"If Derek isn't the Alpha, if he's not the one who bit you, then who did?" Stiles asked as the two of them sat in class, "I don't know." Scott answered making Stiles slump back into his chair thinking for a moment before leaning forward again. "Did the alpha kill the bus driver?"
"I don't know."
"Does Allison's father know about the alpha?"
"I dont know!" Scott said louder this time making a few people look over. Scott sinks down in his seat when he realizes everyone is staring at him. The Teacher finally drops his test on his desk. He turns it over to see a big D-and a message:
Not like you! What's happening? See me after class.
Stiles look over at Scott's test cringing a bit. "Dude, you need to study more. That was a joke. Scott, it's one test. You're gonna make it up. Do you want help studying?" Stiles asked and Scott glanced at him, "I'm studying with Allison at her
house after school." He said making Stiles smile proudly at him
"That's my boy."
"We're just studying."
"No, you're not"
"No, I'm not?"
"Not if I'm forced to live vicariously through you. If you go to her house and squander that colossal opportunity I'll have you professionally de-balled. Got it?" Stiles said making Scott cringe. "Yes. If you stop with the
questions." Scott said and Stiles nodded.
"Done. No more talk of Alphas or
Derek. Especially Derek and Josh who still scares me."
Derek. Pale, with black circles under his eyes, bloody bandages can be seen underneath his jacket sleeve, walks through the hall of the highschool. A remaining student or two gaze at him, but he pays no attention, moving with focus toward Jackson who stood at his locker.
Turns to see Derek coming right for him,
"Where's Scott McCall or josh hale?" Derek asked and Jackson gave him a dirty look, "Why should I tell you?" He asked looking Derek up and down with a judgmental look. "Because I asked you politely. And I only do that once." Derek answered making
Jackson hum.
"Hmm. Okay, tough guy. You know, how about I help you find him if you tell me what you're selling him?" Jackson questioned making Derek look at him confused, "What is it? Is it, uh, Dianabol? Hmm? HGH?"
"Steroids?" Derek said realising what Jackson was talking about. "No, Girl Scout Cookies.
What do you think I'm talking about? And by the way, whatever else you're selling? I'd stop sampling the merchandise. You look wrecked."
Jackson said looking Derek up and down.
"I'll find them myself." Derek says and goes to walk away but Jackson grabbed his arm, "Hey, we're not done here." Derek grabs him by the neck and Jackson tried to pry his hands off but Derek was to strong. Finally Derek seems to realize what he's doing and releases him.
Jackson doubles over, sucking in air. While the boy is bent forward, Derek notices puncture wounds on the back of his neck from the claws coming out
of Derek's fingertips. Still gasping, Jackson looks up to see Derek disappear around the corner.
Derek slumps against the wall and closes his eyes to focus on his hearing, soon enough he finds a voice that stood out from the rest, one that always stood out to him.
"So what's this I hear about Scott coming over?"
Courtney asked catching up to Allison and Lydia,
"Scott's coming over? Tonight?" Lydia asked and Allison awkwardly rubbed her arm, "We're just studying together."
"Just studying" never ends with just studying.
It's like - Getting into a hot tub - Somebody eventually cops a feel." Lydia said . Well, so what are you saying?" Allison asked and Lydia shrugged "she's trying to say get some dick" josh says "what josh said" Lydia says
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"I'm just saying, you know, make sure he covers up. Hello, snow white! I'm talking about a condom." Lydia said making Courtney and josh laugh as Allison's face turned red, "Are you kidding? After one date?"
"Well, don't be a total prude. You
have to give him a little taste." Lydia said as if it's the most normal thing in the world, "How much is a little taste?"Allison asked shyly
"A lot" josh says
"Well, there's just something different about him.
When I first got here I had this plan: no boyfriends until college.
I move too often. But when I met him, he was different. I can't explain it." Allison said and smiled and awed teasingly, "that failed didn't it I've gotta go babe see u after" josh said then walked away.
He turned the corner and saw Derek slumped again the wall look deathly pale making her eyes widen as she ran over to him. "Derek? What the hell happened to you?" Josh said and he just let out a pained breath, holding his arm out.
Carefully.
They went outside and josh saw Stiles' car carefully lead Derek over to where Stiles was heading and stood in front of the jeep making Stiles stop.
As Scott runs over and Stiles get out of the jeep, josh couldn't hold him up as Derek collapsed.
"What are you doing here? Get up." Scott asks.
"Dude, he's not looking too good."
"I was shot." Derek gritted in pain. "Why aren't you healing?" Scott asked, "I can't. It was a different kind of bullet-"
"A silver bullet?" Stiles cut him off
"No, you idiot-"
"Wait a second. That's what she meant when she said 48 hours." Scott said. "The one who shot him." He answered
"Shit." Josh mumbled as Derek sucks in a breath, a wave of pain rolls through him. His eyes flickering from his natural forest green eyes to electric blue like a dying lightbulb. "What are you doing? Stop that.
