"He's what?!" I raise my voice in surprise.

"We went to his house to pick him up but he wasn't home. Then Mason rang us and told us that Liam wasn't answering any of his texts and that he thought he must be with Hayden. So, we rang Hayden and..." Stiles shook his head.

"He wasn't there." Scott said as he was rubbing his temple.

"Maybe he just wanted to cool down for a while." Jordan wondered as I whipped my phone out and dialled Liam.

"He's not answering!" I panick. "It's not even dialling anymore. It just goes straight to voicemail."

"How can this happen twice?" Scott shook his head, unable to say anything else.

"Wait, this is happened before?" Jordan raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, last year he got kinapped by this boy called Garrett and Garrett was an assassin. He could of died if Scott didn't get to him in time." Stiles said almost casually.

"Stiles! That's not reassuring!" I hissed.

"Can't you sniff him out? He's your beta right?" Jordan asked Scott.

"I can't catch his scent. It could of been masked. He needs to howl." Scott sighed.

"But what if he can't? What if he's unconcious?" Jordan questioned.

"Jordan!" I said, not liking the possibilities of the situation.

Scott's phone rang and he answered it, we all waited in silence, hoping that it was Liam. All Scott did was listen intently before answering.

"Right. Keep looking." He said as he hung up. "That was Malia, she's trying to sniff him out. No luck."

"We need to do something to try and find him, anything." I threw my hands in the air.

"We are, if he's been kidnapped then they will expect us to come after him straight away. We need to wait for a while." Stiles tried to organise it.

"What? Stiles he could be hurt!" I snapped at my brother. "Scott, he's your beta, you have to find him." I turned to Scott.

"I will but right now we don't have any clue where he is, we can't just go out unprepared and not knowing what we're facing. Stiles is right we need to wait." Scott agreed with Stiles to my disgust.

"That's stupid!" I shout. "If it were me who had been kidnapped, I would-"

"But you're a human Natalie, Liam is a werewolf. He can protect himself fairly well." Stiles interrupted me.

"Well it's not a good sign if he's not answering his phone!" I sassed Stiles.

I glanced at a quiet Jordan who was watching the whole thing go down. When I didn't get an answer I stormed up to my bedroom and slammed the door. I needed to do something. Now. I know Liam would for me. I threw on some trainers, not knowing where I was going to go or how I was going to get out. I slipped into my leather jacket as the sun had set and night had brought a bittersweet chill with it. I felt the chill drift from my window. It was open. I swear I had shut it earlier when Jordan came through. I walked over to it, just before I was about to shut it, I noticed a note stuck onto the inside of my windowsill. I ripped it off and read it.

•We have him. Meet us at Sinema, if you bring Scott then we'll kill him.
Theo•

How did Theo get Liam? He must of tricked him or something. No way was I telling Scott, I couldn't risk Liam's life like that. It's even worse that Sinema is the club where Hayden works, she is not going to be happy. But if I tell her then she'll tell Scott. And I certainly couldn't tell Stiles. But I needed to help Liam. Now. I'll just have to go alone, I think to myself as my hands play with my hair, something I do when I'm nervous or when I'm thinking. I couldn't go unarmed, that would be way too dangerous. I picked up my bow and arrow and slung the bag of arrows over my shoulder. I practised aiming and I remembered every skill that Allison had taught me. I'm not going to pretend I'm not nervous. I mean I'm a human and Theo is a werecoyote, he's kind of got the upper hand here. But I needed to do this for Liam, to once again clean up his mess.

The only problem is, how the hell do I get out of the house without anyone noticing? The window. I glanced at the entrance/exit for most supernatural creatures that want to get into my household. I contemplated how I was going to get safely down to the ground from the second floor. I recalled what Jordan said earlier about jumping from the tree. But it would be a lot harder for me to reach as I am no werewolf. Also considering the extra weight of my bow and my arrows in their bag, but it was the only way to escape unoticed. Before setting off to Sinema which is about a 30 minute walk, possibly 25 if I cut through the forest, I try to call Liam one more time. Obviously getting no answer, I threw my phone on my bed and scrunched up Theo's note before tossing it into the bin.

I opened my window wide so I could fit through. The bitter cold attacked my sensitive skin and I could see my breath ever time I exhaled. To my dismay, my leather jacket had no hood so my ears and nose would have to suffer. Before I climbed out my window, I could hear the faint voices of Malia and Kira from downstairs. They were clearly against the idea of waiting by the tone of their voice, but they wouldn't disobey Scott. I swung my legs out of the window and firmly placed them on the slim ledge outside. I stood up and lay flat on the wall to keep my balance, I was not looking down. No way. I exhaled deeply as I stared at the tree a couple of meters away from me. How the hell am I supposed to make that? I'm not freaking Spiderman.

Without over thinking, I leaped to the nearest thick branch and just managed to grab onto it. Half my body was hanging off and I physically had to pull my legs up to straddle the branch. That is definitely going to leave a bruise. The good thing about oak trees is there is tons of branches that lead all the way down to the ground. I followed the natural path and set off to the night club. Roughly 5 minutes into the walk I had an option to take the short cut through the forest. I decided to be brave and take it, any sort of time saver would be best. Poor Liam was probably in pain right now. As I walked at a fast pace through the forest I became more and more cautious. Not only that it's night time and I'm in a forest but I'm also on my own. Suddenly, I heard a rather loud rustle from behind me, I expertly slipped my bow off my shoulder and into the firm grip of my hands. I spun around while positioning an arrow into the bow and aimed straight forward. I came face to face with a surprised looking Jordan who was stood 2 metres away from me.

