Peter Hale; the Alpha werewolf that Katherine was hunting, if she was right then this guy is a magnificent, psychotic genius, but if she was wrong then this Alpha is incredibly good at covering his or her tracks. So either way Katherine was dealing with a devious mastermind however Katherine was no novice to dealing with this type of enemy and having played the part of the villain numerous times she was confident that she knew who she was dealing with and how to win.
Katherine spent the better part of the next day going over the case files in more detail but no matter how she looked at them she drew to the same conclusion; the other surviving Hale is the Alpha. Katherine saw on the news that two more people had been mysteriously killed last night, two of them were found burned alive in fire barrels out in the woods. The names of the two victims also appeared on the case files but there was no hard evidence; the absence of Kate's name made it look like she had covered her tracks very well.
Rebekah entered the room where Katherine was going over all her evidence, the blonde vampire took a seat across from her "Shouldn't you be at school?" she mocked.
"It's a big house Rebekah go sit somewhere else" replied Katherine, ignoring Rebekah's taunts.
"Seriously though humour me for a moment" beckoned Rebekah and Katherine titled her head upwards to meet the other woman's gaze "What's in all of this for you? Why haven't you up and left yet?" she questioned "From what I know about you, you've never cared genuinely for another person since you became a vampire and now here you are protecting a bunch of kids and working for a witch, why?"
"We're not friends Rebekah I don't owe you any answers, especially since you're obviously hiding something otherwise you wouldn't just be here either" replied Katherine as she looked down at the files again "Oh and by the way, you're wrong, I have cared and still do care about some people; your brother Elijah included" added Katherine however Rebekah did not buy it.
Katherine got up shortly after "Lovely chat but I've got work to do, bye" stated Katherine as she ran out of the door leaving a somewhat annoyed and bored Rebekah alone in the house.
Katherine headed to Derek's home, he still lived in the house that burnt in the fire, most of it was charred and half of it was practically missing. The interior was no better either, natural light could barely seep through and all around there was damaged and broken furniture it was amazing that Derek could actually manage to live in it. She waltzed right through the front door (as Derek didn't officially own the place) and found her werewolf companion in a rather impressive state; he was doing chin ups on a nearby doorway and was half naked. Katherine took a moment to appreciate the image before she got down to business "Sorry to interrupt" she announced and Derek immediately dropped off the doorway and turned to face her.
"What's up?" panted Derek as he dried his sweaty body with a ragged, old towel.
"Put some clothes on handsome, we're going for a wolf hunt" stated Katherine with a smirk.
A puzzled and concerned expression formed on Derek's face as Katherine pulled up to the Beacon Hills Care Facility. He didn't understand why she would bring him here of all places to find the Alpha "What are we doing here?" he asked.
"I guess I better explain it to you out here, I don't actually know how good his hearing is" stated Katherine as she parked her car "Okay do me a favour and don't freak out because this was pretty obvious, your Uncle is the Alpha" she informed bluntly.
Derek cast her an angry glare "Are you kidding me right now?" he asked in amazed disbelief "He's paralysed, he can't even feed himself and you're sitting here telling me that he is actually an alpha; an alpha that killed my sister, his own niece!"
"I've dealt with my share of psychotic, diabolical types so let me tell you as an experienced psychotic mastermind; this is not surprising at all. The Alpha has killed several people involved in the fire that killed your whole family and he tried to attack Kate the other night he wasn't interested in me or Rebekah or even you; by the way I totally know about your history with her nice to know you're into the crazy type" explained Katherine with a sly wink at the end.
"But why would he kill Laura, it doesn't make any sense" reasoned Derek.
"For one simple reason, power, I've lived a long time Derek and I've seen even the closest families turn against each other for the sake of power...I've done it myself" sighed Katherine "so shall we go in?" she offered in a much more perky tone "if I'm wrong I'll owe you a drink and if I'm right you'll owe me one" she joked as she got out of the car and headed towards the ward. Derek grudgingly followed her though he was scowling the whole way there.
The two of them made their way to Peter's room where they saw him sitting in a chair completely motionless; he definitely looked like he'd been through an ordeal his face was completely covered with burns and his blank facial expression told a story of great horror and agony.
"Strange" observed Katherine "I've never heard of a broken healing factor before" stated Katherine as she examined Peter closely.
"Come on look at him, you've got to be a complete idiot to suspect him" stated Derek.
"You'd have to be a complete idiot not too" replied Katherine without taking her eyes off of Peter for even a second.
"So what are you going to do, are you just going to sit here until he tells you what you want to know because you'll be waiting a long, long time" stated Derek.
"Of course not" smirked Katherine "I'm going to force it out of him" she replied and Derek's eyes widened in rage.
"The hell you are!" he exclaimed as he tried to grab hold of Katherine but the vampire was too fast for him and she instantly lifted Peter out of his seat and ran out of the room in a blur. Derek growled and his eyes lit up with a bright blue as he chased after Katherine.
He chased her up onto the rooftop of the Clinic and he saw her standing near the edge of the roof holding his Uncle by the throat and dangling him over the side.
"Give him to me or I'll rip your throat out" roared Derek as his human face began to shift and his werewolf features surfaced. He then charged at Katherine.
"Oh Derek, you couldn't lay a scratch on me even on my worst day" laughed Katherine as she knocked him to the ground with her free hand.
"If he dies I will end you" threatened Derek.
Katherine said nothing as she loosened her grip on Peter's neck and let him slip out of her hands.
"No wait!" yelled Derek but it was too late the deed had already been done and Peter's limp body fell from the rooftop…and nothing happened.
"Hmm...weird" shrugged Katherine as Derek stood there with a look of shock on his face.
Just then a ferocious growl could be heard as Scott emerged from the staircase leading up to the roof where Katherine and Derek were. His werewolf features were exposed and his eyes were glowing with a bright, fierce yellow "What the hell are you doing here?" questioned Katherine.
"Something's not right" stated Derek as he observed Scott.
"He's here under my control" stated a calm voice from behind Katherine and she instantly turned around to see Peter back on the roof and standing on his own two legs "I have to hand it to you Miss Pierce you do go to extreme and elaborate lengths to prove you are right" laughed Peter "consider me impressed."
"See I was right!" stated Katherine, she didn't really consider Peter to be a major threat to her.
"Peter!" exclaimed Derek in shock "It's true...you killed Laura!" roared Derek as he charged at his Uncle, but Peter's eyes began to glow red and he roared at Derek before slamming his palm into his chest knocking him back to the ground, blood spluttering out of his mouth. Katherine hissed at Peter as the blood rushed to her eyes, but then something strange happened, the drops of blood from Derek's mouth that had spilled onto the ground instantly formed into a small ball and flew at Peter singeing his face causing him to roar in pain.
Katherine had no idea how she did that but she was glad she did, she then ran up to him and slammed him against a nearby metal gate. The veins in her eyes were rushing with blood causing her eyes to turn blood red and her fangs were out as she hissed at him, Peter met her with his red eyes and began roaring at her. Just as Katherine was about to dispense with Peter she heard Scott charge at her from behind. She turned around and slammed him across his face with her arm, knocking him down next to Derek "Katherine?" he questioned, for a brief moment he was himself but it was only for a fleeting second.
