Hey guys so this is the second to last chapter. WARNING: Sadness and slight gore.
Charlotte wanted to have confidence that Craig wouldn't hurt her but people can only be pushed so far. She watched before her eyes as his massive head wound from the rock she beat his skull in with disappear. His eyes flashed angrily between Isaac and her. He gave a bitter laugh before firing the gun at Isaac that knocked him on to the ground. Charlotte let out a shriek and tried to move to Isaac but Craig let out a warning shot. He seemed like he didn't that his shots can be heard all throughout this tiny town. He'll be long gone by the time someone finds our bodies Charlotte thought to herself.
Craig keeled in front of her and held the barrel to her temple. Everything started to get dizzy and disorienting, the trees moving all around her at slow and sinister speed. She barley felt his lips press against her's. His lips moved but she could hear what he was saying over her heartbeat. He pulled her chin down roughly, opening her mouth and slid the gun in. Her eyes fell and she waited. Suddenly the gun flew out of her mouth. Her eyes flew open to see that Derek had regained consciousness and tackled Craig, the gun flying out of his hand and sliding into a tree trunk.
Charlotte quickly snapped back and ran to Isaac. He was curled into the fetal position clutching his stomach, unconscious. She quickly felt around for Derek's phone while telling Isaac that he was going to be okay even if he couldn't hear her. Craig kicked Derek in the stomach and Derek, reacting to reflexes, clutched is own and Craig kicked Derek in the face. Charlotte started to panic and practically uprooted the ground looking for the phone.
But it was too late.
Isaac woke up to see Derek pacing around in front of him. He winced and remembered that Craig shot him. He lifted his shirt and only saw a faint scar. Derek pulled him up and Isaac instantly wished he hand stayed unconscious a little bit longer. A few feet away from them was Charlotte's body. She was lying on her back and his shirt rose up exposing her creamy thighs. A disgusting fleshy hole in the middle of her forehead. Her blood soaking the ground beneath her. Isaac keeled over her, staring into her dead eyes. He didn't bother checking her pulse, it'd only give him hope he knew wasn't there. "How?" Isaac asked.
"After you passed out, Craig and I got into it, took advantage of me being hurt and shot her." Derek said looking down at him. "I tackled Craig and snapped his neck." Derek finished. Isaac looked around and saw Craig's body, his head turned into a disgusting and unnatural position. Couldn't even begin to describe his feelings. Just a few days ago he and Charlotte were laughing and Skyping and now her lifeless body lays before him. They need to hurry before someone finds them. They quickly drove to Derek's hid out and got a shovel. After burying Craig and Clark's bodies they turned to Charlotte's body. They didn't move. "We can't do this. Bury her as if she were nothing. She deserves more." Isaac said. Derek hadn't said a word the whole ride. "I know you you cared about her, Derek! You stand there all stone faced as a mechanism but even you know this is wrong!" An idea popped into Derek's head. He pulled out Meredith's house key.
Isaac was finally at peace with going to hell. Transporting Charlotte's body, they went into her house using Meredith's house key and placed Charlotte in her bed. Using gloved fingers, Isaac closed her eyes.
Turns out Derek and Isaac weren't as careful as they thought. After Charlotte's body was found the next day and Craig's and Clark's a few days after that, a full investigation sprung. Using a statement from schoolmates saying that Isaac always walked into the woods and the leaves in all of their hair, Isaac was pegged as the number one suspect. Erica, Boyd, Derek, Scott and even Stiles raised money and got a mediocre lawyer for Isaac. The lawyer cleared Isaac saying that just because a boy likes to walk in the woods doesn't mean he's capable of murder and that it was not enough evidence.
Though Isaac was cleared, everyone treated him differently. Schoolmates, teachers and just people on the streets of Beacon Hills. He had his friends to help him but they couldn't be there for him 24/7. One day at lunch Erica and Boyd were talking about something and immediately shut their mouths when Isaac walked up to them. He demanded to know what they were keeping from him and they finally caved in, saying that they received invitations to Charlotte's memorial service. Isaac shouldn't be surprised but it still hurt.
Going against the strict orders the judge had given him, he visited Charlotte's family once her parents when they were well enough to return home. They already knew why he was there and skipped pleasantries. "We don't want to assume anything but the facts are that you were the last person to see our daughter alive. All we ask is that you stay as far away from Charlotte's memorial service as possible. Please leave we don't want to have to tell the police that you went against the judge's orders."
A memorial assembly was held for Charlotte at Beacon Hills High school and instead of going with all the rest of the classes, he snuck in after everyone else was inside. The local news cast and crew were there to film the assembly. Photos of Charlotte just a few hours old up until this year were shown. Her first word, first steps and birthday were captured on video. The news team requested that students speak about Charlotte, but didn't even bother to ask her actual friends. People Isaac knew for sure never met Charlotte spoke about her. Isaac couldn't stomach it anymore and left. The memorial service was held the following Sunday and Isaac watched in the distance.
All of his friends, Derek, Charlotte's family and even Craig's family were huddled around. Isaac could make out Charlotte's body, her arms crossed over her chest, rose petals embedded into her hair and a white flowy dress on. Stiles held Erica as she cried silently and Allison and Scott's hands were intertwined Meredith let go of Derek's hand for the first time to move next to the casket. She opened her mouth and let out a beautiful harmony as the coffin lowered.
I'm always swimming
Against the flow of the tide
Kissing the life into something
That already died
I've been drowning forever
I'll let go, I'll dive
Into the river and flow
You said that you could here bells
In the traffic below
I could hear sirens and car engines
Fighting the snow
I've been drowning forever
I'll let go, I'll dive
Into the river and flow
I've been drowning forever
I'll let go, I'll dive
Into the river and flow
Flow, flow, flow
Flow, flow, flow
A memorial assembly was held for Craig a couple weeks later. Instead the gang went to visit Charlotte. They all brought food, drinks, laughed, talked and included her in the conversations. The sun went down sooner than they had realized. Everyone left except Issac. He leaned back and rested his head on her tomb. His eyes fell shut. He awoke to strange sounds coming from beneath him. A hand popped up from the ground and Isaac frantically backed away. A second hand popped out and they started to dig their way out. Isaac stated to get up and stomp on the hands when a head popped out. He watched in horror as Charlotte tried to lift herself out. She looked at him expectantly.
"Are you just going to watch me or are you going to help?" she snapped