Chapter 13

Scott is the last to get out of the shower in the locker room after the game. He walks to his locker to get dressed but Danny interrupts him.

"By the way, McCall apology accepted"

"I didn't apologise," Scott says.

"Every time you got the ball tonight you passed it to me"

"Every time I passed the ball to you, you scored"

"Apology accepted," Danny tells him before leaving Scott alone in the locker room. Scott turns around to get dressed but the lights get cut off.

"Danny?" Scott calls out thinking it was Danny but gets no answer. Scott walks to the light switch and switches them on and off but the lights don't come back on.

Scott turns around when he hears something to see a ball rolling out of the shower area. He walks over to the ball cautiously and picks it up he then turns to the place it rolled from to see Derek standing there.

"Thank god where the hell, have you been," Scott asks but Derek doesn't answer and looks behind Scott. Scott turns around after seeing Derek look behind him and sees Peter standing there with a lacrosse stick.

"I, really, don't get lacrosse" Peter states as he stares at the lacrosse stick.

"it's you," Scott says surprised.

"When I was in high school we played basketball, there's a real sport" Peter continues ignoring Scott, " Still, I read somewhere that lacrosse comes from native American tribes and that they played it to resolve conflicts, is that right? eh. I have a conflict of my own to resolve, Scott but I need your help to do it"

"I'm not helping you kill people," Scott said

"well, I don't want to kill all of them, just the responsible ones," Peter says.

Scott turns to Derek and asks, " You're on his side are you forgetting the part where he killed your sister?"

"it was a mistake," Derek says blankly.

"What," Scott asks in disbelief.

"it happens"

"I think you're getting the wrong impression of us Scott, we just want you to reach your full potential," Peter tells him

"by killing all my friends"

"Sometimes the people closest to you can be the ones holding you back the most,"

"if they're holding me back from becoming a psychotic nutjob like you I'm okay with that" Scott says as Peter starts walking towards him and stands in front of him.

"Maybe you can try and see from my perspective," Peter says as he extends his claws before jamming them into Scott's neck Derek takes a small step forward in worry but ultimately stops himself from helping him. Peter transfers his memories to Scott and takes his claws out of his neck before leaving with Derek following a few minutes later.

Scott rolls around on the floor for half an hour re-living peter's memories of the fire up to the point he killed Laura. In the end, he opens his eyes and gasps for air, when he regains his bearing he sits on a bench. A few minutes later Stiles runs into the locker room.

"Dude, we have a huge problem"

"Trust me, I know"

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Allison wakes up in the middle of the night from a very interesting dream about a certain blond true alpha. She wipes her face with her right hand before frowning as she feels something missing, she looks at her hand and sees the ring that Astrid bought for her on their first date missing.

Allison looks for it on her desk and inside her school books when she doesn't find it she heads to the garage to look for it in her car. she immediately sees it on top of a book that was not her dashboard.

With a smile, she puts the ring back on but before she could go back to bed she hears the garage door open. She shuts her car door and reclines her seat so her dad and aunt don't see her.

"it hasn't been an issue since we lived here," Chris says to Kate as they enter the garage.

"All I'm saying is that firing those things so close by is bound to draw some attention," Kate tells him.

"These things have saved my life more than once and I know how to be inconspicuous when I need to" Chris replied as he threw a used shell in the trash can.

"This coming from a man whose preferred weapon is a crossbow," Kate says before spotting Allison in her car, " you know these extra skills are something you can teach your daughter"

"Not yet," Chris says as he thinks for a bit.

"Ever," Kate asks thinking if Allison sees that her dad doesn't trust her enough to tell her the truth then Allison will trust her when she tells her first. It might have worked if Astrid hadn't told her everything.

"Not yet" Chris repeats seriously, "You coming"

"Yeah," Kate says as she leaves an arrowhead on the table and leaves. Allison gets out of the car and curiously walks over to the table, picks up the arrowhead to see if it was different from the one Astrid gave her when the alpha attacked her friends in the school. She doesn't see any difference but she fails to see Kate smiling at her behind the door thinking she got her curious.

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The next day, Jackson drives recklessly through an empty parking lot or something. I don't really know why. His car shuts down and a light comes on on his dashboard, which makes him angry. Chris drives up and stops a few feet away from Jackson.

"Car trouble"

"no it's okay I'm just gonna call a tow truck"

"oh I know a few things about cars could be something simple," Chris says as he opens the back.

"I don't know it's a pretty expensive car and they pull all this warranting crap if you did your own repairs right"

"well, I won't tell if you won't," Chris says, "Jackson right, come here I'll show you what to look for" he adds as he pushes Jackson down to get a better look but Chris just wanted to look at the claw marks on Jackson's neck.

"oh sorry," he said as Jackson moved.

"what," Jackson asks.

"Your neck did you hurt yourself," Chris asks as Jackson moves away from him a little.

"umm, no I mean, it's just a scratch," Jackson says nervously.

"well, it looks more than a scratch, it kinda looks like claw marks," Chris says making Jackson jump. "You alright"

"Yeah, look I'm just gonna call for a tow truck," Jackson says making himself even more suspicious.

