Chapter Three: Pack Mentality
Scott, Stiles and I was walking into the school.
"So you killed her?" I ask "I don't know. I just woke up. And I was sweating like crazy, and I couldn't breathe. I've never had a dream where I woke up like that before." Scott said "Really? I have. Usually ends a little differently." Stiles said and I make a face. "A, I meant I've never had a dream that felt that real." Scott said "And B, never give us that much detail about you in bed again." I say "Noted. Let me take a guess here -" Stiles said "No, I know, you think it has something to do with me going out with Allison tomorrow, like I'm gonna lose control and rip her throat out." Scott said
"No, of course not. Yeah, that's totally it. Hey, come on, it's gonna be fine, all right? Personally, I think you're handling this pretty freakin' amazingly. You know, it's not like there's a lycanthropy for beginners class you can take." Stiles said "Yeah, not a class, but maybe a teacher." I say "Who, Derek? You forgetting the part where we got him tossed in jail?" Stiles asked "Uh, correction. You two got him thrown in jail, I was only there so you two dumbasses didn't get yourselves killed." I say
"Yeah, I know, but chasing her, dragging her to the back of the bus, it felt so real." Scott said "How real?" Stiles asked "Like it actually happened." Scott said and we walk outside and there is the bus covered in blood. "I think it did." I say and we walk in the other building. "She's probably fine." Stiles said "She's not answering my texts, Stiles." Scott said "It could just be a coincidence, all right? A seriously amazing coincidence." Stiles said "Just help me find her, okay? Do either of you see her?" Scott asked "No." Stiles and I say in sync. Scott leans against a locker and I notice that it's Jackson's. I hear Scott's heart beating really fast. "Scott-" I say but I'm cut off by him yelling out and punching Jackson's locker denting it so it's almost on the ground. He backs up and he bumps into Allison and her stuff falls to the floor.
"You scared the hell outta me." Allison said "You're okay." Scott said "Once my heart starts beating again, yeah. What?" Allison asked "I'm just happy to see you." Scott said "Attention, students, this is your principal. I know you're all wondering about the incident that occurred last night to one of our buses. While the police work to determine what happened, classes will proceed as scheduled." The principal said over the intercom. "Save me a seat at lunch?" Allison asked "Yeah." Scott said and he looked at Jackson's locker which Jackson was now at. "What are you looking at, asswipe?" Jackson asked causing Scott to look at me trying not to laugh. "Come on, we got Chem." I say dragging him with me.
Scott, Stiles, and I was in chemistry. Stiles sitting behind Scott and I. "Maybe it was my blood on the door." Scott said turning around to look at Stiles. "Could have been animal blood. You know, maybe you caught a rabbit or something." Stiles said "And did what?" Scott asked "Ate it." I say like it's obvious. "Raw?" Scott asked "No, you stopped to bake it in a little werewolf oven. I don't know, you're the one who can't remember anything." Stiles said beating me to it. I laugh and turn back towards the front and see Harris looking at us. "Fuck." I mumble. "Mr. Stilinksi, if that's your idea of a hushed whisper, you might want to pull the headphones out every once in a while. I think you and the McCalls would benefit from a little distance, yes?" Harris asked rhetorically. "No." Stiles said and Harris points for them to move. Scott moves in front of Jackson beside of Harley and Stiles moves across from where he was.
