Chapter Three : [Insert John Mulaney Quote Here: One About Feeling Crazy Please]

I jumped out Of Stiles' car. I mean he wasn't even parked yet. The soules of my converse hitting the cement below me and the wind in my ears was all I could hear as I ran over to Scott. "No, just to talk." Ethan said stopping the alpha in his tracks.

"Oh. That's something new for you." I joke, joining Scott on his right.

"Yeah Cait's right. Usually, you're just hurting maiming and killing." Stiles added going to the left side of Scott.

"You need a pack. We need an Alpha." Aiden said ignoring Stiles and me. I laugh. I mean half to hind my mouth and nose with my hand kinda laugh.

"Did you think that would work?" I ask through the laughter.

"He came to us for help and we helped." Aiden was glaring at me as I pulled myself together.

"You beat his face into a bloody pulp. That's not helping. In my opinion, that's actually counter-productive." Stiles gave the twins two sarcastic thumbs up.

"Why would I say yes?" Scott asked the two former alphas, also ignoring Stiles and my comments.

"We'd add strength. We'd make you more powerful. There's no reason to say no."

I snap my fingers ending it with a finger gun pointed at Ethan and Aiden, "I got a reason. How about the fact that you're both assholes who kidnapped me."

"I can think of another one." Isaac's voice said coming on my right side, "How about the fact that the two of you held Derek's claws while Kali impaled Boyd. In fact, I don't know why we're not impaling then right now."

Ethan growls. "You wanna try?" Isaac steps forward but I grab his arm, nodding to Scott who had a look of disapproval on his face.

"Sorry, but they don't trust you." Scott moves his hand to refer to Stiles Isaac and me. "And neither do I." The true alpha pushes past the twins. Stiles and Isaac behind him, I go to follow but Ethan and Aiden cut me off.

"What?" I asked, rolling my eyes.

"Does your alpha know who you really are?"

"I do." Scott says from behind the twins with a smirk, "Now can you stop annoying me and my pack and just let us get to class?"

I bite my tongue holding back a new set of laughter, as the twins let me go. Scott hangs back as I walk into the school. Something about Stiles and his full name. As soon as I open the door I have to duck my head at a roll of toilet paper being thrown "Watch the arm.." I yell, I was about to say something else but decided against it as I made my way to my locker.

I hear the doors open again making me turn my head. Scott and Stiles walk in and straight to Stiles locker. "What are you looking at?" I hear Stiles ask from across the hall.

"Me?"

"You Scott.... Are you looking at Cait?" I feel my cheeks heat as I pull out my textbook for ecom.

"Cait? Cait who?"

"Cait. Cait our best friend. Oh my god. You like her."

"I don't like Cait."

"She said the same thing. Okay but you remember what we talked about when we first met Cait? Off limits, she's our best friend neither of us wants that to change because the other one did something dumb." Sorry Stiles.

"Says the guy who hits on her sister. I thought siblings were off limits too." Hits on my sister?

"Okay you got me there. But at least I'm not as bad as Isaac." Yep Stiles just dug him and Isaac a hole.

"Are we bad friends?"

"Not if the girl likes us back, but otherwise yeah."

"And so what if I liked Cait?"

"It's- oh my god that was your shirt! Oh- wh- how did neither of you tell me." I ball a piece of paper in my hand. God why was Stiles such a good detective.

"T-tell you what Stiles?" Scott covers up his nevers with a laugh.

"Okay fine, limits are uhh bendable, but only because I know she likes you too. Which means, ask her out."

"What now?"

"Yes Now."

"Right now." By now I was just messing with things in my locker to make it seem like I wasn't listening.

"Right now. Scott I don't think you get it yet. You're an Alpha. You're the apex predator. Everyone wants you. You're like the hot girl that every guy wants."

"I'm the hot girl?" Oh god Scott. I look over in the middle of the hall where Stiles, Scott and now Isaac stand.

"You are the hottest girl." Isaac gives Stiles a look, and points to me. Immediately I turn my head back to the inside of my locker.

"What? Oh." Isaac says taken aback as Stiles starts to walk away.

"I'm the hot girl." Scott repeats more to himself.

"Yes, you are." Isaac pauses prompting me to look up. "At least Cait seems to think so." I slam my locker so hard it would make any werewolves ears ring. And lucky for me it did being as soon as I do, while staring Isaac in the eyes, The beta covers his ears and gives me a death glare.

