Well here it is guys. The next chapter. Hope you like it. Thanks again to all of the help from LVCEBREROS.
Enjoy :)
It had been a few days since Dylan's weird tattoo appearance and Jack and Elliot moment in the hotel room and things were starting to get riled again as the hunters after Roberto were getting closer and closer to town.
"How do you even know this for sure? I mean, who tells you this stuff?" Elliot asked one early morning as the two plus Jasper were moving through the deeper forest and Freddie ignored the question.
"Just a bit further." He said.
"Have you been talking to Jeremiah? Did he tell you something?" Elliot asked.
"I've spoken to him but no. He isn't the one that told me. Just keep a look out alright? Its two days to full moon and these guys would know that." Freddie said.
"I don't get why you're looking. Why not just wait until they get to town to deal with them?" Jasper asked.
"We need to know how many we're up against. They would know how to sneak and from what it sounds like they don't care who they have to kill in order to get what they want. Now stop talking. I can hear something." Freddie said and the three all fell silent and slowed down, Freddie coming to a stop at the top of a cliff and crouching low, Jasper and Elliot copying the action on either side of him.
"There's about ten tents down there." Elliot said quietly and Freddie nodded.
"Probably two or three hunters in each tent. If we can get closer then we could see." Jasper said.
"No. We get no closer than this." Freddie said firmly and Jasper and Elliot nodded at the order.
"How long will we be waiting here for?" Elliot asked.
"Not long. Just long enough to be able to tell if it's the people I think it is. I did some research and got names and pictures of who was closet to Roberto's father when he died. If it's who I'm thinking of then we'll have a small idea on how dangerous they are." Freddie said and Jasper slowly stood up, going away from the edge of the cliff and pacing a little in the trees behind them.
"What will we do if they end up coming to Silver Falls?" Elliot asked Freddie after a silent minute and Freddie glanced at him.
"I don't really want to think about it." Freddie said and Elliot looked back to the tents as Jasper called out behind them in panic, Freddie and Elliot quickly turning to see a man with a gun to the back of Jasper's head.
"You guys are a long way from town, further than any human could walk in this time of day." The man said and Freddie slowly walked closer, feeling a need to protect Jasper rise in him.
"Let him go." Freddie growled and the man smirked, tightening the hold he had on Jasper's arm and making him flinch.
"Boss will be really happy when I drag your bodies down to him. Three young werewolves, all healthy." The man said and Freddie growled at him again, letting his eyes flash to yellow and his claws to come out.
"I said let him go." Freddie said and the hunter's eyes flashed a momentary fear when he realised that Freddie was the alpha only to blink it away and then smirk, putting his finger on the trigger of the gun.
"An alpha. Boss will really be happy with me." The man said and Freddie bared his teeth before moving forward quickly, grapping the man's hand with the gun and twisting it away from Jasper's head, Jasper yanking his arm out of the other hand and then going to stand by Elliot.
"Nobody touches my pack." Freddie snarled before he swung his hand and slashed the man across the face with his claws, causing him to scream out only to fall silent when he was thrown into a tree, trying to get away only to have Freddie grab his jaw and hold it so he was facing him.
"Tell your boss that if he messes with my town, I mess with him. Let's move." Freddie said to the cousins and the three left, leaving the bleeding hunter alone.
"That was amazing. I didn't know you had it in you." Elliot said when they were a fair distance away from the hunter.
"I didn't either." He said.
"Well it was awesome dude. You should let your inner alpha out more." Jasper said and Freddie raised an eyebrow.
"Are you serious?" Freddie asked.
"Yeah. Although you probably shouldn't have provoked the hunters by attacking one of them." Elliot said.
"He attacks one of mine and I attack his. We'll have to keep an eye out for them from now on though." Freddie said.
"Is it the hunters that you think it is?" Jasper asked and Freddie looked at him, his silence being his answer.
Over at Jack's house 2 hours later, Jack was laying on his bed on his stomach with his laptop and Elliot was laying on top of him, his face nuzzling into the back of his neck, this being one of the ways they cuddled while one or the other was doing something else.
"You could have gotten killed. Freddie should have been more careful and looked around first." Jack said once Elliot had told him what had happened and Elliot kissed the back of his neck.
"It was only one guy. Freddie literally went full alpha and the hunter guy actually got scared. It was so awesome." Elliot said and Jack turned his head to look at Elliot over his shoulder.
"Getting a crush?" Jack joked and Elliot flicked the back of his head.
