The alpha makes his move

|school library|

After they finished their last class Stiles and Allison go to the library to meet up like they planned.

Stiles comes in and sees Allison waiting leaning against a table, he makes his way over to her kisses her cheek and whispers "Hello again, beautiful."

"Charming." Allison whispers back, taking his hand and leading him to the upper floor of the library to a quiet corner.

"So, is there any reason you wanted to meet here after school?" Allison asks him interlocking their fingers.

"No not really just wanted to spend some time with my gorgeous girlfriend, can you blame a guy?" Stiles replies smirking at her.

"Since you put it so nicely, I guess not." Allison answers smiling and kisses him.

Stiles brushes her hair back and touches her necklace making it look accidental.

"Oh by the way I noticed you wearing this since your birthday you really like your aunts present huh?." Stiles asks.

"I guess, I mean she told me it's a family heirloom, so it's really special to me." Allison replies fiddling with her necklace smiling at the memory.

"Ah I see, can I take a closer look? Maybe I can dig up some info on your family if I can recognize the symbol." Stiles asks hoping she'll say yes and he can relax a bit after having done his part in helping Scott and Derek.

"Sure." Allison replies taking off her necklace and handing it to Stiles who brushes over the necklace from both sides feeling nothing out of the ordinary. He then takes out his phone and activates the camera mode taking a picture of the necklace from both sides.

"Thanks, I'll let you know if I can find something on your family, maybe I can get on your families good side if I can talk with them about their past? It would help especially since your dad doesn't seem to like me at all." Stiles says.

"I wouldn't get my hopes up on both ends, I haven't found much on our history other than what my aunt hinted at while you were in the closet and my dad doesn't like anyone of the other gender getting close to his little girl as he told me many times before." Allison replies annoyed at her dad.

"Well it can't hurt to try." Stiles replies.

"True but enough about my parents, I think we both had something other than talking about my parents in mind when we made this date." Allison says suggestively.

"It's like you can read my mind." Stiles replies kissing her and pulling her close by the waist while she puts her arms around his neck deepening the kiss.

After about 10 minutes of making out Stiles stops and tells her that they should stop and he has to go home get his gear for the game.

|Stilinski house|

Stiles gets to his house and immediately retreats to his room to prepare for his plan when he hears his father call for him "Yo, Stiles."

"Yes, Da.. Derek?" Stiles replies turning to the door to see Derek standing in the adjacent corner of the room. Derek signals him to keep quiet by putting his finger over his mouth and then pointing for Stiles to get to the door.

Stiles dashes to the door and his father asks him "What did you say?"

"What? I said yo, dad." Stiles replies leaning in the doorway.

"Uh, listen I've got something I gotta take care of but uhm, I'm gonna be there tonight, I mean it's your first game." Noah tells him.

"My first game. That's Great, awesome uhh, good." Stiles replies awkwardly.

"I'm very happy for you. And I'm really proud of you." Noah says smiling at his son.

"Thanks, me too, I'm very happy and proud of myself." Stiles replies.

"So they're really gonna let you play huh?" Noah asks.

"Yeah dad, I'm first line." Stiles replies both having big smiles on their faces at this point.

"I'm very proud." Noah repeats.

"Me too, again." Stiles says and gets hugged by his father.

"See you there." Noah says leaving.

"Take it easy." Stiles tells him going back in his room only to be grabbed by Derek and shoved against the door with him threatens him "If you say one word."

"You mean like Hey dad, Derek Hale's in my room, bring your gun?" Stiles asks.

"Yeah that's right if I'm harboring your fugitive ass, it's my house, my rules buddy." Stiles challenges him slapping his arm.

Derek agrees wordlessly and Stiles sits down on his chair.

"So did you get the necklace?" Derek asks.

"Yes, but first I have an idea. The night we were trapped at school Scott sent a text to Allison asking her to meet us there." Stiles says.

"So?" Derek asks not knowing what Stiles is getting at.

"So it wasn't Scott." Stiles explains.

