The Lost Sister (D.H)

Catching the Betas

In the woods. 

Chris looked at the footprint in the mud " Where's the last place you saw them? You're tracking them by print?"

Scott"Trying to."

Chris "Well, then, you've been wasting your time. There's only one creature on earth that can visually track footprints, and that's man. And if you're not trained like me, you have no idea that this print is Boyd's and these..."

Isaac "are Cora's."

Chris " Nope. They're yours. You trampled Cora's as soon as you walked over here. Listen, I know the four of you are focusing half your energy on resisting your own urges under the full moon, but that puts you at a severe disadvantage to Boyd and Cora, who have fully given in. They put the pedal to the floor where you three are barely hitting the speed limit."

Derek " So what do we do?"

Chris " Focus on your sense of smell. Actual wolves are known to track their prey by up to a hundred Miles a day by scent. A trained hunter can use scent to track them. If the wind is with them, wolves can track a scent by a distance of two Miles, which means we can draw them to us... Or into a trap. Full moon does give us one advantage. They'll have a higher heat signature, which makes them easier to spot with infrared."

Chris two some infrared cameros to Scott and Isaac.

Derek "Thanks, but I've got my own."

He flashed his alpha eyes.

Chris looked at me and i flashed mine too.

Chris " Just remember, we're not hunting wild animals. Underneath those impulses are two intelligent human beings. Don't think they can't rely on that human side. It's suppressed, but it's there, reminding them how to mask their scent, how to cover their tracks, how to survive. When's the last time you saw your sister?"

Derek " Nine years. I thought she died in the fire."

Chris " Do you feel like you have a lock on her scent? Scott, how confident are you in your skills? "

Scott "Honestly, most of the time, I'm trying not to think about all the things I can smell."

Chris nodded "All right. The problem is when they breach the woods and hit the residential area. Once they're past the high school, they're right in the middle of beacon hills."

 Isaac "They're not gonna kill everything they see, are they?"

Chris"No. But there is an important difference to recognize. Wolves hunt for food. At a certain point, they get full. But Boyd and Cora are hunting for the pleasure of the kill, for some primal apex predatory satisfaction that comes from the ripping of warm bodies to bloody shreds. And who knows when that need gets satiated?"

Scott shook his head "We can't kill them."

Derek " What if we can't catch 'em?"

Chris " Then maybe we just need to contain them. There's no one in the school at night, is there?"

Derek "You want to trap them inside?"

Chris " If there's somewhere with a strong enough door, no windows or access to the outside."

Isaac "What about the boiler room? It's just one big steel door."

Chris "You're sure the school's empty?"

Scott "It has to be. There can't be anyone there this late, right?"

Chris" These are ultrasonic emitters. It's one of the tools we use to corral werewolves, pushing them into a direction we want them to run. Gives off a high-pitched frequency that only they can hear."

He turned them on.

We all held our ears shut. I grimaced in pain. 

Isaac groaned out "God, no kidding!"

He handed us some.

Derek " These are gonna drive them to the school?"

Chris "And then it's up to you to get them into the basement."

Isaac "Does anyone else want to rethink the plan where we just, uh, kill 'em?"

Scott nodded " It's going to work."

Derek " It'll work."

Me "Let's go"

We started to run. I put my emitter on the ground.

--

I put my last on ein the ground and walked into the school.

Derek was standing there in the hallway.

Suddenly we heard a howl.

I looked around and Boyd and Cora standing there in the door.

They jumped onto the roof.

Me "the hell?"

Derek and i walked out and Scott and Chris came out ay.

Chris " The red doors, someone has to get them open."

Scott "Someone has to drive them inside"

Chris" I'll go."

Isaac " No. I'm faster."

Then he ran away.

The rest of us walked back inside and waited. Suddenly i saw Isaac getting thrown inside and Cora and Boyd walked inside.

I shifted.

Derek " Come and get us."

The threw of us walked down into the basement and through the door. The other two followed us. It wad dark. good that we were wolves. I bit in my hand and smeared my blood onto the wall that was far in the back.

I could hear Boyd and Cora coming closer. When they were cose enough, Derek, Scott and i ran out.

They locked the door. Cora and Boyd started to fight against the door but it was useless.

They stopped fighting.

Scott "Did that actually just work?"

Derek " It worked."

I breathed out relieved "at least something worked today. "

I saw Scott tense.

Me "Scott?"

Derek "What are you hearing?"

Scott" Heartbeats."

Derek " Both of 'em?"

Scott" Actually... Three of them."

Derek and i looked at the door.

Derek went to open it but i stepped into his way

He raised an eyebrow " what do you think are you doing?"

Me "could ask you the same thing, D."

Derek "there's someone in there"

Me "and as good as dead, Derek"

Derek " Close the door behind me and keep it shut. "

Scott " You go in there alone, and you're either gonna kill them, or they kill you."

Derek " That's why I'm going in alone."

I looked at Scott and then at Derek. I opened the door and Derek walked inside. Then i closed the door behind him.

--

I saw Isaac running down the stairs and to us

Isaac " Scott The sun's coming up. Scott! The sun's coming up!"

We ran inside. Derek was kneeling on the ground, clawed everywhere. Boyd and Cora were knocked out on the ground around him.

Derek " There's a teacher. I'll take care of her. Get them out of here."

I looked at him.