Episode 3: Of Pride and Fury
Summary: It's the first day back from Christmas Vacation; The guys get ready for their first lacrosse scrimmage, while the girls cheer on; school suddenly doesn't become safe at all with the new Werelions.
(Scene opens up with it being at night, and in a home, where there is a family of 5. There is a mother, father, 2 daughters, and son. They appear to be eating dinner, and it's quiet. They look to have finished their dinner, and the male has gathered the plates. Suddenly, though, the window in the dining room breaks open and out comes Jaden and Tiana, their eyes glowing tan and they have fangs showing. Front flipping in behind them are Cassie and Hunter, their eyes glowing grey, and have they have fangs showing, too. The daughters scream and the son backs up petrified, the father has a broomstick ready and the mother has the daughter in a tight hug. Adriana finally emerges, walking in through the glass, and elegantly climbing through the window on the first floor that was crashed. Tiana is in yoga pants, and black t shirt, while Jaden is in dark jeans and a long sleeved red shirt, Cassie in yoga pants as well, with a brown sweater, and Hunter is in jeans and gray shirt, Adriana in a black dress. She walks forward)
Adriana: "Terribly sorry about the window, but that's the least of your concerns."
(The family of five all looks at her petrified, blinking several times, Adriana looking at them then the house)
Adriana: "Ah…they will do nicely..." (Looks around) "What a lovely home. Are those marble countertops? I've always wanted marble."
(Adriana looks back at the family, eyeing each one, sizing them up)
Adriana: "Hunter, dear, stand up straight."
Hunter: (We see him stand up straight, his back cracks) "Yes, mom."
Adriana: "Jaden, you better not get blood on that shirt. Your father will be furious."
Jaden: "I'll be careful, mother."
Adriana: "Cassie, darling, we aren't at the zoo. This isn't playtime."
Cassie: (Nods) "I'll do my best, mama, I won't disappoint you."
Adriana: "Tiana, Princess, not too much blood, ok?"
Tiana: "Alright, mom, if you insist…"
(Adriana just waves her hand at the family and we see Tiana, Jaden, Hunter and Cassie walk towards the innocent family, obeying her)
Adriana: "We need them alive."
(We see one by one each member of the Pride go after the family. Jaden is the first to grab the son, punching him in the chest, and he knees in him, blood spitting out. After the knee, we see claws come out, and he draws the spiral, the symbol for revenge among werewolves on the chest, before drawing a line through it. Blood seeps down the kid's shirt, and he falls to the ground lifeless. Tiana grabs the mother next, punching her in the face and then kicking her in the stomach. She, too, flicks out her claws and draws the same spiral symbol with a line through it, the mother lifeless on the ground. Hunter grabs one of the girls, and flips them onto the ground, and punching her; his claws come out and sink into her with a spiral and line through it and Cassie is the last, with a flip similar to ones we've seen Derek do, and do various elbows before extending her claws and following the pattern of her siblings. The father looks on, shocked, dropping what he was holding)
Adriana: "Jaden, bring him here…." (Jaden carries the husband to his mother then)
Adriana: "It's nothing personal. You're (flicks out a claw) just (stabs the father, ripping his skin off) the messenger (continues to draw the spiral we've all come to know as the werewolf sign for revenge). Jaden, if you would do the honors."
(Tiana then slams a spear into the patio stone, with the point facing skyward)
Jaden: "My pleasure." (Walks close to the spear)
Man: "Please. Don't. Don't do this." (Jaden looks at him)
(Jaden lifts the man above his head and slams him down on the spear. The spear goes straight through the man's heart, through the middle of the spiral)
Adriana: "Perfect! I think we're done here."
(Jaden, Tiana, and Hunter follow their mother, while Cassie looks back at the man bleeding out)
-END SCENE-
(Scene opens up as a crime scene, we see various police cars, and ambulances there. We even see a black car with government plates on it. The sheriff and Josh are on the scene, and it's still night time. We see that Joshua is taking in the reports, the Sheriff is with the people gathering the evidence)
Sheriff: "We got a murder of an entire family on our hands, what do we got?"
Evidence Collector: "The unsub broke in through the glass, and what we have here, that and evidence of perhaps a sharp knife to cut deep into them. By far in the worst shape is the father."
