"What? Why?" I asked Derek. "What purpose does coming here after everything that's happened serve?"
"I don't know. Deaton's not sure either; he said that Scott showed up to his office asking about Danny. When Deaton said that he hadn't heard from him I guess Scott just assumed he was here. I guess Deaton is trying to make up for his part in everything by giving us a heads up." Derek said.
"So, what are we going to do?" Jackson asked. "I mean, we can pretty much guess how he's going to react seeing that Aiden, Ethan and Danny have joined up with you; and if his mindset is anything like Lydia's then he doesn't think that he really did anything wrong."
Jackson had a point; Scott was going to lose it once he realized that what little pack that he had left has joined with Derek. And even though what he did almost killed Danny, and not to mention the fact that he attacked him, Scott probably doesn't feel like he did anything wrong and that Derek is either forcing them to be a part of his pack, or that they've abandoned him for no reason.
"I'm not sure," Derek said. "But when he gets here, I need all of you to stay back and let me handle it; and furthermore, if he attacks me, don't get involved."
Wait, what? "What?" I cry out.
"Derek, you can't be serious! Do you honestly expect us to just sit back and do nothing? He's angry and he's unstable!" I say, trying to reason with Derek. We've just started to be more than a pack; we've started to become a family, and I refuse to allow Scott to take that away from us.
"Stiles, Derek is right; if Scott attacks him than there's nothing we can do and we're going to need to stay back." Peter calmly states.
"Why is that, Peter?" my dad asked, as confused as everyone else as to why we need to stay back.
"As Derek said before an alpha needs a pack; both for power and stability. Scott has lost members of his pack not once but twice now. He's pretty much an omega with an alpha rank, which is pretty much meaningless. Stiles is right in the sense that Scott is unstable and that's why Derek has to deal with himself." Peter explained, but everyone was still looking at him waiting for further explanation. Peter rolled his eyes, but continued to explain what the issue was.
"Scott still has the strength and power of an alpha, but he has the mental instability of a omega. Scott already saw Derek as a threat and now with the pack he had left siding with Derek, all his anger is towards him. Derek is the only one of us strong enough to take him on and it still maybe a hard battle for Derek to fight."
"Why would it be a hard battle?" Melissa asked, this time it was Derek who spoke up.
"It could be harder because of Scott's mindset, he's not going to see this as a regular fight; his alpha instincts are going to tell him that this is a fight not only for his pack, but also a fight to assert his dominance as an alpha. Either way, this is going to be bad. His first instinct is going to be to kill, but I'll be able to keep a clear head and just take him down, hopefully."
In hearing that it was like everything else faded away; he's going to try and kill him. Scott is going to try and kill Derek and there's nothing I can do about it. Looking around the room I can see that everyone is in just as much shock as I am; Melissa is in tears knowing what her son is going to do. There has to be something that I can do, anything; but then we hear something that lets me know that we don't have time to figure it out.
"DEREK!"
Scott is standing outside the house completely wolf-out and snarling. Derek goes out the front door and we all follow him. Derek stands on the second to last step on the porch making sure that we all stayed on the porch and that Scott couldn't get to us.
Scott looked over at us and for the first time I noticed how empty his eyes were; it was like there was no one there, just a void. Scott scanned over everyone that was behind Derek, but he stopped when his eyes landed on Aiden, Ethan, and Danny.
"What are you doing with Derek? You're my pack!" He yelled. Ethan looked towards Derek to make sure he was ok with them responding to Scott or if they should just ignore him; Derek nodded his head letting them know that this part of the altercation is theirs to fight.
"What do you think we're doing here Scott? You tried to kill Danny! Did you honestly think that we would just forget about it? That we were just going to continue being in your pack, when we can't trust you!" Ethan screamed.
"I didn't mean for that to happen!" Scott screamed back, edging closer to the house. Derek took this as a sign that he was either about to attack or was looking for a way to attack without having to go through Derek first. Derek stepped closer to Scott effectively blocking his view from Aiden, Ethan, and Danny; drawing his attention away from them.
"Really, Scott? You didn't mean for it to happen? Then why did Deaton tell you how dangerous it was? Why didn't you stop force feeding Danny your blood when he started to get sick?!" Derek yelled, stalking closer and closer to Scott.
"Stop it!" Scott screamed, not wanting to hear the truth of what he did.
"If you didn't mean for Danny to get hurt, why did you attack him after they found out what you did? You didn't care about Danny! You don't care about anyone or anything if it doesn't help you get what you want! You're selfish and careless; you don't deserve the title of an alpha!"
When Derek finished talking both he and Scott were wolfed out completely; then Scott attacked. He came running towards Derek, putting his shoulder into Derek's stomach effectively taking him down. He immediately started punching and clawing at Derek, trying to do as much damage as he could. Derek flung Scott off of him and into a tree at least 20 feet away from him; from there they were completely all over each other, and you couldn't tell what was going on aside from the growls coming from the both of them.
Watching them fight, I finally understood what Derek and Peter were talking about with Scott's mental state. It was obvious how unexperienced Scott was when it came to fighting in full beta-shift, but his viciousness was making up for it. Even though Derek's hit were having more of an impact than Scott's were, but Scott was fighting as dirty as he could; biting, clawing and kicking Derek anywhere he could reach.
The longer the fight went on the more nervous I became; while I didn't want either of them to be hurt, I was more worried about Derek than Scott. At one point Scott got a good swipe at Derek and clawed him from his right eye all the way down to his chin. Even though Derek healed pretty much right away, it dawned on me what Scott was trying to do. He was trying to claw Derek's throat like Derek did to Peter when he first became alpha. Scott was trying to kill my mate!
