'wolf's bane'

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"ARE YOU TRYING to kill us?!" Scott shouted from the passenger side of Derek's car, as Alyssa drove down the road; Stiles sat in the back, panicking over being chased by Kate Argent, while Scott was complaining about the speed. But, Alyssa knew that if she wasn't going fast, Kate would end up catching up with them and being caught, and she couldn't risk that, not with Scott being a newby and having no clue how to fight.

Derek had gotten a lead on the alpha and had ultimately gone to track him, leaving Alyssa to drive his car for a getaway, as he didn't trust Scott or Stiles to drive it. Kate Argent was following behind them, trying to catch them, thinking it was Derek driving - this was allowing Derek to track the alpha without any hunters on their backs.
Scott and Stiles were holding on for their life as Alyssa drove, very high over the speed limit.

"Do you want her to catch up to us, and kill us?" Alyssa shouted over the roar of the engine, not taking her eyes off of the road in front of her, "How about you shut up and quit being a back seat driver!"

"Can you two quit bickering for two minutes?" Stiles asked from the back seat.

Ever since Scott had thrown Derek under the bus back at the school, she had been giving him the cold shoulder and a very hard time. He made her brother a known murderer, nothing he will do can fix that.
"Nope." Alyssa said, emphasising the 'p'.

"Look, Alyssa. I said I was sorry, what else do you want me to do?" Scott asked in defeat.

"Go back in time and refrain from opening your big mouth and making Derek a wanted criminal." Alyssa told him, shooting him a glare in the process.

"They're gone." Stiles interrupted them, after he glanced back at the road, only to find it empty, and Kate was no longer chasing them.

Scott looked back at Alyssa one more time with a guilt-ridden face, before climbing into the back of the car as the police radio said the suspect was heading towards Iron Works. After hearing this, Alyssa shifted the gear and made a rough turn to turn around, ready for Derek to jump into the car and make a getaway.
As she spun the car around, she opened the passenger door, after seeing that Argent was shooting at Derek. The second he saw his car, he jumped in and Alyssa instantly sped off, getting out of dodge.

"What part of laying low don't you understand?" Scott scolded him, as him and Stiles lent forward to talk to Derek and Alyssa in the front.

Derek slammed the dashboard in front of him, "Damn it, I had him!" He shouted in frustration, if only he had a little more time, he would have caught him.

"Who, the Alpha?" Stiles asked him.

"Yes! He was right in front of me, and the friggin' police showed up." Derek complained, while Alyssa kept her attention on the road in front of her.

"Whoa, hey, they're just doing their jobs..." Stiles trailed off, wanting to defend his father.

"Yeah, thanks to someone who decided to make me the most wanted fugitive in the entire state." Derek huffed, glaring at Scott in the back.

"Can we seriously get past that? I made a dumbass mistake. I get it." Scott sighed, he already felt bad enough with Alyssa giving him the cold shoulder, he didn't need Derek shouting at him too.

"How can we possibly get past that?" Alyssa asked him, shaking her head in disbelief.. How could he think that the Hale's would get past it - Derek could go to jail.

"Okay, enough." Stiles interrupted, holding a hand up in between the two, "All right, how did you find him?" He asked Derek.

When neither Derek or Alyssa said anything, Scott sighed, "Can you just try to trust us for at least half a second?" He asked them.
When Alyssa opened her mouth to let out another remark, Scott have her a pleading look, causing her to shut her mouth, rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, both of us." Stiles added, leaning forward, when he saw the glare that Derek sent him, he quickly stuttered, "Or just him. I'll be back here." He mumbled.

Derek looked at Alyssa for an answer, who simply shrugged at him. He was the one who wanted to involve them in the first place, he sighed in defeat and spoke, "Look, the last time I talked to my other sister, she was close to figuring something out. She found two things. The first was a guy named Harris."

"Our chemistry teacher?" Stiles asked in disbelief.

"Obviously. How many Harris's do you know?" Alyssa asked sarcastically.

Stiles was about to reply to something sarcastic, only to have Scott interrupt him, "Why him?" He asked Derek.

"We don't know yet." Derek admitted in defeat.

"What's the second?" Scott asked.

"Some kind of symbol." Derek said, pulling out a piece of paper and showing Scott, who had a look of recognition on his face, "What? You know what this is?"

