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Chapter 3

Kinley didn't really sleep for the next week. Monday's events were still going around in her head, and even the parts with just her and Stiles were causing insomnia. Monday had definitely been one for the record books. She saved a werewolf instead of killing it, she lied to a family of hunters and her own family, and she talked to a regular human about her supernatural life. Her life was never normal, but this was just some new word for weird.

Since that night, Kinley had taken up nightly walks. She knew she told her uncle she would keep better hours, but she didn't want to keep Penn up all night with her puttering around the motel room. So instead, she got back into just wandering around town for decent parts of the night. She usually left her house around 8pm when it got dark and just walked in circles. The following Tuesday night was basically like all the others except she accidentally ended up on a patrol.

She was walking past the local video store when something caught her attention out of the corner of her eye. She looked up and on the roof of the video store, she saw something prowling in circles. It was large, black and hunched over. Kinley began to cross the street to get a better look, and as she did, it turned to face her. Kinley froze, and all she could do was stare into the bright red eyes that were staring back at her. The Alpha.

The sound of a car door slamming snapped her out of here trance. She turned toward the sound and saw a car in the video store parking lot. It was Jackson's car, Kinley realized. She recognized it from the night she went bowling and he drove Lydia home. She watched Jackson head into the store. She looked to see where the beast had went, but it had already disappeared. It could be anywhere by now. Kinley checked around her but saw no sign of it.

Suddenly the lights went out in the store.

Oh god, Jackson was in there!

She ran up to the door of the video store and tried to pull it open, but it was jammed. She looked back at the car and saw Lydia looking at herself in the mirror, having no idea what was going on. She would be safe as long as she stayed in the car. Kinley didn't have to worry about her for the time being. Kinley peered inside the window again and tried to see who or what was in there. She saw a figure move but it was too dark to tell who it was. The figure then walked under an emergency exit light, and she was able to see it was Jackson.

As Jackson passed under the light, red eyes appeared behind him. She pounded on the door trying to get his attention, but it wasn't working. Jackson couldn't hear her. Something however caught Jackson's attention, and he started to run. The shelves around then began to fall like dominoes. All the chaos had caused Jackson to misstep and fall. Jackson started to crawl up, but one of the shelves landed on top of his legs. He was trapped.

The werewolf slowly approached him as he laid there. Kinley could see the fear in Jackson's eyes as the wolf moved toward him. Kinley pulled on the door again, but it was no use. She watched as the wolf got closer to Jackson and how it breathed on the back his neck. It seemed like it was trying to look at something on Jackson's neck, but Kinley couldn't see what it was. However, it didn't matter what was on or not on Jackson. He needed to get out of there. Kinley kept pounding on the door, trying to think of anything to stop the wolf from hurting Jackson. Nothing was working. Then all of sudden without any warning, the wolf swiftly turned and bounded out the window.

The force from the window smashing through knocked Kinley back onto the pavement and shards of glass cut into her as she fell. She tried to get up, only cutting her hands more, to see where the wolf had gone, but the wolf was too quick. By the time Kinley regained proper function of her body, it had disappeared. She then heard Lydia screaming and she headed over to the car.

"Lydia, Lydia, are you okay?" Kinley asked. Lydia must have been in shock because all she did was stare straight ahead into the store. Kinley pulled out her phone and called an ambulance.

The scene went from a calm night to chaos in about 2 seconds. There were cop cars everywhere and even a few ambulances. People had slowly begun to gather to see what all the fuss was about. An EMT was looking over Kinley's cuts in the back of an ambulance when Sheriff Stilinski showed up with Stiles in the front seat of his squad car. She saw Stiles leap out of the car when he saw her, but his dad put an arm out to stop him before he could get to her. Kinley gave him a "just one minute" signal and he sort of calmed down. His dad gave him one more stern look before he left an anxious Stiles alone by the car. Sheriff Stilinski then headed over to speak with Jackson.

