"Of course I still think of you as pack", Stiles rebuffed Isaac. "I have little care for territory. My wolf is only interested in the place it calls home. It's taken two years but I was already planning to head back to Beacon Hills. My wolf had already destroyed my resolve to stay away any longer when Deucalion came to see me."
Chris swallowed as he let the situation finally descend on him, "You want Beacon Hills to house a new alpha pack comprised completely from self deprived adolescents who were turned in their teenage years? You think this is a wise idea? Have you even considered the kind of strain this would put on the local police force?"
Stiles couldn't help the growl that slipped between his lips. "Yes I plan to comprise the pack from the self deprived adolescents that strove to protect Beacon hills from the dangers that plagued it even though they hadn't finished high school. A group that includes your daughter", Stiles reminded him. "And yes I don't just think it is a wise decision I know it is the right decision. As a cop kid and a guy who has seen other werewolf packs I can state quite confidently that we can keep it from affecting the local police force. A good step to achieving that will be to get an alpha or at least an alpha's mate in the force as soon as possible." Stiles cocked his head at the silent form of the hunter. "Does that answer your concerns Mr. Argent?"
Chris nodded and kept Stiles' glance until the boy looked away. Stiles really had thought the decision through more carefully and meticulously than the hunter had presumed. "Okay so what is the next step in your plan?"
Stiles smiled a devilish grin as his eyes bled red, "Next we need to capture ourselves Cora's present, Kali. I can do it alone if you would prefer to be kept out of my vengeance gig. All I ask is that you don't return to Beacon Hills just yet. We should return as one so I have a chance to explain all this to Scott and Derek myself."
"I want to go with you", Isaac muttered before Stiles finished speaking. "If Isaac is going then I'm going", Allison exclaimed.
"Allison why I don't advise it I know you well enough to know you will ignore my advice about being around a potentially dangerous alpha who needs to learn better control; therefore if you insist on accompanying Isaac and I on this, then I won't stop you provided your father comes too", Stiles sighs.
"Agreed", Chris nods quickly. "Well I guess we're all off to Seattle", Stiles smiled before he turned over to look over his shoulder to look at Braedan. "Thank you for all your help. Tell Deucalion I will honour our deal." The hired agent nodded as she departed.
"Okay I think we should spread out through the city and keep our eyes peeled for her. She's here somewhere or at least she was last night. Allison and Mr. Argent track her however you are used to. Isaac you track her as a werewolf would and I'll track her magically. I'm willing to bet she has attempted to cover her tracks though so she probably has a few tricks up her sleeves. Be careful", I warn the others as I explain the plan.
"Remember force her north of the city into the trap we set this morning", Chris reminds them all.
"What do we do if one of us finds her?" Allison asked. "How do we contact one another?"
"Can't we just ring each other's mobiles like we normally do?" Isaac asks foolishly.
"Well we could but it can be pretty inconvenient to have to ring each other. Splitting in two teams with a wolf on each side might have worked but with Isaac being slightly unstable I don't think it is a good idea. But don't worry I thought about it and came up with a solution", Stiles grins at them. "If you find her shout it in your own head. I'll keep a weak telepathic field open. When you focus your thoughts to confirm you've found her I will hear it and relay the information."
"That sounds sort of invasive", Allison mumbles unsure. "Nah it's nothing like that", Stiles reassures them. "It will only pick up thoughts you direct to me. For example Allison, focus on telling me without speaking any number you like. Seven, thirteen, fifty seven, eighty four, three hundred and sixty."
Allison looked impressed that he was getting everything one right. "I can only hear what you want me to hear", Stiles repeated. They all nodded and he turned to walk away from them. Stiles wandered down the path focusing his magic on the image of Kali. He was trying to sense her but according to his magical senses she was everywhere. She was obviously aware he was after her and had taken precautions to prevent him from finding her. Whoever had been helping her was obviously capable of high calibre magic because the simple spells Stiles tried to remove her protection spell failed. He didn't have time to work on more complex magic right now. He had spent the last half an hour or so trying anything he could think of to remove the magical sense dispersion spell. Suddenly he looked towards the woods at the north of town as Isaac's voice rang in his head. Found her. She's heading straight towards the trap.Stiles reached out and felt for Isaac's location before he passed the information to both the Argents while he flat out sprinted in pursuit of Isaac and his prey.
After a couple of minutes running flat out he began to catch up with Isaac. Stiles had always been fast but since he became a werewolf he had trained himself rigorously to increase his speed even more. Chris cover the north of the trap, Allison get the west, I'll get the east and Isaac can force her in from the south. I co-ordinated us so she would be cornered with no place to run. Just as Stiles got to his position he saw Allison and Chris reach theirs and he heard Isaac's howl. It sounded as if he was in pain and Stiles guessed that Kali had attacked him to slow him down because he could still hear their footfalls heading this way.
