Chloe didn't get all the way in the door before her father grabbed her into a tight hug then slammed the door shut behind her. After an awkwardly long hug, Michael Turner reamed his daughter for a solid hour cursing everything under the sun and yelling about how she won't understand how worried he was about her until she became a parent; which won't ever happen now since she is on house arrest until further notice. He yelled at her about how disappointed he was with her for betraying his trust after he had given her some leeway.

That hurt her… a lot. After that, Chloe still hadn't said a word and when she was dismissed she walked upstairs to change her clothes for school. She hurt after her father's scolding but was more concerned with her boyfriend possibly trying to murder people. She didn't truly believe it for a second but something was going on and it scared her. She had just gotten Stiles back from the brink of insanity, she couldn't lose him again.

Chloe quickly changed out of her clothes from last night and put on a real bra and flannel she tied at her waist/top of her shorts with her high-waisted blue jean shorts and boots. She then decided she would not even attempt to tame her beastly hair and but it up in a messy bun with a do-rag holding the rest back in a very 'Rosie the riveter' homage hair style. She then fixed her makeup to hide the dark circles under her eyes. She then went to grab her back pack but realized she left it at Stiles' house.

"Well fuck" she said for the third time in the span of a few hours. She sent Stiles a quick text

Hey babe, can you bring my back pack to school since I left it at your house as well as my virginity ;)

She hit send hoping the flirty text will brighten his mood and make him momentarily forget about the whole 'key and him possibly being a murderer' thing. He deserved that and much more after last night… she felt bad for yelling at him but it was still a dick move to leave her there, she was his partner in crime (besides Scott). She then went down stairs to get breakfast when she found there weren't any Pop tarts in the cupboard.

"Dad? Did you pick up any Pop tarts when you went shopping?" she called out to him. Her father walked out of his office that came off the kitchen and gave her a level look

"No, because you will no longer be needing to feed you and Stiles. I will be driving you to school until further notice… eat something healthier please" he told her and walked back into his office. Chloe's heart fell as her father told her she couldn't see her boyfriend… she needed to see him so they could figure out what was going on?! She quick pulled out her phone

Hey, my dad is now driving me to school until further notice… I'll see you in class then?

She hit send mournfully and then set about making a bowl of cereal until her phone went off again.

Yeah I can bring your back pack to school, no I will not give back your virginity, and I'm sorry about your dad and last night :-*

Chloe rolled her eyes at his 'kissy face' and the aforementioned loss of virginity to which she couldn't help smiling thinking back on it. Her father walked out of his office just as she was finishing up her cereal and she quickly wiped the grin off her face and put her bowl in the sink before following the silently fuming man out to the garage where he then drove her to school in heavy tension filled silence. When he pulled up in front of the school fifteen minutes later Chloe turned to her dad to say goodbye when he held out a twenty-dollar bill

"I noticed your lunch account was low while I was checking your grades online this morning, this should cover you for a bit" he told her coldly not looking at her. Chloe nodded and took the money before hopping out of the car

"Bye Dad, love you" she said pathetically.

"Love you too" then he pulled away and drove off. Chloe felt a pang in her chest of hurt as she swallowed her tears and turned to walk into the school, first person she sees is Allison standing next to Isaac and she quickly walks over to her.

"Hey guys, do you know where Stiles is?" she asked anxious to see him and see what sort of ideas he thought up overnight. Allison shook her head apologetically

"No sorry, he walked off with Scott while we were talking to him… he was talking about some key earlier but I haven't seen either of them since". Chloe nodded and looked down before asking

"What were you guys talking about? The Shadow ninjas'? Lydia? in fact is she here I wanted to see if she was ok…" Allison and Isaac shared a look before she smiled at her friend's concern.

"Um… It turns out my Dad had dealt with these things once before when he was our age… he doesn't know what they are exactly but he knows someone who does. Isaac and I are working on a plan with my dad to try and get in contact with this guy, he's apparently very hard to find but he's all we've got to go on right now" Allison finished. Chloe nodded and took in this small ray of hope that was once again shining and making her hang on by a thread.

