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"Psychotic Uncles and Murderous Stalkers"

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Derek's eyes fluttered at the persistent whistling noise blaring through his ears, a soft groan escaped his lips as a voice shook him.

"Derek - Can you hear me? Derek - Can you hear me? I need you to answer me, Derek. Derek! We don't have much time." Deaton pressed him.

Derek groans again sitting up to look at the man. "That sound - What was it?"

Derek tried to stand and almost immediately fell down, his legs being too weak to hold him. "You're gonna be weak for several hours." Deaton told him.

"It actually happened." Derek exclaimed before his eyes landed on a still unconscious Melody.

"Melody!"

"She will be okay, it was brutal for Peter to involve her, her kind don't heal the same, she'll wake up but she might take longer."

"You know what she is?" Derek furrowed his brows watching him nod.

"I had the privilege to meet her mother long ago, I felt her presence when I arrived."

"I- did-Peter?" Derek started to ask confused.

"Don't worry. You're still an Alpha. But, as usual, not a particularly competent one." Deaton sighed helping the man up finally.

"Where is he?" Derek groaned as he got up.

Deaton shook his head, "I wish I could tell you."

Derek shook his head again. "Then how about you tell me what you're doing here, and why you're helping us."

"Helping your family actually used to be a pretty important part of my life. Helping both of you was a promise I made to your mothers." Deaton replied as Derek stumbled to Melody.

"You're the one my sister talked about. She said you're a - kind of advisor?" He asked kneeling next to the girl listening for her heart beat.

Deaton nodded, "She was right. And I have some advice that you need to listen to very closely right now. What Peter managed to do doesn't come without a price. He'll be physically weak, so he'll rely on the strength of his intelligence, his cunning. He's gonna come at you, Derek. He'll try to twist his way inside your head, preying on your insecurities. He'll tell you that he's the only way you can stop Gerard. Do not trust him."

Derek hardened, "I don't trust anyone."

Deaton smiled knowingly, "I know. If you did, you might be the Alpha you like to think you are, maybe that girl would've been kept safe tonight. But unfortunately, the one person you should trust doesn't trust you at all."

Derek shoulders slouched, "Scott."

Deaton nodded, "He's with Stilinski right now. You need to find him, you need to find him as fast as you can. I've known Gerard for a long time. He always has a plan. Something tells me - it's going exactly the way he wants it to."

"What about Melody?" He frowned leaning to pick the girl up slowly her head lulling back as he did.

"Become that alpha you think you are, keep her safe. She's safer with you." He said walking off and out of the house.

"Melody?" Derek begged the girl to wake up was they walked to his abandoned car that obviously the twins left, thankfully.

"Mel?" he repeated lightly shaking her.

"Come-on Little Mermaid, wake up." He worried placing her in the passenger seat softly making her whimper, Derek looked at her arm that had thankfully stopped bleeding but look painful and rushed to get his first aid kit he kept in the truck.

"Hey.. there she is." Derek said softly smiling as Melody slowly opened her eyes wincing.

"Awch" she mumbled in pain finally opening her eyes to see Derek kneeling front of her, "Derek?'

"Hi" Derek winced

"Whaat happened" She asks coming to hold her head but stopping at the pain it caused in her hand making her yelp.

"whoa careful, I need to wrap that." Derek took her hand gently.

"It hurts, actually everything hurts, what happened?" she blurted leaning into the passenger seat.

"My psychotic uncle made the twins to use us to help resurrect him." Derek softly explained moving Issacs sweater she was wearing up to look at her cuts.

"What? How is that even possible? Stiles told me he was dead, that you killed him, dead people stay dead." she deadpanned forcing a wince down.

"I gotta clean this, its gonna hurt but I'll help take your pain." Derek sighed before looking from the cut to Melody wide eyes, "He wasn't completely dead, I guess, He drew on my alpha strength to heal him but I don't know why he involved you, Im sorry."

"You don't need to apologize-GODS!" she yelped then watched Derek take her hand as the alcohol cleaned and black lines suddenly ran up her hands but she felt better, more awake even, if that was possible.

"Whoa- You don't need to apologize for your uncle being a maniac." She said in wonder.

