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Chapter Four: Plans
The girl moved swiftly through the woods. Her tall slender legs picking up more speed as she ran, jumping over boulders, and swiftly dodging trees in her rush to get to her pack. She didn't want this, she never wanted this to happen. Spying on the Hale pack was ordered, even though she was an Alpha, Natalie never wanted to something this terrible. Her ears perked up as she heard the voices of her pack, and when she jumped across a small chasm, there they were, huddled around a fire, its flames flickering and licking the night air. It was the only light that illuminated their faces.
"Ah, Natalie. So nice of you to finally return from your assignment." Said Elena, who was sharpening her claws with a rock, "Anything of interest?"
"Well .." She began, her nerves rocking her stomach, she didn't want to do this, "They were having some sort of movie night, the whole pack was there. There were eight of them, six wolves and three humans. One of the three being a hunter .."
"A hunter? A hunter in their pack? That's an outrage! An abomination!" yelled one of the other Alpha's, his eyes glowing a crimson red.
"Julian! Silence." Said Elena, "Natalie, continue .. more on the hunter?" Elena was desperate for information, any clues on their weaknesses, in order to take over the town easier.
"Well her name is Allison .. Allison Argent." Natalie said, curling her long wavy brown hair. She hated being the spy. She hated being the one that deceived everyone. The one that lures everyone out, she was tired of being a killer. The sound of Allison's last name gathered the gasps of the other wolves.
"An Argent? Even more stupid of that pathetic Derek." Said the gothic girl, swaying her jet black hair over her shoulders, "Out of all hunters."
"Oktober, find any other information on the Argents that live in town." Elena demanded, the gothic girl, whose name was Oktober, simply nodded. The two twins scoffed loudly, while Elena glared at them.
"Ethan, Aiden? Is there a problem? What's so funny?" she asked, her voice ice cold. The twin Alpha's looked at each other, then back at Elena.
"You're sending Oktober to infiltrate? Why not us? She can't do anything right." Ethan said, earning a loud roar from Oktober, whose eyes began to shine fire red, "I have a plan, Me and Aiden will enroll in Beacon Hills High, and learn everything we can about the Hale pack. Then afterschool, we'll meet up here and discuss everything we learned. Simple."
"I still believe I should be the one finding information. I'm a lot faster than Thing One and Thing Two over there." Oktober scoffed, earning two menacing hisses from the twins.
"Oh please Oktober, you can't do anything right. Get over yourself." Said Aiden, as he threw a leaf into the fire. Elena was getting annoyed by all the bickering.
"If these little arguments are going to become a thing with you guys, I will personally see to it that Gabriel over there," she pointed to the burly man leaning on a tree. "rips you apart limb from limb, and if he doesn't succeed, then I will snap your pretty little necks myself. This is what we've been waiting for. A town to call a safe home, who cares if a few humans die to get what we want? All they do is shun and neglect us anyway, their love betrays us, and their hunters kill us. At first, we will ask the Hale pack to join us, and if they refuse, then we kill them and continue our plans for success. Understood?"
The pack nodded, and dispersed. Natalie walked over to Julian, who was sitting on the edge of the chasm she jumped earlier, staring at the sky, "Julian .. I don't know if I could do this .." she said, sitting next to him and sighing.
"What are you talking about? You have to, it's what Mom and Dad would've wanted. They were both Alpha's of their own Pack, and when they died, both of their Alpha genes were passed down to us. To finish what they started, to build a safe home for all Werewolves out there." Julian replied, turning to look at his sister.
"Julian, I can't .. I can't kill innocent people, an innocent pack. I just can't .." She replied, fear evident in her voice. Julian got up, and grabbed her by the arm, lifting her up to meet his gaze.
"You will. And just so I know you will, you're going to be the one that kills the Argent girl when it comes down to it. You need to do this, this is what our family wanted. You will submit to their wishes. We made a promise to them that their legacy would live on, and I intend on keeping that promise. Both on my end, and yours." He yelled, his Alpha-eyes glowing a dark red color.
"What's so special about that Allison chick anyway?" she screamed, releasing herself from Julian's grasp. He back-handed her, and she fell to the floor, tears streaming from her eyes as she coughed into the dirt floor. Julian knelt down to meet her eyes.
"You idiot! Didn't Mom and Dad ever tell you? The very FIRST Werewolf Hunter was an Argent. She's their descendant. She needs to go, in order for us to continue our plans." He spat, "I can't believe you'd wimp out so quickly."
