Theo runs his hands up his shirt and slides them along his side. Goosebumps tingle on Liam's skin. His wolf growls in response.
Falling is a good word to describe how he is feeling. Falling deeper into this chimera pack. Scott always said that you know someone by their actions, which Liam completely believes. The problem is Scott's actions are contradicting everything he thought he knew about Scott. He still does not trust Lucas, he is very weary of Tracy, and Corey lying for whatever the reason, is very alarming. However, it does not feel like the chimera's are out to get him. At least they provided information when they could. It is more than he can say about Scott.
So, he is falling. Falling more away from his previous pack. Everyday he feels as if he gets further and further away from them, along with who he once was. Maybe he was never who Scott wanted him to be. Or maybe Scott was never who he wanted him to be.
He feels a friction and looks up at Theo. He grips at his shoulders and feels him moving and rocking into him. He groans and feels a longing deep inside of him. It coils within his stomach and deep inside of his soul. A tongue finds his way inside of his mouth. He shivers at the contact. He clutches at the wall that he is leaning against and sighs as he roughly gets pulled closer to Theo. He trembles as the edge gets closer and clings to Theo's waist in an effort to hold onto his sanity. Theo slides his fangs along Liam's jawline and pushes his hips into him further, trapping him between the wall and himself. He moves without thinking and allows his mind to shut off for a while.
He moans and falls off the edge with a shudder.
-
Liam jumps to the sound of his phone vibrating off the table. He looks around the bedroom half asleep. He reaches for it and it falls off the table next to him. He stumbles out of bed, turning the light on, and picks up the phone.
"Hello?" He yawns.
"Hey, I have been trying to call you all night. I have a name." Brett says from the other end of the line.
"A name?" Liam asks.
"Douglas." Brett says.
He does not know a Douglas. He still has not mentioned anything to anyone else other than Mason, and he has not heard from Stiles. It has been 6 hours and he is still waiting for Stile's call. Stiles complains about him going MIA, but what about him?
"I don't know who that is." Liam says.
"I didn't either, until I remembered you mentioned a substitute by that name." Brett says.
"Oh. Him? He seems pretty nice. I forgot about him. It is only one name. It could be anyone." He points out.
"True, but it is Beacon Hills. How many coincidences do we have? Just keep an eye out. I will see you later. Are you okay?" Brett asks.
"Yes, why?" He asks.
"I don't know. I worry you are in that house and who knows what goes on inside there." Brett says.
"I am a werewolf remember. I am not helpless. I do not know why people act like I am helpless sometimes." Liam complains.
"We don't. We just know you and we know that you think with your heart. Instead of your head." Brett says.
He feels insulted by that. Personally, attacked for caring about other people and not writing everyone off like Stiles does. He hangs up the phone and hears a knock at the door. He walks over to it and opens it to see a nervous Mason swaying from side to side.
"What is it?" Liam asks.
"I think we should talk to someone." Mason says.
"We are talking to someone. We are talking to Stiles, Brett, and Lori." He points out.
"No, not them. I mean someone else that can be of better help. I think we have to talk to Scott. I see your face but hear me out. This entire situation does not make sense to me. None of it aligns with every part of the story. Clearly, we are missing major parts of it. What purpose would Corey have to lie to me? Let's say he is lying because of whoever Theo is talking to. Ok, why? I know Corey would not kill all of us off, so why is he hiding something? We could say it is for Theo, but why would Theo lie about it? It is not like Tracy would question anything anyway. Why would Scott be talking to someone without telling Stiles or you?" Mason asks.
"Well, Belasko? Why would any of us be happy about it." He says.
"We could say it is because he is talking to Belasko or whatever, but Stiles would not care that much if he was trying to take down Theo, right? You went to Eichen and talked to a crazy person who said a bunch of stuff we could not even verify. He could have been lying to get Lydia's scream." Mason points out.
"Ok, so what are you saying?" Liam asks.
"We do not know that much about Lori and Brett. What we do know is that they do not like Theo. I assume that they would not randomly make things up about Scott and Theo, but at the same time, Brett has been known to carry his own agenda in the past. I know this from a student I talked to who used to go to his school. None of it fits anyone's character. Theo would not be so sloppy to have phone records exist for Brett to find, and Scott does not just lie and try to take people out, with no explanation to anyone at all. Especially with the Sheriff. Why would the Sheriff not tell Stiles?" I did look at the records and they are there, but not everything adds up. Now we have some Lowenmensch around. I do not think Brett is lying, but something does not sit right with any of this. I think I am missing something." Mason says.
Mason just said a bunch of words in about five minutes that had a lot of valid points, but also a lot more questions on how everything fits. Mason catches his breath and waits for Liam to respond. Liam sighs in frustration. He clenches and unclenches his fists a few times. He wanted to go to school. Not solve a riddle.
"Ok, fine." He says.
Mason nods. They head down the stairs after getting dressed and almost run directly into Tracy. She scowls at both of them and stares them down.
"Where are you guys going?" Tracy asks.
