23. Fire Squad
"You," Peter points to me, loosening the death grip he currently holds on my throat and finally releasing me only to have Stiles snatch me up the moment he has let go," you're going to be my secret agent."
"What?" I say in disbelief, trying so very hard not to look downwards towards Lydia.
Stiles grips me tighter in his arms, covering my bare shoulders and arms from the cold night air although I didn't feel it at all.
"Go out there," he says," and act like the normal teenage girl who just saw her best friend mangled and then thrown onto the field. Be the scared little human I know you can be."
"I'm not leaving them with you," I growl out.
"Yes you are," he says, cunningly," you are going to do exactly what I said or else I'm going to take you; kill her, Stiles, Jackson, Scott, the Argents, and Derek."
"Go," Stiles says, although his grip tightens as if he doesn't want me leaving," go, I promise I won't let him hurt her."
My hands start to shake, my legs not wanting to stretch out and move so Peter lifts me upwards, placing his hand underneath my chin he says," go and remember you are a clueless teenage girl. Follow everything they ask you to do."
I nod, tears pouring down my face when I turn to hug Stiles one last time and mumble," don't trust him."
Stiles nods and grips me tighter once more in his arms before he lets go then I cast one last glance down at Lydia who I'm hoping will be okay. I begin to walk off in the direction I originally came from when Peter grabs me and turns me the opposite direction.
"No," he says, shoving me down towards where all the buses are," go that way and remember Imelda you're a regular girl so run."
So that's exactly what I do, I run until my feet no longer struggle against the grass and dirt but now stomp against the blacktop. I see cars, and lots of men. Hunters they are hunters I can tell.
I suck in a huge breath and scream out," help! Help! Somebody please help me!"
Chris Argent is the first one to catch me, he looks shocked like I was the last thing he expected.
His grip on my arms is firm," Imelda, what's happened! What happened!"
I gasp, catching my breath as sobs begin to take through me and finally the gates have opened the pain and fear of Peter and seeing Lydia on the ground finally breaks to me. I just look a mess, there's grass and twigs in my hair, the entirety of my dress is smeared in blood and dirt, and my face is probably swollen form the crying. It benefits me in a way cause I can tell he believes me as he looks over towards some the other hunters and motions towards the way I came.
"Dad?" A small voice says and I instantly recognize it as Allison," Imelda? What's happening?"
"Imelda," Chris says trying to get my attention before I lost the ability to even speak," what's happening?"
"Something no, someone has attacked Lydia... she's bleeding, there's so much blood... she's on the field," I continue to mumble and shake," someone's ripped her apart there's blood all over her. I had to go get help... please tell me you can help!"
Chris looks back at Allison before placing his arm over my shoulders and walking me towards the nearest car which seems to be a big black Tahoe.
"Imelda I need you to get in the car right now," he says, letting Allison go in first.
"What's going on," I say shakily," who hurt Lydia? Please tell me you're going to help her."
Chris goes quiet, shrugging off his jacket and placing it over my shoulders before helping me into the car and speaking," we will explain it all later. For right now trust that we are helping you, it's not safe for either of your right now."
He shuts the door, not giving me a chance to argue. I turn towards Allison who's now crying and asks," what happened?"
I rub at my face, trying desperately to stop the tears when I answer," I went looking for Lydia and heard her by the field when I got there... someone was attacking her it looked like he bit her and he ran at me. I got away but Lydia... she's still out there Allison. Oh god... she's still... she's..."
She stops me, pulling me into a tight hug and letting me sob, crying all over her dress as I can feel her gently shaking with her own tears.
"I have to tell you something later," she mumbles lowly when her dad gets in the car.
Chris looks at the both of us from the drivers seat and gives us a reassuring nod before driving as fast as possible.
All the while my heart pumps faster and faster.
----
20 minutes and a bulky sweater belonging to Allison's closet, I'm sitting on the corner of her bed, her right next to me as we clutch at each other's hands. She's managed to wipe away some of the make up on her face. Victoria, her mother chose to help me and wiped some of the smeared make up from my face. She's also managed to wipe away most of the blood and given me a change of clothes that are far too long for me. The only thing she's told either of us is that we will be alright and everything will be explained later. I believe she thinks I'm still in shock since her eyes keep glancing at me but I've stopped crying and am only staring at her blankly.
"Chris you brilliant bastard," I hear Kate say from downstairs," don't you realize what you've done for the hunters?"
