Chapter 14

Percy POV

I tried to call Scott to hurry up but it went straight to voicemail. Breathing out, causing my breath to show in the cold air, I waited for Scott to show up outside of the hospital. Half an hour later, I started to consider flame traveling before somebody finally showed up in front of me. I quickly slid in the car, slamming the door shut before sending Scott my glare. He responded by giving me an apologetic look.

"I swear on my board Scott, if you went to go see Allison, even though you two are grounded and not supposed to see each other, having sex while I waited outside for almost an hour, I am going to choke you," I threaten him.

"Well, there was just a lot of kissing and making out, with just less clothes." Scott said in an attempt to not get attacked.

"Oh, I gotta tell you something real quick?" I told him, my face all serious.

His face dropped a little in curiosity. "What?" He asked.

I responded by bouncing his head off the steering wheel when we were at a stop sign. He winced and placed a hand on his forehead. This time, he shot me a glare while I gave him a smirk.

"What was that for?!"

"You know exactly what that was for. Gods, I really hope you guys are using protection because you know her dad is a fucking hunter" I shouted at him, causing Scott to go pale and his jaw to drop.

"Shut up," he hissed at me as I just shrugged innocently. "Derek broke my phone today, that's why I didn't receive your calls."

"Derek? Why? What did he wanted?"

As Scott drove us back to his house, he started to explain to me what happened. Derek apparently ambushed Scott, started to chase him in the parking lot while he was getting food. This led to Derek to throw his phone on the wall, telling Scott to get away from distractions or he would get killed. This included Allison.

When Scott was leaving, he got ambushed once again. This time, it wasn't Derek. It was the alpha. He didn't do anything except draw this spiral symbol on the fogged window which was now wiped away. I just stared at Scott, slightly shocked. He was clearly still spooked up about this as he gripped tightly to the steering wheel. He was all tense, that it reminded me of someone.

Myself.

Scott drove me back to his house as the four of us were going to meet up in 20 minutes at his house. Before I could even manage to step a foot in his room, someone grabbed me and tossed me into Scott's desk chair. I heard Scott loud footsteps run up the stairs. I duck as the attacker swung at me. Like a football player, I tackled the person to the ground floor. I easily wrestled him onto the floor, on top of the attacker. Before I had the chance to punch the person in the face, my attacker grabbed a wooden hockey stick that had just happened to be close to their reach. My attacker smacked it hockey stick across my face causing me to roll off of him.

I groaned as I felt the familiar taste of iron fill my mouth, a bruise I could feel already forming. I felt like my eyes rattled in my skull, my vision going blurry from the force of the hit. I had to admit, whoever this is, has one hard swing. I just blinked for one second and the next thing I knew, the person grabbed me by the throat, slamming me to my wall with my feet a foot in the air. I gasped and coughed before I roared out, eyes flashing red and my fangs baring at the person holding me up.

Before I could turn the attacker into ashes by bursting myself into flames, Scott finally showed up. He flicked on the lights, his eyes and mouth wide open in horror. My anger flared up as I saw my attacker in the reflection of Scott's mirror. It just happens to be the one and only, Derek fucking Hale. His eyes were blazing electric blue, baring his fangs at me. I decided to show him my true eye color and let my eyes turn into black flames, still showing my fangs.

"Derek!? What the hell?! Let him go!" Scott shouted at him.

Derek just roared at him. I watched Scott as his heartbeat start to increase, in rage. Scott growled at Derek before charging at him. Derek, who still had a hold of me, roundhouse Scott in the face who rolled on my bed and fell on the other side. Needing oxygen back in my lungs as my fear start to grow, I brought my knees up to my chest before using my entire strength to kick Derek off of me. Derek flew backwards, his back slamming on a bookshelf. Before gravity can push me down to my butt, I did a quick backflip in mid-air and landed back on my feet gracefully.

I leaned against the wall for support, holding my throat as I coughed. I wiped the blood that trickle the corner of my mouth, glaring heavily at Derek. Scott was back on his feet, by my side now as he was in deadly crouch, growling at Derek.

"And to think Derek, I thought we were friends," I rasped out to Derek. "You really need to stop attacking us dude, find a new hobby."

"What do you want?" Scott growled.

