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Summary: Veda's parents are hiding something; she is sure of that. After dragging her all over the country, like their on the run, they settle down in Beacon Hills where apparently everyone has a secret. She is tired of the lies and excuses and is determined to find the truth. As always, it is easier said than done. IsaacXOC

Teen Wolf – Reinventing Your Exit
Chapter 4 :: Battlefield

Veda once again sat at the table with Boyd; apparently last night Isaac broke out of jail – something that her parents were concerned about. She reassured them that it was fine and they better not think about packing up just yet. Her parents agreed to give Beacon Hills a chance. She worried about Isaac, she knew in her heart that it wasn't him who killed his father and she was pretty sure Scott had something to do with Isaac breaking out, or at least Stiles. "Would you like my cupcake? I'm not going to eat it." Veda offered pointing to the chocolate iced treat. Boyd shrugged his shoulders and reach across the table, taking the tasty snack.

This seemed to be an okay routine with the two of them. She decided not to stay the whole period with him but just long enough to see how his day was going and to share lunch. She would excuse herself and then find Erica in the library, where the girl said she was always reading. Erica explained that she felt more at home in the library than anywhere else in the school. Veda was starting to get really close to the brown eyed girl and would probably consider her best friend material out of the group.

The gray eyed girl was happy with her routine and was making pretty good friends. She finally met this Lydia girl the group was talking about – a little surprised to find out she went missing naked in the woods. Veda didn't judge her for it though. Once the bell rang Erica and Veda walked to Finstock's class together. Today he wanted them to meet in the gym for rock climbing.

"Devoto and Larson, you're up first." Finstock stated as soon as everyone was changed into their gym attire. Veda was unsure how this had anything to do with economics but decided she didn't mind – she always enjoyed rock climbing with Gabe. She looked at the wall and frowned before shaking the thoughts from her head. Just like when she started running again the first few steps were hard but became easier. She noticed as she looked up that the boy was faster than her. 'You're not giving up already are you?' The voice of her brother was crystal clear in her mind. Growing determined she continued up the wall until she hit the bell. With a safe journey back to the ground she smiled. Coach called the next group up. "Good job Devoto." Coach stated.

Veda stood next to Erica again. "You were great." Erica stated, looking nervously at the wall. "Thanks, I used to rock climb with my brother." Erica frowned at Veda's reply. By now she had learned about Veda's family and the tragedy that seemed to follow the girl around. "Sorry, it must be hard to think about things like that." The gray eyed girl turned to her friend. "Nah, it's not horrible. He would like to see me still doing the things we did together." A few more groups went before coach looked pass the two girls. "McCall… Argent. You're up."

Veda watched the two of them and then back at Erica who was fidgeting. "I'm nervous." Veda smiled at the girl. "Don't be. It's not that bad. Just don't think about it."

Scott fell from the wall, his safety harness catching him before he hit the ground. Some students laughed with coach who got down to Scott's level on the floor. "McCall, I don't know why but your pain gives me a special kind of joy. Alright next two. Stilinksi, Erica. Let's go - the wall."

Erica looked up at the wall again and gulped. "It will be okay. Just breathe and take your time." Veda stated. Erica nodded her head. Veda noticed instantly that Erica was struggling and Stiles seemed to be up and down the wall in no time. The blonde haired girl grunted a few times before her body started shaking, her breath becoming rapid in a panic attack. Everyone seemed to noticed and moved closer. "Erica," Coach began. "Dizzy? Is it vertigo?" Lydia turned to coach and raised a brow. "Vertigo is a dysfunction of the vestibular system of the inner ear. She's just freaking out."

"Erica!" Coach called out again. A few laughs broke out and Veda glared at the source. "I'm fine." Erica whimpered out. Allison turned to the coach. "Coach, maybe it's not safe. You know she's epileptic." Finstock looked around. "Wha.. Why doesn't anyone tell me this stuff? Erica, you're fine. Just kick off from the wall. There is a mat to catch you." Erica took a few shaky breaths before slowly letting go of the wall and gliding back down. "See you're fine, you're on the ground." Coach whispered encouragingly. "Let's go, shake it off. You're fine." Erica walked her way through the class, most of the students giggling at her. Veda could see the tears building and she followed after her. "Erica wait up." She slung her arm around the girl's shoulder and walked with her.

