Derek and Peter rushed to help Ethan bring Danny into the house with Aiden and Lydia trailing behind them. At the same time my dad and I ran into the dining room to clear off the table so that Melissa would have somewhere to work. I didn't know what happened to Danny, but I hoped to God that he could survive it. Ethan was still an alpha and if Danny died there would nothing anyone could say or do to prevent him from killing Scott as well; an alpha's mate is not someone that you mess with.
Derek and Peter laid Danny down on the table as gently as they could and Peter proceeded to rip off Danny's shirt so that Melissa could get to the wound.
"What happened?" Melissa asked as she came into the room ; she began taking things out of her medical bag to prepare for what was to come.
"Scott happened." Ethan replied. He was standing next to Danny, bent at the waist holding Danny's hand in a death grip, quietly sobbing. After everything that happened with the alpha pack and everything that he did to us, I couldn't help but feel for him.
At one point Ethan told Scott and I about the pack they were with before Deucalion. He told us that the alpha was ruthless and vicious and they were the omegas of the pack. Given what I know about pack dynamics now, I can see why Deucalion's offer seemed great. They would have the chance to get away from their abusive alpha and become alpha's themselves; the next few years spent with Deucalion were just the usual power trip and bloodlust that most new werewolves have when they're turned. The only difference is that in normal packs there is an alpha there to calm you and teach you how to remain in touch with your human side. Deucalion, on the other hand, fed off of it; he took advantage of new wolves and manipulated them into doing his bidding all for the sake of power. And, unfortunately, from the looks of it Scott is trying to follow along in his footsteps.
"What did Scott do?" Derek asked as calmly as he could. I could tell from the way he was standing that he was angry that Danny got hurt, but he knew that yelling at an alpha with an injured mate would only make things worse. But all Ethan did was continue to cry and repeatedly, yet quietly, apologized to Danny. Finally Aiden spoke up.
"Scott has been trying to get Danny and I to get the bite." Lydia spoke up quietly. This was not the Lydia I knew. The Lydia I knew was fearless and confident, but the woman before me looked terrified and subdued. What the hell has Scott been doing?
"Apparently, Deaton informed Scott that the blood of an alpha could trigger the change in someone or make it to where getting the bite would be the only option for them." Aiden said.
"The only option besides what?" I asked timidly. I feared I knew what the answer was going to be, but I hoped that I was wrong.
"Death." Peter said; everyone turned and looked towards him. Derek gave him a nod for him to explain.
"The blood of an alpha can cause the change if someone is given a large amount at once, but if they're given a small amount over a length a time then the alpha's blood will slowly eat away at their healthy blood cells. Getting the bite would be the only way to save them from a sure death."
At that point Ethan spoke up; the malice and hate in voice was clear.
"He slipped up tonight. Scott kept insisting that we have pack meetings at night. He said we could just have dinner at his place, but every time we got there he had already had dinner order; pizza, Chinese, Thai, whatever. Danny asked him why tonight and he wouldn't say so we kept asking him until he finally broke. Danny jumped up and said that he didn't want the bite; that's he'd never want the bite especially not from Scott." Ethan sobbed out the last part and put his head back down; Aiden took over from where left off.
"Scott got pissed and told Danny that he was a pack member and he would do what he said, so Danny tried to leave. I guess Scott figured that he'd come here so he wolfed out and tried to stop him. Ethan knocked him away and Lydia and I got him to the car. He took off into the woods when he saw us pulling away."
"He probably ran off to tell Deaton that his plan didn't work." Lydia said, venom clear in her voice as she said Deaton's name.
I looked down at Danny; his face was bruised and he had claw marks on his arm and stomach. They didn't seem very deep so, Melissa just cleaned and bandaged them. I knew of a spell I could do from one of Talia's books that would heal him, but we had to wait until he woke up.
"I may can heal his wounds, but we have to wait until he wakes up." Lydia, Aiden and Ethan's eyes were on me; mainly in shock that I could do something like that, but Ethan also looked grateful.
"Why do you need to wait until he wakes up?" Lydia asked; Derek answered for me.
"The spell only works on humans; between Scott's blood in his system and the claw marks, he might change. We can only know for sure when regains consciousness."
Aiden, Lydia, and Ethan took this information in and then looked to each other. Lydia nodded to Aiden who then nodded to Ethan, who gave a nod back to the both of them. Aiden and Ethan stood forward and stepped to Derek. I felt Boyd, Erica, Isaac, and Jackson tense, unsure if they were going to attack Derek or not. Surprising all of us they both feel to their knees.
"Please let us in your pack Derek." Aiden practically begged, while Ethan nodded beside him.
"Scott can't be trusted and we don't want to be omegas. We want to stay here with our mates; please Derek. We'll give up our alpha powers just please let us stay."
