#15
Elie scrolled through her contact list on her phone and stopped at 'Derek.' She took a deep breath and called him. Please, please, please answer the phone…Elie pleaded as she listened to the ringtone.
"Hello?" A woman answered the phone and it threw off Elie for a second because she wasn't expecting that. For a moment, Elie thought of hanging up but remembering the hunters, she pressed on.
"Um…uh…..this is Elie…..um…can I talk to Derek?"
"I'm sorry he can't come to the phone right now, but would you like to leave a message?" said the woman in a cheery but mocking tone.
"Um no, it's okay. Thanks."
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"Who's Elie?" Kate smirked after hanging up the phone. Derek looked away and just growled. Kate twirled the phone in her hand and continued to mock him.
"You haven't even saved her number on your phone…I wonder why she was calling you?"
"None of your business." Derek hissed.
"She sounded young…you're going for a younger ones now or something?"
"Shut up." Derek growled. If only he could get out of this…this thing! The fact that Elie called him meant that something was up. He was sure his uncle wouldn't hurt Scott because he needs him, so he figured that it must be the hunters….maybe they finally found out about Scott. His thoughts were abruptly interrupted by the stabbing pain. Kate was standing by the machine grinning.
"Sorry, I have no reason to torture you now since I've already figured out everything, but you look sooo helpless and pathetic right now that it's too tempting. I love hearing you scream in pain." Kate smiled sweetly.
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The shock of hearing a woman answer Derek's phone had left Elie dazed. He had a girlfriend? Hang on, why should I be concerned about him having a girlfriend? I'm not asking him out! I'm asking for help! She tried calling Derek again but this time, it kept ringing until it went over to voice mail. Damn! I should have asked where he was the first time! Where could he be? Elie's train of thoughts were interrupted by a loud car horn and that's when she realised she had just walked in front of a car that was trying to leave school grounds.
"Watch where you're going! Hey….Elie? Is that you?"
"Ethan? I'm sorry…I….ur…"
"It's okay…Just be careful okay?"
"Um…wait! Ethan, can you give me a lift?"
"Sure, get in,"
"Thanks, I really appreciate it." said Elie as she got into the passenger side.
"You're leaving early too?"
"Um yeah…what happened to your date?"
"She's kissing one of the lacrosse guys."
"Ah….um…sorry."
"Nah, it's okay. What about yours?"
"Um…he's dancing with the girl of his dreams."
"Maybe you should've just said yes to me, huh?"
"Maybe…but I hate dancing so I would have been a shitty date."
"I don't dance either."
"Um, Ethan can you turn here?"
"You're not going home?"
"No. I…I have to go somewhere." said Elie hoping that Ethan wouldn't ask too much questions and to her relief he just shrugged as he drove on.
"Uh…are you sure you don't want me to wait or something?" Ethan asked as he stopped the car where Elie told him to.
"Um no, it's okay. I'm meeting someone here. So thanks…" said Elie as she quickly got out of the car.
"I'm not going to get in to trouble about this with Sheriff am I?" Ethan leaned over and asked.
"What? No!"
"I feel really uneasy leaving you here…"
"I'll be fine! This is Beacon Hills, Ethan! Nothing ever happens, remember?"
"Well, yeah but lately…you know…"
"I promise I won't become a news headline tomorrow morning. Thanks for the ride and I'll see you around okay?" Elie waved at Ethan who looked concerned, and ran into the woods.
Walking through the tall trees and thick fog, and listening to the crunching the dry leaves, Elie felt as if she was having a déjà vu moment to the night she and the boys went out to find the dead girl in the woods. Going to Hale house was a spur of the moment decision but since Elie knew nothing about Derek, she thought she'd start as his house. Maybe she'd be able to find out something about him that might give her a clue as to where he was, or the hunters. I don't know what I'm doing but I don't want to do nothing and just worry about everything.
As she got closer to the Hale house, she jumped when she suddenly heard a loud howl. It sounded close but she was pretty sure that it wasn't coming from the inside of the house. For a moment she feared that it might be an alpha, but she decided that it wasn't him since every time the alpha had appeared before her, it had crept up to her silently, not howl from distance. It can't be Scott because he's at school, so it must be Derek! Unless there's another werewolf that she didn't know about. She closed her eyes and strained her ears to figure out where it was coming from. She walked closer and closer towards the howl until she stumbled onto what looked like a secret passage with iron door covered in vines and spider webs.
