Phase
Chapter 4 (Isaac)
It had been a little less than a month since Sam had been bitten and turned into a werewolf; she'd been spending lots of time with Derek learning all she could and training.
It was a few days before the next full moon and she was already starting to feel the effects from it. She hoped that she'd be able to keep from shifting.
She finished up washing the last of the dishes from dinner that night and was leaned over the kitchen island, making a list of things for her mom to pick up from the grocery store when she heard a noise.
Looking up she gasped as she saw Derek standing in the kitchen with her.
"How do you keep getting in here?" She asked him, trying to slow her heart rate.
Ignoring her question he said, "There's another beta or maybe an omega somewhere in town."
"Really?" she asked intrigued.
He nodded.
"What are we going to do?" she asked him as she laid the pen she'd been writing with down.
"For now try to find it before the Argents do. They've been in the woods every night this week since we're nearing another full moon." He explained.
She nodded and looked back down to the list she was making.
"Come on." He said as he nodded for her to follow him.
"You're… letting me come with you?" She asked surprised.
Nodding he said, "You're doing good keeping in control."
"I need to make sure my brother's asleep first." She said as she walked past him.
He watched her as she went up the stairs.
After checking on her brother and pulling on a jacket she met Derek outside at his car.
Even though it was cold outside they drove with their windows down to pick up the scent of the beta which they tracked to the cemetery.
They watched as the other werewolf knocked over the backhoe that was being used to dig a grave, the person sitting inside was thrown down into the open earth and the heavy machine landed over the grave.
The other werewolf started to dig up a grave and Derek raced towards it.
She paused not sure whether to follow Derek as he chased after the scared omega who'd darted into the woods or help whoever had fallen into the grave.
From listening to his heartbeat, she could tell whoever was trapped down in the grave was terrified so she went over to the scene.
With a small grunt, she managed to lift the heavy backhoe and look down in the grave to see a fellow student peering up at her with wide eyes.
"It's okay… it's gone." She said as she reached a hand towards him.
After a few minutes, he grabbed her hand, expecting to mostly lift himself out of the grave, but she effortlessly pulled him up.
He stared at her in shock, there was no way she could be that strong.
"What's your name?" She asked him.
"Isaac." He said, as he looked around the dark and otherwise empty cemetery.
"What did you see, Isaac?" She asked.
"Something… was tearing up one of the graves." He said still in a slight state of shock as he wandered over to where he'd seen the werewolf.
They both peered down into the grave to see the casket busted open and the abdomen of the body torn into.
Her face wrinkled in disgust and he looked at her.
"'What the hell was that thing?" He asked, finally starting to calm down some.
"Uh…" She stuttered, unsure of how to answer him.
"And you… how did you move the backhoe, or pull me up? What are you?" He asked, feeling a little frantic.
Realizing she needed to stick with her pack, which at the time only consisted of Derek, she said, "I have to go. But please don't go anywhere, and don't call anyone. I'll come back for you."
"Stay here? Are you kidding me, what if that thing comes back?" He asked, as his heart started to race again.
Leading him over to Derek's car, she said "Get inside and lock the doors until I come back. Please, don't call the police yet."
Not sure what else to do, Isaac listened to her.
Once she heard the locks click, she darted into the woods and managed to find Derek easily.
"What happened ?" she asked.
"I lost him." Derek said frustrated.
Hearing voices in the distance he nodded to the side and said, "Come on."
She followed him and as they got back to the cemetery he saw the backhoe she'd lifted and asked, "What happened to the person?"
"His name is Isaac, I'm pretty sure I go to school with him." She informed him.
After a small pause Derek said, "I asked what happened to him, not who he is.
"oh, he was really scared so I told him to wait in your car and lock the doors." She said.
"You put him in my car?" Derek asked as they started towards his Camaro.
"He was so scared, I didn't know what else to do with him. But I told him not to call the police." She said.
"Get out." Derek instructed as he looked in and saw the scared teenager in the passenger seat.
Isaac didn't know what to do as he stared back at them, he wasn't sure if he should have called the police from inside the car or what.
When he didn't move, Derek took his key from his pocket and used the button to unlock to doors.
Slowly, Isaac stepped out of the car and looked at them.
"It's okay." Samantha assured him.
