𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐍, derek hale ✓

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STAKEOUT GONE WRONG

"SO... SHOULD WE PLAY I SPY WHILE WE WAIT?"

Emerson, Isaac, Boyd, and Derek had been holed up in the newly flooded loft for what seemed like a good chunk of time. Really, it had only been just over an hour since they each took their posts, but to the blonde alpha, it sure felt like longer.

Emerson was not a patient person, always in a sort of go-go-go mentality, so playing the waiting game was never the funnest thing to do. Unfortunately, the others seemed to be fine with the task at hand, leaving her bored out of her mind.

Though, Boyd seemed to step up to the task. "Sure," he said, body leaning forward with interest, "but you go first."

"Okay, we'll start easy," she began, looking around the room. "I spy with my little eye, something that is grumpy."

Boyd snapped his fingers before pointing to the bearded man who was wearing an unimpressed frown. "Derek's face!" he answered, not even needing to glance around the loft.

Emerson laughed in confirmation, her head thrown back at the groan that emitted from the man. "Yeah, laugh it up," Derek scowled, sharpness in his eye now directed at the smug girl a few feet in front of him. "I spy someone who's got spinach in their teeth."

Emerson gasped, hand going to her mouth with her eyes narrowed. "What?!" she yowled, haphazardly reaching for her phone to investigate the supposed spinach with the front camera. The other boys began to cackle, watching as she was unable to find said spinach. Her hand dropped once it dawned on her, "oh, you lying piece of sh—"

"Isn't the light on that supposed to be on?" Isaac interjected, pointing to the familiar security alarm box that Derek had set up a while ago.

"Yeah," was Derek's simple answer.

Isaac winced, "well what does it mean if it's not?"

"Someone cut the auxiliary power," he responded, and Emerson was quick in identifying unease in his scent. She was getting better at reading chemosignals lately, though, she was mostly getting better at reading his signals.

"But, what about the main—"

In an instant, the overheard lights above turned off as the generator powered down, submerging them in what would've been total darkness had they not been supernatural creatures. Nonetheless, it didn't stop Emerson's stomach from sinking. 

They all jumped to their feet in an instant, and Emerson watched as Derek began trudging into the water. "Derek, wait—"

"What do we do now?" Isaac questioned tensely from his place next to Emerson.

"We fight."

"Oh fuck me, dude," Emerson whined, her head falling into her hands. "Nothing can ever be easy for us, can it?"

Derek, even in his rigidness, still turned to her with his glowing crimson eyes. "What'd I say about calling me dude?"

"You're gonna lecture me now?" she asked in retaliation, going the two betas in approaching him. She felt her own eyes heat up when she got close enough, everyone setting their sights on the main door where someone began banging. "At least save it for the afterparty."

Isaac snickered. "You guys fight like a married couple sometimes."

Emerson's nose shrivelled, the alphas in the room beginning to talk over one another.