Grace P.O.V.
Sleep did not come easy that night, and of what little sleep I got was interrupted by the angry, frustrated cries of my brother in the bathroom. Sighing in defeat, that I will not be getting any sleep, I lift the blanket off and slide out of bed. Padding my way out of my room, I walk to the bathroom and lean against the door frame as my brother lets out an angry cry and slams his hands against the sink, shaking it.
"Performance issues again?" I ask leaning against the door frame.
Scott's head snaps around to me, his glare softening as his eyes meet mine. "It's not funny Grace. Mom called, Stilinski's in hospital, they're working on him. I need to get down there, but..."
"But you can't exactly go to a hospital looking like you stepped out of a horror movie?" I ask, glancing down at his torso that is caked in blood. "Is that from Liam?" I ask stepping forward and taking a clean cloth from the sink and wetting it under the tap.
"Liam... Theo" He says as he sits on the edge of the bath tub. I kneel down in front of him and begin to carefully wipe the blood from his wound. "Have you talked to him?"
"He texted a few hours ago, he was outside"
"I don't blame him" My brother admits whilst flinching as I wipe around the exposed red flesh.
"Neither do I. I know I should, I should blame him for trying to kill you... but my head and my heart are at war with each other" I say focusing on my work.
"I can tell, you wore his shirt for bed" He says gesturing down to my grey shirt I stole from Liam. "You wouldn't do that if you hated him...Hey" Scott says grabbing my hands to stop my movements. I look up into his eyes that are watching me with sorrow and guilt "We'll fix this. We won't lose everyone"
"We'll fix this... Starting with Stiles" I nod and stand up from the floor and walk to the cupboard above the sink. Pulling out a bandage I walk back to my brother and wrap the wound up. "It's not great but..."
"You'd be a great doctor Grace"
"I was thinking more like a nurse... ooh how about a fire fighter? I'd be great at that" I smirk as he slaps me on the arm. "Get ready... I'll be downstairs" I say and exit the bathroom for him to get changed.
Heading down stairs I walk into the living room and sit on the couch. Bringing my knees up to my chest, I wrap my arms around them and lie my head on top, curling myself into a ball. Losing track of time, that I hadn't noticed, I pull out of my thoughtless mind as a fist pounds on the front door.
Snapping up off of the couch, I hesitantly walk to the front door and engulf my right hand in fire whilst holding it up out of sight as open the door with my left. The second I lay my eyes on the man in front my tense body slackens as I breathe out the name.
"Parrish" I sigh and push the door further open, his eyes immediately land on the flames. "Sorry, it's been an eventful few days"
"Tell me about it... Is Scott here?" He asks looking around the front of the house as he still stands outside.
"Yeah he is why?"
"I need both your help"
"With what?" I question, raising an eyebrow
"Her" He says and pulls the girl into my view from the side. I gasp at the sight of my friend who seems to be frozen in place with her head tilted to the right, pale and unblinking.
"Lyd?" I ask as I move out of the way for Parrish to bring her inside. "SCOTT!" I yell next to the girl hoping she would at least flinch from the noise but she doesn't. Sending a worried glance to Parrish, I walk to the bottom of the Stairs and call up "Scott?" but he doesn't answer.
Turning to Parrish I look at him with my eyebrows scrunched then stomp my way up stairs, the deputy and frozen Lydia following close behind.
"Scott?" I ask as we hit the top. My eyes widen at the sight of my brother laying flat of the floor. Parrish hands Lydia over to me and runs up to my brother. I grab onto Lydia's right hand, flinching as my fingers connect to the cold skin. Worried for her health I lace my fingers with hers and send some warmth over to her.
"Scott wake up" Parrish calls and my brother begins to shift as I stand and watch whilst clinging onto Lydia's arm above the stairs. "Scott!" Parrish calls and Scott jumps up and leans on the floor "Are you alright?" Parrish asks my now awake brother.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine" Scott answers making me roll my eyes. His chest is mauled and he was lying on conscious. That definitely defines the opposite of 'fine'.
"You're bleeding" Parrish realises and my eyes harden into a glare at my brother, he's not even trying to heal himself.
"It's not that bad... why are you here?"
