Chapter 04: How Will I Know?

The fighting continued until Deucalion arrived and put a stop to it, he had once tried to convince Elizabeth to join him when he discovered what she was. Deucalion hadn't remembered what had happened close to twenty years earlier. Elizabeth simply smiled at him, and he at her trying to intimidate her before Elizabeth simply caused the lights to flicker. Cora looked at Elizabeth from where she was lying on the floor before Deucalion called Kali and the twins away. As Deucalion, Kali, Ethan and Aiden left Scott and Isaac turned up followed closely by Allison, Stiles and Lydia.

"Aunt Elizabeth, what was that?" Scott looked at his Aunt and then shook his head trying to get the sound out of his head.

"You heard what I wanted you to hear," was all Elizabeth answered, before she looked at Cora who was back on her feet. "Derek?"

"Seriously, what was that sound?" Scott questioned again, this time Allison, Stiles, Isaac and Lydia all turned to face her.

"That was the sound that I hear every time something happens to him," Elizabeth said as she rushed to Derek again, it was an automatic reflex he may have been born a werewolf though Elizabeth felt that what they had just done was failing slightly. "What I sent to you was almost an SOS sound, low enough that you and Isaac could hear it...but that doesn't explain your friends turning up,"

"Lydia's sort of beacon, she hears things," Stiles explained, pausing for a second realising that he didn't know why he had turned up at the loft. "Why am I here?"

"You turn up where-ever Scott does," Isaac said it was the most that he had worked out.

"Wait you have an Aunt?" Lydia and Allison looked between Scott and Elizabeth before Lydia noted how close the older lady was towards Derek.

"Everyone has an aunt, mine well mine just happens to be supernatural," Scott muttered, as Elizabeth took hold of Derek's hand and straightened him up.

"Derek, breathe," she whispered standing beside him and pressing her fingers into his back. "You need to breathe,"

Allison looked at Elizabeth and realised that she had seen the woman before, a long time ago. Allison walked over to her with a questioning look on her face before she stepped away from her. Lydia looked at Elizabeth and then Scott again.

"Elizabeth, I'll be fine," Derek hissed at her, that didn't stop her from pressing her fingers into his back.

"Yeah, no remember I can feel some of what you do," Elizabeth told him, pressing again this time letting a little magic spark to ignite the healing.

"Wait, you're his tether?" Allison questioned, it was the only way that she could think of to call her.

"Something like that, I'm a werewolf and a witch...it's rare," Elizabeth told her, Elizabeth smiled at her before she removed her hands from Derek who yet again grabbed one of hers. "Told you,"

"Shut up," Derek muttered, looking at Elizabeth as he spoke before turning his attention to the others. "Do not tell Peter,"

"Allison, I met you a few years ago...you saw what I was and promised me that you wouldn't tell your father, you didn't know why you promised but you did," Elizabeth told her, her eyes glowing red again. "Derek, sit down," Derek dropped to the ground where he was. "Scott get your ass over here,"

"Scott, it's okay. She knows what she's doing," Cora said thinking about what she had seen earlier and thinking back to when she was a child.

"Cora, you too," Elizabeth took a deep breath as Scott put his hand on her shoulder. "Cora put yours Derek's,"

Derek grumbled at Elizabeth and the teens, semi-annoyed that his werewolf healing wasn't kicking in like it should have been. Elizabeth wasn't too concerned it had to do with the Alpha-Pack and that she had literally put his spine back together hours earlier. Scott was still trying to wrap his head around the fact that his aunt was like them.

*flash back*

Derek and Elizabeth were sitting the middle of Beacon Hills preserve, it was getting close to the full-moon and Elizabeth was about to turn seventeen and graduated from Beacon Hills High early. She'd also gotten into a University across the country in New York and was leaving that summer and she had to break it to Derek.

"You're going to hate me..." Elizabeth mumbled looking at him as they sat in the clearing.

"Don't say that, I couldn't hate you," Derek said looking at her and then around at the trees.

"You know that I graduated right?" Elizabeth paused briefly before she continued to speak. "I got into the University that I applied to in New York...my mom's taking me..."

"But Ellie, that's great...I know you said we'd do it together and we will," Derek replied wrapping his arms around Elizabeth quickly and then pulling away.

"It's the full-moon isn't it?" Elizabeth questioned, taking his hand in hers. "Remember what we were practising? And I'll make sure there's somewhere for you when you join me," Elizabeth said holding tightly onto Derek's hand as she spoke.

