Chapter 2
A/N:Thank you for the views. I'm probably going to update every 2-3 days until summer's over. After that it will more than likely be longer. Also sorry if Issac is a little OOC and next chapter will take place in Mystic Falls. Anyways,enjoy the story and please read and review!
The next morning when Lailah awoke,she took a moment to gaze around her room as her eyes adjusted to the surroundings. It was then she noticed that everything seemed to be enhanced and sharper,her eyes catching sight of the simplest parts of her room's decoration and the noises that emerged outside her window. She sat up and gradually let her senses adjust to their new found sharpness,amazed at how the world looked now. Everything seemed clearer and brighter,in a word breathtaking. Opening her curtains,she basked in the sun's warm rays and the admired the crystal clear view of her street with a wide smile. Glancing down at her arm,she removed the bandage and saw the bite mark from last night had disappeared only leaving behind traces of dried blood on the bandage and along her forearm. She had finally rid herself of her imperfections and couldn't be happier about it.
Despite it being a rather unorthodox method and the problems she would no doubt face after turning for the first time,she deemed it necessary to live a good life. After her parent's passing,life had been rather difficult for her to stay in Beacon Hills but it was hard for to imagine living anywhere else but here. Now that she was different,she wouldn't have to worry about medication for her heart nor anymore hospital bills and she could finally do things she'd always wanted to but was restricted because of her heart. As she blissfully relished in the feel of her new found senses,she breathed a sigh of relief at the invisible weight that had been lifted from her shoulders. At the sound of her phone ringing,she turned to gaze at it beside her on her nightstand and frowned at the unknown caller ID that had appeared.
"Hello?"She asked curiously,a part of her tone turning cautious as she remembered the mystery man's words from last night.
"Hey,it's Derek."The man on the other end replied gruffly,his voice sounding slightly familiar to Lailah and she wondered if this was the man from last night.
"Um,who? Are you the guy from last night?"She asked,trying to make sense of the situation and not make a complete fool of herself while doing so.
"Yeah. My name's Derek. Anyways,I need you to come meet with the rest of the pack. I'll text you the address."He said shortly and with a detached tone to his voice as though he wasn't used to caring about a person and his pack was no different.
"Um,okay. How did you-"Lailah's question was cut off by the odd silence on Derek's end of the a frown,she pulled the phone away from her ear and looked down at it.
"He hung up on me!"She said to herself in disbelief,irritated at the blatant rudeness he had shown her. Sighing heavily,she began to get dressed while she waited for Derek to send her the address. Rummaging through her closet,she finally decided on wearing a white tank top with a burgundy cover up and jeans. It was simple and if need be,she could easily maneuver in the clothing if they were to get into trouble with hunters. As she was brushing her teeth in the bathroom,her sensitive ears caught the sound of her phone vibrating on the bedspread and she rinsed before glancing at the text from Derek.
Finishing her morning routine and tying her dark brown,wavy hair into a ponytail,she grabbed her purse and headed outside to her car. Opening the text with the address Derek had sent her,she began to navigate her way there with a little trouble. Once she arrived at the address given to her,she glanced once more down at it to make sure she was in the correct place. Stepping out of her car,she cautiously looked around at the abandoned subway station still unconvinced that she was in the proper place despite her double checking.
"Why a subway station of all places? Why not a normal loft or house? I mean it feels like he's going to kill me."She muttered aloud to herself before she shut the car door and headed inside. As soon as she stepped inside,she could tell there were other werewolves present and not just Derek. 'Maybe that's the pack. Do werewolves have packs?'She thought to herself as she began her descent down the short stairs and deeper into the subway. Her green eyes took in the surroundings with her heightened senses and she noticed three other teenagers a little ways from her that were talking while Derek was inside the subway car.
"Um hi."She said,announcing her presence to the others as she walked closer to their group.
"Hey,so I guess you decided to join us. Life is so much better right?"Lailah heard Erica say as she approached her.
"Yeah. Not having to worry about my heart is great but the heightened senses are a little disorienting sometimes."She replied,still a bit unnerved by the attitude her friend had taken on ever since being turned. She was,for lack of a better term,bitchier. But Lailah understood why she acted as such,there was a feeling of superiority that ran through her body and made her feel powerful and attractive. Though she felt as such,she refrained from acting on such impulses of making others feel beneath her due to her new found strength. Lailah noticed the two boys beside her friend,one of which she knew was Boyd while the other was unfamiliar to her.
"Hi,I'm Lailah. I don't think we've ever met."She greeted the curly haired boy,a soft smile on her lips as she met his blue eyed gaze.
"Issac."He answered,sending her a charming smile and raking his eyes up and down her figure.
"You done now?"She asked rhetorically,crossing her arms over her chest and raising a single eyebrow toward him. Apparently Erica wasn't the only one who had gained a borderline arrogant confidence.
"I don't know. I think this view is pretty great."
"Well don't get used to it."
