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Chapter 03: You're Safe
Three hours later, Derek and Stiles had gone back into their apartment leaving Isaac and Emily with Peter. Emily putting her hearing-aids down to charge, so she was relying on Isaac to tell her if anything changed with Peter. Isaac had gotten used to it before Emily had moved away after their mother had died a year after the Hale House Fire. Isaac looked to Emily as he heard a strangled noise coming from the bedroom and quickly tapped his sister on the shoulder.
"Em, check on Peter," Isaac said after she was looking at him and reading his lips before she spoke.
"Why? What's wrong?" Emily questioned running a hand through her hair as she looked at Isaac and waited for him to speak again.
"Not sure, just a strangled noise came from the bedroom," Isaac answered, Emily nodded before she was heading into the room Peter was in and saw him trying to curl into a ball.
"Isaac...can you go and get Derek?" Emily called as she stepped further into the bedroom and climbed onto the bed beside Peter. Emily lay down beside Peter, close enough that she could put her hand behind his head with her thumb resting behind his ear; but not close enough that he could hurt her.
Peter let out a strangled whine, which Emily only just heard as she lay with him before she closed her eyes and focused. 'Peter, baby you're safe, it's okay,' Emily spoke quietly to Peter as they lay on the bed and slowly calmed down again. 'I know you're in pain, Derek's coming,' Emily opened her eyes and looked at Peter before she cautiously moved closer to him as Derek returned.
"Emily?" Derek questioned, he had just managed to get Stiles to calm down and sleep as his ears had started ringing again and the sounds were causing pain in his ears. "Isaac's with Stiles," He knew that Emily knew he was there when she looked up and smiled at him.
"How much longer until the doctor comes?" Emily asked as she took hold of Peter's hand again and squeezed it reassuringly. "He still thinks this isn't real,"
"Doc should be arriving soon," Derek told her as he sat on the edge of the bed and took Peter's free hand in his and started to draw on his pain. "He's always loved you, you know. Even when he was doing shit against us he loved you,"
"I know...and I hate him...I really do," Emily mumbled, Derek laughed and made her look at him.
"Em, you've never hated him – except for when he killed Laura," Derek told her, Emily sighed that was true that had been one of the only times that she'd hated him.
"No, there was plenty of times. Just, damn him for being my soulmate," Emily said as she kept Peter's hand in hers it seemed to be the only way that he calmed down.
By 10PM that night, Peter had been taken into Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital and put under the care of Doctor Marie Caster and Melissa McCall. She had decided that he needed to be there at least until they could determine the extent of his injuries. Peter had started to freak out when he'd been put on the stretcher, and then in the ambulance until Emily had reassured him that she wasn't going anywhere. Peter was sent for an MRI along with various other testing. The chastity belt had to be cut off, and it was discovered that Peter's penis had been broken from being forced in. The second the belt had been taken off they had placed a bedpan under him and his penis into a urinal – both had been filled with in minutes. Peter was then taken into surgery, where they removed a microchip that had been embedded into his side, they operated on his ears and eyes to repair what damage they could. They also operated on this throat after discovering that his larynx had been sewn shut only allowing air through.
6AM the following morning, Isaac and Stiles were at the hospital waking Emily and Derek up as they hadn't gone home that night. Peter had just been taken into the recovery ward, where he was going to be staying for a few hours before being put into a private room. Melissa had informed Sheriff Noah Stilinski that Peter had been found, but was in no condition to talk and they didn't know if he ever would be.
"Em, you left these at home," Isaac signed he knew first thing in the morning that his sisters hearing was worse than later in the day. Emily raised her left eyebrow at Isaac as he held out his hand and revealed Emily's hearing-aids.
"Thanks Isaac," Emily signed back before she was putting them in and letting her ears adjust again. "Coffee?"
"Obviously," Stiles grinned, he'd been watching Emily sign that word multiple times, Stiles looked around the hospital's waiting room he wasn't used to not being able to determine where the sounds were coming from and often got a headache or an earache from it.
"Stiles, come sit here," Emily held her hand out for Stiles before he took it and she gently pulled him down to the seat next to her.
"How do you do it?" Stiles asked as he turned to face Emily even though he was sitting right next to her and could make out what she was saying.
"Not easily, you get used to it but sometimes you just want to hide," Emily told him, she knew that was what Stiles has been wanting to do for the last few months as he had been avoiding getting his hearing checked. "You don't have to do it alone,"
"I know but it feels like I am alone," Stiles mumbled, causing Emily to strain to work out what he was saying. Derek looked at Emily and Stiles and then quickly signed what he had said.
"You're not alone," Emily told him as she signed at the same time to ensure that he knew.
