Kaiden and Stiles head up to his bedroom where Stiles heads right for his computer. Kaiden pauses and glances over to see Derek standing there. Kaiden raises an eyebrow, but Derek just gives him a look that says 'shut up or else'. Kaiden rolls his eyes and falls back onto Stiles bed. "I'm tired." He mutters.
"Hey, Stiles!" Kaiden glances over to the door as he hears Stiles' dad yelling.
"Yo," Stiles turns, "D-Derek." Stiles' eyes widen upon seeing him. Kaiden snickers as Derek makes a 'be quiet' look before motioning him to go to the door to get rid of his dad. "I, um..." Stiles practically scrambles over to the door and closes it almost all the way to look out at his dad.
"You're an idiot and that means both of you." Kaiden says under his breath as he stares up at Stiles' ceiling.
"What'd you say?" Stiles' dad asks.
"What? I said 'You... D-dad." Kaiden fights back a laugh.
"Listen, I've got something I've got to take care of, but um... I'm gonna be there tonight." Kaiden smiles and glances over at where Stiles stands. "I mean, your first game." Kaiden can hear in Stiles' dad's voice just how proud he is of Stiles, which makes Kaiden's heart swell and break at the same time.
"For my first game. Gosh, great. Awesome. Uh... Good." Kaiden fights the erg to laugh as he rolls his eyes.
"I'm very happy for you. And I'm really proud of you." Kaiden frowns and looks down at his medallion. The medallion has the Hale crest on it and the medallion is past down from son to son, which means Kaiden gets it.
"Thanks. Me too. I'm happy and proud... of myself."
"So they're really going to let you play, right?"
"Yeah, dad. I'm first line. Believe that?"
"I'm very proud."
"Oh, me too." Like father like son, Kaiden thinks with a grin. They both are so awkward with talking and don't know when to end a conversation. "Again, I'm-" Stiles and his father embrace. "Huggie, huggie, huggie." Kaiden shakes his head and sits up.
"See you there."
"Take it easy."
"You're such an awkward human." Kaiden says as Stiles closes the door and faces them
"I'm sor-oh!" Derek grabs him and pushes him against the door.
"Derek." Kaiden says in a warning tone.
"If you say one word-
"Oh what, like 'hey, dad, Derek Hale's in my room... bring your gun'?" Stiles asks, causing Derek to stop his aggressive behavior. "Yeah, that's right. If I'm harboring your fugitive ass, it's my house, my rules, buddy." He says, hitting Derek, causing Kaiden to shake his head.
"You really need to learn when to quit talking." Kaiden mutters as Derek glares into Stiles. Derek lets go of Stiles and fix his jacket and Stiles does his, causing Kaiden to bite his lip to keep from laughing. Stiles goes to walk around and Derek moves forward, causing Stiles to flinch. "Oh, my god!"
"Scott didn't get the necklace." Derek says as Stiles sits down.
"No. He's still working on it." Stiles answers. "But there's something else we can try." Derek gives him a look to continue. "The night we were trapped at the school, Scott sent a text to Allison asking her to meet him there."
"So?"
"So it wasn't Scott."
"Well, can you find out who sent it?"
"No, not me. But I think I know someone who can."
"Why do I have the feeling that I'm going to regret this?" Kaiden asks, causing Stiles to give him a look.
"It's for a good cause." Kaiden groans and looks at Stiles.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Danny's the one who can help."
"No, absolutely not." Kaiden says before Derek could ask what that meant or Stiles could convince Kaiden otherwise.
"Kaiden-
"I am not-
"I'm not asking you to sleep with him or anything."
"Yeah, but I can think quite clearly what you do want."
"Look, just... go take a shower... you know..."
"Oh and make myself look got for Danny so that he's willing to help you. No way, get Derek to do it." Derek glares at Kaiden.
"Actually..." Derek's eyes widen.
"Stiles, I may or may not end up killing you." Kaiden says.
"Do you want to find the alpha or not?" Kaiden groans, his eyes flashing.
"I hate you." Kaiden growls before heading out of the room.
"Love you too!" Stiles shouts after him.
Kaiden runs his fingers through his freshly wet hair and walks into Stiles room, with only jeans on. Danny's eyes move over to Kaiden's chest. Kaiden is well built for his age thanks to his werewolf jeans. Kaiden has burns all over his back that Danny can see, while he has the same tattoo that Derek has in the same spot over the scarred flesh. He also has a wolf howling up to a full moon on the right-hand side of his chest and a paw print on his left shoulder. On his right hip he has the same pack symbol as on his back but inside a black sun.
"I'll need the ISP, the phone number, and the exact time of the text." Danny says, causing Stiles to lean back in his seat and shoot his arms up in a silent cheer. 'I love you' Stiles mouths to Kaiden who flips him off and grabs some of his clothes from his bag. Kaiden throws a t-shirt at Derek and then grabs one for himself. Derek nod in thanks as he pulls the shirt on.
Kaiden sits in the back of Stiles' jeep as Derek and Stiles sit up front. Stiles i on the phone currently with Scott. "Did you get the picture?"
"Yeah, I did, and it looked just like the drawing." Stiles says.
"Hey, is there something on the back of it?" Derek asks. "There's gotta be something." Stiles makes a face of pain at the weird angle Derek got his hand in, causing Kaiden to snatch the phone.
"Morons." He hit speaker and places the phone down. "Is there an inscription, Scott, or an opening, anything?" Kaiden asks.
"No, no, it's flat, and, no, it doesn't open. There's nothing in it, on it, around it, nothing. And where are you? You're supposed to be here. You're first line." Stiles sighs and hits the wheel. "Man, you're not gonna play if you're not here to start."
