Killing the Past

The rest of the school day went on and in every class I felt like running out due to the fact that Aideen's seat was completely empty. When the final bell rang I ran out to my car and drove off and pulled up to the Argent's home. Aideen's jacket sat on the chair next to me, where she should have been. I got out her jacket in hand and I knocked on the door. Mrs. Argent opened the door and looked at me with a bit of hatred which I didn't understand. "Is Mr. Argent home?"

Without responding she let me in and I was escorted into the den. "What are you doing here?" Mr. Argent asked walking into the room suddenly surprised with a mixture of shock.

"I came here to give you this. I can't hold it, it's too hard. I am totally panicked, sir," I said extending my arm with Aideen's jacket at the end.

"Where did you find this?"

"In the woods, but she wasn't there and I am really scared."

"Who are you?" a man's voice came from behind me. I turned and found a man with dark brown hair with a spread of grey and I the scent he carried was of cheep liquor, but he wasn't drunk.

"David, this is Justin, your daughter's fiancé," Mr. Argent called out as I moved closer to shake the man's hand but he wouldn't accept it.

"So Justin…is it? Where's my daughter," he sighed glaring hard at me.

"I…I don't know sir," I sighed looking away as he grabbed my cheeks forcing me to look in his eyes.

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"We have been looking for her for the whole night, and we were going to look for her today."

"Pathetic, you must be the worst werewolf I ever met, but you are the only one I talked to before killing it," he smiled placing his hand in his coat pocket.

"No wonder why Aideen hates you. You really are a disgrace to your family name," I whispered as he retaliated and punched me in the face. I stumbled back and looked at him in shock. Now I had had it with getting beaten and I reached the top of my stress level and I tackled the man. Sitting on top of him, I hadn't realized I had changed until I could see my reflection in his terror filled eyes. I stood up and slowly backed away returning to my normal self. Mr. O'Connor pulled a magnum 27 revolver from his pocket and aimed it directly at me.

"Silver bullet to the heart is all it takes," he smirked as my hands slowly came to my head.

"David, look at yourself," Mr. Argent said calmly slowly moving toward the loony old man.

"Shut up Chris!" he barked as Chris stepped a couple feet back. "You know…I am going to enjoy this. What my daughter sees in you is so upsetting. She deserve better" He cocked the hammer back and as he pulled the trigger, I fell to the floor, missing the bullet only by inches. Mr. Argent had tackled Mr. O'Connor and looked at me.

"RUN!" he barked as I nodded and quickly ran out the house and got in my car. I drove as fast as I could to the school and ran onto the field where Jackson, Stiles, and Scott were leaving from; it was shocking to see Jackson with the two of them. I was in such a panic my words came out in one big mess.

"Ok, ok slow down! What are you trying to say?" Stiles joked as I looked at him ready to punch him. After taking a deep breath I looked at each and every one of them.

"We are in over our heads."

What do you mean?" Jackson asked.

"I mean, this whole thing is falling apart. I was just attacked by Aideen's dad who is far WORSE than Kate, Derek came up with this idiotic plan that will most likely get me killed, and my cousin has forced me to join his side or we all end up dead."

"You didn't?" Scott sighed with a growl.

"It wasn't my fault, it's all part of the plan…more or less," I sighed.

"What do you mean more or less?" Stiles asked as I quickly told them Derek's plan. "Why didn't this pass before we played this card?"

"Because, no one was around, and it was two in the morning."

"That doesn't mean shit, Justin," Jackson snapped as I tried to hold my sanity together.

"Oh so now it's my fault that Derek's plan was made without consent."

"It does sound somewhat stupid," Stiles smirked as my phone vibrated.

"Just look for Aideen some more and meet back at my house in two hours," I said reading the text from Austin regretfully.

It's time, get home NOW!

"Where are you going?" Jackson called as I stated back to my car.

"I'm going to look for Aideen," I called running for the car. True, I was lying but I couldn't tell them or I would be known as a traitor. I drove home, my heart feeling as if it was going to burst and Austin had jumped in my car the second I pulled into the driveway.

