Running Scared Part 1

After finishing lunch, Scott and I were going to meet Stiles on the lacrosse field where he texted us to meet. Apparantly he was getting things he would need in order to help 'teach' Scott. Frankly, I wasn't sure if Stiles knew what he was doing but then again when he was determined, he got shiit done. 

"So have you given any more thought into the whole ditch Derek thing because he's creepy idea i through out there?" I asked Scott hopeful but he just sighed before giving me that knowing look. Instead of arguing with him, I decided to just shrug my shoulders before pushing open the building doors and walking towards the lacrosse field. 

"Hey look on the bright side, maybe if this whole Stiles being your Yoda thing works out, you wont need Derek." I pointed out while he gave me a small smile before we walked up to Stiles.

As soon as we were close enough, Stiles tossed down his lacrosse bag on the bench before digging through it and pulling out a heart monitor that the track team uses. "Here put this on." Stiles said, tossing it to Scott. 

Scott looked at him weird before asking the obvious question, "Isn't this one of the heart rate monitors for the track team?" 

"Yeah, I borrowed it." He smiled at us. 

"Stole it." Scott corrected.

Wow, Scott was really testing Stiles patience and this whole forgiving him thing a little bit far. Stiles rolled his eyes at Scott's comment, just like i predicted. 

"Temporarily misappropriated. Anways Coach uses it to monitor his heart rate with his phone while he jogs. You're going to wear it for the rest of the day." Stiles started explaining while he took out Coach's phone and held it in his hands. 

this plan might actually be a good idea.

"Isn't that Coach's phone?" Scott asked.

"That I did steal." Stiles said clearly proud of his plan and his ability to steal Coach's phone like it was a pencil laying in the hallway. 

"Why did you steal his phone.?" Scott asked. Was he still not catching onto the plan here.? 

"Okay, well your heart rate goes up when you go wolf right.? When you play lacrosse, you're with Allison, whenever you get angry. So.maybe learning control is tied with learning to control your heart rate.-" Stiles was explaining while I went to go stand next to him, already knowing what his plan was.

"So..if Scott can learn to control his heart rate then he wont need to worry about wolfing out every chance he gets." I said with a grin before nudging Stiles in the side, giving him a smile. "Nice work Stilinski. Nice plan." 

Stiles blushed before Scott interupted yet another good moment between us. 

"Like the Incredible Hulk?" Scott started grinning. Oh god. 

"Yeah I guess." I shrugged. 

"No, im kind of like the Incredible Hu-" Scott stared saying again, with a obvious grin on his face before Stiles shut him up. 

"Just put the strap on so we can get this over with. This wasn't really what i had in mind for my free period." I smirked before helping Scott put the strap on. 

After we put the strap on Scott, Stiles walked him to the middle of the field while asking me to hold his lacrosse bag. As I stood there watching Stiles tape Scott's hands behind his back, I couldn't help but think this was part enjoyment for Stiles. Because I mean well, he gets to throw stuff at Scott and Scott can't do anything about it. 

Scott looked around while he looked back at us, a weary look on his face. 

"Lacrosse stick please." Stiles asked me while I raised an eyebrow at him. 

"excuse me? Why do you get to throw stuff at Scott?" I asked with an obvious tone that just said I was trying to annoy him. 

"because it was my plan now will you give me the stick?" Stiles asked, not really in the mood for arguing. But everytime he reached for it, I would move. He eventually sighed before pinching the bridge in his nose. "Fine, we can take turns." 

I smirked before hanging him the lacrosse stick. I could hear Stiles mumbling things underneath his breath but I decided in just letting him live another day as appose to dying of embarrassment. 

"Now remember Scott, just focus on your heart rate." I yelled to him, turning on the monitor on Coach's phone before placing it in my back pocket. "Just focus on your heart rate. Heart rate is key to self control." 

Scott just nodded his head before Stiles started tossing lacrosse balls at him. I would flinch whenever one would make contact with him because I could hear the impact sound from here. Stiles seemed to be enoying this a little too much. . . 

"You're enjoying this aren't you?" I asked Stiles while he looked over at me and smiled a tad. 

"Just a bit." He laughed before tossing another lacrosse ball at the defenseless Scott. 

After one made contact with his.. private areas, Scott bent over in pain while I flinched. "Ouch, that's got to hurt." I cringed before warning Stiles that we were doing this to help Scott, not punish him for not being here yesterday. 