Derek stood back on his feet, his eyes and teeth back to normal with his usual scowl on his face. "Him," Derek pointed at me.

"Him?" "Me?" Scott and I said at the same time.

"What do you want from me? Lunch money? My skateboard?" I asked him as Scott straightened up, slowly transforming back to normal as he concentrated very hard to get his heartbeat back to a normal beat.

"Since you got here, things started to stir up here in Beacon Hills. First, someone murders my sister. Second, animals start to act weird and the hunters came here. Scott getting bit. I found it very suspicious that once you got here, all of this started to happen," Derek accused me, his eyes narrowed at me.

It took me a couple of seconds to realize what he was trying to say. "Wait, wait! Who do you think I am?" I exclaimed to him.

"Percy is not the Alpha that we are after, he was saved me from that Alpha when the bus driver was attacked. Plus he can't be the mysterious one that broke up our fight." Scott argued at Derek.

"Then explain to me why his eyes are flaming like that person in armor did when we fought." Derek argued back. Crap! Scott faced me before I could change them back to normal. He took a step back, betrayal on his face, pointing at me "YOU?! Why didn't you tell me?!"

At this Nico and Stiles burst into the room, noticing Derek was here. Nico came over to me and put his hand on my chest making me look at him, calming me down.

Stiles interrupted the moment completely confused "hold on, Percy why were your eyes flaming like 10 seconds ago. How the hell is that possible?"

Nico and I faced the trio and I spoke "yes I am the man in the armor. Nico has that same abilities that I do. The reason we never said anything is because we are being hunted by people we once thought to be our friends. We didn't say anything because it would put all of you into danger for knowing about our abilities. We did this to protect you. This goes higher than any of you would think. The people that are hunting us could easily kill any of you."

Scott said "prove your claims of your abilities." So I looked at Nico and he nodded. We took off our shirts so it would be a better show of the flames erupting. Once we were shirtless, our torsos caught fire with black flames as the armor slowly started to appear on our bodies along with our masks. Our weapons appearing by our sides, our bows over our shoulders and our flaming eyes behind the masks. After waiting a minute for them to get over their shock, we changed back to our normal selves.

Derek came up to us first and apologized which caught everyone by surprise. He said "Percy and Nico, I'm sorry, I know how it feels to be betrayed someone i thought to be my friend and I sympathize. I hope that we can still remain allies in this fight."

Nico and I nodded before Nico replied "Derek, as I told you before even when I were masked, I am your ally in this as well as Percy. And Scott…we can't help you if you don't accept it. You can't do this without help from one of us three."

Scott shot back "Oh yeah, well you can kiss our friendship goodbye. I won't trust you without knowing exactly what you are!"

Nico stepped forward and replied "we can't tell you. It's better if you don't know, because once you know, it increases your werewolf aura making your scent be broadcasted to others like a beacon. And if you think you have enough problems figuring out how to deal with being a were-wolf, then you're in for a harsh awakening. Just let this go."

We stood there for a couple of seconds, letting the words sink in. I wiped my mouth with my shirt, staining it with my mouth blood as Scott rubbed his eyes tiredly before answering "no, I'm not going to trust you two until you tell me what I want to know!"

With that he walked into his bathroom closing the door, I turned to Stiles for his answer but he spoke first "Perce, I don't care what this secret is, I'm still your friend and Nico's friend. I will stick by you two, but I still have to stay by Scott as well. Just know that I'm here and ready to listen whenever you want to tell me." With that he patted both of us on our shoulders as he left the house.

Derek was still there and nodded at both Nico and I before leaving through the open window. So Nico and I flame traveled to in front of our house, we silently walked in found our family on the couch watching TV.

Kate noticed us first "hey boys, you two okay? You don't look so good Percy."

I shook my head and walked over to them as Chris turned off the TV and said "I'm ready to talk about those scars you saw when the mountain lion attacked the school." Chris nodded and motioned for me to start when I was ready. I nudged Nico who also took off his shirt as I did at the same time, showing his scars.

Over the next 15 minutes, we pointed out all of the scars on our torsos and told the stories of how we got them. Of course we told them fake stories that would add up to the detail of the scar. Needless to say Allison and her mom were a crying mess, Kate was softly crying and Chris was distraught to the point that he was in tears.

