Chapter 10: Co-Captain
Alice drives Derek's car to the school, "I must say Alice, you're strong, more stronger then I though and I must say, quiet beautiful." Peter starts up a conversation, and plays with a strain of her hair, but Derek's grabs his wrist in an instant and throws his hand back to himself. "I get it, hands off, she's taken." Peter held his hands up in defense.
Derek sighs, then looks at Alice. "Are you alright?" he asks her, "With my wounds or the fact we're team up with him?" she asks him. "The first one." he tells her, "I'll heal." she tells him, She sighs again. Shifting uncomfortable in her seat.
"I know, you hate it." Derek states, "You got that damn right." she snaps back at him, "Alice just give him a chance." Derek states. "Oh, I'm giving him a chance, it's knowing that he's the bastard Alpha, that's been killing this pass few mouths and is sitting right behind me and wants to make my brother join his pack that has me piss off and on edge." she tells him. "Whoa, a fighter and someone with trust issues." Peter states. "Shut up." they both tell him. He looks out the window, "Lily look, you don't have to trust him, just trust me, alright?" he asks her. She looks at him for a quickly second then back at the road, "I do trust you Derek and I hope you know what you're doing." she mumbles.
They arrive at the school, Alice turns off the car and opens the door, letting Peter out, she quickly walks over to the school, the two Hales follow after her. They went into the locker room, the lights went out and Scott walks to the showers room finding both Alice and Derek standing there.
Derek was rubbing his hand as Alice was rubbing her wrist, "Thank god, where the hell have you two been, do you have any idea whats going on?" Scott walks up to them, wearing nothing but a towel. Derek looks at him then looks at Peter, who steps out of the shadows, holding a Lacrosse stick. Scott follows his gaze and spots Peter. "I really don't get Lacrosse." Peter states, Scott mumbles words to himself, "When I was in high school, we played basketball. There's a real sport." Peter tells him, Scott looks at the two, "You know, I'd read somewhere that Lacrosse come from a Native American tribe and they play it to resolve conflict. Do I have that right?" Peter held the Lacrosse stick over his shoulder.
Alice rolls her eyes at him, hating every moment he was speaking, even breathing. "I have a little conflict to resolve on my own, Scott. I need your help." Peter sets the stick down, "Me or my sister are helping you kill people." Scott tells him."Well, I can't ask your gorgeous sister, because she's can't join my pack, her will is too strong for me. But I don't want to kill all of them, just the responsible ones and that doesn't have to include..." Peter stops forgetting her name, he looks at the two werewolves. "Allison." Alice answers, grinding her teeth, Scott looks over at her. "You're both on his side, are you forgetting the part where he killed your sister!" Scott yells at him, "I'm not on his side, Scott. But if he makes a stupid mistake..." Alice states.
She flicks her wrist, making her claws jump out. "I'll rip his throat out." Alice assures her brother, "It was a mistake." Derek tells him, "What?" Scott looks at him in dis-belief. "It happens." Derek states. "Scott, I think you're getting the wrong impression of us, even your sister know why I'm doing this, Derek and I really want you to reach your full protestation." Peter tells him."By killing our friends." Alice shot at him, her claws stretch out of her other hand. "Sometimes the people closest to you, are the ones holding you back the most." Peter tells her, "They're holding me back from becoming a psychotic nut job like you and I'm okay with that." Scott shot at him.
Peter walks up to him, looking at his hands, "Maybe, you can try to see things from my prospective." Peter's claws stretches out. "Peter..." Alice growls at him, Derek held her back. Then Peter dug his claws into the back of Scott's neck. "Peter!" Alice yells at him. Scott gags and tries to breath, he pulls his claws out of his neck. Derek lets go of Alice and she ran to her brother, supporting him, "Scott, please breath, just breath." she quickly moves in front of him and cups his face. "Scott, can you hear me, Scott!" she shouts, he then collapse against her and Alice held him in her arms and glares up at Peter. "If he dies, so do you." Alice threatens him.
Peter smirks and walks away, Alice then looks back at Scott moves him on his back and laid his head on her lap. "Shh, shh, shh. It's alright Scott, just breath." she tells him, stroking his face repeatedly. She didn't even notices Derek was gone as well. After an hour Scott just awake, Alice was immediately at his side. "Scott, Scott?" she asks with concern. He looks at her and nods gripping her hand. She leads him to the benches and sat him down. "You saw it too, didn't you?" he asks her, she looks at him and nods. "Yeah I did." she answers, rubbing his back. Then Stiles burst into the room, "Dude we got a problem." Stiles warns him, "Trust me, I already know." Scott tells him.