"Have you had any more moments where your friends can be seen by others?" Elliot asked.
"I honestly think that was just a one-time thing, a fluke. I tried doing it yesterday but nothing happened." Jack said.
"It was more than a fluke and you know it. But you did hear a ringing at the time so that probably had something to do with it." Elliot said.
"Maybe. No point focusing on it too much in case I do get disappointed." Jack said and Elliot nodded before getting up and going and getting his phone from his bag in the corner of Jack's room.
"We could call Dylan and tell him what's going on. He might know what to do." Elliot said and Jack sat up with a shake of the head.
"No. I don't want anyone else to know, at least not until I know what it is or if it even is anything. He'll just make a big deal out of it and right now he seems to be dealing with his own issues." Jack said and Elliot sighed.
"You're going to have to tell someone one day." Elliot said.
"I know. But that day just isn't today." Jack said and Elliot gave him a look before walking over and kneeling on the bed in front of Jack. Before either could say anything else though, both of their phones went off and they sighed before looking at them.
"It's Freddie." They said at the same time.
"Uh oh. This can't be good."
Heading into Dylan's office at the school, Jack and Elliot were met by Freddie, Leonard, Jasper, Roberto, Sam, Dylan and Clara.
"Good. You made it. We can finally get on with this. Close the door behind you." Freddie said and Elliot closed it and then went and stood around the table with the others.
"So what's so urgent?" Clara asked and Freddie looked to Dylan who nodded.
"Okay. Since all of us are going to be working together to try and deal with this hunting problem that is going on, I figured it would be easier to just tell you this now than to wait until a bad moment to show you." Dylan said and the others all stared at him as he pulled his shirt.
"Are you giving us a strip tease or something?" Sam joked and Dylan laughed for a moment.
"Just watch baby." Freddie said and everyone fell silent again, watching Dylan close his eyes and take a deep breath. After a few seconds, Dylan clenched his fists and slowly, a silver intricate swirl with black outlines climbed up his arms and abdomen, soon covering all of the showing skin and making everyone stare in shock and amazement, all of them staring for about 30 seconds before Dylan opened his eyes which were glowing silver.
"When did that start happening? I mean, you've always had the eyes but I've never seen the pattern before." Jack said.
"That's because it only happened a few days ago, the day I showed Sammy I could actually play the piano. Or the night before I guess. He woke up screaming and this was all over his body." Freddie said.
"That looks like the pattern that is all over the Goddess Hecate's body when she's in true form." Roberto said.
"That's because it is. She visited me in a dream and gave them to me. I thought it was just a really weird dream until I woke up in agony." Dylan said, still glowing silver, and Roberto raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"You have a connection to the gods?" He asked.
"How do you think I'm able to control all four elements at once? I mean, not without passing out but I can do it." Dylan said.
"The only thing that could make you even more fearful is if you could make ghosts visible." Roberto said and Elliot glanced to Jack who kept a straight face.
"Isn't that just a myth?" Leonard asked.
"Probably. But you never know when you're dealing with the Supernatural. Anything can happen." Roberto said.
"He does have a point there. I mean, look at me. I see spurts of the future at random times." Clara said.
"Jack, had any experiences making people appear for everyone to see?" Dylan asked and Jack simply shook his head, looking down when Elliot placed a hand on the back of his neck.
"How would someone make ghost visible?" Sam asked.
"They would need to tap into the frequency that their mind runs at, focus it all into one place and then push it out as far as you possibly can. Each spirit it goes past will turn into a pale white colour. I read about it in a journal my grandmother gave me." Dylan said, his body now back to normal as he was no longer using his magic.
"It supposedly gets easier each time you do it. Only thing is people that can do that is an extremely rare thing. Several people can talk to ghosts but it takes a special kind of person to make them appear. The only time I remember it ever being heard of was back in the Salem Trials. A witch named Sarah Bailey." Roberto said and Leonard frowned while Dylan's eyes widened.
"Where have I heard that name before?" He asked and Dylan walked over to his cupboard, unlocked it with his magic and then pulled a book out of it, opening it to the first page which was titled 'Sarah Bailey'.
"She's an ancestor of mine. This is her journal. It was found by her son in her pile of possessions. She was burnt at the stake after being suspected of magic. One of the only witches they ever actually caught." Dylan said.
"That's why. Delphina has her name tattooed on her arm." Leonard said.
"Are you serious?" Sam asked.
