"How do you kill a werewolf?" I ask. Silas looks at me like I'm crazy. "Wolfsbane or Silver. Why?" I nod. "I'm going to attempt to injure her so that she changes back into her human form. I'll figure it out from there." Lillian arches an eyebrow. "She?"
"It's Natalie. She's the werewolf." I explain. Peter's eyes pop out. "Natalie's the werewolf?" Silas doesn't look surprised. "I suspected as much. I recognized her scent at the rink. But I wasn't sure. Until now." Whatever. "All of you, help the remaining students escape. They'll never outrun her. I'll keep her distracted." Peter stands up. "I'll help you." I shrug. "Fine. Now let's go take down an Alpha."
Everyone rushes off to do what they were told. I grab the silver ladle from said spiked punch and bend it until it resembles something sharp. Peter just transforms. Right. I shift myself until my canines sharpen and my face contorts. Then I run at Natalie, screaming. She turns quickly. Too quickly. She swipes at me and Peter with an enormous paw and we both fly into the wall. Peter and I groan. The ladle is nowhere to be found.
She paws around in the destroyed gyms, presumably looking for more victims. She finds one, a freshman, who begins screaming as she lifts him by his ankle. Fuck. I jump up and onto her back, and begin clawing the skin there. She roars and throws him. He jumps up and scrambles away with the help. "Call Talia! Anyone!" I yell at him over my shoulder as we tussle through the double doors. My dress is now torn in several places, and claw marks are appearing on me.
We tumble outside, where it's pouring down. I have to get her away from the school. I take off running into the woods, not waiting to see if she follows. The rain soaks my clothes and blinds my eyes, making it nearly impossible to run. I duck and hide behind a tree when she barrels up behind me. I slowly creep out from the tree and jump on her. I'm holding a branch which I carefully peeled off a loose tree.
I jab her in the shoulder with it. Her roar is deafening and the response is immediate. She slams me into a tree. Then she grabs me by my neck and pins me to it. Oh, this is so not going down like I hoped. Helplessly, I kick out and choke. My lungs struggle to consume air. Just when my vision is starting to turn black a loud gunshot rattles my ears.
Natalie yelps and drops me. In front of me stands a man I've never seen before. His eyes are crystal blue. "Who the hell are you?" I manage to choke out. "Argent. Chris Argent. I help those who need help. And you definitely look like you need help. I've been tracking her for a while now." He says as he helps me up. "I'm a werewolf hunter." I freeze. He must notice my expression because he laughs.
"I'm not any danger to you. I'm an Ally. I assassinate werewolves who threaten to expose the secret. The Council sent me." Oh. "Now, let's go and capture her, shall we? There's a cell waiting for her in England." I frown. A cell? "But she doesn't know what she's been doing." He sighs. "I know she doesn't. But she has to learn how to control herself." It's at that moment that I notice Natalie barreling toward us on all fours, headed straight for Chris.
"No!" I scream, and jump between them. Unthinkingly, my hand moves upwards as an instinct. My claws cut straight through her fur and into her chest. A sickening feeling sets into me as I realize what I've done. I remove my hand, but she's already falling to the side. As I watch, her form gradually shrinks until she's her human self again.
And she's nude. Chris turns away. I drop down by her side. Her heart is still beating, but it's faltering. "I'm...sorry." She chokes out. Tears begin to leak. Or maybe it's the rain. Her heart stops.A mournful emotion rips through me. My body cracks and groans as I shift. Then I'm on all fours. I howl up at the moon, then I whine and lay at her side.
That's when I hear it. A soft, fluttering sound. A heart.
Natalie is still alive.
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𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓾𝓼𝓮 || Derek Hale
LobisomemCurious. Regina Stilinski has been curious her whole life, and when her parents divorce, forcing her to come live with her cousin, Noah Stilinski, that becomes a dangerous thing. After being bitten accidentally and illegally by a rogue werewolf, her...