Kate cocked her head to the side and smirked. "Did you follow me here tonight Mini-Me?" Going on that belief, she smirked. "Next time, just ask." Feeling proud of her niece, she linked arms with her and started walking. "It's time for us to have a little chat."
Haven had no idea where she was being led. "Where are we going?"
"You'll see," Kate smirked and continued leading the way down into some tunnels. When they reached a metal door, she said "You know how some families have their secrets? Well, ours a little different." Kate opened the door to reveal a growling, wolfed out Derek chained up to a metal grate with an electrical apparatus attached to him.
Haven's eyes widened and mouth gaped open a bit, not because she didn't know what he was – obviously – but because Kate had done this.
Kate grinned as she looked at her niece's reaction to Derek. "Isn't he beautiful?" Seeing how speechless Haven was, Kate couldn't help but tease, "Don't faint on me now."
Haven's head was spinning because she wasn't sure what to do or what to say. The only words that came out of her mouth were a mildly weak "I'll try..."
Kate smirked and went over to a electrical box and turned up the amps to show Haven what'd happen when she did.
When Derek screamed out in pain, Haven couldn't take it. "Kate, no. Stop it. You're hurting him!" She forcefully moves Kate's hand away and turned down the dial before going to help Derek.
Kate quickly intervened with that. She turned up the amps and pulled Haven away. "What do you think you're doing, Mini-Me? He's nothing but a shape-shifter. A werewolf. An animal."
"You're the one who's acting like an animal, Kate!" Haven shouted as she yanked her hand away.
Kate took offense to that. "Oh, I'm the animal? Let me show you." She went over to the wolfed-out half unconscious Derek to show Haven his teeth. "You see these canines? They're also known as fangs. These are used for ripping flesh. You don't see these on friendly little, leaf nibbling herbivores"
Haven still felt like her head was spinning. "This is a joke to you?"
Kate scoffed a chuckle. "There are werewolves running all around the world, sweetie," she replied. "Everything's a joke to me. How else do you think I stay sane?"
Haven shook her head and stepped back. "You surpassed insane a long time ago, Kate. I want nothing to do with this!" She was about to high tail it the hell out of there when suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her neck. Haven clasped her hand on the spot and turned around with a gasp. She saw Kate standing there with an empty syringe in her hand. "Wh – what did you do to me?" Haven's head was spinning for real now.
"You can't go anywhere until you understand, sweetie. We can't make your mother right now can we? But don't worry, you won't be out for long." Kate smirked then caught Haven before she fell to the floor. "Don't worry sweetheart. Auntie Kate is going to take good care of you."
When Haven did wake up, she found that she hadn't been taken out of the room but was bound with ropes to a chair. Haven pulled on the restraints with a groan then looked up when she heard Kate say, "Don't bother, sweetheart. You won't be able to get out of those that easily."
"You drugged me." Haven was clearly not pleased by this turn of events.
"I sedated you," Kate corrected as she pointed at her. "There's difference." She took another metal chair and placed it backwards in front of Haven before taking a seat and crossing her arms over the back of it and resting her chin. "You were kinda freaking out there, Haven. Couldn't have you running to mommy."
"What do you want? Are you going to kill me?" At that moment, Haven had no idea what was going through Kate's mind.
Kate looked as if she felt horrible for scaring her like that. "Kill you? Oh, honey, I could never kill you. You're like the daughter I never had – which is why you need to know all of this. Your father and Allison were sworn to secrecy by your mother. She thinks you're too weak to know the secret. But we know otherwise. You have a natural talent, Haven. You may not realize it, but you could be the best of us all." Kate stood up with a sigh as she said, "But not if you insist on acting like a scared little girl."
"I'm not scared," Haven firmly replied as she tried to get out of her restraints again.
Kate looked amused as she stood and moved the chair away. "That may be true, but you don't seem to be ready to accept what's at stake here. It's kill or be killed, Mini-Me. You are a hunter whether you accept it or not. It's in your blood and nothing is going to change it." She let that sink in before saying more. "There are three of these werewolves. Derek here, another Beta, and the Alpha. Now the Alpha is a nasty thing. He's bigger, meaner, and... well, nastier."
Haven kept her eyes on Kate as she got up moved the chair away. "How long are you going to keep me like this?"
Kate went to the door and slid it open with a grin. "Well now, that's up to you." She walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.
Haven couldn't believe that Kate was leaving her there like this. "Kate?" she called out and when she heard nothing, she shouted "KATE!" but it was no use – Kate clearly wasn't coming back.
"Dammit!" Haven shouted and tried pulling her hands through the binds on the chair's arms but it was no use – she was too weak and the binds were to tight. Once that finally sunk in, Haven took deep breaths and tried to think. Derek was unconscious and chained to the metal grate with the electrical box attached to him, and Haven didn't have anything that could help her. Oh, wait...maybe she did.
Haven opened her eyes and looked down at her boots. She moved her leg and felt the blade was still in its sewn in sheath. Now the question was...how was she going to get her leg free to get the blade out? Suddenly...it hit her – almost literally. Haven seriously felt like the idea had been hit into her brain, like she was remembering something long forgotten. It was an odd feeling but the idea came to her nonetheless.
Haven managed to get her boot off and with a stroke of sheer luck she was able to tip her chair over and land close enough to it so her hand could reach the switchblade. It took a lot out of her to stretch and get it out, but she finally got it. "Okay," she breathed out and opened up the blade. She started slicing at the ropes and after only catching herself once, she cut through.
