Haven sat on a boulder as she looked out on the view of Beacon Hills. She left a message for Allison to meet her there because there was a lot they had to talk about. The fact that they had to be so secretive about meeting up was really getting to her. What was also getting to her was the fact that there was a blue moon that month which meant that she had another full moon to worry about in such a short amount of time. Having two in one month was not very pleasing in the least.
Haven heard someone approaching so she turned around then saw it was Scott. "What are you doing here?" she asked, not that she was complaining – It just surprised her to see him.
"Checking up on you," Scott answered honestly. "Stiles said you left again. I wanted to make sure you were alright."
"I'm waiting for Allison. It's after midnight so I'm getting a little worried." Almost as soon as those words came out of her mouth, she heard more footsteps approaching. "And that's probably her."
Allison wasn't expecting to see Scott there when she went to see Haven, but there he was. This made her wonder if everything was okay. "Hey...what's up?"
"Did anyone follow you?" Scott asked, being protective of Haven.
Allison crossed her arms. "No. I made sure they didn't. What's this all about?"
Haven was the one to answer this time. "It's about Gerard."
Allison looked to the ground with a heavy sigh. "Yeah, I figuring as much. What has he done now?"
"Well, he sliced an Omega in half and waged war on all werewolves. The usual." Haven's snark was really coming through that night.
This was the first Allison had heard of this. "And of course I was left out of the loop again. I'm really getting sick of this. I used to know what was going on. Mom and Dad are out tonight and I don't even know what they're up to."
"Maybe you should find out, Alli," Haven proposed. "The more you know the better off we'll be. Especially since Gerard wants to kill all werewolves."
Allison should have already thought of that beforehand but didn't until now. "I'll try to get back in their good graces."
Haven's brow furrowed when her sister said that. "When did you fall out of them?"
"Honestly?" Allison sighed heavily. "When you got bitten."
"When I got bitten! Was she being serious?!" Haven exclaimed as she paced back and forth in Stiles room, filling him in on the night's events. "She had nothing to do with that and yet that's her reason for why my parents don't keep her in the hunting loop anymore!"
"Allison told me that you were her responsibility, so that's probably why she said that." Stiles didn't know all the details since they really didn't get into it on their movie date but that's what he knew.
Haven scoffed as she paced. "That's a cop out! I'm not going to be blamed for this!"
"Look, Haven, I think you're reading more into this than there really is." In truth, Stiles thought she was overreacting but figured it was because of the blue moon that month. It would be the first time she'd go through one of those and that it had to be different than a normal full moon, right?
Haven glared at him when he said that because she really wasn't in the mood. "I went after Derek on my own. I got bitten because of it. It had nothing to do with Allison. That's why I'm pissed off because even with my mistakes it always seems to be all about her."
This was the first Stiles had heard Haven talk about Allison like that. "I thought you guys always got along?"
"We did...we do..." Haven fell back on the bed with a heavy groan. "I'm starting to think this is more complicated than it used to be."
Stiles knew one thing for sure, "Haven, I think that's the understatement of the century."
"What's the understatement of the century?" a teenage boy asked for the doorway, causing Haven to shoot up into a sitting position.
"When did you get here?" Stiles asked as he stood up and went over to him.
"I've actually been in town for a couple of days now but your dad just found me and dropped me off," he replied then smirked a bit. "Does you dad know you have a girl up in your room? You sly dog."
Stiles sighed heavily and introduced them. "Duke, this is my friend Haven who's crashing on the couch tonight. Haven, this is my cousin Duke who's living here now and wasn't supposed to arrive until the morning." There was almost an accusatory tone to those words.
"Way to make me feel welcome, cuz." Duke clapped his hand on Stiles' shoulder and went over to Haven. He paused for a moment, looking at her. "Have we met before?"
Haven thought he looked familiar but couldn't place where they had met so she figured that they hadn't actually met at all. "Not likely." She got to her feet and said to Stiles, "I'm going to couch now. 'Night."
Duke watched as Haven walked off, clearly checking her out, but he couldn't even make a comment before Stiles said, "Don't even think about it, Duke. She's taken."
"No harm in looking," Duke gave his cousin a wink before saying, "So, where do I sleep?"
Stiles held his hand out for Duke to walk out into the hall then led him down to the guest room that was now Duke's room.
Once Duke was left alone, he pulled off his jacket to look at the fresh bite mark on his arm that already appeared to be healing then looked at himself in the mirror with a mighty proud look on his face. Thinking back to something his father said once, he voiced to his reflection, "Who's the weakling now?"
