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1.10 || without a passport

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"You are not going to Mexico!" Sheriff says, pointing at the two of them, but he was focused on Stiles.

Lacey bounces on the balls of her feet as she stands in the Sheriff's office beside Stiles. "Dad, Scott and Kira have been kidnapped and taken to Mexico, okay? I think that's a pretty good reason for a trip to Mexico!" Stiles exclaims.

"Okay. Even if Deaton is right about this," The Sheriff starts as he rounds his desk.

"Yeah," Stiles prompts.

"The best thing to do is go through the proper channels." He says and Stiles sighs, shaking his head.

"Dad," He starts, hitting his hand on the table.

"That means calling the right law enforcement agencies, border patrol, putting out an all-points." Sheriff says.

"Dad, I can't just wait around for the wheels of bureaucracy to start spinning in five different government offices. Okay? Someone needs to go down there right now, find them and rescue them. I'm going." Stiles says, glancing at Lacey.

"Well, yeah, but I can't enter Mexico without a passport." She says and he tilts his head at her slightly before looking back at his father.

"I can keep you from going." Sheriff threatens.

"I'd find a way." Stiles responds.

"I can throw you in a cell."

"I'd still find a way."

Lacey watches them both, back and forth, biting back an amused smile. "Stiles, please. Look, just give me a little more time to verify something slightly more concrete than a psychic vision by some guy with a third eye!" Sheriff says.

"It does sound stupid when he puts it like that." Lacey says and Stiles looks at her incredulously.

"Look, I will call every law enforcement agency all the way down to South America if I have to. If nothing turns up, then I'll book two flights to Mexico. We'll both go. Okay?" Sheriff says.

"Okay, okay. Great. Do I get a gun?" Stiles asks.

"No." Lacey says at the same time as the Sheriff and he looks between the two of them, a slightly surprised look on his face.

"No?" He asks.

"You should never be allowed to hold a gun. You'd shoot yourself in the foot pulling the slide back." Lacey says and the Sheriff nods slightly in agreement.

"Okay, let's go." Stiles says and the blonde walks towards the door, waving at Stiles' dad.

"We're not waiting, are we?" Lacey whispers.

"No. We're definitely not waiting." Stiles responds as they walk out of the station.

"I still don't have a passport!" Lacey says before rushing to follow him.

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She follows Stiles and Malia up to Scott's bedroom to look for something that had his scent on. Stiles rummages through his closet before tossing a shirt at Malia. "Here, try that." He says and the werecoyote sniffs it.

"Fabric softener." Malia responds and Stiles steps away from the closet before heading to the bathroom and Lacey rolls her eyes when she sees him grab a pair of Scott's dirty boxers out of the laundry basket.

"Remember, Scott's life is on the line." Stiles says as Lacey turns around and grabs Scott's pillow, offering it to the werecoyote when she turns around and Malia sniffs it before nodding at the blonde and showing it to Stiles.

"Yeah. That works, too." Stiles says, putting the boxers down before the three of them head out of the room after putting the pillow back.

They walk downstairs to see Liam in the kitchen. "No." Lacey says immediately.

"Oh, Liam, go home. You're not coming with us." Stiles says.

"Why not? You're taking my human sister, who happens to have heart problems, in case you've forgotten." Liam says.

"Because it's a full moon. And Lacey will be fine." Stiles says. "And I don't feel like driving all the way down to Mexico just to have you rip my throat out." Stiles adds.

"You can lock me up, right?" Liam asks. "Chain me down to the back seat or something?"

"You tore through the last chains, remember?" Malia says.

"Yeah, we would have to freeze you in carbonite to get you down there." Stiles says and Lacey snorts in amusement.

"Okay, then where do we get carbonite?" Liam asks and Lacey tilts her head slightly as she presses her lips together.

"Oh, Liam." She says softly.

"Seriously, you haven't seen it either?" Stiles asks.

"I have." Lacey says and he glances at her.

"You just became my best friend." He says and she smiles smugly before moving to follow him out the house.

