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What did everyone think of the latest episodes? It's looking like a good season to me!
The next few days went by fairly normal. No one shifted, no one died, and no one went missing. That was almost a miracle for them at this point. Derek had also continued researching for her. So now, it was her turn to repay the favor.
Kinley called Kate Argent and set up a time to meet her. They decided to have, what was going to be an awkward chat to say the least, at a small cafe in town called Luna's on Sunday morning.
Kinley pulled into the parking lot just on time. It took her a few minutes to make herself get out of the car since she really wasn't looking forward to this, but she knew she had to do it. Kate was just going to be full of questions Kinley didn't want to answer.
Kinley walked in and saw Kate in the back of the cafe with her back to the wall, facing toward the door. She saw Kinley and waved her over.
"I was almost expecting to never hear from you again." Kate said in a somewhat joking manner as Kinley approached the table that Kate had acquired for them.
"Sorry, it's been a bit of a stressful week." Kinley replied and sat across from Kate. "I really didn't want to relive that night just yet. I needed time to process."
Nerves were starting to bubble in Kinley's stomach. Kate was a very well-trained hunter, and could pick up on people trying to use her. Of course, Kinley was trained as well and could lie and con with the best of them. She just hoped she was good enough to beat Kate. She reminded herself that she had done this plenty of times to others. It was no different just because this woman was also a hunter. She could do this.
She re-focused herself and listened to the waitress list off specials. The waitress finished her spiel and both Kinley and Kate just ordered black coffee and nothing else.
"So what did happen that night?" Kate asked.
"We do always get straight to the point, don't we?" Kinley replied.
"Of course. No sense in useless chit chat in my opinion" Kate responded. "We are the girls who never stop working."
"True, but didn't Allison tell you everything? Her version of events should be the same as mine." Kinley was able to keep her voice level and calm.
"Yes, but there were events before and after that she has no idea about. That is why I came to you." Kate told her.
"Oh Okay, what do you want to know?" Kinley asked. She didn't want to have to lie and explain things that were unnecessary. It would only make things harder. It was better to only answer specific questions.
"How did you end up at the school that night?" She inquired.
"I was with Stiles. He got a text that said to meet Scott at the school. When we got there, the alpha attacked and trapped us inside." Kinley replied.
Kate looked at her and seemed like she was trying to process Kinley's story. Kate said nothing. Kinley took her silence as her accepting Kinley's version of events as true.
"What happened when you left them in the chem. classroom?" Kate asked a moment later.
Kinley explained how she really didn't remember. She left after Scott, ran into him and the alpha, then she got knocked out, and doesn't know how she made it back to the hallway. That story she had repeated so many times, she almost believed it now. Only two people knew the truth of that night and they were Derek and Scott.
This whole thing felt like an interrogation. She answered each question with confidence. But for some reason, this atmosphere put her in a mode to win this challenge that Kate put in front of her. She was going to lie to Kate and get away with it. She was also going to do it well too.
"Why do you think Scott was at the school in the first place?" Kate asked next.
This one put Kinley a little off her game, but only for a moment. She didn't expect Kate to ask that question, but Kinley didn't let it get to her. "I think it was a prank thing or something. They messed with the school's PA system. I didn't really get it actually. Seemed stupid to me." Kinley replied and took a sip of coffee.
Kate took a moment and then nodded. She seemed satisfied with all her answers and lightened up a bit for the rest of their coffee. She explained how she was leaving hints for Allison to discover the family secret. It would then be up to Allison if she wanted to train, but Kate knew Allison did. She had actually already started training her. Kate just hadn't told Chris yet. Chris was apparently still not on board with Allison learning about the supernatural world.
Kinley lied and told Kate, she had been lying low for the past few days and not searching anything out. Kate told her that was probably best since you never want to be weak when you come into a fight, but Kate warned her not to stay off the field too long or she might get rusty. Kinley agreed, and by then, they were each almost done with their final cup of coffee and felt they had caught up with each other enough. Kinley was about to get up to say goodbye, but then Kate asked her a very intriguing question.
"So do you think you might want to join in on an Argent hunt?" Kate asked.
Kinley nearly spit out her last bit of coffee. Join them? Was Kate crazy? Chris would never allow that. However as Kinley thought for a moment, she realized this might be a good idea. She would know where the Argents were and what they were up to if she was with them. Even stop them if she needed to. However, She was still a little wary about the idea. This was a very easy way for her to expose herself if they saw her help Derek or Scott.
