"Auuuuuuuuu!"
It sounded more like a dying cat.
Leaning his back against the wall and watching the situation, Sean suddenly burst into laughter. Scott's face fell as he protested."Was it bad? Wasn't it a good howl?"
Stiles tilted his head slightly."Technically, yes… but it wasn't a wolf howl."
Sean didn't miss the chance."So it was more like a cat than a wolf. Ahahahah!"
Scott spread his hands in frustration."Then what else am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to howl?!"
Stiles quickly stepped next to Scott and patted his shoulders."Look, Scott. You're not a cat. You're a werewolf. So think like a wolf."
Scott took a deep breath. He tried to let everything inside him out. He closed his eyes… then suddenly opened them.
With eyes glowing golden yellow, he howled.
This time, the entire school shook. The ground trembled, the walls echoed. Sean and Stiles stared at Scott in shock.
When Scott's eyes returned to normal, he asked excitedly,"That one worked, right?!"
Sean and Stiles shouted at the same time."YES!"
When the three of them rushed to Derek, he turned to them angrily."Are you trying to draw the entire state here?!"
Scott lowered his head apologetically."Sorry… I didn't know it would be that loud."
Stiles shrugged."Yeah… it was pretty loud. And cool."
Derek shot Stiles a sharp look."Shut up."
Meanwhile, Sean glanced around."Huh? Where's Deaton? Did you kill him or something, Derek?"
Derek turned his head and looked at the open door."Huh? I didn't do anything?"
At that moment…
A wolf appeared behind Derek.
It was a massive werewolf with pitch-black fur. Its eyes glowed bright red. It plunged its claw into Derek's stomach and lifted him into the air.
Sean, Stiles, and Scott froze in place.
Sean suddenly shouted,"Don't just stand there like idiots, run! Run to the school!"
He took off running.
Scott and Stiles instantly followed him. The three of them burst through the school doors together. Stiles came in last and slammed the door shut.
Scott and Stiles held the door while Sean looked outside through the glass.
"Stiles, lock the door!" Scott yelled.
"Do you think I have a key?!" Stiles shot back.
"Then find something!"
Stiles spotted a bolt cutter on the ground. Slowly, he opened the door and stepped outside. Just as he grabbed it, Scott and Sean saw the werewolf moving toward the car.
Sean threw the door open and ran toward Stiles."Stiles, run! Now!" Scott shouted.
Before Stiles could react, Sean grabbed him by the collar and threw him inside. He then snatched the bolt cutter from the ground and sprinted back in.
As soon as he got inside, he slammed the door shut and jammed it from behind with the bolt cutter.
Sean turned on Stiles angrily."What the hell are you doing, Stiles?! Don't you realize how dangerous that was?!"
Stiles was silent, as if he were in shock.
Just as Sean was about to speak again, a wolf's howl echoed outside.
Stiles swallowed."The doors won't hold. We need to get into a classroom."
The three of them ran together. As they moved down the hallway, Stiles spoke, out of breath."Your boss… he's an alpha! He killed Derek!"
"That's impossible!" Scott said. "He can't be an alpha."
Sean replied sharply."I think Deaton is the alpha. Not long after he disappeared, the alpha showed up. If that timing isn't a coincidence… then it's definitely him."
Scott moved toward the window."We have to get out of here."
He pointed at Stiles's jeep."Stiles… your jeep's hood is crushed."
"What?! How?" Stiles rushed to the window.
Sean looked as well."It looks like he disabled the car to block our escape."
Before he could finish speaking...
A car battery crashed through the window and landed inside the classroom.
Stiles stared at it."That's… my car battery."
Sean shouted,"Run! Get out of this room!"
All three moved at the same time. As they ran down the hallway, Stiles spoke."We need somewhere without windows."
"Impossible," Scott said. "Everything has glass."
Sean answered without hesitation."The locker room. There's less glass there. Let's go."
When they reached the locker room, they quickly scanned the area.
Stiles exhaled in relief."There really is less glass here."
Then he added,"But we still need to escape. Derek's car didn't have any issues. Let's use his."
"Yes," Scott said. "But we have to get Derek too."
"I'll carry him," Sean said.
Just as they moved toward the door, Scott whispered,"Wait."
"What?" Stiles asked.
"Someone's coming."
All three quickly hid inside lockers. The door opened. Someone entered and stopped in front of Scott's locker.
The moment the locker was opened, shouting erupted. The school security guard pulled Sean, Stiles, and Scott out.
As the man was about to leave... something grabbed him. Pulled him back inside. Blood splattered across the glass on the door.
"No!!!" Sean screamed.
His eyes flashed golden yellow.
Stiles immediately grabbed Sean by the shoulder and pulled him back."Calm down, Sean. There's nothing we can do."
Sean stared at the blood-smeared glass. His hands were shaking."Shit… shit!!"
The three of them kept running down the hallway.
They didn't know how long they had been running. When they finally slowed down, Sean turned to Stiles.
"O… that man is dead. Fuck! An innocent person died because of us."
Scott couldn't look Sean in the face. Because the entire plan had been his.
Stiles touched Sean's shoulder, trying to calm him "Calm down, Sean."
At that moment, Scott looked toward the window.
"Guys… we might need to run."
Stiles and Sean lifted their heads, and when they looked through the glass, they saw a pair of red eyes staring at them from the school roof.
The moment the wolf moved, the three of them ran at the same time. Glass shattered behind them.
Sean shouted while running:"Downstairs!!"
