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Old Wounds.

"I couldn't have said it better myself." Sonya turned around to see the alpha leaning against the door of the subway car. He had his usual stone face and looked damn good in his white tank, but she didn't show it. Instead she turned with hands on her hips proud he actually was listening to her again. "Mind if you demonstrate you're so called rules, major dick wants to see them in action."

Those words crushed Sonya in her place. She was here to help the alpha, not get her ass kicked by him. Before she could stop her mouth her competitive spirit rose to the occasion. "Of course Derek, hell maybe you can learn a thing or two."

"I doubt that." Standing where he and Isaac started Derek watched the girl stand and get ready. She pulled her burgundy hair back in a ponytail. Then she started to run in place and breathe in and out. He could smell her nervousness; it was like a clammy wet sensation. She did her best to hide her fear with a smirk, but the alpha already had her heart in his teeth.

She went running much like Isaac making Derek smile. She had seen the beta attempt and fail just like she was going to do. Getting ready to grab her instead of throwing her to the ground, Derek was completely turned around when she didn't run into his arms. Instead she was using the obstacles he had put out for Isaac to jump over to climb up on top of the subway car. Her speckled colored eyes locked onto his for a split second. Derek jumped up onto the car to meet her.

With the alpha now on the car Sonya went into stage two of her plan. Spying a broken out window of the subway car she made a break for it. It was a close call with Derek only being a few feet away from the window. He had almost grabbed her hair, but she moved in between the small gap of the window just in time for him to only grab a few strands of burgundy.

The alpha leaned over the side after a failed attempt to catch the girl. He had only managed to pull a few loose hairs on accident before she squeezed herself into the inside of the subway car. Seeing the window was far too small for him to fit through Derek jumped down taking the long way to enter the car. She was gone by the time he was inside.

Seeing an opening to lose the wolf Sonya quietly moved outside of the car to hide. He was busy in the car trying to find her. A rule of thumb when in battle is to always find high ground. She did just that and quietly made her way up a support beam in the stairs, tucking herself away. Derek was now standing still using his senses to find her.

He had lost her. A mere normal girl with no supernatural powers or hunting experience and the alpha lost her. All he had was handful of hairs and a faint noise that could be her heartbeat, or the heartbeat of his three betas sitting on the stairs watching him. Derek stepped out of the car to look around. Her scent was unreliable in the enclosed space and her heart beat was lost along with his and the other wolves. He was at a disadvantage; an alpha should never be at a disadvantage.

Sonya sat quietly holding her breath watching the wolf. His usual brooding face began to hint at other emotions such as confusion and distress. He was lost. She took full advantage at his unruffled state to throw her necklace across the depot to lead him away from the open area. Once he was out of the way she could move to where the beta's sat. Then she would declare herself winner and master of werewolf training.

With no luck in finding her Derek looked to his beta's eyes. They had been watching the whole chase; they would know where she was. Soon enough he noticed Boyd's eyes were the only ones not locked on him at the moment. Instead they were looking over to a dark corner where Derek could barely make out Sonya crouched in the stairs. She was fidgeting with an item on her clothes. Looking around for a brief moment she threw her neck lace she had been wearing early in an attempt to distract him. Derek proceeded to investigate where the necklace had landed, carefully listening to Sonya move around from under the stairs. Her breath was shallow as she tried to lightly step towards the other end of the room. Derek made his moved by using supernatural speed to cut off her escape.

She stood wide eyed like a doe in headlights. He couldn't help the smug look that formed on his face. She had embarrassed him in front of his betas, now it was time to redeem himself. "Nice little trick you did there running away. I really wasn't expecting that much out of you, but now you have nowhere else to run."

"I'm full of surprises Derek, maybe I will show you some real interesting ones later." She cocked a seductive smile pairing it with a wink. Her long dark lashes stood against her olive cheek giving her an angelic like effect. Derek shifted a bit at her brashness, but then he smelt her nervousness. She was using her attraction to him as a cover up for her fear.

"Why not now Sonya?" Derek sarcastically asked letting his claws out and flashing a sly grin. She shifted uncomfortably at first just staring.

"Now, Derek, there is no reason to pull out the old lady nails, but if you insist." Taking a deep breath she reached down in her boot pulling out the hunting knife he had seen her with before. It was a tad bit intimidating, even in her hand. It had a nine inch Bowie type blade that she kept remarkably clean. Derek could see a perfect reflection of himself even from the distance between them.

