How is this even possible?" Stilinski asks looking her up and down in shock.

"Thank Riley, dad" Marlo states and Stilinski nods getting back to the reason they're in the sheriff station in the first place.

He tells the young boy to enter the office where Marlo and Scott and the others are waiting.

Young Derek makes heart eyes at the brunette blushing when she smiles at him, before looking at Scott with a scowl not trusting him yet.

"Why would I go anywhere with you?" young Derek snarls, "There was an accident, you lost some memory, but we can help you get it back" Scott explains.

"How much memory?" young Derek asks, as Marlo swats down beside Scott.

"A lot, but I promise you, you can trust us" Marlo says, the boy nods at her trusting her already but looks back at Scott unsure.

Scott flashes his alpha red eyes at the teenager who sits more forwards now amazed at seeing the red in the boys eyes, "You're an alpha" young Derek states.

"Okay, who are you both?" the boy asks before looking behind them, "And who is he? Who are you?" young Derek asks Stiles who's looking at something behind Marlo and Scott.

"Oh, we're the guys keeping you out of jail" Stiles says, "Let us help you" Scott says.

"No, only her—I like her" Derek states making eye contact with the brunette woman.

"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 states.

"I'm fine as long as it's not on a full moon" Derek states, Marlo looks at the boy now understanding what part of his transformation he's at.

"You still have trouble with the full moon?" Scott asks confused, "I said I'm fine" Derek snarls, "All right. You coming with us, or not?" Stiles asks.

"You want me to trust you? Where's my family? Where's Marlo?" young Derek asks the people who are in front of him, hearing a jump in the woman's heart he looks at her weirdly.

"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, and Marlo's dead" Scott explains.

Marlo looks at the alpha annoyed and confused at why he just lied straight to his face.

Stiles looks at Scott amused at seeing the angry look on his older sister's face.

"Okay" young Derek exhaled agreeing to come with them, they sigh in relief as the boy walks towards the deputy who's releasing him.

Marlo, Stiles and Scott lean against one of the filing cabinets looking at the boy.

Marlo looks at Scott, she smacks him up the side of the head, "Dumbass" Marlo mutters as Stiles chuckles and Scott rubs the sore spot.

"I shouldn't have done that, I lied my ass off" Scott states and Marlo nods sarcastically.

"Hey, your ass is fine, 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, everybody's happy, except for Derek, who's never happy" Stiles states earning a smack on the side of the head by his older sister as well.

Scott chuckles now knowing the feeling, "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, Scott, my sister's boyfriend" Stiles states.

"All right, take him to my house, and don't let him out of your sight" Scott says, "And where are you going?" Stiles asks.

"I'm going to talk to the guy we should have gone to before" Scott explains looking at Marlo who nods already knowing what to do, "Uh, yeah, I hate that guy" Stiles calls out.

Marlo rolls her eyes annoyed. "You're moody" Stiles states looking at his sister.

"Try having your boyfriend turn into a teenager again and him not know who you're and think you're now dead, let's hope no one says my name" Marlo shrugs seeing Haigh motioning her over letting teenage Derek go home with her.

Marlo pulls into Scott's house as Stiles continues rambling to the young Derek who looks at the woman annoyed, walking side the house.

"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, "Do I talk to you?" the teenage Derek asks.

"No" Stiles says, "Fine" young Derek states, "Good" Stiles nods.

"Who's going to talk to him?" young Derek points at Rafael standing in the kitchen confused and shocked at seeing the brunette woman thinking she was dead.

"Ah, are you getting taller?" Stiles asks, Marlo chuckles and the teenage Derek smiles at her laugh, "What are you guys doing here?" Rafael asks.

"We're waiting for Scott" young Derek states, "Yeah, so am I, we're supposed to have dinner, I brought extra, you guys hungry?" Rafael asks, "Yeah" young Derek goes to say.

"No, we're not hungry" Stiles interrupts hearing Marlo grunt annoyed, "No, I'm starving" young Derek says.

"Neither of us are hungry, thanks, though" Stiles interrupts again, Marlo looks at Rafael annoyed.

