OMGGGG I have my OWNNNN laptop again yayyyy
Now i'm learning Windows 8 ( i had XP before, big difference) plus learn all about this new laptop.
PLUSSSS I learned how to transfer everything over from my old laptop that's not working anymore t o this new one... which i learned, go me... i'm becoming such a nerd :s
needless to say, I've salvaged it all... so updates, yay!
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Cat was gently shaken awake and she opened her eyes, momentarily confused by where she was.
"Cat?"
She blinked, wiping the sleep from her eyes as Scott came into focus above her.
"What?" She whispered.
"Stiles is here and we have a problem."
She sat up, fixing Scott's shirt as Stiles entered the room, a grim look on his face and Cat wondered if it was from the events of last night or the problem Scott had mentioned.
"What's going on?" Cat asked with a yawn, running a hand through her hair.
"Deaton just texted me about the Omega." Scott replied, causing Cat to groan and fall back onto the bed. Why couldn't they have just a solid 12 hours of sleep? Was that too much to ask? She'd even take 7 hours.
"What did he say?" Stiles asked.
"It's not good." Scott told them.
Cat sat up again. "Not good…? Did she escape and go for Allison?"
Scott shook his head. "Gerard's men have the clinic surrounded."
"They're going to kill her." Stiles said.
"She's gone. Deaton's already set her free but the hunters don't know that. He's keeping them there as long as possible so she can get a head start."
"Then we need to find her."
"She could be anywhere." Scott reminded him.
"Get me into the clinic and I can find out." Cat suggested.
"How?" Stiles asked. "Did you forget the group of hunters just hanging around waiting to kill her?"
"Then we'll find another way to get me in."
"Yes." Stiles said, his eyes lightening up. "Your cat, bring your cat in."
Scott and Cat exchanged a look.
"You didn't tell him?"
Scott shook his head. "I didn't think you wanted me to."
Cat sighed. "Stiles, I never went back home after I moved out of Scott's. I've been living with the pack ever since. When Isaac walked me home to get my stuff one day, my dad had skipped town, trashed anything that was mine and… well… he killed Ralph, lit her on fire."
Stiles stared at her in shock then disbelief. "Your dad, is fucking sick."
"No argument here. But that idea is out. Any others?" She asked looking between the two.
"What about Allison?" Stiles asked. "Wouldn't she want to know what's going on? Alicia was her thing, right? She's not going to let Gerard kill her, right?"
"Actually…" Scott started.
"What? what now?" Stiles looked between the two. "Don't we have enough bad news?"
"She's gone a little crazy." Scott told them. "Wants to kill Derek, the pack, maybe even me. She had a crossbow aimed at us."
"What did you do?" Stiles asked, his eyes huge as he looked between the two of them.
Cat let out a small snort. "Aimed my crossbow right back. It wasn't until she left I figured out why."
Stiles continued looking between the two of them, waiting for her to continue.
"Her mom's dead."
"What?" Stiles was in complete disbelief as his gaze flitted to Scott again who nodded his agreement. "How? Why? Who? When? What?"
"you only got 4 W's, you forgot the where?" Cat muttered with a sigh before explaining to Stiles. "I didn't get the full story, she wouldn't talk to us, I had to touch her and she freaked when I did, almost shot me. But her mom killed herself because she was bitten by a werewolf. Derek to be exact."
"What? Is he crazy? Biting a hunter is a way to get himself killed even faster."
"He didn't have a choice." Cat snapped. "He was trying to save Scott."
"then just tell Allison that."
"really? Gee, why didn't I think of that?"
"Derek's right." Stiles grumbled. "You have been hanging out with me too much."
Cat shrugged. "Allison won't respond to any calls or messages. I was thinking of going over there but truthfully, her dad saw me last night, plus her and I holding crossbows to each other doesn't really do a lot for a friendship."
"Her dad saw you there?" Scott asked in disbelief. "Doing what? Does he know about you?"
"Oh. I didn't tell you that part. It was right after the Kanima paralyzed Allison and Matt went all 'if I can't have you, no one can' psycho part of the evening."
"What?" Scott asked in disbelief.
"sorry." Cat cried. "Little busy pulling your bullet out of your stomach."
"You did what now?" stiles asked, looking a little ill.
"exactly." Cat replied with a smirk. "But anyways. Allison's dad saw me with a gun, he wanted me to follow them and cover them but I said to hell with it, I had to get Matt. So if I go there now, I don't know what's going to happen."
