Suffer Well (Sterek)

I owe you

Derek woke to the sound of his phone ringing. He reached for the loud device and glared at the name written across the top.

Stiles.

Why was Stiles calling him? Stiles never called him. Derek pressed the ignore button before rolling back over.

Once again his phone rang loudly in his ears. Snarling Derek grabbed the phone to answer it. He was going to murder Stiles for calling him this early. It wasn't even eight-thirty.

"What?" Derek snapped into the receiver.

"I've been tailing Kate since seven this morning, Allison called to let me know her hunting party left, she's in the reserve near your old house, I think she's looking for you," Stiles whispered quickly into the phone.

"Why are you whispering?" Derek asked sitting up, the mention of Kate had him wide awake.

"She may have seen me, and well, I'm currently trying to evade one of her stooges," Stiles explained..

"Why the hell did you call me?" Derek snapped, "If they find you, she'll likely kill you," Derek felt his wolf pulling to the surface, that wasn't something that happened, ever. Perhaps it was because he was an alpha now, but Stiles wasn't his pack. 

"You weren't answering my texts, I figured your family is more important than me," Stiles snapped back, still whispering.

"Where are you?" Derek demanded pulling on a pair of jeans, not caring if they were clean or not.

"I'm in the woods behind your old house."

"You followed her on foot?" Derek was going to murder Stiles. That is, if Kate didn't get to him first.

"My Jeep doesn't exactly fit through the trees Derek," Stiles snapped again.

"Listen to me," Derek growled, "Start making your way here, do you understand?" 

"Hell no, if she's looking for you, I'll be leading them right to you, not a chance, I'm going towards the police station," Stiles responded.

"We'll be prepared for them, lead them here," Derek insisted. He could wake Laura and get them ready.

"I will not be responsible for leading Kate to your family.  It's a shit plan. You should see the weapon's they have, I'm not risking it," Stiles sounded more serious than Derek had ever heard him. It warmed his heart to hear Stiles care so much for his family. 

"Stiles, if they find you-"

"I won't tell them anything, I swear," With that Stiles hung up.

"Stiles no- Shit," Derek swore as the line went dead. He was going to tell Stiles to do whatever they wanted, even if that meant telling Kate where he was. 

"Damn it," Derek fumbled through his contacts to find Scott's name. Stiles had insisted he have Scott's number. He'd fought the idea, but right now, he was beyond thankful to have someone to call.

"Hello?" A voice answered much too awake for this hour.

"Scott, it's Derek," Derek spoke quietly, trying not to wake his siblings.

"What's wrong? Is Stiles okay? I told him not to go without me or Isaac, but he didn't listen, he was already gone before I could make it to his house. I was gonna follow him, but I didn't want to cross paths with them, Allison said they're heavily armed," Scott rambled quickly.

"He was seen and now he's running from one of her men. I tried to get him to come here, but he won't listen," Derek heard the worry in his own voice and it sounded strange. He hated how concerned he felt and not for his own life, but for Stiles'.