Derek looked the teenager over, his eyes stopping on the boys black eye.
"How'd that happen?" He asked him.
"Uh, lacrosse practice." He stuttered out a lie.
"You hear that?" Derek asked looking over to Samantha, she nodded.
Isaac looked around, "Hear what?"
"It's the sound of your heart beat changing, you're lying." Derek told him.
Recognizing the way Isaac was acting about his injury, it made Sam think back to when she'd been abused by her father and lied about her bruises.
"Did your dad hit you?" She asked him.
He didn't know her at all, but there was something about her that seemed kind, like he could trust her.
He slowly nodded.
She gave him an empathetic look.
Derek glanced between them, and thought about how good of an idea it was to make Sam part of his pack.
He often seemed intimidating, and when he tried to get answers out of people, they didn't respond well, unless it was out of fear.
But Sam was the opposite, she seemed harmless and had a vulnerability about her that seemed to put other people at ease and make them trust her.
"You don't have to be a victim anymore, Isaac." Derek said.
Samantha's blue eyes widened a she looked over at him; she recognized what he was doing.
He was trying to sell the idea of becoming a werewolf to Isaac.
~(The next morning)~
After laying some packages of oatmeal out and leaving a note for her brother, Samantha headed toward the cemetery to meet up with Derek.
Parking a little ways down the road, she held her jacket closed and shivered in the cold air as she found Derek in the trees.
"Hey." She greeted.
He nodded but didn't say anything as he listened to the conversation going on.
Turning her attention back to where Isaac was standing with his dad and the sheriff she eavesdropped also.
"Lahey, Isaac Lahey." He said to Sheriff Stilinski.
Writing it down he responded, "You work for your father, Isaac?"
"When he's not in school, which is where he needs to be in 20 minutes." Mr. Lahey said.
"I understand that, I'll make this short." He responded.
Mr. Lahey sighed with irritation and the sheriff saw Isaac's eye,
"How'd you get that black eye, Isaac?" He asked the teenager.
"School." He responded.
"School fight?" The sheriff asked.
"No, lacrosse." He continued the lie, as he glanced over at his dad.
Derek looked over when he heard Samantha let out a small growl.
"What are you doing?" Derek asked her.
Her eyes were glowing yellow as she looked back at him.
After all the abuse she and her family had been through at the hands of her own dad, she was ready to tear Isaac's father apart for hurting his son.
"Sam, stop it." He warned, but her canine fangs were already coming out.
Not able to control herself she started to run towards Mr. Lahey, but Derek quickly caught her and slammed her down on the cold, hard ground, knocking the air out of her.
The sudden movement and pain shook her back to her senses.
She stared up at him as he held her there.
"What were you thinking?" He asked, his voice low with a slight growl.
"That I want to kill Isaac's dad." She admitted.
"No, especially not in front of the police. If you run out there and they see what you are, they will kill you Sam." He reminded her.
She struggled to stand up, but he kept her pinned.
"I know." She agreed nodding.
When he still didn't let her up, she said "It won't happen again."
Standing up he extended a hand to her, and pulled her to her feet.
She knocked the leaves off her clothes and continued to listen to the conversation taking place, "You guys get many grave robberies here?"
"A few, but usually they just take stuff like jewelry." He explained as he looked back to where Samantha and Derek were hiding.
"What did this one take?" The Sherriff asked.
"Her liver." Isaac explained.
Once they were done talking Samantha pulled her hood up and headed back to her car, hoping no one spotted her.
Derek had told her to keep an eye on Isaac and Jackson at school, both of them had recently been bitten.
Getting in she drove to where Isaac was meeting her.
He shivered as he got in the car and looked over at her.
"It takes a while for it to heat up." She apologized as she saw him eyeing the heating controls.
He nodded and tucked his hands back in his pockets.
"How are you feeling?" She asked him.
"I don't feel any different." He admitted.
"I didn't at first either, but soon you will." She assured him.
"Was everything Derek said true? About the bite being a gift and things getting better for me?" He asked.
She nodded and looked over at him again, "Maybe not at first, but after a little while yeah. Things got better for me."
A few minutes later her phone rang and it was her brother saying he'd missed the bus and their mom had already left for work.
