Daire and Stiles finally made it to the hospital. Since his keys were as useful as a dinglehopper, they had to walk all the way there. They entered the hospital, hoping to check in on Lydia and then find Scott or vice a versa.

The elevator began to open and Stiles pushed it, thinking that it would make it open faster.

They began walking across the hall when Mr. Stilinski stepped in front of them glaring at his son.

"You know, it's a good thing we're in a hospital because I'm going to kill you," he whisper shouted.

Stiles gulped, trying to create a believable explanation. "I'm sorry. I lost the keys to my jeep; I had to run all the way here."

"Stiles!" the sheriff practically yelled, clearly not giving a damn. "I don't care!"

Daire fairly uncomfortable looked behind him. In a small room lined with windows, was Lydia. Her mom sitting beside her a worried motherly look on her face. Daire could see at least 3 machines that were connected to the strawberry blonde. Daire again gripped her now healed arm wishing that it was her in the hospital room, not Lydia.

Daire cut off Mr. Stilinski, "Is she going to be okay?"

The sheriff looked at the girl his expression softening at the concerned look on her face. He sighed, running his hand over his face. "They don't know. Partially because they don't know what happened. She lost a lot of blood but there's smotheing else going on with her."

Daire blinked officially confused, "What do you mean?"

"Doctor says it's like she's having an allergic reaction. She keeps going in and out of shock. Did either of you see anything? So you have any idea who or what attacked her?"

Stiles faltered, swallowing. "No. We have no idea."

"What about Scott?" the sheriff probed.

"W-what do you mean? What about Scott?"

"Did he see anything?" Mr. Stilinski sighed.

Daire's eyes widened in realization, "He's not here?"

"What? I've tried calling him on my cell phone. I've gotten no response," Mr. Stillinksi shouted in frustration.

Daire looked over at Lydia's room again, only to see Jackson staring back at her. Figuring he overheard their conversation she looked at him intently hoping that he knew where Scott was.

I don't know, he mouthed, shrugging. Useless asshat.

"Yeah and you're not going to get one," Stiles sighed.

Fifteen minutes later, Stiles' dad was walking them down a hallway. "Look, kids. Don't worry about it. Just go wait with your friends."

"Dad, just tell use. You know it has something to do with Derek!" Stiles sighed.

The sheriff gave them a quizzical look. " I thought you said you barely knew him?"

Daire slightly rose her hand cringing, " we may know him a little better than that."

Stiles' dad let out another sigh. He grabbed the back of his son's neck, pulling him away from everyone in an earshot. Daire followed them.

"You do realize I'm elected to this job right?" Stiles' dad asked.

Stiles waved his arms. "And if I help you figure this out you'll be reelected, am I right?"

Daire smiled slightly, "He's right"

The sheriff bit the inside of his cheek, turning to the two teens. Daire could clearly see him debating between their help and the sake of his career. "Alright. That girl in there has nothing to do with a six year old arson case."

"Wait!" Stiles cut in, grabbing his dad's arm. "When did you decide it was definitely arson?"

"Well, we got a key witness and no. I'm not telling you who it is, Stiles."

Daire's mind went wild, six years ago, arson. No way, she wouldn't do that would she? Daire questioned.

"Anyways, we know its arson. That was probably organized by a young woman."

No, that cant be right! Daire thought desperately.

"What young woman?" Stiles asked.

"Well, if we knew that, she'd be in custody," the sheriff sighed.

Daire looked up pulling herself out of her rampaging thoughts, "But was she young then or is she young now?"

"I-,ugh. She's probably in her late twenties early thirties," he replied, going to answer his now ringing phone. "I gotta grab this call."

"You don't know her name?" Stiles exclaimed.

"No, I don't-what is this? Twenty questions? All we know is she had a very disntictive... uh what do you call it? A pendant!"

With that proclamation Daire felt her knees go out. She held her self up on the wall. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"What the hell is a pendant?" Stiles yelled.

"Stiles do you go to school?" Mr. Stilinski shouted, "A pendant, a pendant. It's a necklace. Now I need to answer this."

He walked off without another word, heading to answer his very important call. Stiles stood there baffled, trying to put it all together. But Daire already figured it out.

"Stiles," She swallowed capturing her friends attention, "It's my mom."

Realization dawned on his face before he grabbed her hand and dragged her down the hallway. Footsteps sounded behind them. Daire glanced back. Jackass.

"Hey, where the hell are you going?" he asked them. He looked like he got run over, his tie was undone, shirt no longer tucked in, hair messed up and not in the styled way either.

"To find Scott," Stiles said

Jackass tried to stop them, "You don't have a car."

"We're well aware thanks" Daire snapped.

"Look, I'll drive," he said, trying to grab Stiles' shoulder. He smacked Jackson's hand off of him.

"Look just because you feel guilty all of a sudden, doesn't make it okay. Half of this is still your fault okay?" Stiles snapped.

