Foresight

Chapter 36: 3-8

Derek runs through a foggy wood. He trips and falls in front of one of the hunters' ultrasonic emitters, a device which broadcasts a high pitch designed to herd werewolves in a certain direction. More than a dozen hunters are in the woods with flashlights, guns and crossbows.

"Teen Derek is...hot" Lydia mumbled. "I would totally date that" Erica muttered making Derek blush.

Young Derek runs into another young man who recognizes him as "a Hale" just before an arrow pierces through the back of the young man's neck and lodges in his throat. Stunned, Derek just stands there as a hunter takes aim at him with a crossbow. As the shaft flies toward him, his Uncle Peter steps up and grabs it out of the air. Both boys run.

"Peter wasn't bad looking either" Lydia mumbled making Peter puff his chest in pride and then deflate when he heard her say he lost it to age later on in life.

Gerard and Chris Argent, flanked by several other hunters, approach the young man's dead body. Chris says the dead man "killed two of ours" and orders the hunters to find Peter and Derek but to bring them in alive according to the Hunter's Code. Derek and Peter take refuge in the basement of an abandoned house. There is a large tree growing up through the foundation.

"Basement with the roots of a tree? Kinda creepy if you ask me" Stiles mumbled.

In the present at Derek's Loft, Cora explains to Stiles that her uncle and brother were in the basement hiding for two days. She says "hide and heal" is what werewolves are taught to do when the hunters find them.

"Really?" Scott asked. Talia nodded, "we do not kill unless it's necessary. Hunters usually do what they think is their job so we do not attack back" she mumbled. "That's just ridiculous" Boyd said plainly.

Stiles is impatient with Cora's story. He doesn't understand how it will help him find Derek in the here and now. He indicates that Derek has not been seen since Boyd's death. Stiles thinks, since everyone seems to be after Derek, that he should be around to deal with the crisis. Cora says Derek has changed since she knew him. Peter elaborates saying Derek was once like Scott. Derek was apparently once "unbearably romantic" and "profoundly narcissistic".

"That is true now that you mention it. Scott does remind me of Derek from back then" Laura muttered. "Maybe this is why Derek is so interested in Scott. He sees himself in him" Allison said. Derek did not respond even in the slightest to everything that was being said.

Peter says Derek's experience with a girl changed his personality and the color of his eyes from yellow to blue.

"What does make the eye color of a wolf change? Isn't it genetics?" Stiles asked. "No it isn't and I think you will find out about it soon" Laura said.

Scott and Allison visit Gerard to find out what he knows about the Alpha Pack. The old man forces Scott to take away some of his pain before he will talk to them.

"Typical Gerard" Chris rolled his eyes.

In the past, a girl named Paige is practicing the cello in the Beacon Hills High School Music Classroom. The noise from a bouncing basketball in the hallway is competing with her metronome and screwing up the steady rhythm.

Derek's eyes widened when he saw Paige. He stood up and walked out of the room so fast that nobody had the chance to stop him. Laura was about to get up as well when her mother stopped her. She shook her head," leave him alone for now" she said quietly but loud enough for her to hear. Laura nodded and sat down again looking a bit worried.