"Your grandfather is a psychopath," Stiles said. Allison looked at him flatly.
"Thanks for the reminder." As if any of them needed it, when just looking around the room they were being held in made their circumstances pretty clear.
"Do we even know where we are? How to get out of here?"
"Obviously not, genius, or we wouldn't still be here," Stuart sniped. Stiles stuck his tongue out at his twin; would have flipped him off if his hands weren't bound behind his back.
"Mitch will come for us."
"Are you kidding? He's working with the evil hunters! He probably sold us out!"
"Right, yeah, sorry, I forgot. Of course he wouldn't sell you out." Stuart scoffed derisively.
"I know you think I took Mitch from you, but I didn't."
"No, he just chose you over his own family."
"Stop it!" Stiles shouted. He couldn't stand the bickering between Stuart and Allison, Stuart's constant hatred towards Mitch. "He's coming for us. Mitch is coming."
Lydia finally started to stir, roused by all the shouting. Stuart started shuffling towards her, but Allison was closer and made it first, so he changed his mind and slumped against the wall, putting his back to the girls. Stiles sighed. Get here soon, Mitch.
"I have had a really long day." Mitch threw the hunter back against the wall, holding him pinned with his forearm across the man's throat, freeing his other to take out his pistol. "I don't have the time or patience to dick around, so you're going to tell me: where the fuck are my kids?"
"Go to hell!" Mitch presses the muzzle of his gun under the man's jaw, digging it in painfully. He pressed the trigger until he heard it click, and the man swallowed in fear—the slightest wrong movement and he was dead.
"Do you hear that?" The four of them looked up at the ceiling, hearing several loud bangs! and the distinct sound of bodies dropping to the floor.
They shouted until Mitch pulled open the trap door and shone a light inside. "Everyone alive?" he asked, sounding audibly relieved to see them all there.
"We're okay. Mostly," Stiles answered.
"Let's get you kids out of there."
Mitch hauled up Allison first so she could help him lift out the others. She took a brief second to hug him, frowning when he winced.
"I'm okay," he assured her softly, although he favored his right side with a clear injury to his left.
After Allison was Lydia, boosted up from the ground by Stiles and Stuart. Her hair was a tangled mess and dusted with dirt, but her eyes were fierce and calculating.
Stiles and Stuart argued about which of them was going next, until Stiles bodily lifted him and shoved him at the trap door; more to make a point than to serve any useful purpose. His time on the lacrosse field was finally paying off.
"You look like hell," was all Stuart said to Mitch once he was out, taking in his plethora of fresh bruises and injuries. He didn't wait for a response, instead skulking over to check on Lydia.
Finally, it was Stiles' turn. With no one to lift him, he had to take a running leap to reach Mitch and Allison's grasping hands.
"What took you so long?" Stiles asked on the surface. Mitch huffed a weak laugh and shoved him away.
"Next time I'm leaving you. Now come on, before reinforcements get here."
"... I'll take care of it."
"I said I'll take care of it. Let's go."
Stiles wanted to argue, but for everyone else's sake kept his mouth shut.
"No, that's bullshit! I need to save him!"
"You need to trust me!" Mitch blocked Stiles from leaving, baring his teeth in a snarl that was far more akin to a wolf than a human. "I'll get Derek back, but you need to sit your ass down and stay here, understood?"
"Bring him home, Mitch," Stiles pleaded.
"I'm coming with you," Allison said, following Mitch outside.
"Did you not hear a thing I just said?"
"I did, and I think you're an idiot. I'm coming with you; you need someone to watch your back."
"For the love of God..." Mitch looked up at the stars as if they could give him answers and patience. "Allison, honey, I need you to stay here, where I know you're safe."
"You're going to get yourself killed."
"And you won't, because you'll be here, holding down the fort until I get back. Yes?"
"I always do. Now get lost. Keep an eye on things and don't let Stiles try to come after me."
Derek almost thought he was hallucinating when he recognized the man taking off his shackles. Then he realized not even his psyche would be that cruel; of he were imagining anyone saving him, it would be Stiles.
"The hell are you doing here?" Derek slurred, stumbling once his hands were free. Mitch caught him and held him up, pulling him away from the electrocuted fence.
"Yeah, Yeah. I'm not here for you, Hale, I'm here for Stiles. You're lucky my idiot brother's in love with you."
Derek laughed, and it hurt, but how could he not? Mitch was as close to a sworn enemy as he's ever gotten, and yet here he is, saving his life. "Yeah," Derek wheezed, leaning heavily into the hunter. "Yeah, I am."