Chapter 4: Unleashed
"It's not going to hurt him, is it?" the owner asks as Deaton readied the needle, Scott and Alice held the dog down. "Just a little, but I usually find, it the owners who feel the most pain." he tells him and injects the medicine into the dog. "Alright, well, we'll just check the stool sample for presides." he tells him as Alice place the dog on the ground, Scott kneels beside her and so does the owner. "My guess it was probably just he ate something he shouldn't have." he went on. Scott looks at the name tag, "That's a cool name." he states.
"Yeah, he's got two brothers at home named Berate and Trigger. Military family." he tells him, Alice rubs Bullet's belly. "Looks like he knows who the Alpha is." the owner tells them. The twins look at him and he looks at them with a smile. They chuckles and Deaton looks at them with worry;
Alice was helping her brother with the stuff that they mange to save the dog from. "I found something." Alice calls out, Deaton walks over to them. "Rinse it off." he tells her, handing her a bottle, she took it and ran the water of it. She then sets the bottle down, "What is it?" Scott asks as she handed the twirlers that were holding the object to Deaton, he held it under the light. "Defiantly poisonous, for the dog. Actually you both as well." he tells them, "Wolfsbane?" the twins ask him, "Mistletoe." he states. The twins look at each other with worry.
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As the two were getting ready to leave they heard barking outside, Scott looks at Alice as she looks at him and they both walk outside to the back. They both saw Bullet running up, Alice squats down and pulls him into her arms as she stood up. He whimpers and snuggles against her.
The two look down the alley way and was wondering two things; what was Bullet so terrified about and what happen to his owner.
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Later in the morning, Ms. Blake was more jumpier then usual from the events from the other night, she looks left and right as she quickly walks to the classroom, closing the door behind her. She then press her head against the glass, thinking she was acting childish, but as soon as she turns around and saw Alice sitting on a desk, Indian style and was looking at her, Ms. Blake jumps in fright and arms herself with a pointer stick. "What do you want? You gonna threaten me? Tell me no one's gonna believe me? Try to scare me? Kill me?" she ask the young wolf.
Alice smiles a little, got off the desk and took three step up to her, "None of the above, just want to asks you something." Alice tells her, Ms. Blake looks at her, "Are you alright? How are you progressing this?" she asks her teacher. "Physically or emotionally? Although I guess that presuppose I was emotionally okay before any of this. And according to my therapist, I– it's been debatable for a long time." Ms. Blake tells her.
Alice chuckles then reaches over and plucks the pointer from her teachers hands. "I think you're going to be okay." she tells her, "Obviously, you've never taught a class. In 20 minutes, I have to start two dozen on The Crucible, and I honestly have no idea what I'm going to say." Ms. Blake tells her. "Well, why don't you start telling them that it's an allegory for McCarthyism?" Alice suggest to her. "Is that a subtle way of suggesting I shouldn't say anything? Because I won't." she tells her. Alice smiles at her, giving the pointer stick back to her teacher, then made her way for the door. "Jennifer." Ms. Blake turns to her, Alice looks back at her. "What?" she asks her. "My name, it's Jennifer." Ms. Blake tells her, "Well I'm Alice, in case you were ever wondering." Alice tells her, "Oh, one more thing, I'm going to be called in sick today, so don't freak if I'm not in class." Alice informs her, she nods, "Okay, bye Alice." Jennifer waves at her a little, Alice nods her head and took off.
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Alice arrives at the Loft, punches in the code and walks upstairs to Derek's apartment, she them opens the door and say Derek and Cora having a stare down. Then they both look at her. "Sorry am I interrupting something?" she asks the sibling, Derek turns away from Cora. "You're fine, Alice." he ran his hands over his head. Alice walks in closing the door behind her and walks up to Cora, "Nice to see that you're not trying to rip my throat." Alice tells her, Cora chuckles. "Sorry about that, I was lock in a vault for three months." Cora states with a smile.
"Totally understandable and I won't blame you, but you did tear my favorite jacket to shreds and I had to beg Matthew to use his magic to stitch it back together." Alice tells her. Cora giggles, "Really a jacket?" she cross her arms, "Hey, how many times do you have a chance to find a short jacket in that color and size?" Alice held her hands up defense. Cora nods, "Touche." she states and the alarm went off. "What's that?" Cora asks.