"Stay calm!" I yelled to Scott when I heard the beeping coming from coach's phone, letting Stiles and I know that his heart rate was raising, fast. 

"I can stay calm." Scott said to himself. "I can stay calm because there's totally not balls flying towards my face." 

Just as he finished saying that, Stiles got him real good in the private areas again. 

I cringed again, hitting Stiles lightly, telling him to go easy a bit. He argued with me that if he went easy then Scott wouldn't get the help he needed. We were too busy caught up in our own little squabble, I didnt hear the beating getting louder from the phone. 

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"Shit." I said before grabbing the phone and yelling at Scott to calm down. "Come on, heart rate! Heart Rate dammit!" 

Stiles chuckled from the side of me before turning his attention back to Scott who fell to his knees and ripped his hands out of the duct tape he was restrained in. Scott grabbed the ground as he started breathing heavy and starting to growl a little. 

"Come on Scott, heart rate..heart rate.." I mumbled to myself while I poked Stiles and pointed towards the phone. 

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Oh thank god it was lowering. I dont know how we would explain to anyone how Scott turned into a werewolf. Wait a minute. 

why was his heart rate dropping? 

I handed Stiles the phone before going over to Scott and asking him if he was going to be all right. 

"Scott?" I spoke softly while Stiles came and stood besides me. "You okay..? You were starting to change.." 

 Scott took a couple more deep breaths before finally looking up at us. "The anger.." He breathed out before trying to catch another breath. "But it was more than that. It was like the angrier I got, the stronger I felt." 

Stiles and I exchanged a look. "So it is anger? Derek was right?" Stiles said while Scott shook his head. 

"I cant be around Allison anymore.." Scott said frowning. 

"Why? Because she makes you happy?" I asked him, not fully believing he was willing to stay away from Allison after all the hell he went through just to keep her for this long. 

"No." Scott said before looking up at us. "Because she makes me weak." 

*

"I still can't believe you would just give up on her that easily?" I whispered to Scott from my desk next to him with Stiles sitting behind me. "You can get through this..I mean you cant avoid Allison forever?" 

Scott shook his head before looking at me. "It's not that, it's just...she makes me weak..and if I am going to control this..then we cant be around each other.." 

"Sometimes weaknesses have a way of making us stronger in the end." I whispered to him before letting my gaze go behind me and at Stiles who was taking a pen out of his backpack. Scott gave me this soft smile while I just shrugged my shoulders. 

But as soon as Allison sat down and tried talking to Scott, I could see him looking at me from the corner of his eyes. I mouthed 'heart rate' to him before taking me notebook out of my bag and listening as soon as Finstock started talking.

"All right let's settle down." He said before slamming a book down on the desk. "Let's start with a quick summary of last night's reading." 

I kept my head down as I pretended to write something down in my notebook. Please dont call on me, please dont call on me. 

"Put your hand down Greenburg. Everyone knows you did the reading. How about..." Finstock started looking around the room and his eyes finally landed on his next victum...I mean reader. "McCall." 

Scott's head shot up in confussion. Oh this was not going to be good. "What?" Scott asked confused. 

"The reading?" 

"Last night's?" Scott was defenitly nervous, he hadn't gone the reading, you could tell. I think Coach knew that and was just getting a kick out of embarrasing him just like he does with Greenburg. 

"How about the reading of the Gettysburg Address?" Finstock said with a bit of sarcasim in his voice

Yup, this was defenitly not going to be good. 

"What?" Scott asked, as if he actually believed coach was being serious. 

"That's sarcasm. Are you familiar with the term sarcasm?" Coach laughed but then looked at Scott with a sarcastic grin. 

"Uh very." Scott grinned before glancing over to me and Stiles. I let out a small laugh before smirking at my desk. 

"Did you do the reading or not?" Finstock asked, probably getting tired from tormenting Scott. 

"Umm..i think i forgot.." Scott started shifting in his seat. Oh shit, this was going to get bad. 

"Nice work McCall. It's not like your averaging a D in this class or anything." Finstock laughed. 

I could see that Scott was starting to breath harder, dammit his heart rate. I heard a small faint beeping getting faster and faster as I turned around and Stiles showed me Finstock's phone. Dammit, Scott's heart rate was rising faster than America's debt.