"And you shot Matt?" Stiles asked.
"Yes." She confirmed. "Missed his head though."
Stiles grinned. "You're still badass in my books."
"Anything else?" Scott asked.
"Yes. Stiles crazy crush resurrected Peter Hale."
There was complete silence before both guys started yelling, swearing, asking her what the hell was going on.
"I don't know." Cat told them. "All I know is Peter Hale is alive, that's why I was with Derek, I was rescuing him, or attempting to from Lydia."
"Why would Lydia do that?" stiles asked. "Peter Hale, let's kill everyone, including Stiles Peter Hale?"
"I don't know. I haven't talked to Derek about it yet but from what I gather, she wasn't really quite aware, like he was controlling her or something."
Stiles groaned. "This has turned into a gong show."
Scott shook his head in agreement. "First, let's help the Omega escape before anyone gets hurt."
"The pack, minus Derek will help you." Cat told him. "They told me they would."
"You and the wolves head for the woods and try to drive her out of town." Stiles said. "And I'll-"
"try to get in touch with Allison." Scott pleaded with him. "Make sure she's safe?"
"That, I'll do that." Stiles agreed.
"Scott, I'll go with you to the depot. My guess is Derek is out looking for Peter."
Scott hesitated before nodding. "Bring a weapon." Scott told her.
"I'll do you one better and bring a few." Cat replied, before stopping with a frown. "I need something to wear, is your mom still here?"
Scott sadly shook his head and Cat felt bad for him.
"She just needs time, it will all work out." She promised. "But for now I hope she doesn't mind me borrowing something, the dress is a mess."
"Don't worry about it." Scott told her. "There are some clothes in your room here that mom kept wanting me to give to you."
"Awesome." She cried, before leaving to get changed.
When she returned, now dressed in some tights and a black skirt with a purple tank top, the guys were just finalizing plans and Cat sat on Scott's bed, doing up her converse sneakers before slipping her knives in the way Derek had shown her. She put on her leather jacket, checking to see if she had the knives in there and came across the gun she had used last night.
"Stiles, I have your dad's back up gun."
"How do you know it's my dad's?" Stiles asked, curious.
"Because I saw it was his and that's how I learned how to use it. You think he'll want it back because this actually came in quite handy."
Stiles only raised an eyebrow before holding out his hand and Cat gave it to him with a small pout.
"Can we go?" A slightly agitated Scott interrupted them.
They both nodded and the three teens left the house, Stiles dropping them off at the depot before leaving to go do what he needed to.
"Maybe we should have called." Cat whispered before they entered. "What if Derek's here?"
"Then we'll deal." Scott replied, motioning her forward.
She complied opening the door and moving into the depot, softly calling out to her friends. She found them moving around and it looked like they were packing.
"What's going on?" Cat asked.
Erica jumped before turning around and Cat was confused, how had the werewolf not sensed her?
"Catty." Erica greeted, looking decidedly guilty. "How are you?"
"Fine." Her eyes narrowed as she realized what was going on. "Stay here." She muttered to Scott, grabbing Erica and pulling her as far away from Scott as possible.
"You're packing."
"Yes." Erica quietly replied.
"You're leaving, just like that?" Cat sounded devastated and Erica felt so guilty. She would feel so much better if her friend would just come with them but Catty's loyalty wouldn't let her, no matter how dangerous it got.
"We don't have a choice." Erica replied. "Derek came by and told us everything this morning and we're so scared Catty. We want to go find another pack, somewhere where we are safer. Please come with us?"
"I won't." Cat replied. "Not to mention, you think any other pack is going to be okay with your little pet human? Forget it."
"You're not a pet."
"I know, but they won't see it like that." Cat let out a frustrated sigh. "Look before you leave, can you please just think about it a bit longer and can you please help Scott? You said you would."
Erica pushed back her blonde curls with a sigh. They had been planning to leave tonight but she couldn't go back on her promise to Catty to help. "Ok, we will."
"Thank you." Cat replied, beaming at her as she gave her a hug. "How was everything for you guys last night?"
"As can be expected. Apparently Boyd and I escaped and tried to kill Derek but Isaac saved him."
"Yes, he seemed well aware of himself when I stopped in."
"Which was dumb." Isaac said with a laugh, grabbing her and swinging her around in a hug.
"Derek was in trouble." She reminded him, sticking out her tongue, playfully. "So can we please deal with Alicia?"
Isaac put her down, wrinkling his nose. "You smell of McCall."
