Chapter 10
After School Activities
Meet me at the school. URGENT – Derek
Riley clicked her phone off, put the unfinished bowl of cereal in the sink and headed upstairs to change. After changing, she drove to the high school. She parked her car and saw Derek and Stiles' cars. Stiles' jeep had the hood almost ripped off. She ran toward the open entrance door and went inside.
I'm here.
She wrote to Derek.
She walked around the dark, empty hallways almost afraid to call out knowing that Derek could easily find her. She kept on walking around for a few minutes until she saw a dark figure at the end of one hallway. It looked like a person until the figure fell on four legs and took off toward her. She turned around and ran as fast as she could but it was gaining distance on her. She rounded a corner and made half way down a hallway when she was knocked into lockers, causing her to fall. She sat up and put her back to some lockers as she stared wide eyed at the thing that chased her. The thing was a large monster…it was the alpha.
The alpha advanced toward Riley showing its teeth and growling. She closed her eyes and waited for it to attack but nothing happened. She opened her eyes and gasped because it was still there looking at her. The alpha lunged for her throat causing Riley to scream but still the attack didn't happen. She felt the alpha sniff her neck.
There was a noise down the hall that caught the alpha's attention before it ran off in the opposite direction of the noise, leaving Riley sitting on the floor, frozen in fear. She didn't know how long she sat there but knew that she had to get up.
Just then she felt a hand on her shoulder and she began to scream. However, she found that she couldn't because someone put a hand over her mouth.
"It's us, it's us," Scott said before removing his hand. Riley saw Scott in front of her and Stiles standing behind him, "Riley, what are you doing here?" he asked.
"I got a text from Derek telling me to meet him here," she said.
"What?" Stiles asked.
"It was here," Scott said, "The alpha?" he asked as he helped her stand up.
"Yeah, up close and personal," she said.
"Did he bite you?" Scott asked while feeling around for a mark.
"No, I'm fine…he just sniffed me," she said, looking at Scott.
"He sniffed you?" Stiles asked.
"That's what I said," she said, "Where's Derek?"
Scott and Stiles shared a look.
They all heard a wolf howl.
"We better move," Scott said.
"We are trying to find a place with fewer windows," Stiles said.
They started to walk as Riley followed them, "Why not just get out?" she asked.
"He secured all the exits out of here," Stiles said.
"I got in just fine on the west wing. The door was propped open like an invitation," she said.
"It's a trap with only one way in or out of the school," Scott said.
Riley looked around her, "And the best bet is to hide in the boys locker room," she said.
"Less windows," Stiles said.
"No escape," she said irritated.
"Call your dad," Scott told Stiles.
"And tell him what?" Stiles asked.
"Anything…gas leek or fire or whatever. If that thing sees a bunch of cop cars in the parking lot, it's going to take off," Scott said.
"Or it's an open buffet," Riley said.
"Including my dad," Stiles said.
"They have guns," Scott said.
"And Derek had to be shot with a wolf lased bullet to even slow him down, remember that?" Stiles asked sarcastically.
"Speaking of, where's Derek?" Riley asked.
"He couldn't have sent you the text message," Scott said, "Why would he tell you to come here? It's dangerous."
"Then who sent it?" she asked. No one answered, "The alpha. Why?"
"To cut off loose ends of Derek," Stiles said.
"Okay, but that still doesn't explain where Derek is," she said.
"You didn't see him on your way in," Stiles said, receiving an elbow to the chest from Scott.
"I didn't see anybody," she said, "Can you tell me what's going on?"
Scott sighed, "The alpha killed Derek," he said gently.
"Well, we think the alpha did," Stiles said.
"Well, either the alpha did or didn't," she said, a little panicked.
"We don't know for sure," Scott said.
Riley sighed, "Awesome," she said before sitting down on the bench.
"We have to find a way out and just run for it," Scott said.
"There's nothing around the school for at least a mile," Stiles said.
"What about Derek's car?" Scott asked.
"We go and get the keys off of Derek's body," Stiles made a disgusted noise, "And then take his car."
