I Own Nothing if did then would have been different.
AN: I hadn't planned on writing a follow up with Lydia's side of saving Aiden, but I was asked so I wrote this. I hope it is enjoyed.
Title: Purifying A Broken Soul
Characters: Lydia/Aiden, Ethan/Danny
Summary: Lydia is just like Danny a Guardian Angel. However, she has the job of purifying Aiden's soul. It has more darkness, but he's worth saving.
Chapter 1
Lydia knew she had her work cut out for her. It hadn't been until she had touched Aiden that she knew he was the one. The one meaning the teenage version of the little boy she had saved. She had weakened herself so much by saving him years ago. Her Angel side had gone dormant until Peter Hale had tried to turn her. Whatever he had done to bring his self back had triggered something in her. It wasn't until now that she knew why she had been awakened.
When she had brushed Aiden's hand taking his phone it had been clear. She was glad she could semi control her powers or it would have been bad. The library would have needed a second remodel. She was finally back to her full strength, but her powers were still building up.
When Stiles had told her Aiden was an Alpha she had been lost in her own thoughts. She had been sorting out Aiden's memories that had been forced upon her. She had almost missed the conversation about sacrifices completely. She had pulled her brain back to the present long enough to tell Stiles to let his dad deal with the problem. After that she had gone to seek Aiden out so she could watch him. She needed to know what he was like in the present. His memories were thrown all together and she couldn't find a time line.
A week had passed since that day and she was finally able to control her powers. Danny had helped her find what she needed to take the darkness from Aiden. Danny had already saved Ethan destroying all of the darkness. She could see the difference in the older twin just by looking. She was hoping it would be that easy with Aiden, but Aiden didn't trust as easy as Ethan had.
She had saved Aiden when his parents were being murdered. He had been innocent at ten. She had seen a future of love and happiness before she had collapsed into her body. That future she was hoping could still be salvaged. She needed a better look at his soul because a quick fuck in the coach's office wasn't getting her what she needed.
She was searching for him at the moment because she needed to get to him before he did something else. He'd already locked Isaac in the supply closet earlier with Alison. It had infuriated her so badly that he had pulled that stunt. He had done it on his own too because Ethan hadn't helped. He wasn't going to help Aiden in the terms of revenge or whatever the Alpha pack was doing now. She turned the corner and found both Ethan and Aiden standing in the hall.
~LA AL~
"Aiden, I said you can't do this," Ethan growled standing in front of his brother. He was doing his best to keep Aiden out of trouble. So far he had talked him out of some things. He was hoping Lydia would hurry up and help his brother. Danny had promised she was working on it.
"They are getting their asses beat down," Aiden growled right back. No one messed with his bike and got away with it. It was over board for what he had done to Isaac by locking him in the supply closet. Something Ethan wouldn't even help him with and he didn't know why. Something had changed in his brother in the last week and he could sense it. Ethan had gotten pissed at him for what he'd done and punched him. Something they only did if they were 'fake fighting.'
Lydia could tell that it wasn't going to go well at all. She had been trying to calm down from her anger after what he had done earlier. Ethan had gotten there before Scott had, before Isaac could hurt Alison. It wasn't the first time that Ethan had stopped Aiden or tried to fix what he had done. She had gotten there just as Ethan had punched Aiden. She thought it had brought the younger twin back to the present. Now, she knew it had only gotten him to quit for a while.
Lydia walked up behind Aiden letting some of the light from her Angelic powers come out. She looked at Ethan before bringing her hand up right behind Aiden's heart. She couldn't take away all of the darkness here. She had to be intimately connected to do that and it had to be wanted. Aiden had to want to be saved and she was hoping that he wanted that.
"Hold him," Lydia spoke in a voice that was more powerful than her human voice.
Ethan took hold of his brother before Lydia's hand touched Aiden's back. Aiden didn't have a chance to fight it was so fast. A blinding pain went through his back for a moment before Aiden slummed forward into his twins' embrace.
"Danny will help you get him out of here," Lydia said letting the light go back into her hand. She hadn't needed that much energy for the sleeping touch. "He's worth saving," she said seeing the worry in Ethan's eyes. "I'm just going to need more privacy than Danny did for you," she gave him a smile before looking to Danny who had appeared.
