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“Scott!!!?!”
The pack was in shock, all of them leapt to their feet, the guards quickly reached for their guns and Derek waved a hand to have them all sit back down.
“I apologize for the reaction. We were expecting someone else.” No sooner had the words come out of his mouth that Victoria stepped out of the same room and placed a hand on Scott’s shoulder.

“Scott and Victoria, we will be beginning now. We will select the order in which to proceed. You make present your proof then the Hale Pack is able to counter and present their own evidence. Is this understood?” The council member explained
Victoria nodded and Scott did as well. The guards brought out a TV on a cart and placed it next to them.

“The first item on our Docket is the allegation of Interfering with Non-Supernatural Procedures. This is brought forth regarding a civil case pertaining to an Isaac Lahey. We were presented with an official letter removing A School District Representative from involvement in a civil case.”

Derek looked to Lydia and she grabbed the file for the court case with Isaac. She handed it to the guard closest to her and he passed it to the council. Once the packet reached them Lydia stood up and began.

“Isaac Lahey is currently a ward of the state of California due to a civil case against his only living Parent, he retained legal counsel by Richard Whittmore and his Whitfmore Firm. Documents are in front you you now, Derek began filing motions for Isaac to be adopted should the court rule in favor is stripping Mr.Lahey of his paternal rights due to arrest and the child abuse case. These were submitted to the state as required by law. Durning a home visit with CPS, Victoria DuPont used her status as a Vice Principal to attend this meeting. Due to a conflict of interest we asked that she be removed. We did not oppose or deny the home visit. We attached the report from his former case worker, who has noted a positive impact on Isaac’s general health. Plus written endorsement in favor of Derek obtaining custody. Also if you can see the affidavit Victoria signed before going on this home visit; she marked no on the section asking if there was any personal relationship with the child in questions. Please note an official grievance was filed by Isaac’s attorney regarding this matter.” Lydia finished then sat down looking to Jackson for confirmation she delivered well. he held her hand to comfort her.
The council took the documents and compared dates and took various notes. They gave no indication on their opinions and the next council member took point.

“The next claim is for Abusive Behavior to the pack, both Physical and Psychological. Please see the testimony here.” He used the remote and turned on the TV, loaded up on the screen was Scott sitting in Victorias office. You heard her ask Scott in a fake concerned voice.
“Now Scott tell me more. How does Derek treat the others?”
“He rules them, you know he makes them call him alpha. He is constantly giving orders and making them fight each other all the time! Even on fridays! He has them call it training, yeah right more like punishments. ” Scott explained sounding very upset
“The fighting tell me about that. You say he makes them fight each other.”
“Yes all the time. When I was with them there was always people fighting, throwing knives at each other all that, ALL THE TIME!”

The video clip stopped there, the council turned to Scott and asked him first “. Do you admit that this testimony was true, and that you gave it willingly without coersion.”
Scott nodded then Victoria nudged him and he spit out quickly “Yes.”

“Alpha Hale, with allegations due to emotional or physical abuse we ask for the pack to testify at random. We ask that you remain silent and simply observe. Is this clear?”
“Yes councilman.”
“Thank you Alpha Hale. Now let’s pick a name at random. Lahey, Isaac. If you would please advise on the allegations.”
Isaac stood up slowly he looked around nervously and spoke quietly at first.
“You have seen my records, I have the most experience here in dealing with abuse. Derek Hale is not that kind of person or Alpha.” He got his confidence up and proceeded in a clearer voice. “Yes we do train regularly and that includes me. However I have never been asked to do anything I don’t feel comfortable doing. I have never even been put in a situation where I would have to defy an order because it wouldn’t even occur to anyone here to ask someone to do anything they don’t agree with. While the others worked on fighting, tracking and scenting. I learned medicine, I train to heal not to fight. When I do join in on the physical training it’s to practice defense. How I can or text myself and work with others so that they don’t have to focus on keeping me safe. Derek and everyone here is the furthest thing I can think of from emotionally or physically abusive. To be completely honest I haven’t been in many family’s, but this is the family that I choose.” Isaac finished with a bravery he didn’t know he had. Even Derek couldn’t help but puff his chest in pride.
Again the council took notes and waited a few minutes before continuing. The counsel man sitting in the center spoke next.

“We have an allegation claiming Control via Threat of violence in respect to the Hunters and Liaisons.” He again played a clip and it was the same interview.
“Scott some of the things you mentioned are quite serious. Isn’t Derek at all concerned about the hunters I mean this is vey serious.” Victoria hissed into his ear pushing him.

“Please , Derek does not care. He has Allison and Chris brainwashed or something I mean he probably has them right under his thumb. Allison won’t even look at me and I bet you it’s because Derek told her not to. Plus Chris is blinded right now his judgment can’t be good if he’s sleeping with those things. I mean how could they fight back ”
Again the video cut off. Chris and Allison couldn’t help but shoot glares at Scott, who at least looked ashamed. The hunters looked to each other and Allison tipped her head letting her dad go first.

“I have been a hunter for a long time. I’ve sat in those seats longer than some of you. If I felt threatened or feared for danger in anyway I could have and would have made moves. As far as my judgment being skewed I do know why Scott said that, and I know why he was pushed in that direction. I am openly and happily involved in a relationship with a member of the Hale Pack; which I also belong to. There is no creed stating the hunter liaison cannot be a pack mate or in an intimate relationship with the pack they liaison for. I have maintained all my duties. Records are up to date and everything is following the code. Plus I’m sure my Ex-Wife has no ulterior motive what’s so ever to try and remove me as liaison or from the Hunters completely.” Just to rub salt in the wound he sat down and threw his arm around the back of Laura’s chair and stared down Victoria.