"I need your help"
"With what?" Scott asks as I did.
"With her" Parrish says and moves slightly so Scott can get a look at Lydia for himself.
"I found her out in the woods, her body was freezing..."
"It still is" I inform and raise my our hands to show them the light glow of warmth I'm sending to her.
"She was practically hypothermic, but that wasn't even the worst part... her nails were bloody, she drew something onto a rock"
"What was it?" I ask as my brother and the Deputy stand to their feet.
"It was a badge, a sheriff's badge"
"No, it's a warning" Scott realises, as he looks to Lydia, then his eyes travel to mine and I suddenly remember why I'm still awake. Stilinski.
Liam's P.O.V.
I have to do something. My mate hates me, or at least she wants to. I tried to kill her brother and her best friend is now dead. She died without her last wish, Valerie. Valerie is still looking for her sister, I've been listening to her looking for Hayden, calling friends, but she hasn't found anything. The only person she hasn't called is Grace. And I'm thankful for that, because I don't know how Grace would take it, having to tell someone their little sister is dead.
Deputy Clarke exits the station as I crouch at the front of a police car out of sight. As I'm about to go and tell her the truth, somebody pulls me back down. Mason, who was supposed to be waiting in the Car. I had called him and asked him to pick me up after Grace walked away from me at the hospital, then I asked him to drive me to her house where she ignored my text to let me talk to her. I don't blame her though. I'm a monster, I did a monstrous thing.
"What do you think you are doing?" Mason asks pulling me back.
"Somebody's got to tell her about Hayden" I inform him and turn back to the deputy in the car.
"No, somebody doesn't have to be you. All right? Especially looking like this, I mean. What if they think you killed her?" he says as Valerie drives away and I collapse to the ground.
"Maybe I did"
"You didn't, while that last few hours haven't been your best, this isn't the way to fix it. She's going to find out. And it's not going to hurt any less coming from you or me or even Grace"
"Grace hates me"
"She doesn't and you know it. Grace McCall is everything that is right with the world. She may be mad or confused, but she can't hate anyone, that's not who she is and you know it. Just think of it as you two breaking up... but eventually getting back together. It's inevitable" Mason explains what I already know, but his words give me hope. "Come on" Mason says and we rise to our feet.
A familiar scent stings my nose making me confused. She's dead, I was there, she's dead. I look around trying to find the direction of the source but it's hard with the breeze.
"What?" Mason asks from behind me. I take a few steps forward and place my hand on one of the patrol cars looking straight ahead as I answer my best friend.
"It's Hayden, It's her Scent... she's here" I say hopefully. If Hayden is still alive, Grace will be happy again. She'll love me.
"Liam, you were with Grace when she held Hayden's body in her arms. You watched as Parrish carried her out of the hospital... She's gone" Mason argues.
"Grace..."
"...Will move on in time" He interrupts me
"It was her, I swear it was" I counter and look up at him, movement in a car window behind him, catches my eye making me look around, but no one is there.
"Liam... come on, let's go, let's go" Mason says and leads me out of the parking lot.
Grace P.O.V.
Scott and I crash though the doors of the hospital, holding them open for Parrish as he carries the frozen Banshee in his arms whilst shouting "HELP! GET SOME ONE TO HELP ME, QUICK!" He yells walking forward until three staff members come around with a gurney "I need help. I've got an 18 year old female, potentially hypothermic" I here Parrish explain as Scott and I leave him to find Stiles and Mom on the second floor.
We ride up quietly, Scott covering his wound that is seeping through his white shirt, until the doors open with a ding and he pulls me out into the dark corridor. Beyond some doors, Mon is standing with Stiles as he argues with Liam's Dad about the Sheriff's condition.
"What do you mean you don't know? Two hours ago, he was fine. Now it looks like someone took a baseball bat to his neck"
"There could've been some minor internal..."
"Did you say, 'Minor internal?' Since when is anything internal minor?" Stiles asks pissed as Scott and I reach the outside of the room the sheriff's in. Looking through the window I watch as the man who has acted like a father to me for years, lie wrapped in white blankets with tube and beeping machines surrounding him.
"Stiles..." Mom says trying to calm him.
