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Chapter 18: Back To Life
Once they had recast the spell essentially rendering them invisible per-say to those who wished them harm, Elizabeth headed back to the hospital having not heard anything about Theo. Corey and Mason tagged along having heard from Deaton about what had happened, Mason wanting to check that Liam was okay. Elizabeth, Mason and Corey walked into the hospital and headed for the waiting room where they were met by Liam pacing up and down.
"Scott, do you want to make him sit on his ass?" Elizabeth questioned, startling her nephew as she stopped in front of Liam and took him by the shoulders. "Liam,"
"Ace, we've tried," Scott said exasperatedly, they'd been trying repeatedly since Elizabeth had gone to the clinic. "Mason, Corey,"
'Scott, what's your mom said?' Elizabeth was quiet as she got inside his head, she knew that Liam couldn't have been listening to them. 'Derek?'
'There was two pieces that got missed...it's not your fault,' Scott replied, watching as Mason and Corey managed to get Liam to sit down between the two of them.
'They're stitching him up now...' Elizabeth sighed a breath of relief as she looked at Derek who had moved from the chair and wrapped his arms around her. 'This parent thing is weird,'
"Your choice remember," Derek whispered laughing as he rested his chin on her shoulder.
After a few minutes Theo was wheeled past them and back into the room that he was originally put in. Elizabeth followed Melissa into the room and the two women closed the door once the other nurses had left. Melissa looked at Elizabeth and then at Theo it had taken them a little bit to get the boy under the anaesthetic.
"He'll be out for a little while yet," Melissa said as she moved to have a look under the bandages on his side.
"Did you find anything else that I missed?" Elizabeth questioned, as she looked where Melissa was looking and both noticed that nothing was happening with the wound.
"There was two pieces of buck-shot, flecks of mistletoe which we removed," Melissa paused as she replaced the bandages and took a step back. "You were expecting something more weren't you? That's being a parent,"
"Honestly Mel, I don't know what I was expecting...I knew I didn't get everything," Elizabeth put her hand on Theo's shoulder briefly and absorbed some of the pain that she could see he was in even with the drugs that they were putting into his system. "I tried, but I couldn't risk touching it either...especially the bullet which was coated in belladonna,"
"Understandable, stay in here with him. I'll tell them to take Liam home," Melissa said as she made for the door and saw Scott holding Liam back from the door. "Maybe you tell them to take Liam home,"
Elizabeth laughed a little before nodding. "Yeah, probably a better idea," she said as Melissa opened the door and let the boys in. "Liam, he's okay," Elizabeth said as the young teen came to halt at the side of the bed.
"It's my fault," Liam muttered, taking Theo's hand and looking at his sleeping boyfriend. "It wouldn't have happened if I hadn't insisted we go earlier than normal," Liam exclaimed, Scott pulled the younger boy towards him and made him look at him.
"Liam, it's not your fault. These things happen," Scott explained, keeping his hands on the boys shoulders as he spoke. "Lets get you home, Ace and Derek are going to stay,"
"It is," Liam growled his eyes glowing yellow forcing Scott to turn his red to stop him from doing anything.
"I'll call you if anything happens," Elizabeth said before Liam's arms found their way around her giving her a hug. "Go home study for that test,"
Liam reluctantly walked out of the room to Mason and Corey who had heard them talking and agreed to take him home and keep him there to study. Scott laughed, he had to get to work at the clinic, Elizabeth told him to take her car and they'd get a back to the apartment somehow. Mason and Corey took Liam to the apartment to get his car and then Corey went with him to ensure he went home – with Mason meeting them there.
Around an hour later, Elizabeth and Derek had been quietly talking between themselves while sitting in the room with Theo keeping an eye on him to see if anything was healing. It was taking longer than it should have and they were even more curious now as to why it was taking longer.
"Ellie..." Derek started to say as Elizabeth looked at him and nodded. "You can feel it too?"