The sound of a throat clearing interrupted the two's conversation and all eyes turned to see Derek watching the two with raised eyebrows as he wiped his hands on a rag.
"Are you two done?"He asked,watching them in annoyance to which Lailah simply rolled her eyes at when Issac returned an arrogant smile.
"Alright. I wanted you all to come here so we can begin training."Derek said as he came to stand in front of the group with crossed arms and his usual frown.
"Training for what?"Lailah asked curiously,watching as Issac and Erica gave a groan and Boyd watched on in confusion as well.
"Well I'll let Erica and Issac do the training and you and Boyd just watch."Derek said,his face impassive as he turned toward Issac and Erica and began to instruct them on what to do. Lailah headed over to Boyd and took her seat beside him on the stairs as they watched Erica and Issac try and attack Derek. She soon grew bored of their constant attack style and settled on analyzing their movements and planning out a strategy of attack.
"You mind if I try?"She asked as both betas were thrown to the floor by Derek without any true effort.
"I guess. Show me what you got."He answered gruffly,stiffening his stance slightly before he regained his position from earlier and awaited her attack. She chose to come at him head-on instead of from behind,seeing as how was already anticipating her attack and wouldn't be able to use the element of surprise. After watching the two other betas attempt to fight with their Alpha,Lailah had learned that neither seemed to be focusing on instinct and instead fought with what they had learned and nothing else. As she ran towards him,she focused her eyes on his figure to judge where he was aiming his attack and waited for the sight of his muscles flexing to duck. She lasted a couple minutes longer than the others before she was thrown down too but a sense of pride welled within her at the minor win.
"Does anyone wanna try not being completely predictable?"Derek asked in exasperation.
"Hey! I thought I did pretty good for my first time fighting."Lailah defended herself,sitting up from her laying position.
"You're not going to survive hunters with that fighting skill."As he turned to leave,she rolled her eyes in annoyance and rolled her stiff muscles to relax them. She was surprised when Erica suddenly jumped up and wrapped her legs around Derek's waist,frenzily pressing her lips to his as the two began to make out in front of the pack. Rolling her eyes once more,she glanced over at the others and saw Issac looking over at her and suggestively eyeing her with a charming smile.
"Don't even think about it."She said warningly to him,her amber eyes flashing as he tried to move toward her. The two's interaction was interrupted by Erica being thrown once more on the floor beside them as Derek angrily wiped his mouth and glared down at her.
"That's the last time you do that."He said as he stared down at her and once more wiped his lips.
"Why? Because I'm a beta?"Erica bit back,almost hissing in anger at his rejection.'No,because you're so desperate.'She thought to herself,finally getting up and brushing off her jeans.
"No,because I have someone else in mind."
"Are we done? I got about a hundred bones that need a few hours to heal."Isaac said which gained an eyeroll from Lailah as she crossed her arms.
"Come here."Derek said as he helped Isaac up only to break his wrist as he did so. His sudden act of violence toward his own pack startled Lailah and she stepped back a few cautious steps to distance herself from the aggressive alpha. Her heart beat against her chest in fear as she wondered what else he was capable of doing to those he was supposed to care about.
"A hundred and one. You think I'm teaching you how to fight? Huh? Look at me! I'm teaching you how to survive!"Derek continued,finally letting go of Isaac's arm and letting the injured wolf cradle his injury to his chest.
"If they wanted us dead why aren't they coming for us now? What are they waiting for?"
"I don't know. But they're planning something. And you,especially,know that's not our only problem. Whatever that thing is that killed Issac's father,I think it killed someone else last night. Until I find out what it is,you all need to learn everything that I know. As fast as I can teach you."Once Derek had finished his speech,he walked back into the subway car and left the betas to do what they wanted.
"Alright,I'm leaving now. I've got work and I really need to relax my muscles."Lailah said as she stretched her arms above her head and headed toward the entrance."And no,Issac you can't come give me a massage."She glanced over her shoulder to see the beta looking almost like a puppy as he pouted. Work was uneventful as usual and she had gone home to rest. The next day had gone by as normal and she was reveling in the normalcy that had settled over her despite the supernatural world she had been introduced to the last few days. Heading home,she was stopped from her route to a relaxing bubble bath by the realization that she had left her notebook at school by accident.
With a groan,she turned the car around and began the drive back to the school. She was well aware of the school's closing at the moment but with her strength it wouldn't be a challenge to get in. Parking in the school's parking lot,she noticed a blue jeep there as well.'Who else is going to be here at this time?'She wondered,heading into the school cautiously. Her eyes narrowed in suspicion when she saw the doors were also unlocked,meaning someone else was here besides her and she assumed they weren't here for any missing school supplies.