"Allison, I need to talk to you real quick." I called her forward.

She looked confused "okay…Percy, what's going on?"

I looked down and waited 10 seconds before facing her replying "don't be surprised that starting tomorrow, Scott will start acting cold towards me and Nico." I start to walk off before Allison grabs my arm making me face her.

"Why would he be that way?"

Nico answered for me "we just had a heated argument about Derek. We tried to convince Scott to give Derek a chance, but he's too stubborn. So he might be in a bad mood the next couple of days." She nodded accepting our lie before walking back to her room.

Nico and I trudged back to our room in silence. Nico walked in first sitting on the bed motioning for me to give him a hug. I complied and he mumbled "Perce I know you're not in a good mood, so I'm not going to say anything more tonight.

Of course at that moment Hestia and Artemis appeared on the wall facing us in an Instant Message. They waited until we noticed them. Artemis spoke first "we are sorry for intruding on your time you two, but we have bad news."

I got up from the bed and replied "well unless it's worse than Annabeth and my half-brother capturing Nico for an hour until I fought them. Then almost get mauled by a mountain lion at your school, and finally have one of your new friends ditch you once they find out you have the ability to burst into flames, but won't say how you can then I doubt its worse than what went on this past month."

While Artemis was still thinking concentrating over what I just said, Hestia stepped forward and responded "Lycaon and his entire pack are moving closer towards your location. And so is Poseidon, despite our interference."

"Crap, okay that is worse," was my response.

Artemis at that time spoke up confused "there are mountain lions in California?"

I had to smile at that and pulled up my shirt to show the scar on my back as a response to her question. She is the goddess of the Hunt, so she should know the answer to that. Huh, weird.

"Is that all that you needed to tell us?" Nico asked.

Before either Goddess could say anything, Chloe jumped into the picture shouting "hey big brother!" I chuckled and waved back as she started telling about all of her adventures so far with the hunters.

We were interrupted by a certain daughter of Zeus and daughter of Ares. Thalia and Phoebe, the two Lieutenants of the Hunt as they walked in Artemis's tent uninvited. As soon as I saw them, I swiped through the message and turned to Nico who nodded. We then flame traveled to the place where the Hunters were at. Nico and I shifted to our Alpha wolf forms, both of us completely black 7 feet tall and red eyes.

We trotted into camp ignoring the howls of their wolves and shouts of the other hunters stopping in front of Artemis's tent, I howled once louder than the other noises. 30 seconds later, the two goddesses and the three hunters bolted out of the tent and saw the two wolves in front of the tent.

Thalia and Phoebe raised their bows at us, I looked at Nico before giving a wolfish grin, and we stood on our back legs before transforming back into our black armor, masks and drawing our own bows.

Artemis quickly spoke before either of us could act "hunters put down your bows. The same goes for you as well Shadow and Blaze." We all put away our weapons. I smiled under my mask and spoke "my partner and I were invited here to speak with Lady Artemis and Lady Hestia." The hunters were shocked at the prospect of Artemis wanting to talk to two men.

Thalia got right in front of me and spat at me "how do we know you speak the truth boy? We can't see your face, so we can't trust someone like you."

My eyes flamed out behind my mask making her step back, and I responded "well I don't see why we should reveal ourselves, it will only make you spark, I guess you could say."

Phoebe moved Thalia back before challenging me to a duel without armor as did Thalia. I shrugged not really bothered by it, as I made my shirt and armor go away but not my mask and my dual sword holder containing my weapons. Nico was standing near our patrons and gave me a smile and wink. The hunters were shocked at seeing my torso covered in scars as well as the huge claw mark on my chest that I got from Lycaon.

I smiled as I pulled out Alpha and Riptide getting a gasp out of the hunters as they surely recognized Riptide. I walked ten feet away from my opponent and faced her gesturing for her to have the first move. She responded quickly by rushing me and slashing with her knives trying to catch me off guard. She was surprised and angered to see me block every strike she made plus land hits on her with the flats of my blades. She then decided to go for my throat with a knife as I dodged and responded by grabbing both of her wrists and lifted her off of the ground before throwing her back several feet.

