new york wolves } { of gathering allies and making plans

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Peter: [is in his room at the desk keeping himself busy by researching into Laura's mate bond issue further when she comes in. He can see something's happened] What?

Laura: [just hands over her phone so that he can play the video himself] They're alive and they're in Beacon Hills.

Peter: [watches the video. There's a bit of relief because alive is good. Beacon Hills though...] What are his demands?

Laura: We have to go there and get them. That's all he said. [she points to the video] Can you tell where they are?

Peter: [he pauses the video, scrolling back and not looking at the girls, but what's around them. He sees a symbol and grabs a piece of paper] I don't recognize this, but you know who our resident Beacon Hills expert is... [he's sketching the symbol onto the paper]

Laura: [she nods] Should we tell him what it's for? I don't want to get his hopes up - or send him running into something dangerous.

Peter: We should tell him we're on our way to him, to get this information and then to meet us at the airport. You need to get Derek back here now, tell that fed to get his ass to Beacon Hills wherever he is, and I'll ask Nadia if I can borrow the jet.

Laura: [nods slowly, reaching to take her phone back, then pausing] I still don't know what he wants, Peter.

Peter: Then we plan for the worst. [being her] And bring a few aces. [and he's calling Nadia]

Laura: [and she'll step out to call Derek and fill him in]

Nadia: Hello?

Peter: Hello, my darling. We have action and need a favor.

Nadia: Oh?

Peter: Deucalion has taken the girls to Beacon Hills. We need to get there as soon as possible. And we could use some support, if possible.

Nadia: [a pause for a moment, as she pulls her phone away from her ear to check some things] Victor has the jet in St. Louis, but it can be back here within a few hours once I get a hold of him. I could have it ready to go by tomorrow morning?

Peter: Morning will be fine. We would rather not have to have our names on any flight itineraries.

Nadia: Consider it done. As for support, I'll make sure Nik is ready as well. I'm afraid I tied up in some pack business so I can't really lend you more than that.

Peter: I understand. Nik is who I was thinking as well. I don't want to put Victor in Deucalion’s way either.

Nadia: Is there anything else I can do?

Peter: I would say pray for us. Sadly, we don't know what elaborate game we're going to be walking into, so we will need to be ready for anything.

Nadia: Be careful, Peter.

Peter: I will. You can't get rid of me that easily.

Nadia: Good.

Peter: [there's a moment, and then a small smile] I love you, Nadia.

Nadia: [there's a small smile at that as well] I love you, too. Good luck.

Peter: [and he will hang up and go find Laura]

Derek: [rewind and Derek answers the phone] What's wrong?

Laura: Deucalion reached out. He has the girls in Beacon Hills.

Derek: You're fucken kidding me.

Laura: I wish I was. Peter is getting the jet from Nadia, but I need you to call Agent Winchester and see if he can get out there as soon as possible. We need all the help we can get.

Derek: Yeah, I'll do that. Let me tell Flack I'm going on emergency leave. How long until we're wheels up?

Laura: [from listening on Peter's conversation] Tomorrow morning, it seems like.

Derek: Alright, that gives me enough time to wrap up a few things here on this case.

Laura: Okay. Be home tonight and be careful until then.

Derek: I will.

Laura: Good. I'll see you soon.

Derek: [hangs up and goes to call Dean since he's of to the side already]

Dean: [picks up on the second ring] Yeah?

Derek: Deucalion made contact with Laura. The girls are in beacon Hills. We’re heading there in the morning, and Laura wants you to meet us there.

Dean: [glances down at his watch as he pushes into a sitting position] Yeah, if I book it I can be there by tomorrow evening. You sure the information is good?

Derek: Laura wouldn't take us back to Beacon Hills unless she was sure.

Dean: Alright. I'll be there.

Derek: I'll text you from the plane what our eta will be at the airport. If nothing else, check in with Sheriff Stilinski. He'll know where we are.

Dean: Got it. I'll see what traffic looks like once I'm on the road, but since I'll be driving through the night it should be smooth sailing.

Derek: Drive safe. See you tomorrow night.

Dean: See you then. [and hangs up]

Derek: [and he is going to go to Flack and tell him what's going on]

Flack: [is sitting in his office, doing paperwork]

Derek: [walks in, closing the door behind him first] I need to take that emergency family leave.

Flack: [glances up] They found something?

Derek: Yeah, the bastard finally contacted Laura. They’re in Beacon Hills

Flack: So you all are going out there?

Derek: Yeah. Stiles is actually already there because he's with his father. We're leaving tomorrow morning.

Flack: Alright. I'll push the paperwork through.

Derek: Beckett and I have this one pretty much wrapped, so I'm going to finish it out and let her know on my way home. I don't want Esposito doing something stupid and trying to follow us.

Flack: Are you sure that's the stupid thing?

