From London Teen Wolf Fanfiction

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Vicky, Stiles, and Deaton returned to his surgery, accompanied by Scott. Vicky returned to her space in the corner, near the door. "You" Deaton looked at Scott, "Allison, and Stiles need to be surrogate sacrifices for your parents"

Scott looked confused, "we die for them?" he asked

Stiles looked scared, "but he can bring us back" he looked at Deaton uncertain, "you can...you can bring us back, right?"

"Remember the part where I said it was dangerous?" Deaton said, without waiting for a response, "if it goes right, the three of you will be dead for a few seconds, but there's something else you need to think about." He paused, "this is a dangerous thing for more reasons than one. You'll be giving power back to the Nemeton, a place that hasn't had power for a long time. This kind of power is like a magnet. It attracts the supernatural, the kind of things that a family like the Argents can fill the pages of the bestiary with" everyone quickly glanced at Allison. "It will draw them here, like a beacon"

"Beacon Hills" Vicky muttered.

"Doesn't sound any worse than anything we've already seen" Stiles replied.

Vicky laughed, "you've seen nothing so far Stilinski"

"Is that it?" Scott asked.

"No" Deaton replied, "It'll have an effect on the three of you. You wont be able to see it, but you'll feel it every day for the rest of your lives. It'll be a kind of darkness around your heart, and permanent, like a scar"

"Like a tattoo"

Vicky looked at her phone which buzzed, a message from Peter telling her to meet him at the loft. "I need to go, keep me updated"

***

"What's going on?" she asked as she walked into the loft.

"See for yourself" Peter said, he waved his arm to where Cora and Derek were. Cora groaned and opened her eyes, she looked at Derek who smiled.

"You're okay" Derek said.

"I'm doing much better than you are right now, and all because of you" Cora replied.

Peter cleared his throat, annoyed. "Hopefully not all for nothing. The moon is rising Derek, you drained your battery all the way to the red, and there is a fully charged alpha on her way to rip you limb from limb"

"I'll be fine in a few hours" Derek replied to the older Hale.

"I sincerely hope so, because a few hours is all you have" Peter crossed his arms.

Derek glanced at Vicky as she walked farther into the room, she caught him leaning against the wall and frowned. "You're not going to be alright in a few hours Derek"

"Well Cora's okay now, that's what matters"

"I could have helped you!" Vicky said, walking over to him, "I could have done half so you wont be killed by foot fetish"

"So" Derek smiled slightly, "you still care about me then?"

Vicky opened her mouth before closing it again, she looked down, her voice quieter than usual, "you hurt me Derek, you really did." She paused, "but of course I still care about you. I care about you being skewered on a foot"

"I understand" Derek replied grabbing the blonde's hands.

Vicky's phone rang, snapping Derek's and Vicky's stare at each other, she answered to Stiles, "we know where the Nemeton is" he said flatly.

"That's good news" Vicky replied, "so why aren't you very happy?"

"Scott went off with Deucalion, again" Stiles announced, "and Ethan and Lydia are coming around" with that the line went dead.

"What does he mean?" Vicky turned around to Derek who shrugged.