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Ashlee's p.o.v
I let Scott, Mum and John go in to see Stiles first. I can't force myself to go in just yet. I count to 10 slowly, calming myself. I take a deep breath and walk inside.
"Stiles, just to warn you, you're going to hear alot of noise during the MRI. It's due to pulses of electricty going through the metal coils inside the machine. If you want we can get you some headphones?" the doctor offers.
"Nah, I don't need any of them" Stiles says. His voice is tired, as is his body but the looks of it.
"Hey, we're just on the other side of that window" John assures his son. "Okay?"
"Yeah" Stiles nods. John gives him a sad smile and the three disappear leaving me and Scott with him. Stiles tells us they're looking for what his Mum had..and died from. "And there's no cure" Stiles says.
"Stiles if you have it, we'll do something" I say.
"I'll do something" Scott says. I know he means the bite. I let the two boys hug. Scott pulls back and squeezes my hand before leaving me with Stiles.
"You're gonna be okay" I tell him. Stiles doesn't say anything, just gives me a small smile. I rush forward and hug him tightly. We're both holding back tears. "I should go" I say, pulling back. Stiles nods. "We'll just be outside the room" I tell him. I leave, closing the door behind me. I don't go into the room with the others though. I lean againist the door, letting myself cry. I can't lose Stiles. None of us can. I slide down so i'm sitting on the floor. I bury my face in my knees, just letting out every tear i've tried to hold back. My dad's back as well. I've got no wolf. Stiles is in trouble. I just had a fight with Derek. I miss Erica and Boyd, Cora too..i'm struggling a little under all this weight.
"Ash?" Scott says, crotching down beside me.
"I'm fine" I say through my tears.
"No, you're not. What's wrong?" he asks softly. I don't have it in me to yell and make a fuss again. I just want everyone to be okay, to be safe. I look up at him.
"What's not wrong?" I ask. Scott sighs and sits down properly. He brings his arm around me, pulling me to lean into him.
"I know how you're feeling, trust me. But things are gonna get better, they always do. Stiles is gonna be fine, we're all going to be fine" he assures me in a soothing voice. "I have to go, Derek's waiting for me" he says.
"Derek's here?" I ask him.
"Yeah, come on, you can come with" he says.
"I don't want too" I say, shaking my head. Scott looks at me confused. "I'll stay with Stiles" I say.
"Are you sure nothing else happened?" Scott asks, eyes narrowing. "Maybe something with Derek.."
"I'm sure" I say as even as possible. I don't know if my heartbeat jumped or not as I can't hear it like I used to be able too. Scott nods.
"Okay, stay here and i'll be back soon" he says. I sniff and wipe my eyes. We both stand up.
"Okay" I smile. He goes down the hall and I go into the little room where Mum and John are.
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Scott's p.o.v
"You know I took Cora back to South America, right? It's where she spent most of her time after the fire" Derek says and I nod. "But that's not the only rest I left"
"Because of Ash" I say. He nods, eyes becoming sad.
"That too. But there's something else" he tells me. "I needed to talk to my mother"
"You're dead mother?" I ask him.
"She told me something that changed my perspective on alot of things. She said my family didn't just live in Beacon Hills, they protected it. This town needs someone to protect it, someone like you" he says.
"And someone like you to teach me a few trade secrets" I say and the former alpha smiles a little. It doesn't reach his eyes though. He's upset about something too. I think something happened between him and Ash. We hear footsteps and turn to see Ash.
"Can we talk?" she asks Derek. Derek looks to me. I nod and get up.
"Wait" I say, both turning to me. "Stiles was trying to protect us" I realise. "He was protecting us"
"From himself" Derek says, standing up as well.
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Ashlee's p.o.v
All 3 of us run onto the roof.
"I don't think Stiles was just up here sturggling with himself, I think he was struggling not to do something" Scott says. I jump up onto a pillar and see something white. I push it off and a duffle bag filled with tools comes tumbling to the floor.
"What the hell was he doing up here?" I ask, looking down at the tools.
"Ash, get down" Scott says. I look up and see why. There's a thick electrical cord, cut and sparking. Before I can move, it bursts, sprays of electricty pouring from it. Someone grabs me and shields me as sparks rain over us. The cord flies over the edge and I look up to see it's Derek who's protecting me.
"Thank you" I say. He nods.
"I..i'm sorry" he says. "For what I said, for the way I acted"
"I know, i'm sorry too" I sigh. That's why I wanted to talk to him. I don't like fighting with him, I wanted to put a stop to it. Our 'moment' only lasts a second as Scott's yelling for us to follow him. Derek helps me to my feet and we're running outside. We get down just in time to see Kira grab the cord and melt it shut in her hands. "Uh.." I say, all of watching in shock. There's water everywhere and a few peopele have stepped into it and been shocked, laying lifeless in it. "Isaac!" I yell, seeing the wolf is one of them. Derek and I run over to him while Scott's still shell-shocked over Kira. Kira who's eyes glow orange. Thunder kitsune.
"He's not breathing" Derek says, worried eyes darting all over Isaac.
"Scott!" I yell out. Staff with stretchers come and take Isaac and the others that got hurt inside. I see the police have been called. And so has my Dad. Once Isaac's gone, all 3 of us go over to John. "What's happening?" I ask.
"A couple witnesses said they saw Stiles leaving the hospital in his Jeep" John tells us before sighing deeply. "Someone needs to find him"
"We're trying" Scott assures him. John nods and him and his deputies move inside.
"Ashlee" damn. I turn towards my father's voice. "Can we talk now?" he asks, hand coming to my arm. Derek's eyes are darting between us and his hand on my arm. I think back to what I told him in the beginning of all this crap.
Our Dad..just, if you can, keeping the grabbing and dragging to a minimum.
"Now's not good either" I say, cringing a little at the delicacy of the situation. Dad looks up at Scott and Derek.
"It's okay, you're worried about your friends. Another time" he nods, letting me go. I give him a small smile.
"Thanks" I say. I have a feeling he only agreed without a fuss because both males are standing tall with their 'intimadation' faces on. If Scott's doesn't scare you, Derek's definately will. The 3 of us walk away.
"I'm going to go check on Isaac. You two should go home, we'll find Stiles but not right now" Derek says.
"Okay" Scott nods. He starts walking away. I give Derek a smile and follow Scott.
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I hear my window slide open as my eyes are almost closed, as i'm almost asleep.
"How's Isaac?" I ask, knowing it's Derek without even turning around.
"He's..it's not good" Derek tells me. "He's in alot of pain and he's not really healing" I can tell Derek's upset about it, even if Isaac does flirt with me and constantly get on Derek's last nerve. He does love the pack, even Isaac. "What I said about you being weak..you're not weak. You're just.." he trails off, being careful about the word he picks. Everyone knows i'm a hot head so I could go off just like that.
"Breakable?" I finish for him.
"Exactly" he nods. "Erica and Boyd..they're not weak either. If any of us were weak back with the alphas..it was me" he says. "I was supposed to protect them"
"Hey" I say, sitting up. "No, you weren't weak. They were manipulative and following Deucalion's orders. We were strong, look at us, we overcame them. We came out on top. Not a single one of us is weak" I say. Derek smiles softly. "Now that you're back in my good books, do you wanna stay over?" I ask him. Derek's smile gets bigger and he nods. I move so he can slip into my bed beside me. Arms come around me carefully and I don't stop him. "Night Der"
"Night Ash" he says, kissing my temple.
"Goodnight" Scott calls out, making it obvious that he can hear us and anything we do. I cringe but Derek just chuckles.
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