"Yeah, something still isn't right. I feel like we missed something," Elizabeth said running a hand through her hair as she looked at Derek and smiled. "I honestly don't know what we could have missed though,"
"I'll contact Argent and see if he knows anything," Derek said pulling out his phone as they saw Melissa and Sheriff Stilinski standing outside the room.
"Ace, Derek. Noah wants to ask a couple of questions. I've told him what you told me," Melissa said as the two of them entered the room closing the door behind them.
"What can the two of you tell me about what happened?" Sheriff Stilinski questioned, not bothering to take out his notepad to take notes. "I'm not putting this on record, I just need to know if you think it's something we should be worried about,"
"The spell I cast a couple of months back with the Anuk-Ite failed sometime during the night," Elizabeth spoke quickly taking a breath before she continued. "Don't worry I've already recast it, altered it to make it stronger if you will...should last longer,"
"The spell failing we think is the reason that Theo's laying here," Derek said motioning to the boy who was slowly coming to.
"Hey," Elizabeth smiled at Theo who was looking at her, and then realised the sheriff was there and shut his eyes tightly. "It's okay, he just wants to know what happened...we got it out of Liam before you went in for surgery," Elizabeth explained, going over to him and closing her eyes and opening them to flash purple briefly. "You can feel something is wrong can't you?"
"It doesn't feel like all the other times," Theo almost mumbled but managed to say in a clear sentence. "Like its pulling together and then coming apart again,"
"Hmm, I think I know what's happening," Elizabeth said as she lifted up one of the bandages to see it doing exactly what he was describing. "Take a deep breath, I know it hurts but trust me," Elizabeth held her hand over it and sent a small spark to it. "If it's what I'm thinking it'll stay glowing,"
Everyone looked at Elizabeth as Theo half moved to his side so she could get a better look at it. Derek was the one to question exactly what she was thinking that it could be. Melissa and Sheriff Stilinski both looked at Elizabeth and then at Derek. Theo wincing slightly as he felt the wound staying open. Elizabeth looked at it what she'd done and noticed that it was still glowing slightly.
"That's what I didn't want," Elizabeth sighed, as she made the spark dissipate. "Who ever shot at Theo and Liam this morning used an enchanted bullet,"
"You were really hoping that wasn't the case weren't you?" Derek questioned, Elizabeth nodded and took off the necklace that she always wore. "What are you doing?"
"I was, and the necklace is technically a little vial containing cinnamon, rose quartz powder and emerald powder," Elizabeth answered, as she held it in her hand. "I stock up on it whenever I use it...Mel can you tip the contents in some water and mix it until it makes a paste,"
"What will they do?" Melissa questioned, as Argent walked into the room having received Derek's call and been in the area.
"They should remove any and all effects of an enchantment," Argent said, Elizabeth looked at him and raised an eyebrow wondering how he knew about it. "I know a little about your kind, the witch side but not a lot,"
"The nine herbs won't help?" Melissa asked, taking the vial from Elizabeth and going to mix it with a little water.
"No, in the case of something like this it could potentially make it worse," Elizabeth said watching as Theo started to squirm and try and move. "Hey, just take it easy. Once I do this you should start healing again,"
"Still isn't one of my strong points," Theo muttered, Elizabeth just rolled her eyes and put her hand on his shoulder. "Plus, this hurts like a bitch,"
Derek pulled Argent aside to talk to him about what he had found out about what had happened that morning and whether he knew who it could have been, especially with the added information. Argent explained that he believed some hunters had managed to manipulate a young witch into doing what they wished. Derek agreed with him, but neither knew how anyone would have known that something had happened in Beacon Hills to begin with. Melissa handed the mixture to Elizabeth and watched as she put some of the mixture her fingers as she moved her hand from Theo's shoulder and had him take hers.