"I need to know what's going on with him, okay? Dr. Geyer, somebody needs to tell me what's happening. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING TO HIM!" Stiles shouts catching my attention.
"We don't know" Mom answers, looking over her shoulder his eyes catch mine through the glass of the doors, I give him a small sad smile until it falls as his gaze shifts to my brother beside me. Stiles moves past my Mom walking towards us, before he crashes through the door and attacks Scott, Slamming my brother into the wall then to the floor.
"STILES!" I cry standing to the side as the others all rush over.
"Where were you? You trusted him. You believed him. Right, huh? So, where were you?"
"Hey, hey, hey..." Mom interrupts as she and Dr. Geyer grab onto Stiles, prying him off my brother.
"Where the hell were you?" Stiles shout and I jump forward, pulling him up as The two the security grab Scott.
"KNOCK IT OFF" I yell in Stiles face with my hand on his chest as Dr. Geyer holds him back, my eyes flashing their flamed glow.
"Okay, all right, all right" Stiles gives and looks to Scott.
"Look, Your Dad's not the only one who got hurt" Scott explains to his best friend.
"Oh, you'll heal" Stiles scoffs sending a glance at the exposed blood stain on my brothers white shirt, who covers it up. I really have to get him to start wearing dark tops with wounds, less question to cover with vague answers.
"I'm not talking about me" Scott answers and I roll my eyes at the two child like men and turn to Stiles.
"It's Lyd, Stiles. Parrish brought her in with us, he found her in the middle of the wood. She's basically Catatonic" I explain, not sugar coating anything and watch as Stiles sends a glance at the doors where his dad is and then he turns to look at me. "Go, we'll be here" I reassure him and watch silently as he leaves for the elevator to the first floor. Aww, young love.
Time skip
Stiles came back after begin shoved out of Lydia's room by a frantic Ms Martin. So now Stiles, Scott, Mom, Parrish and I are standing in a Storage room discussing the recent events.
"It could me a side effect of shock" Parrish offers
"No Grace is right, She's Catatonic. It was Theo digging through her mind" Stiles explains
"Why would he do that? What is he looking for?" Mom asks
"The same thing he's always looking for..." Scott begins
"An advantage" I finish, getting a nod from my brother next to me.
"So what did he gain by trying to kill Stilinski?" Parrish asks confused.
"It left me alone with Liam. Theo wanted to make sure no one would be there to stop him from killing me" Scott explains and the mention of my mate trying to kill my brother makes me whimper. Out loud., resulting in looks from the four around me.
"But Liam didn't kill you" I add looking to my brother.
"Thanks to you. If you hadn't of asked Mason to find him I would be dead and Liam..."
"Would be Alpha" Stiles adds
"Theo wants Liam to be Alpha?" Parrish asks
"So he can take the power from Liam, making him the Alpha" I explain
"So he can have everyone. So he can have my pack"
"Werecoyote, Banshee, Kitsune, Phoenix, Voi-"
"What?" I ask looking to Stiles "Voi-? What?"
"Void Stiles"
"He wants the Nogitsune?" Scott asks shocked
"Or just Stiles" I offer.
"Just me" Stiles reveals and I nod in acceptance, knowing that no matter what happens, Stiles will always be Stiles.
"So he wants all of you, that's great" Parrish says, Sarcasm level 5.
"Some more than others" Scott adds casting a sideways glance at me. A glance Stiles doesn't miss.
"He did talk about Grace like..."
"Like?" I ask already knowing
"There was this gleam in his eyes... Affection?"
"Love... Theo told me he's in love with Grace"
"I doubt he's even capable of real feelings" I scoff
"Okay, So he gutted my dad as a distraction" Stiles says getting back on track
"We need to find this kid"
"Isn't that a little dangerous? Especially since he almost killed one of my kids?" Mom asks from beside me.
"Yeah, but he said he didn't want my dad to die"
"And you believe him?" Parrish ask incredulously
"He told me where to find him. So, maybe he also knows how to save him"
"What do you want to do? Talk to him?" Mom asks
"I'll come with you. He doesn't know that I'm alive. Maybe that gives us an advantage" Scott offers
"I'm in" I add raising my hand
"He'll know you're there" Stiles says looking to Scott and turns to me "And you, you aren't going next to any teenage boys. Mates or not" he says and walks to the door
"You can't stop me Stiles" I call to him
"And you can't go alone" Mom adds looking to me with the only thing I can label as pride in her eyes. I nod my head to her and move over to the door.
