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"Thing One & Thing Two."

(2x06)

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Melody sighed looking to the boys. "What the hell do we do now?" She threw her arms up in frustration.

"Holy cr - , we find him!" Scott said racing to Stiles' Jeep and Melody shook her head muttering that she'd regret this as she got in the back seat.

"Wha - sorry, I'm sorry. Did you see where he went?" Stiles questioned as they raced down the street with Scotts head out the window trying to catch his scent, Melody of course snapped a photo, She couldn't resist. He looked like an idiot and it was a thing she always did to her friends.

"Did you just take a picture of me?" Scott looked to her with wide eyes.

"I had too, come on, that's way too funny." She snorted putting her phone in her pocket again.

Scott pulled his head back inside "I lost him." as they drove into a parking lot.

Stiles turned shocked "What? You couldn't catch his scent?"

Scott shook his head "I don't think he has one."

"Oh Gods." Melody sighed running a hand over her face, could this night get any worse?

"All right, any clue where he's going?"Stiles questioned glancing to his best friend.

Melody snorted. "To kill someone." she retorted from the back seat like it was obvious.

"Ah. That explains the claws, and the fangs, and all that. Good. Makes perfect sense now." Stiles turned to her rolling his eyes. "What? Guys, come on. I'm 147 pounds of pale skin and fragile bone, okay? Sarcasm is my only defense." he replied as they both laughed from his defensive statement.

"Just help me find it." Scott asked the pair when Stiles stopped him, "Not "it." Jackson.".

"Yeah, I know. I - I know." Scott replied hesitantly frowning.

"All right, but does he know that? Did anybody else see him back at your house?" Stiles questioned the pair and Mel just shruged, she was to distracted by the gigantic murdering lizard to look.

"I mean, I don't think so, but he already passed Derek's test anyway." Scott offered with a light shrug.

"Yeah, but that's just the thing. How did he pass the test?" Stiles asked his best friend furrowing his brows in confusion.

"I don't know." Scott shook his head.

" Maybe it's like an either - or thing. I mean, Derek said that a snake can't be poisoned by its own venom, right? When's the kanima not the kanima?" Stiles reasoned.

The wolf looked at him in realization "When it's Jackson."

"Uh - dude. See that?" Stiles slapped Scotts shoulder and pointed to the roof where the lizards tail disappeared.

"He's inside." Scott stated looking to them with a wince.

" What's he gonna do in there?" Stiles asked and Melody answered with a shrug "Maybe he likes clubbing?"

"Seriously?" the pair looked back to her with wide eyes making her look defensive at the pair.

"What? You don't own sarcasm stiles." Melody sassed narrowing her eyes at him.

Scott suddenly stiffed as a breeze came through the open windows "I know who he's after."

"What, how? How? Did you smell something?" Stiles Exclaimed

Scott nodded with a wince. "Armani."

"Aw, come on." Stiles groaned getting out and walking to the club with the other two following, except there was no way in.

"You say that like I know who you guys are talking about? Still a new girl here!" Melody sassed them making Stiles turn to her rolling his eyes. "Danny."

"All right, maybe there's, like, a, uh - like, a window we could climb through, or some kind of -" Stiles muttered as he looked around not noticing as Scott walked up and ripped of the door handle.

"-Handle that we could rip off with supernatural strength. How'd I not think of that one?" Melody chuckled at his antics silently wishing she had supernatural strength, it seemed like something she could definitely use in this town.

The group walked inside and Melody winced at the loud noise seriously regretting coming along, she hated parties.

"Guys, everyone in here's a dude. I think we're in a gay club." Scott said as they looked around before looking to Stiles who was surrounded by drag queens running their hands along his chest.

"Man, nothing gets past those keen werewolf senses, huh, Scott?" Stiles gritted out as Melody lost it laughing reaching for her phone.

"Wait Oh my gods, Let me take a picture!" She yelled between giggles making Scott yell at her. "Mel! Not the time!"

"It's always time to make a memory." Her phone clicked as she took the photo shruging to him before Stiles walked away leading them to the bar.

"Three beers." he smiled to the bar tender who tilted his head and asked for his id.

" How 'bout three cokes?"

"Rum and coke?" he questioned before stuttering at the bar tenders face "Sure. Coke's fine, actually. I'm driving anyway."

"Those two are paid for." he said nodding to Melody and Scott before looking to two boys down the bar with a blush and a grin.