"Better?" he asked raising his brows at her as he went to wrap it.

"Yeah, I feel more awake too." She nodded "weirdly." She added confused.

"Good. You shouldn't have been there in the first place." he shook his head obviously angry she was hurt.

"I came, you didn't make me, and i'm sure if your lunatic uncle wanted me I would've ended up there anyways so don't beat yourself up." she reminded him.

Derek finished off her arm with a sigh "All done."

Melody watched Derek get up and put the kit away her legs still hanging out of his Camaro.

"Now what?" She questioned tilting her head at the Hale.

"Now I take you back to the hideout before I go to the station to meet Scott." He explained helping her inside the car before speeding to get in.

"No." She stated looking to him as he frowned

"No?"

"No, Im not going to rest when all hell is breaking loose, plus I need to talk to the sheriff. You're taking me with you." She urged shaking her head as he turned narrowing her eyes at her.

"You're weak." He reiterated blankly

"So are you." She reminded making him growl a bit before he drove off.

"You know, werewolves are weird." She laughed

"Right because mermaids are so normal." He retorted

"Touché" She snorted and Derek shook his head like he was arguing with himself before asking,"So you and Issac?

"No" She protested turning to him with wide eyes.

"NO?" His brows shot up holding back a smirk, part of him egging her on to make sure she was okay.

"No, Derek i'm not talking to you about Issac." She warned him lightly

"Why" He questioned

"Because it would be like talking to my older brother." She protested hoping he would drop the subject.

"Isn't that what they are for, though?" He retorted frowning at her.

"Derek, i'm not talking to you about Issac, plus we are literally dealing with so much stuff right now it's not the time!" She exclaimed pointing to the road for emphasis.

"Then there is something to talk about then" He smirked at her

"Derek Hale, focus on the road" She grumbled looking away

"You're still wearing his hoodie." He pointed out

"Derek I swear to the Gods I will literally drown you." She warned narrowing her eyes at him with a glare.

"Do we know what's going on?" Melody asked

"Deaton told me to meet Scott, he's with Stilinski. That's all I know."

"That's..helpful." She exhaled her hand coming to play with her necklace making Derek spot her ring as he glanced over. "That's new." He nodded to her hand as they stopped at a red light.

"It was my mother, she left it to me." She sighed

"Like your necklace, right? What's the stone?" Derek added

"It's a moonstone, they hold moonlight that we harness for power, my necklace she made so I don't rip my clothes up all the time with transforming and the ring is a traditional mermaid birth right. She left me these and a journal she wrote, just incase I transformed." She explained with a sharp pain in her heart.

"It's beautiful." Derek hummed as he pushed the car into gear again.

"I really wish you would've let me drop you off." Derek grumpled.

"Well I didn't, so stop being a sour wolf about it." She sassed him making him mutter something about Stiles as they drove in silence.

They pulled up to the station parking beside Stiles Blue Jeep and Melody furrowed her brows at the only other car in the lot, she didn't recognize it and it definitely wasn't a workers car.

"Der, that car, do you know whose that is?" Melody asked stoping Derek who was getting out of the car making him look back at her.

"No, maybe they have someone in for questioning." Derek shrugged getting out and walking to her door noticing her still staring at the mysterious car.

Derek opened her door leaning down to her height. "You coming Mel?" He frowned making her slowly look over at him, "I got a bad feeling." She said before getting out letting Derek shut the door behind her.

Derek opened the door letting her go in first before shutting it behind them when Jackson half transformed appeared in front of them making her yelp. "Derek!"

Melody went to throw the best with her hand but Jackson's hand grabbed her by the throat making her reach for his hand that was tightening.

"Let her go." Derek growled making him glare and his grip harder

"Not-help-ing" Mel croaked as the kanima as her heart pounded in her chest.

Jackson cut Derek on the back of his neck and suddenly the door opened as Dereks body stilled while Scott exhaled in relief "Oh, thank God." But Melody watched Derek loose feeling in his feet making him fall through the door thankfully twisting to land on his back as he slid in front of Stiles, Scott and Matt. Matt who looked pissed and pale and was holding a gun at them.