"Okay, well, if you're not hungry, Stiles, older Stilinski, your friend can still eat with us" Rafael states.

"What's your name?" Rafael asks, young Derek goes to answer Stiles interrupts.

"Miguel, our cousin Miguel, from Mexico, so—" Stiles says.

Marlo looks at her brother in annoyance, "Es usted natural de México, Miguel? {Are you native to Mexico, Miguel?}" Rafael asks and Marlo smirks knowing Derek can speak Spanish alongside her.

"Oh, my god" Stiles mumbles, "No soy nativo, sino que pasé un montón de tiempo allá {I'm not native, but I spent a lot of time there}" young Derek responds in Spanish.

Marlo's smirk grows, "Fantastic, Egg roll?" Rafael asks, "Hell yeah" young Derek states.

Marlo sits beside them too realising how hungry she is, "Shrimp fried rice, or pork fried rice?" Rafael asks.

The teenager looks at the woman beside him eying off the shrimp fried rice and looks Rafael.

"Shrimp fried rice" Derek states, "Beef and broc" Rafael says as he gets all of the food out of the bag.

"Fantastic, egg roll" Stiles laughs nervously sitting beside his amused older sister who's smirking, before starting to eat her food.

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

"Oh, it's Juarez Cinqua Tiago" Stiles rambles nervously, "That's a mouthful, how do you spell that?" Rafael asks and both young Derek and Marlo share the same amused face.

"Phonetically" Stiles says looking at Scott's father, young Derek looks at the badge on the table revealing Rafael as a FBI agent, "Mr McCall, you're an FBI agent?" young Derek asks.

"He's low-level, very low-level, he doesn't even have a voice" Stiles states.

Rafael looks at him confused, "So, do you investigate murders?" young Derek asks.

"Sometimes, when it's a federal crime" Rafael answers, "What about fires?" young Derek then questions as both Marlo and Stiles grow anxious.

"Oh, my god, I wonder where Scott is, shouldn't Scott be here by now? We should call Scott" Stiles starts to ramble.

"What kind of fires are you talking about?" Rafael asks, "Do you know anything about the Hale family? What about what happened to Marlo Stilinski?" young Derek asks.

Marlo slumps into her seat growing uncomfortable knowing this is where Scott's lie is going to be exposed.

"The Hale's died in a family fire years ago, all of the house was destroyed" Rafael reveals and Derek looks at Stiles angrily.

"As for what happened to Marlo, she's sitting right there, ask her?" Rafael asks confused.

Marlo smiles awkwardly and young Derek storms upstairs upset.

Stiles rushes upstairs to talk to the werewolf, who immediately pushes the boy up against the wall.

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

"I don't want to talk to you, I want to talk to the alpha, I'll talk to Scott, or Marlo, where's Marlo?" young Derek snarls.

"Okay, I'm going to go get them, my phone's downstairs as is Marlo, going to call him real quick, you stay here, just, don't move, okay? Don't move, don't—" Stiles says leaving the room coming back to make sure the werewolf hasn't moved from his previous position.

Marlo walks upstairs nervously walking into the room where the young werewolf is sitting on the bed.

"Why didn't you tell me you were Marlo?" young Derek asks.

"Because it's confusing and I don't want to confuse you" Marlo explains as the door creaks inside Scott's bathroom.

Marlo gets off the bed noticing the woman she despises coming out of it smirking.

"Kate?" young Derek asks recognising the blonde woman.

"Hey, handsome, satan, been a long time, longer than you think" Kate says trying to look hot towards the two.

Marlo gasps rolling her as young Derek looks at the woman like she's the most stunning woman in the world.

"Oh poor, poor Marlo, always the second choice" Kate smugly says before injecting the brunette with the same substance James did for those months.

Which leaves Marlo unconscious on the floor of Scott's bedroom, Stiles comes to the door on the phone to Scott who's warning him Kate might come for Derek.

Which is proved right, seeing the blonde jump from the window with Derek beside her, he then looks on the floor beside Scott's bed seeing his unconscious sister.

"Mar, come on, wake up" Stiles says slapping her cheek roughly, "Don't do this, come on Mar" Stiles rushes out worriedly.