"Let me know if the separation anxiety gets to be too much." Harris said causing Stiles and I to scoff. "Hey, I think they found something." Harley said and we all get up. There's a guy on the stretcher. "That's not a rabbit." Scott said and the guy jumps up off the stretcher screaming and they all jump back screaming. Scott takes a couple steps back and I rush to him with Stiles behind me. "Okay. This is good, this is good. He got up, he's not dead. Dead guys can't do that." Stiles said "Stiles - I did that." Scott said "No you didn't." I say
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Stiles, Scott and I walked to our lunch table. "But dreams aren't memories." Stiles said "Then it wasn't a dream. Something happened last night, and I can't remember what." Scott said as we get seated at our table. "What makes you so sure that Derek even has all the answers?" Stiles asked "Because during the full moon he wasn't changed and neither was Hayley. They were in total control while I was running around in the middle of the night attacking some totally innocent guy. By the way, Hayley how do you have such good control?" Scott asked "Derek taught me. Since I knew his family before the fire I trust him and you can too." I say "You don't know that, Scott." Stiles said
"I don't not know it. I can't go out with Allison. I have to cancel." Scott said "No, you're not cancelling, okay? You can't just cancel your entire life. We'll figure it out." Stiles said "Figure what out?" Lydia asked walking over here. "Just, uh, homework." I say "Yeah." Stiles leans closer to us. "Why is she sitting with us?" Stiles asked and we both shrugged. Scott moved his bag and Allison sat down on the other side of him. "Thanks." Allison said and I notice some dude sitting where Jackson would sometimes sit. "Get up." Jackson said "How come you never ask Danny to get up?" The guy asked "Because I don't stare at his girlfriend and best friend's coin slot." The guy gets up and Jackson sits down. "So I hear they're saying it's some type of animal attack. Probably a cougar." Danny said "I heard mountain lion." Jackson said "A cougar is a mountain lion." Lydia and I say in sync. Jackson looks at her confused so she slips back into her 'I'm dumb' act. "Isn't it?" Lydia asked
"Who cares? The guy's probably some homeless tweaker who's gonna die anyway." Jackson said "Actually, I just found out who it is. Check it out." Stiles said and he holds out his phone that has a video. "The Sheriff's department won't speculate on details of the incident but confirmed the victim, Garrison Meyers, did survive the attack. Meyers was taken to a local hospital where he remains in critical condition." The reporter said from the phone. "I know this guy. Scott and I say in sync once I see the picture of the guy. "You two do?" Allison asked "Yeah, when Scott used to take the bus back when he lived with our dad and I would go see him. He was the driver." I say
"Can we talk about something slightly more fun, please? Like, oh, where are we going tomorrow night?" Allison looks at Lydia. "You said you and Scott were hanging out tomorrow night, right?" Lydia asked and I laugh quietly knowing where this is going. "Um, we were thinking of what we were gonna do." Allison said "Well, I am not sitting home again watching lacrosse videos with Jackson and Stella, so if the six of us are hanging out, we are doing something fun." Lydia said "Six of us?" Jackson and I ask in sync. "You, Hayley, me, Scott, Allison, and some guy that I hook Hayley up with." Lydia said and I let my head fall to the table with a thud. "Ow." I say causing Danny to laugh at me. "Hanging out? Like, the five of us? Do you wanna hang out, like us and them?" Scott asked looking at Allison. "Yeah, I guess. Sounds fun." Allison said
"You know what else sounds fun? Stabbing myself in the face with this fork." Jackson said holding up a fork and without looking up I reach across Lydia and grab the fork. "How 'bout bowling? You love to bowl." Lydia said "Yeah, with actual competition." Jackson said "How do you know we're not actual competition? You can bowl, right?" Allison asked causing me to laugh. "Sort of." Scott said "Is it sort of, or yes?" Jackson asked "Yes. In fact, I'm a great bowler." Scott said
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"You're a terrible bowler." I say "I know! I'm such an idiot." Scott said "God, it was like watching a car wreck. I mean, first it turned into the whole group date thing. And then out of nowhere comes that phrase." Stiles said "Hang out." Scott said "You don't hang out with hot girls, okay? It's like death. Once it's hanging out, you might as well be her gay best friend. You and Danny can start hanging out." Stiles said causing me to laugh. "How is this happening? I either killed a guy or I didn't." Scott said "I don't think Danny likes me very much." Stiles said "I ask Allison on a date, and now we're hanging out." Scott said "Am I not attractive to gay guys?" Stiles asked but gets ignored. "I make first line, and the team captain wants to destroy me, and now-now I'm gonna be late for work." Scott said and he starts to leave. "Wait, Scott, you didn't - am I attractive to gay guy - you didn't answer my question." Stiles asked causing me to laugh.
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"Is my beautiful, talented, and wonderful children actually bringing me dinner?" Mom asked as Scott carries her food. "Thought you wouldn't mind skipping the cafeteria tonight." Scott said "You two are the most thoughtful, loving, most conniving little con artists ever. You two are so not getting the car tomorrow night." Mom said "Wait hold up, I came with him to see you not to ask for the car tomorrow. I have a friend driving me." I say and Mom smiles at me. "Mom." Scott said "What? There's a curfew, no car. But I will take this." Mom takes the food out of Scott's hands. "Love you both." Mom said "Love you too." Scott and I say sync. Scott walks into the bus drivers room and I follow him. "Mr. Meyers. Are you okay?" Scott asked and the guy starts freaking out. Mom comes rushing in. "What the hell are you two doing in here? Get out! Now, go! Go, go." Mom said and we left.
