Chapter 27

They had just gotten out and were making their way toward the house when Derek stopped. "Hold on, hold on," he said panting for breath. "Something doesn't feel right."

"What do you mean," Scott asked.

"I don't know, its kind of like it was," Derek started to say but Scott cut him off.

"No, don't say to easy, people say to easy and bad things happen," Scott cried. Derek gave him an annoyed look. Scott let go of Scarlet and let her lean against a tree."You think finding the two of you was easy? Getting away from Alison's dad? None of this has been easy!"

"Fine, you're right," Derek allowed.

Scott sighed and threw his head back slightly. Scarlet heard a strange noise, but before she could figure out what it was Derek had hit the ground. Another arrow hit him in the leg, and Scarlet cried out in shock. She pushed away from the tree and scrambled toward him.

"Scott your eyes," Derek shouted as he put a hand over Scarlet's eyes. A bright flash erupted around them and Scott hit the ground as well. Scarlet pursed her lips before pulling the arrow out of Derek's shoulder. He grabbed her hand and helped her with the one in his leg. They scrambled off the ground, both grabbing Scott and trying to pull him away.

Derek hit the ground, shoving both of them forward. "Scarlet, go, get Scott and go," Derek shouted.

Scarlet glanced behind them and found Alison coming toward them, a bow and arrows slung over her shoulders. Kate stood off a short distance a deep smirk on her face. "Derek, get up, we have to go," Scarlet said lowly as she tried to pull him to his feet. She ignored whatever Scott and Alison were saying, she had to help Derek.

"You have to go," Derek said as he grabbed her hand. "Go, Scarlet, please."

"I'm not leaving you, not again."

"Oh thank god," Kate said as she joined them. "Now shoot him, before I have to shoot myself."

"You said we were just going to catch them," Alison replied.

"Don't do this, they haven't done anything," Scarlet said as she rose to her feet. She grabbed Alison's arm and pulled her around to look at her. "You don't have to do this, no matter what she said."

"We did that," Kate said ignoring Scarlet. "Now we're going to kill them."

Kate fired off a shot, hitting Derek directly in the chest. Scarlet couldn't help the scream that left her as she dropped to her knees next to him. She pressed her hands to his chest, trying to staunch the blood flow.

"No, no, no, no," she whispered as she stared down at him. "Derek? What do I do? Tell me what to do, please?"

Scarlet let out a ragged sob when she realized that she could no longer feel his heart beating. She glanced around for help and saw that Alison was now on the ground also.

"Stop, Scott didn't do anything," Scarlet cried.

"Keep out this, I'll deal with you in a second," Kate snapped.

"Kate," Mr. Argent shouted as he approached them. "I know what you did. Put the gun down."

"I did what I was told to do," Kate replied.

"No one asked you to murder innocent people. There were children in that house, ones that were human. Look what you're doing now, you're holding a gun at a 16 year old boy, with no proof he's spilled human blood. You had a girl kidnapped and beaten, she's not even one of them. We go by the code, nous chassons ceux qui nous chassent."

"We hunt those who hunt us," Scarlet whispered the same time Alison did.

"Put the gun down," Mr. Argent warned. He fired one shot hitting a tree. "Before I put you down."

Kate lowered the gun, but Scarlet was distracted by the front door of the Hale house creaking open. Everyone moved at once, suddenly on edge, waiting to see what would happen next. Scarlet slowly rose to her feet, moving closer to Alison.

"What is it," Alison asked.

"Its the alpha," Scott explained.

Scarlet and Alison exchanged a glance as something darted out the door. It moved too fast for them to see what was happening or where it was. Suddenly, Mr. Argent was on the ground, unconscious. Scarlet and Alison hit the ground at the same time, followed by Scott.

"Come on," Kate screamed. "Come on!"

Kate turned and Peter was right behind her, grabbing her wrist in a crushing grip and forcing her to fire off the rounds in her gun. Scarlet watched in shock as Peter broke Kate's wrist then tossed her onto the porch of the house. She gasped when Peter grabbed Kate and drug her inside.