Now that her hand was free to cut off the rest of the ropes, pulled her boot back on and was about to go help Derek when the door slid open and Kate looked at her proudly.
"Not bad, Mini-Me. I think you're ready for part two of my plan," Kate said with a grin.
Haven scoffed as she held her blade at the ready in case Kate wanted to try some funny business again. "First I'm not ready and now you want me to help you? Make up your mind, Auntie." There was quite a bit of sass when Haven said 'Auntie'.
Kate crossed her arms and walked over to the desk with a crooked grin on her face. "I didn't say I needed your help, Haven. I just said you were ready for it."
Haven didn't like the sound in her aunt's voice when she said that. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"You'll see," she replied then picked up the dart gun from the desk and shot Haven with it. This time it was a stronger sedative. Now that she knew what Haven was capable of, she was going to need her niece out of it for awhile.
Kate pulled the unconscious Haven off the floor and tied her to the chair again. This time with her hands bound at the back and made sure she didn't have any more hidden weapons on her. "You'll forgive me for this eventually." Kate knew Haven couldn't hear her, but that didn't stop her from talking. "You're conflicted, I can tell, but when it's going to come down between your family and these animals...I know who you're going to choose."
Allison had been constantly trying to call Haven's phone but it kept going to voicemail. She was really starting to worry. That worry wavered slightly when she heard the front door open. Allison high tailed it out of her bedroom and rushed downstairs to find Kate coming in. "I thought you were Haven."
"Close, but no cigar," Kate joked as she took off her coat. "But don't worry about your sister. She's fine."
There was just something in Kate's voice that unnerved Allison a bit. "Where is she?"
"She knows," Kate answered, knowing that Allison would know what she was referring to, "and she needs some space to let it all sink in. Like I said, don't worry. She's fine." Kate smiled at her niece then headed off to her room.
Allison knew there was something more to this story – there had to be. There was no way that Haven wouldn't call her after being more or less legitimately being let in on the family secret. Something didn't sit right with her and she had to do something.
Allison went into her father's study and found him working on something. "Dad?"
"Hey, Allison," he said with a smile then saw the worry in his daughter's eyes. "What's wrong?"
Allison closed the door behind her before saying. "Dad...I think asking Kate for help was a bad idea. Kate just told me Haven knows and...she didn't come home."
Chris didn't like the sound of this and got to his feet. "What do you mean she didn't come home? Where is she?"
"I don't know," Allison answered honestly. "Kate told me not to worry, that she was safe, but something feels off, Dad. I'm worried about Haven."
Chris rubbed his brow with a heavy sigh. "One thing I know for certain is that Kate would never physically harm your sister. If we don't hear from Haven by morning I will have a talk with my sister. Alright?"
Allison still didn't like this but wasn't sure what else to do. "Fine," she reluctantly replied and all the way back to her room she debated whether or not to call in the cavalry – a debate that resulted in doing nothing...for now.
It was morning by the time Haven awoke. To say it was a nice awakening couldn't be further from the truth. Her head was pounding and her neck was beyond sore and stiff from having zero support during her unconsciousness. When Haven tried to lift her head she let out a very loud moan of discomfort.
"Wouldn't move too fast. You've been that way for awhile." That was the Derek's version of 'good morning'.
"Noted," she replied as she slowly lifted her head and moved it around in an attempt to get the stiffness out of it.
Derek wasn't sure what Haven did to get herself into this position – being previously sedated and bound to a chair – so he wanted to know. "What did you do to piss off your Aunt?"
"She let me in on the family secret and I apparently didn't react the way she wanted me to. So...here I am." Haven tried to wriggle loose but Kate used handcuffs on her as well as rope to bind her hands. This was going to be interesting. "Dejavu," she muttered to herself, and not just because of the night before. Haven couldn't stop the nagging feeling that she'd been in a situation like this before.
There wasn't a whole lot of light in the room but it was enough for Haven's eyes to need to adjust. "I'm assuming you can't just wolf out and set yourself free? And me, for that matter?"
Derek shook his head. "Unless you can turn that off, I'm as stuck as you are."
Haven was too far from the electrical unit to do anything about that, so they were indeed stuck – at least until Haven came up with another plan. Suddenly, a thought came to Haven's mind. "I'm assuming Kate didn't kill you because of the Alpha?"
Derek simply nodded. In all seriousness he asked, "Are you going to tell her?"
The thought of that hadn't even crossed her mind. "No, I won't. If nothing else, sending her after Peter will inevitably lead her to Scott. As much as I hate your uncle for all the trouble he's caused, I'm not going to let Scott be collateral damage." Haven shuddered again at the word 'trouble'. For the life of her she couldn't figure out what was the problem with that word.
Nothing else was exchanged between them when Kate opened the door with a bag of bagels and coffee in her hands. "Morning, sunshine," she said to Haven with a smile and wiggled the bag. "I brought bagels."
Haven just glared at her to no end. This made Kate set the stuff down with a sigh, "You're mad at me, I get it. But believe me, it's for your own good."
Haven didn't stop shooting daggers at her. "When my family finds out what you've done..."
Kate cut her threat short. "Sweetie, they know you're with me. I told them you're having a hard time dealing with the revelation but I'm dealing with it. Well, I told Chris and Allison at least."
"Allison would never buy that lame ass story." This Haven knew for a fact because Allison was already aware that Haven knew what was going on.
"You're right about that," Kate replied as she prepared the coffee for herself and Haven. "She was a bit suspicious but Chris convinced her to leave it to me. Your mother doesn't know any of this yet. We can't let her know that you know until you start to accept what your life is going to be now." Once the coffee was done, she stood in front of Haven and asked, "So are you ready to be a powerful hunter or do you plan on staying a meek, powerless, little girl?"
