CHAPTER 2: TALONS
Ivy looks around the class room placing her hands under her arms. Everyone is staring at her as if she just killed someone. Not knowing what to do Ivy runs out the door with tears in her eyes and her hands still under her arms. "Ivy wait" she hears Scott say as she leaves the room. The three Scott, Malia and Stiles stand grabbing their bags and hers heading out after her. Malia and Scott sniff her bag trying to catch her sent but they cant seem to.
"Scott the girls room" Stiles points out, the two look at Malia "what? Why me?" Malia questions "hello, its the girls room we cant go in the girls room we are not girls" Stiles explains waving his hands around in the air. "But she hates me and thinks I hate her" Malia says quickly "cant you find Lydia?" she adds. "There is no time, you saw her claws they were larger then ours she could be dangerous we need to see if she is okay and help her before she turns" Scott says pointing out the danger. "Talons" Stiles says correcting Scott, "what?" Scott says looking at Stiles. "Talons, they were talons not claws you know like from a very large bird" Stiles explains. "Wait doesn't that mean" Malia says questioning "she isn't a werewolf" Scott says looking up at the two.
All of a sudden something comes flying through the girls bathroom door crashing on the ground in front of them. "That's a sink" Stiles points out the obvious "yep" Scott agrees "from the bathroom" Stiles again pointing out the obvious "yep" Scott agrees again "the whole sink" Stiles again says "oh yep". The two boys look down at the sink then turn at the same point in time to look at Malia "fine" Malia says and heads in.
Malia heads toward the bathroom following the trail of some black goo like mud substance that seemed to be coming from the sink. She enters the bathroom the lights flickering on and off. "Ivy!" Malia calls "it's... it's Malia I just want to see if you are okay". "Get out I'm fine just... just leave" Ivy responds. "Listen we can help you that's all we want to do is help you" Malia says creeping around the corner the black mud gets thinker and there is more of it all over the tiles. "We?" Ivy questions, "Scott, Stiles, Lydia and I we only want to help you we are different like you" Malia says as she turns around the corner the black mud is everywhere but Ivy isn't any where to be seen. Malia sees the trail lead to one of the stalls. "Ivy, listen I know you are in there and if you don't come out I will have to break the door down". There is nothing but silence except the sound of panting from Ivy. "
"I'm going to count to 3, if the door isn't opened by then I will break it down" Malia steps back and still hears the silent pants of Ivy but now they sound deeper. "1...2..." the stall door unlatches and opens an inch. "Ivy?...are you okay" Malia pushes the door open "I am only here to help" the door creeks revealing what looks to be Ivy but she is naked and her body completely coated in the black mud like substance. Ivy opens her eyes and looks up at Malia, her eyes have changed though like how Scott can change his. Ivy's new eyes are a very light pastel purple almost grey colour. Malia notices Ivy's talons also coated in the black mud substance she stands their as it drips of the talons. "can you help with this?" Ivy says before she runs at Malia attacking her. Malia pushes Ivy off but is not fast enough when Ivy runs back at her and plunges her talons into Malia's stomach. "AHHH" Malia lets out a scream and a howl.
Scott turns to look at the bathroom hearing Malia's howl. Scott runs into the bathroom as Stiles follows. "Scott what is it?" Stiles ask "Malia I heard her howl" Scott replies. The two come around the corner to see Ivy naked and covered in the black mud with her talons in Malia holding her up against the wall as Malia's feet are not touching the ground. "Oh god she's naked" Stiles says surprised. "Ivy?" Scott ask "no not Ivy" she replies in a low deep echoing yet still feminine kind of voice. "Okay then who are you? and what do you want?" Scott ask. "Malia are you okay?" Stiles ask Malia "no...do I look okay to you Stiles" Malia ask rhetorically "well you have looked better" Stiles answers rubbing his hand on his cheek and chin. "Enough" the deep voice from Ivy says "I am the creature of the night, the collector of lost souls, I am the seeker of death" the voice says looking at Scott "and I will take back what was originally mine even if I have to kill for it".
