Chapter 11
I do not own Teen Wolf in any way.
"What are your plans today?" Paige asked Isaac.
"I need to go talk to Scott about something", Isaac told her.
"I'm going to help Derek", she said, "I'll meet up with you later". She left with Derek and debated how to tell him. She waited until they were back at the Hale House to tell him. "Derek, I think I'm pregnant", Paige said.
"What do mean you think?" he asked her.
"Well, I had a dream a few nights before the full moon", she told him.
"And you didn't listen to it?" Derek asked, "Dammit Paige! Didn't you two think?!"
"We weren't thinking. We were a bit preoccupied ripping each others clothes off", she told him.
"Have you told him yet?" Derek asked.
"No. I want to be sure first", she said, "I never even told him about the dream".
They were interrupted by Erica and Boyd entering the house.
"You decided. When?" Derek asked.
"Tonight", Erica said.
"Everyone's gonna be at the game. We figured it was the best time", Boyd said.
"Wait…you're leaving?"Paige asked.
"It's not like we want to", Erica said.
"What do you want?" Derek asked.
"Since I just turned 16 a month ago, I wouldn't mind getting my license. I can't do that if I'm dead, you know", Erica said.
"Well, I told you there was a price", Derek told them.
"Yeah, but you didn't say it would be like this", Boyd said.
"Yeah, but I told you how to survive. You do it as a pack. And you're not a pack without an Alpha", Derek said, turning away from them.
"We know", Boyd said.
"You wanna look for another pack? How are you even gonna find one?" Derek asked them.
"We think we already did", Boyd told him.
"Like all of a sudden we heard all this howling. It was unbelievable", Erica said.
"There must have been a dozen of them", Boyd added.
"Maybe more", Erica said.
"Yeah, or maybe only two", Derek said.
"You know what the Beau Geste effect is? If they modulate their howls with a rapid shift in tone, 2 wolves can sound like 20", Paige explained.
"Look that doesn't matter, okay? There's another pack out there. There's got to be. We've made up our minds", Erica said.
"Yeah, we lost, Derek. And it's over. We're leaving", Boyd said.
"No. No, you're running. And once you start, you don't stop. You'll always be running", Derek told them.
Paige watched her two pack mates walk out the front door.
Derek turned away again.
Paige's heart stopped when she smelled a particular scent.
Derek smelled it too. He picked up a piece of glass and turned and threw it.
Peter caught it easily. "I expected a slightly warmer welcome. But point taken", Peter said, "Hello mama wolf".
This caused Paige to blush.
Clearly, every male but her mate could smell the change in her scent.
"It's quite a situation you've got yourself in here, Derek. I mean, I'm out of commission for a few weeks and suddenly there's lizard people, geriatric psychopaths, and you're cooking up werewolves out of every self - esteem - deprived adolescent in town", Peter said.
"What do you want?" Paige asked, her hand protectively on her stomach.
"Well, I want to help. You're my niece and nephew. The only relatives that I have left. You know, there's still a lot that I can teach you", Peter said walking towards them. He placed his hand on Derek's shoulder. "Can we just talk?" he asked.
Derek looked down at it and then back at Peter. "Sure. Let's talk", Derek said. He grabbed Peter and threw him into the stairs.
Meanwhile, Isaac walked up to the Animal Clinic with a heavy heart. He went inside and Deaton appeared in the doorway of the examination room.
"It's okay, Isaac. We're open", Deaton told him.
Isaac walked into the examination room and looked at a puppy lying on the metal table. "Why does it smell like that?" Isaac asked.
Deaton and Scott smiled.
"What?" Isaac asked.
"Scott said almost the same thing to me a few months ago. One day he could somehow tell the difference between which animals were getting better and which were not", Deaton explained.
"He's not getting better, is he?" Isaac asked.
Deaton shook his head.
"Like cancer?" Isaac asked.
"Osteosarcoma. It has a very distinct scent, doesn't it? Come here. I know you're well aware of what your new abilities can do for you. Improved strength, speed, and healing. You ever wonder what it could do for others?" Deaton asked, "Give me your hand. Go on".
Isaac placed his hand in Deaton's and Deaton placed Isaac's on the dog. Isaac's veins turned black and it traveled up his arm. "What did I do?" Isaac asked.
"You took some of his pain away", Scott told him.
"Only a little bit. But sometimes a little can make quite a difference", Deaton said.
Isaac's eyes filled with tears and he tried to hide it.
"It's okay. First time he showed me, I cried too", Scott said.
Isaac smiled and laughed.
"They're leaving tonight, during the game", Isaac told Scott.
"So, why are you telling me?" Scott asked.
"I'm not telling you. I'm asking you. I'm asking for your advice", Isaac said.
"From me? Why?" Scott asked.
"Because I trust you", Isaac told him.
"Why?" Scott asked again.
"Because you always seem to want to do the right thing", Isaac said.
"I usually have no idea what I'm doing. Actually I always have no idea what I'm doing", Scott said.