Haven clenched her fists as best she could before relaxing them. Looking at her aunt square in the eye she made herself perfectly clear. "I'm not a little girl anymore. I want to be a hunter...but not if it means turning into you."
Kate looked at Haven with disappointment. "You know, for one who loves the horror and supernatural genre, one would think you'd be more in tune of what needs to be done. I expected more of you, Haven. But maybe you don't understand yet." Kate looked at Derek then back to Haven with a look of clarity, "You still see a man and not the monster, don't you? That's going to be your downfall if you don't get that in check." Kate crouched down in front of her niece to look her in the eye. "You have to see what lies beneath, Haven. He's a monster – all werewolves are."
Haven's face hardened as she spoke seriously, "The only monster I see here is you." Despite how much she loved her aunt, she couldn't stop herself from saying those words.
Kate got to her feet with a sigh. "Your sister said the same thing when she first found out, but soon came around. You will too...One way or another." She was going to leave her niece be for now and turned her attention to Derek Hale.
Kate turned to Derek and asked, "You going to tell me who the Alpha is now?" When she received silent glares in reply, she started going through Derek's leather jacket. "Come on now, he killed your sister. That means you're not telling me because you want to kill him yourself, or for some reason...you're protecting him." Kate had taken all of Derek's cash from his wallet and pulled out his ID by this point.
"Maybe, like the rest of us, he doesn't know." Haven was really snarky with her 'you ever thought of that' tone.
Kate used Derek's driver's license to point at Have as she said, "Keep quiet. I'll get back to you in a minute." She went over to Derek and held his face with one hand as she compared it to the ID. With a teasing tone she said, "Look at that sour face. I bet you always used to get people coming up to you saying, 'Smile, Derek. Why don't you smile more?'." Kate walked away as she continued to say, "Don't you just want to kick those people in the face?"
Derek's eyes rose as he looked right at her, saying "I can think of one."
Kate grinned almost like a little school girl. "Promise?" Turning back to face him, she added, "Cause if I thought you'd be that much fun...I'd let you go."
Haven's eyes slowly moved between Derek and Kate because there was clearly some more history there than just what happened with his family and the fire. She just hoped that what their history was wasn't what their vibes were giving off.
Kate went over to Derek's phone and started snooping through it. "Nothing, nothing, nothing...god, I hate this detective crap."
Derek was getting tired of this. "Are you going to torture me or are you just going to talk me to death, huh?"
Kate turned around to face Derek. "Oh, sweetie, I don't wanna torture you. I just...wanna catch up." She giggled a bit as she looked towards Haven before turning back to Derek. "Remember all the fun we used to have together?"
"Like the time you burned my family alive?" Derek seethed in reply.
Kate clicked her tongue over her teeth. "No," she replied as she moved closer to him, "I was thinking more of the...hot, crazy sex we used to have."
Haven's mouth literally gaped open then she shuddered in an 'I don't want to hear this!' way.
Kate didn't notice her niece's reaction and kept on talking. "But yeah, the fire thing, that was fun too." When Derek lunged as forward as he could, she laughed. "I love how much you hate me...Remember how this felt?" Kate moved to his waistline and slowly licked upwards.
Haven instantly thought that witnessing this was worse than torture and Derek snarled at Kate, baring his fangs. Kate simply smiled at him, saying, "Oh, sweetheart, I really don't want to torture you. But I know someone who does." Since they haven't arrived yet, Kate turned her attention to her niece.
Kate went over to her bag and pulled out Haven's sketch pad. "Now, Mini-Me, before I forget, there's something I want to ask you." She held the sketches out in front of Haven as she asked, "Who is this man? He kinda looks like Jack Sparrow...but hotter."
Haven looked at the sketch of the man she had drawn time and time again. She couldn't explain why, but she did. "I don't know."
Kate didn't believe her. "I highly doubt you came up with him out of your subconscious." She flipped over the page and showed the one Haven did of the man with ice blue eyes that almost matched the color of Derek Hale's wolf ones. Kate was more firm with her words this time around, "He's clearly a werewolf, sweetie. Now tell me who he is and how long have you known about werewolves?"
Haven scoffed incredulously. "Because I gave that guy blue eyes you think he's a werewolf? I'm telling you, Kate, I don't know who that guy is and I didn't know about werewolves actually existing until I saw him!" She cocked her head in Derek's direction to make it clear she was talking about him and not the mystery man in the sketches.
Kate believed Haven when she said this and looked over at the angry yet stoic Derek. "I believe you," she said to her niece as she set the pad aside then got very close to Haven when she asked, "But was this the first time you saw him?"
Haven wasn't expecting that question and there was a glimmer of that in her eyes before she answered with, "Yes." She had to be convincing – there was too much at stake if she wasn't.
Kate almost believe her – something she voiced aloud as she stood straight. "You know what, Haven, you almost had me there. But I don't think this is your first time seeing Derek like this."
Haven didn't like where this was going. "You're losing it, Kate."
She simply laughed at that. "So you've said, kiddo. But it's starting to make sense. There was no way you could know about me and the others going to the Hale house. We were tracking Derek and Jackson. But somehow...there you were and Jackson was gone. I can't believe I didn't see it before...that none of us have." Kate crossed her arms as she walked. "You've always known, haven't you? But your attraction to the second Beta has blinded your eyes." Kate scoffed, stopping to look at her niece. "I know you've always been a fan of Beauty and the Beast, but this is taking it a bit too far."