"Why the hell can't I just go home?" Jackson demanded.

"I hear ya, but the EMT says, you hit your head pretty hard. They just wanna make sure you don't have a concussion." The sheriff replied.

Jackson seemed to be getting a little irrationally angry about the whole thing. Kinley guessed it was allowed since he did just get attacked by a giant monster only moments ago. Jackson voice rose as he spoke. "What part of 'I'm Fine' are you having a problem grasping? Okay, I wanna go home."

"I understand that." The Sheriff tried to explain.

Jackson cut him off, "No, you don't understand, which blows my mind, since it should be a pretty basic concept to grasp for a minimum-wage rent-a-cop like you!" Jackson said and then yelled again, "Okay, now, I wanna go home!

Stiles no longer seemed okay with staying by the car. He looked like he was fighting his urge to go and defend his dad, but then in true Stiles fashion, he got distracted. "Oh whoa, is that a dead body?" Stiles shouted.

Kinley quickly looked over to where Stiles' pointed. An EMT was rolling a gurney with a sheet covered body on it. She had no idea anyone else got hurt. Of course she should have thought about it. Someone had to be working in the store. Jackson couldn't have been the only one in there. The gurney wheeled past her and to the ambulance in front of the Sheriff's car. Suddenly, an arm fell off the side of the gurney, making everyone jump. The Sheriff ushered everyone away from the scene and put more officers on the perimeter to clear the on lookers.

Stiles noticed his dad was too busy herding the crowd to notice him and slipped away to Kinley who was still being bandaged. "Hey are you okay, what happened?" Stiles asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine- nothing but a sprained wrist and a hell of a lot of small cuts. I should be good as new in a few days."

"Good." He replied and exhaled. He seemed more at ease now.

The EMT put finished swabbing the smaller cuts that didn't require a bandage and told her to ice her wrist. He also said she was lucky she didn't have a concussion. He placed her last bandage and then began to pack his things. The moment he left, Stiles pulled Kinley off the ambulance bumper and into a back breaking hug.

"Ow, thanks, but ow." She said in Stiles ear, trying to make him let go.

"Oh sorry, sorry," He replied and let go.

"Yeah, I, not only got hit by glass, but fell on glass. I'm pretty cut up everywhere."

Stiles looked around to make sure no one was listening to them and then pulled her slightly away from the crowd. "So what happened?" He asked again.

"The alpha happened. It went into the store, attacked the clerk, I guess, then went after Jackson. But for some reason left him alive. After that, it fled out the window, which is why I ended up on the pavement."

"Were you tracking it or something?" He inquired.

"No, I just haven't been sleeping. I was doing my usual wander through town and just happened to notice something. It was on the roof and then poof it was gone. I didn't really see it again until it charged out the window. I was going to go after it, but damn, it's fast."

"You haven't been sleeping?" Stiles asked.

"Really? That's what you took from that? Not that the alpha attacked a random guy and then left Jackson alone? Priorities Stiles!" She answered.

"Aren't you supposed to be leaving this case alone and letting the Argents handle it?" He questioned.

"Never stopped me before." She replied and smiled. Stiles didn't seem amused.

Kinley had slightly filled Stiles in on what happened when she got home. She conveniently left out the story about her mother. She already had Penn and Sam worried about her safety. She didn't need Stiles or Scott doing anything stupid on her behalf. She just explained that her uncle didn't want to step on any toes and to leave the alpha thing to the Argents.

"And besides, if the Argents are supposed to be handling it, why are Scott and Derek on the roof? That looks like investigating to me."

Stiles looked up and saw Derek and Scott walking away on the roof. "What the hell? And they don't call me?"

"You really want to run around with Derek? He may not be a killer, but he's kind of an ass." Kinley replied.

"You're right, this is better." Stiles said and nudged Kinley's arm.

"Good. Let's go." She told Stiles and then began to head toward the alley next to the video store.

"Where are you going? Stiles asked and proceeded to follow her.