Scott nodded, "I've seen it on a necklace." He told them, he then sighed, "Allison's necklace."

Of course. Alyssa thought.

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The next day, after a horrible morning of lessons, Alyssa was walking towards the cafeteria, to meet up with Stiles and Scott so they could think of a plan to get Allison's necklace, when someone pulled her into an empty classroom.
She looked up, ready to attack whoever was dragging her, only to see that it was Jackson.

She rolled her eyes at him, "What do you want, Jackson?" Alyssa asked him.

"I know what you and McCall are." He told her, with a smirk, like he was proud of himself for figuring it out.

Alyssa raised her eyebrow at him in confusion, "And what's that?" She asked, in a bored tone; she didn't want to be in the middle of his and Scott's feud. And quite honestly, she didn't like him.

He leaned closer to her so he could whisper in her ear, "Werewolves." He told her.

Alyssa looked at him confused, the fact he knew and he hadn't said anything to anyone yet, meant that he wanted something from the two of them.
She glared at him, "I'm guessing you want something, or you wouldn't have dragged me in here." She told him, wanting to get to the point.

Jackson nodded in conformation, "I want the bite. And you're gonna get it for me." He told her, in a threatening tone.

"What makes you think I can do that for you?" Alyssa asked, annoyingly.

"You gave it to Scott." He told her, crossing his arms.
Alyssa would have laughed, if it wasn't such a dangerous situation; he could reveal their secret, but then again.. If he did, who would actually believe him?

Alyssa shook her head, "You know nothing. Don't threaten me, and before you threaten me further about spilling our secret, just know that you'll have a one way ticket to Eichen House." She told him, taking a step towards him.

He swallowed but kept his head held high, to show that he wasn't afraid, but Alyssa could hear his heart beat, and it wasn't calm.
"I'm not scared of you." He told her.

She smiled sweetly at him, causing him to gulp, "Your heartbeat says otherwise.. Don't threaten a werewolf, no good will come from it, you're lucky I'm the nice Hale." She told him, before leaving the classroom without another word, to find Scott and Stiles.

She found them at their lockers, however, as she approached them, Scott was rambling to her, very frantically, meaning that Alyssa couldn't understand a word that he was saying.
"Woah, woah." She exclaimed, holding up her hands, to stop him from talking, "Start again, but slower."

"Jackson knows about us." He told her, panic clear in his voice.

"Yeah, I know." Alyssa confirmed, crossing her arms over her chest.

Stiles turned around and looked at her with wide eyes, "You know? Do you have eyes on the back of your head? How could you possibly know that?" He asked her in disbelief.

"He tried threatening me just now." She told him, watching as Scott's eyes flowed slightly at the information, before going back to normal, she took his arm to stop him from heading back to Jackson, "What did he say with you?" She asked, gaining his attention.

Stiles looked at the two with furrowed brows, he had noticed that the two had been getting closer as the time went on; but he knew that if he said anything, Alyssa would beat him up, so he stayed quiet, observing.

"He threatened to tell Allison." Scott told Alyssa, not noticing that Stiles was observing their behaviour.

She nodded in understanding, "We've just gotta make sure he doesn't." She told him, "Can you get the necklace off of Allison?"

Scott nodded, "Yeah, she's in my next class." He told her.

"Good, I'll see you guys at lunch," She told her two, new friends, "Act natural." She spoke, before walking away to her next lesson.

As she walked away, Scott watched, causing Stiles to cough in awkwardness, he looked back at his best friend, who was giving him a look, "What?" Scott asked.

Stiles shook his head, "Nothing." He said, before walking away.

Scott looked at him with wide eyes, "What?!" He shouted, running to catch up with him.

"Did you get her to give you the necklace?" Stiles asked Scott, as the three sat down at a table together in the cafeteria.

Scott shook his head, "Not exactly." He told the two.

"Well what happened?" Alyssa asked, taking a bite of her apple, savouring the taste.

"She told me not to talk to her. At all." He told them.

"So she's not giving you the necklace..." Stiles said, trailing off.
This caused Alyssa to roll her eyes, of course he didn't get the necklace if she told him to not talk to her.

"She's not giving me the necklace!" Scott complained, raising his voice at Stiles.

