Stand Your Ground

Chapter 08: Mythology Can Be Broken

Chapter 08: Mythology Can Be Broken

Elizabeth did as she said she would and temporarily disappeared for a while, she needed to work things out and to check on what was left of her pack. Scott called her at least once a month to check on her sometimes it was twice a week he couldn't help it. There was one incident that he needed her advice on, and that was Liam had during one of the full-moons been spotted running around naked or as it was reported 'monstrous dog-boy running around the streets of Beacon Hills naked.'

"Hey Ace, need to ask you a question, if you can call me back when you get a chance that would be great," Scott left a message on Elizabeth's phone as he and Stiles sat in Stiles' room talking.

"Do you really think she's going to know the answer?" Stiles questioned, looking around as his eyes landed on his near blank 'crime board'.

"Maybe, I don't know. She's been at this a long time," Scott answered with a shrug as his eyes followed where Stiles' had landed. "Are you worried that there's been no supernatural activity?"

"Worried? No...just it's been five months, and next month it'll be six months," Stiles stated with a shrug he didn't know how else to answer the question. Both boys jumped when Scott's phone rang.

"Hello?" Scott answered, not looking at caller-ID which would have been the smart thing to do.

'Hey kiddo, what was your question?' Elizabeth laughed, as she sat in an apartment in London with Ethan and Jackson.

"Oh yeah...Have you ever had to deal with a naked beta?" Scott asked screwing his face up as he asked the question as the thought of Liam naked kind of grossed him out.

'Once...I believe his reason was it was hot or something, anyway from that night on whenever there was a full moon he had to stay with one of the other beta's,' Elizabeth paused, as she realised that Ethan was listening to the conversation and he knew who she was talking about. 'They were killed a couple of years back,'

"Oh...so what do I do?" Scott questioned, as Stiles had a look on his face that said 'did she just say killed?'

'Be patient with him, he'll get the hang of it,' Elizabeth laughed, she knew exactly who he was talking about. 'Just don't chain him up,' Elizabeth laughed and looked to Ethan, she'd ran into him in London.

"Chain him up...Got it," Stiles said, that was what he was taking away from the entire conversation. "Does the triskele actually work ever?"

'Stiles, I said don't chain him up! Sometimes it does,' Elizabeth exclaimed knowing that it was falling upon deaf ears. 'Bye Scott, Bye Stiles,'

"Bye, and thank you," Scott said hanging up and looking at his best-friend as Stiles got an evil look to his eyes. "We can't chain Liam to a tree,"

Elizabeth looked to Ethan and saw the confusion on his face as they finished having the coffee and waited for Jackson. Ethan raised an eyebrow at Elizabeth, wondering if she was still serious about what she had said to him about being welcome in her pack.

The following month Scott and Stiles had chained Liam to a tree, even after debating whether it was the correct thing to do or not. Stiles noted that it had been six month since anyone or anything had tried to kill them. In a way he felt uneasy that nothing had happened. Scott was happy that nothing had happened, it had meant that he could focus on helping Liam with the full-moons.

With the start of the new school year, they found themselves faced with a boy that they hadn't seen since they were ten years old and he was nine. Scott hadn't really thought of him since then as he had been too busy – it had been the year his Aunt had first left Beacon Hills. Stiles had recognised Theo Raeken first, and his initial reaction had been what was he doing back? It turned out that Stiles was right to question what their old friend was doing there. Scott remembered that his Aunt had signed the shelf at the library but he'd never found it – until Stiles had pointed it out near Derek's initials.