"I'm checking out the roof. I saw the alpha up there. I wanna know if there's anything that could lead us to it. And if Derek's up there and found out something that I don't know, I won't be pleased. He can't know more than me."

As they entered the alley, Kinley looked for a way to access the roof. She saw a fire escape not too far. She walked up to it but was too short to pull the latter down.

"Is that really a good Ide-" He started to say when he saw her struggling to get the fire escape ladder down.

She looked for something that could boost her up, but there wasn't anything. Stiles walked up, jumped a little, and grabbed it. So being 5' 4" had its disadvantages.

"Thanks," She told him.

Stiles just smirked and gestured for her to head up the ladder first. He followed behind her. When Kinley got to the top, it didn't take long for her to see something to help her. A giant spiral, marked in red, spanned across the whole top of the roof. She was in awe of it. It was a perfectly symmetrical spiral on top of a video store. She took a few quick pictures of it with her phone.

"What do you think it means?" Stiles asked.

"I don't know, but I intend to find out." She replied.

Kinley quietly put her key in the motel room door to try and avoid waking her uncle or Penn. She knew she hadn't intentionally done anything wrong. She really wasn't on patrol, but he wouldn't like that she was that close to a werewolf attack. Being just a suspect would get her noticed by the Argent,s and he didn't want that. She slipped back into the motel and slowly shut the door behind her. She crept across the room, unnoticed, and got into bed.

At least tonight was good for one thing, it completely drained her energy. She passed out instantly when her head hit the pillow. It felt like only minutes had passed when she woke up to a loud blaring alarm. She took her blanket and covered her head.

"Time to get up." Her uncle told her. Her uncle pulled the blind up and Kinley rolled over to face the other way. "You leave me no choice." He said and then tugged the blanket off the bed.

Kinley freaked. She had small cuts everywhere. If he saw them, she was done. She quickly moved to grab the blanket but was too late.

"I said get up." He told her. "Now let's go, you're going to make Penn hyperventilate about being late."

Kinley looked down at herself. All her cuts were gone. She moved her wrist and it didn't hurt. She was completely healed. The only way she knew last night was real was from the few bandages the EMT had put on her. She pulled one of those bandages off, and that cut was healed too. She knew people could bounce back from injuries, but this was crazy. It didn't make any sense. She would have to think about it later though. She needed to get to school now to see what Scott had found out from Derek about the attack last night.

Kinley arrived at school with Penn freaking out about how she was going to be late to her Bio exam. The instant she parked the car, Penn ran out as quickly as she could. Kinley knew they had plenty of time and just watched her go.

As she walked into school, Allison fell in step with her. "Hey, Kinley." She said.

"Oh, Hey, how's it going?" Kinley replied.

"Oh fine. Sorry again about that awkward dinner last week. I haven't really had a chance to apologize for my aunt just kidnapping you in the grocery store." Allison told her.

"Oh it's fine. It was nice...well for me at least. How's Scott though?" Kinley asked and Allison laughed.

"He's fine. Probably won't face my dad anytime soon but that's probably for the best." Allison answered. "You know my aunt actually really liked both of you. She wouldn't stop talking about how I had picked such good friends here. She even tried to convince my dad to not to let us move from here ever, which is fine with me." Allison replied.

"Well, that's nice, I guess." Kinley responded.

"I know she can be a little intense, but she really always has the best intentions. She even apologized to me about accusing Scott and gave me a present." She pointed to the necklace she was wearing. It was a silver pendant with a wolf on it. It was quite striking and looked like an antique. "She says it's a family heirloom, but I have to do research to find out what it means."

"Huh." Kinley replied as they walked through the doors of the school. "Well, I'm this way." Kinley pointed right. Allison was the other way so, they parted and said they would see each other at lunch.

Kinley headed to World History, and as she walked in, she saw Stiles but no Scott. That seemed odd.