"And him," Scott said.
"Fine," Stiles agreed.
"That won't be necessary. For one, I didn't see him out there," she said.
"It's dark," Stiles said.
"I didn't see him out there," she said more forceful, "And I have my car," showing them the keys.
"That will work. Let's go," Scott said, walking to the other exit.
Stiles reached for the door when Scott suddenly stopped him, "Hide," he whispered. Stiles reached for a locker and made a loud noise.
"Smooth," Riley whispered.
Stiles got into a locker with Scott and Riley following on the other row of lockers. It turned out it was the night shift janitor. After things calmed down, the janitor told them to leave and as he was pushing the three of them out of the locker room he was grabbed from behind. The door shut and the janitor screamed as they saw his silhouette and blood on the window before taking off down the hallway to get away.
They stopped running for a while.
"I really don't like this game of cat and mouse," Riley complained, "With us being the mouse."
"I don't want to die here," Stiles said.
"We need to figure out a plan because I agree with Stiles," she said.
"You agree with me," Stiles said.
"We're not going to die here," Scott said.
"What does it want?" Stiles asked.
"Me," Scott said, "Derek said it's stronger with a pack."
"Great, a psychotic wolf that's into team work. That's beautiful," Stiles said.
Riley looked outside the window they were walking by, "Ah, guys," she said.
Scott and Stiles looked and saw the alpha on the roof of the other building.
"Run!" Scott shouted as he grabbed Riley's arm. They could hear the alpha crashing in through the window behind them but none of them dared to look back. Scott led the way down the hall and staircase to another floor, never letting go of Riley's arm.
They were soon running out of places to hide. Riley didn't recognize where they were.
"We need to do something," Stiles said.
"Like what?" Scott asked.
"I don't know, kill it. Hurt it. Mental anguish on it. I don't know, something," Stiles rambled off.
"Well," Riley put a hand on Stiles' back, "Get to it," she said while pushing him a little.
"Not funny," Stiles complained. There was a loud noise and they all jumped, "Definitely not funny," he said.
Stiles looked inside an empty, small room and removed his keys from his pocket. He threw them into the room and pushed Scott and Riley away as the alpha ran into the room. Stiles shut the door and they moved a desk to block the door from opening.
"Not a bad idea," Riley admitted, "Can we get out of here now?"
"We have to go that way," Scott pointed. He and Riley were on the wrong side of the desk.
"Come on," Stiles said.
Scott and Stiles helped Riley get over the desk before Scott joined them on the other side.
Stiles started to look through the little door window, "What are you doing?" Scott asked.
"I just want to get a look at it," Stiles said.
"That's like poking an angry lion with a stick," Riley said.
"Its trapped, it's not going to get out," Stiles said.
"What do you honestly have to prove by doing this?" she asked.
The alpha growled and hit the door, "I'm not scared of you. We are not scared of you," Stiles said, "You are stuck in there while we are out here. You are not going," there was a loud crashing sound, "anywhere."
The three of them looked up toward the ceiling because they heard movement as some of the ceiling tiles started to collapse.
"I honesty hate you right now," Riley told Stiles before they started to run again.
When they thought they lost the alpha once again, they started to walk, "Did you hear that?" Scott asked.
"What?" Stiles asked, causing Riley to look around for the alpha.
"It sounds like a phone ringing," Scott said, "I know that ring. It's Allison's phone."
"She's here?" Riley asked.
"I need to call her," Scott said.
"You can use mine," Riley said, digging through her pockets, "I think I dropped it somewhere."
"Am I the only teenager who is attached to the hip with their phone," Stiles said, giving it to Scott.
Scott dialed Allison's number, "It's Scott, where are you?"
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"Where are you right now?"
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"Where exactly?"
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"Get to the lobby. Go now," Scott said before hanging up, "We're meeting her." They walked to the lobby just as Allison arrived, "Why did you come? What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Cause you asked me too," Allison said confused.
"Did you get a text message from Scott?" Riley asked.
"Yeah," she said.
