035, a promise to the dead
warning! slight mature content
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JOEL KNOCKS on Miah's bedroom door seeing his daughter studying on her bed with open textbooks with Kira and Malia sitting beside her.

"Hey bug. I'm heading out for a while." Joel voices capturing Miah's attention, "Okay." Miah mumbles focusing on her textbook.

"I'll be home later. I love you little bug." Joel explains leaving the apartment after Miah states that she loves him too and to be safe out there.

Miah looks up from her textbook looking at Kira and Malia, "I think he's seeing someone and just isn't telling me. He keeps going out during night hours and coming home later." Miah explains.

"He has been happier recently. More smiles and laughter." Malia shrugs picking up on Miah's father's happiness a lot.

"I haven't been around much but from when I'm here. I've seen the light in your father's eyes." Kira utters nodding at Miah agreeing that Joel's possibly met someone.

After a while of studying Malia and Miah fall asleep beside each other on Miah's bed since Kira left a while ago to head home to make sure her mother's doing okay since being injured a few weeks prior by one of Kate's berserkers at the hospital.

Miah flinches awake hearing the apartment door open and small laughs being shared between two people entering the apartment quietly hushing each other closing Joel's bedroom door.

Miah stands up realising she was correct about her father seeing someone and keeping it from her.

Said girl climbs back into her bed laid wide awake thinking about her father and if he'll ever tell her about the woman.

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THE NEXT morning, Miah walks Malia out of her apartment knocking on Joel's bedroom door hearing a grunt on the other side.

"I'll be right out little bug." Joel shouts, "I'm going to be at Derek's loft. Scott needs me." Miah explains.

Before leaving the apartment to drive over to Derek's loft to meet up with Scott since he messaged her earlier about needing to speak to her and her uncle as soon as possible.

Miah glares at Scott seeing him placing the money on Derek's coffee table weeks after telling her he'd give the money back.

"Okay." Derek mumbles looking at the bag of cash, "Don't you wanna know why it took so long to return it?" Scott wonders.

"I would. I would like to know." Miah states taking a seat beside Derek on the sofa glaring at her boyfriend who sighs looking away from the blonde with guilt.

"How much do you make at the animal clinic?" Derek quizzes, "Minimum wage." Scott responds confused.

"That's why. Everyone can be tempted, Scott. Even a true alpha." Derek responds.

"You're not angry?" Scott asks, "I am." Miah snaps lifting her hand pointing at the male.

"Miah... relax. It's not even mine. It belongs to Peter." Derek utters facing Miah before looking back at Scott.

"Where's your money?" Scott questions, "You're standing on it." Derek states gesturing to the loft surrounding them, "There's another vault?" Scott asks shocked.

"No. I own the building and I have my own bank accounts. All the money from the vault was Peter's. I think we'd actually be better off if the rest never came back." Derek chuckles while explaining that he owns the whole building.

"Miah and I know Lydia was here last night. Deaton's still working on figuring out what Kate did to you. If anyone can find an answer...
it's him." Scott responds determined.

Miah and Derek both sigh sadly at the mention of Lydia turning up at Derek's doorstep and wailing at him signalling his death is coming a lot sooner.

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MIAH SITS beside Lydia, Kira and Malia in class taking notes from the board ahead of them.

"Lydia? Lydia. Miah, did you hear me? Look! I passed!" Malia exclaims holding up the test paper showing both Martin girls.

"C-minus." Lydia responds unsurely looking at the paper while Miah smirks seeing Malia's happy smile.

"Your notes are great when they're not written in code." Malia mutters glaring at Coach slamming another test on her desk.

"Disappointed, Malia. Profoundly disappointed." Coach says while shaking his head and walking towards the front of the classroom.

"I'll send you my notes." Lydia nods seeing Malia shrinking in her seat at being called out in-front of the whole class.

Miah looks down unsure and feeling uneasy since the Deadpool came to an end knowing her boyfriend almost killed that man in the warehouse and her heart stopped after being hit by one of the bullets in her healing torso.

