A/N: Thanks so much for the reviews guys :D they're what keep me motivated! I really just wanna say that I'm really obsessed w/ writing this thing, i mean its the longest story I've ever written. I usually get writer's block but w/ this, it just comes naturally. Thanks for all those who encouraged me & are STILL encouraging me to continue. Special shoutout to Gabe's-Girl-Forever who keeps giving me the best reviews ever. Love you Sweetface :*. Well, enough blabbing, scroll & read ^_^
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Chapter Six: Emotions
The tension in the air was thick. The two packs stared each other down, their hearts rapidly beating with every word that was being said. Elena's pack looked at the Hales in disgust, Elena herself looking at Allison with a sense of pure disgust. Allison readied her crossbow, and earned a laugh from the Alphas.
"She really thinks that bow could save her?" chuckled Oktober, who was stepping forward menacingly, "Let's see how it protects you baby girl .."
Allison made an intimidating laugh, and steadied her bow in front of her, "I'm pretty sure it can protect me when the tips are infused with Aensopic Wolfsbanium." She said, stepping up to Oktober. Both the Alphas and Stiles gasped in surprise.
"She lies." Commented Gabriel, who was crouched down in a defensive form, "That type of Wolfsbane hasn't been seen in years." Allison put her finger on the trigger, aiming it towards Elena.
"Wanna test it? I'll tell you what, you come attack and I'll shoot, you'll see whether I'm lying or not. I mean come on, you're this big and bad Alpha right? It possibly couldn't hurt you could it?"
"Allison! Fall back, don't tempt them to do something you'll regret later on. Play it safe for now, guns away." Snapped Derek, Allison lowering her weapon in response, "Elena, what's gotten into you? This plan of yours, are you even sure it's gonna work? This town is seething with Hunters galore, and even if you do happen to succeed, other hunters will hear about this and will come in for the kill."
"Ah Derek, just as smart as back then huh? Well, just giving you a heads up. We've done our research, and the only Hunters in this town are her family." She pointed to Allison in accusation, "They took everything away from you, murdered your entire family, yet you still accept her within your pack. If you even call that a pack, you can't even get them under control."
Derek let out a menacing growl. "Do not tell me what I can and can't do with my pack. They're my family. She's my family, and believe when I say that you WON'T take this family away from me."
Elena laughed a very creepy and unsympathetic laugh, and looked back towards her pack, were also sniggering in response. "You? A family? That burned down they day you left me in the dust, didn't it Derek? Don't you remember? The screams of your brothers and sisters? Your parents .. That was your family, and they're all dead. So what makes you think that you can even begin to fathom creating such a pathetic excuse for having something you lost six years ago?"
"Oh no .." muttered Stiles, before launching himself in front of Derek, "Derek! No! Stop!" he screamed, holding a very wolfed out Derek back from ripping Elena's head off. The Alpha pack were now laughing at Derek's behavior, mocking him. Derek, struggling to get free from Stiles' grasp slumped down to the ground, and started to shake.
"We will give you tonight to sleep on your decision, I will send one of my Alphas tomorrow afternoon to receive your answer. I assure you, if you decline this offer, not only will the Argent girl die, but so will all of you and this entire town itself. Live or Die Derek? Make your choice." Elena said before she and her pack disappeared into the thickness of the woods.
"So what now?" asked Scott, looking at Derek. Derek was still being held by Stiles, his eyes flaring the strongest shade of crimson they could fathom. He slowly got up, and brushed Stiles off, then walked towards the station, "Derek?" repeated Scott again.
"I don't know .." he said, looking at his pack. He wanted them safe, unharmed, but he couldn't have that with Elena and her gang of mutts running around. It took Derek a good few minutes to notice that the scent of one of the Alphas still lingered, as if one of them was still around. He stalked his way outside while the rest of the pack followed, sniffing the air around to find where the stupid Alpha was.
"You're not thinking about joining them are you?" asked Allison, and with a silent stare from Derek, she became instantly furious, "Derek, you can't be serious! They don't even –"
"Allison, shut it!" Derek boomed over her, while she cowered behind Scott in fear, "I can't keep you guys safe if they're around, it might be our only choice at survival."
"You've gotta be kidding me! Derek, since when did I know you to give up?" asked Erica, who stalked her way towards him to punch him in the shoulder, "Are you trying to get us killed? If you're thinking about joining them, what was today for huh? All this training, this back and forth attack patterns? I know you Derek, this isn't you, so whatever's making you take on a decision like this .. please, ignore it." She said, with grief-stricken eyes.
"Derek, you can't give in to her .. please. Do it for us." Said Lydia, "Please, we can fight them off, I know we can. We have something that they don't, and that's a great Alpha. We can't join them .."
"You don't have to .." called out a female voice from behind, making the pack turn around. It was one of the Alphas, standing there awkwardly with her arms crossed over her chest. Derek let out a menacing growl and stepped forward.
"How dare you even stay on my territory, you pathetic dog?" he roared at her, making her jump back. The girl then fell to the floor, and began crying. The pack looked at each other, then back at the girl, wondering why she was sobbing.
"I don't wanna be a part of them anymore, it sucks! All they do is abuse me, beat me, push me around and make me submit to doing things that disastrous and evil. I wanna be normal, I wanna be like you guys, in a family .. I lost mine, all I have left is my brother and all he cares about is pleasing Elena because she gave us 'a place in the world'." She said, half-sobbing.