Haven jerked forward as she practically seethed, "You have no idea what you're talking about, Kate!"
Haven's reaction just affirmed Kate's suspicions. "And yet I'm clearly pushing buttons." Kate went over to her niece and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, Mini-Me, I'll get you back on the right track real quick." At that moment the door opened and a man entered.
Fear moved through Haven like a wave. "What are you going to do, Kate?"
Kate just smirked, "You'll see." She turned to the man and handed him a syringe. "Make sure to sedate her before you start."
As Kate walked out the door Haven shouted, "Kate, stop! KATE!" but it was too late – Kate had closed the door behind her and Haven was being given a sedative all over again.
Allison paced back and forth in her room as she waited for the call. Yes, she had told her father she was going to stay out of it and give Kate the benefit of the doubt but every fiber of her being was telling her otherwise. Thus, she called in the cavalry. When her cell finally rang, she answered it instantly. "Stiles? You guys find her?"
"We've looked everywhere we can think of," Stiles replied from his end of the line, "And Scott keeps hitting dead ends. We don't know where Haven is, I'm sorry."
Allison was really starting to freak out. "I don't want to think like this, but what if Kate did something to her?"
"Hey, I'm sure she's fine." Stiles tried to assure her, but he wasn't even sure if he was right. "We'll try again tomorrow, promise."
Allison rubbed her forehead with a sigh because it was getting late and there was nothing more they could do. "Okay, fine. Thanks, Stiles. I appreciate it."
"Anytime," Stiles replied then ended the call.
Allison turned off her phone then shook her head with conviction. There had to be something she could do. Allison grabbed her bag and jacket and headed for the door. She pulled it open and jumped a little to see Kate standing there on the other side with her fist extended like she was about to knock.
"Just who I was looking for," Kate said with a grin. "We need to talk." She didn't wait for an invitation and pushed herself into Allison's room.
Allison closed the door behind her then demanded to know, "Where's my sister?"
Kate clasped her hands together and sighed. "Truth?" When Allison crossed her arms and gave her a 'that would be nice' look, she told her. "I have her tied up to a chair and sedated. She's known this whole time, Allison and has said nothing. She's been protecting them because of her relationship with Jackson. I can't let her out until I know she's with us, Allison. You need to understand."
Allison couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Kate, you can't do that! I'm getting my father."
Kate quickly blocked Allison's path. "I can't let you do that, kiddo. You have to trust me. If you trust me then everything will be fine and Haven will be returned to you in no time."
Allison felt like she was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Crossing her arms, she asked, "What do you expect me to do?"
"Go on normally," Kate replied. "Go to school, go to the dance...oh, and take Jackson as your date. We still suspect him as the second Beta and it's time for you to put your friendship with him aside and help us. You do this, and I'll tell you where Haven is – whether or not she's ready."
It was pretty clear – at least in that moment – that Allison didn't have a choice in the matter. "Fine."
Kate grinned. "Excellent. You better get some sleep. You have school in the morning. Oh and in case this wasn't abundantly clear – don't tell your father you saw me."
Allison let out a sharp exhale as soon as Kate left the room, then pulled out her cell phone. She dialed a number and waited. When they answered on the other end, Allison said, "Hey, Jackson. Yeah, it's Allison. I'm calling on Haven's behalf because she's grounded and can't go to the dance tomorrow night. So...I was wondering if you'd like to take me just as friends instead?"
The next day at school, Allison stood with Stiles and Scott at her locker. She had filled them in on all she knew.
"Hold up. Your psycho aunt has Haven kidnapped and drugged up somewhere? I'm usually the last person to say this, but we should call my dad." Stiles has heard of a lot of messed up stuff before, but this was taking the cake.
"As much as I want to agree with you, we can't," Allison retorted. "Kate might not even have her in Beacon Hills anymore. I have no clue. So I'm going to do as I'm told and not antagonize Kate." Allison closed the locker and saw the angry and worried look on Scott's face. "She's my sister, Scott. If I didn't think this was the best way to get her back then I wouldn't be doing it. As soon as I find out more I'll let you know, okay?"
When Allison walked off, Stiles asked, "Are you really going to let things go as they are?"
Scott couldn't think of anything else to do at the moment. "For now."
The sun had set and Kate had returned with food for Haven. After taking her out for a little 'trek' in the woods, she brought her back down to the tunnel room where Derek was being held.
"You lace any of this with sedative?" Haven asked as she waved her cuffed hands at the food in front of her.
"You've had your limit," Kate replied. "Besides, you're still a bit drowsy so I don't think you'll make much of a getaway. Now eat you food." She slid the burger and fries closer to Haven then checked her voicemails. Upon hearing one from her father saying that time was up and he wanted Haven back, she knew that Allison kept good on her word.
"You have dinner, now how about a show?" Kate turned her attention to Derek. "Are you ready to talk? Because if not...I'm just going to have to kill you. So say hi to your sister for her."
Kate saw how Haven tried to get out of her seat, but failed, and didn't turn the dial to turn up the electricity. Instead, she looked at Derek, "You did tell your sister about me, didn't you? The truth about the fire?" When she saw the look on Derek's face, it almost made her giggle. "Did you tell anybody?"
Haven looked over and saw that Derek couldn't even look at Kate. Clearly there was far more to their history.
Kate saw how Derek averted his eyes too. "Oh, sweetie," she said in mock concern, "that's just a lot of guilt to keep buried. It's not all your fault. You got tricked by a pretty face." Kate laughed, "It happens. A handsome young werewolf mistakenly falls in love with a super-hot girl who comes from a family that kills werewolves. Is that ironic? Is it...ironic...that you're inadvertently helping me track down the rest of the pack...again?"