"I got one too, but not from Scott," Riley said.
"Why do I have the feeling that you didn't send it to me?" Allison asked.
"Cause I didn't," Scott said.
"What is going on here?" Allison asked Riley.
"It's…I don't know," Riley said.
"Did you drive here?" Stiles asked.
"Jackson did," Allison said.
"Jackson is here!" Scott said.
"And Lydia," Allison said.
"It's like my own personal nightmare tonight," Riley whispered.
Allison's phone rang and she answered it, "Where are you?"
A door opened and in walked Jackson and Lydia, "Finally, can we go now?" Lydia asked once she saw Allison, "Was there a freak show club meeting tonight?" she asked once she saw Riley.
"And the president of the club just showed up," Riley said.
There was a noise coming from the ceiling, causing everyone to stop talking and look up.
"Run!" Scott shouted as the group ran away from the lobby.
They ran into the cafeteria and blocked the door they entered through with an ice machine and chairs. Once that was finished, "Now, what do we do about the 20 feet of windows?" Stiles asked.
They all looked and started to panic, "Can someone please explain to me what is going on because I am freaking out here. And I'd like to know why," Allison said, "Scott?"
Scott didn't know what to say and walked away from Allison. Jackson, Lydia and Allison waited for an explanation since they had no idea what was really going on at the school. Riley even received some looks from them, "I am just as confused as anyone else here," she said.
"Someone killed the janitor," Stiles said, getting everyone's attention.
"What?" Lydia squeaked.
"Yeah, the janitor is dead," Stiles said.
"What is he talking about?" Allison asked while looking back at Scott, "Is this a joke?"
"Who killed him?" Jackson asked.
"No, this is supposed to be over. The mountain lion…" Lydia said.
"No, don't you get it? There wasn't a mountain lion," Jackson said.
"Something like that," Riley said.
"Who was it?" Allison asked, "What does he want?"
Riley pulled Allison into a hug to comfort her. Allison kept on looking at Scott for answers.
"Scott!" Allison shouted.
"I don't know," Scott said for the first time, "If we go out there he is going to kill us."
"Us?" Lydia asked, "He's going to kill us?"
"Who?" Allison asked again.
Riley let go of Allison, "Scott doesn't have all the answers," Riley spoke up, "So leave him alone."
"We weren't asking you," Jackson said to her.
"We already know that you don't have all the answers," Lydia said.
"It's Derek…Derek Hale," Scott answered.
"It's…what?" Riley asked.
"Derek killed the janitor?" Jackson asked.
"Are you sure?" Allison asked.
"No, he's not," Riley said.
"I saw him," Scott said.
"The mountain lion," Lydia said.
"No, Derek killed them," Scott said.
"All of them?" Allison asked.
"No, Scott doesn't know what he's talking about," Riley said.
"Why are you defending Derek Hale?" Jackson asked.
Riley didn't say anything.
"He's in here with us. It's been Derek this whole time. Starting with his sister," Scott said.
Riley walked up to Scott and slapped him across the face. Scott looked at Riley angrily while Stiles dragged her away from Scott before he could hurt her, "Stop making it up," she said.
"Why would he make it up?" Allison asked.
Riley still didn't have an answer.
"Call the cops," Jackson said to Stiles.
"No," Stiles answered.
"He can't," Riley said.
"What do you mean 'no'?" Jackson asked.
"I mean no. Do you want to here it in Spanish? No," Stiles said, receiving glares from everyone, "Derek killed three people," Riley glared at him, "Supposedly killed three people. We don't know what he's armed with."
"Your dad is armed with an entire sheriff department, call him," Jackson demanded.
"I'm calling," Lydia said, getting out her phone.
"Just wait a second," Stiles said while trying to stop her but Jackson pushed him away from Lydia.
Lydia dialed the number and they all waited, "Yes we are at Beacon Hills High School, we're trapped and we need you to…But," she had a confused look on her face and hung up, "She hung up on me."
"The police hung up on you," Allison said.
