Chapter 9
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"What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations"
-Sun Tzu
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Derek swallowed then laughed but it didn't seem happy, "You probably need the back story. I met Kate when I was in college. She was two years older than me; I was a freshman at the time. I was studying math and economics along with computer engineering. We met in a café. Kate Argent, who introduced herself as Katie Plata, spilled coffee on me.
"When I think about it now it was probably all planned by her and her father, Gerard. The Hale's are pretty well known. My mother-" Derek choked up a little, he didn't know if Talia was still alive. Laura was alpha so the answer was probably no. "My mom was the matriarch of the larger supernatural community on the East side of the US. A man who goes by the name of Deucalion controls the West, Ennis the North, and an alpha named Kali has the South. I don't know where they are now though.
"Those four werewolves were on the top of any hit list so naturally so are their family members. Kate and I started dating about two years before the DC incident." He paused, too pained to continue on.
"When we moved in together no one thought a thing. Mom and Laura were so happy, Cora was going on and on about being too young to be an aunt, which she probably got from Peter constantly asking about us getting married and having kids,
"She was always sneaking around, hiding things behind my back. I knew she wasn't cheating on me; she never smelled like anyone else. I just assumed she was a secretive person.
"I met her father at her birthday party, Gerard Argent, though I called him Mr. Plata. Never had I been so eager to impress someone. I wanted to marry his daughter one day." Derek rolled his eyes and chuckled but it was hollow and empty. Erica sat and listened patiently.
Chris Argent, Peter Hale, and John Stilinski joined them on the roof but stayed towards the hatch. Derek's ears perked up but he didn't turn to look.
"Kate was a political science major, she went down to the capital to watch the president's speech for a paper with her father. I'm sure you've seen the footage. Someone tried to kill the president, a secret service operative took the bullet. He shifted and Gerard Argent, who was sitting on the stage, shot the werewolf at point blank rage.
"That's when I knew who Kate Plata really was. I hacked her computer and copied all the files and left town but no matter where I ran to she found me. It wasn't until a week later when I decrypted the files I stole.
"A few weeks before DC a company called 'Better Living by Science' opened its doors to testing on supernatural creatures. Those are the files I stole." Derek turned around to face the men who hadn't moved from their stop.
"I files I stole are in San Francisco but having them won't do you much help. The man who heads Better Living by Science, William Barrow, is finding substances that supernatural have a negative reaction to, stuff like mountain ash, and wolf's bane. They're trying to work with vaccine companies to put the substances into the vaccines then administer them through the schools. It doesn't really matter if you have the files; you're not going to stop their plan. Any child that has a negative reaction will be put on a list then they'll go from there." Derek leaned back, placing his palms on the ground to support his weight.
"Rumor has it that investigations are being set up all over DC, this," Stilinski paused for a moment, "Genocide, might not be long as we may think,"
Derek shook his head, "Not with the hunters and BLS whispering into the law enforcement's ears. The only way to get a kick-start any legal action would be to start a case to prove corruption or something like that. But that doesn't seem likely. For every plan of attack we have the hunters are two steps ahead with twenty times the manpower and money to motivate people."
Peter nodded and added, "Half of us are on a shoot to kill list anyway. If we actually acted on any plan it would have to be illegal, which definitely wouldn't help our case."
Erica looked at Derek, "Couldn't you or Laura talk to, like, Ennis or Kali, or that other guy and maybe start to get things moving? You guys must have some sort of contact list, right?"
Derek sighed, "We can try,"
Chris nodded, "Things are only going to get worse from here, it might be good to start drawing packs out."
Derek nodded, the Argents had an army, they should probably get armed too.
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Guys, I got a confession, I have no idea how or if I'm even going to put Malia or Kira in this. Kira will probably be in BHR but I don't know about Malia. If ya' have any ideas feel free to tell me. I will update a week after the first review if not sooner. So, REVIEW!
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