~

The day started oh so normal. I mean everyone starts their day by making fun of people who kidnapped them, followed by over listening to a conversation about them and the guy they like, and topped with their teacher yelling "SON OF A BITCH!" as loud as he could from his office.

I lean forward in my seat to talk to Scott and Stiles, "What the hell.. Did the two of you do."

I didn't get an answer seeing as Coach came from the office yelling, "Mischief night, Devil's night. I don't care what you call it. You little punks are evil." I bite down on the inside of my cheek drawing blood just so I don't laugh. "You think it's funny every Halloween my house gets egged? A man's house is supposed to be his castle." Scott starts to laugh, making Coach bang on his desk, "Mine's a frickin' omelet. Oh this?" Coach picks up a gift on his desk, "We're gonna do this again? I don't think so." Coach drops the box and steps on it. Whatever was inside made a loud breaking sound as it shattered. Coach bent over to the now broken mug. "Happy birthday. Love Greenberg." Always sad to ruin a gift.

~

Scott and I were walking down the hall when he stopped abruptly. I almost fell forward trying to stop myself, "What?"

"Shh. Stiles is talking to his Dad." Scott paused before filling me in, "William Barrow. He's the Shrapnel Bomber. He was spotted near the school. Wait." He stopped again. "Barrow's going after kids with glowing eyes."

"Did he say those exact words?" Scott nodded, "Scott you fit that description. Okay look I have a lunch detention with Mr. Yukimura, but fill me in at any time."

"Cait wait. Didn't Mr. Yukimura almost said your real name?"

"Do you still have the book I gave you?"

"Yeah it's in my locker."

"You take my jornal to school?" Scott only gives a half smile. "Whatever, just look up what a kitsuna is. I don't remember how much I explained about them, but it's in there."

~

I walked into the history room. Kira was sitting in the front of the class with her father at his desk. "This wasn't the talk we were gonna have, is it?" I asked, closing the door.

"It was meant to be, but Kira seems to want to stay, so I suppose deation for you will just be eating in here." I smile taking a seat next to Kira.

For some reason the Yukimura girl was taking pictures of her father as he graded papers. She moved to other words around the room. Taking one of the quote on the board that read, 'History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.' It was something Winston Churchill said. Though I'm not so sure it was the kindest to him.

"Kira." I say nodding to her phone, "What's with the photo shoot?"

"It avoids people."

"I'm sure you've made other friends than me."

"We're friends?"

"Yeah, we're friends. Honestly if I didn't consider you a friend I wouldn't be talking to you."

"Well in that case no. You're my only friend."

"Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

"Are you quoting Samuel Beckett to me?"

"Hun I thought you were gonna say it was yoda. Worst comes to the worst, you're stuck with me."

"Then that's not so bad." I smile as my phone goes off. I looked down to see I got a text from Scott.

New Message : Scott McCall (Force of Will) : Lydia has a feeling that Barrow is on campus, find a way out of detention. This needs the work of a witch.

I sigh, getting up from my seat. I show my phone to Mr. Yukimura. "On school grounds?" He asked, reading the text.

"Yes, can I go."

"Fine."

"Thank you." I grab my bag from the floor and rush out of the room.

The halls are empty as I run to the bottom levels. I was running so fast that I nearly ran into Scott. "Hey Cait, slow down. How the hell did you get out?"

"I showed him your text."

"Would that work all the time?"

"I doubt it."

The two of us make our ways down the halls to get to Scott's mother. Melissa McCall was still in her work uniform as she rounded a corner to get to us. She was holding a white trash bag in her hands, and her hair was down.

"Do you have it?" Scott asked his mother. The woman just holds up the bag for him to take.

"Promise me you'll be careful. Both of you. I mean I looked right in this guy's eyes and it was terrifying"

"We'll be careful. We promise." I say, trying to reassure the McCall women.

"What Cait said." Scott leaned forward and placed a kiss on his mother's head before the two of us walked back down the halls to get to the rest of the wolves.

Ethan Aiden and Isaac stood waiting for Scott and I. "What's with the witch?" Aidan asked nod to me.

