Chapter 2: Ch. 1 - THE DARK MOON

Chapter One

💰 The Dark Moon 💰

"This doesn't seem so bad." Stiles says as him and Lydia look around a town in Mexico. Them and the pack were in Mexico to negotiate with the Calaveras. "It's not the town, it's the plan." Lydia said making Stiles look at her offended, "What's wrong with the plan?"

"Stiles, this could be the stupidest plan we've ever come up with. You're aware of that, right?" Lydia says exasperatedly and he nodded, "I'm aware it's not our best..." He said. "We are going to die." Lydia said at the making Stiles glanced at them her, "Are you saying that as a Banshee, or are you both just being pessimistic?" Stiles says as they start walking.

"I'm saying it as a person who doesn't wanna die." Lydia says and Stiles nodded, "Okay... Would you mind restricting any talk of death to actual Banshee predictions?" He asked and she gave him a fake smile. "This plan is stupid and we're going to die." Lydia sarcastically and Stiles chuckled and nodded his head, "Oh thank you." He said sarcastically.

Walking up to the building of the club, two men stood in front of them, "Estamos aquí para la fiesta?" Lydia asked and the men looked at each other then shook their head making her sigh. Stiles pulled a card out of his pocket before showing it to one of the men, he looked over to a camera making Stiles hold the card up to it and then a few second after the door buzzed open.

Taking a deep breath, they walked in, the door shutting behind them as they walked down a hall. The music they could already hear was making the walls shake violently. Standing at the bar, three shot glasses got set in front of them making them raise their eyebrows in confusion.

Stiles went to grab his wallet but a hand grabbed onto his and Lydia's shoulders, "No. On the house. Most American teenagers don't cross the border to refuse a drink." Someone said and Lydia rolled her eyes. "We didn't come here to drink." She said before dropping one of the bullets she found on the loft floor into a shot glass.

"Severo hates this music. Me? I've always loved the music of youth. This especially, it has a savage energy." Araya said, looking down at whatever she was doing. "We're here for Derek Hale." Lydia said making Araya look at her and smile, "Is that so?"

"We know you have him. We've heard you can be bought." Lydia said and Stiles put stacks of cash on the desk, "That's fifty thousand for Derek." He said making Araya chuckle. "Now, where does a teenage boy get money like this? Japanese mafia?" She asked and people around them started cocking their guns making Lydia and Stiles jump. "Not smart to come alone." Araya said making Stiles look at her, "What makes you think we're alone?" He asked.

Araya's face fell into a scowl, "You brought a wolf into my home?" She asked and Stiles smirked, "We brought an alpha."

Kira walked up with an alarmed looked at Malia danced. "Something's happening." Kira said and Malia nodded, "I know." She said and Kira raised her eyebrows. "What do we do?" She asked and Malia shrugged slightly, "Blend in!" She said and Kira furrow her brows..

"Dance with me, dumbass." Malia said and Kira nodded slightly, "Oh..." She said. Kira started glancing around as she awkwardly jerked her body making Malia cringe slightly. Malia chuckled and shook her head before grabbing Kira's hips making Kira look at her shocked as Malia pulled her closer.

Malia moved their hips together until Kira got the hang of it and started getting more and more comfortable with it. They glanced around slightly to see hunters not suspecting them as people crowed around them.

"My friends...I don't think you're aware of your poor timing. Do you know what the dark moon is?" She asked and Lydia shrugged slightly, "The part of the lunar phase when the moon is least visible in the sky." She answered and Araya nodded, "But do you know its meaning?" She asked.

"Some people say it's a time of reflection of grief." Lydia said and Araya chuckled, "Grief and loss, mija. I wonder why, when you and your friends have suffered so much loss, you would risk it again for someone like Derek Hale." She said and Stiles shrugged slightly.

"We don't like to lose."

"Nadie en la cantina. Front door clear, south clear." Someone said over the radio. "North? Norte?" Severo asked but got no response, "Dónde está el norte?" He asked. "Stiles, take ten off the table." Scott's voice came through the radio making Lydia smirk while Stiles took away a stack of cash, "Maybe you should just take the deal." Lydia said in a slight whisper.

"While I am keen to follow the warning of a banshee. I'm going to have to decline."

"Ready?" Malka asked and Kira smirked and nodded before all turned around. The guy behind Malia pointed his gun at her but she just pushed his arm back before grabbing him by his vest, slamming him to the ground before punching him, knocking him out..

Kira swung her light up nunchucks at the hunter behind her before hitting her a couple times making the woman fall to the ground.

"Awww, come on. Just give us Derek. You don't want him anyway! Haven't you noticed what a downer he is? No sense of humor, poor coversation list. Just, come on. Take the money." Stiles said and Araya raised her eyebrows.

"Severo? Show them how the Calaveras tnegotiate."

