CHAPTER 4 – THE BODY
I got to the hospital and Mum gave me a pair of scrubs and showed me to the Nurses locker room so I could get changed and told me to meet her at the nurses' station when I was done.
"So, you won't be providing any medications to anybody. You'll just be observing for now and helping me out" Melissa told me.
"So basically, I'm your assistant" I said, smiling. She hesitated before nodding.
"Basically." She nodded and led me over to her desk. "For now, we just do rounds" she told me and picked up a clipboard with a list of patients on it. I followed her down the hallway and saw Jackson getting his shoulder checked out and then we moved on to the next room.
It was a few hours before I got to stop and have lunch. I sat outside in the grass and ate while listening to the birds in the tree above me. I turned when I heard the familiar sound of Stiles Jeep.
"Makes sure nobody sees me" I heard Scott tell Stiles. They headed inside and I couldn't hear them anymore. I got up and brushed the dirt from my pants and hands before heading inside. Scott was in the morgue and Stiles was attempting to flirt with Lydia, who was on the phone with someone else. I walked into the nurses station and washed my hands, listening to Scott, and Stiles, who had just backed up into Scott.
"Holy God" Stiles exclaimed as he jumped and faced Scott.
"The scent was the same" Scott told him.
"You sure" Stiles asked.
"Yes."
"So did he bury the other half of the body on his property?" Stiles asked. I turned off the water and hid behind the wall. The body? Laura.
"Which means we have proof he killed the girl."
"I say we use it."
"How" Scott asked.
"Tell me something first. Are you doing this because you want to stop Derek, or because you want to play in the game, and he said you couldn't?" Stiles asked calmly.
"There are bite marks on the legs, Stiles - bite marks" Scott replied.
"Okay. Then we're gonna need a shovel." Stiles and Scott left and I ran to my bag to grab my phone.
"Olivia, come on. Your break is over" Melissa called out.
"I've just gotta make a quick call" I told her. She took my phone from my hand and put it back in my bag.
"You can on your next break. Patients won't wait for you to be ready" she told me and grabbed my wrist, walking me out of the room. I need to warn Derek.
I will say, when people tell you not to watch the time because it makes it go slower, they weren't lying. It seemed like forever before I was on my next break and I dug through my bag for my phone, only to find the battery had died.
"Damn it" I grumbled. I walked out to take my Mum's phone but she didn't have it in her bag. I listened out and heard her on the phone with someone. Her computer was locked too. I ran outside and once I was past the tree line of the forest, I ran as fast as I could. I heard Derek's Camaro drive away and Stiles Jeep pull up. I ran after Derek's car and he stopped after a few minutes.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Scott, and Stiles" I huffed, trying to catch my breath.
"What?" he asked, moving me to sit in the backseat.
"They're digging her up" I said. I met Derek's eyes. "They're digging up your sister." Derek's eyes flashed blue for a second and then he took off running back to the house. I ran after him and when we arrived, there was a hole in the ground and I could smell the blood again. Derek sat by the hole and looked inside.
"They dug her up and just left it open" Derek said, his anger evident in his voice.
"They're trying to get you arrested" I told him. "I would have called but my phone went dead and my Mum wouldn't let me leave the hospital. I left during my break and I'm probably fired now."
"The wolfsbane is gone too" Derek told me. I noticed the flower was gone and rested my hand on Derek's shoulder. "You should go. I don't want you to get caught up in a murder investigation" Derek said.
"I'm not going anywhere, they can't charge you anyway" I said.
"Why not? I have a body buried here" Derek reminded me.
"Because they'll find animal hair on the body; it will be classified as another animal attack" I told him. He glared at me.
"Just go. I'll deal with this." I put my hand on his shoulder and noticed a tear rolling down Derek's cheek.
"I'll come by tomorrow night. You'll be out by then" I told him and left for the hospital.
"Where in the hell did you run off to?" Mum asked as she grabbed my arm and dragged me to the locker room.
"I told you I had to make a call, my phone went dead though so I went to a payphone nearby and called. It was an emergency" I told her.
"What's a bigger emergency than helping in the E.R?" she asked.
"It's personal" I replied. She gave me a look that told me I was in trouble.
"Your my daughter, what could be so personal that you can't tell me?" she asked.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you" I said and brushed her off.
"Get back here" she yelled from behind me.