(We see that he is hung with the spear still in him)
Sheriff: "...See if we can find any prints. I want every, and all, things checked. Joshua, where are you?!"
Joshua: "Right here, sir."
Sheriff: "Alright, what do you got for me?"
Joshua: "Everything was quiet, sir, and it seems no firearms were used. No witness', speaking to neighbors told me that they were very peaceful and quiet, normal."
Sheriff: "Anything else?"
Joshua: "Afraid not, sir. We pulled financials, father was a carpenter, mother a bank teller, they did pretty well, living off mostly his income."
Agent McCall: "STILINSKI! What the hell is going on here!?" (Approaches with clipboard and notes)
Sheriff: "Well, Special Agent, just following protocol."
Joshua: "We're just investigating a homicide of the entire family, potential for it to be a serial killer."
Agent McCall: "Another death on your watch."
Sheriff: "You can't predict murder, what the hell do you want from me?"
(Agent McCall walks over to the bodies, staring at them)
Agent McCall: "With this many murders, just looking into if you can close cases."
Joshua: "With all due respect, perhaps crime is going up because their moving here."
Agent McCall: "Maybe."
Sheriff: "I can close cases. But, look at those bodies, obviously a pattern here."
Agent McCall: "Alright, well, I've said my piece. But, let's compare notes back at the station; see if we can narrow this down, a whole family was murdered. We have to think about the victims here."
(He leaves and we see Joshua is staring at the bodies, then at the husband with the spear through him. The sheriff looks at him)
Sheriff: "You see something I don't?"
Joshua: "Sir….you see those drawings on them?"
Sheriff: "Yeah?"
Joshua: "It's the shape of a spiral, wouldn't you say?"
Sheriff: "Uh huh?"
Joshua: "That symbol, the spiral by itself….it's a symbol of revenge among werewolves."
Sheriff: "So a werewolf did this?"
Joshua: "No…because the line drawn through it…it's like….it's like it's mocking us. …..And I have an idea of who it is."
Sheriff: "Well, who?"
Joshua: "…Well, not who….what. …This may sound strange, but….werelions."
Sheriff: "What the hell, a werelion? Is there a were everything now?!"
Joshua: "I'm sorry…but I just found out….cause I fought one…kind of kicked my ass."
(Sheriff just stares at him like with an' are you kidding me' type of look, and the scene fades)
-END SCENE-
(Its morning now with Stiles arriving in his jeep, Scott behind him on his bike, they are parking. Scott puts away his helmet, and begins walking, Stiles catches up, and looks to him)
Stiles: "You know people are getting murdered again."
Scott: "Something happened?"
Stiles: "A family dead."
Scott: "Do we know what killed them?"
Stiles: "…Well, according to my dad, there are spiral's drawn on them…but with a line…Josh explained it wasn't a werewolf…but …maybe werelions."
Scott: "Werelions?! What the hell?"
Stiles: "…Yeah, that's what I thought, too. Great, now we have to deal with the kings of the jungle. Apparently, Derek knows them and Josh couldn't even take one."
Scott: "That must be what happened about week and a half ago, what was in the woods..."
Stiles: "Probably what got Cora and Belle at Lydia's party."
Scott: "That would mean there are teenagers."
Stiles: "Wonder what they want…..you know the term for lions having a pack…is a Pride."
Scott: "You think we're up against a Pride of Werelions?"
(At that moment, we see the same Ferrari from the previous episode at the party show up, Scott looks at it, and we see Adriana with sunglasses in the car, and Hunter and Cassie both get dropped off, people take notice. They, too, are wearing sunglasses and Hunter is in a button down with jeans and Cassie in yoga pants and a sweater)
Adriana: "Hunter, Cassie, do try to be on your best behaviors….and make me proud." (She smirks)
Hunter and Cassie: "Of course, mom." (They walk towards the school)
(They walk inside with Scott and Stiles behind them, Allison, Isaac and Lydia are creeping up behind)
-END SCENE-
(The scene is at Derek's loft, Derek is looking at a map of the city, narrowing his eyes, Peter slides the loft door open, and shuts it behind him, walking to Derek, attempting to plea with him)
Peter: "Derek….we're in real trouble now…."
Derek: "Oh I know, trust me, I know…"
Peter: "Do you, though? The last time we saw them was not too long after Paige died."