Scott, Malia and Kira walked into some back hallway for a while before a smoke smoke machine started going off making them glance at each other. Two other smoke machines went off directly above them and Scott's eyes widen. "Wolfsbane. It's wolfsbane! Kira, get out of here!" Scott yelled.

Kira went to run off but a guy walked around the corner before hitting her with the but end of his gun making her fall to the ground. Malia and Scott both started coughing as someone walked up to them making them look up to see Araya. "Someone who has been an Alpha only a few months should be more careful when facing a Hunter of forty years." Araya said and Scott shook his head slightly while breathing heavily.

"All we want is Derek." He said and Araya chuckled, "Ay, lobito. You're a long way from home." She said as she watched as Malia started to pass out while Scott looked up at her in realization. "You don't know where he is either." He said and Araya's smirk fell before pressing a stun baton to his chest making him roar out in pain before passing out.

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"He's awake! Guys, he's awake!" Kira called out making everyone run over as Scott woke up, "Scott, you okay?" Stiles asked and Scott nodded slightly. "Yeah..." He said as Kira and Stiles helped him up, "They don't have him. They don't have Derek." He said and Kira sighed softly.

"We know... But right now, they've got Lydia." She said making him look at her wide eyed, "Lydia? What do they want with Lydia?" He asked and she just shrugged. He instantly got up and started looking around the room and the door.

"We already looked for a way out. I think a lot of people have." Kira said and Malia sighed, "I say, when that door opens again, we take out whoever's standing in the way and run for it." She said making them look at her. "What about Lydia?" Kira asked and Malia looked at her confused, "What about her?" She asked. "We're not leaving without her." Scott said and Malia looked at him crazy, "Why not?" She asked and Stiles stepped forward.

"Because we don't leave without people. Remember, we talked about this? Rules of the wild kingdom don't apply to friends." He said and Malia sighed, "Is that what you would do as a coyote? Leave her for dead?" Kira asked and Malia shrugged.

"If she was weak and injured, yeah. If hunting had been bad that season, I would eat her- Then I'd leave." She said making Stiles sigh and look at everyone, "Believe it or not, that's progress." He said. "All right, guys. We're not dead yet, and that means Araya wants something." Scott said making them look at him, "But, if the Calaveras don't know where Derek is, that means they didn't take him from the loft, right?" Kira asked. "Maybe he left on his own?" Stiles suggested and Scott furrow his brows slightly.

"Maybe someone else got to him..."

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A few minutes later a couple hunters came in and took Kira and Scott, leaving Stiles and Malia. "Do you hear them? Can you hear Scott? Can you hear Kira? Lydia? Anybody? What are they saying?" Stiles asked as Malia sat by rusted sinks. She had her eyes closed trying to listen on what's going on but obviously Stiles talking wasn't helping. "I... I can't. I can't concentrate. I... There's too many sounds... and voices..." She said frustratedly and he crouched down front of her.

"Okay. It's okay. Well, just breathe. Breathe with me, all right? You practiced this with Scott before, remember?"

"I'm trying."

"It's okay. It's okay. Just focus on something. Here, look at my eyes. Very good. Just focus on the sound of my voice. All you have to do is try to concentrate. Concentrate-" He was saying but was cut off by Malia leaning forward and kissing him.

When they pulled away Malia's eyes glowed a vibrant blue, "They're killing him!" She said panicky. "He said Kate has Derek." She said making Stiles look at her in shock, "That's impossible. It's impossible! That can't be what he said."

"Why? Who-who's Kate?" Malia asked, looking at him confused, "She's a Hunter. An Argent. And she's supposed to be dead." Stiles said.

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"So, what now?" Stiles asked as Scott walked up to them, "She think she knows where we can find Derek." Scott said with a slight shrug. "She's gonna tell us where?" Malia asked, "Uh, actually, she's giving us a guide." Scott said and someone on a motorcycle drove up to them.

"Breaden." Scott said making them all look at him, "Who's Breaden?" Malia asked. "She's a mercenary." Lydia said. "Right now, I'm the only one who's gonna take you to La Iglesia." Braeden said making Lydia raise her eyebrows at her, "The Church?" She asked. "What's "The Church?"

"It's not a place you'll find God."

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The jeep was quite for a moment as they followed Braeden until Malia spoke up, "Okay, I'll ask... Who's Kate Argent?" Malia asked leaning forward and Kira raised her hand slightly, "Uh, I'd like to know, too..." She asked awkwardly. "Well, we were at her funeral, so I'd like to know how she got out of a casket that was buried six feet underground." Stiles said as he glanced over at Scott who shook his head, "She was never in it." He said and Lydia sighed softly.

"She was Allison's aunt... and a total sociopath." Lydia said, "You don't have to talk about it now if you don't want to..." Kira said and Malia looked at her. "Um, yes, he does!" She said and Scott nodded, "Yeah, she's right. You guys should know. You need to know." He said.

