Chapter 1: Trust

...Part 1

Scott's P.O.V

What I most love about summer is the night. That may sound odd, since the night in Beacon Hills is filled with dangers and monsters of every type, but it's actually very relaxing. For the most part anyway. Most walks I take alone, but every now and again I'll bring someone along. For the most part it's Stiles because, when he's not planning on destroying the people he thinks are psychotic serial killers, he can be very quiet. He likes to think a lot, but if I'm being honest I don't know what goes on in his head. But I've always wondered. On this particular night I had decided to bring him along, for that exact reason. I had seen the doubt in his eyes when I'd told Skye to let Thomas and his friends be. He, being Stiles had kept his mouth shut, knowing that if Skye thought that someone else had even the smallest doubt about the new kids, she'd never stop trying to figure them out. It was just the way she worked. Although I wasn't sure I'd convinced her to stay away. I was sure she was gonna try and stalk them anyway, just to make sure she was wrong. Honestly, I knew that didn't trust Thomas and his friends, I didn't trust them at all. But they hadn't done anything wrong yet, and I really really needed a break from the supernatural. After the ghost riders, seeing how close I was to loosing Stiles and not even knowing it... It had but some serious doubt into me. I wasn't as thrilled to jump right into again. So I was glad that Stiles had respected my decision to keep things the way they were.

The walk began in silence but soon enough Stiles decided to start asking.

"I know you don't trust them" he started.

"What? Who?" I asked.

"C'mon Scott, you lied straight to Skye's face today. The whole 'I see nothing wrong with a girl who could set me on fire while I sleep'. I know you weren't serious." Stiles replied.

I sighed. "They haven't done anything wrong, Stiles" I replied avoiding his question.

"Yet! Scott you know Skye's right. You can't be that messed up and not try to murder somebody." He replied.

"I know but.. Don't you want a normal summer? No monster slaying? Just laying on the beach having fun before we all go to college?" I asked.

"You don't find monster slaying fun?" Stiles joked. I managed a smile and he sighed.

"Look, Scott I want that. I do, but.. What if these people are really, really bad? I wish we could've had a good summer but now they're here. And that's not possible anymore. The quicker we kick their ass the sooner we'll have the summer we deserve." Stiles replied.

I sighed once again. "I guess you're right"

Stiles smiled.

"I always am"

Lydia's P.O.V

With everything that had happened I had considered cancelling movie night. But when I had told the girls they had practically begged me not to. Malia enjoyed movie night more than any of us. It was something I had never understood. She couldn't understand half of the things that the characters did and growled most of the time yet she had never missed any of the movie nights. Maybe it was because of the food, the only good thing house Martin could offer. Netherless, when she asked me not to I couldn't resist her (literal) puppy eyes. Hayden had to be threatened, but eventually she agreed and then Skye had been too terrified to deny. But this movie night would be a lot different, because... Well for a start there was no movie. Why you might ask? Well on the previous movie night Malia.. She didn't enjoy the movie and the tv payed the price. So 'Movie Night' had quickly turned to 'Gossip Night'.

"What's gossip?" Malia asked. "Can I eat it?"

We laughed. "No it's... Rumours" I explained.

Malia nodded slowly, clearly not getting it.

"It's stuff you talk about but it's about other people but you're not sure it's true" I tried again.

"Well what's the point in that?" Malia asked, confused.

"There isn't, Malia. How about instead we just talk. Just not about the things we usually talk about." Hayden intervened.

"What else is there to talk about other than murders and crazy people?" She asked, still confused.

We laughed.

"We could talk about..." Skye started.

Silence.

"What do normal girls talk about?"Malia asked.

The rest of us looked at each other.

"Boys" We all said in unison.

"What about boys?"Malia asked.

"Depends. Like if you had to describe Scott, what would you say?" Hayden asked her.

"That he's the alpha" Malia replied.

Hayden giggled. "Why don't you guys start?" She asked.

"Us? You're the one with the boyfriend!" Skye replied.

"That you both already know. C'mon." Hayden replied glancing over at me.

"I think the only guys either of us are thinking about are Thomas and his friend." I replied grabbing the popcorn.

"Jake" Skye corrected.

"So you agree with Skye?" Hayden asked me.

"Don't sound so surprised" Skye joked.

"No I just... I've never see you disagree with Scott." Hayden replied.

"I think deep down Scott agrees with her too." I replied.

"That, is because I'm right. They are dangerous and they're hiding something" Skye started.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Malia asked.

"At the exam. Tom was about to say something about Scott but then 'Mr.I'm too smart for me' stopped him." Skye explained.

We gave her a confused look.

"Jake." She concluded.

"You think Jake is up to something?" I asked.

"I think all of them are. But he's more.. Hesitant. Thomas was willing to reveal more, probably thinking we would trust him, while he was cautious." Skye explained.

"What about Victoria?" Hayden asked.

Skye hesitated. "She's.. Not as smart as the guys. She was trying to gain trust but she couldn't back her story up. The one about the barm, I mean."

There was a moment of silence. "Do you hear that?" Malia asked.

Hayden nodded. I was about to ask when there was a knock at the door. Skye stood up. "It's probably Scott." She said as she headed for the door.