"Can you find out who sent it?" Derek asks.

"No not me, but I think I know somebody who can." Stiles replies turning to his computer again.

"OK we can pursue that but first show me the necklace." Derek says.

"OK, here I took pictures of it and checked if there was anything that would open or something, there was nothing on the necklace I think it's a dead end." Stiles tells him handing Derek his phone

Derek looks at the pictures and the only thing noticeable is the symbol on the necklace.

"Yeah seems like it, the symbol doesn't have any meaning to me either too bad, it would have made things easier." Derek says dejected.

|About an hour later – Stilinski house|

"You want me to do what?" Danny ask annoyed at Stiles having come over for an assignment.

"Trace a text." Stiles answers.

"I came over to do lab work. That's what lab partners do." Danny replies.

"And we will, once you trace the text." Stiles argues.

"And what makes you think I know how?" Danny asks.

"I looked up your arrest report." Stiles replies innocently.

"I was thirteen. They dropped the charges." Danny tells him.

"Alright" Stiles murmurs.

"No, we're doing lab work!" Danny says sitting down beside Stiles.

"Who is he again?" Danny asks looking back at Derek who was sitting on a chair reading a book.

"My cousin Miguel." Stiles lies.

"Is that blood on his shirt?" Danny asks him.

"Yeah, yes well he gets these horrible nosebleeds. Hey Miguel I thought I told you, you could borrow one of my shirts." Stiles tells Derek signaling him to his drawer with his eyes.

Derek closes the book and goes over to the drawer taking of his shirt, rummaging though Stiles locker.

"So anyway we both know you got the skills to trace the text, so.." Stiles says while Danny is staring at Dereks topless form.

"Uhm Stiles, this no fit." Derek tells him showing him one of his shirts.

"Then try something else on." Stiles replies and then notices Danny staring at Derek getting an idea.

"Hey that one looks pretty good huh, what do you think Danny?" Stiles asks Danny after Derek put on an orange and blue striped shirt.

"Huh?" Danny tries to play innocent.

"The shirt." Stiles replies pointing at Derek.

"It's not really his color." Danny says.

Derek takes off his shirt again annoyed.

"You swing for another team but you still play ball, don't you Dannyboy?" Stiles taunts.

"You're a horrible person." Danny replies.

"I know, keeps me awake at night, anyway about that text." Stiles says.

"Stiles! None of these fit." Derek yells from behind pissed off at being used this way.

"I'll need the ISP, the phone number and the exact time of text." Danny tells Stiles grabbing his keyboard and beginning to type.

After about 15-20 minutes Danny finished tracing the text and shows them the result.

"There, the text was sent from a computer. This one." Danny tells them pointing at a line of code.

"Registered to that account name?" Derek asks stupefied.

"No,no,no that can't be right." Stiles says to himself seeing that the Account is registered to: Beacon Hills Hospital – Melissa McCall.

"Well it's where it came from, who sent it is beyond my knowledge since it's a relatively accessible computer being in a hospital and all." Danny tells them.

"OK, well thanks. Do you still want to some lab work?" Stiles asks hoping that Danny will refuse.

"No thanks I think we should do it, when your mind isn't focused elsewhere." Danny excuses himself and then leaves saying a quick goodbye.

"Alright we gotta check this out without Scott I mean if his mom really is involved we're in big trouble." Derek tells Stiles.

"Agreed but not tonight. I need to play in the game otherwise Scott will know there is something we're hiding from him." Stiles tells him.

"OK." Derek grumbles while mentally already planning on checking on the lead by himself.

|Beacon Hills woods, near Dereks house|

Allison is jogging though the woods listening to some music when she comes across the burned down Hale house. She stops jogging and goes in looking around. She notices claw marks on the floor and rakes her fingers over it thoughtfully. She then looks up and screams at seeing someone else there but stops recognizing her aunt.

"Damn you got some lungs on you." Kate says wincing a bit.

"Did you follow me here?" Allison asks.

