Chapter 22 - No More Calmness, Only Storm

As Avery started to round the corner in a hallway in the hospital she heard Scott and Derek talking. Slowing to a stop she leaned against the hand rail and listened as Derek said, "You know how I took Cora back to South America, right? It's where she spent most of her time after the fire…"

Avery looked down to the floor and made a mental note to send her friend a text soon, because she hadn't heard from her in a while.

"That's not the only reason I left…" Derek admitted.

Avery's face contorted with pain as she remembered her tearful goodbye with him the day he'd left.

"Why did you leave then?" Scott questioned the older wolf.

"A few different reasons…" She heard Derek sigh before he started to explain one of them, "I needed to talk to my mother."

"Your dead mother?" Scott asked, surprise apparent in his voice.

"She told me something that changed my perspective on a lot of things. She said my family didn't just live in Beacon Hills, that they protected it. This town needs someone to protect it, someone like you." Derek said to the young alpha.

As Scott pointed out that he still needed Derek's help on things, Avery looked down as she smiled, thinking of how far Derek had come since she'd first met him. How much everyone had grown up, including herself –not that anyone really had a choice in the matter, the normalcy they had gotten used to was stolen from them.

She barely heard Scott say something about Stiles trying to protect them, before both he and Derek flew around the corner, both coming to a halt when they saw her.

"What are you doing?" Scott asked, surprised to see her.

"Listening to your conversation." She admitted, offering Derek a small smile before getting back to business and asking, "What were you saying about Stiles?"

She'd barely gotten the words out before Scott had a hold of her arm and was pulling her with them towards the elevator, where he explained how he'd been on the roof earlier with Derek and they'd realized Stiles was struggling with something. But at the time they had no idea what was going on.

"So, what are we looking for?" Avery asked as she followed the two werewolves out onto the roof.

"I'm not sure." Scott yelled over his shoulder, "But I think Stiles wasn't just up here struggling with himself, I think he was struggling not to do something…"

Avery walked in the opposite direction from them as she searched for some kind of clue or anything to help them figure out what was going on.

Climbing up on a raised cement block she reached up on top of a fenced off generator and felt around until she felt something cloth, with a confused expression she called out, "Guys…"

Grabbing a handful of the fabric she pulled with all of her might and pulled the large open duffle bag from the top with a gasp as something hard collided with the side of her head, losing her balance she almost fell but Derek caught her and quickly pulled her out of the way as more tools rained down on the roof.

"Thanks…" She breathed rubbing the sore spot on her head as she looked at Derek realizing he was the one who'd gotten her out of harms way.

Leaning down and looking at the supplies from the bag, Scott breathed, "What the hell…"

Avery shrugged and Derek looked around, until his eyes traveled up to a low hanging power line, sparking from where it had been tampered with.

The trio backed up as a power surge made all of the lights flicker inside the building and the metal generator started to sizzle and spark. They continued to watch with wide eyes as the power line broke and sprayed sparks over the side of the building, it's rubber casing flinging the line back and forth.

"We have to get off the roof!" Avery yelled as she backed up further.

~()~

Several minutes later, Isaac walked into the Young house, holding Teagan in his arms. After her freak out in the bathroom, he scooped her up, taking her to the car and drove her home. Once in her driveway, he exited the car and picked her up again, usually she would argue that she could walk on her own, but after the horrible nightmare she witnessed, being in his arms was exactly where she wanted to be.

Isaac walked into the living room, carefully laying her out on the couch. He grabbed the blanket from the back of the couch, then covered her up. He brushed her hair from her forehead, then leaned down to give her a tender kiss on the forehead.

He quickly stood back up and turned his head when he heard Aspen walking into the room. Knowing the dog probably needed to go out, he went to walk away until she reached out to grab his arm.

"Please don't leave me." Teagan whispered, her eyes pleading with him. She needed him with her, she needed his strength and his love, she needed to see him with her own eyes to remind herself that the imagine she saw earlier was not real. Her mother did not kill him in front of her, he was alive and well, and right there with her.

