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twenty-one: bandaids don't fix bulletholes

"You monster." Chris spat.

"Not yet." Gerard smiled eerily.

"You'll kill her too?" Chris asked, tears glossing his eyes.

"When it comes to survival, I'd kill my son."

The group let his words sink in, Rowan didn't think she could loathe anyone more than she did Peter but she guessed wrong.

"Scott," Gerard called with a knowing gaze.

Rowan watched her brother from where she crouched on the ground next to Issac. Her twin transformed back to his human self, looking at Derek on the ground with a defeated grimace.

Rowan shook her head as Scott walked towards Derek, all of them watching with their breaths held. Scott grabbed Derek's neck and forcefully pulled him up, Derek grunted as he struggled with his wounds.

"Scott don't. You know he's gonna kill me right after, he'll be an Alpha." Derek said, his red eyes glowering at Gerard.

"That's true. But I think he already knows that don't you Scott?" Gerard asked with an oily smile.

Issac and Rowan watched with a grimace, if Gerard killed Derek they would all be doomed.

"He knows that the ultimate prize is Allison." Gerard landed the final blow. Rowan's eyes desperately tried to meet her brother's but her twin avoided her gaze.

"Do this small task for me and they can be together. You are the only piece that doesn't fit Derek. And in case you haven't learned yet, there is just no competing with young love." Gerard drilled as he glanced between Scott and Allison before landing his gaze on Rowan and Issac.

The latter exchanged worried gazes, both of them gripping onto each other tighter.

"Scott don't!" Derek grunted. Scott struggled as he finally turned to his sister.

"Scott," Rowan said warningly. She didn't understand what he was planning, she only knew that giving Gerard the bite was dangerous.

Scott swallowed as he stared at his sister, hoping she would get the sense to trust him.

So Rowan said nothing, she let Scott pull Derek's head back so his mouth was open. Gerard placed his arm right between Derek's jaw and yelled when Derek's fangs met his skin.

Rowan closed her eyes as his scream pierced the air, Issac tightening his grip around her shoulder as he watched in horror. Gerard raised his hand with a chuckle, showing off his bite with a smug grin.

But something was wrong.

Where the bite should start healing, or at least bleed a little, black liquid oozed out of the
wounds, dripping down his arm.

Rowan covered her mouth with her hand as Issac muttered under his breath.

"What the fuck?"

Everyone watched with wide eyes as Gerard looked around confused at their expressions.

"What?" Gerard frowned, finally looking at his wounds. The black liquid was oozing down his forearm rapidly, and Gerard's smug grin turned into an angry scowl.

"What is this? What did you do?" He hissed.

"You always said Gerard always had a plan. I had a plan too." Scott said, glancing from Derek to Gerard.

Gerard quickly pulled out his pill box to take a closer look at them, that's when the puzzle pieces clicked in Rowan's head.

That night at the sheriff's station, Scott must've switched out Gerard's usual pills with different ones. These with-