Peter then took the moment to get the upper hand on Katherine and immediately grabbed her by the head and snapped her neck. She fell to the ground, motionless and unconscious.
"Katherine! Katherine wake up!" exclaimed a familiar voice. Katherine came too in a daze and she immediately got up and grabbed the person standing above her by the throat and rushed him over to the closest wall pining him against it.
"Holy crap calm down!" exclaimed frightened Stiles.
"What are you doing here?" asked Katherine as she released him from her grip.
"Derek texted me but apparently he thought I couldn't handle this on my own...he's probably right" stammered Stiles as he gestured to something.
Katherine turned around and saw that Maria was standing behind her, her bear Tibbers in hand "Maria?" questioned Katherine "Why are you here?" she asked.
"Mummy said she wouldn't help you but she never said anything about me" giggled Maria. Katherine smiled at the girl's tact.
"You were like dead what happened?" asked Stiles.
"He snapped my neck...and now I'm going to return the favour" hissed Katherine "where the hell is Derek?" she demanded.
"He went after Scott...and his Uncle, he told me everything" explained Stiles.
Katherine shook her head "He's going to get himself killed" she stated "He can't fight his Uncle like this its suicide."
"Katherine we need to hurry, something's happening at the school" stated Maria as she gazed into the distance.
"Yeah witches are real too...I'm starting to feel like I'm the weird one being human and all" stated Stiles.
"Okay I'm heading to the school now, you two go home" ordered Katherine as she began to walk off.
"We're coming with you" replied Stiles.
"That's funny, I didn't realise you had a death wish Stiles I could just save Peter the effort and kill you now" retorted Katherine in cynical amusement.
Stiles gulped in fear "Scott is my best friend, I'm coming with you" he stated more firmly although his voice was still shaky.
"I'll protect him with my magic and if it gets too dangerous Tibbers will save us!" exclaimed Maria with a wink.
"Plus I've got this" stated Stiles as he held up a simple wooden baseball bat.
Katherine stared at him with an unimpressed gaze "I called it on the first day here, you would die first" she snickered. His jaw suddenly dropped in both shock and offense.
"Look I'm coming I don't care what you say" he said as he brandished his bat.
"I could just compel you to go home and stay out of my way" replied Katherine.
"I've slipped him a little vervain" interrupted Maria.
"A little what!?" exclaimed Stiles.
"It's a vampire weakness" explained Maria.
"Ha ha!" laughed Stiles proudly as he pointed his finger at Katherine "so you can't stop me!"
Katherine rolled her eyes "Come on then, it's your funeral" she invited as she began to descend the staircase.
"Yeah maybe this was a bad idea" he muttered in fear.
"Scaredy cat" laughed Maria as she stuck her tongue out at him and ran after Katherine.
"I am not!" shouted Stiles as he shuffled after Katherine and Maria.
Somehow the Beacon Hills High School seemed a lot more eerie and sinister at night; although that might have something to do with the fact that there was a homicidal, supernatural, psychopath roaming around inside it at the moment. Upon their arrival at the school Katherine noticed that there were a few other cars that were parked outside in the parking lot; she immediately recognised that one of them was Jackson's as she noticed the awful licence plate, this probably meant that Lydia was possibly here as well. There were also two other cars that Katherine didn't recognise.
"That's Danny's car!" exclaimed Stiles as he examined one of the other two cars that were parked next to Jackson's Porsche.
"Who's Danny?" asked Katherine.
"Seriously you don't know Danny?" questioned Stiles.
"Honey I barely remember your name" replied Katherine and Stiles looked genuinely offended "Who is he?" she asked again, disregarding his hurt face.
"Are you ever genuinely nice?" asked Stiles but Katherine just blinked at him with a mock blank expression on her face "He's the goalkeeper on our Lacrosse Team, he's also Jackson's best friend and he also happens to be gay" explained Stiles.
"You getting in there?" asked Katherine with a wink.
"Excuse me?"
"Oh you're not...but then again dressed like that...never mind then" laughed Katherine as she turned to walk up to the school entry with Maria skipping alongside her.
"Seriously!?" exclaimed Stiles after a brief moment of disbelief before running after the two girls, baseball bat still in hand.
As they approached the entrance they noticed that a lot of the windows had been smashed or damaged and that the main door had been completely pulled off of its hinges "Looks like something happened out here" observed Stiles.
"Maybe Derek fought with Peter out here...or Scott?" suggested Maria as she clung to Tibbers; holding the toy close to her chest.
"He's brought Scott here and he's brought these other kids here" observed Katherine as the three of them entered the darkened corridor of the school. She then heard a familiar voice call for Scott somewhere in the distance, something that only her vampire hearing could pick up on "Allison" she stated as she looked into the dark abyss of the corridor.
"She's here too?" asked Maria.
"Is it like vampire night vision or something?" asked Stiles.
"No you idiot I can hear her, she's looking for Scott" stated Katherine irritably "he's brought them all here to be killed" groaned Katherine.
"All we have to do is find Scott, there's no way he'd ever hurt Allison" stated Stiles.
"Scott isn't exactly himself at the moment since The Alpha has induced his mind with blind rage, so he's basically a mindless puppet now" explained Katherine.
"Okay so we find him and snap him out of it" suggested Stiles.
"It's not going to be that simple...you two stay on this floor and see if you can find Derek and if you run into Peter...run the other way" instructed Katherine "I'm going to go have a little chat with the Argent up there" stated Katherine as she looked up to the ceiling.
"I thought you were worried we'd get hurt and now you're just gonna leave us?" asked Stiles.
"I warned you that you could get killed if you came, I never said I was worried" corrected Katherine as she vamp sped off.
"Thanks for the clarification" stuttered Stiles as he gulped in fear again and stared into the dark abyss of the school hallway.
"We'll be fine Stiles we've got my magic and Tibbers, no one can hurt us" assured Maria with a big smile and friendly wink.
"Sure the eight year old girl has bigger ba- guts than I do" scoffed Stiles to himself as he quickly censored his phrase for the child.
"I'm nine!" exclaimed Maria.
"Whatever let's just keep walking before something finds us" urged Stiles as he rushed Maria along the corridor.
The two of them kept walking together for what seemed like forever (although it was barely halfway across the main floor of the school) at every turn all they could see was darkness and shadows that made Stiles jump every time; however Maria was completely unfazed by the darkness, she had cast a spell to light their path but it was still an incredibly creepy atmosphere after all they had more of a chance of running into Peter or Scott than they did Derek.
Eventually however they heard footsteps running towards where they were however the footsteps sounded distinctly human, as they got closer they could hear a male panting and soon they saw that it was Jackson who stopped running as soon as he saw Stiles and Maria. His face was completely flushed and he looked beyond terrified "Stilenski" he huffed as he caught his breath.
"Jackson what's going on?" asked Stiles in a panicked tone.
"You were running from something weren't you?" asked Maria.
"This huge wolf thing with big red eyes...attacked me" huffed Jackson; he had obviously been running very hard and fast if he was this worn out.
"Where's Danny?" asked Stiles.
"I don't know" stated Jackson.
"And Lydia was she with you too?" asked Stiles but Jackson remained silent and focused his gaze on the floor "Jackson!" exclaimed Stiles more angrily "Was Lydia with you!?" he asked in frustrated anger, his concern was growing.
