AN: I really do apologize that it took forever to get this chapter up. I knew where I had wanted it to end, I just didn't know where to start off with it. Again all mistakes are mine. I have read and reread this looking for them but no promises that I got everything. I am alreay working on Chapter 9 which will have the big heart to heart. Alexander does speak in Greek in this chapter, I have included the translation at the very end of the chapter. Please give me a review for this chapter, as I am curious as to what you all think of it. See you all soon, Draco.

Chapter 8

Bounded

Liam sat in the back of Stiles' jeep trying to understand what was going on with the pack back at the graveyard after Scott had roared. Liam had glanced around at everyone's faces and they all had the same worried look on their faces. Derek's face was the one that really drew Liam's attention however. Liam could tell that he was worried, but there was another expression that he was trying very hard to conceal. Liam just couldn't put his finger on what it was right then, so he settled for observing what was in front of him at the moment, Stiles and Scott.

Stiles' usual anxiety chemo signal Liam noted was a lot higher than it normally was. That made Liam frown, because his anxiety seemed to be directed towards Scott. Scott the preverbial rock for the pack, seemed to be radiating nothing but anger and his eyes were still red. Liam saw Stiles glancing at Scott almost every twenty seconds like clock work as he drove . It was hard to ever really picture Scott angry, mad yes, but angry no. Liam took a tentative sniff, and the amount of anger and aggression that he detected from Scott, it was kind of alarming.

Then it all clicked. Everyone at the graveyard was afraid. They were all afraid of Scott. It should have been so obvious to him, because he knew both of those chemo signals very well from himself, because they were a very large part of who he was. The others new that from day one when he finally accepted that he was a werewolf. But for those signals to be coming off of Scott who was generally calm, was alarming. If Scott was this angry then there was no telling as to what he could or would do to someone with his Alpha strength. And if Stiles can pick up on that by just being human, than this was not going to end well for someone.

Stiles came to a stop at Scott's house and Scott opened the door and got out. "Stiles, just go. I want to be alone for a while."

Scott quickly got out and Liam made a snap decision, and he bolted out of the back seat before the door to the jeep could close. Stiles squawked as Liam slipped past him and making some comment about staying put. Liam ignored him and quickly slammed the door shut and ran up behind Scott who was just opening the front door to the house. Scott turned around as Liam made it to the top of the porch. "Liam, just go home."

Liam shook his head. "No Scott, I need to talk to you."

Scott shook his head. "Liam, not now. I just want to be alone."

Liam swallowed hard and he shoved past Scott into the house and he turned around to face Scott. Though once was turned around, Liam was starting to regret his rash decision, for Scott's eyes seemed to blaze with a red that he hadn't seen there before. Scott's claws were extended, and Liam could see Scott's fangs finish elongating as well as his ears. Liam raised his hands to show that he wasn't a threat as Scott raised his right arm and slammed the front door shut with his left. "Scott, please, just listen to me for a minute."

Liam retreated down the hall by the stairs three steps as Scott moved towards him. "Look, I know how angry you are. I am always that angry and trust me when I say that it doesn't help you at all to bottle all of this up."

Liam took another few steps back. "Scott, please just talk to me. I want to help you through this. We will get Alexander and make him pay for what he has done to Allison and Aiden. But wouldn't this all be part of his plan to try and get to you?"

Scott stopped, Liam knew that he was within arms length to get clawed, but if Scott was stopping to listen then that was good enough for him. "You told me that Allison was your first true love, I get that, I was like that with Hayden. You're angry that Alexander has desecrated Allison's grave, her memory even, I get that too, for that's what Theo had done to Hayden."

Liam noticed that Scott lowered his arm. Liam swallowed. "Alexander is attempting to do what Theo had done to us a pack. He's trying to break you, Scott. He thinks that by having Allison appear and disappear on you he could mess with your mind, and when he thinks he has you he reveals her to you. He doesn't want you on your A Game, because he wants Lydia, and if he gets Lydia then we will all fail her. Don't let your anger over this fuel you, it's what I did before I met you, and I would just let things build up until I couldn't see anything but red and I ended up destroying a car. I can't watch you start down that path. You're the rock for this whole pack, Scott. It's one of the reasons why I love you."