" Oh, shut up, both of you!" Stiles groaned throwing his head back in annoyance.

"I didn't say anything." Scott smiled cheekily as his face turned red.

"Yeah, well, her face did." Stiles frowned at Mel who was holding back a cheeky smile before her face dropped. "Hey, not to interrupt this amazing conversation but, uh, I found Danny." Melody nodded to wear Danny was on the floor.

Scott's eyes widened as he said "I found Jackson."

Next thing Melody knew she was standing outside watching Scott walk over to Danny as he got pulled away in a stretcher, making her listen in from beside Stiles in the jeep.

Somehow the two idiots got Jackson in the back of his jeep unconscious making Melody really really wish she was home.

"What's he saying?" Stiles whispered to her making her wave him off trying to focus.

"Danny."

"McCall, what are you doing here?"

"Just, uh, seeing if you're okay. And, um, I'm wondering if anything weird happened to you today. Besides being paralyzed from the neck down."

An EMT spoke up "Sorry, but we need to get him to the hospital."

"One more question, just one. Are you okay?"

"Did it happen to my ex too?"

"Yeah."

"Then I'm great."

"He got nothing. Can you take me to my car now?" Melody sighed looking to Stiles.

"I'll get right on that, we'll just take the homicidal lizard along." Stiles sassed her as Scott jumped in.

"Couldn't get anything out of Danny." Scott announced

"The Little Mermaid filled me in." Stiles quipped making Melody narrow her eyes at him. She was starting to hate that nickname even more.

"Okay, can we just get the hell outta here now, before one of my dad's deputies sees me?" Stiles stressed looking back out the window as he dad appeared.

"Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Could this get any worse?" Stiles groaned and then the worst happened, he locked eyes with his son making Stiles yell. "That was rhetorical!"

"Get rid of him." Scott told stiles

"Get rid of him? We're at a crime scene, and he's the sheriff." Stiles exclaimed throwing his hands up.

Scott went wide eyed. "Just do something."

Stiles got out of the jeep walking to his dad as Scott and Melody listened in. "Hey."

Jackson just deciding it was the perfect moment to mutter spoke up. "What's - what's going on?"

"Oh, My, Gods. Never ever again." Melody exclaimed making Scott look at her weird, "What?"

"Who says oh my Gods?" He scrunched his brows up at her.

"I do, now tell your friend to shut up." Melody snapped playing with her necklace.

Scott turned to Jackson whispering. "Jackson, Jackson, be quiet."

Sheriff Stilinski raised his brows at his son. "What're you doing here?"

Stiles pulled his head back. "What do you mean what am I doing here? What? It's a club. It's a club, we were clubbing, you know? At the club." Stiles moved around in a weird dance making her force back a snort at his antics.

The Sheriff looked back to the Club and to Stiles. "Not exactly your type of club."

Stiles stopping placing his hands in front of him suddenly going serious "Uh - well, dad - There's a conversation that we - "

Mel stuffed a laugher as her leg bounced in anxiety.

"-You're not gay." he deadpanned at his son.

"Wha - I could be." Stiles stammered pulling his head back.

" Not dressed like that." Stiles dad looked at his outfit and back to him.

"Well, what's - uh -" Stiles stammered again

"Jackson, be quiet." Melody snapped when he groaned again.

"This is the second crime scene that you just happened to have shown up on. And at this point, I've been fed so many lies, I'm not sure I know the kid standing in front of me. Now, what the hell is going on?" Mr.Stilinski snapped raising his brows at his son.

"What's happening?" Jackson question suddenly raising in head in awareness.

"Jackson, I'm sorry, but - Oh! Hey." Scott punched the boy knocking him out again.

" Dad, I - I - " the spastic boy stuttered obviously searching for something to say.

"-The truth, Stiles." he warned his son.

"The truth, all right. Well, the truth is that we were here with Danny. Yeah, 'cause he just broke up with his boyfriend, so, you know, we were just trying to take him out and get his mind off things. That's - that's it." Stiles lied scratching his head.

"Ah, Well, that's really good of you guys. You're good friends." The Sheriff sighed nodding his head before letting his son go.

Stiles walked back to the jeep as quick as he can and got in only for Melody to stare him down. "Take me to my car before you two do anything stupid, Please." She practically begged.

"Ah, yeah, Sure." Stiles nodded reluctantly seeing how the girl looked anxious and tired throwing the Jeep into gear as she slouched in the seat.