"You're late," he growled as I sighed. "He isn't your brother Justin, he's not even family," he said angrily as we pulled off the road and into the woods. I parked my car and we got out.

"You're wrong Austin, he is my brother."

"Just because you dated his sister doesn't make you his family, she's dead which means he's dead to you," he growled grabbing my shirt and looking me in the eyes.

"I can't believe you, he…"

"Does a brother make out with your fiancé?"

"What?" I asked laughing totally not believing him.

"You heard me, and the answer would be a no."

"Austin, you're so full of sh-"

"No, for once I tell you this to protect you. When I found your little fiancé with him, she was all over him. I heard him say something about him always wanting her the night she helped him or something."

"You're lying! The two of them are just friends."

"Am I? Listen to my heart. It hasn't skipped or blipped." He was right for once he hadn't lied to me and I hated him even more for it. I barged my way into the hale house and found Derek sitting in the corner.

"I'll kill you," I growled tackling him to the floor.

"Good acting Justin," he smiled as I dug my claws into his side which caused him to look at me funny, he knew I wasn't acting that second and he threw me off of him. "What the hell?"

"You fricking lied to me Derek, you said you were going to stay away from Aideen and only remain friends," I growled as my cousin walked in with a wicked smirk on, I watched the blood drench Derek's shirt as he looked at my cousin.

"You brainwashed him."

"Family doesn't do that to family Derek!" I charged but he grabbed my shirt and flipped me slamming me into the floor board. I gasped for air as all of it escaped. I watched my cousin take down Derek who looked at me as if I was a traitor but he had crossed the fine line once more.

The two alphas became full wolfs and I slowly stood up wildly clawing and attacking Derek. Derek turned and bit my leg causing my whole body to come back to normal and I crawled away cowering in the dark as blood began pouring from my leg. Derek soon changed back and was laying in a pool of his own blood while Austin stood over him. Austin quickly walked over to me and helped me up and dragged me toward the front door. Derek looked dead to me, and yet I still didn't feel bad for him.

My leg had started to heal when I realized I wasn't driving the car. "Where are we going?" I asked noticing we were going in the opposite direction of my house.

"You'll see," Austin sighed as I leaned against the car door. Soon enough we pulled up to my school which caused a bad flashback of when Peter had us all on a wild goose chase inside only three weeks before. We got out and I made my way to the front door. "Where are you going?"

"I thought…"

"Follow me," he growled as I followed him into the basement of the went through so many doors I was getting sick of seeing the same pipes every five seconds it felt like we were walking in circles. We finally came to this wide metal door that Austin struggled open, but he did it. I walked in and he turned on a small light. Aideen hung in the corner by her wrist on a chain and hook. She looked up and saw me and her eyes lit up, but I still couldn't stand the sight of her. After all this time I had been looking for someone who was cheating on me with someone I considered family.

"Justin, is it truly you?" she asked as I got in her face. I grabbed her hands above her head and she smiled. I could see it all in her eyes she was thinking I came here for her. I had, but now, I didn't care.

"You betrayed me," I snapped as surprise filled her eyes. Then came the hurt that broke me more than I knew.

"What are you talking about?" she whispered.

"You know what I'm talking about…how could you?"

"Justin, you're scaring me," she begged as if she still had no clue what I was talking about. I slowly pulled the ring from her finger and she looked at me as if I was pulling her heart out. "Why are you doing this?" she pleaded as a few tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Because, you love Derek," I sighed placing the silver wolf ring in my pocket and started walking for the exit.

"He did this to you! He tricked you! They're lies and you know it!" she screamed as I stopped in
my tracks and turned to her. My heart was breaking at the sight of the hot tears falling down her face, but it was now a heart of stone. No matter how much I loved her, no matter how much I sacrifice, she loved Derek more.

"Then what is the truth Aideen? You tell me, because I don't know anymore."