Scott gave Liam a look that he couldn't read, but Liam felt that he needed to do something. Liam took the two steps between him and Scott and closed the gap. Liam looked up into Scott's red eyes and he could feel his own eyes change to their golden color as he stared into Scott's crimson eyes. Liam closed his eyes and before he knew what he was doing, he leaned up and pressed his lips to Scott's and tried his best to pour his love into that kiss. After what felt like five minutes, but was actually probably about a 30 second kiss, Liam moved back from Scott and looked at him. There was a definite change in Scott, but Liam wasn't sure as to what he should expect.

Scott was staring at Liam, which Liam was relieved to see were Scott's brown eyes and not his red ones. Scott's chemo signal was now registering surprise and the anger and the aggression were no longer there. Liam bit his lip as he searched Scott's face for a sign. Scott stared at Liam for a full two minutes before he spoke. "You kissed me."

Before Liam could reply though, the doorbell rang.

Scott stood there staring at Liam.

He knew that on some level that Lydia was right about Liam liking him. But he ended up thinking that Lydia was just overthinking the situation. But she was also right about him maybe starting to like the younger werewolf. Scott hadn't had the time process all of this, and yet here he was standing here with having just been told by Liam himself that he loved him and he had just kissed him. Scott was so surprised by everything that all of his anger all but vanished. Liam bit his lip searching Scott's face for a sign, but all Scott could think was that Liam had just kissed him. "You kissed me."

Scott saw that Liam was about to reply when the doorbell rang. Scott turned and headed back for the door, he could hear Liam following him. Scott opened it to find Deucalion standing there. "Deucalion, this certainly is a surprise, what brings you here?"

Deucalion smiled. "Well I thought that since you gave me a heads up about Theo, and also restoring my sight as well, I felt like I needed to repay the favor so to say." Deucalion looked passed Scott at Liam. "But if you're otherwise engaged in other activities, I can come back."

Scott shook his head. "Oh, no,you didn't interrupt anything. Come on in."

Deucalion entered the foyer and waited as Scott closed the door, and then followed him into the living room. Scott sat down on the sofa and gestured for Deucalion to take the arm chair. Scott noticed that Liam took a seat on the love seat. Scott turned his attention back to Deucalion who was glancing around the living room, momentarily looking at the Christmas tree. "So what do you mean by repaying the favor?"

Deucalion brought his eyes back to Scott. "Well as I had mentioned, I never did really thank you for convincing Jennifer to restore my sight or giving me a heads up about that treacherous Chimera." Deucalion sighed as he looked at Scott. "So I heard that you are having problems with a new supernatural creature here in Beacon Hills."

Scott nodded. "His name is Alexander, and according to Liam's memories, he calls himself a Siren. He has somehow brought both Allison and Aiden back to life, but they're under his control."

Deucalion nodded. "That's an interesting development. When I heard that you have encountered this creature, I knew that I had to pass along what I knew."

Scott blinked at that. "You've encountered this thing before haven't you?"

Deucalion gave Scott a small smile. "I have. It was about a month after my eyesight was restored. I came upon this old woman who was quietly singing, it sounded like the words were in some foreign language mixed with what sounded like bird calls, and I found myself drawn to her. As I grew closer to her, I noticed that her eyes glowed purple. I used every ounce of my strength to I resist her. After a moment she quit singing and she then attacked me when she saw that I was resisting her. But because I was no longer being held by her singing, I felt like myself and I quickly dodged her and we fought. But due to her age she couldn't keep up with me, and I ended up cutting her throat. But what I hadn't realized, was that she had managed to cut me open as well. I fell to the ground and crawled away from her. before I blacked out, I remember seeing a young man in his early 20's I would say, and he was bent over the old woman, trying to help her, and that was when I heard the singing again. the young man seemed to go into a trance like state, and I saw the old lady sit up and had what looked like a pearlescent bluish white bird appeared in her mouth. I don't know what happened after that, for that's when I had blacked out."

"So Deaton was right. The Siren moves from one Banshee to another." Liam said from his spot on the love seat.

Deucalion nodded at Liam. "I had attempted to kill it back then, but it apparently found itself a new host."

"Which means," Scott began, "that when it is dying that it searches out for a new Banshee to possess. And since he can't find or get a hold of Meredith."

"He's after Lydia, to make her the new Siren." Liam finished.