"I had to stay somewhere, Lydia's place was out after everything that happened." Cat blushed and looked away, the feelings of guilt rising through her.
"I'm going to get Boyd then we can discuss what to do with Scott after." Erica hurried away leaving Isaac and Cat alone.
"are you leaving too?" She quietly asked.
Isaac shrugged. "I'm not too thrilled with the idea of leaving you here."
"And if I told you it's better off that way?" Cat asked. "Like I can't promise you anything because I don't know because I still-"
"Love Scott." Isaac finished. "You think I don't know that? I'm not sticking around hoping you'll wake up and see me standing there. I'm not sticking around hoping for some epic romance to happen. Fact of the matter is, I'm a werewolf, you're not. How could something like that even work?"
"Scott is one too." She replied with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes and look how well that's working out for you and him or even him and Allison."
"But I'm not a hunter." Cat argued. "I'm not even a normal human girl."
Isaac shrugged. "Either way, I'm not thrilled about leaving you here, whether you want me or not."`
Cat frowned. "Isaac-"
"Later, okay?" He wasn't angry, rather, he was calm and matter of fact about it all. "I don't want an answer right now because doing that will result in you telling me to piss off. So we'll deal with the Omega and every other thing in our ridiculous long list of things."
"I just... I feel something, okay? but I'm not going to use your feelings you have for me to get what I want, so I'm going to be honest."
"but you feel something?" Isaac asked.
"Yes." She confirmed.
"I still want that date."
She nodded with a small smile, walking back towards Scott, although she felt a little uncertain. She didn't want to become the Scott in the situation, stuck between two people she was unsure of.
"You okay?" Scott asked.
She nodded. "Yes, I was just talking to Isaac."
"Ah." He was silent for a moment before asking the question that was on his mind. "You like him, don't you?"
She bit her lip before nodding. "Yes, I do."
Scott sighed, rubbing at the back of his neck.
"Can we just, deal with the Omega right now?" Cat quietly asked. "My love life falls to the end of the very long list of shit we have to deal with."
Scott looked to make sure the pack wasn't coming over when he pulled Cat down a hallway so they had some privacy. "Let me ask you something, Allison saying she saw us having sex, do you think that was a hallucination?"
Cat frowned. "I think she saw us making out and that triggered something."
"And her reaction was not good."
She nodded. "Do you blame her?"
"We, you and I, especially me have a lot to work out with everything and everyone. I'm not saying I'm letting you go or giving up on you or anything like that but maybe we should-" He paused, thinking of how to put it and Cat grabbed his hand to understand it better.
"you're right." She said. "Let's deal with everything, Allison included then worry about the romantic things after. There's no point in complicating everything with that."
"So you're not mad?" he asked.
She shook her head with a small smile. "If something's meant to be, it'll happen."
"You really believe that?"
She went up on her toes to kiss him, the kiss slow and passionate. "I do. I love you, this doesn't change that and I believe that whatever is meant to happen it will, whether that means you and me, Isaac and me, you and Allison, hell even if it's Allison and I." She grinned at the last one to show she was joking.
"I always knew you had a thing for her." He said with a teasing smile.
"What can I say, she's hot."
"Are you guys ready?" Erica called.
"Coming." Cat yelled back, giving Scott's hand another squeeze before they joined the others.
Scott immediately took the reins. "Okay. So, I was going to head over to lookout point and the caverns there."
"I'll take the western caves?" Isaac suggested.
"And Boyd and I can take the high grounds." Erica said.
"What about the borders?" Scott asked.
"I can do that." Cat said.
"No." all the werewolves told her.
She glared and crossed her arms with a small pout.
"Maybe she'll stay clear of the neighborhoods?" Boyd suggested hopefully.
Scott sighed. "Since it's in town I can get Stiles to check it out."
"What?" Cat asked in disbelief. "Tell me you're kidding. Stiles gets to go but me, who has been training, gets to go nowhere."
"Stiles is in a jeep." Scott reminded her. "If you want to go, you can go with Stiles. In the Jeep. Where you will both stay inside of it."
"I'm not two." She reminded him.
"Actually." Isaac interrupted them. "Maybe Cat should stay here and be home base. That way if Derek shows up, she can head him off and if any one of us needs something we can call her for help."
"So I get to be the one who deals with Derek?" Cat asked.
The pack nodded. "I think he likes you best." Erica told her.
"As if." Cat cried.