"Does anyone even know how to find him?" Parrish asks
"We don't have to find him. He'll come to me" Stiles answer and I turn to him.
"And when he does, I will be right but your side... Ready to tear his head off" I say smiling. "Scott?" I turn to my brother.
"Let's go" He says with determination and we follow the slightly annoyed Stiles out of the hospital.
Time skip
We ended up right back at home, As Stiles and I lined the inside of the front door with Mountain Ash, and Scott got the destroyed shirt from the other night and handed it to Stiles who handed it to me. We didn't have to wait long. Maybe an hour, before Theo showed up as Stiles sat on the stairs with me leaning against the banister as we looked out at the open front door as the 'first chimera' showed up at my front door.
Theo stood on the doormat before looking down at the thick black line then stepped over it with a damn smirk on his face.
"I guess we're all telling the truth now" Theo begins and looks over to me "Grace" he nods his head as I just glare at him. My arms crossed over my chest. I watch as Theo's eyes travel up the stairs where Scott is hiding, catching a scent.
Putting my hand through the poles of the banister, I pull the shirt off of the stair behind Stiles and throw it harshly at the Chimera, who catches it instantly.
"You killed my best friend?" Stiles asks
"Let's be honest, Stiles. Was he still your best friend?" Theo asks.
"He was still my brother" I add sharply
"And I'm sorry for that" Theo says turning to me.
"No you're not" I snap
"Are you going to let my father die?" Stiles asks
"If I wanted him to die I wouldn't have told you where you can find him"
"Then why are they saying his body is shutting down?" I ask as Stiles gets up so I step forward.
"That some toxin's poisoning him and they don't know how to stop it"
"I'm not the bad guy, Stiles"
"No you're just the guy that does bad things to good people" I interrupt
"I'm just a realist. I'm a survivor. If you knew the things that I know..."
"Yeah, but what do you know?" Stiles asks
"I know what's coming. I know what the Dread Doctors created. And I know what Parrish is"
"Oh lucky us, I know what Parrish is to. Found out when I handed my dead friend over to him" I say smirking.
Liam P.O.V.
"No, there have not been any other bodies brought in tonight, thank God" Dad says as Mason and I follow him around the hospital.
"No one named Hayden?" I ask
"Mason, take him home... and while you're at it find out where all your friends are and tell them to stay away from the hospital for a while. I see you lot here more than any of the Hypochondriac's"
"Our friends?" Mason asks confused.
"Uhh, Stiles, Scott and Grace"
"Grace is here?" I ask looking around
"She was." He says giving me a confused look "She, Scott and Deputy Parrish brought Lydia Martin in late last night. And the Sheriff is currently upstairs and I don't have a clue what is wrong with him... I would have though you knew where Grace was, you two are practically joined at the hip"
"They kind of broke up" Mason explains, shocking my Dad and breaking my heart with his words
"We didn't break up... we had an argument" I lie, putting it in the best way possible instead of saying she basically told me to stay the hell away from her for attacking one of the people she loves most in the world besides myself.
"They're on a break"
"Well find her and fix it... there's something about that girl... She's..."
"A rare soul" I sigh
"Sure... Look its 6:00 in the morning, go home, get some sleep and talk to Grace later"
"Dad, you're sure there have been no dead bodies?" I ask, remembering my reason for coming here.
"Both of you. Home. Now" He instructs and walks away from us.
"We're not going home, are we?" Mason asks.
"No" I say turning around.
"Well, we both know where Hayden's body is. And if you want to find her, you're going to have to find the Nemeton"
"Okay, Let's find the Nemeton" I say and walk out of the front door.
Grace P.O.V.
"Lydia figured it out. I saw it in her memories" Theo says to me.
"Right after you drove her out of her mind" I hiss
"Collateral damage... But if she's right about Parrish, then things around here are gonna get a lot worse"
"I don't care" Stiles whispers beside me.