Scott nodded and looked back at Deucalion after glancing at Liam. "Do you have any other information that might help us?"

Deucalion shook his head. "That's all that I have for you. I don't know how the Siren could have brought back Allison or Aiden though. But if this thing has the ability to resurrect the dead, then we should all be extremely cautious."

Scott looked at the floor. "I am so angry over all over this, I don't know what to do."

Deucalion gave Scott another smile and stood up. "As to what you should do Scott, I think that you should listen to your own Beta, he seems to have some really good ideas about what you should do with all that anger."

Scott looked up from the floor and nodded not sure what to say and glanced at Liam, who seemed to be blushing profusely and it was standing out even more due to the white shirt that Liam was wearing. Scott looked back up at Deucalion who was giving Scott a warm smile. "Well I should be going. You have a wonderful Christmas, Scott when it gets here. You as well, Liam."

Deucalion then crossed the living room and let himself out the front door. Scott glanced at Liam, and Liam just stared at him. Both boys stood up at the same time. "Come on Liam, I will give you a ride home."

Lydia was going through her closet when there was a knock on her bedroom door. She turned to see her mom standing there. "Yeah, mom?"

Natalie smiled. "Scott's, here to see you."

Lydia turned. "Okay, send him in."

Natalie left the room and Scott appeared in Lydia's room not even a minute later. Lydia gestured for him to sit on her bed. Scott glanced at the floor for a second before looking up at Lydia. "So, you were right."

Lydia chuckled. "Okay Scott, I know that I am right about a lot of things. So you're going to have to be a little more specific."

Scott smiled and ran his right hand through his hair. "About Liam, being in love with me."

Lydia's eyes got big for a second before she sat down next to Scott. "So what happened?"

Scott sighed. "I had Stiles drop me off at my house, because I had wanted to be alone after we had left the graveyard. I didn't realize right away that Liam had gotten out of the jeep until he was on the porch. I told him to leave, and he said no and pushed past me to get inside the house."

Lydia nodded. "And then what happened?"

Scott got this defeated look on his face. "I full on shifted, Lydia. I was so angry with him that I literally was going to hit him. I had my claws out and I had raised my hand and ready to swing at him."

Lydia's face filled with concern. "Oh my God, Scott you didn't?! Did you?"

Scott shook his head. "No I didn't. I was about to when he said some things that made me stop and think about everything that has been going on. Liam said that I was everyone's rock for the pack, and that that was one of the things that he loved about me."

Lydia gave a soft smile. "And?"

Scott blew out a puff of air. "I just froze. I didn't know what to say or do, and then next thing I knew he came up to me and kissed me."

Lydia's smile grew. "And?"

Scott frowned as he looked at Lydia. "And? And what?"

Lydia laughed. "So how was the kiss?"

Scott's frown increased. "That's all that you got out of that?"

Lydia shook her head and laughed some more. "I thought that's what you came here to talk to me about was this. So I will ask again, how was the kiss?"

Scott glanced down at the floor. "I don't know."

Lydia let out an exasperated sigh. "Okay Scott, I get it. You're feeling pretty bad that you almost hit Liam. So let's look on the bright side shall we? You didn't hit Liam. That should say something about your integrity as a person. You may have been pissed with him, but I think Liam is right. Alexander is messing with all of us and especially you. You have taken out Peter twice, Gerard, a whole Alpha pack as a Beta mind you, then you overcame being a Berserker, took on a lot of assassins, Theo once you knew that he couldn't be trusted, Chimeras and the Beast. This Siren or whatever Alexander is calling himself is just another obstacle that's being thrown at you."

Lydia paused as she watched Scott as continued to look at the floor. "You and I have had so much on our plates, that I am surprised that we're not dead. But you have such amazing control, that I don't think that you would have hurt Liam. You're such a good person, that I honestly believe that you finally deserve some happiness in your life. I know that you can't have Allison or Kira, but wouldn't Liam be the next best thing so to say? He's available, and he's into you. Plus he is a werewolf, so you don't have to worry about hurting him so to say like you did with Allison."

Scott looked up and turned to face Lydia. "You really think that I should be with, Liam?"

Lydia rolled her eyes. "Scott, what does your heart tell you?"

