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(Derek's P.O.V.)
Chasing down Boyd I can handle. Chasing down Boyd, Destiny, and my lost sister I presumed dead? Nearly impossible on my own, pushing myself faster I was right behind my mate, hearing my cell phone ringing I sighed and answered it while continuing my chase.
"What do you mean you lost them?"
"Yeah, I kind of had to."
I rolled my eyes at the beta while trying not to collide into a tree as Destiny darted around like a rabbit.
"Wasn't exactly the plan."
"I know, which is why I think that we should stick together. Trust me, he's too strong, too fast, and way too angry for one person to handle. We've got to do this together."
I sighed, turning around a tree to discover Destiny had out ran me.
"Look, I'm at the trails by the entrance of the preserve. Can you meet me here?"
"Yeah. Just got to drop something off first."
Hanging up I looked around for a moment, her scent just barely noticeable amongst the smells of the preserve. Bending down I growled, my eyes flashing red and fangs snapping out before standing up strait and starting to walk to the entrance of the preserve. Pausing when I heard a whimper, turning I smiled as a confused and disoriented Destiny walked towards me.
"Derek?"
Sighing I walked over and held her to me.
"It's ok Des."
"Where am I?"
I smirked, easily picking her up and walking to the entrance as she nuzzled into my shirt.
"We're in the preserve, just relax."
"What happened?"
I sighed, gently setting her on the trunk of my car as I waited for Scott.
"Boyd and Cora got loose, they don't have any tolerance for the moon tonight."
"Are they gonna kill someone?"
I nodded.
"I'm helping."
I shook my head at her.
"You're exhausted. Stay here."
Destiny shook her head and pouted at me, my wolf whining lightly and nuzzling her neck for a moment before kissing her.
"I just want to help Derek, Boyd called me his alpha when we were in the vault, it's my responsibility too to find him."
I smiled at my mate, she really was something different.
"Alright."
She smiled as I finally gave in, knowing if I didn't she would just do it anyway. Hearing Scott's dirt bike rev I didn't bother glancing at him like Destiny did, I was to busy checking her scent to make sure the alphas hadn't hurt her.
"Derek, I'm fine, a little scuffed up, but fine. Deucalion planned for Boyd and Cora to kill me so he didn't waste his time injuring me, with the exemption of knocking me out to get me out of the hospital."
I growled once before nodding, watching her as she slid off the trunk and greeted Scott with a soft hug.
"Let's find your pack mates."
He smiled at her before we took off running again. Exhausted as she was, Destiny managed to stay in front of us, following her nose as we ran. Jumping over a tree branch I watched as Destiny collided with the ground before jumping back up, hearing a howl we all looked up.
"Is that them?"
Destiny nodded at Scott while I listened.
"We're not the only ones that decided to stick together."
Destiny turned to me.
"Is that gonna make it easier or harder to catch them?"
I glanced around, my wolf growling lowly at the situation.
"I don't know."
Scott stood up and looked at us.
"Derek…I saw Boyd try to rip two little kids apart. Are they gonna do that to everyone they find?"
I nodded and walked past him, following Destiny as she started moving again.
"Everyone and anyone."
Watching Destiny take off at a full sprint I was right behind her with Scott bringing up the rear. Catching up to my mates fast pace I watched as she obviously smelt something.
"What is it?"
"Isaac."
Before I could say anything we came across a fire pit, Isaac on the ground, Scott had managed to jump ahead of us and was facing off with Cora, and a human girl standing a few feet to our left. Walking closer to my sister I let my fangs out and snarled at her as she returned the gesture-causing Destiny to growl lowly at the teen wolf in front of us. Cora took a step back before running again, Destiny sighed before we took off after her again, Scott hanging back to take care of the human.