"What about that Deaton guy? Scott's boss… Couldn't he help? I mean he helped you guys find me." Chloe suggested and Allison furrowed her brows

"I didn't think of that, tell Scott to ask next time you see him" Allison offered. Chloe and Isaac both nodded before Chloe looked between them

"Hey, I wanted to ask you guys yesterday but you were pretty hard to find… are you guys ok after Isaac got attacked by those shadow ninjas?" She looked between both of them and saw Isaac nod. Chloe let out a breath of relief

"Good". Allison nodded then looked at Isaac

"Yeah, but they did leave this weird mark on his head behind his ear…" Chloe's eyebrows drew together until Isaac looked around before turning his head to show her behind his ear and there was a weird mark…

"Looks like a backwards number five" Chloe commented while Allison and Isaac nodded their heads in confirmation.

"We're gonna try to find out what all this means, you tell Scott to ask Deaton if he knows anything, otherwise we'll all see each other at lunch" Allison finished with a small smile. Chloe nodded at the both of them

"See you at lunch" she called behind her as she turned to walk away. She was glad Allison and Isaac were ok but now she had more questions that needed to be answered and it was just maddening. She went to her locker to find her back pack already inside with a note on top of it

'Couldn't find you when I got here so I hope it's ok that I know your locker combination? I needed to talk to Scott about everything that went down last night. I'll see you in class or else at lunch. Love you xoxo'

Chloe smiled at his note and tucked it inside a pocket on her bag before grabbing what she needed and headed towards her class to hopefully find the boys in there. Unfortunately, by the time she pushed her way through the crowed hallway the class was already filling up with students besides the two people she needed to talk to. She huffed and sat down in her spot waiting for her boyfriend and/or Scott to appear. It was finally three minutes to the bell when Scott appeared at the door with Ethan and Aiden on his tail. Scott stopped and turned to them to tell them to leave. Chloe raised an eyebrow at this and waited for Scott to sit down where he met her gaze.

"Ethan and Aiden have made it their duty to protect me from those ninja shadows." Scott clarified for her. Chloe nodded but kept her brow still scrunched together

"But I thought they couldn't fight during the day? They disappeared when the sun rose".

"Yeah but they don't want to take any chances apparently" Scott said rolling his eyes. Chloe chuckled at him

"What a bunch of kiss-asses" she commented quietly so coach wouldn't hear her in case he was listening. Scott smiled playfully back at her and then proceeded to pull out his text book and notebook for class. "Hey, do you know where Stiles is?" she asked "I mean I know he was here but the bell is about to ring" she voiced her concerns. Scott gave her a pitying look

"Stiles came to me and tried to show me what he found last night here at the school-"

"With the key?" Chloe finished for him and Scott nodded before he continued

"He went to show me his handwriting comparison and it had been cleaned off the board, and the key was missing from key ring when he had been sure that it was there that morning." Chloe raised her brows in concern now

"I saw it before too, none of this is making sense" Chloe said thinking aloud.

"Yeah, he also tried telling me that barrow's bomb he had planted on the school bus was filled with nuts and bolts and screws then wrapped up in a birthday present just like his idea for coaches' office prank… he was trying to tell me that they were so similar and that he is somehow involved with it all". Chloe swallowed down a nervous lump and looked down at her hands

"He did that on our first date, that date was celebrating how he had stopped having night terrors and apparently shut his door…" she looked up at Scott "-if all this dates to back then, what if he never shut his door?" she asked, pleading for an explanation from Scott. Realization hit him how all of it was linked but he pushed it away before reaching over and placing a hand on Chloe's shoulder

"Look, Stiles is not a serial killer or a murderer… something else is going on that is manipulating how we're seeing things" Scott tried to convince her. Chloe nodded in understanding

"I get it I mean, I don't believe that Stiles is a murder for one second but I am just worried about his sanity, I mean you saw his panic attacks" Chloe pressed. Scott nodded remembering their bathroom meltdown only a several days ago.