"She doesn't seem like a threat Julian! She was hanging out with rest of them like it was nothing. For God's sake, one of the pack members is her boyfriend!" she practically screeched, earning Elena's attention. She walked over to them, and looked from Natalie to Julian, both confusion and amusement in her eyes.
"Might want to share that with me Natalie?" asked Elena sweetly, stroking one of Natalie's locks of hair.
"One of them .. is her boyfriend. She runs with them Elena, she doesn't hunt them. She's no threat, please .. don't do this. This isn't right, they haven't hurt anyone." Natalie said, tears in her eyes.
Elena shoved Natalie's face into the floor. "You better know your place in this pack, and you better start remembering which side your fighting for. Julian, make sure she doesn't try anything stupid." Elena said, turning on her heel and walking away. Natalie got up, and stared at Julian with disbelief.
"You're supposed to be my brother, yet you let some Alpha-Bitch shove me around?" she croaked, shoving her brother to the floor. He looked at her apologetically, and got up to face her.
"I'm sorry Natalie, but this is how it has to be. I'm doing this to protect you, to make Mom and dad proud .." he said, looking up at the sky. He truly wanted what was best for Natalie. He lost his mother and father to hunters, he couldn't lose Natalie as well. The entire Alpha pack was made up of wolves who were once Betas but lost their entire pack to either hunters or other wolves, all but Elena, who's past life was a mystery. Julian just hoped that he was making the right decision in doing this. Elena promised him a safe home, she promised all of them. She was a good woman, she took them in while they were at their worst. He remembered, they were at the stream, drinking some water when Elena and Gabriel showed up. It was just them two at first, but then they found Oktober dying in an alleyway in New York, then Aiden and Ethan stumbled across the Alpha Pack on their way to Florida, and since then, they've been searching for a safe home to coincide. He just hoped this plan wouldn't fail. He loved his sister very much, and he wanted her safe. Whether he had to kill a dozen or so innocents.
Elena walked over to Gabriel, who was still leaning on the tree. His blonde hair swaying in the wind, his arms crossed over his chest. Elena was concerned, about this plan and how it was going to unfold.
"Elena, stop thinking so much. The time will come, until then, we need to be patient. We need to be one." He said, pulling her in for passionate kiss. The two were mates, and even though they've been through extreme peril, they managed to remain that way. In sync, they remained one. They shared the same thoughts, and the same emotions.
"I know Gabriel, but .. the Natalie girl .. she's becoming a problem. She's starting to believe that the Hale pack poses no threat." Elena replied, leaning into Gabriel's embrace. He held her tighter, and rested his chin on the top of her head.
"She'll submit soon enough, and if she doesn't .. then we kill her. Simple as that, although by killing her, Julian would rebel, then killing him would mean killing Oktober, seeing as she is his potential mate. We would lose three of our numbers, leaving only four of us. Even though we're Alpha's, we must consider our numbers over our strength."
"You're right, I guess we could banish her? I am Supreme Alpha, my orders get obeyed whether they like it or not." She pulled a hand through her sleek blonde hair, "Goodness, this is far more complicated then I imagined."
"It's never easy, is it?" Gabriel answered back, holding her tighter. The two met under unordinary circumstances.
Elena was turned three years ago, while she was out with some friends one night. They were about to leave a night club when a man she thought was attractive decided to take her out 'sight-seeing', she drunkenly agreed, leaving with him into the woods. As he tried to rape her, she fought back, causing him to get frustrated and bite her, turning her instantly. Enraged, she ripped his throat out, and ran home, the Alpha bloodline pumping itself through her veins. She tried to tell her friends, but no one believed her so she ran away, and found Gabriel slowly dying from a gunshot wound. The gun was filled with Wolfsbane, a substance that is lethal to Werewolves. The hunter was getting revenge on Gabriel because he had killed his brother in the Iraq War by accident, and although Gabriel felt guilty about it every day of his life, he thought he deserved to be killed. Elena didn't however, she grabbed the hunter by the throat, and dug her claws deep into his stomach, ripping his insides out. From then on, the two became inseparable, and eventually they became mates as well. They stuck by each other through thick and thin, creating this pack of abandoned Alphas together, and together they will succeed in making a safe home for them, for his new family.