"I don't know where she is!" shouted Jackson "we were all separated after it came for us in one of the classrooms I don't know where any of them are...but she made this" stated Jackson as he handed Stiles a flask of something.
Stiles examined the flask "Lydia made this?" questioned Stiles and Jackson nodded "That's impressive...I hope she made one for herself since her so called boyfriend couldn't even protect her!" exclaimed Stiles as he roughly shoved the flask back into Jackson's hand.
"Watch it Stilenski!" warned Jackson.
"Hey guys shut up" interrupted Maria.
"That's not what little girls should say to their elders" lectured Stiles.
"SHUT UP!" exclaimed Maria as her eyes grew wide, causing Stiles to recoil in fear. Silence then set and they could hear something echoing from the darkness, a distinct, low growling noise. The two boys instantly turned around and began running in the other direction.
"Wait!" exclaimed Maria and the two boys immediately stopped in their tracks "We're not done yet we have to find Lydia and the others and help Scott and Katherine!" she reminded. Stiles instantly turned around and nodded holding his bat even more firmly.
"You coming Jackson?" he asked "you wouldn't like it if everyone heard how a nine year old girl showed more courage than you would you?" taunted Stiles. Jackson rolled his eyes and began to follow Maria and Stiles into the ever shrouding darkness. Maria's spell was dimly lighting the path before them.
Allison lightly walked through the hallway trying not to make a sound with her steps; in her hands she held a military grade bow; archery was a hobby of hers which would now serve as her defence. "Scott?" she called into the distance but she only received a dreadful silence as a reply; she was overly confused by the whole situation but her instincts told her that she needed to be on her guard.
"Allison" called a voice from the shadows and suddenly Katherine appeared in a blur right before Allison's eyes, she faced the equipped bow right at her but instantly dropped it as she was relieved by Katherine's presence (oddly enough).
"Katherine?" she questioned "Where did you come from?"
"Why are you here?" asked Katherine immediately.
"I don't know Scott sent us all a text to come here but then someone attacked us and we all got separated" explained Allison, although she was trying to come off as confident Katherine could hear the fear in her voice.
"And you all actually came?" questioned Katherine in disbelief "I don't even know how you're all alive, who else is here?"
"Jackson, Lydia and Danny...what's going on? Do you know something about who attacked us?" questioned Allison.
"Listen to me very carefully" stated Katherine as she got closer to Allison causing the teenager to somewhat back away in confusion but she didn't get very far as she backed into the wall behind her "Everything you know is about to change" whispered Katherine.
"Jackson?" called Lydia in fear as she aimlessly wondered through the hallways of the school, she had been separated from her friends and now some weird creature was chasing them all around the school and she honestly wasn't handling it very well. She began to cry in fear and frustration as she leaned against a nearby row of lockers "Come on Lydia, you can do this!" she urged herself. She picked herself off of the lockers and began to keep walking, she didn't want to leave her friends behind; despite the icy, airhead exterior she projected she really cared for her friends and she didn't want to abandon them, but she was still terrified.
As she continued to walk through the hall she felt a chill go over her as her body erupted with goose bumps, she didn't know how but she could feel something staring at her. She slowly turned around and she was met with a set of piercing red eyes bearing into her and a creature so horrifying and so awful that it completely paralysed Lydia with fear. The Alpha got up on its hind legs and roared ferociously, this broke Lydia out of her state of paralysis and she instantly shrieked and turned around to run away from the monster.
Scott lurked through the shadows of the school, Peter's influence had caused him to succumb to his rage and he was now blinded by the urge to hunt; his primal instincts appeared to be the only thing fuelling him right now. His eyes began to glow yellow as he heard footsteps in the distance; he then ran towards the sound.
Danny Mahelani slowly limped through the cafeteria of the school; he had injured his right leg when they were all attacked by whoever was in the school. Danny was the goalie of the Lacrosse team and he was also a friend of Scott's and was also Jackson's best friend. He had received a message from Scott to come to the school which he thought was strange but curiosity got the better of him; although now it seems something completely inexplicable was happening; he had tried to contact the authorities but they completely brushed him off, believing it to be a prank.
Danny took a seat on one of the cafeteria chairs but as soon as he sat down Scott came bursting through the door, although Danny couldn't tell that it was Scott. The werewolf let out a fearsome roar. Danny got up and began to back away but as he did he bumped into something, his back felt like it was pressing up against something warm and firm. Danny turned around to see what he had bumped into and he was pleasantly surprised to see it was a man, a quite attractive man at that "Whoa" stammered Danny in awe.
The man was actually Derek who had managed to track down Scott, although he had a few gashes in his side as Peter had done a number on him after Katherine was subdued back at the Hospital "Get down" ordered Derek.
"What? Right here?" questioned Danny in an excited but confused tone. Derek then shoved the boy to the ground and let out a roar as his eyes shone bright blue to match the electrifying yellow of Scott's eyes as the two werewolves clashed.
Fangs and claws were everywhere as the two beta werewolves hacked, punched and slashed at each other. Although Derek had been severely weakened by the injuries Peter inflicted on him which gave Scott the unfortunate upper hand against him.
"Holy crap!" exclaimed Danny as he hid himself underneath one of the tables, the sight before him was horrifying and surreal but he couldn't draw his eyes away from what he was seeing; he had no idea what these things were. Perhaps the rumours about Beacon Hills and its supernatural history were true?
"Werewolves?" questioned Allison in disbelief as she tried to process what Katherine was telling her.
"Yes I know it must be very confronting" stated Katherine insincerely as she leaned against a row of lockers.
"So you're telling me Scott's a werewolf? You're a vampire? And I'm a complete idiot for not picking up on any of this?" asked Allison.
"Yes" answered Katherine bluntly "especially since your family are descended from a long line of hunters that go after us, I'm honestly surprised they didn't tell you yet...maybe they didn't think you could be trusted with such a secret? Or maybe they were trying to protect you I don't know? Or maybe they didn't think you could handle it?"
"Wait my family is in on this too...so I'm literally the only one who doesn't know about any of this?" asked Allison in annoyance.
"Yes dear" replied Katherine "Although Lydia doesn't seem to know anything and Jackson...well let's just say he doesn't know enough" reasoned Katherine "if anything the necklace you're wearing should have tipped you off or made you curious at the very least" stated Katherine; she was referring to the pendant that Allison's Aunt Kate had given her, it was a locket which detailed their first ancestral legacy; when the first Argent hunter took down The Beast of Gevaudan a werewolf that terrorised France in the 1700's. Katherine could also smell the vervain that the necklace had been laced with which meant that the Argents would be able to tell if Allison was being compelled or not and could protect her.
Allison wrapped her hand around the necklace "So we're hunters..." she trailed off "why are you of all people telling me this?" questioned Allison as she drew an arrow in her bow and aimed it at Katherine, this amused the vampire as she perked up "If everything you've been doing since day one has been a ruse why should I trust you?"
