Finding Peace

Old Wounds

"Um, I have to go, I'll call you later" Hope didn't wait for a response from her uncle as she hung up and tried to open the locked door. 

"Shit," She muttered under her breath before taking a step back a kicking in the door. In the middle of the room stood Ethan with a handsaw inches from his stomach. Hope ran over to him as Allison, Lydia, and Stiles entered the room. Stiles came to try and help Hope get the handsaw away from Ethan. They finally pulled it away just as Lydia pulled the plug. Hope turned to Ethan ready to figure out what the hell he was trying to do but before any of them could speak he started clawing at his abdomen. They fought to stop him and in the process knocked him into the heater on the floor. They saw the confusion fill his eyes before he ran out. They ran after him looking for answers.

"Didn't you hear what I just said? I don't know how I got there or what I was doing." Ethan raced down the metal stairs while buttoning up his shirt.

"Okay, you  could be a little bit more helpful, you know? We did just save your life." Stiles persisted. Ethan turned to them as he reached the door to his room, "And you probably shouldn't have."

"What now?" Lydia turned to the others.

"Hope and I will grab Scott, you guys grab Isaac and Boyd. The best thing we can do is get them out of here." Once they were far enough from Lydia and Stiles Hope grabbed Allison's arm. 

"I need you to do something for me." She quickly went to there room and dug a syringe from her bag and handed it to Allison. "Whatever this is it's affect me too. If I lose control you need to give me this. It's just wolfsbane mixed with some other herbs that will knock me out til tomorrow morning. I need you to promise me that if you are even a little concerned a might hurt someone that you will give it to me."

"I promise." Allison put the caped syringe into her back pocket and the girls went looking for Scott.

"Scott, are you in here?" Allison called into Scott's room. 

Hope..

She tried to tune out the hollow whispers, but it was getting harder and harder.

You're a disappointment! 

"No, no, no" Hope retreated to the corner of the room. 

"Hope, what's wrong?" Allison tried to get her attention but it wasn't working. Hope grabbed her pounding head and her eyes started changing. Allison knelt in front of her, "Hope!". Out of nowhere the bed behind Allison burst into flames. She reached for the syringe in her back pocket and stabbed it into Hope's arm. In an instant Hope was asleep in Allison's arms and the bed was back to normal. 

Allison sat there trying to figure out what the hell she was going to do, it wasn't like she could carry Hope around, but she also couldn't leave her there. 

"Scott!" Stiles burst in the room with Lydia, Boyd, and Isaac trailing behind.

"What happened?" Lydia knelt beside Allison and started checking Hope's vitals.

"She knew it could affect her so she gave me something that would knock her out long enough to get her out. She was losing control of her magic, I didn't have a choice." Boyd lifted Hope from Allison's arms. He knew how much the young girl meant to his alpha and he wouldn't let her get hurt.

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Hope woke up the next morning with a pounding headache which only got worse when Coach and the others got back on the bus.

"I don't want to know! I really don't want to know!" 

Hope sat up with a groan as Boyd who she was napping on went back to where Isaac sat. Ethan slid in beside her.

"I'm still not sure what happened last night, but I'm pretty sure you saved my life, so I'll give you this. Derek isn't the only alpha we want." Ethan left Hope sitting there frozen with the realization.

"Well that was vague!" Stiles exclaimed from the seat behind Hope.

"No, it wasn't." Hope knew this was a possibility, but she couldn't think about it.

"There are no other alphas in Beacon Hills." Scott stated in an almost questioning tone.

"There's one." Hope stared out the window trying to avoid the inevitable explanation.

"Who?" Scott would have known if there was another alpha in Beacon Hills.

"Me."