The howling had stopped and after looking around to see if anyone was around, she carefully pushed at the door, half expecting it to be locked. To her surprise, it opened with a little rattle and creaking sound. She walked into the dark, dusty tunnel like passage until she came to a bend and saw the lights. She continued onward until she came to a room and saw Derek chained to what looked like a torturing device.
"Elie? What are you doing here?" Derek asked when he saw her walk in.
"Looking for you," she answered as she got closer to free him. She looked around for something to step on so she could reach up to his wrist.
"How did you know I was here?"
"I didn't. You howled just in time though." said Elie as she stepped onto a wooden box.
"…why were you looking for me?"
"Uncharacteristically talkative today aren't we? I was looking for you because I need you." Elie blurted out as she was struggling with the leather wrist band. Once she realised what she had just said, she quickly added,
"I mean WE need you. I think the hunters have found out about Scott and your uncle's lurking around somewhere threatening to kill everyone so you know, we need you."
Elie jumped off the box and was about to move it to the other side to free his other arm, when they heard footsteps approaching.
"Hide!" Derek whispered and Elie scurried away behind the large crate. As she held her breath, someone walked in, turned on the lamp and said,
"Are you ready to have some more fun?" the man taunted Derek who remained silent and the man continued.
"To be honest, my knuckles are kind of hurting so I've brought some help. But I need to warn ya. I used to play in college." Elie heard the swish of air as the man swung his bat but it failed to make contact as Derek had grabbed the bat in mid-air.
"I've had a little help too." said Derek and as the man turned around to look for Derek's accomplice, Derek swung his arm and knocked him out.
"Scott?" Elie called out in surprise as she emerged from behind the crate and saw Scott standing in the doorway.
"Elie? What are you doing here?" asked Scott looking shocked.
"Um…I was trying to get help because Jackson ratted you out to the hunters."
While Scott and Elie were talking, Derek was struggling to get himself free with one hand.
"Scott, Help me with this…." he said as he ripped off the patches of wires from his torso.
Scott walked towards him but refused to help.
"No."
"What?" Elie and Derek asked in unison.
"Not until you tell me how to stop Peter." Scott insisted.
"You wanna talk about this right now?"
"He's going after Allison and her family. He's going to kill them."
"So WHAT?" Derek yelled.
"So tell me how to stop him."
"You CAN'T!" Derek screamed and then rattles the chains in frustration.
"I don't know when Kate's coming back, so get me out right now. GET ME OUT RIGHT NOW!"
"Um, Scott he's right, you can talk about this after we get out." Elie suggested as she stood between Derek and Scott. Scott looked at Elie and pulled her towards him and away from Derek, as if to warn her not to help Derek.
"You promise to help me." Scott persisted.
"You think I'm gonna risk my life for your girlfriend? Huh? For your stupid teenage crush that means absolutely nothing? You're not in love Scott! You're 16 years old! You're a child!" Derek yelled in anger. His words were directed at Scott but it stung Elie. You're not in love. You're 16 years old. You're a CHILD. Those words were ringing in Elie's head and she felt so stupid for coming here. She bit down her lip.
Scott didn't retaliate and defend his feelings for Allison to Derek and instead he calmly said,
"Maybe you're right. But I know something you don't."
When Derek looked puzzled, Scott continued with his story.
"Peter said he didn't know what he was doing when he killed your sister, right?"
"He lied. Remember this?" asked Scott as he brought out a piece of paper. Elie couldn't see what it was but then again, she really didn't care right now.
"This is what brought your sister back to Beacon Hills, right?"
"Where did you get that?" asked Derek instead of answering Scott.
"My boss told me a few months ago that somebody came in asking for a copy of this picture. Do you wanna know who it was?" Derek didn't say anything so Scott continued to talk.
"Peter's nurse. They brought your sister here so that Peter could kill her and become the alpha. And that's why you're going to help me."
Derek didn't say anything. He looked calm but you could see his boiling rage in his eyes.
"Just say you'll help me and I'll help you unlike your…" Scott muttered as he turned his back to Derek when they heard a creak and then loud crash. Derek had freed himself and he growled,
"I'll help you."