"Hmm. Do you want to let me know what you're doing right now?" Isaac asked.
"I'm not going anywhere if that's what you mean. I have too many people here who need me", Scott said.
"Well, I guess that makes me lucky 'cause uh - 'cause I don't have anyone, so", Isaac said.
"What about Paige?" Scott asked him.
"I don't know. I imagine she'd stay with Derek", he said, "I wouldn't expect her to follow me".
Scott realized that Isaac had no idea what was going on with Paige.
Stiles had told him what Paige had told him about her dream.
Isaac had no idea that at this moment, Paige could be pregnant with his son.
"Are you gonna go with them?" Scott asked him.
"Yeah. Yeah, I think I will. Good luck with the game though", Isaac said.
"Well, thanks, but I'm not - I'm not going either. Can't even think about playing some meaningless game right now", Scott explained.
"You weren't at practice last week, were you?" Isaac asked.
"No, I skipped it. Why?" Scott asked.
"Then you didn't hear?" Isaac asked him.
"Hear what?" Scott asked.
"Jackson was there", Isaac said.
"What do you mean "there"? Like, he was…" Scott said.
"As if nothing had happened", Isaac said.
"Really? That means - the game tonight?" Scott asked.
"Yeah. He's playing", Isaac said.
Paige watched the two male werewolves fight all afternoon.
When Derek threw Peter down the stairs, she had enough.
She jumped in the middle of them.
Derek stalked down the stairs. "Move Paige", he growled.
"Why don't you talk instead of fight?!" she growled back.
Peter rolled over on his stomach and coughed.
"Move. I won't ask again", Derek said.
Paige growled and stormed out the front door.
"Need a ride?" a voice said.
She looked and saw Isaac on his bike in his lacrosse uniform. She breathed a sigh of relief and hopped on the back of his bike.
"You're not riding up front this time?" he asked.
"Don't feel like it today", she lied.
They got to the school just as the game was starting.
Isaac sat down next to Scott.
"You came to help", Scott said.
"I came to win", Isaac said with a cocky grin, "You got a plan yet?"
"No, right now it's pretty much just keep Jackson from killing anyone", Scott told him.
"Well, that might be easier if you're actually in the game. We have to make it so coach has no choice but to play you", Isaac said.
"How do we do that? He's got a bench full of guys he can use before he ever puts me on the field", Scott said.
The idea finally came to him.
"Can you do it without putting anyone in the hospital?" Scott asked him.
"I can try", Isaac said.
"Good luck baby", Paige whispered in Isaac's ear. She leaned down and lightly kissed his mark on his neck. "If we win tonight…I'll make it worth your while", she said.
"Please don't seduce your mate in front of me", Scott said.
Isaac turned and kissed her, before putting his helmet on and going out on the field.
One by one, Isaac took out the guys on the team.
Then Jackson tackled Isaac.
Paige saw Isaac go down and looked at Scott.
They both ran over to him.
Paige took Isaac's helmet off.
"It's not broken, but I can't move it. I think Jackson nicked me, because I can feel it spreading", Isaac said as the paramedics ran over to him.
Scott looked at her.
"You want to play chess, Scott? Then you better be willing to sacrifice your own pawns", they heard Gerard say.
"I'll stay with him", she told him.
The medics took Isaac to the locker room and left them alone.
Paige tried to speed up the healing process, by doing the same thing Derek did to Erica.
"I'm sorry baby", she said.
"Isn't this sweet, a she-wolf taking care of her wounded mate", Gerard said.
Isaac was starting to get feeling back in his body.
"It was a good effort, Isaac. It was", Gerard said.
Isaac crawled along until he heard the sword being unsheathed.
"Get up! Isaac, you have to get up!" Paige said.
One of the men had grabbed her and was holding a gun to her head.
A gun loaded with wolfs bane bullets.
"This would be so much more poetic if it was halftime", Gerard said. Gerard dragged the sword along the floor as he walked towards Isaac.
Isaac managed to get up. Isaac simply smirked and Gerard froze as he saw Scott in the mirror.
Gerard let them go and Scott rushed onto the field, leaving Isaac and Paige alone.
Isaac looked at Paige and smiled.
They suddenly heard screams. They rushed out of the school and onto the field as the lights came back on. They walked over to the circle of people on the field.
Jackson was lying on the ground not moving.
"He's not breathing. No pulse", Melissa said.
"Nothing?" Coach Finstock asked.
"Nothing", Melissa said. She pulled back his jersey and they saw claw marks and blood.
"Oh, my God. There's blood. There's blood", Lydia gasped.
"Look", Scott said pointing to his hands.
"He did it to himself", Isaac said confused.
"Get down here. Get down here and hold his head. Tilt it up", Melissa told Lydia.
The sheriff burst through the group.
When he saw it wasn't Stiles, he looked around the field.
"Where's Stiles? Where's Stiles? Where the hell is my son!" he yelled.
The three werewolves looked at each other.
Paige had a feeling this night wasn't over.