"I know. Look, if you see my dad, can you just tell him-" Kaiden takes the phone from Stiles.
"Tell him that Stiles is running late and is heading there now." Stiles gives Kaiden a look. "it's your first game, Stiles, we don't need you here, you can go."
"Really?"
"Yeah, sour wolf can deal." Derek glares at his cousin, but his cousin is busy looking at Kaiden.
"I love you."
"I know." Kaiden says.
"Okay, I'll see you soon, bye." Stiles says.
"Oh, one more thing." Derek says.
"Yeah?" Derek slams Stiles's face onto the steering wheel.
"Derek!" Kaiden yells.
"Ow! what the hell was that for?"
"You know what that was for." Derek says before hopping out of the car. "Go. Go!" Stiles gives him a look as Kaiden kisses his cheek.
"Sorry, hun, see you later." Kaiden climbs out of the jeep and Stiles drives off to make the game.
"He didn't tell Scott about his mom." Derek says as they look at the sign that reads Beacon Hills Hospital Long Term Care.
"Not until we find out the truth, Der. For all, we know his mom could have nothing to do with it." Kaiden tells him. "Look, she kind of knows me due to me being at the games a lot, so I'll head in and talk to her first, okay." Derek nods in agreement. "Also, I texted Tala to meet us here, so she should be here soon and she can be our ride home, okay?"
"Fine."
"Alright, be back in a bit." Kaiden says before heading for the building.
Kaiden frowns as he looks around the hospital. "Look, Der, I can't find her." Kaiden says into his phone. "I've looked every where. She's either not on tonight or she's hiding. She's probably at the big game."
"Ask for Jennifer." Derek says.
"Dad's nurse?" Kaiden asks.
"Yeah."
"She's not here either. No one is. It's empty."
"What do you mean it's empty?"
"I mean..." Kaiden froze in his tracks as he entered his father's room.
"Kaiden?"
"Dad's not here, Derek."
"What do you mean Peter's not there, Kaiden. He's in a coma."
"I know that, Derek, but he's not here."
"Oh god." Kaiden frowns.
"What?"
"Kaiden... Your dad's the alpha. Kaiden, get out of there right now, Peter's the alpha." Kaiden turns and sees his father standing there in a suit with his leather jacket over it. His father has his hair combed back and half his face burned.
"Dad..." Kaiden trails off, unsure what to do. It is all beginning to make sense. His dad killed Laura for her alpha status and he's the one who bit Scott and he's the one killing everyone. "Daddy?"
"It's been a long time, Kai." Peter says with a smile. Kaiden turns to go, but is stopped by Jennifer, Peter's nurse.
"What are you doing here?" She asks. "Visiting hours are over." Kaiden froze realizing that both his father and Jennifer are werewolves. Kaiden turns to look at his dad, whose slowly walking towards him.
"Kaiden, why don't you stay awhile. I mean, don't you want to catch up with your old man?"
"You killed Laura." Kaiden says.
"Kaiden." Peter sighs just as Derek comes in and hits Jennifer. "That's not nice." Peter says. "She's my nurse."
"She's a psychotic bitch whose helping you kill people." Derek says.
"You think I killed Laura on purpose?" Peter asks as Kaiden backs up to stand beside his cousin. "One of my own family?" Derek growls, his eyes glowing blue. Kaiden stands unsure what to believe.
His father is the alpha.
His father killed his cousin.
His father turned Scott into a werewolf.
His father is going around killing people.
Peter knocks Derek to the ground and grabs him by the neck. "My mind, my personality were literally burned out of me." Peter says as he drags Derek down the hall way.
Tala comes into the room and stops dead in her track. "What...
"Dad's the alpha." Tala turns and looks at Kaiden.
"That means..."
"He killed Laura."
"And turned Scott."
"And killed the bus driver."
"And almost Derek."
"I was being driven by pure instinct." Peter tells Derek as he continues to drag him down the hall.
"What do we do, Kai?"
"I..." Kaiden looks at Tala unsure, so they both continue to listen to Peter's story. Peter drops Derek by them and looks for something in his nurse's body.
"You want forgiveness?" Derek asks before punching Peter. Kaiden and Tala move further back, not wanting to be in the middle of this fight. Peter grabs Derek and head buts him.
"I want understanding." He says before kicking Derek back. "Do you have any idea what it was like for me during those years?" Derek spits out blood before looking up at Peter. "Slowly healing, cell by cell. Even more slowly coming back to really consciousness. Yes, becoming an alpha, taking that from Laura pushed me over a plateau in the healing process." Peter says as Derek got up from the ground. "I can't help that." Derek goes to hit Peter, but he dodges and continues to dodge punch after punch before grabbing both of Derek's hands. He squeezes one of Derek's hand so hard until every bone breaks and it causes Derek to fall to the ground. "I tried to tell you what was happening. I tried to warn you." Peter smashes Derek into the glass of the nurse's station.
Tala and Kaiden watch as Derek tries to get away from their father. "Dad stop!" Kaiden finally finds his voice. Kaiden moves forward, pushing Tala's hands off him as he heads off to help his cousin, his last living cousin. "Dad, I said stop!" Kaiden growls, his eyes turning their two different werewolf colors.
Kaiden enters the x-ray room where Derek is panting from the pain and exhaustion, while his father stands over him. "I was going to wait, for dramatic flair... but..." Peter looks into the mirror by him and flips it. By the time the mirror is done flipping his face has completely healed. "When you look this good, why wait?" He looks at Kaiden, whose crouched down by Derek, checking over his injuries. "Derek, Kai, you have to give me a chance to explain." He bends down to their level. "After all, we are all family."