"This is the one controlling him? This kid?" Derek snapped as Jackson pushed Melody through the door holding her still but letting her breathe.

"Maybe don't- piss him off." She mumbled trying to push the hand off her throat looking at Matt with terror filled eyes, of course the guy that was stalking her was controlling the kanima.

"Well, Derek, not everyone's lucky enough to be a big, bad werewolf." Matt barked leaning down to Derek before looking up with a bone chilling smile.

"Oh, yeah, that's - that's right. I've learned a few things lately." He gloated "Werewolves, hunters, Mermaids and kanimas." He said looking to Melody pointedly, "It's like a frickin' Halloween party every full moon. Except for you, Stiles. What do you turn into?" He questioned and of course Stiles just had to sass back.

"Abominable snowman. But, uh, it's more of, like, a wintertime thing, you know, seasonal." He retorted and Jackson reached out switching to hold her with his tail forcing her hands down to swipe his venom covered nail on Stiles neck.

"Hey!" Scott exclaimed stepping forward but Jackson slowly shook his finger in his face as Stiles yelled "You bitch."

"Get him off of me." Derek snapped as Stiles landed face forward on top of him making Matt chuckle leaning down again.

"Oh, I don't know, Derek. I think you two make a pretty good pair. It must kinda suck, though, to have all that power taken away from you with just a little cut to the back of the neck. I bet you're not used to feeling this helpless." Matt gloated making Melody and Scott shared a look both scared of what was about to happen.

"Still got some teeth. Why don't you get down here a little closer, huh? We'll see how helpless I am." Derek blustered glaring at him.

"Yeah, bitch." Stiles croaked and Melody quivered "Could you guys try not to piss off the guy holding a gun!"

Scott stilled as a knock at the front door.

"Is that her? Do what I tell you to and I won't hurt her. I won't even let Jackson near her." Matt offered flaunting his gun as Stiles shouted in worry, "Scott, don't trust him!"

Matt got visibly angry pushing Stiles on his back and pushing his foot down crushing his chest making Melody yell!

"Matt! Stop!"

"This work better for ya?" He snarled ignoring  Melody's cries.

"Okay, just stop! Stop!" Scott exclaimed

"Matt!!" Melody yelled again wiggling in Jacksons grasp.

"Then do what I tell you to." Matt snapped

"Okay. All right. Stop!" Scott cried.

"Matt, you don't have to do this, please." Melody pleaded still squirming in Jackson grip pissing the kanima off as he hissed at her.

"Yeah, Melody, I do." He nodded behind her and Melody yelped at the feeling of Jackson's nail going in his neck.

"Leave her alone!" Derek said getting angry as the girl collapsed, panicking at not being able to move so she started hyperventilating.

Matt smirked leaving down to her softy moving hair out of her face making her skin crawl.

"You should've given me a chance. 'Cause remember how I said I'm not the kind of guy who would say something like, "well, if I can't have her, no one can." It's not totally true because, Melody, if I can't have you, no one can!" He yelled in her face and she felt her eyes start to water.

"Especially Issac Lahey." He snarled like the name tasted disgusting on his tongue looking to her sweater.

"You, take 'em in there. You - with me." Matt barked looking to Jackson and then to Scott nodding at him to move as Jackson threw Mel over his back and dragged the two along throwing them in Stilinskis offices.

Jackson placed Mel sitting against the wall unlike the other two he just dragged along before dumping a glass of water on her making her glare at the kanimas face.

Even when she couldn't move a bit pulling her tail along will suck.

"Next time I say I got a bad feeling Derek will you listen!?" She bickered

"Next time when I tell you to go rest at the hideout will you?" He snapped back

"Can you two quit bickering." Stiles sighed as Derek asked Mel how she felt. "Well I don't feel like I hit by a bus now since I can't freaking feel my body" She sassed the man.

Mel yelped as a gunshot ran out through the station.

"What just happened?" Stiles yelled and the two listened into the group at the front's conversation.

"Get up, McCall." Matt shouted

"Matt shot Scott in front of his mom." Mel worried.

"He will heal." Derek tried to calm her.

