â The Alpha Packâ
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Juno was sceptical following Scott into the abandoned mall; she knew that she was strong but with Stiles on her mind, she felt weakened. His numerous warnings started circulating through her mind. Why it suddenly occurred now, she had no idea, but no matter how hard Juno tried to divert her thoughts onto something else, it wouldn't work.
Anxiety began to brew in her body. Never had she felt such heightened nervousness in her life: especially not about a fight. Was her connection with Stiles so strong that she was beginning to sense his feelings miles away? It was the only explanation for Juno, although it made her feel terrible, knowing that Stiles was in an awful position for whatever reason.
Juno gripped onto Scott's shoulder to stop him. Her tight grasp made Scott wince slightly; Juno didn't control her strength.
"W-what is it?" Scott whispered, trying not to show that Juno was hurting him.
Juno tried to steady her breathing. "It's Stiles," she breathed out. She was beginning to speak, but she couldn't form the words without sounding odd to Scott. How does she explain that she could sense his best friend's emotions? How could she explain that Stiles' potential anxiety was making her weak If anything, Scott would only think Juno was worried about Stiles from how he protested her coming along with him earlier.
Footsteps caused the two to turn around and halt the current conversation. Scott and Juno's mouths hung open slightly as they noticed Isaac standing before them.
"H-hey Isaac," Scott greeted with uncertainty. Isaac nodded slightly, his eyes looking from Scott to Juno repeatedly.
"Nice date," Isaac commented, staring down at Juno.
She sighed, "you knew, huh?"
Isaac nodded, "never would I expect you to go on a date with Scott McCall of all people." Scott rolled his eyes and shot Isaac a nasty glare, before looking back to Juno with a worried expression. If Juno were feeling anxious, he didn't want her around: especially since he had Isaac now and wouldn't be on his own. Not to mention, he knew that if Juno got hurt from her not feeling well, he'd never hear the end of it from Stiles.
"If you're feeling uneasy you can leave," Scott assured Juno. "I don't want to force you into anything that you don't want to do."
Isaac frowned, "wait are you out of your mind? Didn't Peter and Derek want her here?"
"Well she's no use to Peter and Derek if she's not feeling well, is she?" Scott said through gritted teeth.
Juno shook her head as the anxiety died down, although it was still there. "It's fine, it kind of dwindled a bit when Isaac came," Juno lied. Isaac couldn't help but blush slightly as he looked over to Juno. Scott sighed in defeat as he nodded his head in the direction that they were going. Isaac placed his hand on the small of Juno's back and guided her through the mall; although Juno didn't need the security from Isaac, she appreciated experiencing such contact for the first time in years.
The three stopped in a large open space, where a broken-down pair of escalators stood in the middle of the space. Upon the top of the escalator stood a man with dark tinted glasses, who Juno assumed was the Alpha of Alphas that Scott mentioned: Deucalion.
Deucalion could hear the heart beats of three people that weren't in his own pack: Scott, Isaac, and Derek. What he didn't know, was that Scott brought Juno with him, making him only believe that it was a fight consisting of only Werewolves.
"You didn't come alone," Deucalion said as Scott, Isaac, and Juno approached the empty space in front of the escalators. Scott began to stumble on his own words. His eyes shifted between Juno and Isaac as he tried to form a sentence.
Clearing his throat, he found his voice. "Y-yeah sorry. This is Isaac, and Juno-"
Deucalion held up a hand to halt Scott's explanation. He was about to mention Derek's presence, however hearing the unfamiliar name Juno caused him to be in a state of both shock and confusion.
"I didn't know you brought an extra," he muttered, slightly embarrassed that he didn't know Juno was there. Juno stood awkwardly as she watched the blind man contemplate his thoughts, trying to piece together how he wouldn't know there was an extra person.
"Maybe because she doesn't have a beating heart," A voice spoke from behind the group. Juno turned around and watched Derek emerge from the shadows. His ears were pointed, eyes glowed red, and extra hair has grown along the side of his face. He simply nodded at Juno in greeting, not being too friendly with her, but knowing that he isn't her enemy.
Juno didn't believe herself to be on neutral terms with Derek Hale after the loft incident, but for the circumstances they were in she was willing to compromise to take down the pack of Alphas.
Deucalion's posture showed less confidence. "You brought a Vampire to a wolf's fight?" He chuckled, faking confidence. "Didn't think you could do it on your own?"
