CHAPTER NINETEEN:
BROKEN PROMISES
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The Calavera girl sits at her desk, researching about The Scarlet Witch. Her eyes reading countless articles and numerous books, learning everything and anything about the supernatural creature. She had found out that the Scarlet Witch's powers and abilities consist of witchcraft, telepathy, reality warping, and telekinesis.

An anxious pit grew in the Calavera girl's stomach, reading the information and waiting for her brother and sister to return home after Scott had called them about another possible dead Chimera. The huntress didn't want to be alone, so she tried calling Brett, but quickly hung up when she had remembered the tension that was growing between them.

The huntress sinks back in her chair, running a hand through her hair as she stares at herself in the mirror. Her eyes glowing red which instantly makes the girl look away, thoughts filling her head about why the Dread Doctors had chosen her for this. However, snapping the girl out of her thoughts is her bedroom door flying open, revealing a certain Talbot werewolf standing there, panic written all over his face.

Elena quickly shuts her laptop, turning to face Brett, "You came." She mumbles, slowly standing up as they hold eye contact with one another.

"You called," He tells her, causing her to smile softly before walking over and embracing him in a hug. The Talbot boy smiles, resting his head on top of the huntress's. Tears spill from the Calavera girl's eyes, her emotions showing in front of the werewolf, but in this moment, she didn't care. All she wanted was to stay in the boy's arms, knowing she was safe from anything that was out there.

The two slowly pull away from each other, Brett wiping her tears with worry in his eyes, "Elena, what's wrong?" He asks, causing the Calavera girl to avert her gaze to the floor as more tears manage to fall.

"I'm the next Chimera," She mumbles, however, with the werewolf's enhanced hearing, he is able to understand.

He pulls her back into his arms, tears falling onto his shirt as he held her, but he didn't care. The only thing he cared about in this moment was Elena. "We're not gonna let anything bad happen to you," He tells her, stroking her hair in an attempt to calm her down. "I'm not gonna let anything bad happen to you," He restates, his tone full of determination and reassurance.

Elena's phone rings from her desks, making her step away from the Talbot boy's grasp, "Hello?" She asks, answering the call and sniffing slightly.

"Hey, we need you at Scott's house. We think one of Liam's classmates is another Chimera, and we want to keep you two together to keep you both safe," Marcos informs his sister, causing the huntress to nod before looking at Brett.

"Okay, Brett and I will be there soon," She tells him, hanging up and grabbing a jacket from her closet before heading down towards Brett's car.

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Marcos leads the two inside and upstairs, explaining everything that had happened tonight, including the death of yet another Chimera. Elena looks between Adriana, Scott, Stiles, and Liam as she enters the room, their faces full of worry and concern, knowing what she was.

The huntress quickly brushes off their looks and stands next to Stiles as the McCall boy softly knocks on the bathroom door, "Hayden, it's Scott. I know that you're scared, but we just want to help." He tells the girl, however, she receives no answer. "I can hear her heartbeating. She's really freaked out. What happened?" Scott asks, turning his head to look at the beta.

Liam shakes his head while shrugging, "She was okay when we got here. I went to text you for two seconds and she locked herself in."

Stiles steps forward before asking, "Why?"

Liam snaps his head to look at the Stilinski boy, "I don't know."

"She's definitely a Chimera?" Brett asks, joining in on the conversation.

Liam nods, "She said she heard a voice saying, 'Your condition improves'."

Elena glances back at the door, knowing she had heard something similar yesterday. Snapping the girl out of her thoughts is Stiles, "That's unsettling." He mumbles, stepping closer to the bathroom door, "Hayden, this is Stiles. Your sister works for my dad down at the station. Look, just open the door, okay? You can trust us."

However, when the door still doesn't budge, all eyes fall on the Calavera girl, "What?" She asks, confusion written on her face since she didn't understand why they were all looking at her.

"You're the only one who knows what she's going through," Scott explains, causing the huntress to look at Adriana, Stiles, Liam, Brett, and Marcos who all nod in agreement.

A sigh escapes the Calavera girl's mouth before she steps forward, knocking softly on the bathroom door, "Hi Hayden, it's Elena." She takes a deep breath before continuing, "Look, I know how scared and confused you must be, and you probably have a million questions and thoughts forming in your head. But we just want to tell you the truth, Hayden. And that kind of thing is usually better face-to-face." She glances toward the door knob, watching it closely and waiting for it to turn but it never does. "Listen, either you're gonna unlock the door, or they're gonna have to break it open. It's okay if you don't want to talk or if you're not ready to believe us. But we just gotta know that you're okay in there."