"I need her." That was all Scott said before starting to explain everything going on. "Look, Lydia thinks that Barrow is still in the building even though the cops searched the whole school. But they didn't have one thing." Scott pulled the scrubs out of the trash bag his mom gave him. "Our sense of smell. So Ethan Aiden you search the left wing. Isaac your me and Cait will take the east. Everybody got it." Everyone nods.

Scott Isaac and I make our way down to the basement floor. For some weird reason red lights were on, so everything felt like a bad horror film. "This is how it's gonna be now? We're just gonna trust the two of them?" Isaac asked presumably about the twins.

"Just because I let them help doesn't mean I trust them. And I know Cait doesn't trust them."

"Well I don't trust them either. Or like them. In fact I hate them and want them to die."

"Great, so now that all three of us are on the same page, you smell anything?"

"No. But if Barrow's actually here and he's got a plan Isaac might just get what he wants."

I could almost feel Isaac's smirk as Scott and I walked forward. All three of us had some sort of defense on our hand, for the boys it was claws, for me it was just a flame. As we got closer to a new corner the fire alarm went off. Scott grabbed my hand pulling me back to the ground floor, Isaac close behind.

The first thing I really saw was 100 or so kids not caring about a murder on the lose. The next thing however was broad daylight. Stiles Lydia, Lottie Chloe and Evlynn made their way over to the five of us. "We didn't find anything." Aidan spoke as soon as the five were in ear shot.

"Not even a scent." Scott clearfield.

"It's 3:00 so School. If there was a bomb, wouldn't he have set it off by now?" Lottie inquired, crossing her arms.

"Does that mean everybody's safe?" Chloe asks, furring her eyebrows.

"I don't know.. I just don't know." Lydia spoke giving all of us sad eyes.

~

Kira and I sat in her room. It was meant to be like a 'become better friends study thing' but only the first part really happened. It was like when Evlynn and Chloe would pester me about Scott and Stiles when we first got to earth 40. "Okay, you're their best friend Stiles or Scott?"

"Kira you're kidding right?"

"Nope."

"Scott. BUT if you ever let Stiles hear that I will kill you myself."

She just laughed, "Okay, your turn."

"Oh God. Uhh.. I don't know mena you just moved here."

"KAIR! CAITLIN!" Mr. Yukimura called from downstairs. I looked to Kira but she shrugged. The two of us made our way down the stairs. I never knew how nice of a house Kira had, I mean she had a water fountain in her house. "The two of you might want to get ready for dinner. And Kira put something nice on."

"Why would I need to wear something nice." Kira asked, looking down at her sweatshirt and sweatpants. Pulse her hair was in a messy bun, though the mess might be from rolling around on her bed laughing while the two of us failed to get any work done.

The doorbell rang from behind Mr. Yukimura, "I invited a guest for what I like to call the 'Thank you for saving my daughter from being a coyote's dinner.' dinner. I would have also invited Caitlin but she's already here so." Mr. Yukimura smiled at the two of us and opened the door.

Scott stood in front of it, helmet in hand giving Kira and me a small wave, "hey."

"Oh. God." "Crap." Kira and I voiclized our different opinions to seeing Scott. Considering both of us liked the guy standing in front of us it put a small damper on 'having a fun friend night.'

"Uhh. Scott we'll be right back." I laugh out as Kira and I scramble back to her room.

I close the door behind me leaning against it. "Any reason why Scott is standing at my door?"

"Don't look at me your Dad was the one who invited him."

"OKay. Yeah okay. Are you as never as I am?"

"No, why?"

"Well, it's just. I don't know I think you might like him."

"What!"

"Well I don't know I mean when we first met you seemed all cherry. And then he added the fact that he knew me too and the smile on your face vanished."

"Is it that obvious?"

"Only if you want to find it. So if someone didn't care then no."

"Okay, just hurry up and get dressed. At the very least I try my best to make this comfortable for all three of us."

Kira nodded, running into her bathroom and changing. I went to the morrir on her wall and tried to fix my hair a bit. The two of us descended the stairs like it was a god damn fairytale. It felt like we were missing a spotlight. Even Scott stood at the bottom smiling. (But I could tell he felt weird.) When the three of us got to the living room the table was set. Kira Scott and I all took our seat quick awkwardly.