"Wait!" Liam says, moving to stand in front of the door. "What if we put me in the trunk?"

"You'd get out of that, too." Malia says.

"Liam, you've been a werewolf all of five minutes. You don't have to do this." Stiles says.

"I know I don't. But I want to. And you're taking my very human, very fragile sister with you. I'm not letting her go alone." Liam says, glancing at his sister briefly before looking back towards Stiles. "There's gotta be bigger chains, a bigger trunk or something. There has to be." Liam says.

"Maybe there is." Stiles says after a moment.

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The four of them pile into his Jeep before they drive to meet up with Braeden and Derek, climbing out as the other van pulls up. "How'd you get a prison transport van?" Stiles asks.

"I'm a US Marshal." Braeden responds.

"Yeah, I thought that was just a cover." Stiles says as Derek climbs out of his car, followed by Peter and Lacey scrunches up her nose.

There was something about him that made him really untrustworthy.

"Are we really bringing him?" Derek asks, gesturing at Liam.

"Are we really bringing him?" Stiles retorts, gesturing at Peter.

"We're bringing everyone that we can. And considering Scott and Kira were taken, the night before a full moon, we should probably get going." Peter retorts.

"What's that mean?" Malia asks.

"If Kate took Scott back to the same temple that she took Derek, how do we know she's not planning to do the same thing to him?" Peter asks and Lacey narrows her eyes at him.

"What, she wants to make him younger?" Liam asks.

"Or take him back to when he wasn't a werewolf." Derek says.

"A werewolf can't steal a True Alpha's power. But maybe a Nagual Jaguar, with the power of Tezcatlipoca behind her- Maybe she can." Peter says and Lacey just stares at him suspiciously. "So, if everyone is sufficiently freaked out, I say we get going." Peter says.

"We can't. Not without Lydia." Stiles says.

Stiles paces off to the side as he tries to call Lydia and Lacey leans against the Jeep by Malia and Liam as she watches Peter carefully.

She really didn't trust him.

"What's she doing at the school anyway?" Derek asks.

"We got Kira's sword, but we need something with a stronger scent." Malia explains, holding the sword up as Braeden beckons Lacey over and the blonde pushes away from the Jeep, walking over to the woman.

"You still remember what Argent taught you?" Braeden asks and Lacey nods before the woman hands her a gun. "Think you'll be able to take that and try to use other guns?" Braeden asks and Lacey shrugs.

"I can try. What's the worst that could happen?" The blonde asks.

"You could shoot the wrong person." Braeden responds simply.

"Right. Good point. Just point and shoot?" Lacey asks.

"That'll do. Just make sure you aren't pointing at the wrong person." Braeden says and Lacey nods. "You got your knife?" She adds and Lacey nods again. "I'm not suggesting you use it unless you have to but it's probably good you have it on you." Braeden says and Lacey nods. "Here, use this." She says, holding a holster out before showing Lacey how to clip it onto her belt. "Be careful." Braeden says as Lacey puts the gun away before pulling her jacket over it.

"I will." She responds and Braeden nods before the blonde heads back over to her brother.

"What was that about?" Liam asks.

"Nothing. Just checking I had the knife Argent gave me." Lacey says.

"Argent gave you a knife?" Liam asks.

"I'm a squishy human. I need something to defend myself with." Lacey retorts and Liam sighs.

"Nothing." Stiles says as he walks back over.

"If she has a car, she can catch up to us." Braeden suggests.

"That's a good point. We'll call her from the road." Peter says, pointing at her.

"No. What if something happened? What if she's in trouble?" Stiles asks.

"Fine. You stay, you find her. We're gonna go on without you." Peter responds.

"Why the hell are you so eager to go? Last I heard, you weren't exactly captain of the Scott McCall fan club." Lacey says, her arms folded over her chest.

"No, yeah, that's actually not a terrible point." Stiles agrees.

"Should I be apologising for wanting to help when all of you are standing around arguing amongst yourselves?" Peter asks and Lacey narrows her eyes at him.