Haven looked between Derek and Kate and couldn't get over how messed up that was and how it was kinda like history was repeating. Unfortunately, Kate was thinking the same thing.
Kate chuckled with a grin. "We're just a little bit of history repeating." She went over to turn up the amps then drummed her fingers in thought. "History repeating." This time, she looked at Haven. "It's not Jackson, is it? He's got a little scratch on the back of his neck but he's not in love with you...not like Scott."
Haven tried to keep herself calm as she said, "Scott is not a werewolf."
Kate didn't believe her niece one bit and went over to return her hands to the back of the chair. Kate shouldn't have assumed that Haven was as drowsy as she assumed because once she unlocked the cuffs to return them to the back of the chair, Haven headbutted her...hard.
Haven quickly untied her legs and was able to punch Kate hard enough to knock her out for the moment. She was going to get Derek down but he said, "Go warn Scott." After hearing that, she didn't think twice and ran out of there as fast as she physically could.
Haven had a pretty good head start before Kate got her bearing back, but it wasn't going to stop what she had planned.
Haven couldn't believe it, but she had made it all the way to the school. She had completely forgotten what day it was and actually whimpered when she realized it was Friday night – The night of the school formal. She was just about to sneak inside when Stiles and Lydia spotted her.
"Haven?" Lydia asked as they went over to her. "What happened to you? You smell like a swamp."
"Got lost in the woods," Haven replied without really thinking about. "Where's Scott? I need to find him."
"He's not allowed to be here," Lydia answered as she moved some hair over her shoulder. "Academic probation or something." She looked Haven over and sighed, "I have an extra dress in the car. Go get cleaned up and I'll meet you there."
"Maybe Haven should just go and find Scott," Stiles suggested. "I could give her a ride."
"And that's why she's staying here. I promised Allison I'd come as your date tonight to keep other girls away from you – as if there are any – so you're staying here." After making that clear, she shooed Haven along. "Go."
"I'll call Scott," Stiles said to them before pulling out his phone. He knew that Scott was going to be out tracking Haven that night and hoped he had reception.
"This is a bad idea," Haven said to herself but didn't put up a fight and went inside the side door of the school and down to the girl's locker room to get cleaned up.
After the quick and much needed shower, Haven wrapped her wet hair up in a messy bun and put on the dress Lydia was letting her borrow. Haven went to her locker and pulled out her spare pair of sneakers. They were hardly formal wear but it's not like she had much of a choice in the matter.
Haven didn't even make it to the gym when she saw Scott running down the hall to her. "Scott!" Haven closed the gap between them and leaped into his arms. "She didn't find you."
Scott let out a breath of relief that Haven was safe and in his arms. Then her words hit him. "Who didn't find me?"
"Kate," Haven replied as she pulled back enough to look at him. "She figured out it's you. Long story, but we have to get you somewhere safe." She took his hand and tried to pull him along, but Scott didn't budge. "Scott, come on!"
"I have to do something first," he replied then walked over to Haven and cupped her face before pressing his lips against hers.
Haven closed her eyes and returned the kiss before pulling away to whisper, "Why did you do that?"
Scott waited until she opened her eyes to answer, "Because I love you."
Haven felt tears in her eyes when he said that and voiced what she was afraid to say before, "I love you, too." She didn't want to cut their moment short she had to get him to safety. If anything happened to him, she'd never forgive herself. "Now let's go," she pleaded and pulled him along so they could get out of there.
They ran out the nearest door which led to the bus parking lot. "Did you drive here?" Haven asked because she certainly didn't.
"No, I rode my bike," Scott replied. "It's up front, come on." Without letting go of her hand, he was going to lead the way but stopped when a car pulled around the buses on one end and then the other – blocking them in.
Chris got out of one of the cars with Allison. "Let her go, Scott," Chris ordered.
"Dad, what's going on?" Haven asked, trying to feign ignorant, but it didn't work.
Chris looked right at his daughter. "We know you know, Haven, so don't bother. We'll deal with you later."
Allison was trying to get through to her sister. "It's over, Haven. Please come with us."
Haven shook her head as she looked at them and moved closer to Scott – she wasn't going anywhere.
Allison looked down before getting back into the car with her father doing the same. Chris clenched his fists around the car and revved the engine.
Haven could feel her heart pounding in her chest. "Scott..."
"I know," he replied as he looked between the cars. "Spider monkey 2.0."
Haven knew exactly what he meant by that and quickly jumped into his back just as the cars started speeding towards them. Once Haven was safely on his back, Scott wolfed-out and jumped up, landing on the the hoods of the cars. He turned a little to look back at her in question. It wasn't until he heard her whisper, "I choose you," that he leaped off the cars, landed on the roof of the bus, and took off from there.
Allison leaned back in her seat with tears in her eyes. She knew how strongly Haven felt for Scott and yes, she did try to help them be together, but now that the wolf was out of the bag...she thought Haven would choose her family – choose her twin. Seeing Haven willingly go with Scott broke hear heart. "She chose him. I can't believe she chose him."
Scott ran with Haven on his back all the way into the woods before stopping to let her down. He watched as she staggered on her feet and drop to her knees. Scott rushed to her side and placed his hand gently on her back. "Haven...it's not too late. You can go back to your family...I'll understand."
Haven shook her head as tears glided down her cheeks. "No...they're not my family – not anymore. I'm not going to be like them, Scott. I won't."