"Thank you McCall, Thank you. Thank you McCall. Thank you for extinguishing any last flicker of hope I had for your generation. You just blew it for everyone. Thanks, next practice, you start with suicide runs. Unless that's too much reading for you." Finstock told Scott.

Damn, Finstock was being a real ass right now. 

I was already prepared to tackle Scott to the ground in case he started to shift and drag him out of class. But nothing happened. I was pretty shocked since I would've shifted by now and tore Finstock a new one. 

Stiles tapped my shoulder before showing me the phone, showing that Scott's heart rate was dropping. We both looked at each other confused before I saw something from the corner of my eye. I couldn't help but smile as I nodded towards Scott. Stiles looked at me confused until he saw Allison holding Scott's hand under the desk. 

I smiled at the fact that Scott was wrong about Allison making him weak. She did the exact opposite actually.Allison managed to keep Scott in control. Oh he was going to love this revelation. 

*

Right when we pushed through the doors of the school building, Stiles began talking. 

"It's her!" Stiles said, obviously pleased with the revelation that we made. 

"What?" Scott asked confused.

Wow, he seriously is clueless. 

"It's Allison." I smiled at him. "Remember the night of the first full moon. You told us that you were thinking about her right? About protecting her?" 

Scott shook his head while we continued walking. "Okay?" He asked, still not getting what we were trying to say. 

"And the night of the first lacrosse game? You said you heard her voice in the stands from the field." Stiles pointed out. 

"Yeah, yeah i did." Scott said with a tone that hinted he was understanding what we were trying to say finally. 

"So that's what brought you back. And then after the game, in the locker room, you didn't kill her like you tried to kill us, I might add. So basically, she brings you back." Stiles explained to Scott. 

"No no no." Scott started arguing. "That's not always true because literally every single time im kissing or touching-" Scott started telling us while I put my hand up to stop him. 

I let out a small laugh before shaking my head at him. "That's completely different. When you're doing well that, you're just another hormonal teenager thinking about sex." The look on Stiles face when I said sex made me laugh even more. 

He rolled his eyes at me before we noticed a grinning Scott just standing there. 

"You're thinking about sex right now aren't you?" Stiles questioned him.

Scott snapped out of it before shaking his head. "yeah, sorry." 

"Anyways.." i began talking again, somehow we always managed to sneak off topic. "Back in the classroom, when she was holding your hand, it was different. I dont think she makes you weak, I think she gives you control." I gave Scott a warm smile, knowing this newly founded news would give him great joy since he would be able to see Allison again. 

He really does care for her. 

"Like an anchor?" Scott asked me while I shook my head. 

"exactly." Stiles smirked back at Scott. 

"maybe it's because i love her." Scott started saying before he stopped and his whole face changed once he realized what he said. "Woah, did i just say that?" 

Stiles sighed. "Yes you just said that." 

"I love her." Scott smiled real big. 

I smiled before putting my hand on Scott's shoulder. "Congrats." 

Stiles looked annoyed before sighing. "That's great now moving on..-" Stiles tried saying before getting interupted by Scott.

"No really." Scott looked at us with the most serious face I've ever seen on him. "I think im totally in love with her." 

I couldn't help but break out into a smile and hug him slightly. I guess you can say im a hopeless romantic at heart. 

"That's beautiful. Now before you go off and write a sonnet, can we figure this out please? Because obviously you can't be around Allison all the time." Stiles said while I just nudged him in the side. Why was he being such a grump? Scott admitted he loved Allison. If you ask me, I think it's actually kind of cute. 

"Okay sorry, what do I do?" Scott sighed as he asked Stiles. 

Why was Stiles so mad at Scott for admitting he loves Allison? Was he jealous because Scott had someone he could say he loves..? 

I mean I know I said that it;s too dangerous to be with him or admit my feelings for him because of everything that's going on around us but that didn't mean I couldn't still actually acknowledge my feelings for him.. But Stiles said himself that we weren't going to happen so.. 

There's that I guess 

"I have no idea." Stiles said before pulling a 360 and spinning on his heels to look at something in the distance. "Yet." 

Scott and I looked at him before he got that look on his face that said 'i have just thought of a plan'. 

"Oh no, you're getting an idea aren't you..?" Scott groaned while I laughed slightly. 

"Yeah." Stiles responded.

"Is it going to get me in trouble?" Scott asked.