"Kate's done something to Marlo, I can't wake her" Stiles explains on the phone to Scott, who hears his best friend panicking.

Marlo groans sitting up from being unconscious seeing Stiles looking at her horrified.

"Hey, little man, I'm okay" Marlo says tapping his cheek before snapping into motion and standing up too quickly for her body's liking, immediately falling into her brother's arms.

"We've got to get to the school" Marlo mumbles weakly, figuring out why Kate wanted Derek's trust again.

The two Stilinski's rush towards Stiles's jeep driving towards the high school to meet the others.

Marlo pushes her claws into her veins and gets the poison out of her system leaving her brother absolutely disgusted that she did that in the jeep.

She gets out of the jeep already hearing the growls coming from the distance, rushing off towards the fighting.

She uses her vampire speed and pushes one away from Malia who's bleeding alongside Scott.

The berserker looks at the hybrid afraid before lunging itself at her only for her to dodge the attack pissed off with the blonde woman for all the attacks, as well James.

She takes her anger out on the creatures only to get knocked down due to her exhaustion kicking in.

Seeing a figure run into the fight, morphing into his old body.

Marlo sits up holding her side that's been cut from one of the massive claws of the berserkers.

After hearing a roar in the distance the berserkers run off towards that direction leaving the others staring at the figure in front of them.

Malia helps Marlo off the ground as she stares at the tall figure in question as does Scott.

"Derek?" Scott asks, the figure slowly turns around revealing the older Derek is back but with golden yellow eyes.

Marlo gasps as the others share confused looks, "Der?" Marlo mumbles weakly.

Derek looks to his side nearly giving himself whiplash in the process, "Lo? Baby?" Derek whispers, the brunette laughs and launches into the man's arms.

"You're actually alive, I thought I made that up" Derek whispers but holding the brunettes hair.

Marlo shakes her head, "No, I'm alive, I'm here" Marlo sobs out as Derek smiles before making contact with her lips with his own.

"I missed you" Derek mumbles after the passionate kiss, Marlo nods as she feels the fatigue kicking in.

"I'll explain everything soon" Marlo says looking at her boyfriend and then at the others who are soon hugging the brunette as well, now that threats over and the older Derek's back.

As much as Marlo wants to spend the rest of her night in her mans arms she follows Stiles and Lydia's scent to the vault and walks down the staircase confused.

Peter looks at the hybrid shocked as all the others did in the previous hours, "Marlo?" Peter asks, "Hey Peter" Marlo responds with a nod.

He looks at his safe again and Marlo stands beside her brother, Lydia looks at the man confused.

"Took what?" Lydia asks, "Bonds, bearer bonds and they took them all" Peter states.

"Bearer bonds? Hold on, are you saying that you got robbed?" Stiles asks slightly amused.

"This was a heist, somebody planned this" Peter states, "How much did they take?" Lydia asks.

"One hundred and seventeen" Peter says, "Thousand?" Stiles asks shocked.

"Million" Peter states earning shocked looks from Marlo, Stiles and Lydia.

"Oh my god" Marlo mumbles horrified, after making the discovery the pack separate and go their own ways.

Marlo and Derek leave together and the others also do so, Marlo looks at her boyfriend with pure love in her eyes as she enters the loft.

Both Derek and herself collapse on the bed due to exhaustion, falling asleep cuddling one another.

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THE NEXT MORNING MARLO asks Derek to take her to her dad's and Stiles house so she can meet up with the rest of her friends and family and explain to them what she explained to Deaton yesterday.

She also explains that she isn't ready to go into the full details on some of the heavier things just yet but she's glad she's home and back with her loved ones, sharing many hugs and smiles with one another.

Marlo's friends and family accept that the curly brunette woman isn't ready to discuss some things and support her with whatever she decides is best for her mental health, and her safety.

Unbeknownst to them that the next battle they're going to fight is coming sooner than they all think.

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𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖐𝖘 ⛧
sorry about the late chapter,
they're slowly coming back,
they're my og babies though,
so don't worry they
won't just disappear on ya'll
sorry this chapter sucks

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