"I do but it hasn't been working," Derek stated almost digging his claws into her hand. "Sorry,"

"Hey, don't be sorry,"

*end flash back*

The next day at school, Scott, Stiles, Lydia, Isaac and Allison were confronted by the twins Aiden and Ethan questioning why Elizabeth was there and what they knew about her. Aiden and Ethan grabbed Scott and dragged him over to the lockers pinning him against them. Isaac instinctively let his claws grow until Allison grabbed his arm.

"What do you know about the woman at Derek's apartment?" Ethan questioned, anger evident in his voice as he spoke.

"What woman?" Scott retorted, feigning ignorance over his Aunt being there. Aiden simply growled at Scott his fangs showing.

"You know what woman," Ethan said as the bell for first class rang and all four werewolves covered their ears, it seemed louder and more high pitched than normal.

'Scott, Isaac leave school now,' Elizabeth 's voice could be heard in both boys heads. 'Allison, Lydia, Stiles go to class like normal,' her voice rang out in their heads and the three of them turned to face Scott and Isaac who were already leaving the school. Scott sent them a text telling them to do exactly what his Aunt asked.

Aiden and Ethan had disappeared at the same time as Scott and Isaac half-following them, half-not following. Scott was shaking his head trying to get the incessant ringing out of his head, with Isaac doing the same until they had to pull over as they couldn't take it any more. Scott almost crashed his bike due to it. Isaac was the one to steady the bike and stop it from tipping over completely, the twins weren't so lucky.

"What the fuck was that sound?" Isaac questioned, as the two of them sat on the ground where they had stopped.

"I don't know, but whatever it was my aunt knew to get us out," Scott said, before he realised that Ethan and Aiden were listening in on the conversation. "Shit...they know,"

"So she's your Aunt?" Ethan questioned, not moving from where they were five meters away.

"Yes, don't you fucking go near her!" Scott growled as he sent a text to Derek to tell him that the twins knew. 'Twins know about Elizabeth,'

Derek received the text and looked at Elizabeth who still hadn't left his side. Derek held up his phone and showed her the message. Elizabeth looked at him and bit her lip before she decided to tell him what she knew about the twins.

"Elizabeth, how did they know you?" Derek questioned, as they headed towards the loft doors to leave.

"Deucalion, Ennis, Kali, the twins they tried to turn me against my pack," Elizabeth answered, running a hand through her hair thinking carefully of her next words. "Ethan will never attack me, he feels guilty over killing an innocent beta from my pack,"

"Scott will never kill his pack, and I won't either," Derek told her, knowing that it was what she wanted to hear. "His pack are his friends,"

"That's what mine was, until Ennis, Aiden and Kali killed half of them. Ethan had refused to merge with Aiden," Elizabeth told him, taking a deep breath before she told him what else had happened. "They didn't know but I some how managed to get inside his head,"

"What did you do to the kid?" Derek questioned as they rode the elevator back down stairs and walked to his car.

"Got in his head, and told him what I could do if I really wanted to," Elizabeth shrugged, all she had done was plant a seed that spread. "No one believed him mind you, Deucalion, Kali they don't,"

"So you gnaw away at him to prevent yourself from being attacked by him but what if they merge?" Derek questioned, unlocking the car and climbing in as Elizabeth climbed in the passenger side. "What was the sound we all heard?"

"Something that only wolves can hear," Elizabeth said as they heard the sound again Derek covered his ears before Elizabeth put up a barrier around the car to stop the sound from getting in. "There, that should help,"

"That was loud," Derek shook his head repeatedly trying to get the ringing sound out of his head.

"We have to get to them, before they do,"

Elizabeth and Derek raced to the park where Scott, Isaac and the twins had ended up. The four teenagers were cowered on the ground with their ears covered. Elizabeth motioned for Derek to stay in the car where he'd be safe, she raced over to Scott and wrapped an arm around him.

"Go to the car, leave your bike," Elizabeth told him before kissing the side of his head and moving over to Isaac. "Isaac, see Derek's car? Go to it you'll be safe," Scott and Isaac clambered their way to Derek's car and climbed in.

"What are you doing here?" Ethan growled, his ears covered as he looked at Elizabeth who had made her way over to them.

"Saving your lives, why I don't know?" Elizabeth muttered grabbing both of their arms and dragging them towards the car. "Leave your precious bikes,"

'What did you do to me?' Ethan thought unsure of if Elizabeth could hear him as that was how she had gotten into his head.