Scott inhaled and then exhaled slowly as he thought. "My heart tells me to be with him. Ever since you kind of spelled it out for me, I can't stop thinking about what it could be like with him. But my head says that it wouldn't work. I'm graduating here in a few months, and I am going off to college. I don't think that I could put him through that. And until tonight, I thought what if everyone has been reading him wrong and he's actually not into me. But I guess I can drop that last thought."

Lydia nodded as Scott spoke. "Scott, I would say go for it. Give him a little credit, I am sure that you graduating and going to college isn't going to change things for him."

Scott blinked. "I guess so. You're usually right about these things."

Lydia smiled. "Okay, but I do have to ask how was the kiss? And don't give me an 'I don't know.' Cause I am not going to buy it."

Scott chuckled. "It was unexpected, okay."

Lydia raised an eyebrow. Scott kept eye contact with Lydia for a full minute before he broke and really laughed. "He just came up to me and just kissed me. I was still in shock from when he told me that he loved me that I hadn't realized that he had moved. It seemed like he was pouring everything he had into that kiss. I was then even more shocked by what he had done."

Lydia chuckled. "So are you going to talk to him then?"

Scott nodded. "I think I should."

Lydia's smile now reached her eyes. It was that one smile that she rarely showed to people. "Okay, well I hate to kick you out, but I sadly have to go to the mall tomorrow with Stiles. I guess he pulled Jackson for Secret Santa, and doesn't know what to get him."

Scott chuckled as he stood up. "Alright, you have a good night. I will meet you and Stiles for lunch tomorrow then at the mall."

And then Scott was out the door, leaving Lydia still with a smile on her face. "Scott and Liam, Liam and Scott." Lydia yawned as she attempted to say Scott and Liam again, but it came out differently. "Sciam."

When it was suggested to Stiles that they do Secret Santa for the pack for Christmas this year, he was down for it. For it was just going to be Liam, Hayden, Lydia, Mason, Corey, Scott, Malia and himself, so it would be no problem. Then Scott dropped the bomb and said that he had invited Argent, Derek, and Cora. Stiles was okay with that, but the biggest injustice, was when he found out that Scott had also invited Isaac, Jackson, and Ethan. Then Stiles really felt that the universe was out to get him when they all went to draw names for Secret Santa. Because Stiles had insisted that he go first and he drew Jackson's name out of the bowl that the names had been put in to.

Knowing very little about Jackson, he felt that he was going to need Lydia's help in getting something upon the group's agreed $25 limit. So here Stiles was in the sixth clothing store with Lydia looking at shirts for Jackson. Stiles was gazing around, for he had lost interest after the second store, as Lydia was quickly going through a rack of shirts, tutting and shaking her head as she glanced over each one. "Nope, nothing on this rack."

"What? Are you serious, Lydia?" Stiles asked.

Lydia nodded and moved over to another rack. "You told me to help you get a shirt for Jackson that he would like and wear. Normally we would hit up the brand name stores, but since we're limited to twenty-five dollars, I need to seriously look for something that will work."

Stiles followed her to the other rack. "I didn't think that it was going to be this much of a hassle."

Lydia quickly glanced over the rack and then the other two that were near by. "We need to try another store."

Stiles moaned. "This is the sixth one that we've been to."

Lydia sighed and glared at Stiles for a moment. "One more store. Then you and I can meet up with Scott and Derek at the food court for lunch."

"Fine." Stiles said in a defeated voice as he followed Lydia out of one clothing store and over to another.

Stiles and Lydia had barely walked into the store, when Stiles saw Lydia's eyes light up as they headed for Men's Wear. They stopped at the first rack, and Lydia nodded but glanced over the items, and then she moved to the second rack and went through a few shirts, before she moved onto the third rack, where she let out a triumphant yell. "Yes, here we go!"

Stiles came and stood on her left as Lydia slowly went through the rack and started checking sizes. Halfway through the first set of shirts Lydia pulls one off the rack and holds it up to look at it. She nods and hands it to Stiles. "Here hold this."

Stiles dutifully holds the shirt as Lydia pulls another one out to look at. "And this one too."

Stiles takes the second shirt. Lydia is going through another row of shirts on the rack and produces another shirt. "This one as well."

Lydia was starting to pull a fourth shirt off the rack when she paused and replaced it. She did that with three more shirts before she stopped and turned to Stiles. "I would say go with one of those three."