"Sarah is very well known in my family because she sacrificed her life in order to save her son who was the one really caught doing magic. He was six and didn't understand what he was doing so Sarah said that it was her as she was always around when it happened so that her son's nanny could get her out of there. She was also a witch." Dylan said.
"So maybe you can make ghosts appear for everyone else." Clara said.
"I kind of hope not. I have enough power to try and learn to use. Another thing on top of that would kind of suck." Dylan said.
"What about Jack? He may not have ever experienced it but he could still have the power in him to be able to do it." Jasper said.
"But wouldn't he have to be related to Sarah somehow and then Dylan?" Clara asked.
"I could be for all I know." Jack said and the others all looked at him.
"Wait. What?" Elliot asked.
"Do we have a cousin that we didn't know about?" Freddie asked Leonard asked and Leonard shrugged.
"What do you mean for all you know?" Elliot asked and Jack sighed.
"I didn't mean anything." Jack said.
"You're adopted aren't you?" Sam suddenly asked and Jack looked at her through his eyelashes.
"He's not denying it." Jasper said to Roberto who nodded, the two standing shoulder to shoulder with their arms crossed.
"Why didn't you ever tell me?" Elliot asked.
"Because I only found out last night. My parents don't even know I know." Jack said,
"Then how do you know that you are?" Leonard asked.
"I went into my father's office to find some paper for school work and I found the adoption forms stuffed in between two books on the bookshelf. They were sticking out and I thought it was scrap paper until I saw them." Jack said.
"That's what you were doing when I got there earlier." Elliot said in understanding and when Jack nodded, Elliot pulled him into his arms and rubbed his back, Jack simply pressing his face into his neck.
"I wonder why they never just told him." Jasper said out loud a few minutes later when they were all outside and Elliot was comforting Jack by his car a distance away.
"They might just have been waiting for the right time." Sam said.
"Or they were trying to protect him from something." Clara said.
"Look, you guys may want to help, but I think you need to let Jack get used to it himself. This is something really serious and he needs to get used to it himself before you get into it yourselves." Leonard said and Dylan nodded.
"We get that dad. Doesn't mean we won't be there for him." He said.
"That's all he's going to want. Just be cautious around him until he's talked to his parents about it." Leonard said. They all then headed to their cars and had just reached Elliot and Jack when Freddie suddenly stopped and sucked in a sharp breath, his hand going to his stomach.
"Okay. Ow." He said.
"Are you alright?" Sam asked, holding his arm.
"No. That really hurt." Freddie said and Roberto went to question him only to be cut off by a loud howl that made Freddie, Jasper and Elliot turn towards the forest, all of their eyes turning golden, Jasper and Elliot's after Freddie's.
"Why do I feel that this is a bad thing?" Clara asked as the others watched.
"Because I think it is." Jack said as another howl filled the air, causing the werewolves to race into the forest while the others stood in confusion and watched them disappear into the trees.
Running through the trees that got thicker the further they went, Freddie ran the lead with Jasper and Elliot close behind and the more the ran the faster they got, soon going so fast they were nothing more than a quick blur.
Finally skidding to a stop, Jasper and Elliot watched, coming to their senses and letting their eyes go back to normal, as Freddie ran into a man that was standing over a young boy with a crossbow pointing at the boy's face and shoved him away from the boy, then standing in front of him protectively.
"One step closer and I rip your larynx out with my claws." Freddie snarled and the man quickly stood up and pointed the crossbow at him.
"You don't scare me. You're just a boy." The man laughed and Freddie's anger intensified, rolling off of him in waves that made Elliot and Jasper get pulled back in and made them flank him, Elliot helping the boy up and holding him close as protection.
"He's more than a boy. He's an alpha." Jasper said in a dark tone and Freddie growled from deep in his chest, his eyes focused in on the man.
"He doesn't look like one." The hunter laughed and Freddie's eyes widened in anger.
"You have five seconds to run." Freddie growled and the man gasped, his eyes looking into Freddie's.
"What are you looking at?" Jasper at and the man just kept staring so Jasper moved to in front of Freddie and then gasping.
"They're red." He said and Freddie looked to him and then frowned, the hunter using that moment to quickly run.
"What do you mean they're red?" Freddie asked, oblivious to the hunter.
"They're normal brown now but for a second they were red." Jasper said.
"Guys, while that is important we have a problem here." Elliot said and the other two turned to see a kid that reached to halfway up his abdomen, clinging onto him tightly.
"Hey kid, you doing okay?" Freddie asked calmly, kneeling down next to him, and the boy turned his head slightly to show one yellow eye.
