chapter fourteen, PAINFUL RIDE

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Noah Hall

I walk into Derek's apartment and freeze when I see Derek and Braeden kissing. They both turn to me and I close my eyes "sorry." I say.

Derek laughs and they pull away from each other. "You're okay, what are you doing here?" He asks.

"My mom wanted to me to check on you before we go." I explain. He nods "well I'm in good hands so, all good" He says and smiles at Braden.

I smile at the two and look down at the table full of guns. "Is this going to be enough?" I ask. "To kill a Berserker?" I hear a cold laugh from beside me. I roll my eyes and look at the stairs.

Peter walks down them, towards me and shakes his head. "Not even close, maybe hold them off for a bit...maybe..." He laughs with his head tilted.

"Killing a berserker is next to impossible. It's not just the fire power, it's breaking the animals spirit from the human." He explains. "And how is it you know so much about this topic Peter?" I spit.

He smirks and shakes his head "I've been alive a long while sweetheart, I've seen a few things."
I roll my eyes and turn back to Derek. "Well one person we know with real experience is Argent." Derek says.

"Have you been able to reach him? I tried calling earlier but no answer" I state. Derek shakes his head "Braden and I tried too. Nothing" he says.

"Well then we're going to need help" Peter says "like Malia, maybe even Liam, definitely me...and especially you..." Peter says and looks me straight in the eye.

"Clearly I'm coming dumbass, but is it really smart to bring Liam into this? He's just a kid" I state. "You're a kid too, he can fight. Just like you can." Peter warns. I roll my eyes again and cross my arms.

"You seem very eager for us all to be there Peter." I say and look him up and down. "I just want Scott back, and I happen to hate Kate." He shrugs.

I raise a brow and slowly nod. Something's definitely up with him.

"I'll see you guys later." I say to Derek and Braeden. I head to the door and hear footsteps behind me. I turn and see Peter following me. "What?" I spit.

"Have you talked to your mother?" He asks. I furrow my brows and look around us. "About what?" I ask trying to play it cool.

If something really is happening to me, Peter will be the last person to know about it. And why is he even questioning anything?

"Noah, don't play dumb. As much as I like to pretend I don't care, This is important. Especially tonight. Don't slip up because you weren't prepared" he explains coldly.

"I'm fine, don't worry about me" I snap.

I turn on my heel and walk out the door.

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"Did you find anything?" I ask Stiles as he walks down stairs with Malia right behind him.

"Yes!" She says firmly.

We walk down to Scott's kitchen and stop when we see Liam standing next to the table. "Liam, go home. You're not coming" Stiles says and marches past him.

I give him a sympathetic smile and he groans "why not?" He snaps. "Because it's a full moon." Stiles says firmly. "And also, I don't feel like driving all the way down to Mexico just to have you rip my throat out." Stiles adds.

"You can lock me up right? In the back seat?" He begs. "Liam it's dangerous, also you're so new to this. I don't want you getting hurt." I warn.

"I won't Noah, I swear. I can control it. You'll be with me. It will be fine. Just chain me up till we get there" He explains.

"You tore through the last chains, remember?" Malia reminds him. I see his sad eyes and I groan. "Would it be so bad if he came?" I ask

"Noah." Stiles warns. "We'd literally have to freeze him in carbonite to get him down there." He jokes.
"Is it easy to get carbonite?" Liam asks. I turn my head back to him and see a serious look on his face, I slap my forehead and shake my head.

Malia turns to Stiles and I and Stiles shakes his head as well. "Seriously? You have seen it either?" Stiles glares. We all turn around and head towards the door. "Wait!" Liam yells making us all stop again.

"What if we put me in the trunk?" He asks. "You'd get out of that too" Malia states. "Liam you've been a werewolf all of five minutes. You don't have to do this" Stiles says softly. "I know I don't, but I want to" Liam whisper.

He looks over at me and sighs "Please, please take me with you." I watch as his eyes gloss over and his lip gains a pout.

I close my eyes and slowly shake my head. I test my hand on my hip and slowly turn to Stiles.

"Fine, Liam is coming." I say. I caved, his eyes are like puppy eyes, and usually that doesn't effect me. But his do.

Stiles groans and rubs his eyes with the plans over his hands. "Fine...but we're taking my car" Stiles says. I stop and look at him "Stiles I swear to god if we get stuck again." I state firmly. "No we'll be fine." He says and wave sis over.

"Actually...I might have a better idea" he mumbles under his breath. We follow him outside and he doesn't explain further.