"School." Mason says.
"At 530am?" Tracy asks, raising her eyebrows.
"Um…" Liam tries to explain himself. He never goes to school this early.
Why is no one ever sleeping in this house? It is as if everyone waits up for something to happen.
"Mason is going to school early so they can work on the project Liam is failing." Corey says from behind them.
Liam growls. Failing. Why does he have to be the one who is failing?
"Whatever." Tracy says, rolling her eyes.
She shoves passed Liam and Mason, walking into the kitchen. Mason looks at Corey. Liam grabs Mason and pulls him out of the house. No time to ask any questions on why Corey is lying and if he knows anything. Mason follows him and they head to the car.
"So.."Mason says.
"I don't know but we can talk to him later. I just want to get this over with." Liam points out.
They drive in silence and the time seems to pass slowly. He contemplates how he is going to explain to Scott that he has been hiding everything from him and that he has unresolved feelings for the chimera pack. Mostly having to do with Theo. His wolf feels frustrated.
They pull up to Scott's house and see Stiles jeep in the driveway. Ok, well he cannot out Stiles in front of him. He will have to think about how to do this. He walks up to the door with Mason, and he knocks on it. It is 530am maybe he should have called.
The door opens to a tired looking Stiles. He looks back and forth between them.
"I thought I told you I would call you?" Stiles asks.
"I had some stuff come up. Is Scott in?" Liam asks.
Scott appears at the door. He looks relieved and weary all at once. He lets them inside and they walk into the living room. Mason looks at Liam. He would make him explain. It is only fair. He just hates having to be the one to talk alone.
"Um..I have something I have to talk about." He says.
"Ok, but hold that thought. Parrish is calling." Scott says.
Scott picks up the phone and walks over into the other room.
"What is going on?" Stiles asks.
"I think we need to start talking about everything again. I think we need everyone's help." Mason says.
"Ok, but I was talking to Liam. I thought I knew everything. Is there something you aren't telling me?" Stiles asks, looking directly at him.
"I might have been hiding details because of the closeness I felt for the chimera pack." Liam explains, ignoring his wolf snarling at him.
"How close?" Stiles asks.
Mason looks at Liam.
Scott walks back into the room and looks visibly shaken. He paces back and forth around the living room.
"What is it now?" Stiles asks.
"Well, the body was identified. Parrish has a friend at the place that did the autopsy." Scott says.
"And?" Stiles asks.
"And it was a chimera named Noah. Did you know him?" Scott asks.
"I am officially going to drive my head through the wall." Mason says.
"No. Do you?" Liam asks, looking at Mason.
"Not really. He was half berserker and Corey said he never wanted to join the pack. He was a lone chimera." Mason explains.
"How did he die?" Liam asks.
"His head was bashed in and it looked like something bite into his skull." Scott says.
"Ok, that brings me to…." Liam starts to say.
"That is not all. They said they found something at the scene. The sheriff has it. Do you want to come?" Scott asks.
"Sure, but we need to still talk about everything." Liam says.
"We will, but let's do this first." Scott says.
He nods and follows them outside. The drive there is silent. Liam wonders why someone is biting someone's head. He does not ever remember coming across something like that. He also wonders why Stiles was so mad that he was going to talk to Scott. He asked if he told him everything, but the look in his eyes was one of fear and anguish. It was almost as if he was afraid Liam was going to talk to Scott, but why?
He feels the jeep stop and they get out. He walks inside the sheriff station and into the sheriff's office. The sheriff nods at them and takes out what he found. He lays it on the table. It is a long cane. Stiles looks at Scott in confusion.
"Do you know what this is?" The Sheriff asks.
"No. It looks like a cane. Did someone bash his head in with a cane?" Stiles asks.
"No. There is no evidence of Noah's DNA on this. We also found this." The Sheriff says.
He takes out a little bag filled with silver. He was leaking mercury." The Sheriff explains.
"This is disturbing on all levels." Stiles says.
Mason takes a picture of it and sends out a text.
"I don't know much, but if it involves a chimera, Theo might know something about it." Mason says.
"Maybe we should have everyone in on this Scott?" Stiles offers.
"We shouldn't. We still don't know everything about all of them." Scott says.
"Oh, and you're so honest." Liam scowls.
He cannot help it. He is angry at this point. Angry he does not know what is going on and angry more bodies are piling up. Scott is not telling anyone anything and he has the audacity to question others. He has yet to tell Liam what any of his plans really are.
"What are you talking about?" Scott asks.
"Ok, so problem. Corey and Theo are on their way. Guess it is the cane." Mason says.
"What is the cane?" Stiles asks.
"The dread doctor's cane." Mason says.
"I thought they were dead?" Scott asks.
"Yeah, that is why they are on their way. It doesn't mean their here, but it might mean that someone else has some of their prior equipment." Mason explains.
"Or it could mean that Theo lied out of his ass, or that he did not kill them as he thought, and the dread doctors are coming to get all of us." Stiles says.
Liam growls.