"You should, because if your dad does survive he's not gonna be Sherriff of anything much longer"
"What's happening to him?" Stiles ask but Theo turns away. "HEY, TELL ME!" Stiles yells grabbing onto Theo who turns around and pushes Stiles into the stairs
"Hey!" I shout making Theo turn to me. Just as he does, my fist connects with his face, leaving a black mark off soot. Theo rights himself turning to me before he rushes forward and pushes me face first into the wall near the door, his body leaning into mine, keeping me from moving "What's so bad about Parrish being what he is?" I whisper to him as he leans closer to me.
One of his hands pushes my pony tail away and the collar to my sleeveless black denim jacket down, exposing the back of my neck. A growl emits from his thought as he looks at the clear bite mark that no one has seemed to notice.
"What happens?" I ask shaking
"Death" he whispers hotly very low in my ear making me shiver in disgust then pushes off me, stalking out of the house. I wait a few seconds after he leaves then rush over to Stiles.
"Stiles. Stiles!" I call as he boy in question opens his eyes and looks up at me.
"Are you okay? Are you hurt" Scott asks coming down the stair.
"I'm fine" Stiles says getting off of the stairs, allowing Scott to come down.
"You blacked out" Scott argues
"I'm okay" Stiles says and looks at me "Are you okay?"
"I may need to boil my skin clean, but yeah, I'm good" I nod
"Did you get anything from him?"
"Nothing. He was calm the entire time" Scott explains
"What about his heart?"
"I heard It jump, but only once while he was talking to you, and only for a second"
"That doesn't mean he was lying"
"Not really" I add
"The rest of the time it was steady"
"When did it jump? What was I walking about?"
"It was when you said that your Dad was poisoned"
"That could be something"
"Surprise. A jump could mean Surprise, right?" I ask unsure
"Yeah, yeah, I think so" Scott says giving me a smile
"So why would he be surprised that my Dad's still dying?"
"Oh, wait... He didn't say that he was the one who attacked your Dad did he?"
"No" I answer
"Well, then this means it was probably someone else" Stiles whisper
"Another Chimera" Scott says in realisation.
With that we head out of the door and to the car Stiles is borrowing. I go to get into the back seat behind Stiles as Scott goes around to the front. As I reach the handle a click sounds, indicating the locks activated.
"Stiles?" Scott asks
"Yeah , I can do the rest myself"
"You don't even know where to start" I hiss now standing at the driver side window
"All we know that it's another Chimera. Do you even know where you're headed?" Scott asks and Stiles starts the engine "Come on. Let me help" Scott offers and I clear my throat in annoyance of being forgotten. "Let us help. We can find the clues that you can't" Scott says angering Stiles further. As he pulls the car forward. Scott rushes to the front of the car making Stiles stop it before he runs over my idiot brother.
"You can't do this alone, okay" I say walking the extra two steps to be back at the window. "You need us" I say indicating to Scott and I.
"You need all of us" Scott adds "I can get more help. I can text Liam"
"Liam just tried to kill you" Stiles argues and I slam my hands on the car making them both look at me as my eyes glow while I glare at Stiles.
"Stiles, don't make me melt you're wheels. Let us help. You know the longer we stand here arguing, the less chance your father has of surviving" Low blow to me.
"You believed him?" Stiles asks turning to my brother.
"You trusted him, too. Theo got to all of us"
"Not me, I never believed the lonely boy routine"
"You know, you don't even know the real story. I only told Grace" Stiles reveals and Scott's head snaps over to me.
Guiltily, I turn my head towards him and give him a nod that his best friend speaks the truth.
"I don't need to" Scott finally says turning back to Stiles "All that matters right now is your Dad. Come on, Stiles. We survived an Alpha Pack, a Dark Druid, Professional assassins..."
"Matt, Jackson, Peter, Derek..."
"We can survive Dread Doctors and Chimeras, too" Scott interrupts after he and Stiles send me amused looks at all of the enemies we have made in the few short years.
"We're not looking for a missing Chimera... We're looking for a missing teenager" Stiles says and unlocks the doors making me smile as I open the back door and climb in.
"Alright! Scooby, Shaggy our mystery await!" I say looking between Scott and Stiles.
"Keep it down Scrappy" Stiles jokes back, just like old times.