"Maybe." 

"Is this plan going to cause me physical pain?" Scott asked, clearly not liking whatever he was thinking Stiles was thinking. 

"defenitly." Stiles smirked before looking towards a car parked in the distance. 

Oh this was going to be good. 

*

Stiles plan actually worked but also landed him and Scott in detention with Harris. Luckly I had to run back to my locker so I managed to avoid detention with them. From what Scott and Stiles told me, Stiles plan worked because Scott listened for Allison's voice and it brought him back. Stiles also tells me how rewarding it felt to watch Scott get the crap beat out of him. I guess Scott should've seen that one coming sooner. 

Right now though, Stiles and Scott swung by my house to pick me up because now we were going through with one of Scott's own plans. For some reason I thought that maybe Scott's would be more planned out or at least a bit less reckless but nope, him and Stiles were the same in a sense because here I was. 

At the school. 

at night.

once again. 

Stiles parked the jeep before we started making our way over to Derek's black camero which was parked in front of the school. I zipped my jacket up even more, trying to block out the wind that was freezing my face off. 

"It's freezing." I complained before glaring at Scott who was walking on the right side of me, who looked like he wasn't trying to let the cold get to him. Stiles on the other hand, looked like his hand that was holding the bolt cutters, which we needed for who knows what, was about to fall off. 

"Here.." I smiled at him lightly before grabbing the bolt cutters from his hand and tossed them to Scott, who caught them with little effort. I smiled up at Stiles before grabbing his hand in mine, trying to warm it up. The color in his face turned red while I couldn't help but smirk at the effect I had on him. 

Stiles eventually took his hand back to grab the bolt cutters back from Scott, causing me to turn a bit red as well. I let out a small cough before turning to Scott again and groaned.

"I can't believe we're meeting with Derek." I complained, still not trusting him 100%. Frankly, I felt he was hiding something and he would end up getting us all killed.

"this is a terrible idea." Stiles added. 

"Do either of you have a better idea?" Scott asked us, with a little bit of annoyance in his tone. 

Well, excuse me for wanting my life to not be in constant threat because of Derek, who I still don't trust.

"Personally im a fan of ignoring a problem until it goes away." Stiles said while I laughed a little but Scott just rolled his eyes.

"Just make sure we can get into the school." Scott told Stiles while pointing at the bolt cutters.

We stood quiet as we finally approached Derek's car. Derek climbed out before leaning up against the side, arms crossed. 

"Where's my boss." Scott asked Derek. 

"In the back." 

Was all Derek said before he opened the door and we all looked inside to see Deaton tied up and in the back. Eek, he didn't look very comfertable. 

"Oh, he looks comfertable." Stiles said sarcastically while I rolled my eyes before nudging him in his side once again. This was a serious matter, there was no time for sarcasim. 

Scott didn't say anything before turning to the front of the school and starting to walk towards the front doors. Stiles and I started following him while Derek looked confused. 

"Hey what are you doing?" Derek called out. 

"You said I was linked to the alpha, Im going to see if you're right." Scott answered before running up the steps, leaving Stiles and I behind and using the bolt cutters to break the lock. 

Without saying anything, Derek came and grabbed my arm, pulling me back. Stiles shared the same look as me as I gave Derek a confused glare. oh if looks could kill, the glare I was sending him would've sent him back to whatever hole he crawled out of. 

Scott looked at Derek before saying, "Let her go." 

"I think one of you should stay with me and seeing as how I dislike her the least, I think it's best if she stays with me." Derek told Scott while I tugged my arm free before trying to slap him but he caught my hand. 

Derek and I exchanged a look while I sighed. 

Scott and Stiles gave me a look, almost like they were waiting for me to say 'help' so they could have a reason to kill Derek or something. 

"Just go." I told Scott before Derek released my hand. 

"Savannah..-" Stiles tried saying but I held up my hand to stop him. 

"There's no time to waste. Just go..I'll be fine." I told them while I looked at Stiles. "trust me." 

Stiles didn't say anything further before nodding his head and heading inside. I sighed before glancing at Derek who was standing next to me. 

This.. I had a feeling this was not going to end well. 

*

As soon as Scott and Stiles went inside the school building, I turned to Derek. 

"What happens if the alpha doesn't show?" I asked him. 