He pauses for a moment and I hear anger all over his voice," you aren't involving her, it's bad enough that you've told Allison."
"And what are you going to do with her?" Kate asks," she told you she saw the alpha bite that girl, she's not forgetting that."
He stays quiet, and I hear his feet shuffling around as Victoria begins talking to Allison.
"You don think she would make a perfect leader? Imagine her and Allison as hunters together? She's just what we've been looking for," Kate says," that girl upstairs who's hasn't dropped a single tear since getting here is exactly what the hunters need. I did some looking into her and you'll never believe who she is."
"What are you talking about?" He curtly asks.
"Bet you didn't know you had an heiress sitting on your daughters bed huh?" Kate explains," that girl upstairs she's literally breathing diamonds and gold. Hasn't dropped a single tear Chris, and today's the day her family died 4 years ago. Imagine what we could do with her? A little training and leadership she would be the perfect huntress. That girl upstairs is a Drake and not just any Drake the last Drake, the only one inheritor to her family's fortune. What do you think she can do? That girl right there could be the answer to all our problems."
I stayed silent, not moving a muscle. I was slightly surprised how Kate had find out about me but then again it wasn't really one of my priorities. The little pang in my heart now intensified though when she brought up my parents and brother, it was still an extremely sore subject and even now I had anger rising at Kate's mention of them. All day earlier I had refused to acknowledge it knowing that there was more important matters at play, Charlie had called twice all today. I wasn't in the mood to discuss it so I didn't pick up the phone much to Lydia's distaste. Talking about Lydia, I wonder what was happening with her right now. I hoped somehow she had gotten to the hospital at the very least and after this was all over I would get to hold her in my arms, werewolf or human. Although, she could have rejected the bite and well that was something that I was not yet ready for.
"So what do you want me to do Kate?" Asks Chris," you can't just give her a gun and throw her out their with us. If she is who you claim her to be we need to keep her safe, just like Allison. We can't let the alpha or any of his betas get to them. That's why you're taking the girls to the house in Washington and you will stay there until I call."
She laughs," are you kidding me! Your going to bench your star player in the last quarter?"
Chris seems fed up with her," get your things and I want all of you on the road within the hour!"
"You're forgetting one key thing Chris," Kate taunts," she's not with us. What are you going to tell her guardians? What about her?"
"If she wants to live, she will go. I'll talk to her," he says and I hear the instant shuffling of his feet as he comes up the stairs.
"I'm going to get your girls something warm to drink, I'm sure after tonight that's something you'll need," Victoria says to the both of us, I nod slowly while Allison simply stares at her.
The second she closes the door behind her and leave the both of us alone Allison turns towards me.
"We need to talk," she says, quickly.
I nod," what happened."
"Scott he turned into... he turned into a werewolf," She says," I mean I knew they existed... I knew they were out there. I just couldn't believe Scott was one of them."
I try my hardest to fake my surprise, doing a double take with my eyes widened "wait... Scott's a werewolf? He can't be... he's Scott."
Victoria and Chris begin discussing things down the hall which gives us a little more time.
"He turned right in front of me," she concludes.
"What do you mean you've seen one before Allison?" I ask.
"I mean... Kate... my aunt Kate she showed me one the day before we went shopping," Allison says shakily," she had him tied up. She was torturing him and said she was gonna use him to find the alpha."
"Alpha?" I question," what's the alpha?"
"Like the leader of the werewolves," she continues to explain things I know more then she does," I don't really remember everything but that's what I do. What happened with Lydia?"
I shakily answer," I went looking for her, heard her screaming after Jackson and when I went to find her in the field someone was there with her. He had grabbed her just as I realized what was happening and bit her Allison... he bit her and then dumped her on the ground. He came after me then so I ran."
"We have to go see if she's in the hospital," she says to me," someone has to have found her."
"I hope so,"I mumble back.
The door creaks open then and Allison and merely adjust ourselves slightly. She keeps her fingers locked with my own as her father walks in. He has this sincere look on his face, especially towards me.
"You girls are going to have to get out of here," he says first," there too many dangerous things going on okay. Imelda I don't know if you need to call someone to let them know but you have to come up with an excuse anything you just have to leave. Its not safe for either of you."
We nod, accepting his answer although a part of me wants to yell out. I know that as of right now not a single brain cell of mine would agree with that. I'm just a camouflaged werewolf or dea I guess.
He nods and looks at me," you're going to be apart of us now and we protect our own but you have to follow what we say, when we say it."
