A Broken Full Moon

Ch. 11 I Hate What I've Become Pt. ½

(Skillet- Monster)

I grabbed a sleepy Rome as I started the car and wrote a quick note to mom as I left it on the counter. It was already 2 AM. I slipped out of the house and buckled in Rome as I went to Scott's work. A lot of things popped in my mind like how did Scott get there, what happened, if Scott got shot and if Dr. Deaton had seen the wounds. Everything was getting out of hand, and now especially that I was changing into a werewolf. I knew I couldn't cry about it, it happened and I can't change it. Either I'd die in transition or I'd turn that's what Scott had told Stiles and I when he talked to Derek. By the way things were going I'd probably change, if I already had enhanced hearing the other things would happen soon. I sighed as I pulled in to Animal Clinic. I wrapped Rome in a blanket as I walked in.

I stepped inside as the bell jingled and Dr. Deaton stepped out of a room. "Hey Alex," I nodded and "hi Dr. Deaton. Is Scott here?" He nodded and motioned to the door saying "he's in here. He's okay," I started walking to the door when he said "he should be healing by now." I paused as I looked at him "you know?" He motions me to enter and I hesitantly do and I immediately walk over to Scott. Dr. Deaton says "you can lay Romeo here." He motioned to a couch at beside his desk. I placed Rome down and then walked back to Scott who was asleep. I looked down and saw the white gauze on his abdomen. Dr. Deaton said "the wound should be healed in a few hours. He'll most likely be unconscious for most of the morning." That didn't bother me. I asked "how'd you know?" He simply answers "I've dealt with this before. This is how I noticed that you've been bitten. And your body is in a final state of transition, you're going to be a werewolf, Alex." My eyes widened as I looked over at Scott and Rome. Dr. Deaton motioned to the door and I followed as he shut the door behind us.

As soon as the door closed I said "h-how-but you're a vet?" He shrugged as he asked "what happened?" I sighed as I knew that one person knew my secret already. I finally said "yesterday, the alpha bit me yesterday." I avoided his eyes as he questioned "what else?" I answered "he said something about alpha female, and how I was going to turn into one by the next full moon." He nods slightly as he says "that'll be your first transition. Alex, when an alpha bites someone there's two kinds of positions the beta and omega. They can have however many they want." I asked "then how does it work?" He answers "he bit you at omega rank that makes you an omega. Since you were the first bitten female that puts you at an alpha female position. That usually takes place during your first full moon transformation." I asked "hold on…Laura Hale was the alpha, why did Peter kill her if she could be the alpha female while he'd be the alpha male?" He shook his head as he said "it's different for born werewolves. When you're born into that kind of family there can only be one alpha. Why do you think Peter bit you? With both of you as the alpha's he'll want to claim you as a mate and the pack will be stronger with two leaders not to mention Scott."

I said "but he doesn't want Scott or anyone to know." Dr. Deaton said "Alex, Scott's part of your pack now. Peter and you are the leaders of it. Who do you think Scott would follow? You or Peter?" Me, definitely. "Wait…you're saying basically that I'm strong enough to take on Peter?" He smiled a little as he said "you might be strong and have Scott on your side but Peter is older and has more experience Alex. He'd kill both of you. You might severely injure him but he'd win, you're not even a day old." I curiously asked "if I died what happens?" Dr. Deaton says "if it's another male werewolf who killed you usually the whole pack slaughters their pack, but the alpha male can bite another female if wanted, on other occasions if another female werewolf kills you they get to be the alpha female." I asked "if Peter died where does that leave me? What happens to Scott?" Dr. Deaton answered "if you were to kill him you'd be the alpha of the pack, there wouldn't be another alpha male unless one of your pack or another werewolf claimed you as their mate." He saw I was going to ask a question and he said "I'll get to that. If another werewolf killed him that werewolf would be an alpha."

I asked "that means I'd be his…female alpha?" Dr. Deaton smiled as I shifted uncomfortably as he answered "No, he'd have to claim you as his mate. What it means is that you are the alpha female and if he'd bite another female she wouldn't be alpha because that's your place." I rubbed my head as I said "that's a lot to understand. What's the claiming thing though? Can female werewolves do that?" Dr. Deaton answered "female werewolves can't. And well, it's like marriage for werewolves, the male has to bite the female during the full moon while mating. Usually it only happens between alphas for strength, but beta's can do it with omegas or sometimes even humans. Alpha males bite human girls when they want to use them to seduce, it's a sign of power. I think Peter chose you as alpha female to add more strength to his pack." I asked "can my bite turn others?" He carefully said "yes, your bite is like Peter's."