Alice sighs, feeling she just betray her brother and press her forehead against his temple, Scott nudge his head against her, telling her, he forgives her, gripping her hand.
~8~8~8~
It was early in the morning as the three misfits went to find Jackson, know that Chris was to be with him, they found him before anything could happen. "Yo." Scott greets them, "What's up?" Stiles states, "Hey boys what are you up to?" Alice asks them.
"You're friend here was having car trouble, we're just taking a look." Chris tells her, "There a shop down the street, I'm sure they have a tow truck." Scott tells them, "Yeah you want a ride?" Stiles asks Jackson, Scott opens the door, "Come on Jackson, you're way too pretty to be here all by yourself." Stiles tells him. Scott gave him a surprise look, Jackson then nods then walk over to the jeep. Alice kept her eyes on Chris a he removes a device from the engine. "Hey boys." Chris calls out, they all look at him, Chris starts the car, "Told you I knew a few things about cars." he tells him, Alice got out of the back and stood next to Scott as Chris walks back to his SUV and drove off.
"What? Are you following me?" Jackson snaps at him, "Yes, you stupid freaking idiot. You almost gave away everything right there!" Scott slams the door and snaps at Jackson. Stiles walks up to them. "What are you talking about?" Jackson asks him. "He thinks your the third beta!" Alice yells at him, "What?" Jackson asks her, "He thinks you're me!" Scott snaps, hitting the side of the hood. "Dude, my jeep." Stiles complains.
"We can hear you're heart beating from a mile away, literally now he thinks something's wrong and we have to keep an eye on you so he doesn't kill you too!" Scott snaps again, he went to hit the jeep again, "Whoa whoa whoa, deep breaths, deeps breath." Alice pats Scott's chest. "This is your problem, not mine, I didn't say anything, so you're the one that's going to get me killed, this is your fault." Jackson shoves Scott against the jeep. Scott shoves him back. "Alright enough! Both of you!" Alice stood in between them, "When they come after you, we won't be able to protect you!" she shot at Jackson. "What do you know?" Jackson asks her, she smirks to herself, "You are the most, idiotic, self-centered, heartless bastard I have even known. But you will listen when I say this." she growls at him, making Jackson shutter in fear of her.
"This is bigger then you, Scott, Stiles, me and fucking Lacrosse, it's a whole other world that you can't possibly understand. And if you want our abilities you have to enter our world and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't survive for five minutes." Alice snaps at him.
"You both know what I want, and I'll be fine protecting myself." Jackson tells her, "Are you not understanding the words I'd just said?!" Alice snaps, "Listen here McCall You will get me what I want or I'll make your brother's life a living hell." Jackson threatens her."I've survive death more time then I wish to count. I'm responsible for the three deaths of my friends that a guilt I have to live with, but if you even dare ruin my brother's life, I'll kill you myself. And that is a burden I will be glad to leave with." she growls at him, eyes glowing golden, making Jackson quickly walk back to his car and drove. Alice watches him leave.
~8~8~8~
Alice walks through the woods, running over her thoughts, she calms down. Knowing that she went over her thoughts, she sighs, enjoying her walk, but then heard a heartbeat behind her, she reaches into her pocket, pulls out a tazer gun, quickly turns around and fires her tazer, then she saw Derek standing stiff as he felt the electricity coursing through him. "Derek?" she asks as he fell over, she walks up to him, "Derek." she states, "Trigger finger!" he tells her. She realizes this and removes her finger from the trigger, "Oh god I'm so sorry." she kneels down beside him.
He lets out a sigh of relief, "Not it's my fault, all my fault." he assures her. "Are you okay?" she asks him, "Yeah, yeah. I'm fine." he said as he twitches a little, "I'm sorry, if I knew it was you…" she states, "Still would of pulled the trigger?" he asks, with a little smile on his face. "No, of course not. Seriously though, I'm so sorry." she pulls the wires out of his chest. He relaxes against the ground as Alice smirks, "You sure you're okay?" she asks him, "Yeah, I will be." he tells her, sitting up on his elbows. "Are you following me now?" she asks with a smile on her face, "No, no of course not, just wanted to make sure you were okay." he tells her. "By following me." she clarifies.
"Well yeah, kinda." he scratches the back of his head, she rolls her eyes. "Still I wanted to see if you were…" he starts, "If I was still mad at you?" she asks him, he nods. She smiles and ruffles his hair, "No I'm not mad anymore, I had time to think, still don't trust Peter, but he is your uncle, so I can't complain, no matter how much I dislike him." she tells Derek, he nods at her, "So you still hate Peter, just not me?" he sums up. She smiles then leans down and press her lips against his. Derek was shock at first, but kisses her back, his hand wraps around the back of her neck, pulling her in closer. She then pulls away and looks at him, a smirk on her lips. "Does that answer your question?" she asks, he smirks. "Very." he perks her lips, she giggles and hugs him, Derek returns the hug, happy to know that he still has Alice.
