012 — tattoo

season three —
episode one

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THE PAST FEW MONTHS have been good for both Marlo and Derek they've been driving around cities and headed up to Las Vegas as well and let's just say 'what happens in Vegas—stays in Vegas' is extremely true.

Between heavy tension, raw emotion and pure embarrassment between the two and many, many laughs together.

They begin their journey back home to Beacon Hills, even though they're both glad to be going home—they aren't excited for all the drama waiting there for them.

A few weeks after Derek and Marlo left Beacon Hills for San Francisco.

Derek, Marlo, Isaac and Peter decided to go looking for the runaways Erica Reyes and Vernon Boyd although Isaac ended up missing himself leaving his friends worried.

He however did manage to find both Erica and Boyd who have been missing since they told Marlo and Derek they were leaving their pack for another one.

As they're in and out of service so no one is able to get a hold of them, about half an hour away from Beacon Hills a massive amount of text messages and calls come through to both Derek and Marlo's phones alerting them straight away.

"Guess we're going to the hospital instead of home" Marlo shrugs from the passenger seat, "Yeah we better, god knows where the alphas are" Derek says focusing on the road ahead of them.

"Oh my god" Marlo gasps out from reading something on her phone, "What? What's wrong?" Derek asks worriedly from the drivers seat.

"Stiles and Scott witnessed a deer going through Lydia's windscreen last night and Allison's back in Beacon Hills" Marlo says reading out her brother's message to the alpha in the drivers seat.

Derek just sighs and adjusts himself to make himself a little more comfortable as they still have thirty minutes left of driving, "Great" he mumbles still not liking both teenage girls Marlo just mentioned.

"You okay Der? Need me to drive the rest of the way?" Marlo asks noticing the werewolves stiffness.

"I'm right Lo, just can't wait to get out of the vehicle even if it's to go inside the hospital" Derek just shrugs.

Marlo just smiles and pats the man's thigh, "Well you didn't have to drive all the way home you know Der-bear?" Marlo says looking at him and leaning her head against the headrest.

"I wanted too, at least I could do from spilling that wine all over you the other night" Derek says which earns a chuckle from the vampire.

"Touché" Marlo says replying to her brother's text message, 'I hope they're both okay and you and Scott are doing okay as well — Marlo' she sends the text message after a while of waiting for reception.

Not even five minutes later she receives a response from her little brother.

'We're okay as we can be, Lydia and Allison had the broken glass over them but they're both okay as well—just weird how it came running down the middle of the road — Stiles'.

Marlo reads the text message out to the male driving as well considering he was quite worried about the teenagers even though he would never show it to people in the public eye although Marlo wasn't stupid and knew the alpha cared for the McCall boy.

They soon past the 'Welcome to Beacon Hills' sign and both deeply sigh.

Derek begins the drive now to the hospital to save his beta after he was injured and rescued by an unknown person.

They both turn into the hospitals parking lot and make their way into the hospital but not before asking Melissa who saw them approaching where Isaac was currently resting awaiting surgery.

Melissa also mentions that she tried contacting Derek but was unable to get a hold of him.

Derek says a quick and meaningful apology to the woman before rushing over to the elevator as he can hear a conflict happening between the first and second floor inside the small moving box.

Marlo who is still with Melissa on the ground floor just smiles and carries on with the discussion with her mother like figure, "How was the trip?" Melissa asks.

"Oh it was good, really interesting" Marlo giggles, "Did anything special happen between the two of you during those weeks away? I know Scott mentioned you two left for San Francisco?" Melissa says grabbing onto one of the files of her patients and motions for the vampire to follow her while she continues to work.

"Nothing really special happened unless us nearly getting married in Vegas is counted—drunk fun" Marlo says remembering that night.

"Married? God I couldn't imagine you getting married Mar" Melissa says smiling at the vampire as they enter one of the patients rooms.

Completely missing the alphas around the hospital and a certain someone looking at Marlo.

