Peter woke up the next morning with his mother standing over him. At first he was disoriented and confused. He even started to reach out towards her before he remembered that strange situation he was in. He growled, his fingers turning changing into claws as he lunged at her, only for her to disappear.
"What the fuck do you want!" He growled at angrly.
"You were always a fighter." His mother's voice said softly from behind him. He growled low turning towards her. "Always so ready to resort to your claws to solve a problem. It's what made you a good enforer for your sister." The ghost, illusion, or whatever the fuck it was frowned at him. And even if Peter knew it wasn't his mother, it still hurt to see the disappointed look on her face. "You never wanted to be an Alpha before. You stood at her side, ready to defend her and keep her safe. What happened?"
He growled and lunged at her again, "You died!" He shouted swiping his claws at her face, rage built inside him, "Talia died!" he yelled. His mother faded into nothing, "Laura-" he broke off, pulling himself to a stop.
He searched the room but his mother wasn't there anymore. Needing to take his anger out on something he punched the closest wall. When it did nothing to stop the fire inside him, he did it again. And again. And again, until he heard the small bones in his hands shattered and then he did it again.
"Oh Peter," His sister's voice said softly. He flinched when her soft hands reached out and took his damaged hands. He stopped breathing all together when he felt her take his pain. He tried to clear his head, because this was impossible. But it felt so familiar, so good, so right, for his sister, his Alpha to take his pain, to help him. Peter couldn't pull away.
"Talia." He whispered, looking at her.
Scott's POV
He had woken up that morning to the smell of bacon and french toast. He grinned, hopped in the shower, taking the fastest one ever, and got dressed. Then he practically ran down the stairs.
Aiden was once again behind the stove cooking away. Ethan was sitting at the counter talking to him.
"You have a thing for breakfast food don't you?" Scott asked sitting down next to Ethan. Both twins chuckled.
"It's the only thing he's good at cooking." Ethan teased.
"So what's the plan for today?" Aiden asked, handing Scott a plate.
"The pack is going to search the preserve. Hopefully with all of us out there we can find something. Kol and Jordan will keep searching the town just in case." He said taking a bite.
"What if we don't find anything?" Ethan asked.
"We keep looking. They have to be somewhere." Scott said, taking another bite, debating asking Aiden to cook every morning because this was amazing.
They ate in silence before they gathered their things to leave. Scott had a moment to appreciate, Ethan making his mom a plate and putting it in the fridge for her before he walked out the door and got on his bike. When the twins got into their truck they all drove out to the preserve.
Most of the pack was already there. Stiles, Jeremy, and Malia were sitting in his best friends jeep, the doors open and music playing, Lydia stood by Malia whispering to the coyote. Mason and Corey sat on the hood of Mason's car, Corey sending uneasy looks over to were Liam and Theo sat on the tailgate of the chimera blue truck. Scott shouldn't have been surprised to see Theo here. Yet like always he was. He really needed to talk to him. He sighed, and then groaned when the twins pulled in behind him and Lyida's mouth fell open.
Shit, I forgot to text her last night and give her a heads up.
The fiery redhead quickly pulled herself together and shot a glare at Scott.
"I'm sorry." He said holding his hands up, "They showed up yesterday while we were in an impromptu meeting with two hunters that arrived into town unexpectedly and Jeremy. It was all so insane, I forgot to tell you."
"Hunters?" Theo asked.
"Whatever," Lydia said with a dismissive look at the twins. Who had gotten out of the truck to stand behind Scott.
"Okay," Scott let out a breath, "Let's catch everyone up. This is Ethan and Aiden, they are here to help and are pack."
"You figured it out." Malia said proudly.
He snorted, "My wolf did." he told her. There was a chuckle from Ethan. "Anyways, there are two more hunters in town. They are after the ferals and have sworn to leave us alone." He looked at Stiles wanting his friend to explain the next bit. Stiles rolled his eyes and jumped out of his jeep, pulling Jeremy with him.
"This is my friend Jeremy. He knows about the supernatural. A friend of his," Jeremy snorted, "followed him into town. Side friend is a vampire, yes they are real. But he is on our side so that's a plus." Jeremy shook his head, silently laughing at Stiles, but didn't interrupt.
