Chapter 10

Stiles pushes his way through the front doors into the High School scanning around for any signs of Liam or Malia and spots Mason talking to someone down the end of the hallway, "Mason!" He rushes towards him, "Hey, Mason have you seen Liam anywhere he's …" Stiles stops short when he sees who Mason is talking to. Theo! Standing there like everything is normal. This can't be real!

Theo looks over to Stiles and smiles at him. Stiles can feel a dark rage and hatred start to unfurl in his chest at the sight of that smiling bastard. He leaps at Theo, grabbing him and knocking him to the ground where he starts throwing punches, the only clear thought in his mind is PAIN and his entire focus is the piece of scum on the ground under his fists.

For a moment the shock of seeing goofy Stiles going all Demon Winchester on Theo without warning freezes Mason to the spot, but as other students gather around to watch the brawl he shakes himself into action and tries to pull Stiles off and calm him down, "Stiles man get off him!" Stiles is too strong for him and continues to struggle and punch Theo not paying any attention to Masons efforts; he really should start actually working out when he hits the gym instead of treating it like a spectator sport.

Scott has been searching the school halls all morning hoping to run into Liam when he sees the growing crowd down near the main entrance. He catches the scent of pack and his alpha instincts kick in as he rushes over and pushes his way through the crowd. Scott pauses when he sees the cause of all the commotion is Stiles fighting with Theo, Stiles' face filled with a look of pure rage, he looked like he wanted to kill Theo. What was going on with Stiles?

Mason is doing his best to try and pull Stiles off Theo but having no luck against the strength of Stiles anger. Scott jumps in to help but Stiles is stronger than Scott anticipates and he has to wrap his arms around the boys' chest and use some of his wolf strength to finally wrench him off. The force of his pull sends both boys falling backwards to the ground, Scott's back landing against the floor and Stiles falling on top of him Scott's arms still wrapped tightly around his chest as he continues to struggle to get free and back to Theo.

Strong arms wrap themselves around Stiles chest and start to drag him away from Theo, out of reach, Nooooo! He struggles against the strong hold straining to get back to Theo, all he wants to do is get his hands on him and hurt him, pay him back for his father, for his lies and conniving, make him feel the pain he has been inflicting on others. "Let me go, I'm gonna kill the bastard!"

"Stiles calm down."

"Scott?" Stiles stops struggling and turns to see that it is Scott's arms wrapped around him holding him back from Theo.

"Yes Stiles it's me."

Stiles breathes heavily as he looks from Scott to Scott's arms wrapped around his chest and over to Theo who is picking himself up off the floor rubbing his head, a little bit of blood in the corner of his mouth and a couple of fist sized marks on his cheek and around his eye. "Get off me!" he spits out at Scott.

Stiles pulls Scott's arms from around his chest and rolls off him but Scott puts his hand on Stiles' arm as he goes to stand up, "What are you doing Stiles? You gotta calm down."

Stiles looks from Theo back to Scott, is he really taking Theo's side over him right now while his dad is lying fighting for his life and Theo is the cause? I guess I really have lost my friend.

He can feel the blackness in his chest unfurling and reaching its tendrils further. "Calm down?" Stiles knocks Scott's hand off his arm as he turns to face him. "After everything are you still taking the side of this lying murderer?"

Theo smirks with enjoyment at the sight of the friendship continuing to crumble before him and the flashes of darkness he can see starting to dance behind Stiles' eyes, "Come now Stiles, we all know you have way more blood on your hands than anyone else here."

At Theo's words Stiles' shoulders tense and his fingers curl into fists but his attention stays on Scott, "I never trusted him from the start and I warned you but no-one wanted to listen, no-one believed me and now look where we are! People have died Scott! More might die and you are STILL defending him!"

Scott takes a step back from the intense anger emanating off Stiles and raises his hands, "I'm not defending him."

"Hey Stiles."

Stiles whips around to face Theo, "What!"

Theo shifts his features into a mask of concern, "Have you seen Lydia at all? I haven't seen her anywhere since last night and as a friend I'm concerned."

The image of Lydia looking so small in the hospital bed with her mother by her side, Natalie overwhelmed, looking helplessly down at her broken daughter, flashes in front of Stiles' eyes. "It was you!" Stiles yells as he launches himself at Theo again but before he can land anymore punches the two are pulled apart once more, this time by a very unimpressed Principal and an equally unimpressed math teacher who march them off to the Principle's office with Scott and Mason in tow.