Derek makes his way out of the elevator to where he is still hearing the grunting and groaning.

He rounds the corner just as the elevator doors begin opening revealing a tall muscular man holding the teenager up by his throat and muttering words to him.

"Don't you realise what you're dealing with? I'm an alpha" the unknown person says leaving Derek sticking his claws into his back before also muttering.

"So am I", before throwing him out of the elevator and closing the doors keeping both Scott and Isaac safe.

Derek then turns around to Scott, "Aren't you suppose to be in school?" He says to the beta taking deep breaths against the elevator wall.

"About time you showed up Derek" Scott says earning a scoff and chuckle from the alpha.

"Sorry I was enjoying my time away with my best friend away from Beacon Hills" Derek replies earning a glare like look from Scott.

"Come on, let's get Marlo and Isaac out of here and head back to the Hale house" Derek says picking the unconscious boy up and walking outside the hospital leaving the beta inside to get Marlo.

Scott makes his way around the hospital now looking for Marlo, noticing her sitting in the waiting room he walks over to her and gently taps her shoulder.

"Derek told me to come and get you as he puts Isaac in the car" Scott says smiling at the vampire, "Okay thanks Scott" Marlo says getting up and the two leave the hospital together.

Scott grabs his motorbike and follows the vampire and alpha towards the burnt down Hale house in the woods.

"The alphas were there weren't they?" Marlo asks looking at the male driving with a clenched jaw and white knuckles.

"They sure were and they wanted Isaac" Derek seethes.

"Well Der, we got him back, his okay as he can be and with us now—with his alpha" Marlo says rubbing the males shoulder in a comforting way.

"Welcome back to Beacon Hills" Derek mumbles looking at the vampire in the passenger seat.

Shortly after their drive and the teenage following behind them on his green motorbike pull into the Hale house driveway.

"Meet me inside?" Derek asks Marlo, "Of course, I'll grab everything so it's ready" Marlo smiles kissing his cheek leaving the alpha's car.

Knowing he wants to speak to Scott privately and also pick up the unconscious Lahey boy in his backseats.

Derek rushes the boy inside the house Scott also gets a phone call from Stiles from the school, "We got a serious problem at school, Ms Blake's class" Stiles says.

"Can you tell me about it later?" Scott asks, "Uhh, well no, pretty sure this clarifies for immediate discussion" Stiles says over the phone, "All right then, meet me at Derek's" Scott says.

"Derek's house? What the hell are you doing at Der—" Stiles questions not before being cut off.

"Just meet us here, okay?" Scott says hanging up the phone to help the alpha and vampire inside the makeshift living room, looking around the house noticing it's falling apart and has holes and sunlight peaking through in places.

"You don't still live here do you?" Scott asks Derek, the alpha going through wood planks moving them now helping the vampire as well as she's going through things on the floor.

"No, county took it over, but there's still something here that we need, it'll help heal a wound from an alpha" Derek says moving things to the side while Marlo now picks up the flowers passing them to the alpha beside her.

"Yeah but it did heal" Scott says confused, "Not on the inside" Marlo says passing more things to her friend beside her, while he also grabs things.

She then begins to stand up now knowing the alpha has it all under control and can do it by himself.

Derek just smirks at the vampire who is standing off to the side awkwardly, "Hey, are you guys going to tell me who that was back then? That alpha?" Scott asks.

"They're a rival pack, it's mine and Marlo's problem, and I know you want to help, and you did, I owe you one, now go home, go back to being a teenager" Derek says walking over to where Marlo is standing pushing Isaac's hair out of his face making sure his comfortable enough.

Derek begins sorting through the flowers on the table beside Isaac and Marlo not noticing the way Scott is standing questioning something inside his head, rubbing his upper arm.

"Uh, hey Derek? If you wanna repay that favour now, there is something you can do for me, whether it's Marlo or you" Scott says smiling at the two.

"Yes?" Marlo asks the teenager in front of her, not before hearing a certain jeep pull up outside meaning her brothers arrived.