"I'm just going to let Aspen out, okay? I'll be right back." Isaac said, feeling her loosen her grip on his arm. "Do you need anything while I'm gone?" He questioned.

"No." Teagan said, as she released his arm then tucked her hands under the pillow she was laying on. "Just come back, okay?"

"I will." He promised, as he brushed his lips against hers for a quick kiss. As he began to walk out of the room, he called for Aspen to follow him, then walked into the kitchen, opening the sliding glass door for him to go out.

He left the door open enough for Aspen to come back in, then turned around to walk out of the kitchen. He skid to a stop when he looked up and saw her standing in the door way.

"Jeez, Teagan!" Isaac called out, as he placed a hand on his chest. "How did you sneak up on me?" He questioned, with his werewolf hearing, he should have heard her entering the room.

"You can't leave the door open. If you leave the door open, she'll get in." Teagan quietly said, her eyes on the sliding glass door that he left cracked open for the dog he just let out.

Isaac looked behind him, then turned back to look at her, as he took a step toward her, and said,"Teagan, its okay. No one is going to get in."

"Why did we leave the door open? Why did we leave it open!" Teagan yelled. "She's gonna get in, she's gonna get in." She mumbled over and over again.

"Hey, listen to me, Teagan.. Listen." Isaac said, as he walked over to stand in front of her. He grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at him and quietly cursed when her saw her eyes were glazed over and she wasn't awake. "Teagan? Teagan!" He yelled, as he shook her shoulders, trying to wake her up.

Teagan pulled away from him, taking a few staggering steps back, as she glanced around the room. She let out a loud gasp, then looked over at him as she calmly said,"She's here."

He grabbed her arm, pulling her toward him, as he laid his hands on either side of her face, yelling out her name. "Teagan, look at me, concentrate on me, okay? Don't let her come in. You have to fight her, okay? Keep fighting, babe, you got to keep fighting."

He called out her name again, trying to get her to listen to him, but when she opened her mouth to let out a loud, bloodcurdling scream, he took a quick step back, placing his hands over his ears.

He bent over, letting out a painful groan, her scream echoing in his ears, making him feel like his eardrums were going to burst. "Teagan! Teagan, you got to wake up. Please wake up!" He yelled, hoping she would be able to hear him over her screams.

As quick as it started, it was over, and the screaming stopped. Isaac lowered his hands, as he raised his head to look at her. He saw her take several deep breaths, as tears filled her eyes, realizing what she had done.

"Oh, my God. I'm sorry... I'm-I'm so sorry." She choked out, as she wrapped her arms around herself. She didn't know what had happened, last thing she remembered she was laying on the couch waiting for him to come back.

"It's okay." Isaac mumbled, as he pulled her toward him. He rested his lips against her forehead, blowing out a sigh of relief that she was awake now and acting more like herself.

He held her a few more minutes, hoping to give her some comfort, then pulled back a little to look at her. He pushed the hair from her face, as he nodded his head toward the door way and softly said,"Come on."

He kept her pressed against him, as he led her back into the living room. When she noticed he was leading her to the couch, she came to a stop, her eyes going wide, as she mumbled out,"I don't wanna-I don't wanna do that. I don't want to lay down again."

Isaac turned to face her, laying his hands on her sides, as he lowered his head to look at her. "Babe, you got to rest. You've fallen asleep twice within the last thirty minutes." He pointed out.

"Yeah and look what happened." Teagan said, as she snapped her head up. "I saw my mother murder you in front of my eyes, then I screamed so loud I almost made you go deaf. What's going to happen next?" Before he could say a word, she added,"I'm not sleeping. I can't... I just-I can't!"

Isaac sat down on the couch, then reached out to grab her hand, pulling her toward him, as he said,"Then just lay with me, okay?"

"I'm not sleeping." Teagan said stubbornly, as she sat down beside him on the couch. She didn't mean to be difficult, but was too scared about what would happen next if she went to sleep.