Elena glances back at Scott, moving aside so he can break the door down after Hayden didn't respond. Just as he was about to do so, the door unlocks, causing Scott to slowly push it open and reveal the Romero girl who stood there with claws and fangs along with yellow glowing eyes. The group's eyes widen as they look at Hayden who stood there in absolute fear.

"I believe you," She announces, looking at the huntress as she spoke.

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Scott places a map down onto the library table as Stiles, Marcos, and Elena stand around looking at it, "We're back to telluric currents?" The Stilinski boy questions, moving his sight to look at his best friend.

"If the Dread Doctors didn't like coming into Eichen House because of them, maybe we can use them to protect Elena and Hayden," The McCall boy tells them, glancing at the huntress at his last few words.

Marcos shrugs, "Okay, so, besides Eichen, where's the strongest convergence?" He questions, causing the alpha to lean down and point to a spot on the map.

"We're standing on it," He announces, using his hands to motion to where they were.

The Stilinski boy furrows his eyebrows, "You want to hide them in the high school? For how long?

"If we have to, all night," Scott answers, earning nods from the group as they continue listening to his plan. "Liam convinced Hayden not to say anything to her sister yet. She's working a double tonight. She thinks Hayden is staying at a friend's."

"But it's just a school though. You know, it's not exactly a fortress," Stiles says, still skeptical about the plan.

Marcos nods, "Lydia's got an idea for that. Remember how Valack quoted Tesla?

"Frequency and vibration," Stiles recalls, looking at the hunter as he spoke.

"She thinks he wasn't saying that just to sound smart. She thinks maybe it was a clue," Marcos informs the Stilinski boy, earning nods from Scott and Elena as he explained.

Stiles furrows his eyebrows, "To do what?"

"Disrupt their frequency," Scott answers, looking at everyone before continuing. "Parrish took three cell phone jammers from the station. He thinks he can broaden their range of frequency. It's a long shot, but it's the best we got right now."

Elena feel's Marcos grab her hand, gently squeezing it to let her know he was there for her. This entire plan didn't sit right with the Calavera boy, mainly because he knew his sister and Hayden were just being used as bait. And he couldn't lose anymore family, his two sisters were all he had left. However, he also knew, this was the only plan they had.

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Theo follows the twins inside their apartment, each of them going into their rooms to gather their weapons for tonight. The Raeken boy stood in the huntress's doorway, leaning against it as Elena grabs a black briefcase from her closet. She puts it on her bed, opening it to reveal all sorts of arrowheads and daggers.

The Calavera girl begins to screw the arrowheads onto her brother's arrows. However, her usual calm and cool demeanor was replaced with a tense and agitated one. "You okay?" Theo asks, stepping forward and watching her hands shake as she tries to screw on the arrowheads.

The question catches Elena off guard, making her drop one of the arrowheads, but before it can hit the ground, the Raeken boy catches it. A sigh escapes the huntress's mouth, facing Theo as she began to mumble, "How am I supposed to help anyone when I'm like this? What am I supposed to do?"

Her hands continue to shake, causing Theo to gently grab ahold of them and making Elena look up to see his eyes softening as they stare at one another. "Let me help you, okay? Just show me what to do," He tells her, earning a small smile from the Calavera girl who begins to explain the correct way to screw the arrowheads on, so they wouldn't fall off.

After the last arrowhead was on, Elena puts the briefcase back into her closet and heads to the living room to see Marcos already there. She hands him his arrows in which he places in his holder, "Thanks." He tells her, a small smile on his face as he heads over towards the front door.

As Marcos exits the apartment, his sister is not too far behind, however, she stops whenever a hand pulls her back. She slowly turns around to face the Raeken boy, a look on his face she hadn't recognized on him, it almost look like fear. "Be careful, okay?" He says, slowly rubbing circles on her hand as he spoke.

Elena nods, looking the boy in the eyes. Her stomach filling with butterflies as the two hold eye contact, yet her mind quickly became conflicted as she began thinking of a certain werewolf.

The huntress pulls her hand back, a small smile appearing on her lips as she nods, "You do the same." She tells him, knowing Stiles and him were trying to catch the person who was taking the bodies of the dead Chimera's. The Calavera girl turns around, heading out the door as Theo places his hand on her lower back to lead her, shutting the door when they both were out of the room.