"I have this tattoo, and it healed due to my werewolf abilities and I was just wondering how you got yours on your back Derek? Not sure if you have any tattoos Marlo" Scott says.

Marlo just nods and signals for Derek to deal with this as she doesn't know anything about it.

"I do have a few tattoos but I get them normally so Derek this is your department, I'll take care of Isaac" Marlo says patting the alphas arm walking over to where the Lahey boy is still unconscious on the table.

Stiles enters the house noticing his older sister straight away receiving a small wave and smile, "Marlo! You're back!" Stiles says.

"Um duh, Derek's here too" Marlo says pointing at his best friend and hers as well.

Earning a chuckle from the alpha over the other side of the room before he sits the teenager down on one of the chairs—grabbing a few things to burn the tattoo into his muscle.

"Why are we here?" Stiles asks Scott, "Derek and Marlo were at the hospital to get Isaac and protect him and I was attacked by another alpha" Scott says to Stiles who is gobsmacked with that information.

"Another alpha?" Stiles yells out and walks to stand beside his best friend now.

Once he got the message Derek wanted to get a move on to look after his own beta alongside Marlo as well.

Derek now flashing his alpha red eyes looking at Scott's arm, "Yeah I see it, two bands right?" Derek asks motioning the bands wrapping around the McCall boys upper arm.

Scott just nods letting the alpha now that's exactly what his tattoo is, Derek lets out a breath and adjusts himself a little bit so his a little more comfortable.

"What does it mean?" Derek asks, "I don't know, it's just something I traced with my fingers" Scott says drawing what he has tattooed beside them onto a table full of dust.

"Why is it so important to you?" Derek asks, "Do you know what tattoo means?" Scott asks.

Stiles being Stiles leans forwards to answer.

"To mark something" he answers earning a annoyed look off Derek and an amused chuckle from the vampire and his older sister who's still moving her fingers across Isaac's forehead moving his curly hair out of the way.

"Well that's Tahitian, in samoan, it means open wound, I knew I wanted to get a tattoo when I turned eighteen, I always wanted one, I just decided to get it now to make it kind of a reward" Scott says.

"For what?" Derek asks, "For not calling or texting Allison all summer, even when I really wanted to, even when it was hard not to, sometimes, I was trying to give her the space she wants, going on four months later, it still hurts, it still feels like a, uh—" Scott says.

"Like an open wound" Stiles answers, "Yeah" Scott says looking down.

Derek nods understanding the pain from all those years Marlo didn't contact him or he wasn't able to get in contact with her.

He looks over at her now and she just looks down guilty before smiling shortly at the alpha.

Derek exhales snapping back into reality and grabs onto blowtorch.

"The pain is going to be worst than anything you've ever felt" Derek says letting Scott know.

Stiles doesn't like the sound of that and mumbles, "Oh, that's great" with a scrunched up face, "Do it" Scott says.

Derek looks at Scott and lights the blowtorch.

"Oh, woah, that's a lot for me, I'm going to take that as my cue, I'm actually going to wait outside" Stiles says out loud beginning to walk behind the werewolf who then immediately grabs onto him.

"Nope, you can help hold him down" Derek says looking over at Marlo now silently asking her to come over and help as well.

Marlo getting the message straight away gets up and goes over to the teenage boy.

"Am I alright to touch you?" Marlo asks, "Yeah it's all good" Scott says.

Marlo just nods and grabs onto his shoulder and begins holding him in place knowing she'll be the one mainly holding him down as Derek burns the tattoo into his skin and holding on the werewolf who will transform.

She makes sure she isn't near his mouth though not really wanting to be bitten today, she then nods at Derek signaling to begin.

Derek grabs onto Scott's hand and holds it in place, "Oh my god" Stiles mumbles out fearfully.

Derek begins putting the flame to Scott's skin who then immediately starts yelling out in agonising pain.

