Ch. 3 - PACK MENTALITY

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Chapter Three

🐺 Pack Mentality 🐺

"So you killed her?" Sawyer asked as she, Scott, Stiles and Anakin walked through the halls of the school, "I don't know. I just woke up. And I was sweating like crazy, and I couldn't breathe. I've never had a dream where I woke up like that before." Scott said.

"Really? I have. Usually ends a little differently." Stiles said, making Sawyer and Scott look at him weird, "Never say those words ever again." Sawyer said. "A, I meant I've never had a dream that felt that real, and B, never give me that much detail about you in bed again." Scott said and Stiles nodded.

"Noted. Let me take a guess here -" Stiles started to say but Scott shook his head, "No, I know, you think it has something to do with me going out with Allison tomorrow, like I'm gonna lose control and rip her throat out." Scott said and Stiles shook his head slightly. "No, of course not." He said, making Sawyer raise her eyebrows, "Lies." She said and he pointed at her

"One- Stop using twin telepathy to know when I lie. Two- Yeah, that's totally it. Hey, come on, it's gonna be fine, all right? Personally, I think you're handling this pretty freakin' amazingly. You know, it's not like there's a lycanthropy for beginners class you can take." Stiles said and realization crossed over Scott's features.

"Yeah, not a class, but maybe a teacher." Scott said, making Stiles look at him like he was crazy, "Who, Derek?" Stiles asked, hitting Scott in the back of the head before continuing, "You forgetting the part where we got him tossed in jail?" Sawyer asked and Scott nodded.

"I know, but chasing her, dragging her to the back of the bus, it felt so real." He said and Stiles raised his eyebrows. "How real?" Stiles asked as they walked outside, "Like it actually happened." Scott said and Sawyer froze.

"I think it did." She said making the boys stop and look at what was in front of them. Deputies were walking around, taking pictures of the back door of the bus hanging by its hinges with four large claw marks on the door. Blood covered the seats and also trailed to the outside of the bus.

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"I'm sure she's fine." Sawyer said running after Scott who was freaking out, "She's not answering my texts, Sawyer." Scott stressed typing away at his phone. "It could just be a coincidence, all right? A seriously amazing coincidence." Stiles said, "Just help me find her, okay? Do you see her?" Scott asked and Sawyer shook her head.

At some point Scott had gotten so frustrated to the point he had punched a random locker, denting it to the point it was barely hanging by the hinges.

Eventually Scott ran into Allison and Stiles and Sawyer stood back with Anakin. "Attention, students, this is your principal. I know you're all wondering about the incident that occurred last night to one of our buses. While the police work to determine what happened, classes will proceed as scheduled." The overhead speaker said, making a bunch of students groan while Sawyer rolled her eyes.

"American schools really don't care about their students' safety sometimes until someone actually dies." Sawyer said, making Stiles nod in agreement.

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"Maybe it was my blood on the door..." Scott whispered to Stiles and Sawyer as they sat in chemistry class, "Could have been animal blood. You know, maybe you caught a rabbit or something?" Stiles said, making Scott look at him appalled. "And did what?" Scott asked and Sawyer shrugged, "Ate it." She said and Scott's eyes widened.

"Raw?" Scott asked making Stiles give him a look, "No, you stopped to bake it in a little Werewolf oven! I don't know, you're the one who can't remember anything." Stiles said and before Scott could say anything else Mr. Harris spoke up.

"Mr. Stilinski, if that's your idea of a hushed whisper, you might want to pull the headphones out every once in a while. I think you, Mr. McCall and Miss. Stilinski would benefit from a little distance, yes?" He asked and Stiles scoffed, "No..." He said and Harris pointed at two different seats making the guys get up while Sawyer stayed in her seat.

"Let me know if the separation anxiety gets to be too much." Harris said and Sawyer chuckled sarcastically while Stiles and Scott moved to their seats. Scott sat down and glanced back momentarily to see Jackson's glare on him making his eyes widen slightly as he turned back around.

"Hey! I think they found something!" Harley said before she and the rest of the class got up to look out the window. An ambulance was parked by the woods as two EMT’s emerged from the foliage, pushing a gurney. Strapped to it were a man's body making Scott's eyes widen, "That's not a rabbit..." He muttered.

The man suddenly shot up, making the students jump and let out a small scream as the EMT's eased the victim down. Scott stepped back from the others, stunned and devastated as Stiles and Sawyer slowly approached him. "Okay. This is good, this is good! He got up, he's not dead. Dead guys can't do that." Sawyer said and Scott shook his head

"Guys... I did that."