"I could call Mason. He has a study group at school. Maybe he could look for her." Liam suggests and Derek inclines his head slightly.

"Alright, fine." Stiles sighs before Lacey walks towards the prison transport van with Derek, her brother and Braeden. 

"Remember what we're dealing with here. It's not just Kate, it's Berserkers. You might see human eyes behind those skulls. Do not assume that there's any humanity left." Peter says. "Oh, this little one is terrified of them, aren't you? Don't worry, my friend. It is that fear that will keep you alive." Peter says and Lacey scowls at the older werewolf as she nudges her brother behind her protectively, getting a smirk from the werewolf in question. "A reminder to everyone. You do not fight Berserkers to survive, you fight to kill."

Lacey hesitates when Derek starts chaining Liam down in the back of the van, rubbing her face and Stiles looks over at her. "Hey, you coming?" He asks.

"I don't trust Peter." Lacey whispers.

"Good, you shouldn't. He's only here because we need the extra werewolf strength." Stiles says.

"No, I've got a really bad feeling, Stiles. He's too eager to help. After everything you guys have told me, it seems wrong he's this eager to help. Any of us. Especially Scott. He's planning something." Lacey whispers.

"Lacey, now you just sound paranoid." Stiles says, patting her shoulders. 

"I am not being paranoid." She hisses. 

"You're new to this. Paranoia is bound to happen. It'll all be fine. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth and all that crap." Stiles says and she sighs. 

"There's something else going on here, Stiles. This isn't right." Lacey says quietly. 

"Lacey, it will be fine." Stiles says. "Come on." He says before climbing in the back of the van and the blonde clicks her tongue in frustration before climbing in and pulling the door shut with a bang, startling the other three in there.

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Liam calls Mason once they've started driving and Lacey had moved to sit on the opposite side of Derek to Stiles, slightly pissed off at him after he had shut her down. 

"All good?" Derek asks as he secures the chains and Liam yanks his wrists up. "Okay, now, I brought something to help you. This has been with my family for centuries. It's a very powerful supernatural talisman. We use it to teach Betas how to control themselves on a full moon." Derek explains, holding up a small wooden disk with a triskele carved into it before he hands it to Liam. 

And then Lacey watches as Derek looks to Stiles before jerking his head slightly. "Yes, it's powerful." Stiles clears his throat. "Very powerful."

Lacey rolls her eyes as Liam looks up with a nod. God, these two were as subtle as a brick through a window.

She looks up from her phone where she was playing Angry Birds later that night when she hears Liam grunt before she sees his claws where his hand is wrapped around the 'talisman'. "Whatever you were gonna teach me, I think you better start." Liam says, looking up with his eyes glowing. 

"Liam, you with me?" Derek asks.

"Why are the three squishy humans back here with the angry werewolf?" Lacey whispers. 

"Would you stop calling us squishy?" Stiles responds.

"We have a mantra that we use. You repeat it, you focus on the words. It's like meditating. You say the words until you feel control coming back to you." Derek explains, ignoring the two teens either side of him.

"Okay. Okay, okay! What are the words?" Liam asks.

"Okay, look at the triskelion. See the symbol? I have a tattoo on my back, it's the same thing. Each spiral means something." Derek says.

"Alpha, Beta, Omega." Stiles adds.

"It represents the idea that we can always rise to one and fall back to another." Derek says.

"Betas can become Alphas." Derek says. 

"Alphas can become Betas." Stiles adds.

"Can Alphas become Omegas?" Liam asks and Derek nods.

"All you have to do is say the three words. And with each one, you tell yourself you're getting calmer, more in control. Go ahead." Derek says.

"Alpha, Beta,"

"Slower." Derek interrupts.

"Alpha. Beta. Omega. Alpha. Beta. Omega." Liam recites.

"Good. Say it again. Remember, every time you say the words, you're getting calmer." Derek says.

"Alpha, Beta," 

"Woah, Woah." Stiles says and Lacey watches him move his feet up onto the bench.

