"So, we're not going to get any snacks? We're going to, where again?" Zoey asks her bestfriend who's driving to the vault they had found out by Isaac. "A bank," Allison replies casually. "An abondoned one?" Zoey asks raising her eyebrows. "Yes." Allison nods. "The one that Scott and Derek are going to?" Zoey asks. "What?" "Nothing," Zoey shakes her head, looking out the window.
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Allison pulls up to the abandoned bank, Zoey sighing before getting out the passenger seat. Allison gets out as well, walking to the back of her car. Allison opens the trunk and pulls out bolt cutters, making Zoey's eyes widen. "Breaking in?"
"Breaking in." Allison smirks.
Zoey lets out a shaky breath before following her best friend to the doors that have a chain across the handles. Zoey glances around nervously, then back at Allison. "Won't they have alarms?" Zoey asks. "It's abandoned, they don't really have the right to fix it up." Allison says while putting the bolt cutters on the chain. "Aren't we going to get in shit?" Zoey asks. "We won't."
Once Zoey and Allison got into the vault, they started to walk around quietly. That is until Ms. Morrell came around. Ms. Morrell pins Allison up the wall, Zoey shrieking and spinning on her heal. Allison gasps, "Ms. Morrell?"
"Keep your mouths shut and listen close. You have no idea what you just stepped into. Right now, I'm going to give you twenty seconds to get your asses out of here," she says while glancing at Zoey.
"Where?" Zoey snaps. "Get in the storage closet over there," Ms. Morrell says while nodding her head towards the storage closet. Zoey nods and Allison does so as well.
"Lock the door and when you hear the fighting start, that's when you come out."
Fighting? Zoey thinks while raising her eyebrows.
"What fighting?" Allison speaks. "You'll hear it," Ms. Morrell says with gritted teeth. "Now go!"
Zoey takes Allison's hand, pulling her into the closet, locking it. Allison tries to find the light switch, which is successful, but the light does not work. That's unfortunate, Zoey thought.
Out of nowhere, Zoey hears footsteps from the other side of the door. Zoey keeps her hand clamped over her mouth and so does Allison. Zoey spots ammonia, wrapping her hand around the top and tips it on its side. Allison glances at her confused, then realizing that it's blocking out their scent. The footsteps stopped for a moment, but the moment the ammonia hit the floor, they kept walking.
Allison quickly takes her jacket off, putting it over the liquid Zoey has put on the floor.
Allison turns on her flashlight from her phone, moving it around the room. Zoey and Allison let out a muffled cry, looking at a scratched up body. Erica, Zoey lets a tear run down her cheek.
Moments later, growls were being heard and a bit of thuds. Zoey glances at Allison, Allison nodding; signaling they go and see what's happening.
The two teenage girls find theirselves in front of the entrance of the vault, where Boyd and an unknown girl are facing Scott and Derek, Zoey and Allison stand outside of the seal.
Zoey's mouth is a shape of 'o', watching them. Boyd makes a move and charges at Scott, "Look out!" Allison shouts at Scott.
Zoey looks down, staring at the seal and bends down, ready to break it.
"Don't break the seal!" Derek shouts at Zoey, but Zoey ignoring him. "Boyd!" Zoey shouts as Boyd lifts Scott up from his feet with his claws.
Zoey then swipes her hands over the seal, breaking it. The girl and Boyd look at Zoey, then begin to run past her.
Derek walks out of the vault and grabbing onto Zoey and Allison's forearms, Scott shouting, "Don't touch them!"
"What were you two thinking?" Derek asks. "That we had to do something." Allison says, backing away from him and standing next to Zoey. "She saved our lives." Scott says in a calming tone.
"Yeah? What do you they're going to do out there?" Derek asks and faces Scott. "Do you have any idea what you just set free?" Derek says and stands in front of Zoey and Allison. "Back. Away." Zoey growls.