I roared out "this was a spar, hunter. Just because I am toying with you doesn't mean you dishonor the match with a killing blow!"

Thalia was literally sparking at my words "I want you to go all out facing me. If you're as great as you claim, surely you won't be too scared to honor this wish of mine." I looked to Artemis for permission, she responded "yes, you have my permission Blaze. I know you won't harm her too much." (remember that Blaze is Percy's codename and Nico's is Shadow) I nodded in acceptance sheathed my swords and got into a 'ready' position.

My fight with Thalia was short, it was over after 1 minute of me embarrassing the crap out of her. Literally all I did was dodge her strikes. I didn't strike at her once until the end when I did a spinning heel kick that connected with her temple, thus knocking her out. Nico came up to me afterward and whispered "man, that was so hot, can I get some of that back home."

I was so glad my mask was on, otherwise everyone would have seen my beet red face. I responded by lifting our masks up just enough to kiss him deeply. The hunters gasped when they saw us making out and some snickered, because they knew we were both guys based on our voices.

Of course as everyone knows, all good things must come to an end. I heard a voice that stilled our affections, Chloe. She ran right up to me excited and shouted "Percy!"

FUCK!

I whispered to Nico to go back home, I will deal with this. He nodded and flamed out. I turned around to the hunters to find Thalia and Phoebe awake and staring at Chloe hug me and say my name excitedly. I pushed Chloe behind me, standing in a fighting stance.

"The Percy I know wouldn't hide behind a mask and he wouldn't be able to do what you can!" Thalia shot at me.

I willed my armor and mask to disappear quickly, as I drew my swords again. "The Percy Jackson that you knew is dead, Thalia. He died when you turned against him after his half-brother lied to the council. You trusted a jackass that you met once, over your cousins that you've known for 5 years! I don't know how you sleep at night, considering you turned against people that treated you like family and someone whose fatal flaw is LOYALTY!" I ranted. With each step I took in her direction, Greek fire raced up my blades onto my arms and torso.

"Where is Death Breath? I want to see him!" Thalia yelled.

"Why do you care? You turned your back on him as well, he tried to tell me that it would be okay, that you would back us up. BUT YOU DIDN'T! You betrayed him as much as you did to the Percy you once knew! He wants nothing to do with you. He told me that if he ever sees you, that no one will be able to hold him back from physically throwing you into Tartarus! So if I were you, accept the fact that your cousins you once knew are gone now!" I shot back.

After I finished my rant, I evened out my breathing and started to calm down. The flames died quickly and I summoned a shirt as I faced Artemis "Lady Artemis, Lady Hestia, I will take my leave as I have had enough for one day." They nodded as I flamed back to my room. Nico had already fallen asleep waiting for me so I cuddled next to him.

I guess he's too tired to take that rutting he told me earlier. Oh well, I'll do it another time.

Artemis POV (Shocker I know)

The hunters were going crazy as the bombshell of Perseus Jackson still lived was dropped. Thalia and Phoebe were angry at being defeated so easily and the other hunters raged against them for betraying a respectable male. Chloe was worried for Percy as she hadn't seen Percy get mad since she was rescued by him. Thalia was livid at Chloe and me for knowing Percy and not saying anything to her. Yeah, because you were his #1 supporter, not. I knew that his true friends (Jason, Piper, Reyna, Leo, Calypso, Frank and Hazel) knew of his whereabouts and promised him to distract the others. They had informed me in an IM a couple of days after meeting up with Percy and Nico.

I walked out of my tent approaching the hunters and yelled out making them shut up. "STOP TALKING…Now everyone go over to the campfire and I will explain everything." Once everyone was there I explained the reasons of my actions towards the two males.

"As you know, Percy Jackson and Nico di Angelo were banished from Olympus and Camp Half-blood based on fake charges of being spies for Gaea. They never had a chance to show their innocence before they were abandoned by everyone except for a select few and the Roman camp who still believes in them. Your lieutenant was the one who turned against those males the fastest because she was jealous of the fact Percy has saved Olympus twice. She didn't give Perseus a chance to prove his innocence instead believing Mark Sherman, Percy's half-brother who she met once. She then started to work with some of the Olympians against Percy and against Nico, who had done nothing but be guilty by association. Nico and Percy were in every sense of the word 'brothers'. The reason why I am defending the two is because in my eyes they are the most respectable males I have come across in my time. I even gave those two my blessing of being able to shift into wolves, because I knew they wouldn't abuse that ability. The flame abilities come from Hestia as she became their Patron. Those two males have brought in the last 6 maidens plus Chloe after I have sent them to rescue them from abusive relatives." I finished after going on my rant.