"It's over. The computers are off. No more assassins. No more murders. No one's dying." Kira whispers seeing Miah gulp sharing a look with her cousin.

"Not yet." Lydia mumbles under her breath suddenly feeling a wave of uncertainty rush through their bodies.

After Coach's class Miah walks out of the class seeing her boyfriend walking towards her with a smile on his face, "Your not still mad at me are you?" Scott wonders.

"Nope." Miah giggles pecking Scott's lips, "Do you want to watch a movie with me tonight?" Scott questions staring down at the slightly shorter blonde.

"My place? And like a date?" Miah smiles seeing Scott blush, "A date yes. And your place is correct." Scott responds with a smile.

"Okay." Miah nods excitedly leaning on her tiptoes kissing Scott on the lips.

Before walking towards her next class now excited for tonight for her date with Scott.

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JOEL FOLLOWS behind Chris with his gun raised and senses heightened due to eerie silence around them.

"How'd you find her?" Chris wonders hearing Peter coming from behind them, "Keen sense of smell. What about you guys?" Peter quizzes.

"This came out of Scott's side. There were traces of calcium hydroxide on it. It's used by water treatment plants as an anti-corrosive." Joel explains holding up the bone that was lodged into Scott's side a few nights ago.

"You both tracked Kate and her Berserkers all the way down here. That's very impressive. I wonder if one of them might still be around." Peter taunts.

Growling is heard coming from around the corner of the tunnel behind Joel and Chris seeing one of the berserkers walking towards them in large steps.

Chris immediately turns around hearing the snarling shooting into the berserker's torso.

While Joel looks at Peter realising that he's working with Kate and the beast and doesn't give a damn about hurting family.

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SCOTT SMIRKS lacing his hand with Miah's leading her into her apartment since he decorated her room earlier for their much needed date.

"Doesn't look like my dad's home." Miah rambles while Scott covers her eyes getting ready to take her into her bedroom.

"He's not. He said his gonna be out for the night. He's doing something with Mr Argent." Scott explains gently guiding her into her bedroom.

"Can I open my eyes yet?" Miah giggles, "In a minute. You'll see." Scott quietly says uncovering her eyes.

Miah squints looking around the candle lit room with rose pedals placed all over her bed.

"Wow." Miah gasps covering her mouth in shock at the effort Scott went for her, "Did I do okay?" Scott asks with a cheeky smile.

"For our first real date? It's a start." Miah confirms closing the space between the two of them and wrapping her arms around Scott's neck feeling his hands on her waist while capturing her lips with his before breaking apart and guiding her towards her queen bed.

"Did you bring a movie?" Scott wonders, "I borrowed it from Stiles. He says you've never seen it. And that he's going to kill you if you don't." Miah chuckles holding up her remote knowing the television is connected on her wall already.

"Star Wars." Scott mumbles with a chuckle looking at Miah setting the movie up on her television.

"So... this is the fourth one?" Scott asks confused, "No. It's the first one. Even though it says fourth." Miah explains.

"Then what's the first one?" Scott responds with a frown, "The fourth one," Miah voices suddenly feeling the need to turn off her television and not caring about the movie.

"You know what? Forget the movie." Miah exclaims switching the screen off and straddling Scott's lap immediately feeling his hands on her waist while her lips meet with his in a passionate kiss leading to a make out session.

Miah smirks breaking the kiss and looking at Scott's shirt running her nails along the material hearing Scott let out a sigh of pleasure.

Said girl looks at Scott while unbuttoning the shirt letting his black singlet from underneath come into view.

Miah breathlessly hums in delight feeling Scott's hands place themselves on her ass and squeeze sucking in a deep breath and groaning while Miah grinds against his crotch.

Scott gently pushes Miah's sun dress sleeve down her arms attaching his lips to her neck sucking on her skin hearing a moan erupt from Miah's mouth.