Allison stood up and decided words would only do so much. So she kept it short and sweet. “This is how much I fear an act of violence from my Alpha.” She stripped off her bow, pulled the knives out from her outfit and removed her hunter jewelry. She walked over to Derek and grabbed his hand, she smiled, bared her neck. Derek knew what she was trying to do so he moved slowly, he placed his head into her neck and scented her. You heard an audible gasp plus a few of the guards fidgeted with their guns. For any werewolf it meant a lot to do that, for a hunter it was unheard of. Allison smiled knowing she made her paint, Derek Kissed her temple before she walked back to her seat and re equipped everything. The council took a bit longer this time, writing more notes and looking at each other for much longer than before. A few in the room even scratched their necks as they recalled what just happened.

This time the member on the far side of them spoke, “ The next allegation is that of Abuse of a Minor. Again in this case Alpha Hale you will not be the one to testify.” He fiddled with the control then on the T.V appeared a series of photos.
One was of Derek and Stiles holding each other at the school. You could see it was on Cora’s birthday since the car was in the background.
The next was taken from long long range but you could see it was Derek lying on the couch with Stiles draped on-top of him, both of them shirtless.
The next photo was of Stiles pressed up against the Jeep and Derek was giving him kissed on his neck and his hands were under Stiles T-Shirt, It was from an early release day where Derek picked up for a date.
And the final one was two shots side by side that made Derek and Stiles boil in anger. It was a single sequence shot again taken from long range. They were standing in the rain, completely soaked by the rain. One had Stiles tucked into Derek’s chest, Derek had his arms wrapped around him and was holding him up off the ground. The next was their Nicholas Sparks kiss, rain pouring down, standing chest to chest.Stiles was livid, this a blatant invasion of privacy, he was not even a minor and Victoria knew that. They clicked another button and Scott was back on the monitor.
“Scott now you tell me that Derek is in a relationship with Stiles is that correct?” Victoria pressed.

Scott scoffed and looked angry as he ranted in the video “I wouldn’t call it a relationship I mean look at him. We are in high school! He is probably just using him so he can be around all of them and bite them. Seems like all they want to do is just bite and trap people into his little cult.”
“Now Scott, who is they? Who wants to bite everyone?”
“The freaking Hales! They are all monster’s and want to just claw and bite anything that moves, don’t even give them a choice.”

Stiles was livid he stared down at Scott who couldn’t even face the pack. He just looked at his feet the whole time. He stoop up and just grabbed his ID from his wallet he handed it to the guard.
“I don’t even know where to begin with this. Yes we are in a committed relationship, yes these photographs are real, a real invasion of privacy. Chris is our liaison. If Derek was accused of anything it should have gone to Chris to investigate. It would have been found that I am 18 and have been even before the Hales returned to Beacon Hills. Whoever took these photos broke the hunters bylaws and started their own witch-hunt. We have proof here of Victoria purposefully and illegally investigating the pack. Here are official complaints from the school board for harassment, failure to adhere to policy, intentionally lying and falsifying information to legal agency’s. Plus she is our VP with access to our records she knows I’m of legal age and had no reason to submit this allegation. Not to mention the fact that Scott is a minor and if she was going to obtain testimony from him his legal guardian should have been notified and present. This would not be an issue because she does know about Scott’s beta status. Did you tell them that Scott? Did you tell them why you know about how we train or why your mother is involved? I’m sure you just forgot to mention that we stopped you from hurting people on your first full moon. That even though you are not pack and have no connection to Derek he looked out for you and Melissa.” Stiles made sure to keep a cool even tone knowing it would irritate Scott more.

“It is his fault I’m not human!” Scott snapped back his eyes glowing yellow. Two of the guards quickly stepped up and held out their electric batons.
“Beta Scott McCall!” The head of the council boomed “we are all aware of the situation surrounding your turning. We investigated and found no fault to any of the people in this room.”
Scott sat back in his chair and looked to Victoria very upset. Clearly this was not going the way she planned. The hunters council gathered all the other files the pack had brought with them. The head also motioned to one of the guards and Victoria and Scott were taken back to the sound proof room, and a second guard left the via the front door.

“Alpha Derek as you are aware. After every meeting we must review the pack dynamics. We will do this in private, only the council members will be in here. The room is sound proofed so you may speak with candor. However based on your notes we are waiting on one item to proceed. Please allow us a few moments. As we review your documents.”

The stayed in their seats, there was an air of mild nervousness and anger but overall they were happy with the way this was going. They knew this next part would be tough as Derek had to prove that his pack is growing in a sustainable and healthy way. Plus everyone’s secret would be out, except for Stiles who could mask his scent and steer them off course. A few minutes later they heard the car drive back up and in walked Melissa. Since it was Derek who looped her into the supernatural world she would be with the pack for this. Luckily they knew this was a possibility all along so she was not surprised. Melissa looked at the council and they pulled out a chair off to the side her her away from the pack. She looked to the pack and walked back sitting behind Jackson and next to John. The council saw this interaction and took notes.
“Very well Alpha Hale we will begin with you. We were provided the incident report from the night you became an alpha just a few clarifications are needed. The report was very detailed. Can you confirm that attempts for a peaceful resolution were attempted.”
Derek just cleared his throat. “There were plans for a peaceful resolution however no attempt was made. Due to duress from the hostage we had to immediately engage to save Former alpha Laura Hale and Lydia Martin from harm. Injury’s were documented on both to support our actions.”
“And we’re there any attempts to maintain the current Pack hierarchy?”
“No. our priority was stabilizing Laura. She was slashed from her neck to her abdomen. When we bandaged her up and transported to the recovery wing; she was unconscious. Once Peter and The Darach we’re neutralized she had still not regained consciousness. I was unwilling to let an angry freshly turned alpha have the possibility to escape. I ended him and took the Alpha Title. Laura was not able to regain her shift for a significant amount of time after that she would not have been able to handle the alpha spark at that time.” He flashed his eyes red as proof.
“Thank you. Now Betas Laura and Cora you are the only other born wolves from this pack is that correct?”
“Yes.”
“Yes.” They both flashed their eyes.
“Good and I see no records of your involvement in anything prior to the Arson Case is that still correct.” They both nodded.
“Very well. Alpha Hale if you would please begin with your pack.”

