All Shades of Blue

36

Eventually, Scott, Stiles and Allison emerged from the water.

"I saw it," Allison said. "I know where it is."

Stiles climbed out of the tub and nodded. "We passed it. There's -- there's a stump, this huge tree. Well, it's not huge anymore. It was cut down. But it's still big though; very big."

Scott said, "It was the night we were looking for the body."

Stiles turned to his friend. "Yeah, the same night you were bit by Peter."

"I was there too, in the car with my mother," Allison said. "We almost hit someone."

Scott's eyes widened. "It was me. You almost hit me."

He let out a gasp. "We can find it."

Isaac frowned, causing Allison to turn and ask, "What?"

Isaac replied, "You guys were out a long time."

"How long is a long time?" Stiles wondered.

"16 hours," Deaton answered.

Scott turned to his boss. "We've been in the water for 16 hours?"

"And the full moon rises in less than four."

Stiles noticed Scott's expression and narrowed his eyes. "No, dude, you are not going back with them."

Scott let out a sigh. "I made a deal with Deucalion."

Isaac frowned. "Why does it matter anyway?"

Scott sighed. "Because I still don't think that we can beat Jennifer without their help."

Allison looked to Deaton. "He trusts you more than anyone. Tell him he's wrong."

Deaton was silent for a moment. "I'm not so sure he is. Circumstances like this sometimes require that you align yourself with people you'd normally consider enemies."

Isaac scoffed. "So, we're gonna trust him, the guy that calls himself death, destroyer of worlds? We're gonna trust that guy?"

Deaton glanced to Isaac. "I wouldn't trust him, no. But you could use him to your advantage. Deucalion may be the enemy, but he could also be the bait."

A creak from the front door caught their attention and the bell rang. Deaton and Scott walked over and the rest of them soon followed.

Lydia frowned, seeing Ethan. "What do you want?"

"I need your help," he answered.

Stiles asked, "With what?"

"Stopping my brother and Kali... from killing Derek."

They left the clinic and Stiles drove himself to his house while everyone else made their way to Allison's apartment.

Stiles grabbed a pair of his dad's boxers and called his friend. "Scott, what do I grab? How about my dad's boxers?"

After a moment, Stiles suggested socks, and picked up a pair. "Come on."

Stiles hopped into his Jeep and the storm worsened around him.

After a short while, he said, "Come on." Something hit the Jeep from behind. "Whoa, sh -- Oh." A tree branch was in front of the Jeep and he hit it. "Whoa!"

When he woke, he found himself within the Nemeton.

Nora smiled seeing him and asked, 'Is Mateo okay?'

Stiles nodded. 'Derek's watching over him."

'Good. You'll help us get out of here, right?'

'As much as I can.'

The ceiling began caving in and stopped abruptly, and Nora looked to see what happened. She saw that Stiles had placed a bat to stop the concrete.

Sheriff Stilinski smiled at his son. "I always said aluminum was better." He embraced his son.

There heard crashing above them and Melissa made her way over to the brunette. 'You're bleeding. Are you okay?' "Stiles; are you?"

Nora touched her wound. 'I'll be okay.'

Stiles nodded and studied Nora's wound. 'Yeah, you'll be fine.'

Once everything quieted down, Allison asked, "Is it over?"

Stiles' phone began reading and he answered it. "Scott?"

Scott said on the other line, "Hey, are you okay? "

Stiles nodded. "I'm okay. We're all okay. How about you; you okay?"

"Sort of,"

 "Hey, uh, Scott? Mind doing us a favor?"

"Name it."

"Can you come get us?"

"Sure."

"Great, okay. Um, uh, bring a ladder." His comment caused a laugh from everyone.

Scott came with a ladder and freed them.

Nora immediately made her way to Derek's and when she got there, he hugged her tightly.

He pulled away and cupped her face before removing his hands and asked, 'Are you okay?'

Nora nodded. 'I am. Where's Mateo?'

'He's sleeping. Nora, I... I'm glad you're okay.'

'You and me both.'

Nora smiled at him, then went to find her son. She sat on the bed and gently stroked his face before laying down next to him, soon falling asleep herself.

Derek walked up and put the covers over her with a soft smile before saying softly, "Sleep well, Nora."