Miah moans once again feeling her core getting hotter the more passionate the kiss gets while pieces of clothing are taken off and placed on Miah's bedroom floor.

Miah frowns suddenly feeling the electric charge in her torso and head from when Kate's around with the berserkers breaking the kiss and looking around her bedroom walking out to the living room with Scott hot on her heels.

Miah shrieks when the window of the living room shatters with figures emerging from the outside.

"What the hell!" Miah shouts annoyed seeing her apartment window destroyed on the floor.

Scott doesn't hesitate pushing Miah behind him even though he knows she's powerful and can fight with no issues.

Miah forms a ball of magic sending it flying at the berserker lunging for her while Kate attacks Scott with the other berserker helping her.

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JOEL GRUNTS being shoved into the dripping wet wall of the tunnels seeing Chris also being roughly pinned against the stone wall.

Chris and Joel both grunt while Peter walks towards both of them with a bar in his hands.

"Unfortunately. While I promised Kate I wouldn't kill you. I also can't let you leave." Peter states shoving the bar through Chris's stomach lodging it into the stone wall behind him while the berserker holds Joel out of the way.

Chris yells out from the agonising pain radiating throughout his entire body trying to take the bar out.

"No. no, no, no, no. Allow me." Peter mocks bending the bar around so Chris isn't able to remove it from his stomach that's already dripping heaps of blood.

Joel looks at his uncle in pure disgust and shock at the man he's become especially since he was giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Chris screams and grunts from the intense pain and pressure coming from the metal bar.

"You really are one evil son of a bitch." Joel snarls in disgust, resulting in a sinister smirk from Peter who clicks his tongue walking towards his nephew.

"You know it." Peter responds with a deep chuckle facing Chris again.

"Now... you rest here for a while. You've had a hard time for a very long time." Peter taunts walking away from the man leaving Joel unharmed─ said male turns to face his uncle.

"You better hope the next time I see you... you're under some kind of protection Peter. Because no one. And I mean no one will stop me from killing you. And I know my daughter will feel the same way." Joel mutters seeing the panicked look surface on Peter's face at the mention of Miah finding out the truth about him.

"Bring it on, Joel." Peter exclaims leaving the tunnels alongside the berserker leaving the injured Argent and a severely pissed off Hale inside the tunnels.

"You hold on okay, Chris. I'll go find help." Joel states firmly seeing Chris nod faintly panting due to the amount of blood his losing already.

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MIAH GRUNTS sending balls of magic over and over again towards the berserker attacking her seeing Scott fighting Kate opposite to her.

Miah whimpers feeling a wave of nausea and powerlessness wash over her seeing Kate holding an object in the air shoving the blonde beside a bloody and beaten Scott sitting on the broken sofa of Miah's apartment.

"What do you want from us?" Scott demands trying to sooth Miah from the pain the object Kate's using on her.

Miah looks up holding onto her head feeling like a million knives are stabbing into her at once, growing more and more weak and faint as the time passes by.

"I want a little bit of insight... Miah, Scott." Kate responds, "To what?" Miah mumbles weakly, "My family." Kate mutters looking at the blonde.

"The Argent family has been around for over four hundred years. A powerful, wealthy, aristocratic family of werewolf hunters. But yet... somehow... in less than a year. This great family is decimated by a teenage boy and girl," Kate snarls leaning over the couple.

"So. My question is simple... what the hell is so special about Scott McCall and Miah Martin-Hale?" Kate questions with a snarl.

"You want me? Take me. Just me. Leave Miah out of this." Scott begs hearing Miah scoff and glare darkly at Kate.

"No. We're all going. We're all going to church!" Kate exclaims growling in their faces seeing and hearing Miah laughing beside Scott.

"You have to use an object to hold me down? Kate... sorry bitch. That object isn't gonna hold me back forever." Miah seethes flashing her blue were-coyote eyes at the woman.