"Is there any reason you're so reluctant to tell me what it is that did that?" Chris asks but is interrupted by Scott and Stiles pulling up next to them.

"yo," Scott says

"what's up" Stiles adds.

" Everything ok?" Scott asks them

"Your Scott, right?" Chris asks since he heard from his daughter that he was one of her friends. Scott nodes as Chris continues, " your friend here was having car trouble we're just taking a look"

"There's a shop right down the street they should have a tow truck," Scott says

"Yeah, you want a ride?" stiles asks Jackson as Scott opens the door for him.

"Hey come on Jackson your way too pretty to be out here by yourself" Stiles insists while Scott gives him a look making Chris suspicious of their insistence. Jackson walks towards them as Chris removes a well-placed magnet before closing the lid.

"Hey boys" Chris calls out getting their attention as he starts the car. "I told you I knew a few things about cars," he tells them before he gets in his car and leaves.

"What, you're following me now," Jackson asks Scott angrily.

"Yes, you stupid idiot you almost gave away everything right there" Scott responds just as angry.

"What are you talking about," Jackson asks confused

"He thinks you're the second Beta"

"What?"

"He thinks you're me" Scott shouts before punching stiles Jeep.

"dude, my Jeep," Stiles says but is ignored.

"I could hear your heart beating from a mile away literally, now he thinks there's something wrong and now I have to keep an eye on you so he doesn't kill you too," he says before moving to hit the Jeep in anger again but stiles stops him.

"ok ok ok how about we step away from stiles Jeep," Stiles tells him.

"You know this is your problem, not mine ok I didn't say anything which means you're the one that's gonna get me killed, ok this is your fault," Jackson says before shoving Scott at the Jeep.

"Can we stop hitting my Jeep?" Stiles says but the two start shoving each other so he separates them. "Alright guys stop"

"When they come after you I won't be able to protect you," Scott says frustrated before looking at stiles and adding, "I can't protect anyone"

"Why are you looking at me," stiles asks but he doesn't get an answer. None of them notice Astrid sitting on top of the Jeep

"You know what now, you have to do it, get me what I want and I'll be fine protecting myself," Jackson said making Astrid roll her eyes and surprised that no one has spotted her yet 'Scott really needs to be aware of his surroundings more I've been sitting here since Chris left' she thought.

"No, you won't, just trust me all it does is make things worse," Scott said,

"oh yeah really you can do anything you want and run faster than humanly possible sounds like a real hardship McCall," Jackson tells him, 'Not everything that glitter is gold and not everyone can handle a supernatural lifestyle ' Astrid thought.

"Yeah, I can run really fast now except half of the time I'm running away from people trying to kill me. You hear things like my girlfriend telling people she doesn't trust me anymore right before breaking up with me I'm not lying to you, it ruins your life"

"it ruined your life, you know you had all the power in the world and you didn't know what to do with it, you know what it's like, it's like you turn 16 and someone bought you a Porsche when they should have started you out with a nice little Honda," Jackson said

"you know," Astrid said scaring the three, "for once I agree with Jackson I mean not the car part that's just his ego talking but the other part about the power"

"umm, how long have you been sitting there?" Stiles asked after calming down.

"Who me I've been here ever since my future father-in-law left which reminds me, Scott you need to be more aware of your surroundings like Jackson said you have the power but you don't use it instead you treat it like a curse," Astrid told Scott making Jackson smirk at Scott before she turns to him.

"And Jackson being a werewolf is a very dangerous thing, not a lacrosse skill," she says wiping the smirk from his face and stiles to laugh his ass off.

"oh yeah, how would you know" Jackson retorts.

"Let's just say," she says as she slowly turned her nails to claws scaring Jackson as she adds, "I've had hands-on experience, and if you think threatening me would work then unlike Scott I know how to use these bad boys do I make myself clear"

"Crystal," Jackson said scared.

"Good, I'll see you around boys," she said leaving the three boys who are terrified of her now.

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At home, Stiles sees Sheriff doing some work at the kitchen table.

"What are you doing?" stiles asked

"Work," Stilinski answers

"Anything I can help with?"

"if you poured me an ounce of whiskey that would be awfully nice."

Stiles grabs the whiskey bottle and glass. He walks over and sits next to his dad.

"Any leads" stiles asks as he reaches for a file but the sheriff hits his hand with the pen that he's holding.

"You know, I can't discuss that with you," he tells him. Stiles opens the bottle and pours some whiskey into the glass before seeing that his dad is focused on his work so he almost fills the glass. Stilinski drinks the whole glass and starts getting tipsy.

"You know Derek Hale would be a hale of a lot, Hale of a lot"

"hell of a lot" stiles corrects him

"Hellll" Stilinski drunkenly mumbles and give a thumbs up. "He would be a hell of a lot easier to catch if we can get an actual picture of him"

"What how do you not have a picture of him"

"It's weird, it's like every time we try to get a mugshot it was like two laser beams were pointing at the camera"

"Nice" Stiles whispers as he looks at the blurry picture of Derek.

"oh my god that ounce hit me like a brick and I said way too much. If you repeat any of this..."

