3 x 20 ~ Echo House
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Leo's PoV
"I still don't understand why anyone would think Derek murdered someone?" I muttered as I walked back and forth through my living,
"Maybe because it's Derek?" A voice said in a rhetorical manner, I turned and glared at Aiden as he stuffed his mouth full of some food from my fridge, I glanced at Lydia and Ethan who were both shaking their heads in disappointment,
"Remind me, beside having sex and his cute face... what do you see in him?" I asked Lydia, but I didn't take my eyes off the twin werewolf,
"Too much," Lydia muttered,
"You think my face is cute?" Aiden asked, well mumbled out between bites,
"Its your brother's... same brother I had a threesome with," I said to him in 'duh' tone, "you connect the dots,"
"I still can't believe you waited this long to tell me," Lydia complained, I turned at her and a smile broke out as I watched her begin to put,
"I still can't believe it happened," Ethan added in with a smirk, Lydia and I turned to face the boy and he looked between and shrugged his shoulders, "I got to hook up with two of the hottest guys at Beacon Hills, at the same time, I refuse to feel shame about that,"
"Boys," Lydia and I said together with a loud sigh,
"Okay, can we go back to the real issue," I said as I dropped down on the one seater, "Derek and Allison's dad are sitting in a jail cell, about to be charge for a crime they didn't commit,"
"A crime which the Nogitsune possessing Stilinski did commit," Aiden chimed in from the kitchen, he walked back around with a tray of food and sat between his brother and Lydia,
"It still hard to believe that Stiles, skinny, defenseless, Stiles, killed someone," I said lowly, and Ethan nodded looking into the distance,
"Stiles didn't, he couldn't," Lydia said coming to boy's defence, "he's doesn't like the sight of blood, his or anyone else's,"
"Now Derek's gonna pay the price," Ethan said grimly, he looked up at me and I saw the concern in his eyes, "Leo-"
"We need to do something," I said standing and cutting him off,
"Like?" Aiden asked,
"Getting him out of jail," I said nodding to myself,
"Please don't tell me your planning on breaking him out of jail," Lydia said with a concerned look, but it was more annoyed an any other emotion,
"Yes!" Aiden cheered,
"No," Lydia and I snapped,
"We need to prove his innocence," I said to them and they all nodded slowly, Ethan then stood up and looked at me sternly,
"So, what's the plan?" he asked me, I was about to answer, when my phone started to ring, I pulled it out of my pocket and read the caller ID, Allison, and with that a smirk grew across my face,
"We do what we always do, regroup and conquer," I said with a smirk,
Derek's PoV
Heart beats. Footsteps. Hands typing on keyboards. Doors opening. Doors closing. Years of living by myself allowed me to hone my sense of hearing, even when I returned to this town and lived in my old house, it still had to focus my hearing, living in the woods had its ups and downs. Same with the loft, only this time, I wasn't alone, and there was always a different distrac-
"Still nothing?" Argent asked breaking my focus, but I didn't answer, "Derek?"
"Hold on," I muttered, I listened again an hear voices this time around,
"Hey, where's the sheriff?" Someone asked,
"Stilinski's out for the day. So the Katashi murder is now a Federal Investigation. Everything here that wasn't blown up needs to be placed in Lockup," One of the deputies answered,
"You were right. They're moving all the evidence," I answered, slowly opening my eyes,
"Was there anything about the murder itself? Any other details?" Argent asked me,
"Just about putting Katashi's things in a Federal Lockup and something about Stilinski being out for the day," I said to him then a thought came to me, and I didn't want to believe it, "you know, if all of this is true, people are dead because of Stiles,"
"But is it really Stiles? Remember, we've had this problem before," Argent said to me,
"But we got lucky with Jackson," I muttered to him, I remember what Leo told me and I was glad the boy had left for London when he did, and Officer walked by and we paused before I asked my next question, "What happens when you don't get lucky?"
"I guess it depends on how much or how little of Stiles is left. You ever heard of the Berserkers?" Argent asked me,
"Germanic warriors. They wore the skins of bears to channel their ferocity," I answered him, my memories of the things I learnt from years ago allowed me to recall this information,
"They didn't just wear them. They became them. You know, a couple of years ago, a family came to us for help with their son. This group of teenagers, they were doing all sorts of rituals with animal skins. Somehow they tapped into it. But with Berserkers, the human side doesn't last long. They're not tempered by the moon," Argent told me, I glanced back at the door to my cell,
"He killed people?" I asked,
"He tore them apart. Eventually, I had to tell the family their son was gone. It took three of us to take him down. Almost every bullet we had. And when it was over, I felt no remorse. None. I knew that kid was long gone," He told me, his heartbeat was calm, and I knew every word he just told me was true,
"Would you feel any remorse putting Stiles down?" I asked him and he paused,
"Stiles? yes," he answered, "but not a Nogitsune,"
Leo's PoV
The twins went off to go fix their bikes, after Scott managed to damage them so he and Kira could escape their constant trailing, which allowed Lydia and myself to meet up with Allison, who had a plan... and lets say I didn't come up with any of it. Scott arrived, with the twins and Allison walked over to let them in.
