Chapter 21: You're a fighter
Author's Note at the end
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"This is really nice how did you afford a- Oh…" Melissa cringes when she sees the duct tape on the inside of Scott's tux.
"It's not gonna work is it?" Scott panics thinking he won't have a tux to wear for the formal. Melissa looks up and gives him a convincing smile, "No, no, no it's fine. No one will notice, no one legally blind…"
Scott turns back to the mirror to finish tying his tie, "Hey! I heard that."
"Just come in here and we can try it," Melissa says holding out the jacket. Scott comes out of the bathroom and puts the jacket on. Melissa nods, "Yeah see, I actually think this is gonna work, turn."
Scott turns showing his mum the rest of the outfit and Melissa notices something wrong with the pants now, "And no." Scott turns and looks at her with wide eyes and she points down to his pants showing a split.
Scott groans, "What? Argh, I don't have time for this! I can't buy new ones, mum what am I gonna do?"
"Okay don't panic, alright. Take them off… Pants off now," Melissa instructs. She goes down the hallway to get a needle and thread. She chuckles to herself at how much Scott, her son, is panicking about an outfit. Bella wouldn't have panicked this much…
Melissa looks to walls imagining all the blood still on them. The police had cleaned everything for them but the memories were burnt into her brain forever. She just wanted her baby girl home. Melissa walks back into the room and starts working on the pants.
"So is she coming here? Cause you know I need the car tonight," Melissa reminds her son. Scott's voice sounds unhappy, "No I'm going stag."
Melissa looks up from her work, "You're going alone?"
"Stag, there's a difference. Sort of…" Scott explains. Melissa looks back down to the pants, "I'm sorry I'm just a little surprised that you know, you don't have anyone else to ask besides Allison."
Scott sighs, "There are no other girls besides Allison."
Melissa looks up again with a small smile, "You really feel that way?"
Scott screws up his face not wanting to talk about it with his mum. That's what Bella and his mum would do but Bella wasn't here… "Can you please keep sewing?!"
"Oh no, no, no you have time for just one question. Come here," his mum says patting the spot on his bed beside her. "Do you really feel that way?"
"I can't help it… I mean every time I look at her I get this hollow feeling in my chest and it's like someone literally took a shovel and dug a hole in me and it's the worst feeling I've ever had in my entire life and I didn't know anyone could actually feel this bad," he explains sadly.
Melissa nods her head, "I know, everyone knows eventually, it does go away."
"I don't want it to," Scott shakes his head.
"Have you told her how you feel?" Melissa asks.
Scott shifts around a little before answering, "She knows." Melissa smacks her son on the forehead. How could she have not said this to her son already, "Come on she knows? She knows! Listen dumbass, I'm gonna let you in on a secret that most guys don't even have a clue about! Women love words!"
Scott looks confused, "Huh?"
"You need to tell her how you feel! Just say it, say it again, say it differently… Learn how to say it better, learn how to sing it… You know just write it in a poem in a letter attached to flowers, carve it in a tree, in the sidewalk of cement, tattoo on your arm," Melissa says happily.
Scott looks to his mum excitedly, "Really? Can I get a tattoo?" Melissa looks to him, "No not really. Just tell her the truth…"
She smiles at her son and finishes the stitching, "Here you go." Melissa gets up and goes to walk out of the room but Scott stops her, "Hey mum… Thank you."
Melissa smiles at her son before walking completely out of the room.
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"Just show me your eyes!" My father screams for what feels like the hundredth time. I'm losing too much blood and if I'm going to make it out of here, it needs to be now. I wriggle my wrists some more and feel the rope come undone enough for me to slip my hands out but I quickly stop when Tom walks behind me with the knife still firmly in his hand.
He runs the blade over my shoulder slightly piercing skin but then yells out as he stabs it into the almost healed stab wound from back out the house. I scream out in pain and he leaves the knife in there as he goes over to the small bucket of water washing his hands, "I'm afraid I'm going to have to let that sit there for a bit."
I chuckle quietly to myself as I pull my hands out of the ropes and letting it drop to the floor. Tom looks over at me, "Why are you laughing? Stop it!" He walks closer to me getting ready to shut me up when I scream and kick my legs out knocking him backwards. I get up out of the chair quickly and reach for my shoulder and pulling out the knife and ready to fight back when my father charges at me knocking me to the ground and knocking the knife out of my hand.
I look up and see him smiling darkly at me before trying to punch me. I move out of the way and turn away from him trying to crawl towards the knife. He pulls me back by my ankles yelling at me, "No more running Bella! This is the end for you! Just show me your eyes." I scream again kicking my legs trying to get him to let go. My foot connects with his jaw and I hear in groan in pain.
I kick out again and connect with his chest sending him backwards and I crawl towards the knife. Tom gets back up running towards me ready to pin me down but I quickly grab the knife and turn over holding it up and he impales himself onto the knife. I let out a small gasp as I twist the knife in his stomach and he looks at me with an almost too peaceful look.