Liam and I get in the backseat and Stiles starts to drive. I turn to Liam and I smile at him "are you feeling okay?" I ask. He sighs and nods "right now I'm fine, but I definitely feel it." He states. "It will be like that for awhile, just until you get used to the transition" I explain.

"Have you gotten used to it?" He asks. I nod "I'm a born wolf, my first transition was when I was nine. I've definitely gotten used to it." I laugh. His eyes widen and he takes my hand. "You were nine?" He asks with sympathy in his tone. I nod and hold his hand tightly. "Don't worry, I was fine." I state.

As we drive, my mothers warning is the only thing I can thing of. The unexplainable things that have happened to me only twice as of now, might get worse tonight, I don't know what to prepare for.

I should have talked to my mom sooner, the moment she said we should talk. But I kept brushing it off.

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We get out of the Jeep and Braden pulls up with a prison transport van. "How'd you get that?" Stiles asks as we walk towards her. "I'm a US Marshal Stiles. This is not the only thing I can get you." She explains.

"I literally thought that was a cover" He says and turns to us. I shake my head and we all turn our heads when Derek pulls into the garage.

Shortly after my mom does as well.

Derek walks towards us and looks Liam up and down. "We're really bringing him?" He asks. I stand in front of Liam and look at Peter. "We're really bringing him?" Stiles and I ask in unison.

"We're bringing everyone we can" Peter says and stands between us. "And considering Scott and Kira were taken the night before a full moon we should probably get going." He adds.

"What's that mean?" Malia asks.

"If Kate took Scott back to the same temple she took Derek, how do we know she's not planning to do the same thing to him?" Peter asks. "She wants to make him younger?" Liam wonders.

"Or take him back to when he wasn't a werewolf" Derek chimes in. "Make him powerless, she needs something from him, whatever it is, I don't think we have much time to figure it out" My mom says and looks down at her watch.

"We have four hours until the full moon is up." Stiles says after looking down at his watch.

"I say we get going." Peter says and points at the cars. "We can't. Not without Lydia." Stiles says firmly.

Stiles grabs his phone and dials for Lydia. I stand next to Liam as we wait.
  I pull my shirt, slightly away from my neck as my body begins to feel hot.
"You okay?" Liam whispers to me. I nod and look over at my mom who's talking with Peter. I glare at the two and turn back to Liam.

"My mom told me something, that something will happen to me tonight. I'll change" I explain to him in a hushed voice. "What will change?" He asks. I shrug "we didn't have much time to talk about it."

Stiles walks back towards us and shakes his head "nothing." He says and places his phone in his pocket.

"If she has a car she can catch up to us." Braden says. Peter points at her and nods. "Good point. We'll call her from the road." He says.

"No! What if something happened?" I ask. "What if she's in trouble?" Stiles adds. "Fine Stiles stay and you find her." Peter snaps "We're gonna go on without you." He adds.

"I can call Mason, he has a study group after school" Liam says. "Alright fine." Stiles says.

I walk with Liam towards the truck and Peter stands in front of me. "You're going with your mother" he says firmly.

"What? No! I'm going with Liam" I snap. "You are going with your mother" he repeats. Liam walks next to me and looks him the eyes "I need her" he states.
  "It's not a question Noah." He growls.

"She can come with us?" I state. "Noah I don't know if that's the best idea." My mom says to me. "I don't care, I'm going with Liam." I stage firmly to all of them.

"Oh my god, everyone get in the damn truck." Derek says and pushes Liam and I into the back.

"Remember we're not just dealing with Kate, but also with the berserkers. You may see human eyes but there is no human souls left in them." Peter yells.
He looks at Liam as we sit in the back and he shakes his head. "Awe, this little one is frightened. You should be. That fear will keep you alive."

I flip Peter off and shut the doors when Stiles gets inside.

I look over at Liam and his head is hung low "it'll be okay Liam." I state.

"I'm warning you both right now. Tonight is going to be very different for Noah." My mom says to Stiles and Derek as she sits in the front with Braeden. Derek nods and Stiles furrows his brows.

I grip the seat tightly and keep my eyes forward.

"Mason texted, he found her car. He's going to go look for her." Liam states. We all nod and Derek starts to chain him up.

"I brought something, to help you, both of you." Derek says and looks between Liam and I.

"Am I missing something? What's happening right now?" Stiles asks. "You'll know when you know." Derek says coldly and pulls something from his pocket.