"Oh, uh, I don't know. I guess it depends on when." Kinley answered, still trying to make up her mind.
"We have no specific time yet, but the next time we see the alpha were not waiting. We're taking the offensive. I can give you a call when that happens, if you want?" Kate asked, but Kinley knew it wasn't a question.
Kinley thought about it for a moment more. Allegedly, they were going after the alpha as well. So helping them get rid of it would still help Scott and Derek. She had to do it. The risk was worth it. "Yeah, call me. Sounds like fun." Kinley replied with a smirk.
"Great! Next time we catch sight of the beast, you're on speed dial."
"Great." Kinley answered.
At that point Kinley needed to get out of there. She'd had enough time with Kate. She said goodbye and headed home. On the way, she called and informed Derek of her decision. He gave her a quick thanks and then quickly hung up the phone without a goodbye. At least she knew he wouldn't treat her any different after finding out she had powers. That was nice to know.
It was only a few nights later that Kinley received a call from Kate, and by an awesome coincidence, Derek as well to help out on a hunt. Luckily, she was with Scott and Stiles, and they came up with a plan. Of course like all their plans, this one eventually went up in flames.
Kinley was sent to go with the Argents. She was told that Derek would be tracking the alpha and try to corner it in the school to kill it. If he managed to do it, he would then head on foot to the factories and hid out while Scott and Stiles drove his car as a distraction out to the forest in the opposite direction. So when the Argent's showed up, they would head for the car and Derek would have enough time to escape.
What they didn't plan for was the police being called. The sirens spooked the alpha and it ran off, Derek tried to follow it, but the cops spotted him. Kate Argent was chasing the car when she heard over her police radio that the suspect, Derek Hale, was on foot.
"He's where?" Chris asked into the coms they were all wearing. Kinley was standing next to him. The Argent's placed Kinley, not with Kate in the car even though that is what Kate wanted, but up with Chris by the factories. Kinley guessed Chris didn't trust her, and he was right to think so. He wanted to keep her close.
"He's heading to you and the police are following him." Kate replied. "I'm heading to you."
The boys were no longer the decoys. Kinley hoped they noticed and realized they needed to get over here quickly to help Derek.
"Then whose driving the car?" Chris asked, but before anyone could answer, they saw Derek enter the parking lot of the warehouse.
Kinley and Chris were each perched on a high outside walkway attached to one of the warehouses; so they could see everything. Kinley saw that Chris had spotted Derek and he shot a flash arrow at him. Kinley then shot one in the direction Derek was heading to make sure he turned and took a different route. It caused him to avoid some of the Argent Cousins.
Kinley then saw Derek's car pull into one of the factory paths. It was however, nowhere near him. At least the boys figured out they needed to come and get Derek. She continued shooting arrows to lead Derek closer to them. It only took two or three to make him flee in the proper direction. He was still pretty far off though.
Chris looked at Kinley like he had no idea what he was doing.
"I'm trying to disorient him. If he is dizzy and confused, he'll be easier to catch." She explained and shot another arrow.
Chris seemed to buy it, and let her continue. The boys had then maneuvered the car and were near enough to Derek for Kinley to only need a few more arrows to force Derek toward them. So, she shot the few more arrows, and then Derek was so close to the car that the boys almost hit him. A door then flung open and Derek jumped in. The car then sped away and Derek was gone.
Kinley saw Chris slam his fist on the railing and look at her like she was to blame. Kinley just shrugged in response. There was nothing they could do now. Chris knew that once Derek got in the car and Kate was no longer behind the car that Derek was lost. Chris then nodded his head for Kinley to follow him back down to the ground and to the SUVs. He shook his head the whole way down, making him look very disappointed in how everything went down tonight.
They all piled into the cars and headed back to the Argents for debriefing. On the way Kinley texted Stiles to meet her at the park bench where he found her the night she stayed at his house.
When they all arrived back at the Argents, Kinley was forced to sit through a horribly long debriefing about tonight's events. It was an hour of the Argents discussing everything that went wrong and how to fix it for next time. Truthfully, the whole thing was ridiculously boring. One of them even quoted Patton like they were fighting a war. Kinley knew hunting was serious business, but this all seemed like too much. This was not a family but a military unit. Finally after they seemed to exhaust every scenario they could have played out, they let everyone go.