"Who are you to blame us?" Allison asks in a harsh tone, referring to her and Zoey. "Well, Zoey and I are not the ones who are changing teenagers into killers."
"No," Derek states. "No, that's just the rest of your family." He says in a harsh tone, receiving a glare from Zoey.
"I've made mistakes. Gerard's not my fault." Allison says firmly. "Then what about your mother?" Derek asks with his eyebrows raised.
How dare he, Zoey thought, frowning at him.
"What do you mean?" Allison asks. "Tell her, Scott," Derek turns to Scott, nodding toward Allison. "What does he mean, Scott?" Allison asks. "What does he mean?"
Derek nods at Zoey, signaling that she should give them time to talk. Zoey glances at Allison, Allison nods a bit and Zoey begins to walk away with Derek. Zoey walking a bit quicker. She then thinks about the girl in the vault with Boyd.
"Who was the girl with Boyd?" Zoey asks quietly. "My sister, Cora." Derek replies. "H-How-" Zoey stutters, looking back at him when the both stop in their tracks. "I don't know," he shrugs.
Zoey looks down and back up, looking at him again. "We found Erica," she says quietly again. "S-She's in, uh, the closet."
Derek then begins to walk into the closet, then walks out with a lifeless Erica in his arms.
"Derek, I-" Zoey starts but gets cut off. "Don't." Derek walks off back to the vault.
Allison looks down with glossy eyes, then at Derek. Scott sniffles quietly and looks at Derek as well.
No matter how hard they try, they can't save everyone at once.
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Zoey sits in the back of Derek's car, her head between the seats of Derek and Isaac. Zoey, Isaac, and Derek's eyes stay on Mr. Argent and Scott. Zoey's eyes widen as Mr. Argent pulls his gun out on Scott.
"Do you think this is gonna work?" Isaac breaks the silence. "Nope," Derek replies. "Me neither." Isaac says.
"So your, uh, your sister," Isaac says while tilting his head, Zoey rolling her eyes again. Derek looks at Isaac and Isaac looks back at him. "Sorry, uh, that's a bad timing. Sorry," Isaac says, coughing awkwardly. "I'll ask later, it's fine." Isaac continues. Derek looks at him again, "Or never, yeah yeah, I'm good with never." Isaac says again and they both nod. Zoey lets out a quiet giggle, receiving a glare from Isaac.
Zoey then watches Mr. Argent lower his gun and putting it away, Zoey letting out a soft breath leave her lips.
Zoey, Isaac, and Derek watch Scott get into Mr. Argent's car. Zoey leans back into the seat, looking around as Derek begins to drive behind them.
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"Tracking their footprint?" Argent asks while dropping a bag down on the ground. "Trying to." Scott corrects. "Then you've been wasting your time." Argent says while looking down at the ground. "There's only one creature on earth that can visibly track footprints," Argent stands up. "And that's man."
"And if you're not trained like me, you have no idea that this print is Boyd's," Argent points to one of the footprint and points to another. "And these-" Argent says, but gets cut off by Isaac. "Are Cora's."
"No, they're yours." Argent corrects and Zoey lets another giggle escape her lips, receiving another glare from Isaac.
"Trampled Cora's as soon as you walked over here. Listen, I know the three of you are focussing half of your energy on resisting your own urges on the full moon," Argent says as Zoey begins to doze off.
I have a feeling this isn't going to end well, Zoey thinks.
"So what do we do?" Derek says, breaking Zoey out of her thoughts. "Focus on your sense of smell. Actual wolves are known to track their prey by up to a hundred miles a day by scent. A trained hunter can use scent to track them."
"If the wind is with them, wolves can track the scent by the distance to two miles, which gives us to draw them to us, towards our trap." Argent says while throwing a net to Scott, which Zoey assumes to be a trap.
"The full moon does give us one advantage, I'll have a higher heat signature. Which brings them easier to spot with infer red." Argent says while tossing night vision glasses to the three teens and Derek.