That morning, Haven left the house before Stiles' father got home, and before either of the teenage boys woke up, so she just started walking to school. Her music was playing loudly in her headphones so she didn't realize a car had pulled up next to her until it started driving slowly, matching her pace.
When she finally realized this, her brow furrowed when she came to a stop and looked down to see who it was. Seeing Derek in the driver's seat made her roll her eyes.
Haven pulled down her headphones and went to the car when Derek rolled down the window. "What the hell do you want?"
"Get in," Derek replied, his tone made it clear it was important.
Haven caught the tone but she didn't care. "Actually, I think not."
"I'm not giving you a choice, Haven." Derek would make her come with him if he had to.
"I don't have to listen to you," she retorted and was about to go on her way but stopped when she heard what Derek had to say next.
"There was a murder last night, Haven. Where were you?"
Haven scoffed at the insinuation. "You think I had something to do with it?"
"Did you," he asked, completely serious.
"No, I didn't. I was with Scott and then Stiles. I sure didn't kill anyone. Why did you even think it was me?" Haven was actually a bit offended because of it.
Derek wasn't about to go into the backstory of his reasoning in that moment. "Let's just say you've given me reason to."
"You're barking up the wrong tree here, Hale. I'm not a murderer." Haven left it at that and continued on her way to school.
Derek wasn't so sure he believed her. "Your eyes say otherwise," he said to himself before speeding off.
Haven was at her locker getting her books for class when Scott walked up behind her and playfully covered her eyes. She laughed when he did this, "Now I wonder who this could be."
Scott smiled and kissed her cheek before leaning against the locker beside hers. "Full moon tonight. Don't worry, Stiles says he's got something that should hold you this time. How are you feeling?"
"I don't feel like I want to kill anyone if that's what you're asking," she replied, closing the door then leaning back against it. "I feel kinda weird though."
"How do you mean?" Scott wanted to make sure she was alright.
"It's nothing bad, it's just..." Haven moved away from the row of lockers to stand upright. "Stiles told you about his cousin, right?"
Scott nodded. "Yeah, he's going to be living with them now. Why?"
"I met him last night," Haven explained, "and ever since then it's like a feeling of dejavu in the pit of my stomach. I feel like I've seen him somewhere before but I can't remember where and it's bugging the hell out of me."
Scott felt a pang of jealously and couldn't explain why, instead he tried to explain what Haven was feeling. "You've moved around a lot. You could have easily seen him before," he suggested.
Haven sighed because there was no way of finding out for sure. Duke didn't even seem to remember where they may have met. "No biggie, and hey, don't you need to get to practice?"
Scott realized that she was right and a wave of 'oh crap' moved over his face. "Gotta go," he gave Haven another quick kiss and hurried down the hall towards the locker room.
Haven laughed as he went off then froze for a moment as she felt her eyes change. She quickly turned away to hide them until she was sure they were back to normal then looked around. Haven couldn't explain how she knew it but...there was another Werewolf in the school.
"Hello," Duke greeted, making Haven jump fifty feet. He got a kick out of that. "Whoa, calm down there Jumping Bean. What's got you so worked up?"
Haven almost told him and then caught herself because as far as she knew, he had no idea what was really going on in Beacon Hills. "Nothing," she answered quickly then walked off.
Duke leaned against the lockers with an amusingly intrigued look on his face as she went.
After Lacrosse practice, Scott and Stiles caught up with Haven to fill her in on what they learned about Isaac – that he was a werewolf. "But I didn't see Isaac in the hall when I...sensed one," Haven replied. "Then again your freaking cousin started talking to me so I could have missed him."
"I know for a fact that it's Isaac," Scott replied then gestured to his eyes. "I saw them and caught his scent."
"Tell her about the being arrested part," Stiles interjected, but before Scott could say anything, he said "Isaac is going be at the police station tonight. In a cell. During the full moon."
Haven's eyes shot open as wide as they could have possibly gone. "That is not good."
Scott couldn't agree more. "Yeah, we know."
The bell rang indicating that it was time for class but Haven didn't share this one with them. "Let me know when you have a plan. Please, nothing stupid though." She looked right at Stiles when she said that with a smile.
"Nice," Stiles answered sarcastically as she walked down the hall. "Really nice, Argent!"
Haven was sitting in class when suddenly she got hit with the sense that there's another werewolf around. Keeping her eyes closed until they returned to normal, she opened them to find Duke sitting right beside her. "No...way."