"Emily, we're moving Peter after lunch if you and Derek want to go home. Stiles and Isaac can stay here," Melissa said as she crouched down in front of Emily and Stiles, Isaac was talking to Derek leaning against the wall. "You've got a few hours, go home and get some sleep,"
"I can't...I promised Peter that I wasn't going anywhere," Emily said, even though she was a little sleepy she and Derek had stayed because she'd had Peter focus on their scents.
Melissa sighed, nodding before she held her hand out to Emily as she stood up. Emily looked at Melissa who just smiled at her, so Emily took her hand as she stood. Melissa led Emily down the hallway with Derek, Stiles and Isaac following close behind them after Stiles had gotten Derek's attention. Melissa motioned for Derek, Isaac and Stiles to wait outside while she took Emily in to see Peter.
"Be quick sweetheart," Melissa smiled at her, Emily nodded as Melissa went and stood by the door.
"Melissa, thank you," Emily signed speaking at the same time she'd taught Melissa a little sign language after she'd seen Isaac using it one day without thinking. Melissa nodded as Emily stepped closer to the bed that Peter was in and all the machines that he was hooked up to. Emily took a deep breath before she was closing her eyes and carefully putting her hand behind Peter's head. 'Peter, baby I'm going to leave Stiles and Isaac here,'
'Don't go...' Peter told Emily as she appeared in his subconscious; he didn't like feeling vulnerable it wasn't something he was found of.
'You're safe, they'll call me and Derek as soon as you wake up,' Emily told him as she held out her hand for him both in the real world and his mind.
'You'll be back darling?' Peter questioned, taking hold of Emily's hand as she nodded.
'I'll tell you what they did when I come back. I promise,' Emily told him squeezing his hand reassuringly as she opened her eyes. Peter had taken hold of her hand and was gripping it surprising Melissa. "He knows I'm leaving, I told him that Stiles and Isaac were staying,"
"Emily, how long have you been with Peter for?" Melissa asked as she watched Emily squeeze Peter's hand before she was setting it down on the bed.
"If we're counting all the years that he was in a coma for then a long time. I was twenty-one when he started and he was turning twenty-seven," Emily answered before she kissed Peter on the forehead and turned around and the two women started to walk from the room. "We broke up for maybe eighteen months...I ended it with him after he killed Laura,"
The second that Emily and Melissa stepped out of the room, Isaac was wrapping his arms around his sister. Melissa smiled at them before they were sitting in the chairs again so that Melissa could ask them a couple more questions. Derek had questions for Melissa about what they had done to Peter. Stiles sat next to Derek and the older man wrapped an arm around his shoulder and pulled him close.
"Emily, you said you've been with Peter for a long time...how long exactly?" Melissa questioned as Emily put her head back for a second to think before she answered.
"First time around...if you include the six year coma it was seven years three and a half months...if not it was a year and a few months," Emily said yawning before she started signing the rest of what she was saying forcing Isaac to speak.
"She said currently it's four years, one and a half months..." Isaac said pausing as he waited for Emily to keep going. "All up almost eleven and a half years,"
"Does it matter how long she's been with him for?" Derek questioned, Melissa nodded if they didn't have a valid reason, Emily may not be allowed in the room.
"It could if I'm not on duty," Melissa told the four of them before she told them what had been done to Peter, Melissa watched as Derek got Emily's attention again and she was looking to her. "Emily, Derek. They operated on both of Peter's eyes to reattach his retina's, they operated on his throat to open his larynx," Melissa paused for a moment watching as Isaac was signing to Emily again. "They discovered that his ears had been blocked and sewn shut along with damage to his cochlea. We're not sure if he will hear or see again,"
"What else?" Derek questioned as Emily closed her eyes and put her head on Isaac's shoulder. "Emily needs to be able to tell Peter,"
"Are you sure you want to know?" Melissa questioned, Emily nodded she as long as Isaac was signing to her she was fine; even with her hearing-aids in Emily found it more difficult in the morning compared to later. "They repaired his penis as well as they could, they've put pins and plates in his spine to stabilise it until it heals...Doctor Caster said that she hasn't seen anything this bad in years,"
"No one has...I'm not even sure that my magic can help..." Emily said quietly as she lifted her head up and looked at Isaac, Derek, Stiles and Melissa. Melissa nodded, she knew a little about Emily from the years that the boys had known her.
"Emily, Derek, go home. Get some sleep, food and a shower," Melissa said pausing before she looked to Stiles who looked a little uncomfortable. "Stiles, sweetheart when do you go?"
"The third..." Stiles answered uncertainly, not entirely sure that he had heard Melissa correctly until Derek nodded. "Friday..." Stiles tried to get closer to Derek as the older man pulled him into his arms and kissed the side of his head.