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A cop car pulls outside of the Hale house. Derek and I are standing at the window upstairs. "It looks pretty deserted, dispatch. Did you want me to take a look inside?" The officer asked into the walkie talkie once he got out of the car. "Unit 16, it's county property. Order's to make sure it's vacant." Operator said "I don't - I don't think anyone's home." The officer said back causing me to laugh quietly. "For the love of God, 16, go inside and see if anyone's there." Operator said "Copy that." Derek shines his werewolf eyes at the K9 in backseat of the cop car. The dog starts barking. "Don't do that." The officer said and the dog starts freaking out more. "Okay, I'm coming. I'm coming." The officer said and the car pulls away. Scott walks up once the cop car was gone.
"I know you can hear me. I need your help." We walk outside into the porch. "Okay. I know I was part of you getting arrested and that we basically announced you being here to the hunters. I also don't know what happened to your sister. But I think I did something last night. I had a dream about - someone. But someone else got hurt. And it turns out that part of the dream might have actually happened." Scott said "You think you attacked the driver?" Derek asked "Did you see what I did last night?" Scott asked "No." Derek said "Can you at least tell me the truth? Am I gonna hurt someone?" Scott asked "Yes." Derek said "Could I kill someone?" Scott asked "Yes." Derek said "Am I gonna kill someone?" Scott asked "Probably. Look, I can show you how to remember. I can show you how to control the shift, even on a full moon. But it's not gonna come for free." Derek said "What do you want?" Scott said "You'll find out. But for now, I'm gonna give you what you want. Go back to the bus. Go inside. See it, feel it. Let your senses - your sight, smell, touch - let them remember for you." Derek said "That's it? Just - just go back?" Scott asked "Do you want to know what happened?" Derek asked "I just want to know if I hurt him." Scott said and I scoff. "No, you don't. You want to know if you'll hurt her." I say
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We were walking to the gate of where the bus was. Stiles and I go to climb up the gate but Scott stopped us. "Hey, no, just me. Someone needs to keep watch." Scott said causing me to scoff and roll my eyes. "How come Hayley and I are always keeping watch?" Stiles asked "Because there's only three of us and Hayley can run faster then the both of us." Scott said "Okay, why's it starting to feel like you're Batman and I'm Robin and Hayley's Wonder Woman? I don't want to be Robin all the time." Stiles said "I'm fine with being Wonder Woman, she's badass." I say smirking. "Nobody's Batman and Robin or Wonder Woman any of the time." Scott said "Not even some of the time?" Stiles asked
"Just stay here." Scott said "Oh, my God! Fine." Stiles said and we got back in the Jeep. Scott went to the bus and after a while I saw headlights. I smacked Stiles and he jumped looking at me and I pointed and he started freaking out beeping the horn. "Come on - come on -" Stiles said and Scott jumped into the Jeep. "Go! Go! Go! Go!" Scott exclaimed and Stiles drove out of there. "Did it work? Did you remember?" Stiles asked "Yeah, I was there last night. And the blood - a lot of it was mine." Scott said "So you did attack him?" Stiles asked
"No. I saw two sets of glowing eyes in the bus, but they weren't mine. It was Hayley and Derek." Scott turns and looks at me. "So why didn't you tell me that you saw what I did last night?" Scott asked "Because you have what you think happened and I have what I know happened." I say "What about the driver?" Stiles asked "I think I was actually trying to protect him." Scott said "Wait, why would Derek help you remember that he attacked the driver?" Stiles asked "That's what I don't get. Hayley why were you there? Were you helping me or Derek?" Scott asked "Well for one it wasn't Derek. Derek's wolf eyes are blue and those were red but I was trying to make sure you weren't killed." I say
"It's got to be a pack thing." Stiles said "What do you mean?" Scott asked "Like an initiation. You do the kill together." Stiles said "Because ripping someone's throat out is a real bonding experience?" Scott asked "Yeah, but you didn't do it, which means you're not a killer. And it also means that -" Stiles starts to say but Scott cuts him off. "I can go out with Allison." Scott said "I think he was gonna say it means you won't kill him." I say patting Scott on the shoulder. "Oh, yeah. That too." Scott said causing me to laugh.