She sat down next to Stiles, and the teacher was in the middle of telling them about the parent-teacher conferences that were being held that night. Kinley was supposed to attend those because she had a C average. She was not looking forward to it. Not that her uncle would care all that much about what the teachers had to say. He preferred for Kinley to be more like Penn with grades, but he knew Kinley was not the traditional academic. It was just another waste of time to her.

"Where's Scott?" She leaned over and whispered to Stiles.

"I have no idea. I saw him earlier. He's bound to show up." Stiles replied.

Just then Jackson walked in, not looking too good. There were dark circles under his eyes and his face was more grumpy than usual. His nerves seemed racked and there was a slight dead look in his eyes. The teacher walked up and told him, if he needed anything to just ask. It looked like he just brushed the teacher off, and then proceeded to slump down into his desk.

Everyone awkwardly tried to not stare at the angry Jackson. Kinley guessed that everyone at school knew Lydia and Jackson were involved in last night events, but no one knew that she was too. At least Penn wouldn't hear about it then. They were bound to ask Penn questions if Kinley was involved.

The rest of the morning wore on and there was no sign of Scott or Lydia and now even Allison. The only people at lunch were Danny, Jackson, Stiles and her. It ended up just being Stiles and her at the table because Jackson did not feel obligated to sit with them since Lydia was gone and Danny stuck with Jackson.

Stiles and Kinley were both severely annoyed about the lack of friends at school, especially the lack of Scott. They both needed to know what information Scott got from Derek last night. Derek had to have told Scott something. Otherwise, why were they on the roof? They also needed to know what Lydia may have seen. Jackson was safe at school, but they weren't sure about Lydia. The alpha might think she is a threat or who knows, but someone needed to check on her.

"So no word from Scott at all?" Kinley asked Stiles.

"I got him to answer his phone, but he said he would take care of things later and then freakin' hung up on me." Stiles replied sounding agitated.

"What a great help he is." Kinley grumbled. "Lydia wasn't in chem. either. I tried to ask Jackson where she was, but he so nicely ignored me."

"Typical Jackson." Stiles huffed. "Now what?"

"I'm leaving to try and find Scott or Allison. I am guessing if I find one of them, the other won't be too far." She told Stiles. "Do you think you could check on Lydia? Just make sure she's okay?" Kinley asked.

Stiles wasn't exactly thrilled about the idea. "Are you sure you want to send me? I'm pretty sure she doesn't know my name."

"Stiles, I don't know your name." Kinley replied.

"You know what I mean." He replied exasperatedly and rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, I do, but I need someone to check on her. She may not be the nicest of all people, but we also need to know what she saw, and if she's okay. I can't do it all and have my uncle thinking I'm just going to school like a normal teenager. Please?"

"Fine, fine. I'll do it. I'll go after school but you owe me."

Kinley just lifted her eyebrow quizzically at him. "Sure. I owe you." She placated him.

Kinley slipped out after lunch, ditching the rest of the school day. She first headed to Scott's house to see if they were there, but no one was home. She knocked on the door and checked inside though a few windows, but there was no sign of anyone. She then decided to check Allison's next.

She pulled into the driveway of the cookie cutter mansion, and saw one car there. She wasn't sure if it was Allison's or not. She walked up to the door and rang the bell. The door opened and Kate Argent was standing there. This was not going to be good.

"Kinley...Hi. What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in school?" Kate asked.

"Uh I had a doctor's appointment." Kinley lied. "And you said I could stop by anytime. I thought now would be better because Allison wouldn't be home. She isn't home is she?" She inquired.

"No, she's at school like you should be." Kate replied. Kate then paused and broke the good role model facade and shook her head at Kinley. "Don't worry I won't tell anyone. I felt the same way in high school. Place feels like a prison, doesn't it? I always just wanted to get out. But don't make this a habit. I can't cover for you all the time. Come on in."