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"But dreams aren't memories." Sawyer said as she, Stiles, Scott and Anakin walked over to a lunch table, "Then it wasn't a dream... Something happened last night, and I can't remember what." Scott said as they sat down. "What makes you so sure that Derek even has all the answers?" Stiles asked while giving Scott a look, obviously not agreeing with the idea Scott had about getting help from Derek.

"Because during the full moon, he wasn't changed. He was in total control while I was running around in the middle of the night, attacking some totally innocent guy. I can't go out with Allison. I have to cancel." Scott said and Sawyer shook her head.

"No, you're not canceling, okay? You can't just cancel your entire life! We'll figure it out." Sawyer said and all of a sudden Lydia places her tray on the table next to Scott. "Figure out what?" She asked, making the three of them look at her shocked, "Uh... Homework." Sawyer answered quickly and Lydia smiled and sat down.

"Why is she sitting with us?" Sawyer asked, internally freaking out over the girl she likes sitting with them and the boys shrugged. Allison walked over and Scott removed his backpack from the seat he was saving for her.

Stiles and Sawyer watched with increasing surprise as Lydia's friends, one of the lacrosse players and Danny, the goalie, sat down with them as well. A moment later Jackson walked up, and glared at his teammate that sat at the head of the table, "Get up." He said, making the guy look at him offended.

"How come you never ask Danny to get up?" The teammate said and Danny chuckled, "Because I don't stare at his girlfriend's coin slot." He said and the guy sighed and grabbed his tray and got up, sitting down somewhere else. Jackson sits down and his glare fixates on Scott, not at all happy this kid has somehow infiltrated his crew.

"So they're saying it's an animal attack. Probably a cougar." Danny said after a few seconds, "I heard mountain lion." Jackson said and Lydia raised her eyebrows slightly. "A cougar is a mountain lion." Lydia said before instantly starts to play dumb when she realizes everyone was looking at them, "Isn't it?" She asked.

"Who cares? The guy's probably some  homeless tweaker who's gonna' die anyway." Jackson said and Sawyer chuckled and shook her head slightly, "Man, you really are the human equivalent of a Monday." She said, making him glare and she just smiled as she gave Anakin a treat. "Actually, I just found out who he is. Check it out." Stiles said as he held his phone out making everyone look at it.

"Identified the victim of the possible animal attack as Garrison Meyers-"

"I-I know that guy." Scott said, making everyone look at him, "You do?" Allison asked, raising her eyebrows and he nodded. "I used to take the bus back when I lived at my Dad's place. He was the driver." He said as everyone sat back down in their seats.

"Can we talk about something slightly more fun, please? Like where we're going tomorrow night?" Lydia asked, making Allison and Scott whip their heads around to her, "You said you and Scott were hanging out tomorrow, right?" She asked making alarm bells go off in Scott's mind as he glanced over to see Stiles and Sawyer shaking their heads no.

"Um, we were thinking of what we were gonna do..." Allison said slowly and Lydia hummed. "Well, I am not sitting home again, watching lacrosse videos, so if the four of us are hanging out, we are doing something fun." Lydia said, making Scott look over at Allison with wide eyes, "Hanging out? Like, the four of us? Do you wanna hang out, like, us and them?"

"Yeah, I guess... Sounds fun..." Allison said and Jackson cocked his eyebrow, "You know what else sounds fun? Stabbing myself in the face with this fork." Jackson said, holding up his fork. Lydia took the fork away from him before an idea came to her head.

"How 'bout bowling? You love to bowl." She asked and he scoffed, "Yeah, with actual competition." He said. "How do you know we're not actual competition? You can bowl, right?" Allison asked looking at Scott who looked slightly uncomfortable, "Sort of." He said slowly.

"Is it sort of, or yes?" Jackson asked as he leaned forward slightly, "Yes. In fact, I'm a great bowler." Scott said while also leaning forward and Sawyer raised her eyebrows.

"At least one of you has to be gay-"

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"You're a terrible bowler!" Stiles and Sawyer both said as they, Anakin and Scott walked down the hall. "I know! I'm such an idiot." Scott stressed and Sawyer just laughed, "God, it was like watching a car wreck. I mean, first it turned into the whole group date thing. And then out of nowhere comes that phrase." She said.

"Hang out."