"Dad it's me I'm not gonna say anything, come on," Stiles says as he picks up a file with a copy of the deer with a spiral on its side.

"You see, the thing is they're all connected I mean the bus driver that got killed he was an insurance investigator assigned to Hale house fire," Stilinski says as he opened a file

"Terminated under suspicious of fraud," Stiles says reading from the file.

"exactly"

"who else?" stiles asks.

"Well, the video store clerk that got his throat slashed he's a convicted felon history of arson"

"what about the other two guys the guys who got killed in the woods" stiles asks.

"priors all over their records including"

"Arson" Stiles finishes for him, "Maybe they all have something to do with the fire" stiles whispers to himself. "Another shot"

"No, no no more"

"Dad come on you work really hard alright, you deserve this" Stiles tells him

"oh my god I'm gonna have such a hangover"

"You mean you're gonna have such a good night sleep," Stiles says with a chuckle, " and I'm gonna have an eternity in the lowest circle of hell," he says to himself as he pours his dad more whiskey.

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"So Peter wants you to kill Jackson," Astrid asked Derek as they sat on the stairs of the Hale house.

"Yeah he seems to think that killing all of Scott's friends would make him join his pack"

"well, what would you expect from someone who has been in a coma for 6 years and had murder and revenge on his mind," Astrid tells him

"you're right about that, but what should I do about Jackson"

"just scare the crap out of him, he's been getting too cocky for his own good show him that knowledge doesn't necessarily mean power," Astrid says as Derek nods his head agreeing with her.

"What about Scott's Mom peters going after her"

"I'll let Scott deal with it but I'll be close by and intervene if it gets out of hand," Astrid said as she stood up and left. Derek also left and headed to the school to get Jackson.

When Derek gets to the school he hears music coming from the locker room so he goes there and finds Jackson lifting weights. Derek sits beside the speaker and stops the music.

"what the hell" Jackson shouts as he gets up and checks the person who stopped the music.

"I like your taste in music, I haven't heard this one in a long time," Derek says as he changes the music to lose your soul.

"I'm not scared of you," Jackson says as he picks up a lacrosse stick. Derek gets up and walks towards him.

"come on, I'm not afraid"

"Yeah, you are. You know, I bet you haven't had a day in your whole life where you haven't been afraid of something. But you won't have to be anymore; not when you're one of us" Derek tells him surprising Jackson as he lets his guard down. After that Derek leads Jackson out of the locker room not seeing that Kate was watching them.

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Melissa who was in the car with Peter starts looking around to see where they are.

"Everything okay," Peter asks

"I don't know I just feel like we may have missed the turn for the restaurant," Melissa says

"Hmm, we'll pullover you can map it on your phone," Peter tells her as he parks the car on the side of the road.

"Okay," Melissa says as she starts to look at the maps on her phone.

"what," Melissa asks when she sees Peter staring at her.

"I'm just noticing that you have the most incredible skin it's flawless," Peter says before he starts touching her face making her drop her phone. He starts shifting while she's picking up her phone but stiles Jeep rams into them.

"Ohh, are you kidding me, Stiles," Melissa says when she sees it was stiles who hit them.

"Miss McCall?" Stiles asks acting surprised.

"Yes"

"wow, well this is just crazy what a coincidence"

"Nicely done Scott," Peter says knowing Scott can hear him. He walks over to stiles and Melissa.

"I mean I did not know what happened you guys just came out of nowhere," Stiles says

"Came out of nowhere? we were parked on the side of the road Stiles" Melissa tells him

"How crazy is that man we should call the cops you know fill an accident report or something," stiles says when he sees Peter walking to them.

"I don't think it's necessary," Peter says before walking away and starts monologuing, knowing that Scott can hear him. "I'll tell you this Scott I'm impressed too bad most teenagers aren't that smart like that one on the lacrosse team Jackson, he knows all about us you know how they say knowledge is power not in this case"

"Jackson oh no," Scott says before he starts running and passes by Astrid. she looks at him run past her before looking back at Peter and the others.

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Derek brings Jackson to the Hale house.

"This is it," Jackson asks, "This is the place" he looks back at Derek who nods.

"Go ahead"

"is it safe I don't want rafters falling on my head," Jackson inquires to which Derek nods.

"what's in there"

"Everything you want," Derek tells him

Jackson walks into the house and realises it's the one he's been dreaming about because of his neck wounds. He suddenly understands that no one else is coming and starts to cry.

JACKSON: No. Please. Please don't, okay? I'll shut up. I'll never say another word again. I'll leave Scott alone. Please. You can't do this. Please. I don't deserve it.

DEREK: I think you do.

JACKSON: No!

DEREK: Look around you. Wouldn't there be someone here trying to save you? There's no one here. There's a reason. No one cares that you drive an expensive car. No one cares that you have perfect hair and no one cares that you're captain of the lacrosse team.

Scott appears out of nowhere.

SCOTT: Excuse me. Co-captain.

He parkours down the stairs and he and Derek wolf out to fight each other.

Suddenly the house is being shot up with wolfsbane bullets. Derek makes sure Scott gets out safe and then walks out into the line of fire.