We were at the loft waiting for any sign that it wasn't Stiles who was in there and the Sheriff was talking to him alone while we stayed back for now just outside the sliding door out of sight
"You want to handcuff me" I heard Stiles say
"If my son is still here, if there is still a part of him standing here in front of me, then he'll put these on willingly and he'll come with me because he knows I'm here to protect him from himself and from others" we heard the Sheriff say and the sound of handcuffs being tightened, I looked at Derek and he pulled me close knowing this was hard for me "You're not my son" we heard the Sheriff add and the sound of handcuffs breaking
We all walked in and heard Stile's scoff and laugh then look at Allison as she raised a Taser and shot it at Stile's but he caught the wires and it did nothing as he ripped it from her hands and threw it to the side, Derek growled and flashed his fangs then went at Stile's but he caught his arm and twisted it back, I heard and felt the sickening sound of something break and clutched my own arm then Stiles hit Derek's head on a table and threw him up against a pillar
"Derek" I yelled running to him as he coughed I put my hand on his back and looked at Stile's shocked that he would and could do that but then it's not Stile's, I heard a gun cock and looked up at Argent as did Stile's and Derek
"Argent listen to me, don't do this" the Sheriff said holding up a hand as I helped Derek stand and we all looked at Argent
"Why not, I've done it before werewolves, berserkers I can easily add a nogitsune to the list" the Sheriff then pointed a gun at Argent
"You're not going to shoot my son"
"You said it yourself Sheriff that's not your son"
"Put it down, put it down"
"Dad, he's going to shoot me" Stile's said acting like he was back but I knew better he pulled this with Scott and me, it pretended to be Stiles "He's going to kill me dad"
"Don't listen"
"Put it down" the Sheriff said again after looking at Stile's "NOW, DO IT, PUT IT DOWN"
"Pull the trigger" Stile's suddenly said and Argent faltered
"LISTEN TO ME YOU PUT THE GUN DOWN NOW" Sheriff Stilinski yelled at Argent
"SHOOT ME" Stile's yelled then there was all this yelling Stile's telling Argent to shoot him and the Sheriff telling Argent to put the gun down then it clicked to me as I remembered my dream and remembered that a nogitsune feeds off strife he's using this, I looked up at the window as night started to fall, Derek looked at the windows as well as we watched the sun fade from the sky
"Stop, stop it this is exactly what he wants" I shouted
"Not exactly" the nogitsune replied "I was kind of hoping Scott would be here but I'm glad you all have your guns out because you're not here to kill me" Stile's turned around and we saw four oni appear "You're here to protect me" he backed up as the oni unsheathed their swords and Argent and Stilinski turned their guns on the oni then started shooting but it was doing nothing
Derek, Allison and I turned our backs to Argent and Stilinski ready to fight the other two that now appeared behind them they came at us with their swords raised, we fought them as best we could I saw Derek get slashed up pretty bad and got a sword run across my stomach and fall back but all of a sudden they disappeared like smoke as Scott and Kira ran in
"What happened" Scott asked
"They disappeared" Allison replied
"They literary just vanished" I added
"And so did Stile's" his dad said as I crouched next to Derek looking over his wound then cupped his cheek and touched our foreheads together
I stayed with Derek that night because I didn't want him out of my sight I felt like I was always patching him up in some way
"Why can't we have one normal day" I said sitting down on his bed still clutching my injured stomach
"Were not normal" he replied sitting next to me and put a hand on my leg
"You know what I mean, I just want one day where I don't feel pain or have to fight someone"
"Skye I promise we'll have a normal day soon and I'll take you on a proper date" I smiled at the thought but knew that with the lives we have it's impossible, there was always going to be something out there trying to kill us "Why don't you get some sleep" I nodded but not before I kissed him then I laid down and fell asleep but the next time I woke up Derek wasn't with me and I looked up to see him at a chess board with Peter walking up to him I don't think I was asleep long
"What are you doing" Peter asked him "And more importantly why aren't you healing"
"It's from one of their swords" Derek replied "It'll heal" when I heard he wasn't healing I sat up and looked at him our eyes locked for a minute then I checked my own wound which wasn't healing either