"Hold my hand as tight as you can, this may sting," Elizabeth said, as Theo took hold of it and she pushed the mixture into the wound between the stitches that were coming undone. "Take a deep breath, it'll be over in a minute,"
"Ellie, you can't take it all," Derek said, before he realised that she wasn't taking any of the pain rather allowing Theo to use her. "You're not taking any of it are you,"
"Nope, easier to just let him near break my hand this time," Elizabeth answered as she put some more of the mixture in and on him forcing the enchantment out, and turning the mixture from a muggy brown to a black. "What I can do is slow down the healing process a little bit so that he stays in over night,"
"What?!" Theo exclaimed glancing at Elizabeth and squeezing her hand as she pushed a little on the wound.
"Theo, relax. We don't want to draw attention to you," Melissa said standing in front Theo and looking at him as she spoke. "I'll get Scott to stay here tonight,"
"Malia comes back tonight, apparently she's had enough of the French men now," Derek said, his cousin had sent him a long winded text about missing Scott and being annoyed by Isaac.
"Scott's staying here," Melissa put her foot down, causing Elizabeth to laugh at the reaction. "Elizabeth,"
"What? Mel, he's turning twenty this year," Elizabeth said before she sent a small spark of magic to the wound to see if the enchantment was gone. Elizabeth watched the wound glowed brightly for a minute before slowly fading before being extinguished.
Soon it was only Melissa, Elizabeth and Theo in the room as Derek and Argent left to go investigate the people who had shot Theo and Sheriff Stilinski had to get back to the station. Sheriff Stilinski did say that he would send Parrish to stand guard at the door, in case Scott was too preoccupied. Melissa and Elizabeth walked to the opposite side of the room to Theo and sat in the chairs to talk.
"Broke the news to Scott this morning that Theo's family now or at least he will be once it's finalised," Elizabeth said pulling her hair back from her face as she looked at her. "Don't think he's quite ready for it,"
"How's Theo taking it?" Melissa questioned as he two looked towards Theo was now semi-relaxed on the bed.
"He's taken it surprisingly well, I think he was ready for someone to look after him for once," Elizabeth said, putting her head back briefly before looking back to Melissa. "He was on his own so long, did you know after Liam brought him back he called me?"
"Really? Is that what made you make the decision?" Melissa queried, running a hand through her hair as she looked to her.
"She made a deal with him," Scott said walking through the door to the room, having finished work and gone straight back to the hospital. "She said that if he helped me and gained my trust that she'd give him something in return. My aunt is weird, but hey she knows what she's doing,"
"Scott, what did I say about werewolf hearing?" Melissa said, Elizabeth just shook her head as Scott hugged his mother and then her. "You made a deal with him? That's why you decided to do this?" Scott grinned innocently at his mother and aunt.
"Yeah, I also know that even though when he came back to Beacon that he was a complete asshole...thanks to myriad of messages from these kids, that in the end he did want to help while having a stupid way of showing it," Elizabeth said, as both her and Melissa realised where Scott got his whole trusting everyone attitude from.
"You!" Scott exclaimed pointing at Elizabeth as she and Melissa stood up. "Ace, you're why I trust people. Damn you,"
"What? Everyone deserves a chance," Elizabeth said as both her and Scott looked towards the door hearing footsteps running towards the room.
"Liam," The second that Elizabeth and Scott said Liam's name the teenager was standing in room before them and looking at Theo who had fallen asleep. "He just fell asleep, he's going to be okay you know that right?" Elizabeth spoke this time, causing Liam to look at her.
"Why isn't he healed then?" Liam questioned, raising an eyebrow at her and then looking back at Theo.
Elizabeth explained that she had to make it take a little bit longer to heal so that it wouldn't cause suspicion when they got him discharged in the morning. Scott managed to get Liam to go home again, with the promise that he could see Theo the next day after school. Melissa, Scott and Elizabeth had agreed that it was best if Theo didn't go for the week under the premise of being hurt hiking on the weekend.