"No," Alison shouted as she darted inside after them. Scarlet rushed over to Scott and shook him. She screamed when someone grabbed her shoulder.

"Derek," she said in shock. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him close. "I thought you were dead."

"I'm fine, Scott, come on, we have to stop him," Derek said as he pulled Scott up. "Scarlet, stay out here. Let us handle this."

"Derek," Scarlet cried grabbing his arm and pulling him back toward her. "Be careful."

Derek nodded at her before following Scott inside. It was only a few seconds before Scarlet could hear the sounds of the fight. Alison ran around the side of the house and knelt next to her dad, trying to wake him.

A roar sounded from the house and Scarlet darted over to Alison and her dad. "What was that," Alison asked.

"Peter just shifted," Scarlet explained. The glass on one of the windows shattered as Scott flew through it and landed in the yard on his stomach. Alison started to go to him, but Scarlet grabbed her arm to stop her. The alpha leapt out the window and grabbed Scott up off the ground.

Scott kicked him in the chest and flipped away from him. The alpha was rising back to his feet when headlights suddenly appeared and a horn began honking. Stiles and Jackson leapt out of the car and Stiles threw a beaker at the alpha.

Peter caught it though and let out a roar. Scott tossed Alison her bow and she fired an arrow at the beaker causing it to break. Peter's arm was engulfed in flames, and he roared in pain. Jackson threw the other beaker and Peter's entire body lit up. He stumbled toward Alison and Scarlet, terrible screeches of pain coming from him.

Scott leapt forward, punching him, keeping him away from the girls. Peter stumbled away, slowly shifting back to his human form. Scarlet ran over to Stiles, throwing her arms around him. She glanced over at Jackson and hugged him as well. Jackson pulled his jacket off and wrapped it around her shoulders.

"What happened to you? Why are you here," Jackson asked.

"It is a really long story," Scarlet said as she leaned into him.

"Are you ok," he asked. His hands landed on her sides and she let out a gasp of pain.

"I don't think I'll be playing the piano for awhile, but I'll be ok."

"We need to get you to the hospital."

"We are going to explain this to my dad how exactly," Scarlet asked.

"You fell, down the stairs," Stiles said as he glanced over at her. "You sure you are ok?"

"I'll be fine," she assured him. She turned slightly, catching sight of Derek moving toward his uncle. Scarlet immediately went after him, pausing just a few feet from him. Derek was already kneeling over his uncle though, his entire body rigid.

"Wait," Scott shouted. "You said the cure comes from the one who bit you. Derek, if you do this, I'm dead. Her father, her family... what am I supposed to do?"

"Derek, please, let him do this," Scarlet said gently.

"You've already decided," Peter gasped out. "I can smell it on you."

Scarlet cried out as Derek slashed Peter's throat. She stumbled back a few steps, shaking her head in shock. Derek rose to his feet, his green eyes shifting to a blood red.

"I'm the alpha now," he said as he stared at Scott. Scarlet shook her head again and rushed over to Stiles and Jackson. She could feel Derek's eyes on her as she grabbed Jackson's hand and pulled him toward the porsche.

"I can't be here right now, take me home, please," she pleaded.

"Yeah, let's go Stiles," Jackson said as he opened the door for Scarlet. "We need to get back to the hospital."

"Get back to the hospital," Scarlet asked as she glanced between them.

"Peter attacked Lydia," Stiles explained. Scarlet gasped loudly and leaned between the seats to look at them.

"Is she ok?"

"We don't know yet," Stiles said. He met her gaze in the mirror, knowing without her saying anything, what she really meant. Scarlet ran a hand through her hair, gasping in pain. "You need to go to the hospital too."

"And say what exactly," Jackson asked. "What happened to you anyway?"

"Kate had me kidnapped then let some guy beat me up to send us a message."

"Us, being you and Derek," Jackson asked.

"I'm... we're... yeah, me and Derek," Scarlet finally said.

"That explains a lot."

"I wanted to tell you Jackson, I tried to tell you."

"I know, its fine," he said as he met her gaze. "Everything is fine."