Derek stood and walked over to the empty space and called over For Stiles. He walked over as Derek began.
“As Alpha my first choice in growing the pack was Stiles. He had already proved himself and as alpha I simply made it official. Mieczyslaw Stilinski: Mage and Emissary Candidate.” Stiles reached for his bottle of Mountain Ash and Threw down a circle around Derek and him. Wanting to prove a point that he felt safe enough to essentially trap himself in with Derek. Derek tried to walk thru to show it was a complete barrier, then Stiles waved his hand and the ash split letting them step out, then with another movement he funneled it back into the necklace he wore.
The council took a minute before continuing, hesitating slightly on the name.
“Mieczyslaw, do you confirm that you are a member of this pack by own free will? Without fear of retaliation?”
“Absolutely.” Deciding to stay civil did not kiss Derek and only squeezed his hand as he walked back.
“In turn I also offered a place for his father. Again John had proven himself loyal and trustworthy. Due to his knowledge of the supernatural there was no risk in this family’s addition to our pack. And his ability to assist us in preventing a supernatural inquiry regarding the death of a human he has been an asset locally. John Stilinski: Human”
Melissa and Jordan held onto John as he stood on his one foot.
“John, do you confirm that you are a member of this pack by own free will, Without fear of retaliation?”
“I do.” Again they waved him down.
Derek turned to Allison and she came over as he began.
“Allison helped me before; when I was still a beta and my sister was presumed dead. She and her father assured us in containing this situation and prevented a rouge alpha from rampaging across the area with a vendetta against hunters for the crimes committed to their family. I again offered then a place with us, they had more than earned it. Allison Argent: Human and Future Matriarch for the Argent Line.”
Allison didn’t even let them ask. “ I Allison Argent do confirm that I am a member of this pack by own free will, Without fear of retaliation.” She did not even wait to be dismissed she just walked back and sat in her chair.
Derek looked to the council who just nodded. Chris took that as his cue and stood next to Derek, facing his former council members.
“Chris joined us at the same time as Allison. To be honest I considered him an ally long before this. His actions after the Arson case were more than enough for him to always have our support if we were ever needed. Chris Argent :Human and Hunter Liason.”
“Chris Argent, do you confirm that you are a member of this pack by own free will, Without fear of retaliation.” Chris just stared back at the member who asked and crossed his arms as if to say Really Me?
“Yes. I am a willing member of this pack.” Then he sat back down and made a point to hold Laura’s hand to see if there was any reactions.
Derek waiting until he had their attention and called over Lydia.
“The same hostage that was taken by former Beta and Darach. She was taken due to her supernatural abilities that she did not know about. When we took her in we offered information and training with our without the commitment of joining. She was free to learn and leave. She chose to stay. Lydia Martin :Banshee.”
Lydia was ready and she tilted her head up and let out a short scream, her eyes dilated black for a second then she was back. Derek squeezed her shoulder in approval, they had been working on her learning to scream on demand. She smiled up at him knowing she impressed him and the council. They skimmed thru the documents and took notes.
“Miss Martin, do you confirm that you are a member of this pack by own free will. Without fear of retaliation?”
“Yes.” She replied, one of the guards motioned for her to rejoin the pack.
Derek looked to Jordan next and he came over.
“Jordan also joined in in the same fashion. He was told of our status before he assisted us in the capture of Peter;and knew what was happening. Again we asked him to join but advised information and assistance would be provided to him regardless of his choice. Jordan Parrish : Hellhound”
The council looked at each other in shock but then turned to Jordan, he flashed his liquid gold eyes.
“I apologize for the intrusion but to have a Hellhound in a pack is rare. They typically are nomads. Would you mind demonstrating your shift, I believe a few here have never even seen one in person.” The lead asked Jordan.
He took off his shirt and took a breath, his upper Body began to smoke and heat, his skin was turning dark with ask and his eyes glowed brightly. After a minute Jordan took it down and began to cool. Lydia threw him a spare shirt from her purse and he used his old one to wipe down the spot and ash on his skin. Then he dressed and waited for his turn.
“Thank you Jordan. Again we ask “do you confirm that you are a member of this pack by own free will, Without fear of retaliation?”
“Yes Sir.” He replied and made his way back over to John.
Derek turned to Jackson and nodded, Jackson took a breath and made his way over.
“Jackson here is my first bitten Beta. His partner Lydia has her first scream take her in his presence. When she called in the pack to help her, he was asked if he wanted to be in. The plan was for him to join us later after we had time to introduce everyone and acclimate him slowly. At that time I let him know that I had wanted to offer him a place in the pack and the bite if he wanted it. After explaining what would happen, we took time to decide. After he decided he wanted the bite we again waited to allow time to reflect. When we had his bite we discovered the unexpected.” Derek took a second looked to the pack who all knew what was about to happen and slowly readied incase they reacted badly to the Kanima. Jackson slowly took off his shirt, shoes and sweatpants. He was left in only a pair of loose gym shorts. He looked to Derek for one last confirmation and then shifted.
This time all 5 members gasped at the sight of a fully shifted Kanima, he was on all fours with his tail flicking behind Derek, he slowly stood and waited for them to calm down.
“A kanima…” they whispered flipping the the documents about his first shift. “Alpha Hale im sure you know what an honor this is. And how monumental this is. It has been over 115 years since the last confirmed kanima.”
“Yes. I am honored to have Jackson in my pack. Kanima or Wolf would have meant the same to me.”
The youngest of the council spoke up. “Jackson… do you confirm that you are a member of this pack by own free will. Without fear of retaliation?”
Jackson struggled with the teeth but nodded and hissed out Yess.
Derek turned and handed him his clothes and stood in front of him to give him some privacy although the supers were used to it. Jackson redressed and clapped Derek on the shoulder before walking away.
“And out most recent additions is Isaac. Now I do intend on offering him the bite at a later time. However I have advised him it will take time. As you see his case has a lot of potential problems for a newly turned wolf. I decided it would be best to wait and revisit after things have settled. Again this is optional, he has a place in this pack as beta or human. As you can see we have submitted documents to support him. Now we did have an incident where the super natural was exposed on accident. You were given the report I gave to Chris. When we learned of his needing to become a ward of the state, Jackson insisted his father represent him and his mother is a long time foster mother with the state. During a movie night Cora was spooked and due to bring in presence of the pack she growled back as an automatic response. We immediately removed all the Weres from the room gave him space and time and let him decide when he was ready to talk. Isaac Lahey: Human” Derek threw his arm around Isaac who was still nervous but was getting better.
“Mr.Lahey, did you ever fear for your safety with this pack?”
“Well err..” Isaac looked to Derek with nervous energy
“Isaac it’s okay. Please just tell them everything. They need transparency.” He soothed him patting his back.
“The first time I saw a shift I was terrified, I had never seen anything like that before and panicked. Derek did everything he could to help. He got everyone out of the room, and put no pressure on me. After I came out and asked what I saw he asked me how much I want to know. He told be about wolves and the pack. Then after our first interaction with Victoria I was terrified again. Derek had someone tell me everything. About the fire, hunter, threats, Peter. Everything. Then again asked me how much I want to be involved after making sure I knew I wouldn’t lose any friends no matter my choice. Alpha Derek may be the only Alpha I know but I have never felt better than when I’m here.”
“Isaac, do you conf-“
“I do.” He cut them off and sat back down.