"Deucalion's here we have to go now before he senses us," Danny said easily taking Aiden from Ethan's hold. Danny smiled seeing the hand print that was burnt onto Aiden's back. It wouldn't fully heal until Lydia finished what she started here. "Be careful, Lyd. They don't call him a demon wolf for nothing," he added before vanishing taking both twins with him leaving no trace that he was there.
"I know," Lydia said even though Danny was gone. She closed her eyes for a moment letting them go back to their natural color. They had become icy blue when she'd been using her powers. She took her bag before going down the hall, right passed Deucalion. It was a risky move, but she was fed up with the demon wolf. She was glad she was about to take Aiden from him. Ennis and Kali were beyond saving and she felt nothing but ice as she walked passed the alpha.
~AL LA~
Lydia placed her lips over Aiden's removing the sleeping spell she had placed on him. Danny had brought him to the lake house for the privacy she needed. She had gone through his memories all night. She had sorted through the bad and good moments of his life. She knew just what he had done at times to protect his brother. She wanted to take everything bad he'd ever felt away.
She had cried feeling the pain that was locked away in his soul. She felt the wall he had put up to keep his self from being hurt again. She could tell that Ethan was the only one that had ever touched his heart since they were ten. In all the blackness however, she had found light buried down deep. It was part of the light she had left years before when she had saved him from death. That light was what kept him from completely becoming a monster. The remorse he felt even though he did what he did to survive. She sat on the coffee table waiting for him to wake.
Aiden opened his eyes sitting up ready to attack whatever had gotten him. However, when he saw Lydia sitting just as casual as she could he stopped. "You did something to me," he stated looking at her trying to figure out what she was. There was something about the human he'd been sent to watch. He just didn't think she was all that human and he couldn't believe he had missed it.
"I stopped you before you did something even more stupid, Aiden," Lydia said meeting his gaze. She wasn't going to play the guessing game not wanting to wait any longer to restore Aiden. "I'm an Angel, Guardian to be exact," she added hoping he didn't laugh at her.
He deserved that life she had saw for the ten year old. She was just glad that she had time to give him another chance. He was still holding innocence inside of him from all he had done for Ethan. The abuse he'd taken meant for Ethan, it had never broken him. The scars that had healed because of his werewolf abilities she could see. She could feel the pain from what had been done for the fun of it.
She had felt like she couldn't breathe at one point. The memory of him being buried alive at the age of fourteen had been horrible. Ethan had found him barely in time; he'd already fallen into unconsciousness. She had seen it playing out as Ethan resorted to CPR to bring Aiden back to consciousness.
She brought her hand up letting the light come forward again. She placed it over his heart not taking her eyes away from him. She needed him to accept what she was offering before she could continue what she had started. Everyone had a choice if they wanted to be saved. What she was doing was already breaking some of the rules. She just couldn't stop herself wanting and hoping the answer would be yes. She wanted to save him so badly and not just for Ethan's sake. Aiden was the piece to her heart and soul that she had been missing for so long.
Aiden let a strangled moan escape his lips watching Lydia's hand. The light coming from it should have him scared, but he wasn't. Something kept telling him that she wasn't going to hurt him. He wanted to give her the answer she was questing for, but he wasn't sure what to say. He didn't think he deserved to be saved. He felt like he let his parents down all the time for how he turned out.
Lydia could hear his thoughts from the mark she'd placed on him. "You deserve to have a better life, Aiden. You haven't thrown it away; I couldn't offer you this if you had gone too far." She said. She brought her hand to his face letting the light fade so she didn't burn him this time. "You gave up so much protecting Ethan and yourself. The things you endured, they make my heart ache because I couldn't protect you. Let me save you Aiden, please?"
Aiden closed his eyes, the intensity of the way Lydia was watching him, was making it hard to focus. He nodded hoping it would be what she needed. His entire body felt like it was on fire at the moment. It wasn't anything that could kill him, but his body temperature was rising. He barely heard Lydia saying she needed actual words. "Yes," he finally said.
~TBC~