I nod and clear my voice," that man out there who attacked my friend, you're going to kill him aren't you?"
"We are going to try our best," he says," but I promise you we do not fail. Especially now."
I nod," good because if you don't kill him and something happens to Lydia I will come back to do it myself. And I won't be pretty about it."
Kate steps into the room then, being as quiet as possible as she looks at me and smile," see told you Chris, potential. Honey you would make a fine huntress"
I don't smile back nor do I say anything. I clench my fist in my hand and look away.
I am not lying when I say that I would kill Peter if they don't, but, if they hurt Scott or Derek then I will kill them too. I won't care, they hurt my friends and Derek... then I will go after them.
Wether they be Allison's family or not.
----
Chris was right, within an hour we are sitting inside the big black Tahoe that Kate drives. I sit in the back, fumbling around with the giant sweater that belongs to Allison. They had asked if I wanted to get something from my house before leaving but when Kate volunteered, giving me this look that quite frankly made me want to smash her head against the wall, to take me home I shook my head and said instead I would buy things out there. There was no fucking way I was getting inside a car with that bitch, no one would walk out alive.
So now we waited as Chris came to say goodbye to Allison.
"You know you can't do this without me," Kate says as Chris walks up to the car," you're not gonna find him on your own."
"We will talk about everything," Chris ignores her and looks at Allison and I," I promise. Call me when you get there."
He brushes his finger against Allison cheek and looks over at me. I look away, clenching my finger as I feel my phone vibrate. Its Charlie, I know it, he usually does this every year and today was not the day to fuck with me.
He nods and silently mumble to Kate," take care of them."
Kate smirks, her eyes looking at me through the rearview mirror before glancing right back at Allison," don't worry, they're in good hands."
----
We were in the car for approximately 10 minutes, the car coming up towards the hospital exit when I spoke up.
"Go to the hospital," my voice almost scared Kate.
She looks back towards me, a little annoyed at my curt words," what? Did you not here Chris, he wants us to go straight towards-"
"I don't care what Chris said," I cut her off, eyes narrowing," go to the hospital right now or I'll show you the exact type of potential I have. Now take the next right, it's coming up."
"No," she says," I don't have to listen to you. We are trying to take care of you honey, we could have left you out there."
"I don't need you to take care of me," I spit out," I don't think you or any of your family realize who I am. My best friend could be dying in the fucking hospital and I won't leave unless I get to see her. Now turn this car to the fucking right or I promise you the moment you stop for gas there will be so much heat on your ass, Solitary confinement will be the least of your worries. Now turn the wheel to the fucking right."
She groans out angrily and does so, following my orders and for once I actually felt like the person everyone else thought I was. I felt like a Drake, I felt like Imelda Drake.
"You want to see what happens when those like Derek and Scott turn?" Kate asks both of us.
We never of us answers she pulls up straight to the curb of the hospital and stops the car," fine be my guest."
Allison and I don't hesitate to jump out and run towards the sliding glass doors of Beacon Hills Memorial.
"What do you think she's like," Allison asks.
I shrug my shoulders, trying to keep it together," I don't know Allison, I don't know. I'm hoping alive."
The hospital is like what I picture it to be, busy with nurses running around trying to help and the injured looking for attention. My eyes continue to flicker around, searching for any signs of recognition.
We walk to the front desk, a nurse with unruly blonde hair and a magazine looks up bored," what can I help you with."
"We are here to see if Lydia Martin is here," Allison politely asks, tugging her brown jacket around her tighter.
The nurses sighs in annoyance at us before letting her fingers dance around the desktop before looking back at us," she's in ICU, you can't see her."
ICU, I know exactly where that's at.
"Ugh, thank you," I mumble towards her and pull Allison down the hallway, the nurse going right back to her magazine.
"She said we can't see her," Allison mumbles
I nod and press the button on the elevator to go up,"luckily for you I've been here with Scott before to drop food off for his mom enough times to know where the ICU is."
She nods as we step into the elevator.
"If she's in ICU does that mean she's alive," Allison asks after a short pause.
I sigh, "I honestly don't know. It might mean that she is but Allison... I just can't... I just can't think of her dying. Not today... not this fast."
"She will be fine," Allison states, latching her fingers with mine and reassuring me that Lydia Martin will be okay.
She gives me hope and right now hope is like having the holy grail.
The elevator doors open back up, both of us quick to step out.