"My father said all of the Katashi evidence is being moved to a Federal Lockup by armored car tonight," She said to them as they walked in, "Probably within the next few hours,"
She walked back over to Lydia and myself, as we stood to the door of her bedroom, looking at the boys, who were looking at us like we were crazy.
"We're going to rob an armored car?" Ethan asked, Lydia and I shared a look before she turned to answer him,
"Well, we're going to try," she said to them honestly,
*ONE EXPLAINATION LATER*
"This is a really bad plan," Scott muttered as he looked down at the map,
"It's not that bad," Lydia said to him,
"It's not that good," Ethan said as he walked around the room,
"None of us knows the route they're going to take. If Allison can get one of her dad's GPS trackers on the armored car then we can follow it," Lydia explained to us,
"So when it gets here-" Allison started to say,
"We attack them?" Aiden asked cutting her off,
"No," Lydia said turning to face the boy, "your bikes and Leo's car will be in the middle of the road, looking like you guys got into an accident. And when the driver gets out to help-"
"We attack him?" Aiden asked again cutting her off,
"No," Lydia and Allison asked in unison,
"Are you sure he isn't adopted?" I asked as Ethan after glaring at the boy,
"You'll distract him, Scott will break open the back door," Lydia said turning to face the boy,
"I hope," he responded,
"And you'll get Katashi's finger," Lydia said looking over to Ethan,
"It's not his actual finger, is it?" Ethan asked and I sighed,
"You are so out of our league," Lydia said looking away from the twin,
"Why aren't we just going to Stilinski for help?" Ethan asked us,
"Because if he gets caught, then it's the Sheriff tampering with federal evidence," Scott said to him,
"And we have to make this look as human as possible, so no glowing eyes or fangs, we don't need the entire FBI and sheriff department to learn what we are," I said looking between the twins and they nodded,
"Guys, this is going to work. We can do this. We're losing Stiles. My Dad's in jail for murder. We need to do this," Allison said to us and we all nodded in unison,
Derek's PoV
"Why?" Argent asked me and I looked back at him, "when the bomb went off, you said you need to see Leo... why?"
"There's something I needed to tell him," I said swallowing the lump in my throat, Argent looked over at me and I sighed, "it was important... and I thought he should know the truth in case something bad did happen,"
"The truth about what?" Argent asked, I paused and thought about whether I could trust him, seeing as his family cause so much pain to mine, I was still iffy about him, but recently he's proved himself to an honest man, so maybe I could take the rest,
I was about to answer when a deputy came in and told Argent his lawyer was here, he was allowed out of the cell and I watched him disappear through the doors. I leaned back against the bars and closed my eyes, I was going to listen in but a familiar scent caught my attention. Then the sound of footsteps, two pairs, and then the door to the cells opened. I didn't need to open my eyes to know was walking up to me.
"You know for a dead man, you look very much alive," I stated bluntly, the footsteps stopped as they reached my cell,
"The last I saw you, you were a runt, small, talkative and a lil bit annoying," the man said back to me, "years gone by, and now your a grown man, full beard, broad shoulders, less talkative, and somehow... in a relationship with my son,"
I opened my eyes and met the familiar green pair, much like Leo's his had the same spark to them, just that his were older... and that spark was burning a glare into my skull. I glanced from him to the long haired man beside him to held a similar expression but his was less fueled by anger and more by wariness and agitation. The two were dressed as Deputies, which explained how they got in here.
"Dean," I stated bluntly, spitting the false name he had chosen to tell Leo back at him,
"Derek," he spat back, his hand rested on his gun, I eyed the action before standing to full height and stepping closer to the bars, "times you and I had a lil chat,"
"I couldn't agree more," I said back to coldly, "how about we start with the beginning? How are you not dead?"
"A pretty face like this can't be taken from the world so soon," he answered in a smug tone,
"Hmm, now I understand why you and Peter were bestfriend," I said to him nodding slowly, "you're both narcissistic asshole,"
"Handsome, narcissistic asshole," he added with a smirk and the man beside him chuckled before shaking his head,
"Cut the crap!" I snapped getting annoyed with his bull, "tell me why you're here,"
"Same reason you're standing in that cell," Dean said tilting his head to the side, "a teenage boy,"
"Leo's more mature than he looks," I said to him, and he nodded, "than most teenagers his age,"
"But he's still my little lion, and I need to protect him," he said to me, I heard the honesty in his voice, and I could smell the stress, anxiety and fear coming off of him, he looked down then back up to me, "and you're going to help me,"
Leo's PoV
"Where the hell are they?" I asked as I looked down at my phone, checking the time for the fourth time,
"The truck sound be on its way," Ethan spoke, I looked over at the twin and he walked up to me and sat on the hood of my car, I looked across the bridge to Aiden and Lydia and watched as the other twin continued to flirt with her, "their cute huh?"
