Ch. 10 - CO-CAPTAIN

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Chapter Ten

Co-Captain ๐Ÿบ

Jackson sped into some empty area, past a "DO NOT ENTER" sign until his car skidded to a stop. He furrowed his brows before noticing his check engine light beeping and flashing making him sigh in frustration and hit his steering wheel.ย 

He got out of his car and glanced around before leaning his arms against his car, rubbing his face. A second later, a red SUV pulled up making Jackson turn around as Argent got out of the car. "Car trouble?" Argent asked before walking over to Jackson.ย 

"It's okay. I'm just gonna call a tow truck." Jackson said as Argent put some gloves on, "Oh, I know a few things about cars. Could be something simple." Argent said before opening the driver side door, pushing the button that pops open the rear engine.

"I don't know... I mean, it's a pretty expensive car, and they pull all this warranty crap if you do your own repairs, right?" Jackson asked as Argent closed the door, "Well, I won't tell if you won't." He said before walking over to the back of the car.ย 

"It's Jackson, right? Come here. I'll show you what to look for." Argent said as he opened the back hood while Jackson walked over. Argent rested his hand on Jackson's back, lightly pushing him to bend down to look at the engine before pulling down Jackson's collar to look at the scars from Derek's claws on the back of his neck.ย 

"Oh, sorry." Argent said when Jackson looked at him, "What?" Jackson asked as Argent still looked at his neck. "Your neck. You hurt yourself?" Argent asked and Jackson stood up awkwardly, "Um.. No. I mean, it's just- just a scratch." He said.ย 

"Well, it looks like more than a scratch. Kinda looks like claw marks." Argent said, making Jackson quickly pull away from him and Argent smiled and raised his eyebrows. "You all right?" Argent asked and Jackson nodded slightly, "Yeah. Look, I'm just gonna call for a tow truck, okay?" He said, pulling his phone out.ย 

"Is there any reason you're so reluctant to tell me what it was that did that?" Argent asked before Stiles' jeep pulled up with rock music playing. "Yo." Scott said as Sawyer leaned forward from the back and turned off the music, "What's up?" Stiles asked.ย 

"Is everything okay?" Scott asked and Argent smiled, "Hey, Scott. Your friend here was just having car trouble. We're just taking a look." Argent said and Sawyer raised her eyebrows. "I work at the shop down the street. I can have someone bring the tow truck down and then I can take a look at it myself, free of charge." Sawyer said and Stiles nodded.ย 

"Yeah. You want a ride?" Stiles asked before Scott opened his door, "Hey, come on, Jackson- you're way too pretty to be out here all by yourself." Sawyer said and Scott gave Jackson a look making the boy nod slightly before walking over to the jeep. Scott got out of the jeep as Argent pulled something off of Jackson's engine.ย 

"Hey, kids." He called out making all of them stop as he closed the hood of Jackson's car before walking over to the front and turning the car on. "Told you I knew a few things about cars." Argent said, making them all glance at each other as Argent walked back over to his car and drove away.ย 

"What, are you following me now?" Jackson asked aggressively as he turned to Scott, making him shut the passenger door. "Yes, you stupid freaking idiot! You almost gave away everything, right there!" Scott said, walking up to Jackson as Stiles and Sawyer got out and walked over to them.ย 

"What are you talking about?" Jackson asked, "He thinks you're the second Beta." Scott said, making Jackson look at him weird. "What?" Jackson asked, "He thinks you're me!" Scott yelled before hitting the jeep out of frustration and anger. "Dude, my Jeep." Stiles said as Scott walked back over to them, "I can hear your heart beating from a mile away- literally!"

"Now he thinks that there's something wrong, and now I have to keep an eye on you so he doesn't kill you, too!" Scott said before sucking in a deep breath of anger then turning to hit the jeep again making Sawyer quickly grab him before he could.ย 

"Okay, how about we step away from Stiles' Jeep..." Sawyer said as she pulled him back over to them, "This is your problem, not mine, okay? I didn't say anything, which means you're the one that's gonna get me killed. Okay? This is your fault!" Jackson said before shoving Scott against the jeep.