"Holy shit." Mason muttered excitedly. Scott actually saw Corey's resigned acknowledgement that his boyfriend was going to be seeking out said vampire to ask a million questions. He grinned.
"So is this all the pack?" Ethan asked.
Scott looked around and shook his head, "No. My mom, Stiles dad and Argent are all pack, I can smell it on them. Derek and Peter, who both are out of town are pack," Scott saw Theo's eyes widen in surprise. He was sure the chimera wasn't the only one. He had never acknowledged Peter as pack before.
"Isaac too, I think, but he is gone." He tried to ignore the ache he felt still at that. "Corey and Jordan are both friends of the pack, unless they choose otherwise," He said giving Corey a smile.
"Jeremy is a friend," He shot the other boy a smile then took a breath and looked at Theo "And Theo, is pack, if he wants to be."
Theo looked like he didn't know what to do. He stared at Scott, like he was insane. Scott was starting to worry Theo would deny it and take off. But Liam shoved his friends shoulder and it seemed to snap the wolf out of his shock. "I do." Theo whispered. And like with the twins, Scott felt something snap into place. He didn't stumble this time, but he did bring his hand to his chest.
"Holy-" Liam gasped
"Shit-" Theo crushed
"Fuck-" Stiles said together.
"We felt that." Malia said.
"We all felt that." Lyida said rubbing her own chest. "How?" she asked.
Scott didn't get a chance to explain because Argent's car and two more pulled up behind Stiles jeep. Scott recognized the black impala from the night before, it belonged to Sam and Dean. But he didn't know the white rental car that pulled in behind it.
Slowly Chris, Sam, Dean, and another man made their way out of their cars and towards his pack.
"Ric?" Jeremy said rushing towards the stranger and hugging him. "What are you doing here?" Scott heard him whisper to the man. The man chuckled and pushed Jeremy away, "Kol called."
Jeremy groaned. Then the burrentt looked at Scott, "This is Ric, he's like my dad, and a hunter, he's here to help." Scott had been looking at Ric so he saw the man's surprised look at Jeremy's dad comment.
"Okay," Scott said, not really sure how to handle that. He figured that if Chris had brought him out, the man checked out. He shrugged his shoulders and let it go.
"Okay. Sam, Dean, Ric, this is my pack. The humans, Mason and Stiles," He pointed out the two out. "Wolves, myself, Liam, " He pointed to his beta, "Ethan, Aiden, and Theo," He figured he would keep the coyote part a secret for now, "Malia here is similar but can full shift into a Coyote, so please don't shoot her if she changes. Lydia is a banshee, which means she is human that can sense death." Like with Theo he kept her extra abilities secret.
"Next to Mason, we have Corey, who I believe Sam and Dean have already met." The two hunters nodded, "He is a chimera which means-" He was cut off when Corey disappeared. Ric and Dean whispered about how cool it was. "He does that." He finished with a smile. "We have a couple others but they aren't here. You met Parrish last night," He heard Jeremy whisper to Ric about the deputy being a hellhound.
"I think that's everyone?"
"What about the vampire?" Mason asked. His boyfriend reappeared long enough to glare at him, before he disappeared again. Apparently Corey was more comfortable hidden from the large group.
"Which one?" Chris asked and everyone looked at him. Expect Jeremy who groaned and looked at Ric, Scott watched him curious.
"Please say Stefan, please say Stefan." Scott heard him mutter. The hunter in front of him grinned, "Elijah." Again Jeremy groaned. before he looked back at Scott.
"Kol's older brother." Jeremy gave a short smile, "He's a good guy, and he'll keep Kol from doing anything stupid." He was tempted to ask who Serfan was and why Jeremy would have prefered him, but he didn't think they had time.
"Elijah stayed with the Sheriff, in case something comes up." Chris said, "Kol and Jordan are in town searching. Now I believe we can move on?" Chris asked looking at Scott. Cleary expecting him to take over.
"Okay, we will work in teams." He looked over the group. There were so many new people that he wasn't sure who to team up with who. He knew he needed to keep Corey and Mason together, same with Liam and Theo, he'd prefer Stiles with him, but wasn't sure his best friend wanted Jeremy away from him. He sighed.