"I don't want to encourage this idea, but Stiles told me this morning that he hadn't been sleeping well or much… he looked like shit so I told him to just go home" Scott told her. Chloe knew where her boyfriend was but it terrified her to know that he had been keeping this secret from her as well as himself… what was going on in his head? I guess she knew he still wasn't sleeping well from the dark circles that remained under his eyes but she just denied it. She had also picked up on how clingy he had become of her like he was afraid she would leave him. Her heart began to crack at the thought of actually losing him again… she had never actually helped him….

The final bell rang and Scott leaned over to whisper "Hey, don't think about this too much ok? We don't know enough of the facts to draw any conclusions. We are all gonna talk about what's going on at lunch ok? We can see what everyone else knows first before we start calling Stiles a murderer". Chloe nodded and offered up a small fake smile as she then faced forward with the rest of the class to listen to Coaches lecture while staring at the very empty desk in front of her usually occupied by her boyfriend. After class she immediately pulled out her phone and texted Stiles

Scott said you went home? Is everything ok? He said you haven't been sleeping. Why didn't you tell me I would've come over and helped?

Not a moment later she got a response from Stiles.

I didn't want to worry you with all this.

Chloe rolled her eyes at his idiotic thought processes of 'protecting' her.

Well with everything that has been going on I'm even more worried about you now. Are you home?

She sent him rather quickly trying to figure out where he is and if he is ok/mentally sound. She could not lose him again.

No… I went to the hospital. I haven't been feeling right or sleeping and hopefully they can give me something that will help.

Chloe nearly dropped her phone and screamed at the word 'hospital'. She was beyond worried now, she thought that things were going perfectly and it turns out he had been lying to her.

I'll be there after school.

Stiles actually smiled at her boldness in not giving him an option of telling her to go home. He knew arguing with her was pointless since he was slowly learning that she would just find out anything he tried to keep secret from her anyway and find a way to help against all odds. God she really loves me…

I love you

He sent her before putting his phone in his pocket and walking into the hospital to see if they could help him sleep and 'close his door'; sleep helps everything… or so he'd heard once.

Chloe sat anxiously through the rest of her classes skipping lunch with Scott and the others. They had texted her what they talked about and their plan; she texted them that Stiles was in the hospital for sleep deprivation and was going to visit him after school got out. She also got a very sarcastic text from Lydia

I'm fine by the way.

Chloe smirked at her friend and sent back a simple 'I'm glad' and 'obviously you're fine if you can use sarcasm'. She was relieved that her friends were all ok and coming up with a plan to find out more information on what these things are. She would find out just what from Allison after she was done with her father and hers' plan that afternoon. Chloe instead had gone to the library to research all different types of sleep therapies, remedies, natural drinking tonics, old-wives tales, physical movements, self-repeated mantras, and finally some meditations she would make Stiles try. The rest of the day she went through her classes blatantly ignoring her teachers and their lectures and reading everything she had printed out using the twenty dollar bill her father had given her for lunch… yes she'd be hungry after this but this was important. Stiles' needed her. The second classes got out she got a text from her dad saying he was already outside, any plans of trying to go to Stiles were crushed but not defeated.

Chloe quickly put her papers in her bag and everything else in her locker. She then fast-walked out of the school giving all her friends nods on her way past them which they returned with soft pitying smiles. She knew they all felt sorry for Stiles' sleeping issues but they could all see how hard she was taking it… her world was slowly falling apart. Everyone was being attacked by something whether it was an outside shadow creature or their own mind. If she got to the doors quick enough, If she proved herself to her Dad quick enough, if she got to the hospital quick enough, if she saw Stiles quick enough they would find a way to fix everything. If they came up with a plan quick enough she could save him… She was losing him, she had never actually gotten him back. Chloe reached her dad's car and hopped in silently. Her father looked at her anxious form.