"You don't have to." Isaac said, as he shook his head. He leaned back, turning on to his side, as he stretched out his long frame on the couch. As he waited for her to join him, he added,"I just want to hold you."

"Okay." Teagan quietly said, as she laid out beside him, facing him. He laid on arm above their heads, running his fingers through her hair, as he laid his other arm across her waist, pulling her closer.

She threw her leg over his, scooting closer to him and pressed her face into his shirt, his scent calming her. A part of her wanted to close her eyes, allow herself to rest, but was scared of what she would wake up to. Plus there was always the nagging fear in the back of her mind of what if she didn't wake up, what if she got stuck in one of these nightmares, what would happen to her then.

The two silently held each other, just drawing strength and comfort from each other, until he raised up a little to grab the blanket he laid on her earlier. "You know what we need?" Isaac questioned, as he pulled the blanket over their heads.

Teagan glanced up, giving him a small smile, as she said,"Our safety bubble."

"Mm-hm." Isaac said with a nod, then added,"Now you're safe. Nothing can harm you."

Teagan leaned forward, pressing her lips against his for a gentle kiss. She pulled back a little, her lips inches from his, as she whispered,"I love our safety bubble."

"I love it too." Isaac said back honestly. Moments like this is what he loved the most. Just little moments where he could feel the stress and anxiety leaving her body. In these small moments, he could feel how calm she was. These were the moments she was herself the most, they were the moments he was trying so hard to hold on to, trying so hard to keep her with him.

"Me and Avery did something similar to this one time." Teagan said, softly smiling as memory of her past hit her. She saw him watching her, waiting for her to continue. "Her parents owns a cabin, in the middle of nowhere, a few hours from here. It belonged to her mother and I don't remember who's it was before that, but anyways, one time we went to it. Me and my parents, and Avery and hers, we planned to go for the weekend, but after the first night there, a big snow storm hit." She smiled, as she continued, "It was the first time either one of us saw that much snow. We woke up the next day and suddenly our whole world was solid white. It was so beautiful and peaceful, just this stillness. Like the whole world stopped in that moment just for us."

"We played it in all day, it didn't matter that our fingers were freezing or our noses were bright red, we stayed out there. We built a snowman, made snow angels, we even built a fort and sat in it for hours. I've never felt so safe then when I was in that fort, until now, here with you, in our safety bubble." She said, as she smiled at him.

"I'll do anything to keep you safe. I want you to always feel safe with me." Isaac stated, as he softly caressed her cheek.

"I do." Teagan softly said. "You are about the only thing that keeps me feeling safe, keeps me feeling grounded. You are my calm in the middle of a storm. You always have been."

Isaac smiled at her words as he leaned forward to press his lips against hers. He remembered when she told him that before, neither one knew back then how badly things would get now, but he was glad he was still her calmness, that he could pull her back.

"I just want my life to be like this forever." Teagan whispered, they lips inches apart.

"It will be." Isaac promised, as he kissed her again.

The two were silent for a while, just enjoying the stillness, the calm before the next storm hit, which came a lot quicker than they wanted. Hearing his cell phone beep, Isaac pulled the phone out, seeing that he had a text message from Avery, informing them about the test that were being run on Stiles at the hospital now.

Isaac was just going to ask Avery to keep them updated, but once he told Teagan what was going on, she wanted to go. She wanted to be there for Stiles and Scott; who she figured was worried about his best friend. She knew how worried she would be if it was Avery.

As much as he hated to do it, Isaac removed the blanket, getting rid of their bubble, it was time for them to return to the real world. It was time for the next storm, a storm neither one was prepared for.

~()~

Once they were inside the hospital, Scott said he was going to find his mom and Avery and Derek headed for the elevators.

Once they were inside the power blinked off again and no generator kicked on.

They exchanged looks in the dark, enclosed space, both silently remembering the last time they were trapped in an elevator was with her mother.

Clearing her throat, Avery looked around thinking it would have sounded impossible but this moment seemed more awkward than the other.