"His mom doesn't know that." Melody frowned worrying about the McCall mother who had been so nice to her.

"He's not going to hurt you Mel, I'll get us out of here." Derek said at the girls panicked heartbeat.

"You sure about that? We are all paralyzed and I can't use my magic or feel my fins!" She exclaimed making them all go quiet as the worry set in.

Melody stopped listening as hearing Mellisa's pained cries broke her heart.

"The evidence is gone. Why don't you just go?" Scott asked as they walking into the office with the rest making her tense and go on alert even more.

"You - you think the evidence mattered that much, huh? No, no, I - I want the book." Matt scoffed.

" What - what book?" Scott questioned furrowing his brows.

"The bestiary!" he shouted, "And not just a few pages, I want the entire thing."

"I don't have it. It's Gerard's. What do you want it for, anyway?" Scott shook his head.

" I need answers." he retorted

"Answers to what?" Scott asked

"To this." matt exclaimed lifting his shirt to reveal the patch of his skin that was covered in lizard like scales.

"Give me your phone." Matt demand

"It's out there." Scott nodded to outside the office

"Let's go then." Matt snapped pushing him forward.

"You know what's happening to Matt?" Stiles questioned Derek.

"I know, the book's not gonna help him. You can't just break the rules, not like this." Derek replied.

"What do you mean?" Melody spoke up finally adding to the conversation.

"Universe balances things out. Always does." Derek explained

"Is it because he's using Jackson to kill people who don't deserve it?" Stiles asked.

"And killing people himself." Derek confirmed his thoughts.

"So if Matt breaks the rules of the kanima, he becomes the kanima?" Melody guessed

"Balance." Derek affirmed.

"Will he believe us if we tell him that?" Stiles asked them.

"He doesn't seem like the type." Melody exhaled.

"Okay, he's gonna kill all of us when he gets that book, isn't he?" Stiles worried

"Not the best question to ask right now Stiles" Melody snapped when Derek hesitated before replying not liking worrying the girl.

"Yep."

"Oh Gods." Melody whispered closing her eyes.

"All right, so what do we do? Do we just - do we just sit here and wait to die?"  Stiles exclaimed

"Unless I can figure out a way to push the toxin out of my body faster. Like triggering the healing process." Derek sighed before getting his claws out and digging them into his thigh.

"Wha - oh, what are you doing? Aw, gross." Stiles complained

"Wait, that's could work! I can help once I can feel my hands too." She told Derek.

"Is that what happened to you? You drowned, didn't you?" Scott said from down the hall laughed enough at caught her attention.

"Matt drowned." She said lowly to them.

Before continuing to listen to Matt explain how he drowned at Issac's house and his dad forcing him not to tell anyone. About how he found Jackson as the kanima and started to kill people by taking photos of them.

"So is that hypothetical situation we talked about getting any less hypothetical?" Stiles asked frantically at Derek snapping her out of listening.

"I think so. I can move my toes." Derek replied

"I can feel my fins Derek." She retorted before furrowing her brows. "Wait I can feel my hand, let me help." She told Derek as she started to feel with her magic for the venom moving it out of his body.

"Wait! That's helping, keep going Mellie!" Derek exclaimed feeling his legs fully now that she was pushing it out of his cut.

Derek started to get up to move to Melody when suddenly shots rang out through the station.

"Shit, can you dry off? We have to go now."

"I'll try" Melody's voice shook

Matts worried voice yelling found their pairs ears  "What is this? What is this? What's happening? What's going on?"

"I don't know." Scott exclaimed as they ducked under cover and the Scott ran at Jackson pushing him away as smoke bombs were thrown through the broken windows.

Outside Gerald yelled " Shakespeare wrote that love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Let's give them some love."

"Take them! Go!" Derek yelled to Scott as Melody finally got her legs back.

"Derek!" Melody worried about leaving him here with hunters and the kanima roaming around.

"GO! I'll be fine. "Derek shouted back.

Scott helped Stiles up who was starting to feel more of his legs like Mel before propping him up against the wall and picking Mel up.

Scott helped the pair through the door leaving Derek to defend for himself.