Duke turned to face her with a grin. "Oh, yeah."
Haven was about to open her mouth to exclaim something but the teacher had started class. Not really certain what she was doing, she grabbed her bag and walked right out of class.
"Miss Argent, where do you think you're going?" the teacher called out but that didn't stop her. The next thing they knew, the new student was following after her. "Mr Stilinski, get back here!" but that didn't stop him either. Deciding to deal with them later, the teacher proceeded with class.
Haven walked into an empty classroom with Duke right behind her, who closed the door behind him. "I was wondering how long it'd take for you to figure it out," Duke sat on the teacher's desk and grinned. "Less time than me, but of course I had the insider scoop."
Haven crossed her arms and did her best to keep herself in check. "Derek..."
"Bit me? Yeah, he did. And I'm not the only one." Duke jumped off the desk and walked over to her. "What are you going to do about it?"
"Why? Why would you want this?!" Haven couldn't believe that anyone would willingly want it. "Does Stiles know?"
"I have my reasons and of course Stiles doesn't know," Duke answered. "Why would I let him in on this secret unless..." He laughed when he made the connection. "He knows about all this Werewolf stuff doesn't he?"
"Well my Werewolf boyfriend is his best friend so you tell me," she shot back. "But of course Derek didn't tell you any of that, did he? I bet he didn't tell you a lot."
Duke wasn't bothered by this. "I'm a quick study."
Haven was about to give him a piece of her mind but she saw someone she didn't expect to see walk past classroom. She quickly went to the door and looked out the door's window to see Gerard go down the hall. "What the hell is he doing here?" she thought aloud.
"Who?" Duke asked, joining her at the door.
"Gerard Argent," Haven answered, turning to face him. "A Werewolf hunter."
Okay, now Duke was a little worried – there was no hiding that. His phone buzzed and he saw a text from Derek. "Can't worry about that now," he said to her, "We have to go."
Haven scoffed incredulously. "I'm not going anywhere with you."
"I know you know about Isaac," Duke retorted. "You want to help him or not?"
Haven let out a heavy breath. "What about Jackson?"
Now it was Duke's turn to scoff incredulously. "Derek said he rejected the Bite. Not our problem."
Haven felt like she was being pulled a million different directions at once and groaned loudly because of it. "Fine! Let's go."
Duke opened the door and led the way outside where Derek was waiting and not only him, but Scott was there was well.
Scott turned around and looked at Haven questioningly. She caught this look and said, "Derek bit him, too."
"Hey, Scott," Duke greeted. "Long time no see."
Scott looked at Derek with a 'what did you do' face. "You bit Duke?! Does Stiles know this?" Scott asked as they all got into Derek's Camaro.
"He would have told you if he knew," Duke answered, getting into the front seat after Scott and Haven got into the back.
Haven looked at the car and scoffed. "No offense, Derek, but if you're going to be carpooling Betas around, you're going to need a bigger car."
Derek gave her a bit of a look in the rear-view mirror before putting the car into gear and speeding off.
The sun had set and the four of them were in Isaac's house to get rid of any evidence that could be used against Isaac in his father's murder. "If Isaac didn't kill his father, then who did?" Scott asked as he shined his flashlight around.
"I don't know," Derek replied. "Still trying to figure that out. At first I thought it was Haven."
"It wasn't me," she answered firmly then she looked at Duke in suspicion.
"He just bit me last night," Duke defended. "There's no way it's me. Besides, how do we even know if Isaac is telling the truth?"
"Because I trust my senses," Derek explained. "It's a combination of them. Not just your sense of smell." That was directed right at Scott and he knew it.
Scott awkwardly swallowed a lump in his throat. "You saw that Lacrosse thing today, huh?"
Derek nodded, "Yeah."
Scott winced a bit. "Did it look that bad?"
Derek placed his hand on Scott's shoulder. "Yeah." He led the way to the cellar saying, "Here's a course on how to follow your senses." Derek opened the cellar door for the three of them to go down.
Scott went down first as Haven asked, "What's down here?"
"Motive," Derek answered as Duke followed them.
"What are we looking for exactly?" Duke asked as they descended the stairs.
"Follow your senses," Derek instructed.
Haven looked around the really creepy cellar and shivered a bit. Rubbing her arms, she asked, "What happened down here?"
Derek didn't go into specifics. "The kind of thing that leaves an impression."