There was now a line separating the hunters that supported Thalia and those that supported my support of the two males.

Thalia, Phoebe and 2 other man-hating hunters were glaring at their sisters as if they were betrayed. The rest of the hunt were standing beside Chloe and myself. Great now we are divided.

To make matters worse Aphrodite and Apollo showed up. They immediately noticed the divide of the hunt. They pulled me aside and Apollo spoke first "Artemis, forgive me for letting my jealousy get the better of me in believing Percy's half-brother's words over Percy's actions. I let my jealousy overcome my duty of being the God of truth. I didn't realize until it was too late that Mark was lying when he swore on the River Styx that he was telling the truth. I now realize my actions were unjust and want to help prove Percy's innocence and prevent him from being found by the others."

I was shocked but relieved when he said that he wanted to help Percy and Nico. I accepted his apology and told him of the plan which he agreed to do his part of distracting Poseidon. Then they flashed away leaving Artemis to think about Percy and Nico. They would have been amazing Guardians of the Hunt. If only they didn't have to go through these struggles in their lives.

The next day during 4th Period

Percy POV

"Jackson here!" Coach Finnstock pointed his hand at me.

I fiddled with my pen even more as Coach stalked towards me, stopping in front of me. I cast my eyes on my desk.

"Following the footsteps of Jackson here? Tattoos? Getting held back a grade?"

I clenched my fists as Coach continues. I respect Coach, I do, but sometimes he can be a real ass.

"You may have a great life now, with being in the lacrosse team, average grades, and no worries," each word he spoke was pissing me off. "But I've known guys like you, who will be serving me a double cheeseburger or be washing my car in the future."

I looked around as people started to laugh, including Scott who was enjoying my discomfort as he was still being cold towards me. My eyes caught Stiles, Alison, and Nico's worried looks. Mainly Alison's and Stiles. I'd bet they could hear my heart racing in anger all the way home. I also felt Nico's hand on my shoulder.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't look at them. Look at me," Coach snapped his fingers at my face. I started to bounce my leg up and down when people started to laugh even more. My fists started to shake and I quickly hid them when I saw a bit a steam start to come out of my hands.

"Tell me Jackson, what's your plans after high school?" Coach slammed his palms on my desk, making everybody except for Nico and me to jump in their seat and go quiet. I just stared at him, biting my tongue so hard that I started taste blood, in order to keep my big mouth shut.

"Uh, any colleges you have in mind? Not one? No?" Coach continue to taunt me.

I just stayed quiet as the entire room got quiet. My breathing started to pick and I could feel my heart hammering furiously on my ribs.

"Well, what about a career? A doctor? No? Firefighter? An artist? Nothing?" Coach Finnstock shouted in my face.

"Thank you Jackson, for throwing your life in the trash cause you won't grow up!" Coach yelled in my face.

"Thank you for disappointing this generation! Thank you for disappointing me! Disappointing yourself! And disappointing your own parents, for they have to suffer with a trouble kid who won't grow up!"

I clenched my teeth so hard, I was afraid that I was going to crack them but right now, I was too mad to care. My body started to shake in complete and utter rage. I stopped breathing. I glared venomously at Coach. My knuckles popped, turning a deadly white.

"Coach, that's too far" I heard Nico warn.

But his voice seemed to be so far away. I could hear my heart beating through my ears like drums. Fast and loud beating drums. I quickly shot up to my feet, my fists curling as I approached the coach. Coach Finnstock looked at me in shock, taking a couple of steps back. Everybody was quiet and staring at me as I picked up the coach by his collar and held him up on the wall 1 foot above the ground.

