Amara's outfit:
Hospital / Allison's Apartment -

Lydia's House / School / Animal Clinic -

Author's Note:
I'm gonna start this by saying that Lydia did not kiss Stiles. She helped stop his panic attack with making him talk about something.

Chapter Thirty-Five
⊚ Alpha Pact ⊚

"Derek!" Amara said as roughly she patted Derek's cheek. Derek laid, passed out on the floor of the elevator with Amara and Stiles sitting next to him. Amara slaps him harder then before, the crack of palm to cheek filling the elevator. She sighed in annoyance before pulling back, closing her fist before going in for a punch when Derek catches her by the wrist.

Blinking, he glances about the elevator and out its open doors to the deserted corridor. "Where is she?" Derek asked and Amara sighed, "Jennifer? Gone... with Melissa." She said making Derek look at her wide eyed. "She took her?" He asked and they both nodded, "Yeah, and if that's not enough of a kick to the balls, Scott left with Deucalion, okay? So, we gotta get you out of here. The police are coming right now, and we gotta get you the hell out of here." Stiles says.

With Stiles's and Amara's help, Derek begins to rise. But he pauses as another alarming realization hits him, "What about Cora?"

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Stiles and Amara sat in the waiting area when Stiles looked over at the doors to see someone walking im. He sees the badge first. Blue letters in a white laminate around his neck - FBI. Then he sees the face, one he clearly recognizes and clearly doesn't like.

"Oh, just perfect." Stiles groaned making Amara look over at him and follow his train of sight. "Are you fucking kidding me?" She muttered as the man started walking over to the. "A Stilinski at the center of this whole mess. What a shocker." Agent McCall said before glancing at Amara, "Not surprised that Amara is here as well."

Amara just held up her middle finger making him chuckle and nodded slightly before looking at Stiles. "Think you can answer some questions without the usual level of sarcasm?" Agent McCall asked and Stiles shrugged slightly, "If you ask the questions without the usual level of stupid." Stiles says making Wren chuckle quietly.

"Where is your dad, and why's no one been able to contact him?" Agent McCall asked and Stiles sighed and shrugged, "I don't know. I haven't seen him in hours." Stiles said and Agent McCall nodded. "Is he drinking again?" He asked making both Stiles's and Amara's head snap up to look at him with glares. "What do you mean, "again?" He never had to stop." Stiles said irritably and Agent McCall nodded slightly, "But he did have to slow down. Is he drinking like he used to?" He said, the glares from the two teenagers not bothering him.

"All right, how about this? Next time I see him, I'll give him a field sobriety test, okay? We'll do the alphabet- start with F, end with U..." Stiles said impatiently making Agent McCall chuckle. "You're one to talk, dickhead." Amara said making them both look at her while she just kept her glare on the older man.

"Excuse me?" Agent McCall asked, slightly taken aback, "I said, you're one to talk about drinking. Let's not forget the time my mom had to escort you home because you were to drunk to walk. Also, lose the passive aggressive tone, it's not professional. Keep it up, I'm more than happy to talk to your Director." Amara said and Agent McCall stared at her for a moment while she just raised her eyebrows daringly.

Agent McCall cleared his throat before nodding slightly, directing his attention back to Stiles. "How about you guys just tell me what the hell happened here?" He asked and Stiles shrugged, "I don't know what happened here. We were stuck in the elevators the whole time." Stiles said and Agent McCall furrowed his brows.

"You're not the one who put the name on the doors, are you?" He asked and Amara and Stiles glanced at each other confused, "What name?"

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The elevator doors clang open and Amara, Makena, Stiles and Allison quickly follow Argent into the apartment. "The word is guardian, Allison- more than anyone, you know that's a role I haven't exactly lived up to lately." Argent said, leading them down the hallway into the office.

"But she took Scott's mother and Stiles' father. That's not a coincidence." Allison said and Amara nodded in agreement. "And let's not forget that since you have Protector, Healer and Necromancers magic you fit into all categories. She's definitely not gonna just leave you alone, you'd give her more power than everyone." Amara said, looking at her mom while sitting down on one of the chairs, while the rest pause at the desk to look down on the five fold symbol etched onto its surface.

"Yeah, I know." Makena said before looking at Argent, "I also know that the fact that someone put your name up in large block letters on the elevator door sounds like a warning to me." Makena said and Allison nodded, "I think it might be Morrell. She knows a lot more than she lets on, and she might even be trying to help us."

"Well, she needs to get on that a lot faster, okay? Seeing as how the lunar eclipse is less than two freaking nights away." Stiles stressed and they watch him fall into the chair next to Amara, trying to keep it together. "Stiles, don't give up hope." Makena said and Stiles sighed. "They could already be dead." Stiles said and Argent shook his head, "There's something about Jennifer's tactics... It's like she's still positioning. Still moving pieces into place." He said.

