Motel California
(Quick note: This chapter might be little shorter than most just because this specific episode all happens in very quick cuts)
(Previously)
Zach's eyes opened to a dark room void of any light "HELLO"! He walked around trying to find anything to help him figure out where he was. He walked for what seemed like hours until he came upon a shadowy figure. "Hey where the hell am I" he ran up to the figure seeing him turn around. Zach froze "what the hell … who are you"? The shadow gave a grin showing off razor teeth and scarring all around his familiar face. "I'm you … well a part of you … im what's gonna protect your friends". Zach growled making his blue eyes illuminate the room "... your not me … i can feel it from you … the bloodlust"! The dark Zach struck like lightning grabbing the blue eyed Zach's throat "not yet but you'll become me … an Alpha". His eyes went blood red as his hair grew long and thick like a lion's mane, his hair then became snow white as his face morphed into a much more defined and terrifying version of Zach's transformation. Zach froze as he threw him down making him sink into the floor screaming "NO LET ME GO I WON'T BECOME YOU"!
As the claws met Zach's throat a flash of light exploded next him sending both Ennis and the dog to the ground. Deucalion shifted his body realizing what had happened "YOUR EYES COVER YOUR EYES"! More flashes of light came from a unknown bowmen making Scott and Zach look up to see Allison firing arrows. Zach looked down to Ennis "... i'm sorry Scott but … I have to do this". In the confusion Derek ran over and grabbed Chad lifting him up and dragging him to safety. Isaac followed suit and grabbed Dylon taking him back putting pressure on his wound. Scott stared a Zach through the haze seeing him stand up slowly grabbing Ennis's head "ZACH NO"! Time froze with one loud snap and a loud thud of a body making everyone step back.
Zach pulled her in kissing her deeply making the world fall away leaving a dark voice 'she'll leave us just like the rest… we'll wait for that … the moment all these promises are broken'. They pulled away from each other as Allison got the string through "ok … lets save our friend".
(Now)
The bus transporting a full classroom of students stopped outside a rundown motel where Coach Finstock was holding a handful of keys. "OK… somehow we found a motel that will take all you sex crazed teens so pair up and DON'T BREAK ANYTHING"! Teens walked by grabbing keys from the angry coach walking to their rooms. Stiles, Zach, and Scott grabbed their own room key walking from the group. Lydia stayed back catching the attention of Allison "is everything ok Lydia"? The redhead looked across the motel "i have a real bad feeling about this place". Allison rubbed her back "hey it's only for one night i doubt it'll be a big deal". Allison walked away leading Lydia to the room not hearing the scared girl "a lot can happen in one night".
(With the boys)
Stiles was laying down mumbling about needing snacks "that's it i'm raiding the vending machine". He left the room not noticing Zach staring out the window seeing a shadowy figure standing in a field only showing bright red eyes. "Hey Scott … come here for a second i think someone's out there". He didn't hear an answer looking back seeing Scott staring intently in the mirror "you ok"? Still no answer as Scott wiped the steam from the mirror stepping back "SCOTT"! The teen jumped at the loud yell from his face "WHAT … what is it"? Zach looked back out the window seeing the eyes were gone "... it's nothing i thought i saw something".
Scott walked looking out the window not seeing anything "... hey did something happen when I passed out"? Zach froze sitting on the bed "... i was gonna tell you when we got back to Beacon Hills … but you should know". Scott sat with him "... you and Allison kissed … when i passed out i was half aware". Zach sighed looking over at him "yeah … i really tried not loving her but … it's Allison". Scott chuckled "i can't pretend to like it … but with you being an Alpha now and clearly having some dark part … i think it'll be good for you". Zach smiled putting his arm around Scott "i promise i would never hurt her … Scott i know that you two will always love each other". Scott felt a tear roll down his face "i know … and i know that we'll be together again … i don't mean to be rude but i know you … and you'll meet someone that you'll love more than anyone".
Zach chuckled "i'll just chalk that up to jealousy … i love you man… your my brother". Scott hugged him close "just don't break your promise or i swear i'll kick your ass". Zach stood up "well i'm gonna give you some space … i'm sorry this happened". He left the room shutting the door behind him. A wave of disorientation hit him making him fall against the railing "what the hell"? He looked around seeing the same red eyes that he saw in the field "... who are you"? Before he could get a good look at the figure a strong blunt force smashed into his head knocking him out.
(With Stiles)
Stiles walked down the stairs seeing Boys grabbing some snacks from the vending machine "hey Boyd i see you also got hungry". The large werewolf just stared at him with his resting angry face seeing his candy bar got stuck". Stiles jumped "OOO that sucks but don't worry i have a patent technique for this". He rolled his sleeves up ready to shake the machine before Boyd struck like lightning breaking the glass of the machine. The angry teen grabbed two of his candy bars and walked past Stiles. "Or you could do that…" he quickly grabbed handfuls of snacks running back to the room leaving trails of candy.