"What will you guys do with him?" Melody asked looking to the unconscious boy silently thankfully that Stiles kept a blanket in the back so she didn't get flashed by a very naked Jackson.

Stiles winced making it obvious they hadn't thought that far. "Uh, what about your house?" he looked to Scott.

Scott shook his head. "Not with my mom there. We need to take him somewhere where we can hold him long enough to figure out what to do with him. Or long enough to convince him he's dangerous."

"I still say we just kill him." Stiles stated making Melody go into shock. "You did not just say that." she looked to Scott "He didn't just say that.'

Scott looked to her then back to Stiles. "We're not killing him."

Stiles groaned hitting the steering wheel. "God, f - Okay, okay. I got an idea."

" Does it involve breaking the law?" Scott questioned looking to his friend.

Stiles looked to his friend knowingly. "By now, don't you think that's a given?"

Scott sighed. "I was just trying to be optimistic."

"Don't bother." Stiles shook his head

"How are you two not in juvie yet?" Melody exclaimed leaning further back in her seat.

•••

Melody had finally walked into her room ready for bed when he phone rang.

"I swear if this is Dumb and Dumber." she yawned but pulling out her she was surprised to see Naia calling, it seemed like the last couple days the pair had always missed each other. The time change was really starting to kill Melody, she missed home.

Melody grinned plopping down on her bed as she picked up.

"Naia Salazar, Gods it is amazing to hear your voice." Exclaimed smiling as she stared at her ceiling.

"Smelly Melli!" Naia and another voice yelled through the phone making her laugh at the stupid nickname, unlike the little mermaid she actually didn't mind this one. It brought back good memories.

"Please tell me that's Ro!"

"You know it, so when are you coming home because I swear Naia might end up in jail if you don't." None other Rowan Cameron laughed through the phone.

"Hey! Not true, I have been very well behaved in your absence." Naia exclaimed before warning Rowan in a hushed voice like she was covering the mic. "Stop that or I'll kick your butt."

"Heard that." She laughed making Naia groan.

"I can't tell if she's joking or not anymore, she beat up Eliot last week for touching her ice cream." Rowan revealed making her smile at the thought.

Mel snorted missing her friends. "Honestly, I think Eliot deserved that, seriously how many times can you tell your little brother to leave Nai alone. It was bound to happen Ro."

"Still, had you been here you could've wrestled the girl, probably would've saved me the long talk my parents gave me about violence."  Naia said over the phone.

"I think violence is Naia's honorary middle name at this point." Mel snorted as she laughed harder.

"And I'm proud of that fact." Naia stated making her imagine the girl doing her signature salute.

"So tell us! How is Beacon hills?" Rowan asked taking the phone away from Nai and her craziness.

"Beacon Hills..-it's fine. Surprisingly more crime here though, I miss you guys though and the ocean." She sighed, no the pair didn't exactly know what she was but they still knew how much being there meant to her, her connection to her "dead" mom and now father.

"How about boys?" Her best friend squeaked making both her and Rowan groan at her boy crazy attitude.

"Not much to say." Mel quickly dismissed shaking her head.

"Ah no, I know that tone, tell us." She laughed making Mel roll her eyes.

"Ugh, I hate you can tell that, fine. It's one boy, and it won't happen. I had one minuscule thought that he was cute until he showed his personality."

"Damn, that sucks." Rowan sighed

"Tell me what's happening there, how's the band?" Mel shifted the subject away from her eager to her about her beloved home town.

"Well, not much has changed, other than theirs a gigantic gaping hole missing with our best friend gone. Band try outs are failing terribly, every lead singer sucks. The Crescent's needs Melody Summers." Rowan revealed and even though it wasn't good news for the band, Mel was happy to hear she hadn't been replaced.

"Badly." Naia added a bit too loud making her lift the phone away from her ear for a second.

"Have you asked your Uncle Galen about coming back for a while in summer? At least for my birthday?" Naia pressed.

"He hasn't been home too, the guy lives at the hospital, but he said he'll be home this weekend so I'll ask him then. Don't worry I'm going to be there hell or high water." She sighed.

"Ugh you better, so have you found a band to join? Please tell me you have tried to sing again?" Naia said softly knowing the girl hadn't sung since the funeral.

"I keep staring at it, both of my guitar and piano are packed up still, I don't know. Every time I try it's, like- like" she stuttered searching for somehow to describe how she felt.

"We know, I'm sorry Mel." Rowan added.