The council again took notes and they turned to look at Melissa. She didn’t know what to do but then the council motioned her up. She walked over and nervously stood next to Derek standing shoulder to shoulder.
“Melissa McCall, Mother to now Beta Scott McCall is that correct.”
“Yes.”
“Did Scott or anyone else advise you on his Turing previous to the documented scenario that took place at Beacon Hills High School.”
“No I did not know.”
“Were you advised on what took place and how he was turned?”
“Yes, as soon as I witnessed Scott shift the Hale pack brought me in. explaining everything and even showed me the report they were going to submit to you. I lived with them for the first full moon weekend until my son was causing too many problems to stay. But they still supported me. I was given supplies to knock out Scott in an emergency as well as a panic cell phone and they came and talked to me away from my home whenever I had questions. Derek and everyone in this room has gone above and beyond. My son has always had problems with authority. His father was a Law enforcement officer and when I left him her was so angry. Both at him and against him. He pushes everyone away because he always needed to be the star. I don’t know maybe if he was the one in charge his father would see him. I don’t know.”
“Had Scott been willing to take Derek’s offer of joining him as a pack mate would you have been supportive.”
“Absolutely, but it hurts my heart to say this but my son has done nothing to earn their support.”
Derek reached down and held her hand, letting her know there were no hard feelings.
“Thank you for your testimony please head to the back field, we will deliberate and recall you all shortly.”

They all exited the room and waited.
Lydia and Jackson immediately began talking Thru all the points makeing sure nothing was missed. Chris soothed them at let them know this was the smoothest hearing he had been apart of. They all stood around some holding hands, some pacing.

“What’s going to happen now?” Isaac finally asked.
When the hunters and born wolves looked to Derek, he knew the answer. Derek stepped forward and placed a hand on Isaac’s shoulder.
“No matter what is decided today. You will be safe. This pack is more than just me. You will have a family no matter what.”
While they did not think the council would rule against Derek it was still a possibility.

What seemed like an eternity later but really was only an hour the back door opened. They were ushered back in to the room. Scott and Victoria were sitting on one side and the pack took their seats again.

“The Hunter’s council has come to a unanimous decision regarding the allegations against Current Hale Pack Alpha Derek Hale. This decision is final and is given willingly and without reservation, blackmail or malice intent. The Council has found that all allegations brought forth today, which included Abusive Behavior to the pack, Abusive Training Methods, Control via threat of violence, alienation of members, Abuse of Minors and Interfering with Non-Supernatural Procedures, were in fact false. There has been no wrong-“

“What!” Scott yelled turning to Victoria “you said this would go away. You said that if I said those things Derek would be taken away as alpha! You said with him gone you could make me normal! I even got you the photos you asked for! You said all I had to say was that he was being abusive and that they would take him away. Becuase he is an animal and that’s what hunters do!” Scott was fuming his eyes bright yellow and he was looking at Victoria with rage.