"Omega."

"Say it again." Derek instructs.

"Derek, I don't think the powerful talisman of self-control is working." Stiles says before Liam roars.

"Liam, say it again!" Derek instructs before Liam rocks the van slightly and Lacey grabs onto something to her side to steady herself. "Liam!"

Lacey's eyes widen slightly when he snaps the chains holding one of his wrists down. "Derek?" Braeden calls as the man catches Liam's wrist. 

"I think we're gonna need to go a little faster." Stiles calls.

"Keep going!" Derek calls before Liam yanks his other arm free. "Liam!" 

"We're almost there!" Braeden calls.

"Liam, Li, hey, look at me." Lacey says, shifting forwards.

"Lacey, careful." Stiles says.

"Li, look at me." Lacey snaps forcefully and his head snaps towards his sister. 

"What are you doing?" Stiles asks.

"Trying another mantra." She responds. "What three things cannot long be hidden?" Lacey asks and Liam growls. "Liam! What three things cannot long be hidden?" Lacey snaps and he makes eye contact with his sister. 

"Sun. The moon. The truth." He says. 

"Good. Again." She instructs.

"Sun, the moon, the truth." He recites, pulling his hands back towards him. 

"Again." Lacey says as Braeden calls Derek's name.

"We're okay." He responds.

"Sun. The moon. The truth." Liam says, his head tilted down slightly with his eyes shut before he looks up at her, his eyes the normal blue and she smiles at him.

"Thank you for not tearing my throat out. I don't know how we would have explained that to Mom." Lacey says and Liam smiles briefly at his sister. 

"What are you, a freaking werewolf whisperer?" Stiles asks.

"I just know my brother." Lacey responds, kissing his forehead before wrinkling her nose. "Ew, you're all sweaty." She mutters. 

"I can't believe it. I did it." Liam says, when the van stops. "For a minute there, I thought I was gonna tear the two of you apart." He says, looking at Stiles and Derek. 

"Not Lacey?" Derek asks.

"No. I wanted to protect her." Liam says. 

"Fuck yeah." Lacey says and Stiles rolls his eyes.

"Well, that would've made for an awkward ride home. So, thanks." Stiles says.

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"Think you can bring the same level of control and strength inside La Iglesia?" Derek asks.

"To protect Lacey and help Scott? Yeah." Liam says before flicking out his claws. 

"Alright. We might actually be able to do this." Stiles says before Derek moves to climb out of the van, only to be grabbed by a Berserker and flung out of the van. 

"Holy Shit!" Lacey exclaims. "Is that a fucking Berserker?" She asks. "Why did nobody tell me they looked like that?" She exclaims. 

"Okay, wow, less talking more running." Stiles says and Lacey climbs out of the van before pulling out the gun Braeden gave her as the mercenary starts shooting at the Berserker. 

She pulls back the slide before shooting at the Berserker so Braeden could make her way over to Derek. "Who gave you a gun?" Liam asks.

"Braeden." Lacey responds, glancing at him. 

"How bad is it?" Peter asks as everyone climbs out of their vehicles. 

"I'm fine, I'm fine. Just get to Scott." Derek says. "Just find him. We'll be right behind you. Go." Derek says. "Go!" Derek shouts. 

Peter is the first to run into the Church with Malia and Liam right behind while Stiles hesitates. "Hey, hey, save him." Derek says.

"Go, I'll stay here." Lacey says to Stiles and he glances at her before nodding and running towards the Church. "Hey, you got one of those other guns you wanted me to have?" Lacey calls to Braeden. 

"In the car." Braeden responds and Lacey rounds the car before opening the trunk to look for the guns, shoving the pistol back in the holster Braeden had given her before grabbing another pistol for herself. She didn't fancy trying her luck with a shotgun or one of the terrifying looking assault rifles in there. 

"Lydia was right." She hears Derek say and she falters slightly as she grabs more ammo for her and Braeden.