I sighed tiredly as I said "what can I do? I don't want this…I can't be this, not while I have people I care about and I could easily hurt them." I nodded at the door for emphasis. He suggested "you're a good girl Alex. You seem to have a lot of will power and control." I said "yeah, that's just on the outside, on the inside it's turmoil of feelings. I don't want to hurt anyone, I mean someone could just say the wrong thing and I could snap and kill them. I see how much Scott has to go through and I can't imagine going through that too." He said "I think that's what's going to help you." I asked "what?" I was leaning on the front desk and he placed a hand on my shoulder as he said "you care, Alex. You care a lot for people, that's what's going to help you through all of this. Especially Romeo, Scott told me about you and your possibly the most caring and loving girl in this world. You're not going to hurt anyone because it's not in your nature. You might get angry at times, but you won't lose complete control. You're an alpha which means you have a little more self-control than Scott, because you are responsible for him as his alpha. This right now is stressing you but you haven't even shown anger or a sign that you want to shift. All you need is to learn a little self-control and manage your anger."

I nodded as I said "you can't tell anyone." He looked at me suspiciously and I said "Peter, he knows that I don't care if he kills me, he threatened me with Rome."

"The secret side of me, I never let you see"

I felt moisture in my eyes so I turned away as I continued "I'm not risking Rome's life for anything. You can't tell anyone especially Scott." Dr. Deaton finally nodded and said "I hope you know what you're doing." I said "it's for the best." There was no way I was risking Rome. No way in hell, the world could fall apart for all I cared but there was no way I was risking Rome's life. If me keeping this a secret kept Rome safe I was going to do it. I loved Scott and I hated what Peter was doing but Scott would risk Rome's safety if he found out and I just couldn't let that happen. Scott was willing to sacrifice everything for Allison just like I was willing to for Rome.

I said "so how did you find Scott?" Dr. Deaton said "in the woods, with bullet wounds. Hunters had already left." I asked "what were you doing in the woods?" He said "we all have secrets Alex." I nodded in silent agreement as I walked back into the room Scott was in as I sat in the couch with Rome's head in my lap as I rested my eyes waiting for Scott to get up.

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"Welcome back to the light of conscious." My eyes fluttered open and I saw that Scott had woken up. I stood up fast placing Rome on the couch. Scott looked over at me and tried to stand up, Dr. Deaton walked over to him as I did and says "okay, maybe you should sit down." I gently push Scott down as I said "you should rest just a little bit more, Scott." Scott looks at his bandages. The bell of the clinic rings. Scott and I look at Dr. Deaton. Dr. Deaton headed to the front when Scott grabs his arm but Dr. Deaton smiled reassuringly at him. No one could know Scott was here, no one. "Sorry, but were- were closed." Scott and I glance at each other when he stutters. We hear Peter say "hi there, I'm here for pick up." Dr. Deaton said "I'm not sure I remember you dropping off." Peter retorted "these two wandered in on their own." Scott grabs me and I grab Rome as Scott holds me behind himself and crouches us down: hiding us from view and from Peter. Dr. Deaton replied "even if they did I can't help you, we're closed." Peter said "I think you can make an exception this one time. Don't you?" Deaton said "I'm sorry that's not going to be possible. Maybe you can come back during regular hours." Peter replied "you have something of mine. I'm here to collect it." Dr. Deaton replied "like I said…we're closed." I was worried for Dr. Deaton he was risking a lot for us.

Peter remarked "mountain ash, that's an old one." Scott and I glance at each other when we hear a crashing sound." Deaton then said "let me be as clear as possible we…are…closed." Then I heard silence and I looked at Scott to see him concentrating so he must be hearing something. I closed my eyes as I concentrated hard on my hearing. All I got was silence I sighed frustrated and tried again and then I heard Peter mutter "innocent….what I want." I opened my eyes as the bell jingled and looked at Scott whose eyes widened and he said "Allison."

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After I made sure Scott was okay I took him home since it was Sunday. It was a pretty boring day; I was making lunch with Rome as I also baked some cookies when Stiles came in. "Hey, Alex!" He waved as he hopped onto a chair beside Rome as he dipped his finger into the cookie dough. I slapped his hand and said "Stiles, wait for it to be cooked, look at Rome he hasn't even tried to." Stiles pouted as I started putting the cookie dough on the thin sheet and into the oven. I was making spaghetti because Rome said he felt like eating spaghetti. Stiles grabbed a soda and I asked "so, what you doing here? Social visit or Scott needs help?" Stiles said "both. He can wait a little longer though, I'm starved." I laughed as I stirred the noodles so they wouldn't stick to the bottom.

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I was just about to call Scott down for lunch when he clambered down the stairs as he said "Alex, is Stiles here"- he cut off seeing Stiles at the counter with Rome with a mouth full of spaghetti. "Stiles, I've been calling you for like twenty minutes!" Stiles swallowed his food down as he said "really? I hadn't noticed. You've got to try this though, it's really good." He moaned as he grabbed another mouthful. I rolled my eyes and pushed the salad bowl at him "eat your veggies." Stiles shook his head.