Kate moved so Kinley could step into the Argent house and then gestured Kinley to follow her. Kinley ended up following Kate to the garage. However, the room was less like a garage and more like an armory. The only garage aspect was they did park one of their cars in there. The rest however was all weapons. Their collection covered the entire back wall. There was everything from bows to assault rifles. There was also a set of drawers beneath the wall of weapons. One of them was open and a person was taking out packs of ammo. Scott was right, Kinley thought, this was the walmart of guns. All Kinley's family had was a car full weapons that were hidden in the trunk.

Also in the garage, Kinley found a whole group of people waiting. The group was putting together weapons and packing bags. "Family, this is Kinley, Kinley this is family." The group grumbled some hellos and went back to their packing and assembling.

"What's going on here?" Kinley asked as she surveyed all the people assembling weaponry.

"I'm glad you asked." Kate said with a mischievous glint in her eye. "Looking for a bit of action this afternoon?" She asked with a smile.

Kinley knew agreeing to this would be a bad idea, and that she should say no, but she stupidly really wanted to go. She had been itching for something more than research. She rationalized that she needed Kate to trust her and going along with them would help with that. Also, this was much better than French Class. "Yeah, I could use some action. What's happening?"

"How are with a bow and arrow?" Kate asked.

"I'm better with a crossbow." Kinley replied.

"Crossbow it is then." Kate went up to the wall of weapons and pulled down the most intense crossbow Kinley had ever seen. It was lightweight but sturdy, could hold multiple arrows, and had a very sensitive trigger. She handed her some arrows, which looked armor piercing. This group did not mess around. Kinley wondered how they even got this high grade of weaponry. They had to have connections.

"Where are we going?" She asked.

"We're gonna pay Derek Hale a little visit. See if he can lead us to the alpha."

Yup, this was definitely going to be bad, and she almost instantly regretted agreeing to it. This is the last time she says yes to something before she knows all the facts. She gulped and faked a smile like she was ready to go.

As Kinley, Kate and two Argent cousins approached the Hale house, Kinley felt her phone buzz for the third time. It had been ringing every few minutes since they got in the car to go to the Hale's. She still ignored it.

"He wants us to wait," one of Kate's cousins said. It was the taller one with thinning brown hair. Kinley guessed the "he" the cousin was referring to was Chris Argent. Chris seemed to be the leader of the family.

"So I've been reminded...to death." Kate replied and sounded very unhappy about being held back.

"And that means we're not allowed to kill him." The other cousin said.

Well that was good news. At least, she wasn't going help the Argents kill Derek. Kinley couldn't believe she was standing her with a crossbow in hand ready to break into Derek's house. It would be a miracle if they all made it through this.

"But it doesn't mean we can't say hello." Kate responded with a devious smirk. She looked at Kinley for support. Kinley just kept a stoic face. She didn't know what else to do. Her phone buzzed again.

The group walked into the house, and they were greeted by a large staircase that went up to an open landing with a railing that ran across it. The room was very open and had large broken windows on second floor that let in light. There were a few broken steps on the large staircase and the railing on the second floor was missing a few rails, and it looked like if someone touched it, it would collapse. Just to Kinley's left there was a living room, or what she guessed was the living room. There were pieces of the ceiling missing, charred furniture, and dirt covered most of the floor. It was kind of hard to tell what the room might have been. There was a nice square archway that led into it which made her believe it was in fact the old living room.

As Kinley took in her surroundings and checked for quick exit points for the inevitable roof collapse, she prayed for Derek not be here. If he wasn't home then Kate and her cousins would just have to turn around and leave.

"No one here." The older cousin said.

"Oh he's here, he's just not feeling particularly hospitable." Kate told them.

"Maybe he's out burying a bone in the backyard." The younger cousin joked.

"Really? A dog joke?" Kate retorted. "We're going there, and that's the best you got? If you wanna provoke him, say something like, too bad your sister bit it before she had her first litter." Kate said as she paced around the foyer and moved into the living room. "Too bad she howled like a bitch before we cut her in half!" Kate screamed out, trying to get Derek's attention and it worked too.