"What's going on with the generators?" Derek finally breathed as he repeatedly smacked a button on the panel next to the doors.

"Stop." She sighed.

But when he kept hitting buttons she said louder, "Stop or when the power kicks back on we'll end up stopping at every floor you hit a button for."

Sighing and leaning against the far wall she heard him mumbling under his breath, but when she asked what he said –he wouldn't answer her.

As the generators kicked on, it lit up the small emergency lights, Avery slid down the wall she was against until she sat with her legs crossed on the floor.

"I guess we're gonna be a while… should have taken the stairs." He said as he sat down across from her, leaned against the wall with his legs out in front of him.

"You know… there was a time when you didn't mind being around me so much…" She breathed, her voice so soft if he hadn't been a werewolf he wouldn't have been able to hear her.

"It's not that." He admitted, leaning his head back against the wall realizing he was hurting her.

"It's okay…" She quickly said, trying to cover her pain as she admitted, "I get it, you didn't come back for me… you came back because of what you found out from your mom."

He opened his mouth to speak but she cut him off, "It's okay."

"Would you just let me talk for a moment?" He breathed out when she finally gave him a chance to talk.

When she remained silent he said, "I still stand by the decision we made… that being with me isn't healthy for you…"

"Our relationship wasn't healthy for either of us." She pointed out, her voice laced with pain and defeat.

He nodded, but it was her that he was concerned about, "I still agree with what we decided, but there's something you need to know." He blew out a heavy breath, "When you called and left that message… I couldn't call you back, Peter and I got caught by some hunters."

He heard her heart start to pick up speed as she gasped, "Oh my god…"

"It's okay, I'm okay." He reminded her, glancing around the interior of the elevator.

"You just needed to know that I wasn't ignoring you." He softly added.

"I'm glad you're okay." She nodded, looking down to her chipped black nail polish as she tried to think of what to say next.

"Are you?"

"I'm fine." She automatically answered.

She knew he'd been at her house, saw the large amount of liquor bottles her dad had cleaned from her room. And she knew all too well where the conversation was headed; to her drinking and other problems, a conversation she wasn't willing to have with anyone; especially not him.

"Do you think we can do this…" She wondered out loud, distracting him.

"What? Both of us living in Beacon Hills?" He questioned, already knowing the answer.

When she nodded -he said, "I don't know… I guess we'll find out."

"It's just… you're back and you're kind of a part of Scott's pack now, and strangely enough, I'm now also part of his pack…" With a shrug she said, "It just might be kind of weird, us both being in the same town… hanging around the same people."

Staring down to a small rip in the fabric of his jeans he nodded in agreement but didn't say anything.

The silence beckoned for her to keep talking, "Do you think we'll ever be like Teagan and Jackson? The way that after everything they've been though, they're still close friends?"

He could hear the hopefulness in her voice but he couldn't lie to her, and sugarcoating the truth wasn't something he was ever good at, "I really don't know. Being around you now… it's not easy for me."

Tucking her hair behind her ears she slowly uncrossed her legs to keep them from going to sleep as she admitted, "It's hard for me to be around you too."

A somber silence fell over the small, enclosed space giving them both time to think over how much had changed between them both.

"Finally!" She breathed as the lights all kicked back on and the elevator buzzed back to life. Quickly they both stood up and faced the door, refusing to look at each other while the seconds felt like hours until the doors opened on the first floor.

As the doors opened the lights all started flickering again, as nurses and doctors rushed past them.

"We should find Scott." Derek said, staying close to Avery as they made their way through a hectic hallway.

"I need to find Kira, we left her outside." Avery pointed out as she turned and headed for the exit.

Derek started to say something to her but a nurse almost ran into him with a med cart, as she stopped to apologize to him, Avery broke away out of sight.

Walking through the automatic doors she intended to a take a deep breath of the night air, calm her nerves and push her emotions down until she could be alone.

But as the doors opened, she could hear Kira yelling, "Get back! Everyone get back!"