Derek immediately neutralized the beta before the hunters did. He stood up flashed his eyes red and called out “Scott Stand down!” With a wickedly loud growl. In a split second Scott turned his head to expose his neck and let out a whimper. He sat back down slightly unsteady.
Derek continued the growl as he sat back down making sure Scott stayed down.
The head of the council nodded once in thanks to Derek then continued.
“There has been no wrong doing found. Upon review of all testimonies and documentation we find the Hale pack to be in good standing. We have found no wrongdoing by the pack liaison and have reinstated Chris Hale to Liaison. In turn, the actions of the accuser have been proven to have been submitted with malicious intend and did not follow the code of conduct. The Hunters Council has unanimously decided to revoke membership to Victoria DuPont effective immediately. The sheer dedication and malice has made this decision to be a lifelong ban. Communication of your status change will be made public within 7 days. At this time you will be placed on a 1 year probation; any attempts for communication or actions within the Hunters organization will result in lifelong incarceration. Victoria DuPont, do you understand the terms and punishments of this decision.”
Victoria just sat there with a pinched face, before spitting out “yes.”
“Please step forward and surrender your Hunter’s Blade. You will be escorted to your home now. ” Victoria stood, gave Scott a wide berth then approached the table. She reached for her back and ripped forward a black sheath with a knife handle sticking out. She slammed it down on the table. Then pivoted and stormed out of the house giving the pack one last dirty look.

“Scott McCall.” Boomed out the head of the table, “The Council takes into account your newly turned status for your outburst as well as your age regarding these allegations. Due to this being your first interaction and the fact that the Hale Pack chose not bring you to trial for the injury’s you caused, we will be leaving you with a warning. Do not take this lightly, it is documented that you have been informed of your actions and the consequences. The council does not do second chances. You will now be escorted out with Victoria. I highly suggest you think hard about your next actions.” Scott took his leave he did manage to let out a low growl directed to Derek who didn’t even turn to look at him.

The head of the council motioned for the end and the guards and other councilmen left, leaving only him with the pack. The man approached Derek and stuck out his hand, Derek looked at the man slightly in shock and shook it back.
“Officially we gave the sentence and left, but I wanted to apologize. It is clear Victoria used our bylaws against us to try and force our hands. We have never had an issue with you or your family, and seeing by what you have shown today I don’t think we ever will. Rest assured we will let everyone know the Hales are back on their territory and stronger than ever, we of course will not release any information regarding your uh special packmates, and do not expect any trouble to come.” He then turned to Chris and again reached out to shake his hand but Chris pulled him in and clapped his shoulder.
“It’s good to see you Santiago, I knew i would see you sitting front and center one day.”
“It’s good to see you too Chris, although I thought I would be here with you on my right side. But it looks like you are right where you want to be.” He smiled and gave a knowing look towards Laura. “And looks like your Niña is all grown up now.”
Allison laughed and waved from her spot across the room.
“You’ve got a great thing going for you here. I can see you with a happiness I haven’t seen in a long time. I’m sorry I didn’t see the red flags when it was Victoria, I guess I hoped she would be civil and keep personal and work issues separate. Anyways I have to head out, I need to give a final debrief to Victoria then we can put this all behind us. If you need anything, I’ve always got your back.” Santiago locked arms with Chris one last time.
“Eyes up.”
“Eyes Up.” Santiago replied back with a last clap to the back and a tilt of the head to Derek he left.

As soon as they saw that last car leave the drive way, everyone let out a sigh of relief. When they heard that release be in sync everyone laughed. They joined up for a group hug, even thou everyone knew Derek was innocent and this should have always gone their way, a few people started crying in relief. The pack was safe, Derek was safe and the status of the pack had been solidified. It wasn’t until a few minutes later that they realize that not everyone was crying tears of joy. John had an arm around Melissa and she was tucked into his good side crying into his shoulder.

“Oh my god, Mom I’m so sorry. I was so wrapped up in this that I didn’t think about you.” Stiles stammered out, rushing over to kneel in front of her and hold her hands. It was then that they realized this wasn’t a victory for everyone. The mood came down as they all huddled around Melissa.

She wept and saw everyone filling in around her and she calmed down slightly, Stiles and Isaac were at her feet and she reached down to stroke both their heads.

“Hey now, hey hey hey. No no no. Please I’m not crying for the reasons that you think. I’m crying because I think, no I know I’ve lost my son.” She wiped her tears away and kept going, Trying to keep her breaths even. She took John’s hand for strength. “He is always locked in his room, he gets angry with me over the tiniest things, he is constantly blowing up about control. I don’t know who he is anymore. I mean he lied , he bent the truth he knew that his actions would… He agreed to help kill Derek. I don’t know what happened. I can’t do this anymore…” the tears were back and she was shaking as they rolled down her face. “I even used some of that powder in tiny amounts on his pillow and the diffuser to get him calm. I can’t. I mean what kind of mother am I? that I have to sedate my son.

No one knew what to say, there was no plan for this. If they offered only her a spot in the pack, Scott would retaliate and Chris or the council will put him down. They leave Melissa to handle him alone, and either it kills her or he does in a fit of rage. They send him away and they have a rouge beta who knows where and Melissa would be a mess. They were stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Eventually Mellisa stoped crying and they realized it was probably time to go home, sure no one lived here but it was hunter council property and they did not want to put do their welcome.
“We can’t figure this out here and now, why don’t we head home and we can talk this out some more. I don’t want you alone right now Mel.” John offered up. They agreed and the pack funneled out of the house, Stiles and Derek were the last out since Derek was on chair pushing duty.
As soon as they all stepped outside something felt wrong, the air was not right, in a second all the Supers turned in different directions to try and see what they were smelling when everything changed.