Derek: Laura wants him away, sir. I'm not going to get on her bad side at the moment.

Flack: Alright. I'll see if I can keep him occupied, but I'm not going to lie to him.

Derek: No, I don't expect you too. And if he happens to get a text from a federal agent I don't know he's getting updates from, that's not my fault either.

Flack: Alright. Good luck.

Derek: I'll text you updates. [and he’s going to go back out to finish up the case]

- - - - -

[Espo strolls up to the hangar as the Hales are getting ready to board and Laura sighs as she has to deal with him.]

Laura: [SIGH as she makes her way over and she's not pleased about this and it's one her face] Javi ...

Esposito: [holds up his hand] No, you listen to me for a moment. You see this? [pulls the rifle case into his hands] This is an SR-25 special forces sniper rifle. I'm trained, certified, and can shoot a hole through a dime up to three hundred feet away. I don't need to be anywhere near you to have your back. So this is going to be how it goes - I go with you now, or I'm taking a commercial flight to LA and I'll track you, and you know I can and will. Only difference is going to be explaining to a TSA official why I'm packing. So the only choice that's yours is how I'm getting there. [stubborn boyfriend is stubborn]

Derek: [turns his back to them because he's hiding his hand over his lips to keep from laughing and ignoring the look from Peter]

Laura: [she just watches him for a moment, because she knows he's not going to listen either way, but she just stares at him for a moment before nodding] You have to let me do what I have to do.

Esposito: You're the alpha. [smirks] You just tell me where to set up, and who to shoot.

Laura: [nods again] Okay.

Esposito: So what kind of in flight snacks are on this plane anyway. All I have are granola bars. [puts his arm over her shoulder, leading her back to the group]

Laura: [laughs as she follows] There's a kitchen. I think.

Nik: [coming down the stairs] So we doing this or what?

Peter: Yes, let's go before anyone else shows up wanting to help. [all the looks, Derek]

Derek: Not my fault!

Laura: Peter, it's fine.

Nik: Alright, now boarding for Los Angeles, California. [gestures with his hand for them all to get on board]

- - - - -

[And they arrive in LA where Stiles is waiting for them with a police van to load them into.]

Laura: Did you figure out where that symbol was? [as they all pile in the car]

Stiles: Yeah, Allison figured it out. It's some bank that was shut down a few years back because they got robbed and their safe was emptied overnight.

Scott: It's in a crappy part of town too. A lot of buildings closed down due to crime.

Laura: They must have them in the old vault.

Scott: So should you tell them the bad news?

Stiles: Dude.

Laura: Stiles, tell me the bad news.

Stiles: I may have been able to get the city hall construction plans for the bank and figured out the layout. I figured they would be in the vault because, you know, holding werewolves and all. So I was trying to see what the vault was made of and it's this stuff called Hecatolite.

Peter: Hecatolite? Are you certain?

Stiles: Yeah. Scott, hand him the paperwork.

Scott: [hands over a thick expanding folder of paperwork]

Laura: Is that what I think it is?

Peter: [ goes to flip through the paperwork] It's a rare stone, also known as moonstone.

Stiles: Yeah, I asked your friend Deaton about it. He says that the stone does something to light that fractures it and pretty much makes it bounce around but not really light anything.

Peter: [looks at Laura] which means that the girls haven't been able to feel the moon since they were put into it.

Laura: They haven’t felt the full moon in three months. The full moon is tomorrow. [she closes her eyes as she leans back in her seat] I knew there was a catch.

Esposito: So I take it that this is bad.

Scott: Hey, that's what I said.

Laura: Think the lions in the coliseum. The Romans would starve them for three days so they'd be extra vicious. They won't be able to control their shift and they'll be looking to tear anything and everything apart.

Scott: Okay, that's worse than what Stiles told me.

Laura: [glances back to Nik] We'll have to find them and pin them down somehow. Keep them from getting to people.

Stiles: I can see if my dad can help? Random curfew for the town.

Scott: Dude, when have we ever listened to a curfew?

Stiles: Okay, point, but still....

Laura: How far is the bank from the preserve?

Stiles: It's um... five, ten minutes? it's on the other side of the school district.

Laura: Maybe we can herd them into the preserve and keep them from hurting anyone that way.

Scott: It's Christmas, so the school is empty. No one will see you guys on the way there.

Stiles: Yeah.... oh crap.

Peter: [thinks] Does the town still do that parade and celebration at the church in the center of town?

Stiles: That was the oh crap.

Laura: Yeah, we want them away from the people.

Stiles: You think you can get them to run to the preserve and not the huge mass of humanity in the other direction?

Laura: If we give them good enough bait and make the humans look not desirable.

Stiles: Not sure I like the idea of that, but if it works...