Erica leaned against the wall in the locker room, still shaking. "I can't do anything normal." She whimpered. Veda looked and her and put on a stern face. "Don't you start that. Erica, you can do anything you out your mind to. I know you can. It's okay to be afraid of things and over time you can get over those fears. If you want I can help you." Erica shook her head. "I don't want to waste your time." Veda grabbed her shoulders gently. "You won't be wasting my time. Friends are supposed to help each other right?" Erica nodded her head. "Okay. Good." Veda smiled at her. "Let's get changed, class is almost over anyway."

"Go ahead without me. I want to cool off for a few more minutes." Erica stated. Veda nodded her head and walked further into the locker room as the rest of the girls started to pile in. Erica walked out as the gym light was turned off. The lights over the rock wall were still lit as if mocking Erica. She took a deep breath and decided she was going to conquer that wall. Pulling her hair into a bun she stared at it with determination. She started the wall, feeling confident and strong. If everyone else could do it then she could too. More than half way up the wall she started getting dizzy; she coughed at the taste of blood in her mouth, even though it wasn't there. She felt her arms get weak. 'No.' She thought to herself as she felt a seizure coming. Her grip faltered from the wall and she fell. She could feel someone catch her and lay her down. "Put her on her side." A female voice stated. She gripped onto the hand in hers and blacked out.

Veda had just finished changing into her shirt when a female voice called out. "Erica fell from the wall!" The whole class moved out of the locker room quickly. Veda slammed her locker door in the process. She pushed her way through the crowd. "Erica!" She called out only to see her friend shaking violently on the floor, Scott, Stiles and Allison right with her. She let out a sigh of relief to see nothing horribly wrong with her friend, don't get her wrong she was upset that Erica was having an attack but she was thankful the girl's neck wasn't broken.

Coach Finstock had called the nurse who contacted the hospital. Veda skipped her English class to wait with her unconscious friend until the ambulance came. Obviously upset over the whole ordeal, Allison's grandfather, who so happened to be the school principal allowed her to take a few moments in his office with a cup of water until she okay to go back to class. It wasn't that she didn't like Allison's grandfather but the man just gave her the creeps. The strawberry brunette stayed no longer than ten minutes before thanking the elder man and going to her German class, which was extra boring without Erica there with her.

After school Veda asked Lydia for directions to the hospital, she decided to go there after her short shift at the vet clinic. Dr. Deaton could see that she wasn't really focused on her work today. "Veda, is everything alright?" He asked, slightly concerned. She smiled weakly at him. "I apologize for my poor performance today; a friend from school was rushed to the hospital today."

"I hope it wasn't anything too serious." He stated as he watched her pet one of the cats she was feeding. "She had a seizure during class." She stated. "Oh, that's terrible. Would you like to head out for the night and go see her?" He asked. The gray eyed girl loved her boss's kindness. "I would like to finish my duties here first. Would it be okay if I left once I completed them?"

With Dr. Deaton's approval to leave early after she did the nightly closing duties, she found herself at the hospital. Unfortunately Erica wasn't allowed any visitors but the nurse did tell her that she was doing fine. With her shoulders slumped Veda made her way down the hallway only to bump into someone. "I'm so sorry." She apologized. "I wasn't looking were I was going." She added on as she looked at the guy she bumped into. She stiffened for a moment. This was the guy in the black Camaro, the one that was the reason for Isaac's arrest.

He looked back at her, the two just staring at each other. He almost smirked at her slight fear of him; he could see the small tremble in her hands. Her gray eyes were complete opposite of her emotions; hard and lacking in expression. "It's fine. Just be careful next time." He stepped around her and continued down the hallway. Veda shook after he passed her as she could still feel his green eyes burning into her. Rounding her shoulders she continued with confidence to her vehicle.