Derek: "You don't think I remember? They had just come to visit mom..."
Peter: "You remember what about?"
Derek: "I remember coming home from school and she was there, talking with mom. I don't know what about though."
Peter: "Your mother to school with her…she visited more often when you were younger…but she changed."
Derek: "You can't be serious."
Peter: "I'm not. She was once very sweet. I even thought about seeing her…but after getting together with her husband…She changed into the monster you saw. I can't remember who the husband is, though."
Derek: "Well that's good…her husband stopped you from being an idiot."
Peter: (Glares at him) "She's beautiful, and I know deep down, you think Tiana is as well. She looks like her mother when she was in her youth."
Derek: "Enough Peter. What are we going to do about them?"
Peter: "We've never fought them before."
Derek: "We haven't? How did mom stop them?"
Peter: "We forged a treaty. Your mother scared them…because of how powerful she was."
Derek: "Great…as usual, Mom did all the work…and I take it that treaty no longer stands?"
Peter: "To be fair, it should stand. So long as a Hale is alive, it stands. But, I suppose they are making their move because they realized Talia is dead."
Derek: "Of course…How come I can't pick up on their scent?"
Peter: "They're lions. They cover it up well. You should be able to, once you get in contact with them more…use Joshua, his sense of scent is better than yours."
Derek: "Are we really going to do this Peter? Are we really going to throw Wolf Moon again?"
Peter: "Does it look like we have a choice now? They're stronger than us! They have more numbers! Lions normally, I'd say are stronger than wolves. I'd say the same applies to werelions and werewolves."
Derek: "It's going to be weird…without mom…and Laura…"
Peter: "I know…it's the first one since their death…."
-NEXT SCENE-
(We're back at the school, and we see Stiles sitting in a gym, on a bench area changed into his gym clothing, there is still room next to Stiles, and we see Belle and Cora walk in, Belle trying to get Cora's attention, they are changed as well)
Teacher: "I'll let you have a break, we'll do dodge ball."
(All the students seem happy. We see that two teams have been made, Belle and Cora are on one side, and Stiles is on the opposite team. We see that the ball is being thrown several times, Cora dodges well, Belle, too)
Belle: "HA MISSED ME!"
Cora: "Don't be so careless, keep up your guard."
Belle: "THEY HAVE NOTHING ON ME!" (Moves out of the way again, she seems generally excited, we see her beginning to shift, her nails growing and Cora picks up the scent immediately. Belle's fangs begin to grow but then Cora suddenly drags her out to the locker room, Stiles stares and he was going to throw a ball, but watches them and then he gets hit in the head and falls. We go to the locker room area, Belle now is in pain)
Belle: "UGH….W-what's going on?!"
Cora: "You're shifting, your adrenaline has kicked in and emotions made you."
Belle: "How do I stop?!" (We see her claws have fully grown and her fangs are as well)
Cora: "Concentrate…but you know what….sorry about this, but this is going to hurt…" (She grabs Belle's wrist, and begins to squeeze and Belle screams, Cora's eyes remain unflinching. After about a minute of her claws digging into Belle's wrist, her fangs return to normal and as does her claws go back to normal)
Belle: "OW…" (She is wincing, going down to a ball)
Cora: "Told you it was going to hurt….you're going to need some lessons on controlling your shift…you need an anchor to keep your human side in control."
Belle: "Will I be okay….you broke my arm…"
Cora: "Don't be so dramatic…I broke it and stabbed you cause pain makes you human. The claw wounds will heal in a few minutes, your broken wrist in about an hour…maybe less."
(We see them get up, and the dodge ball event is over, class has ended, Scott is seen with Stiles, having waited for him)
Scott: "Is she alright? Stiles told me…"
Cora: "She's fine..."
Belle: "I'll be okay…" (She walks off, and Cora begins to also)
Scott: "Cora…what we spoke about at the party…Is today good, before the scrimmage?"
Cora: "Fine…meet me at the Hale House."
(Stiles looks at Scott and then Cora, confused)
Stiles: "What's that about?"
Scott: "...It's time to learn to be an Alpha, Stiles, without Derek's help."
-END SCENE-
(It's after school now, and Scott is seen parking at the Hale House with his bike, placing his helmet down on the bike. He goes to the door, and he is in awe at what he is seeing, never seeing it restored...he just mumbles...'Wow'. He knocks on the door)
Cora: "Come in."