He moved to close the distance first. It was a quick second before Sonya moved her arm up to protect herself. Derek instinctively grabbed it. She quickly turned dropping the blade and catching it with her other hand. Derek again stopped her advances with a swift move of his hand. She wasn't easily beaten as she moved her feet around him. Derek noted the way she moved. She was an unnatural tangle of limbs around him. Using his sudden drop in focus the woman wrenched an arm free to swipe the blade at him.

Derek felt a slight burn of pain across his stomach. He had moved back to avoid the brunt of the slash, but a tiny hint of steel met his skin. She had thrown herself to try to land the blow giving Derek the opportunity to disarm her. Grabbing her wrist he only needed to squeeze lightly and she released the blade. Derek smiled to himself using the hold he had on her to push her against a wall.

Sonya knew she was running out of options when she lost her blade. Her chances of getting out of the fight unscathed became fewer when the alpha pushed her against the wall. His sudden roughness sent her into emergency drive. His face was only centimeters away from her own making her truly see the alpha he was. Crimson red eyes paired with his handsome face made him absolutely captivating in her eyes. When he used his voice her body melted into his hold. Even though he had this effect on her, she wouldn't show it. Instead she turned her face to stone giving him no indication of her weakened state.

"I think I won, wouldn't you say?"

"Depends on what you define as winning." Sonya breathed out a shaky breath. She still had one card left unplayed on the table.

"I define it as you underneath me." Derek's smug smile was new on his face. The only two expressions he seemed to know where that one and brooding. Sonya tried to ignore his cleverly picked words which he perfectly laced with a seductive tone. Instead she let a mischievous smile of her own dance onto her lips as she spoke soft words full of ice.

"Well, Derek that is a win, but I was talking about my gun between us pointing to your gut." Derek looked between them and sure enough he saw her hands on the weapon. He met her gaze but didn't let his cocky attitude wither. She had mentioned that her gun was only really for show, the gun she had in between them that moment. She also mentioned her second greatest fighting tool was lying and even though her heart was steady holding it her scent was filled with nervousness, a key smell in lying. The alpha had enough confidence in himself to call her bluff.

Leaning in dangerously close to her ear he whispered. "I win."

"Wrong choice." Sonya pushed him away emptying the chamber of the gun letting some of her bullets fall to the ground. "You see Derek you failed to learn the lesson I tried to teach your betas. Rule number three is know thy enemy and thy surroundings, right? Well I am new in a town filled with werewolves and hunters, why the hell would I be leaving the house with an empty gun?"

Sure enough she pulled the weapon to his face emptying the cartridge. Bullets clattered to the floor irritating the alpha's sensitive hearing. Sonya moved out from underneath him with arms raised to the ceiling declaring herself the ultimate winner of the evening. Derek let out a scoff picking up one of bullets she carelessly left around him. It felt almost like a mocking gesture, but he knew it wasn't. Inspecting the bullet he noticed a familiar intoxicating smell, Wolf's bane.

"And that my little wolves, is how it's done. I mean can I get applause? All mighty alpha Derek was just totally owned!"

"That was pretty cool to watch I guess." Isaac replied to Sonya who was beaming with pride. Her smile was big and bright lighting up the whole room. It was a welcomed change for the teen. In the short time Isaac had been in Derek's pack he had noticed the word happy was not in the alpha's dictionary. Sure when Erica and Boyd showed up it was a little better, but this girl really filled a room with her happiness. Something he hadn't seen in a long while.

"Wha—Just pretty cool? No, I think you mean completely, undeniably, incredibly awesome! Did you see how I not only just beat him; I also managed to tie in my rules while doing it."

"What do you mean?" Erica questioned arching her eyebrows. Sonya smiled even brighter than before truly surprising Isaac. He didn't think she could smile brighter then she already was but now it was like the sun.

"Well, my pretty little puppy, rule number one was fight or flight. I chose to run from Derek first to tire him out a bit and throw him off my game. Let's just say flight worked. Second rule was lying and I bluffed confidence even though I was scared shitless. Number three know my surroundings and my enemy and I pulled that perfectly together. I used the obstacles Derek put out to get on top of the subway car. Squeezing through the windows I knew Derek was too big for bought me time. Last but defiantly not least, I didn't play by the rules. Derek clearly had me beaten at the wall but I pulled out my gun as a trump card. Was it cheap? Yeah, probably but I am alive because of it. And know you guys know how to win a fight."