"What's your name?" Freddie asked when he didn't get an answer and the boy turned to show his whole face.
"You're an alpha." The boy said quietly and Freddie nodded.
"I am. Where's your alpha? He or she has to be around somewhere." Freddie said but the boy shook his head and pulled away from Elliot to look at him.
"I don't have one. That mean man killed him. I was running for a long time when he found me. He hurt my arm." The boy said and Freddie looked to his arm which had a small cut on it that was already healing.
"What's your name?" Elliot asked him and the boy looked up at him and then back to Freddie.
"My name is Tony. I'm 7." The boy said and Freddie nodded.
"Well Tony, is there someone I can take you to? Someone who can look after you?" Freddie asked.
"No. My alpha took me in because my mumma passed away. Can you be my new alpha?" Tony asked and Freddie look to Elliot who just shrugged.
"He has nowhere else to go." Jasper said as he knelt next to Freddie and Tony nodded.
"I really don't. And I'll be good I promise." Tony said and Freddie sighed.
"Why don't I take you to a friend of mine first just to make sure you're okay? And then we'll talk about it." Freddie said and Tony nodded with a smile before launching at him and throwing his arms around his neck.
When the four finally got back to the school, Freddie was carrying a sleeping Tony as he had been exhausted and when the others saw him they all got confused and concerned.
"Why are you carrying a child?" Roberto asked and Jasper put his fingers to his lips.
"Tony is asleep. He's 7 and the hunters after you killed his alpha. He wants Freddie to be his new one." Jasper said.
"Wait. Did you say he was 7?" Dylan asked and Freddie nodded, holding the small boy close.
"He said his mother died a while ago. Didn't say anything about a father. I don't know how I did, but I sensed someone being in trouble and it led me to this little guy." Freddie said.
"He's actually super cute. Honestly looks weirdly like a baby Jack." Elliot said as he put an arm around his boyfriend and Jasper clicked his fingers.
"That's why I recognised him." He said.
"Right now my only concern is that he has no pack and is only 7 with no one to go to. We need to figure out what to do." Freddie said and Leonard scratched his forehead.
"Let's take him back to the station. We'll see if we can find any family or caregivers and if nothing comes up we'll figure out what to do then." Leonard said.
"You two can head to the station. The rest of us will go back to my place and try and figure out as much as we can about the hunters." Roberto said.
"Can I go to the precinct with you? My mother might be working and I need to talk to her." Jack said and Leonard nodded.
"We'll call when we find something." Leonard said and the group split, Sam kissing Freddie on the cheek and then heading with Clara and Dylan to his car.
"Here. Got you some coffee. Figured you could use it." Leonard said to Jack and Jack looked up, taking the mug from Leonard and then looking back down.
"Thanks." He mumbled and Leonard sat down next to him.
"Alright. What's on your mind?" Leonard asked.
"Just my family. I'm not really sure what to do. I want to confront them but I'm also scared about what they'll do or say." Jack said.
"That's understandable. You don't want to believe that you were abandoned by your birth family." Leonard said.
"It's more like I'm scared that they won't say that. What if there is a really bad reason why I was given to my parents and one that I was never supposed to find out about?" Jack asked.
"If that is the case then you have an army of people that will help you find out what that reason is. Elliot will be in the front of that army." Leonard said.
"That's another thing I'm afraid of. When Elliot gets into something he gets scary." Jack said and Leonard smiled before looking over to where Freddie and Tony were playing a game on the other side of the room.
"Freddie will make a great dad one day. He's good with kids." Jack said after a moment and Leonard nodded.
"The only kid I've met that hasn't seemed to like him is his cousin Stephanie. She will laugh at everyone else but him she just stares right at. All other kids seem to swarm him." Leonard said.
"They probably feel comfortable around him because he has such a good heart and soul. People are attracted to that." Jack said.
"Don't say that to Sam or she might maul you." Leonard said and Jack smiled as a woman in uniform walked over to hand Leonard a file.
"Here's the file you asked for." She said.
"Thank you Emily." Leonard said and Emily nodded before going back to her desk while Leonard opened the folder only to close it again.
"Hey Freddie, come over here." Leonard called and Freddie looked over, turning back to Tony for a second and then getting up and walking over.
"What's up?" Freddie asked and Leonard showed him the file.
"Well, we know one more thing about your family Jack." Freddie said and Jack frowned.
"What's that?" He asked.
"Tony is your little brother."