18 stitches total. Lisa wondered if she should add one more for the cut above the forehead but Jo put a butterfly bandaid over it to keep the skin together. After a while, their father settled into a more peaceful sleep on the couch where the movie had ended without anyone caring anymore.

Lisa paced a little bit with worry. "What do you think happened to him?" she whispered.

"What do you think? He found the Alpha and looks like he barely got away." Jo snapped from the stress but it was clear who she was really angry at and it wasn't her little sister.

Lisa picked up on it instantly. "It wasn't his pack. Or, at least, if it was they were acting in self defense. John meant to kill them after all."

"Quit defending your boyfriend!" Jo shouted and the figure on the couch groaned and rolled over. They moved quickly out of the room to continue their argument.

"What happened to the bonds of sisterhood deal, huh?" Jo demanded.

"You're the one who's causing the trouble here." Lisa reminded.

"I am not! He is! That stupid Beta that you're crushing on. Is this not enough proof for you? You own father is passed out on the sofa with a crap load of stitches and you keep trying to defend the thing that did it!" Jo shouted. "I met the guy. I thought he was a decent guy but obviously I was wrong. This is too far!"

"Jo, he's -"

"-I'M NOT LOSING MY FAMILY AGAIN TO THOSE THINGS!"

The other girl grew quiet at the outburst. Jo began quietly picking at the necklace she always wore. Lisa thought back to her mom. She missed her terribly and she felt her heart harden toward the reason why she was alone, the reason John had to take of her and Jo. The reason why they now needed to take care of John.

"Okay…" she nodded her resolve. "Okay. You're right. This needs to end."

Jo followed the action. "I'm glad you came to your sense."

"It needs to be over." Lisa continued. "It doesn't matter in the slightest if it wasn't necessarily Dean who attacked."

"Exactly. He's one of the pa-"

"-And it doesn't matter that we have no actual evidence that it was his pack…"

"-Don't you dare do what I think you're trying to-"

"And it doesn't matter that every time we actually see him and talk to him he's tried to help us out…"

Jo glared at her. "Guilt tripping won't work here."

"And, of course, it doesn't matter at all that the only time we ever actually hear that he's bad is from our dad, who's trying to kill the whole pack." Lisa went on. "Or that they clearly have some kind of history that John hasn't told us about. Or that he's been continually breaking the Code with this pack. Or that two of the pack members are still underage according to the Code but, by all means, if you really want to trust John and go along with him to go after the guy who stitched up your foot and his little 13 year old brother. By all means, go ahead."

"I can't believe that after everything we have both been through thanks to these monsters, you're just going to let them off the hook-" Jo seethed.

"-Revenge won't bring them back!" Lisa cut her off suddenly. "Jo, we went to school with him. You've seen how protective he is of his little brother. He freaking meditates to stay in control on the full moon! What kind of monster does that?"

"Apparently, even the kind we hunt. That's our job, Leese. People are getting hurt and now John's one of them. This pack has gotten into your head and you need to realize that let go of your dumb feelings for the guy, okay? Please. This is just going to get you hurt if you don't and I can't let that happen to you."

Lisa thought about it in silence. It was true that she didn't even know if there was some other pack responsible. She had only spoken to Dean about 3 times since they were little. He could easily have changed over the years and the odds of there being another pack in the same area were slim to none. Now, her father was hurt and her sister wanted to her to help track down whoever was responsible.

She had trained for this for years, even if she didn't like it. Hunting was a part of her now and it was an Arian's responsibility to stop monsters. And there was a whole pack.

"Okay, fine." she muttered. She meant it this time. "Let's get some more target practice then."