From the trees surrounding the house they saw flashes of black, then instantly they looked and saw Derek in the center of the pack with his head and chest lit up with over 20 green laser sights. Before they could react a flash of white moved. And a hail of bullets were released.
It was like nothing Stiles had ever felt before, the love of his life standing two steps in-front of him, lit up like a Christmas Tree. He didn’t hesitate, he didn’t plan he didn’t worry about hiding. Derek was in danger and no one was taking him away.

The sound of automatic machine guns came down, and Stiles threw himself forward. His body glowed white and his wings erupted from his back. They were larger than him now. Each wing larger than a grown man, he threw himself toward Derek and used his wings as a cocoon.
The next second the gunman were on the ground, they had sprung from the trees and landed on the ground, ready to move into the next target after taking down the alpha. The pack had all crouched down when the bullets were shot and they looked up to see Stiles hovering over the ground his body glowing and most shocking with giant angel wings sprouting from his back. They shook off the surprise and stood again looking to the hunters surrounding them. By quick glance it was 20 or 30 people. Around Stiles laid a huge about of bullets all crumbled like they had met the best Kevlar in the world. He unwrapped his wings and revealed Derek completely unharmed and now In his shift form.

From the trees nearest them out came Gerard and Victoria. They were heavily armed as were their friends. Gerard took a step forward and in his usual evil cocky tone he spoke.
“Now now, my friend you have been holding out. You did not mention the Mutts had such a powerful body guard.” He looked off to the side and sure enough Scott came out, he was escorted by 2 other hunters.
“No I didn’t know. You can’t kill him. You said that the weres would be put down. He’s not monster. You said just the Hales and that you could help me.” Scott sputtered out seeing that now the entire pack, including him mom, was lit up not just Derek.
“Shut him up.” Gerard spat out. In a second one of the escorts gave him a solid elbow to the face and Scott went down. “While it seems my information was missing this part, we will proceed. We will end you pack of wolves.” He spat out.
Derek turned to his pack for a second and they knew what was about to happen. “Gerard, you must be getting up there in age, because you made the biggest mistake a hunter can do.” Derek’s eyes turned red and he bared his teeth. “You under estimated your opponent.”

“Please you are hardly the first pack of wolves we have taken out.” Gerard reloaded his assault rifle to prove a point.
“The thing is Gerard. We are not just a pack of wolves. You messed with the wrong family.” He let out his loudest roar yet and in an instant everyone moved in sync.

Stiles reached for his Escrima sticks and with the glowing brightly he dug them into the ground. The earth moved and cause a ripple, the hunters were thrown off balance and a few even were knocked down. Jackson shifted into is kanima form and grabbed Allison jumping them both up to the roof of the house, once she was there he leapt to the trees and began taking out the hunters he could reach. Allison began firing arrows from her new position. Her arrows that weren’t kill shots were more than enough for the pack to finish off. Cora and and Derek were rushing those on the outskirts stopping them from escaping of getting into their snipers nests. Stiles thru a ward up in front of Isaac John and Malissa, Jordan rushed them in the house then stood in front of the door. His body was molten and the bullets that came near him melted before they could touch him. Stiles was using his wings and zooming around shooting whips of magic to pull down hunters that tried to escape. Him and Derek had talked and if a threat discovered his powers it would be a no survivor scenario. The pack also knew that if Stiles ever revealed a secret weapon it meant we kill not subdue.
Lydia, Laura and Chris had been working on a coordinated attack that was working perfectly. Since Laura still wasn’t up to full strength and Lydia could only defend they worked together with Chris. Lydia would slow them down and use her scream to disorient them, that would give Chris time to shoot. Any that made it to close combat range would be taken with a quick pounce and slash from Laura.
Hunters were severely out gunned in this fight. It seemed like Gerard realized this and turned to run. Jackson had just taken down Scott with his paralytic venom when Stiles realized what Gerard was doing, he used his oversized wings and pushed air and magic toward the man. He toppled over and Stiles used one of his magic whips to wrap around his legs and threw him down in front of Derek. Refusing to give Gerard the satisfaction of another empty threat or another attack on his family, Derek slashed down and ripped his head off completely from his body. It seemed like it was over. The hunters were down and Gerard was never coming back. Stiles took a second to bring in his wings and give some magic back to the land.

Then a silent bullet ripped out of no where, Laura was pushed backward and a cry came from Chris. He clutched his chest and blood was flowing from his upper left hand side. He went down clutching the wound, they turned and there was Victoria clutching a gun pointing straight at Laura.
“jumping in front of a dog-“
Victoria has not even gotten a sentence spit when Laura let out a roar that could rival Derek’s. She was livid and her full shift took over, she threw herself at Victoria, jumping and twisting thru the air dodging the rapid fire of bullets, with one last stride and flip Laura was on Victoria. She wrapped her legs around her head forcing the gun to the ground, then dug her claws into her neck on either side and ripped it from her body. The head flew up and landed a short distance away. When Laura jumped off of her Victoria’s body slumped forward, there buried into her lower spine was a single arrow. Allison and Laura had moved at the same time insuring her demise.