"You don't hang out with hot girls, okay? It's like death. Once it's hanging out, you might as well be her gay best friend. You and Danny can start hanging out." Stiles said, making Sawyer look at him weird, "You guys hang out with me all the time." She said and Stiles nodded slightly. "One, you're the unattractive twin. Two, you're gay, you don't count." He said and she rolled her eyes.

"How is this happening? I either killed a guy or I didn't." Scott stressed but Stiles wasn't paying attention, "I don't think Danny likes me very much." Stiles said. "I ask Allison on a date, and now we're hanging out." Scott said but neither of the guys were paying attention to each other.

"Am I not attractive to gay guys?" Stiles asked, making Sawyer look at him weird. "I make first line, and the team captain wants to destroy me, and now-now I'm gonna be late for work." Scott said before he started walking off making Stiles look at him.

"Wait, Scott, you didn't - am I attractive to gay guy - you didn't answer my question!" Stiles called out as Scott walked away,  "Am I attractive to gay guys?" Stiles asked, turning to his sister who pursed her lips and thought for a moment.

"You're the ugly twin." She said before walking off with Anakin, "Sawyer! That didn't answer my question!"

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"Hey, no, just me. Someone needs to keep watch." Scott said after Stiles tried to climb the gate of the school. Scott had gone and talked to Derek earlier and was told to come back here and use his other senses on the bus to figure out what happened. "How come we're always the ones keeping watch?" Sawyer asked and Scott looked at her like he was obvious, "Because there's only three of us."

"Okay, why's it starting to feel like you're Batman and I'm Robin? I don't want to be Robin all the time." Stiles said, making Scott look at him weird, "Nobody's Batman and Robin any of the time." Scott said and Sawyer pouted. "Not even some of the time?" She asked making Scott give him a look, "Just stay here."

"Oh, my God! Fine." Stiles exclaimed as they walked back to the car, "Can I be Kate Kane?" Sawyer asked and Stiles looked at her crazy. "You're not cool enough to be Batwoman." He said and she shrugged slightly.,"But we're both gay." She said.

They sat for a few minutes talking about superheroes when they saw a light shining at the bus making Stiles honk and Sawyer climb into the back where Anakin was laying. "Come on- come on." He said as Scott ran to the car. "Go! Go! Go! Go!" Scott said and Stiles quickly started driving.

"Did it work? Did you remember?" Sawyer asked and Scott nodded, "Yeah, I was there last night. And the blood- a lot of it was mine." Scott answered and Stiles glanced at him. "So you did attack him?" Stiles asked and Scott shook his head. "No. I saw glowing eyes in the bus, but they weren't mine. It was Derek." Scott said.

"What about the driver?" Stiles asked, "I think I was actually trying to protect him." Scott said and Sawyer furrowed her brows. "But, if Derek's the one who attacked the guy, why would he help you remember?" She asked and Scott sighed and shrugged, "That's what I don't get."

"It's got to be a pack thing." Stiles said, making Scott look at him, "What do you mean?" He asked. "Like an initiation. You do the kill together." Stiles said, "Because ripping someone's throat out is a real bonding experience?" Scott said sarcastically and Sawyer nodded. "Yeah, but you didn't do it, which means you're not a killer. And it also means that -" She did but Scott cut her off

"I can go out with Allison." Scott said, making Stiles and Sawyer side glance him, "I was gonna say it means you won't kill us." Sawyer said and Scott nodded. "Oh, yeah. That too." Scott said, making Sawyer roll her eyes.

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Sawyer was tightening a bolt to the engine of a car when she heard someone walk over. "How's it looking kid?" Sawyer's boss, Tucker, said as he walked over to look at what she's doing, "It's... looking." Sawyer said as she stood up to let Tucker look.

"Keep this up and this thing might actually be drivable by the time summer ends." He said, making Sawyer sigh before he patted her back, "Which means perfect timing for you to be able to impress all the girls by driving this baby to school. I can guarantee you'll be the only junior with a car like this." He said, making Sawyer smile at him.

"Thanks, Tucker." She said and he patted her shoulder before walking away as she sighed softly, glancing over at Anakin, who was laying down nearby. "Don't worry buddy. Soon enough we'll have the coolest car at school." Sawyer said as she stepped back to look at the 1970 Dodge Challenger that her dad gave her when she started working at the mechanics.

Anakin just looked at her making Sawyer squinted slightly, "Why does it feel like you're judging me?"