Derek growled and stepped forward menacingly, "you're just a coward because you know she'll kill you-"
"Derek!" Scott interrupted, glaring at Derek. Juno looked at the Alpha with wide eyes; nowhere in the plan did anyone say that she was to kill Deucalion, even if it were words brought up in the spur of the moment she didn't appreciate Derek making it seem as if she were here to kill.
"We aren't killing anyone," Scott spoke slowly. "We're just here to sort things out." Derek gave Scott a menacing look that showed that he wasn't here to play nice; that he would kill if things get messier than they should. Juno tuned out the conversation between the wolves as she could sense the same anxiety she felt earlier, only at a much-increased strength.
It wasn't just a nauseous feeling in her stomach, but an added tightness to her chest causing her ability to breathe to weaken. She cleared her throat as she subtly tried to catch her breath, hoping to not worry Scott or Isaac and have them doubt their chances against the Alphas. Juno stumbled slightly as she felt her head begin to spin; her balance was heavily uneven. She mentally cursed herself for being able to feel the struggle that Stiles was going through, ultimately turning her from a useful weapon for Scott, to a liability.
She needed to leave; not just for her own safety but to check on Stiles. There was no viable way that this anxiety was her own, she must be sensing this from him like she has been with all his other strengthened emotions when close to him. How she was able to sense such emotions she didn't know, let alone, she didn't know she could sense them from such a great distance. Perhaps the intense feeling of anxiety was so strong that she could feel it from him at any distance.
And the worry for Stiles only increased the existing anxiety, knowing that Stiles was suffering, and she couldn't at least try to help.
The sound of a wolf's growl alerted Juno and made her lose her train of thought. She then realised that the boys had begun their fight against the Alphas. Juno's jaw dropped ever so slightly as she watched Ethan and Aiden merge together to form one, horrifically atrocious looking Alpha. She shuddered in both disgust and fear as she watched the merged twins attack Isaac, while Scott took on a woman with deep skin.
Derek was fighting a taller man, and briefly made eye contact with Juno as he did.
"Don't just stand there, make yourself useful!" He yelled before throwing a punch into the man's jaw. The sound of the Alpha's jaw cracking made her jump. She was at a loss; she wanted to help Scott defeat the Alphas, and she knew that she had the strength, but all she could think about Stiles and how anxious he was making her feel.
Juno watched as Isaac struggled against the giant creature that was the twins merged together. She took a deep breath and used her speed to race behind the twins unnoticed. Tapping on the giant Alpha's shoulder, she stifled a laugh as she noticed Isaac's shock from how she got there so quickly, as well as the twins' obvious confusion. The twins turned around, only for Juno to officially great them with an uppercut to the jaw.
Her strength sent the merged twins across the abandoned mall; their back smacking against a shut roller door, causing the twins to officially separate. Juno's balance shifted slightly at the sight of the horrid creature before her breaking apart into two separate people.
Isaac's jaw dropped, although the corners of his mouth were seen to be curved upwards as he was both terrified and in absolute awe from Juno's strength. She flashed a quick smile before marching up to Ethan, who breathed heavily as he readied himself to attack Juno. She looked at Isaac, then looking over to Aiden, telling him to take on that twin. Isaac nodded then prepared to fight the other twin.
Ethan roared as his face began to transform into a less humanised state. Juno couldn't help but cringe at the ugliness of the fully transformed Werewolf, making her feel no sympathy for the fact that she was about to seriously injure a fellow classmate.
Ethan's claws unleashed as his slow steps turned to a sprint. Juno sprinted right at him also; balling her hands into fists as she braved for impact against the wolf's chest. As predicted, Juno's fists hit perfectly in the centre of Ethan's chest, and sent him across the abandoned mall yet again. The back of Ethan's head hit against a pillar, making him lose consciousness for a moment. Shortly after, he stood back up and felt the crack in his skull slowly heal beneath his clawed fingers.
"How the hell can someone as tiny as you be that strong?" Ethan cursed, glaring at Juno as he prepared to fight her again.
Juno simply smirked, "I've had 700 years to practice." Juno stopped treating Ethan like a rag doll and finally decided to face him in actual combat. She swiftly dodged his punches and attempts at scratching her, all while throwing in a punch or a kick as she did so.
Ethan eventually fell to his knees, spitting blood from his mouth from one of Juno's kicks to the nose. In that moment she swore she saw a tooth fall out, making her cringe in disgust. She kicked his chest, sending Ethan onto his back and to slide across the concrete until the friction caused him to stop. Juno hesitated to continue beating the boy to pulp; wondering if he had enough or if she should throw in a few more hits to truly knock him out. As she watched Ethan squirm to get up, she chose to make one final blow, and began marching up to him.