Katherine began to laugh "Sweetie put that thing down before I gouge out your eyes" she warned "you're honestly threatening me? The one person who is being honest with you? Scott had no choice he needed to protect you, you are the one thing that keeps him grounded, keeps him in control" stated Katherine, Allison slowly lowered the bow and tried to repress a smile as she lit up to what Katherine was saying "If anything you should be pointing that bow at your parents and questioning them, I'm just here to help Scott and I think I'll need assistance help...but first let me tell you a little story about Aunt Kate" smiled Katherine.
"Kate come on!" shouted Chris as he walked through the main entrance of the school, his gun aimed at every turn to fire at anything dangerous that could attack him.
"Calm down Chris" soothed Kate jokingly as she glided up the small staircase to meet her brother "You sure they're here?" she asked.
"I'm sure" assured Chris "and so is Allison and who knows else, we need to move fast!" ordered Chris.
"I think we should split up" suggested Kate with a sinister glint in her eye "We'll have a better chance of finding Allison and the Alpha, if he is here like you say he is" reasoned Kate as she began to walk in the opposite direction of Chris.
"Kate!" called Chris "be careful!" he warned but she arrogantly brushed him off and continued to walk through the corridor. Chris shook his head and headed in the opposite direction, at the moment he only wanted to make sure his daughter was safe; he and his wife wouldn't be able to forgive themselves if anything happened to her.
Kate on the other hand was only concerned with one thing, the hunt. She wanted to find the Alpha and kill him; she had also noticed the pattern in the murders and she knew if she didn't find the Alpha then it would definitely find her and kill her…or at least try. She also had other interests, the two betas who were in town, she knew Derek was one of them but she didn't know who the other one was but she would find out. Although her goals would be considered against the Argent code she had a much bigger mission in mind for a much higher authority.
As she continued to creep through the school she heard the familiar sound of werewolves growling and it was emanating from the Cafeteria. She quickly burst through the doors and what she saw caused her to grin wickedly. The two betas she wanted were right in front of her, both of them appeared physically exhausted as if they had been fighting with one another. She immediately recognised Derek when the two of them made eye contact, she grinned at him and he was immediately enraged "Kate!" he roared as her charged at her.
Kate immediately whipped out an item that looked very similar to a cattle prod; however it was surging with high voltage electricity. As Derek came close to her she simply slid the prod over his stomach and he instantly fell to the ground and was shaking uncontrollably. He glared up at her with pure hatred in his eyes "Hi sweetie" taunted Kate as she knelt down towards Derek.
Scott then charged at her but Kate quickly got up and slammed the electricity prod directly into this chest, causing him to fall to the ground right next to Derek. His werewolf features slowly began to fade as did his overwhelming rage. As his face returned to normal, he turned to face Kate with a look of complete horror and confusion on his face.
"Well this is a pleasant surprise...Scott" stated Kate in shock.
"Kate...please" stuttered Scott weakly but Kate quickly pulled out two needles from inside her jacket and plunged one into both of the werewolves injecting them with a special type of wolfsbane; one that would lull them into a deep, temporary sleep.
"This is going to be more fun than I thought" laughed Kate as she grabbed an arm of the two shirtless werewolves and began to drag them both out of the Cafeteria.
Still hidden under the table, Danny watched helplessly as the psychotic woman took down the two monsters that were previously fighting in front of him. He had no idea that the other one was Scott and he was overwhelmed with a sense of guilt. He felt completely pathetic and useless since he couldn't even help his teammate...or the other guy who literally just saved his life.
When he was sure that Kate had left he got out from under the table and instantly headed towards a different exit. He had to find the others and tell them what happened; hopefully they could shed some light on the situation for him.
Lydia was still running for her life trying to escape the beast that was chasing her, however the monster was constantly tailing her lightly slashing at her legs and ankles as if it was toying with her. Lydia knew she couldn't out run it but she was hoping he'd play around long enough for her to run into someone who could help her. She burst through the door of the school's gymnasium and cried out for help.
At the other end of the gymnasium stood Stiles, Jackson and Maria who had heard the commotion and were rushing over to see who was in trouble "Lydia!" shouted both Jackson and Stiles in relief as they both saw her running towards them, but that relief was quickly superseded as they saw the giant werewolf that was chasing her.
"Jackson!" cried Lydia with tears in her eyes as she ran towards the three of them however the Alpha quickly toppled her over so that she could no longer attempt to escape from him. Jackson and Stiles quickly ran over to her with Maria running behind them.
"Get away from her!" shouted the boys however before they could reach her the Alpha moved his large mouth over Lydia's stomach; the girl was completely paralysed with fear and the Alpha immediately bared his fangs and sank them into her flesh; causing her to wail with pain before passing out from shock. Her blood began to slowly pour out of the bite marks as she lay there completely motionless.
"No!" shouted Stiles as he saw the Alpha bite her, he readied his bat for a fight but Jackson was faster than him and approached the Alpha first. He made a fist and attempted to punch the Alpha but as he brought his fist down the Alpha slammed the boy in his chest with his huge wolf arm and completely winded him as he knocked him away like a rag doll. Jackson landed with a loud thud on the ground.
Stiles took the Alpha's brief moment of distraction to run at him from his side and swung the bat at him, the wooden weapon snapped in half immediately upon impact "Oh that is not good" stated Stiles in a panic as he stared at his brutalised weapon. The Alpha took a brief moment to actually process the fact that Stiles had attempted to fight him with a bat before he roared at the boy and grabbed him by the shoulders, launching him across the gymnasium and throwing him into a nearby stack of basketballs. He toppled the whole cage over and each of the balls fell out and bounced on and off of him.
The only one left standing now was Maria she looked at the Alpha with a calm expression on her face; the Alpha simply looked at her curiously. She then blew raspberries at him and started laughing and the Alpha immediately roared in response and lunged at her but his claw slashed through her she vanished. He looked around in confusion until he heard more laughter "This is fun" laughed Maria "I don't get to play outside a lot...but mummy isn't here now so I can do what I want."
The Alpha then charged at her again but this time Maria threw Tibbers at him, the bear hit him in the chest and managed to knock him back. The Alpha looked down at the bear with confusion but then the bear instantly lit up and a fiery light filled the area as the toy transformed into a much larger and more ferocious bear, his entire form was shrouded in flames although he still looked like a toy to some extent "Yay Tibbers!" exclaimed Maria as she blew raspberries at The Alpha again.
The Alpha attempted to fight the giant teddy bear and launched himself at it but the bear simply raised one of its arms and punched The Alpha back; somewhat burning him in the process. Maria was now laughing gleefully as she watched her teddy bear shut down the Alpha.
Chris, who had heard the commotion from nearby, came running into the room and was completely shocked by what he saw. A giant teddy bear fighting the Alpha he had been hunting and the Alpha looked like it was struggling to get a hit in.
However, jut when it looked like the Alpha was going to lose the fight the bear vanished and returned to its ordinary toy form "Uh oh" stated Maria. The Alpha simply glared at her with his big, red eyes before he lunged at her. This time Maria recoiled in fear but just as the Alpha was about to bear down upon her a quick blur flew through the room and picked up Maria, moving her out of the Alpha's attack range.
"Katherine!" exclaimed Maria as she clapped her hand in triumph. Katherine had swooped in at just the right time. She was holding Maria under her arm though and she immediately dropped her to the ground. The young witch landed on her feet and smiled brightly at the vampire.