"Can we stop hitting my Jeep?" Stiles said before Scott shoved Jackson making Sawyer quickly step in between them, pressing her forearms to both of their chests. "Okay! The testosterone in this little vicinity is suffocating. Just stop." She said before letting them go and stepping back.ย 

"When they come after you, I won't be able to protect you. I can't protect anyone." Scott said, glancing over at Stiles and Sawyer, making them give him a look, "Why are you looking at us?" They both said at the same time. "You know, now you have to do it. Get me what I want, and I will be fine protecting myself." Jackson said and Scott shook his head.ย 

"No, you won't! Just trust me- all it does is make things worse." Scott said and Jackson raised his eyebrows, "Oh, yeah, really? You can hear anything you want and run faster than humanly possible. Sounds like a real hardship, McCall." Jackson said and Scott nodded slightly.ย 

"Yeah, I can run really fast now, except half the time, I'm running away from people trying to kill me! And I can hear things, like- like my girlfriend telling people she doesn't trust me anymore, right before breaking up with me. I'm not lying to you! It ruins your life." Scott said and Jackson shook his head slightly.ย 

"It ruined your life. You had all the power in the world, and you didn't know what to do with it. You know what it's actually like? It's like you turned sixteen, and someone bought you a Porsche when they should have started you out with a nice little Honda." He said before leaning closer, "Me? I drive a Porsche." He said then walked back to his car.ย 

The three watched as he drove off before Sawyer pursed her lips and squinted slightly. "He is aware that he drives a Porshe Cayman which is ranked sixteenth out of seventeen for luxury cars... It's also nicknamed 'The Poor Man's Porsche' so I wouldn't exactly call that impressive. Waste of money at most..."ย 

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"Allison... when you said you needed to stop for an errand before we went shopping... a five-mile hike in the woods was not what I was expecting." Lydia said as she, Sawyer and Anakin followed Allison through the woods, "Before I forget, I wanted to ask if you're okay with something." Allison said.ย 

"Jackson invited me to the winter formal." Allison said, making Lydia hum, "Did he?" She asked, pretending to be calm. "Uh-huh. Just as friends. But, I just wanted to make sure you're okay with it, first." Allison said and Lydia slowly nodded, "Sure. As long as it's just friends."ย 

"Well, yeah. I mean, it's not like I would take him to the coach's office during lacrosse practice to make out with him or anything." Allison said, making Sawyer glance over at Lydia, whose eyes widened, "Right. About that..." She said awkwardly.ย 

Allison drops the bag and unzips it, inside the bag she reveals a bow and quiver of arrows. Lydia looks down at it with wide eyes while Sawyer raised her eyebrows slightly.ย  Lydia and Sawyer watched Allison took a normal arrow and twisted off the arrowhead. She replaced it with something bigger, making Lydia and Sawyer look at her confused, "What does that do?" Lydia asked.ย 

"We're about to find out." Allison said as she took a firing position in front of a tree in the distance. Setting the arrow just under the sight, she pulls back on the nocking point of the bowstring.ย 

Lydia tenses up while Sawyer watches cautiously as Allison aims, then lets the bolt soar, exploding against the tree with a bright flash, strange whirls of light spinning into the air. "What the hell was that?" Lydia asked as she, Sawyer and Allison looked shocked, "I don't know."ย 

"Well, that was fun. Any other lethal weapons you want to try out?" Lydia asks sarcastically, Allison went to turn to them but stopped. She turned her head as she listened to the woods around them. A moment later, they all hear it, movement through the brush and leaves.ย 

"Hold this." Allison says, handing Sawyer the bow. "Why are you giving Sawyer a deadly weapon?" Lydia asked, as Sawyer awkwardly held the bow out in front of her. "Because I thought I heard something." Allison answered, making Lydia's eyes widen, "So... what if you heard something?" She asked.ย 

"So I want to go find out what thatย  something is. Don't worry, it's probably nothing." Allison said and started walking away but Lydia spoke up again, "What if nothing is something and that something is something dangerous?" Lydia said, making Sawyer glance at her with raised eyebrows.ย 

"Shoot it." Allison said then takes off leaving Lydia to glance around nervously while Sawyer looked at her for a moment. She glanced down at Anakin for a moment, mindlessly petting him before taking a deep breath. "So, since you and Jackson broke up... Does that mean you don't have a date to the formal?" Sawyer asked, making Lydia scoff lightly, "No." She said and Sawyer nervously raised her eyebrows.ย 

"Do you want to go with me?" She asked making Lydia look at her, "As friends, obviously." Sawyer quickly added. "I just thought since you don't have a date and I don't have a date and formal is right around the corner so I would be kinda hard to get a date in time- Well, it would probably be easy for you but definitely wouldn't be for me-" Sawyer rambled before Lydia cut her off.ย 

