Chapter Six: Friends and Allies

They gathered the bodies and set them on fire in a hole in the ground behind the Hale Estate. Scott and his pack gathered in the main lounge room of the Hale House where they were informed of what had happened not too long ago now.
"Why are they after Argent?" Malia asked,
"We forgot to ask" Peter insisted,
"Doesn't mean we don't know why" Deaton stated,
"What are you talking about?" Scott inquired,
"Did you want to tell them or shall I?" Deaton asked looking over at Chris.
"If you think that is the reason why; then I believe that it's best if doesn't come from me, it will be more believable coming from you." Chris stated, and Peter chuckled,
"You don't think that is the reason why?" He asked,
"Could someone please bring the rest of us up to date with what's going on?" Stiles asked Deaton, Chris and Peter all looked at one another.
"Hunters have been around since the first Argent slew The Beast; many Supernatural creatures will have run in with a Hunter or two in their lives. Many Supernatural creatures though will go their entire lives never coming face to face with an Argent; if you hear one is in town you either keep your head down or get out of town as fast as you can." Deaton explained,
"So what, Argent's are feared in the Supernatural community?" Scott asked,
"Of course, they're the first Hunters. Supernatural creatures know how dangerous most Hunters can be, imagine the stories they hear about the original family." Deaton continued,
"Okay so Argent is a target for them meaning he is an advantage for us" Stiles insisted,
"How so Stiles?" Chris asked a little concerned by his tone.
"Well if they're after you, we could use that to draw them out ambush them, maybe if we do enough damage they might leave us alone," Stiles suggested
"Before we go any further can we establish who the man talking to me was?" Scott insisted Chris looked down at the floor for a few moments before looking back up.
"It sounds like Melvin Tasla, a few years ago now a young boy was bitten. So the Tasla Family sent Melvin and a few of their Hunters out to look for the creature and deal with it, but they never returned. In the following weeks, the Tasla Family focused their manpower and resources on finding them even calling my Father for assistance. We searched for them, and eventually, a team reported in that they found Melvin, we immediately lost contact with them and after going to their last known location discovered their remains. Concluding that Melvin had turned, we went into the area in force one night to put down him and whoever turned him. The problem was when we had left the Tasla Mansion Melvin broke in and killed his parents, siblings and any who protected them. The Remnants of the Tasla Family put a large bounty on Melvin, and since then he has been one of our most wanted." Chris explained,
"So why does he just fear the Argents or you in particular?" Lydia asked,
"When I went back to New York last year I may have run into him, nearly would have caught him but the other Werewolves he was with sacrificed themselves so he could escape." Chris answered,
"Wait when were you in New York?" Scott asked
"About a year ago" Chris replied,
"What was he doing in New York?" Stiles continued as he stepped forward, Chris thought deeply about it for a minute. He looked at Stiles with great concern,
"I totally overlooked it!" Chris insisted causing alarm within the group.