"Hold him! Hold him" Derek orders mainly at Stiles knowing Marlo is all good with her strength as Scott's eyes change into their golden yellow and his teeth come out.

He soon passes out from the pain and Derek continues burning the tattoo into his skin.

After ten minutes he is finally done and the tattoo is prominent and neat on the McCall boys upper arm.

Scott soon wakes up after being unconscious for a while sweaty and looks down at his arm and his eyes widen before looking at Derek, Marlo and Stiles.

Marlo and Derek have the same look on their faces and Stiles just as surprised as the teenager; "It worked!" Scott says smiling.

Marlo smiles and walks back over to Isaac, "Well looks pretty damn permanent now" Stiles says looking at Scott's arm.

"Yeah, kinda need something permanent with everything thats happened to us and everything just changes so fast, everything's so uh—ephemeral" Scott says earning a nod from Stiles.

"Studying for the PSATS?" Stiles asks, "Yep" Scott says, "Nice" Stiles nods.

Both teenagers begin to leave, Scott notices there's something different about the front door.

"You guys painted the door? Why'd you paint the door?" Scott asks and then asks again in a more demanding voice, "Go home Scott" Derek suggests.

Scott begins running his fingers alongside the paint on the front door, "And why only one side?" Scott asks again before flicking out his claws and putting them on the door taking paint away.

"Scott!" Derek yells making his way over to the door where the boys are.

Scott begins wildly scratching off the paint leaving Stiles looking over at his sister who's still standing over Isaac in a questioning stance.

Derek now looking at the boys looking at the alpha pack's symbol on the front door.

"The birds at school, the deer last night? The night I got trampled by the deer, the night I got bit by the alpha" Scott says looking at pissed off Derek who has his arms crossed.

"How many are there?" Scott then asks.

Derek takes a deep inhale, "A pack of them, an alpha pack" Derek says noticing the look of fear crossing both Stiles and Scott's face.

"All of them? How does that even work?" Stiles asks, "There's some kind of a leader, his called Deucalion" Derek says.

"We know they have Boyd and Erica—Peter, Isaac, Marlo, and I have been looking for them for the past four months—all while Marlo and I were away" Derek says.

"Say you find them, how do you deal with an alpha pack?" Scott asks.

"With all the help I can get" Derek says, Scott then looks at Stiles who nods his head.

Unknown to them, Isaac is waking up alerting Marlo straight away she helps him sit up, "Are you okay?" Marlo asks their beta.

"I've been better" Isaac answers before looking around noticing Derek, Scott and Stiles at the front door looking at the previous symbol he did weeks ago.

"Where is she?" Isaac asks everyone, "Where's the girl?" He asks again—looking at Marlo now who helped him sit up.

"What girl?" Derek asks concerned now, they all share concerned glances.

Unaware of what's currently happening at school and 'the girl' is being targeted by the one and only Deucalion.

"Beautiful" Deucalion says pushing the girls hair of her face and going to touch her lips with his claws, "But defiant aren't you?" He says again.

"Because I know something, I know you're afraid of her and him" the girls mutters out in pain, "Of a teenage boy? Of my daughter?" Deucalion asks.

"Of the man he'll become and your daughter for who she is slowly transitioning into" the girls says.

"I'm aware of a certain potential threat but then someone once taught me of a smart way to eliminate a threat, get someone else to do it for you" he says.

"Derek" the girl answers, "And for my daughter, she'll transition into something—someone will absolutely fear and she'll become the monster no one wants around them except for me and my pack" he then says.

"You really don't understand the power of their love then do you?" the girl mutters out.

Deucalion not liking the answer to that pulls up his hand with his claws still out and slashes the girls face.

Allison and Lydia decide on what colour to paint the Argent huntresses room.

Allison realises something with the patterns left on both of their wrists; and puts them together.

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𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖐𝖘 ⛧
first chapter on season three done and dusted; let's kick this season off the list as well.
i will dive more into what happened between Marlo and Derek more and more this season as well during those months away
angst, smut, trauma, fluff is still to come