Jackson sighed, "Look. I have a car, you don't. Do you want my help or not?"

Daire and Stiles shared a look going over the idea, "Alright fine, did you bring the Porsche?"

Jackass nodded, as if Stiles question was ridiculous. "Yeah," he said, pulling out his keys.

Stiles snatched them, "Great, I'll drive."

Daire smirked as they turned to leave, only to find her uncle and two of his goons blocking their path. Ah hell.

"Boys," he smiled. Daire sent a cold glare at her uncle, "And Daire. I was wondering if you could tell me where Scott McCall is."

Daire could feel her blood turn stone cold, Peter wanted to find Scott, her family wanted to find Scott, she doubted she would find her friend before them. Ah hell.

"Scott McCall?" Stiles asked. "Um, haven't seen him since the dance. Jackson?" he asked turning towards the jackass.

Jackson just shook his head, fear making it hard for him to speak. He turned to Daire.

The brunette rolled her shoulders and stood up straighter. She would not cower to her family. "The moon." She spat at her uncle.

No less than a minute later the three teens were tossed into a dark room. The henchmen grabbed them and brought them there, tossing them against a medical table. They all landed on it with a thump, before turning towards Mr. Argent who was locking the door.

"Now, let's try that again," he said darkly. "Where is Scott McCall?"

"Why should I tell you? I told you I follow my own code now." Daire stated taking a step towards her uncle when someone grabbed her around the waist. The goon lifted her up off the ground and she began to struggle against him.

"Hey! Let her go!" Stiles yelled, attempting to help her. But Mr. Argent grabbed him by the front of his shirt, slamming him against the wall.

"Let me ask you something Stiles!" he yelled. "Have you ever seen a rabid dog?"

"No," Stiles said, in seconds his oh so comforting sarcasm came in, "But I can add it to my to-do list if you just let me go."

"Well, I have. And the only thing I've ever been able to compare it to was seeing a friend of mine turning on the full moon. Do you want to know what happened?"

" Not really," Daire muttered, trying to elbow the man in the face. His arms just gripped her tighter.

"I agree with Daire. Your story telling skills kind of suck," Stiles sighed.

Daire watched as her uncle ignored him, "He tried to kill me. And I was forced to put a bullet in his head. The whole while when he was dying, he was still trying to claw his way towards me. Still trying to kill me like it was the most important thing he could do with his last breath. Can you imagine that?"

"Not all werewolves act like rabid dogs," Daire snapped. "They're people, people who have families and friends and maybe they didn't even get a choice to become what you think are monsters!"

"No," Stiles said quietly. "But it sounds like you need to be a little more-"

Argent slammed his hands on opposite sides of Stiles, unwilling to play their game. "Did Scott try to kill you on the full moon? Did you have to lock him up?"

At the words 'lock him up' Jackass's eyes widened. Daire sighed at least now he's finally getting that being a werewolf wasn't all about strength and power.

"Yeah, he did. I has to handcuff him to a radiator," Stiles sighed.

"Would you prefer us to lock him in a basement and set the house on fire, Uncle Chris?" Daire asked.

Her uncle turned towards her smirking, "I hate to dispel upon any rumors you may have heard, but Daire I thought you knew better than to accuse your own family."

Daire bit her lip angrily, yeah what a nice loving family she was born into. "We live by a code remember? Nous chassons ceux qui nous chassent. No one ever breaks it right?"

"No, never," her uncle replied Daire sighed feeling sorry for her uncle.

"Well sorry to disappoint uncle, but someone broke the code"

"Someone like who?" he asked, eyes practically burning holes into Daire.

"My mother,"

Daire's uncle froze. His face was expressionless but Daire could practically feel his sense of betrayal and anger. His own little sister had killed innocents, werewolf and human alike.

Daire finally broke free from her captive and walked over to her uncle, "Now can I borrow your car? I need to have a talk with my mother."

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Daire and her Uncle arrived at the Hale house to see Kate and Allison pointing weapons at Scott and Derek.

"Kate!" Chris called out, gaining her attention. "I know what you did. Put the gun down."

"I did what I was told to do." She defended, not moving her gun.

"Mom what the hell?!? No one asked you to murder innocent people! There were kids in that house! Human kids! Look at what you're doing now, your holding a gun at a kid whose the same age as me for crying out loud! One who you have no proof that he spilt human blood. Don't you go by a code? Nous chassons ceux qui nous chassent. You're not following it now!" Daire screamed walking towards her mother.

Allison mumbled something. Kate's grip on her gun tightened, Daire noticed and pulled out the handgun her uncle gave her only a few moments before and sent a warning shot at the tree behind her mom.

"Please put the gun down mom," Daire begged.

" You are such a weakling," her mother spat.

The sound of a door creaking captured everyone's attention, all of their heads turned towards the remains of the Hale house, its door now fully open.

"Allison, get back." Chris tells his daughter as everyone prepares for what is to come.