Katherine stared at the Alpha "I'm going to rip you to pieces" she threatened as her vampire face began to appear and she hissed at the werewolf.
However Danny soon came running in and this briefly distracted Katherine as she turned around and hissed at the intruder, causing Danny to stop dead in his tracks. He had seen a lot of weird things tonight but this might be the weirdest "What the f-" he began but he was quickly interrupted by Chris.
"Child in the room" he stated as he gestured towards Maria who was waving at Danny. Danny just smiled at her and remained silent.
"Crap" groaned Katherine as her vampire features slowly faded away. There was a sudden sound of glass breaking and Katherine quickly turned around to see the Alpha jumping out of one of the nearby windows. She was about to chase after him but she felt Maria tugging at her legs "What?" she demanded as she looked down at the child.
"Lydia, Jackson and Stiles" stated Maria as she pointed to the three teens lying on the ground, one of which was bleeding out onto the floor.
"And?" questioned Katherine irritably.
"I'll tell my mother on you!" threatened Maria playfully.
Katherine stared at the girl with anger and frustration before she let out a flustered groan and dashed over to Lydia who was in the most urgent need of attention. She immediately bit down on her own wrist and attempted to feed Lydia her blood but her wounds weren't healing at all.
"Vampire blood cannot cure an alpha bite" stated Chris as he walked over to Lydia. Danny had helped both Jackson and Stiles up and brought them over to see Lydia.
"Well somebody call an ambulance then" barked Katherine "or are all your egos a bit too bruised since a little girl was the only one here who could go toe to toe with the Alpha?"
"Seriously what the hell is going on?" questioned Danny in disbelief "Monsters, Demons and Supergirl?" he asked.
"Werewolves, Vampires and Witches" corrected Maria and Danny just nodded calmly but his eyes widened in horror.
"She's been bitten?" questioned Jackson as he knelt down next to his semi-lifeless girlfriend "Does that mean she's?" he asked with a concerned catch in his voice.
"We'll have to wait and see" stated Chris as he dialled an ambulance. Stiles just looked at Lydia with a terribly concerned expression on his face "Ambulance will be here soon" stated Chris calmly "But you and I need to have a little chat" stated Chris to Katherine.
"No" denied Katherine instantly.
"Uh guys not to add to the increasing list of problems but some psycho woman kidnapped Scott and she took another guy with her" interrupted Danny.
Katherine just huffed in annoyance and rolled her eyes "You've gotta be kidding me...let me guess her name was Kate?" questioned Katherine.
"Yeah how'd you know?" asked Danny "Are vampires psychic?" he whispered to Jackson but the other boy just gave him a look of ridiculousness.
Katherine stared at Chris "Well looks like your sister is here to finish what she started, she's taken Scott and Derek, probably to kill them...unless I kill her first" smirked Katherine.
"Why would she take Scott?" questioned Chris.
"He's a werewolf" stated Katherine bluntly "Cat's out of the bag since Kate knows and I'm honestly surprised you didn't notice that your daughter was sleeping with one of the creatures that you maim and kill for sport" taunted Katherine.
"That's not what we do, we have a code, and we make the world safer by following it" replied Chris.
"Right, well maybe you should give your sister a refresher since I'm guessing that burning down a house with a whole family of werewolves inside it probably doesn't fall under that code."
"Excuse me?" questioned Chris.
"I'll leave that for you to process in your own time but now I have an Alpha to kill, a beta to rescue and psychotic murderer who I'm really keen to pay a visit" snickered Katherine.
"Katherine wait!" shouted Chris but Katherine instantly vanished as she vamp sped out of the room leaving Chris with the group of disgruntled and injured teenagers and Maria.
Allison emerged slowly from the front of the school, the events in the gymnasium completely unbeknownst to her. As she emerged she saw her Aunt Kate closing the boot of her car. She stared at her for a moment before taking a deep breath "Aunt Kate!" she called as she ran over to her pretending to look frightened and confused.
"Sweetie! Are you okay?" asked Kate as she hugged her niece "are you hurt?"
"No I'm fine but something weird is happening, my friend Katherine told me all these weird things about vampires and werewolves and I'm kind of freaking out coz I think Scott tried to kill me and I honestly have no idea what's going on!" exclaimed Allison as tears began to form in her eyes.
"Hey it's okay" soothed Kate as she placed her hands on either side of Allison's cheeks "Now let this sink in...It's all true" Allison began to squirm but Kate kept a firm grasp on her "It's okay, it's what our family does, and it's what you were born to do. I wanted to tell you but your dad didn't think you were ready yet but now that you know I can start teaching you...do you trust me?" asked Kate warmly.
Allison nodded her head and Kate let go of her "I want to show you something" she said and she immediately headed over to the boot of her car and opened it "come have a look" she beckoned.
Allison hesitantly walked over and when she saw what Kate was keeping in there she was immediately horrified, but she buried it as not to let her face show any emotion. It was Scott and Derek both of them hog-tied and bound in the boot of Kate's car. Scott began to squirm when he saw Allison and his eyes began to glow yellow but the wolfsbane bindings made sure that he couldn't move. Derek just looked at Allison and shook his head.
"Come on sweetie" beckoned Kate "I'll teach how to kill your first werewolf" she offered excitedly as she walked over to the driver's side of her car.
"Sounds fun" replied Allison, Scott began to make muffled noises and shake his head furiously but Allison didn't even look him in the eye as she shut the boot of the car. She then pulled out her phone and typed a text: Kate has Scott and Derek; she's taking me somewhere to teach me how to kill them. I'll text you when I know where. She then pressed the send button and the text was sent directly to Katherine's phone. She quickly put the phone in her pocket and got into the passenger's seat.
"He betrayed your trust Allison" stated Kate as her niece got in "it's okay to feel used and angry" Allison just remained silent and Kate started up the car "It'll all be over soon anyway."
After the ambulance arrived at the school Lydia was immediately rushed to Hospital. Jackson, Stiles, Danny and Maria all followed the ambulance and the three boys all gave statements to Stiles' father at the Hospital as they watched Lydia get taken care of in a nearby medical ward.
After they gave the statements Jackson and Stiles just stared at Lydia as she lay motionless and lifeless in the hospital bed, an overwhelming sense of guilt and regret plagued the both of them. Danny was sitting on a nearby row of seats as he listened to Maria explain things to him; somehow she was the most level headed at the moment.
Jackson and Stiles continued to watch in silence when suddenly they were approached by Chris "Boys" he stated and the two of them quickly turned around "I think we need to talk" he stated and the two teenagers exchanged panicked glances before they were rushed into a nearby room and shoved violently onto one of the empty beds.
"I want you both to tell me what you know and make it quick!" he demanded instantly.
"Nothing we don't know anything!" exclaimed Stiles and Jackson nodded furiously.
"Oh really? Well let me tell you what I know then! Your best friend, my daughter's boyfriend is a werewolf, Katherine Pierce has accused my sister of conspiring to burn down the Hale house and there's an Alpha out there hell bent on killing her! So tell me what you know!" demanded Chris.
"Katherine found some files at the Police Station, apparently some went missing after she was there and I put two and two together" stated Stiles "and she figured out that Peter Hale was the Alpha...after she figured out the Kate was the one who started the fire, this whole thing is about revenge!" shouted Stiles "Is that what you wanted to hear?"