"She said that they got a tip that there were going to be prank calls about a break in at the high school. She said if I called again that they would have it traced and have me arrested," Lydia said.
"Call again," Allison told her.
Riley pulled Scott off to the side, "So, what exactly was that a second ago? Blaming everything on Derek?" she asked.
"I panicked. I didn't know what to say. Allison just looked at me and she needed an answer," Scott said.
"If he's alive, the cops are going to be after him and then he can't do what he came back to Beacon Hills to do. You just made everything a hundred times worse for him," Riley said.
"You don't even know what he came back to do," he accused.
"I know enough because I trust him," she said.
"Revenge can only get you so far before it kills you," he said.
Riley looked at Scott. She knew he was right, "It's something he has to do, Scott. Wouldn't you?" she asked.
"Even if it meant killing people?" he asked.
"He's not the one doing the killing," she said.
"Why is Derek doing this? Why is he killing anyone?" they heard Allison ask.
Riley and Scott look over at Allison. They were all looking at Scott, "Why is everyone looking at me?" he asked.
"Is he the one who sent her the text?" Lydia asked.
"I'm not the only one who got one," Allison said, looking at Riley.
"Did he send them?" Lydia asked again.
"No, I mean, I don't know," Scott said.
"Is he the one who called the police?" Allison asked.
"I don't know," Scott shouted.
Riley put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. Allison looked hurt because Scott yelled at her. Stiles took Scott off to the side, leaving Riley to answer questions.
"How do you know Derek?" Lydia asked.
"I don't," Riley lied.
"Yes, you do," Allison said, "You told me that you knew him."
"That was when we were kids years ago, it doesn't mean anything now," Riley said.
"Well, it means enough for you to get a text to show up here tonight," Jackson said. He got emaciate, "Okay, ass heads!" he said to Scott and Stiles, "New plan. Stiles calls his useless dad and has him send someone with a gun and decent aim. Are you good with that?"
"If we want to get out of here alive, we have to do something now. It might be our only chance," Riley said.
"They're right," Scott said, "Tell him the truth if you have to. Just call him."
Stiles didn't make a move to make that call.
"Give me that phone," Jackson said, stepping forward. Stiles punched him in the face. Allison went to his aid.
"That was freaking awesome!" Riley said, getting Stiles' attention, "I bet that felt good," she had a big smile on her face.
Allison looked to Stiles and Riley lost her smile. Stiles gave in and called his dad, "Hey, dad it's me…And it's your voice mail…Look I need you to call me back, like right now," he said. Just then there was a loud banging noise coming from the other side of the cafeteria door they blocked off. The six of them started to back away from the door, "Dad, we are at the school. We are at the school," he said into the phone before hanging up. The door was rattling off the hinges and the banging noise grew louder. Riley reached for Stiles' arm just as he stood in front of her, "The kitchen. The door out of the kitchen that leads to the stairs," he said.
"Which only leads up," Scott said.
"Up is better than here," Stiles said.
"Up it is then," Riley said just as the group turned to leave. Stiles pushed Riley to follow Scott and Allison out of the cafeteria.
They ran to the kitchen and found the staircase that lead up. They ran into another hallway full of classrooms. Lydia opened a chemistry classroom and they hid inside. They stayed quiet as the alpha walked by the classroom.
"Jackson, how many people can fit in your car?" Scott asked.
"Five," Jackson said, "If someone sits on someone's lap."
"That won't work," Allison spoke up, "I can barely sit in the back seat."
"We can split up and take my car too. That might actually work better and then we can get the hell out of Dodge," Riley said.
"It doesn't matter," Stiles said, "We can't get out without drawing attention."
"What about this?" Scott asked, pointing to a door that leads to the roof, "This leads to the roof. We can go down the fire escape and then to the parking lot in like seconds. We take two cars," he said.
Scott and Stiles went on talking about needing a key which only the dead janitor might have on him. The plan was for Scott to take a homemade bomb with him for protection, which Lydia provided instructions on how to make. Scott would retrieve the key off the janitor, come back and they all would make a run for the cars. Allison and Lydia would go with Jackson. Scott and Stiles would go with Riley. From the school they would drive to the sheriff department. Riley didn't think they should split up but she knew Scott would be able to get the key faster without them following him.