He pulls out and small disk and I roll my eyes. Not this shit. This never works for me, I just never wanted to be the one to tell Derek that.

"It's a very powerful, supernatural talisman." Derek states. "We use it to teach betas how to control themselves." He explains further. He hands the disk to Liam and I shake my head. Derek glares at me and turns his head to Stiles for reassurance.

Stiles raises his brows and slowly nods, "yes, it's powerful, so powerful."

I snort and look out the window.

I feel a tingling sensation all over my body and shift uncomfortably.

I see that the sky is starting to get darker and I close my eyes tightly. "You okay?" Liam whispers to me. I slowly nod and open my eyes. "You?" I ask. He shakes his head. "Not really."

After a few minutes of silence I start to hear Liam breath heavily. I look over and see him griping the disk tightly.

I look over to my mom through the window between us and I give her a nod. I close my eyes tightly and breath deeply as the pain in my body worsens.

This is like nothing I've felt before, usually when I was
shifting for the first few years, the pain was aching in my bones and in my head. This feels like my insides are being set on fire. I feel electrify running through my fingers, and not in a good way.

"Whatever you're going to teach me...do it fast." Liam growls. "Liam you with me?" Derek asks as Liam hunches over. Liam nods and looks up at him.

I turn towards the window and hold it as I lean towards my mom. "Mom, it burns." I breath trying to stay quiet so Liam can focus.

Maybe Peter was right. I should've just gone with my mom. My mom touches my hand and nods "I know honey, just breathe. It will be okay. Close your eyes okay?" I nod and close my eyes.

I breathe in and out and my body starts to slightly shake as I do.

I hear Liam growl and snap my eyes open I turn to him and see his eyes glowing, as he repeats the words, alpha, beta, omega his voice begins to deepen and his face starts to transform.

"Say it again." Derek yells. "I don't think it's working Derek" I say as sweat drips down my face.

I turn my face to Stiles and his face drops. "What?" I ask and growl as the pain worsens. "Your eyes." He whispers. I furrow my brows and Derek and Liam turn to me.

Liam growls and slams his head backwards.

I turn my head and look in the mirror. I see my eyes are no longer blue, worry washes over me and tears prick my eyes as the inflammation spreads. "Mom, what's happening to me?" I whisper to her.

She doesn't answer and keeps her eyes on the road.

Liam's growls become louder and the chains holding him start to shift. "Derek I don't think that talesman was really working for him." Stiles yells in fear.

"Say it again Liam!" Derek yells deeply. Liam lunges towards Derek and the truck starts to move. I hold onto the seat under me and bite my lip as I feel my claws come out.

"Liam!" Derek yells. I watch as Stiles and Derek hold him down and I take a deep breath in. My claws slowly return to my normal nails and I turn to Liam.

I grab his face as they hold him and I growl loudly. He looks at me in fear and slowly sits back down.
  Though it worked for a moment, his anger returns to him quickly.

Liam starts to get violent again and I look at Stiles. He breaks one's of his chains and reaches for Stiles.
"We're almost there." Braden yells.

"I really don't think Alpha, beta, omega is really sitting well with him." Stiles jokes. Derek and I glare at him and I shake my head. "Well can either of you come up with any other mantras?" Derek spits.

I look up at Stiles and he nods. "I can." We both turn back to Liam and hold his tighter.

"Liam. Liam!" Stiles yells. Liam snaps his head towards Stiles and he gulps, "what three things cannot long be hidden?" He asks him. Liam pauses for a moment trying ti fight the full moon but growls again at us.

"What three things Liam?" I yell loudly over his own voice. Liam grunts and we sit him back down "the sun, the moon, the truth" he breaths slowly.

"Say it again." I whisper to him and place my hands on the side of his face. "The sun...the moon, the truth" he says softly. Slowly his face returns to normal and his eyes go back to his normal blue eyes.
  His claws return and his fangs disappear.

"The sun...the moon...the truth" He whispers one last time. We all sit back in relief and Stiles turns to me. "What the fuck is going on with you?" He asks me as he catches his breath.

I sigh and close my eyes, the pain is still there but I feel much better. "Please someone explain. What happened to your eyes Noah?" Stiles pushes.

"I don't know." I growl and snap my eyes open.

Stiles shuts his mouth and sits back. "Sorry, I don't know why I said it like that." I say and put my hand on my chest. "You're changing Noah." Derek warns.

"Into what?" Stiles asks.

We all turn to my mom and she turns to look back at us. "Noah, you're the a Phoenix of the supernatural."