The next morning was just as boring as the previous one. Since someone took her seat and Erica was still out - she was stuck sitting next to Jackson and behind Danny. Danny she didn't mind and Jackson was brooding over something, his face in a constant emotion of anger. Several times he made comments about the class lecture under his breath and several times Veda glanced over at him annoyed. Once the bell rang she got up from her seat the same time as him and their knees clashed causing her to fall backwards onto her desk. "Watch yourself Devoto." He sneered and stormed out. Danny helped her regain her footing. "I apologize for him and his attitude." Veda looked at the boy and pouted. "That's not your job to apologize for him. He's a big boy he can do it himself." Danny shook his head and chuckled. "Yeah but he never will. I'll see you in Chemistry."

During lunch Stiles surprised the gray eyed teen when he took a seat at Boyd's table while she was getting her lunch. She never saw anyone sit with the boy and so she tried to pay attention while the line moved to the register. She saw Boyd hand out a ring of keys that Stiles went to take before letting go. "That will be $3." The lunch lady stated. Veda paid the woman and made her way over to the table as Stiles slapped a $20 on the table. "I said fifty." Boyd stated. Stiles paused for a mere second. "Really? I remember twenty." He stated. "I don't know. I have really good verbal memory." Veda took a seat next to Stiles and he nodded a hello to her as Boyd looked un-amused. "And I remember twenty. I remember that distinctive twa sound. Twe-nty."

"I said fifty. The fa sound. Hear the difference? If you can't I can demonstrate some other words with the fa sound." His face was stern and Veda almost chuckled as Stiles stuttered. "Uh, no no no. I think I'm recalling it. Huh – Maybe I got it confused with forty." Stiles stated as he pulled more money from his pocket. Boyd looked down at his bag of Doritos and put a chip in his mouth. He was not going to waiver from this, which Veda was proud of. Stiles sighed. "Come on man – do you see the piece of crap Jeep that I drive?"

Boyd raised a brow as if to say 'really'?. "Do you see the piece of crap bus that I take?" Stiles pursed his lips and dug into his pocket again, slapping a $10 on the table. "Fifty." Boyd smiled a huge smile and passed the keys to Stiles. "Okay – thank you." With that Stiles was up and gone.

"I don't know why you help them out." Veda stated as she started ay the boy. "Hey as long as their willing to pay I'll do it." He smiled at her. The cafeteria grew quiet as all eyes locked at the door. A beautiful blonde came strutting in a nice skirt and leather jacket. "Holy shit, is that Erica?" Veda whispered, not believing her eyes. Just yesterday her friend was seizing and in the hospital. She looked like a completely different person. She walked over to some kid's tray and stole his apple taking a bite before walking back out, apple still in hand.

Veda scrambled with her things and hurriedly said later to Boyd before rushing after her friend. "Erica!" She called out. The girl ignored her and kept walking. Scott and Stiles came up right behind Veda following after Erica as well. "What are you guys doing?" Veda asked. "Finding out what's going on." Scott stated. The three of them pushed open the main doors and Veda's heart slammed against her chest. Erica was opening the door to a now familiar black Camaro, she grinned at the three of them before getting in. The driver turned to look at them as well; he flashed his own smile and was off.

Stiles and Scott looked at each other and Veda turned to the both of them. "Scott, what the hell is going on? Who is that guy and why does he keep showing up?" Scott looked at Veda with a loss of words. "Don't worry about it." Veda was flabbergasted. "Excuse me? Don't worry about it?! That's currently my best friend in that car with him." Stiles looked down when Veda looked at him, both boys refusing to open their mouths. "Unbelievable." She stormed passed them back into the building.

To say that Veda was annoyed with Scott was a slight understatement. They both worked the night shift tonight and he tried making small talk but she ignored him unless it was work related. She was sitting at the front desk – emailing the clients for tomorrow's appointments reminding them what time to be there. The sound of glass shattering disrupted her and she was about to get up when she saw Deaton walk into the back room. She could hear the two of them muttering and tried to ignore their conversation.

"I'm heading out. Just help Scott with the cats and you guys can go as well." Deaton stated as he came into the front office again. "Goodnight Doc." She smiled at him as she stood from her seat. "G'Night Veda."