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Lydia was sitting beside me on Allison's bed while Allison was looking through her closet. "Mmm, pass. Pass." Lydia gets up and walks over to Allison's closet looking through it. "Let me see. Pass. Pass. Uh, pass on all of it. Allison, respect for your taste is, uh, dwindling by the second. This." Lydia said holding something up when Allison's room door opens and Chris walks in and I freeze where I'm sitting. "Dad, hello?" Allison asked and Chris looked up. Lydia comes and lays on Allison's bed and I relax a little. "Right. I'm sorry. I completely forgot to knock." Chris said "Hi, Mr. Argent." Lydia said and I waved at him with a fake smile. "Dad, do you need something?" Allison asked "I wanted to tell you that you'll be staying in tonight." Chris said "What? I'm going out with my friends tonight." Allison said "Not when some animal out there is attacking people." Chris said causing me to scoff quietly.
"Dad, dad, I'm-uh -" Allison said before Chris cut her off. "It's out of my hands. There's a curfew. No one's allowed out past 9:30 P.M. Hey, no more arguing." Chris said and he walks out. "Someone's daddy's little girl." Lydia said "Sometimes. But not tonight." Allison said and she got her beanie and went to her window. "What are you doing?" Lydia asked when Allison jumped out her window. "Eight years gymnastics. Are you two coming?" Allison asked "I'll take the stairs." Lydia said "Me too. So they think I left." I say and we walk downstairs. I walk out of the Argent house and with my werewolf senses I smell Derek close by so I look around and I see Derek's Camaro sitting not that far away. He flashes the headlights on then off again. "Do you know him?" Lydia asked when she saw it. "Yeah I do. I'll see y'all there in a little bit." I say "Don't forget I got you a date." Lydia said "Trust me I haven't." I say and walk away and to the passenger side of the car. He rolls down the window. "Get in." Derek said and I opened the door and got in. As soon as I shut the door he sped away getting as far away from the Argent house as he could. "Why were you in that house?" Derek asked "Lydia is friends with Allison so Lydia forced me to go since I'm supposed to go bowling with them." I say
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I'm walking out of the convenience store and a red Tahoe pulls in front of the Camaro and a silver Tahoe pulls behind it trapping Derek who was pumping gas in. I walk faster over to Derek and I stand beside him. Argent and some other hunters stood around us. "Nice ride. Black cars, though. Very hard to keep clean. I would definitely suggest a little more maintenance. If you have something this nice, you want to take care of it, right? Personally, I'm very protective of the things I love. But that's something I learned from my family. And you don't have much of that these days. Do you?" Derek clenched his hand into a fist.
I grab his hand which causes him to relax a little. "There we go. You can actually look through your windshield now. See how that makes everything so much clearer?" Chris asked as he was cleaning the windshield with one of those brushes. "You forgot to check the oil." Derek said "Dere really?" I mumble. "Check the man's oil." Chris said and one of the hunters breaks the window. "Looks good to me." The hunter said "Drive safely." Chris said and Derek and I got into the car.
Derek drops me off at the bowling alley and I walk in. I get my shoes and join the group when I see Scott get a strike. "That is seriously amazing. Jackson, uh, how many strikes is that?" Allison asked "It's six. In a row." Jackson said and I laugh. "Damn Scotty." I say and they all turn and look at me. "Where were you?" Scott asked "With a friend." I say and sit beside the lacrosse player that Lydia is trying to hook me up with since there was no other seats. "Well you're late. Hayley this is Tyler. Tyler this is Hayley." Lydia said "Hi." Tyler nods at me. "Scott how did you suddenly get so good?" I ask "Something just clicked, I guess." Scott said and he slightly nods his head towards Allison.
"Maybe it's natural talent." Allison said "I could use some natural talent. You mind helping me out this time, Scott?" Lydia asked standing up. "No, you're good. Go for it." Scott said "Thanks for the vote of confidence." Lydia said "Hey, I'll help." Jackson said and he started to get up. "How about I just try this on my own?" Lydia tries and she gets a strike. "I think I'm getting the hang of it." Lydia said "That was sort of perfect form." I say "Was it?" Lydia asked "Maybe you should stop pretending to suck just for his benefit." Allison said once the two of them lean closer to each other. "Trust me, I do plenty of sucking just for his benefit." Lydia said causing me to laugh quietly.