"How'd your day go?" he asked suspiciously. Chloe looked up at her dad and couldn't hold it in any longer as tears started rushing down her face.

"Dad I am so sorry about missing curfew, I know you're disappointed in me because I am a disrespectful brat who took you for granted but I honestly just fell asleep at Allison's house. I know that it isn't an excuse but it's the truth (sort of) and you know that I am terrible at lying. I found out this morning that Stiles is in the hospital and I don't know why, something is wrong and I can't go and see him because I messed up and fell asleep…" tears kept streaming down her face as sobs started wracking her body. Her father pulled the car over to the side of the road and stopped the car. Chloe then watched him take off his seatbelt and then get out of the car. Oh god, he can't even stand to be near me right now, he is seriously pissed at me! He won't let me go see my boyfriend who is in the hospital because I almost died from some scary shadow creature… but I can't tell him that. I have to protect him. I just want my dad to be there when scary things happen but I can't tell him because that will put him in danger… I am so alone now… Chloe wallowed in her own pity as thought rushed threw her head making her cry even more. He hates me, he doesn't want me anymore. He's gonna make me move back with mom, he hates me, he hates me, he hates me… Chloe let out another sob and brought a hand to her face. Her own father was so sick of her he just walked away and left her.

Suddenly her door opened and she turned startled to see her dad standing there. Chloe hopped out of his car and jumped into his arms and hugged him. He didn't hate her, he was disappointed with her currently, but he still wanted her. He loved his baby girl that he held when she was first born all tiny and fragile, he held her as she cried over scraped knees and bumps, and he said the most painful goodbye when he had to move away from her. He held her as she cried broken over her friends' death, and he almost lost her to a serial killer which her boyfriend saved her from. He has held his little girl and put her little broken pieces back together more times than any father should have to for his little girl. And now she was breaking again in his arms because she thought she had disappointed him and her boyfriend and savior was in the hospital… Michael Turner held on to his daughter and let her cry out all her stress. He pet he hair and coo'd softly to her comforting things

"It's ok… Daddy's here… everything will be ok… I love you so much…" Chloe eventually stopped crying and looked up at her dad

"I love you too, so much". Michael nodded and then helped his daughter back into the company car and shut the door behind her.

Chloe sat in the passenger seat hiccupping while she watched her father walk back around to his side of the car and got in. She couldn't believe how stupid she had been in believing that he could ever stop loving her. Though she had cried away the tears she had been suppressing since last night, her stress and worrying had not been relieved over Stiles and over the shadow ninjas attacking her and her friends again. She kept looking down at her phone waiting for a text from Allison or anybody to tell her some good news or that they knew at least just what the hell the shadow monsters were.

Michael looked over to see his daughter still sniffling and hunched down in her seat staring at her blank phone screen waiting for a call or text that wasn't going to come from most likely Stiles. He made up his mind right then that his daughter deserved this. Ten minutes later the car came to a stop and Michael turner watched his daughter finally look up from her phone to see where they were. Chloe then looked over at him eyes wide with shock and then joy as she smiled at him before excitedly jumping out of the car and running towards the hospital building like a woman on a mission.

Michael shook his head at his daughter as he turned his car off and got out of the car himself. She must really love that kid he thought smiling to himself as he and his best friend John's plan was slowly falling into place of their kids getting married and then they'd officially be family. He then took his time and sat patiently in the waiting room for his daughter to find her boyfriend and see what was up. Sure he wanted his daughter to be happy all the time, but she broke his one rule he had for her… curfew; more than once. He didn't have a lot of rules, he knew he was over protective and 'kept a short leash on her' so she said, but it was for her protection. He had every right as a parent after she was almost taken away from him permanently. Well he did actually have a lot of rules and he was over protective but he had every reason to be… right? She deserved to see her boyfriend who had saved her and brought her back to him… she deserved this. He also owed it to his friend to watch over his son how he had watched over his daughter.