Jackson stalked after them making Scott close each door behind them as he went until he couldn't kept him away any longer.

Jackson was kicking doors down making them splinter into nothing as the group hid in a nearby room.

Hearing Derek roar Scott played the pair down "Don't move-" Scott stopped at Melody's are you serious face? "You know what I mean." He grumbled running to help Derek leaving Melody to worry about them not being able to move only listen.

Scott ran down the Hallway when suddenly Allison appeared aiming a crossbow at him.

"Oh, sh - Allison." He shouted in shook.

"Where's Derek?" Allison blustered golding the weapon at him still.

Scoot frowned at Allison "What are you doing?"

" If you're not going to tell me, then get out of my way." Allison growled

" Allison." Scott breathed in shock at her.

" Where is he?" She repeated again moving her bow away from him.

"What happened?" Scott stepped forward making her move it back.

"Scott - Scott, you need to stay away from me right now." She warned her eyes narrowing at him more.

"I need to go. Just stay out of my way." she said running past him making Scott hesitate before running towards his mom.

"Matt? Matt, please, listen to me. My son has been shot, and I've heard other gunfire, and I don't know what's happening, but can you please just let me see my son?" Melissa begged through tears holding onto her cells bars.

"How totally clueless are you people?" Matt exclaimed was Derek walked him making him turn as he growled at him before the kanima walked through the door across from him making him attack him first.

Derek and the kanima started fighting throughing Derek back into the wall as Melissas eyes went wide in shock.

Derek picked up a nearby metal chair throwing it in front of him before the kanima used it against him pushing him over the desk and throwing it to the side.

"What the heck are you doing?" Mel snapped at Stiles trying to claw away.

"Trying to help!" Stiles snapped back

"If I can't help no way you can!" She snapped back

The kanima gripped on the cells bars using his back feet to kick Derek across the room before the creature turned to hiss at Melissa.

Suddenly Scott apearred stabbing the kanimas back with his claws throwing it away from his mom.

" Oh, God, Scott? Scott, you okay? Scott? No!" Melissa yelled making him turn towards his mom who gasped in shock at the sight of her son wolfed out.

"Scott? No!" she cried covering her face.

Derek seeing Scott has it handle runs to Melody.

Derek came rushing into the room looking for melody who was still layed down where Scott had placed her.

"I got you."  He said gently picking her up and running out of the station and placing the girl in the car before speeding away.

"Next time, listen to me." She grumbled softly leaning her head against the cold glass.

"Noted, how you feeling?" Derek softly laughed

"Like I got hit with a truck, repeatedly." She groaned like the cold glass against her forehead.

"You need to rest." Derek replied.

"No definitely was going to run a marathon after that." She snapped making him smile

"My car is at your place still." She muttered

"Good thing we are here then, I'll help you." Derek said parked getting out.

"I could try to walk." She muttered as he picked her up.

"That venom is still in your system plus the fact of what Peter did, I'm carrying you." He said in a tone that told her to quit arguing, he definitely felt guilty.

Melody muttered something about stubborn wolfs making him chuckle as the entered the train alerting the wolfs to their presence as Derek laid her down on a bench.

"Melody? What the hell happened?" Issac exclaimed his eyes wide but now returned to their normal colour growing wider at the sight of her still drowning in his lacrosse hoodie.

"Long story." She groaned softly as Derek went to unlock the pack.

"Matt's controlling the kanima, my uncle Peter made the twins use me and Melody to resurrect himself and then we got held at gun point by Matt." Derek explained flatly unlocking Issac.

"You forgot us both getting poisoned and the hunters showing up. Oh and Deaton." Melody added making Derek stop looking to her with an are you kidding me look before letting Issac go.

"Sounds like you had an interesting night." Issac replied softly walking over to her.

"Can you sit up yet?" He asked her.

Melody nodded lifting a hand towards him "Just need some help up." Issac grabbed her hand making her wince as she pulled her self up to sit.

"You're bleeding." Issac muttered kneeling down to lift his sweater away to look at her cut Derek wrapped up.