~8~8~8~
Later that night, Alice sat in her room, doing her homework, her mind would wonder back to Derek without a shirt on, she set her pencil down and groans in her hands. "Damn him and his tight abs and perfect body." she mumbles to herself. "Are you talking about me?" Derek asks making her jump. "Not funny, not funny." she tells him, he chuckles and walks over to her.
"What are you doing?" he asks, leaning over her shoulder, "Homework, mostly." she took her pencil into her hand and tries to work. "And you can't focus." he states. "Yeah pretty much." she tells him, then her phone rings. "Hang on." she set her pencil down, then looks at her phone, "Stiles?" she mumbles and answers her phone."Yeah what's up?" she asks him, "They're connected, the killings. The ones Peter killed." Stiles tells her, "Connected, how are they connected?" she asks him, "The bus driver, he was an insurance investigate for the Hale fire, the clerk was a convicted feline arson, and the two guys that was killed in the woods, they were the ones that help set the fire." Stiles tells her.
Alice froze as her eyes went wide. "What is it?" he asks her, "Derek, he was right, your uncle did go after the responsible ones and he has one more to kill." she tells him.
"Alice, Do you know the last one he will go after?" Stiles asks her, "Argent, Kate Argent is his last target." she mumbles, then someone kicks on her door, "Stiles I have to go." she tells him. Then hung up the phone, then answers the door. "Hey Alice, I'm going to be home late..." Melissa tells her then saw Derek. "Oh am I interrupting something?" she asks her. "What? No of course not." Alice tells her, then clears her throat, "Mum, Derek. Derek, mum." she introduce them to each other ans they cheek their hands, "Hi." Melissa said as Derek nods at her, but then Alice was stun by her own mother, Derek walks up behind Alice. "What is it my hair? Make-up? The outfit?" Melissa asks her, "No no, you look beautiful, really beautiful." Alice tells her, Melissa smiles at her, "Which only means you met someone of the opposite gender which asks you on a date and here's my question who is it?" Alice smiles at her mother.
"It's a medical rep that came into the hospital today, we talk and I sudden said yes to diner and I'm really hating myself for skipping the gym last week." she said in one breath. "Mum you look fine and black is defiantly your color." Alice took her mother's hands into hers and assures her. "And what medical rep is it?" Alice asks her then the doorbell rang. "That medical rep and, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm not ready. I'm not done, I'm not ready, so if you and Scott can just, get, get the and talk with him. Kay just…" she lets go of Alice's hands and took off, but came right back. "Be nice." she tells her, Alice laughs a bit, "I have somewhere to be, alright?" Derek whispers to him.
She looks at him and smiles, "Alright, I'll caught up later." she tells him, he perks her on her lips and took off out her window she then walks to Scott's room, "Scott come with me for a second?" Alice asks. "Yeah sure, I'll be right back." Scott tells Allison and they both took off to the door. Scott went to touch the nob, but he froze as they both could hear that familiar heartbeat. The doorbell rang again, making Scott jump a bit. "Scott answer the door!" Melissa calls down to them, they both back away from the door and the bell rang a few time more, "Scott for the love of god." she shouts again.
Scott stares at the nob as it slowly turns, Alice went to touch the nob, but the door open on it's own and reveal no one was there. "Hey." she calls out, making the two twins look at her. "What are you doing, aren't you going to invite him in?" she asks them and disappeared again. They both turned around and saw Peter Hale standing in the doorway. "Hello there." he said with a smile, Scott looks at him in shock as Alice cross her arms. Scott tries to close the door. But Peter stops him and pushes the door open, "Really, slam the door in my face, come on Scott. Take a second to think that through." Peter tells him. "I'll tell her." Scott threatens him, "That I use to be a catatonic influk with burns covering half my face? Good luck with that." Peter points out.
"If you hurt her or even touch her..." Alice starts to threaten him, "Alice if I may interrupt of the top five some immensit sound threats for a moment. Try to remember I've was in a coma for six years. Don't you think I'd like to have dinner with a beautiful woman, which I know where you get your good looks from." Peter tells her, "Just give me half a second, sorry" she walks into the kitchen. Peter smiles at her then frowns at the twins, "Or maybe, you both think I've come up with an idea, like how it easy for Scott to be apart of the pack, if your mother is too." Peter tells them, Alice went to grab his throat, ready to tear it out, but Scott grips her wrist, restraining her as Peter walks into the house, making them both back out.
