Alan and Derek

Deaton was the Emissary to the Hale Pack, which was only known to a few, such as Talia, Laura, and Peter
Deaton loved Talia and vowed to protect Derek and his siblings if anything happened to her
Derek believed Deaton was the Alpha and tried to torture him into talking
Deaton managed to escape Derek's captivity before Derek realized that he was wrong
Deaton was unimpressed with Derek's performance as an Alpha and warned him that he needed to trust Scott, not Peter
Though Deaton ultimately became Emissary to the McCall Pack, he often helped Derek when he was having trouble due to his status as a pack ally and eventual member
Deaton helped coordinate the search for Derek when he was captured by Kate and helped handle him when he was de-aged
Deaton was devastated when Derek was incinerated along with the Nogitsune and attended his memorial service

**The relationship between Human Druid Emissary Alan Deaton and Evolved Beta Werewolf Derek Hale**

Deaton and Derek have been connected for longer than Derek even realized due to the fact that Deaton was the Druid Emissary to the Hale Pack; however, since only a select few were aware of Deaton's identity within the pack (including the Alpha, Talia Hale, her daughter and second-in-command, Laura Hale, and Talia's brother Peter Hale), Derek was unaware of what Deaton had done for his family for quite a long time.

They first "met" in Season 1's *Heart Monitor*, when Derek came to see Deaton at his animal clinic to question him about a deer with a spiral drawn on its side, which Derek stated Deaton had found three months earlier. However, this was just a ploy to get a feel for Deaton because Derek suspected that he was actually the Alpha who had been wreaking havoc on Beacon Hills for weeks, or otherwise protecting him. This led to Derek holding him hostage in his car, though Deaton was able to mysteriously escape with few injuries.

After Derek ascended to the rank of Alpha after killing Peter Hale, Deaton kept up with his actions, including his growing pack, even healing him and Scott when they were poisoned by wolfsbane in a fight against the Argent Hunters. They met again after Peter's spirit manipulated newly activated Banshee Lydia Martin into resurrecting Peter with a blood sacrifice from Derek. Deaton made it clear that he was unimpressed by Derek's recent attempts at leadership before warning him against trusting Peter; instead, he suggested that Derek put his trust in Scott, who currently didn't have much trust in him.

The two began working more closely with each other on an ally level throughout Season 3 when the Hale Pack and their allies were dealing with a war on two fronts against the Alpha Pack and the Darach Jennifer Blake, with Deaton trying to help keep the supernaturals of Beacon Hills alive while also being targeted himself. He continued to act as an ally of Derek's when the Hale Pack disbanded and the McCall Pack was formed following Scott's ascension to True Alpha, and Derek became a close ally of its members.

Deaton was then instrumental in helping locate Derek after he had been kidnapped by Kate Argent at the end of the season, as he recognized the symbol on the ammunition left at his loft as belonging to the Calavera Family of Hunters. When the pack then found Derek de-aged at La Iglesia, Deaton was the first person they turned to for help in figuring out how to turn him back, with Deaton performing tests to determine what had happened to him. Deaton also assisted the pack in dealing with the Deadpool and all of the assassins who appeared in town to reap the bounties of all the supernaturals on the list. However, Derek left Beacon Hills shortly afterward, and Deaton and Derek had little to no contact after this occurred.

In 2026, Deaton, Derek and the latter's son Eli were some of the McCall Pack's allies who were captured by the recently-freed Nogitsune and his Oni, who intended to have the newly-resurrected Allison kill Scott. Unfortunately for the Nogitsune, Scott was protected by Kitsune armor, which healed him of the arrows shot by the reluctant Allison. Once the Oni had been vanquished, Derek, Eli and Scott teamed up to fight the Nogitsune, who assumed a monstrous Werewolf appearance. Shoving Eli and Scott out of the way, Derek allowed their ally Jordan Parrish to incinerate him along with the Nogitsune with his Hellhound powers, causing him and the Dark Kitsune to perish in a tiny fiery explosion, which left all of Derek's loved ones in shock and grief. Shortly afterwards, Deaton went to the memorial service organized by Scott to honor Derek's sacrifice due to the love and care that he had for Derek and his mother, Talia.

