𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 ➢ ᴅᴇʀᴇᴋ ʜᴀʟᴇ

Ch. 54 - ORPHANED

Nova's outfit(s)

Chapter Fifty-Four
💰 Orphaned 💰

"What the hell is happening to this kid?" Stiles yelled as he, Derek and Nova tried to hold a convulsing Brett.
"He's been poisoned by a rare wolfsbane. I need to make an incision, and you need to hold him as still as possible." Deaton said.

"Hey Derek? How about a little Werewolf strength?"

"Yeah, I'm not the only one here with Werewolf strength."

"If you can't hold him still, the incision might kill him." Deaton said and Brett's eyes snapped open and he pushed everyone away before climbing off the table. But before he could go anywhere Peter came out of nowhere and punched Brett, sending him tumbling to the floor unconscious.

"I guess I still have a little Werewolf strength myself."

"Yeah... Maybe more than a little..." Derek said as Nova went to Brett, "Hey I don't think he's breathing." She said and Deaton crouched down and started to cut a small line down Brett's chest making him let out a few gasps and a puff of yellow smoke came out of the cut. "Is he okay?" Stiles asked and Deaton nodded.

"I think he'll be fine, but probably out for a little while."

"Guys, can you hear that? I think he's saying something." Stiles said and Nova bent down to heat what he was saying, "The sun... the moon... the truth... The sun... the moon... the truth..."

"Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." Isn't that Buddhist?" Nova asked looking up at Deaton who nodded.

"Satomi."

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"Are you going to tell me whats wrong?" Nova asked as her and Derek walked into the loft, "Nothing's wrong." Derek said, not looking at her making her raise her eyebrows. "Oh yeah? Then look at me and tell me that. Cause you can never look at me when you're lying." Nova said as she walked up to him.

Derek sighed and turned around to face her, "I couldn't hold Brett down and he scratched me and it took longer to heal than normal. I'm losing more and more of my powers." Derek said and Nova sighed and grabbed his hands. "We will figure out what the hell is going on with you. And we'll figured out how to fix it." She said and he sighed and shook his head.

"We're both on the list. You're worth twenty-three million. What if someone comes here to kill us and I can't help?" He said and she smiled softly at him, "Well then it's a good thing that I don't go to school anymore. So then, I can spend most of not all day protecting you."

"You shouldn't have to always protect me." He said and she chuckled, "Babe, I would protect you when if you still had your powers." She said and he sighed and shook his head, "You should be worrying about yourself or your friends. You shouldnt have to always worry about me." He said and she scoffed and raised her eyebrows.

"Der, you're my boyfriend and I'm in this with you for the long run. I'm always going to worry about. I mean hell, I went Mexico twice to save your ass." She said wrapping her arms around his shoulders. "I love you." He said making her smile up at him.

"I love you too."

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"You know, I'm starting to think im bound to this school. Considering I graduated from this hell hold twice and yet I still find myself walking though these halls." Nova said dramatically as her and Derek walked though the halls of the highschool. Derek rolled his eyes, suppressing a smile as he glanced over at her, "You could have stayed in the car."

"Meh."

Derek rolled his eyes again and hid behind a wall before whispering Malia's name while she was in class. A few seconds later Malia turned the corner to see Nova and Derek standing there, "What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Brett's still out of it. I need to find his pack and warn them about the Deadpool." Derek said and Malia just looked at hom confused, "I know a little something about this pack... They have a kind-of secret meeting place in the woods. No one's spent more time in the woods of Beacon Hills than you. This is Brett's." Derek said tossing Malia Brett's lacrosse Jersey, "Breathe it in."

"I'm not good at that yet."

"Try it. I'll teach you." Derek said and Malia slowly brought the jersey up to her nose, "Focus on the different scents. Some are tied to identity, others give off an emotion."

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"Their Alpha is a woman called Satomi. She's one of the oldest Werewolves alive, and she's learned a lot." Derek explained as they got out of the car, "What does that mean?" Malia asked. "She's a bitten Werewolf. Learning control wasn't easy for her-- she did something a long time ago that changed her. The quote, the mantra, it helps them with control."

Malia suddenly stopped, looking around, "What is it?" Derek asked and Malia turned to him while Nova took a couple steps forward, crouching down. "Gunpowder." She said and Nova sighed and turning to them, holding up a bullet, "If Brett's pack is out here, I don't think they're meeting... they're hiding."

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"I'm sorry." Malia apologize as they got back in the car. "There's nothing to be sorry about. If they don't want to be found, then we're not going to find them. Some Werewolves have an ability... a kind of mastery over their bodies, where they can actually inhibit their scent."

"They can hide from other Werewolves?" Malia asked and Nova nodded, glancing back at her, "From anyone who's trying to find them."

"So that's why nobody knew about Brett."

"Same with Demarco."

"Maybe we need to try something different. Maybe we need to think like Stiles." Malia suggested making Derek look back at her with raised eyebrows, "Like a hyperactive spaz?" He asked making her squint at him, "Like a detective. If they're really Buddhists, then maybe, instead of asking where Werewolves hide, we should be asking." Malia said making
realization cross over Nova face.

"Where would Buddhists hide." Nova said looking at Malia impressed before glancing at Derek, "When Buddha sat under the Bodhi tree, he looked to the east for enlightenment." She said. "Is there some kind of eastern point in Beacon Hills?" Malia asked and Derek nodded.

"Yeah... at Lookout Point."

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Walking through the woods, Malia suddenly stopped and grabbed onto Nova and Derek, "Malia?"

"You don't smell that?" She asked looking around. "Wait for us, right here?" Derek said then he and Nova started walking in the direction Malia was looking at.

"Oh god." Nova whispered as Derek grabbed her hand. In front of them was about twenty dead bodies.

"What happened?" Malia asked walking up to them, "I think they might have been poisoned." Nova said, taking a deep breath making Malia sigh, "That's great... If assassins with guns don't get you, then the ones with wolfsbane poison will. Or maybe one with no mouth. Maybe we should all be running from Beacon Hills... Running for our lives, as fast as we can."

Malia started walking away and Derek started to follow her but Nova gasped and let out of his hand making him turn back around to see Nova running over to someone. "Braeden?" She whispered, collapsing next to a body and in pain Braeden.

"We-We need to get her to the hospital now!"