"How did you do some of those moves anyway?" Erica asked now convinced in Sonya's fighting. Sonya took Erica's hand making her stand up showing her how she did it.

"Well, I was a dancer/contortionist for a little while. That's how I moved around him so easily, but I can show you a few easy moves that are a sure way to get you out of a pickle when going toe to toe with big guys like him. Especially if you're a small nimble blonde like yourself." Sonya flashed a smile to Erica and she returned it.

Derek put the bullet in his pocket. Hearing giggling from where his betas were he saw a strange sight. Boyd was standing perfectly still while Erica had her legs tangled with his. She was holding his arms, her brown eyes wide with laughter as Sonya stood directly behind her guiding her movements.

It was weird to say the least. Derek rolled his eyes thumbing the bullet in his pocket remembering the woman he had let into his domain. Sonya was a peculiar piece in his world now. She seemed to be of no threat, but then on a turn of coin she would have him at gun point. She would be full of witty remarks and sly smirks one moment then have a face of stone good enough to rival his own. Derek considered himself a master when it came to reading woman like her at first glance. He clearly had an effect on her. He didn't need werewolf senses to see her get flustered when he was around. He would use this to his advantage on most women, but she was different. Instead of falling for his carefully chosen words she would turn to stone and shut out his advances. A very new and peculiar reaction indeed.

"That's enough practice for one day. Come on Sonya I will take you home." Quickly waving a goodbye to the teens Sonya let Derek lead her to his car. She got in no questions asked. Derek kept silent as he started the vehicle. "The bullet in your gun has wolf's bane laced in it."

"It does, but not because I kill werewolves in my spare time." She replied sharply. Her eyes were glued to the road as she clutched her side. Her face seemed distant as did her emotions. She was just answering his questions, not really paying much attention to them. Her mind playing somewhere else.

"The only people who carry those kinds of bullets are the people who do, so I'm going to ask again, why do you have them? Sonya look at me." Derek flashed his eyes over at the girl wanting her full attention. Her face was scrunched up in pain with the smell of copper blood tinting the air.

"Pull over!"

Derek didn't understand her plea at first. They were still about five miles from her house in the woods with no reason to pull over right there. "We are almost at your house, just hang on."

"No, unless you want me to bleed all over your fancy leather seats—"Just as she was mid rant her eyes slipped closed. The passenger seat door swung open letting the unconscious girl slip out onto the open road. Derek hit his breaks a moment later bolting from the driver seat to see if she was okay. He wasn't going fast but she did slip out of a moving car. He heard her whimper then get up off the ground. She clutched her head forgetting about her previous injury.

"What happened?" Derek was at her side in a second, wide eyed not knowing what to do. All he knew was she was hurt and fell out of his moving car.

"Just shut up and help me." Sonya breathed grabbing onto the man's shoulder. She led him towards the forest even though he clearly wanted to get back to his car.

"My cars over there Sonya."

"I know that Derek! Just trust me on this okay." Derek clearly pulled on all his strength not to growl at her. A few minutes of walking led them to the river that ran through Beacon Hills reserve. Derek quirked an eyebrow as she made him set her on a rock. She let out a groan before taking off her clothes until she was in nothing but her bra and panties. Derek quickly realized what was happening and whipped around so his back faced her.

"What are you doing?" He choked out as he heard her walk over to the water and slip in. She gasped at the cold contact.

"The cold water will stop the bleeding faster." She looked over at him standing there with his back to her. She rolled her eyes at his shyness. "Derek quit acting like a boy in gym class, not like you haven't seen a chick naked before. What you afraid of handshakes and boobs too?"

He didn't reply to her taunting or turn around to face her. She scoffed turning her back to him in the water, muttering to herself. "Sure do know how to make a woman feel good about herself, jerk."

Derek heard her last comment. He didn't want his actions to come around rude, but he also didn't want to apologize. She was the one who had decided to take dip with barley any clothes in the dead of winter. He heard her finally get out of the water and step onto the rocky bank. Her teeth were chattering making it hard for him to concentrate. Giving up on his decision to not look at her he stripped off his leather jacket to give to her. When he turned around he was taken back.