"That's what I'm trying to tell you. I can't."
Scott grabs him, struggling to keep him from falling to the pavement, josh helping him as students take notice of the hold up they were causing. Horns start beeping
behind Stiles's car. "Help us put him in your car." Scott said making Stiles look at him crazv.
"Him? My Jeep? No way."
"Stiles!"
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Reluctantly, he helps Scott and josh lift Derek to his feet. behind them Jackson and Allison get out of their cars as Scott and Stiles pushing Derek into the Jeep while josh runs to the other side, getting in and climbing into the back. As he slumps down in the passenger seat,
Derek latches
onto Scott's arm, not letting him go.
"I need you to find the same kind of bullet. I have to know what they used." Derek said weakly, "How am I supposed to do that?"
"She's an Argent. She's with them-"
"Why should I help you?"
"Because I'll smash your head in the wheel" josh said. Stiles slams the door shut on his side. "Fine, fine. I'll try." Scott says and looks at Stiles, "Get him out of here."
"I hate you so much for this."
While driving, Stiles glances to his phone when Scott texts back: Need more time. Making him sigh
In the passenger seat, Derek slumps down, cradling his arm as he deals with the pain. "Hey, try to not to bleed out on my seats, okay? We're almost there."
"Almost where?"
"Your house."
"No. You can't take me there."
"I can't take you to your house?"
"Not when I can't protect myself." Derek said "What am I a roach" josh says
Stiles hits the brakes, skidding to a stop and turned to Derek. "What happens if Scott doesn't find
"your magic bullet? Are you dying?" Stiles asked "Not yet. I have a last resort." Derek says "he's gonna die if Scott doesn't hurry the fuck up and get the god damn bullet" josh says staring into stiles soul
"What do you mean? What last resort?" Stiles asked as Derek took his jacket off, exposing the wound. It had stopped bleeding but black veins grew around it, trailing up towards his elbow.
"Oh, my God. What is that? Oh, is that contagious? You know what, you should probably just get out." Stiles said cringing at the look of the wound.
"Start the car. Now."
"I don't think you should be barking orders with the way you look, okay? In fact, I think if I wanted to, I could probably drag your little werewolf ass out into the middle of the road and leave you for dead." Stiles said making josh roll his eyes.
"Start the car, or I'm gonna rip your throat out - With my teeth." Derek said. They started at each other for a few seconds before Stiles finally gave in and started the car.
"What am I supposed to do with him?" Stiles asked Scott over the phone, looking over to see josh leaning over the back seat to look at Derek's.
"Take him somewhere, anywhere."
"And, by the way, he's starting to smell" Stiles said making Derek glare at him and josh just rolls his eyes.
"Like - like what?"
"Like death."
"Okay, take him to the animal clinic."
"What about your boss?" Stiles asked making
"He's gone by now. There's a spare key in the box behind the dumpster"
"You're not gonna believe where he's telling me to take you." Stiles said handing Derek the phone. "Did you find it?"
"How am I supposed to find one bullet? They have a million. This house is like - the fricken Walmart of guns."
"Look, if you don't find it, then I'm dead, all right?" Derek said.
"I'm starting to think that wouldn't be such a bad thing"
"Then think about this. The Alpha called you out against your will. He's gonna do it again.
Next time you either kill with him or you get killed. So if you wanna stay alive, then you need me. Find the bullet." Derek said before hanging up the phone as Stiles drove to the Animal Clinic.
When they got there Stiles got out.
When they got inside Stiles looked at his phone,
"Does northern blue monkshood mean anything to you?" Stiles asked
"Okay. You know, that really doesn't look like anything some Echinacea and a good night of sleep couldn't take care of." Stiles said making
"When the infection reaches my heart, it'll kill me." Derek said while digging around the drawers.
"Positivity" just isn't in your vocabulary, is it?"
"If he doesn't get here with the bullet in time - Last resort." He said, trying a blue rubber cord around his arm. "Which is?" Stiles asked and Derek placed a saw on the table.
"You're gonna cut off my arm."
"Oh what the fuck." Josh says
"Oh, my God. What if you bleed to death?" Stiles panicked, "It'll heal if it works." Derek said and
"Ugh. Look - I don't know if I can do this." Stiles stressed looking incredibly uncomfortable,
"Why not?" Derek asked, losing patience. "Well, because of the cutting through the flesh, the sawing of the bone, and especially the blood?
"You faint at the sight of blood?"
"No, but I might at the sight of a chopped - off arm! Why can't josh do it?" Stiles said and scoffed, "why me just bc I have supernatural strength " josh asked and he looked at her with wide eyes, "You have supernatural strength?!?"
