19 – Two Days Till
Malia:
The tracks hit a dead end, reaching the same road they'd entered on and while I would happily shift and search the woods along the road, Chris and Isaac had decided against the very idea.
"It's the quickest way." I growl at the two boys as we stood next to me car on the brink of those woods, in the midst of nowhere, on a thin stretch of road.
"They probably gone on for miles, by the time you pick up anything, Scott'll be here." Chris said, crossed arms looking at Isaac who was mindlessly nodding along to the conversation. Anyone would think he's not even listening.
"We need to do something, we can't sit around and wait for Scott to make decisions for us."
"I'm aware, but scouring these forests will take weeks, we need a direction, something to aim towards." And with those words I simply pointed out in the forest.
"That's a direction." I say, about ready to abandon the two boys to just begin the search, that was before my head spun around at the sound of an engine.
"What is it?" Chris asked, arm ready to pull out the gun the second my claws and teeth would show. I wasn't the only one who heard it, Isaac was already threatening to release his wolf at the first signs of life, I was too, but something felt different. I held out a hand to relax the boys just as a taxi rolled to a halt next to them. Dropping off it's too passengers it continued down the road, and I looked to the two heartbeats who'd joined us.
"Like I said, I'd help." Elena chirped, looking to a strapping young man next to her.
"Shouldn't you be like, dying in a bed or something Nick? I thought guys didn't heal." Isaac joked, going over to him and patting his shoulder in amazement. I could smell the blood on him, and an Injured ally is hardly much of an ally.
"You saved my life, the least I can do is help you guys out." He offered, looking at me as though I was a spectacle of some sort. "So, have you found anything?"
"No-" Chris began before I cut him, hoping to perhaps get these two on my side if anyone.
"Yes, somewhere along these woods is our wolf pack. But these two won't let me search."
"These woods go on for miles, it'll take one wolf weeks, maybe months to search the whole thing." Nick said, and with one flash of my blue eyes he was cowering behind Isaac while still acting like he wasn't afraid. Shame his heart couldn't mask his fear.
"Well we're looking for a person, not clue now though." Elena said, looking at a confused Nick than back to me. "So, if I have his scent, I might be able to track him."
"See, somebody agrees with me." I mumble to an unimpressed Chris as I clamber into my car, pulling out the blanket on the backseat and handing it to Elena. "If you look past my scent, his should be on there." I say, as she reluctantly smelled the blanket.
"Have you ever washed it?" Isaac said, looking at the blanket with a hint of disgust, as though it was so repugnant he couldn't bear it.
"It doesn't matter if it has Stiles scent?" I hiss back, as Elena looks up with a smile.
"I've got it." She says, throwing the blanket back to me and jogging down to the forest, looking around the forest, judging which way to go. I throw the blanket back in the car, locking it up and following Elena as she darts into the forest. I could hear Isaac and Nick following in close pursuit, but there was no third heartbeat.
I paused, looking back to see Chris tentatively waiting by the road. "I'll catch up." I say to the two boys who trot past to keep pace with Elena, while I head back to the hunter.
"You're not coming?" I ask, only realising how annoyed I sounded once the question was out.
"Someone should be here when Scott shows up, in case you don't find anything."
"We will." I say. "But I see your point." I add, smiling before darting off, following the familiar scent Isaac, now one man down.