Anchor

Chapter 3

Isaac waited patiently by the escalators at the Beacon Hills Shopping Mall, the text he had received from Scott said after school, but Isaac was impatient and decided to drop out of his last class to get there early, there was something he needed to do. However he wasn't prepared for the awkward events that were about to transpire. It wasn't Scott who had shown up first, it wasn't Stiles or Lydia either. Allison made her way over to where Isaac was stood waiting, he hid the small bag he was holding inside his jacket, she was smiling at him but Isaac was still uneasy around her, being stabbed twenty times by knives will do that to anybody though.

"Ugh, hey Isaac" she smiled uncomfortably at him as she bounced toward him "I didn't realise that you would be here too?" it almost felt like she was accusing him of being here uninvited.

"Got a text earlier from Scott saying that he wanted to meet here, figured his mom wanted us out the house for a few hours for some peace and quiet" he replied, feeling particularly smug that he had been welcomed with open arms into the McCall household and that Melissa treated him like he was one of her own.

"Yeah I got the same message" she exclaimed, interrupting Isaac's train of thought "I wasn't going to come at first, given how me and Scott aren't together anymore but.."

"So why'd you come then" Isaac snapped, taking Allison by surprise. She stopped in her tracks for a moment to try and assess why Isaac was being so over protective of Scott, was this another wolf thing that she just didn't understand.

"Well, he, ah, he said Lydia and Stiles were coming to and that it would give us all a chance to talk about the Alphas, I just want to try and help"

Isaac rolled his eyes and sighed, talk about the Alphas?What the hell could Allison do to help? She wasn't even a very good hunter, always getting herself in everyone's way. In my way! He shook his head, as if to shake out that last thought. There was something weird going on, ever since that night in Scott's room when he needed him most and he was there for him. He had this over-whelming need to protect Scott, from everything, from everyone, it seemed this even included ex-girlfriends. Yeah that's all it is, he told himself, I'm just looking out for my friend, like he would do for me!

Scott, Stiles and Lydia pulled up outside the mall in Stiles' Jeep, Scott had barely spoken the entire way there, this didn't bother Stiles to much this time as the beautiful Lydia was sat in the passengers seat next to him, distracting him with thoughts and theories on who the dark druid could be. Scott felt bad that his main concern at the moment wasn't on the dark druid, it was barely on the Alphas at this moment in time either. What Derek had said earlier about not being able to find the call of a mate was haunting him, if this was true, he and Isaac were bound to each other now, but on the other hand his heart still belonged to Allison, didn't it?

The three of them made their way into the mall, Stiles still flirting, or at least what Stiles classed as flirting, with Lydia. Scott looked up from the ground and his heart began to race, a big cheesy grin filled his face as he seen Isaac and Allison waiting for him, but then the realisation kicked in that he wasn't actually sure which one it was that was making his heart beat so rapid. As he kept his gaze directed at the two of them, his heart warmed again as Isaac looked up and flashed Scott an adorable smile. Oh crap! Scott thought to himself Derek's right, this is painful. Scott chose not to smile back at Isaac, he simply gave him a acknowledging nod.

"Hey, you two been here long?" Scott asked as he finally made his way over to where the pair where stood.

"Long enough" Isaac replied, making an exhausted look towards Allison. It tickled Scott a little bit that Isaac was acting a little bit jealous towards her. It actually made Scott feel kind of important. At the same time Isaac was wishing that Scott would realise just how important he was to him.

"Hey, we should go grab a seat in the food court, maybe we can try and come to some sort of epiphany as to what the Alpha pack and Darach have in common" Lydia said, in her typically exhausted tone. Stiles, Allison and Lydia directed themselves towards the elevators. Isaac grabbed Scott by his wrist stopping him in his tracks.

"Isaac, what's wrong?"

"I, ugh, I don't do so well in small spaces Scott" Isaac's face became full of desperation. Scott had never felt so stupid, well that was a lie cause generally Scott usually felt stupid, but how could he forget. Without thinking about it, Scott linked his fingers in between Isaac's, grasping his hand. Both of them stopped for a brief second, as though time had come to a halt, both smiling into each other. Until reality kicked in and Scott broke the hold, turning away from Isaac so he couldn't see if this action had caused any hurt towards him because that would break Scott's heart more than anything. He turned back towards him.

"I've got you man, there's no need to be afraid" To Isaac there was nothing more reassuring than Scott's smile.

"O-Okay, I guess" The two made their way over to where the others had been waiting, Scott was to distracted making sure Isaac was ok, he hadn't noticed that Allison had been watching them the whole time.

They all piled into the lift to make it to the top floor where the food court resided. Isaac was a little shaky and this was putting Allison on edge a lot, it wasn't just that though it was the way Scott was fussing over him, she realised Isaac had issues and Scott was trying to help him through them but this was more than that, she could feel it in her bones, something had changed

"HEY, HEY" Yelled Stiles, causing everyone to jump, but more so Isaac, who had flown so far back he was pressed against the side of the elevator.

"What?" Lydia snapped

"Alpha twins, their here" the elevator began to make its ascent towards the food court as Stiles spoke

"You think they saw us?" questioned Scott

"I don't think so" As Stiles replied the elevator came to a halt and the emergency lights flickered on.

"That's not good" said Scott, who turned towards Isaac. The rest of the group had already moved back, all realising what was about to happen.

Isaac started screaming and shouting, desperately clawing at the lift, trying to get out. He had gone wolf and could cause some serious harm, he had lost all control. He stopped trying the doors and turned his attention to his friends, he snorted as he took a step towards them. Scott realised he had to do something, otherwise Isaac would tear them apart. He grabbed him by the back of his neck, turning Isaac attention away from everyone else and towards Scott, Isaac growled as though he was about to strike Scott.

"ISAAC" Scott roared as it echoed around around the elevator shaft in a deafening tone. Isaac stood still for a brief second, before collapsing to the floor, reverting back to his former self.

"I'm sorry" he sobbed "I'm so so sorry Scott"

Had Stiles' eyes deceived him, for a second he could have sworn on everything he held dear that Scott's eyes had just glowed red.

"Don't be sorry Isaac" Scott whispered as he knelled down beside him "we're going to get even!"