Twisted Chapter 6

Mutated

The second the last bell of the day rang, Juliet bolted out of her seat, heading towards the front doors of the school. Even from inside, she could hear the rumble of thunder promising a heavy downpour. Outside, she inhaled the smell of rain and scanned the parking lot for Scott.

She smiled to herself as she found him standing next to a black motorcycle with his hands in his pockets, looking around for her.

Damn, the hot werewolf just got ten degrees hotter, she thought to herself. Scott smiled when he heard her voice in his head, and turned towards her. When their eyes collided, Juliet again felt the intense vulnerability and tried to control her breathing.

"You think I'm getting on the back of a motorcycle with you?" She asked with her arms folded across her chest.

Scott's face paled, "I-it's the only vehicle I have...I can call Stiles to give you a ride, Hey, Stiles!" Juliet burst out laughing, pulling Scott's waving arm down.

"Let's do this, wolf-boy." He grinned widely at her, and placed the helmet on her head, clicking the latch underneath her chin. Scott stared at her for a few seconds before shaking himself out of his thoughts so she wouldn't hear what was going on inside his head.

He climbed on and revved the engine, waiting for her to wrap her arms around his waist. Scott shivered at the contact, looking back over his shoulder at her one last time before pulling out of the parking lot.

As they tore down the road, Juliet tilted her head back in exhilaration, loving the feeling of freedom course through her veins. After about ten minutes, the rain started. They didn't get another mile before it starting pouring, and Scott pulled over into the muddy dirt tunnel underneath the train tracks.

Juliet laughed as she shook off the excess water that had soaked her hair. "That was incredible!" She gripped Scott's arms after he put the kickstand down, "I love motorcycles!"

A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth as he pushed back a piece of wet hair that had fallen in front of her face. "You look beautiful."

Her laughter died as she noticed the shift in his tone. She tried not to pass out as she felt the blood rushing in her ears. The heat radiating off of him was almost tangible. "Can..can I kiss you?" He asked, his voice thick with a controlled desire, and she couldn't respond.

Did she want that? Hell yes she did! But, was she ready for that? While her internal battle was raging, Juliet's headed slowly nodded. Her inner voice was throwing a party, while the voice of reason was groaning in failure.

Scott's eyes lit up, and he touched the side of her face gingerly. As he slowly leaned in, she felt her eyes close in anticipation. Right before his lips touched hers, a sound came from the tunnel. His head snapped up, and Scott only had time to yell before he was thrown against the wall.

Juliet stumbled back, her eyes finding the back of a massive man with unruly hair, and drenched clothing that clung to his skin.

She immediately reached for her knife, and called out to get the man's attention away from Scott, who was struggling to get up.

When he turned around, Juliet's eyes widened. The man in front of her was a monster with sharp fangs bared at her and glowing blue claws protruding from his nail beds. Juliet immediately recognized him as a mix between a werewolf and a Garuda, a nasty harpy-like shapeshifter with the ability to absorb energy through them. Unnatural, she thought.

Before he could take another step in Juliet's direction, Scott tackled him to the ground from behind. They wrestled violently, and when Scott had gained the upper hand, Juliet's eyes widened as she looked at Scott in his wolf form for the first time.

She couldn't find it within herself to be scared of him, even while he was slashing his giant claws at the monster and gnashing his fangs together. Scott and his attacker were back on their feet, circling each other. Juliet slowly inched her way towards them, and Scott growled as he felt her near. "Stay back!"

The monster didn't take his eyes off Scott. "Better listen to your boyfriend, honey. I only came for him, but I will gladly take a snack." He said, baring his misshapen fangs.

She half smiled, and stepped into the circle, feeling the familiar pull in her gut. "I dare you to try."

The monster couldn't reject a challenge, and he roared, charging her. As Scott called out a cry of frustration, Juliet felt the vibrations in his heavy steps, and twisted out of his reach at the least second, crouching low and slicing her silver blade across the lower half of his legs. The monster howled in pain, and whirled around, clearly surprised.

Out of nowhere, a new player appeared on the scene. Another werewolf roared loudly from the opening of the tunnel, pulling everyone's attention. Juliet and Scott took defensive positions, but the newcomer surprised them by charging the monster, coming in low to tackle his already wounded legs.

Scott didn't waste any time, he leaped towards the monster while it was down and slashed at his face. Juliet felt the movements of the three wolves underneath her feet, and stabbed the monster quickly in the chest as soon as Scott had pushed him away, then pulled her knife out. The monster reached out and knocked the blade out of her hand, and kicked the newcomer in the chest, vaulting him into the tunnel walls. In the blink of an eye, he embedded his talon-like claws into Scott's chest.

When Juliet turned back towards the scene, a large wisp of red light was withdrawing out of Scott, clearly being absorbed by the claws in his chest. Hell no! She let the emotions she always locked away flow through her, let the horror and fear of the seeing Scott hurt rise to the surface, and gripped onto the pull in her stomach. Juliet raised her hands level in the air, and willed the ground to listen to her.

Sharp boulders flew from the ground, embedding themselves into the monster's body and pinning him against the wall. He roared in surprise and released Scott, who fell hard onto the ground gasping for air.

Juliet calmly picked the knife she had dropped, and twirled it around in her hands as she approached the monster. Blood was dripping from his wounds, and he growled weakly and angrily as she got closer.

Scott was on his feet now, taking his place beside her. "Who are you?" He asked, still in his wolf form. The monster spit blood towards him.

In the blink of an eye, Juliet held the silver blade against his neck. "Answer the question, or I end your life right here, right now."

She could feel the surprise coming from Scott, but she ignored it. The monster growled, "I came for him," nodding towards the alpha.

"Why!" Juliet asked, letting the blade draw blood from his neck.