Allison leapt from the roof landing with a roll then rushed over to her father. She and Laura right there in an instant , Mellisa came rushing from the house and went to tend to him. Laura was still in full shift and was taking as much pain as she could, the bullet was stuck below the surface. Chris laid on the ground and gritted his teeth, he knew what Melissa had to do. He gave her a firm nod. Isaac had already opened the medic bag and had everything ready for her.
Melissa cut open the entry wound slightly, then using long tweezers and a flashlight she pulled out the bullet. Luckily it had only split in two so she pulled out both pieces to Derek who confirmed it was Wolfsbane infused.
She reached to the bag found the Angel Tears vial and poured it in. It was their best shot, she loaded up the gauze to be soacked as well then bandaged him up. Making sure it was highly compressed.
Allison saw the ammount of blood around him and striped out of her over shirt, she reached for a tourniquet and tied up her arm just above the elbow.
“We are the same blood type, field transfusion.” She tightened the Elastic with her teeth and pushed herself down next to her father. He looked up at her with a smile and used his good right hand to pat her face. Melissa and Isaac set it up quickly, they had released the tourniquet and set a timer for the amount of blood Allison gave.
A few minutes later Chris was able to focus more and his breathing became steadier. He forced Laura to stop pain draining and focus on herself . She was still in a full shift.
Derek did a sharp double take toward the long driveway.
“You friend, Santiago. Do you trust him?” He asked Chris claws already extended.
“Completely.” Chris advised.
“He’s actually my godfather.” Allison added, as silly as it seemed Isaac forced her to drink an Apple juice while she was giving blood.

A car was heard racing down the long dirt driveway, it was one of the fleet cars, it came to a skidding stop right in front of them. The door kicked open and out came Santiago. He stumbled and was holding his stomach. Out from it was the handle of a knife. Instantly Stiles and Derek rushed to him. Supporting him and bringing him over to the make shift medical center. Isaac took out another tarp and laid it next to Chris.
“Victoria got me… saw Gerard…came to warn you… house sound proofed…” he wheezed out, he laid down. Santiago groaned as they eased him down then felt relief, he looked down and Cora had ripped the rest of his shirt off and began to take the pain, the black veins pulling into her. Isaac and Melissa changed gloves and began to clean away the skin. The knife was lodged all the way in . only the hilt and handle stuck out. Melissa turned to him and said,
“It’s far enough to the side that it most likely didn’t puncture anything. We have enough supplies to get you stable to transport to the hospital.”
“No, no hospital.” He spit out
“We have a full med bay at home with an ultrasound, we can treat you there.” John called out from his chair.
“Incoming!” Derek called out and second later the other fleet cars arrived.
The other members of the council and guards leapt out, guns raised.
“All clear, Stand down!” Santiago yelled out wincing at the motion.
“What’s going on?!“ Cried out the other members. “You triggered your rescue!”
“We need to stop the bleeding now.” Melissa yelled out she could see him going faint. “ he can explain later!” She grabbed another towel and secured the knife again. Looking to him she saw the color start to fade from his lips. “Blood type now!” She demanded.
Santiago looked at the small woman in her element, no fear no hesitation and replied back. Unfortunately he knew she would not like his answer.
“B Neg.” He whispered out laying down his head which now had a soft cushion under it, not sure where it came from.
“Any of you B Neg or O Neg?” She asked the others of the council, she new better than to check with the wolves, they couldn’t give the blood. The four other members and the guards looked at each other and shook their heads.
Isaac stepped forward “ I’m o negative.” He was the only one who could give it to him but she was counting on Isaac for help.
Derek must have seen her conundrum and knew he had to take charge, Santiago wasn’t going to last.
“We need to move and move fast. Will you take orders from me?” He called out looking to the four members and the guards. They all holstered their weapons and stood at attention.
“Good. We need to to this in sync. Laura and Jackson get John into the Allison’s Tahoe, lydia take down the back seats and prep it for Allison and Chris to ride in the back. Stiles you prep Chris’s Tahoe to transport Santiago and Isaac, Melissa I want you in that car incase something happens. Cora you are in medic assist and pain drain, do not leave his side unless Melissa needs you. We have a lot of casualties I counted over 25 in the attack. Guards I need you clean this up; I do believe all of these belong to you. I want a fleet car in front and back of us the drive to house. I want Chris and Allison stable in that car, and the fleet cars ready to go before we remove the knife and move. Jackson I want you driving with John, Chris and Ally. I will drive with Mel, Isaac and Santiago. Stiles I want you in the lead car with Lydia the other councilmen, you’ll need to take down the wards and open the garage so we can unload. Jordan, Cora and Laura take the last car with the other councilman and follow us out, you can grab the documents. Understood?”
“Yes Alpha Hale!” Called out the guards impressed with the quick command he was able to bring.
“You ready?” Derek asked Santiago who was still laying down unable to move. He managed to nod.
“Let’s move!”

In a flurry people broke to their battle stations, Jackson rushed John in his wheelchair while Laura flattened the back seats, while she was laying down the seats and tarp he had already buckled John and started the car. He drove it over to the driveway and backed up close to where they were laying. They worked in sync to load Allison and Chris up careful to not pull out any IVs. Laura rushed back inside the house to grab all the documents and headed to her designated spot.
Meanwhile Melissa took out one last towel and rolled it up offering it to Santiago, he took it in his mouth and knew this would hurt even the pain drain. Cora prepared herself for the discomfort, Melissa made the executive decision that Santiago needed blood more than she needed Isaacs hands so she immediately started the blood transfusion, as soon as the blood was flowing Isaac stood up so gravity could help speed things along. She warmed him one last time and counted to three. She pulled the knife out on two.
Her hands moved in a flurry, she didn’t see any blood splitting out like an artery was cut, it looked like a flesh wound straight thru muscle and fat. She stuffed it with the last of the magic gauze and apologized again. Unfortunately time did not allow for her to sew him up. So she improvised and stapled the wound shut then she turned to Cora and realized her predicament.
“Derek!” She called out and in a second he was there. She gestured to his legs and said lift him. Cora and Derek lifted him and she quickly bandaged his stomach round and round as tight as she could. She took a second to watch for blood seeping thru and knew she had compressed it enough. She was about to give the clear when Derek was already back with the other car and the stretcher laid out. He and Cora lifted him into the car keeping Isaac close and above him to keep the blood flowing.
Derek leapt out the back of the car and saw everyone moving perfectly. The guards were locating all the bodies and hauling them to the house. Chris and Allison were secure with John and ready to depart. Lydia and Stiles were heading into the front car meanwhile the others were heading to the back car. He jumped into the driver seat and gave a double beep when he saw everyone was ready.