Scott: Allison, Lydia and I can be lookout? [he's looking at Stiles] We see them coming and we can like, scream fire or something.

Nik: I can be bait. I'm certainly big enough. [leans forward and pokes his head between the seats] Doesn't Allison's family have a way of corralling them?

Scott: Yeah.... she just... she wasn't sure you'd want their help. She'd have to ask her parents since they haven't really trained her a lot yet.

Laura: Chris owes me. It's the least he can fucking do.

Stiles: So.... I guess you need to call your girlfriend and have her and her dad meet us at my place.

Scott: I can do that. [goes to pull out his phone]

Laura: [leans back in her seat] And we should have the alphas distracted.

Peter: [wry] it's good to be home.

Laura: [glances out the window and nods] Let me out here.

Stiles: But we're not at my place yet...

Laura: And they're probably watching me. So the less they know about what you guys are doing, the better.

Derek: You're not going without backup.

Laura: Do you think you can restrain two out of control werewolves with less people than you have right now?

Esposito: No, let her go. Stiles, drop me off two streets past. I'll keep her in my scope.

Laura: [wants to argue but she doesn't.] If Chris gives you a hard time, remind him that if his father hadn't tried to use me to extend his life, we wouldn't be in this situation in the first place.

Peter: Oh, trust me, I can be persuasive.

Scott: Is that as scary as it sounds?

Stiles: Yeah, pretty much.

Scott: I see what you meant about him.

Peter: [smirks just a bit]

Laura: [climbs out of the van and glances back to the rest of them] Be careful.

Stiles: We will. [and then two blocks away, Espo is let out, and then the boys club heads to the Stilinski house to scheme. Stiles has the layout of the bank on his dining room table, and a murder board that Lydia and Allison are standing at that Derek looks at, impressed]

Nik: [just looks everything over] Yeah, we stand a better chance running them out of the bank than we do trying to keep them in. Keeping them in just ups the chance they'll kill each other. If they're gonna go full throttle we're better off giving them room to run.

Peter: Well, the preserve is off limits after dark. And the city turns out in full force for this Christmas event, don't they?

Stiles: Yeah, it's like the biggest thing we have. Candle vigils, singing, food... you name it.

Derek: So the question is going to be, how do we get them out of the bank and then towards the preserve?

Allison: Well, we have these? [and she'll hold up what looks like a footlight made out of silver] Push the button and it sets off a whistle only you guys can hear.

Peter & Derek: We know.

Stiles: [makes a wincing face]

Allison: Anyway - we can place these on the way that goes into town? Use them as a deterrent to get them to go to the preserve?

Stiles: Yeah. So what, we invisible fence up the street and lead the bulls to the stadium.

Derek: [Crosses his arms] It's a good plan.

Nik: Let's just hope there are no late night campers.

Peter: We still don't know how to get them out of the bank to get them to the preserve.

Nik: Does the alpha pack have an emissary?

Peter: [thinks] Yes. Deaton sister.

Scott: ... Wait you mean the high school guidance counselor?

Stiles: Wow, really?

Nik: She might be our way in.

Stiles: Well, while I was waiting for you, I may have also gotten my dad's file on the bank robbery and the way they got in... [innocent face]

Nik: Care to share?

Stiles: [and he tells them about the robbers and the air vent and all]

Nik: Yeah, I'm not fitting in there.

Stiles: I can fit in there.

Derek: Me too.

Peter: And which of you think you can break down a wall with your bare fists.

Derek: [looking at Stiles] We won't know until we try, right?

Nik: And what if they have the vault sealed and getting the girls to kill each other was their intention in the first place?

Peter: Then we need to talk to Deaton's sister to see what the plan was, and find a front door as well as a back door.

Nik: Well, right now I'll stick with the Argents and set up our funnel to the woods. The less they know about my pack's involvement the better.

Scott: And I'll do the watch out for the town just in case.

Derek: And Agent Winchester should be here soon.

Nik: So I guess that leaves Peter to go talk to Marin Morrell

Peter: I'll be back as soon as I can.

Scott: I'll go with you. Stiles said you guys shouldn't be alone. [even if he looks nervous at the idea. He's heard stuff about you, Peter. You're so the big bad wolf]

Nik: [smirks at that] Relax, kid. He doesn't bite unless you've earned it.

Scott: You can't turn me into a wolf, right?

Peter: No. Are you as annoying as Stiles can be?

Stiles: Hey!

Scott: No... Stiles is pretty unique that way.

Stiles: Standing right here.

Peter: We'll be fine then. [and off they go]

Nik: [smirks before nodding his head towards Allison] C'mon. Let's go meet your dad.

Stiles: So it's just the three of us. [looks at Derek and Lydia] Let's plan a bank robbery.

Lydia: Great. [and with that they do their planning and everything falls into place and we can skip a bit?]