"Can you still pull a trigger?" Braeden asks Derek and the blonde grabs an extra pistol for the woman before heading back over to them

"Yeah." Derek says as Lacey crouches down beside her, holding it out and Braeden nods, placing it in Derek's hand.

"Stay with me. You're gonna be okay." Braeden says.

"It's a mortal wound. And right now, I'm feeling pretty mortal." Derek says.

"I'm not gonna let you die." Braeden responds before looking up when a growling resonates through the area. 

"Hey, if I can survive literal death of heart failure, you can survive this." Lacey says to the man and he coughs slightly, his hand still pressed to the wound. 

"You're gonna be okay in this world." He says and she smiles slightly. 

"And you're going to be okay. We're going to make sure you're okay." Lacey says before they hear a growl again.

"Yeah, you might just have to concentrate on saving yourselves." Derek says.

"Stay here with him." Braeden instructs as she pushes herself up before running over to the corner of the building to look for the source of the growling.

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She glances back at them after a moment and Lacey checks the other pistol she'd grabbed was loaded before swapping it for the one in the holster. She watches the woman look around the corner again before moving back and pumping the shotgun. "I'm gonna guess there's a Berserker around that corner." Lacey whispers. 

"Seems like a pretty fair guess." Derek responds before groaning softly. "Go help her." Derek says when Braeden climbs over the wall before firing at whoever was there. 

"Are you sure?" Lacey asks.

"I'll be fine. Go." He says and Lacey hesitates before pushing herself up and running over to where the brunette was, holding her gun down in front of her. 

"You again. You're still in this mess?" Kate asks as Lacey rounds the corner. "And they gave you a gun, that's adorable." Kate remarks.

"I'm glad you think so." Lacey responds, pointing the gun at the other blonde. 

"You're going to shoot me, Lacey?" Kate asks, stepping towards her and the blonde takes a step backwards. "I don't think you will." She says and Lacey raises a brow before pulling the trigger and Kate flinches back slightly when it hits her in the shoulder before looking past the woman when she hears car engines, taking the other woman's distraction as an opportunity to shoot at the Berserker, drawing it's attention away from Braeden long enough for it to drop her before the people from the other vehicles start shooting at it, drawing it's attention away from the two women. 

"You okay?" Lacey asks, helping Braeden up. 

"Derek was right. You really are going to be okay in this world." Braeden says and Lacey shrugs. "Where were you aiming really?" Braeden asks.

"Her head. My hands were shaking." Lacey says and Braeden chuckles.

"It's probably for the best." The brunette responds. 

"You okay?" Argent asks when he sees the blonde. 

"Yeah. I shot your sister." She says. 

"Good." He responds before she looks back towards Derek was. 

"Braeden, Derek." Lacey says and the brunette looks up before running back over to where they'd left the man.

"Go with her." Argent says and the blonde nods before running after her after a moment.

"Derek?" Braeden says as Lacey reaches her, crouching down, pausing when she realises he wasn't breathing before glancing up at the Berserker and Kate.

Lacey watches as she turns his head towards her whilst looking up for Kate and the Berserker, fully prepared to cover her. She straightens up beside Braeden when she sees the blonde before firing at her. "Lacey!" She looks over her shoulder when she hears Argent's voice as Braeden stands up before catching what he throws at her. "Wolfsbane. Peter's not on their side!" He calls and she nods before ducking past Braeden and running into the Church. 

She looks down at the bullet he'd thrown at her before taking out the magazine of the gun in her hand and emptying the chamber to slot the bullet in place instead before clicking the slide back into place and carrying on through the Church.

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By the time she finds where they were, she sees Scott blocking Peter's blows in the middle of the room and she hesitates at the entrance to the room as she watches him hit Peter, sending him backwards into the back wall of the Church. She pulls the slide back as Scott jumps up on the altar in front of him. "You were never an Alpha, Peter. But you were always a monster." Scott says and Lacey lifts the gun when he growls, shooting him as he stands, sending him back onto the floor as the wolfsbane enters his system, drawing everyone else's attention to her as she lowers the gun. 