"Thanks, but I got my own." Derek says and his eyes glow red. Zoey's eyes rolling, "Don't rub it in."
"Just remember we're not hunting wild animals, underneath those impulses are two intelligent human beings."
Zoey then glances around nervously, then at Isaac. Isaac gives her a reassuring nod, as if he's saying 'it's gonna be okay' again.
Argent, Scott, Isaac, Derek and Zoey begin to walk and stop at the top of the hill, looking over the edge to see Beacon Hills.
"When's the last time you saw your sister?" Argent asks Derek, keeping his eyes on Beacon Hills. "Nine years ago. Thought she died in the fire." Derek says. "You feel like you have a lock on her scent?" Argent asks and Derek shakes his head.
"Scott?" Argent looks over his shoulder, directly at Scott. "How confident are you and your skills?" "Honestly, most of the time I'm trying not to think about all the things I can smell." Scott says.
"Alright," Argent says while looking back at the view. "The problem is when they reach the woods, it hits the residential area, once they're past the high school, they're right in the middle of Beacon Hills."
"They're not gonna kill everything they see, are they?" Zoey asks while looking at Scott and Derek. "No, but there is an important difference to recognize." Argent says to Zoey and she looks at Isaac. "Wolves hunt for food and at a certain point they get full," Argent says and Scott nods. "Boyd and Cora are hunting for the pleasure to kill. They're some primal appex predatory satisfaction comes from ripping a warm bodies to bloody shreds. And who knows what that need gets associated."
"We can't kill them." Scott interjects. "Would if we can't catch them?" Derek asks while looking over at Scott. "Then maybe we just need to contain them. There's no one at the school at night, either?" Argent says. "We trap them inside?" Derek says. "If there's somewhere with a strong enough door, no windows around to access the outside.." Argent trails off and Isaac chimes in, "What about the boiler room? It's just one big steal door."
"You sure the school's empty?" Argent asks. "It has to be," Zoey says. "There can't be anyone there this late, right?"
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Mr. Argent puts a astrosonic ammeter in the ground, "These are astrosonic ammeters. It's one of the tools we use to coral werewolves, pushing them into the direction we want them to run."
Argent then presses the button on the top, "Gives out the high pitch frequency that only they can hear." He says as the light brightens and lets out a noise.
Isaac, Scott, and Derek cover their ears, Isaac saying, "No kidding. Turn it off, turn it off!"
Zoey and the others get handed one of the astrosonic ammeters, "These are gonna drive them to the school?" Derek asks. "And that is up to you to get them to the basement." Argent replies. "Does anyone else wanna re-think the plan where we just, uh, kill them?" Isaac asks and Zoey hits his arm gently. "It's going to work." Scott assures him.
"It'll work." Scott says to Derek, Zoey and Isaac looking at eachother. Zoey lets out a little sigh.
"Let's go trap some werewolves, shall we?"
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Zoey eventually catches up to Isaac, running up ahead. "Zoey!" Isaac calls up to her, Zoey smiling to herself.
I guess cross country was a good idea for her to join.
Zoey then crouches down and puts the astrosonic ammeter in the ground, looking back at Isaac with a smile on her face.
Both the teens eventually reach the school, Zoey letting out a breath and a sigh.
"You good, Martin?" Isaac asks the girl beside him who's resting her hands on her knees, crouching down slightly. "Never been better, Lahey." Zoey answers while standing up straight, looking at Isaac.
"You know, you still look good while sweating like a man who doesn't exercise very much." Isaac says to her before walking away to Scott.
Zoey rolls her eyes at his attempt at pretty much hitting on her, walking behind him. "You're an ass." She whispers while walking past him.
Scott and Isaac then break open the school doors, looking inside to see lockers and doors on the other side that's letting light inside.
Scott and Isaac nod at eachother before running past Zoey, Isaac giving her a wink as he does so.
Zoey runs towards Isaac who's standing near the school.
"This is not gonna be fun." Zoey whispers as they both face the other side of the moon.