"You know you ramble a lot?" She asked and Sawyer awkwardly pursed her lips and nodded, "Yep." She said before Lydia smiled at her. "And I would love to go with you." She said, making Sawyer raise her eyebrows, "Really?" She asked and Lydia nodded.ย 

"I never went to a dance with a friend before, sounds like it would be fun." She said and Sawyer smiled and nodded, "Awesome." She said. Lydia glanced around the woods while Sawyer smiled to herself, looking down at Anakin before holding her hand out. Anakin raised his paw up to her hand before Sawyer excitedly shook it.ย 

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Sawyer and Stiles raced each other into the kitchen, Stiles getting to the fridge first making him laugh smugly at her. He pulled out a jug of milk before drinking straight from the jug making Sawyer cringe, "Gross." She said before glancing over at the dining room to see their father sitting at the table with a bunch of paperwork in front of him.ย 

"Whatcha doing?" Sawyer asked, making Stiles look over, "Work." Stilinski said and the twins smiled and raised their eyebrows. "Anything we can help with?" Stiles asked, "You know, if you poured me an ounce of whiskey, that would be awfully nice." Their father said making Sawyer quickly grab a glass while Stiles went to grab the bottle of whiskey.ย 

"Any leads?" Sawyer asked as they sat down next to their father before she reached over to grab a paper making Stilinski hit her hand with the pen. "You know I can't discuss that with you two." Stilinski said as Stiled started to pour him a glass of whiskey, "Not too much." Stilinski said as Anakin walked over and sat down next to them.ย 

Stiles poured him an ounce before pausing as he glanced up at him before glancing at Sawyer then pouring more whiskey into the cup. "Okay. There you go, Dad." Stiles said as he moved the cup over, "Thanks." Stilinski mumbled as he mindlessly grabbed the glass while reading something. He took a drink until soon enough, he had drunk the whole glass of whiskey.ย 

"You know, Derek Hale would be a whole hale of a lot- Hale of a lot?" Stilinski slightly slurred his words slightly, making Sawyer raise her eyebrows. "Hell of a lot?" She said and their father raised his eyebrows slightly as he nodded and gave a thumbs up.ย 

"Hell... Yes... He would be a hell of a lot easier to catch if we could get an actual picture of him." He said as he grabbed something, making Stiles and Sawyer look at him incredulously. "How do you not have a picture of him?" Stiles asked, "It's the weirdest thing... It's like every time we tried to get a mugshot, it's like two laser-beams were pointing at the camera." Stilinski said as Sawyer grabbed the picture he was looking at to see a mugshot of Derek but there was a massive light flare around his eyes.ย 

"Nice." Stiles and Sawyer said at the same time as their father sat back and took his glasses off. "Oh, my God... Ohhh! God, that ounce hit me like a brick. And I have said way too much, and if you two repeat any of that-" He said before Stiles cut him off slightly.ย 

"Dad, it's us! We're not gonna say anything." Stiles said and Sawyer nodded in agreement, "Our lips are sealed." She said and their father chuckled before Sawyer grabbed a file and pulled out the papers from it.ย 

"See, the thing is, they're all connected... I mean, the bus driver that got killed? He was an insurance investigator assigned to the Hale House Fire." Stilinski said as he looked at a paper making Stiles and Sawyer lean forward to look at it. "Terminated under suspicion of fraud." Sawyer read and their father nodded, "Exactly." He said.ย 

"Who else?" Stiles asked before they started going through some pictures, "The video store clerk who got his throat slashed? He's a convicted felon- history of arson." Stilinski said and Sawyer furrowed her brows. "What about the other two guys, the guys who got killed in the woods?" She asked, "Priors all over their records, including..."