Kinley left and went straight to the bench to meet Stiles. He was already waiting in his jeep when she got there.
"So what did Derek find out?" She asked Stiles as she got in the car.
Stiles filled her in on the necklace/pendant that Allison had and how Mr. Harris, their chem. teacher, had the given Derek that information. Supposedly, that necklace could lead them to answers. They just didn't know what kind. Also he told her the fact that Mr. Harris knew his information made him a new suspect. They didn't know how he was connected either, but Derek did find out that Laura, Derek's sister, knew something about the fire and passed that information to Mr. Harris for some reason.
It seemed like everyone in this town was connected to werewolves in someway. She wouldn't be surprised if the principal kept a sword in his office for werewolf emergencies at this point.
Stiles told her the plan was to get Allison's necklace and see if they could find anything out about it. Kinley had already done research on it, but apparently, Derek thought there might be something on it or in it that might help them. So Kinley thought they might as well go through with the plan. It couldn't really hurt anything all that much.
After Stiles dropped Kinley off and she walked into the motel room, Penn didn't even ask her where she was. Penn had given up trying to figure out what was going on with her these days. She rarely even saw Penn anymore. Kinley was always out trying to find more clues, meeting with Derek, or just wandering because she couldn't stand the tension in the tiny motel room. Tonight was no different.
Kinley still hadn't been sleeping much. She was still having the same nightmares. She hoped that once she found out more things about her strange powers, she would sleep better, but that was not the case. It had remained the same. At least it was just the normal things going wrong lately. There was no added new stresses.
Kinley met up with Stiles right before lunch the next day, and he informed her that Jackson knew about Scott's "condition." There goes not having any new stresses to worry about.
"He what!?" She freaked. "How?"
"We don't know." Stiles replied.
"And he said it, he said 'werewolf'?" Kinley asked.
"That's what I asked, but Scott swears he implied it heavily, and if Jackson doesn't get it too, Allison is going to find out. So as you can guess, Scott has completely lost his mind."
Kinley groaned. "Can we ever catch a break?"
"Apparently not." He replied. "And don't argue that no one will believe him. Tried that. If it gets to Allison's dad in any way, Scott's really dead."
Kinley groaned again. They really could never catch a break. The two of them walked into lunch and found Scott sitting alone, looking very stressed out and slightly aggravated. They headed over to him, and she sat across from him. Stiles and Kinley exchanged a wary look and went to sit with Scott.
"Did you get the necklace?" Stiles inquired as he sat next to Scott.
"Not exactly." Scott replied.
"What happened?" Stiles asked.
"She told me not to talk to her." Scott responded. "at all," He added a beat later.
"So she's not giving you-" Stiles started with his mouth full of food and Scott cut him off.
"She's not giving me the necklace!" Scott half yelled at Stiles.
"Okay," Stiles said and made a gesture for Scott to calm down.
"Did you find anything else out?" Kinley asked, trying to be hopeful that something could go right today.
Scott then looked at her with an annoyed expression on his face. "Just that I know nothing about girls, and that they're totally psychotic." He told her.
"Alright, don't take your hostility out on me." Kinley replied. "I'm helping. What did you do to get her attention by the way?"
"I sent her old pictures of us when we were together." He replied and saw nothing wrong with what he just did.
"You did what!? Scott, ugh, you really are a moron." She replied and shook her head. Both boys looked at her, not understanding why she was upset or why Allison was upset. God, they were idiots. "Nevermind. What's our other plan?"
"Okay, I came up with a plan 'B' just in case anything like this happened." Stiles told them.
"What's plan 'B,'" Scott asked.
"Just steal the stupid thing." Stiles told him in an exasperated tone.
"What about getting to Harris instead?" Kinley offered. She could feel that Scott did not want to steal from his ex-girlfriend.
"My dad put him on a 24-hour protective detail, okay? The necklace is all we got. Steal it. Thank you." Stiles told Scott impatiently.
Scott sighed. He was not a happy puppy right now. She even watched him stare across the cafeteria at Allison or she thought he was looking at Allison.
"Guys, he's watching us." Scott said.
All three of them looked over to the table Scott was staring at and saw Jackson, who was indeed staring at their table. All three took very poor 'act normal' positions. Scott began to flinch.
"What's wrong?" Stiles asked.