I see no police officers or Jackson, no one I recognize just doctors and nurses who give us a passing glance.
"Lydia," I barely whisper as we slowly step towards the room with windows that Lydia is being held.
She looks even worse then when I had her between my arms lying on the ground. Every visible inch of her is either pierced with a needle or is being monitored. There is wires and other things covering her, as well as an oxygen tank over mouth. I feel it then, the storm that I was telling Scott earlier. Only it isn't so much a storm anymore, it's like a hurricane or tsunami has taken me over now. Seeing Lydia like this has finally taken me over, that break has finally come.
I expected crying or yelling, maybe sobbing until I had to be medicated but none of that comes forward.
None.
I feel anger, I feel rage. I can taste the red monster threading to claw its way out, and as I feel the tightening squeeze in my hand I realize that I'm not the only one.
Peter Hale has done this to my best friend and I.
Peter Hale has hurt my friends and I.
Peter Hale will pay for this.
And I don't care if I have to become a hunter to do it but he will pay.
And judging by the identical look of war on Allison's face I'm guessing I'm not the only one.
"They did this," Allison says the gritted teeth.
"No," I correct her," he did this. And he will pay for it."
"Come on," she tugs me," lets go."
----
"You getting it now?" Kate asks us as we step inside the car," it's what they do and they can't help it."
Wrong, I can keep myself pretty fucking tame from clawing your eyes out bitch.
I choose to stay quiet, instead looking away and clenching my hand. For this to work I'm gonna have to pretend to be on her side, no matter what.
"All of them?" Allison asks.
"Yes Allison," Kate answers," even Scott."
"Well then," I say, anger dripping from my voice," lets go get them all."
----
For some reason Kate seems to think we are going out on a girls night since she can't seem to wipe the stupid smirk off her face. The entire drive down towards the preserve was her having a gleeful expression as she explained exactly where we were going. Allison seemed to be determined, ready to go out there and hunt Scott as well as anyone else. My goal was to make sure these two didn't kill anyone, that including Peter cause well... I was saving him for me.
But Scott and Derek, I was going to have to save them because judging off Kate's face I knew that whenever she said we would just be catching them it wasn't entirely true.
"Alright sweetheart," Kate says, popping the trunk and moving away Allison's bags," I knew this was gonna happen so I came prepared."
"Really," Allison asks, now changing out her purple zip up jacket and into a black leather jacket as well as her black tank," what did you bring?"
"For you," Kate says, pulling out the crossbow Allison used once," I brought your favorite."
She hand it to Allison who expertly figures out how to use it and immediately begins pulling out arrows.
"What about me?" I ask, crossing my arms and leaving against the car," got anything special for me."
"Yes," Kate says, "I got you a leather jacket... well technically it's mine but I'll let you borrow it right now."
I eye it in disbelief, was she serious? A leather jacket.
"Oh come on," Kate pleads still acting like we weren't about to go try and hunt werewolves," it'll be fun. We can be like the Charlie's Angels."
I snort but take the jacket anyway, pulling off the borrowed hoodie and placing the jacket over my white tank top," yeah I'm pretty sure a leather jacket is gonna protect me against a bunch of bloodthirsty wolves."
"Ever shot a gun before?" She asks me, pulling out a decent sized revolver.
I pick it up, feeling it in my hand before nodding," yeah, my dad taught me when I was younger. I was better at hand to hand but this was still good."
She nods and goes back into the trunk before pulling out something in her hand," here these are the bullets. They have wolves bane on them so these take them down."
She drops them into my hand and I even notice the way her eyes analyze me as if she's waiting for them to burn my palm or something but no such thing happens. I take them, and close my hand around them before nodding," perfect."
She watches as I stick each bullet in its chamber and then smiles at my expertise, grabbing her own gun," alright ladies, lets go bag us some werewolves."
----
With Kate leading she runs us all the way towards the Hale house, yelling at us every so often to keep up. I roll my eyes and stop from yelling back. She stops us not far from the house and smiles as we see two figures arguing.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out who it's is there.
"Allison," Kate says," Shoot at the big ones shoulder."
And it begins...
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WHAT DID YOU THINK? Originally I was gonna have her stay with Jackson and Lydia but then I was like blah too boring Imelda needs to be a little bit more involved.
So yeah! LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!
Last sneak peek!
"He's not crazy and no Derek isn't going to find out!"
"Yes he will and Derek is going to eat him when he does."
"Shut the fuck up."
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