Buzzzzzzz
My phone vibrates from my boot. Reaching down I pull it out and read the text.
Busy?
Liam on some sort of mission searching for the Nemeton
Any pointers?
~Mason
The Nemeton? Why would they want to go to the place Parrish is putting the bodies? Sighing, I text back the answer.
Sheriff dying, we think we missed a Chimera, Searching.
Telluric Current. School Library.
Be safe, keep me updated?
~Grace
I wait a few minutes before he texts back.
Thank you. Will do and He loves you
~Mason
"Who's that?" Scott asks from the front seat as Stiles drives us to his house
"Mason... Liam's up to something..." I reply and pull open my previous texts to Liam. I hesitate to type and nothing fills my mind so I lock the phone and throw it in the seat beside me.
Liam P.O.V.
Mason had the brilliant idea to go to the School Library to look for telluric currents. So now that is why we are at the school, ducking under the crime tape because of the destruction I caused. I follow Mason through the room, images flashing through my mind of my fight with Scott.
"Liam?" Mason pulls me out of my thoughts and I look at him as he holds the needed book. Following to an unbroken table, I watch as he flips through the book until he finds the right page. "This is the one...See these? These are lay lines, they're mapped according to telluric currents" Mason explains
"Stiles said that he and Lydia where looking at the intersections" I add
"Probably" He begins and we run our fingers on the page until they meet at the middle "This one"
"But they never found it. They kept going out there to look, but they said then Nemeton has to want to be found" I explain
"It's a supernatural tree that has to want to be found in order for you to see it? I wish she had of told me that before"
"Who told you what?"
"Grace" Mason says as though it should be obvious to me
"Grace? She knows about this?" I ask
"Yeah, I told her we were looking for the Nemeton. She told me to follow the telluric currents"
"Well did she say anything else?" I ask hopeful
"Just to keep her updated"
"Ohh" I sigh, disappointed.
"No, no 'ohh' this is good, updated means she wants to know that you're okay. She wants to know that you're okay"
"do you know if she's okay?"
"She told me they were looking for a Chimera to save the Sheriff" He explain and turns back to the book. "We should make a copy of..." He begins to say but I just rip the page out and walk away, the faster I figure out why I could smell Hayden outside of the station the faster I can get back to Grace and make up.
Grace P.O.V.
"There was a call a few hours ago about a sophomore from Beacon High who never came home last night" Stiles says coming up to his crime board.
"What's his name?" Scott asks.
"Noah Patrick" Stiles says and Scott looks over the list of names, tapping at Noah's name.
"Noah?" I ask confused.
"You know him?" Scott asks, they both turn to me as I stand between them.
"Yeah, he's in my French class. He's a nice guy" I say sadly, he doesn't deserve this, none of them do.
Time Skip
We ended up at the High school to break into Noah's locker for anything that will have a strong enough scent. I stand at the side with my phone out to text Mason as Scott breaks the lock.
Are you at the School?
~Grace
I text hopefully, wanting to see Liam.
Left 10 minutes ago, are you there?
~Mason
Getting something from Noah Patrick's Locker
He's the last Chimera
~ Grace
Be careful
I love you
~Mason
The last message confuse me until I remember who Mason is with.
Liam?
~Grace
I'll make everything okay again
I promise
Liam
~ Mason
He texts back making me gasp down my sob
"Grace?" Scott asks and I look up to find that Malia has now joined us and is holding one of Noah's shirts.
"I'm okay" I assure swiping a tear from my face.
"Then let's go" Malia instructs and walks out of the school, we follow close behind.
Liam P.O.V.
I got to talk to her, I got to talk to Grace. Albeit, not that much. But it was enough for now. The only thing that worries me, is that she never said 'I love you' back. She always says it back.
"Liam! Focus!" Mason shouts from beside me as we walk through the woods "This is it, there should be a clearing here... Maybe the clearing doesn't want to be found either" Mason offers as we look around for a giant magical tree stump. Feeling useless, I crouch down to the ground, in hope of new light.
