Liam watches while Theo explains to the pack about some hunters that are in the area.
Since Liam watched a movie with Mason the other day he feels pretty out of it. He only got about an hour of sleep. Theo goes on to explain who will keep an eye out and he hears his name.
Liam looks up trying to figure out what he has been volunteered for. Everyone starts leaving the kitchen. Maybe if Liam just walks away...
"Liam where are you going?" Theo asks.
"Um nowhere?" Liam says.
"Your supposed to go with Josh to keep a look out." Theo says.
Right.
Liam grumbles but follows Josh to his car. They make it to the preserve pretty quickly. Liam gets out and follows Josh.
Liam is determining if he should call Stiles when he feels himself fall backwards. He feels something jump on him and he sees his phone go flying. He looks up and sees Theo looking back at him.
"THEO." Liam growls.
"Your fighting skills are pretty poor Little Wolf. If I was trying to kill you, then you would already be dead." Theo says smugly.
He isn't sure why Mason said Theo is kind to Corey or that he is complex. He seems like a real egomaniac.
Liam scowls and shoves Theo off him. He brushes himself off and looks around for Josh. He must have lost him because he is nowhere in sight.
"I think we should brush up on your techniques. Your senses too. You should have noticed me coming. "Theo says.
"I do not need your help. I just did not sleep a lot last night. Thanks for the offer though." Liam says.
He doesn't try to hide his contempt for his new Alpha. Theo smirks at him and shoves him back down on the ground.
"If your going to stay alive or be in the pack, sleep cannot be the thing that takes you out. " Theo says.
Liam gets up and Theo shoves him down again. He starts to get mad. He glares up at Theo who still looks amused.
"Come on Little Wolf again." Theo says.
He gets up and tries to avoid Theo but he gets pushed back down to the ground again. Liam feels his fangs come out and his claws withdraw. He gets up snarling. Theo doesn't push him this time but he moves to the side and Liam misses him.
Scott always told him not to fight in anger because if you fight in anger you could make a mistake.
Or you could hurt someone. His whole thing is you are never to fight with your emotions. That doesn't seem to be Theo's technique.
Liam turns around and sees red. Mostly because he is sick of being taunted. He is sick of Scott. He is sick of this deal. He is sick of his new arrogant Alpha, that may or may not be a sociopath. Mostly he is sick of this whole supernatural thing.
He grabs a hold of Theo and pushes him back into a tree. He growls at Theo and waits for him to fight back. He doesn't though.
"That was better. Next time I won't let you win." Theo says smiling.
He pushes Liam off him and starts walking away. Liam follows trying to cool his anger.
"Did Scott never teach you how to use all your werewolf senses?" Theo asks.
"He did. Just the basic stuff. Like locating people, and sensing distress." Liam explains.
"There is more than 1 scent of emotion and not all of your enemies are going to feel distressed." Theo says.
"Well we don't really consider people enemies. They are people that Scott says we can try to save." Liam explains.
He is not sure why he is even bothering to explain it to Theo. He clearly doesn't try to help people.
"That's very noble of him. Stupid, but noble." Theo says.
He doesn't sound very sincere. It sounds like a backhanded insult to Scott.
Liam frowns.
"What other scents should I know?" Liam asks.
"Scared is a good one. It helps you to determine if you can overcome your opponent. If their scared they won't react with reason. You reek of it right now." Theo says.
"I am not scared." Liam says annoyed.
"Well scared is similar to being nervous. They are all subsets. Once you know the basic ones you can figure out the rest. Why are you nervous?" Theo asks.
He is is just on edge from no sleep, being attacked, and Josh's strange disappearance. It's not like he is used to being away from his old pack. Stressed is a better word.
Liam hears his phone go off. He finds it on the ground and answers it.
"Liam, are you ok? " He hears Malia's voice on the other end.
"Yes. why?" Liam asks.
"They found blood at the school. They don't know who it belongs too but Deaton said it had two forms of DNA in it." Malia explains.
"A chimera?" Liam asks, looking at Theo.
"I think so. Just stay in tonight and I'll keep you posted." Malia says.
"Ok." Liam says and hangs up.
"Do you know who was at the school?" Liam asks.
"No. I was here." Theo says.
Liam studies Theo for a moment. He was here but not the whole time. He sees Theo shift from the corner of his eye but this time he is ready for him.
Liam turns and shoves Theo down.
He looks down at Theo.
"Better. If I was a regular werewolf or human I would have lost." Theo says, and shifts so he is over Liam.
Liam growls internally. He doesn't like that Theo is claiming he is being allowed to win. Theo studies him for a second and Liam feels like he is staring into his soul.
"Confusion." Theo smiles.
Liam growls and hits Theo in the face. Theo looks surprised and then amused again.
"Anger." Theo says.
Liam shoves Theo off him and starts walking towards the car and to look for Josh. He sees Josh waiting for him back at the car. He looks around but doesn't see Theo anywhere.
They get back to the house and Liam wonders if he should call Stiles. He hears rustling and looks behind him.
Theo is standing there.
"Josh, have you heard from Donovan?" Theo asks.
"No. I know he said he was going out." Josh says.
"I'm sure he is fine." Theo says smiling.
Theo walks by Liam and brushes his shoulder.
"Confusion." Theo says looking back at Liam.
Liam frowns and heads to bed.
He hears a knock on the door a little while later.