Zoey and Isaac both hear growling behind them, Isaac letting out a quiet sigh before they both turn around. "Oh, great."
They turn and see Boyd and Cora standing there, still in their werewolf terms.
Boyd and Cora let out a growl, keeping their eyes on Zoey and Isaac. Zoey looks at Isaac, his eyes glowing a brilliant golden yellow, and then steps in front of Zoey. Zoey then starts to shake, backing away before she hears a series of honks. She turns her head in the direction of the sounds, seeing Mr. Argent to the rescue.
Isaac nods towards the car, telling Zoey to get into the car with Argent. She begins to run, but as soon as she does, Boyd and Cora do as well. Cora then grabs her arm, Zoey letting out a scream of some sort and attempts to pull her arm away, but it's too late. Cora bites her forearm, Zoey letting out a scream as Isaac shouts, "No!"
Argent's eyes widen, honking again, making Boyd and Cora run in the other direction, to the entrance of the school, where Derek is. Zoey starts to go into shock, her eyes widened as Isaac grabs her by the waist, guiding her to Argent's car. "You'll be okay," Isaac reassures her, pushing her gently into Argent's car. "She didn't bite deep, maybe it'll be a good thing, because it might not work cause she didn't bite deep." Isaac says. Zoey lets out a sob, looking down at her arm, seeing blood going down her hand.
"Oh god," Zoey lets out a sob again as Argent's face screams worry. "I'll be back, okay? Make sure you put pressure!" Isaac says to her and she nods.
Argent then begins to drive and stops by the school, running out to Scott, Isaac, and Derek.
Zoey keeps letting out cries of pain, holding her other hand on her pained arm.
Zoey's eyes then shut, and open a few seconds after. "Keep your eyes open." She whispers to herself, her vision going blurry. "Zoey, keep your eyes open!" She shouts at herself.
Zoey's eyes going crazy as she glances everywhere and her vision all of a sudden goes black.
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"The bite either kills her, or saves her. Isaac, it's going to be okay." Zoey hears. "I-It can't kill her, she's a warrior. She can do this. It'll save her."
Zoey's eyes shoot open, seeing that there's no one in the room. How am I hearing this? Zoey thinks as she sits up slowly.
"Do you hear that? It's a heartbeat! It's coming from in the room," she hears Isaac's voice boom and she clenches her head tightly. "Zoey," she hears his voice again, but actually closer. "You- You're okay." Isaac says and walks closer to her.
"What- What happened?" She asks him. "You, uh, you got bit.." Isaac says. "Bit? By who?" Zoey asks, knowing what he means. "Cora.."
No, she can't be.. She didn't have a choice. She can't blame Isaac or Cora. It was herself that made her choice to run.
"But- But I can't-" Zoey stutters. "Zoey, if you weren't here, you'd be dead, but, you are here, and that means you're a werewolf."
Zoey's eyes wander around and her anger boils. Her vision then goes yellow, her fingers aching as claws grow from her human ones. "Zoey. Zoey, I didn't think you'd act like this.. Zoey, calm down." Isaac says to her.
Zoey's eyes then goes back to normal, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Isaac, I-I can't. I can't be like what you are," Zoey says while sitting up right again. "It'll be okay," Isaac says and walk back to the bed she was laying on. "Zoey, Derek and I will teach what to do, how to stay in control. Zoey, you and I, we can go through this together." He says and holds onto her hand. "Okay?" Isaac says. "Okay," Zoey says. "Promise?" She asks. "I promise."
"You and I, we can go through this together." Zoey's thoughts repeat.
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hi, i did in fact delete my other story. i had no idea what to do, i had no ideas in mind. it was just going no where. but if i have anything in mind again for a stilinski fanfic, i'll do it and not stop, i promise.
but here's chapter threeeee yay. i honestly don't think changing her to a werewolf was a good idea considering it's only the third chapter, but i will try to make it work. i love writing this book, it's honestly my fav.
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