Chapter 13

"Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition."
― James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room

"Will! Mom!" Scott shouted down the phone hopelessly. He knew there wasn't going to be an answer but he didn't know what else to do. "Mom!" He called again before the phone suddenly disconnected from the call.

They had pulled over when it was apparent that something was wrong. Isaac had started up the car again and Scott was thrown sideways as he did an abrupt U-turn so that they were speeding in the opposite direction.

"What are you doing? We have to get Cora home!" Peter shouted leaning forward so that he was gripping the back of Isaac's seat.

"We need to get to Melissa and Will." Isaac stated. He was gripping the steering wheel so hard his knuckles were white. It was hard to believe he hadn't broken it.

"She's dying!" Peter exclaimed gesturing to Cora who was currently unconscious next to him.

"Will and Melissa could be too." Isaac replied still not turning around.

"Isaac." Scott said quietly. His tone indicated that Isaac should listen to Peter.

Isaac knew that they needed to get her back but Will and Melissa could be hurt and that was all he could think about. The image of them both lying dead in a mangled mass of metal had burned itself into the back of his skull.

Suddenly Isaac put his foot on the break making them all lurch forward. Isaac was wringing his hands around the steering wheel breathing heavily. It was going against everything for him to turn around, he needed to get to Melissa and Will. But he also knew they had to get Cora back home soon.

"We'll take Cora back and then we're going to find my mom and Will." Scott told Isaac. By the sound of his voice Scott was trying very hard to hold himself together. This made Isaac calm down a bit. If Scott could hold it together so could he.

Nodding resolutely to himself, Isaac turned the car back around heading in their original direction.

When Will opened her eyes everything felt heavy. She had a good job trying to keep her eyes open. Every now and again they'd droop closed no matter how hard she wanted to keep them open.

She could also very strongly smell the coppery scent of blood. The smell surrounded her, pressing against her skin and nostrils and coating the entirety of her mouth.

Trying again to hold her eyes open Will's vision was very blurry. She couldn't make out much of anything and it took a while before the splodges she was seeing became recognisable objects. Black spots still floated across her eyes but she could at least make out her surroundings.

"Will?" With a great load of effort Will managed to turn her head so that she was facing the voice that was calling her. Melissa was sat against the floor her hands and legs tied in front of her and a piece of rope around her middle keeping her attached to a large wooden pillar.

"Melissa?" Will croaked out. Her voice was raspy and the sudden use of it caused her to start coughing. She wanted to lift her hand to her mouth but was unable to do so. Frowning drowsily Will glanced down at herself noticing that she was in the same predicament as Melissa was. "What's going on?"

"I think Ms. Blake caused the car to crash." Melissa began explaining. "You passed out on impact. I think you might have a concussion."

"Why are we here?" Will questioned glancing around the room they were in. It looked like some weird kind of cellar. The roots of a tree were growing through one wall and was covered in what Will strongly suspected was blood. She was about to turn back to Melissa when she noticed that the Sheriff was opposite her tied up against a pillar too. "Oh." She replied as she remembered that the Sheriff had been taken by Ms. Blake to be used a sacrifice.

Will's eyelid became heavy again and she was about to let them slip closed when Melissa whisper shouted at her causing them to snap open. "Will, you need to stay awake, okay?"

Nodding like she understood Will tried to keep her eyes open but they kept slipping closed causing her head to droop forward.

"Will!" Melissa tried again. This caused Will to throw her head back into the pillar as she opened her eyes in shock. She was definitely awake now.

"Ow." Will groaned shifting uncomfortably, the ropes around her digging in as she did. "I don't understand..."

"Will, we're in the nemeton." Melissa stated.

"I meant I don't understand why I'm here." Will muttered as she began pulling on the ropes around her hands. "I'm not a guardian."

"We've tried that." The Sheriff interrupted nodding towards her hands. She continued pulling on them anyway.