Stiles looked between the three shirts that he was holding. "One of these?"

Lydia nodded. And Stiles looked between the navy blue, the charcoal grey, and black. Stiles took the grey shirt and tossed the other two unceremoniously back on the rack. "Let's go."

Lydia started to protest as Stiles grabbed her by her wrist and headed towards the checkout.

Stiles quickly paid for the shirt and he and Lydia made their way to the mall exit complaining about how expensive the shirt was. But before exiting the store, Stiles bumped into someone. Stiles stared to insult the man in front of him, but his face changed morphed from annoyed to slightly horrified as he took in the fact that he had bumped into Aiden. Aiden was looking between the two of them and smiled, before he spoke to Stiles. "I agree with Lydia, that is a beautiful shirt. But I don't think it fits well for your style Stiles."

Stiles swallowed hard. "Well I didn't ask for your opinion. What are you doing here?"

Aiden smiled again and turned to Lydia. "Why I'm here for Lydia, of course. She needs to come with me."

Stiles moved in between Aiden and Lydia. "She's not going anywhere with you."

Aiden's smile disappeared. "She doesn't get a choice in this Stiles. She's been chosen to ascend."

Stiles shook his head. "Ascend? Ascend to what? A Victoria Secret shopping spree? Sorry to disappoint you Aiden, she can go to Wal-mart and buy the same thing for half the price."

Aiden's nostrils flared. "Think of it as this, she's evolving into a higher being."

Stiles smiled. "Is that what Alexa is calling it? It sounds more like a parasitic relationship to me."

Aiden's eyes shifted to Amethyst for a second. "Its Alexander."

Stiles rolled his eyes sarcastically. "Like I care."

Stiles then took all of his strength and shoved Aiden as hard as he could into a rack of women's dresses. Aiden hit the floor with the dresses falling on top of him as well as a mannequin. "Lydia run!"

Stiles rushed after Lydia as they ran away. "We need to hide!"

Lydia looked at Stiles. "And where do suggest that we do that?"

Aiden tossed the mannequin off of himself and stood up with the dresses falling off of him. "Oh this is going to be fun."

"Get the hell out of my store! I'm gonna press charges!" Aiden noticed some older man that was yelling at him as he hurried towards him.

Aiden grabbed the man when he drew close. "I don't care. I have other things to do."

Aiden's eyes flashed Amethyst, and then he tossed the man a few feet and set out into the mall. Aiden closed his eyes and drew upon his skills as a former werewolf to track Stiles and Lydia through the mall.

Stiles and Lydia rushed into another clothing store and and Stiles looked around for a place to hide. Not seeing one, Stiles had an idea. "Lydia, crawl into the rack here and stay here."

Frowning Lydia looked at Stiles like he was an idiot. "I'm not crawling in there."

Stiles glanced out of the store front and saw Aiden pausing to sniff them out. Stiles turned back to Lydia and he put his arm into the rack of pants and forced an opening, and placed another hand on the top of Lydia's head and guided her towards the opening a little roughly. "We're out of time."

Lydia grudgingly got into the rack of pants and sat down on the floor. Stiles ducking down closed the gap in the pants to make it look like they hadn't been moved. Stiles then moved three racks over and crawled into another rack of pants and also sat on the floor. Stiles pulled out his phone and quickly sent out a group text to the pack.

Lydia and I are at Beacon Hills Mall.

Aiden is here after Lydia.

Plz Hurry!

Stiles paused in his texting as he heard a voice over the loud speaker. "Attention all shoppers and employees of Beacon Hills Mall, due to a gas leak we're asking that everyone please proceed to the nearest exit and exit the mall in an orderly fashion."

Allison is here too.

Stiles sat in his spot and waited. A moment later he hear Aiden. "I know that you're in here Stiles, I can smell your anxiety."

There was a pause and Stiles heard Aiden's voice more over by the changing rooms. "You should really get that looked at Stiles, I am sure that it is really unhealthy for any teenager to have that much anxiety."

Stiles was nervous and accidentally let out a squawk that sound oddly like a bird call. Stiles froze and put a hand on his mouth, but he dropped it almost instantly. He again sent out another text as an idea came to mind in distracting Aiden.

In clothing store. Making bird noises.