"Where are they now?" he asked.
"Who?" asked Stiles "Scott, Derek, The Alpha, Kate? Maybe you should ask your psychopath of a sister!" shouted Stiles "She has my best friend and is going to get your daughter to kill him, shouldn't you be more worried about that? She's going to turn your daughter into a killer!" shouted Stiles. Chris shook his head and rubbed his temples.
Just then the doors swung open and Maria rushed in with Danny and she immediately flicked her hand up at Chris who fell straight to the ground into a deep sleep "That won't hold him for long" she stated "Argents have perfected resistance of the mind to things like spells and compulsion" explained Maria.
"We found out where Scott was taken" stated Danny "she used a spell to locate him...it's pretty cool" explained Danny.
"Yeah Danny gave me this to use to locate them" laughed Maria as she held up a rather personal clothing item.
"Whose underwear is that?" questioned Stiles but Danny and Maria remained silent.
"Okay let's get going" stated Stiles as he put the underwear aside mentally.
"I'll drive" offered Jackson.
"You're willing to risk your life? For Scott?" questioned Stiles oddly "I'm not buying it" he stated.
"Look I might not like McCall or the fact that he's stolen the spotlight from me in Lacrosse...but I don't want him to die" stated Jackson sincerely, although he did have other reasons for wanting to go with Stiles and Maria to find Scott he didn't want them to know about it.
Stiles wearily shrugged, he didn't have time to argue about this so the four of them immediately left to go save Scott. After they left Chris immediately opened his eyes, Maria's spell had hit him by surprise but he was only unconscious for a few moments he had come to long enough to overhear enough of the conversation. He had to find his sister before they did and deal with her in his own way; if she really did burn down the house then she had really become a monster, there were innocent people in that house some of whom were human. That's when it hit him, there's only one place she'd take the two werewolves...and if he was right then it most probably meant that she did commit the arson.
Allison watched as Kate pulled the two werewolves out of the trunk and threw them both to the ground. They were at a house at the edge of the woods except the house had been completely burnt down and it now lay in ruins of what it once was; did Kate do this too? She couldn't let her carry on like this? She quickly texted Katherine the details of the location before walking over to where Kate was.
"So Allison which one are we going to kill first?" asked Kate as she stared down at the two wolves, she had removed all their bindings to make her lesson more interesting.
Allison quickly pulled out her bow and equipped it with an arrow before drawing it and aiming at Kate "We're not going to kill anyone" she said shakily as she clung onto the bow to stop herself from shaking, she was beyond terrified she hoped Katherine wouldn't take long.
"What do you think you're doing?" questioned Kate as she pointed her hand gun at Scott.
"Allison" breathed Scott in relief as his fears were relieved, however Derek still didn't look pleased.
"I know what you've done, the House fire, you're a monster!" stated Allison.
"I'm the monster?" laughed Kate "That's funny considering you just found out about all the real monsters in the world yet here you are branding me a monster, maybe your dad was right, maybe you aren't ready for this you still seem like a little girl Allison" taunted Kate. Scott began to growl but Kate ignored him.
"Shut up Kate!" exclaimed Allison.
"You don't even understand I was just doing my job! How did you find out about that fire anyway? Unless..." sudden realisation dawned on Kate.
"Hello darling" smirked Katherine as she appeared next to Allison "all those werewolves Kate? Innocent children, even ones who were human, I must say I've done some horrible things but burning children alive is not one of them" taunted Katherine.
"I was just doing my job" repeated Kate again as her eyes slightly widened "I'm still going to do my job" she stated as she turned around to face Scott and Derek. However Derek quickly pulled himself up and rolled Scott out of the way before punching Kate across the face.
Allison instantly ran over to Scott to help him "Are you okay?" she asked as she hugged him.
"Yeah...I'm sorry I didn't tell you it's just that I-" he began to explain but was quickly silenced with a kiss from Allison.
"It's okay I love you I don't care what you are" she assured and the two of them began to kiss again.
"Oh gross" spat Kate, Derek began to growl as his light blue eyes began to glow however Kate quickly aimed her gun at his chest at the same time he placed his sharp, wolf claws on her fragile, human throat. The two were locked in a very tenuous situation but that quickly changed when Katherine ran at Kate and grabbed her arm to stop her from firing the gun while placing her fangs on the side of her neck.
"What do you think Derek?" questioned Katherine "Drain her or claw out her throat?" she offered and Derek just grinned at her.
"See Allison they're monsters!" stated Kate "the world needs to be rid of these abominations!" she shouted.
"Wait!" exclaimed the voice of Chris as he rushed over "Don't kill her!" he ordered as he aimed a gun at Katherine. He then looked down at Allison who was clinging to Scott "We'll talk later" he said almost menacingly; although Allison wasn't sure if he was talking to her or Scott.
"Your sister killed his whole family Chris, I'd say he's got the right to a little revenge here" stated Katherine as she clung tightly to Kate.
"She's violated our code and she will be punished accordingly...but on our terms!" exclaimed Chris as he fired the gun at Katherine's shoulder. She felt the pain but since it wasn't a wooden bullet it fell out instantly and the wound healed.
"He doesn't have the anti magic bullets...but she does?" thought Katherine, she wasn't sure what that meant specifically but she intended to find out.
Just then the door to the Hale house slowly creaked open and a pair of bright, red eyes could be seen in the darkness as the silhouette of a man emerged from the inside of the house. Everyone instantly turned their attention to him. Katherine let go of Kate and bared her fangs while Derek growled at the figure, Kate quickly picked up her gun and aimed it at the shadow while Chris simply refocused his aim. Allison quickly readied her bow and Scott's eyes began to glow yellow as he took a protective stance in front of Allison.
Peter slowly walked down the steps of the porch and smiled at everyone "I couldn't agree more with Miss Pierce" he stated simply "We've definitely got the right to a little revenge" he snarled and he instantly ran at Chris and knocked him into a nearby tree before running at Scott and knocking him off his feet and then knocking down Allison and disarming her bow. He then knocked Derek down and grabbed Kate, dragging her into the house.
"Glad he knows his place" snickered Katherine before she ran into the house to see Peter standing with his claws latched onto Kate's throat. Katherine just stared at him for a moment "Go on then, you're next anyway" she stated.
"I just need to know one thing" stated Peter as he focused his gaze on Kate "Why?" he asked "Why did you kill my family? Burn our house to the ground? And show absolutely no remorse? Why?" he asked with tears in his eyes. Katherine couldn't help but be reminded of the horror of her own family's murder, the day she returned home to see them all maimed, slaughtered like animals...it's something she's never forgotten or gotten over.
"I was just...doing my job" sobbed Kate and Peter just scoffed.
Allison quickly came rushing in "Wait!" she exclaimed "Please don't! Don't kill her!" she pleaded.
"I'll give her one chance...apologise!" he ordered "Apologise for what you did!" he demanded of Kate.
For a moment there was silence but the tension in the room had reached a critical point "I...was just doing my job!" shrieked Kate and with that Peter brought his claws across her throat and completely tore it out. Her blood splattered onto a nearby window as her corpse fell to the ground; completely dead and motionless. Allison gasped in horror as she stood there paralysed while Katherine just looked at the body and shook her head.