"And you're one of them." Allison said and Argent nodded slightly, looking down at his desk. "Then, let's not wait around to see the next move." He says and draws the map back over the desk, covering the symbol. "Everything she's done has been on a telluric current, so Melissa and the Sheriff have to be somewhere on one of those currents, right?" Argent says, looking up at all if them, noticing that Stiles was barely paying attention.

"Stiles, if we're gonna find them, we need your help." Makena says and Stiles sighs, "You seriously want to go after her? I mean, what if she just takes Argent like the others, huh? No offense, but what's the difference between you and them?" Stiles asks and Argent raised his eyebrows and pulls open a drawer, reaching for an unseen object.

"I'm carrying a forty-five." Gun in hand, he slams in a new clip with a metallic clang. Amara nodded slighted with pursed lips before shrugging, "That works for me." She said and Argent chuckled slightly. "Maybe she can heal from a shot to the leg and a few slashes to the face, but personally, I'd like to see how she holds up with half her skull blown off."

"We've got one priority right now, and that is to find Melissa and your dad. We've got a map and every clue we need to figure this out- the only thing we don't have is time, which is why we need all of you." Makena said and Stiles looks at the ground deep in thought before sighing and looking up, "Where do we start?" He said.

Black light in one hand, Argent taps a finger to the marks on the map. "The places where the sacrifices have been committed have usually been different from where the bodies have been found. I think the placement has to do with the strength of the current, so there's the school, the animal clinic, the bank-" Argent explained and Stiles cut him off, "Wait a sec- she wouldn't use the same place twice, would she?" Stiles asked.

"Only if she didn't succeed the first time." Argent said making realization cross over Amara's features, "Deaton." She said and Makena nodded. "Deaton. It was her only failure. That could mean something." She said as Argent moves a finger to the mark under Beacon Hills First National Bank.

"That's just one place so far. We're gonna need a lot more help." Stiles said and Amara thought for a moment, "What about Lydia?" She asked making Makena look at her confused, "Lydia? What can she do?" She asked. "Uh, Lydia's got sort of a talent... She somehow ended up finding a couple of the bodies, um... without actually looking for them." Stiles said.

"What is she? Psychic?" Argent said and Amara shook her head, "Banshee actually." She said.

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Black cases click open. An arsenal of guns, arrows, crossbows, compound bows, knives. Stiles and Amara watches Argent, Makena and Allison load up. "I thought you guys were retired...?" Stiles asked and Argent raised his eyebrows slightly. "Retired, yes. Defenseless? No. Make sure your phone's on. If you hear from Scott, you let us know immediately." Argent said and Stiles sighed, "Yeah, I'm thinking that's gonna be kind of unlikely..." He said and all three teenagers shared a look.

"Hey, try to remember- he's just doing what he thinks is right." Makena said and Amara looked over at Allison only to see her looking past her and Stiles. They all turn to the door where Isaac steps in. "I can't shoot a gun or use a crossbow, but... well..." He says then snaps open his hand to reveal his claws unsheathed, "I'm getting pretty good with these."

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Amara pulled over the door to the vault and Argent stepped through with Makena, Allison and Amara following. "It's empty." Allison said as they glanced around, "Be careful anyway." Argent said before flicking out a taser wand making Amara eye it slightly.

"I thought you only used those on Werewolves..." Amara said and Argent nodded, "I do." He said before turning around and pressing it to her stomach. She groaned in pain and stepped away before Makena grabbed her shoulder and stuck a small syringe of mistletoe into her neck. "I'm sorry sweetheart..." Makena said as she gently lowered Amara onto the ground. It wasnt enough to make her pass out but it was enough to make her a little weak and not have magic for about five minutes.

Argent quickly grabbed Allison's arm and hand cuffed her to one of the bars. "What the hell are you doing?" Allison asked, looking at her father crazy, "I'm sorry... But you're just gonna have to trust me on this." Argent said before stepping away from her while pulling his gun out.

"We've known for a long time she didn't just operate on the currents- she was in sync with them." Makena said before turning to the door and both she and Argent dropped their guns. Amara weakly lifted her head up as Jennifer walked into the vault and smirked, "No this is a sacrifice!" She said and everything happened to quickly before she and Argent disappeared.

Amara groaned slightly as she stood up and walk over to Allison. She broke the chain to the handcuffs making Allison grab Amara's arms as she stumbled forward slightly. "Why did they do that?" Allison asked in a slight whisper and Amara sighed softly, "I don't know... but we need to go. Okay? We need help." Amara said but Allison just squeezed arm slightly..

"Hey." Amara said as she gently cupped the side of Allison's face, "Allison, we have to go." Amara said and Allison looked up at her with glossy eyes. "They're all gonna die... aren't they?" She asked and Amara stared at her for a moment before shaking her head, "I'm not gonna let that happen." Amara said before pulling Allison onto a hug.

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Underneath the examining room light, Deaton meets with Amara, Allison, Stiles, Lydia, and Isaac. "It has to be on a telluric current, or maybe even at the axis of two, or where they all intersect. I just know it's where Derek took Paige to die." Stiles explained, glancing over at Amara as she leaned against her elbows on the table and nodded slightly. "I've been there before. My dad, Derek and I hid from hunters underneath it. I was eight and terrified though so I don't remember where it is." Amara said and Allison nodded slightly.