"What is it?" She asks, sounding afraid to know the answer.

"It's the Alpha." Scott answers, confirming it.

Something comes running out, knocking Chris straight to the ground. The Allison goes flying and then Scott. Just Daire and her mother remain standing.

"Come on! Come on!" Daire heard her mother yell. She looked over to see Peter gripping onto her mothers arm and then breaking it. The next thing she knew he threw her mother into the house.

"NO!" Daire screamed following Peter into the Hale house.

She found them In the room to her left, Peter's claws against her mothers throat. Daire couldn't move. She didn't know what to do.

"She is beautiful Kate," Peter stated looking at Daire intently. " But I have to say she looks just like her father." Daire couldn't comprehend his words, she felt frozen. Her hair sticking to her face in cold sweat. " I'm happy that she isn't as damaged as you though." He continued. Daire could hear Allison run in and stop next to her. " So, I'm going to give you a chance to save her. Apologize." Peter continued his expression now holding so much pain, it was uncanny, Daire swore she could feel his pain radiate off of him as he held her mother's life in his hands. "Say you're sorry for decimating my family for leaving me burned and broken for 6 years. Say and I will let her live"

"Sorry" her mother muttered, but Daire could tell that she didn't care about her own daughter, she wasn't sorry for all the carnage she had done. She had just wanted to save her own life.

Peter tore out her throat and let Kate fall to the ground. He looked at Allison and then at Daire whose gaze was locked on her mother's body.

"I don't know about you, girls but that apology didn't sound very sincere." He sauntered over towards the Argent girls; Daire just knew that he was going to try to kill them. A growl caught Daire's attention and she looked up to see both Scott and Derek moving to confront Peter.

"Daire, get her out of here" Scott said, not turning his back away from the alpha.

Daire nodded and ran away pulling Allison from Peter and away from her mother that never thought of her as more than a broken weapon.

Once outside Allison walked up to Chris who was still out cold and tried to wake him up. Daire just stood next to her, she felt stone cold, should she cry? Should she feel nothing? Daire didn't know what to do, her emotions a jumbled mess from shock. But she did know that this fight wasn't over and she will sure as hell make sure she protects all of her friends.

At that moment Scott came flying out a window followed by the Alpha. He lifted Scott off of the ground until Scott kicked him off. Daire turned around to see Jackass and Stiles rushing up with the Molotov cocktails they talked about using at the hospital.

Stiles took one look at the bottle in his hand before throwing it as hard and as far as he could. It spiraled towards the alpha, ready to do its job. And it would have worked too if Mr. Crazy pants didn't catch it.

Daire grabbed the gun she was still holding and aimed it at the glass bottle. She pulled the trigger muttering, "Fire dragon roar" before the bullet nailed the bottle on impact, the glass shattered and Peter's arm caught on fire.

Jackson was next; he reeled his arm back and hurled his bottle at Peter. Daire thanked her lucky stars that it ignited on impact. Peter was engulfed in bright orange flames. Natsu Dragneel would be proud.

 But it wasn't over yet. Peter began stalking towards Allison and Daire, flames and all. Scott let out some type of battle cry, before kicking him in the stomach, sending him flying back. When he landed, the flames seemed to go out at once. All that was left was a crispy-charcoaled man.

As Allison approached Scott, Daire felt her knees give in. She sat in the grass watching as Allison and Scott made up with a kiss. It was odd, even thought she couldn't figure out her own emotions she thought that she could feel everyone's relief.

Then out of nowhere, Derek appeared. He limped towards his uncle who was on the very brink of death. He stood over him; Daire thought he was probably glaring at him. Derek crouched down over him.

Scott immediately stood up, running over to where they stood. "Wait! Wait! You said the cure comes from the one who bit you. If you kill him, I'm dead. Her father, her family... what am I going to do?"

They all waited, Daire looked between Scott and her family then back at her own arm. She ended up screwed no matter if Derek of Scott killed Peter. She looked back up when she heard Peter choke out something to Derek. She couldn't hear more than a murmur but she knew Scott could hear it. He looked like he was waiting for a miracle to happen. 

Derek lifted up one clawed hand.

"No, no, no! Don't!" Scott screamed just as the claws sliced open Peter's neck.

Daire gulped inhaling the scent of the coppery scent of blood and the smell of burning flesh as she watched Derek stand up. With her newly improved senses and the sparse moonlight she could see the new blood red color of Derek's eyes.

His words echoed throughout the night, "I'm the Alpha now."

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GUYS ONLY 1 MORE CHAPTER LEFT! Sorry if the grammar isn't that great.. I wanted to get this up as soon as possible, but what do you think? Daire's mom's dead, Peter who knows more than he's telling is dead and Derek's the alpha.. Crazy. As always I would love to hear what you think so please vote or comment. Talk to you guys when the final chapter is posted!! Im fired up now!!

Akalei