As Will pulled on the ropes she noticed that one of the loops hadn't been tied properly. She widened her hands so that the loop fell in between them and she was able to pull at it with her fingers. She worked at trying to pull the loop apart. Her fingers were starting to burn from all the stretching they were doing but she was almost done undoing one of the loops. With a startled cry Will managed to undo the top loop.

The second loop was a lot easier to undo and soon she had working use of both of her hands. Her feet however, were tied a lot better and it took what seemed like an hour to pull apart. When she finally did she lifted the ropes that were holding her to the pillar away and slid away from it, scrambling towards Melissa.

"Just loosen my hands I can do the rest from there." Will pulled as hard as she could on the ropes but it seemed that they were more securely done up. Apparently it was more important that Melissa stayed put.

"I can't do it." Will sighed angrily. She crawled over to the Sheriff pulling on his ropes too but no luck.

"Will, you need to get out of here." Melissa whispered looking towards the door of the cellar. "Just get out and find Scott."

Shaking her head Will tried again at Melissa's ties. "I can't leave you here!" She replied her hands beginning to shake as she continued pulling at the ropes uselessly.

Melissa managed to grab Will's hands between hers making Will look up at her. "Find Scott." Melissa told her. She needed to leave before Jennifer came back.

Nodding sadly, her hands still shaking Will stood up and headed for the cellar door. She pushed it open surprised that Jennifer hadn't locked it. She obviously wasn't expecting any of them to get out.

Will took one glance back at the Sheriff and Melissa for reassurance. Melissa nodded showing Will that she was sure she should go and Will climbed the stairs exiting outside. It was completely dark and Will had no idea where she was. She knew she couldn't stay near the nemeton though so took off running into the forest that surrounding them hoping to come across a road at some point. And here, she thought she'd never have to do cross country again.

"They're not in the car. They're gone. They're gone." Isaac muttered pulling at his hair angrily. The car was crushed against a tree one of the doors was missing and lay about half a meter away from the car.

"They couldn't have gone far..." Scott replied glancing around at the dense mass of trees in front of them.

"They're not here Scott." A very familiar voice called as he stepped out from the trees. "Guardians, Scott." He stated and everything clicked into place. Ms. Blake had taken them. Ms. Blake had his mom.

"If you were with me I could have told you what it meant. I could have warned you." He continued taking a step closer and leaning on his cane. "Let me help you Scott. Let's help each other."

Scott took a step forward this time as did Isaac. "Scott. You can't go with him." He tried his voice cracking slightly. Scott couldn't go with the enemy.

Deucalion was about to say something when he abruptly turned his head to the side to look at the forest. Scott and Isaac looked too wondering what had interrupted when Will broke through the tree panting and nearly tripping over her feet.

She had scratches all over her face and dried blood on the side of her mouth. Her hair was a complete mess, strands of it were matted by blood and leaves and twigs had caught themselves in other parts. Her leggings were torn in places as was her sweater and her boots were covered in mud.

Isaac ran to her catching her as she nearly fell over again. He pulled her into a hug pressing her small frame against him. Her hands balled themselves into his shirt and she pressed her face against his chest closing her eyes tightly.

Will was still shaking and it took a while before she pulled away. She wiped away a stray tear that had somehow escaped and turned to Scott who was looking at her and Isaac while occasionally glancing over at Deucalion.

"Ms. Blake has Melissa and the Sheriff...they're in some kind of cellar, the uh- the nemeton. I managed to get untied but your mom told me I had to leave and find you." She told Scott still shaking and clinging onto Isaac.

"Do you remember where it is?" Scott asked walking closer to Will. Her eyelids had suddenly become very heavy again. "Will?" He asked again noticing that he eyes were slowly closing.

"Yeah, I think..." She trailed off falling limp in Isaac's arms. It was good enough confirmation for Scott though.

Isaac scooped Will up and carried her back to the car placing her in the back seat gently. He made sure she was in a safe position before closing the door and climbing in to start the car.

Scott took one glance at Deucalion before following after Isaac.

"You're making a big mistake Scott." Deucalion called after him.

A/N:

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