Melissa McCall knocked on the door of her son's room, reminding him that it was Monday, and that he had to go to school. Scott groaned in his pillow, a sign of discontent with the day ahead of him. He leaped off of the bed and headed to the bathroom, taking a long deep gaze into the mirror, staring at his reflection. He had purple bags under his eyes, signaling that he hasn't slept in days.
"Ugh, I look like crap." He said, as he shut the bathroom door. He opened the cabinet and pulled out a small bottle of Tylenol to keep his headache at bay, taking two tablets and downing them quickly. He stepped into the shower, and turned on the nice hot water, letting them run all through his body, before he began to wash himself. When he got out, he brushed his teeth thoroughly and began to get dressed. He ran downstairs to meet his mom at the table for breakfast, eyeing the meal that was put out before him.
"Uh, mom? What's with the pancakes, eggs, and bacon?" he asked, confused. Usually his mother poured him a bowl of cereal, but whenever she decided to go all out with breakfast undoubtedly meant that she was hiding something. Scott sighed, "What happened?"
"What? Can't I switch things up a bit? Sheesh, to think you'd be satisfied with a decent meal now and then .." she said, taking a sip of her coffee.
"Mom, please don't beat around the bush. What's up?" Scott said, giving his mom a reassuring smile. He was ready to embrace any bad news she was about to dish up on him.
"Well .. I won't be home when you get out of school .." she said, eyeing his reaction warily. Scott felt relieved, he thought something insane was about to happen.
"Oh, gosh .. thank goodness. I guess they gave you an extra shift at work. I thought you were gonna tell me something that would've left me flabbergasted." Scott smiled.
"Actually Scott .. I have a date." Melissa explained, cringing from Scott's reaction. He dissected the words slowly, cautiously, a wave of new emotions hitting him at once.
"Okay .." Scott said, sounding out the words before continuing, "With ..? Oh boy, it's gonna be someone I don't like isn't it? Oh no .."
"Relax Scott! It's just .. Sheriff Stilinski .." she said, lowering down her voice so he could hardly hear. She thought she succeeded until she saw him spit out his chocolate milk.
"I'm sorry," he said, spluttering his words. He was trying hard not to laugh, but he was still shocked, "Say that again?"
"Jesus Christmas Scott, I'm going on a date with Stiles' Dad!" she declared, sipping some more of her coffee before continuing, "I've been single way too long, and I think the only guys that like me are the seventy year olds I take care of in the nursery ward at work."
"Mom, it's ok. If you think I'm still hung up on the idea that you and Dad are gonna magically start dating again, you can consider yourself in the clear. I mean, the guy hasn't called me in a year, and you think I'm gonna be the demon child that doesn't let his mother date anyone because his father's the only one who's good enough for her?"
"Have you been watching Lifetime?" asked Melissa, laughing, "Thank you Scott, very much. I know you're upset about the way your Dad's been acting but trust me, it'll pass. I love you Scott."
"Love you too Mom. And just for the record, Mr. Stilinski still doesn't know about me being .. you know, what I am. So don't let anything slip."
"My lips are sealed. And by the way, just so you know. I accept that you're a Werewolf, so don't ever think that I disown you because you're some sort of wolf thing." She said, hugging her son. He embraced her back, a smile appearing on his face.
"I love you Mom, now can you help me cover up my purple bags? I look like crap, and I really don't wanna look like crap in front of Allison." He said, his mother laughing. They both went upstairs, and un-crapped Scott's look.
At the lunchroom, Stiles, Erica, Scott, Jackson, Allison, Lydia, Boyd, and Isaac sat at their table, casually going on about random topics. The school lunch was rather disgusting, and judging by the lack of people in the lunch line, nobody was feeling the food either.
"Stiles, you totally freaked out during that movie, did you have to sleep with a teddy bear?" teased Erica, waving her fork at Stiles.
"You all laugh now, but when Leatherface bursts through your ceiling and decides to cut you in forty pieces, you'd better grab something .." retorted Stiles, messing with his mystery meat with a spork.
"Oh come on, he died in the end didn't he?" asked Isaac, who was smiling with amusement. He found the topic rather interesting.
"No Isaac, he was never found." Countered Jackson, who was texting on his phone, "Didn't you watch the ending? The movie was pathetic."
"Oh please Mr. Macho man, you kept holding on to me for dear life, quit the tough guy act, and admit you were scared." Teased Lydia, lightly tapping Jackson's nose.
"It wasn't that good of a movie .." said Scott, who was still tired. Why couldn't he just sleep in? He would've been better off.