"Sorry Mellie." Naia replied sadly

"I'm sure there's something I could do here but, it's not The Crescent's, and it's not dad." Mel whispered.

"He will always be with you Melody, he could never leave you." Naia said comforting her best friend.

"Thanks Nai." She smiled lightly against the phone.

"Tell me anything, anything about home. I just miss you guys." Mel asked and got comfortable as she listened to her friends talk about him only having to add a thought here and there, and for a moment Melody could close her eyes and pretend she was with them.

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Mel jumped awake as her alarm clock went off scaring her out of her peaceful dream.

Somehow she had fell asleep fully clothed last night still atop her covers. She remembered staying away talking to Naia and Rowan so she must've fell asleep during it.

Rolling out of bed she groaned at the time, she was gonna be late.

"Mel! Are you up?" Rain shouted from upstairs.

"Just! I over slept! Is Galen home?" She asked rubbing her eyes trying to force the sleep out of them.

"Yeah, I'll get him to drive me then!" Rain shouted back, thank gods at least that gave her a bit more time to look alive before going to class.

"Have a good day!" She shouted back to her little sister.

Melody rubbed her tired eye on her sage The Crescent's hoodie as she walked into the school in a rush. Melody felt like she had been put through the wringer as she sipped her coffee and opened her locker flicking her long locks that had been braided back over her shoulder.

"No offence Little Mermaid but you look tired." A voice smirked beside her making Melody wince and turn to see Issac Lahey leaning against the next locker as she rubbed her eye again.

"Really not in the mood Lahey." She groaned lazily unloading her bag in to her locker.

"Whoa no sass? No pun or dog joke?" He frowned in concern.

"Oh wait," she stopped looking up as if she just had a light bulb go off above her. "I got one, glad to see you can actually walk today." She snorted slamming her locker shut with a glare.

"I healed. Nice trick though." He replied narrowing his blue eyes at her.

"Do you need something?" She raised her brows at the boy.

"Yeah, actually, two things. I need your chemistry notes and why do you look like crap?" Issac frowned at her as his accent came through suddenly.

"Wow, great job on the flattery." She sassed before ruffling through her tote and handing him her note book while readjusting her straps.

"You have until Chemistry to give me that back. Photocopy it or whatever, I don't care. As for your second question, not that it's your business, but I was up late talking with my friends back home in Crescent Cove after I got dragged to a gay club by Thing 1 and Thing 2."  She sassed half mind-idly fixing her sweater over her cream coloured jeans.

"Thing one and Thing two, huh, I might have to steal that." Issac grinned at her.

"Oh no, I've already copyrighted that. Sucks." She shrugged making him laugh and damn it her heart actually skipped at the noise. She mentally chalked up to her being overtired and pushed it away.

"Copyrighted" Issac shook his head at her antics as the warning bell rang signalling she had to get to class.

"That's my cue, World History calls." Melody smirked walking away from the boy towards class as she sipped her ice coffee.

•••

Melody's day was terrible thus far, she was so tired that she couldn't pay attention during class and kept thinking about home or the giant monster roaming her new town.

On top of that it seemed like Jackson was now a missing person thanks to things one and two. So she kept her head down even if she didn't know where the heck they were keeping him. She had even tried to text Stiles since he seemed to be the one watching Jackson but the boy just ignored her texts.

Scott had been avoiding her through the day too, but not like he was answering her questions either. He didn't want her involved in this he said, which made her roll her eyes when he walked away, she already was.

"Ugh, whatever, fine." She sighed walking behind him to her next class which they shared.

Addie waved to her as she sat down behind her with Lydia beside and Allison behind her with Scott, leaving one chair across from her that Issac quickly grabbed as he sauntered into class.

Issac smiled at her as he pulled out his books making her heart race against her wishes making her wish super-hearing wasn't a thing as his stupid smile grew.

Heels clicked against the linoleum floor alerting the group to some walking in and she noticed her friends still and Issac tense.

A middle age women with short cropped red hair walked in and smiled to the group, Melody couldn't help herself as she tensed as well. This lady seemed off to her.

"I'm afraid your teacher was feeling ill today, and had to leave early. So, unfortunately, you're stuck with me as a substitute. My name is Mrs. Argent." she annonced and Melody eyes grew as she tried to relax when she started to panic. "Can anyone catch me up to speed on where we are?" Allisons mom dragged her eyes across the class hesitating on Melody and she forced herself from covering her mother's necklace, that would draw more suspicion. "Mr. McCall, how 'bout you?" She asked looking to Scott and she forced herself to drown out her voice as she tried to calm down.

