Hey so I'm back with another one in my Alpha-In-Training Series! I hope you all enjoy this one. You don't necessarily need to read the other parts to understand this one but events in previous fics may be referenced.
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Wolf.
"Liam!" said his stepdad in surprise and pleasure. "What are you doing here?"
"I brought dinner," said Liam holding up a box.
"Dinner? Really?" Dr. Geyer said taking the box. Then he paused and said playfully, "What are you bribing me for?"
Liam laughed and stuck his hands in his pockets.. "Nothing. We were buying dinner for Ms. McCall so I thought I'd bring some for you too."
"We?"
"Mason and I," said Liam. "He went to track down Ms. McCall."
"Ahh," said his dad. "Well thank you. I will eat this delicious dinner when I get my break."
"Okay," said Liam smiling at him, "Well I gotta go home and do my homework. There's this geography project I want to get started on."
"Alright," said Dr. Geyer. "I will see you tomorrow morning." He clapped a hand on Liam's shoulder and added. "Providing I get home before you leave."
Liam nodded and spun away, heading out to the entrance to wait for Mason to get back. He was just about to pull out his phone to call Mason a few minutes later when his best friends hands landed on his shoulders.
"Hey man, said Mason, "Took longer than I expected to track her down."
"It's okay," said Liam. "Are you done with your geography?"
"Halfway through," said Mason. "But dang that thing is hard. Did you start?"
"Starting tonight," said Liam as they began to walk towards the car.
"Well call me if you need help," said Mason.
"Will do," said Liam. "Since I'll definitely, probably end up needing some help."
Mason opened his mouth to reply but he didn't get to say anything else. A car careened into the parking lot, stopping almost in front of them. A man, smeared with blood, dived out the driver's side and darted past them to the hospital.
"Help!" he screamed. "Help! Somebody help me!"
When nurses approached him he tugged at them. "Not me!" he said frantically. "The woman! A woman! In the car!"
Liam and Mason instinctively looked to the car and Liam caught a scent of blood. They looked at each other and dived for the car. Liam opened the back door and recoiled a bit. Behind him Mason gave a low groan as he caught sight of the inside.
It was like a horror movie. Blood was smeared everywhere. It dripped from the back seat where a woman lay, moving weakly. Her stomach was...well it really wasn't there. Her abdomen had burst open, leaving the flaps of skin hanging outwards, intestines half spilling out. Her chest moved slowly as she struggled to breath.
Liam swallowed as he sort of froze trying to figure out what to do even while knowing there wasn't anything he could do.
"Liam," said Mason sounding sick. His voice broke Liam out of his frozen state though and Liam ran around to the other side of the car to where the woman's head was and opened the door. He kneeled down on the ground and placed a hand on her cheek.
"It's okay," he said, even though he knew it wasn't true. "It's okay."
Tears were running out from under her closed lids. Liam took a deep breath and pulled in the pain. He hissed but gritted his teeth at the sensation. And then people were there clamoring around the car. Someone pulled him away and took his place.
When he oriented himself it was to see a nurse fitting a mask over the woman's face. His father was there leaning into the car, shouting instructions to the other nurses and orderlies but it was all too late. Liam could hear her heart pump once, twice, the slow exhale of her breath and then she was gone.
He stared blankly at the car as all the medical personnel around the car slumped in defeat. And then his father was calling the T.O.D.
"Liam?" It was Mason. Liam looked at Mason who looked as shaky as he felt. Mason huffed out a shaky breath and dropped his head onto Liam's shoulder for a moment while Liam gripped his arm in return.
"Are you okay, he asked a moment later.
"I don't know," said Liam. "What happened?"
"I, I don't know," said Mason. "I have literally never seen anything like that."
"Me either," said Liam.
"Are you two okay?" Dr. Geyer's voice interrupted them.
"Yeah," said Mason. "Yeah I think so."
"What were you two doing here?" he asked.
"We were just leaving," said Liam. "Then the car came and...we went to help I guess."
Dr. Geyer sighed and gave them a little smile. "I'm proud of you two for that but next time, you should probably wait for the professionals. We weren't too far away in this case."
"Yeah," Liam swallowed and nodded. "Yeah. Sorry. We probably got in the way."
"It was just instinct," Mason cut in. "Sorry if we got in the way though."
"That's okay," said Dr. Geyer, "And you didn't. But honestly? I would have spared you boys the sight. Why don't you two head on home? You okay to drive?"
