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

Chapter 7 (Part Two)

In retrospect, it's a good thing we ran when we did, because the Alpha crashes through the ceiling as we run off. We come up to another flight of stairs and Scott opens the first door, closing it as soon as we're all inside the cafeteria.

As Scott and Jackson begin stacking chairs in front of the door, I see a wall of windows. Windows versus an Alpha that can leap and crash through glass. That sounds like a recipe for a terrible idea. "Scott, wait, not here." Stiles protests.

Allison meets Scott's eyes. "What was that? Scott, what was that?"

"What came out of the ceiling?" Lydia asks moments later.

Scott narrows his eyes. "Will you just help me? The chairs, stack the chairs."

Lydia and Allison begin stacking the chairs.

Meanwhile, Stiles is still trying to get their attention. "Guys--Can we just wait a second? You guys, listen to me, w--Can we wait a second? Guys? Stiles talking. Can we hang on one second please?"

"Chaírete!" I yell. "Pardon, that's hello. Listen to him!"

Stiles gives me a small smile. "Thanks, Meg. Okay, nice work. Really beautiful job, everyone. Now, what should we do about the 20 foot wall of windows?"

"Can somebody please explain to me what's going on, because I'm freaking out here. And I would like to know why. Scott?" Allison complains, meeting Scott's eyes once again.

Scott pulls away. "Somebody killed the janitor."

"What?" Lydia asks in disbelief.

Stiles nods and lets out a sigh. "Yeah, the janitor's dead."

Allison frowns. "What's he talking about? Is this a joke?"

"Oh, you got us. It's totally a joke. We decided to pull a really super early, or late Halloween prank, depending on how you see it. I can't believe you saw through our joke."

Allison narrows her eyes and I muster one of my sarcastic smiles.

"What, who killed him?" Jackson questions.

Lydia shakes her head. "No, no, no, no. This was supposed to be over. The mountain lion killed--"

"No, don't you get it?" Jackson interrupts. "There wasn't a mountain lion."

"Who was it?" Allison demands. "What does he want? What's happening? Scott!"

He faces Allison and begins stumbling over his words. "I--I don't know. I--I just--If--If we go out there, he's gonna kill us."

"Us?" Lydia shrieks. "He's gonna kill us?"

"Who? Who is it?" Allison asks.

Scott sighs. "It's Derek. It's Derek Hale."

I feel my eyes narrowing. What in Zeus's name is he doing?!

"Derek killed the janitor?" Jackson questions in disbelief.

"Are you sure?" Allison adds.

Scott nods. "I saw him."

"The mountain li--" Lydia begins.

Scott cuts her off. "No, Derek killed them."

"All of them?" Allison asks in a panicked tone.

"Yeah, starting with his own sister."

"The bus driver?"

"And the guy in the video store. It's been Derek the whole time. He's in here with us. And if we don't get out now, he's going to kill us too."