"It's true." Boyd replied. "So let's get this started, we'll check in as soon as possible."
Everyone dispersed and Cat was left alone in the depot, looking around for something to do, which wasn't really much to be honest so she picked up the bow Allison gave her to begin practice when her phone rang. Relief flooded through her as she quickly picked it up.
"Allison, thank god."
"Hey." The usually perky girl responded, no enthusiasm or perkiness present. "I can't talk long, well actually I can't really talk at all but I didn't want to just disappear on you completely. I feel like I owe you more than that"
"Al, there are some things you need to know and it will change-"
"Things are different now." Allison interrupted her. "Everything is different, I'm different."
"If it's about your mom-" Cat tried again only to be cut off.
"Just stop Cat, I don't want to talk about it. But you've been great through everything that's happened. Even after I held a crossbow in your face you still tried to take out the Kanima for me and I'm not going to forget that. I hope you know that I'll always be your friend. No matter what. You know that, right?"
"Well, yeah, I do but Allison-"
"Good."
Cat let out a frustrated noise, knowing it was better to let the other girl talk.
"Are Scott and Stiles still helping the Omega?"
"Well yeah." Cat replied.
"Okay. There are hunters coming after her, a lot of them. Are they working with Derek?"
"His pack." She hesitantly replied.
"Tell them to stay away. Derek is going down. And anyone who's near him is going down too. You need to stay away from him too Cat."
"I can't do that."
"Why?"
"Because. Do you have any idea who's been looking after me the last little while? I never went home. My dad abandoned me after he destroyed anything and everything I held dear, including the cat that was finally starting to grow on me."
It grew silent and Cat wondered if Allison had hung up.
"You could have come here." She finally said, finally showing some emotion in her voice.
"Not with your whacked out family."
"They aren't so bad, you know. My dad was asking about you and I told him I taught you how to shoot, you've caught his attention in a good way."
Cat rolled her eyes. "Really? Wow, let me mosey on out to the animal clinic and join the group of hunters out there getting ready to kill someone. You better not be there Allison."
"Just stay away from Derek." Allison whispered. "No one who is near him is ever going to be safe again. Ever. Not as long as I'm alive."
Allison disconnected and Cat immediately began calling her back but kept going straight to voicemail. She finally gave up in frustration as she picked up the bow and began practicing, noting that her anger was giving her a better and better shot.
"Why are you here?" someone asked and she quickly turned, her bow raised and ready before she realized it was Derek.
"I live here." She reminded him.
"Where is everyone?" Derek asked with a scowl.
She shrugged. "Out planning world domination."
He gave her a look and she rolled her eyes. "Chill. They're just out, I'm hanging here by myself and have been since I got here."
"It's not safe for you."
"Because of Peter?"
He nodded. "And the Argents. They have the clinic surrounded waiting for the Omega."
"So I heard." She replied. "Any luck with Peter?"
He shook his head. "Which is why you need to move out."
"Um, ouch?"
Another small glare. "I can't protect you here. It's too open and dangerous."
"And I'm not completely useless anymore." She reminded him.
She blinked and all of a sudden he was in front of her, causing her to take a step back, feeling disoriented.
"But we're still a hell of a lot stronger and faster than you."
She pursed her lips. "Did I tell you what I did to Matt after I shot him?" She asked. "He jumped at me and I grabbed his head to find out his whole story, which if you ask me, kind of a lame reason for his whole vengeance kick but I took that, I took all his emotions, everything he was feeling, intensified it and sent it back to him so he was living it over and over and over. Do you have any idea how terrifying that is?"
"I'll give you that." He finally conceded. "In your own way, you're pretty bad ass but I would still feel better if you were elsewhere. Especially because I know my pack is thinking of leaving."
"Which is stupid."
"I'm glad someone agrees."
"I do." She replied. "honestly, I don't think this depot is very safe for you guys."
"You have somewhere better?" Derek challenged her.
Cat smiled, going over to her things and reaching inside her book bag until she pulled out a large envelope and passed it over to him.
"What is this?" He asked.
"It's the deed to my old house. My dad's signature is there, signing it over to his soon to be emancipated daughter, therefore not being able to get a single cent if he ever tried to sell it from wherever the hell he went."
Derek pulled out the papers and looked through all the paperwork. "How did you do this?"
