Hardest chapter to write by far. This is Part 2 of the Stiles/Scott showdown that started at school. This chapter is longer than I expected but I just couldn't seem to stop yelling at Scott in order to end the chapter.
I have decided I'm going to split this story up into two stories instead of parts. Only because the title and the plot have switched up a bit. This is part A of course. Part B is going to be Called From the Outside In. I have also decided to continue in this verse and do a Season 3B/ Season 4 mash up of sorts. I haven't seen season 4 yet so the only thing that's going to be taken into account is Kate. So the sequel is pretty much just Season 3B with Kate thrown in the mix for fun. The sequel is going to be called The Ins and Outs of Us.
Part A-Chapter 8
Ethan hands the tape over immediately and doesn't acknowledge Aiden when he raises his eyebrows at him. Aiden growls and turns back to Stiles. "What's on the tape?" he sneers.
"That's not important right now. Right now I want to talk to you about you joining your brother in becoming members of my pack."
Aiden makes a noise of surprise and rounds on his brother. "Joining his pack? What the hell Ethan? I thought we talked about this. I told you not to get attached. I've been reminding you from day one of Deucalion's plan. We can't betray him!" Aiden nearly roars.
Any other time Ethan would have flinched and agreed with him, but not today. Ethan is tired of doing what he's told and nothing else. He is tired of not being his own person. He is tired of having nothing to live for except for what people tell him he should live for. He shakes his head at his brother.
"Deucalion has already betrayed us and he's been lying to us from the beginning. He's the one who killed Ennis, not Derek. I have friends now Aiden. I have people who truly care about me and aren't using me for power. I have Danny who I love and who I want to be with for the rest of my life. If we stay by Deucalion's side, we will die. If not by Derek or Scott or the Darach then Deucalion will kill us himself just for the power. Think about it Aiden, he made us kill our pack and become Alpha's for power. Same with Kali and Ennis. And now we are a part of his Alpha pack. We are much more powerful than a pack full of Betas and a few Omegas. You really think he's going to keep passing up opportunities to kill us and take our powers for himself. He killed Ennis the second Ennis showed any signs of weakness. Mr. Deaton told Deucalion that Ennis would live he just needed to lay low and rest for a while. Deucalion couldn't afford to have one of us sitting out of the fight so he killed Ennis instead and just made himself stronger."
Aiden's nostrils are flaring but he doesn't look ready for attack. "How do you know this? How can you be sure you can trust the person who told you this?" he asks instead.
"Because I felt the impact of truth when the words were spoken to me. Deucalion killed Ennis and he'll kill us to the longer we follow him. The longer we follow him the stronger we get and the more power he'll get when he actually does the job and gets rid of us. He's only keeping us around to use to make himself stronger when the time comes and he's going to need that extra power. Aiden, you have to trust me on this. Stiles is the good guy and Deucalion is the bad guy. I'm tired of being the bad guy too. I just want to be me, the good me, and I can't do that without you." Ethan pleads.
Aiden takes a deep breath. "What's on the tape?" he finally asks.
Stiles hands the tape to Aiden. "I approached Ethan at Jungle last week and we talked about things while we danced. I know that Deucalion thinks I'm Ethan's plaything and that he asked you to find anything you can on him and me and when we hang out. That tape is the Security Camera from the club. You can see me and Ethan dancing clear as day. If you still have your doubts about what we've said to you today I want you to give that tape to Deucalion and see what he does with it. By now Deucalion knows I'm alive and is going to be pissed. This will give him the leverage he thinks he needs to take me out for good this time. Don't say anything about this conversation until after everything goes down. If you still want to be on Deucalion's side then you can tell him everything if you want. But for now, just give him the tape and watch what he does with the information."
Aiden turns the tape over and over in his hands for a good few minutes. He believes and trusts his brother with all of his heart but Deucalion's been the only real father figure for him since everything went down. He looks up from the tape and into his brother's eyes. Seeing the love and the sincerity in the depths is what helps him make his decision. He nods. "Alright fine. I'll give the tape to Deucalion and see what he does with it. I'm warning you though Stiles, you had better be right about this."
Stiles merely nods back. "I am. Believe it or not I don't want you to spend the rest of your life following a monster around the world killing people at his beck and call. You deserve more than that. You deserve to go to school and finish it and then maybe even go to college if you want. You deserve to find someone to love and not have to worry about killing them if Deucalion asks you to because he says they make you weak. You deserve to have a family that extends beyond your brother. You deserve better, period Aiden. You may not like or trust me but you have to believe me. I'm not only doing this for you but for your brother and my friends and my dad, the people that mean something to me. The people that don't deserve to have to watch their back every single day because of monsters like Deucalion and Kali."
