Chaos Rising Fire Flies

A clash of thunder lit up the car making a milky white eye shine out in the night. "They have them in a bank like prisoners". His eyes were both a deep bright blue as anger built inside him thinking back to when he first got the voicemail.

(Flashback)

Zach was walking up to a large house with a big group of people opening the door for them. As Chad and another teen walked by he felt his phone vibrate 'I wonder who that could be … everyone is here'? He pulled the phone out seeing a name he had been avoiding 'Stile's … why do I feel so … scared to listen to it'? He felt frozen in time reliving the death of his uncle before instinctually pressing play. "Zach we're in trouble … it's a pack of Alpha's" Zach's breathe hitched hearing the fear in his best friend's voice.

(Now)

He was putting the pedal to the floor reliving every second of the message as it played over and over in the car. "We're making a plan to break them out tonight … Derek and Scott are going alone".

(Flashback)

Zach finished the message making his anger bubble up "dude they have a freaking Mega Alpha on their side … I know you went through something horrible and you might never be the same … but we need you"! A voice from the den shouted out to him breaking him from his stupor "ZACH WHAT'S TAKING YOU SO LONG"!? He shut the phone off walking slowly to the den seeing all of his friends staring at him. A man stepped forward with his hair combed back "everything alright Zach … come on Dylon just made major progress and we even scared off Klaus thanks to you".

Zach looked up at everyone lingering on a cute black girl then setting his gaze on a tall man with short wild hair and a stone cold face "I have to go home". The man chuckled "ok if you need to get some new undies we'll wait". Zach cut him off roughly "NO DAMIEN… I mean I have to leave back to Beacon Hills". Everyone's breathe hitched as Damien got serious "why do you need to go back now … we just got a huge win dude"? Zach played the message and put it on the table for everyone to hear "We need you". Chad was silent knowing why he was so shook up but stayed silent as a girl stepped forward "… will you come back"?

Zach stayed quite looking down at the floor "I promise I will come back and see you all … but this is my family and I can't lose them". Damien appeared in front of Zach lifting him up by his neck "I thought we were your family"!? A muscular stepped forward ready to get Damien off him but stopped as Zach lifted his hand. "It's alright Alaric … you guys are my family but these guys … they have been there for me when no one else was".

Damien tightened his grip "WE WERE THERE FOR YOU TO"! Zach grabbed Damien's arm making an audible crack "Damien … you have been like a brother … a very big asshole brother but a brother none the less". Damien dropped him not expecting Zach to pull him into a hug "if the roles were reversed and you found out everyone here was gonna die would you even give a second thought"? Damien scoffed pushing him off him "… I don't know but … we need you to". Zach gave a somber smile as he backed up "I'm going no matter what … Chad and Dylon will stay and help finish things up". He turned and walked out looking back at the bunch "I do think of you all as family… goodbye".

(Now)

Zach shook his head as he swerved through traffic crushing the phone in his hand "I don't care what I have to do … but I have to get there in time".

(Hours later the next night)

Zach passed a sign reading it aloud "welcome to Beacon Hills … home". He drove through the town a little more careful so not to attract attention as he came to the bank Stiles mentioned in the message. He saw a car parked at the entrance feeling an odd sense of nostalgia seeing it 'stop thinking about dumb shit and go in'. He listened to himself breaking into a chained up door and sniffing out any scent.

A scent he would never forget passed by his nose making him stop in his tracks "… Allison". He snuck through the building with bright blue eyes following multiple scents "god … the air is so thick". He stopped every few feet sniffing the air bringing him to a large open room with a massive bank vault with loud fighting going on inside. He quickly jumped forward running into the vault seeing Allison breaking an ash line.

He could here Derek yelling for her to stop but she did it anyways jumping back as two feral teens rushed past her and out of the building past Zach. Derek ran out grabbing Allison making Scott yell out at him "DON'T YOU TOUCH HER"! Derek let go pushing her back "do you have any idea what you just set free"?

Allison stepped back "you wanna blame me …. I'm not the one turning teens into monsters"! Derek scoffed "yeah I forgot that's just the rest of you're the family". Allison froze "look … I made mistakes but Gerard isn't my fault". Derek let out a laugh "then what about your mother"?

Allison looked up "what are you talking about … what about my mother"!? Before any more fighting could ensue a voice stopped them all. "Man I sure missed a whole lot by the sounds of it". The all turned seeing a man in the light that was 6 foot 2 and muscular. He had bright blue eyes making them all step back knowing what that meant. His hair was short but curly and black.