Kate flinches at the sudden memory that Miah's not only a mage─ she's also were-coyote before nodding at one of the larger berserkers to knock both of them unconscious so they can transport them to Mexico.

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STILES, ISAAC, Liam and Kira walk together since there's a game later tonight.

"Everything's fine. I got a text from him this morning. And he said he might be a little late." Stiles explains nodding at Kira walking into the girls locker room.

"Well. how late is late? Is he always late? We're playing Devenford Prep again. And this time it's an actual game. He shouldn't be late!" Liam rambles anxiously.

"Who shouldn't be late?" Coach interjects overhearing the conversation between the three boys.

"Scott. He might be slightly late." Isaac explains, "Slightly late is still late. What is he doing?" Coach questions growing annoyed.

"He's doing something with Miah... that's going to make him slightly late." Stiles mumbles not wanting to explain things in detail.

"What could Scott and Miah be doing right now that's more important than playing in the first game?" Coach angrily exclaims looking between the three teenagers who just look at him.

"Oh, Coach." Stiles mumbles shaking his head walking towards his locker beside Isaac who smirks knowing that Coach now thinks Scott and Miah are having sex somewhere instead of being at this game.

Isaac, Stiles and Kira all stand together watching the crowd starting to sit in the bleachers, "They're still not here." Liam anxiously states.

"Okay. What's really going on? Are you nervous about the full moon? It's not for another twenty-four hours." Stiles responds looking at the younger teenager.

"Liam... you're gonna be fine, okay? Just try not to rage out on anyone." Isaac voices also looking at the Dunbar boy.

"You're both not worried?" Liam frowns in confusion, "Okay. I'm mildly concerned. Mildly." Stiles confirms with a nod noticing Isaac sharing the same look as him quickly sending Scott a text message.

"We're gonna lose without him." Liam huffs in realisation, "No. We're not! We can be just as good without Scott, okay? I've been practicing. Let me tell you something... I'm getting good. Really good." Stiles explains while putting on some of the lacrosse gear hearing Isaac chuckle knowing that's a lie.

Stiles grunts being shoved into the ground looking at Liam and Isaac looking at him with a I told you so look, "Yeah. I'm gonna call Scott again." Stiles utters panting due to being in the game.

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JOEL WASN'T lying when he said he'd find help, after not even searching for five minutes he was approached by Parrish who explained that he has been following Peter since they ended the deadpool the other night.

"They're gone." a weakened Chris calls out thinking it's just Parrish but notices Joel standing in-front of staring at the wound concerned.

"I told you man... I'd find help." Joel voices seeing Chris smile softly in appreciation, "How long have you been like this?" Parrish questions.

"I don't know. Might have blacked out a few times." Chris responds, "An hour." Joel mutters knowing the time it happened and how long it's been.

"Peter Hale did this?" Parrish quizzes, "You were following him?" Chris responds.

"Every day since Meredith Walker." Parrish admits using the flashlight to look at the blood pooled around Chris's feet and the wound itself.

"Listen to me. Kate's going after Scott and I'm sure Miah as well. Peter and Kate... you've got to warn them." Chris mumbles tiredly looking at Joel knowing the mention of his daughter might snap him into motion.

"I can't. There's no service down here. And I'm sure Miah's got a good fight in her. Just like Scott." Parrish voices looking at both men who smile at what he just said.

"Then just go." Chris suggests seeing Joel immediately begin shaking his head.

"If Joel and I leave right now. You'll be dead by the time I get back. We're getting you out of here. Come on!" Parrish determinedly states sharing a mutual nod with Joel.

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ISAAC LOOKS at his phone while Stiles looks at his noticing the lack of responses from both Miah and Scott.

"All right. Neither of them are answering. Isaac and I are gonna go see what's going on." Stiles utters sitting beside Liam.

"You're both leaving? What are you going to tell Coach?" Liam asks panicked motioning to Coach throwing a tantrum over not scoring any points.