Stiles grinned viciously at the female alpha when she tore into the clearing and saw Chris Argent. Immediately she turned to her left but stepped back seeing Allison. Turning around he watched the dread fill her face when she saw him. She turned and headed back towards Isaac no doubt to try and get past him out of the ambush she had fallen into. Before she could move though trip wires snapped around her form binding her tight. Pushing against the bonds Stiles watched in amusement as she tried to escape. Really did she think a veteran hunter like Chris Argent wouldn't realise that would be her first move? He had soaked them in wolfsbane so the moment they touched her she was done for. They began sapping her strength and she couldn't break them.
"Kali, I'd offer to shake your hand and crush your bones but you seem a little tied up", Stiles smiled at his terrible pun while he heard both Argent's groan while Isaac snickered. "You knew I'd come for you eventually. I'm guessing the precautions you put in place weren't as strong as they could have been though I must say they were quite impressive. We came before you expected me, didn't we? You also expected me along and not with friends. That mistake is what will cost you" Stiles paused as he looked at the alpha growling and thrashing against the wires binding her.
"Count yourself lucky I'm not killing you", Stiles muttered. Stiles didn't miss the glimmer of hope that flashed in her eyes. "Oh don't get too happy there. I might not be killing you know but you will be dead within the week. The question is who will be the one to kill you. You see things aren't as simple as you think they are. Did you realise Isaac here became an alpha four days ago?" Stiles threw back his head and laughed when he saw the surprise in the alpha's face.
"Stiles", whispered Chris Argent. Stiles turned to look at him. "Yes?" Stiles asked unsure what the hunter wanted.
"How about you do the binding spell you said you wanted to use before you tell her everything?" Chris replied. Stiles nodded he had forgotten to do it due to the euphoria he felt at having caught his prey so quickly. "Yeah I guess you're right I should do that now. Bring the van around. Isaac will watch over me", Stiles nodded again to the hunter who complied quickly. Allison went with her dad. Stiles began drawing power from his core and spoke words in a harsh language that Isaac couldn't understand. Isaac tensed though because he could feel the power in the air like statically charged particles. Suddenly the wires around Kali caught alight and she screamed as her body shook. After that one awful scream of pain she collapsed on the ground while Stiles leant against the tree.
"It's okay. I have her", Stiles told his old friend. "If she even tries to run she will feel a current of twenty thousand volts surge through her system. She can think about it but the moment she tries to act we will know about it." Isaac nodded to Stiles but shifted uneasily on his feet. This new Stiles was different. Isaac could sense the old Stiles but something had hardened and darkened the boy. It wasn't bad per say but like Stiles said it would take some time to get used to the new him. The old Stiles used to have more compassion and disliked seeing others suffer.
They heard a van approaching and turned to see the Argent's green van rumbling towards their clearing along the uneven track. "I guess it's time we returned home", Isaac muttered quietly as he embraced Stiles from the side.
"Yeah I guess it is", Stiles repeated absently. Maybe things would go better than he thought they would. I mean all his friends missed him right? Allison and Isaac had told him as much. Derek would be delighted because he would have his mate back and Scott would be pleased to have his brother return home. I mean Stiles felt that way as well along with being nervous. They would feel the same minus the nerves because they weren't expecting him, right?
We had discussed the ways we might travel back to Beacon Hills with our captive and decided that driving would be the best course of action. The drive its self wouldn't be too long but there were a few things we had to prepare before we went home. Stiles insisted that he wanted to prepare a couple of charms to cloak the alpha within each werewolf.
"Why do you want to cloak yourselves?" Chris asked sceptically. "Because technically our wolves have no claim to the territory and the moment we set foot on land belonging to Derek and Scott they will sense us as alphas. The instinct to defend your territory is strong. If they don't realise it is us then they may attack first and ask questions later. To avoid unnecessary fighting and bloodshed the charms are required. How would you feel if anyone of us alphas killed another? How do you think the others would feel about it? If we don't approach this properly it would be a total massacre with the last alpha standing looking at the bodies of at least three dead pack members, probably more."
Chris understood Stiles point after the boy explained it and agreed it was probably a good step to take. After that he offered to help any way he could. With Chris's help Stiles was able to acquire and fashion the charms quicker than expected. The drive to the town over from Beacon Hills took about a day. Staying in a hotel Stiles prepared everything he thought he would need for his long awaited return. Refusing to let anything go wrong due to lack of preparation he spent much longer than he usually would to cast the spells that would activate the charms. He poured more magic into them, attempting to strength their power higher than he usually would allow. In fact he was so anxious that he over exerted himself and weakened himself to the point that his binding spell which required constant magic to maintain itself almost failed. After he drained himself he argued he needed a day of rest to recharge again.
He was being careful to a point of insanity but he had a bad feeling that he couldn't quite understand. He wanted to be ready for anything so a day to recharge his magical power was not too much to ask for. After all the success of this plan was down to him and though he had explained it he was sure that none of his three travelling companions comprehended the situation as well as he had for none of them had been interested in viewing the memories Deucalion left with him. If he succeeded in forming the new alpha pack he would make sure every member affiliated with the pack was forced to watch and understand them. They had a responsibility to help every werewolf. It was a huge responsibility but it was one he had chosen to take and to Stiles that made all the difference because for once he had been given a choice. It hadn't just been thrust upon him like so many others. He just hoped the others were willing to help.