Derek for some reason, I think he thought that I was some helpless human that couldn't take care of myself but that wasn't the case. I could handle myself rather well but if getting him to tell me things also meant having to pretend I couldn't protect myself then, I guess my acting skills will come in handy. 

Derek didnt answer my question but he crossed his arms and looked at me. 

"What?" I asked him, feeling uncomfterable with his starring. 

"You thought I wouldn't figure it out but..." Derek spoke before stepping closer to me. "I knew I would figure it out.." 

I looked at him weird before trying to step around him so I could lean against his car. But he stopped me from doing so.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I tried telling him but he wouldn't drop this silly subject.

"Did you actually think I wouldn't figure it out?" Derek asked me, this knowing look on his face instead of the regular brooding one. "But I knew it would come to me..Isn't that right..Savannah?" 

I looked at him weird before shrugging my shoulders. "You can say my name, congradulations." 

"How long did you think you could keep this up..?" Derek asked me, stepping closer so we were not inches away. If he was trying to intimidate me, I wasn't going to show him any weakness. "Do you think you can actually keep this up for much longer?" 

"I seem to be doing pretty well if I managed to fool you this long." I smirked before crossing my arms as well. 

Derek raised an eyebrow at me, still not backing down. "What do you think is going to happen when Scott and your little boyfriend find out your secret?" 

I glared at Derek. Was he threating me? "They're not going to find out, no one's going to find out." I warned him. "Because if anyone finds out, I know that it was you who said something and i'll come after you. I'll find you, i'll kill you, and make you into a fur coat that i can give away to Good Will." I smirked before closing the gap between us. "Are we clear?" 

"You're treading on thin ice. I'd be careful if I was you. Who knows what your friends will think when they find out yo-" 

Derek was saying until he was interupted by a loud wolf like howl on the school's PA system. I smirked while looking at the school. 

"Way to go Scott." I mumbled before looking at Derek who had this pissed off look on his face. 

*

"I'm going to kill you two!" Derek growled while Scott and Stiles came back. "Are you trying to attract the entire state to the school?"

I ran up to them, giving Scott a high five, telling him how awesome that howl was.

"Sorry I didnt know it was going to be that loud.." Scott said while I could tell he was actually proud of that growl. 

"Oh it was loud and it was awesome." Stiles cheered while I let out a laugh. 

"it was pretty awesome. Congrats." I laughed, patting Scott on the back. 

"Dont be such a sour wolf." I smirked at Derek while Stiles laughed besides me. But before Derek could say anything, that's when I noticed something missing. 

Wait what the hell

"Wait, what the hell did you do to him?" Scott asked Derek before looking his his backseat.

 "What are you talking about? I didnt do anything to him." Derek answered looking in the backseat. "I didnt do anything to him, ask your friend." Derek shot me a look before Scott turned to look at me as well.

I shrugged my shoulders before shaking my head. " I was here the whole time. Derek didn't do anything to him.."

It was weird.

I was here with Derek the whole time. Deaton was in the backseat, tied up but now the door was wide open and he was gone. It was too weird. Maybe...

no it couldn't be.

I mean, Deaton couldn't be the alpha, he was too sweet.

"Hey Derek? You okay...?" I asked Derek noticing he stopped talking and moving..?

then all of a sudden, Derek was lifted off the ground with blood spitting out of his mouth,

"Oh my god!" I yelled, backing away as Stiles and Scott followed my movements.

Derek was lifted up higher, revealing the alpha who was standing on two legs. Its eyes were glowing red and it let out a loud growl before lifting Derek up a little more and tossing him towards the wall where he laid on the floor with his eyes open.

"Derek!" I yelled, going to run and check if he was okay but that's when the alpha pushed me back, making me land on the steps of the school. I tried getting up to go see if Derek was still alive, even though it was pretty obvious he wasn't, but that's when Scott and Stiles stopped me.

"No time, come on." Stiles told me while he grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the doors.

Once we were inside, we slammed the doors shut and put all our weight on them in an attempt to keep the alpha out. We were all breathing heavy while I looked out and saw Derek's body not moving. He cant be dead, I mean..he cant be. 

I closed my eyes while attempting to calm myself down but there was no questioning what was happening. 

Derek was dead. Deaton is missing. The Alpha killed Derek and is outside waiting to get inside to kill us. We were trapped inside school. 

This couldn't be happening.. 

to be continued...