(Scott comes in, he looks around inside, which is just as polished, exactly the way Lydia saw in her hallucination from Season 2. He is walking in the middle of the house when Cora lunges at him, knocking to the ground, and pinning him, she is atop of him)
Cora: You're an Alpha. (Punches him in the face, and picks him up, pushing him to the wall)
Cora: You want to roar like one, you've got to give in full throttle. (Punches him again in the face, Scott is beginning to bleed from his lip) You've got to be the monster. Become the beast.
Cora: Become everything you're afraid of. (Knees him in the stomach, Scott leans his head back, she backs off) That's what gives you power. It gives you strength.
Cora: Giving into it doesn't make you the bad guy. (She grabs him again and pushes him to the ground she is atop of him, punching him, Scott refuses to fight back)
Cora: So long as you can control it.
Cora: Come on, Scott. (Starts punching Scott in the face a little harder)
Cora: Fight back. (Begins to put all of her strength into punching Scott)
Scott: What if I can't control it? What if I can't turn back? (He says wheezing)
Cora: Then it takes over. (She gets off of him, and helps him up, staring at him) You get further and further away from being human. You turn into an animal, or worse.
Cora: You turn into Peter.
Scott: Gee, thanks...for the help...you aren't as uptight as people think...
Cora: Me? Uptight? Never.
Scott: That's how you come off as...you really are your brother's sister... (Smiles, leans over)
Cora: Scott. No...What did you think this was?
Scott: Uh...n…nothing
Cora: This is just training, Scott. Nothing more, nothing less.
Scott: I...I know...
Cora: Then why'd you do it?
Scott: I know, I know...sorry...Stiles...right...
Cora: I DO NOT like Stiles
Scott: ...At the party sure appears it
Cora: Look, McCall, believe what you want.
Scott: But you blush when he is mentioned.
Cora: Don't make me rip your arms off.
Scott: Er, point taken...
(Cora drops her head, looks at the ground)
Cora: Scott...I never got to grow up like everyone else...
Scott: (Looks over at her) you can talk to us...we won't make fun of you…
Cora: "I'll tell you when I'm ready. Don't you have to go?"
(They both leave the house together, and on Scott's bike, as they travel back to the school. The scene then shifts over to the Sheriff's Office, where they are at the table, looking at photographs of the crime scene from earlier, with Agent McCall, Joshua, and the Sheriff there, reviewing it)
Agent McCall: How could one unsub do this? (Josh and sheriff go to say something)
Agent McCall: What do these symbols mean? (Sheriff just looks at Agent McCall)
Agent McCall: Who would do such a thing?
Joshua: Sir, We believe it was more than one suspect. Based on the nuance differences in the way the symbol is drawn.
Agent McCall: You're suggesting a pack then, what is it, uh...Josh?
Joshua: Yes sir.
Sheriff: We're toying with the idea that a pack has done this.
Agent McCall: A pack? Like a pack of animals?
Josh: More like a pride of lions…
Agent McCall: I highly doubt the King of the Jungle has been roaming around this town, unless they escaped the zoo
Sheriff: We checked with the zoo, all lions, wolves, mountain lions, everything is accounted for.
Agent McCall: "None of this making sense...if the lions are all accounted for, and you're saying these marks were made from them, then we have to double check everything unless it was a wild one. There was a mountain lion here about a year ago, right? Maybe...just maybe...it was another one. We'll work on this more later...I'll call a few people to see how the population is for mountain lions here."
(He leaves, and the Sheriff and Joshua just look at each other. Joshua sighs then shakes his head. The scene then shifts over to the Lacrosse Field, where Stiles, Isaac, and Scott are in their uniforms on the field with coach and the team. Cora has just arrived, going up on the bleachers next to Allison, Lydia, and Belle)
Belle: Cora! Hey! Cora! CORA!
(Cora just walks faster. 'Please let this day be over' Cora thinks to herself, Stiles is looking at Cora from the field, and starts drooling)
Scott: Dude…
Stiles: What?
Scott: You're drooling
(Stiles wipes his mouth) Stiles: No. No I wasn't. I was...that was...water
Scott: Sure dude...Whatever you say
Belle: Cora...I think we should be friends...