"Jackson's talking to me. He knows I can hear him." Scott replied. "Look at me. Just talk to me. Act normal. Pretend like nothing's happening." He told them. Kinley and Stiles looked at Scott but said nothing. Neither knew what to say. "Say something. Talk to me." He told them again.
Stiles flailed a bit trying to come up with something. "I can't think of anything. My mind's a complete blank."
"Your mind's blank? You can't think of something to say" Scott said in an irritated tone. None of them could believe Stiles literally had nothing to say for the first time in his life.
"Not under this kind of pressure." Stiles whined. "FYI, he's not even sitting with them anymore." Stiles told them as he looked back at Jackson.
Kinley and Scott turned to confirm, and he was right. Jackson was nowhere to be seen.
Scott began to frantically look for him. "Where the hell is he?" Scott asked. It then looked like Scott heard something, but he was just focused down at his lunch tray. He seemed intent on trying not to lose his cool. Stiles was still looking around the room, not noticing his friend's trouble. Scott randomly said, "yes," and then refocused on his tray again. Kinley watched him try and remain calm, but the longer he sat there, the worse he got. He even tried to act casual and take a drink of water, but he crushed his water bottle in his hand in the process. Jackson was definitely saying something that was bothering Scott.
"You can't let him have this kind of power over you, okay?" Stiles coached him after he noticed that Scott was listening to Jackson still.
Scott started shaking with anger, and then suddenly he broke his tray in half. Stiles and Kinley both jumped when it broke. He looked up from the broken tray and found Jackson standing by the vending machines in right corner of the cafeteria. Everyone in the cafeteria was staring at Scott.
At the end of the day, Jackson was a small problem on their long list of major issues. They still needed to know more about the necklace itself, they needed to know how Mr. Harris was involved, they still didn't know who the alpha was, and Kinley was still trying to find out more about her powers. After all that, Jackson could wait.
After school Stiles said that he had a plan if they couldn't get anything from the necklace. However, the plan needed something that he and Kinley could not provide. Kinley had mentioned once to Stiles that Penn was really good with computers, and he wondered if she could trace the text sent to Allison's cellphone. Kinley knew she could but didn't know if she would. So Kinley thought if she could just get Penn to Stiles house in whatever way she could, and then once there Penn wouldn't be able to refuse. She told Stiles she would bring Penn over after school under the pretense of doing lab work.
After school all three met up and headed to Stiles' house. Penn seemed a little confused while in Stiles' jeep but she kept quiet. They arrived at the Stilinski's and immediately headed upstairs to Stiles' room. They gave Stiles dad a quick hello as they passed him reading the paper in the kitchen. As Kinley entered Stiles' room, she saw Derek leaning against one wall. It didn't surprise her as much as it surprised her cousin and Stiles.
"Derek!?" Stiles almost yelled and then stopped himself.
"He's a wanted-" Penn yelled but Kinley cut her off.
"No, he's not. That's a lie. Scott thought he was dead when he threw him under the bus for the janitors murder. He's not a bad guy." Kinley explained.
"So he's a good guy?" Penn questioned.
Stiles and Kinley both looked at each other. "We're leaving that open for discussion." Stiles told Penn. Kinley saw Derek roll his eyes at their remarks.
"Hey Stiles," Stiles' Dad yelled.
Kinley saw Stiles eyes go wide in fear and then he waved at Derek to hide behind the door.
"Derek, hide." Stiles whispered. "Hey, Dad." Stiles said as he opened the door only slightly, slipped out into the hallway, and then stood in front of door.
"What did you just say?" Mr. Stilinski asked.
"I said Daad hi..." Stiles replied. There was an awkward pause, and then Kinley heard Stile's dad speak again.
"Look, I've got something to take care of but, I'm gonna be there tonight, your first game."
"My first game." Stiles repeated. "Well, that's great. Awesome. Good." Stiles replied and sounded a little unenthusiastic and very nervous.
"I'm really happy for you, son, and I hope you know that I'm proud of you." He told told him. Kinley couldn't see Stiles face, but she knew how that made him feel. Of course his response didn't really show it because he was freaking out over Derek.
"Thanks, me too. I'm happy...and proud of... myself." Stiles replied awkwardly.
"So they're gonna really let you play, right?" His dad asked, and he seemed to be trying to get Stiles excited about this opportunity too.
"Yeah, I'm first line." Stiles said and let out a very pathetic "woo!"