"Kate was the one who set the fire that killed most of Derek's family." Stiles said and Scott nodded, "Some of them survived, like Cora and Peter." He said and Lydia chucked. "A very angry Peter." She said and they nodded, "Yeah, he's the one who bit and turned me-" Scott said and Lydia interjected. "And the one who finally caught up to Kate and killed her." She said, "And we saw her buried." Stiles said and Scott shook his head.

"No... We saw a casket, remember? She wasn't in it. The Calaveras heard that Kate had been killed by an Alpha's claws. They wanted to make sure she was really dead. Her body was healing, more and more, as she got closer to the full moon. She was coming back. So, they switched the bodies. If a Hunter is bit, they have to take their own life before they change. The Calaveras... they treat the Code like law. They make it their responsibility to enforce it."

"Good for her! I wouldn't do it, either." Malia said making Scott glance at her, "Would you kill a half-dozen people to get out? Because that's what she did." Scott said. "So, Kate's a Werewolf now?" Kira asked and Scott sighed, "I don't know. You know, there's a saying... "Sometimes, the shape you take reflects the person you are."

"What kind of shape is a sociopathic bitch?" Lydia asked and then all of the sudden it felt like they had hit something making the jeep rock a bit as Stiles pulled out and everyone instantly got out.

"What happened?" Braeden asked after she climbed off the bike, "I dont know- it felt like we hit something." Stiles looked around the car. "Scott, we need to get there by night. It's too dangerous, otherwise." Braeden said making Scott sigh and look at them conflicted, "Go." Stiles said and Scott shook his head. "Not without you."

"Dude, someone needs to find Derek. We'll figure something out. We always do. Just go. Scott you have to go." Stiles said and Scott nodded as Kira walked up up to him. They talked for a moment before hugging and Scott went off with Braeden.

Malia crouched down next to the tire before noticing something, "Stiles, I don't think we hit something- I think something hit us." She said pulling out what looked like a sharp bone.

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"Maybe we should just walk." Lydia said making him look up at her with a slight glare. "Hey, I will never abandon this Jeep! You understand me? Ever. Ever. Ever." He said, getting back to work. Lydia turned around and grabbed something out of the tool box and looked like she was gonna throw it at him before setting it down and rubbing the back of her neck.

"Work faster, Stiles..." Malia said looking out in the distance, "There's something out here with us." She said.

"Lydia, could you please hold the light still for a second? It's really hard to see anything if you keep shaking it like that..." Stiles said making Lydia shoot him a look, "I'm shaking it this way because we're in the middle of nowhere with your broken down Jeep, and we're being attacked by yet another razor-clawed monster, and I'm terrified."

"Well, just be slightly less terrified... And hold this." Stiles said handing Lydia something he pulled out, "What's this?" She asked. "I don't know. I'm hoping it's not important." He said.

"Anything?" Kira asked walking up to Malia, "It's too hard to see. We should've brought another flashlight." Malia said. Kira walked over to the head lights and reflected the lights off of her katana. Looking out in the distance they see a figure moving. Malia growled and forward making Kira run after her.."Kira, go! You, fix the jeep." Lydia shining the flashlight in Stiles's face, "Stiles, focus!" Stiles went back to fixing the jeep.

Eventually he got the jeep started and Malia and Kira ran back, Malia sporting a deep cut on her stomach as well. "You.... You, please don't do that ever again!" Stiles said as they started driving, "Do what?" She asked.  " I... I thought you just took off. I thought you were running." He said and she nodded.

"I was running." She said making Stiles sighed, "No, like, I thought you were leaving." Stiles said and she shook her head, "I wouldn't leave without you." She said making him glance at her. "Really?" He asked surprised, "I would never leave without you. Them, I would leave." She said making Stiles glance back at the girls, "That's uh... that's progress."

"That doesn't look good." Lydia said leaning over to look at Malia's cut, "It's okay." Malia nodded and Kira raised her eyebrows, "Are you sure: It looks deep." Kira said. "I can feel it healing." Malia said nodding, "You didn't see anything?" Lydia asked and Malia shook her head. " Barely... It had a strong scent, though."

"Like what?"

"Like death."

They pulled up to the church right as Braeden and Scott came running out. Harlow ran up to them but froze when she saw Derek. "Is that him? Is that Derek?" Malia asked looking at Stiles and, "Uh... Sort of..." Stiles said as he looked at Derek in shock.

Or to be more specific, a 17-year-old Derek Hale.

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Author's Note:

You can decide if Stiles and Malia made out/slept together in Eichen. The kiss in this chapter was just Malia doing the first thing she thought of it get him to stop talking.

They do have a connection but Stiles is nothing more than her first friend and season 4 anchor.