Looking around her light brown eyes widened as she saw a growing puddle of water pouring from a fire hydrant that an ambulance had crashed into, and the live power line flipping wildly about, charging the water and electrocuting anyone who came in contact with it.

"Teagan, no!" She heard a familiar voice yell. Looking up she saw Isaac push Teagan out of the way before the puddle reached them, letting out some pained noises he's body dropped to the ground seizing violently from the strong electrical currents shocking his system.

She saw a look of horror and complete distraught fall over her best friends face as she shrieked, "Isaac!" And started for his still shaking body, but before she could reach the water, Avery sprinted towards her full speed ahead.

"Let me go!" Teagan yelled as Avery knocked them both down and wrapped her arms around her now sobbing friend.

"He… he's dying!" Teagan screamed, trying to fight against Avery's hold, but her blonde friend wouldn't ease her grip at all.

"If you go in there… you'll die." Avery shouted with a frustrated yell as she struggled to hold her best friend down.

"I don't care!" Teagan's voice came out so loud and high that Avery cringed and pinned her eyes shut, desperately clutching onto the fighting brunette.

Taking a deep breath Avery opened her eyes, managing to block out her friend's loud, agonized screams as she watched the love of her life being killed right in front of her.

As worried as she was for Isaac, she knew she had to focus. Find a way to stop the horrific scene playing out, as more and more people ignored Kira's screams to stay back.

"Kira!" Avery shouted as the solution dawned on her, "Get the wire! You have to get the wire!"

"Me?" She frantically yelled from down the parking lot as she saw her friends.

"You can do this… just get the wire, it has to be you!" Avery shouted, her eyes fearfully widening as she saw the water edging closer to them on the pavement.

Racing towards them, Kira had to jump onto and over a car barreling towards her. Landing with both feet in the center of the deadly puddle she grabbed the wire and took a deep breath before cupping her other hand over it and burning all of the electricity out of it.

Avery held her breath as the water finally reached them, but luckily all of the current was gone now and she finally let go of her friend who rushed to Isaac's side.

"Isaac!" Teagan screamed, her loud sobs echoing through the chaos outside of the hospital.

Avery slowly pulled herself to her feet and watched with tears in her eyes as Teagan clutched onto his motionless body, crying out his name over and over.

Scott stood and watched Kira as her eyes were glowing a dark orange color, and Derek was on the ground next to Teagan, trying to see how badly injured the beta was.

"He's not breathing…" Derek whispered, causing Teagan to cry out even louder, tears streaming down her face as all hope started to slip away from her with the realization that she couldn't do this on her own. He'd been her rock, the love of her life and the reason for her to keep fighting against her mother's hold on her. How could she keep fighting without him?

With water splashing over and into her shoes Avery rushed towards them as Derek yelled louder, "Scott, he's not breathing!"

Skidding to a stop and dropping to the ground with a small pained noise, Avery started to turn Isaac onto his back but stopped when she saw his badly burnt face and neck, the side that had been laying in the water.

Teagan screamed at seeing the marks on his skin as she yelled and clutched onto his shirt, her hands balled up in fists of the fabric, her own tears running onto his unnaturally pale face as she kept mumbling, "I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" Over and over, barely able to catch her breath.

"Teagan, I need you to move…" Avery carefully said, as she tried to get her friend to let go of her boyfriend.

"Teagan!" Avery yelled louder as her brunette friend kept yelling about how she wasn't ever leaving Isaac, through her sobs repeating, "It's supposed to be you and me… you and me!"

"Get her back!" Avery yelled to Derek who seemed to have a shocked and helpless expression on his face.

"What are you…" He started to ask what her plan was for the essentially dead teenager, but she didn't let him speak as she yelled for Derek to get her back again.

Listing to what she said, he stood up and pulled the frantic teenager to her feet and held her back as she was in a full blown state of panic, trying so hard to get back to Isaac.

"Is his heart beating?" Avery quietly asked Scott who was now knelt down on the other side of Isaac.