"Yeah," said Mason. "And if I don't feel like it, I'll pull over and call Corey or Theo."
"Alright," said Dr. Geyer. "I've got to go back in now," he said.
Liam nodded and said, "Yeah okay. I'll see you home." Mason gave a little wave and then they headed to the car. As they were driving out, Liam saw the sheet-covered gurney being pushed inside the hospital.
"What happened?" said Theo when Liam walked into the room. He took another breath, frowned and sat up. "Who's blood is that?"
Liam frowned and then looked down at his hands. Blood stained his fingertips where he'd laid them on the woman's cheek. He stared at it blankly for a moment and then headed to the bathroom to wash his hands.
"Liam?!" said Theo following him.
"It was from a woman at the hospital," said Liam. "A guy drove up in a car when we were about to leave. He said there was a woman hurt in his car. So me and Mason went over."
"And?"
"There was a woman," said Laim. "It...hell it looked like something out of Alien. Her stomach was burst open, but..a lot. There was blood everywhere. I tried to take her pain. I didn't get to take much. They pushed me away to out an oxygen mask over her face. She didn't make it."
"Okay," said Theo slowly. "I'm no doctor but I'm fairly certain that exploding stomachs isn't a common ailment."
"Obviously," said Liam.
"Do you think it might have anything preternatural about it?" aid Theo. Liam shrugged.
"I don't know,"said Liam. "Maybe, but I don't want to jump to conclusions either."
Theo raised an eyebrow.
"Look Mason said they'd do an autopsy because clearly it was pretty weird what happened. Melissa can get the report or my dad might even tell me seeing as I'd been there. The sheriff would question the guy and we'd find out from him too. For all we know it's a totally human, really sadistic killer."
"Alright," said Theo nodding but his eyes were far away. He curled back up in Liam's arm chair and plucked distractedly at his guitar.
Liam on the other hand pulled out his phone.
Liam to EVERYONE in BH: Heads up on woman with exploding stomach. No idea if it's anything.
JP: Sheriff interviewing driver right now. Details later.
CA: Exploding?
MM: Autopsy ordered. Details later. And honestly, yes, it looked like her stomach exploded outwards.
Liam: Thanks, JP and MM. Keep us updated.
With that done, Liam tried to get started on his geography homework.
"Hey," said Mason, as he met Liam by his locker, "Anything?"
Liam shook his head. "Parrish said that they're looking for the spot where the driver said he found the woman. The Sheriff called Theo in today, see if he could pick up any strange scents."
"What about the autopsy?" Corey asked.
"Melissa said they're doing it today. We'll find out later I guess."
"So what now?" asked Mason.
"Go to school, I guess," said Liam. "Well we have early practice this morning."
"Are you coming?" Corey asked Mason.
"Sure," said Mason. "Don't I always?"
Liam shook his head as he got up from where he'd been tackled.
"Hey, you okay?" asked Nolan. Nolan was one of those people for whom Deaton's memory concoction hadn't really worked at all. The memories were a little fogged he said,but he remembered everything with ease.
"Yeah," said Liam. "I'm guess I'm just distracted."
"Well you should probably distract yourself," said Nolan. "Or coach is going to yell at both of us."
"Right," said Liam. He shook his head again to clear it and focused on the game. The drills started up again and Liam rushed forward with Nolan as they attempted to stop the guy form making it to the goal. Nolan tackled first, missing but setting up Liam to knock the guy's stick from his hand. Liam struck the stick and it fell out causing both groans and cheers to rise up from the players and observers.
The next player who came up was Diaz though. He rushed at both Liam and Nolan and although they made a concerted effort to get to him, he managed to slip past them when he maneuvered Nolan to trip up Liam. The two of them fell to the ground in a heap and Diaz made to score but then stopped before shooting the ball.
Corey in goal, frowned at him and then when Diaz started backing away turned to look behind him. His eyes widened at what he saw and he let out a little yelp. He too backed away while Liam from his vantage point of the ground, saw the snake very clearly.
He and Nolan stared at each other and then rapidly detangled themselves and stood up, backing away with Corey and Diaz.
The rest of the players knowing something was up came up to see what it was and then also backed away as the very big snake continued it's way across the playing field.
"What's going on here?!" yelled Coach. He stomped over to them and then saw the snake and did a double take. "Okay everyone just back away and let it pass," he said.
"Coach," said Liam.
"What?" said Finstock.
Liam pointed to where the field met the forest and to where what looked like hundreds of snakes were crawling out onto the playing field.
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