"We'll talk at home." I grabbed my bag and left for home. I showered and changed into jeans and a clean top and converse sneakers before heading over to the Hale house. Police cars were parked in the dirt and Scott was standing by Stiles jeep. I ran over to Scott and shoved him on his behind.
"Olivia, what are you doing here?" Scott asked as he stood up.
"Calm down" I heard Derek say. I turned and saw a deputy walking a handcuffed Derek into the police cruiser. I turned back to Scott and took a breath.
"You are so screwed if you don't get him out of jail" I snapped and headed towards the Sheriff. I heard Stiles get into the cruiser with Derek.
"Olivia, what are you doing here?" the Sheriff asked.
"Your son is talking with the suspect in the car" I told him and he mumbled something before walking to the police cruiser and pulling Stiles out of the car.
"There, stand" the Sheriff said. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" he asked.
"I'm just trying to help" Stiles replied.
"Okay, well, how 'bout you help me understand exactly how you came across this."
"We were looking for Scott's inhaler" Stiles told him.
"Which he lost when?" the Sheriff asked.
"The other night" Stiles said.
"The other night when you were out here looking for the first half of the body."
"Yes."
"The night that you told me you were alone and Scott was at home." The Sheriff noted.
"Yes. No. Oh, crap" Stiles hung his head.
"So you lied to me."
"That depends on how you define lying."
"Well, I define it as not telling the truth. How do you define it?" Sheriff returned.
"Mm, reclining your body in a horizontal position?" Stiles tried.
"Get the hell out of here" Sheriff told Stiles.
"Absolutely" Stiles said and walked over to Scott.
"Olivia, you never told me what you were doing here" the Sheriff noted as he walked back over to me.
"Looking out for a friend" I told him and then left.
I walked up the bleachers to watch Scott play in his lacrosse game. I sat down beside my Mum, Chris, Lydia and Allison to watch the game. Jackson was preventing all the players from passing the ball to Scott and Scott was getting angry.
"Come on Scott" I called out.
"Which one is Scott again?" Chris asked.
"Number 11. Otherwise known as the only one who hasn't caught a single ball this entire game" Lydia told him. I glared at her.
"Because your boyfriend won't let him get the ball" I snapped.
"I hope Scott's okay" Allison said.
"I hope we're okay. We need to win this. Allison. A little help here?" Lydia asked, holding up a sign to cheer on Jackson. I saw a flicker of gold and bit my lip, hoping Scott was okay.
"Did the opposing team just deliberately pass us the ball?" Coach asked Stiles.
"Yes, I believe so Coach" Stiles replied.
"Interesting. Goal! Yes! Yes! There you go. Wha - Way to go, McCall! What? The ball's in the net" Coach said as Scott scored a goal.
"Yeah" I cheered. Scott got the ball again and this time, time was running out. I focussed on Scott's heartbeat and realised he was close to changing.
"No, no. Scott, no, no" Stiles was mumbling from his spot on the bench.
"Come on. Come on" Melissa was saying from beside me.
"You can do it, Scott. You can do it, Scott" Allison was saying. Scott scored the winning goal and then ran off the field in the direction of the locker room. I watched Stiles and Allison both go after him but Stiles got stopped by his Dad. I was about to follow Allison to the locker room when I heard the Sheriff mention Derek.
"We let Derek go" I heard him say. I looked around to see if Derek was there but he wasn't and I was thankful for that, he probably would've killed Scott for almost changing on the field. Stiles and I headed for the locker room just in time to see Allison walk out with a smile on her face.
"I - I - I don't know how, but I controlled it. I pulled it back. Maybe I can do this. Maybe it's not that bad" Scott told Stiles. I stayed out of sight.
"Yeah, heh. We'll talk later, then" Stiles said.
"What?" Scott asked.
"The, uh, medical examiner looked at the other half of the body we found" Stiles told him.
"And-" Scott waited.
"Well, I'll keep it simple. Medical examiner determines killer of girl to be animal, not human. Derek's human, not animal. Derek not killer. Derek let out of jail" Stiles explained.
"Are you kidding?" Scott asked.
"No, and here's a bigger kick in the ass. My dad I.D.'d the dead girl. Both halves. Her name was Laura Hale."
"Hale?" Scott asked.
"Derek's sister" Stiles told him.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I hope you are enjoying this story as much as I'm enjoying writing it! I'll post the next chapter in 2 days