"I was created to! Taking the power of a True Alpha is what I was created to do!" The monster wailed in pain, struggling against the rocks still pinning him into the wall.

"Juliet!" Scott cried, back in his human form. "Stop!" She loosened her grip at the desperation in his voice.

"Scott, he just tried to kill us." She said as calmly as she could.

"We do not kill people!" He yelled, moving to pull her arm away from the monster.

She turned around on him, lowering the knife. Juliet stared daggers at Scott, "He's not a person! He's an experiment!"

Scott growled at her, "It doesn't matter! We always give them a choice!"

Juliet and Scott circled each other, having a mental argument.

Juliet, you have to back off.

Are you kidding me? I'm not about to let him walk away after he hurt you! She thought, exasperated.

We have to give him a choice Juliet. Please, that's how it has to be. Scott pleaded, putting his foot down-figuratively of course.

She threw up the walls around her mind, furious at Scott for making her do this.

Juliet whirled around on the monster, locking up her emotions into a secure box. She approached him slowly, returning to her habit of twirling the blade between her fingers.

She smiled sweetly, showing her teeth. "Scott here says I have to give you a choice, but killing you is off the table."

The monster chuckled darkly, "The curse of being a True Alpha."

Juliet raised an eyebrow at Scott. "Well, I'm going to give you my favorite kind of ultimatum. Are you listening?"

The monster raised and tried spitting blood at them again. She quickly drove the silver dagger into his left shoulder, and he roared in pain.

"I can either stab a thousand little holes into your body, watching all of the mutilated blood drain from your system, or you can leave." Juliet pulled out her dagger and watched him whimper.

She held out a hand for Scott to stay back, and waited for the monster to look at her. Juliet felt the vibrations in the ground, indicating that the unknown werewolf was on his feet.

"You can leave, and you can never even think about coming near Scott again." He gave a painful nod, his eyes raging with fury, and Juliet raised the dagger to his throat again. "Your word."

The monster bared its teeth at her. "I promise never to come after Scott again."

She stared at him a few moments longer, daring him to struggle. When she was confident that the monster had come to a resolution, she willed the rocks to peel back from his body, causing him to whimper as they left behind open wounds with blood trickling out of them.

He dropped to the ground, cradling his chest in his scarred hands. The monster glared furiously at Juliet, glanced sideways at Scott and the newcomer, and limped off into the darkness.

Juliet didn't want to turn around to face Scott. She was so beyond angry with him for letting that monster get away with what he did. That thing tried to kill him, it was her job to protect him, and Scott wasn't letting her do that.

"Juliet.." he whispered. She closed her eyes and sighed in frustration. She didn't feel the vibrations of footsteps, so she knew that he was rooted in his spot.

She didn't turn around, just began wiping the blood off of her blade. "Juliet!" Scott's voice was more fierce now, causing her to face him.

"Shut up for a second!" She said, holding a hand up towards her wolf. Juliet faced the newcomer while still gripping her knife. "Who are you?"

He had shifted into his human form, and she noticed in the back of her mind that he was really handsome. Water dripped from his long brunette hair, and he was trying to shake out his brown leather jacket.

"I'm Theo…" he said slowly, turning towards Scott. "Do you remember me?"

Scott narrowed his eyes, "Theo Raeken? From the fourth grade?"

"Wait, you know this guy?" Juliet asked.

Theo stepped forward towards the pair. "A lot has changed, Scott. I was bitten a few months back..and..then I heard about you. About your pack."

Scott moved himself in between Theo and Juliet. "Theo, can we talk about this later?"

Theo looked back and forth between him and Juliet. "I'll find you at school, okay?"

Scott nodded, and the tension between him and Juliet rose with every step Theo took. As soon as he was out of sight, Scott whipped around on her.

"What the hell was that?" He threw up his hands in complete disbelief.

"I'm a hunter, Scott! I kill evil things! In case you didn't notice, that monster was definitely an evil thing!" She yelled, advancing on him.

His eyes widened in fear, and he backpedaled, freezing her in her spot. "Wha-?"

"Not that! I mean, yeah...we are definitely going to talk about that, but no! What the hell did you do? You pinned him to the wall with a bunch of rocks! I watched you!"

Her heart stopped beating. She was so stupid! How could she expose herself like that? Nobody found out about her "gift" and lived to tell the tale about it. Now she had put herself in a position where basically three strangers saw it happen with their own eyes. She cringed at that thought of Scott being a stranger, but that's exactly what he was. She didn't know anything about him, and she had just risked her biggest secret to protect him. And now...he was looking at her with fear.

"I-I…" She couldn't finish, shaking her head. Juliet backed up slowly, away from Scott. He didn't move towards her.

"Juliet, tell me!" Scott pleaded, still scared out of his mind.

She couldn't take the accusation in his eyes, the knowledge that she was some freak that could control the earth around her and use it to kill whatever monster she came across. There were only three people she could trust in this world when it came to her secret-her dad, Sam, and Dean. And she had thrown that away from some guy.

"I can't.." Juliet turned away from him and took off running towards the entrance of the tunnel. She had to get out of there, needed to get home.

Scott unfroze and ran after her, calling her name. "Juliet! No, Juliet!"

She fought the tears threatening to roll down her face, and kept running. She knew he was still hurt, and it would take some time for him to heal before he could find her.

Juliet didn't stop running until she collided hard with a man who appeared out of nowhere. She cried out in surprise as she fell backwards towards the mud. The man standing over her had a five o'clock shadow and was wearing a dirty suit with a long, tan trench coat. He tilted his head in interest, then reached down for her.

Her scream tore through Scott like a thousand shards of glass. "Juliet!" Scott cried, twisting his motorcycle to a stop in the spot where the trail of her scent ended.

He whirled around, desperately searching around for her, but Juliet was gone.

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