Sonya was close up and bare for the alpha to see. It made Derek wish he had turned around sooner. Her burgundy hair was wet pressed against her face giving her a natural look. Her expression was no longer stone but one of a playful smile that complemented her spotted eyes. He took the time to rake his eyes over the rest of his body. He wasn't disappointed. She was a woman, with her full curves and round breasts, not the teens he had seen hanging around his betas. The cold air and water made it hard to leave anything to the imagination, but Derek didn't mind he enjoyed the view. The only thing that was taking away from her body was the fact her skin was marred with bruises and scars.

"Thanks, alpha, enjoying the view?" Derek rolled off her question instead looking at all of the damaging marks. Her wrist was bruised with a hand mark along with her upper arms. Some of the band aids on her fingers hand fallen off in the water revealing healing nails underneath. Scars that ranged from small and faint to large and deep criss crossed her olive skin like a roadmap. Even her tattoos were undermined by the bruises and scars. Derek finally noticed the gash that had caused them to be in this situation in the first place. It was a stitched up scratch running across her side curving on her belly down into her other hip.

She finished putting on her damp clothes covering up her body with his leather jacket. The playful smile still there as she looked into his eyes. "Hey about the bullet, I know you find this hard to believe but those work against humans to. Hunters aren't the only things out there and I thought it would be better to have them and not need them then to need them and not have them."

"It's cold." With unsaid words Sonya followed Derek back to his car. It was all but silent the rest of the way to her house. Pulling up in the drive she was the one to break the silence.

"So now that you have seen me naked, when do you get to return the favor?"

"Thanks for your help with the pack."

"Anytime alpha, here's my number just in case you're feeling the need to be owned again." Fishing his phone from his leather jacket pocket she dialed her number in. Neatly replacing the phone in the pocket she pulled off the over sized jacket folding it before exiting the car. She waved once to Derek as her final goodbye stepping into the large house. Derek grabbed his jacket from off the dash looking at his new contact. It had been a long time since the last time he had been given a girls number.

Eli was sitting in the computer lab busing himself with looking out the window. The teacher had given him a project to do, but the outline still sat on his desk blank. He was given a partner, a kid named Matt. Eli made no move to see his new partner; instead he waited for Matt to come to him. When Matt finally came around all Eli offered was a nod of his head to the teen.

"So, I guess were partners?" Matt asked a nervous smile on his lips. Eli just looked to the paper then to Matt. Matt was average in respects of looks and didn't really catch Eli's attention. The most interesting thing the wolf saw Matt bring to the table was his camera and interesting smell. It was humid smell like that moment just before it rains.

"Who's the smartest girl in here?" Matt seemed caught off guard at Eli's simple question. He pointed at group of girls zeroing out the one with brown hair and glasses. She had the highest grade of the class at the moment.

Getting up and patting Matt on the back thanking him Eli moved toward the girl. He got a few awkward stares from the girls, easily ignoring them he sat next to his target. He smiled warmly looking straight into her brown eyes. She tensed up a bit, he cheeks flushing slightly. Eli's heightened senses smelt her nervousness among other emotions teenage girls feel when confronted with an attractive male their age. "Hi."

"Hey?" She questioned looking around at her friends. Eli smiled a bit wider laughing at her awkwardness.

"I'm sorry; I bet I'm coming off a bit creepy right? I was just wondering since I'm new if you could help me with this outline. If it's not too much to ask, you just seem like you know what you're doing."

"Oh no not creepy, of course I can help you. Right guys we can help—"

"Eli." He answered sweetly making the girl blush a bit harder. She and her friends starting explain everything he needed to do, practically filling out his paper for him. He even acquired a few numbers from the girls in the process.

Class was almost over when he looked at the clock again. The girls were busy laughing at something stupid he had said. Seeing time was almost up he collected his stuff readying to leave. The girl with the glasses asked what he was doing leaving so early. "I got stuff to do, but thanks for your help."

"Some friends and I are having a study party tonight if you want help finishing the project. I will text you the address and you can come by, if you want I mean."

"Yeah that sounds great, see you then." The girl smiled brightly letting him finish gathering his things. In the short hour he had known them he already had the girls eating out of the palm of his hand. Partly was because of his looks, but for the most part it was werewolf mojo working to help gain the girls trust. A little smug smile on his face he walked back over to Matt who was fuming.