(With Allison)
Currently the raven haired beauty was showering away the blood and sweat from earlier hearing the door open. "Is that you lydia … did you get the clean towels" she didn't hear any answer opening the curtain to a dead eyed Scott. "SCOTT WHAT THE HELL… what are you doing"? The blank face stared over her body "what's the big deal nothing i haven't seen before"? Allison covered herself up "that's not the point … just leave please". Scott gripped the sink cracking it "now your with ZACH … only for him huh". Allison gave him a sad look "he told you … well even if we weren't dating or whatever … you need to go". Scott stared at her looking over the room "... what … i'm sorry". He kept mumbling as h slowly walked out past Lydia who held some towles.
Allison stepped out drying herself off "something's weird going on". Lydia turned on her "your telling me … i just found out that this place counts the number of suicides that happened here". Allison's eyes went wide "wait … how many have happened"? Lydia stayed quiet for a minute "198 … and they had a plastered on the wall like a trophy"
(Same time with Zach)
Zach opened his eyes seeing only blurs "where the hell am I"? He stood up rubbing the dirt from his eyes "a field". He saw that he was a long ways away from the motel laying dirt and tumbleweeds. He walked for a while making his way closer to the motel seeing red eyes pop up around him. Before he could do anything the red eyes disappeared making the dust swirl around him. "No …. NO" he looked down seeing him surrounded by all his friends corpses with blood on his hands. He saw all the slashes and bite marks littering everyones body "NO…. what did i do". He wiped around his mouth looking down at his hand seeing more blood.
His long hair blew in the wind blinding him in white "this wasn't me … right"? He heard a gasp come from behind him making him spin to see Allison. "Zach … what did you do … their all dead". Zach ran up to her holding her face in his hands "NO NO this wasn't me i swear …. I would never hurt you guys". Allison quickly grew pale with lifeless eyes "how could you kill me … i thought you loved me"?
Zach pulled his hands away feeling his claws slowly pull out of Allisons throat "I… I did this". He fell back looking around the field seeing his dead friends crying to himself "... i did this".
(Back with Allison)
The two girls walked back into the room after figuring out the motel was trying to kill the werewolves. "We need to get the boys out of here" she put her phone away after texting Stiles. Within seconds Stiles burst through the door "what's going on why'd you want me here alone"? The two told him everything making Stiles sit there for a minute "well now that you mention that i did just see Boyd put his fist through the vending machine". Lydia sighed " walking over to the nightstand "look we need to find the boys or someone has start exorcising some werewolves".
Stiles grabbed the book seeing pieces of paper sticking out of it "what the heck". He started pulling out newspaper articles all talking about the suicides. Allison thought for a moment "if every room has a bible full of these papers". Lydia looked over to the room under construction "i bet the bible in the next room has the couple suicide in it". Stiles looked over to the door running out the door trying to get into the closed off area. Allison got behind him "that wasn't locked before".
Lydia scoffed "look we need to find the others and get them the hell out of here". Stiles agreed going to walk away before a high pitched whirring sound blared out from the room. Allison looked at the door "that sounds like a hand saw". Stiles appeared behind her "did you say hand saw" he quickly broke the door down. The three looked up seeing Ethan about to take a hand saw to his gut "ETHAN NO"! He ran over tackling the twin trying to pry the saw from him dropping it on the ground. Lydia quickly unplugged the saw as Stiles almost falls face first into the saw watching it slow to a stop.
Ethan quickly unsheathed his claws going to dig out his guts making both Allison and Stiles grab onto his arms. They wrestled with him throwing him against a space heater making him scream "... what the hell just happened". He looked around running out the room leaving the three to find the others. They all walked out of the room Stiles being the first to speak "ok well we need to split up … Lydia and I will get Boyd and Isaac while Allison finds Scott". The three nodded leaving each other.
(With Zach)
Zach wandered through the desert with the vision of his dead friends "no … no … no". He kept walking dragging his bleeding feet through the hot field as he kept groaning he didn't kill all his friends. He stopped falling to his knees as he looked over seeing himself with bloodied hands and flesh stuck in his teeth. He had long white hair with pure animal features topped off with blood red eyes. Zach looked back down at his hands seeing they were as clean as when he left the motel. He stood up "you killed them … you did this to my friends … i'll kill you"! The animal side of him smiled showing rows of teeth "but i am you".