"I'm really proud." Stiles' dad said again and you could really hear he meant it.
"Me too...again..I'm." Stiles said and then his dad pulled him into a hug. Stiles tried to keep him from looking into his room and noticing Derek, and it made the whole thing look very uncomfortable for Stiles. Kinley stifled a laugh and looked away.
There was another long pause until Stiles dad said "See ya there." and Stiles replied with "Take it easy."
Kinley rolled her eyes at how badly this boy lied and hid things. Thankfully, he wasn't a full time hunter. He would be screwed. Kinley then heard him let out a sigh of relief and he re-entered the room. Of course, then Derek made things worse by slamming Stiles into the door and threatening him.
"I swear if you say one word." Derek began and was very close to Stiles' face
"Like, 'Hey dad, Derek Hale's in my room. Bring your gun.'" Stiles replied.
Derek backed off and a little but still kept a hand on Stiles.
"That's right. If I'm harboring your fugitive ass, it's my house, my rules, buddy." Stiles told Derek as confidently as he could which didn't turn out too badly. He even back handed Derek's shoulder.
Derek looked down at his shoulder and then scowled at Stiles. Stiles' tensed up with fear about what Derek might do. However, Derek just let go of Stiles' shirt and then straightened Stiles' jacket. Stiles' smiled and did the same thing to Derek's jacket. Derek did not look happy about it. Stiles then tried to slip away from Derek as coolly as possible, but Derek, not liking that Stiles touched him, didn't allow that. As Stiles moved away, Derek moved his head quickly at Stiles like he was going to hit him and Stiles flinched horribly.
"Oh my God." Stiles let out as he walked away from Derek.
"Alright, that's enough boys." Kinley interjected.
"Did Scott get the necklace?" Derek asked.
"No, he's still working on that." Stiles answered, and he was now all the way across the room from Derek in his desk chair. He seemed to like it better away from Derek. "But I do have something else we can try. The night we were trapped in the school. Scott sent Allison a text telling her to meet him there. "
"So?" Derek questioned.
"So, it wasn't Scott." Kinley explained and then turned to Penn. "So this is where I tell you, I got you here under false pretenses." Kinley confessed. Penn looked at Kinley like she was about to walk out the door if she didn't explain. "I need you to use your computer skills to trace a text for us. We need to know where it came from. Please." Kinley begged.
"No, I told you, I am not helping you with this. You said we were doing lab work, and that's what were doing." She replied and sat on Stiles' bed and began taking her books out to start studying.
Kinley let out an annoyed groan and then looked over at Stiles for help. He just shrugged at her, not knowing how to convince Penn. So they started studying and hoped one of them would think of a plan. Derek picked up a book in Stiles room to read to pass the time as they waited for someone to do something. Penn kept looking back at Derek. Kinley could tell he was making her slightly uncomfortable, but that she was intrigued by him as well.
"Okay, but why is there blood on his shirt?" Penn finally asked.
Kinley put her hand to her forehead. Seriously Derek, she thought. You have blood on you now. The probability of convincing Penn to help was getting worse by the minute. Kinley gave Stiles a pleading look for help.
"He gets these horrible noise bleeds." Stiles explained. Derek looked up from his book and he did not look one bit happy with Stiles. However, he didn't do anything, he just went back to his book.. "Hey, Derek." Stiles yelled. Derek looked up, his face angrier than before. "I thought I told you, you could borrow one of my shirts." Stiles jerked his head toward his dresser.
Derek slammed the book closed and walked over to Stiles dresser. He took off his shirt, which Penn noticed and Kinley could tell she was trying not to stare. Truthfully, Kinley was trying not to stare. The man had amazing abs. However, those abs would never compensate for his attitude problem.
"Stiles," Derek said to get his attention. "This no... fit." He told him.
"Then try something else on." Stiles told him in an aggravated tone.
Derek then put on the brightest shirt Kinley thought he had ever worn. It was a blue and orange striped polo. She tried not to laugh.
"That one looks pretty good? What do you think Penn, huh?" Stiles asked and nudged Kinley's cousin.
"Huh?" Penn whispered. Her cheeks were flushing red.
"The shirt." Kinley told her.
"It's...it's not really his color." She replied and looked down at her book.
Derek proceeded to take off the shirt. "He might play for team werewolf, but he looks good doing, right?" Stiles asked her quietly.
"You're a horrible person." She told him.
