WHO: Kate Argent & Allison Argent WHAT: training and target practice on the day of the Hunter's Moon WHERE: somewhere in the woods WHEN: (backdated) afternoon/early evening of 10/27 RATING: PG
Things were falling into place, taking shape, for Kate's plans. Well, Gerard's plans. But Kate was glad to own some of the credit for doing the grunt work. It was looking more and more like Halloween night would be the ideal time to carry out the final part of the ploy. More than a month of solid work was culminating in this. In a way, it was her pièce de résistance.
She'd located the closest neighboring pack to the Hales and Derek's merry little band of misfits. They were led, for lack of a better word, by an Alpha named Satomi. She was an old one, having been around the Beacon Hills area since before World War II, if the rumors were to be believed. As wise and experienced as she was, however, there were always the little rebels who dared to think they knew better. Young and headstrong and thinking they could flout the rules because the rules were antiquated and unnecessary precautions in their minds. And that's exactly what Kate counted on exploiting.
Kate made sure to cover her tracks with her family as well as Derek. She told them all the same corroborating story, that she planned to leave by the Hunter's Moon and take care of some business outside of Beacon Hills. She went through all the motions for the appearance, packing a single duffle and leaving the rest at the house to showcase her intention of returning soon. She swapped the Kia Soul out of the garage and left her Chevy Super Sport behind.
To make up for her absence from the Halloween fair that she half promised Allison she'd attend, Kate offered to take her out for some target practice and training drills. It seemed like the thing to do since she figured, after her last conversation with her niece on the topic, that Chris wasn't about to do so. She drove them to the woods in the Kia. It was always better, in her opinion, to train on actual terrain whenever possible.