Cora: No.
Belle: Why? Come on!
Cora: No.
Belle: Seriously? Are you just going to ignore me?
Cora: (looks at Belle)
Belle: Well?
Cora: You're annoying me with your 1000 questions
Belle: AH! Sorry! I don't mean to...I just...
Cora: Be quiet.
Belle: Right...
Belle: Hey Cora...
Cora: I'll like you better when you're quiet and do as I say.
Belle: Ok! Ok! Just one last question
Belle: You can't join the lacrosse team, no matter how much you want to.
(Stiles looks up from the field and smirks, Isaac runs over to Stiles)
Isaac: Dude I called dibs
Stiles: You're dating Allison; I think we're a little past dibs, don't you?
Coach: STILINSKI
Stiles: Yeah, Coach?
Coach: I don't pay you to stand around and look at pretty girls
Stiles: Coach...you don't pay me...or any of us...
Coach: Exactly! GET YOUR ASS BACK IN THE GAME
(Cora Blushes)
Belle: Oh! OH! I get it!
Cora: There's nothing to get.
Belle: Oh please, Cora. I know that look.
Lydia: What look? (Walking up the bleachers to join them, accompanied by Allison)
Allison: Do we really have to be here, Lydia?
Lydia: Yes. You have to cheer on Isaac, so hopefully he makes first line again.
Lydia: And what look, Cora?
Allison: He's a werewolf...he won't need any cheering (Cora rolls her eyes)
Lydia: Not that one.
Belle: It's the... (Starting to Blush)...the look like...you're...
Allison: In love?
Belle: Yeah... (Coughs) yeah...how'd you know... (Allison smiles)
Cora: I am NOT in love with anybody
Lydia: Oh sure, Cora. You don't have to lie to us.
Cora: (Eyes glow yellow) Trust me, I am not.
Lydia: Do I have to remind you again? I dated a Homicidal Lizard...
Lydia: I think I know when people are in love, and you sweetheart, are smitten.
Coach: DANNY! GET BACK IN THE GOAL!
Coach: GREENBURG! WHAT THE HELL! THIS ISN'T SITTING ON THE FIELD TIME
Danny: Sorry Coach!
(Scott runs over to Isaac and Stiles) Scott: Guys...c'mon! It's the scrimmage game...we're never gonna be state champs again if you two idiots stand there and stare
Belle: Lyd...Lydia...
Lydia: Hi Belle.
Belle: What're you doing here?
Lydia: I'm the number one cheerleader (winks)
Stiles: Scott. Don't you think it's time to move on? Find someone else, and be happy for a bit?
Scott: Stiles.
Stiles: All I'm saying is...you let Isaac take Allison, and you let Kira...or Traci...whatever her name was, slip through your fingers
Coach: McCall! GET OVER HERE
Stiles: For once I'd like a girl (a smile creeps onto Cora's face)
(At the moment we see Hunter and Cassie, Cassie away from everyone with Hunter getting in gear)
Belle: Hey...isn't that... (Taps Cora's arm)
Cora: Oh shit.
-End Scene-
Coach: McCall. This is...I don't even know who you are...
Hunter: Hunter.
Coach: What? Are you a Big game hunter or something? Never mind.
Hunter: Uh...you could say that.
Coach: Anyways McCall, he's after your position. Don't screw up
Allison: I should start an archery team here that would be cool, right?
Lydia: Allison.
Allison: Hm?
Lydia: No.
Allison: Why not?
Lydia: Because you nearly took my head off last time you "practiced".
Hunter: (Tackling with Scott, and they are struggling against each other, Hunter's eyes glow Gray, Scott's turn Red as a result) I know what you are...you pup!
(Scott grits his teeth, fangs barely show as Scott appears angry, and they both fall to the ground, his feet slipping, barely standing up before Hunter. Cora, Belle, Isaac and Stiles look on)
Stiles: Well...this can't be good.
Belle: (nudging Cora) Stop staring.
Cora: That kid isn't normal...
Lydia: what do you mean?
Cora: Scott struggled to stand up and he is an Alpha...what does that tell you, red head?
Belle: Hey, be nice to Lydia, she's a pretty little red head
Allison: So he's an Alpha?
Cora: No...I would've smelled it on him...