"I know it keeps me awake at night." Stiles responded and Kinley stifled a laugh. "Anyway about the text?" He asked.
"Stiles! None of these fit." Derek yelled. Stiles face just became amused while Derek's remained very angry.
"I'll need the ISP, the phone number, and the exact time of the text." Penn said.
Stiles immediately moved and offered Penn his seat in front of the computer. The moment she sat down and looked at the screen, Stiles did a kind of "wooh hoo!" motion by throwing throwing of his arms in the air in triumph. Penn turned to look at him and he pretended to be stretching. Kinley just laughed at him.
Penn worked for a few minutes, pressing keys and making the computer do things she had no idea it could do. She then spoke up. All of them gathered around her to see what she had found. "There. The text was sent from a computer. This one." She pointed to a name on the screen.
"Registered to that account name?" Derek asked.
"No, no, no, no. That can't be right." Stiles told her and Kinley could tell he couldn't believe what he was looking at and neither could she.
They all just stared at the screen rereading that the text came from a computer at Beacon Hills Hospital registered to one Melissa McCall, Scott's mom.
Derek took a step back to think. Kinley went to sit on Stiles' bed to process this information. Penn just swiveled in Stiles' desk chair, not realizing what this all meant. Stiles began pacing around the room.
"No, there's just no way, no way." Stiles said.
Derek slapped a hand to Stiles chest to get him to stop moving. "Look, it might not be her specifically, but it's someone who has access to the hospital. We have to go there and check." Derek told him.
"He's right," Kinley replied.
"Either way, that's all I can get you." Penn told them. She then looked at Kinley seriously. "Are you really going to look into this?" She asked.
"I have to." Kinley replied and gave Penn the "you understand, you're family" look.
Penn got out of the swivel chair and walked over to sit next to her on the bed. "No, you don't." Penn told her and then whispered. "Some things are best not known."
Kinley knew Penn was warning her about getting too deep into this entire mess. Granted, it was already a little late for that. But it was acting exactly like this that got her parents killed, and Penn didn't want the same for Kinley. However, Kinley didn't care. She knew that sounded selfish but that's what it was. She knew the risks but was willing to go ahead anyway. That's why she had already gotten in this far. She wasn't going to turn back now.
Stiles apparently could hear Penn even with the whisper because he looked at Kinley with a worried expression. Kinley guessed he was wondering what this was about. She hadn't told anyone about her parents and only Derek and sort of Scott knew about her powers. Either way, the whole conversation was overly cryptic for the room.
"I'm going." Kinley sternly told her cousin.
Penn threw up her arms. "Fine. I can't stop you, but let the record show that I tried." Penn then narrowed her eyes at both Derek and Stiles. Neither knew how to react. "I am going home before dad thinks I helped you." Penn told them. She quickly packed up her things, said goodbye, and stomped out of the room.
"So, to the hospital?" Kinley asked pretending that no one just heard what happened.
"Are you gonna..." Stiles started to ask and pointed to where Penn had left.
Kinley succinctly said, "No." and began to pack her things.
Stiles shrugged and then Derek led them out to Stiles' jeep.
When they reached the hospital, Stiles' phone rang. It was Scott. Stiles put him on speaker phone and parked the car. "Did you get the necklace?" Stiles asked.
"Yeah, I did and it looks exactly like the drawing." Scott replied.
Derek stole the phone from Stiles. "Is there something on the back? There's gotta be something. An inscription, an opening, something." Derek inquired about Allison's necklace.
"No, no, the thing's flat. And no, it doesn't open." Scott replied to Derek. "There's nothing in it, on it, around it, nothing. And where are you? You're supposed to be here. You're first line." Scott told Stiles.
"That's right, you're first line. You have to go!" Kinley leaned forward from the back seat and said quietly as to not disturb the phone call. "Why didn't leave this to us?" She asked and punched him in the arm.
Stiles made a gesture to everything around him like there was obviously other things that needed to be done over him being on first line in lacrosse. Kinley nodded and understood why he didn't say anything or try to leave, but she was still upset that he wasn't at the game.
"Man, you're not gonna play if you're not here to start." Scott informed him. She could hear coach yelling something in the background.
"Look, if you see my dad can you tell him...Tell him I'll be there, I'll just be a little bit late, okay? " Stiles asked Scott. Scott agreed and Stiles hung up the phone.
"Stiles, you're not going to make it." Kinley said. "Not if you go with us."