"Okay, We can do five groups of three, a hunter in all but one. I'll take Stiles and Jeremy," There was a very loud snort and a cough from Jeremy and Ric, Scott shoot them a question looking trying to figure out what was funny, but neither man said anything so he let it go, "Lydia, Malia, with Sam." He trusted Malia to keep Lydia safe and hoped Lyida could get Malia to work with Sam.
"Dean, Corey and Mason," The hunter grinned at Mason, cleary still in awe of Corey's power. This group would be the only without someone how could scent the air, though Corey had better senses than a human they weren't as good as a wolf or coyote. But Scott couldn't think of a person to add. He couldn't separate Theo and Liam, Liam was the only one that had any kind of control of Theo and he didn't think the twins wanted to be apart. So, he just hoped things worked out for the best.
"Chris, you get the twins." The man nodded at him and the twins moved to stand by the hunter without protesting, Scott felt relieved.
"Ric?" He looked at the man, who surprisingly didn't look bothered to be taking orders from a teenager, "You get Theo and Liam." Like Chris the man nodded his acceptance.
"Meet back here when it starts to get dark." That gave them most of the day to search and hopefully find something. "Stiles has water bottles and snacks in the back of his jeep, make sure to take something with you." He ordered.
Stiles had already gathered a pack for them, which he tossed at Scott when him and Jeremy walked over. "You sure you're okay with this?" He asked Jeremy. He hated putting people in danger, humans more so. The other teen grinned, "Trust me when I say, this isn't my first searching the woods for a predator." After that they all broke apart, each group heading off in their own direction.
As the three of them started walking through the woods he wished that the Sheriff had been able to get something with the kids scent, but it was taking longer than the man had hoped to get all the parents to agree. Stiles's dad hoped that by the end of the day he would have one thing from every kid. But they couldn't put off searching to wait. If they didn't find anything they would do another sweep later.
"So, Jer, why'd you and Ric laugh at Scotty's comment about hunters?" Stiles asked after a few minutes of silence.
"He said his group would be the only one without one." Jeremy said, which brough Scott to a stop as he turned to look at the human.
"But?" He said, already suspecting the truth. He had assumed because of Jeremy's age, he wasn't a hunter, which was stupid after all Allison had been one.
"But I'm a hunter, Ric's been teaching me all the lore and legends. Kol and another vampire we know Damon have been teaching me to fight." The other teen said with a smirk.
Stiles laughed and patted his friend on the back, "Good to know dude."
They fell silent after that, walking slowly and carefully as Scott tried to catch an unfamiliar scent. It took hours before Stiles finally called a holt to their search. He did so by complaining about being hot, sticky, and hungry. They found a downed tree and munched on some power bars.
Scott didn't know how he missed it, but one second they were joking and the next Jeremy was on the ground, feral pinned under him and a blade at it's throat. Him and Stiles just sat there, complete stunned for a second before Scott rushed to his feet. He growled at the feral letting his eyes change. The wolf went limp under Jeremy, who looked at Scott before backing away from the wolf.
Like the other's Scott had seen, this brown wolf was under fed. It's fur was a twisted and mangled mess of dirt and dried blood. He decided not to order it human, but knew they couldn't keep searching. He needed to get it back to the cage with the others.
He said as much out loud.
"I'll find Ric and let him know." Jeremy said, Scott opened his mouth to protest, "Trust me, Scott. I'll be okay."
"I'll go with him." Stiles said. Scott groaned. That wasn't really better. But he thought about it. Jeremy had stopped the feral. Before Scott had even noticed it. It was clear the other man's training was good. Scott just had to hope it was good enough to keep Stiles safe.
"Okay." He said exhaling. "I'll take him to the others. Then come back here and see if I can follow his scent to his pack. You guys tell Ric and Chris what's going on and then come back here. Okay?" His best friend rolled his eyes at him but agreed.
He flashed his eyes at the feral again, before he reached down and picked it up. He was smart enough to wrap a hand around the wolf's snout, just in case, then with one last look at his friends he walked off.