"I'm a hacker and really good at forging my dad's signature. It's from years of him never signing permission slips. I know he doesn't have much money and the sale from the house would be money that he needed so I took it away from him. I don't want to go back there, so it's yours. It's in the crappy part of town so no one cares who comes or goes and it's not a huge house but it does have a few rooms and it's a start. I would have put it in your name but I know you hate being tracked."
"Why?" He asked, looking at her, a hint of suspicion in his gaze.
"You helped me, I'm returning the favor. It's yours to move in whenever you want."
He looked back at the papers then back at her before putting them away. "Thank you." He softly replied.
She shrugged. "I should be thanking you."
He actually smiled at her and she returned it, the moment broken by her phone beeping.
"I just came to grab a few things." Derek told her. "I'm still looking for Peter."
She nodded, "Just be careful."
"I know." He replied, turning to grab a few things before heading out.
Cat waited a few minutes before picking up her phone and calling Scott.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"I just saw Stiles' Jeep out here at the Preserve! Wasn't he supposed to be trying to help Allison? Or checking out the neighborhoods?"
"I don't think Allison wants help." She softly replied. "I think she might be part of the hunters at the clinic."
"What?" Scott asked, shocked. "well what about Stiles? Why is his jeep here? Should I stop looking for the Omega and start looking for him?"
"You even have to ask."
"I know it's just that- hold on I smell him." He was gone for a few minutes and when he came back, he put the phone on speaker.
"Got him." Scott said.
"Hey." Stiles replied. "So no one in Allison's family is interested in my help."
"Cat thinks Allison might be a part of the hunters surrounding the clinic."
"She's the one who told them to go there." Stiles informed them, sending the other two teens into shocked silence.
"She's pissed and she won't listen to me." Cat said. "I tried but she was the one who wanted to help this Omega, and now she's leading the charge? Hold on-" She stopped and looked at her phone. "-Isaac is on the other line, I'm going to conference you in."
She added everyone to the call, Isaac informing them that he had already conferenced in Erica and Boyd.
"Okay, before we all start talking at once, did anyone find anything?" Cat asked.
"No." Everyone replied.
"Stiles, has there been any sightings in town?"
"Not that I know of."
"She knows the hunters are after her." Scott interjected "Hopefully she's on her way out. Stiles, why don't you check the main roads and see if she's doing the smart thing and heading away from here."
"She's not headed away, Scott, you know that." Erica spoke up. "Cat back me up here, do you really think she's going to leave town?"
"Honestly? No."
"We don't know what she's doing for sure. None of us know." Scott reminded them.
Boyd let out a snort. "She's gonna go after the Argents. Don't you think she's going after the people who cut her boyfriend in half?"
"I agree with Boyd." Cat replied.
"See? Cat knows what's up."
"Maybe she'll get rid of them for us." Isaac hopefully suggested.
"Um, hey, Allison's friend, on the phone with you." Cat reminded him.
Isaac let out a sigh. "Fine, get rid of her insane grandfather."
"More likely they'll kill her and then hunt us down before the rush wears off." Erica told him. "So, Isaac, why don't you meet up with Scott and Boyd and I will double back to the clinic."
"The Hunters are at the clinic." Isaac reminded her.
Erica sighed. "There's no way they're still sniffing around that place. They've got to be on their way to the depot by now. We need to move."
Everyone grew silent as they realized what Erica had just said and where Cat currently was.
"Oh shit." The seer whispered.
"Cat, get out." Isaac told her. "Now."
"Go to my place." Scott said. "You'll be okay there."
"Allison wouldn't lead them here. She knows that I've been staying with the pack."
"Allison is also a little crazy right now." Stiles reminded her.
"Right. I'm out of here then."
"Good," Scott replied. "Why don't we split up and cover more ground."
"No." Erica argued. "We should go in pairs. This chick's out for blood. If I'm stepping in her way, I don't want to do it alone."
"Okay then. Cat get to my place, everyone, keep looking and check in periodically."
"Aye aye captain." Cat and Stiles called.
"Shut up." Scott replied before disconnecting.
"Hold on." Isaac told her, disconnecting the other two before coming back. "Do you want me to come back there?"
"No." she replied. "I'll be okay. I'm just going to gather up some stuff and leave. Just be careful, okay?"
"You too." He told her. "If anything happens, at all. Call, scream, anything, I will hear you."
"I will, now go." Cat hung up and quickly began gathering all her stuff, loading herself up with as many weapons as possible before slinging her crossbow and bow over her back. People would look at her funny but she didn't quite care, she felt safer. When she had everything she could carry, she left the depot, not looking back.
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