Derek made his claws extend "who the hell are you … I know you're not part of the alpha's"? Zach chuckled seeing all their faces mixed with confusion, fear, and anger "guys do you really not remember me… I'm hurt"?

Scott stepped forward as the man's scent hit him "… Zach"? They all stopped looking closely as he stepped forward "finally some recognition". Allison was quite realizing it was really Zach "…Zach… YOU'RE BACK"! She jumped into his arms hugging him as Scott walked over hugging him as well.

After a minute of hugging they backed off as Derek spoke "how and why did you come back"? Zach looked over to him "Stile's sent a message a few days ago and I have been driving and running since then". Allison even filled with the happiness looked back at Scott and guided him away.

Zach and Derek talked as the two teens walked away to talk about dead mothers. Zach listened in as Derek went off smelling a scent he knew all too well.

Zach sat back "hi Zach how was school, nice new haircut … stupid killer werewolves".

Zach sat there while everyone had their dramatic moment 'her mom died … a random beta was killed… and no one thought I should know'. Allison walked out in a huff of anger and confusion as Scott walked back still healing from Boyd and Cora. Zach stood up patting his back "we need to talk later about all this shit no one told me about". Scott nodded as Derek walked back with a blonde girl in his arms.

Scott looked at her with a sad expression "Erica … we have to find Boyd and Cora". Derek nodded as Scott ran off to find their trail "I have to put her somewhere … that is not here". Zach nodded as his eyes went blue "Derek one of the Alpha's is still here". Derek looked around not seeing anyone "how can you tell"? Zach sniffed the air "I don't know … I can feel a pull to someone in the building".

Zach started walking off to the pull but got stopped by a hand "Zach if you're staying here … I need to tell you something". Zach looked back at Derek "is this about the fact you went crazy with power and turned a bunch of teens into monsters"? Derek went quite with a frozen face "umm … no it's somehow worse than that". Zach let out a laugh "how is it worse than that … what is it"? Derek sat frozen "… Peter is alive… he used me to bring him back to life".

Zach went cold falling against the railing "… he..h..he's back … that piece of trash is alive"? Derek nodded looking off not wanting to look at Zach "I'm sorry … but he's better … he is trying to help … somewhat". Zach stood tall walking forward "we can't deal with this right now … go get Boyd and Cora … I'll catch up" Derek nodded slowly leaving. Zach sat there with blue eyes ablaze like a fire "he is … NO… I have dealt with worse things than awkward team ups". He kept going through the night of his uncle's death before out of nowhere giving himself a hard slap that brought him back to the moment.

He went back searching out the thing he sensed going through the bank "I have felt this before". He went through the whole bank not finding anything except a door that was cracked and torn. "It reeks … god Alpha's really don't shower" he walked up to the door and pushed it open making it fall to pieces. Zach stepped back as the door revealed stairs leading to the roof where heavy breathing could be heard.

Zach walked up the metal stairs coming up to a dark roof where bright blue eyes shined over the roof. "… It's a black dog" the dog growled at him as he stepped closer. As Zach walked closer a voice spoke from the shadows "an original in the flesh". Zach jumped back as he looked over to an old man with a white cane "I guess you're one of the Alpha's"? The man stepped forward as the black dog sat next to him growling at Zach. "The name is Deucalion and this is my pet … he is quite special … like you" the black dog back up as Deucalion tapped his head. Zach stepped forward as his eyes lit up and his claws extended "I guess it's just you and me".

(10 minutes late)

Zach flew off the roof smashing onto his car destroying it *cough* "he … got lucky". He rolled off the broken car looking up at the roof "… I have to go help the others … I wouldn't do that much better on a two on one". He walked off following the scent of Scott and the others making his way into the woods "my back fucking hurts".

(With Allison)

Allison was driving in her car thinking back to everything that happened "Zach … I can't believe he came back". She stopped thinking of the monsters running through the town "… I have to help".

(Back with Zach)

Zach was currently watching Scott fighting with another teen against the two feral betas "my time to save the day". He jumped through a tree and grabbed the back of Boyd's neck slamming him into the ground. The other Beta howled out and whipped around slamming her foot into his face sending him back to the ground with a broken nose. Both teens ran off as Scott helped Zach up "should've warned you that they are both pretty strong without the moon". Zach stood up cracking his nose back in place "and I assume we can't kill or maim them"? Scott nodded with a chuckle "I'm glad you haven't changed much".