Kinley heard a loud noise behind her, and she turned to see one of the cousins unconscious on the floor. Derek must have thrown him against the wall that he was now slumped against. Derek then appeared in the hallway and leaped onto the stairs. From the stairs, he grabbed the molding on the top of the archway that led into the living room and swung from there and knocked out the other cousin with a hard kick. He then landed with a loud thud onto the floor which put him face to face with Kate. He charged at her, but she whipped out a long baton that was sizzling with electricity, and it knocked Derek straight to the floor. He convulsed from the shocks that were now running through him.

"Wow, this one grew up in all the right places." She said and and turned to Kinley who was standing stunned in the doorway to the living room. "I don't know whether to kill it or...lick it." Kate continued. Kinley hated the way she said "it" when Kate spoke about Derek. Something in her cringed every time Kate said it. Kate looked at Kinley for some type of response, but Kinley didn't have one. She remained silent.

Kinley watched Derek crawl across the floor in pain. Kate just slowly followed him like he was a sick puppy. Derek began to lift himself up off the floor and onto the couch. As he did that, he lunged for Kate a second time, but she was still quicker and zapped him with the electricity again

"Like your cousins said. We can't kill him." Kinley tried to remind Kate. "So maybe we should just go."

Kate ignored Kinley and just laughed. "900,000 volts. You never were good with electricity were you? or fire?" She baited him. "Which is why I am gonna let you in on a little secret. And well, maybe we can help each other out. Yes, your sister was severed into pieces and used as bait to try to catch you. Unpleasant and frankly, a little too Texas Chainsaw Massacre for my taste, but quite true." She chuckled at her own joke. "Now here's the part that might really kick you in your balls. We didn't kill her." Derek just glared at her not believing a word. "You think I'm lying?

"Wouldn't be the first time." He spat back at her. He was leaning against the couch, still unable to stand.

"Tsk, Sweetie. Why don't you just listen to my heart and tell me if I am. Okay?" She paused for a moment to let Derek hear her heart and then echoed, "We. Didn't. Kill. Your. Sister." With each word she got closer to his face. "Do you hear that? She whispered into his ear. "There's no blips or upticks. Just the steady beat of the cold hard truth." She got up and walked away from him. "Found bite marks on your sisters body, Derek. What do you think did that? A mountain lion?" She joked and then menacingly shut the electrified baton. "Why aren't we helping each other out? You might as well admit what you've been guessing all along which is the alpha killed your sister. And all you have to do is tell us who he is, and we'll take care of it for you. Problem solved everybody goes home happy."

Derek glared at her and didn't answer. He looked at Kinley, but she didn't know what to do. "Look, he is not going to tell us. We should just go." Kinley tried to convince Kate, but Kate wasn't even looking at her. Kate was staring at Derek and watching his breaths become more uneven. He was nervous.

"Unless, you don't know who he is either." Kate guessed. The look Derek gave her confirmed it. Derek had no clue who the Alpha was. "Wow." Kate said astonished and then said, "Guess who just became totally useless."

Right when the words came out of Kate's mouth, Kinley knew what was about to happen. She was going to kill Derek. Every fiber of her wanted to run and push Derek out of the way, but she didn't know what Kate would do. Just move Derek, now, she thought. Then suddenly Derek flew across the room and landed behind another charred piece of furniture. It looked like someone had pushed him. Kinley knew werewolves were fast, but that was not normal movement.

Derek saw his chance to escape and quickly jumped up and out the window. A few shots got fired in his direction but nothing hit him. Kinley ducked behind the door to shield herself from the debris the bullets caused. The room became silent and Kinley crept from behind the door. Kate turned with the gun pointing at Kinley, but Kiney through her hands up.

"Whoa, whoa, it's just me." She said.

"What the hell do you think that was?" Kate asked as she stared out to where Derek had fled and then to the piece of furniture he had flew behind.