"You need to be careful," Riley told Scott while they waited for Lydia to finish.
"I will," Scott said.
"No, I'm serious. You need to be careful for Allison. She is already on overload and if this thing goes wrong…I think you know what could happen," she said.
"Keep an eye on her while I'm gone," he said.
"I really didn't like the sound of that," she said, tears forming in her eyes.
"I need you to keep it together, okay?" he asked.
"I'll try," she said, wiping them off her face, "You just worry about coming back safe, okay? I don't want the possibility of also losing a best friend tonight," Scott gave her a face, "Don't act surprised. I may have acted cold toward you when we started to work together last year but that has changed. If you haven't noticed, I don't have a lot of friends and besides Allison I only have you."
Scott took Riley into his arms, "You're one of mine too," he said, "I promise I will be careful."
She pushed away from him, "You better. And if you happen to run into Derek, tell him to get his ass up here before I'm the one having the meltdown."
"It's ready," Lydia said, getting their attention.
Riley walked away from Scott so that Allison could have a moment with him. She watched them kiss. After Scott left the classroom, Riley comforted Allison. They waited for a long time for Scott to come back with the key. The good news was that the alpha didn't come back; the bad news was the way Jackson looked at Allison while they waited for Scott to return. After all, that is her best friend's girl.
At one point, they all heard a loud noise that sounded like an animal. They couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Jackson had some kind of reaction to the noise. He doubled over in pain. Riley saw marks on his neck, she got Stiles' attention, and he saw them too. Once Jackson was okay and standing again, Stiles asked about them but Jackson didn't give an answer.
"We should go out there to look for Scott," Allison said, "He's been gone for too long."
"He said to stay here," Riley said.
"And I bet you always do what you're told," Jackson said.
"You can't help being a total jackass, can you?" Riley asked.
"Can we not argue for a half a second here?" Stiles asked.
"Where is he? He should be back by now," Allison said.
"He's going to be fine," Riley said.
There was a sound at the door. Allison went to check it out, "Scott?" She couldn't get the door open.
"Did you hear that?" Lydia asked, getting everyone's attention.
There were sirens coming from outside. They went to the window and saw cop cars in the parking lot.
Stiles pulled Riley off to the side, "When they ask about who is responsible, I know you don't want to but you have to say it was Derek," she was about to say something, "If they think it was Derek, then they won't endanger themselves looking for the alpha."
Riley knew Stiles had a point, "Fine, but you realize they are going to ask me other questions about Derek. I have ties to his family," she said.
"That's all that you say then," he said. Just then Stiles' phone rang, "We are in room 303…Yeah, and we will wait for you."
The chemistry classroom door finally opened to reveal Stiles' dad and Scott. Shortly after that there were a lot of questions about what went on at the school. Each of them was questioned separately. Riley answered them with the information that Derek was the one terrorizing them that night. Questions concerning her past with Derek; she answered them short and sweet.
Once they were done questioning her, they told her she could go home. She walked over to Stiles and Scott first.
"My dad told me that they looked everywhere and Derek was no where to be found," Stiles said.
"Yeah, that's what they told me when I asked," she said, "Well, that was fun. I understand why I never signed up for after school activities."
They laughed.
"Well, we survived. We outlasted the alpha. That's good," Stiles said.
"When we were in the chemistry room, you think that he didn't hear us? You don't think that he knew exactly where we were?" Scott asked.
"Then why pass us by?" she asked.
"And leave us alive?" Stiles asked.
"He wants me in his pack…But I think that first I have to get rid of my old pack," Scott said.
Stiles didn't understand at first.
"Oh," she said.
"What do you mean? What old pack?" Stiles asked.
"He means us," she said, "You, me, Allison and the evil twins."
Stiles understood now, "The alpha doesn't want to kill us…"
"He wants me to do it," Scott said, looking away from them.