"Crazy bitch" sighed Peter and he then proceeded to walk towards Allison however Katherine quickly grabbed him by the throat and threw him out of the window and back outside.
"You couldn't have done that before?" asked Allison with tears in her eyes.
"Something tells me Aunt Kate wasn't getting out of here alive tonight either way" replied Katherine. She then walked outside to find that Peter was completely enraged and he began to shift into his alpha wolf form. Scott and Derek attempted to charge at him but Peter easily did away with the two of them, beating the life out of both of them. However both of them got up and synchronously landed attacks on him they were bouncing off each other quite well using the other's strategy to their own advantage and vice versa. Katherine stood with Chris and Allison as the wolves battled it out.
Eventually however the Alpha grabbed the two of them by their throats and slammed them to the ground. Katherine figured it was time for her to interfere in the fight but then a set of headlights pulled up as Stiles' Jeep appeared at the house. The teenage boy instantly jumped out of the car and shouted to direct the Alpha's attention to himself. Peter glared at him and roared as Stiles threw the flask from earlier at Peter but the Alpha caught it, Jackson quickly threw another one but the Alpha caught in the other hand before letting out a wild howl. Maria emerged from the car and stretched out both of her hands causing the two flasks to explode in the Alpha's hands, igniting a fierce the blaze that tore across his entire body.
Peter howled in pain and agony as the fire burnt away at him, Katherine stepped back from the burning wolf as to not catch ablaze and die from the flames. As the wolf slowly began to die he used his remaining energy to go for the Argents but Scott quickly got up and kicked him away from his girlfriend and her father, using all the strength he could muster. Everyone watched as the wolf fell to the ground and the fire vanished, Peter simply lay there, barely alive and quivering in pain. Danny was still sitting in the car and just stared in horror and amazement at the scene before him.
"He's still alive" stated Katherine as she heard the werewolf breathe "How powerful are Alphas?" she wondered to herself.
"Not for long" responded Derek as he slowly walked over to Peter.
"What are you doing?" questioned Katherine but Derek didn't answer and he simply stared at Peter before kneeling down to talk to him.
"He's going to do it" stated Chris as he observed the scene.
"Do what?" asked Scott.
"You killed Laura, lured her here so you could steal her power for herself...how could you do that?" asked Derek.
Peter could barely move as he uttered out what little words he had the strength to speak "I...know...what...she...did" he wheezed and with that Derek instantly raised his claws above his head and slashed down at Peter's throat, ending his life.
Katherine looked at him suspiciously; she heard what Peter said though she didn't think anyone else did besides Derek. Derek got up and turned to face everyone, his eyes were now shinning with the glow of red as opposed to the blue they once were "I'm the Alpha now" he stated proudly and fiercely.
A few days later everything seemed to go back to normal, although Lydia was still in the hospital and Cassandra hadn't been seen since the Alpha died. Scott and Allison were still dating despite Chris' constant warnings and threats, Stiles and Jackson had been visiting Lydia every day and no one had really seen or heard from Derek, not even Katherine or Scott.
Katherine sat in the living room of Cassandra's estate and watched impatiently as Rebekah painted her toe nails when she heard a familiar voice sound from behind her "Congratulation Katherine, you did it" stated Cassandra.
Katherine immediately ran over to her "Where the hell have you been?" she demanded.
"Not important, although I hear that my daughter was quite the busy bee while I was away" scorned Cassandra as she cast a glare towards Maria; however Maria didn't seem to care that much and she continued to play with her toys.
"Who cares!? I did what you wanted now bring Nadia back to life!" demanded Katherine.
"I'm afraid that this was only the first test my dear, after all this wasn't the real dilemma I needed help with, I knew Peter Hale was the Alpha I could have ended him myself...no I'm afraid now is not the time for me to bring your daughter back to life" stated Cassandra simply.
Katherine's vampire face began to manifest but Cassandra simply raised an eyebrow and Katherine knew she could do nothing, the witch was just too powerful "Well I guess I better make sure the brat doesn't get himself killed by Argent" stated Katherine.
"Good idea" replied Cassandra.
"Your daughter?" questioned Rebekah "now that is interesting!" she exclaimed however Katherine just shook her head and walked off.
Rebekah followed her "I knew you were a tramp!" she shouted.
When they left Cassandra sighed as a solemn expression appeared on her face "There is something troubling on the Other Side, strange magic is at work...but I can't seem to identify the source" stated Cassandra "and then there's the symbol on the bullet..." she trailed.
"Morgana or Angeline maybe?" suggested Maria.
"I'm not sure but Maria please be more careful, I don't know what I would have done if you had gotten killed" pleaded Cassandra.
"It's alright mummy, Katherine saved me" beamed Maria.
"She did?" stated Cassandra in surprise "There may be hope yet."
Later that night Katherine was once again sitting in the living room with Rebekah however this time they were both casually reading. "Trollop" stated Rebekah as she turned one of her pages.
"Cow" replied Katherine as she turned hers, neither of them tearing their eyes away from their books.
Just then there was a light knock on the door and it slowly opened and the person knocking wearily walked in "Hello? Katherine?" called the voice, it was Jackson.
Katherine immediately ran over to him "How did you find me here?" she asked as she appeared in front of him.
"Maria told us this is where you live" he answered and Katherine rolled her eyes.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"Make me like you, please!" he pleaded with her, however this time Katherine was more receptive to the idea. Jackson had a power within him that was just starting to awaken, like her, he also proved his usefulness the other night somewhat and it would annoy a lot of people if she turned him, something Katherine excelled at doing.
Jackson had been rambling the whole time but Katherine was lost in her own thoughts "So what do you think?" he asked bringing her out of her trance.
"I think...there are too many werewolves in this town Jackson" she said with a grin and Jackson immediately grinned back at her.
"I can help you" he offered.
"Oh I know you can" stated Katherine as she bit down on her wrist and extended it out to Jackson "drink this" she said and the boy hesitantly placed his mouth to her wrist and drank the red liquid making an almost revolted face as he did so.
"Now what?" he asked as he removed his mouth from the blood.
"Now you die" stated Katherine cheerfully and Jackson immediately became frightened as Katherine wrapped her hands around his neck and snapped it. His dead body fell to the floor.
"Hey what the hell are you doing!?" demanded Rebekah as she ran over to Katherine and Jackson.
"Feed him some blood when he comes too, I have a date" requested Katherine as she waved at Rebekah and walked out of the house. Rebekah was speechless she looked at the boy on the ground and shook her head before she dragged him into the living room and placed him on the couch and continued to read her book, waiting for him to come too.
At the same time in Beacon Hills hospital, Lydia shot up out of her hospital bed and began to shriek hysterically. Melissa came rushing in but Lydia instantly dropped back to sleep shortly after her outburst leaving Scott's mother completely confused and somewhat terrified.
Katherine arrived at her destination; it was a quaint, little bar in the urban strip of Beacon Hills. Not what she was normally accustomed too but it was nice nonetheless. She took a seat at the bar right next to her so called date "You've been quiet, I honestly didn't expect your call after you became an Alpha" stated Katherine as she took a seat.
"Well I guess I did owe you a drink" stated Derek as he smirked at her and she smirked back shaking her head slightly.