"So they help you with your project, partner?"

"Hey, I did you a favor. I didn't want to get your grade down by worrying about me, but those girls over there got me all caught up."

"Sure." Matt muttered. The bell rang sending the kids home for the day. Eli was practically skipping out the door. Taking the short cut through the woods he arrived at his grandparents' house in thirty minutes give or take a few. Entering the home he found Sonya busy in the kitchen grunting.

"I don't know what's going on but if there's a guy in here with you in our kitchen, I'm going to be more than mildly upset Sonya."

"I wish I was had a man with me right now Eli." She was crouched over herself with a needle and thread in hand sewing up a large gash his was responsible for. Looking up from her wound into his eyes she quickly bit the thread covering it with her shirt. "How was school?"

"Good actually I made some friends."

"That's good, hey since you're in such a good mood why don't you start trying to get that car working, huh?" Sonya smiled sweetly making Eli pinched the bridge of his nose. He wasn't even going to battle her. She was happy in his lack of defiance.

Two hours past when Eli felt the familiar buzz of his phone in his pocket. It was the girl from class texting him her address and time of the party she invited him to. Smiling to himself he wiped his hands on his jeans. This was going to be his chance to prove his normalcy to his peers, he wasn't going to disappoint.

Walking into the house Sonya was reclined on the couch reading a book when she noticed him going upstairs. "How's the car looking?"

"I don't think you want to know." He responded making her face fall from a a bright smile to a comical pout.

"Well, then what are you doing?"

"Getting ready." He quickly added trying to avoid her questioning by running up the stairs. She rolled her eyes placing her book on the couch following him. He was already in his room with the door closed shutting her out from his world.

"What are you getting ready for and is it so important that you're avoiding me like the plague?"

"I'm not avoiding you and yes it's very important to me." Opening the door Eli was sporting a new pair of jeans and dark colored T-shirt with a pair of black Vans to tie it all together. Sonya looked him up and down with questioning eyes. "I was invited to a study thing with some people I met at school."

"Studying? Dressed like that I don't think so and with who?"

"The girl who invited me said it was just study party Sonya, calm down."

"Calm down? Last time you went to a party I buried three bright eyed teens in a field Eli!" She hissed from clenched teeth. Her cheeks flushed with anger as she beat her hand against the door frame. Speckled eyes narrowed with her angry scent filing his nose. It smelt of fire mixed with a hint of the woods, an aroma not familiar with him. Her scent was never one of the woods when she was angry, never.

"That was different Sonya, besides we both know I have better control now."

"I don't think your grasping what I'm saying here Eli. I'm saying no, you can't go. I don't care if you have the anger management skills of the fucking Hulk, you are NOT GOING!" She was in his face in now, her hot breath panting against his skin. Eyes so dark with hate that it tore into his heart.

"What are you going to do to stop me?"

"Eli—"He didn't listen to her last words as he pushed her to the wooden floor. Letting out a pained huff she looked up at him. Hair in her face covering the blue and brown eyes now filling with tears. She was hurt emotionally more than physically, as was he. His sister had told him to make friends and try to be normal. Then she goes back on her words and wants to keep him locked up like a hermit. Eli couldn't have that, he wouldn't. Side stepping her body he quickly moved down the stairs slamming the door on his way out.

Author's note- That was that chapter and I hope you enjoyed it. I was going to make it longer but I decided to split it AGAIN but only because it was super long and I needed an update and it was the perfect stopping place! Second I just want to get this off my chest…THAT SUMMER FINALE OF TEEN WOLF OMGGGGGGG! Sorry for fan girling but come on it was great! And that ending! I'm not going to spoil anything in case you haven't seen it or whatever but as a fan of super sexy and sassy uncle Peter, I just have to squeal in my fan panties because he is awesome and I love him… and on that note review and alert do what you do best and I will see you next update, but also a quick note I'm going to do a fic focusing on a OC in the timeline of the past teen Wolf like before the hale fire. It going to focus mainly on peter and the OC but I was also wanting to do a OC who is interested in Cora or Stiles maybe but that idea doesn't really have any grounds for me to start writing so some thoughts? They are greatly appreciated and I love you guys!