"I know." Stiles replied.
"Just leave us here and go to the game." She told him. "We have it-"
"No." He said vehemently. "I'm not leaving you alone." Kinley had never heard Stiles use that tone. She was not going to argue with it.
"Okay." She replied and sat back in her seat.
"You also didn't tell him about his mom." Derek chimed in.
Stiles actually glared at Derek for about a second but then stopped. Derek was still scary to Stiles. "Not until we find out the truth." Stiles replied.
Derek then looked at Stiles with a glint in his eye. "By the way, one more thing." He told Stiles
"Yeah?" Stiles responded.
Derek then grabbed Stiles head and hit it into the steering wheel.
"Oh God!" Stiles yelled, and put his hand on his forehead where it hit the steering wheel. , "What the hell was-" Stiles started.
"You know what that was for." Derek told him. "Go. Go!"
Kinley and Stiles left the car. Derek remained in the car for the obvious reason; he was still a fugitive. Kinley did start to laugh as they walked toward the hospital doors. She tried to stop. It wasn't all Stiles' fault that Derek had to strip in front of Penn. So she was a little upset that Stiles took the brunt of Derek's anger, but it was almost worth it to see Derek's face while he was trying on Stiles' clothes.
Stiles glared at her. "Sorry." She apologized. "But you have to admit..." Stiles continued to glare so she stopped talking but laughed just one more time. Stiles rolled his eyes at her.
As Stiles and Kinley entered the hospital, she suggested they split up to find Ms. McCall. He said no, on the grounds that the moment you split up in a horror movie, you die. Kinley consented even though his reasoning was ridiculous, and they traveled together. They went to Mrs. McCall's usual station but didn't find her. They headed to the ER, but she wasn't there either. Now, they were just aimlessly wandering. Stiles' phone rang, and it was Derek. Derek said he wanted to know what was going on.
"Yeah, I said we can't find her." Stiles answered. Kinley just yelled in the background about how they had barely been in here a few minutes and to give them time. "He want's us to ask for Jennifer." Stiles told Kinley covering up the microphone on his phone. Kinley gave Stiles' a confused look and he explained. "She works with his uncle."
She nodded and the two headed toward his uncle's room. The room was only located one floor up from where they were. They headed up the stairwell and down the hall to his room. When they got there, there was no one there. The room looked like no one had stayed there in a while. It seemed like an ordinary unoccupied hospital room. This was not good.
"Yeah, well, he's not here either." Stiles informed Derek, still on the phone. "He's not here. He's gone, Derek." Stiles explained further after a brief pause.
There was a brief pause where Derek wasn't talking. Then suddenly Kinley heard quick muttering from Stiles' phone, but she couldn't understand what Derek said. Stiles listened, and as he did, his eyes went wide, and he closed the phone. He quickly grabbed Kinley's hand to move her, but it was too late. They both turned to run out of the hospital, but there was Derek's uncle Peter standing in their way, staring down at the two of them.
Kinley recognized him from the family photos and the newspaper articles. His face was still half scarred from the burn. She could tell that a handsome face lived underneath the horrific burns. But aside from the burns, everything else about him looked healthy and strong. That was when she realized that Peter was the alpha. Shit! She thought.
"You must be Stiles and Kinley." Peter said cooly.
The two of them backed up away from Peter further down the hall. They turned to run again, but Kinley guessed Peter's nurse, Jennifer, was blocking their way this time. They were trapped.
"What are you doing here?" Jennifer asked with a devilish smile. "Visiting hours are over."
"You..and him...You're...You're the one who...Oh my G-...And he's..." Stiles stammered. "Oh, my God, We're gonna die. We're gonna die." Stiles repeated and just kept looking at the two back and forth.
Kinley was trying to think of a way out of here. If only she could use her powers at will. That would be really nice right about now. She knew she had chance if there was only one of them but it would be hard to take on two and protect Stiles. She was at a loss.
Then suddenly, Derek came out of nowhere elbowed Jennifer in the head and knocked her out cold. If this wasn't a horrible situation, it would have been kind of funny.
"That's not nice. She's my nurse." Peter said lightly.
"She's a psychotic bitch helping you kill people. Stiles, Kinley get out of the way." Derek told them.
"Oh Damn." Stiles said and pulled the two of them down to the floor.
"You think I killed Laura on purpose. One of my own family?" Peter asked Derek.