Scott hugged her close – he couldn't imagine what she was going through. Despite what Haven was feeling...she had just given up her family. How could he ever possibly make up for that?
"We have to go," Haven said as she wiped away her tears. "They still have Derek. I remember where it is." Haven tried to get to her feet but the stress of everything was wearing her down.
"You need a minute to breathe, Haven." Scott could see how worn out she was and it was a miracle she had lasted this long on adrenaline.
Haven found that she didn't have the strength to argue and just leaned against Scott. "Okay...just a minute."
Meanwhile at the Argent's house, Chris just finished telling Kate what happened. "Wait, what?! She chose the werewolf are you kidding me! We're her family, dammit!"
"Well maybe something you did or said to her during the past couple days had something to do with it!" Chris shouted back. "You were just supposed to help her find out, nothing else."
Kate brushed him off with a scoff. "She's known for who knows how long, Chris – fooled all of us. And it didn't stop her from siding with the werewolves. Haven's a sympathizer, Chris. I was trying to break her of that and clearly I failed."
"We're going after the wolf and Haven – without you or Allison." Chris made that abundantly clear.
Kate crossed her arms and scoffed. "Excuse me? Why the hell are you benching two of your star players?"
"Because Allison can deal with a lot, but watching her sister abandon her family is something completely different and you..." Chris looked disgusted at her, "I don't trust you."
Kate scoffed incredulously. "Wow, big brother, wow."
She didn't say another word and went off to pack and make it look like she was doing what Chris wanted but that was not her intention. This was something she didn't let Allison in on until they were driving on the road.
Allison looked and felt like she wanted to punch something. "Please tell me we're not going to the house in Washington."
"Hell, no," Kate replied, glad that Allison was on the same page as her. "We're going to get our girl back."
Allison took that time to check her voicemails. When she heard the one from Jackson about Lydia saying that she was attacked by some animal or something because there were bite marks all over her, her face hardened.
Kate saw the change of expression in her niece. "Allison? What's going on over there?"
"We're not just going to get Haven back," Allison said firmly as she looked at her aunt, "We're going to kill some werewolves while we're at it." Something snapped inside Allison and she was picking up the pieces and running with them. If only she took the time to put them back together first.
Haven had fallen asleep and didn't even realize it. She woke up against a tree behind some bushes but Scott was nowhere in sight. "Scott?" Haven called and got to her feet, "SCOTT!"
"Hey," he said as he ran over, "I'm here."
Haven punched him in the arm. "Don't scare me like that!" Feeling relieved that he was back and sorry for punching him, she pulled Scott close and kissed him deeply. It wasn't until their kiss broke that she realized he wasn't in his formal wear anymore and was now in jeans, sneakers, and a sweat-jacket. "How long was I asleep?"
"Long enough for me to get a change of clothes for us, and find Derek," Scott replied as he handed over the backpack for her to change.
Haven took the clothes and went behind the tree to quickly change. She listened as Scott said, "They're my mom's clothes. Hope they're alright."
"They're fine," she replied and adjusted the jeans accordingly before pulling on the jacket. "But I already know where Derek is. I just didn't get the chance to tell you."
"Let's go then," Scott replied then turned around for Haven to climb back up on his back and took off running.
When they arrived closer to the Hale House, Scott slowed and let Haven down. "He's been at his house the whole time?"
"Under it," Haven quietly corrected. "There's a torture chamber under the house. At least that's what Kate used it for." She pulled onto his sleeve, "Come on, I ran out over here."
Scott followed Haven to the entrance of the tunnel and pushed in the metal grate. Even though Haven knew where they were going, Scott took the lead. He had Derek's scent so he also knew where to go.
Right before they reached the metal sliding doors, Haven held onto Scott's arm and whispered, "There might be a goon in there. Kate called someone before to...torture Derek. He might be in there."
"Don't worry," Scott said with an assuring smile, "I can take him."
They turned the corner just in time to see Derek had broken an arm free and punched the goon across the room. Haven put her hands on her hips with a scoff, "You couldn't have done that before?"
Derek paid no mind to her and pulled off the wires Kate taped to him. "Scott, help me with this."
Scott walked over to him and replied, "No."
This was news to Haven. "Wait, what?"
"Not until you tell me how to stop Peter," Scott added in, looking at Derek.
Derek couldn't believe this was happening. "You really want to talk about this right now?"
Yeah, he did. "He's going after Haven's family. He's going to kill them."
"So what!" Derek shouted. "She's standing right next to you so her choice has been made."
"I'm not going to let her lose her family, Derek," Scott made that as clear as he possibly could.
Derek scoffed incredulously. "You want me to risk my life for your girlfriend, huh? For your stupid little teenage crush that means absolutely nothing?! You're not in love, Scott! You're sixteen years old, you're a child."
"Hey!" Haven shouted to interject. "Don't take out your teenage mistakes on us. I was awake for that little history lesson, remember? FYI, you are going to help us." She knew what Scott had up his sleeve since he filled her in on the way.
Derek had no intention in doing that. "Oh, really?."
"Yes," Scott said with conviction, "you will. Because we know something you don't. Peter said he didn't know what he was doing when he killed your sister, right? He lied." Scott pulled out the piece of paper from the Animal Clinic – it was a form about the dead deer with a spiral carved into its side. "Remember this? This is what brought your sister back to Beacon Hills, right?"
Derek looked at the paper then to the teens in front of him. "Where did you get that?"
Scott answered. "My boss told me three months ago someone came into the clinic asking for a copy of this picture. Do you wanna know who it was?...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 us."
