- ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ CHAPTER 𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡 ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌
- CATCHING THE ROUGE WOLVES
❝ we need help ❞

Alexa POV

WE were out in the woods looking for Cora and Boyd. We had split up, so I was with Derek and Scott was with Aaron. I was currently on the phone with Aaron and Scott.

"You lost them?" I yelled

"Yeah, we kind of had to." Aaron said

"Wasn't exactly the plan." I said

"I know, which is why I think that we should stick together. Trust me, he's too strong, too fast, and way too angry for one person to handle. We've got to do this together." Scott said

"Look, we're at the trails by the entrance to the preserve. Can you meet us here?" I asked

"Yeah. Just got to drop something off first." Aaron said

Later, we ran after Cora and Boyd but stopped.

"Is it them?" Scott asked

"We're not the only ones that decided to stick together." I commented

"Is that gonna make it easier or harder to catch them?" Aaron asked Derek

"I don't know." Derek said

"Derek... I saw Boyd try to rip two little kids apart. Are they gonna do that to everyone they find?" Scott asked

"Everyone and anyone." Derek said

We started running again.

We called Isaac for backup and he was trying to find Cora. When we got to Isaac and Cora, she threw him in a tree, but Scott jumped over Isaac and kicked Cora in the stomach. Derek and Cora growl at each other, then Isaac, Aaron, and I run after her with Derek in front of us. When we lost Cora, Scott got a call from Stiles saying that Lydia found a dead body at the pool, which is on the other side of the woods.

"This doesn't make any sense. The public pool is all the way on the other side of the woods. We haven't tracked them anywhere near there." Derek said

"Derek, they killed someone." Scott argued

"How are they moving so fast?" I asked, confused

"Alex." Scott said

"But they can't be that fast on foot." I said

"They killed someone. Some totally innocent kid is dead... And it's our fault." Scott said

"It's my fault." Derek said

"We need help." Scott said

"We have Isaac now." Aaron said

"I mean real help." Scott said

I saw Isaac's face drop, he looked a little hurt.

"They're too fast for us, for all of us. They're too strong, too rabid." Scott said

"We'll catch 'em." I said

"What happens if we do? We just gonna hold them down until the sun comes up?" Isaac asked

"Maybe it would be easier just to kill 'em." Derek said

"Killing them isn't the right thing to do." Scott said

"What if it's the only thing to do? If we can't even catch them, what else do we do?" Isaac asked

"Find someone who knows what they're doing." Scott said

"Who?" I asked

"Someone who knows how to hunt werewolves." Scott said 

We were sitting in Derek's car outside of the grocery store because we need Argent's help and this was where we tracked him down.

"Do you think this is gonna work?" Isaac asked

"Nope." I replied

"Me neither." Isaac said

Derek and I were in the front seats while Isaac and Aaron were in the back. We were watching Scott and Argent.

"So your, uh... your sister..." Isaac started

Derek and I turned around and I raised my eyebrows.

"Sorry, yeah, it's... It's bad timing, I'm sorry. I'll ask later. It's fine." Isaac said

Derek and I turned around, again, and this time Derek raised his eyebrows.

"Or never. Yeah, yeah, I'm good with never." Isaac said

Scott managed to convince Argent to help us by taking him to the pool where the kid was murdered. We went back to the woods and Argent threw down a duffle bag in front of us.

"You're tracking them by print?" Argent asked

"Trying to." Scott said

"Well, then, you've been wasting your time." Argent said

Argent started examining the prints.

"There's only one creature on earth that can visually track footprints, and that's man. And if you're not trained like me, you have no idea that this print is Boyd's and these..." Argent started

"...are Cora's." Isaac said

"Nope. They're yours. You trampled Cora's as soon as you walked over here." Argent said

Isaac looked at us then back at the ground.

"Listen, I know the four of you are focusing half your energy on resisting your own urges under the full moon, but that puts you at a severe disadvantage to Boyd and Cora, who have fully given in. They put the pedal to the floor where you four are barely hitting the speed limit." Argent said

"So what do we do?" I asked

"Focus on your sense of smell. Actual wolves are known to track their prey by up to a hundred miles a day by scent. A trained hunter can use scent to track them. If the wind is with them, wolves can track a scent by a distance of two miles, which means we can draw them to us... Or into a trap." Argent said

Argent threw Scott a net.

"Full moon does give us one advantage. They'll have a higher heat signature, which makes them easier to spot with infrared." Argent said

Argent threw us all night vision goggles, but Derek threw his back.

"Thanks, but I've got my own." Derek said

Derek flashed his red Alpha eyes.

