Risen

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The door to one of the offices in the police station opened, which revealed Nova and Derek, relief filling Scott and Stiles,

"Oh, thank God" Scott muttered

But neither of them could move, small cuts on the back of their necks, Derek being the first one to fall forward, somehow landing on his back, Nova landing on top of him, her head on his chest, one arm across his torso, her breathing slightly heavy. Matt kneeled down over them,

"This is the one controlling him?" Derek asked "this kid?"

"Well, Derek, not everyone's lucky enough to be a big, bad werewolf" he replied "oh, yeah, that's – that's right" standing straight and looking at Scott "I've learned a few things lately. Werewolves, hunters, kanimas. It's like a frickin' Halloween party every full moon. Except for you, Stiles. What do you turn into?"

"Abominable snowman" Stiles replied with heavy sarcasm "but, uh, it's more of, like, a wintertime thing, you know, seasonal"

He tilted his head slightly, Jackson – who was half-shifted – scratched Stiles at the back of his neck,

"Hey!" Scott said

The werewolf was about to catch Stiles, but was forced to take a step back when Jackson held up a clawed hand,

"You bitch" Stiles groaned as he fell to the floor, landing on top of Derek and Nova

"Get him off of me" the alpha said

"Oh, I don't know, Derek" Matt replied "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"

"Still got some teeth" looking at him "why don't you get down here a little closer, huh? We'll see how helpless I am"

"Yeah, bitch" Stiles said

"And we can't forget Nova" his eyes landing on the redhead "just look at her" shoving Stiles to the side and reaching out, moving moving Nova's hair away from her face "her hair is like fire, her lips are rubies, her eyes are like stones and her skin is flawless. So beautiful. Even with her new ink on her hands"

"Don't touch her" Derek seethed

"Why not?" keeping his eyes in her "it's not like she's yours" pulling his hand back "you know, I thought it was so cool how you merely stepped to the side when that kid tried to throw a water balloon at you on your first day. You know, I tried to ask you out once. But you just said no before I could finish my sentence, and I noticed how you hang out with all of these losers a lot more than others. Someone who's as beautiful as you, just can't be a human"

A vehicle approached the station, which gained everyone's attention,

"Is that her?" He asked, standing straight as he looked at Scott "do what I tell you to and I won't hurt her. I won't even let Jackson near her"

"Scott, don't trust him!" Stiles said

"This work better for ya?" putting his food on his neck

"Okay, just stop!" Scott said "don't hurt them!"

"Then do what I tell you to" keeping his foot on his neck

"Okay" agreeing with him "all right. Stop!"

Matt took his foot from his neck, a smirk forming on his lips, Stiles coughing filling the room as air finally entered his lungs,

"You, take 'em in there" looking at Jackson "you – with me" pointing to Scott

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"Are you okay?" Derek asked

"I'm fine" Stiles muttered

"I wasn't talking to you, idiot" rolling his eyes

"I'm trying not to have a panic attack" Nova replied "Gran, she's going to be here soon. She knows somethings wrong" her voice becoming lower "she can feel it, something is wrong with her hatchling"

"Hey" Stiles whispered "you know what's happening to Matt?"

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

"What do you mean?" His eyebrows furrowing slightly

"Universe balances things out" Nova muttered, closing her eyes "it always does"

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

"And killing people himself" Derek added

"So if Matt breaks the rules of the kanima, he becomes the kanima?" looking at him out of the corner of his eyes

"Balance" Nova muttered

"Will he believe us if we tell him that?" He asked

"Not likely" Derek replied

"Okay, he's gonna kill all of us when he gets that book, isn't he?" closing his eyes for a brief moment

"Most likely" Nova sighed

"All right, so what do we do?" opening his eyes, looking at the ceiling "do we just – do we just sit here and wait to die?"

"There's another way to push the toxin out of my body faster" Derek said "like triggering the healing process"

"Wha – oh, what are you doing?" looking down as best as he could, seeing that Derek was digging his claws into his leg "aw, gross"

X

"So is that hypothetical situation we talked about getting any less hypothetical?" Stiles whispered

"I think so" Derek whispered "I can move my toes"

"Dude, I can move my toes" a sigh emitting from him

Nova was paralyzed twice, at the mechanics and now, both times feeling completely helpless. It reminded her of that night, feeling so helpless, not being able to do anything to help her family. Her head was even bound to the wall, forcing her to watch everything happen, remembering the cuffs digging into her skin as she struggled to reach them, her screams echoing though the basement. A tear escaped from the corner of her eye, immediately soaking into her skin,

"Nova?" Derek asked as he felt a small wetness on his chest

Her eyes snapped open when the power suddenly went out, placing a hand on Derek's chest, silently pushing herself up, her head tilting slightly as her nails suddenly extended into sharp claws,

"What the hell?" Stiles muttered when he saw two deep red eyes

"I don't know about you" she whispered "but I really need to hit something"