" I know what happened to Donovan. I know everything." Theo said as Stiles grabbed his shirt and slammed him on the grate. Sparks flying.
" You don't know anything." Stiles sneered as I saw Theo flip him so Stiles was on the grate. I growled and grabbed the back of the hoodie and slammed him.
" Don't fucking touch him!" I growled, my eyes flaring as my anger was about to be let loose.
" Touch him again and I swear to god I'll show you why I don't like to be angered or my friends being messed with." I growled as the anger made my eyes glow brighter. He looked shaken up and his heartbeat was booming in my ears.
" I was there. I was at the library. Malia found the book. She was texting us to see where you were. She said she left you two at the library. I told her I was close. When I got there, I heard the scaffolding come down." Theo pleaded with me as I held him there.
" You saw him?" Stiles asked as he placed a hand on my shoulder to attempt calming me down.
" Just the body. I watched you both come out. I was gonna say something, but then I saw the cop car. And the body was gone. I don't know who took him. I only saw what you saw, and I didn't say anything because you didn't." Theo pleaded with me.
" I didn't smell your wretched scent there." I say as I dripped venom in my tone. The sound of sirens blaring in the air as I let Theo stand there for a moment.
" You fuck us over. I'll kill you." I said before slamming him into the grate. I changed back as I felt Stiles rub my back.
" That's not an ambulance, is it?" Stiles asked as I shook my head.
" We should get out of here." Theo said, breaking the tension as I calmed my rage.
" We can't just leave him." Stiles said nervously. I growled.
" I don't know what we can do here. But we can't leave the body. It's too fucked up as is to leave it up to an animal attack." I say as I rubbed my forehead.
" Fine. All right, let's take him. Someone's stealing the bodies anyway, right? Here's our chance to find out who." Theo says as he puts his hands up in surrender.
" Stiles Raven, come on. We gotta do something." He pleaded with us again.
" You killed him." Stiles said as I can tell he was shaking bad. I pulled his hand in mine to ease his pain and anxiety.
" In self-defense. He was going to kill you and me." Theo sparked as I snickered.
" I could have done it myself." I say as Stiles shook his head. I nodded.
" If we stay, we're either going to have to tell the truth, or we're going to need a pretty convincing story." Theo said as glared at him.
" It seems like you are always there to cover your tracks while somehow being there at the right place, right time." I say as I can still feel something off about him, but what the hell it is I don't fucking know.
" It's your choice- I'm not going to ask you to lie to your dad." Theo said as Stiles held tightly to my hand.
" Don't worry... I've had plenty of practice." Stiles replied as I nodded. I walked over to the body and shut its eyes. I picked it up.
" The Jeep?" I asked Stiles. He nodded and I smirked. I walked to the ledge and dropped down. I stealth my way to the Jeep and put the body in the trunk. I waited patiently for them to come down and jump into the Jeep. It took a second to start.
" Sounds bad." Theo said as I popped in the front.
" I'm getting it fixed for him." I said as Stiles drove us out of the hospital lot. We drove to the Animal Clinic after informing Scott. We saw him at the door. He let us in as I opened the trunk and grabbed the body. I walked in and was lead to the back. I placed the body on the clinic table.
" Do you know him?" I asked as Scott looked over the body.
" His name's Josh. He was a junior." Scott said the smell was kind of worrying.
" Which one did it?" Scott asked as Theo spoke up.
" The one with the cane." He replied as I held Stiles' hand. I really want to tell Scott the fucking truth, about what I was feeling about Theo. I just kept my fucking mouth shut.
" What are we going to do with him? We can't just set the alarm and leave, that's how Tracy disappeared." Stiles says as I spoke up.
" Someone has to stay with him. We have to know who is taking these bodies." I say as I hold Stiles' hand tight.
" All right... Someone's got to stay here with him." Stiles replied as I nod slightly.
" I'll do it. It's not like I had a big Saturday night planned." Theo said as I chuckled.
" Of course." I replied as I kept calm. I see Scott's phone go off. He picks it up and goes wide eyed.
" What is it?" Stiles asked as Scott looked up at us.
" Another one. Another Chimera." Scott replied as I went wide eyed.
" Who?" I asked as he sighed.
" Hayden." He replied as we packed up everything. Scott set the alarm and with Stiles by my side, we went to his place. Leaving Theo behind. We came up to see Liam in Scott's bedroom, in front of the bathroom.
" Hayden...? It's Scott. I know that you're scared, but we just... We want to help." Scott says in a calm tone. I felt the hair on the back of my head rising.
" I can hear her heart beating- she's really freaked out. What happened?" Scott asked Liam.
" She was okay when we got here. I went to text you for two seconds and she locked herself in." Liam says as I pat his back.
" Why?" Stiles asked as I sat down on the bed.
" I don't know." Liam says as if afraid.
" It's ok hun, you told Scott and that's all that matters." I said as he nods.
" She's definitely a Chimera?" Scott said as Liam spoke up again.
" She said she heard a voice saying "Your condition improves..."" Liam announced. Oh man, are you kidding me! This could be fucking bad.