Her heart was racing and her breath was quick and shallow as she gripped the desk chair.

Her ears started ringing as Mrs.Argent began teaching making her words appear far away.

It didn't work, all class she panicked and zoned out own her note book her mind stuck on the thought of her being stuck in a tank for the rest of her life. She felt as if the wall started to close in on her as that picture became more and more real. She felt Issacs constant eyes as he kept checking on her but when the bell rang she couldn't get out of there quick enough racing out to the parking lot for fresh air.

Melody raced to her jeep gulping down the fresh air like it was her saving grace. She was gripping onto the drivers door handle about to jump in when she stopped short remembering she promised Addie they'd prep for the World History test. Sighing she grabbed her phone with shaking hands to send her a text to meet outside walking to the back of her jeep to take the time to calm down.

Suddenly her hearing kicked in hearing someone whispering her name and her eyes shot open locking with Issacs across the parking lot. "You okay there mermaid?"

Her forehead creased as his blue eyes pieced her from afar, his worry clear from where she stood.

She stared back for a moment trying to calm her breathing as he looked like he was about to run across the parking lot when Addie appeared.

"Mel! What the heck, you raced out of there." Addie said speed walking to her breaking her stare down with the wolf for a moment before she looked back to him and replied to them both. "Yeah i'm okay, just needed fresh air, got a little stuffy in there, you ready?"

"No, I hate history." Melody forced back a chuckle watching Addie groan and force herself to get in the Jeep.

Mel looked back for Issac before moving to the jeep but she found that the boy was gone.

"I gotta pick my sister up but then we can head to mine." she told the red head getting in.

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"My room is downstairs." she told Addie as she shut the front door and looked to her sister "Will you be okay?"

"I'll be fine." Rain muttered leaving to go to her room, the two had barley been talking with her being so busy with school and this lizard and Rain had seemed to be avoiding her. She always seemed to be busy with her own friends now too.

Melody turned around to see her friend giving her a worried look and melody just nodded to talk downstairs.

Shutting the basement door behind her Addie final spoke up as they walked downstairs.

"What was that?" Addie asked referring to attitude her sister gave her.

"Uh- things have been hard between us lately, I don't know why though. But she lost a lot these last two months so I understand." Mel explained as they entered her room and she placed her tote on the ground.

"I'm sorry, Whoa, this is your room?!" Her friend suddenly exclaimed as she looked around Melody's fully set up room, well except for her music stuff that was hidden a huge pile in boxes.

"Uh yea, my uncle only had one extra room so he renovated it for me, he thought id want my own space." she replied letting her hair down falling down her back watching as Addie took in her room.

"For someone who doesn't swim you sure have a lot of shells and is that an old telescope?" Addie tilted her head pointing to the object laying on her bookshelf as she went to look at it.

"Yeah it is, all of this is stuff my dad found me, just because I don't swim doesn't mean I don't love the ocean. He found that on a dive off the coast when I was 14." She smiled with a light shrug and watched Addie put down the telescope and walk to the framed photo beside her bed.

"Are these your parents?"

"Yea, my dad and my birth mom." Mel smiled sadly

"They look so happy, What were their names?" Addie asked before stopping herself at her friends sad face. "That was stupid, we don't need to talk about them." her friend shook her head putting the picture down.

She got up from where she sat on her bed and picked up the photo, "No, its okay, the day I stop talking about them is the day they are really gone, and I don't ever want to see that day."

"Uh-my mom's names Nerissa and my dad is or was Eric. Uh-They met when my dad just graduated and started working as a marine biologist. My dad used to say it was love at first sight. She used to say he was her Prince Eric. She uh-died when I was really young but I still remember her. She used to sing to me at night, and she had this beautiful laugh that could light up the whole room. My dad was broken when she - until he met Rains mom."

"He still would tell me stories of her and kept singing me her lullabies. He was my best friend."

"I'm so sorry Mel." Addie apologized as Mel forced back tears and nodded.

"World history hey?" She switched the subject when Addies phone started buzzing incessantly.

"Oh my god, they found Jackson." Addie exclaimed in shock.

"What?" Mel asked wide eyed "Where?"

"Scott and Stiles locked him a police van." Addie replied in surprise looking to her as she blinked in shock.

"A freaking police van?!" Melody near shouted shocked. "What the hell."

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