## Throughout *Teen Wolf*

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3A
* Season 4

In *Heart Monitor*, Derek, who was trying to figure out who the mysterious new Alpha was who had killed his sister Laura Hale, stole her Alpha powers, and had bitten and turned Scott McCall, ended up at the Beacon Hills Animal Clinic. Alan Deaton heard him come in and greeted him by asking him if he could help him with something, leading Derek to bluntly ask him about the animal he had found with the spiral burned into its side.

Deaton was immediately taken aback and asked for clarification, so Derek reminded him that it was a dead deer found three months earlier, so Deaton, who seemed to be playing dumb, acknowledged that he remembered the deer, but that he didn't find it—the police simply called him in to help investigate because they were curious if he had ever seen anything like it. When Derek demanded to know what Deaton told them, Deaton simply stated that he told them he hadn't ever encountered anything like that, but Derek pointed out that he could hear the sound of his heartbeat rising and asked him if he could hear it as well, making it clear that he believed he was lying.

It was clear that Deaton was frightened, and when Derek asked him if he was protecting someone, Deaton continued to play dumb and stated that the key to the narcotic locker was in his pocket. Derek impatiently retorted that he didn't want drugs, he wanted to know why Deaton was lying, but Deaton maintained that he had no idea what he was talking about. When Deaton frantically asked what Derek wanted with him, Derek yelled that he wanted to know who he was and/or who he was protecting, but when he roughly began to manhandle Deaton, Scott McCall, Deaton's protégée and employee arrived and demanded to know what he was doing.

Deaton immediately begged Scott to get out of there as soon as possible, but Scott was too busy trying to protect him from Derek, who punched the veterinarian in the head to knock him out while Scott attempted to stop him. Derek justified his actions by pointing out that, while he was conscious, he could will himself from healing, but he was unable to do so when he was unconscious. He went on to point out that Scott wanted to know what the spiral meant and explained that it was the Werewolf symbol for revenge or vendetta, and the fact that the Alpha was using it meant that they wouldn't stop killing until they were satisfied.

Finally realizing that Derek thought Deaton was the Alpha, Scott exasperatedly questioned him on his suspicions, but Derek flicked out his claws and stated that they were about to find out if his theory was true. However, before he could scratch Deaton, Scott shifted into Werewolf form quickly and grabbed him by the arm to stop him, with Derek watching him in shock as he then quickly shifted back into human form as Scott replied, "Hit him again, and then you'll see me get angry." Knowing he wouldn't be able to test his theory without causing a scene, Derek sighed and asked Scott if he had a plan, to which Scott instructed him to meet him in the parking lot at the high school in an hour.

Derek reluctantly did as Scott asked and met Scott and Stiles Stilinski at the high school, though much to Scott and Stiles' horror, Derek had kept Deaton unconscious and bound and locked him in the trunk of his Camaro, believing that it would help them determine if Derek really was right about him. Scott and Stiles then went into the school and used the PA system to broadcast Scott's roar across the entire town, hoping that it would draw the Alpha to them so they could finally figure out his or her identity.

When they returned, Derek was furious, but before they could argue about it further, Scott realized that Deaton had vanished from Derek's trunk and demanded to know what he had done with his boss. Derek, horrified, insisted that he hadn't done anything to him, but he was interrupted by a fountain of blood spurting out of his mouth. As Derek was lifted off of the ground, it became clear that the Alpha was standing behind Derek, impaling him in the back with their claws until they finally dropped Derek's seemingly-lifeless body onto the ground. Fearing for their safety, Scott and Stiles had no other option but to run into the school, unsure of whether or not the Alpha really was Deaton.

In *Night School*,

In *Co-Captain*,

In *Raving*,

In *Fury*,

In *Master Plan*,

In *Frayed*,

In *Currents*,

In *Visionary*,

In *Alpha Pact*,

In *The Dark Moon*,

In *117*,

In *Orphaned*,

In *A Promise to the Dead*,
## Trivia

* Deaton has stated on several occasions that he was in love with Derek's mother, Talia Hale. It is unknown if the feelings were requited or not.

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