They rushed toward the stairs. When Sean saw that the lower door was locked, he screamed in frustration,"Open the fucking door!!"
His voice came out far louder than he intended. As his eyes turned golden yellow, a dark shadow-like stripe appeared around both of them. Pitch black. It flowed down from his golden eyes like a marking, as if revealing his position.
The door was suddenly blasted backward as if hit by a cannonball, ripped from its place and slammed into the wall.
Sean froze for a split second in shock, but Scott grabbed him from behind and dragged him down the stairs.
As soon as they entered through the door, they turned right. They rushed into one of the rooms and hid behind a locker. The wolf entered the room after them, growling as it scanned the area.
Sean glanced at the werewolf without drawing attention. He could tell it was searching for them.
Then Stiles began muttering, his voice shaking,"I don't want to die at school. I don't want to die."
Sean spoke quietly as they moved slowly."You're not going to die. We're not going to die. Come on… let's move slowly."
As the three of them walked down the narrow corridor, they suddenly heard a growl behind them. Stiles reacted instantly, throwing his car keys into the room and pulling the other two behind the door. The moment the wolf entered, he slammed it shut.
"I trapped it!!"
Sean shouted in shock."Holy shit!!"
The wolf slammed into the door once, furiously.
Stiles yelled,"Push the locker against the door!"
Scott immediately tipped over the locker next to him and shoved it in front of the door.
Stiles finally breathed out."Finally… I never would've thought I'd do something like this in a million years."
Sean let out a short chuckle but said nothing.
Stiles moved closer to the metal bars of the door."I'm going to take a look…"
As he approached, a hand appeared between the bars. No, more accurately, a claw.
Sean yanked Stiles back at the last second. Stiles shouted,"I'm not afraid of you!"
At that exact moment, the sound of something breaking came from the ceiling.
Sean looked at Stiles and said,"Your damn big mouth…"Then he ran.
Scott and Stiles ran after him.
As the three of them moved through the dark corridors, Scott and Sean spoke at the same time."Is that a phone ringing? Did you hear that?"
"What sound?" Stiles asked.
Scott answered immediately."I know that ringtone. That's Allison's phone."
"What the hell is she doing here?!" Sean complained."Why would anyone come to school in the middle of the night?!"
Stiles and Scott looked at Sean at the same time. Their eyes seemed to say, us.
Sean immediately turned to Stiles."Stiles, call Allison. Find out where she is."
Stiles pulled out his phone and called her. Just as he was about to speak, Scott took the phone.
"It's me, Allison. Where are you?"
"I'm at school. I'm calling you."
"Where in the school are you?"
"First floor. The swimming pool."
"Come to the entrance. Now!"
"Okay, okay, I'm coming."
After Scott hung up, they hurried toward the entrance. When they arrived, Scott opened the door quickly and saw Allison.
"Why did you come? What are you doing here?"
Allison looked slightly confused."You called me here?"
"I did?" Scott said, stunned.
Sean and Stiles shook their heads at the same time.
Allison showed the message on her phone."I didn't send this," Scott said.
"What do you mean you didn't send it?"
"I mean I didn't."
Stiles, tired of the confusion, spoke up. His voice was trembling."How did you get here?"
Allison answered quickly, nervous."By car."
Sean felt something twist in his gut."Were you alone?"
"No. I came with Jackson and Lydia."
Sean and Stiles said at the same time,"Fuck…"
At that moment, Allison's phone rang. Lydia was calling. As she answered, the door opened. Lydia and Jackson walked in.
Lydia said,"I finally found you. Can we go now?"
Before she could finish the sentence, a sound came from above. Then another.
Sean shouted,"Run!"
They moved fast. When they reached the stairs and started going up, the werewolf dropped down from the ceiling. With a massive howl, it chased them.
Sean noticed Lydia and Jackson falling behind. Just as the Alpha's claw was about to strike Lydia, Sean rushed to them. His eyes were glowing golden yellow. He pulled Lydia against his chest. The claw struck his back, making him flinch in pain.
But it didn't stop him.
He lifted Lydia into his arms and ran through the door.
The moment Sean and Lydia got inside, Scott slammed the door shut."Help me!" he shouted.
Jackson and Scott shoved chairs and tables against the door.
Finally, Stiles snapped."Guys… HELLO?!"
He looked at them and continued,"You're all amazing, but what the hell are we supposed to do with all these windows?"The side of the room facing outside was completely glass.
Allison was in shock."Can someone please explain what's going on? Please. Because I'm about to lose my mind."
She looked at Scott, but he couldn't answer.
Stiles spoke instead."Someone killed the janitor."
Everyone shouted at once."What?!"
Allison's face filled with fear and anger."You're kidding, right? This is a joke."
Lydia had crouched next to Sean."It was a mountain lion, right?"
Jackson snapped back."It wasn't a mountain lion!"
Allison shouted angrily, "SCOTT!!"
Scott swallowed.
"I don't know. All I know is this—if we don't get out of here, it's going to kill us."
Lydia added quietly,"No doubt about that. After all, one of us is already injured."
Sean's face had gone completely pale. Blood was flowing down his back, painting the wall red.
Stiles, Scott, Jackson, and Allison all looked at him at the same time. Scott and Stiles rushed to his side. Scott touched Sean's back. His hand came away soaked in blood.
"No… no, this can't be happening!"
Stiles dropped to his knees next to Sean and leaned close to his ear."Why aren't you healing?"
Sean slowly shook his head."I don't know…" was all he could say.
And slowly… his eyes began to close.
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Author: Thank you for reading.