"So Scott, Caitlin, I'm sure as navtive Californians, you've eaten at some pretty impressive Japanese sushi restaurants." Scott and I both tucked our lips into our mouths at what Mrs. Yukimura said. "But I have to tell you that my husband is a superb chef."

Mr. Yukimura came in and placed a plate on the table. It was all the fancy sushi that any american never had because they were too expensive. "Okay we have hamachi, uni, ikura, and hirame." I have to say I didn't think that was how anything was pronounced but good to know. I fold my hands over my lap under the table. Maybe I was subconsciously praying but good I could feel this was about to be a disaster. Kira's eyes kept flashing between me and Scott, that might have been the worst part so far.

Scott was sorta just nodding his head biting his lower lip. It looked as if he was trying to bend over without being seen. Kira and I had these fake smiles pinned to our face. "You've never eaten sushi before, have you?" Mrs Yukimura asked Scott and I.

"There's not much of anything in northern California. So I've had fanny sushi before." I joke hoping it will bring the weirdness level down just a bit.

"Is it all raw?" A wave of second hand embarrassment passed over me, and from the looks of things Kira as well. My phone started to ring from under the table.

"Caitlin no phones at the table."

"I know I'm sorry, but it's my mom so I should probably take this." That was a lie. It was from Stiles but either way I stood from the table and walked to the room a small ways away.

"Cait thank god."

"What?"

"Nothing. I just didn't know where anyone was, and now my Dad is working late."

"Stiles I'm not at my house."

"Where the hell are you?"

"Me and Scott are over at Kira's."

"What why?"

"Well I'm here because she's my friend and we were doing school work."

"And Scott?"

"Her father invited him over, for you know saving her life and all that."

"Well that must be the most awkward thing ever."

"Yeah tell me about it. Look I have to go before Scott does something stuiped." I hung up the phone and took my seat.

"Everything okay?"

"Yeah she just didn't know that I was staying for dinner." I didn't know I was staying for dinner.

"Mom, Dad what happened to lasagna for dinner?" Kira pleased more than asked.

"I cook to impress. I didn't want to bring out the... I can make lasagna." Kira's dad went to stand.

"No. NO." Scott and I start to stutter. "It's okay really."

"Yeah no harm in trying something." Scott and I were both bringt red at this point.

"Really."

I'm still biting the inside of my lip as Scott tries to figure out how to use chopsticks. Slowly I pick up my own set and move them in my hands. Kira gives me a look changing from me to Scott. I gave her a half hearted silent laugh. "Oh go- Uhh Scott, try holding one like a pencil. Kira help him." Kira laughs, shaking her head as she repositions Scott's hands on the chopstick. By now there was blood in my mouth because I was trying so hard not to giggle.

The Yukimura parents were giving all three of us a look. Part of me knew this diner wasn't because Scott saved Kira's life. Part of me knew it was because Scott McCall was the true Alpha and Caitlin Roads took up a new last name despite being the doppleganger. But even they could feel the awkwardness in the air.

"Oh my god Cait you're bleeding." Scott said, turning to face me. I reached my hand up to the left corner of my mouth. I could feel the cold liquid on my face. I pulled my hand back to see the blood.

"Okay, why don't you come with me Caitlin." Mrs. Yukimura said standing. I follow her lead still holding the corner of my mouth.

She led me to the kitchen, wetting a paper towel. I placed the damp cotton to my face dabbing the blood away. Mrs. Yukimura cleared her throat, "Yes?" I asked with a fake smile.

"I think we both know I know who you really are Miss Roads."

"Is this your seim-threatening way of telling me not to tell Kira anything because I haven't told your daughter anything. Though I do think you should consider that she falls under glowing eyes."

"What do you mean?"

"You don't know about the serial bomber on the loose? Look there's a guy who people are calling crazy because he kills kids with glowing eyes. And if anyone has taken a picture of Kira-"

"She would have glowing eyes. Thank you Caitlin." Mrs. Yukimura leaves me alone in the kitchen to clean the blood from my mouth. I couldn't hear anything from the other room, but I knew it was uncomfortable small talk.

There was a small window behind the sink that I used to tell if I got the blood off. When I went back to the living room Mr. Yukimura pointed me upstairs saying that Kira and Scott went back to Kira's room.

When I got back upstairs I could hear Scott was on the phone. Still I knocked on the door opening it just a bit. "Cait hey. Your mouth okay?"