Lydia comes running into the bathroom "Lydia... what are you doing here?" Stiles ask her "I don't know I was heading to the library" Lydia replies. Scott looks at Lydia then realises what is going on "Wait don't" Scott shouts at Ivy but its too late. Ivy turns her talons quickly and Malia cry's in pain as Ivy then forcefully rips them out of Malia. "Ahhh!" Malia shouts as she slides down her back against the wall her blood marks a trail down the wall.
Ivy turns and looks at Stiles, she starts walking towards him her talons raised in the air pointing at him. When it looks like she is going to run at him and rip his throat out Lydia screams leading it with her hands at Ivy and Ivy flies back hitting the wall. She stands and runs at Lydia Scott reacts quickly grabbing Ivy by her neck before she reaches Lydia. Scott lifts her then plummets her into the tiled bathroom floor creating a whole tiles fly everywhere. Ivy lays there and seems to be out cold as her eyes change back to their normal hazel colour.
"Well that was expected" Stiles says standing over Ivy, everyone turns and looks at him. "How did you expect that" Scott ask "the amount of weird stuff we have seen in this town, this is pretty mild" Stiles replies. Stiles and Scott help lift Malia up off the ground "I'm alright I will be okay its just a scratch" Malia says as they pull her up "then why aren't you healing?" Scott ask. Malia looks down at her gashed up stomach her white shirt now has black blood and the black substance from Ivy on it. Scott reaches down and grabs the bottom of her shirt and lifts it up slowly. The sound of the damp fabric unsticking from the wound has a light squish to it. Stiles looks down at the cuts on Malia noticing the black blood the sight of bone and he can almost see through to the other side of her back. "Yeah, I think I might just wait outside" Stiles says trying not to puke. "Is it bad?" Malia ask, before she gets an answer they all hear a flop as someone hits the ground. "What happened?" Malia ask, "Stiles fainted" Lydia replies.
"Hey Lydia do you still keep spare cloths in your locker?" Scott ask, "yeah why?" Lydia responds with question. "Well we need to get Ivy out of here and I think the people might find it strange that we are carrying a unconscious naked girl out of the school toilets" Scott says. "Okay fine but she isn't wearing my good stuff she can wear my art pants and top" Lydia says walking out the door waking Stiles up on the way out. "Huh what" Stiles says getting up from the floor, "keep watch outside Stiles make sure no one comes in" Scott says. "What do I tell them if they need to come in?" Stiles ask, "tell them" Scott says transitioning to Stiles to finish "I wouldn't go in there if I were you, one of the genitors went in there about an hour ago and I have been standing here for a while yeah he hasn't come out in a long time" Stiles try's to convince one of the girls not to use the bathroom. "The girls room upstairs is way better, trust me I know" He finishes before the girl can get a word in and she has no choice but to leave.
Scott comes out of the bathroom carrying Ivy, Lydia and Malia follow. Malia's arm resting over Lydia's shoulder for support. "Are we good" Stiles ask while going over taking Malia off Lydia and placing her on his shoulders instead "yep lets go before somebody sees us" Scott replies pushing the school front doors open only to see deputy Parish standing there on fire. "Parish?" Scott ask confused by the fact he is alight in day out the front of the high school. "Give me the girl" Parish says but it is now clear it is the other side of Parish they are dealing with. "She is alive I can hear her heart beat" Scott says standing holding Ivy, "give her to me she belongs to me and I must deal with the problem at hand" the hell hound replies not taking acknowledgment to what Scott had said. "How? By killing her?" Scott ask, "I must do what is required and necessary" the Hell Hound replies.
Scott places Ivy down against the wall "I wont let you touch her" Scott says standing back up looking at the Hound. "You cant save everyone" the Hound replies "but I can try" Scott says as he flicks out his claws and fangs letting out a roar. The two run at each other The Hound grabbing Scott's fist as he tries to throw them. Scott attempts to fight the hell hound off but it is no use. The hound grabs Scott by the throat lifting him to the sky "stay out of my way" the hound says as he throws Scott through the doors of the school. Scott comes running out but he is to late the hound stands there with Ivy in his arms and just as Scott is about to attack again the hound lets her body light up with flames. The sound of her soft heart beat stops is now silent and Scott can only stand and watch as the hound carries her flamed body away.