"Well, did you find anything else out?" Stiles asked him, desperately.

"Just that I know nothing about girls, and that they're totally psychotic." Scott mumbled to himself.

Alyssa gave him a look, "Guys are the only reason behind a girl being totally psychotic." She scolded Scott.

He turned around to her, about to bite back, only for Stiles to interrupt before an argument can break out, "Okay, I came up with a plan 'B' just in case anything like this happened." He told them.

"What's plan 'B'?" Scott asked him.

Stiles shrugged, "Just steal the stupid thing." He said, then picked up some food from his tray.

"I agree with that." Alyssa said, pointing a finger towards Stiles, who gave her a thankful nod for agreeing with him.

Scott shook his head, "Couldn't we try at least getting to Harris?" He asked them.

"My dad put him on a 24-hour protective detail, okay?" He explained. "The necklace is all we got. Steal it. Thank you."

Alyssa began to munch on her pasta, when Scott nudged her slightly, "Guys, he's watching us." He whispered.

She suddenly heard Jackson's voice from across the cafeteria, "Scott, Alyssa. You can hear me? You can, can't you?" He asked them.

Stiles gained their attention, "What's wrong?" He asked.

Alyssa looked towards him, "Jackson's talking to us." She told him, she wasn't as bothered as Scott, as she knew that if he was actually a threat, Derek would have killed him by now.

"He knows that we can hear him. Look at us. Just talk to us. Act normal. Pretend that nothing's happening." Scott told Stiles in a hurry.

"Are you trying to pretend not to hear me?" Jackson asked in a menacing voice.

Scott was still looking at Stiles while Alyssa was eating without a care in the world, "Say something. Talk to me!" He complained.

Stiles shook his head frantically, looking around, "I can't think of anything. My mind's a complete blank." He told Scott.

Scott shook his head in disbelief as Alyssa raised an eyebrow at him, "Your mind's blank? You can't think of something to say?" Scott asked him.

Stiles looked frustrated, "Not under this kind of pressure. FYI, he's not even sitting with them anymore." Stiles told him, after finding that Jackson had moved.

Scott looked around frantically, "Where the hell is he?"

"Looking for me, McCall? I'm right here. So, what else can you do? Huh? Can you see better? Are you stronger, more powerful? No, I knew there was no way you suddenly got that good at lacrosse. Which means you're actually a cheater, aren't you? I mean, can you even play lacrosse?" Alyssa heard Jackson say, from across the room.

"Yes." Scott muttered angrily, under his breath. Alyssa looked up at him and placed her hand on his to calm him down, which surprisingly worked.

"I'll bet my new co-captain's gonna score a bunch of shots tonight, aren't you? And while you're pretending you're not a lying cheat, I'm gonna ruin your life if you don't give me what I want. And you know what I'm gonna start with? Her. I'm gonna destroy any chance you'll ever have with her. And when I'm done with that, I'm gonna get her all alone, and I'm gonna get my hands all over that tight little body." He told him, trying to get a rise out of Scott.

"Scott, come on, you can't let him do this. You can't let him have this kind of power over you. Okay?" Stiles tried to convince Scott to calm down.

"Listen to Stiles, Scott. You're more powerful than he is, he has nothing over you." Alyssa told him.

"I'm gonna do everything you never got the chance to do, and, Scott, she's gonna beg for more. I'll bet she likes to get loud. Maybe she's even a screamer. How are you gonna feel, Scott... When she's screaming my name?" Jackson finished his speech, before looking at the interaction between Scott and Alyssa, smirking, "Maybe I'll even try it out with Alyssa, I bet she would be amazing in bed."

This didn't sit well with Scott, as he began to get up, allowing his eyes to glow once more, but Alyssa was able to pull him back down, using her strength, as he was using his.
"Scott." She scolded, when he didn't listen, she tightened her grip, "Don't let him win. You know I would never do anything with him. Look at me."

When he looked into her eyes, she showed him how to breathe slowly, hoping to calm him down, and it worked.
She sighed, leaning into his arm.. Why would he get so angry about Jackson mentioning her? Because she was Derek's sister?

Jackson knew that he had gotten a rise out of Scott, which was what he wanted. He was going to do everything in order to get what he wants, and that's what worried Alyssa.
How far would he go, to get the bite?