Aiden stares at him for a moment longer before nodding and then turning and walking out the door.
Ethan gives Stiles a watery smile, bends down and hugs him and whispers in his ear, "Thank you. I haven't seen that look on his face in a long time. It's good to see it again." before pulling back and following behind his brother.
Stiles sighs and if he could he would wipe his forehead which he can feel dotted with sweat. So much has changed in the past week that it feels like months have passed. He doesn't know when it happened but he woke up one morning no longer afraid of all the shit going on around him and decided to do something about it. He's sick and tired of watching his friends and family look behind them every five minutes because they are afraid of being struck down. That needed to change and since no one else was stepping up Stiles knew he had to be the one to do it.
He just hopes that wherever his mom is that she's proud of him and is watching over him and his dad. That and taking care of his friends and dad are the only things that matter to him.
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Three hours later, just after the nurse leaves with his left over dinner, the door to his room opens and Scott steps inside. Stiles instantly tenses and puts his guard up. "What do you want?" he spits out.
Scott's eyes flash quickly but that doesn't faze Stiles anymore so he just raises an eyebrow and waits for an answer. "I came to talk about what happened with my mom earlier." He says coldly.
Stiles shrugs as much as he can. "She came in here and was rude to me and Deaton so Deaton told her off. I had nothing to do with it. Deaton and I asked her if she could get whatever was left of the pill so he could examine it and suddenly she just became really rude. Deaton had a few words with her and she went and got the pill. Why?"
Scott is glaring at him now. "Because she called me up demanding that I tell her what's going on and why I've been treating you like shit. She also wanted me to tell her what I've been supposedly hiding from her. What the hell did you two say to her?" he growls.
Stiles rolls his eyes. "We said what she needed to hear. The truth. She came in here pissed at me because of what happened at school a few days ago, like it was my fault. Deaton also knew what had happened and told her to stop being rude and defending you all the time when she doesn't even know what's going on in the first place."
Scott's fangs are peaking out of this lip by now. "And what did you say to her?"
Stiles stares right into Scott's gold eyes. "I told her she needs to stop protecting you from things she doesn't understand. I told her that she needs to sit down with you and really ask you what's going on instead of just always getting the cliff notes version. I told her she needs to stop assuming you're the innocent party in everything and blaming other people every time your feelings get hurt. More or less so anyway, she got the gist of it all though."
Scott clenches his hands down by his sides. "What gives you the right to do that?" his voice is low now but it definitely hasn't lost the growl. Stiles is completely baffled right now. Scott has changed so much because of Allison and none of it has been for the good. Allison truly is her Aunt and Mother and Grandfather's family because she is turning out just like them and she's dragging Scott down with her. She's either going to turn Scott into a monster himself or she's going to get him killed. Hell, she may even kill him herself when she gets tired of him.
Stiles can see it in her eyes every time he looks at her. The insanity and hatred lurking right under the surface just waiting for the right moment to come out and play. All she needs is the tiniest bit of motivation to unleash all the demons inside of herself on anyone in her way. The smallest reason can set her off and when she's all said and done she has every excuse in the book for why she did what she did.
Stiles hates this but when he's done with the Alpha pack and then the Darach he's going after Allison next. He won't kill her, he could never kill a human being, but he is going to run her ass out of town or maybe just push her into doing something illegal so his dad can arrest her and send her away for a long time. Either one will do really.
"What gave me the right was when she would rather me die than risk her job all because of what you supposedly told her about us. That's what gave me the right. Tell me Scott, what did you say to her to make her want me dead rather than alive?" he asks, turning the tables.
Scott pauses and looks away guiltily for a second before looking back with coldness once again in his eyes. "I told her the truth?"
Stiles raises an eyebrow again. "Oh yeah? And what was that?"
Scott clenches his jaw. Stiles doesn't care. "I told her you cut me out of your life because you found better friends than me and Allison."
"Are you fucking kidding me? You and Allison? I was never friends with Allison Scott, I only pretended to like her because I knew she was important to you. And I didn't dump you for better friends, you dumped me months ago for Allison. You chose to follow Allison blindly instead of trusting and believing in your best friend. Hell, even Jackson believed in me when we weren't even friends at the time. Even he knew I knew what I was doing and he hated me at the time. Yet my own best friend, someone I had been friends with for years, didn't believe in me enough to see that I was right about everything. You decided to follow your dick instead. Look where that got you Scott. Lots of people died and you were nearly killed by your own girlfriend and yet you still continue to think with your dick and not your head."
"You don't know what you're talking about." He says. But Stiles can hear the waver in his voice. That means he's seeing things from a different point of view now that someone has pointed it out to him. Stiles doesn't care anymore, he probably sounds like a broken record by now but whatever, Scott had plenty of chances and he's not getting anymore. Stiles isn't being walked on all over again.