"Just remember, we're not hunting wild animals. Underneath those impulses are two intelligent human beings. Don't think they can't rely on that human side. It's suppressed, but it's there, reminding them how to mask their scent, how to cover their tracks, how to survive." Argent said

At the rock looking over Beacon Hills, we were attempting to make a plan.

"When's the last time you saw your sister?" Argent asked Derek

"Nine years. I thought she died in the fire." Derek said

"Do you feel like you have a lock on her scent?" Argent asked

Derek shook his head.

"Scott, how confident are you in your skills?" Argent asked

"Honestly, most of the time, I'm trying not to think about all the things I can smell." Scott said

"All right. The problem is when they breach the woods and hit the residential area. Once they're past the high school, they're right in the middle of Beacon Hills." Argent said

"They're not gonna kill everything they see, are they?" Isaac asked

"No. But there is an important difference to recognize. Wolves hunt for food. At a certain point, they get full. But Boyd and Cora are hunting for the pleasure of the kill, for some primal apex predatory satisfaction that comes from the ripping of warm bodies to bloody shreds. And who knows when that need gets satiated." Argent said

"We can't kill them." Scott said

"What if we can't catch 'em?" I asked

"Then maybe we just need to contain them. There's no one in the school at night, is there?" Argent asked

"You want to trap them inside?" Derek asked

"If there's somewhere with a strong enough door, no windows or access to the outside." Argent said

"What about the boiler room? It's just one big steel door." Isaac said

"You're sure the school's empty?" Argent asked

"It has to be. There can't be anyone there this late, right?" Aaron said

Later, Argent stuck something in the ground.

"These are ultrasonic emitters. It's one of the tools we use to corral werewolves, pushing them into a direction we want them to run. Gives off a high-pitched frequency that only they can hear." Argent said

He pressed the button on the top and it emitted a high pitched sound that made me cover my ears. I saw that Derek, Aaron, Isaac, and Scott were doing the same thing.

"God, no kidding!" I exclaimed

Argent got a few more out of his car and handed them to us.

"These are gonna drive them to the school?" Derek asked

"And then it's up to you to get them into the basement." Argent said

"Does anyone else want to rethink the plan where we just, uh, kill 'em?" Isaac asked

"It's going to work. It'll work." Scott said

We all ran our separate ways, I ran to the front of the school near the woods and stuck the emitter in the ground, hitting the button that makes a sound. I ran a little more and threw it in a tree in front of the school. I looked up and saw Scott standing near the school buses, looking down at me then back up at the school. Isaac ran over to me, grabbed my hand, and we ran to the front doors, opening them with Scott behind us. We ran back to Argent and he looked up.

"Do you see that?" Argent asked

"Yeah it's a firefly." Scott said

"No I know, it..." Argent started

"What?" Scott said

"It's, uh... it's very unusual." Argent said

"The California fireflies aren't bio-luminescent. They don't glow." I said

"Does that mean something?" Scott asked

Argent was about to answer but we heard a howl, I quickly ran to the school stopping next to Derek.

"Oh, great." I said

I looked at Derek and we flashed our eyes at each other, his red and mine purple, and grew our claws, turning to face Cora and Boyd. Boyd and Cora don't attack but instead go over the roof. We ran over to Aaron, Scott, Isaac, and Argent.

"The rear doors, someone has to get them open." Argent said

"Someone has to drive them inside." Scott said

"I'll go." Argent said

"No. I'm faster." Isaac said

Isaac ran to open the doors, and Derek, Scott, Aaron, and I ran into the school. I saw Cora and I slammed her into the lockers, then Derek threw her to the floor. Aaron, Scott, and Argent came up behind us and Boyd growled.

"Come and get us." I said

We ran down the stairs and Derek opened the door. Boyd and Cora ran past us into the boiler room, and we locked the door on them.

"Did that actually just work?" Aaron asked

"It worked. What are you hearing?" Derek asked Scott

"Heartbeats." Scott said

"Both of 'em?" I asked

"Actually... Three of them." Scott said

Derek unlocked the door.

"What are you doing?" I asked

"Close the door behind me and keep it shut." Derek said

"You go in there alone, and you're either gonna kill them, or they kill you." I said

"That's why I'm going in alone." Derek said

Derek walked into the boiler room and I locked the door behind him, sighing.

A few hours later, Isaac ran down the stairs.

"Aaron, Scott, Lexi. The sun's coming up." Isaac said

"Scott! The sun's coming up!" I exclaimed

I opened the door, and saw Cora and Boyd passed out. I ran to Derek.

"There's a teacher. I'll take care of her. Get them out of here." Derek said

I grabbed Cora, and Aaron and Scott grabbed Boyd. Then, we took them back to the loft.