"I have to say, power looks good on you" she said as his eyes shone red in front of her before disappearing "but I was a little blind sighted by your little stunt, did you plan that or was it impulse?"
"Does it matter?" asked Derek as he continued to grin at her.
"I guess not, I could still kill you if I needed to" she replied.
"Is there anything else you wanted to talk about or can we just relax now?" asked Derek.
"Actually" began Katherine but she trailed off, she was going to ask about what Peter said but she decided that maybe, just for now, she'd push it to the back of her mind and talk about it later "why don't we get to know each other a little better" suggested Katherine as she circled her finger around the rim of her wine glass "I mean all this saving bitten werewolves, hunting alphas and stopping psychotic hunters and we probably don't actually know that much about each other."
"Okay, well tell me how you became a vampire" suggested Derek as a means of starting off this game of twenty questions.
Katherine laughed as she took a sip from her glass of wine "Five hundred and fifty years ago an original vampire named Klaus wanted to sacrifice my life and use my blood to break a curse that had been put on him by his crazy bitch of a mother. I didn't let him and I sought refuge with one of his closest allies who had fTibbers in love with me and he let me stay with his friend at a small cottage one thing lead to another and well I managed to get some vampire blood in my system and hung myself and ran off before they could take me back to the man who wanted to kill me" explained Katherine in a very rushed tone as sculled the rest of her wine "Ready to run yet?" joked Katherine she then turned to the bartender and compelled her saying "When this glass is empty fill it up for free" the woman nodded and proceeded to refill her wine glass.
Derek remained silent but his gaze remained on Katherine, although he was silent his facial expression indicated that he wasn't going anywhere; he was definitely not ready to run.
"It all went downhill from there, see I don't know how much you know about The Originals but Klaus always gets his revenge and he took it out on my family in Bulgaria; he slaughtered them" stated Katherine solemnly.
"Well it seems we both tick the box for having our families murdered by psychopaths" stated Derek as he lifted his glass up towards Katherine.
"That's not depressing at all...Cheers" she replied as she clinked her glass with his and they both drank from their respective drinks "So what about you, I mean besides the House Fire and the decapitated sister what other dark things are lurking in your past?" asked Katherine as she downed another glass, the bartender immediately refilled it.
"Well I suppose you know the worst of the worst but there is something else...you know how I had blue eyes before I became an alpha?" asked Derek and Katherine nodded "Well you may also have noticed that Scott's eyes are yellow, a werewolf can only get blue eyes once they've taken the life of an innocent" explained Derek "when I was in High School I dated this girl, Paige, I thought we were going to be together forever and well I got an alpha to bite her and her body rejected it...she was dying painfully and I could only take away her pain by putting her out of her misery...I killed her with my own hands" stated Derek, his tone was deep and solemn as he downed his glass.
"Hey" stated Katherine as she placed her hand on his shoulder "As someone who has done her fair share of awful things, that's nowhere close to being bad" she assured and he smiled at her.
"So tell me how do you know Cassandra?" questioned Katherine.
"Well she's actually the reason I'm still alive, when the fire broke out at the house she got me and my sister out but she couldn't save anyone else, she won't admit it but she regrets it a lot" stated Derek.
"Yeah she's good like that, saving lives" added Katherine.
"Is that how you met her?" asked Derek.
"Yep the witch saved me from literally the brink of death and she's going to bring my dead daughter back for me as soon as I help her with whatever it is she wants...thanks Cassandra!" shouted Katherine sarcastically as she held her glass up to the ceiling.
"You have a daughter?" asked Derek.
"Oh yeah, she was taken from my arms as a newborn by my psychotic father and then she turned into a vampire to find me and when she finally did I shut her out, pushed her away and then let her in and she died...but I'll get her back I don't care what it takes" explained Katherine.
The two of them continued to talk for the next few hours, they shared experiences and joys and a fair few laughs as they basically dried out the small bar "and then I possessed my own doppelganger's body and convinced everyone I was her for two weeks, I even broke up with her boyfriend as her!" laughed Katherine, Derek laughed as well. As their laughter died down their eyes made contact for several moments before Katherine broke the silence "Trust me you don't want me, I'm damaged and I'll ruin you" she stated as she looked down into her glass.
"We're all damaged in some way" reasoned Derek.
"Not like me, it's not something you want to take on...I don't deserve to be loved after everything I've done" she stated somewhat sadly.
"Tell me something" began Derek as he placed a hand on her cheek and their eyes met again "Is this the first time in your life that you're not running away from someone? You wake up in the morning and you're not worried that today's the day that the person who's looking for you will find you and kill you" questioned Derek and Katherine slowly nodded "So maybe this is a chance for you to build something meaningful for yourself, to be happy" reasoned Derek.
"That's sweet Derek but I've ruined a lot of lives, I had my reasons but maybe I'm just not allowed to be happy" pondered Katherine but Derek instantly leaned in and pressed his lips to hers.
"You won't know if you don't try" he said as they separated. Katherine just stared at him for a moment before quickly leaning in to kiss him.
As the kiss got more heated Derek pulled away "Let's get out of here" he suggested and Katherine nodded before getting off of her seat. The two of them headed for Derek's house.
When they arrived they began to kiss again on the porch of his house. Derek pushed the door open and Katherine her inside. Although the house was completely burned Katherine wagered there was still a bed and she was right. Derek led her over to it and she instantly grabbed him and ripped off his shirt revealing his muscled body while he began clawing at her clothes discarding them wherever he could. He threw her on the bed and the two embraced in a heated act of passion and desire.
Meanwhile in Mystic Falls...
"You're joking!" exclaimed a blonde, female vampire in disbelief. Her name was Caroline Forbes and she was one of Elena Gilbert's best friends, who was turned into a vampire thanks to Katherine. Although she felt she was better off as a vampire, Caroline still had a deep hatred for the one who turned her.
"That's not possible" stated the bulky, brunette hunter. His name was Jeremy Gilbert, brother of Elena Gilbert. He was a supernatural hunter, one of the Five, whose ultimate mission was to hunt and kill vampires however Jeremy had long given up that mission. He also had suffered the wrath of Katherine Pierce she was the reason he had already died once before.
"She died...I watched her die and get sucked into Oblivion" explained Bonnie. Bonnie was the Anchor to the Other Side and every supernatural being who died passed through her and although Katherine's circumstances were different she assumed death occurred regardless.
"Well guess what kiddies, the one and only Katherine Pierce is still alive and if we want to get Elena and Stefan back we're going to have to kill her...again!" exclaimed a rugged, tall and dark haired handsome vampire. His name was Damon Salvatore and he was Elena's current boyfriend after she and his brother Stefan broke up. Elena and Stefan seem to have wound up in some ritual involving the Travellers and they were key components as a male and female doppelganger. In order for the ritual to work only one of each doppelganger can be alive and Katherine's existence meant she was in the way of that.
"So where are we going?" asked Matt Donovan, the human had been involved in the supernatural events since day one after his own sister was turned into a vampire and then died. He hadn't been able to get out of the messed up situations since then.
"We are going to a nice, little Californian town called Beacon Hills" smiled Damon and the others all exchanged worried and confused glances "and when we get there Katherine will once and for all meet her end!"