"Barely…" Scott breathed his answer with a pained expression.

"A little is better than nothing." Avery said with a determined expression, one very similar to the look she'd given him when Deucalion was keeping them away from their friends.

"What are you doing?" Scott asked, but Avery didn't respond as she turned Isaac onto his back and placed both hands in the center of his chest.

"Avery!" He yelled, but she didn't respond as she closed her eyes and silenced all of the noise around her.

Focused entirely on the buzzing in her fingertips and the sound of the air flowing in and out of her own lungs she let out a breath as she drew energy from the water all around her.

Teagan struggled against Derek's hold on her until she saw the water was now perfectly still despite people running through it, the former ripples were gone.

With a confused expression and tears still streaming down her face, she looked at Scott as she saw him repeatedly saying Avery's name and trying to get through to her. She couldn't tell from where she was standing, but her best friends eyes had changed to a coal black color.

Just then Isaac made a pained noise and he was breathing again.

Falling back into the puddle Avery breathed a sigh of relief and weakly looked to Scott as he stared at her in shock.

"Isaac!" Teagan yelled freeing herself from Derek's hold and rushing to her boyfriends side, but his breathing was his only improvement.

His skin was still seared and he was still unconscious, despite her repeated efforts to wake him.

As hospital staff came outside with a stretcher to load him onto, Teagan thanked Avery for what she'd done to help, but the blonde barely heard her as she numbly looked around before telling Teagan to call her with any updates as she watched her friend go inside of the hospital, refusing to leave Isaac's side.

~()~

Teagan ran along with the stretcher as they wheeled Isaac down the hallway. She pushed passed one of the paramedics, getting closer to reach out and grab one of Isaac's hands.

"I'm here, Isaac. I'm right here, baby. You're going to be okay, you're going to be okay." Teagan said, as tears rained down her face. He was always the one with the hope, the one who believed things would work out even when she couldn't, but now she would be his hope. She would believe he would come back to her. He just had to.

She squeezed his hand, as she whispered out,"It's you and me. It's always you and me."

"Ma'am, you're going to have to step back." A nurse said, as she stepped in front of Teagan.

Teagan ignored her, watching as they wheeled Isaac through a pair of swinging doors. She tried to step around the nurse, but she stepped in front of her again, blocking her from walking any further.

"Ma'am, you'll have to stay out here while they work on him." She explained to her.

"No. I-I can't. I need to be there for him. I have to be there for him." Teagan choked out, as she shook her head from side to side.

"I'm sorry, but you can't." The nurse informed her. She pointed over toward the waiting room, as she added,"You'll have to wait in there. We'll let you know something when we can."

Teagan wanted to argue, but knew it would do no good. Besides deep down she knew they needed to be working on saving him, instead of arguing with her.

Without a word, she turned and walked over to one of the hard chair against the wall instead of going into a room. She wanted to be as close to him as possible, close to the doors he had went into. Her eyes were fixed on the doors they took him through. She was just waiting for the moment they would swing back open and he'll come back to her. She just needed him to come back to her.

She glanced down for a moment, seeing the bracelet he given her on wrist. She wrapped her hand around the bracelet, then placed her hands over her chest. She had to be strong, she had to believe everything would be okay. He just had to be okay.

She wasn't sure how long she had been waiting until the nurse from before came over toward her. She jumped up, meeting her half way, needing to know how he was doing.

"How is he? Is he-Is he okay?" She asked nervously, trying to read the nurse's face.

"He's stable at the moment, but he's not out of the woods yet. We'll keep an eye on him." The nurse said, before she turned and went to walk away.

"Whoa, wait, that's it?" Teagan questioned. "When-When can I see him? I need to see him. I need to be there." She added.

The woman looked at her closely, as she questioned, "Are you family?"

"I'm his only family."

"Making you his what?" The nurse asked.

"His only family." Teagan stated again, slowly.

"Girlfriends don't count." The nurse pointed out.

"I'm more than just his girlfriend." Teagan argued. She knew what they had was more than just a high school romance. What they have went deeper than that.