Veda waited until he left the front office before going into the back room. "Look, I know about your date with Allison. Even though I'm still annoyed with you I'll finish up here. It's not right to keep a girl waiting." Scott looked back at her and grinned. "Really? You'd do that?" He asked. "Allison told me on how her father doesn't approve of you for unknown reasons. I know he forbid you to see each other and I don't think that's right." Veda sighed and looked down at the floor. "Just go have fun. I got this." Before she knew it Veda was in Scott's arms as he hugged her and spun her around. "Oh man, thank you so much." She couldn't help but smile at his grin. "You're the best." He stated. "I know. Now scram." With that he gathered his things and left. Veda finished up with the cats and then went to the dog kennels to visit Luna. The German shepherd wagged her tail at the sight of her. "Oh look at your happy tail?" Veda cooed.

Veda locked the door to the clinic and tugged on the door to ensure that it was locked. Turning around she faced the empty lot and suddenly was hyper aware of her surroundings. Momentarily she regretted letting Scott leave her alone. She shook her head. 'Now I'm just being silly.' She held her head high and started to her car. A rustling noise made her jump and she looked around again. Nothing. Her mind wandered to the night before when that lizard like creature jumped in front of her car. She was going crazy. Her car being silver she noticed her reflection but also a reflection on someone behind her. She spun on her heels quickly. She was shocked, as they were much closer than she though, more like directly behind her. She stumbled back but a hand caught her wrist and steadied her. "Isaac?" She breathed in.

This boy was wanted for murder, but the sad look on his face made her forget that at the moment. He looked her in the eyes and sighed. "I wanted to say I'm sorry for missing our lunch." She smiled and shook her head. "I wish- " She cut him off with a hug. "I'm just glad you're okay. When I heard you were missing from the holding cell I got worried." He held her close to him. "Isaac it's not safe here. If you're on the run then you shouldn't be out and about." She bit her lip. "I won't say anything to the police this time." He flinched and pulled away, looking at the ground. "So you think I did it?" He felt betrayed; he thought that just maybe she'd believe in him – obviously that was foolish. "No, I know you didn't. The police don't know that though." She placed a hand on his cheek and made him look at her. "Isaac I don't believe you could do something like that." He stepped back, her hand dropping from his face. "You have no idea what I'm capable of. You've known me two days."

She took a step back. "Isaac is that some form of confession?" She asked and his eyes snapped up at her. "N-no. I'm just not as weak as you think I am." She stared at him in shock. "Isaac, I never once thought of you as weak. I'm just normally a good judge of character but now you have me second guessing myself."

"That's not what I want. I want you to believe me. I didn't kill my father." He took a step closer to her. She smiled at him. "Okay." She stated. He looked tired and she frowned. "Isaac, do you want a ride?" She asked. "Are you crazy? How do you just believe me like that? I could be lying to you." He was suddenly angry at her. She was too trusting. She would get hurt. "Because I know you're not lying." She grabbed his shaking hand and pulled him toward the SUV. "Come on, I'll drop you off somewhere. But first we're getting ice cream." She stated. "Ice cream?" He questioned.

"Well it's too late at night for lunch and you owe me."

The two teenagers sat in the car at the park after picking up some ice cream. Veda went in the store, of course, since Isaac was currently on the wanted poster. The two of them talked for about two hours. She told him about herself, everything he wanted to know. It got a little touchy with her real family so she gave him a brief run down on them. She learned that he too was now the last one in his family. His brother had passed away years ago and after that the abuse started. He seemed nervous to tell her about that but she kept listening, and that's all he really wanted. He vented and vented. It was what he needed. "I'm sad he is gone. He wasn't the best father but he was still my dad." He looked over at her no pity in her eyes, which was good. He didn't want it.

"Isaac, I'm sorry for what your father did to you. Actually I kind of wish he was alive so I could kick his ass. However, look at what you survived through. You'll be stronger for it." She smiled at him and placed a hand on his running her thumb over his knuckles. "I'm glad we talked."