"I couldn't save her. The one thing Grace wanted was for Hayden to be saved and I couldn't do it. I'm supposed to make Grace happy, that's the whole point of us being mates" I say frustrated
"Each other, you're supposed to make each other happy. You might be a werewolf, Liam. But you can't save everyone. I mean, look at what the rest have lost. Allison, Aiden, Erica, Boyd, Basically the whole Hale family" Mason explains, now knowing the whole story. "So many great people, they couldn't save them all, but they've tried. We've tried. But not everyone survives. I was standing right there while Melissa did everything medically possible..."
"While I was trying to kill Scott" I interrupt
"You can't take all the blame. I mean, there was like , 800 extenuating circumstances"
"It wasn't just the moon"
"It was Grace's emotions mixing with yours through your bond on the night of a supermoon. Do you know that Grace tried to heal Hayden? But she failed, it's a phoenix's power to heal the wounded and Grace couldn't do it. Not because she's weak or incapable... because she's still learning. She probably blames herself for you trying to kill Scott. I bet that is why you snapped, not because you hated Scott, but because Grace hated herself and she still does, because her anger is what made you attack Scott like that... And Theo took advantage of that. He took advantage of everyone. But most of all he took advantage of Grace's love for her friends, her brother, through you, your bond. You can't let yourself..." he cuts himself off and stands up.
"What?" I ask standing up, wanting to here more on his idea of the other night
"The Nemeton's a beacon for supernatural creatures, right?" He asks
"Yeah"
"So what if it takes a supernatural creature to find it" Mason offers
"I am a supernatural creature and I can't find anything"
"But you've been looking with your human eyes" he says and I realise he is right.
Bowing my head, I close my eyes and allow my werewolf side to take over my sight. Opening them I look up an my eyes immediately land on something just beyond the tree in front of us.
"Mason..." I whisper, grabbing onto his arm and pulling him closer to me so he can get a better look.
"What? What?"
"Look"
"I don't see any..." He beings but cuts himself off. So I take it that he sees it now "Intense"
Grace P.O.V.
Malia tracked Noah to an abandoned warehouse, just outside of town. So now the three of us follow as she leads us around the building. We follow her down some metal stairs onto some tacks for something like a cart or a train.
"He didn't want you to call me, did he?" Malia asks as Stiles hangs back a bit away from us.
"No" I deadpan
"Is it that bad?" Scott asks.
"We kind of broke up, I guess"
"Yeah, we kind of broke up, too" Scott admits
"I think we all did" I add
"Liam?" she asks me
"Trying to kill my brother kind of makes a problem for relationships"
"But you two will work it out, you have to. You can't just break up, that's not who the whole mating thing works, right"
"It's more like were just taking a breather from each other"
"But you're not broken up so it doesn't matter" She says with a soulless tone and walks away from us.
"Hey, you can tell me what's going on with you. I mean besides Stiles" Scott offers "You can talk to me" Scott says making her stop
"I said I'd help find this kid and I'm doing it to save Stiles' dad. Don't ask me to talk"
"Well, I'm not asking. I'm offering. I'm just saying it's okay if you want to" Scott says and Malia just walks over to a vent replying that she knows, she climbs though the hole, out of out sight so we follow her down until we end up at a series of tunnels
"I got it, I got his scent" She reveals and we head off in the direction it is coming from.
Liam P.O.V
"There's only four here" I announce circling the tree
"That mean's four Chimeras are missing" Mason adds
"Grace only cares about one. Hayden's alive. She has to be"
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"Okay, maybe you're right. Either way, we gotta tell someone about this. We get the cops down here and they figure out who's dead, who's alive and who's whatever. Sound good?" Mason asks. I'm about to agree but bright lights switch on behind us. Spinning, we look over trying to shield our vision.
"You two. Stay right where you are" A male voice instructs us as the sheriff's deputies come into our view. Hayden's sister Valerie included.
"That's it" A familiar voice says in front of us "That's where I found the bodies... Four of them" she says looking between Mason and I. I knew she was alive.
Grace P.O.V.
"This is Noah's. He was here" Malia informs us as she swipes the blood off a pipe. "I think he's close"
"Guys... I think we've been down tunnels like this before, like when we were looking for you, Liam and Hayden"
"Okay, so what?" Stiles asks
"Maybe, it means we're closer than we think" I offer and jump when my boot starts buzzing. Sighing I bend to pull it out while listening to the others talk.