"What are you then?" The nurse asked, as she folded her arms across her chest, humoring her. "You're too young to be a wife. What are you? 16, 17?"

"I didn't realize love came with an age." Teagan snapped, as she turned her head back toward the door. If she could just get through those doors, she could find him.

"Look I get it, you two have a grand love affair." The nurse said sarcastically, then added,"I see it every day, but rules are rules. Unless you are family, I can't tell you more than I already have and I can't let you in to see him."

"I'm his fiancee." Teagan lied. "Does that make me family enough?" She questioned with a scoff.

"I don't see a ring." The nurse said back.

"See this." Teagan said, as she held up her arm, showing the nurse the bracelet. "This was his mother's, it was a family heirloom, and he gave it to me. This bracelet proves our love more any ring on my finger."

As the nurse shot her a look, not believing her lie about being his fiancee. To her, they were just two teenagers in the middle of puppy love. She seen it all the time and most of those couples never lasted.

"Okay, fine, you want the truth?" Teagan questioned. Before she could say anything, she continued,"It's true, I'm not his wife, fiancee or anything like that, but I can promise you what we have is something more than some young love BS." Tears filled her eyes, as she said,"He's my calm in the middle of a storm. He keeps me grounded and keeps me sane. He has always been my rock and now I need to be his. He always says I save him and that is all I want to do, I want to save him. I need to be there for him. I need to be." She lowered her head, feeling the tears roll down her face, as she whispered out,"It's you and me. It's always you and me."

The nurse opened her mouth to respond, but before she could say a word they heard a loud beeping noise. The nurse turned and rushed into the double doors along with a doctor and a couple more nurses.

Teagan felt her stomach drop, she had a feeling, a very bad feeling something was wrong with Isaac. She rushed over toward the doors, ignoring another nurse who called out to her, telling her she couldn't go in there.

She made her way down the hallway, following the loud beeps of the machine, the bad feeling she had getting worst the closer she got to the room. She peeked inside the room, a sob breaking loose when she saw Isaac inside the room. The doctor and nurses worked feverishly on him, trying to get a response from him.

When she heard the machine flat line, she ran into the room, crying out his name. "Isaac, please, please come back to me." Teagan cried, as she throw herself on his body. She laid her hand on the side of his face, as she continued,"You always come back, you have to come back. Please!"

"I'm going to call time of death-"

"No!" Teagan cried out, as she lifted her head to look at the doctor. "You can't- You can't give up. You have to save him, please save him." She screamed. She lowered her head back to look at Isaac, lightly caressing his cheek, as she whispered,"It's you and me. Isaac, it's you and me. You have to come back, you have to!"

She felt someone grab her shoulders, trying to pull her back, but she shrugged their hands off, she was not leaving. She was not giving up. He had to come back. This could not be the end of him. This was not their ending.

"You promised me forever, Isaac. Forever can not end now. You have to come back to me, please, come back to me." She cried, as she laid her head on his chest. Another sob breaking loose when she didn't hear his heart beating.

She felt someone grab her again, this time she was too drained to fight back, but she still tried to grab on to Isaac, on to the bed or anything to keep herself from being pulled away. She gasped when the person turned her around and she saw it was her mother.

"Dry your eyes, Teagan." Lisa said, then added,"It's going to be okay."

"No, let me go!" Teagan snapped, as she tried to pull away from her mother and get back to Isaac.

"Look at me!" Lisa yelled, as she grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at her. "He was a monster. He was ruining your life, this is for the best. It's for the best."

Teagan shook her head as she tried to pull away from her mother, which only made Lisa hold on to her tighter. "You don't know what you're talking about!" Teagan cried out. "It's not for the best, it's not! I can't lose him! I can't!"

"Teagan, listen to me..." Lisa began to say, but Teagan ignored her. She turned her head to the side, looking at Isaac's still body. She squeezed her eyes closed, feeling tears rain down her face as she cried for him.