"Me too." He smiled again before frowning. "We can't see each other after this though. It's too dangerous."

"I understand." She pulled her hand away. "It's getting late and my parents will wonder where I am soon. Where should I drop you off?" She asked as she unfolded her legs from under her and turned the car back on. "I'll give you directions."

Julie had dinner waiting on the table when Veda walked in the front door. "How was work hon?" Her father asked as she kicked off her shoes and hung her jacket. "Oh nothing special. Luna seemed to be doing well. I hope we can bring her home soon."

"That's great. How's your friend Erica doing since yesterday?" Veda frowned at the question. "Veda? Is everything okay with Erica?" Her father asked again. "I don't know. She was at school for a few minutes but she just seemed very different. Like a whole new person." She twisted the wolf pendant at her neck. "I'm actually not feeling very hungry. Do you mind if I skip dinner?"

Tug and Julie looked at each other. "I'll wrap your plate and put in in the fridge in case you get hungry later." Julie stated. "Thanks mom. I'll be in my room." It was now that she decided to start unpacking. First with the clothes, then books and cds. Finally she pulled out her photo books and started looking though them. 'Oh Gabe, I wish you were here. You always made things better.' She thought as she started at the picture of the strawberry brunette, blue eyed boy.

It's been three years since Gabe's 'accident'. He was only 18 when the 'gas leak' happened in their in house in Bridgewater, Iowa. She didn't believe the police reports with how the accident happened, and she never will. She remembered getting off the bus that day and the house was basically missing. There was smoke, fire and police and fire trucks. Her mother wept in the arms of her father as the officer spoke to them. 'Moooom.' She called out to her mother who looked away from the officer over to her. She ran toward her and pulled her in her arms. 'Thank god, you're ok.' At the age of 14 she was the only person left from her real family.

Veda flipped the page where the brunette, gray eyed boy's picture was. "Oh Erik. I miss you so much." Veda was younger when Erik was murdered; it was a month after her 10th birthday. He was missing for three days and was found in pieces in the Swatara Creek when they live in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He was 20 and looking for a place to move out on his own. She couldn't remember a lot about Erik, she noticed as time went on she started forgetting more and more about him.

She closed the album, her will to keep looking disappeared. She fiddled with her wolf pendant again, and wondered for the 20th time if she should take it off. Sighing she told herself again not to. Gabe and Erik gave it to her on her 10th birthday. It was originally their birth mother's necklace, given to her by their birth father. Erik told her it would keep her safe and Gabe said she shouldn't take it or it would lose its magic. She rolled her eyes at the memory. She was quiet the believer as kid, though she has never taken it off. It was after their deaths that everything got even weirder. Her adopted parents dragging her all over the United States; always jumping at danger. Things would be going fine and her mom would get a random phone call or a letter and suddenly it was danger zone and they needed to move right then and there. They avoided her questions whenever this happened and so she stopped asking. The gray eyed girl wondered why she was thinking about all of this so suddenly, maybe because things are already strange. She decided she was done thinking for the day and pulled her jeans off and crawling right into bed.

Back at the abandoned train station Derek pushed Isaac against the wall. "I told you to stay away from people. It's like you're begging to get caught." Derek growled at him. "Don't do it again. You're lucky whoever it was didn't go to the cops." He slammed his hand on the wall and Isaac flinched. "She wouldn't do that." He whispered. "You risk yourself for a girl? Well that's just perfect Isaac. Do you understand how unstable you are right now? A new werewolf can lose it over anything. What if you killed her?" Isaac shook. "I wouldn't."

"You don't know that." Derek grabbed Isaac by the front of his shirt and breathed in, picking up a slightly familiar scent. "Even better, it's that new girl. You sure know how to pick them." Isaac frowned at his leader. "She's not a bad person." He stated. Derek let him go. "No she doesn't seem like it but she's already too close to this by being friends with Scott and Stiles. Think before you act next time."