The teen behind Scott cleared his throat "not to interrupt … but who the hell is this guy"? Zach looked over Scott's shoulder "sorry but … who the hell are you to ask who the hell I am". Scott put his arms out stopping both of them "guys stop … Isaac this is Zach … he was bit on the same night I was … by Peter … Zach this is Isaac he is one of the Beta's Derek made". Both teens stared at each other until Zach smiled "glad to hear that everyone made new friends". Isaac nodded "we should probably get back to catching up with Boyd and Cora".

All three nodded as Zach raised his hand "we need to figure out a better solution … you guys figure out a plan with Derek and I will run animal control". Isaac chuckled "you think you can take both of them on … you just got taken down by Cora"? Zach smiled turning around "trust me I can handle two Betas just figure out a plan". Both Isaac and Scott winced as Zach turned around "umm Zach you have a shard of glass sticking out of your back". Zach looked back hearing Scott seeing a long shard of glass sticking out of his back "oh… can one of you get that"?

Scott grabbed the glass shard and pulled it out making a gross squeeze noise as it popped out "… you sure you're ok"? Zach nodded as the wound healed up "but a flesh wound … now go get the broody wolf and figure something out". He ran off as Derek appeared from the shadows "well lets figure out the plan… as strong as he is … I don't think he can control them".

(With Zach)

Zach ran through trees following a scent he caught a mile back 'somethings off'. As his thought ended what felt like a truck slammed into hi breaking him through a tree. Zach laid there in pain as a dark skinned man stood over him. "don't know why Deucalion got so nervous you're a lightweight". Zach roared out slashing the man across the chest and spun on his elbow kicking him in the gut.

Both quickly jumped back as Zach spoke out "well you can tell him hat recent witch events have made me very … normal'. The man chuckled "hmm lucky us … I bet you wished you had our eyes don't yah"!? Zach shrugged "I mean it'd be nice and all but wouldn't help me much". The man gave a cocky laugh "being an alpha would strengthen your blood … all you new wolves are so ignorant".

Zach took a step back "so you gonna kill me now or what"? The man stood up straight "no your not worth it now that your normal". He walked off into the night disappearing letting Zach fall back feeling his ribs healing. "god … I'm useless … they called me to help and I can barely fight a crazed beta.

He leaned himself against a tree "… some original I am … red … I need to be an alpha". He gripped the base of the tree crushing it "to protect them I have to be an alpha". He lost vision passing out as his wounds healed up.

(Next morning)

Voices penetrated the sound of silence "he had a shard of glass in his shoulder and didn't even notice". Zach opened his eyes sitting up with an ache "yeah I was pretty fucked up". Before he could finish a shape crashed into him "ZACH YOUR BACK"! Zach looked down seeing Stiles hugging him "hey dude … I missed you guys".

Scott joined in making the other figures in the room smile at the brotherly bond of the three. Zach pushed them off "so Deaton is a supernatural doctor and Jackson I gone … sweet". Scott went to ask him how he knew before Zach interrupted him "on my way here I entered back through all of the messages you guys sent".

Stiles gave him a huge punch to his arm immediately yelping at the pain. Zach acted hurt "I deserved that … and more … I'm sorry I avoided you guys I'm a real jerk". The clearing of a throat broke up the moment "guys … it's good that we have back up but the alphas just proved how little it did".

Zach stood up looking at Derek "don't worry I have a plan in he works … I'm gonna get stronger … I'm taking one of their eyes". The room went silent soaking up his words until a sarcastic voice rang out. "Oh such a great plan were saved" Peter asked around the corner giving his cocky smirk. Like lightning Zach went for his throat stopped by every Wolf in sight. He was inches from Peters face "… you better do some Chris Angel shit to make me trust you".

Scott, Issac, Boyd, and Derek all strained at holding him back "god damn who is his guy"?! A scoff came from Cora "not much … just a Beta trying to be an Alpha". Zach looked over at her "you know if you weren't such a bitch I'd be into you".

Both Scott and Stiles grabbed him "ok enough fighting your coming with us mom said you could stay with us". They drug him out taking him home "your coming to school tomorrow and you better be ready for some questions".

End

(AU- Hey guys I know I took a long time to get to the next season but I decided to work on two chapters and put them out together for a season premiere kind of deal. If I messed something up feel free to message me but please don't be a dick or I will not give any thought to it. When I finished the first season I got a lot of people messaging me thoughts about the story and it made me feel awesome to know people actually thought about it so deeply so I thank you. If you have any suggestions or ideas if love to hear them.

For the rest of the season I'm gonna try my hardest to make the chapters longer and more important so please just bare with me.)