Hayden grabbed her arm. "It's not"

"I got it" Skye reassured. She went up to the door and opened it.

Skye's P.O.V

As expected the door did not open to my brother instead it opened to Victoria.

"Lovely evening, don't you think?" she asked.

"What do you want Victoria?" I asked with non-chalance.

"Why so impatient?" Victoria asked teasingly. "I'm just here to get to know my new classmate better."

"Well, I inform you that your new class mate doesn't need or want to get to know you better, so goodnight." I tried closing the door but she grabbed my wrist.

I glanced at her face and back at my wrist. "Do you mind?" I asked trying to hide the fear in my voice.

"I need to talk to your brother" she replied in a more serious voice.

"Well he's not home." I replied with grit teeth this trying to stop my voice from wavering from the pain.

"Well why don't you call him then? I'm sure he would want to keep his dear sister here alone." She replied with a malicious tone.

"I guess it's good she's not alone then" I recognised the sound of Hayden's voice.

"You should go" I replied finally secure, knowing Hayden was by my side.

Victoria finally let go of my wrist. "This isn't over." She said. Then slowly, she walked away. I shut the door as quietly as humanly possible.

I sighed with relief.

"You okay?" Hayden asked. I nodded. Then I heard a knock. I jumped a little. Hayden signalled for me to open.

"Scott" she explained. I nodded and opened the door for my brother.

"I saw Victoria walk out of here. Is everything okay?" He asked.

"Yes" I said.

"Absolutely not" Hayden followed.

Scott raised his eyebrows.

"She was looking for you." I explained.

"She threatened her" Hayden followed again.

"What?" Scott asked. "Hayden, what happened?"

Scott's P.O.V

"-and then she left" Hayden finished.

There was a moment of silence. Malia and Lydia had gone home, but not before I had warned them to call me if anything weird happened. Skye had gone to bed, probably because she didn't want to have to tell me I told you so. I surprisingly calm. It made me feel like a serial killer, because I was so mad that I was calm. I was deciding on what to do and a decision like that... I couldn't think with my own head or Victoria and her friends were gonna be dead within the hour. What would Stiles do? He would probably start uncovering their secrets in a discrete manner. But how could I not try to murder them? What if Hayden hadn't been there? What if-

"Scott I know you're mad but you've got to think this through. If go at them they'll know we're on to them. We got to start working discretely. Keep them under control, so this doesn't happen again." Hayden interrupted my train of thought. I hesitated but nodded.

"Tomorrow we meet up and start digging into their pasts" I said. She nodded.

"I'll let Liam and Mason know" she said standing up. I nodded.

"Goodnight" I muttered.

"Scott?" I turned to her.

"We've got this" I nodded.

'I hope you're right' I thought. 'I really really do'

Skye's P.O.V

The next morning I woke up early. Scott was still sleeping so I decided to go for a walk. I was right, which honestly wasn't surprising. Thomas and his friends were just too fishy to be normal. That was definitely not the problem anymore, now it was figuring out what they wanted. I could only guess and that was definitely not good enough, so I needed more information about them. Easier said than done. If they were part of the supernatural world then it wouldn't have been written in some file, I had to find out first hand. Yes, stalking. But it was low key cautious stalking, so not as bad as real stalking. Not really anyway. First of all I needed to locate them in the first place. But where would they be?

"Good morning" I turned to see Jake walking beside me. Bingo."Little early for a stroll, don't you think?"

"I could tell you the same" I replied. "Are you here to threaten me again or are we jumping to the kidnapping?"

He giggled. "I'm here to apologise" he replied.

I stopped walking. "You are?" I asked genuinely confused.

"Don't be too surprised." He replied. "It's just that Victoria has some anger issues she can't fully control yet."

"Maybe you should get her a babysitter" I replied, starting to continue the walk.

"You just can't take an apology, can you?" He replied with a small smile.

"Maybe if it wasn't coming from you." I replied. "Tell me, did Thomas send you or did she?"

"I'm not their messenger" he replied.

"Doesn't look like it" I said.

"So you just completely lost trust in all of us because of one slip up?" He asked.

"Nah. That would imply I trusted you in the first place, which I don't " I replied.

"What are you doing today?" He asked, completely ignoring my answer.

"What?" I asked, confused.

"What are you doing today?" He repeated.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked.

"It means that if you give me 24 hours, I'll gain your trust" he replied.

I hesitated. "You're not serious, are you?"

"Always am" he replied.

Freeze frame. Now, what to do? You're probably telling me not to go. Pros to not going? Not getting kidnapped or murdered, not revealing anything about us that could help them bring us down... And let's be honest how could this not be a way to get to know the enemy on their part. But. If I played it smart? I could get information about them while being discrete. Plus, Jake seemed harmless enough...

"Fine. You have an hour"

Malia's P.O.V

The next morning we all met at Stiles's house.

"So where do start?" I asked.

Silence.

"Well, Skye found a lead. Kinda." Scott said.

"Kinda?" Lydia asked.

"She's with Jake" He explained.

Lydia laughed. "C'mon Scott, be serious."