"Trouble." Derek tells her as the door was pulled open. The man from the hospitable growls at them, his eyes glowing black and red. Cora growls and charges at him, "Cora No!" Alice and Derek shout at her. But the Alpha grabs her by the throat and slams her on the ground, looking at Derek and Alice, "Ready for a rematch?" he tells them, Derek went to help Cora but a woman in her bare-feet, with toe claws and she growls at Derek. Alice growls and charges at her, the woman kicks at her and Alice manages to dodge at the kick and as she went to kick again.
Derek pushes Alice to the ground, griping the woman's leg and throws her to the side and she lands perfectly on her feet. She threw her head up, growling at Derek, the pulls the pipe off it's hinges. Hit Derek across the face and the back, sending him to the ground and impales the pipe in his back, Derek lets out a painful howl. Cora gasp and Alice quickly ran to his side. Derek groans and gasp feeling the pipe break a few of his bones, muscle, and tissue.
"Everybody done?" Deucalion asks them. Walking into the room, "Because listening to that was exhausting." he tells him. Cora watch him walk over to Alice and Derek, folds up his cane and squats down in front of them, "So, lets chat." he said with a smile, Alice just growls at him, holding herself back.
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Derek's breath quickens as his wound tries to heal the damage. Alice's worry rises, Deucalion sat in a chair. "Sorry about this Derek. I asked Kali to be gentle, -"
"This is me being gentle." she twist the pipe a little, he gasp as he tires to breath. "Let– let her go." Derek struggles to speak, as he refers to Cora. Deucalion motions his hand and the man lets her go. Cora rolls onto her feet and went to run to them, but Alice looks at her and shook her head, Cora stops on her tracks. "See, we're not unreasonable." he tells him, Alice growls at him, but pull herself back.
"And you must be Alice McCall, the little Omega that thinks she has a pack." he reaches out to stroke her face, but Alice swats his hand away, keeping a hateful glare on him. "I see why you like her, Derek. She's feisty, strong and fast." Deucalion held up his arm and blood drips his arm and plops onto the ground. "Manage to nick me as well." he smiles, "What do you want? You want to kill me?" Derek asks him, pulling Deucalion away from Alice. "You really think I'm that boring? Don't throw me in with sociopaths like your Uncle. I'm a man with far more vision than simple murder. In fact-" Deucalion took off his sunglasses and looks at them.
"I'm here to show you how much vision a blind man can have." his eyes glowed red. Alice didn't flinch as Derek just looks at him
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Kali pushes the pipe further into Derek's chest, black blood drips from his mouth, "You're killing him." Cora shouts, "Not yet, little sister. But I could." Kali said with a smile and Cora ran her hands over her face. "Who know if five minutes or five hours." she twist the pipe, making Alice finch and stiffen, but now out of fear. "Before it's too late to take this thing out, just be on e the safe side, Duke, you might wanna get to the point." she states, getting annoy.
"Now you see the one problem with being in a Alpha pack. Everyone wants to make decisions. Me? I'm more about discovering new talents... Like you." Deucalion tells him. "Not interested." Derek chokes out, "But you haven't even heard my pitch." he states. Alice grips Derek's shirt. "You want him to kill off his pack, not going to happen." Alice snaps at him. "No, I don't want him to kill all of them, just one. If he does that, I won't ask him to kill of the rest, he'll do it on his own." he tells her, "I did it, Ennis did. Kali. Tell him what it's like, Kali, to kill one of your own." Deucalion asks her.
"Mm... Liberating." she purrs. "Listen to me Derek. Do you really want to stay beholden to a couple of Maladjusted teenagers bound to become a liability? And believe me, they will become a liability. In fact... I have a feeling one of them is getting himself into trouble as we speak." Deucalion smirks. Alice groans, "Damnit Issac."
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Alice saw black blood ooze down the pipe, making her quiver with rising anger. "See the reason I've always invested in new talent is simple. We all know a pack is strongest due to its individual parts. The stronger individual parts the greater the whole." Deucalion unfolds his cane, "When I lost my sight, one of my Betas assumed I wasn't fit for my role anymore. He tried to take it from me. Killing him taught me something about Alphas, I didn't know they could do. His power was added to mine. I became stronger, faster, more powerful then I've ever been. I tested this new ability to subsume the power of your own by killing another one. In fact, Derek, I killed them all. I took the individual parts and became a greater whole."