"I prevented you from killing an innocent child," Elizabeth said louder than she thought she had, causing Aiden to turn to face them as Elizabeth forced them into the car. "Just get in,"

Ethan exchanged a look with his brother that said 'Sorry, let me kill her.' Elizabeth shot them both a look that said don't even think about it. Derek glared at Elizabeth hating that his car was suddenly feeling very over crowded. Elizabeth just hit him and told him to drive as far from Beacon Hills as he could at least for the day. Cora had already left taking off on foot, before Chris Argent had caught up with her.

"What the hell was that sound?" Aiden questioned, they all wanted answers.

"Something is following me, I don't know what it is but the last time I heard that sound was after Deucalion," Elizabeth told them as Derek continued to drive. "Other than that I don't know, but it's only after werewolves,"

"What else do you know?" Derek questioned, continuing to drive to just outside of Beacon Hills.

"That wolves with prolonged exposure go crazy, I think that's what happened to Kali," Elizabeth said she wasn't sure but it was the only thing that she could think of that would make the alpha go bat-shit crazy around those who she felt threatened by. "That's why we have to stay out of Beacon Hills until your friends find it,"

"Find what Ace?" Scott questioned, he didn't care that the twins knew that Elizabeth was his aunt.

"I don't know how to explain it, it's like a bell shape with a super emitter with a modified sound enhancer," Elizabeth explained the best that she could as they stopped outside the border of Beacon Hills. "Send them a message describe exactly what I did to you,"

"Are you sure were safe outside of Beacon Hills?" Isaac questioned as Argent and Cora pulled up beside them.

"She's sure," Argent said looking at her, it was then that Elizabeth realised that Allison hadn't kept it a secret when she a child. "Ms McCall,"

"Mr Argent, they can't go back. We can't go back not until that sound is out of Beacon Hills," Elizabeth said looking at the older man as she got out of the car. "Can we talk?"

Elizabeth and Argent walked away them and up the road a short while away. Elizabeth sent a growl back low enough that the others knew not to listen to what they were talking about. Argent looked at Elizabeth and then at the teenagers and Derek.

"You picked a strange time to come back," Argent and Elizabeth both said at the same time, Elizabeth knew that Argent and his family hadn't been back that long.

"What brought you back?" Elizabeth raised her eyebrow at Argent as she spoke. "Let me guess, Derek's uncle?"

"We were hunting an alpha. What brought you back?" Argent questioned, looking at her and then back at the teenagers.

"A little of everything, can I not return home? You know Scott's my nephew," Elizabeth answered, taking a deep breath before she continued. "I'm guessing that Allison told you about the day she met me?"

"She said that you told her not to tell her parents, but you knew she didn't know what we were," Argent told her, taking a deep breath before he continued. "You were right, she only found out once we moved here,"

"Argent, you knew back then that you couldn't do anything to me. I was taught not to hunt, and I still don't and isn't your code 'we hunt those who hunt us?'," Elizabeth said matter-o-factly, Argent smiled and nodded at her. "To be honest with you, I didn't think I would have to face this thing again,"

"You know what it is, don't you?" Argent questioned, as he looked Elizabeth in the eyes.

"A hunter more sadistic than your father, he only hunts wolves," Elizabeth answered, running a hand through her hair. "I thought he had died, we hadn't seen him in years,

"You're not talking about Neale Sanders are you?" Argent queried, raising an eyebrow at her he too thought the man had died.

"I am...you don't think?" Elizabeth replied, glancing back to where the others were and seeing that Derek was staring back at her. 'Derek, get your ass up here,' the second the words left her mouth he was standing beside her. "How much did you hear?"

"All of it, don't think they were listening though," Derek said, he had glared at Scott the second the young Alpha had started looking their way.

"He slaughtered a half dozen packs in Texas and New York," Elizabeth paused looking at both Argent and Derek before she continued. "I managed to get mine out, he tracked me to New Orleans and that was the last I heard of him,"

"And you think he's back?" Argent questioned, both Elizabeth and Derek could tell he was thinking the same thing. "I'll do some investigating and contact you when it's safe to come back,"

With that they rejoined Scott, Isaac, Cora and the twins who were all having a stare-down. Derek was wondering where Peter had gotten to as they hadn't seen him since the night before and didn't know if he knew about the noise.