"Yes stiles I have supernatural strength cause I'm a werewolf."
"How about this: Either you cut off my arm or I rip off your head." Derek said and Stiles scoffed. "I'm not buying your threats anymore." He said but then Derek grabs him by the collar, "Okay, bought, sold, I'll do it, I'll do it."
Derek releases him, but then starts to sway a little bit before leaning forward, puking a thick black liquid. "Holy God, what the hell is that?" Stiles asked cringing in disgust.
"Now. You gotta do it now." Derek said and Stiles shook his head, "Look, honestly, I don't think I can."
"Just do it!"
"Oh, my God. Okay, okay. Oh, my God. All right, here we go!" Stiles rambled, picking up the saw, placing it on Derek's arm.
"Stiles! Josh!"
"Scott?!?"
"What the hell are you doing?"
"You just prevented a lifetime of nightmares." Josh says
"Did you get it?" Josh asked and Scott held up the bullet. Derek grabs it, raises it up to look at it in the light. "What are you going to do?" Stiles asked.
"I'm going to... I'm going..." Derek starts to answer but then sways and falls. Collapsing right to the floor, dropping the bullet the rolled under a cabinet. Scott ran for the bullet while josh and Stiles ran to Derek.
"Oh my" josh said patting the side of his face,
"Derek! Hey, come on wake up!"
"He's not waking up! Scott what the hell are we gonna do?!?"
"I don't know--the bullet--I can't reach it."
"I think he's dying. I think he's dead!"
"Just hold on!"
"Derek come on you stupid boy" josh patting his face harder, slapping him.
"I got it!" Scott yelled getting up.
Scott helped Derek off. Josh grabbed the bullet ripping the top off and dumped the insides out on the table and grabbed a lighter from a drawer.
He lit the wolfsbane on fire, waiting for the sparks to subside before scooping it up, grabbing Derek's arm, cringing as josh shoved the wolfsbane into the bullet wound.
Derek groans, dropping down to the floor. He opens his mouth, revealing his sharpened fangs.
Stiles, Scott and step back as the dogs in the other room start barking like crazy and rattling the cages and josh just growls at them to keep them quiet
Derek tilts his head back and lets out a ear-piercing, earth shattering howl of agony making
His arm falls to his side, breathing heavy. In seconds, the black veins travel back to the wound as it closed. And once it heals it looks as if it never happened.
The clinic was quiet for a few seconds, just the sound of everyone's breathing and racing hearts.
"That. Was. Awesome. Yes!" Stiles explained,
Derek stood up making them look at him,
"I'm guessing the ability to use
sarcasm is a sign of good health." Stiles said as Derek grabs his shirt, pulling it back on. "We saved your life. That means you're going to leave us alone. You got that? And if you don't I go back to Allison's dad and tell him everything--" Scott said and Derek cut him off.
"You're going to trust them? You
think they can help you?" He asked. "Why not?
They're a lot freaking nicer than you are.
"I can show you exactly how nice they are." Derek said and
Scott follows Derek and josh down a hall of the hospital while throwing glances back to see if they're still alone in the hall. "What are we doing here?" Scott asked. But Derek doesn't answer, just continuing toward a room at the end of the hall.
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Derek ushers Scott into the dark hospital room, quietly closing the door behind them. He pulls the curtain back from the window to let in the moonlight which reveals a man in a wheelchair sitting nearby. Only one side of his body can be seen, a blank, catatonic expression on his face. Josh sighed, looking at the man
"Who is he?" Scott asked looked at the man,
"Our uncle. Peter Hale." Derek answers. "Is he... like you? A werewolf?"
"He was. Now he's barely even human."
Grabbing the arm of the chair, he pulls Peter Hale around to show burn scars on the other side of his body. "Six years ago my sister, and I were at school when my house caught fire josh was Ill so he was at home, and josh was burnt bad all on his back Eleven people were trapped inside. He was the only survivor" Derek said
"How are you so sure they set the fire?" Scott asked, "They're the only ones who knew about us."
"Then they had a reason."
"What do you mean by they had a reason I got burnt on my back for a reason" josh says
"Like what? What justifies this?
They say they'll only kill an adult and only with absolute proof. But there were members of my family who were perfectly ordinary in that
fire. This is what they do." Derek said angrily, taking a deep breath and turning Peter to where he's more in the light. "It's what Allison will do."
"What are you doing? How did you get in here?" A voice said by the door, looking over josh saw a nurse with red hair standing there. "Nothing we were just leaving." Derek says walking away, josh and Scott following him.
Alison was on her phone til she saw something so she picked it up and It was a diamond.
Courtney gets her bags and suitcases and puts them in the car. She texts josh ........
Author: I left you on a cliffhanger that's all what I'm saying
Plus I couldn't be arsed to keep Courtney in