Lydia: Only logical explanation is that he's a supernatural shape shifter
Belle: You're so right, Lydia. (Twirls her hair around her finger)
Stiles: (Reaches to get Scott up, looks at him) Dude, your eyes...
Scott: What about them?
Stiles: They're glowing red. Scott, stop this.
Scott: I...I can't...
Stiles: Okay...don't panic...think of something nasty...think of Greenburg...
Scott: What?! EW! (Suddenly, we see his eyes go back to normal as everyone approaches, and his teeth return to normal)
Stiles: See, it works just like our-
Coach: MCCALL! Are you gonna be alright, or is he taking your position?!
Lydia: Scott better be captain again
Allison: Why does that matter? It could be Isaac!
Cora: Isaac couldn't find himself out of a box.
Belle: (Giggles on the outside)
Lydia: Cora, why aren't you doing a sport? Wouldn't that make sense?
Cora: I don't do sports.
Lydia: You should. It might be a way to have a life
Allison: You could play soccer, Cora.
Lydia: Yeah, I hear they're actually supposed to be decent this year.
Cora: I'll think about it... ...no promises.
Belle: C'mon Cora...it's fun...I'm on the team! I'm sure the coach will let you on!
Cora: And who's the coach?
Belle: Ms. Morrell
Hunter: So do I make the team, Coach?
Coach: McCall! GET OVER HERE
McCall: Yeah, Coach?
Isaac: Coach, we're loaded this year, we will win the title
Coach: Shut it Lahey, no one asked you
Coach: Meet your new co-captain
Scott: Coach. Don't do this. I can lead
Scott: AGAIN, Coach?! He's new!
Stiles: Yeah, Scott will be fine! Natural leader...
Coach: McCall. We're going to be unstoppable with this kid
(Hunter smirks)
Coach: What do I keep telling you?
Coach: The Bigger they are
Stiles: Uh...the harder they fall?
Danny: I believe last time you said…the bigger they are…
Coach: No! You build a bigger cage!
Scott: We have one...trust me.
Cora: Soccer? What is that?
Belle: You've never heard of soccer?
Lydia: You would think Soccer would have gotten mentioned while you were in South America
Belle: You were in South Amer-
Cora: All I ever heard was fútbol
Lydia: You've been living in a cave, as wolves normally do
Cora: Watch it, Lydia.
Belle: A fight?
Cora: I'm not gonna fight you, Lydia. Just pull your tongue out of your head.
Lydia: Oh you Hales and your threats. They're so charming.
(Allison smiles)
(At the end of the scrimmage, we see Hunter going to the locker room ahead of everyone else. Scott goes after him. Hunter is already there, and we see he is waiting for Scott, and he is smirking)
Hunter: "The pup shows himself…" (He is still smirking, Hunter extends his claws, pressing them against the locker, sharpening them and making a noise)
Scott: "You're….you're one of the Lions…A werelion."
Hunter: "That's right. We've come for you." (He looks at his claws, his smirk fading)
Scott: "Then the killings this morning…..that was you?"
Hunter: "Yes, and my family…what's it to you?"
Scott: "Why? And what's with the spiral?"
Hunter: "We want our revenge…and that's our symbol…..for revenge. Your spiral looks ridiculous, not the true spiral at all."
Scott: "What do you want?"
Hunter: "Your lives." (And with that, he tackles Scott, and they are seen fighting, knocking him to the ground, his eyes glowing gray and his fangs growing. Scott's eyes glow red and his fangs grow, he roars in his face. Hunter does the same. They struggle, and then Scott rolls over and is atop of him, and punches him in the face. Hunter takes it and smirks and punches him back. Scott is thrown off, and Hunter pushes him against the lockers. Hunter begins stopping, then Scott pushes him up to the lockers and goes to punch him)
Hunter: "I wouldn't do that if I were you, unless you want the others to see…"
Scott: (Hears everyone coming) "We won't just give up." (Releases him, Hunter dusts himself off and Scott does the same. Everyone's coming back, Hunter is seen leaving the locker room area, Isaac and Stiles are the first to come, going to Scott)
Stiles: "Are you alright, dude? We saw on the field."
Isaac: "That kid is one of them?"
Scott: "Yeah….I'm fine...he's strong….you were right Stiles, there is a Pride of them…they've come for to kill us."
-Episode End-
