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Scott wished they knew how this whole connection thing worked. He knew the last time it happened he began to have a sense of Stiles soon after apogee, but he was not sure if that was because he had healed him, or because he was so close. Right now Scott felt nothing, and that terrified him. He wondered if Stiles did die, if he would feel it at all, or if it was just wishful thinking.
He could not focus. Searching for the man that took Stiles was coming up empty every time. That was of course if he even was to blame. They had no evidence, nothing to back up his guilt. Only that he seemed like the most likely of suspects. There was still always the option that Stiles lost it and took off on his own. Scott could not believe that though. If he did, that could mean the Nogitsune left a bigger imprint than any of them thought. Stiles was out there, and soon Scott would find him.
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Every time Stiles woke up in that cage, his body hurt a little more. His head was spinning, he ached all over, and the whispers were still flooding his head. There were people standing in his cell; Allison, Aiden, now the man's wife. Just staring at him. His breathing was erratic, and if it were not for the fact he was exhausted, he would not be able to stay still. He could not focus to the point that he could not think anymore. Any plans for escape were betrayed by his own head. All he knew was that Scott was coming for him. He had no idea when, but he knew sooner or later he would show up.
Stiles wanted nothing more than to be free of that place, but he also did not want Scott to be in danger. He was not sure how the Alpha would fare against three werewolves and a psychopathic maniac in a room with his battered and broken best friend.
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Scott's head was throbbing. He hated sitting in class while his best friend was out there somewhere. Class was almost done, and when it was he was going to continue searching for Stiles. Before class ended, something caught his attention. Lydia was in a desk in front of him holding her head and squeezing her eyes shut. He could sense her distress. The bell rang causing them both to jump, and Scott wasted no time in going to the red head.
"Lydia." He put his hand on her shoulder.
She shook her head. "I don't know, Scott. It sounds like metal scraping or something. It started small like always, but it's been getting louder all day." The pain was etched on her face.
"Stiles?"
Lydia gave him a look. She did not want to believe it, but she knew this had to do with him.
"Okay, okay. We need to get everyone together, we need to…" Scott titled his head.
"What?" Lydia looked at him.
"I don't know…it's like-" He looked at Lydia. "I think I can sense him again. Lydia I think I can find him."
"We have to get to the Sheriff station, get help." Lydia stood up.
"No, there's not time. Lydia, you're never wrong about these things. If I don't go now…" Scott headed for the door. "I'll call you when I get there and tell you were he is!" Scott ran.
"Scott , wait!" The sound in Lydia's head got louder. She needed to find Kira and Malia. Scott had no idea what he was walking into.
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Stiles perked up a little from where he was lying on the ground. Something felt different out of nowhere. Scott. Stiles had no idea how he knew, but he could feel Scott. Their connection was coming back, and if he had a sense of Scott, then Scott had a sense of Stiles. Scott was coming for him. Relief and panic washed over him all at once. He had the potential to get out of his Hell, but at the same time he could lose everything.
"He's coming for you isn't he?"
Crap. Stiles looked at the werewolves. Crane could smell his change in emotion. He was smart enough to figure out why. Stiles could not breathe anymore. He had already had countless panic attacks in the cage, but another one did not help. Scott was coming, and Scott could die. Both of them probably would, and there was no way to stop it.
Renny laughed and rolled back and forth on his bars. "Oh this is going to be a fun night."
"I think it's time everyone got a little closer, don't you?"
Stiles looked up to see the man standing in front of his cage again. He smiled and flipped up a switch on the wall. A loud ding and then scraping caused Stiles to look at the wall. The bars separating him from the loose cannon of a werewolf were disappearing. Stiles gathered as much strength as he could to back away.
Renny jumped up and down as the bars began to slide away. His cage was the only one opening up. He laughed and slid through the gap into Stile's cell.
"Finally." He ran up to Stiles, who was still attempting to back away. "Time to play."
"No, no, no, wait!" Stiles crawled back until he hit the bars at the other end.
Renny was right on him with claws out when Crane yelled.
"We need him alive, Renny!"
Renny stopped and glanced behind him. "I know that. I just wanna have a turn." He scraped a claw down Stiles' cheek.
Stiles squeezed his eyes shut. "Come on, dude. I really can't take anymore torture right now, how about later, yeah?"
Renny laughed and brushed his claws against the back of Stiles' neck. "You know you seem to have an interesting mind. One I might like to explore, though strictly speaking I've never looked into someone's mind before, but what's the worst that could happen?"
Stiles tensed.
"Don't touch him!"
"Scott!" Stiles could not believe his eyes. Scott had come and was standing in his cage.
Renny growled.
Wait. Scott was inside the cage.
"Scott it's a trap!"
Scott turned around to see a man closing the cell door. He then flipped on two switches. The bars separating the cages were sliding into the wall.
"Mark right? Don't do this."
"If you know me, then you know why I'm doing this."
Renny smiled and dived towards Scott, who now bore his red eyes and claws. Scott growled as Renny attacked him. The man was wild and did not hold back as he clawed the teen. Scott threw him down, but Mina dived at him. The three wolves were fighting.
Stiles watched as Renny and Mina attacked Scott. He almost did not notice the other alpha coming straight for him. Stiles tried to back away, but he was already pressing into the bars of his cell. Renny and Mina were a distraction, now Crane was going to hurt him. Crane grabbed Stiles' arm and hauled him up. He wasted no time in sinking his teeth into Stiles' shoulder.
The scream in the cage made everyone freeze.
"No." Scott pushed the two werewolves away and ran to Stiles who was now on the ground.
Stiles held his shoulder, slumped against the wall. "Oh God." He could not breathe.
Scott surveyed the bite and shook his head. "You're gonna be okay. Remember what Deaton said, you can't change if you get bit."
"That's assumption Scott. We don't know what's gonna happen."
"Let me help." Scott went to touch Stiles, but Stiles slapped his hand away.
"No! I don't want you to see what I've seen, Scott. Don't help me." Stiles could not forget when Scott saw his dream about Allison, he did not want his best friend to see her like that again. He did not want him to feel the pain he had been through.
"Stiles…"
"No." Stiles stared at Scott with shaky eyes.
"You aren't supposed to turn him, you're supposed to kill them both! You're supposed to rip them apart!"
Everyone turned to see the man standing in front of the cage. He had been watching everything in hopes it would play out like he planned.
Crane shrugged. "Oh I have no intentions of killing either of them."
"But he's a True Alpha, you could be more powerful." The man wanted revenge, and he needed Crane's back to help him get it.
"I'll get the power I want, but not from Scott McCall. You can't steal that kind of power from a True Alpha."
The man huffed and took a step closer to the bars. That was his mistake. Mina reached out and grabbed him, slamming him into the bars. She grabbed the keys from his pocket and threw them to Renny. He ran to the door and unlocked it. Renny ran out of the door and grabbed Mark throwing him into the cage. Mina clawed him on the way in, ripping a big wound in his side. She then went out the cell and grabbed the electric prod he had used on her during the full moon. Scott never saw it coming with everything going on.
Scott screamed out as he was shocked and he fell to the ground. He could do nothing as the wolves scooped Stiles up and took him out of the cage. Crane shut the door causing it to lock. Renny still had the keys with him.
"Wait, Stiles!"
Scott was locked in the cell with man that started it all, and his best friend was gone.
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AN: Thanks for reading!