I had served Rome already and I said to Stiles "fine, no cookies or garlic bread for you." Stiles whined but put salad on his plate as I took out the garlic bread and gave him one and Rome a half. Scott sat down and said "I'm hungry to Alex." I remarked "you're old enough to serve yourself Scott." He pouted "but you served Stiles!" I said "because Rome and him are my favorites." Stiles grinned smugly at Scott. I laughed as Rome stuck his tongue out at Scott's direction. "Oh, really? Rome." Scott reached beside Rome and grabbed him as he started tickling him. Rome was giggling as Scott attacked his sides. Stiles joined in as they both started tickling him. I grinned at the scene, it had been a while since this happened with all the werewolf stuff occurring. "Help, mommy!" I said "alright, alright leave my baby alone you two." Scott placed Rome down with a ruffle to his hair. Rome flattened it, while Stiles went back to eating. I served Scott and then me. I wouldn't admit it out loud but I missed it, the days where we didn't have to worry about werewolves, hunters or anything. I missed the days where Scott, Stiles, Rome and I would hang out at the house.

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After eating and Rome taking his nap I went upstairs to where Scott and Stiles had gone. "Call it again." Scott told Stiles. Stiles said "it's not here. So you lost your phone get a new one." I asked "what's going on?" Stiles answered "Scott lost his phone." I said "really? I lost my necklace yesterday, I can't find it either." Scott said "I can't afford a new phone. Alex bought me the two last ones and she isn't buying anymore. Besides I can't do this alone. We got to find Derek." With everything happening I forgot about Derek. Stiles "a) you're not alone, you have us. And b) you said he walked into gunfire he sounds pretty dead." I shot him a glare. I didn't want to believe that Derek was dead, he just couldn't be. Scott replied "the Argent's plan was to use him to help them get to the alpha, they're not gonna kill him." Stiles said "well just let them do what they're planning, they use Derek to get Peter problem solved." I glared at him as I slap him on his head. He mouths 'Ow' as Scott says "not if Peter is going after Allison to get Derek. I can't protect her on my own. Which means we have to find Derek first, just help me."

I started going through his stuff to help as Stiles said "you know you probably lost it when you two were fighting, you remember that? When you two were fighting, when you interrupted him killing Jackson, are you starting to see a pattern of violent behavior here?" I glared at Stiles fiercely as I felt myself wanting to kill him and I knew that was my werewolf side coming out. Scott glanced at my tense form as he told Stiles "he wasn't going to kill anyone, and I'm not letting him die." I was starting to see how irritating Stiles can be to werewolves. ." I looked at Scott a small smile on my lips as we were on each other's side.

Stiles whined "could you at least think about letting him die? For me?" I groaned and turned around as I slapped Stiles arm as I said "I love you Stiles, but I'm-we're not letting Derek die." Stiles said "you mean you love him more." I looked at him as I processed that and felt my heart beating faster as I automatically said "no, I don't." He replied "right, Scott don't you agree with me? Scott-what?" Scott answered "mom, she just got home from work." I saw Scott concentrate and tried to do the same as I did I heard snippets "…it always sounds weird because of my last name…we could also just go out for drinks…profoundly embarrassing phone…feel free to give me a call." Mom actually liked the creep? That's when I heard the sniffling and I sat on Scott's bed. Stiles asked "she okay?" Scott shook his head. Stiles questioned "what she doing?" Scott answered "crying." I felt my eyes water as I heard her sniffling and I felt like crying with her. Scott sat beside me and I slugged an arm around his shoulders as Stiles said "Scott you can't protect everyone." Scott replied "I have to." I hugged him.

3rd P.O.V

Kate said "god I hate this detective work." She looked through Derek's phone. Derek questioned "are you going to torture me or talk me to death huh?" Kate remarked "you know I found this yesterday." She held up a thin necklace with a thick pendant of a crescent moon. Derek knew that necklace like the palm of his hand. Derek only looked at it as realization dawned on him. Kate said "yeah, you know the girl wearing this don't you? Allison does, and she told me her name. Alejandra McCall, an adopted Mexican girl with a sob story. Now what was she doing around your house last night? Did she alert you? Or I don't know, maybe she's our second beta, a little werewolf whore, a present from the alpha maybe? I don't know but maybe I should find out."

Derek glared at her Kate put the necklace around her neck and said "I think it looks better on me. Besides sweetie I don't want to torture you. I just- I want to catch up. Remember all the fun we had together, before you even met jailbait." Derek glared and says "the time you burned all my family alive?" Kate responds "no, I was thinking more about the hot crazy sex we had. I mean does Alejandra know?" Derek stayed silent "she doesn't does she? Well someone should let her know. I think I will. But the fire thing that was fun too." Derek jumped at her. He scowled at her and Kate said "I love how much you hate me," while laughing.

Kate slid down as she said "remember how this felt?" She licked up his lean stomach and as much as he hated it he reacted to her touch as he growled. He hated that his body was responding to her. All he wanted was to get the hell out of there. He wanted to Alex, it'd been days since he last saw her and he was itching to see her again. His thoughts strayed to her as Kate said "sweetheart I really don't want to torture you." A big bald man entered and Kate said "but he does." Derek let his thoughts stray to Alex as the man advanced.