Liam scrambles to find his phone. He starts throwing pillows and blankets everywhere. He thought he had it. He remembers coming inside with it. His wolf starts to growl in frustration. His eyes scan the room frantically. The pounding of his heart echoes throughout the room and it is the only thing he can concentrate on. He takes deep breaths and tries to think. Something Derek said once. To calm your mind and wolf you need to stop. You need to breathe. So, he breathes slowly.
Downstairs.
He runs down the stairs and sees his phone sitting on the table. He picks it up quickly and dials. It goes right to voicemail. He dials another number. Same thing. What is going on? Now that Liam wants to talk, no one is available. His claws scrape at the kitchen table. His phone starts to vibrate, and he picks it up as quick as he can.
"MASONCOREYDOUGLAS." He cries.
"What?" Stiles asks.
"MASONISWITHCOREYDOUGLASINEEDTOGETTHERE." He tries again.
"LIAM. Calm down. What is going on?" Scott asks from the background.
"Mr. Douglas is the Lowenmensch. Corey and Mason are with him now. We have to find them." He says slower this time.
"How do you know this?" Stiles asks.
"Apparently he was apart of some experiment with the dread doctors. Theo recognized him when he started asking questions." Liam explains.
"It took Theo this long to figure that out?" Stiles asks, suspicion filling his voice.
"I….don't know. He is not regularly at school. Can we just go and find them?" He pleads.
"Obviously, we are going to help you." Stiles says.
"Ok, where are we meeting?" He asks.
"Just meet at the school." Stiles says.
"Ok, what is the plan?" He asks.
"You called me. You have no plan?" Stiles asks.
"I mean…no? You normally come up with the plan." He sighs.
Ok, he has no plan, but he is really freaked out right now and he just needs to get there. The plan will come later. He hopes it will. He looks at his hands and his claws withdraw slowly. He feels somewhat better, but he is starting to get annoyed with everyone. Instead of everyone judging or being suspicious, maybe they can use that energy to actually help Mason and Corey.
"OK. Meet us at the school in twenty minutes." Stiles says.
"OK, what are we doing?" He asks.
"I don't know Liam. I have twenty minutes to figure that out. I am good but not that good. I need the twenty minutes." Stiles sneers.
"We will see you soon." Scott says.
He hangs up just as the door opens. Theo and Tracy walk in. Well, at least they found one person. Tracy still has the same scowl on her face as when he first met her. She looks him over a few times and rolls her eyes.
"We are supposed to meet them at school." Liam explains.
"Maybe we can do this without them?" Tracy glares at him.
"I would rather be safe than sorry. Besides, do you even like Mason and Corey?" He challenges.
"I don't have to like them. They're in the pack so I will help." Tracy seethes.
"Can everyone be quiet. Let's go." Theo orders.
Liam follows them both out the door. Tracy opens the front door and sits in the passenger seat. She looks at him and smirks. He does not need to sit in the front seat to feel important. If that is what Tracy wants than whatever. He only wants to make sure his friends are okay. He sits in the back seat and waits impatiently for Theo to start the truck.
"Where is Hayden?" He asks suddenly.
"With Scott and his pack. I am surprised you did not notice. She decided that we were too violent for her." Tracy scoffs.
Liam watches the trees pass by. The drive to the school is taking longer than he would like. He impatiently taps his fingers on the seat. Okay, so the chimera pack is not like Scott's pack, but he has not seen them kill anyone. At least not yet. He shudders at the thought and looks at Theo.
Theo has an expressionless face at the moment. He is staring straight ahead and is not looking at anyone. He would think Theo would show a little more emotion, considering the fact that Corey is a friend of his, but he is not easily rattled. He was when he mentioned Mr. Douglas, but since then he has recovered. Now, he wears an emotionless face and seems to just be going through the motions.
They pull up to the school. Liam hops out and sees Stiles jeep a few parking spaces down. Theo could have parked besides them. This is getting ridiculous. He runs over to the jeep as Stiles, Scott, Malia, Lydia, and Hayden pile out.
"What happened to Kira?" He asks.
"She is on her way. A detour was made." Scott explains.
"Again?" He asks.
They nod at him. He does not have time to wonder what detour is being made. Tracy and Theo finally make their way over to the jeep. Everyone seems to be taking their time here. He looks at Stiles waiting for his plan.
"OK, I don't really know much about a Lowenmensch. Other than the fact it is a half lion and half werewolf thing. Or I think so based on what I looked up. Anything else I should know?" Stiles asks, frowning at Theo.
"He was a Nazi. Before everything." Theo offers.
"Oh, fantastic." Stiles mutters.
"Are we even sure Mr. Douglas is going to hurt them? He has not done anything to anyone of us yet. Am I right?" Malia asks.
"He has been biting people's brains Malia." Liam says.
"Oh, is that a Lownmensch thing?" Malia asks.
"I think that is a Mr. Douglas thing." Tracy says.
"Okay, so there is more than one exit in the school." Stiles says, pulling out a map and a set of keys.
"You have a map and keys?" Lydia asks.
"Of course. I have a map and key to everything." Stiles says.
Liam wonders how accurate that is. There are quite a few buildings in Beacon Hills. Leave it to Stiles to have keys to everywhere. He shakes his head.
"So, here, here, and here is where we should enter." Stiles explains, pointing out three doors.
"So we are going to just all come in through different doors? Then what? Some plan." Tracy sneers.