Kinley truly had no idea and she kind of feared she had something to do with it. "Werewolf adrenaline?" She suggested jokingly. "I mean, we weren't supposed to kill him anyway. Your cousin's said so, and he so far has broken no rules. We have no right to kill him. So, him getting away isn't really the worst thing. So who cares how he did that or that he got away." Kinley said.

"True but, it's just a matter of time until we have to catch him. We either kill them now or we kill them after they hurt some poor bastard. I prefer doing it before, but these pesky rules get in the way. Don't worry you'll learn soon enough. You're still too young and naive." Kate replied. "You still believe there's good in some of them. You'll come to realize that's not true. Now let's get out of here. There's nothing for us here anymore."

Kinley helped Kate get her cousins back to the car. By the time the fight with Derek was over, they were beginning to wake up. They were still pretty unsteady; so Kate and Kinley walked back to the car with each having one of the cousin's arms slung over around their shoulders.

Kinley checked the time when she got in Kate's car and realized that the parent teacher conferences had already started. She was so dead if she didn't make it there before they ended. How was she going to explain this day to her uncle?

Once they got back to the Argent House, Kinley took off to the school. She checked her phone and saw she had about 7 voicemails from Stiles and 3 from her uncle.

She pulled into the school parking lot, and it was chaos. She saw her uncle at the top of the stairs and the Argents weren't too far. They were arguing with someone who Kinley guessed was Scott's mom. She had the same tan skin and dark brown hair. She was also wearing scrubs and Kinley knew his mom was a nurse. Kinley looked around the parking lot and saw Scott and Allison get out of the car and sheepishly walk over to their parents.

Suddenly, there was a growl followed by a scream. The entire parking lot when into a frenzy. Kinley tried to find her uncle in the fray, but there were just too many people running everywhere. She couldn't discern one face from another. She made her way through the crowd and saw Sheriff Stilinski trying to control the stampeding people. She pushed though everyone to get to him. By doing so, she ended up in a bad spot. She saw reverse lights turn on and didn't have time to move. The car started toward her and then out of nowhere Sheriff Stilinski jumped in front of the car and pushed her out of the way. She turned and saw that he was on the ground

Kinley ran over to him. "Mr. Stilinski are you okay?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just go with the rest of the crowd away from the school." He told her and then reached for his gun on his ankle.

Right as Kinley turned to walk away, she heard a gunshot and a yelp. But the shot was not from behind her where the Sheriff was. It was to her left. There she saw Chris Argent standing with a cold looking scowl on his face and a gun in his hand. Kinley slowly walked to where Mr. Argent was and saw that he had hit something, but it wasn't a werewolf. It was a mountain lion.

Kinley's uncle came running over and checked her for injuries. Kinley couldn't take her eyes off the mountain lion. Her Uncle slightly hit her face and forced her to pay attention to his words. She snapped out of her reverie and looked at him.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. But what's a mountain lion doing in the middle of a busy school parking lot?" She asked.

Her uncle gave her a stern look. "Why don't you tell me." Kinley stared at him confused. "Your teacher said you cut out halfway through the school day. Now, the Kinley I know only does that when she's working a case. And she doesn't have a case. Not that I know of anyway. Wanna tell me why you left?"

"I was just with some friends." She lied. Her uncle crossed his arms and continued to stare at her. "What? It's true. Scott and Allison skipped the whole day for and offered to anyone else who wanted to come to join them in the afternoon. I didn't feel like sitting through French, so I went." Her uncle continued to look at her skeptically. "I never skipped school without a case before because I always had that as an excuse. Now I don't, so I looked for one." She told him.

He still didn't seem all that convinced, but to him, she had no real reason to lie and everything she said was plausible. He shrugged, and told her if she skipped again, there would be consequences. Kinley was relieved he didn't ask more questions. There was no way he could find out what happened today. She had let another werewolf get away and she had been working with Kate Argent. She needed to be more careful or she would never leave her house again, or worse, they would leave town entirely and never look back.