Isaac walked over to her and let out a hand, reluctantly, she grabbed it and he helped her up off the floor. "What's your name?" he asked.
"Um, I'm Natalie, Natalie Jameson .." she said, giving him a small smile. Isaac took her over to the rest of the pack, "I'm sorry, so sorry about everything that Elena's pack is doing to you and this town. I wanna help you defeat them, I know their battle strategy, and I know what their plans are. Please," she bent down before Derek, "I submit myself, in request to join your pack."
Derek was shocked that this young girl was bowing before him. He agreed to let her join in one condition, she never goes back to them at all.
"Ok, they're devising a plan. They're going to attack Allison's home tomorrow night, whether her family is there or not. Elena shows no remorse, especially towards the Argents .. why? I don't understand either, but she has a pretty strong grudge against them. First, Ethan and Aiden, the twins, were going to stalk her home from school, then Oktober was going to trap her and her family inside, then .. then Elena was going to slaughter them .." said Natalie, as she mapped out the strategy on a piece of paper.
"Wait, are you willing to fight against your own brother?" asked Stiles, who was staring at her intently.
"If it's the right thing to do, then yes. Besides, they don't even know that I'm gone." She said, with a shrug of her shoulders. Just then, a loud roar followed by several howls began to fill the afternoon air.
"I think they just found out .." said Boyd, as the entire pack looked around. The howling seized to a low growling, and then faded completely.
"Oh well, they should've never treated me the way they did. They're terrible, they never wanted you to join. They were going to kill all of you so you wouldn't get in their way." She said, quietly. Isaac looked towards her, and smiled.
"She needs protection from them, she can stay with me. If it's okay with you Natalie. I don't wanna make you do something you don't feel comfortable with I mean .." Isaac said, shuffling awkwardly.
Natalie blushed, and the rest of the pack burst out in laughter. Isaac's faced went from pale white, to beat red. "Shut up!" they both said in unison. Isaac and Natalie left, followed by Jackson and Lydia. After a few moments of hanging around, Scott and Allison left as well leaving Stiles and Derek once again, alone.
"I should .. go." Said Stiles, seeing the obvious pain in Derek's eyes. The guy was an emotional wreck right now. He might've not been showing it, but Stiles knew, that in the inside, Derek was at war, with his heart, and mind, "I'm always here Derek, you know that." Stiles finished, before leaving the compound.
The forest was flashing by Derek at record speed, the density of the woods becoming thicker and thicker with each step they took. On his left, Scott and Jackson were running as well, and on his right, both Boyd and Isaac flanked him, while Erica and Natalie covered behind them. Stiles, Allison, and Lydia were hiding in the trees ahead of them, with their guns aimed. Derek skidded to a halt at their location, signaling the three humans in the trees to stay alert. The wolves formed a circle, somewhat of a boundary wall of protection for the humans. Out of the shadows in the night, six pairs of red eyes revealed themselves, but they weren't in human form, they were large wolves, very large wolves.
"How can they do that?" asked Erica, who was facing Julian in his wolf form, a very dark brown wolf.
"It's the Alpha gene, both me and Natalie can transform like that as well, it's called the Alpha-Form, you guys can transform into Beta-forms only." Stated Derek.
Oktober walked out of the shadows, showing her wolf form, a sandy colored brown. She growled at Boyd and Isaac, and Natalie shifted, revealing her beige colored form. Elena ran out of the shadows as well, her glossy white wolf form shining in the dark contrast of the night, followed by Gabriel, who's wolf form was blacker than the night itself. Aiden and Ethan were the last to reveal themselves, their dark grey wolf forms growling at the pack. The two packs ran at each other with full force, but before they could strike, a flash of elements waved themselves between them. Blinded by the lights they produced, Derek tried his hardest to see.
First, a wave of flames passed through them, the heat burned Derek's pale skin to the very core, but was instantly cooled off by jet stream of water that flowed through everyone, followed by a strong gust of wind, that carried Derek off of his feet. He struggled to get back up, his vision being altered and blurred. His body giving way before he could get up. He rolled onto his stomach as the ground shook massively. Derek could swear the end times were here, as a blinding flash of light blinded him once more, before the cold darkness took over the scene, aching his body with many pains he's never felt before. The pain subsided, and all he saw when he got up from the muddy floor, was the entire Alpha pack, lying dead on the ground. He looked around in awe, mesmerized by the entire ordeal that happened. Just then, the roots from the ground arose, grappling the dead Alpha pack bodies and dragging them underneath the earth burying them in its rich soil. A loud clap of thunder was heard, and Derek was struck with a bolt of lightning.
Derek woke up with a start, his heart beating intensely as he registered the dream – or nightmare, he just had. What was with all the dead bodies? What happened with all that fire or water? Was he finally going stark-raving mad? What about the blinding light? The darkness? The earthquake? What was happening to him?
"What the hell is happening to me?" Derek said, burying his head in his hands, letting the tears flow. Derek hadn't felt the need to cry in a long time, but all the emotions he kept bottled up, were now releasing themselves. He cried, and cried, until sleep took over him once again.
Aweeeeeee! Poor Derek :/, well I hope I didn't confuse you guys in this chapter. I know it's really short, shorter than most of my updates but I just now got a second job so yeah , don't worry, the dream that Derek had will make sense later on ^_^ hope this little drabble kept you guys at least a bit entertained. The action starts very soon. Toodaloo :*
-CosmicLoathe.