The Awakening ²|Isaac Lahey

7. Rescue Mission

Veronica, never found it easy to betray her friends. So when she left Scott in Isaac Lahey's house, it shocked her. She knew she didn't actually betray him so why did it feel like she did. Though merely seconds later, Stiles's jeep pulled in front of the house. Veronica quickly, and silently got in as Allison got out. Allison turned around to look at her, she gave her a nod before she went inside the house.

Selena on the other hand, stopped Derek from walking closer to the jeep, and kept him far enough so that Veronica nor Stiles could hear. “Der.” he turned around to look at her,“I'm gonna tell her.. everything. Tonight before it happens. And- I'd really like it if you were there. It would make things easier, she might have questions. Some I won't be able to answer so pl-”

Derek interrupted her,“Sel. I'll be there. You can tell her once we get Isaac out. I'll be there I promise.” He said in a quiet voice. Selena pursed her lips and nodded before she watched as Derek walked to Stiles's jeep and got in the front. 

Stiles pulled into the police station. “Okay, now the keys to every cell are in a password protected lockbox in my father's office. The problem is getting passed her.”

    “I'll distract her.” Derek said.

    “Whoa, whoa, whoa — You? You're not going in there.” Stiles said, grabbing his shoulder to stop him from leaving the car. Veronica eyes widened as she stared at his hand on Derek's shoulder. Derek, as well, glanced down at Stiles's hand before glancing back up at him. “I'm taking my hand off.” Veronica let out a soft laugh.

    “I was exonerated.” Veronica leaned forward, testing something as she put her hand on Derek's shoulder just as Stiles did.

    “Yeah but you're still a person of interest.”

Derek looked at her. “An innocent person.” He said obviously.

    “An — You? Yeah right.” Stiles couldn't stop himself from smile as he let out a nochalant laugh. 

Veronica elbowed Stiles,“Okay, fine. What's your plan?” Veronica asked him.

Derek paused for a second,“To distract her.”

    “Uh-huh. How?” Stiles asked, sarcasm laced in his tone,“By punching her in the face?” Veronica laughed at the face Stiles was making.

Derek let out a fake sarcastic laugh, before returning to his usual bruting demeaner. “By talking to her.”

    “Okay, alright. Give me a sample?” Stiles asked.

    “Why? You looking for tips, Stilinski?” Veronica asked teasingly.

Stiles ignored Veronica “What are you going to open with?” Derek gave him a look while staying silent. “Dead silence. That should work beautifully. Any other ideas?”

    “I'm thinking about punching you in the face.” he said. Stiles opened his mouth in shock. “She's my real plan.” Derek motioned his head towards Veronica, as he opened the door,“Let's go, Veronica.”

Veronica shrugged and got out the car with him. The two teenagers stayed behind as Derek walked to the front desk. “Good Evening. How can I help — you?” the officer's demeanor changed when she seen Derek.

Derek gave her a smile. “Hi.”

    “I didn't know Derek smiled..”

Stiles rolled his eyes, as Veronica smiled, obviously enjoying this. “Hi.”

    “Uh- I had a question.” Derek said to her. “Um- I'm sorry. I'm a little — little thrown, I wasn't expecting someone...” Veronica and Stiles quickly sneaked into Noah's office.

    “like me?” She giggled softly.

    “Oh, I was gonna say "say incredibly beautiful" but, yeah, I guess that'd be the same thing.”

Veronica said in a almost silent whisper to Stiles,“Damn. Derek gots game.” Stiles gave her an unimpressed look. He walked to the box and put in the password. Though when he removed it, it was completely empty which made Veronica's eyes go wide. “No. No. No.”

The two left the room quickly in search of the key. Though the second they turned a corner they almost ran into someone. “Woah. Uh- I was just looking for-” Stiles's eyes fell onto the arrow in his leg.

Veronica knew what was coming next. “Awe shit man.” she said before they went to leave. Though he quickly grabbed them by both of their shirts and put his hands around their mouths. Which was unfortunate because Veronica could only do spoken spells at the moment. On the way into the cell room, she managed to pull the fire alarm. Veronica had fought against his hand with all of her will power. Clawing at his hand.

The man let go of them, and their eyes widened when they seen Isaac's cell was completely empty. Veronica jumped slightly into Stiles when someone suddenly attacked him. The two both backed into the wall, though she calmed down once she seen it was Isaac. The man held up a syringe and tried to inject him.

    “venire” Veronica said, the syringe flew to her hand as Isaac twisted his wrist back. She quickly stood up and dropped it on the floor, and stepped on it as Derek came into the room. The sound of glass shattering, made Isaac turn around to look at her and his Alpha.

Isaac then looked at Stiles, prompting the other two supernaturals to look at him as well. He made a move towards him, which made Derek growl. Isaac whimpered and fell to the ground, against the wall and hid his face. Stiles watched in shock as Veronica moved toward the new Beta. She put her hand on his shoulder,“Isaac.” she said in a soft, calm, though still quite raspy and hoarse, he turned to look at her and she seen he was human.

    “How did you do that?” Stiles asked, while breathing heavily, Veronica turned to look at him.

Derek turned around to look at him,“I'm the alpha.” he said simply.

Veronica turned back to Isaac, who was shaking in fear. The sight alone made her want to tear up, but she could actually feel his fear. “Estás bien, Isaac. aquí nadie te hará daño. alguna vez.” She said quietly. She hadn't even realized she spoke Spanish, though Isaac seemed to understand through her tone what she had meant. “Derek.” she said in a rougher tone. The older man turned to look at her, though her eyes never left Isaac's. “He needs to get out of here. I can do a spell so that we technically teleport outside. But I can only do 3 people at a time. You and Isaac obviously.”

Isaac gave her a look, he didn't want to leave without her. Derek scared him a little bit. “You're coming with us.”

    “I can't leave Stiles here alone to take the fall for this all by himself... again.” She let out a soft sigh, she should've looked away from Isaac's eyes. They were so scared. So soft. So blue.

Stiles stood up and walked towards her. He crouched down to her level and made her look at him. “You can't leave him, Ronnie. And you know it.” He said, in a tone that let her know he understood. With years of practice it was always easy for Stiles to hide his jealousy over the boys Veronica connected with.

Veronica shook her head. “i don't want to leave him.” the shakiness in her voice. “Why does leaving you here feel like the worst betrayal?”

    “Go. Someone's gotta take the fall.” he urged her on. She let out another sigh and stood up. She then held out her hand for Isaac. He grabbed it and stood up.

By the time Noah and his Deputies arrived, They we're gone. Stiles looked around, he then looked at the man on the floor,“Uh- he did it.” He said whilst pointing at him.

As the three appeared out from of the police station, Selena drove up to them before stopping, in Derek's car. She leaned the passenger seat forward so the kids could get in, then Derek. She quickly and silently pulled off, but not before sparring a knowing glance at Derek.

Veronica grabbed ahold of her head and let out a groan of pain. Selena looked up at the rearview mirror in alarm,"What? What is it?"

    “I have this awful headache.” Veronica complained.

Silently, Derek looked over at Selena who pulled her eyes off of Veronica. She glanced at the boy briefly but looked back to the road. That made Derek very suspicious of her.