"Woah, you weren't kidding when you said you were pretty good with that thing." He raises an eyebrow.

"What are you doing here?" I hissed as I reluctantly lowered my bow.

"I found this in your trashcan." Jordan said, holding up the creased note from Theo. "Don't worry I didn't tell anyone, I just wanted to make sure you weren't actually stupid enough to go on your own. But looks like you are." He gave me a stern look.

"Go back to my house, Jordan." I sigh as I sling my bow back over my shoulder.

"You think I'm just going to let you go there? No. No way." He shook his head violently.

"He's my best friend and I'm not going to wait around on Scott's plan when I know exactly where he is." I walked towards him to close the 2 metre distance.

"You can't just wonder in there and expect them to go easy on you just because you're on your own." He argued.

"I didn't say they would go easy on me. I'm going to help Liam, not to fight them." I stated.

"Helping Liam IS fighting them." Jordan said plainly, he was getting annoyed now.

"Do you really think that Theo classes me as a challenge to fight when I'm a human that he could rip to sherds in two seconds? No. He wants something, and if it helps Liam then I'm willing to hear him out." I say, as stubborn as I've always been.

"You're not going alone." Jordan locked his eyes with mine, I did not need the butterflies right now.

"I am. I have to. You're wasting my time." I shake my head and turn to walk around from him.

"Hey! You can't go. You'll get hurt." Jordan raised his voice which made me stop and turn around to him once again.

"I'm not fragile. I'm not some incapable, normal teenage girl. I'm surrounded by supernatural creatures that contribute to saving someone pretty much everyday. Now it's my turn, I'm going to save my friend and you can't stop me so don't even try to persuade me because it's not going to work." I snap at Jordan who stares at me.

He was just about to fire something back but he decided not to argue with me. I finally admitted to myself that I was not normal, nor was I supernatural. No matter how hard I try to be normal, I never will be.

"Supernaturals can heal. You can't." Jordan said more softly now.

"I'm not worrying about how many injuries I'll come out with. I'm too preoccupied by the thought that Liam is getting tortured right now. I'm thinking about all the times he has saved my life. I'm just returning the favour." I shrugg bravely.

"Please just come back to your house with me." Jordan pleaded desperately.

"If that was meant to be persuasive, that was pathetic." I manage to smile, the sides of Jordan's mouth curled up ever so slightly, an indication of a smile.

"What if bargining with him doesn't work so you can't help Liam and then you're there with a pack of chimeras and they-" Jordan gulps. "They try to kill you?" He managed to spit it out.

I couldn't go on a long rant about all the times that Stiles had forbidden me to get involved with the battles of the supernatural. I couldn't tell Jordan that if I died then and there, I wanted Liam to know that I tried everything I could to save him like he saved me. But I wasn't going to die. How could I? The thought was just a pure illusion. You never really think of accepting the thought of dying so why should I consider it now?

"At least I tried." Was all I could answer him with.

"I can't let you go. How do you expect me to? You're my control." Jordan blurted out.

"I'm your what?" I ask, confused.

"That night of the full moon. When Tracey attacked, all I could think about was protecting you. Then once she left and I looked at you, you made me feel calm. Calm enough for me to change back." Jordan explained.

"I told you that you should audition for Romeo in the school play." I joked as he chuckled slightly.

I studied him as his chuckle turned into a vacant expression. As we shared eye contact, Jordan's eyes flickered once from his natural eye colour of green, to a beta shade of gold before turning back to green. A couple of hours ago, the thought of my crush on a werewolf frustrated me, how a werewolf and human were too different to have an intimate relationship. But here, now. We weren't so different from each other, we were both scared, both worried. Both falling for each other. Knowing that there is a tiny possibilty that things could go wrong with Theo and that means this would be the last time I feel those incredibly annoying butterflies in my stomach. Or the last time for my heart beat to pick up when our bodies are in close range. Or even the last time to tell him to stop using my freaking window as a front door.

I knew that this was the moment that I would regret if we didn't say a proper goodbye. Without even thinking, I pressed my lips against his which caught him completely by surprise. But in no less than two seconds, Jordan reacted and pulled me closer to him by my leather jacket as my hand was placed behind his neck. If I were to describe this kiss, it was meaningful. Not like the type of kisses where you just kiss them in the heat of the moment. Ours was the type of kiss that you savour and the type of kiss that you would repeat over and over in your head just to feel the connection again. This kiss lasted approximately 10 seconds. Honestly I wasn't planning it to be that long, but it just happened. We drew apart slowly, he still clung to my jacket but my hand was down by my side.

"I'll go with you?" Jordan's voice wobbled slightly which sent daggers to my heart.

I unclenched Jordan's hand from my jacket and held it for a few seconds. We watched our hands as they squeezed each other. Before I let go, he bought my hand to his lips and kissed it gently. I hated myself for wasting all the time I had spent with him, trying to avoid my feelings. All because I wanted to be normal.

"I can-" Jordan began.

"Go back to the others. Try using the door this time Romeo." I smiled.

Before he could even think of a reply, I quickly turned around. Trying to avoid his burning eye contact. If I jogged I would get there in 5 minutes. So that's what I did, I jogged through the dark, condense forest. Alone.