The house is dark. Silent. Isaac moves slowly and quietly down the stairs. His enhanced vision allowing him to scan the darkness for signs of the intruder. At the bottom of the stairs he hears a faint sound from the direction of the study. His claws and teeth slowly extend as he braces himself for combat. He pulls the door open just as someone comes rushing at him out of the darkness. He slashes at his chest cutting deep. He sneerz at the pained scream the intruder makes Isaac slashes again going for the throat. The person falls against Isaac. The lights snap on and Derek yells "Isaac no!" Isaac's blood runs cold when he pushes the intruder back and Paul's shocked face looks up at him. They both freeze. A racking cough shudders through Paul as he struggles to breathe. "Isaac?" Paul asks blood spraying from his mouth as he stumbles back and falls to the floor. Isaac's mouth drops open as he falls shaking to his knees. His hands hover uselessly over the multiple wounds on Paul's face, neck and torso. "I love….." Paul manages to choke out clutching Isaac's hands. Paul's eyes full of pain show love and forgiveness as he goes limp and silent.
Isaac screams
Paul and Kyle both jerk awake as Isaac thrashes and screams. They both frantically try to wake him up. When his eyes open he looks at Paul and shoves himself away so hard he falls off the bed. He scuttles across the floor until his back hits the wall. "Isaac!" Paul yells jumping out of the bed and rushing to Isaac's side. "No!" Isaac roars holding his hands up. "Stay back!" He yells. "I'll hurt you!" Kyle grabs Paul's arm and yanks him back shoving him behind him. "Stay!" Kyle yells inches from Paul's face when the human resists and tries to get close to Isaac. "Stay!" Kyle yells again eyes flashing yellow. Kyle turns back to Isaac and moves closely. Isaac says nothing his eyes locked on Paul's a moment before he clenches them shut. "Isaac." Kyle says. Isaac shakes his head and refuses to open his eyes. "Isaac!" Kyle says again shaking the tall wolf. Isaac shakes his head seemingly in a daze. Kyle allows his claws to extend and cut in to Isaac's bare shoulder. The pain causes Isaac to flinch away from Kyle. When he looks up his eyes are normal. He sags against the wall. "Puppy?" Paul asks timidly. Before Kyle can throw himself between them Isaac has Paul in his arms and is squeezing him tightly. "Something…..I….I don't even know. It was like I was being forced…..I…I hurt you." The shaking wolf manages to stutter out between high pitched whines as he holds Paul firmly against his body and presses his nose firmly against Paul's neck.
Kyle places his hand on Isaac's shoulder. Isaac flinches and growls smacking Kyle's hand away. Just then the locked door to the room crashes in as Derek and the rest of the pack rush in. Isaac growls at them pulling Paul behind him and shifting to Beta. He backs Paul in to the closet and roars at them. "Stay back!" Kyle says holding his hand up to halt the approach of the pack. Isaac roars again the floors under their bare feet vibrating with the intensity of his warning. Isaac slams the door closed then with a sweep of his arm most of Paul's clothes are knocked to the floor. Isaac presses Paul back in to the corner of the closet and pulls them both under the clothes. He pulls Paul in to his arms and shivers. Whining softly he kisses and licks at the side of Paul's face and neck. "Baby." Paul says in to Isaac's ear. "It's OK. They are pack they won't hurt me." Isaac growls again golden eyes glaring at the closed door. "We felt your panic." Derek says through the closet door. "The door was locked. No one will hurt Paul." Isaac whines softly but doesn't shift back to human. "Come on Puppy. I'm safe here, we're in our room. Nothing bad ever happens in here. You and Kyle always protect me." "I hurt you. It was real it happened." Isaac says huskily. "Baby I'm fine you didn't hurt me." "I slashed your face and ripped your throat open." "Slide my phone under the door." Paul says. A few seconds later his phone slides across the floor. Isaac snarls at it and then growls low and dangerous at the door. "Back away from the door some." Paul says picking up his phone. Paul turns brings up the flash light app on his phone and soon the darkness of the closet lights up. Paul angles it away so it doesn't shine in their eyes and turns to Isaac. "I… I killed you." Isaac says starting to shiver as fat tears rolls down his face. "Hey." Paul says turning Isaac to face him. "Look." He says tilting his head back. He takes Isaac's hand and runs it along his throat. Isaac whimpers and curls his fingers away from the skin. "I'm fine baby you didn't hurt me. Do you smell any blood? It was a nightmare." Isaac shakes his head stubbornly as his human features return. Paul's uninjured body and constant use of the bond to calm Isaac finally getting through to the frightened wolf. "I didn't want to." Isaac says quietly. "Something made me. I….wasn't in control." "Do you love me?" Paul asks softly. "Yes." Isaac replies immediately. "Would you ever hurt me?" "No." Isaac says haltingly. "Baby I'm fine. Whatever it was it wasn't real. I'm right here and I'm not hurt." Isaac falls in to Paul's arms sobbing loud and broken. "Can you guys give us the room please?" Paul asks softly. Kyle looks up at the worried pack and nods. They pull back, Derek hovering by the remains of the door for a moment. "If you need anything…" Kyle nods his head yes and the Alpha leaves casting a worried look around the room.
"Can Kyle stay?" Paul asks quietly when Isaac calms down a few minutes later. Isaac doesn't look up from where his head is tucked under Paul's chin. "OK." He mumbles out eventually. Kyle grabs a blanket and pillow off the bed and settles on the floor outside the closet door. "I'm here guys no one is getting in there." "It was so real." Isaac says with a shudder. Paul guides them both on to their backs pulling the piles of clothes on top of them. "Do you want to go back to bed?" Paul asks a few minutes later. Isaac shakes his head no tightening his arms around Paul.
"Well?" Stiles asks once the door to their room is closed. "He doesn't feel right." Derek says. "Derek!" Stiles exclaims and rushes towards the door. "No!" Derek says holding his arms out. "He's not going to hurt anyone. Paul and Kyle are safe. Isaac just felt different on the bond until he woke up. It was like he was there but not there. He's mostly back to normal now." Stiles crosses his arms and leans on the small desk. "Do you think someone was controlling him?" "I don't know." Derek says walking back to the bed and sitting on the edge with a dark scowl. "Whatever it was is gone now. It was like there was something or someone connected to the pack bond." "How is that possible. They have to be pack to be on the bond." Stiles says before getting a distant look in his eye. After a moment he turns around and flips open the lid on his laptop. "What are you doing?" Derek asks. "What I always do sexy wolf. Research."