"NOW!" Ethan yelled suddenly. Juno stopped in her tracks and looked at Ethan with confusion written all over her face. She quickly turned around and saw a furious Aiden charging at her with claws at the ready. Juno was about to dodge the boy, but a sharp spike of anxiety hit her in the chest; suddenly, Juno felt unable to breathe.
Juno cursed as she began hyperventilating for no apparent reason; she knew it had to be Stiles, it was the same feeling of anxiety as before, but amplified a million times. Juno froze, unable to move as the anxiety attack took complete control over her body and made her almost faint in that very spot from being unable to breathe. Aiden lunged onto her; repeatedly scratching away her abdomen as he hovered over a helpless Juno.
Isaac quickly hurried to her aid, dragging his claws along the side of Aiden's face and slightly into his eye, causing the boy to scream in agony as he pounced off the Vampire and stumbled as he failed to heal. Isaac called out to Scott to help with Aiden. Scott quickly abandoned his fight to quickly pounce on Aiden and leave him unconscious like his twin brother. He noticed the multiple gashes on Juno's chest and rushed to her side also.
"Holy shit! Wh-what happened? How'd she let this happen?" Scott questioned, staring at Juno's chest that had next to no skin left. He felt his body shake at the unbearable sight of her dark, dead flesh in front of him; he saw how Juno could handle herself, he didn't understand how she was able to let such a thing happen to her.
Juno coughed as she stared down at the sea of red below. It was no surprise that she was still alive, since nothing could kill her other than sunlight and a skilled slayer, but that didn't mean she wasn't in immense pain.
"Take me to the hospital," Juno managed to choke out.
Scott and Isaac looked at her as if she were insane. Scott, began to feel sick; not believing that Juno could still be alive after what had happened.
"Are you kidding? How are you going to explain this-" Isaac tried.
Juno leaned up and grabbed onto Isaac's shoulder tightly, making him since. She pulled him, so their faces were inches apart; her eyes began to glow, and she flashed her fangs at him menacingly.
"It's where my brother is!" She hissed. Isaac jumped from her threatening position and nodded. He looked over to Scott, who urged Isaac to leave. Isaac nodded as he carried Juno bridal style, sprinting out of the abandoned mall and towards the hospital.
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Shrieks and cries were heard as Isaac stumbled through the hospital doors with an unconscious girl with her abdomen half gone in his arms. Melissa McCall stared at him in horror as she looked at the girl's glistening flesh that was far too dark to be considered healthy. Melissa was almost about to tell Isaac that she couldn't treat the girl since there was no way anyone could survive such a wound, until she noticed the girl's chest rising up and down slowly.
She tried her best not to make her lunch reappear right then and there.
Melissa was about to call Cyrus, knowing that the blonde in Isaac's arms was his sister, but he already made his appearance from hearing all the screams in the entryway. He stopped as he saw the body of his sister in a Werewolf's arms, who looked beaten up also. He scowled at Isaac, before screaming at nurses to bring Juno into surgery immediately. Despite doctors telling him that the girl was too far gone, Cyrus didn't listen and only yelled louder.
A nurse took Juno from Isaac, audibly expressing her disgust at her wounds as she wheeled her into an operating room. Before Cyrus left to work on Juno, he marched up to Isaac and pulled him close by his shirt collar.
"You keep your filthy paws in this waiting room until I'm done, you hear me?" Cyrus threatened. Isaac nodded furiously as Melissa ripped Cyrus away from him, cursing him out for threatening Isaac when he should be operating on his sister.
Cyrus brushed her off and ran to where Juno was, leaving Melissa to begin questioning Isaac herself.
"Okay, why the hell is that girl missing half of her chest, and how is she still breathing?" She muttered, staring right into Isaac's eyes.
Isaac broke eye contact to contemplate whether it was his place to tell Melissa who the Clarkes really were or not. He knew that since Melissa was aware of the Supernatural, she would have to find out sooner or later.
He just hoped that Cyrus wouldn't find out it was him, since Isaac was deathly afraid of him.
"Juno can't die," Isaac whispered. "Neither can Cyrus. They're Vampires."
Melissa scoffed as she tried to process this information. Isaac sighed as he explained to Melissa that Juno was over 700 years old, and that Cyrus was probably twice as old. He told her that he, Scott and Juno went to fight the Alphas, and somehow despite her handling herself well, Juno was struck by Ethan after beating Aiden to near death.
Melissa rubbed her temples, being unable to keep up with all the Supernatural creatures in the town. Although, Melissa rolled her eyes and cursed to herself as she realised something.