Haven didn't like it down there one bit and couldn't take it. "I have to get out of here." She turned around and quickly went back up the stairs, feeling like she was going to have a panic attack or something.
"What are you feeling?" Derek asked when she moved past him.
Haven couldn't even put it into words, not really. Finally she said, "Terrified. I felt nothing but fear down there." She could feel herself start to change and used every ounce of her strength to keep herself human. "I've been here too long. I need to get ready for the moon. Duke shouldn't even be out, he'll turn too!"
"He won't turn until next month," Derek explained. "The Bite is too new in him." As Haven walked off, he said, "You know, if you joined my Pack then I could teach you complete control on a Full Moon."
"Not interested," Haven answered firmly then left quickly with every intention on going to Scott's place to get chained up. At least, that was until she got a call from Allison calling to make sure she was gonna be chained up for the moon. "Yeah," Haven lied, "I'm just about to finish with that. Call you tomorrow."
Haven convincingly lied to her sister and ran like hell to the police station, thinking that she had enough time to help get Isaac out before she would start turning – Not knowing that Scott was already starting to turn and planned on locking himself in the freezer in Isaac's cellar with Duke's help.
Haven got to the police station and instead of going through the front, she want to the backdoor. Granted it was locked, but with one snap of the handle she took care of that. She walked through the door and went down the first hallway she found and soon got hit with the scent of blood. "Oh shit," she said to herself and ran like hell.
When Haven saw the Hunter Allison warned her about drag Stiles into the holding area (after Stiles managed to pull the fire alarm), she kinda lost it. Haven wolfed out and charged into the room, throwing the Hunter across the room. Isaac who was also wolfed out took things from there and fought the Hunter until he was rendered unconscious by Isaac hitting his head against the wall.
Derek appeared at that moment and smashed the Wolfbane syringe on the floor. He looked at Isaac who was moving towards Derek but it was Haven who intervened. Haven put herself in Isaac's path and roared at him. Isaac was about to attack her but Derek roared making Isaac cower against the wall in fear and revert back to his human form.
Haven didn't have the same reaction. She whipped around and roared back in a challenging manner. Derek completely wolfed out himself and let out a roar that was even louder than the one before, but Haven still didn't cower. She stood her ground in defiance but returned to her human form. Derek had never seen this kind of reaction from a Beta before and wondered what that meant.
"You don't get to dictate my life, Derek," Haven stated firmly. "You've already done more than enough of that."
Haven quickly left the police station after that and went back to Isaac house to check on Scott since Stiles told her that's where he was before she made her departure. When she went inside, she found a completely human Duke sitting on the counter in the kitchen with Allison. "How are you not howling right now?" Allison asked as soon as she walked in.
"Side effect of an Alpha roar, I guess," Haven replied. "Where's Scott?"
Duke was about to answer but stopped when Haven shot up her hand. "What is it?" he whispered.
Haven brought her finger to her lips then whispered as well, "We're not alone." She could sense something else was there and soon heard a hissing sound.
Duke heard it as well and got off the counter. "What is that?" he asked, moving closer to her.
Allison pulled a pair of ring daggers from her boots and stood ready. "I have no idea," she answered honestly and didn't like not knowing.
Haven turned to where Duke was facing and saw something standing in the shadows. It wasn't until it stepped out and showed it's reptilian-like body that they both got a look at it. The creature was covered in scales from head to toe, had many sharp teeth, glowing eyes, and a very long tail. The appearance of whatever it was made both Haven and Duke cry out in fear a bit.
"Get down!" Allison shouted when the creature started climbing around the walls of the kitchen. She didn't want either of them getting hurt. Just when it seemed the creature was about to make a move, Scott burst through the cellar door and ran into the kitchen fully wolfed out.
Scott had heard Haven cry out and that made him break his way out of the freezer.
The creature hissed again before leaping across the room and bursting its way out the front door.
Haven quickly went to hug Scott after that and held him tight.
Scott returned the hug and looked at her in wonder. "How are you human right now?"
"Long story," Haven replied, feeling so relieved to be there with him.
Duke, who was perhaps in a bit of shock, asked, "What the hell was that?!"
Even with getting a look at the thing, Allison still didn't know. When all three of them looked at her in question she held up her hands, saying "Don't look at me, guys. I have no idea." Clearly, that didn't sit well with any of them.
End Season 2 Episode 2
A/N: Hey, Readers! Sorry it's taken me so long to update. Hope you enjoyed this 'Episode'. Thanks for reading!