"Yeah you were just so embarrassing I was botting down on my lip, ended up drawing blood."

"Wow way to through me right under the bus." I laugh a bit entering the room. There was a second knock on the door Kira came in holding a box pizza and three cokes. "Oh thank god. No offense to sushi."

"Considering I didn't even get the chance to eat any of the sushi it is good something I know." I add to Scott's joke as Kira closes the door.

"Yeah I mean if it was your first time we should have just given the two of you California rolls." I laugh at the bit of irony Kira threw in.

The three of us took a set on Kira's bed pulling apart the plain pizza. The night got more comfortable from there. Just three kids laugh and eat an all american dinner. Kira walked Scott and me back out of the house. "Thanks for dinner kir."

"I have a nickname now Cait?"

"Get used to it, if you're of the female gender she shortens your name."

"Ha. Ha. Scott." I give a real laugh at the end. Scott walked away from the two of us, speeding off on his bike.

"He seems like a really nice guy. And not just because he saved me from a coyote."

"Did he do something else?"

"Well A) He remembered my name. Only you and Scott seem to know it. And B) he really seemed like he wanted to make sure you were okay. I mean when my mom came back from the other room without you he kept turning his head as if to see if you were alright."

"I'm sorry Kira t must be totally awful to have your first friend like the same guy as you."

"Hey. As long as one of us gets him."

I laughed, "Goodnight Kir."

"Night Cait."

I watch Kira run back into her house. I turned to get back to my car but was met with the end of a crowbar instead. White red, black, out cold.

~

"CAIT! CAITLIN! CAITY!" Scott, Lydia, and Stiles were yelling over me when I started to wake.

"Barrow, that bitch took Kira. God I'm a terrible friend."

"They know. Arantly he was after her the whole time." Scott explained pulling me off the ground, before he let go of my hand he brought my body closer to his whispering in my ear. "And if you say I told you so, I'm gonna kill you." I tuck my lips in fighting a smile as I took a few steps back.

"Did you guys get in touch with Allison and the twins?" I asked.

"Yeah Evlynn said all they could find was things about flies and the dead, nothing that connected."

"We have to think of something he's gonna kill her." I argue.

"I knew he was there. How did I know that?" Lydia asked more to herself.

"Because you heard the flies, right?" Stiles asked the red head.

"Lydia what do you hear now?" Scott asked, brushing the blood stained hair from my face.

"Nothing. I feel like I can do this. But I don't know what to do. It's on the tip of my tongue, and I don't know how to trigger it. I just want- It just makes me-"

"Want to scream?" I asked the banshee moving closer to her. Lydia nodded her head slowly, "Then Lydia, scream. Scream till it hurts you. Scream till every wolf in the world can hear you." She does as she was told. Scream till blood drips from Scott's ears. It was so loud I could almost see the sound waves, even a few trees around us shake.

Lydia stops screaming and looks up to the street lamp above her, "It's not flies." She turns to face us, making Stiles and Scott jump back, "It's electricity."

"Wait a sec, Barrow was an electrical engineer. He worked at a power substation."

"Stiles what substation?"

~

I parked my car, jumping out almost hitting Scott. Stiles and Lydia had called 911. Scott Stiles and I ran to the back gates of the substation. A real three musketeers moment. Scott and I raced ahead of the human once we heard Kira Scream. "SCOTT! CAIT! NO!" I heard the buzz of currents from behind me, making me fall to the floor. Scott wasn't as quick, getting hit with the shooks. Enough voltage to keep him from turning I bet. Barrow didn't let that stop him though. The carz stepped on my throat making it hard to breath, when I stopped fighting he countided to Kira. "DON'T" I choke out.

"She's not the one you want!" Scott struggles out.

The thunder kitsune. Images of Kira fighting electricity run around my mind, "KIRA LIFT YOUR HAND!" I scream crawling over to her.

Kira doesn't do what I told her too, instead the current hits the side of her face. The whole building surges, sparks flying everywhere. Lights breaking from above us, fences looking as if they were struck with lightning. Barrow was dead on the floor, Kira now stood two bright whit lights in each hand. She was slowly absorbing the shock wave she created.

Her body was shaking as Stiles ran into the room. He helped me from the floor and the two of us made our way over to Kira, Scott close behind. "What did I just do?"