"The alpha has another thing coming because you are not going to kill for him," she said.
"That's not the worst part," Scott said.
"There's more?" Stiles asked.
"He made me shift and I wanted to do it…To kill all of you," Scott said.
Stiles and Riley looked at Scott stunned, "So, there is trouble in pack paradise?" Riley asked.
Scott didn't say anything but noticed Deaton sitting in the ambulance. They looked at the scene confused. They walked over to talk to him. They found out that he was okay. Stiles' dad told them that they should leave Deaton to rest.
"Riley, you should head on home," the sheriff said.
"I'll talk to you guys later," Riley said, "Did you talk to Allison yet?" she asked Scott.
Scott saw Allison and ran after her.
XXX
Riley got home and locked up more than she usually does. She went to her room expecting to see Derek there waiting for her but he wasn't there. She showered and changed back into her pjs she had on earlier. She sat by her opened window expecting him to show up because that would be the only way into the house. She waited for him.
After a while, she went to bed with the window still propped open for him. She dreamed of Derek that night. She dreamt about the first time they made love. The pain she felt in between her legs the first time he entered her. The kiss on her lips the second he broke through. The sweet whisperings against her neck in the moments after to make her feel comfortable with the new feeling of him. The feelings of ecstasy and excitement, of belonging to him.
It was almost like she was feeling every moment she shared with him that night again. Just like not wanting that night or any night that followed to end; she didn't want the dream to end.
But it did.
Riley woke up the next morning to the sun shining through her closed window. She groaned and flipped over to go back to sleep. She had no intention of going to school that day. When she turned over, she fell onto a hard muscular back. She opened her eyes, alarmed at first. The only thing that calmed her was the black, spiral tattoo in between the shoulder blades. She brought up her hand to trace the tattoo with her index finger. This action caused the back muscles to contract. She stopped what she was doing and watched as he moved to face her. She looked up into his eyes and cupped his cheek, "Derek?" he nodded, "You're okay…I thought…I thought you were dead," she whispered.
"I'm here now," he said.
A tear slid down her face and he wiped it away.
She traced his lips before bringing him down on top of her to kiss him. The feelings she felt in her dreams happened again with Derek.
Several hours later, Riley was in Derek's arms with a sheet covering them.
"Exciting night, last night?" she asked him.
"I wouldn't call it exciting," he said.
She sighed, "The alpha was at the school last night," she said.
"Scott told you?" he asked.
"Not exactly…I got a text from you telling me to meet you at the school," she said.
"You what?" he asked.
"Obviously it didn't come from you…"
Riley told him the whole story of what happened at the school. Even the information that Scott told her at the end of the night about the alpha wanting him to kill his old pack.
"The alpha sniffed you?" he asked.
"That's what I said. He didn't try to bite or tear me to pieces. He just smelled me. The alpha knows that we are together now because he smelled you on me," she said.
"Or," he said.
"Or what? What else could that mean?" she asked.
"Well, why did he use my phone to get you to the school, why not use Scott's phone?" he asked.
Riley thought about it for a few seconds, "You're saying that the alpha already knew that we are together," she said.
"Pretending to be me would bring you to the school faster than pretending to be Scott," he said.
"I hate to admit it but that does make sense," she said.
"I know, I wonder what else the alpha knows," he said.
"What happened to you?" she asked.
"The alpha wounded me. I woke up and ran to the woods before I passed out again," he said, "If I'd have known…"
"You couldn't have known that the son of a bitch was going to take your phone," she said.
"I'm going to get a new one. I won't be texting you; don't do anything unless you hear my voice," he said.
"You are going to have a harder time getting around now since Scott through you under the bus," she said.
"I'm not happy to hear that but it's good that you tell people that it was me," he said.
"I know, I got the speech from Scott and Stiles," she said. She looked up at him, "I guess we are going to have to stay in for a few days until the cops give up on the idea of finding you. I'm going to take a few days off of school because of what happened. So lucky for you, we are both under house arrest."
"Really?" he smirked.
"Really," she smirked back.