"No. I am going to have Scott, Liam, and Malia go in the first door. Theo and Tracy, you go in the next door. Then Lydia. Hayden, and I will go in this door. Theo and Tracy are going to get them out. Scott, Liam, and Malia are the distraction. Me, Lydia, and Hayden are going to shut the power off. When Kira gets here, she can be back up." Stiles explains.
"This plan sucks." Tracy argues.
"I had twenty minutes. What plan do you have?" Stiles protests.
"OK, stop." Scott orders.
"Can we deal with saving Mason and Corey? Then we can argue." Malia offers.
Liam sighs.
"Ok, be careful." Scott says to everyone.
Liam starts following Scott and Malia towards the back of the school. He can feel his heart pounding inside of his chest. What if Malia is right? What if Mr. Douglas is not doing anything to hurt Corey and Mason right now? Do they really want to provoke him? He does bite people's heads and all. He shudders and they reach the back door to the school.
He looks over at Scott. Scott looks back at him. It feels like old times. Almost.
"Are we going in? Or are we going to stand here all night." Malia mutters.
Malia opens the door slowly and peers inside. It looks dark but it is late at night. The science lab is on the second floor. They head into the school and start walking towards the stairs. Liam looks around uneasily. He does not see anyone or anything. He texts Mason again. He has not been responding to his texts. He does not hear anything. He wonders if the rest of them are already in the school.
They reach the stairs and start to walk up them as quiet as they can. Malia's eyes flash to yellow. Liam listens and hears soft chatter. One of them sounds like Mason. He feels slightly more hopeful. They make it to the top of the stairs and he sees a light down the hall. It is the science lab.
"How are we distracting this guy? Do we just attack?" Malia whispers.
"NO. We are trying to remain peaceful." Scott points out.
"Was he peaceful when he was biting people's heads." Malia protests.
Liam's heart starts to speed up and he looks around for any sign of Tracy and Theo. He does not see them. Maybe they are waiting for them. They should have talked about what they were going to do when they got in here. The power is still on. They stop at a few doors before the science lab.
"How long is this going to take for them to turn off the power?" Malia whispers.
"Guys, isn't he half werewolf? Do you think he can hear…." Liam starts to say.
"Can I help you?" Mr. Douglas calls to them from inside the science room.
"Um, yes. Give us our friends." Malia demands.
They really have to start talking to Malia about people skills and negotiating tactics before they get to these points in their plans. Mr. Douglas walks out of the room and stares at them.
Scott steps in front of them.
"We only want to talk. We understand that you are the Lowenmensch." Scott explains.
"Your point is?" Mr. Douglas asks, slight amusement to his tone.
"The point is we want our friends you weirdo." Malia scowls at him.
Liam mentally facepalms. Well, at least he is talking to them. Is this creating a distraction though? He does not hear Mason and Corey anymore either.
Before he can decide on if this is a good enough distraction or wonder if Corey and Mason are even still in the science room, Malia runs towards Mr. Douglas. Malia has never been a stick to the plan type of person. She lunges at Mr. Douglas who easily shifts away from her. He grabs onto her throat and hurls her back towards them, where she collides into Liam. The force of the hit sends him flying back towards the end of the hallway. He flinches in pain.
Scott roars and his claws come out. Malia quickly jumps up and races back towards them. Liam gets up a little slower, but at least he is up. He snarls and starts to run back towards them. The classroom next to him opens and he sees Tracy. Relief floods him, until he sees the look in her eyes. They are black and her claws are out. She shoves him and he tumbles down the staircase. His body hits the steps as he tumbles back down the stairs. His body hits the floor with a loud thud.
He groans. At least werewolf healing has its perks. He sits up to see Tracy staring back down at him. Finally, the lights turn off and it is pitch black. A little late though. Huh Stiles? He growls at Tracy as he flinches at the sore muscle slowly healing themselves.
"Sorry Liam. Did not mean to throw you down the stairs, but things happen you know." She leers at him.
He growls at her and jumps up off the floor. He stumbles forwards but shoves her backwards. He does not have time to question what is happening or why Tracy is even pushing him down the stairs. He just has to get to his friends. she snarls back at him. They slam into the lockers and claws break through skin on Tracy's arm. She steps backwards and her claws drip with venom.
"LIAM?" He hears Stiles yell down the hallway.
He is briefly distracted by Stiles voice and he turns towards it. He knows better than that. Derek and Scott taught him better than that. You never look away from your enemy, but up until recently Tracy was not the enemy. Only an angry chimera who hated him. He thought they were in the same pack.
He feels a stinging on his arm and looks over at it. Red claw marks appear on his arm, and he growls at Tracy trying to refocus. He stumbles forward and falls to the ground. He hears the loud thud again, but his body loses all feeling and the soreness is gone. He looks up at Tracy confused and angry.
He growls at her and his wolf growls with him in response.
"I was told to tell you that Theo will take it from here. Sorry about the stairs but he did not specify that I wasn't allowed to hurt you." Tracy sneers at him.
"What? Tracy wait!" He cries as she walks quickly back up the stairs.
Thoughts fill his head as he lays there unable to move. Thoughts of Stiles and his distrust. Of Brett and his thoughts of Liam always thinking with his heart. He grows increasingly angry. He doubts that Theo was planning on hurting Mason or Corey, but what the hell is going on, and why is he being sedated like a dog?
He growls again and tries to move his body.
He hears a loud roar, and his wolf perks up to try to figure out what is happening.
He sees someone tumbling down the stairs and they slam into him.
"OWW." Lori groans.
"Liam! Why are you laying on the ground?" Brett runs up tp him.
Next time Liam is going to just go alone.