Growling I watched as Destiny pushed herself past me and lunged at Cora, somehow knocking my sister off her feet as the two collided face first with the ground. Sliding to a stop I growled again as the two ignored me and faced off with each other for a moment before they lunged at the other, teeth bared and claws out Destiny dodged every thing Cora threw at her until Cora managed to catch her claws on Destiny's stomach causing my mate to whimper in pain and jump back, holding her healing wound as Cora took off running again. Sighing I pulled my wolf back and approached my mate as she swayed on her feet, reaching out I carefully grabbed her arm and kept her steady as Scott and Isaac caught up to us.
"Destiny? You okay?"
She nodded at Isaac while Scott answered his wailing phone, turning my head I listened in to the conversation as Destiny's wound finally healed.
"Are you sure?"
I smirked as my betas turned to look at Scott.
"Can you get a little closer to make sure it was them?"
Turning my gaze to Des I watched as she leaned against Isaac, who looked lost at what to do with her, snorting I walked over and moved the brunette so she was leaning against me.
"Des?"
She glanced up at me, exhaustion clear on her face but determination in her eyes. As she was about to reply Scott hung up his phone and I looked at it.
"This doesn't make any sense. The Public Pool is all the way on the other side of the woods. We haven't tracked them anywhere near there."
Scott looked at me while Destiny stood up strait.
"Derek, the killed someone."
I shook my head.
"How are they moving so fast?"
"Derek."
My pack looked at Scott as Destiny spoke up.
"But they can't be that fast on foot."
Scott continued to argue with her.
"They killed someone. Some totally innocent kid is dead and it's our fault."
I nodded.
"It's my fault."
"We need help."
"We have Isaac now."
"I mean real help."
We looked at Scott again.
"They're too fast for us, for all of us. They're too strong, too rabid."
I shook my head, letting my wolf get the better of me.
"We'll catch 'em."
Destiny took a step back and looked at me.
"What happens if we do? We just gonna hold them down until the sun comes up? Cora nearly cut me in half."
I sighed.
"Maybe it would be easier just to kill 'em."
Destiny snorted causing me to look at her.
"You're kidding right? Boyd is your beta and Cora is your sister, you're not going to kill them, Scott's right, we need help. From someone that's done this before."
I shook me head.
"No."
Destiny rolled her eyes and looked at the teenagers.
"Scott, go find him. Isaac, wait at the car. We'll be right behind you."
The boys hesitated before walking away as Destiny turned to me, ran a hand through her hair in frustration before looking at me, reaching out she lightly touched my arm.
"We have to trust him Derek, I can feel Boyd's rage and it scares me. We need help."
I sighed and nodded at my mate.
"Alright."
She smiled and hugged me before stepping back and leading the way to the car where we found Isaac waiting for us. Rolling my eyes I unlocked the car and climbed into the drivers seat as Destiny crawled in the back and Isaac took the passenger seat.
(Destiny's P.O.V.)
"Not how I would have approached him."
Isaac snorted as we watched Argent pull a gun on Scott.
"Do you think this is gonna work?"
"Nope."
"Me either."
Rolling my eyes at the pair I sat back, closing my eyes for a moment as I covered a yawn.
"So uhhh…your sister."
I opened my eyes and watched as Isaac looked at Derek as he turned his head towards his beta.
"Sorry, yeah, it's."
Isaac cleared his throat.
"It's bad timing, I'm sorry."
Isaac faced the front again followed by Derek.
"I'll ask later. It's fine."
Derek gave the beta another look.
"Or never."
Derek nodded.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm good with never."
I giggled while closing my eyes again, trying to get a little bit of sleep before we needed to go back after the betas. Laying down I curled into a ball as the car started to move, as my body rocked I growled in annoyance.
"Sleep Des, I'll wake you up when we have a plan."
As Derek's voice carried to me I quickly fell into a much needed deep sleep.
(Derek's P.O.V.)
"Shouldn't we wake her up?"
I didn't even glance at Isaac as we walked through the reserve to the last place we saw Boyd and Cora.
"No, there's no telling what she's been through in the past twenty-four hours, she needs to sleep."
Isaac nodded in agreement as we stood in front of Chris.
"You're tracking them by print?"