"Emily's going with him,"
Melissa nodded before she was ushering Derek and Emily out of the hospital. She turned back to Stiles and Isaac and told them they could stay where they were or they could head to the cafeteria. Stiles' eyes went wide when Melissa said cafeteria and he shook his head vehemently. Melissa sighed, but understood that the loud noises were confusing for him at the moment.
"Do you boys want me to call Scott?" Melissa asked looking to Stiles and Isaac, both shook their heads they'd been told not to call Scott until after Derek had told them it was okay.
"No, Emily doesn't want Scott using his claws...and Derek said he'll call him later," Stiles blurted out, he wasn't sure whether he had spoken loudly or softly as it was hard to tell.
"Scott's in denial about Stiles, he thinks that he's making it up...Even after Lydia apologised and Stiles told her that it wasn't her fault," Isaac explained, it was why Stiles was going to less and less pack meetings and hiding at home with Emily as she wasn't pack while Derek and Isaac were still pack.
"He'll come around sweetheart," Melissa smiled at the two of them before she was telling the nurses station to leave the two of them be as they were family and she was off on her way back to the Emergency Department.
"Stiles? What is it?" Isaac asked after Melissa had gone, if Stiles wasn't with Derek he was with Isaac and occasionally Lydia and Emily.
"I don't know...something just feels off about this whole thing," Stiles mumbled, looking at Isaac as he spoke before he pulled out his phone. 'I can't explain it,' Stiles typed into his phone after opening the notes app and handing his phone to Isaac.
"I know. I think Em and Derek feel it too," Isaac told him as he typed the same thing into Stiles' phone and handed it back to him.
Stiles looked at his phone and nodded, before closing his eyes and putting his head against Isaac's shoulder. Isaac may have stayed the night with him while Derek and Emily were at the hospital with Peter, but that didn't mean that any of them actually slept. They couldn't remember the last time they'd had a good night's sleep. As they were sitting with their eyes closed, Isaac kept an ear on the room that Peter was in just in case anything changed. After they had been there for half an hour Lydia turned up with three cups of coffee, with a message that she'd been sent by Emily.
"I come bearing coffee," Lydia smiled as she gave Stiles' foot a kick to let him know she was there and held out the coffee tray. "Stiles, sweetie it's just the way you like it," Stiles grinned taking the coffee from her as she sat down next to him.
"What are you doing here? Oh...and Hey," Isaac questioned as he took the other coffee from her that she was extending.
"Emily called and said that Peter's alive...I wanted to see," Lydia answered, she hadn't screamed and seen Peter's demise since the Anuk-ite years earlier.
"He's alive," Isaac answered, he wasn't entirely sure what to tell her as the three of them sat outside the ICU.
"It's okay, technically Derek did the talking on Emily's behalf," Lydia told them, Stiles nodded as he had put his phone on voice to text to see what they were talking about. "You know in the last year...I never saw Peter when I screamed,"
"I know, I think my sister would have had something to say if you had," Isaac said before Stiles looked between the two of them and spoke.
"Or Derek would have. As much as most of us dislike Peter, he's still family," Stiles told her yawning before having some of the coffee that she'd handed him.
Six hours later Isaac found himself calling his sister and telling her that Peter was awake. Stiles had fallen asleep with his head resting against Lydia's shoulder, she had ended up offering to stay with them and wait since they didn't know how long Peter would be out for. Isaac left Stiles sleeping on Lydia's shoulder and went in and sat with Peter cautiously putting his hand on Peter's arm and draining some of the residual pain. Lydia put her hand on Stiles' shoulder and tried to wake him up only to be swatted away.
When Derek and Emily returned to the hospital, Derek went and woke Stiles up while Emily went in with Peter and Isaac. Lydia sat with Derek and Stiles she knew from experience that Stiles could be a little unreasonable when woken. Emily walked over to Isaac and gave him a hug before she was walking over to Peter and sitting beside him putting her hand carefully behind his head.
'Peter, baby it's okay,' Emily spoke quietly to Peter after she closed her eyes and tried to enter Peter's subconscious again. 'Let me in, please,'
'It's not safe...' Peter mumbled, Emily sighed and tried again to get inside Peter's subconscious.
'Peter, they're going to move you to a private room,' Emily spoke quietly again not moving her hand from the back of Peter's head as she tried to get him to let her enter. 'Baby, please let me in,'
'Emily?' Peter mumbled, letting Emily in as she took his hand with her free hand squeezed it reassuringly.
'It's me. I'm not going anywhere. When they move you rooms I'll tell you what they've done,' Emily told him as she took his hand in his subconscious and smiled at him. 'I promise, I'm not going anywhere. You haven't lost me yet,'