Stiles parted the pants to see if he could see where Aiden was. With Aiden not in sight, Stiles moved out from the pants and moved over to another rack to where he could see the top of Aiden's head. Stiles made another bird call and then moved in a running crouch to another rack of clothes and let out another bird call. Aiden moved to each sound as he heard it. Stiles moved into a rack of women's dress pants and let out another bird call. But before Stiles could move, the rack of pants was spread open and Stiles squawked in terror as Aiden stood above him, his eyes glowing Amethyst. Aiden then smiled at Stiles that had Stiles breakout into a cold sweat. "Hello."

"Good bye." Stiles heard, and then a hand reached out and grabbed Aiden and threw him. Stiles heard glass breaking a moment later. Stiles got out of the rack and saw Derek standing there breathing hard and his eyes glowing blue. He turned to Stiles. "Where's Lydia?"

Before he could answer, Lydia was moving towards them. "Thanks Derek."

Derek nodded. "Time to get out of here."

The three of them quickly left the store to a surprisingly very empty mall. But not everyone was out. Stiles looked up to the second floor of the mall and he saw Alexander standing there with a gun leveled at him by none other than Chris Argent.

Jordan Parrish was driving the Sheriff Truck with Sheriff Stilinski riding shotgun. The Sheriff had asked Parrish to join him on a patrol that day. It had been uneventful so far when a call comes in over the dispatch. "All units be advised that there is a report of a shooter at Beacon Hills Mall."

Parrish heard the Sheriff's phone ping several times, and he then quickly reached for the radio. "Parrish, step on it to the mall. Stiles is in trouble." Noah said, before he pressed down on the radio. "All units disregard the call to Beacon Hills Mall. Just got a phone call saying that it is a prank. Parrish and I are heading over now to deal with the individual."

Noah looked at Parrish. "I said move it mister!"

Parrish nodded. "Yes, sir."

Parrish turned on the lights and started to speed towards the mall.

When the initial text came in Chris didn't want to check it but upon the fourth consecutive text, Chris looked at the messages. Grabbing his trusty Desert Eagle, Chris Argent quickly hopped into his vehicle and drove the short distance to Beacon Hills Mall. He exited the car and went in, passing everyone that was quickly moving away from the building. Chris did a quick survey of the mall, and he saw that there was a young man on the second floor, smiling down on the chaos on the first floor.

Moving to the elevator, Chris went to the second floor and slowly made his way over to the individual standing there,who now seemed to be laughing. Chris observed him for a moment, and based on the descriptions from Scott and everyone in the pack this looked like Alexander. Argent heard glass breaking from the floor below. He looked down and saw Aiden go sliding across the floor. Chris pulled his gun from its holster and walked over and leveled it at Alexander. "Where's my daughter?"

Alexander turned with a surprised look on his face. "Chris Argent, I never thought that I would see you ever again."

Chris frowned as he cocked his gun. "We have never met. Now I will ask again, where is my daughter?"

Alexander's eyes flashed Amethyst. "She's not really your daughter anymore."

Chris grew angry. "What did you do to her?!"

Alexander just smiled. "I restored her to life. I mean come on, she was dead anyway, so why are you so upset?"

"She was my daughter and you desecrated her grave and her memory." Chris jabbed the gun into Alexander's chest. "NOW TELL ME WHERE MY DAUGHTER IS!"

Alexander smiled as there was a thrumming sound and the gun was knocked away from Alexander and the resulting impact made Chris fire a round off.

Chris looked to his left and saw Allison come out of the store that was behind them. Chris was dumbstruck as he took in to see Allison with glowing Amethyst colored eyes, her face and hands had a tan color and there was a pattern on them that looked like feathers. The look that Chris was receiving from Allison was cold and angry. Nothing like the innocent, determined and kind face that he knew so well. She took another step towards him. "I seem to recall that you owed me another bow and crossbow. So I just helped myself at the warehouse."

Chris stared. "Allison..."

Allison shook her head. "Don't Allison me, dad. Or do you even deserve that title? I recall you liking Scott over me. As if you preferred him rather than me as a daughter, like you wanted him as a son."

Before Chris knew what happened, Allison swung with her left hand with her talons out and scratching Chris across the chest and then with her right, she punched Chris. Chris ended up toppling over the second floor railing, and falling to the first floor.