Deucalion then kneels down in front of Derek, grips his hair and looks at his face tracing his face with his fingers, the drops Derek's head with a chuckle, "You were right Kali, he looks like his mother." he states and moves away. "You'll get to know me Derek, like she did." he walks over to the table. "I know you. I know what you are." Black blood drips from his mouth, ""You're a fanatic." black blood drips with every word. Deucalion sets the cane on the table, turns to them, face covered with fury.
"Know me? You've never seen anything like me. I am the Alpha of Alphas. I am the Apex of Alex predators! I am death, destroyer of worlds! I am the Demon-Wolf!" thunder sounds, Cora shrinks behind a beam, shaking in fear, But Alice just glares at him, anger rising with each passing second. Kali pulls the pipe out of Derek, Alice rolls him to her, holding Derek in her arms and press her hand to the wound, Deucalion took off his crack glasses.
"Hate it when that happens." he states. Then walks out, holding onto Kali's arm, Cora ran over to the two, kneeling down by Alice's side.
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Derek stood in front of the window as the hits the window and rain clouds covered them as heavy ran hits against the window. Alice stood next to Derek as Issac walks up to them, "I don't get it. Look, did something happen?" he asks his Alpha, Cora hid behind the broken wall, "It's just not going to work with both of you here. I got Cora now, it's too much. I need you out tonight." Derek tells him, Alice looks at Derek and back at Issac, leaning against the head of the table. Issac scoff, "Where am I suppose to go?" Issac asks him. "Somewhere else." Derek tells him. "Did I do something wrong?" Issac asks again, Derek turns to him, "You're doing something wrong right now, by not leaving." pointing towards the door, "Oh, come on." Issac starts, "Just get out." Derek tells him.
"Derek, please." Issac asks of him. "Get out!" Derek raises his voice, "Come on." Issac begs him, "Go!" Derek went to throw the glass jar at him, but something grips his wrist, stopping him from doing so, he looks over and saw Alice gripping his wrist. She then took the jar from his hand and sets it down on the table, lets go of his wrist and walks over to Issac.
"Issac, with the a pack of Alphas in town, it's not best for you to stay with Derek right now." Alice tells him in a calm matter. "But where am I suppose to go?" he asks her, "Go to my place, we have a pair bedroom, tell my mum or Scott, I sent you." Alice instructed him. He looks at her, looking a little scared, "Don't worry, my mum isn't abusive, you'll start to think she's your own mother, I promise." she tells him and they start to walk to the door. "Alice..." Issac starts, "It's not safe for you here anymore Issac, anything can happen, Derek just... being cautious with everything that's happening." Alice tells him.
"Issac, you do trust me, right?" Alice asks of him, he nods. "Then go to my place and make yourself at home there." she tells him. Issac sighs, nods and left the Loft. Alice sighs and walks back to Derek who was leaning against the table, "Don't look at me like that." he mumbles. "I know you're scared, I know you think that pushing away the people you care about will keep them safe, but it won't Derek, nothing will keep them safe from Deucalion and his insane pack, unless we protect ourselves." Alice tells him. Leaning against the other end.
"I am protecting them!" Derek snaps at her, "We're all in danger Derek; You, Issac, Boyd, Cora, Stiles, Scott, Allison, Lydia, Matthew, Rosalie and me. Pushing us away won't change that fact." Alice snaps back at him, "Then what am I suppose to do, Alice, huh? Should I just let them kill everyone?" he said, walking over to her,"I didn't say that, I wasn't going to suggest it, but right now, we need to work together." she tells him. "Why are you doing this?" Derek grips the sides of her face. "Because, I don't want you to be alone anymore, I want you to have a family within the pack and be able to trust again." Alice tells him, Derek then press his lips against her, hosted her up and sat her down on the table. Alice press her legs against his sides, gripping the back of Derek's shirt as his hands roam over her back.
Loving that fact she was with him, giving him advice, and telling him what's right and what's wrong. Little did they know, they would be brought closer together.