"Arson." Stiles and Sawyer both said as realization slowly crossed over their faces, "So, maybe they all had something to do with the fire..." Sawyer mumbled as she glanced around at the papers before Stilinski sat back.ย 

"Another shot?" Stiles asked, grabbing the bottle of whiskey and their father shook his head slightly, "No, no, no. No more." He said. "Dad, come on. You work really hard, all right? You deserve it." Sawyer said and Stilinski stared at them for a moment before chuckling, "Oh, my God... I'm gonna have such a hangover..." He said.ย 

"You mean you're gonna have such a good night's sleep!" Stiles said before turning towards Sawyer, "We are gonna have an eternity in the lowest circle of hell..." Sawyer mumbled as Stiles poured a bunch of whiskey into the glass.ย 

After a little while, Stilinski messed with the empty glass before making it fall off the table until Sawyer quickly caught it. "Guy, there's just so many questions..." Stilinski said as he drunkenly rubbed his forehead, "Like what?" Stiles asked.ย 

"Like, if Derek wanted to kill everyone involved with the fire, then why start with his sister? I mean, she had nothing to do with it. Why make it look like some kind of animal did it?" He said, slightly slurring his words as his kids stared at him with guilt clear across their faces.ย 

"When that cougar ended up in the parking lot, I checked with animal control- you know the instances of wild animal reports were up seventy percent over the past few months? It's like they're going crazy, running out of the woods... I don't know..." Stilinski said and Sawyer nodded slightly.
"Or something's scaring them out..." She said and their father nodded before looking over at them with a small smile as he mindlessly petted Anakin's head.ย 

"You know, I miss talking to you guys... It's like we never have time." He said, making Sawyer look at him while Stiles pulled out his phone, "Dad, you know, I have to make a phone call. I'm sorry, I'll be right back." He said before getting up while Sawyer stayed seated.ย 

"I do... I miss it... and I miss your mom..." Stilinski said, making Stiles pause before turning around as he and Sawyer looked at him shocked. "What'd you say?" Stiles asked and their father didn't say anything, just grabbed the bottle of whiskey and went to pour more into the cup until Sawyer took the bottle away.ย 

"Thanks." Stilinski whispered before Stiles and Sawyer glanced at each other with sad and guilty looks.ย 

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Melissa glanced around slightly as she sat next to Peter as he drove to wherever they were going to have dinner. "Everything okay?" Peter asked and Melissa glanced at him, "Mm, I don't know... I just feel like we maybe missed the turn for the restaurant?" She said, shrugging slightly, making him hum.ย 

"I'll pull over. We can map it on your phone." Peter said and Melissa nodded, "Okay." She said, looking down at her phone as Peter pulled over. Peter looked over at Melissa as she typed something into her phone before laughing softly as she looked at him.ย 

"What?" She asked and he stared at her for a moment, "I was just noticing that you have the most incredible skin. It's flawless." He said, making her chuckle awkwardly. "That's a new one on me..." She said as she glanced down before Peter slowly reached over to lightly touch her cheek.ย 

"Do you mind?" Peter asked and Melissa stared at him before accidentally dropping her phone, "Oh... Sorry..." She said before leaning down to get her phone. Peter watched her as his teeth slowly grew onto large canines and his eyes glowed red until suddenly, a car crashed into them.ย 

"Oh!" Melissa said before quickly getting out before seeing a blue jeep behind them, "Oh, are you kidding me? Stiles!" She yelled before Stiles and Sawyer quickly got out of the jeep as she walked around the car. "Mrs. McCall?" Sawyer asked and Melissa nodded, "Yes!" She said irritably as Peter got out of the car.ย 

"Wow, this is-this is just crazy. What a coincidence, huh?" Stiles said as other people started to walk over and Melissa laughed sarcastically. "Nicely done, Scott. Nicely done." Peter mumbled as Scott was hiding behind a car, watching and listening.ย 

"I mean, I do not know what happened. You guys just came out of nowhere-" Stiles said before Melissa cut him off, "Came out of nowhere?! We were parked on the side of the road, Stiles!" She yelled as they stood out in the rain.ย 

"How crazy is that? I mean, we should probably call the cops, you know? Do like, an accident report thing?" Stiles said as Peter walked over to them, "I don't think that's necessary." He said and Sawyer raised her eyebrows. "Are you sure? I think I'm feeling a little whiplash..." She said and Melissa looked at her incredulously, "Whiplash?! You hit us!" She said and Sawyer rubbed the back of her neck.ย 

"I don't know... There's something definitely wrong with my neck..." Sawyer said as Peter walked away from them.ย 

"I know you're there, Scott, and I'm impressed. It's too bad most teenagers aren't that smart. It's like that one on the lacrosse team- Jackson. Thinks he knows all about us. You know how they say 'Knowledge is power'? Not in his case." Peter said, making Scott's eyes widen.ย 

"Jackson. Oh, no..."

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