"Duh, you slept through the whole thing, I could hear your snores from your lap." Allison tossed in, throwing a grape at Scott's head.
"Huh .." said Isaac, "This is really funny .." He began, his face turning to one of solution, it seemed he was thinking something over, and he finally found the solution.
"What is?" asked Lydia, putting down her magazine to focus on Isaac. He seemed rather distracted.
"Funny that Derek wanted us all to get along .. and here we are. Acting as if we're the best of friends. What's weird about it is .. that I feel some sort of warmth, like this is where I belong."
"That's deep .." said Jackson, "But right now, I'm trying to figure out what happened to Leatherface so can we please not change the subject."
"Jesus, Jackson! Erin caught off his arm, took the baby, ran over the sheriff and then took off. How else do you think it would've ended?" yelled Stiles from across the table.
"Seeing as we all fell asleep and woke up due to your extreme girly-victim scream, I really wouldn't know."
Suddenly, all of the wolves' ears perked as an unfamiliar scent washed over the entire lunchroom. The three humans looked at them with caution, as they scanned the cafeteria for the source of the odd scent.
"What's going on?" asked Allison, she received no answer, "Scott damn it, what's going on?" she yelled louder, grabbing his attention.
"Wolves," he began, "Two of them, in the room .. They're watching us." He sniffed around more, trying to find the direction in which the scent came from.
"There." Pointed Erica with her head, she signaled out two twins were sitting down five tables down from them, looking them directly in the eye, "They're from the Alpha pack."
The teens all stared at her in shock. "How do you know?" asked Allison, turning back to look at the twins again with a sneer on her face.
"I saw them the night Derek saved me and Boyd from being attacked by them. It's definitely them ." she said, in a stern voice. She glared at them back, and shined her bright amber eyes. They shined their crimson red ones, and turned back to have a conversation. It was Scott who tuned in on them.
"The Argent girl is the brunette .." said Ethan, who shared a quick glance back at her, flashing her a devilish grin.
"How do you know?" asked Aiden, a confused puppy dog look on his face. He looked back at her again, as she turned away.
"I can smell the hunter blood coursing through her veins." He replied, "She dies tonight." He declared, whipping out his phone to call his Supreme Alpha. Aiden snatched the phone from his brother.
"Are you insane? We have to consult with Elena first, orders are orders. We can't just go jumping into details without the proper information."
"Hey, I'm supposed to be the brains, and you're the brawn. Keep it that way .. or is there something your hiding from me?" questioned Ethan.
"Please, why would I hide something? Besides you'd be able to tell if I was," he said, tapping his temple with his index finger, "We can tell when someone's lying."
"I don't wanna find something out that'll piss me off later on .." said Ethan, getting up to leave, "We regroup at our location afterschool. Oktober searched through the Argent home and found out the info we need. It's settled, Elena might want us to attack tonight."
"Very well." Aiden said, getting up as well. They both left the cafeteria, and onto their next classes.
Meanwhile, Scott was gripping the table with enough force to break it in half completely. Stiles noticed, and tried to capture his attention, but failed miserably. Jackson stuck his claws into Scott's arm to see if he'd budge.
"It's Allison .. they want Allison." Muttered Scott lowly. His anger rising with each breath he took. He'd kill them, he'd kill all of them.
"What? Me? Why?" Allison squeaked, she was now trembling, the scent of fear emanating off of her.
"It's because your family, they think you're a threat to their plan. They want you out of the picture so they can take over the town."
"These guys are genius .." said Lydia, "They've thought of everything. Think about it, if they try and kill Allison, then Scott comes after her, which would only end up in him being killed. If they target me, then Jackson comes running to the rescue, which would end up in him being killed too. If they come after Erica, Boyd comes wallowing after, then gets killed too. They're trying to catch us all one by one. Eliminate the humans, then the betas, then the Alpha .."
"We have to call Derek." Stiles said, whipping out his phone. He dialed Derek's number, and explained the whole situation, and after they hung up, Stiles sighed.
"Pack Meeting at the station, mandatory." He said. The pack rose from their seats, and headed off to class. Derek would know what to do. He'd have to, he was their only savior, and seeing as They gathered new information, a strategy could be devised. Allison is their prime target, and they needed everything, every plan they could muster up in order to save her.
Whew! That one was interesting, now that Lydia's figured out their plan .. what happens next? Find out in the next chapter! :D