Authors Note:

I'm not sure why, but last chapter (chp 5) didn't go to the front page when updated so despite the fact that it was an important chapter there was very little traffic. No matter. Anyways I'm starting to get busy at school so I've had to write up a plan for all the chapters leading up into season 3. I have at least another twenty so far. I know this chapter's short but I hope you enjoy it nevertheless. I'm super excited about tomorrow's episode.

Chapter Six: Now We Run

"Sam, show me your shoulder." Avery walked closer to him. He looked up at her to see the gun shaking in her hand.

"I know what you're trying to do." he said to her, moving Ilena's body off him. His clothes were stained with her blood, "I may have been sad last night, but I wasn't deaf."

"I don't want to do this, but I don't have a choice." Avery swallowed down her emotions. She had to be like a rock. Solid and unmoving in her decision.

"You, more than anyone I know, always have a choice." Sam moved towards her. When they were standing inches apart, he pulled the gun up to his chest with her hand on the trigger. She wasn't sure what he wanted her to do.

"Do what you have to do." he nodded, closing his eyes. Avery couldn't hold back her tears, as she clasped the gun with two hands. It was almost like having two hands on it would make her choice easier. It didn't.

"I can't." she exhaled deeply and stepped away from him, sniffling.

"I don't want this." Sam looked at her imploringly, she could see that he didn't want this curse.

"But I can't let you die either. I can't let our parents win."

"Then what?" Sam was exhausted, his shoulders slumping. Could this all just end?

"We run. We clear our bank accounts out, get new names and move somewhere else. Or we find Kali and ask her to help us."

"I am not going anywhere near her." Sam shook his head, his blood boiling. Ilena may have still been alive if she had let them run in and stand in front of the gun fire.

"You know as well as I do that Omega's don't last long." she crossed her arms.

"I'm not alone, I've got you."

"But I'm not a wolf." she frowned, "And if I'm going to learn how to take care of you like this, I'm going to need some help." Avery smiled sadly and hugged her brother. He dropped his gaze onto his little sister and hugged her back. They may both have been terrified about the future, but together they had a better chance of outrunning their parents.

"First off, I'm getting rid of this." Avery pulled the necklace off herself and threw it to the ground. She held her foot high in the air, bringing it down to crushed the jewellery underneath.

"You should have kept it." Sam chuckled slightly.

"To be honest, I don't want to wear our family crest ever again. Not after—,"Avery bowed her head as Sam held his finger to her lips.

"Our parents disgraced that crest, not us. You shouldn't want to deny your heritage because of them. They're the ones not worthy to wear it." he said. She looked down at it, in thought of what he had said and nodded.

"The Venators, aside from being hunters, are noble men and women who fight for the greater good. In your heart I know that's what you strive for."

"Yeah, well Ventor is latin for Hunter so that's only half true." she frowned and walked away from him.

"So... we have to find Kali." he cleared his throat.

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Avery stood in the middle of Sam's apartment as he packed the last of their bags. She watched him walking frantically back and forth, still in his bloodied shirt. Every time he turned around, she found her eyes drawn back to the bite marks through the shoulder of his shirt. There was no mark there anymore.

Last night was such a crazy haze of events. She could hardly believe any of it had happened. One minute she was trying to work out whether or not she liked Ilena and the next she was racing for her life. It was clear, as the light of day, that Sam was avoiding the issue. He had claimed that last night he had shed his tears for the love of his live, but Avery knew her brother better. When they were younger, he was terrible with saying goodbye to friends who continued to live, whenever they moved towns. If his actions had been any indication, he truly was in love with Ilena. The simple fact that he flew his sister to meet her, because he was so sure that her wolfy-ness was something they could overcome and that he was willing to sacrifice everything to make their relationship work, had to mean more than a one night crying session.

It wasn't even the fact that Ilena was dead that got under Avery's skin, it was the way in which it happened. Avery didn't want to come off as a bitch, but she was a virtual stranger to Ilena. They had the potential to create a friendship, but she didn't know her well enough to grieve. She was more empathizing with her brother and the incredibly inhuman and unnecessary death that befell her. They had left Ilena's body back at the warehouse, tipping off the police about her whereabouts so that her family would be able to collect her body and properly bury her. Sam hadn't even said a final goodbye, the years of leaving people had made him hard.

"Done." Sam smiled weakly, lifting up their bags. Avery had cut down most of her clothes and stuck to simple jeans, a few shirts and jumpers, plus underwear. She had ditched most of her shoes and kept her boots that she was wearing now. They would have to do her. Sam had a similar amount of clothing packed. They would be living out of a backpack for a while now.

"So any wolf senses telling you where Kali might be?" Avery lifted her own bag over her shoulder.

"Yeah. She was headed back towards California." he said blatantly, Avery was confused.

"How do you—?" she went to ask, as he pulled a phone from his pocket. He pressed a few buttons before showing the text that he had obviously sent to the Alpha.

I need to know how to control this. Where's your pack. Please help me for Ilena's sake - Sam

We're headed towards California. If you want our help you're going to have to find us on your own - K

"Do you think that she'll wait up?"

"I wouldn't count on it, but I think we're best to head that way as well." Sam put the phone away.

"You realise that Mum and Dad are going to be in California." she bit her lip. Sam nodded and lifted up his own bag.

"We need Kali and if her pack's going that way then so be it. I'll be stronger in a pack anyway. Like you said, Omega's never last long." heading towards the door, he took one last look at the place he had called home and left, his sister trailing meagerly behind.

They caught the first bus out of town, headed across the country. Kali wouldn't have had too much of a head start on them. In three to four days time they would be in California and on their way to finding a pack for Sam. All they had to do was pray that no harm would come to them once they were there.