Chris looked at Scott.
"Trying to."
The hunter knelt down and looked at the ground.
"Well, then, you've been wasting your time. There's only one creature on earth that can visually track footprints, and that's man."
He stood up and looked at us.
"And if you're not trained like me, you have no idea that this print is Boyd's and these"
"Are Cora's."
We looked at Isaac as he interrupted the hunter.
"Nope. They're yours. You trampled Cora's as soon as you walked over here. Listen, I know the three of you are focusing half your energy on resisting your own urges under the full moon, but that puts you at a severe disadvantage to Boyd and Cora, who have fully given in."
I glared at the hunter, knowing he was right.
"They put the pedal to the floor where you three are barely hitting the speed limit."
Rolling my eyes I looked around.
"So what do we do?"
"Focus on your sense of smell. Actual wolves are known to track their prey by up to a hundred miles a day be scent. A trained hunter can use scent to track them. If the wind is with them, wolves can track a scent by a distance of two miles, which means we can draw them to us or into a trap."
He handed Scott some rope.
"Full moon does give us one advantage, they'll have a higher heat signature, which makes them easier to spot with infrared."
He tossed us infrared goggles, smirking I tossed mine back.
"Thanks, but I've got my own."
Letting my alpha eyes show for a moment to show him what I meant before pulling it back.
"Just remember, we're not hunting wild animals. Underneath those impulses are two intelligent human beings. Don't think they can't rely on that human side. It's suppressed, but it's there, reminding them how to mask their scent, how to cover their tracks, how to survive."
With a simple nod we started walking into the woods.
"When's the last time you saw your sister?"
I barely glanced at the hunter.
"Nine years. I thought she died in the fire."
"Do you feel like you have a lock on her scent?"
I shook my head as he looked at Scott.
"Scott, how confident are you in your skills?"
"Honestly, most of the time, I'm trying not to think about all the things I can smell."
"All right. The problem is when they breach the woods and hit the residential area. Once they're past the high school, they're right in the middle of Beacon Hills."
"They're not gonna kill everything they see, are they?"
We glanced at Isaac.
"No. But there is an important difference to recognize. Wolves hunt for food. At a certain point, they get full. But Boyd and Cora are hunting for the pleasure of the kill, for some primal apex predatory satisfaction that comes from the ripping of warm bodies to bloody shreds. And who knows when that need gets satiated?"
"We can't kill them."
I smirked, knowing my mate would agree with Scott if she was awake.
"What if we can't catch 'em?"
Chris sighed and looked at me.
"Then maybe we just need to contain them. There's no one in the school at night, is there?"
I nodded, catching on to his idea.
"You want to trap them inside?"
"If there's somewhere with a strong enough door, no windows or access to the outside."
Isaac spoke up.
"What about the boiler room? It's just one big steel door."
"You're sure the school's empty?"
Scott quickly spoke up.
"It has to be. No one can be there this late."
Chris nodded as he dropped the bag he had been carrying; kneeling next to it he opened the main zipper and pulled out what looked like a metal stake.
"These are ultrasonic emitters. It's one of the tools we use to corral werewolves, pushing them into a direction we want them to run."
He pushed the button and we all covered our ears at the noise, with a smirk he turned off the emitter and explained that he had the rest on his car.
"These are gonna drive them to the school?"
I asked as Chris handed us the emitters.
"And then it's up to you to get them into the basement."
"Does anyone else want to rethink the plan where we just, uh, kill 'em?"
I sighed and looked at Isaac.
"It's going to work."
Chris shut the trunk of his SUV and we split up, all of us placing emitters all the way to the school, as I was placing my last emitter, before I could turn it on, a voice interrupted me.
"And the hunted becomes the hunter."
I sighed and looked up at my uncle as he continued.
"You really think a few high-tech dog whistles are gonna help?"
"I don't see you offering a hand."
I stood up and faced the older wolf.
"Personally, I'm trying to cut down on futile endeavors."
"Cora's alive."