Derek looked shocked for a minute, as did the rest of us. Never in a million years did anyone expect them to want to join our pack, but they knew their mates wouldn't be safe otherwise. If they're omegas then they would be constantly on the run from random hunters and have no real home; and staying with Scott meant that Lydia and Danny were susceptible to another attack like this one. In that moment, I didn't see the ruthless killers that I had known Ethan and Aiden to be; all I saw were two young wolves wanting desperately to protect their mates.
Derek looked to me gauging my reaction to them joining the pack. I looked back to the pack not surprised to see tears in Erica, Cora and Alison eyes. Chris and my dad looked as though they wanted to hunt Scott down themselves, as did Isaac, Boyd, and Jackson. Looking back towards Derek I nodded my head and returned it to me before turning back to Ethan and Aiden.
"You and your mates are welcome to join but not as alphas. I won't make you pack omegas, but understand that you will need to work to earn the complete trust of this pack. All of you will." Derek said looking up to make eye contact with Lydia who nodded that she understood. Aiden and Ethan nodded in agreement before they stood. Each of them put a hand on Derek's arms and let the alpha power drain into him; we all watched as their eyes turned from red to yellow. Once the power exchange was over they both stood back with bowed heads and at the same time said, "Alpha." Both acknowledging Derek's higher ranking and their new alpha.
"Well, thank goodness we had the bright idea to have multiple rooms made ready and available." Peter commented, trying to lighten the mood a bit. It worked and we all shared a small laugh until we all heard something that made us stop. It was a small cough; Danny was waking up.
A/N: I was going to stop here, but I decided to be nice…lol
"Danny!" Ethan yelled and ran over to help him sit up. Melissa and Peter went over as well; before Melissa could check his wounds Peter wanted to see if in fact Danny did change or if he was in the process of doing so. Peter looked Danny over and then stepped back.
"He's ok, still human. My guess, a few more times getting blood from Scott and he wouldn't have had a choice." He said, the last part was bitter and angry. Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief. Melissa checked Danny over again and then gave me the nod to get the book. Meanwhile, I could hear Ethan explained to Danny what was going on.
"Danny, Stiles has a spell that he can do that will heal you, ok?" Ethan asked Danny. I assume that Danny nodded his agreement because Ethan went on speaking.
"We're not in Scott's pack anymore. Derek and Stiles agreed that we could join them. I'm sorry that I didn't realize what Scott was doing sooner. I'm sorry that I let you get hurt."
"It's not your fault. We all thought that he would do what was right for us and not just him." Danny said quietly; his voice was very weak.
I came back in the room and walked over to Danny carrying the book. I noticed that Ethan was holding his hand and draining the pain from him.
"Ethan, in order for this to work you're going to have to stop draining his pain. It'll interfere with the magic." I told him quietly. I could tell that he wasn't happy about it but knew it was for the best.
Ethan stepped away from Danny and let me work. I drew different protection and healing runes on Danny's face and chest making sure to cover the areas where he was hurt. I opened the book to the passage I needed and began to recite the spell from the book. There was a bright orange/yellow light that surrounded Danny and I for a couple minutes after I finished the spell then it disappeared. The bruises on Danny's face were gone as were the claw marks on his arm and chest. Ethan ran over to embrace Danny and I went to stand with Derek. I could feel how proud and impressed he was with me through the bond.
Danny sat up and looked towards me and Derek before he started speaking.
"Thank you for healing me and letting us join your pack, but what are we going to do about Scott. He's not going to like this anymore than he did when Stiles choose you over him." He said to Derek.
Derek looked around the room before speaking.
"As of right now, there's nothing we can do until we can figure out why he's acting like this. I'm going to figure out what Deaton's role in all this is and make some calls to a few friends from other packs. Until we figure out what to do though, all of you need to stay away from Scott. This attack tonight proves that he's getting dangerous and is losing touch with reality. If you're out in public and you see him turn in the other direction and from now on no one goes anywhere alone. For now, it's late and everyone has had a rough day." He looked towards Lydia, Ethan, Aiden and Danny before speaking again.
"Someone will show you to your rooms, they're pretty much plain right now but if you should so choose you can decorate them anyway you want. Tomorrow we start back training; I need all of you to be prepared should Scott attack again."
With that everyone started to head to their rooms. Melissa and I stayed in the dining room to clean up, but I noticed Lydia pulling Jackson and Cora off to the side. After a few brief words, Lydia hugged both of them before heading with Aiden to their new bedroom. I guess she wanted to go ahead and start making amends to the pack and I was shocked and pleased that she started with them.
Later on that night as I was lying in bed with Derek I thought about the entire situation. Something about Deaton's role in all of this seemed weird to me. As their emissary he should want to protect the entire pack, not just Scott. I think Derek is definitely right about checking with Deaton, something isn't right at all.