Riley was giving her friends a tour of Beacon Hills, and after stopping at a café for a break they continued on their journey, the problem though was that Riley might have taken the wrong turn or two and the group was now lost, something Riley was feeling too guilty to admit.
"So Riles, what's this place?" Maya asked suspiciously.
"This is the uh, the warehouse district of Beacon Hills, and um" Riley explained,
"We're lost!" Smackle stated emotionlessly,
"We aren't lost Smackle, why would you say something like that?" Riley asked nervously.
"Riley, are we lost?" Lucas asked plainly,
"I know that we're in the warehouse district so I wouldn't say that we're entirely lost" Riley insisted.
"But we are still lost, which in this town with its murder rate means there is a higher chance we will be added to that statistic; that's right I did my research on this place," Smackle pointed out.
"Smackle!" Farkle hissed,
"What is the matter beloved?" Smackle asked unaware of what she did wrong,
"We agreed we wouldn't bring that up!" Farkle reminded her,
"Oh I'm sorry I forgot, but she went and got us lost in this part of this town. Only increasing our chances of becoming part of that statistic," Smackle explained,
"Uh guys, who are they?" Zay asked as he drew everyone's attention to the two older men walking towards them angrily,
"Guys!" Josh called out drawing their attention to the two younger men approaching them from the opposite direction,
"Down the alleyway go!" Lucas ordered pointing to the alley off to their side, and with great haste, the group ran for their lives. The four men supposedly gave case, but the group didn't look back, as they were running they heard strange animal noises coming from where they were installing more fear into them. Lucas who ran at the back of the group came to a quick stop and turned around just as a man who had shifted jumped into view. His claws scratched on the ground, with his yellow eyes he stared Lucas down; Lucas rolled his head back and around before throwing his forward. He shifted and growled at his opponent as he flicked out his fingers releasing his claws, both of them prepared to charge at one another when suddenly another werewolf dropped down behind Lucas' opponent and knocked him out. Lucas was confused but remained steadfast and growled,
"You can settle down little Omega," the man said as he shifted back and slowly approached Lucas who backed up and out of the alleyway to find himself flanked by the two younger men from before.
"You are you?" Lucas grunted throw his teeth,
"I'm Jackson, the individual to your left is Isaac, and that is Ethan on your right." Jackson introduced,
"Why did you help me?" Lucas inquired,
"Because our Alpha told us too" Jackson insisted,
"Who is your Alpha?"
"Scott McCall"
"What, you guys are part of the McCall Pack?"
"Yeah we are some of the originals" Isaac claimed with a confident smirk on his face.
"Lucas!" his friends called out as they came running towards them, Lucas quickly shifted back and turned around.
"What are you guys doing?" Lucas asked clearly concerned,
"Well we realised that you weren't with us, so we came back for you" Farkle explained,
"Who are these guys?" Josh asked suspiciously,
"Jackson, Isaac and Ethan they scared off the people chasing us" Lucas explained,
"Are you guys with Scott?" Riley asked,
"We are indeed Riley Matthews" Jackson confirmed,
"How do you know my name?" Riley asked.
"Scott told us, said you looked like an old friend of ours," Jackson said clearly taken back by the resemblance,
"So we found both the anchor and the wolf, we've done pretty good on our first day" Isaac stated.
"What?" both Riley and Lucas said,
"Look we need to get somewhere safe before we continue this conversation" Ethan insisted,
"Okay we will go back to our cars and head home," Riley said.
"Can't let you, they could be watching your house, until we've checked it out we need to take you to one of the safe houses." Ethan continued,
"You guys have a safe house?" Lucas asked,
"It's plural, we have more than one, Scott and our pack's Druid Deaton set them up a while ago" Jackson explained,
"Wait what the hell is going on here?" Maya asked clearly lost,
"You guys could still be in danger, so we're going to take you to a safe house and explain everything there." Isaac stated and not wanting to waste any more time; Jackson, Isaac and Ethan whisked Riley and her friends away. They took them to Derek's old loft and told them what they needed to know.
"So you are all Werewolves?" Zay asked voicing the group's disbelief,
"Well yes, but I'm also part Kanima" Jackson mumbled,
"Even you Lucas?" Maya asked looking at him, and he only nodded,
"How long?" Riley sternly asked,
"Riley!" Lucas said softly,
"How long?" Riley repeated
"Since Texas" Lucas admitted,
"Why didn't you tell me, how couldn't you tell me?"
"How could I Riles, you tell me how I was supposed to say that when I was a little kid, I was bitten by some creature that turned me into a supernatural creature. Which by the way, I didn't know until a few years ago when I got incredibly angry and took it out on my school forcing myself and my Mom to move to New York. How could of I told you that and had you believe me?" Lucas questioned, and Riley was silent.

Meanwhile at the Hale Estate Scott, Peter, Derek, and Chris sat around a table.
"I want to meet him," Scott said,
"Melvin?" Chris asked,
"No, whoever it is he is working for" Scott answered,
"There are times when I believe that you are an intelligent individual, but then you go and say things like that which make me question it." Peter insisted
"Why do you want to meet him?" Derek asked, and the three of them looked at him as Scott looked down at his hands.
"If I can stop a war, shouldn't I try to?" Scott asked, looking up at them,
"I understand that you want to try and talk us out of this Scott, but these people aren't going to listen to reason." Chris said,
"But if they don't shouldn't I still try my hardest just to make sure?" Scott argued,
"Yes, yes you should!" Peter said suddenly surprising everyone at the table including Scott who all quickly became confused.
"I thought you would have been the last to agree with me Peter" Scott stated,
"Normally I would, but I know what you're like Scott and I think in this case with what is to come. I think that you trying your hardest to prevent the coming conflict is who you are and if you don't do this, it will hold you back, when the fighting starts we need your conscious cleared, we need you to commit to the fight fully. Not be thinking about what if you had tried to talk to them." Peter explained, and it made sense to those sitting with him, and quietly they nodded in agreement except for Scott. He sat looking at Peter, as for in that moment he didn't see the evil monster who always had an ulterior motive; manipulating those around him to achieve it that Scott had known for so long, No, now he saw a true and honest man. A good man.

Author's Notes:

Hey everyone, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry again for the time between this installment and the last. I've been busy with life and other projects for anyone who is unaware I'm working on publishing a novel and that's a lot of work haha. Please leave a review or inbox me with your thoughts, opinions, or any criticisms you may have I love to you from you guys. Feel free to follow me on twitter /Brayden_lamaka :D

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