"Yes I do Scott. I know exactly what I'm talking about. Allison let Kate manipulate her and she almost killed us, she let her mom manipulate her into thinking all werewolves were monsters and tried to kill Derek even though he saved your life, and then she let Gerard use her grief against her and manipulate her into nearly killing Boyd and Erica, kidnapping me, stabbing Isaac with daggers and distracting you long enough for Gerard to sneak in and take over the fight at the warehouse. And yet after all of that, after all of her many many offenses, you still follow her around like a lost puppy dog with the good princess. Why can't you see she's using you and your feelings for her as a means to get you to do what she wants just so she can betray you in the end and do it her way anyway?"
Scott opens his mouth to reply but Stiles holds up his hand. "Just don't Scott. You know I'm right and until you grow the hell up and take responsibility for your own actions you're never going to learn anything. That's not my fault. I don't make your mind up for you. When you first met Allison I was happy for you, I was happy that you finally found that special someone you were always talking and dreaming about. Even though I didn't like her I didn't get in the way because I saw how much you cared for her. But the second she put other people in danger, innocent people, whether they were human or werewolf was the second I stepped in and tried to tell you what was going on. I've been trying to help you see the truth from the beginning you just haven't cared enough to listen. And now that you're world is falling apart and you're finally starting to see that I was right you just expect me to be there and not be pissed that you ditched me and put my life in danger all for a piece of ass that isn't even worth it. That's not me anymore Scott, I'll always care for you deeply because we grew up as friends but it's time you start standing up for yourself and making your own decisions instead of just blindly following someone. Maybe if you're on your own for a while you'll finally start seeing clearer."
Scott slams his hands down on the bar at the foot of Stiles' hospital bed and grips the bar tight. "What about you with Lydia? You would do anything for her wouldn't you?"
Stiles shakes his head. "I admit that I did love Lydia very deeply not too long ago but as of the past few months I've gotten to know her as an actual person and not just an idea and I've realized that the love I felt was more of a hero worship than actual love with actual feelings. I realized that as an idea she may have been perfect but as a human being she became just an ordinary friend that I care about but I'm not in love with her anymore. And no Scott, even when I did love Lydia I would never have let her get away with murder or attempted murder or anything else illegal. Love shouldn't stop you from seeing the truth or not being able to tell right from wrong. I love my dad with all my heart but if I found out tomorrow that he was secretly a dirty cop you bet your ass I would be on the phone with the FBI turning him in and ultimately saving hundreds of lives by getting him out of the way. It would hurt like hell and I would be disgusted with myself for a while but I would know in my heart that it was the right thing to do and that my mom would be proud of me for doing the right thing and in turn saving people's lives. It is a sacrifice you have to make in order to keep people safe. Sometimes even from themselves."
Scott is gaping at him slightly. "Is it really that easy for you?" he whispers.
Stiles sighs. "No Scott. It would be one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life but it would be the right thing. It would be the decision that saves people and helps people. That's how you know you're doing the right thing. Sacrificing a lot of things, sometimes even yourself, it's worth it if you can save even just one person while doing it. My mom told me that the day she died. She told me that by letting herself move on to heaven that she was giving someone else a chance at life. I never knew what she meant until I found out a few years later that she was an organ donor. I found out that her heart, which was actually healthy, went to a woman in Texas who was pregnant and about to lose her child because her heart was failing. That woman now has a beautiful nine year old, a gorgeous five year old, a handsome three year old and one more due in two months. My mom sacrificed the rest of her time with me and my dad in order to give her heart to someone who she felt needed it more. The doctor told me that she handpicked the woman she gave her heart to. That she knew what she was doing and she was positive in her decision. She gave up her life so that a woman could live and give birth to four more people. Did you know that woman named her first daughter after my mom because she knew what kind of sacrifice my mom made for her and her family? Did you know that woman writes me every year on the anniversary on my mom's death asking me to thank my mother yet again for what she did; she even has flowers delivered to the house for me to take to the grave when I visit. I get some on her birthday, the anniversary of her death and Christmas. Along with pictures of her family that I put in a little photo album that way I can show my kids and tell them how brave their grandmother was. What she sacrificed to save just one life. Tell me that doesn't mean something Scott. Tell me that turning in one person, even if you love them, isn't worth saving a life that they may take in the future."
Several minutes go by and Scott still hasn't said anything. "You can leave now." Stiles finally says.
The soft click of the door is the only sound Stiles hears as he gives into everything weighing on him. The silent tears fall down his cheeks as he cries himself to sleep for the first time in a long time.