Veda got to school early the next day determined to talk to Erica about her sudden change. However, Scott had beaten her there and she hid around the corner. "Two is not enough for Derek I know he needs at least three. So who is next?" Scott questioned. Erica closed her locker and turned to Scott. "Why does there need to be a next when we already got you?" She questioned back. "Who's next?" He asked louder. Erica tilted her head and smirked. "You know I never knew what I looked like during a seizure until someone took a video of me once and put it online." Veda frowned. "I don't care." Scott stated but Erica continued. "It happened during class. I started seizing in my desk and everyone was saying on how they should put something in my mouth until some genius reads my card on my key ring which tells them not to because it can break my teeth." "Erica-" Scott tried to talk again. "Do you know what happened next? I pissed myself and they start laughing," She took a step closer to Scott as he backed up. "You know the one good thing about seizures was that I never remembered them until some jerkoff," she hit the locker behind him. "had to put cameras on everyone's phone." Erica touched Scott's face and whispered.

Veda couldn't make out what she said to him but he suddenly grabbed Erica by the wrists and squeezed tightly. Erica let out a gasp but was still smiling. Veda rounded the corner quickly. "Scott, let her go." He looked back at the gray eyed girl and did so. Erica looked at him for a moment longer before walking away. "Erica, wait up. I want to talk with you." Erica stopped short. "I don't need your pity anymore. Piss off."

Veda felt defeat fall on her shoulders as Erica continued down the hall. "It wasn't pity though…" She trailed off. She made eye contact with Scott and walked over to him. Even though he was hiding something from her, she suddenly felt like she needed to keep her friends close. Scott put an arm around her shoulder and pulled her toward her first period class.

It was weird enough without Erica but now her lunch buddy was gone too. From her spot on line she could see that Allison and Scott were exchanging a serious conversation with their backs to each other. She walked over to Scott's table as Stiles rushed over to him. He pointed at the empty table in front of them. "Scott, do you see that?" Stiles asked. "What? It's an empty table." Scott sighed. "Yeah, but who's empty table?" Stiles asked and the two boys looked concerned. "Boyd."

Veda followed Scott and Stiles in the hallway. "I'll go to the ice rink and see if he's there. And if he's not home you call me. Got it?" Scott stated but Stiles looked unsure. "What?" Scott asked. "Maybe we should let him." Stiles answered. "Boyd you know… you said Derek was giving them a choice right?" Scott grabbed Stiles arm as he saw Veda behind them and lowered his voice. "We can't." Stiles and he started walking again. "You got to admit Erica is looking pretty good." His voice got lower as did Scott's. They were trying to hid things from her again. "Alright I'm with you." Veda rolled her eyes as Stiles made a joke about making out with Scott for some reason before walking ahead. "Scott. I'm going with you." Veda stated.

He turned to her. "I can't let you do that." She lifted her chin. "This has something to do with that guy. The one Erica was with the other day, the one who was here the day Isaac was arrested. Look if Boyd is involved now I'm going too. I'm losing my friends to this pompous prick as fast as I'm making them. Next thing you know Allison will be on the list." Scott chuckled. "Not likely. Derek and Allison don't get along." Veda pursed her lips. "You get what I am saying though right? I'm not taking no for an answer." Scott sighed. "Veda I'm sorry. There are just some things that you just shouldn't know."

"Oh really? However this THING involves all my friends. I'm the only one out of the loop here Scott." His shoulders slumped. "Look, don't freak out if you learn things that don't make you happy. This THING isn't some normal high school drama. It's serious – life and death serious."

Veda took a step back. "You're saying my friends are in danger of dying?" She asked him. Scott nodded his head. "I'm afraid so." Veda rubbed her head in annoyance. "This is all the more reason for me to go with you. Come on – show me the way. We're wasting time, I'll drive."

They reached the ice rink and entered inside. Boyd was riding the Zamboni around the ice rink. Scott turned to Veda. "Wait right here." He stepped onto the ice and had her wait on the side "Boyd!" He called out grabbing the boy's attention. "I just want to talk." No answer. "Come on Boyd please." Nothing. "Did Derek tell you everything? I don't just mean going out of control during the full moon. I mean everything." Veda was now highly confused.