The council man in the front raced ahead, the other couldn’t lurch forward as much due to the precious cargo so the caught up by the end of the driveway which was over a mile long. They were racing home while trying to stay under the speed limit, this would be hard to explain.

“How you feeling Santiago?” Melissa asked from the front seat.
“Like I just had a knife pulled out of my stomach and got stapled shut.” He quipped back, a quick jolt from Derek avoiding a pothole was enough to cause him to groan out in pain. He had lost his werewolf ibuprofen. Derek reached back and was just able to place his hand into Santiago’s forehead and take some more pain.
“Isaac pupils and heart check?” Melissa asked. Isaac reached with his free hand for his wrist and then did a flashlight check over his eyes.
“Pupils constricting as normal, BPM 148. Stable wounds not seeping thru.” He called out to her.

Stiles was getting close to the house, he timed his wards so that the four cars came onto his block then put it back up so he would be notified when the cleanup crew was done. He directed the councilman to park on the curb and as he threw down the other wards. They rushed inside , unlocked the garage and rushed down to the medical wing. As they were pulling out the supplies they heard the other cars arrive. Stiles was setting up for the minor surgery while Lydia prepped the bed for Chris.
By now Chris was back on his feet and he walked himself over to. Where Lydia was motioning, thankful that she had the foresight to lower the bed so hilt was easy for him to lay down. Jackson had stayed up to help carry down Santiago with Derek. They placed him down onto the operating table and Melissa went to work.
This was her command center, Stiles assisted since Isaac couldn’t, pulling out everything she asked for. She asked Stiles to prep the area and set up the curtain. Even if this wasn’t a hospital she would do the best she can.!She made her way over to the hand washing area and scrubbed in. It seems they though of everything’s there were scrub caps, scrubs, gloves and masks. She prepped herself in PPE and walked back over to give masks out to Isaac and whoever wanted to help. By now everyone besides the clean up crew had arrived.
She looked to see who would be able to help, Laura and Cora had done their fair share and so did Derek and she could see the toll it took on them.
“Allison you’ve I’ve reached your limit, Stiles un hook them and make sure she has another snack then sew up Chris’s wound. Three points should be plenty. Jackson I need you to scrub in with me. You are on pain drain duty as well. Isaac take this mask.” Melissa pulled the curtain around them and got to work.

Almost an hour later Melissa pulled back the curtain and gave the all clear. Santiago laid there with a silver gauze strip on his lower abdomen, almost mirroring him was Chris with a single bandage on his chest. The council surrounded him and checked him over, Melissa collapsed into the bed next to Santiago, sure she was used to the hectic medical scene but it’s still draining. Lydia came down with a tray full of sandwiches and she handed them all out, Santiago got a smoothie since he was still worse for wear.

After they had finished eating both Derek and Santiago’s phone rang and the same time. It was Jordan and the head of the guard. As soon as the phone rang everyone remembered Scott.

Santiago spoke into the phone “I see. Paralyzed you say… must be a new toxin…the house is compromised we can’t hold him there. “
John again offered a solution “the end of this room is a containment area. Set up for chains and Mountain ash.”
“Bring him to our location. Bring him in the garage.” Santiago replied then hung up. Derek told Jordan to come in with them. He turned to Jackson who moved to pull out a car so they could unload Scott without being seen.
“What’s going fo happen now?” Melissa asked quietly.
Lydia strode over to her and hugged her. “Derek I think it’s time.”
He looked a bit sad at the idea but he knew it was the right thing to do.
“Time? Time for what?” She asked tears welling in her eyes.

Stiles approached her and hugged her again. “Mom. You remember what we told you about Peter?” He asked as he held her hands.
“If the Council will let us we want to try and do what he did. With my access to the Ley Lines and Lydia’s powers. We think we can pull his shift from him. But we have no idea what it will do to Scott. You saw how weak Laura was and how long it took her to recover. We don’t know what will happen but it’s worth a shot.”
Melissa turned to Lydia, she knew how much she hated the feeling of the call of death. “You would try? You would do that for him?” She asked staring at the brilliant teen in front of her.
“I would for you.” She answered fiercely then hugged her again.
The council looked around at each other m, unsure of what the protocol was in this scenario. Chris decided to dust off the old Council member in him and argued in their defense.
“Technically Scott did not participate in the attack and Santi you said it was Victoria who stabbed you. If scott was not fully debriefed then his warning was still in affect. Why don’t you let us try, if we can remove his shift he is no longer your concern.”
The council men looked around at each other and then to Santiago. He turned to look at Chris with a wicked grin “Fine but I’m using this as the favor I owe you. We are even now.”
It was then that they heard Jackson letting the guards inside. They came down 2 in front and 2 behind Scott who was bound by the wrists, ankles and knees. Derek ushered them to the end of the room and Stiles waved both his hands down. Three rings of mountain ash appeared around him and he removed the ropes with another wave of the hands. They were made with mountain ash so Stiles was able to easily manipulate the ropes into perfect loops and they landed in a near pile in front of the lead guard. The headed over to check in on Santiago.
They were about to catch up the guards when Derek have Stiles a signal, Stiles threw up a ward around Scott so he could not hear them but they could hear him. They talked together and went over what happened. The fight the aftermath and the decision about Scott. It was another long night.