Through the Dark // S.S. [Book One]

Chapter 2

I happen to be passing by the boys locker room and hear noises, so I walk inside to investigate. I hear Scott yell, "Get away from me!"

I see Stiles armed with a fire extinguisher. I place my hand on his, the two of us pushing down the handle, causing the fog to fly into Scott's face.

Remembering my demigod training, and common sense, I throw the extinguisher across the room to distract Scott, not knowing if he's still shifted or not.

I hear a confused voice ask, "Stiles? Megara? What happened?"

"You tried to kill me." Stiles says. "It's like I told you before. It's the anger. It's your pulse rising. It's a trigger."

Scott sighs. "But that's lacrosse. It's a pretty violent game, if you hadn't noticed."

"Well, it's gonna be a lot more violent if you end up killing someone on the field. You can't play Saturday. You're gonna have to get out of the game."

"I'm first line." Scott argues.

"Not anymore." Stiles returns.

Scott looks to me and I shake my head. "He's right. Based on what I'm hearing, I think it's better for you to avoid playing lacrosse if you can help it, at least until you can get control."

As I exit the locker room, Lydia walks up to me. "I don't know what you were doing in there and I don't care. I need you to come with me to support Jackson. You saw what happened on the lacrosse field."

She drives us to the hospital and we sit in the uncomfortable hospital chairs waiting for news on Jackson.

The familiar buzzcut enters my vision and stands in front of me. "Megara, I'm sure what you saw was the strangest thing in your life, but you can't tell anyone for the safety of Scott. Please."

Believe me, Stiles. I've seen things you wouldn't believe. Including my superhero cousin. "I had no plans to. But I'm gonna need more than half the story. I need to know it all."

Stiles sighs. "Alright, well, Scott was bit by an Alpha werewolf and turned into one. We have no idea who it is. Derek Hale, the leather jacket dude, is a werewolf as well and Scott and I are suspicious of him. We're actually gonna investigate further. You wanna join us?"

"If Lydia lets me." I say with a smirk.

Stiles chuckles. "I'm sure she'll forgive you for hanging out with me and Scott."

"Everyone thinks I like you and know you like me." I mutter, causing Stiles to turn.

"What was that?"

I shake my head. "Nothing. Let's go investigate whatever you're looking for."

"Megara!" Lydia yells. "Jackson is leaving! Let's go."

"I'm gonna hang with Scott and Stiles." I tell her, adding a wink for good measure at the mention of Stiles' name.

Stiles picks up a magazine on the menstrual cycle, and it's soon ripped from his hands. "Holy God!" He yells, seeing Scott.

"The scent was the same." Scott says. "What's she doing here?"

"She's going to help you two investigate the body." I retort. "You sure about the scent?"

He nods. "Which means we have proof he killed the girl."

"I say we use it." Stiles answers.

"How?" I ask the boys.

Stiles turns to Scott. "Tell me something first. Are you doing this because you want to stop Derek, or because you want to play in the game, and he said you couldn't?"