"My dad and Gerard were there, once. But Gerard said it was years ago and he couldn't remember where it was... And, my dad obviously isn't here to tell us now." Allison said and Stiles sighed and nodded softly, "Yeah, mine either."

"Then how do we find this place?" Isaac asked and Deaton steps away, thinking. They each notice his hesitancy, "Doc?" Amara asked and Deaton turned to look at her. "There might be a way." He said and she thought for a second before standing up with wide eyes.

"If were thinking the same thing then that's dangerous." Amara said and Deaton sighed and nodded, "It might be the only way. We're gonna need Scott."

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By the Jeep's headlights, Stiles, Amara and Deaton wait in the darkness. Hearing the crunch of leaves underfoot, they turn to see Scott step into the light, "How'd you guys find out?" Scott asked.

"Lydia. You?"

"Morrell. None of the other Alphas know where it is, either." Scott said and Stiles sighed, "So, if this works, are you gonna tell them?" He asked and Scott looked down sighing before looking back up at them. "I can't stop Jennifer without them." He said and Amara and Stiles glanced at each other before nodding while an awkward silence settled around all of them.

"How about we concentrate on finding your parents first?" Deaton said and they nodded, "What's the plan?" Scott asked. Deaton looked over at Amara making her sigh, "Basically, you, Allison, and Stiles need to be surrogate sacrifices for your parents." Amara said making Scott's eyes widen.

"We die for them?"

"But they can bring us back!" Stiles says before turning to Amara and Deaton with a hopeful look, "You can bring us back, right?" He asked and she sighed. "You remember the part where I said it was dangerous?" She asked and he nodded.

"If it goes right, the three of you will be dead for a few seconds... But, there's something else you need to think about." Deaton said and Amara nodded in agreement, "This is a dangerous ritual for a lot of reasons." She said before looking at Deaton.

"You'll be giving power back to the Nemeton, a place that hasn't had power for a long time. This kind of power is like a magnet- it attracts the supernatural, the kind of things that a family like the Argents can fill a bestiary with. It will draw them here, like a beacon." Deaton explained and Stiles pursed his lips and nodded slightly.

"Doesn't sound worse than anything we've already seen..."

"You'd be surprised at what you haven't seen yet." Amara said making Stiles look at Scott wide eyed. "Is that it?" Scott asked and Deaton shook his heads. "No. It'll also have an effect on the three of you. You won't be able to see it, but you'll feel it... every day, for the rest of your lives. It'll be a kind of... darkness around your heart, and permanent, like a... like a scar." He explained and Scott nodded.

"Like a tattoo."

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Deaton, Lydia, Amara and Isaac pour ice into the three tubs of water already filled with the leaves and berries of mistletoe while Scott, Stiles and Allison step toward the tubs, each holding an item in their hands.

"All right. What did you bring?" Deaton asked as they all moved to stand around the tubs. Stiles raises Stilinski's Sheriff badge, "Um, I got my dad's badge. Jennifer kind of crushed it in her hand, so I tried hammering it out a little bit. Still doesn't look right." Stiles said.

"It doesn't have to look perfect if it has meaning." Deaton said and Stiles nodded before eyeing the battered but still-shining badge in his hands. Next to him, Allison holds up a bullet. "Is that an actual silver bullet?" Isaac asked and Allison nodded, "My dad made it. It's kind of a ceremonial thing. When one of us finishes learning all the skills to be a Hunter, we forge a silver bullet as a testament to the Code." Allison said as Amara grabbed her hand.

"Scott?" Deaton asked and everyone looked at Scott as he holds up a watch, "My dad got my mom this watch when she first got hired at the hospital. She used to say it was the only thing in their marriage that ever worked." He said and Deaton nodded.

"Okay. The three of you will get in. Each of us will hold you under until you're essentially... well, dead. But, it's not just someone to hold you under- it needs to be someone who can pull you back, someone with a strong connection to you. A kind of emotional tether." Deaton said making them all glance at each other.

"I'm gonna be with Scott. Lydia, you're with Allison and Amara, you're with Stiles." Deaton said and they all glanced at each other and nodded slightly before Amara sighed. "Let's ge this over with." Amara said before kissing Allison's hand and walking over to the middle tub.

Scott, Allison and Stiles walked over to the tubs and carefully step into the ice and mistletoe-filled tubs and sit back. Deaton, Lydia and Amara take positions behind them at the head of the tubs. Already shivering, Stiles turns to Scott, "By the way, if I don't make it back and you do, you should probably know something... Your dad's in town." Stiles says making Scott's eyes widen.

Seated in the water, Allison, Scott and Stiles share a look. A silent moment between them, Allison and Stiles both waiting for Scott's lead. He takes a breath and gives them a nod. One-by-one, they submerge beneath the ice and mistletoe.