[A/N: Ok my readers. Little o' wolfgal here went through and to the best of my abilities fixed the grammar and punctuation errors in the whole story. I will try to keep things best I can from here out. Also, I'm sorry for taking so long to get this chapter up. I've had a really long !]

The ride back home was also spent in silence. This time, it was because I was pissed. Kate had no right to attack Derek like that. He hadn't attacked her until she insulted him. Though they are dangerous, werewolves have some humanity in them.

When we got back to the house, I didn't bother helping her get anything from the car. I went up to my room, practially fuming. What the hell is wrong with her? I lay on my bed trying to calm down.
I knew why I was so mad. It was because I saw myself in Derek. He had his sister murdered and his family ripped apart. He now was totally alone other than Justin and Scott. And we both don't like Kate. Yes, his case is very similar to mine. I pity him if he feels a tenth as horrible as I do.

No living thing that has done no proven wrong deserves to be tortured. I would not stand for it. It was a horrible thing and inhumane to do. The only reason I am a hunter is to protect humanity. I took off my hunter gear and put it in a trunk at the end of the bed. I didn't have to go to the meetings at the school tonight and I had been called in 'sick' today. But I was feeling better and wanted out of the house. I went downstairs to find Chris coming in the door.

"Hey. Where have you been?" I asked. He jumped as if he didn't see me at first.

"You scared me! I just ran up to the bakery shop to tell Justin how good the cakes are. Now I got to go get ready to see Allison's and your teachers."

"About that, I was wondering if I could come with you. I mean, my grades are high and I don't need to, but I want out of the house. It would also be a good time to get my homework from my sick day."

Chris scratched his head like he was thinking about it. "Your grades are never in question," he said and I blushed a bit at the compliment, "so I guess you can if you want. I'm leaving in ten minuets. Be ready." With that, he walked off to his room to prepare. I did a little victory dance and ran to my room to grab my new cellphone Mr. Argent bought me. I had told him he didn't need to, but he insisted.

I slid my thumb across the screen to see if I had any messages. I had two. One was from Stiles asking if I had seen Scott. I shot him a quick message saying no and asked why. My attention then went to the other text from Justin.

I'm so sorry. Something came up. Please forgive me. I'll see you at school. - J

Why did my heart beat a little faster seeing his name in my contacts list? Why did I smile when I saw his name? Why did all the good feelings go away when I remembered I got stood up? I didn't reply to him and shoved the phone in my pocket.

I went back to the front door, beating Chris out. Mrs. Argent followed him dressed very smartly. I complimented her outfit and she thanked me with a smile. Chris held the door open for us and I ran out to the red vehicle to jump in the back. My pocket buzzed with a text.

I haven't seen him or Allison all day. Have you seen her?

I felt myself get cold. I knew Scott, as nice as he may seem, is a werewolf. A werewolf who is involved with one of the people closest to me. As far as I knew, Allison had gone to school but she may have left with him. The cool metal of the knife in my boot felt heaver. If he hurt her in any way-

The rest of my company got in the car, Mrs. Argent taking shotgun. I was eager to get to the school. If I didn't find Allison, I was going after Scott.

I also wanted to see Justin. I hoped he would tell me why the hell he stood me up. If he didn't there were going to be problems. As much as I care about him, i had my duty to fulfill. I wouldn't hurt him or Scott... to bad. I might knock their heads together a bit if they pissed me off enough.

Through all of my brooding, I finally got to the school. The car pulled to a stop and I got out to see who was there. "See you in a bit, Chris. I want to see if any of my friends are here." He nodded and shooed me with his hand. His wife smiled and waved me off. I went into the school Commons to find Stiles. Instead I found jerky Jackson. I wasn't in the mood to pay games, so I just walked up to him.

"Hi, I'm Aideen, the new girl. And you're Jackson. Big tough jock. Now, have you seen either Stiles, Scott, or Justin?" He looked at me like I was crazy for a second before shaking his head. He looked pale and sick.

"Yeah, uh, Stiles and Justin have been here all day. They're in the locker room right now. I haven't seen McCall. You were gone today?"

"Yeah, I was. I wasn't feeling too good, but I'm a little better now. You look like you have what I did this morning. You ok?" His fingers flew to the back of his neck as he shuffled on his feet.

"Ha," he laughed humorlessly, "I doubt it. Yeah, I'm fine. Hey, I gotta go. See you later," he cut off and walked away to the front door. He acted odd. I shook it off and stormed my way to the locker room. It was just down the empty hall and to the rights. It was quiet, making me uneasy.

Suddenly, I heard voices from inside. It sounded like someone was fighting. "Stiles, I know you're worried about her, but right now we need to focus on finding Scott and Allison. Neither of them are answering their phones."

"And that makes me worried too, but you should have seen Lydia! I mean, she saw the alpha up close and personal! I saw the recording on her phone when I went to see her." It sounded like Stiles was now talking back to Justin. I stayed where I was to gain more information. I had learned a long time ago you learn more by listening and watching then asking questions.

"Stiles, Lydia is going to be fine. She'll pass it off as a mountain lion like everyone else and she will be back to her self in no time! Right now, we need to focus on finding Allison and Scott. I haven't even heard from Derek today barking orders at me. Something is up. Hell, Aideen isn't even texting me back. I'm going to the Argent home tonight to see if they're ok if I don't see them here tonight." I decided to put his mind slightly to rest. Breaking a thousand rules, I walked like a woman with a mission into the boys locker room to see Stiles and Justin standing in the corner talking.

Justin, with his superior hearing heard me coming. He turned around to me, his face fearful of someone overhearing him. When he saw it was just the friendly neighborhood werewolf hunter, he relaxed and ran over to hug me. I was overwhelmed by that intoxicating smell I always got from him. It made me shiver with pleasure. Stiles walked over to us as well.

"What they heck? You never texted me back! I have been freaking out ALL day not knowing where you were!" Justin still hadn't fully let go of me, but I was no longer smushed up against his strong chest.

"Where was I? You stood me up, Topain!" I still hadn't forgotten how pissed I was at him, though all bad thoughts to him melted when his puppy eyes looked at me. I wasn't strong enough to fight the power of those eyes.

"I'm so sorry. Derek, Scott and I had business last night." Stiles hit Justin as if to tell him to shut up, but I really surprised him.

"So the killer was the alpha? Not any of you guys?" I asked, needing to know who was innocent. It was my job to stick to the code to protect innocents. But lately, I had spread the term "innocent" to werewolves. It was only to protect Justin, and I knew it.

"How do you know out that?" Stiles glared at me, but even when he tried he couldn't be scary. I decided I would scare him a little. I didn;t need anyone challenging me at the moment. I walked over to him, pulling the the thin knife in my boot out. I didn't touch Stiles with it, but I held it the air next to my eyes. His face changed to that of fear and he leaned back against the lockers away from my reach.

"Because I'm a werewolf hunter. It's kinda my job to know these things."