They both felt their skin rip apart as a white as snow wolf emerged covered in its own blood from its own body. On the the other end of the field a wolf black as the night with dark red splatters covering him as his former body fell to the ground empty and bloodied. Both the wolves stood on their hind legs both looking at each other. Their red eyes shined as theri roar could be heard throughout california. They ran at each other making the ground quake They clawed and bit at each other like rabid dogs tearing off their flesh and exposing their bones
(Back with the others)
Boyd and Isaac sat in their room as the three non werewolf teens regrouped "i still can't find Scott". Stiles sighed "it has to be happening to him to right"? The girls nodded as Lydia spoke "it has to be if we can't find him … you said there was another flare right"? Stiles nodded "yeah i'll go and get it you guys find Scott". Before they could split up a light brought their attention to a gas soaked Scott holding the road flare. Lydia and Stiles quickly ran over to Scott assessing the situation. Allison stopped hearing a distant roar "did you guys hear that … it sounded like Zach". Lydia looked back "i didn't hear a thing we have to stop Scott". Allison stopped hearing it again "you go I know Stiles can save him".
Allison ran off ignoring Lydia's loud "WHAT" as she ran to the quiet roar jumping past some bushes. She sprinted hearing the roar get close but could hear it getting weaker until she slid to her knees scraping it badly. She ignored the pain as she sat next to a sleeping Zach who was drenched in sweat. "Zach… ZACH WAKE UP" she shook up violently seeing him in intense discomfort. She stopped "fire…. I need to burn him" she grabbed her small hand bag pulling out the lighter she used to help sew up Scott and quickly made it light up. She pulled his arm up and burned his arm.
(In Zach's head)
The Wolves kept fighting ripping at each other before out of nowhere Zach disappeared from the dream. The white wolf quickly shifted back to normal angry "NO I ALMOST HAD IT… I COULD OF BEEN FREED"! He kicked the dirt up in anger seeing he was hurt as strands of his hair went back to black "so … he is learning to forget me … she is a problem".
(In the real world)
Zach jumped up in a yell that made no noise making him cough "god … what was that". He looked around and his eyes locked on Allison already making tears stream out "Allison … it was a dream". Allison felt a tear come to her eye going to ask him what happened before a pulled her on top of him kissing her deeply. Allison felt the emotion in the kiss and quickly kissed him back letting her hair fall over them both. After a minute they seperated making Allison give him a chuckled "what was that for"?
Zach smiled at her "sorry … i was having a nightmare and … seeing you just filled me with relief". Allison smiled hugging him close "don't be sorry i'm just glad your ok". Zach smiled giving her another chaste kiss seeing her wince "what's wrong are you hurt". Allison pulling up her skinned knee being strained against her torn tights.
Zach smiled grabbing her knee and pulling the pain away continuing to pull the black pain into his veins. Allison kissed his cheek "the pains gone you can stop now". Zach smiled as her scrape disappeared and appeared on his leg. "I found out on the bus when I keep pulling the pain out I transfer the wound to myself". Allison was surprised seeing the scrape disappear from her and appear on him and then quickly healing. "Do you think it has something to do with you being an original"? Zach nodded "I think so cause I know Derek hasn't done it yet… so what happened".
Allison told him everything that happened remembering Scott "we gotta get back to them". Zach picked her up running back to the motel seeing the last few moments of a fire that Lydia pushed Scott and Stiles away from. Zach and Allison ran over helping everyone up "is everyone ok"? Scott stood up looking at Zach and Allison "... uh yeah … it's just gonna take some time to get back to normal". They all looked between each other then at the bus "... i'm sleeping on the bus".
Scott and Lydia quickly followed Stiles onto the bus to pass out leaving the new couple alone. Allison looked off "i feel bad for Scott …" Zach quickly went to speak only stopped by her lips. She pulled away quickly "i didn't say that i wanted to break up … if we are dating". Zach chuckled pulling her close "I know Scott will get back to normal … he just wants us happy". Allison blushed as he held her close "then your being my pillow on the bus". She pulled him along getting to the back of the bus letting Zach lay across the back seat. Zach felt the weight of the day hit him like a brick feeling more tired than he ever had been. Nother weight laid across him infiltrating his nose.
"You smell good" Allison blushed looking up at him seeing love in his eyes. "...You smell like hot dirt" she covered her mouth laughing seeing his stunned face. She quickly kissed him shutting him up as they fell asleep holding onto each other.
(The next morning)
"I don't even wanna know …. I don't wanna know … the meet has been canceled so let's get the hell out of here". Ethan came in sitting next to Scott "look I don't know what happened last night but i think you saved my life". Stiles peeked in between them "I saved your life but you know … semantics". Ethan ignored him looking over at Scott "i'm gonna give you some information … now that Zach killed one of ours ... either Derek or him take his place or we kill Zach". He left the two as Stiles sat with Scott while Zach and Allison sat behind them seeing Lydia take the coaches whistle. She blew into with her hand cupped over it showing it was full of wolfsbane.
Allison voiced everyone's thoughts "so every time coach blew it the guys all breathed it in". Stiles thought for a moment and quickly grabbed the whistle and threw it out the window as the bus pulled away.
"STILINSKI"