"You're eyes. They do glow…" These are his last words as he falls limp on top of me. I let out a small sob and quickly throw him off me. I just killed him. I killed someone… I quickly get up and run over to the door but catch a glimpse of myself in the water that shows my reflection. My eyes have turned an orange colour… He was right.
I look back at his lifeless body and whimper. What have I done? I reach for the door but let out a groan as I use my dislocated shoulder arm. I let it fall limp by my side and open the door with my other hand. It's dark outside. I have no clue how long I've been out here for? I need to get home.
I take a look at myself and see blood all over my clothes, the gash across my chest is red and angry and my shoulder is throbbing non-stop. I need to find help…
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"No I'm not just letting you leave her here!" Stiles voice cracks as he looks at the girl he's had a crush on for years now. He just wanted to be back at the dance with her. But all she wanted to do was find Jackson…
Peter wipes his mouth, "You don't have a choice Stiles, you're coming with me."
"Just kill me! Look I don't even care anymore!" Stiles exclaims on the verge of tears. Peter reaches out with his clawed hand and forces Stiles to stand up, "Call your friend. Tell Jackson where she is. That's all you get."
Stiles reaches into his pocket and quickly pulls out his phone calling Jackson's number.
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Jackson runs towards the school holding Lydia in his arms. This couldn't be happening! He couldn't lose Lydia and Bella. He just couldn't.
"Stay with me Lydia… Please stay with me!" Jackson says quietly before yelling out, "Someone help me! Help me! Help!" Everyone screams as he carries his bloodied ex-girlfriend through crowds of other school kids.
"Get help please!" He yells out again. Why was no one doing anything? "Lydia please stay with me…" He whispers as lays her down on the concrete. She had to be okay. There's no way he could lose Lydia. Jackson sobs as he gets his phone out ready to call the ambulance.
Bella was missing. Probably dead and he couldn't let Lydia die either…
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The jeep screeches to a halt as Stiles parks in the parking garage. Peter gets out quickly and grabs hold of Stiles pulling him towards another car.
"Whose car is this?" Stiles asks as Peter as they get closer to the said car.
"My nurse," Peter replies curtly. Stiles looks at the car confused, "What happened to your nurse?" Peter opens the trunk of the car revealing the dead body of the nurse.
"Oh my god!" Stiles exclaims. Peter looks back at Stiles shamelessly and shrugs, "I got better." He shuts the trunk after prying the laptop bag out of the dead nurse's arms.
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Scott sat at the animal clinic… He couldn't go home. Allison knew. Mr Argent knew. They knew what he was. He couldn't go home and talk to his mum about it… And the one person that he wanted to talk to, the one person that would listen to him was out there somewhere… Being tortured most likely, by her father…
He had to find Derek. Derek could fix all of this.
All the dogs in the clinic start barking and howling at each other. That's when Scott remembers something Stiles said right when he was finding out about all his werewolf abilities. A wolf howls to signal its pack where it was.
That means he can find Derek…
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"Where is she?" Jackson asks as he rushes off the elevator looking for a nurse or doctor that can show him where Lydia is. He looks into the room closest to him seeing Lydia in the hospital bed.
Sheriff Stilinski comes up behind the young boy, "Hey! What the hell happened to that girl?"
Jackson looks back to Lydia before stuttering out an answer, "I don't know I went out looking for her-"
"What and you just happened to wander in the middle of that field and found her like that? Don't lie to me son," Sheriff cuts Jackson off.
Jackson goes to stutter out an answer again but the Sheriff grabs hold of the boy and pushes him up against the glass window, "Hey what happened to her?!" He was overwhelmed and tired. John hadn't got much sleep since Bella went missing and the longer she was missing for the less likely it was that she was still alive. Now another young girl was lying in the hospital, hanging on for dear life and this kid couldn't even give him a straight answer.
"She's your girlfriend, she's your responsibility," Sheriff yells in Jackson's face.
"No she is not! She didn't go to the formal with me!" Jackson exclaims.
The sheriff calms down a little and quietens his voice, "Then who'd she go with?"
"Do you really want to know?" Jackson pauses and the Sheriff looks a little confused before Jackson continues, "She went with Stiles."
"What?" John asks in disbelief. His son wouldn't let that happen to a girl. Jackson nods, "Stiles took her."
John lets go of the young boy and steps back pointing angrily at him, his breathing shallow. If that girl in there was attacked and Stiles was with her then his son could be hurt too.
"Somebody better find my son."
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"What happens after you find Derek" Stiles asks while typing away on Peter's computer.
Peter exclaims, "Uh don't think Stiles, type!"
"You're going to kill people aren't you…?" Stiles sighs out. Peter rolls his eyes. He thought he had made his plan pretty clear but he needed to keep spelling it out for everyone, "Only the responsible ones."
"And if I do this, you have to leave Scott out of this," Stiles says confidently. Peter sighs as he has to explain why he needs Scott and Derek and Bella, "Do you know why wolves hunt in packs? It's because their favourite prey are too large to be taken down by one wolf. I need Derek, Scott and Bella."
Stiles shakes his head, "Well Scott's not gonna help you and Bella she's out there somewhere dying!" Stiles voice cracks a little as he thinks about his friend.