"Maybe there's something else down here. Something that we haven't found yet" Scott says
"Yeah, nothing that helps my dad" Stiles says as I read the message gasping.
"What?" Malia asks me, making the other two turn to me.
"Hayden, she's alive" I reveal
"How?" Stiles asks
"I don't know, all I know is that. Liam and Mason were looking for the Nemeton, that's where Parrish was putting the bodies"
"Look, that's great and all. But we can't be standing around here for something to..." Stiles says but is cut off by getting jumped and pushed into a wall.
"Stiles..." Scott calls "Stiles..." Scott calls again and latches his hand on Stiles' raised one
"You okay?" I ask from where I stand halfway between the boys and a struggling Noah and Malia.
"Yeah, I'm fine" Stiles answers and we all look to Malia and Noah as she growls and he cries out.
"NOAH!" I call as she pins him to the ground
"Let me go, please." He begs looking between the four of us. His eyes landing on me "Please, Grace... they're coming" He informs us and we look to each other worriedly as the familiar sound of stomping boots and cackling sound through the tunnels behind us.
"Malia let him go" I instruct, walking towards them and hand my hand out to Noah. He grabs it as she lets go and I lift him off the ground, only for him to slip my grip and run away. Until he is stopped by Stiles, pushing him up against the wall.
"You're not going anywhere" Stiles informs the boy
"I said I don't remember" Noah hisses.
"You don't remember anything?" I ask stepping next to them
"No. Not when it happens. Not when I change"
"You clawed my dad half to death, okay, and now it's poisoning him. You're gonna start remembering every detail right now..."
"Stiles!" I warn
"Scott, I hear them" Malia calls
"Yeah, I do too"
"Same" I announce.
"Hey, Stiles, get him out of here. Go to the hospital. Figure out a way to save your Dad"
"We're not gonna be able to stop them" Malia reminds him
"But we can slow them down...Stiles go, you two Gracie, get them out of here!" he says to me. I nod and push them both in front of me down another tunnel.
I smile as I run behind Stiles and Noah the gunshots and the voice of Argent, calming as I know that he will make sure Scott and Malia are fine.
We end up at a locked fence, blocking our only exit. I'm prepared to step forward and melt the lock but Noah steps forward instead.
"Step back. I think I can break through it. It's just sometimes, most of the time, I lose control. So you better step back" I'm about to offer my ability's instead but he has already begun to change. He begins to gasp and grunt as some sort of skewer slides out of his hand. Then he pulls back and slashes the chains in half. I stand next to Stiles as Noah pries the fence open and turns back to us. "Let's go" he grunts and runs off.
"You do realise I could have just melted the lock, right? Less noise"
"No this was good" he says and follows after Noah.
"Good, how was watching a kid morph into, that... good?"
"You didn't see the spike? It's Bone and it was broke"
"So it's like chipping a nail?" I ask
"It's bone, Grace. That's what's killing my dad"
"You can't be sure of that"
"It's that only thing we got" He answers and we find the exit to the ware house. Noah lost from our sight.
Time Skip
We made it to the hospital as the sheriff got out of surgery. Scott, Malia and Argent haven't shown up yet as Stiles and I sit in the room with the sheriff in. I smile as I look down at Stiles and see that he is asleep with his head on the bed next to his dad. Suddenly feeling like an intruder I begin to exit the room just as the sheriff wakes up and looks down at his son.
"Hey" I whisper, walking closer
"That's what everyone needs when they come back from the brink of death"
"What?" I ask confused
"A pretty face" He laughs
"Save your strength pretty boy, that one's been frantic all day" I say pointing to the sleeping Stiles as I back up to the door
"You good?" Sheriff asks
"As long as you're good" I say and exit the room as Stiles wakes up at the sheriff's touch.
Walking down the hallway, I turn to the front reception and find the four people waiting there.
"Everything okay Grace?" Argent asks stepping forward
"Everything's great" I reply smiling and hug him around the waist. Turning my head to my Mom. "Sheriff woke up a few minutes ago... He's good"
"We all are" Scott adds smiling over at me, a smile that I return. Today was a bad day, with a good ending.