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Scott walks up to Jackson and I as Jackson plays an arcade game getting a nice shot. "Nice shot, man. Listen, I know we both didn't want to be here. But the thing is, we don't have to hate each other." Scott said "I don't hate you. I just don't believe you. You know, you got everyone thinking everything's fine and normal about you, but I know something's off. You cheated tonight." Jackson said "How the hell do you cheat in bowling?" I ask "I don't know, but you did. And I don't know if it's steroids or something weirder. I'm guessing something weirder since it's pretty obvious that you're a freak. So don't think for a second I've given up on finding out what your little secret is." Jackson said "I don't have any secrets." Scott said "Yeah, you do. You both do. And here's the other thing. I don't know why, but I think whatever it is you're hiding, you don't want her to find out about it, either." Jackson said pointing at Allison. Scott grabs my arm before I can say anything sensing my anger.
I walk over to Tyler where he is standing a little ways away from the girls. "So I know Lydia brought you to hook you up with me but honestly I don't want a relationship right now." I say "Don't worry, I only agreed because I wanted to have a fun night out and meet some new people because I'm new to town." Tyler said " So friends?" I ask "Friends." He hands me his phone and I hand him mine. "I do have one question though. Are you and your brother werewolves?" Tyler asked causing me to stop and look at him. "How the hell do you know that?" I ask and I feel my eyes glowing. He holds his hands up in the air and he made his eyes glow the same as mine. "I was born one myself. Except I had to break my curse. I could smell the fact you two are werewolves." Tyler said and I calm down a little. "You had me worried for a minute. I gotta go but you have my number, text me sometime and we can hang out." I say and I had him back his phone and he does the same.
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I heard Mom walk to Scott's door from my room. "Hey, Scott, I'm gonna go to - sleep. Seriously. Stiles, what the hell are you doing here?" Mom asked and I got up and walked into the room. "What am I doing? God, do either of you even play baseball?" Stiles asked since Mom was holding a baseball bat. "What?" Scott walked in the room and walks towards us. "Can you both please tell your friend to use the front door?" Mom asked "But we lock the front door. He wouldn't be able to get in." Scott said "Yeah, exactly. And, by the way, do either of you three care that there's a police - enforced curfew?" Mom asked "No." the three of us say in sync. "No. All right then. Well, you know what? That's about enough parenting for me for one night, so good night." Mom said and she walked out. "What?" Scott asked "My dad left for the hospital 15 minutes ago. It's the bus driver. They said he succumbed to his wounds." Stiles said "Succumbed?" Scott asked "Scott, he's dead." I say
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"Derek! I know you're here! I know what you did!" Scott exclaimed "I didn't do anything." Derek said and Scott started walking up the stairs. "You killed him!" Scott exclaimed "He died." Derek said "Like your sister died?" Scott asked "My sister was missing. I came here looking for her." Derek said "You found her." Scott said "I found her in pieces, being used as bait to catch me." Derek said "I think you killed them both. I'm gonna tell everyone, starting with the sheriff." Scott said and Derek comes behind Scott. Derek shoves Scott down the stairs. Scott gets to the bottom and he transforms and roars at Derek. Derek jumps down the stairs and Scott shoved him through a wall.
"That was cute." Derek said taking off his jacket. Derek transforms roaring at Scott. I'm standing away from them watching them. Derek easily gets the upper hand throwing Scott. They fight until Scott ends up on the floor and he gets back up. Derek kicks Scott back into a wall. Scott comes towards Derek with something but Derek dodges it. Derek knocks Scott down and picks him up by his throat and slams him back down. Derek kicks Scott over something and Scott jumps back up on it. Scott jumps at Derek but Derek scratches Scott causing him to move towards the couch. Derek turns back.
"I didn't kill him. Neither of us did. It's not your fault, and it's not mine." Derek said "This? This is all your fault! You ruined my life!" Scott exclaimed "No, he didn't." I say "He's the one who bit us." Scott said "No, I'm not." Derek said "What?" Scott asked "He's not the one that bit us." I say and Scott falls against the couch. "There's another." Scott said "It's called an Alpha. It's the most dangerous of our kind. You and I, we're betas. This thing is more powerful, more animal than either of us. My sister came here looking for him. Now I'm trying to find him. But I don't think I can do it without you." Derek said "Why me?" Scott asked "Because he's the one that bit you. You're part of his pack. It's you, Scott. You're the one he wants." Derek said
AN
I hope y'all like this chapter.
Michael Trevino As Tyler Lockwood
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