Derek didn't seem to be in the mood for chit chat. He just growled and lunged for Peter. A fight began.
Stiles stumbled trying to pull himself and Kinley out of the fray. He managed to get them off the floor. He then pulled them out of the hallway and down another. Kinley could hear crashes and growls behind her. He was about to make them round another corner to another part of the hospital when Kinley pulled free.
"C'mon, Derek has it handled." Stiles told her and gestured for her to follow him.
"Like last time?" Kinley questioned. She knew they were both thinking about the night they basically saw Derek die.
Stiles had no response.
Kinley could still see the black blood pouring out of Derek's mouth. It made her shiver. "I've to go help him. You go! You shouldn't be in the middle of this." She informed Stiles and ran back before he could stop her.
When she got back to the hallway where the fight originated, she saw Derek sprawled out on the floor, face down and Peter was talking to him and slowly moving toward his body on the ground.
"Do you have any idea what if was like for me during those years?" Peter spoke. "Slowly healing, cell by cell."
Kinley ran to Derek's side and tried to to help him up, but he was too heavy and weak. She couldn't move him. Derek was spitting blood onto the floor. Peter was just getting closer.
"Even more slowly coming back to consciousness" Peter continued. "Yes, becoming the alpha, taking that from Laura, pushed me over a plateau in the healing process. I can't help that."
Kinley had heard enough. She gave up on trying to get Derek up and jumped to face Peter alone. She hit him in the gut, but it mostly hurt her hand. He did stumble a little from the hit. He then took a swing at her, but she ducked and he missed. She got back up and tried to land another hit, but she was blocked every time. The last punch she threw, Peter grabbed her fist and forced her to her knees on the ground.
"You really think you have a shot, little girl. You're barely a hunter. Derek couldn't even stand up to me, and you want to try. I will say it is a noble but also wasted effort." Peter told her in a cold voice.
Kinley was writhing in pain. Her hand felt like it was breaking. She kept pushing. She began to feel that electric hum run through her veins.
"You know I tried to tell Derek what was happening. I tried to warn him." Peter explained.
A sudden burst of energy emitted from Kinley causing Peter to fly backward and hit a near by wall. While Peter was temporarily indisposed, Kinley ran back over to Derek and forced him to get up. He had healed a little and could at least support some of his weight. She had him over her shoulders and was trying to carry him out of the hallway. They weren't moving quick enough though. So instead of trying to outrun Peter, she ducked into an exam room to buy time. The room was small, it had one exam bed, a bunch of tools and a mirror sitting on top of one of the tables. She did not buy them a lot of time. Peter walked in only a few seconds after Kinley propped Derek up against the back wall on the floor.
"That hurt." Peter said to Kinley and slapped her so hard she hit the wall where Derek was and fell to the ground.
She twisted in such a way that her ankle was now throbbing. She tried to get up, but pain was coursing through her. She also felt too tired to move. Using her power must have drained her of energy.
"I was going to wait, for dramatic flair but.." Peter started to say. He then spun the mirror on the table and watched himself heal fully. His face no longer showed any scarring. It was like nothing had ever happened to him. He looked like the handsome young man in the photo. His blue eyes shined and his short light brown hair laid perfectly on his head in short waves.
"...When you look this good. Why wait?" He finished. He slowly moved toward Derek and Kinley. He looked at them on the floor. "Derek, you have to give me a chance to explain. After all we're family." He said with all the fake sincerity he could muster.
As Kinley sat there and watched all of this, she couldn't help but think about Stiles. She could die at any moment and she thought about Stiles. She knew she might not get out of this room alive, and all she could do was hope Stiles would survive all of this. She really hoped he had gotten out and was headed to the lacrosse game. Why didn't she fight him harder to make him go to the game and not come with her here? At least he was not in the room with them now. He at least had a shot. She was kicking herself for letting him get involved. She knew he was partly involved because of Scott, but it was her fault that he was in the middle of this current fight. If she got out of this, she was not going to drag him or let him convince her into dragging him anywhere.
Peter turned and looked at Kinley. She glared back at him with no fear. Just because he had caused her nightmares, didn't mean she was going to allow him to keep doing so.
"I don't, however, trust you." He told her. "But, you do intrigue me. I'll be back for you." He told her.
Kinley was about to make some quip, but before she could, she felt a hard hit to the side of her face, and she blacked out.