Derek clenched his fist and pulled on the shackle so hard that it snapped in half. Now on his feet, he rubbed his wrist, saying "I'll help you."
"Well," Haven said with a bit of sarcastic sass, "that was easy."
"Don't say that," Scott said to her. "When people say that, bad things happen."
Haven winced in a 'good point' way before heading out of the room.
Derek pulled on his shirt and jacket before following.
When the three of them made it outside things proceeded to be easy. "Wait, something doesn't feel right."
Haven didn't have any werewolf senses but even she felt it. "Scott I hate to say it, but this was..."
"Don't say it was too easy, please. None of this has been easy." Scott was right about that and things were just going to go downhill. Suddenly, Derek was shot with an arrow in the shoulder and the leg, followed by a flash bolt.
Haven hit the ground and covered her head. When she looked up, she saw Allison and Kate were the ones behind this. "Are you kidding me!"
Derek broke off the arrows and pulled the teens to their feet, "Come on, come on!" On their way to the house, Derek said to Haven, "Please tell me you have some sort of weapon on you."
Haven patted the clothing that didn't even belong to her and snarkily answered, "Must have left them in my other pants." She looked back and saw Allison coming towards them, so she stopped. "You guys, go!"
Haven walked towards her sister and held her hands out at her sides. "Alli, please let me explain."
"I don't want to hear your explanations," Allison said firmly as she raised her bow. "Now move."
Haven wasn't going anywhere. "If you're going to shoot them then you have to shoot me too. I'm not going anywhere, Allison. I'm not going to let you kill them. You want help with the Alpha, I'm there...but I'm not going to let you kill them."
"Fine," Kate interjected, "I will." She fired a shot past Haven into Derek. "See? Not that hard."
Haven backed up closer to Scott as she said, "I'm not going to let you kill him, Kate."
"You're not going to have a choice, sweetie. You betrayed us. You betrayed your family. So that makes you as much as the enemy as they are." Kate didn't want to shoot Haven to get to Scott, but she would if she had to.
Allison had no idea what Kate was doing, and lowered her bow. "Kate, you can't be serious. You can't shoot her!"
"Will if I have to," Kate replied and when Allison raised her bow again, she disarmed her and threw her to the ground. "You got skills against wolves, sweetie, but not against other hunters. You might want to work on that." Turning back to Haven she raised her gun, "Now where were we?"
"Kate!" Chris shouted as he walked over to them. "I know what you did. Now put the gun down and get the hell away from my daughter."
Kate didn't move a muscle as she said, "I did what I was told to do."
"No one asked you to murder innocent people," Chris retorted. "There were children in that house – ones who were human. Look what you're doing now, Kate. You're holding a gun to Haven's head just because she fell in love and didn't act like you wanted her to. And if that's not bad enough, you're going to shoot the 16-year old boy with no proof he spilled human blood? We go by the Code – we hunt those who hunt us."
Kate looked at Haven but didn't see her niece anymore. All she saw was a traitor that had to be wiped out.
Haven did her best to keep herself together but she was trembling in fear. To say she was terrified didn't describe all that she was feeling.
Chris saw the look in Kate's eyes and raised his weapon. "Put the gun down, Kate." When she didn't, he fired a shot that just missed her and went into a nearby tree. "Before I put you down."
Kate lowered the weapon and scoffed. "She's not your daughter, Chris. Not anymore. I don't know what she is."
Haven let out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding and quickly went to Scott's side.
"You're insane," he lightly teased as he held onto her.
"I'm inclined to agree," Haven laughed then turned when she heard the door to the Hale House creak open.
Chris saw this too and warned his daughter. "Haven, get back."
Scott helped Haven to her feet and stood protectively in front of her as the hunters took aim.
"Here," Allison said to Haven as she pulled Haven's whip from her belt and handed it over. "You might need this."
Haven accepted it and tried to prepare herself. "It's the Alpha, isn't it?"
Scott's eyes turned golden as he confirmed her suspicions. "Yeah, it is."
The Alpha sped out of the house so fast that he was a blur. The group tried to get eyes on him but he was too fast. Next thing they knew, Chris had been rendered unconscious, Allison had been knocked to the ground and disarmed, even Scott and Haven got their feet knocked out from under them. That just left Kate standing.
"Come on!" Kate shouted as she looked around with her gun aimed. "Come on!"
The Alpha, Peter – now in his human form, answered her calls by grabbing her wrist. His tight grip caused her to continually fire the gun into the air.
Kate groaned as she tried to aim the gun at him, but he was too strong. When he cracked her arm in half, she cried out in pain then gasped when his hand clasped around her throat.
Peter lifted Kate by her throat and threw her back onto the porch of the house before dragging her inside.
Even with everything that Kate had put her though and what she had done to others, Haven couldn't let this happen. "No!" she shouted and ran into the house, skidding to a stop when she saw Peter with his claws to Kate's throat.
"She is beautiful, Kate," Peter said as he looked at Haven. "She looked like you. Probably not as damaged. So I'm going to give you a chance to save her. Apologize. Say you're sorry for decimating my family, for leaving me burned and broken for six years. Say it...and I'll let her live."
"Peter...please...just let her go." Haven couldn't even try to hold back her tears. "Please."
Peter pressed his claws deeper against Kate's throat as he shouted, "Say it!"
Kate breathed heavily as she looked at her niece. "I love you, Mini-Me. I do...I'm sorry."
Without a second thought, Peter dug his claws in deeper and slashed open her throat. "I don't know about you, Haven, but that apology didn't sound very sincere."