"Teagan?" She heard a female voice say, followed by a hand squeezing her shoulder.

She snapped her eyes open and quickly sat up in the chair she had been sleeping in. She glanced over beside her, seeing that Melissa was standing there with a concern look on her face. Scott was beside his mother, a similar look on his face, as the two looked at the sleepy brunette.

"Have you been here all night?" Scott questioned, as he took a step closer to her.

"Yeah, I.." Teagan began to say, as she glanced around, realizing she was in a hospital room. As her dream come back to her, she softly gasp, turning in her chair toward the bed, seeing Isaac laying in it.

"Isaac." She breathed out, as she jumped up from the chair and rushed over to the bed. She looked up at the machines, seeing that they were all working, then looked back down at her boyfriend. She laid her head on his chest and breathed out a sigh of relief when she heard his heart beat. It was faint, but it was still the most beautiful sound she had ever heard.

"How did you get in here?" Melissa asked, as she looked over at Teagan. She knew the hospital rules, and was surprised to see her in the room.

"I don't-I don't know." Teagan quietly said, as she straightened up to look at Melissa and Scott. She lowered her eyebrows in confusion, as she tried to remember how she did get permission to be in his room, but was drawing a blank. All she could think about was the horrible nightmare she had. The rest of the night was a blur.

"I'm going to see what the doctors say about his condition." Melissa said. "I'll be back." She added, as she turned to leave the room.

Teagan nodded her head, then turned back to look at Isaac. She reached out to carefully caress the side of his face, tears filled her eyes, as she looked at all the burns that were still on his face and body.

"I thought he'd be healing by now." She softly said, over to Scott; who had moved closer to the bed.

"So did I." Scott said, as he stood beside her. He laid a hand on Isaac's arm, trying to draw in some of his pain.

"Is he in a lot of pain?" Teagan questioned, as she turned her head to look at Scott with watery eyes. She couldn't stand it if he was in that much pain.

Before Scott could answer, they heard Isaac let out a gasp. Teagan looked back at him, seeing him move his head toward them, but still had his eyes closed. When she heard him softly say her name, she breathed out a small chuckle and grab his hand, giving it a small squeeze.

"I'm here. Baby, I'm right here." Teagan softly said, as she bent down to kiss his forehead. She saw a sense of calmness come over him, as he fell back to sleep. He still had a way to go to being healed, but it was a step in the right direction.

She turned her head to look at Scott, as she whispered,"Thank you."

"It won't heal him, but it helps with the pain." Scott pointed out.

"He'll get better." Teagan said, her voice strong, as she brushed a curl from his forehead. She kissed the back of his hand, as she added,"He'll heal. He'll come back to me."

Scott nodded his head, as he placed a hand on her shoulder, giving it a squeeze, as he said,"He's going to be okay."

The two were silent for a moment until Teagan sniffed and wiped a tear from her cheek, as she said,"I still don't understand how this happened."

"Something is in Stiles, it's controlling him." Scott said. He had a hard time wrapping his head about it, that it was his best friend, but he knew it wasn't really him. He knew Stiles would never do this, it was whatever was in him.

"Trust me, I know how it feels having something in you that wants you to do really bad things. It's not easy fighting the voice inside." Teagan said.

"How do you fight it?" Scott questioned.

Teagan looked back at Isaac, her vision blurry, as she whispered, "You find the one who can pull you back. Your calmness in the middle of a storm." She cleared her throat, trying to get rid of the lump in her throat, she turned her head to look at Scott, as she added, "I don't know how you plan to save Stiles, but it needs to be quick or it's just going to get worst. The voice always get worst and the fight gets too hard. You need to help him, before he gets to the point where he wants to give up." She paused for a minute, before continuing, "Cause once that happens, we'll never get him back. He'll never be the same. The Stiles we knew, will be gone."

~ A Teen Wolf fanfiction collaboration between Miss E Charlotte and Sage Londyn.~

A/N- Thank you so much for reading. Miss E Charlotte and I hope you're all still enjoying the story!