She finally knew why so much donated blood was going missing.
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Cyrus sat down in the chair next to the hospital bed Juno laid in. He smiled warmly at the nurse that walked in to tidy up some things in greeting, making the woman blush furiously.
Although her small flustered smile faded as she stared at the heart monitor. "I heard you still operated on her even though she was dead."
"She was never dead, she was breathing the whole time." Cyrus answered, blunter than he had intended.
The nurse hummed as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, embarrassed that she was wrong in front of him. "I guess we need some better working equipment then," she joked. Her giggles died off as she noticed Cyrus' unamused expression.
He simply nodded, and asked that he be alone with his sister. The nurse sighed and left, cursing under her breath that she couldn't schmooze the new doctor. Cyrus groaned as he nudged Juno's arm.
"Alright, you can stop faking it now," he said tiredly. Juno's eyes instantly opened, adjusting herself so she'd sit upright. Juno chuckled lightly as she noticed that the heart monitor wasn't on.
"Nice save," she joked, although Cyrus wasn't in the mood for anyone's jokes.
"Can you tell me, how on earth you allowed that to happen to yourself?" He asked tiredly, gesturing to Juno's stomach that was now bound with bandages. She sighed, as she manoeuvred the bandages to see that her stomach had completely healed, aside from large red marks imprinted in her skin from Aiden's claws that would take longer to disappear.
She sighed, "I was just trying to help my friends-"
"You were trying to help the Hales," Cyrus interrupted, his eyes glowing as he grew more impatient each second. "Your wolf boyfriend told me everything-"
"He's not my boyfriend," Juno snapped, glaring at Cyrus.
He scoffed. "I honestly don't care what goes on with your social life. I'm thrilled that you're finally making friends again, but if you're really getting chummy with the Hales-"
"I am not getting 'chummy' with the Hales!" Juno cried, her voice echoing off the walls. "I went there to help Scott. Yes, the Hales did want me there, but I am in no way forgiving their family for what they've done to us before." Juno argued. "Think of it as a simple business deal for us to gain something. We remained neutral; now that it's done, I am against that family."
Cyrus shook his head as he pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling his head ache. "Well your hypothetical 'business deal' ended up removing half of your vital organs-"
"It's not like I need those anyway."
"That doesn't matter!" Cyrus shouted, causing a nurse to knock on the door before Cyrus quickly told the nurse to leave and locked the door. "Showing up to a hospital with half of your torso ripped apart in a boy's arms isn't normal, Juno. Do you have any idea how much I went through for the past 8 hours trying to convince everyone to not throw you into the morgue? How I had to make up some bullshit about how you could have survived that injury?"
Juno scowled and avoided Cyrus' glowing gaze. She hugged her knees and hid her face away from her brother. Cyrus sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. He sat down on the hospital bed, placing his hand on top of Juno's, rubbing his thumb along hers.
"You had me worried sick," he muttered ever so softly. "Don't ever pull a stunt like that again, at least not without me with you."
Juno looked up at her brother with eyes full of guilt. She sighed before hiding her face away again. She felt ashamed that a human boy's emotions could have radiated onto her from such a large distance and made her feel weak in such a dangerous moment. She felt even worse that she went behind Cyrus' back; although she felt somewhat better, knowing that the root of his disappointment wasn't from her brief neutrality with the Hales, but the threat to her safety.
There was a rapid knock on the door, making Cyrus groan as he got up to tell whoever was at the door to leave. He opened the door slightly to hide the fact that Juno was awake.
"She needs time-" Cyrus began, but he stopped as his eyes met with the familiar freckled boy that he loathed, although he tolerated him better than any of the Werewolves. Cyrus sighed; the door swung back and forth ever so slightly as he contemplated whether to let Stiles in. Cyrus groaned as he knew Juno would want Stiles in, so he rolled his eyes and yanked on Stiles' shirt to pull him into the room, causing Stiles to cry out in shock.
"Y-yeah okay nice to see you too buddy," Stiles laughed nervously as he patted Cyrus' shoulder. The sinister glare that Stiles received made him remove his hand from Cyrus immediately, nodding before almost sprinting to Juno's side to get away from him. Cyrus studied Stiles as he watched the boy practically interrogate his sister. His eyes turned from their usual hickory brown to a crisp gold as he explored the mind of Stiles.
Cyrus' distaste for Stiles faded as he read the boy's thoughts. His scowl softened into an apologetic look, as he left the room to give his sister and Stiles some space.
"I can't believe this happened," Stiles muttered, staring at the blood-soaked bandages on Juno's abdomen. "I thought you could 'manage' it," Stiles said, mocking Juno's tone from earlier that day.