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On their way out, Elie picked up the hunter's baseball bat. It was not much of a weapon but she felt a little safer holding onto something. Scott gave her a look as if to ask what it was for, so Elie said,
"You have fangs, I don't." Scott shrugged and led Elie and Derek out of the dungeon. As the three of them walked out of the passage and into the woods just in front of the Hale house, Derek suddenly said,
"Hold on, hold on."
"What?"
After catching his breath, Derek said,
"Something doesn't feel right."
"What do you mean?"
"I dunno, it's kind like…it was…" said Derek but he was cut off mid-sentence by Scott.
"Oh, no! Don't say too easy! People say too easy and bad things happen." Derek rolled his eyes at Scott but he insisted.
"You think finding you was easy? Getting away from Allison's dad? None of this has been easy!"
"Fine, You're right…"
At that moment something flew past Elie's cheek and the next thing she saw was Derek stumbling down with arrow stuck in his chest.
"Derek!" Elie screamed as she ran towards him.
"Elie! No! Get down!" She heard Scott screaming from behind her and saw another arrow fly past and struck Derek's leg. When she got to him, Derek pulled her down to shield her with his body and warned Scott.
"Scott, your eyes!"
There was a blinding flash as another arrow hit one of the trees. Derek quickly sat up and pulled out the arrows. Elie ran across to Scott, who seemed to be struggling to get up.
"Get up, Scott, Get up!" Elie tried to get him to stand up but he was too heavy. Derek staggered towards them and helped Elie pull him towards the Hale house but after few steps, Derek fell and he threw Scott towards the house.
"Scott, Elie, GO!" yelled Derek from the ground. Elie looked back and saw Derek's pleading eyes. She tried to drag Scott away from the hunters and into the house but he fell.
"Come on Scott! We're nearly there!" said Elie as she tried to get him up. Instead of trying to get away, he was looking at something or someone behind them. When Elie looked back, she saw Allison walking towards them carrying a bow. As she got closer, Scott pushed Elie back. She staggered back and fell down as her foot was caught in something.
"Allison, I can explain,"
"Stop lying. For once stop lying."
"I was gonna tell you the truth after the formal. I was gonna tell you everything. Everything that I said, everything that I did…"
"Was to protect me?"
"Yes."
"I don't believe you."
"Thank GOD, now just shoot him before I have to shoot him myself." said the woman as she walked up towards Scott. Elie recognised her voice. She was the one who answered Derek's phone!
"You, you said we're just gonna catch them."
"We did that. Now we're going to kill them." said Kate and she shot Derek with her gun as she continued to advance towards them. Elie screamed. Ignoring her scream, she walked towards Scott.
"See? Not that hard," said the woman nonchalantly, as she waved around her gun. When Allison stared at her in horror, she said,
"Oh no, I now that look. It's the you're gonna have to do it yourself look." and aimed her gun at Scott.
"No!"
Elie screamed as she got on to her feet and ran towards Scott. She knelt down next to him and hugged him to shield him from the bullets. Scott was trying to push her away but she held on tightly. She was not going to lose Scott. Hanging onto Scott, Elie turned around and looked right at the gun Kate was aiming towards them.
"Kate, Kate, what are you doing?" Allison tried to pull her aunt back but she was pushed away and fell to the ground.
"I love those brown eyes. Now get out of the way you stupid girl." said Kate.
"Elie, don't!" Scott kept trying to push away from the gun's trajectory but Elie held on. She glared at the hunter and yelled,
"You'll have to kill me too, you psycho bitch!"
"Not a problem," said Kate and was about to pull the trigger when someone called out her name.
"Kate!"
It was Allison's dad. Shit! Elie swore under her breath as she held on to Scott. More fucking hunters! It was last thing she needed right now.
"I know what you did," said Allison's dad, and for a moment, Kate seemed a little flustered.
"Put the gun down."
Elie and Scott looked at Allison's dad, and at each other. Scott looked as confused as she was. But the gun was still pointed towards them so Elie held on.
"I was only doing what I was told to do." said Kate.
"No one asked you to murder innocent people. There were children in that house. Ones who were human…Look at what you're doing right now! You're holding a gun at a 16 year old boy with no proof that he spilt a human blood, and you're willing to kill a 16 year old girl for getting in the way. We go by the code. Nous chassons ceux qui nous chassent."
When Kate refused to put the gun down and she was again about to pull the trigger, Allison's dad pointed the gun at his sister and said,
"Put the gun down," This time he shot at a tree behind her. Elie winced at the sound of gunshot.