"You need to understand how powerful we are together. You, me, Alice and Derek." Peter tells them. "I can't join your pack remember?" Alice shout at him, he looks at her, "No, but you will if Scott and Derek are." he tells her, she stiffens, griping Scott's arm. "Do you know that some of the successful military operation during second world war, were the German Bod-attacks, do you know what they call them?" Peter asks of them, "Wolf Bass." Alice answers him, he smiles at her, "I'm liking you more and more." he went to touch her hair, but she flinch away.
"We know the Germans lost the war." Scott tells him, pulling Peter's attention away from his sister. "I'd think you find most historians would argue that as a failure of leadership and trust me, we don't have that problem here." Peter tells them, "It's the trust we have a problem with." Alice shot back at him. "I'm ready, I'm ready, sorry again." Melissa walks into the conversation.
Peter just smiles and offers his arm to her, she was surprise of how much a gentlemen he was, and hook her arm around his. And they went to leave, "Mum!" Alice calls out, letting go of Scott, Melissa and Peter look at her, "Yes, sweetheart?" she asks her, she swallow her words and smiles at them, "Have a good time." she tells her, Melissa nods at her and they left. Alice looks over at Scott who was fuming with anger. He took off upstairs and Alice took off to where it all began.
~8~8~8~
She sat inside the burnt hair house, sitting in one of the rooms upstairs, she then heard two heartbeats coming inside, she she got up and walks to the doorway of the room. "This house, it's the same house." Jackson mumbles. "What you say?" Derek asks of him. "I've dreamt about this place. I remember the staircase, I remember these wall, I remember everything." Jackson tells him. "You've been here?" Derek asks him, "No he hasn't." Alice states, walking out of the shadows and down the steps, "You gave him your memories, when you dug your claws into his neck." Alice states stopping on the second step.
The two boys look at her, surprise she was even there, "This house, it was burnt because of what a few members were." she states, "What was that?" Jackson asks her. "I'd think you know, but most of the family was perfectly human and the hunters didn't even care and I want you to say what they are." she tells him, Jackson stiffens in fear of her, "Werewolves." he answers."It doesn't matter who you are or if you're human or not, if you know a werewolf, Jackson. The hunters will break you just to get the information out of you." she snaps out him, Jackson collapse against the stairs. Then looks at Derek, a killer look in her eyes. "And you, you can't bring him out here and kill him that not what we do!" she walks pass Jackson and was up in Derek's face. "So now you're defending your bully?" Derek snaps at her.
"He's an asshole, I know that, but that doesn't mean you have to become a killer, Derek!" she shouts at him, "I'm doing this to avenge my family." he tells her, "He or his family know nothing or did anything to kill your family! And you seriously want to become like Peter, you want to be the cold-heart bastard that cares only about power!" she snaps back, flicking her claws out. He growls at her, "Hey!" Scott shouts out, drawing their attention. He then jumps down the steps and lands in between Jackson and Alice, the McCall twins and Derek were now shifted, Scott and Alice look at Jackson who was completely freak, then back at Derek. Alice back up and stood next to Scott. "Move." he tells Scott, "No." Scott tells him, "Fine, I'll kill you too." Derek growl, "You want him you have to go through me." Alice shot at him.
Then the sound of an arrow went off, "Cover your eyes!" Derek yells at them, then squats down, a flash bomb went off. Scott and Alice were blinded as Jackson stumbles away, Derek quickly took cover. But Scott and Alice were shot. Scott stumbles away and Alice fell to the ground, both twins were shifted back and coughing up black blood. Alice pulls herself beside the staircase then looks at Jackson who was terrified. "Run." she tells him, he looks at him, "I said, run." her eyes flash yellow and Jackson took off running. She coughs and press her hand to her wound, she then reaches in her wound and pulls the bullet out, letting out an ear piercing roar, that almost shook the whole area.
She pants, feeling her strength fail her, then the sound of footstep came to her, she looks up, her vision was going in and out. "Well, look like we caught an another one." a woman states and Alice fades out, going limp against the floor.
~8~8~8~
Alice slowly flutter her eyes open finding herself in a dark room, her wrist were cuffed to chains that were attach to the wall, she could barely feel her body then she heard the door open, two people walk in, Kate and Allison, Alice tries to lift her head, but it was too heavy and lays back down. The lights went on, one at Derek and another at her, Alice heard Derek growl and roar at them. Knowing he was still shifted.
"Aren't they beautiful?" she ask her, Alice looks up at Allison who was scared of them, but Alice gave her a reason not to be. Allison looks at her as Alice whimpers and groans in pain as she just laid there, weak and exhausted.
