Risen

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"These are ultrasonic emitters" Chris informed as he jammed an object into the dirt "it's one of the tools we use to corral werewolves, pushing them into a direction we want them to run" pushing a button on top, causing it to briefly light up "gives off a high-pitched frequency that only they can hear"

"God, no kidding!" Isaac replied

Chris looked up, seeing that the three werewolves we're covering their ears with their eyes clamped shut, but when he looked at the other two, he saw that they were covering their ears as well, but something was different. Their body language showed anger, Nova's eyes snapping open, the color of them turning deep red as a low growl emitted from her lips,

"Turn that off!" Irina ordered

The hunter did as said, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, watching as the red color receded, their hands lowering from their ears, Nova's breathing slightly heavy,

"A few things you need to know" the older woman informed "our senses are more sensitive than werewolves" gesturing to herself and her granddaughter "any loud noise, like that thing" pointing to the emitter "or even a banshee scream, it just pisses us off" dropping her hand to her side "you don't want to be around us when that happens"

"These are gonna drive them to the school?" Derek asked as Chris handed the others the emitters

"And then it's up to you to get them into the basement" he replied

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

"It's going to work" Scott replied, determination in his voice "it'll work"

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The werewolves ran through the woods, placing the ultrasonic emitters in their positions, and as much as the sound pissed off two of the group, they did the same, and they were ready for what was to come.

"And the hunted becomes the hunter" Peter spoke up as Derek placed his last emitter in the dirt "you really think a few high-tech dog whistles are gonna help?"

"We don't see you offering a hand" Nova replied

"Personally, I'm trying to cut down on futile endeavors" light sarcasm in his voice

"Cora's alive" Derek informed, standing straight and looking at him

"I heard" nodding slightly "let's throw the reunion party when she's not an unstoppable killing machine"

"I can stop her" determination in his voice

"Sure you can" slowly walking toward them "by killing her . . which happens to be the point of this little exercise. Deucalion wants you to kill them. He wants you to get rid of his baggage, making it easier for you to join his pack. The fact that it was supposed to happen in the vault, and not up here, out in the open, doesn't change his plan. It just means that Boyd and Cora are gonna kill a few innocent people first"

"And we should just let them?" Nova asked "we should be okay with innocent people dying?"

"Unless he's okay killing his own" looking at her

"We can catch them" Derek said

"Oh, come on" looking at his nephew "how much damage can they do? So they off a few homeless people, a drunk stumbling out of a bar too late. So what? Let Scott deal with it. Let him be the hero of his morally black and white world. The real survivors, you and I, we live in shades of gray. Then again, even if you did kill them, you're still an Alpha. You can always make more werewolves"

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

"Someone has to drive them inside" Scott added