Chapter Seven

"This feels so stupid."

The moon was up and the streets were empty and dark for except the jeep what stood on the side road. Stiles sat behind the wheel and was clearly restless as he couldn't stop drum with his fingers against the wheel. Nicholas, however, was more focused on the bag with candy. He couldn't remember when he has had the time to eat candy lately.

"Are we just going to sit here?" Stiles asked a second later. Nicholas didn't answer and took up another candy that he tried. "What's the point? Shouldn't we be out there and hunt down an Alpha like Scott and Derek?" Stiles questioned after another second. "Nick!"

"What?" Nicholas snapped and looked up at Stiles. "I'm just here because Derek asked me to and I have spent hours out there already," he nodded to the forest, then went back to look into the bag for more of that brown colored candy. "Plus, he broth me candy, want one?"

"What are you, three?" Stiles asked annoyed. Nicholas' expression turned to anger and his eyes glow purple as a low growl left his throat. "Sorry, sorry, I take it back." Nicholas turned back to normal with a smirk. They fell into silence again and shocking for Nicholas, Stiles was silence for a full minute before he spoke again. "Can't you like use your werewolf powers and track the Alpha down?"

"For the last time, Stiles, I'm not a werewolf!" Nicholas complained. "I have supernatural senses? Yes! Am I stronger and faster? Yes! I am a sort of wolf, but for the love for the little brain of yours, I'm NOT a werewolf!"

"Alright, no need to get all; wolf at me." Stiles joked, but Nicholas growl. "Then what are you? It's a little hard to know that if you don't tell anyone."

"If I tell you, I have to kill you."

"Haha," Stiles said, but meet Nicholas gaze. "You're not kidding, are you?" Nicholas snorted and took another candy. "Do you even know what you are?" Stiles started with the questions. "Do you have amnesia? Is someone after you? Hunting you?"

"Ding ding ding, we have a human with a brain!" Nicholas said sarcastically.

"Geez, I don't understand how the hell Allison would want to be friend with someone like you," Stiles muttered. Nicholas ignored him and pretended not to hear the obviously too loud though. "Who is after you? Why are they after you? Does this have something with the Alpha?"

"If it had anything with the alpha to do, I wouldn't be here," Nicholas answered. "but if you really have to know, a powerful, a very powerful pack who has hunted me for some years now. And to why, because of what I am. Just wait, they will come and you will understand."

"They are going to come here? A pack of werewolves? To Beacon Hills?"

"I just said that!" Nicholas snapped. "Now please go back to-" Nicholas cut himself off and Stiles saw how he seem to zoom out.

"What wrong?"

"Lydia."

"Lydia?" Stiles asked. "Like, Lydia Martin, Lydia?"

"Who else?" Nicholas asked angrily.

"Oh, I don't know. There are like hundreds of people whose name is Lydia."

"Oh God," Nicholas sighed and lean back, "I do wish there aren't more Stiles out there."

"It's not my fault that you can't be more specific!" Stiles complain. "I didn't know you knew Lydia- wait, how do you know her?"

"Stiles, just drive and shut up before I throw you out." Nicholas ignored his questions. "And don't say I can't do that because I won't hesitate to do it if you don't drive in less than five seconds." Nicholas cut him off before he even had the chance to open his mouth to form a word.

Stiles closed his mouth silently and hit the gas.


Stiles stopped the jeep just beside all the police cars, one of them being his dad's. The Sheriff saw his son and stopped Stiles before he even could jump out and rush over to the marked crime scene. Nicholas, however, was faster and without the Sheriff getting the chance to stop him, he walked over to one of the ambulances. Lydia didn't look up at him when he came, she was staring right out in the thin air. Like if the scream he had heard had taken all of her.

"Lydia?" Nicholas asked. "What happened?"

"Sir, you can't-" one of the ambulance drivers tried, but he just gave them a warning look and if not for the loud voices of people around them, she would have heard his growl too.

"I'm her friend." Nicholas insured the woman. "Her mother is working tonight and won't be home before the morning and I think we both agree that she can't be left alone after this, right?" the woman looked between the two, Lydia still not looking up or even bothered of his present, which made it easier for him to lie.

"We are taking her to a hospital for some cheeking, but after that, you may take her home." She told Nicholas and helped Lydia into the ambulance and drove off.

Before Nicholas decided to leave too, he looked around on the Video Shop what had a hug crossed window. He also saw Jackson and walked over to inform him that he could rest while he would make sure Lydia was alright. He nodded his thanks, but it was a cold and emotionless nod.


An hour later, Nicholas had taken Derek's car and drove Lydia from the hospital to her home. Finding the hidden key under the doormat he helped her in and up to her room. He placed her on the edge of the bed.

"Lydia?" He asked, "I have to know what you saw."

"Mountain lion," she answered, but more like a robot than Lydia Martin. It was at least progress as she hadn't said a word before that.