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Adriana, Parrish, Malia, and the twins stood around the deputy's trunk. The werecoyote reaches in and grabs the jammer, "We're betting our lives on these?" She questions, a hint of skepticism lacing in her voice.

"I think we're betting mine and Hayden's life on them," The huntress replies, looking at the Tate girl as she spoke. Elena had noticed everyone in the pack acting different, especially Malia, Stiles, and Scott. However, the huntress didn't want to cross any boundaries, so she just kept her mouth shut.

Parrish nods, leaning in to pick up another jammer, handing it to Adriana,"Yeah, well, I'm glad I brought my gun." He adds while Marcos grabs the last one, shutting the trunk and causing the group to all head inside.

Brett, Parrish, Marcos, Malia, and Lydia began putting the jammers around the entire building as Hayden, Liam, Elena, and Scott stayed in the locker room, moving things around so the Dread Doctors couldn't get in. Once they were all done,
everyone began to disperse which causes the Calavera's to separate.

Marcos pulls his twin sister into a tight hug, his eyes brimming with tears as they were in each other's embrace. Elena inhales deeply, taking in this moment with her brother. Marcos was the Calavera girl's rock, he was her glue that held her together, he was her anchor. The two slowly pull away, "I'll see you after this is all over." He tells her, earning a nod in response.

Elena then turns to her older sister, giving her a hug as well. Before Adriana had 'died', the huntress didn't appreciate her sister's love enough. But now that she was back, she has been able to see everything her sister has done for her and her brother, and she is so thankful to have her back. This was her family, her, Marcos, and Adriana, they were the only family she needed.

Once they were done with their farewells, Adriana had left to go sit in the deputy's car as Marcos began roaming the halls with Malia. Elena had slowly made her way towards the locker room where Brett, Lydia, Scott, Liam, and Hayden were waiting for her.

As soon as she enters the room, she notices a little bit of odd behavior between the alpha and beta before she finally realized something was up. She slowly walks up to the McCall boy, stepping back so the two were out of sight from the others, "Is it me? Or is Liam not aware of the second part of the plan?" She asks, looking down to the black bag that sat on a bench beside her.

"I'm still not sure if there's going to be a second part," Scott answers honestly, glancing over the huntress's shoulder to look at the Dunbar boy.

Elena nods slowly, "Or if it's going to work." She mumbles, earning a sad smile from the alpha.

As the group waits, the Calavera girl had made her way to a mirror, staring at herself as her eyes flicker a shade of red. She quickly shuts them slowly shaking her head to make them go back to normal. The Talbot boy notices the huntress out of the corner of his eyes, causing him to lean up against the wall beside her. "Don't worry, you'll learn to control it."

Elena looks at the werewolf through the mirror, "I'm not like you. I wasn't bitten or scratched by a wolf. I was somebody's stupid science experiment." She says, gripping the sink as she looks down, avoiding the Talbot boy's stare.

"I know, but you're going to be okay," He reassures her, putting his hand on her lower back and rubbing it slowly. A pit grew in the huntress's stomach, knowing that tonight was just a trap to get the Dread Doctors to their location, and Elena and Hayden were the bait. "I promise," Brett adds, unaware of the plan the pack had. The Calavera girl slowly turns around as the two stand extremely close to one another, looking into each other's eyes. A smirk appears on the Talboy boy's face, listening closely to the Calavera girl's heartbeat rise.

However, before anything can happen, they hear yelling and shouting coming from Scott and Liam. The two immediately rush over, concern written on their faces as they inspect the scene. Elena looks at the Romero girl, who stood there with watery eyes. "What's going on?" Brett asks, looking amongst the group who all wore different expressions.

Lydia steps closer to the Dunbar boy, disregarding the other werewolf's questions, "Liam, we brought them here to protect them."

"And now they're bait," Liam says, making the Talbot boy step forward.

Brett looks at Scott and Lydia, examining their features before he asks, "Are they?"

"No, no one's bait," Scott answers, shaking his head as he turns his attention toward his beta. "But we can't be bodyguards to everyone every night."

Liam rolls his eyes, stepping closer to the alpha, "Then why aren't we talking to Stiles's dad? Why aren't we doing something better than hiding in a school?"

"Because we still don't know anything about them, or what they want, okay?" Scott pauses, a sigh escaping his mouth before he continues. "They're winning, and we don't even know what the game is."

"What if they come in here and those things don't work? What if you have an asthma attack again? What are we gonna do?" The Dunbar boy shouts, anger flowing through his entire body.

