Be My Cover Story

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Jackson begrudgingly approached the Hale House with the twins and Boyd following behind him. He reached for the door and stopped. 

"Do we really have to do this?" He grumbled, crossing his arms. 

"Derek is our alpha." Ethan reached up and rubbed the side of his arm, trying to gently coax him to go in.

"We don't even know if he's here. We are literally only here because Stilinski had a hunch." Ethan's response was cut off by a roar. 

"Sounds like the hunch was right." Boyd quipped, earning a glare from Jackson. 

"We have to go in there, don't we?" Jackson slammed open the door while the other three partially shifted preparing for a fight. 

They were barely through the door when huge men emerged, outfitted with bear pelts and skull masks. The first one grabbed Jackson by his collar and threw him into the other three like some sort of supernatural bowling. Boyd jumped out of the way while Aiden and Ethan rolled, quickly managing to get back on their feet. Jackson laid on the ground before transforming into his kanima shift. 

"I guess we're doing this." 

Erica parked the jeep and Isaac immediately leapt out. Stiles climbed out after him, stumbling a bit as he got to his feet. 

"You're such a baby." Erica rolled her eyes at Isaac who was taking dramatic deep breaths with his hand over his chest. 

"It's not every day you fear for your life."

"Speak for yourself." Stiles groaned, clutching his side. Erica whipped around to face him, catching the scent of blood. Her eyes narrowed at his side where blood was starting to seep through his shirt. 

"Stiles-" He held up his hand to cut her off. 

"I'll be fine. Can you smell Derek?" 

"I can hear something. There's fighting going on." Isaac commented. 

"Boyd and the others must have beaten us here." Erica realized, tensing up at the thought of Boyd in danger. "We have to go help them." Isaac and Erica both glanced at Stiles. 

"You have to stay here." Isaac insisted. 

"But-" 

"We need to be able to fight our best and we can't do that if we are trying to protect you." Isaac reasoned. "If you want, I can stay out here with you." 

"We really need to get in there." Erica sighed, offering Stiles a sympathetic smile. 

"I will stay in the jeep." Stiles groaned, opening the door and climbing back in. Isaac and Erica started running off in the direction of the Hale house. They nearly crashed into Scott who fell into step beside them as they approached. Aidan flew out of the house rolling on the ground a few feet away as the three approaching wolves slowed down. Scott's eyes went wide causing Erica and Isaac to worry. 

"What's wrong?" 

"It smells like death." They exchanged worried glances before they took off again, launching themselves into the fight. 

Kira, Malia and Jordan watched and listened as Lydia translated Meredith's incoherent mumbling. As the answers were revealed, they were all shocked. 

"Peter is responsible for the list." She breathed out, turning to her packmates. Peter yanked his claws out, breaking the trance causing both him and Meredith to fall back. Meredith fell unconscious while Peter's legs gave out from under him. He collapsed to the floor, leaning against the wall. "It was your idea and you don't even remember."