She told Isaac they were going to have to pick up her brother and drop him off before they went to school.
As she pulled up outside of her house and honked the horn, Isaac checked his phone. Whether he was a werewolf or not, he'd be in trouble with his dad if he was too late to school.
After she dropped Jacob off Isaac asked, "We're the only ones in Derek's pack?"
"No… I guess he bit Jackson to." She explained, thankful the car was blowing heat from the vents now.
"Jackson Whittmore?" Isaac asked her.
She sighed and nodded.
"I can't even stand to be on the same lacrosse team as him." Isaac mumbled.
Samantha nodded, the last thing that she wanted to do was spend time with Jackson outside of school either, but Derek said that with Jackson helping them get the alpha before, that when he wanted the bite, Derek agreed.
They arrived at school just as the bell was ringing, both teens rushed inside to their first period classes.
A few classes later Samantha was busy taking notes when she heard someone running in the hallway, looking up she saw Jackson sprint past the classroom's open door.
Raising her hand she said she needed to go to the restroom, then ran in the bathroom after him.
She knew Derek would be at the school soon to check on Jackson.
Knocking on the stall door she heard him say "Uh… I'm fine Danny, just go back to class."
He'd thought his best friend had followed him in there.
Taking out her phone she texted Derek and told him to hurry and then knocked on the door again.
"Just give me a freaking minute!" He snapped.
She listened to his ragged breathing and didn't know what was wrong.
Busting the door open she grabbed the back of his shirt and yanked him from the stall.
He stumbled backwards and grabbed onto the sink to keep from falling down.
"What the hell are you doing in here, freak?" He asked.
Before she could respond Derek joined them in the bathroom.
"Derek…" Jackson stuttered out caught off guard.
"You're looking a little pale there, Jackson." He said.
Looking between them, Jackson scoffed when he realized that Samantha must be a werewolf too.
"You feeling okay?" she asked him.
"Never better." He said angrily as he looked at her.
"If something's wrong, I need to know." Derek informed him.
"Why?" Jackson questioned.
"You're with me now." Derek reminded him.
"With you? Me… with you?" He asked laughing as he continued, "What am I your little pet, like this freak?"
Samantha narrowed her eyes at him and fought to keep her anger in check.
"I mean just because you gave me the bite doesn't mean I'm part of your little wolf pack. I'm sorry but to be honest you don't exactly show outstanding leadership qualities." Jackson argued with him.
"Is that so?" Derek asked him with an amused expression.
"I've got my own agenda. Which doesn't involve running around the woods at night howling at the moon with you, this freak and McCall." Jackson said as he glanced back over at Samantha.
Rolling her eyes she said, "We don't run around the woods howling at the moon."
Noticing something on the side of Jackson's face he turned him sideways and saw a black substance running from his ear.
He gasped, "What is it, what's happening?"
"Your body is… fighting the bite." Derek said, uneasy about the situation.
"Why?" Jackson demanded to know.
Backing away from him and towards the doorway Derek shook his head as he said, "I don't know."
"What does it mean?" He yelled, but Derek had already left the room.
As some more of it started to run from nose, he looked over at Sam and said "What does this mean?"
Her eyes were wide as she stared at him, "I… I don't know this never happened to me."
Jackson's breathing grew more labored as he stared as his reflection.
Grabbing some paper towels she handed them to him, and watched silently as he cleaned the black stuff up.
"Did it stop?" She questioned.
Looking at her he said, "I don't know what's happening, but the bite has to work. Okay? I deserve for it to work. I've watched McCall steal everything from me and I'm going get it back. So I don't care what you have to do, or say to Derek but you're going to help me."
Looking down at the floor she tried to control her breathing and heart rate from the way he was talking to her.
When she looked back at him he took a few steps backwards at the sight of her glowing yellow eyes.
"No, I'm not going to help you. You've treated me like crap since middle school, I'm not this weak little girl you can push around anymore. I'm strong, a lot stronger than you and I don't want you in the pack." She said to him, as she managed to get her eyes back to normal and take a few deep breathes.
Jackson didn't know what to say to her, so he watched in silence as she turned and left the room. Heading back to class.
A/N- Now Isaac's in the pack! ^_^ I really hope you guys all liked the chapter.
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