"Well…coach maybe you should read up on your student's background before saying something that could trigger their anger and then they end up putting you on your ass in front of others. To answer your rant, my parents disowned me when they found I was gay. Because I was their disappointment. I was left all by myself at 12 years old, but I am still fighting through it all. I am still alive, and I am still pushing through everything life has thrown my way. Remember when I was attacked by that mountain lion and everyone saw my scars. Well, all of those were from the past 5 years of living on the streets. I don't think that's a disappointment, that's a kid who despite given a life worth shit, has said 'you know what, fuck you I'm going to keep going.' How about you think about that before you talk to anyone again?" I let him go before grabbing my bag and walking out of class.

I was approached at my locker by Scott, Stiles, Nico and Alison once class ended. "I'm fine," I quickly told them, when I saw the looks on their faces. I quickly changed the subject.

"You've got a plan to help Scott with his problem, Stilinski?" I asked him.

Stiles just sighs. "I don't know. Yet," he rubbed his face, looking around and moving, like a plan would just got him out of nowhere.

"Oh, no. You're getting an idea, aren't you?" Scott groaned.

"Oh, he definitely is. He has the look and that gleam in his eyes that signals trouble. I like it," I smirked. Nico nodded in agreement.

"Is this idea going to get us in trouble?"

"Maybe."

"Is this idea going to cause me physical pain?" Scott asked sadly.

"Yeah, definitely. Come on."

Stiles grabbed our shoulders and started to push Scott and me.

"Dude, you're a freaking rock," Stiles told me out of nowhere.

"What?" Scott and I asked him confused.

"Your shoulders. They are freaking muscular. Scott, touch his shoulder."

"Don't touch my shoulder," I told Scott.

"I'm not touching his shoulder," Scott agreed.

Stiles just shrugged his shoulders. "I'm just saying. Since Scott has Allison, we should be together, so we won't be left out," Stiles told me innocently.

"Dude, what?!"

"I was thinking of our ship names could be Stercy. Or, oh, Piles! I love Piles!" Stiles rambled.

Scott and I looked at each other before looking back at Stiles weirdly.

"What? It was just a suggestion! Don't deny it that we would make a cute couple," Stiles told me, pointing a finger at my face.

"You two would be cute together," Scott agreed, playfully.

I looked at the three of them, like they were crazy. I shook my head. "My boyfriend is standing right here, Stiles. Now let's get moving before he strangles you. And if he does, you're on your own." I tease.

Needless to say, the plan worked out somewhat, in the way that we all got detention. Afterwards the three of us rode in Stiles's car to Scott's workplace because he needed to get something from his boss. Nico got pulled into a shopping spree with Alison, Lydia and Jackson.

When we got there, it was a sight to see. Scott's boss was tied up to a rolling chair with bandages as Derek lifted Deaton up in the air, yelling at him. Deaton cheek was split open and he was hurt.

"Scott, get out of here!" Deaton shouted over his shoulder.

I quickly ran over as Derek set Deaton back down, not before knocking Deaton out by punching him in the face.

"Stop! Stop!" Scott shouted, standing protectively in front of Deaton.

"Look, when he's conscious, he can keep himself from healing, but unconscious, he can't!" Derek yelled at us.

"Are you out of your mind?!" Scott shouted back at him. "What are you talking about?!"

"He's not even one of us. If he was, we would be able to tell." I calmly told Derek.

I quickly bent down and ripped off the rope on Deaton's hands behind his back. Derek stepped away from us a bit as I handed Scott a cotton ball and rubbing alcohol. Scott was cleaning the blood from Deaton face as I watch Derek pace in front of us before stopping, marching towards us.

"Do you have a plan?" Derek asked his with his usual scowl.

"Just give us an hour." Scott responded which drew an incredulous look from me. "Then what?"

"Meet me at the school. In the parking lot," Scott muttered to Derek.

Scott tossed the bloody cotton ball in the trash can as Derek left the building, just as Scott was placing a bandage on Deaton's face.

The baby blue Jeep parked in front of the school late at night, where nobody is here. This is what happens when you get suck into the supernatural and mythology world. Gods, this reminds me of a scene in a horror movie. Jumping out of the car, I flipped on my hoodie as we walked to the trunk.

"This is a terrible idea," Stiles sighed, his breath appearing in front of his face cause of the very cold temperature.