"Curtsy of Derek's psychotic Uncle." She murmured before looking up and seeing Issacs jaw clenched and his crystal blue eyes seemed to glow as they looked over her arm gently turning it to see her cut better before locking eyes with her furrowed brows. Was Issac worried?

"I'll heal." She softly put whispered her skin tingling where his hand held her.

"Not like us though." He frowned

"No, but not everyone is a werewolf, some of us are just regular mermaids." She forced a smile trying to cheer him up.

"There's nothing regular about you, Melody." Issac said underlies breath making Melody blush.

"Can you help me up?" Mel asked quietly not noticing the group had left the train to give them space.

Issac helped her up with a smile as she looked up at him "Looks like you survived your first full moon, congratulations."

"Thank you." Isaac smiled

"How was it?"

"I found an anchor, so a success -I think." Issac chuckled and Melody felt it vibrate through her as they held each others eyes.

"Id say that's a success." she smiled making him grin wider and Issac silently thanked the gods she didn't ask what or whom it was.

The pair stood there for a moment just looking at each other until Dereks voice interrupted them breaking them apart, Melody not even realizing they were still holding hands.

"Sorry I didn't mean to interrupt" Derek grinned cheekily at Melody, he really didn't mean to, he just didn't think about listening in before coming to check on her.

"Uh- no you weren't, it's okay." she stuttered her eyes wide.

"I should probably head home anyways, i'm sure i'll get an earful from my Uncle Galen." she stammered rubbing her neck wincing at the cut.

"You sure you're okay to drive?" Issac question making her look back at him with heated cheeks.

"Yeah I should be, I just need to sleep for a week, no, wait, I'm going to change that to swim and sleep." She let out a giggle at her correction.

"Oh your hoodie." She remembered suddenly moving to take it off when he lightly grabbed her arms "Keep it, I can get it another time." Issac shook his head.

"Okay. Thank you" She smiled.

"I'll see you guys later, make sure you rest a bit too Derek." She said looking at Derek pointingly at the alpha.

"Only if you do, Goodnight." Derek raised a brow at her.

"Noted" She turned to walk but stopped and turned to Issac "Goodnight."

"Goodnight Melody" he replied softly.

Melody took her time getting home, not only because she was dreading having to talk to her uncle or because she was so utterly exhausted it slowed her down, but soon enough she was shutting her car off and walked inside.

"Melody! where have you been!" Galen exclaimed at the girl rising from the couch to walk to her form lingering by her room door.

"I fell asleep at the twins and then Sheriff Stilinski called me in to the station and we got held at gun point by a student. My phone died or else I would've called." She explained a bit bluntly making her uncle rush to her with wide eyes

"Oh my god! are you okay!?"

"I'm fine, just feel like I need to sleep for a week and not see anyone" she yawned.

"I can't believe you were in trouble and I didn't know" He hugged her.

"Im fine Uncle Galen, seriously just tired, I really just want to sleep." She said shocked at getting crushed by his hug.

"You need to keep your phone charged and let me know what you're doing, okay? I was worried. Now go sleep." Galen shook his head rubbing the girls head.

"Night" she softly smiled before opening her door and hearing Galen say good night roughly.

She immediately plugged her phone in, technically she didn't lie about that part, her phone really did die on her. Grabbing some pjs Melody headed to start her much need bath before placing Issacs hoodie on her desk chair and sending at joint text to Scott and Stiles. She stood there waiting for a response while staring that hoodie, Issac's hoodie. He made her so nervous, it started to bug her, he was a great guy and whatever these feeling's were, were definitely not on her plan.

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Melody: Can you to make sure your parents cover me and say I was with you please, My uncle was loosing it.

Stiles: Got it, hope you are okay.

Scott: I'll let my mom know when she will actually talk to me.

Melody :I'm sorry Scott, talk to you guys tomorrow. Let me know what happening or if I can help.

Scott: Will do, Night.

Stiles: I'll keep ya in the loop, goodnight.

Melody sighed putting her phone back and hoping into the bath not even caring as she nodded off to tired to get out after a while.

Meanwhile near the river Gerald locked eyes with a curious looking kanima with a slow smile. "No longer afraid of the water? Well, you don't have to be afraid of anything, my friend. Especially me."

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