"Well, you can't blame me for being concerned about my favorite niece now can you? What are you looking for?" Kate replies.

"I don't know something, anything." Allison says confused.

"You mean answers? The lingering questions like.." Kate says.

"Why would anyone want to kill us?" Allison finishes.

"Haha, I mean come on look at this place. Can you imagine if your father and I were trapped in something like this. Might do some pretty interesting things to your head don't you think?" Kate says.

"It wouldn't turn me into a psychotic killer." Allison says.

"You don't have to be psychotic to be a killer. You just need a reason. And even then sometimes you can surprise yourself." Kate replies.

"What do you want Allison?"Kate asks her walking towards her niece.

"I wanna not be scared. That night in the school I felt utterly weak like I needed someone to come in and rescue me. I hate that feeling. I wanna feel stronger than that. I wanna feel powerful." Allison answers.

"Allison if you can give me a little bit of time, be just a little patient and then I'll give you exactly what you want." Kate tells her and walks out.

|Chemistry classroom|

Noah Stilinski is questioning Mr. Harris' knowledge of why he was attacked.

"It was six years ago and in my defense it was before I've had gotten sober." says.

"Listen I've my sons Lacrosse game to get to, what do you say we just focus on the details huh?" Noah requests.

"I met her at a bar, we had a lot of drinks, a lot. She started asking me what I do and she kept asking questions, do you have any idea what that's like to have someone who's actually interested in the topic of chemistry instead of just staring at all these vacant faces day after day." Mr. Harris says.

"Details?" Noah asks.

"Like I said, I talked. It was just fascinating stuff. How you could melt a lock of a bank vault, how you could dissolve a body and get away with murder." Mr. Harris continues.

"How you could start a fire and get away with arson?" Noah guesses.

Mr. Harris nods and continues "And a week later the Hale house burns down." sounding ashamed.

"You could have said something." Noah reprimands the chemistry teacher.

"Be an accomplice? It would have ended my teaching career." Mr. Harris explains.

"So you don't know her name or where she was from?" Noah asks.

"No! Which is exactly what Laura Hale asked. I'll point you in the same direction that I pointed her." Adrian Harris replies and grabs a pen and draws Allisons necklace giving Noah the piece of paper.

"What is this?" Noah asks looking at the drawing.

"The necklace the girl was wearing. That's the symbol on it. I asked her about it she said it was family thing. You find the girl wearing that necklace, she's your arsonist." Adrian Harris says.

"Murderer." Noah corrects him.

"Excuse me?" Adrian asks.

"Arson happens to property. This girl's a murderer." Noah tell him leaving the classroom and going to watch the Lacrosse game.

|Lacrosse field|

Scott, Stiles and Jackson all are sitting on a bench near the field getting ready to play.

Lydia and Allison come over to them and wish them good luck with Lyida whispering in Scotts ear "Remember a good game equals a special treat from me." kissing him on his cheek and going to their seats next to their parents.

Scott smiles at Lydias affectionate site but gets thrown out of his thoughts by Coach asking them "Where the hell is Bilinski?"

"I'm right here." Stiles replies confused.

"Well your shirt says Stilinski, you might wanna get that changed." Coach Finstock tells him

"But my name is Stilinski you just read your writing wrong." Stiles argues.

"Oh, well carry on then." Coach replies walking of to some other players.

"So what is going on with you guys and Derek?" asks Jackson after Coach Finstock walked away.

"We're trying to find out who the alpha is, did you find anything by the way?" Scott replies turning to his friend at the end.

"No not really. The necklace is useless and following the text is probably another dead end." Stiles replies.

"Too bad, he really doesn't make it any easier for us to find him." Scott says.

"Well cry about it later, you better get your head focused on the game McCall. Alpha after us or not Jackson Whittmore doesn't loose in Lacrosse!" Jackson cuts in.

"Yeah yeah, you better watch your heart rate like I told you earlier or you're gonna play on all fours." Scott replies.

"Shut up, I'll manage." Jackson replies.