"Pick one. All are bad." Stiles grumbles.
"Ok, but what if it's Belasko?" Liam asks.
"What did you say?" Scott asks.
All of a sudden there is a loud shattering. Liam grabs Mason and pulls him down to the ground. Windows shatter and fly everywhere. He hears a loud piercing noise. He looks around but he cannot see anything. Mason looks back at him confused. He looks around and hears deputies taking out weapons and doors flying open.
"Why are you holding your ears?" Mason yells to him.
"You can't hear that?" Liam yells, trying not to rip his ears off.
The sound is blaring. It is a loud vibrating noise that is causing his ear drums to feel like they will burst.
"Hear what?" Mason asks.
Liam looks around and sees Scott and Parrish holding their ears but everyone else seems unaffected by the noise. What frequency is this? He hears it get louder and he lays on the floor trying to muffle his ears from the noise. He growls and tries to see where it is coming from. He then sees darkness.
He feels someone grabbing him and lifting him up.
"Liam. Liam." He hears someone say.
He opens his eyes and looks around. He sees Stiles and Scott looking back at him with concern. He sees the sheriff station with glass everywhere. Mason is sitting in a chair next to Corey.
"What? Did you hear that?" Liam asks.
"I did. I don't know where it came from, but the cane is gone and you passed out." Scott says.
"Did you see anything?" He looks at Stiles.
"No. I heard glass breaking and a bunch of shaking but I didn't see anything else." Stiles says.
"When did you get here?" Liam asks Corey.
"About ten minutes ago." Corey says.
Theo walks into the office and looks at all of them. Liam avoids eye contact.
"It is a different frequency. Only super natural's can hear it." Theo explains.
"Did you hear it?" Scott asks Corey.
"I didn't, but Theo was telling me it is only those who were made super natural the normal way. Free from the experimentation that can hear it." Corey says.
"Want to explain the cane?" Stiles asks Theo.
"Clearly, we have dread doctors back from the dead, or a copycat. We also have the Lowenmensch, as I am sure Liam told you. So, we have a lot happening." Theo sneers.
Scott looks at Liam. His heart sinks. He did not tell Scott everything yet and Stiles didn't either apparently. Scott looks upset and looks at Theo. Although, supposedly Scott knows about the Lowenmensch already, right? He feels confused.
"Ok, let's meet tonight and figure out what we are doing from here. No matter who or what it is, it is murdering off people and 1 of your pack, Josh, is unaccounted for." Stiles says, glaring at Theo.
"Fine." Theo smirks.
Corey and Mason stand up and head out the door with Theo.
Liam stands there. He is not sure where to go. He feels he should stay with Stiles, but he also feels like he should go with Mason. He feels his wolf nagging him to walk towards the chimera pack.
"Maybe you should go with them Liam. Since you seem to tell them more than me anyway." Scott says.
Stiles sighs.
"Scott…." Stiles starts to say.
"No, I am sick of this anyway." Scott says, looking away from Liam.
Liam did not expect to feel sad. He was mad at Scott anyway, but having Scott dismiss him like this, really hurts. He looks at Stiles for help. Stiles looks torn on what to do. He runs his fingers through his hair and looks back at him.
"I'll call you." Stiles says.
"Sure." Liam says.
He walks out of the office and Scott will not even look at him. He slowly walks out to the parking lot and sees a car waiting for him. Did they just know Scott was going to make him leave, or did they assume he would go with them? He gets into the back seat and remains silent.
When they get back Mason and Corey head upstairs. Mason looks really irritated so he assumes he might be about to confront Corey on the whole lying thing. He sees him pull him up the stairs.
"Thanks a lot." Liam says, turning and growling at Theo.
Theo rolls his eyes.
He walks over into the kitchen and starts making coffee, because no one sleeps ever in this house. He watches while Theo pours water into the coffee maker and takes out a coffee cup. He is completely oblivious to the fact that he has pretty much ruined Liam's relationship with Scott.
"What are you rambling on about now?" Theo asks.
"Why would you just out me to Scott like that? I didn't even talk to him yet." Liam complains.
"How am I supposed to know that? I never said you could not talk to Scott. That was your choice." Theo says.
Liam sighs and slams down into a chair at the table. He growls and puts his head in his hands.
"Little Angry Wolf." Theo says.
"Stop calling me that." Liam says, through clenched teeth.
Theo walks over to the table and sits down at the table next to him. He studies him.
"You seem a little stressed out." Theo says.
"Stressed out? Yes, I am stressed out. Have you forgotten that you said you hate Scott? Yet, now I am all of a sudden weird for not talking to him? There are bodies piling up and no one can explain why, and you don't answer any fucken questions I ask." Liam snarls.
"I didn't answer one question. I have answered all your other questions. Maybe you need a nap." Theo says.
Liam extends his claws and slashes at Theo. Theo grabs his wrist and forces it down onto the table. He looks like he is laughing at him. Liam seethes with rage.
"Liam, come here." Theo says softly.
Liam's wolf whimpers.