"Before I bring you down." with that warning, Kate finally pointed the gun away from them. Both Scott and Elie took a deep breath out of relief but stopped when they heard the creak of a wooden door from behind them.
"Allison, get back!" Realising that something, or someone was in Hale house, Chris warned his daughter to get back. Scott quickly got up, and pushed Elie behind him. She felt the chill she had felt in that car park and she knew. Both Kate and Chris were pointing their guns towards the front of the house.
"What is it?" Allison asked as she took a few steps towards her aunt.
"It's the alpha." Scott growled.
Something ran out the building and before they could react, it began to blitz across them knocking down Chris, then Allison, Elie and Scott. Kate was left standing and she yelled,
"COME ON!"
Suddenly the alpha appeared in human form and grabbed Kate's arm, pulling it up as she pulled the trigger. He hit her arm and Elie winced as she heard the crunch of bone breaking. Kate screamed as the alpha grabbed her by the neck and threw her towards the house, and then quickly following her to drag her screaming and kicking into the house.
Elie stood up and saw Kate's gun lying around. The bullet! She thought as she looked around for Derek. He was not where he was when he first fell. May be he's hiding…she thought. At that moment, Allison stood up and looked at the Hale house and screamed as she followed the alpha and her aunt into the house. Scott was struggling to get up but he also followed Allison into the house too. Holding Kate's gun, Elie yelled for Derek desperately in the dark. When she turned around, he was in front of her looking pale as he did the time she saw him the school car park.
"Here, the bullets should be in there. You'll be okay right?" Elie's hand was shaking as she handed it to Derek. Derek walked towards the house as he emptied the bullets onto the ground. He picked one up, took a bite to drain the powder on to the wooden floor. He grabbed a lighter from his jacket pocket to light it on fire and in hale the fumes.
"Elie, stay outside okay?" he said as he entered the house.
"No! Scott's in there! I'm coming…" Elie was about to follow him when he turned around, gently grabbed Elie by the shoulders and quietly repeated,
"Stay."
She knew she'd only get in the way and she also knew that he would help Scott. Despite what he had said back in the dungeon. So she nodded and took a step back. When he was sure that she wouldn't follow him, he stepped into the house.
She was waiting outside not knowing what to do when she suddenly heard loud crashing noises and saw Allison run out. She had been crying.
"Allison! What's going on?"
"That, that monster killed my aunt!"
"Yeah, but what's happening to Scott and Derek!"
"They're fighting him!"
Allison ran to her father, who had passed out when he was knocked down by the alpha. Suddenly they heard the window shatter and saw Scott flying out of the house. He was still on the ground when he was followed by the alpha, who was no longer in his human form. The alpha growled as he picked up Scott but then, Scott kicked him away. At that moment, they heard a loud car horn, and Elie saw her brother standing by a car, throwing something at the alpha.
The alpha just caught it and howled at Stiles. Realising that Stiles had thrown the homemade Molotov cocktail, Scott threw the bow at Allison and he yelled out her name. Just as the alpha was about to throw it away, Allison quickly aimed and shot at the bottle, which shattered in the alpha's hand and immediately flared up so that the alpha's arm was covered in flames. When Jackson threw the second bottle at the alpha, he was completely engulfed in flames. He was staggering towards Allison when Scott ran towards him and kicked away. The alpha took a few steps away from them as the flame gradually died down, but fell over, covered in severe burns. Allison quickly walked towards Scott, and Elie ran towards her brother, who seemed shocked to find her here.
There were questions they wanted to ask each other, but for now, knowing that the alpha is down was enough and the twins hugged each other tightly.
"Are you okay?" Stiles asked his sister.
"Are you okay?" Elie answered with a question.
The twins looked up when they heard Scott yell out.
"Wait!" Scott was yelling at Derek who was kneeling over the charred body of his uncle.
"You said that the cure comes from the one who bit you. Derek! If you do this, I'm dead. Her father and her family? What am I supposed to do?" Scott desperately pleaded. For a moment, Derek seemed to hesitate when the alpha growled,
"You….have…already…decided. I CAN SMELL IT ON YOU!"
Instead of answering his uncle, Derek raised his clawed hands high above his head and brought it down as Scott yelled in the background.
Derek stood up, and turned around. His eyes were glowing red.
"I'm the alpha now."
A/N: One more chapter to go! Thanks for reading and reviewing you lovely readers! :)