Juno wanted to retort, but she remembered how upset he was in the cafeteria when her protested her going with Scott. She remembered how annoyed and impatient she got with him; how she felt that Stiles was underestimating her abilities, and being over protective even knowing her for a short amount of time. However, all her previous negativity towards Stiles was gone as she felt a pang of sadness in her chest. She looked up and noticed Stiles' watery eyes; his sadness was radiating onto her. She kept quiet as she watched Stiles try and find the right words to say.
"I can't explain how worried I was," he managed to say. "I mean, I know you're insanely fast and incredibly strong, but I don't know I just-"
Juno's hand resting on top of Stiles' made him halt his ranting. He looked at her with bloodshot, teary eyes. "I can't really explain it; I was just afraid one of those crazy Alphas would be a bit quicker than you... I got so worried-"
"I know," Juno interrupted, avoiding his gaze. "I felt it."
Stiles frowned in confusion, "w-what do you mean you felt it?"
"I can kind of feel whatever you feel..." Juno said, biting her bottom lip as she slumped her shoulders noticing Stiles' jaw drop. "Emotion wise at least... Before the fight I was feeling anxious and I didn't know why. It wasn't the first time I felt your emotions; I've felt your guilt, glee, and gloom but only when I'm near you. For some reason, your anxiety got to me even with miles between us."
"Juno-" Stiles tried.
She didn't listen. "Things were going fine. I felt your anxiety dwindle and I was doing fine against the twins. In fact, I may have been a bit too rough with one. Suddenly I was unable to breathe completely, and I froze."
"Aiden was clearly pissed that I had beaten Ethan to a pulp and took out his anger on me. I couldn't move as he charged at me because I was just so overwhelmed from the immense anxiety. Then Aiden pounced on me, and now I'm here."
The tears welling in Stiles' eyes finally rolled down his cheeks. He felt completely at fault for Juno getting hurt. He suffered numerous anxiety attacks at home from worrying over her so much, wondering if she would be okay. Ultimately his own worrying was what hurt her, and Stiles felt absolutely at fault.
Juno tightened her grip on Stiles' hand as she felt his guilt. "Hey, Stiles you know I can't die right?"
"But if it weren't for me and my anxiety you wouldn't even be here," He snapped. "I swear to God next time I see Aiden I'm going to kill that son of a bitch-"
His anger was interrupted by a giggle leaving Juno's lips. "Stiles, you won't even get a chance to because I'm pretty sure Cyrus will be scoping him out by his blood this second," she laughed.
Stiles nodded as a grin spread across his face. He was deathly afraid of Cyrus Clarke, although at the same time he idolised the man for being able to scare and charm people at the same time. Stiles' tear stained cheeks began to dry as he watched Juno's wide spread grin fall into a simple smirk. He felt the same burst of butterflies in his stomach that he always got around the blonde; however, realising what she said before, his cheeks flushed pink.
"Could you feel that?" Stiles asked hesitantly, glancing between Juno's brown eyes and their intertwined hands. Juno nodded, her smile widening ever so slightly; she always denied that the butterflies were ever radiated from Stiles, but now she finally knew.
Stiles' cheeks began to hurt from smiling for so long. Juno tucked a strand of hair behind her ear as she looked away from Stiles in embarrassment. He kept staring at the girl laying before him. Before he leaned forward ever so slightly towards her, but the sound of the door bursting open and heavy footsteps caused Stiles to completely fall out of his chair from the shock.
Juno cackled as she watched Stiles fumble back to his feet, only to be dragged out of the room by Cyrus, gripping tightly on his shirt collar.
"See you at school on Monday?" Stiles asked awkwardly as he was dragged away.
"You've had enough in here, freckle boy," Cyrus hissed as he tossed Stiles out of the room, slamming the door in his face and locking it for good measure. Cyrus turned around and glared at Juno. His eyes were golden, from previously reading Stiles' mind.
Juno rolled her eyes, "you didn't need to be violent with him."
Cyrus simply ignored his sister as he sat by her bed, guiding her to move so he could remove her bandages. He sighed as he could hear Juno's thoughts wondering why he had kicked Stiles out so harshly. He looked into his sister's dark eyes and composed himself as he answered her thoughts as vaguely as he could.
"You've got no idea what that boy really thinks of you, June."
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Stiles knows that Juno can sense his emotions!!! This chapter wasn't really my best, but I hope you enjoyed anyway. Wattpad has been having a bunch of problems lately, so hopefully you'll all see this on time!