"Okay, that was kinda badass." Liam remarks after a moment. 

"You shot him." Stiles says.

"It was a wolfsbane bullet from Argent. He wouldn't have given it to me if it was lethal." Lacey responds before looking at Stiles. "I told you he had another plan." Lacey says.

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Lacey heads over to Braeden, holding the woman's guns out towards her after leaving the Church and Braeden smiles at her. "You were really good out here. Really good." The brunette says. 

"I didn't really do much." Lacey says.

"No. But you were prepared to. And you were prepared to kill Kate to help me. You're a good person to have covering them, Lacey. I knew you were covering me the entire time I was with Derek. That's why I didn't look up. I knew you'd have my back." Braeden says and Lacey smiles slightly. "You're the kind of person I'd trust to cover me. Because I know you were actively covering for me. You could have left me there with Derek to try and shoot at Kate and the Berserker. But you waited. You waited until I didn't need the help." Braeden says. 

"Well, thank you for trusting me." Lacey says and Braeden nods, taking the guns off her.

"You know, you could take one of these with you." Braeden offers.

"No, it's illegal and even if it weren't, my Mom would kill me if she ever found it. I'm surprised she hasn't found the knife Argent gave me yet." Lacey says and Braeden nods.

"Okay." Braeden responds. "Oh, and Derek wanted to talk to you." She adds and Lacey nods before glancing over at the werewolf and he steps over to her. 

"You're alive." Lacey says and he chuckles briefly. 

"Yeah. Thank you for that, by the way." He says.

"I didn't turn you into a big wolf. That was all you." Lacey responds.

"Maybe. But you kept me alive to be able to do that. You probably would have been safer if you'd gone into the Church but you stayed out here with me and Braeden to help us and I don't know if we'd have managed staying alive that long if you hadn't. So, thank you. For putting your life on the line." He says and she shrugs. 

"I think I was more help out here than in there. Plus, I got to have a cool moment shooting Peter." Lacey says with a smile and Derek chuckles softly. 

"Nice shot with that one, by the way." He says.

"Thanks. I do try." She responds and he hums. 

"Thank you, Lacey." Derek says. 

"No problem." Lacey responds and he nods before heading towards Braeden and Lacey smiles slightly before heading over to Liam. 

"Hey." He says and she smiles at him. "You were pretty badass today." He says and she hums. 

"I know." She responds and he looks at her before laughing softly and she bumps her shoulder against his. "No, yeah, I'm loving this whole people giving me a gun thing. I'm kinda great with it." Lacey says. 

"Yeah, I noticed. What, when you shot Peter with a wolfsbane bullet like a badass." He says and she smiles. 

"Keep calling me a badass. I'm liking this." Lacey remarks, ruffling his hair with a small smile. 

"You did a good job today." They both look up to see Argent standing in front of her.

"Thanks." She responds and he holds out a piece of paper. 

"Scott's got it too. But if you ever need any help with anything, you can call." He says and she takes the paper from him. 

"Thanks." She says and he nods before walking away again. "I feel very special right now." Lacey whispers to her brother and he rolls his eyes. 

"He's probably just worried about you because you're the squishy human." Liam says. 

"You can't just let me feel important?"

"There's enough yellow wolfsbane to keep Peter out for the drive back. But be careful." Argent says after Stiles and Malia move to stand beside Lacey and Liam. 

"You're really going with them?" Scott asks.

"I made a deal with the Calaveras weeks ago. They'll leave you alone. All of you. But only if I help them catch Kate." Argent says.

"What if you can't?" Kira asks.

"I'll find her. Someone has to." He responds before turning and walking away with the Calaveras.

The four of them make their way over to Scott and Kira as he leaves, Derek stopping when he rounds the car to nod at Scott and Lacey clicks her tongue. 

"Can we go home now? I'm all dirty and I want a shower." Lacey says and everyone glances at her before Scott smiles at the blonde.

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