"I am" Scott replied. That stopped Lydia's laughter.

"Why?" Stiles asked for her.

"She thinks she can get him to talk." Scott explained.

"Do I need to tell you how bad of an idea this is?" Lydia asked.

"You try and change her mind. It's impossible." Scott said sitting down next to her.

"True" she replied. "Okay, well has she got anything?"

"Not yet." He replied.

"So what do we do in the mean time?" I asked.

"We wait, I guess." Scott replied.

God, I hate waiting.

Skye's P.O.V

The day started out pretty boring. We continued the walk while I asked him questions.

"Ask me anything and I'll tell you everything I know" he had said. I'd started out pretty basic: family and psychopaths of other sorts.

"How'd your mom die?" I asked.

"She bled to death" He replied.

"After?" I asked.

"A robbery" He agreed.

"Seriously? You're a bad liar" I said.

"That's what happened" he explained.

I hesitated. How do you believe him? I mean how sketchy is that? Knowing perfectly what happened? How do trust someone who's lying straight to your face? But did I really wanna push on how his mother died? Knowing he had to keep that secret for his father? What to do? Thankfully, he made the choice for me.

"My father killed her" he admitted.

I hesitated.

"You couldn't tell the authorities and now you're telling me?" I asked.

"Well, you won't put my dad behind bars. " he replied.

"And how would you know that?" I asked. We stopped walking as we arrived to the entrance of park.

"Because you think that it's none of your business." He explained.

"That is so not true" I lied.

"Really? So what will you do know that you know?" He asked.

I hesitated. "Exactly" he finished.

"Fine. What about Thomas?" I asked entering the park.

"What about him?" He asked in return.

"Everything." I replied.

"That's vague" he commented. "He's my best friend"

"Seriously? Him? Your best friend?" I laughed.

"He's only trying to be cautious, he isn't always an asshole" he replied

"That's arguable" I replied with a giggle.

"He's not as bad as you think" he continued, this time in a sadder tone.

"You don't sound sure" I replied.

He hesitated but then in a happier tone: "I am"

That's were the lies began.

Scott's P.O.V

"I'm going insane, either we start doing something or we go to the beach" Lydia whined.

"What beach exactly?" Stiles asked with a giggle.

The thing about Beacon Hills is that it's hours away from any beach so during the summer most kids had to leave town to have a fun summer. But thankfully during summer the school was left on Natalie Martin's watch and she always allowed us to use the school pool. But Lydia had always wanted to go to a proper beach.

"You know what I mean" she replied.

He kept giggling.

"We should follow them around!" Malia suggested excited.

"That could work" Stiles agreed.

"We don't know where they even are" I reminded.

"Well we'll find them. I swear if I stay on more second in this room I'm going to kill someone"Lydia said grabbing her coat.

Victoria was the easiest to find. Not only had Hayden caught her scent the night before, but she left behind a burning smell. We had decided to split up: Lydia, Liam and I had gone to find Thomas while Hayden,Stiles and Mason had stayed to keep and eye on Victoria and Corey had gone to keep an eye out for Skye.

Thomas had been a lot harder to find, almost like he was hiding, which wouldn't have surprised me. We checked the school records to see where he lived (not stalker-ish at all) but found that he was not home. So we decided to take a look inside his house (again not stalker-ish at all). His house was pretty small, although I wasn't expecting anything more, if anything I was expecting to find a dead body somewhere. His room was very basic. In the corner, by the window there was a simple wooden bed, next to which was a chair that he was using as a nightstand. In the opposite side of the room was his closet and that was pretty much it except few objects scattered on the floor. The room was decent looking. It didn't have anything exceptional (no dead bodies:/ ) which, contrary to what you might think, I found very suspicious.

I started by looking into his closet. His clothes were there (shocker) but on the top shelf there were some boxes.

The first one contained old family pictures, mostly of his parents, and and a few objects that probably belonged to his parents.

But the second.. It was pretty much empty, containing only two things: a videocamera, and a small notebook.

"Lydia? I think I found something" I called. She appeared in the doorway. I pointed to the box. She sat down next to me and grabbed the videocamera. I opened the notebook.

- DAY 1

Yesterday a fire started in Victoria's house. She barely made it out. She's been acting strange. Her anger issues have gotten so much worse. She's blaming Katy for the fire. She's threatening to do some terrible things to her. He's talking about murder. He's saying Victoria's too powerful to go insane. He wants her powers. How do I stop them?

"Lydia.." I started.

"Guys we need to go" Liam appeared in the door way. Lydia stood up and grabbed the notebook from my hand.

"Put the box back." She ordered as Liam opened the window.

Time to go.

Mason's P.O.V

"She is the most boring human being on this planet" Stiles complained.

"Would you rather she kill someone?" Hayden asked.

"Well" he started. "It would give us something to do."

I giggled. Amazing how Stiles could turn this into a joke.

"She's moving " Hayden alerted.

"Hallelujah" Stiles said.

We turned around to see Victoria walking into an alley. We waited for her to be far enough and then followed her. But when we peeked into the alley, no one was there.

"We got the right place right?" Stiles asked.

BOOM!

There was a flash of light, a scream and then everything went black.