Haven stood there frozen in shock until Allison ran in and pulled her back just as Scott entered and growled at Peter on one side of the room and Derek entered at the other.
"Haven, this isn't our fight," Allison said to her sister. "Come on!"
Haven looked at Scott who told her to run, then she took off with Allison. It wasn't until they were outside that the shock of what happened sunk in. "Sh – she's dead. I – I just stood there. I –..."
Allison grabbed Haven by the shoulders and looked her square in the eye. "Alot of things led up to this, Haven. Don't you dare blame yourself. I was heartbroken when you chose Scott before, but I get it now. You literally stood in front of a bullet to protect Scott – something I knew you'd only do for someone you loved. I get it, okay? And I'm so sorry for my part in all of this." She pulled her twin close and hugged her tight as they both took a much needed moment to cry – despite the intense werewolf fight that was happening inside.
After that quick moment, they ran out front to check on their father, just as Scott was being thrown out the window. Haven wouldn't admit it, but she shrieked a bit when Alpha Peter jumped out after him.
The spar between Scott and Alpha Peter were such a blur and suddenly a car sped to a stop and Stiles threw a beaker at the Alpha, only for him to catch it.
Haven didn't have any idea how she knew, but she knew did know what was in that beaker. "Cocktail."
Scott heard her words and saw her chain whip nearby. "Haven!" he called out to get her attention and did his best to throw it her way.
The whip landed near her so she quickly grabbed it and with one swift crack, she hit the beaker in the Alpha's hand and ignited the cocktail. The fire on Alpha Peter's arm spread as Jackson threw the other beaker for a direct hit.
Despite his entire body being on fire, Peter tried to charged towards Haven. "No!" Scott shouted and leaped towards Peter, punching him hard in his creepy wolfed-out face.
Alpha Peter staggered back as his body reverted to his human form. He gasped and gurgled as he looked at his burned flesh. Losing the strength to stand, he fell to the ground.
Haven went over to Scott and whispered, "It's over." She cupped his face and smiled before kissing him.
Scott happily kissed her back before saying, "Almost." He turned around to see Peter and found Derek standing over him. "Wait!" he called out to Derek as he ran over to get him to stop whatever he was planning. "You said the cure comes from the one who bit you. Derek, if you do this...I'm dead. Haven's family...what am I supposed to do!"
Derek closed his eyes and took deep breaths as Peter groaned, "You've already decided...I can smell it on you!" When Peter's eyes turned red, Derek raised his clawed hand and slashed his uncle's throat – despite Scott's pleads not to. Now that it was done, Derek rose to his feet and looked back to Scott. With a darkened tone to his voice he declared, "I'm the Alpha now."
After everything that had happened, including going to see Lydia to discover that she'd be fine but not a werewolf, Haven sat on the roof outside her bedroom window. She hated everything that had happened and yet couldn't stop herself from feeling that it was going the way it was supposed to. How messed up is that? Haven was seriously starting to feel like she was going insane – especially when in her gut she believed that they hadn't seen the last of Kate.
Haven had to push the insanity down and focus on what was really bothering her – Derek Hale. Derek had betrayed Scott and took away his only chance at a cure – if there even was one. Either way, Derek manipulated Scott to get what he wanted. This was something Haven couldn't stand for.
She looked at the bag beside her that held her knives and chain whip as the really bad idea went round and round in her head. Haven finally decided and closed up the bag. She tossed it off the roof into some bushes before doing a flip off edge and landing on feet. Once the bag was retrieved and she was sure she wasn't being followed, she put her terrible plan into action. Haven was going after Derek Hale.
When Haven finally arrived at the Hale House, she didn't even try to be sneaky and kicked the door in. "Derek!" she shouted and spun the ring daggers in her hands.
"You really think you can take me?" Derek asked as he walked into the foyer. "Seriously?"
"One way to find out," Haven replied and threw the knives at him before pulling out her whip.
Derek caught one blade but missed the other. He pulled it from his arm before tossing them aside. "That hurt."
"Good," Haven shot back and cracked her whip but Derek caught it and yanked her towards him. She tried to get out of his grasp but he was too strong. Haven knew better than to try to take him on herself but her emotions clouded her judgment and this is where she ended up because of it.
"I could kill you right now," he said to her and almost did but another thought came to his mind, "but I won't." Without any warning, Derek bore his fangs and drove them into Haven's shoulder.
Haven screamed out in pain and quickly moved away from him when he let her go as he said, "Let's hope your fighting skills improve."
Haven wasn't sure if what she thought had happened actually happened. She touched the wound on her shoulder and gasped at the pain and sight of blood. "What did you do!"
Derek responded to that only by saying, "Tell Scott 'you're welcome'."
The next thing Haven knew, she was at Scott's house and knocking on the door. She just about broke down when he answered.
Scott wasn't expecting Haven or anyone else this late and knew in a second that something was wrong. "Haven, what happened?" When she moved her hand off her shoulder he saw the bite mark. Scott didn't know what to say. It was almost as if his brain couldn't process what he was seeing.
Haven let out a sob before saying, "Derek – Derek said you're welcome." Knowing that she truly could never be a part of her family again and so many other things hit her at once. She cried out in agony as she dropped to her knees, but Scott caught her.
Scott held her close and even though he had no idea how at the moment...he was going to make sure Haven would be alright.
End Episodes 11 & 12 – Season 1 Finale
A/N: Hey, readers! Thanks for sticking with And so the Hunter fell in love with the Wolf thus far. Hope you've enjoyed reading it and will continue to do so in Season 2. Thanks again! It's been a trip XD