Out of nowhere I started to feel this intense burning feeling in my chest and all I could see was Scott standing over Derek's dead body. I vaguely heard someone screaming, but I couldn't tell who it was; then I realized that it was me. Then there was this bright blue light that surrounded me that shot across the field and hit Derek and Scott as they were fighting, throwing them apart from one another and bringing me to my knees.
Derek and Scott slowly came around and Derek rushed over to me and helped me up.
"Stiles, look at me. Are you ok?" Derek asked me holding my face gently between his hands. After taking some deep calming breaths I nodded my head saying that I was in fact ok.
"What about you? Are you ok? I don't know where that light came from or what happened really?" I said, trying to playback in my mind everything that just happened.
After making sure that we were both ok, Derek turned to address Scott who was now standing on his own.
"Scott, I'm going to give you a choice. You can stay here in Beacon Hills provided that you stay away from my pack. You won't contact any of us and you stay out of pack business. If there's anything that happens that could affect you and your wellbeing then we'll help you, but other than that you're going to be on your own. If you can't agree with this, then you'll have to leave; I won't have you endangering anyone else in this town to help your power trip."
Scott looked over at us, his eyes begging me to step up and defend him and try to get Derek to let him off the hook, but it's not happening. Too often, Scott gets away with stuff mainly because I either take up for him or take the fall for him; not this time. Realizing that he wasn't going to get any help from me he looked to Melissa.
"Mom, come on, please. Don't let him do this, please." He begged her.
"Scott, Derek is giving you a chance. The only chance that you're going to get. I'm sorry but after learning what you did to Danny and what you were trying to do to Derek, it's like I don't know you anymore. You need to decide what's more important to you, this power trip that you're on, or your family."
Scott looked shocked that no one was willing to step and defend him; for the first time in his life he was having to deal with the consequences of his actions himself; unfortunately, he hasn't learned anything in these last few minutes.
"So, not only have you taken my best friend and my pack, but you've turned my mother against me as well. I bet you're so proud of yourself aren't you Derek."
"Oh for the love of God, Scott! Not everything is about you! Derek didn't turn anyone against you; you did that all on your own." I yell at him, trying to make him see reason. Scott looked at us, shook his head and walked away.
As he was walking away, he turned and said, "I'll call my dad and go stay with him. I can see that I'm not wanted here." And he quietly walked away. As much pain and problems Scott has caused in the past few months, it still hurt to know that he couldn't get past his selfishness to realize what he's done.
After Scott left we all quietly made our way back into the house to calm down and figure out what just happened. Scott was officially lost to us; nothing we could say or do would make him see what's really going on around him.
Once we all got settled in, cleaned up and calmed down, my dad asked a very important question.
"Stiles, what exactly happened to you out there?"
"Honestly dad, I don't know; I'm still trying to figure that out myself." I replied.
"I think I know what it was, but I need to know something first Stiles. Before you screamed and the light started, what were you thinking about?" Peter asked. Thinking back to what happened I explained to everyone what I was thinking about.
"I saw Scott trying to claw Derek's throat; after that all I kept seeing was Scott standing over Derek's body." I said as tears rolled down my face, remembering the feeling of dread and hopelessness I felt picturing Derek's body.
"Derek." Peter said, drawing his attention away from me. "The light Stiles shot, did it hurt you?"
Derek shook his head. "No, it didn't. The blast knocked me away from Scott, but other than that I feel fine."
"Hmm mm." Peter said before explaining his thoughts. "Stiles, do you remember what Markus told you about your spark?"
"Yeah, he said that it was fully formed, but I had to find something that would trigger my spark." I replied, not seeing where Peter was going with this.
"Precisely," he said. "And it seems as though you found that trigger. You were worried about your mate, and the security of your pack so, your spark gathered all the energy it could muster and blasted Scott and Derek apart. This pack; your mate; they're your trigger to use your spark. You've always been a caregiver for all of us so it makes sense that our safety would bring out your true spark." Peter explained with a look of wonder and appreciation in his eyes. Looking around everyone was looking at the in pretty much that same way.
Thinking about what Peter said, it does make sense. All I wanted was for all of us to be able to live together peacefully and for no one to get hurt. It wasn't until I felt that Derek was in danger that my spark came to life. As many times as Derek clawed at Scott I never reacted in the way that I did when Scott did the same thing to Derek. My pack is my trigger; the love I have for them can and will keep us safe.
Switching gears to another issue that needed to be addressed Isaac spoke up, "What's going to happen to Scott?"
"Raphael has been wanting him to come and live with him for the longest time. If he calls him tonight, he'll probably have him on a plane out of here by tomorrow evening." Melissa explained. She was taking this better than I thought she would but I guess she sees that there's nothing that can be done at this point.
"What about his alpha status?" Cora asked. "Is it safe for us to willingly allow an unstable wolf to travel to another area?"
"Since Scott doesn't have a pack and hasn't for a good bit, he's an omega. His alpha should be stripped from him within the next few days." Derek explained calmly. Everyone, except Peter looked shocked to hear this.
"I told you; an alpha needs a pack, without one they can't truly be an alpha. By the time Scott gets to his father's place his eyes will have gone from red back to yellow; maybe blue considering what he almost did to Danny, I'm not sure."
Given all of the drama and emotional distress that everyone had gone through today we all decided to head to bed early and deal with any and everything else in the morning.