Liam had come to the mall that morning with Mason and Corey to get Christmas gifts for the family. Liam also had wanted to get something for Scott as well. They were at the far end of the mall when Liam had received the texts from Stiles. They had started to head towards the other end, when he heard the voice of Allison saying that there was a gas leak and that the mall was being evacuated. They started to run, but they came to a sliding stop when a body came flying out of a store front window and sliding across the floor. Liam looked and he saw Derek, Stiles and Lydia come running out of the clothing store, but they stopped when they looked up at the second floor. As Liam turned to see what they saw as he heard the gun shot.

Liam then saw Chris Argent fall over the railing and Liam hurried forward and much to his surprise, he managed to catch him, but he crumpled to the floor after catching him. There was a load roar that had everyone turning to see Scott standing there, fully wolfed out. Liam smiled as he looked at Scott as he walked to stand in front of Alexander on the ground as he stood up on the second floor. Liam cleared his throat. "Mase, Corey, come here."

Mason and Corey came over. Liam looked at them both. "Get Argent out of here please."

Mason nodded. Corey however spoke. "Where do you want us to take him?"

Liam thought through his options. "Take him to Scott's house. I remember Melissa saying that she was going to be home today."

Mason nodded again. "Alright, we will get him out of here."

"What do you think you're going to do?" Corey asked.

Liam gave Corey a look that clearly said 'don't be stupid.' "I'm staying to help, Scott."

Liam helped Mason and Corey lift Argent up, Chris wincing as they did so. Chris put his arms around Mason and Corey. "Liam, thanks for catching me."

Liam nodded. "Don't mention it."

Liam turned and hurried over to stand by Scott. Once joining Scott, the mall doors opened and Liam saw Parrish and Sheriff Stilinski come in. Liam pointed to Mason and Corey and the Sheriff nodded. "Help Scott, Parrish."

Liam watched as the Sheriff headed over to help Mason and Corey. Parrish came up and holstered his gun and he stood next to Scott, his eyes glowing that fiery orange. Liam shifted and got ready for round two. He noticed that Aiden had recovered from being tossed out of the window. and was now standing in front of them.

Liam glanced up at Alexander who was now laughing really loud. "I see that the True Alpha and his rag tag pack of misfits are here to challenge us." Alexander paused and he looked at the assembled group and his laughter had stopped as he gazed at Parrish. It was a full minute before Alexander spoke. "It has been a long time since I have seen you Cerberus. Your new body is far younger than your last host."

Parrish just stared up at Alexander, but he didn't say anything. Alexander shrugged. "Suit yourself Cerberus, you were never much for conversation anyways. Scott hand Lydia over."

"No, I won't. You release Allison and Aiden." Scott replied.

Alexander shook his head. "Sorry no can do. They're a part of my pack if you will."

Alexander nodded to Allison next to him and she launched herself over the railing and landed next to Aiden, who Liam now noticed had the same tan skin color and feather pattern on his skin. But instead of the normal teeth that Allison had, Aiden had his werewolf fangs exposed, and instead of the normal werewolf claws, his were extended, to almost like bird talons, and Allison had her talons out as well.

Scott flexed his fingers. It looks like it was going to be another fight. Scott looked to his left and nodded to Liam. He looked to his right and nodded at Parrish, and he noticed that Derek had joined them to form a line. He couldn't see them, but he could feel Stiles and Lydia behind him. Alexander leaned forward onto the railing of the second floor and prepared to watch the fight unfold below him. Alexander cleared his throat. "Finish it."

Allison and Aiden moved forward and then they broke away from each other. Aiden moving to engage Derek and Parrish and Allison was coming for him and Liam. Allison hurled forward and Scott side stepped her and Liam bent down and slashed his claws against Allison's side. She growled as she turned and swatted at Liam missing him barely. She glared at him. "Back off pup. I have a score to settle with Scott."

"What score would that be, Allison?" Scott asked.

Allison turned her attention from Liam to Scott and started to walk towards him. "You have the gall to even ask me that, Scott? You said that you loved me, but you took control of the Oni and had them kill not only me, but Aiden as well, just so that you can become a powerful Alpha."

Scott shook his head. "I did no such thing. The Nogitsune spirit took the Oni. You have to remember that. The Nogitsune took Lydia."