Peter smiles, "Bella's strong and I have a feeling she's going to be just fine…"
Stiles looks to Peter confused, "Do you know something about Bella that we don't? Do you know where she is?!"
He shakes his head, "I'm afraid not but I think she's capable of more than you think… And Scott will help because it'll save Allison and you will because it'll save Scott, your best friend who you know so well you even have his username and password."
Stiles turns back to the computer and types in the username reluctantly. Peter looks at Stiles in disbelief, "His username is Allison…"
Stiles types in the password and Peter rolls his eyes, "His password his also Allison."
"Still want him in your pack?"
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My feet shuffle along the ground kicking up leaves as I make my way through what I presume is the preserve. I haven't got the energy to pick up my feet and it feels like it's been hours since I broke out of that small shed. I hear a noise in the distance and stop walking to listen. It's a… A howl? Scott's howl! He's out here somewhere. I go to walk in the direction the Scott's howl comes from when another weaker sounding howl breaks out closer. Derek? I turn and follow the direction of the Derek's howl. I groan and gasp in pain as I climb up the small slope and see the burnt down Hale house in the distance.
Slowly but surely I make my way into the house and call out, "Derek? Scott?" My voice is hardly recognizable and I double over in pain as I walk into the railing of the staircase. I pant as I slowly slide down the wall and rest my head against the hard wood. This is where the howl came from? Where was he?!
"Bella?" A voice calls out. I look up and see Peter standing in front of me. I let out a breath of relief, "Oh thank god. I never thought I'd be so happy so see you Peter. Where's Derek? You gotta get me to the hospital?"
Peter kneels down in front of me, "What did he do Bella?" I chuckle dryly, "Yeah I'm sure I don't look like a ray of sunshine right now but that's why you gotta get me out of here." He reaches out and takes my arm and I watch as black veins go up through his arm. I gasp and pull back, "What was that?"
He stumbles back slightly, "You're a fighter for sure, I'll say that much. You are in so much pain and still walking and talking! I took some of your pain… That's all I can do right now. I have to end the ones responsible." Peter steps back and reluctantly turns away from the young girl going back to the shadows.
I gasp out in pain as I try and reach out for him, "No Peter wait!" My head turns to the front door as I hear yelling outside. I slowly get up and move as fast as I can and walk out to the front porch and scream as I see Kate Argent shoot Derek.
"Derek! No!"
Everyone turns their attention to me as I stumble down the steps and fall into a heap on the ground. Kate chuckles, "Is this Bella? This is the girl Derek was so worried about?"
I look up and I know my eyes are glowing again, "You bitch." Kate holds her gun up and keeps it steady on me. I guess she wasn't expecting me to be something supernatural.
"Allison do it, kill him now," Kate says through gritted teeth. She didn't have time for her niece to suddenly back out and now there was another supernatural creature there to take care of.
"Oh I know that look, that's the look that I'm going to have to do it myself…" Kate sighs out. "Right well they do say ladies first so…" Kate steps away from Scott and walks over towards me fully intending on putting a bullet between my eyes when…
"Kate, I know what you did," Mr Argent says as he comes out of nowhere. I let out a small breath and feel my muscles relax as Kate's attention is now elsewhere. I feel my vision blur and I know I can't stay awake for much longer.
"Put the gun down," Mr Argent tells his sister sternly.
Kate shakes the gun in her hand a little, "I did what I was told to do!"
"No one asked you to murder innocent people. There were children in that house, ones that were human," Mr Argent says. My eyes widen as I realize this is why Peter was after the Argents. It was Kate that started the fire…
"Look what you're doing right now, you're holding a gun to a 16 year old girl with no proof she's spilled human blood and no clue what she is!" Mr Argent exclaims.
Kate scoffs, "Oh please she was kidnapped by her deranged father! How else do you think she got way? You think he just let her go? No she would have had to fight to get away!" I close my eyes as images flood my mind of my father dying on top of me, his eyes losing their life because I killed him. Me.
"We go by the code," Chris says sternly. Kate turns back to me with a dark smirk on her face and her finger dances on the trigger. I look over to Mr Argent with wide eyes hoping he does something to stop her. He pulls his own gun out and points it at his sister, "Put the gun down."
I whimper as a shot is fired but it's not from Kate. Mr Argent shoots narrowly missing Kate and hitting the tree behind her. "Before I put you down," he finishes.
Kate drops her arm and I quickly use my good arm to shuffle away from her and over to Derek's lifeless body. I bring my head close to his chest listening for a heartbeat and hear a soft thump and smile happily. He was still alive.
"Allison get back!" Chris orders his daughter. I look up and see everyone's attention is on the door of the Hale house. Peter… He's decided to make himself know.
I slowly stand up but my vision blurs again before my eyes roll back into my head and I collapse down on the hard forest floor. I hear Scott call out my name before I completely pass out.
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Author's Note: Okay so what does everyone think?! I cut out a fair bit of the last couple of episodes because I had to focus on Bella's kidnapping and her escape so I hope its okay! Please let me know what you think in a review!