"As long as Lydia's happy," I muttered softly, looking away from the pair,
"And are you happy?" Ethan asked me and I glanced at him, he gave me a knowing look and I exhaled loudly,
"Happiness is relative to the situation we find ourselves in," I said to him and he gave a confused look,
"Is that a quote from somewhere?" he asked and I shook my head,
"Came up with that on my own," I said to him and he nodded, "why do you care? You're only doing this because you want to get in Scott's pack,"
"I care, because I like you..." he started to say and I looked up at him, "...in the way that 'two friends who hooked up one time' care about each other,"
"Wow," I said with a laugh, "then thanks, I guess, for caring, still not letting you join my pack though,"
"Really? After all of that?" Ethan asked with a laugh and I nodded, "what if I let you and Derek... you know..."
"Are you seriously asking for another threesome?" I asked in a low voice as I looked over at the boy, he looked down and I followed his eyes and I noticed the tent forming in his pants, I looked back up to see him smirking at me,
"I'd let you both top me," he said and I shook my head, "look you're getting hard,"
"Ethan!" I said with a smile across my face, I stood up to turn and face the boy and he chuckled, "you and your brother are a case,"
"We know," he said as he stood and stepped closer to me, I looked the boy in his eyes and he held my gaze, "but you guys still love us,"
"Guys!" Lydia shouted, Ethan and I stepped apart as Lydia and Aiden walked over, "something's wrong,"
Lydia and I got in my car while the twins got on their bikes, we turned and drove back to the sheriff's station in hopes of finding out what happened to Scott and Allison. We left Lydia behind as we could run faster, we made it through the side entrance, the twins went up the stairs of the fire exit while I went towards the truck.
"You have the eyes of an Alpha," I heard a deep voice say, which sounded like they were talking to Scott, I climbed on top of the truck and saw a man leaning down over Scott, "But where's the strength?"
"Up here," The twins shouted, they gained the man's attention, they roared, flashing their eyes and fangs, and then leaped down towards the man, they landed and stalked over to the van, the man looked between them and then up at me,
"And if you're not into the twins, I have a few tricks I know you'll hate," I said before flashing my eyes and releasing a powerful roar at the man, "take 'em,"
The twins rushed the man and I dropped down and made my way to Scott.
"You guys came," he said as he looked up at me,
"Like I'm gonna let you have fun," I said to him with a smirk, he wolf-face was hard, but I could see the smile forming beneath his fangs,
I turned back to see Ethan and Aiden wailing away on the werewolf. I winced as they threw the man onto the ground.
"Ethan, Aiden..." Scott whined out, as I tried to help him up,
"Stop!" Lydia yelled and they stopped their attacks,
"You want him to come after us?" Ethan asked,
"Scott, we've seen guys like this. Trust us. He's dangerous," Aiden added onto him,
"So are we. And he looks smart enough to remember that," Scott said as the man tried to catch his breath,
"And if he doesn't..." I started to say as I squatted down and came eye level to the man, he looked at me and I flashed my red eyes at him, "...I think he can connect the dots,"
Scott stepped up and took the finger from the man's pocket, revealing the tiny scroll inside.
"We're here to save a life. Not end one," Scott said to the twins before dropping the silver finger,
Later that night I made my way to house, and I expected it to be empty but I found Peter inside, almost as if he was waiting for me.
"Why are you here?" I asked him, "don't you have some small children to go and terrify,"
"I'm here babysitting," he muttered not even looking up from his book, I walked into the living room, and sat down beside him and turned on the television, it would take awhile before Derek and Allison's dad got released, so now it was a waiting game, "how was your day,"
"Stressful," I answered, "yours?"
"Uneventful," I looked over at the man, he didn't look up but I could see the smirk on his lips and I could smell the days activities on the man, long story short, he smelt like sex, and any further thoughts were disgusting,
"I can smell what you did," I said to him, he chuckled but didn't look up,
"Then you know not to ask any more questions," he stated bluntly, but I could hear the amusement in his tone,
"Ew!" I gagged out and he chuckled, I turned back to television,
Peter had his ways with the others, but for some reason when he was around me I got to see his less murderous side. But somehow, sitting next to him, knowing the fact that his daughter was somewhere in Beacon Hills, was... scary and sad.