Her sensitive hearing caught a mixture of yelling,splashing and growling originating from the pool of the school. Her instincts told her to help whoever was yelling and she obeyed,running towards the commotion and stopping at the pool doors. There she was met with the site of Derek and Stiles in the pool while a strange reptilian creature hovered around the edge and Erica lay passed out on the sidelines. She was still in a temporary shocked state when she caught sight of Derek sinking into the pool as Stiles let go of him in exhaustion and she hurriedly dove into the pool. Swimming deeper,she grabbed hold of Derek and dragged him to the surface so they could both breathe. As they broke the surface,she was met with the sight of Scott McCall fending off the strange creature before it ran off and left the werewolves to figure out what had happened.
Pushing Derek onto the side of the pool,she climbed out as well and sat beside him,annoyed that her clothes were now soaked.
"Would someone like to explain what that was?"She asked,standing up and going over to the two boys and her Alpha. Everyone had gathered outside by Stiles' jeep to discuss what had happened and allow Lailah to be caught up with what had happened.
"Is that even a language?"Stiles asked and received an eyeroll from Lailah.
"Of course it's a language you idiot. It's probably Latin."She her arms across her chest.
"How are we supposed to figure out what this thing is?"Scott asked and she found herself wondering the same thing.
"It's called a Kanima."Derek said in the silence and Lailah rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"You knew this whole time."Stiles said in disbelief and irritation.
"No. Only when it was confused by its own reflection."
"It doesn't know what it is."Scott said in sudden realization.
"Or who."Derek finished.
"Well this is fun and all but I'm going home to dry off."She said and headed back to her car. At home she took a nice hot,relaxing bath before heading off to bed. The next morning she was called to help Derek in her pack duties,apparently 'pack duties' meant they had to interrogate a failed turned werewolf and by interrogation,forcing the werewolf to take Kanima venom. That was now the test to determine who the Kanima was in Derek's opinion. The day continued with their hunt for the Kanima at school at Derek's command.
As they headed to Chemistry,Erica and Issac walked in front of her in their usual arrogant stride,going as far as for Issac to rake his claws along the lockers. Rolling her eyes,Lailah smacked him in the back of the head as they entered the classroom. As the class was ordered into partners,Lailah was paired with no other than Stiles.
"Hey."She said as she sat down beside him and began the experiment.
"If you touch her-"Stiles started before he was cutoff by Lailah's voice.
"Don't worry,I'm not going to kill her. Unlike the other two,I don't think she's the Kanima."Issac took the moment to lean over her shoulder and start up a conversation with Stiles. As they continued to switch stations,she was met with more threats and warnings until Lydia was given the venom and proved to be immune. At Derek's word,they began to track down Lydia's whereabouts but she was well aware that the group of her friends had taken her away from school at the first chance they got. Arriving at the house she was being held in,the betas stood outside along with Derek who told them to sneak around the went first into the house with Issac following close behind while Erica opted to sneak in upstairs.
As she crept up behind Stiles,she pinned him to the wall,not wanting to hurt him but not wanting to go against Derek either."Just tell us where she is."She said to Stiles,until she was shot with an arrow in the back by the hunter and released her hold on Stiles. Reaching around with a pain-filled groan,she removed the arrow and threw it to the ground before turning to the girl in anger. The two fought for a while,both getting wounds as the grappled with each other until Issac and Erica were thrown out and Lailah was left to heal from a rather nasty arrow wound that had wolfsbane in it. After finally healing,she walked outside to see the Kanima on the roof but her ears caught Lydia's heartbeat inside the house.
"It's Jackson"Scott said as they all watched the Kanima crawl away. When they returned to the subway station,Lailah received a call from the last person she would have expected at this time.
"Hey,Aunt Carol."She greeted,walking away from the group to talk to her aunt in private.
"Hi,Lailah. I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to tell you earlier but Richard is dead."
"What?"She asked quietly as she felt tears prick the corner of her eyes and she swallowed a lump in her throat.
"I'm sorry. He passed away in a fire a little while ago. We're having a masquerade ball in his honor and I would like for you to be here in Mystic for it. I know it's asking a lot-"
"No,of course I'll be there. Besides it'll be nice to see Tyler and Matt after so many years."She urgently replied,needing to be with what remained of her family.
"Oh that's great. It's on the 15th which is in a few days. Just come by whenever you can."
"I will. Bye,Aunt you."
"Love you too."Turning back to her pack,she walked over to Derek after putting her phone back in her pocket.
"I have to go. It's a family emergency and my Aunt needs me."She said with an apologetic smile.
"I don't care if it's an emergency,you're staying here. We need you to fight off the Kanima."
"No you don't. We know it's a Kanima and we know who it is. You have three other betas at your disposal,you definitely don't need me."
"Your pack is your family and you can't just leave them behind."
"Well I have a real family and I'm not about to throw aside what's left of it because you would rather have others do your dirty work. And don't even try to deny it,unlike these geniuses I actually pay attention to what's going on around me and your actions haven't gone unnoticed."She said angrily,feeling her eyes flash as her emotions heightened.
"Fine,if you want to leave,go!"He yelled furiously,his own red eyes appearing and his claws beginning to lengthen.
"I will."She said in a deadly calm tone as she left the train station and headed to her car. Next stop,Mystic Falls.