Veda stared at Scott as he talked to Boyd, she was completely confused now. 'What are they talking about the full moon? What are they werewolves?' She joked in her mind. A hand covered her mouth and waist, pressing her back into a warm body. She fought to get away but the grip was strong. "I think you've heard too much already." A female voice whispered next to her. Veda's gray eyed widened even more, if possible, as her body stilled – it was Erica. She glanced at her 'friend' with a weak expression. Derek stood next to her. "I told you to be careful next time." Derek referred to when he bumped into her at the hospital. If the two of them were next to her then who was holding her? 'Isaac.' She thought and began to struggle again. Derek shook his head and stepped onto the ice. "Take care of that."

"I'm sorry. " Isaac whispered softly into her hair. "We're just keeping you safe." He added. Erica was in front of her with an almost evil smile. "Don't worry this will only hurt for a moment." She stated and swiftly hit the pressure point in Veda's neck causing the girl to black out.

Boyd stopped the Zamboni and looked at Scott. "He told me about the hunters." Scott was surprised. "And that's not enough for you to say no? Whatever you want there are other ways to get it."

"I just want to not eat lunch alone every day." Boyd stated. "If you're looking for friends you can do a lot better than Derek."

"That really hurt Scott."

Scott spun on his heel, looking pass the three werewolves he made sure Veda was okay, but he saw she was knocked out sitting propped against the wall. "I mean if you're going to review me at least take a consensus." Derek paused for a moment. "Erica, how has life been for you since we've met?" The blonde thought for a moment. "Hm… in a word, transformative." She growled at Scott, canine teeth in her moth were longer, like a dogs. "Isaac?" Derek questioned. "Well, I'm a little bummed about being a fugitive but other than that I'm great."

Veda started to come to a few minutes later, the sounds of a fight waking her. Her eye sight was slightly blurred but she could see two bodies on the ice, they seemed to be Isaac and Erica. Her ears where ringing and she swore she heard growling noises come from Scott and Derek who were fighting. Not a moment later Scott was lying on his back, spitting blood onto the ice floor. Derek's foot came upon his chest, causing Scott to cough in pain. Veda stood on shaky legs, her eyes sight still slightly blurred, but she could swear that Derek looked almost demonic. "Please, stop it." Derek looked at her and then back at Scott. He lifted his foot from his chest and turned away. Veda slid to the floor of the rink again as Boyd stepped off the machine. "Don't. You don't want to be like them." Boyd lifted his shirt showing Scott something that she couldn't see. "You're right. I want to be like you." Boyd stated and with that he walked over to Derek, Isaac and Erica.

The four of them walked passed her as they left the rink, Isaac only making eyes contact with her quickly before looking away from her again. Veda drove to the animal clinic as Scott insisted. She had 100+ questions but had no idea where to start. She was surprised to see Isaac act the way he did – then again last night he told her she had no deal what he was capable of. At least he was gentle with her unlike Erica who seemed way too happy to knock her out. 'What was he trying to keep me safe from?' She thought to herself. Pulling into the clinic's rear parking lot she parked the car. "Veda, just go home tonight." Scott stated. Her grip on the steering wheel tightened. "Scott – you need to tell me what's going on. Isaac said they were trying to keep me safe by keeping me from seeing what happened at the ice rink. That's why they knocked me out."

"All the better reason to keep you out of the loop." Scott stated but flinched when she turned to him quickly. "Scott, I'm getting really sick of this game. Everyone is hiding stuff from me and I'm tired of it. I'm a big girl I can handle the truth every now and then." Scott sighed. "Alright, come inside."

The two of them entered the building and Veda helped Scott to the back. He lifted his shirt, showing a nasty cut on his stomach. "Ugh, why isn't it healing?" Scott questioned out loud.

"Because it's from an alpha." The voice startled both of the teens. Deaton stood in front of a dead man's body. "Veda, I see you have been pulled into this. Scott I think maybe we better have that talk now." Dr. Deaton stated. Veda texted her mom that her study group was running a little late and she'd be home a little later, she had a feeling it was actually going to be a long night.

A/N: Thoughts? This one took a little longer for me to write but I was still happy to do it. =)