"Yeah well if not, Allisons family is a group of werewolf hunters and I think they'll notice someone shifting in front of them." Scott informs him.

"Well shit, you couldn't tell me that earlier?" Jackson asks.

"There is so much going on it slipped my mind." Scott replies.

"Now this is what I like to see rivals turned allies. You know that there is no me in team right?" Coach asks slinging his arm around Jackson and Scott.

"Yes there is Coach." Scott replies.

"OK smartass, how about this. No A on econ if no win on field. Good?" Coach Finstock tells them going over to the rest of the team blowing his whistle.

In the stands Noah Stilinski arrived and is looking for his son, finding him he smiles proudly at him and sits down excited for the game.

"That one that's Jackson." Allison tells Kate pointing at Jackson.

"Holy hotness, if I was in High school again, maybe just as substitute teacher." Kate murmurs.

"You are sick." Allison replies.

Kate then remembers having seen him arguing with the Sheriff when the video store was attacked.

"Chris, you remember how we were talking about a second beta?" Kate asks her brother.

"Yes." Chris replies.

"Well I remember that this Jackson guy was in the store with the clerk and had a bandage when he was talking to the police, well I don't see any bandage or leftover wounds." Kate clearly implies that Jackson is the second beta.

"I guess we should look into this Jackson character." Chris replies.

Scott is standing with the other players in a circle and listens to what Kate is telling her brother and gets worried, he grabs Jackson by his arm and pulls him slightly to the side and whispers him "Be extra careful, I just overheard Allisons family talking about you being a beta."

"Ohh shit." Jackson replies.

|Beacon Hills hospital|

Meanwhile Derek decided to check the lead of Melissa McCalls computer himself and walks into the pretty much empty hospital looking around at the nurses station when he decides to check on his uncle only to see him gone and his wheelchair standing abandoned in his room. Derek then gets what's going on and turns to leave to find his uncle and inform Scott and Stiles.

"Hello Derek." Peter says having sneaked next to Derek.

Derek looks at his uncle stunned "Peter, I guess that means I now know who the alpha is."

"Quite true." Peter replies shining his eyes briefly.

"What are you doing here? Visiting hours are over." the same nurse from the day he told Scott about his Uncle says from behind Derek.

"So you're involved in this." Derek guesses.

"Also correct." Peter answers.

Derek turns around knocking the nurse out with a swift punch to the face and turn back around glaring at his uncle.

"That's not nice, she's my nurse." Peter says.

"She is a psychotic bitch helping you kill people." Derek replies.

"You think I killed Laura on purpose? My own family?" Peter asks approaching Derek who shifts and growls at Peter. He then uses a wall as a spring board to push Peter into the opposite wall. Peter simply shrugs it off and throws Derek to the floor.

"My mind and personality were literally burned out of me. It's been driven by pure instinct" Peter says calmly while grabbing Derek by the throat and dragging him along to the nurse where he drops him grabs something out of her coat pocket.

"You want forgiveness?" Derek asks standing up and punching Peter in the face.

Peter returns with a headbutt.

"I want understanding." He says kicking Derek back to the floor.

"Do you have any idea, what it was like for me during those years? Slowly healing cell by cell even more slowly coming back to consciousness. Yes becoming an alpha, taking that from Laura pushed me over a plateau in the healing process. I can't help that." Peter tells his nephew.

Derek gets up ignoring his bloody nose and busted lip and tries to claw Peters throat out.

Peter stops a swing and squeezes forcing Derek to his knees from the pain of his bones being broken

"I tried to tell you what was happening, I tried to warn you." Peter says throwing Derek though a Glass panel.

Derek then drags himself away from his uncle into an adjacent room leaning against a wall looking at his uncle with Peter following him.

"I was going to wait for dramatic effect, but when you look this good why wait?" Peter says healing his burn marks on his face while watching it in a mirror.

"Derek you have to give me a chance to explain, after all we're family." Peter says kneeling down to Derek seeing his scared look.