"Uh... you don't tell him anything, okay?" Isaac suggests with a nod, Liam stares at the ground anxiously which Stiles and Isaac both notice.

"Liam. You're gonna be okay, all right?" Stiles states patting Liam's chest and motioning Isaac to follow him towards Mr Stilinski and Malia sitting in the bleachers.

Stiles explains to both of them what's going on which alerts Stilinski a little bit standing up to go with both boys.

"Want me to stay here if he shows up?" Malia asks, "Yes." Stiles states rushing off with Isaac and his father to hopefully go and find Scott and Miah.

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WAKING UP to the coldness on her lower back and the migraine that's forming.

Miah looks around seeing the multiple bones surrounding her and what looks to be a tomb god knows where.

"Scott?" Miah mumbles finding her voice feeling the need to scream for her boyfriend to know his safe.

"Scott... baby. Answer me!" Miah pleads in shouts before falling unconscious once again due to the screeching sound inside her head from the object placed to her side.

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CHRIS SCREAMS are heard echoing through the tunnels while Joel and Parrish try to pull the bar from the man's torso.

"Sorry!" Joel whispers hating seeing his friend in so much pain, "I'm sorry. Joel and I can't do it ourselves. It's not bending back... and it's not coming out of the wall." Parrish voices while Joel exhales feeling the answer begging to surface through his werewolf side.

"Leave." Chris tiredly suggests, "I can't do that. Neither can Joel. We need you to help us. I know you're hurt and tired... but we need you to gather everything that you've got and help us!" Parrish demands.

"I've got nothing." Chris tiredly voices, Joel growls under his breath looking at the man he calls his best friend.

"You have me! You have Isaac and you also have Miah!" Joel snarls wanting to get the point across that he's not alone.

"Grab the bar. Sir." Parrish firmly says, "I've got nothing left. Please... just go. Just go. Save your daughter Joel. You're running out of time." Chris weakly mutters.

"You know what you need? Adrenaline. There's two ways to get it. Fear and anger. Since you don't look like a guy who's afraid of anything. You need to get angry... you need to get so angry that your brain lets loose every bit of adrenaline it has left." Parrish explains.

"I'm too tired to be angry." Chris responds, Parrish sighs looking at Joel seeing his blue werewolf eyes glowing in the darkness of the tunnels.

"Okay. I don't know much about you... or what you've been through. But Lydia told me some of it." Parrish voices nodding at Joel who leans closer to his friend.

"Think about Allison. I know how she felt about Scott and her best friend Miah. And I think... if she knew what was happening to them. She'd be pretty angry. At least angry enough to try out more time to get the hell out of here! So... whatever trigger you need. If it's Allison... or your sister, or Peter. Use it. Use it right now!" Joel demands forcefully.

Chris looks up at him and nod feeling a surge of adrenaline rush over him noticing both Parrish and Joel's eyes glowing in the darkness before looking up at the roof screaming while the bar is freed from his stomach and thrown onto the wet ground beside them.

"Here." Joel states handing Chris a few gauzes to place on the wound so he doesn't lose anymore blood.

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ISAAC AND Stiles run into Miah's apartment alongside Stilinski noticing Derek and Braeden inside already looking at the broken window and glass on the floor.

"What the hell happened?" Stiles exclaims panicked, "It was supposed to be a date." Derek explains knowing about Scott and Miah's date.

"And they were both here?" Stilinski questions looking at Derek, "And they're both gone." Braeden voices a little nervously due to Miah being taken.

Stiles looks around the apartment while his cellphone vibrates in his pocket, "Hey." Stiles greets.

"Scott's been taken." Lydia interrupts on the other side of the phone call, "Scott and Miah. We just don't know where." Stiles voices.

"Mexico. And... if you want to save both of them. There's where you're going, too." Deaton reveals breathlessly due to being in a coma like state for a day and a half.

Lydia stares at the wall worried for her cousin knowing what Kate has planned for the blonde mage hybrid.

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