Scott shrugs, looking somewhat defeated,"I don't know." He mumbles, causing Brett to look and Elena. His eyes saying everything that his mouth didn't. She offers him a sad smile, trying to tell him that everything was gonna be okay, even if she didn't truly believe that.

"This plan sucks!" Liam shouts, enraging the McCall boy who immediately steps closer to his beta.

"You got a better one?" He questions, pausing before he continues. "Kids are dying! And they are next," He reminds him, pointing at Hayden and Elena. "So somebody has to do something. Somebody has to save everyone. So somebody's got to be the bait!" He shouts, causing the room to fall into an uncomfortable silence.

A sigh escapes the Dunbar boy's mouth before he finally steps forward, "Scott. Promise me, you'll do everything you can to save them." He mumbles, making the alpha glance between the two girls. "Scott," Liam says, trying to get his attention when he doesn't get an answer, "Promise."

The McCall boy nods his head, "I'll do everything I can. I promise." Once those words left the Scott's mouth, the Talbot boy let out a breath as relief washes over him, knowing that the alpha would do anything in his power to save Elena.

Out of the corner of the huntress's eye, she see's Hayden digging around in her bag, a frantic look on her face before she spoke, "Guys, I think I might need a little help right now. I forgot my pills. I have a bottle in my locker. I can go get them but-."

"I'll get them," Scott interrupts, looking at Liam who gave him a nod, thanking him for stepping up. "What's your combination?"

After Hayden had told the alpha her locker combination, him and Lydia left the room. The four teenagers sat around, waiting for their friends to return. However, a familiar sound, catches the Dunbar boy's attention, "Guys, did you hear that?" He asks, looking at his friends as they all stood up.

"They're here, aren't they? They're in the school," Hayden mumbles, a panicked look written all over her face. Elena grabs the girl's hand, trying her best to calm her down while the two boys step closer towards the locker room door.

"Scott?" Liam whispers, taking another step forward, "Malia? Lydia? Marcos?" He lists of his friend's names, in hopes that it was one of them. But just their luck, it wasn't any of the pack members, instead, it was the people they were hiding from, the Dread Doctors.

The door slowly opens, making the two werewolves quickly back up and stand in front of Elena and Hayden. The Dread Doctors stand in front of the four teenagers before the one with the canes knocks the cellphone jammer off of a locker, "We are on a frequency you can't possibly imagine." He says, lifting his cane up and destroying the jammer. The werewolves try their best to hold their own, but ultimately fail, resulting in Elena and Hayden to be taken by the Dread Doctors.

Scott rushes into the locker room, his eyes landing on Marcos and Malia as they help Liam and Brett stand up. "They're gone," The Talbot boy informs the alpha who stands next to the banshee.

"Hayden and Elena are gone," Malia mumbles, looking around the empty locker room, not seeing the huntress's familiar face.

Brett quickly stands up, running a hand through his hair before punching a locker that was near by which causes a few of the pack members to jump, surprised by the sudden loud noise. "Brett!" Scott shouts, stepping forward to the other werewolf as he places a hand on his shoulder. "We'll find them," He tells him, his tone full of determination and hope. The Talbot boy nods in response as he looks at the alpha, however, the only thing he can think about is the broken promise he made to Elena that he was going to keep her safe.

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Elena's eyes slowly flutter open, revealing a dark and cold room. She looks over herself, noticing her hands and feet chained together as blood falls from her head. She lifts her head up to see Hayden lying on a metal table, "Hayden?" She whispers, causing the two to make eye contact.

However, before Elena can say or do anything else, the Dread Doctors come into view. They put on their gear as they surround the Romero girl, "No, no, please don't. Don't hurt her." The Calavera girl pleads, her eyes brimming with tears while she watches Hayden lie there helplessly.

Ignoring the girl's cries for help, the Dread Doctors begin working on the Romero girl, using all of their tools as they repeatedly chant, "Hayden. Elena. Hayden. Elena." Back and forth, making the huntress close her eyes, just wishing that this was just another dream. But it wasn't, and this was only the beginning for the two girls.

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AUTHORS NOTE

Hey guys and welcome to the nineteenth chapter of Howl !! I hope you all are enjoying the story so far, and thank you all so much for the love and support you have given me.

Now, I did look over this chapter before publishing, but if there are any mistakes I should know about please let me know. And, please don't forget to vote and comment too, it helps me out a lot, and it gives me more motivation to continue writing <33

— Brooke

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