"All of our ideas are terrible ideas," I reminded him. He gave me a fake smile which I returned. "Yeah, I know," Scott rubbed his hands.

"But we're still going to do it?" Stiles asked us.

"Can you think of something better?"

"Well, personally I'm a fan of ignoring a problem until eventually it goes away," Stiles said.

"Not a bad plan there Stiles, I'm down for that" I breathed out, stuffing my hands in the pockets of my jacket. Stiles had a smug look as he pointed at me, his point proven that this idea is horrible.

"Just make sure we can get inside," Scott said anxiously.

As Stiles took out a pair of bolt cutters from his trunk, Derek's Camaro came here just in time.

"He's here," I stated out loud.

We walked up the sleek black car as Derek got out of his car.

"Where's my boss?" Scott questioned him.

"He's in the back."

Bending down to see, I groaned when I saw Deaton tied up in duct tape in the back seat. Derek even went as far as to duct tape his mouth. The only thing left was a sack covering his face and stealing his wallet and we are in our way to jail.

"Oh, he looks comfortable," Stiles stated sarcastically.

"Five stars hotel worthy. Let me guess, instead of a mint on the pillow, it's a knuckle sandwich instead." I told Derek with the same ounce of sarcasm as Stiles, except with a smile on my face.

Scott patted our shoulders, and the three of us headed to the school building.

"Wait. Hey. What are you doing?" Derek asked us.

"You said I was linked with the Alpha," Scott explain as we stop. "I'm going to see if you're right."

Derek pointed at me and I caught what he meant. "Hey guys, I'll be out here."

Derek and I stood there in silence until I caught the sound of the intercom turning on. Hearing somebody clearing their throat from the end, they let out this screeching noise. I quickly winced in pain, covering my ears with my hands. It rang through my ears excruciating painfully, not going to be surprised if my ears are bleeding by this point. It sounded like a cat being strangled to its death bed while also being drowned.

"You've got to be kidding me," Derek closed his eyes also covering his ears.

Once the shrilling howl stops, I sighed in relief. "So glad that's over."

After a couple minutes later, the intercom came back on. Preparing for another painful shrill, I was instead met with a deep, loud, and animalistic howl that sound like a monster. It was so loud, the cars shook a bit from the volume. Impressed didn't come close to what I was feeling, I was livid.

"Idiot," Derek hissed when Scott stopped his werewolf howl.

"Yes, a true dumbass who doesn't use his brain. Now the Alpha will be here very quick." I agreed.

"I'm going to kill both of you!" Derek yelled at Scott and Stiles when they came back. "What the hell was that?!"

"What are you trying to do, attract the entire state to the school?!" I asked, a little pissed.

"Sorry, I didn't know it would be that loud," Scott said, looking proud of himself.

"Yeah, it was loud. And it was, awesome," Stiles said the last word in a singing tone as he gave Scott a high-five.

"Shut up," Derek told Stiles.

"Don't be such a sourwolf." Stiles retorted.

"What'd you do with him?" Scott asked Derek pointing behind us.

"What?" Derek and I both asked simultaneously, whipping back to the Camaro. The door was wide open. And Deaton wasn't in the car.

"What the hell?" I muttered.

"I didn't do anything," Derek defended himself.

"I was here the whole time, he didn't do anything."

It got quiet for a couple of minutes as we tried to figure out how Deaton got out without making a sound.

"DEREK MOVE!" I yelled when I picked up another heart beat coming straight at us running very fast.

Next thing I knew, Derek who was beside me, was up in the air, dark red blood spurting out of his mouth like a waterfall. My eyes widen in horror as I stared into those blood red eyes. It was the Alpha. It dug its claws deep into Derek's back.

"Derek!" I shouted, ready to run to him but Scott and Stiles grabbed my shoulders and pulled me away.

Still staring at Derek, I ran with Scott and Stiles towards the doors. The last thing I saw of Derek was him being tossed to a wall, falling to the ground, and his eyes wide open. He was barely alive. The three of us opened the doors and hauled ourselves in, slamming our backs to the doors. The only thing I could hear was our heavy breathing, our heartbeats, as the Alpha was at the other side of these doors. We all stared at each other and one thing crossed over our faces.

We're dead.

Updated: 12/30/2017