He looked uninterested.
"I heard. Let's throw the reunion party when she's not an unstoppable killing machine."
I suppressed a growl.
"I can stop her."
"Sure you can. By killing her. Which happens to be the point of this little exercise. Deucalion wants you to kill them. He wants you to get rid of his baggage, making it easier for you to join his pack. The fact that it was supposed to happen in the vault, and not up here, out in the open, doesn't change his plan. It just means that Boyd and Cora are gonna kill a few innocent people first."
I continued to stare down my uncle.
"And I should just let them? I should be okay with innocent people dying?"
"Unless you're okay killing your own."
"I can catch them."
He smirked.
"Oh, come on. How much damage can they do? So they off a few homeless people, a drunk stumbling out of a bar too late, so what? Let Scott deal with it. Let him be the hero of his morally black and white world. The real survivors, you and I, we live in shades of gray."
He paused for a moment.
"Then again, even if you did kill them, you're still an alpha."
He reached down and turned on the emitter.
"You can always make more werewolves."
He turned to walk away and I sighed.
"Take her back to the loft."
Peter paused and smiled knowingly at me before disappearing. Shaking my head I took off running towards the school, sliding to a stop in front of Chris I heard him say something about closing the red doors and I took off through the school. Reaching a set of red doors I pulled them closed and locked them before running down the hall only to spot Boyd and Cora, letting my wolf out I collided with them. I could hear Scott and Chris behind me so I pulled my wolf back as Boyd growled us.
"Come and get us."
I taunted them before taking off running towards the boiler room, knowing the pair would chase after us, opening the door to the stairs I sprinted down the stairs two at a time with Scott close behind me, dodging into the room with Boyd and Cora close behind us. Hiding in the dark we grabbed two fire extinguishers and waited for them to get close enough before we sprayed the pair and dodged out of the room, slamming the door shut behind us. Leaning against the door I kept it closed as they pounded and clawed at the metal.
"Did that actually work?"
I could barely contain my relief as I looked at the beta.
"It worked."
Taking a step back I looked at the door before sitting down and closing my eyes before opening them and looking at Scott who was looking at the door.
"What are you hearing?"
I almost didn't want to know what the answer was going to be.
"Heartbeats."
I sighed and closed my eyes again.
"Both of 'em?"
"Actually"
His tone made me look up at him as he looked down at me.
"Three of them."
Standing up I approached the door.
"What are you doing?"
Before I could think twice about it I quickly responded.
"Close the door behind me and keep it shut."
"You go in there alone, and you're either gonna kill them, or they kill you."
I paused and looked at him.
"That's why I'm going in alone."
Without a second thought I opened the door and rushed in growling at the teenagers before they could go after the human. Moving fast I swiped my claws at them while dodging their attacks. Until Cora's claws caught me by surprise. Reaching up I wrapped my claws around Cora's neck, growling at Boyd I showed my fangs until Cora's claws dug into my side, closing my eyes all I could do was wait as the two focused their blood lust on me, both digging their claws into me in giant swipes. Forcing myself to keep my wolf back keeping my mind on my sleeping mate, I could feel the calmness coming from her and used that as an anchor.
It was finally daylight out and the teenagers were on the floor fully transformed back into their human forms. Sitting on my knees I took a moment to catch my breath and heal as Scott and Isaac walked in. Looking up I tried to control my breathing as the pair looked shocked at seeing me alive.
"There's a teacher. I'll take care of her. Get them out of here."
They nodded and quickly moved to get Cora and Boyd out of the school while I forced myself to stand up and go check on the teacher. As I approached her she looked around a bookcase at me, the look she gave me almost took my breath away, so much like my mate with the deep brunette colored hair and the scared blue eyes. She hesitated for a moment before grabbing my hand, pulling her up I smiled at her as she smiled back at me.
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I haven't really decided how I'm gonna work with the whole Darach/Jennifer/Julie (whatever you wanna call her) thing. It's got me a little stumped so I am open to suggestions!
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