"Is that what you saw, or what the cops told you it was?" Nicholas tried only to have her repeat her previous answer. "I guess the drug is taking its affection, then," Nicholas muttered as he placed the jar with tablets on the nightstand. "Don't take too many." He told her and stood up to leave, but before he could, she took a hold of his arm. A hard one as her nails dug themselves into his skin.

"Red," she whispered almost unheard by Nicholas. "It had glowing red eyes," she mumbles and Nicholas backed to her and looked at her. Bending down a little to look her in her eyes.

"Red, are you sure? What did it look like?" Nicholas asked, his voice calm, slow and low to make sure she really heard and hopeful understood him.

She nodded, her eyes finally taking focus on his. "Like yours." She whispered, "Your eyes glowed purple, didn't they?" Nicholas wasn't sure anymore if it was her drugged side or normal side who asked. She sounded kind of normal, or that was until she put her hand against his cheek and struck it with her nose inches from his. "Stay with me, please?" She asked. 'Yep, she is drugged.'

"I can't, must get Derek's car back to-" before Nicholas could finish her lips was against his and then she broke the soft kiss, her lips tripped to his ear and down along his neck only to go up again to his ear and whisper in a low demanding voice.

"Stay, or I will tell people about your eyes." 'Not really a threat as they wouldn't believe you,' Nicholas thought until he remembered the Alpha was still out there in a human form too and the Argents. If one of them learned about him, he would get in more problems than he needed. 'Plus, I won't need to stay in that wrecked building to house.'

"Alright," Nicholas said and smile as he pressed his lips against hers again in hunger and she pulled back but dragged him with her down to the bed.


Nicholas awoke with his arms around a bare Lydia and they both under her blanket, close. Her smell was exploding everywhere and he jumped out of bed as fast he could without waking the strawberry girl up. He was in his jeans and shirt in hand when he started to make his way out, only to have a woman opening the door just as he reached for the handle.

"Oh, you must be Mrs. Martin," Nicholas said and cleared his throat. "I believe you got the news of what happened." She was looking at him shocked and then saw Lydia with the blanket up to her neck.

"Leave, now!" she demanded and Nicholas just got a smile on his lips as he took his shirt on.

"No problems," he insured her, "Lydia took a tablet last night, so one, when she wakes up, would be necessary." He informed her. "The doc said it would help her ease up a bit. I tip you about not making her angry either, she is still very... demanding you could say." Nicholas finish and before Mrs. Martin could say anything else, Nicholas walked past her and down the stairs before shutting the front door.

As Nicholas saw the clock was twelve when he was driving back to the Hale house, he decided to skip school as he already had missed more than half of the day.

Although, Nicholas knew he wouldn't get a calm day once he parked outside the Hale house and caught a familiar scent in the air. Without hesitation or thinking, he jumped out and run into the house just in time to see a man aiming a crossbow at Derek and knock him down while Derek jumped over and into the living room.

Nicholas jumped of the fallen hunter and stopped as he saw the sight in the living room. Derek in pain on the ground and a familiar woman with an Electric baton in her hand.

"Kate," Nicholas whispered as he saw her. His tensed and didn't look away when she looked up from Derek and saw him.

"Wow, who do we have here?" She asked and took a step forward. "Nico? Oh god, you look even better than ever would be able to imagine when I first meet you."

"Thirteen years can do much," Nicholas snorted.

"Oh come on, you aren't still angry at me too?" Kate asked. "If anything I did you a favor," she said and gave Derek a peck with the baton so he bolted back in pain. "I heard you were sent to England, abandon by your own family." A low growl escaped Nicholas as he fought to not change his eyes. 'Not yet.'

"What are you doing here, Kate?" Nicholas demanded to know.

"I want to know," Kate answered and took steps closer to Nicholas, slowly, "Who are your Alpha?" She stopped inches from him and he didn't pull back. That would be a weakness, one step and he had shown the power she had. "You see, we didn't kill your mother, Nico." He wanted to rip her head off in that moment, but he remained unmoving. "Your Alpha did it and now, we have something we both are after. Let's work together, handsome."

'So the Argents think we are working with the Alpha? or is it just Kate crazy reason to be a bitch?'

"What do you say?" Kate asked, lifting a hand to put on his cheek, but right there she crossed a line. Nicholas, faster than she had been ready for, took a grip around her wrist and stopped her from touching him.

"I. Don't. Have. An. Alpha." Nicholas pushed her back.

"Wow, someone has really grown up." Kate laughed and the start to walk over to him again, but this time passed him and walked out. "This isn't over, kid." She said and walked over to kick her friends a little as to wake them up. "Come on," She told them and they woke up and got up to follow her.

"I really hate her." Nicholas snorted when she was gone and walked over to there Derek sat, resting his head back on a wall. "Can we buy a new house now?" Derek growl, but Nicholas just smiled. "Come on, you know it's dangerous now when Kate Argent is back. Or maybe," Nicholas said with a grin, "you want here to come so you get an excuse to see her."

"I'm going to kill you."

"Well, you can do that after you have clean up and come with me to school, you know, the parent-teacher conference." Derek growl. "I know, I hate it too."