"By playing chess" Peter asked, I stood up and walked to the table
"Back in his room Stile's had a board with my name on one of the pieces if this is a game to him then I need to figure out the plays" Derek replied
"Not so easy to do when it's a game without rules" Peter stated and for once I agreed with Peter
"What does that mean" Derek asked
"You're dealing with the kind of spirit that's lived too long to play by human rules, it's a fox spirit that chose to become human and supposedly that's something they can only do after about a hundred years, if a kitsune is an annoying pain in the ass then a nogitsune which is a dark kitsune is a freaking disaster, besides chess is Stile's game" Peter replied then pulled on his jacket "It's not the game of a Japanese fox, do yourself a favour put something on that before it gets infected" Peter looked at me quickly then left and Derek looked up at me as if waiting for me to say something but my mind was blank but I knew Peter was right about his wound
"Come here let me dress that" he smiled and I got him to sit on the bed, I bent down to get the first-aid kit from under the bed but saw the box of condoms and blushed I wish he kept these somewhere more private, I grabbed the first-aid kit then I put antiseptic on his wound and put a bandage over it
"You to, come here" I smiled and laid down, he lifted my shirt and he returned the favour then we finally laid down and fell asleep and to make sure he stayed in bed to rest with me I was practically laying on his chest
I woke up to my phone ringing so I answered it and it was Scott saying they found Stile's and he was unconscious so I quickly jumped up and noticed Derek was gone but I didn't want to worry he was fine I hope
When I got home Scott and Aiden were carrying Stile's inside and they put him on the couch and Deaton looked at a wound on his stomach
"This is crazy he needs to be in the hospital" our Mom said
"Mom remember the last time he was in the hospital" Scott replied
"Doesn't look like he's bleeding think he may even be healing" Deaton said
"You mean healing like we heal" Aiden asked
"That's good right" I asked
"For him yes" Deaton replied "Us, I'm not so sure" he looked at Scott
"Well if we're not going to kill him then why aren't we tying him down with really heavy chains" Aiden asked
"I might have something more effective" Deaton replied unclipping his bag, Aiden and Scott opened Stile's mouth and squirted some clear liquid in his mouth but then Stile's woke up and grabbed Aiden around the throat, Scott and I both grabbed Stile's and tried pulling him off but then Stile's went still
"Kanima venom nice touch" Stile's said as Aiden's claws came out and he walked up to Stile's growling but I grabbed his arm "You know how they say that twins get a feeling when the other one's in pain you didn't lose that talent too did you" he was looking at Aiden "Oh I hope not you're going to need it" Aiden shared a look with me and Scott "Okay I'll give you a little hint Ethan's at the school"
"Go" Scott said and Aiden took off as Stile's chuckled evilly
"Oh, I hope he gets there in time, I like the those twins short tempers, homicidal compulsions they're a lot more fun then you bakemono's trying to save the world every day" Stile's said turning to us
"Doc you brought something to paralyse his body you got anything for his mouth" our Mom said
"Yes I do" Deaton ripped off a piece of tape and put it over Stile's mouth then Stile's shouted through the tape then laughed again evilly, we all walked into the kitchen
"How much longer do you think we have" I asked Deaton
"I wish I knew" he replied "But if we don't figure out something soon were going to need a better place to keep him, I think we are underestimating the danger here he might be paralysed but it still feels like he's got us right in the palm of his hand" we all looked back at Stile's who was staring at us as our mom cleaned up the wound on his stomach
"The scroll said to change his body" Lydia said
"That's if I translated it correctly, were looking for a cure in something that might actually be nothing more than a proverb or metaphor" Deaton replied
"And what if he doesn't want it" I cut in
"He's never asked to be a werewolf" Scott added
"What if it saves his life" Lydia argued
"What if it kills him, we've never done this before" Scott replied "I mean what if one of us bite him and accidently hit an artery or something" I felt my hand reach up to my neck where Peter bit me and Derek had to re-bite me, he told me that he was so afraid that he had killed me
"The venom is not going to last long" Deaton said interrupting us "Something needs to be done sooner than later"