Allison swung her claws, and Scott blocked the swings. "Oh I remember everything clearly and Lydia wasn't taken. Besides there is the one fact that my father seemed to prefer you over me. Hell he wanted you to be his son rather than me as a daughter."

"That's not true!" Scott said as he landed a blow to Allison's chest.

"Whatever Scott, you're a liar, and an even horrible friend and lover. You do nothing but ruin everyone's lives that you come into contact with. You ruined mine, Lydia's, Stiles', Jackson's, Kira's, and even Liam's here. Face it Scott you're an uncontrolled destructive monster." Allison spat at Scott.

"That's not true!" Liam said.

Allison turned back to Liam. "No need to defend him, he needs to accept the truth."

Scott saw it before he could even do anything and it was like a bomb had went off inside of Liam. Liam roared like Scott had never heard before and then he watched as Liam was then running towards Allison and he tackled her to the ground they then went rolling across the floor. Scott started after them, but he was blocked by Alexander who landed in front of him. Alexander smiled and he then uppercut Scott and then slashed him on his side when Scott hit the ground. Scott grimaced in pain and he rolled over to find Alexander pulling Liam off of Allison. Alexander's eyes were glowing Amethyst and Scott watched as Liam's whole body went slack and then Scott heard Alexander speak with a singing like voice. "Liám, pigaínete stin agápi sas Scott kai ton kánete na sas agapá."

Alexander then tossed Liam away from him and he looked at Scott. "Liam is now my pawn against you. There is no way for you to win. He can't fight my power."

Scott glared at Alexander. "I have faith in Liam."

Alexander laughed. Scott watched as Liam rolled around on the floor for a minute as if he were in great pain. But when Liam looked up, Scott saw that Liam's eyes would flash that Amethyst purple and then return to the normal gold of his Beta. Then Liam got up and started to make his way towards Scott.

Lydia stayed back from the fight, she didn't notice that Stiles had left her. But she watched as Aiden took out Derek with a trash can to the head, and then she watched in horror as he also managed to take down Parrish. She also noticed that Alexander had done something to Liam for Liam was now all over Scott. Lydia backed up against a pillar as she watched Allison and Aiden walk towards her.

Lydia jumped a foot when three figures dropped in front of her and she realized that she was staring at the backs of Jackson, Isacc and Ethan when they stood up. Jackson and Ethan quickly moved to fight Aiden, and Isacc to Allison. Lydia watched as Allison quickly take out Isacc, who was now lying on the floor with his leg broken.

Allison moved forward and smiled. "Its time Lydia. You're ours."

"Like hell she is!" Stiles said as he appeared from the sporting goods store and he swung a bat across Allison's side. Allison fell to the floor, but the wooden bat splintered and broke in two.

Lydia decided that she needed to put her training to good use. Remembering what Meredith had said about using her voice as weapon. Allison quickly stood up off of the floor and she grabbed Stiles by the throat. "You're going to pay for that with your life."

Lydia inhaled deeply and she raised her hands and she let out a banshee scream, and she pushed the scream and projected the blast into the open area of the mall. Allison was knocked back onto the floor, as well as Aiden. When the scream hit Alexander he was no longer laughing and he looked murderous. Liam was knocked off of Scott, and Lydia saw that he had a look of horror on his as he scrambled to get away from Scott.

"Lydia?"

Lydia looked back to Allison in front of her who was looking rather confused. "Lydia, where are you? Are you safe?"

Before Lydia could say anything, Alexander appeared in front of Lydia. "How dare you take away my Betas, they're bounded to me!"

Alexander then grabbed Allison by her hair and he threw down something that Stiles would later refer to as the Siren's version of the Batman escape gas.

When the smoke cleared, Lydia rushed forward and hugged Stiles. "Are you okay?"

Stiles nodded. "Yeah, but let's make sure that everyone else is."

They moved to join the others. Scott rushed forward. "Lydia, are you alright?"

"I am, did you notice what happened?"

Scott shook his head. Lydia took a steadying breath. "When I screamed, it looked like what ever spell that Alexander had on Allison had worn off. The same with Liam which I was wjy he moved off of you."

Scott's eyes widened as he looked around at everyone. "Where's Liam?"

Scanning around the mall, no one saw a sign of Liam anywhere.

Note: Alexander says in Greek. English Translation: Liam, go to your love Scott and make him love you