"I can try calling Derek again" I cut in and pulled out my phone
"Maybe we should call someone else" Lydia said looking at Scott and I, I didn't know who she meant but it seemed Scott did
"Peter" he said looking at me
"No way" I argued glaring at him
"Skye she has a point" he got out his own phone and called him as I rolled my eyes
When Peter got here he rang the doorbell but then just let himself in and he started looking and circling Stile's
"He doesn't look like he would survive a slap across the face much less the bite of a werewolf" Peter said then couched down in front of Stile's
"You don't think it would work" Scott asked
"This is more a war of the mind than the body, there are better methods to winning this war"
"What kind of methods" Deaton asked Peter but instead of answering Peter grabbed Scott's wrist then flicked it so Scott's claws came out
"We're going to get into his head"
We began discussing the plan then Peter pulled Lydia away and talked about something I was too busy looking at Stile's who just stared back to find out what it was and worrying about Derek as he hadn't gotten back to any of us
"So do we have a plan" Deaton asked Peter when he and Lydia came back
"Scott is going to try and dig through pale and sickly evil Stile's mind to unearth pale and sickly real Stile's then guide him back from the depths of his own subconscious but he's not going to do it alone"
"What do you mean" Scott asked
"Somebody needs to go in with you" he said looking at Lydia
"No" I argued
"It's fine Skye" Lydia replied sitting down next to Stiles then Peter helped Scott position his claws on their necks in the right place so that he wouldn't paralyse or kill them
"So what do we do if we find him" Scott asked
"You're going to have to guide him out somehow" Peter replied "Try to give him back control of his mind, his body"
"Could you elaborate on the somehow" Lydia asked "It's not feeling very specific at the moment"
"Improvise" Peter just replied backing away
"What if this is just another trick" Scott asked
"When are you people going to start trusting me" Scott quickly looked at him and I growled low in my throat as a sign of never because even Derek doesn't trust him
"I meant him" Scott replied looking at Stile's
"Oh" Peter said smugly
"Scott were running out of time" Deaton replied so Scott closed his eyes and when they opened they were red, he breathed in heavily then pushed his claws into Stile's and Lydia's necks, all the rest of us could do is watch as they stayed still but then Lydia's nose started bleeding
"Do you see that, she's bleeding" my mom said and went to go to her but Deaton stopped her telling her that it wasn't a good idea, Peter went to her and cupped her cheeks I went to stop him but he started calling her
"Lydia, Lydia can you hear me, Lydia you are stronger than this okay you need to concentrate Lydia" was Peter actually showing compassion "LYDIA!" Peter suddenly yelled and I had to cover my hears as it was like an Alpha's roar
"Next time warn a girl would you" I spat at Peter then all of a sudden Scott and Lydia gasped waking up
"Did it work, did it work" Scott asked couching in front of Stile's
"What happened why didn't it work" Lydia asked feeling her neck
"Because it's not science Lydia it's the supernatural, I did my part now give me the name" Peter said and both Scott and I looked at them
"What name" I asked at the same time Scott did but he pulled Lydia away
"What are you talking about" Scott asked them
"Lydia a deal is a deal even with me" I heard Peter say then Lydia whispered Malia into Peter's ear then all of a sudden Stile's sat up and ripped the tape off and started pulling cloth from his mouth then threw it up falling to the floor and started gasping for breath when it was all out
We all watched as a hand rose up out of the bundle of cloth on the ground then came a body as we backed up against the wall as it stepped towards us then came right at us but Scott and Peter tackled it and held it down
"Hold him" Peter yelled
"I'm trying" Scott replied "Wait, wait, wait" Scott started to peel the bandage off and it revealed another Stile's
"Scott" Stile's said "Skye" he looked at us
"Scott" Deaton cut in making us turn to look at him then he looked at the door which was open and the other Stile's was gone and so was Lydia
"Where are they" I asked and Deaton raised his hands
"Where are they" Scott yelled "Lydia" we both ran to the front door screaming Lydia's name but she was gone
A/N: I know these last few chapters haven't been as long as the others but I hope that hasn't meant you've lost interest in my story, so please review any comments you have as it really helps my writing and incourages me to keep going with the story