" Okay, that's unsettling…" Stiles said as I leaned forward.
" More than unsettling, what happens when one of the subjects turns into their success. What the hell do we do then?" I asked as Stiles nodded before turning to the door.
" Hayden? This is Stiles. Your sister works for my dad down at the station? Look, just open the door. You can trust us." Stiles called out, still no answer.
" We just need to tell you the truth, Hayden... And that kind of thing is usually better face-to-face." Scott called out. Still no answer. I can see the frustration on his face.
" Talk to her, don't order her around Scott." I say calming my voice.
" Hayden, you need to unlock the door. We can help you, we've done it more for others and we can help you. You just have to open the door and listen to us." Scott said as the door unlocked. I saw a half shifted Hayden come out. I stood up.
"...I believe you." She says afraid as her eyes glow with the innocence of a wolf, but I smell something else.
" Just breathe and let go of the pain." I say as I flash my eyes. She nods and takes a deep breath. I watched as she shifted back.
" That's it." I say giving her a calming voice.
" Someone has to stay with her." I say as Liam steps forward.
" I'll do it." He replied before Hayden cautiously walked with him.
" WE all have to keep an eye on her." I say calming the room.
" But we have to watch Josh's body." Stiles said as I stood by his side.
" We can do that." I say as I take his hand in mine.
" Thanks guys." Scott said as Stiles and I went out of the room and outside to his car.
" My place?" I asked and Stiles nodded.
" I can work on the Jeep, I'm not tired yet." I say as he nods quiet again. We get in and it finally starts after twenty minutes. We arrive at my loft and park in the garage. I snagged my tool box and began taking out the water tank and the alternator.
" Can you hand me that wrench?" I asked as I almost carefully had to rip out the alternator.
" Yeah." Stiles' voice said as I heard him fumble with the tools. I had the old water tank out as well. We stuck by the car for two hours.
" It looks like we need some new hoses, starter is going flat, gas tank needs replaced, maybe a new fan. But so far that's all. I can order some more parts, but it'll take three weeks cause of the year of Roscoe. He'll run a bit smoother for now till I can really get into it." I said as he smiles at the work.
" Thanks again." Stiles said as I smirked.
" This Jeep is a part of you. I just want your baby to run, you have a lot of pride in this Jeep, I get it." I told him as I shut the hood after making sure everything was put together. We head up to my floor and lay back.
" Pizza?" I asked as he smiles. I order some and within the hour it came. We sat down and ate.
" I still don't trust Theo. Something about him makes my wolf rise with rage, like he's hiding behind something." I say after swallowing some crust.
" I get that feeling. He doesn't seem like the same person." He replied as I leaned on him.
" Well figure it out. I know we will." I replied taking his hand in mine. We head to my room and take a long hot shower. Stiles washing my body with small tender kisses and his body flush with mine.
" I have your back no matter the reason." Stiles says as he moves a long lock of my hair and kisses behind my ear. I groan by letting out a moan. We got out and dried off. We proceeded to head to bed. I fall asleep in his arms. No dreams plagued me as I woke up hours later.
" Scott texted me. We have to go to the school." Stiles said pulling some clothes out of the drawer. I nod as I got up and brushed out my long hair, putting it into a messy bun before snagging a black crop t-shirt and some torn up blue jeans. I snagged my leather jacket and combat boots before heading down to the garage.
" Please Roscoe start up." I begged as the car roared to life with a small amount of sputtering.
" Thank god!" Stiles roared out in happiness before we opened the loft garage door and headed to the school. We practically rushed to the Library with the map.
" Are we back to telluric currents?" Stiles asked as we got Scott to a table. I pressed the map out with no hassle.
" If the Dread Doctors didn't like coming into Eichen House because of them, maybe we can use them to protect Hayden." Scott replied.
" Where else besides the terror house are we going to have enough of a powerful current to hide her?" I asked as Scott pointed at the School.
" We're standing on it." Scott replied as I slammed my head on the desk.
" You want to hide her in high school? For how long?" Stiles asked as I looked up annoyed.
" If we have to... All night." Scott replied as he sat down.
" Liam convinced Hayden not to say anything to her sister yet. She's working a double tonight, and she thinks Hayden's staying at a friend's." He explained as I leaned my head back.
" Are you kidding me Scott? it's just a school, though, you know? It's not exactly a fortress. Not enough to be Fort Knox." I say as I look back at him.
" Lydia's got an idea for that. Remember how Valack quoted Tesla?" Scott says as I felt my mind beginning to turn with thought.
" Frequency and vibration." Stiles said as he sat by me.
" She thinks he wasn't just saying that to sound smart- she thinks maybe it was a clue." Scott explained as I queried an eyebrow.
" Disrupt their frequency." Scott said as he went on with his train of thought.
" Parrish took three cell phone jammers from the station. He thinks they can broaden their range of frequency. It's a long shot, but it's the best we've got right now." Scott said as I shrugged.
" Well let's do it. Stiles and I with Theo will watch over the Animal Clinic." I say as I grabbed my bag and the map.
" You guys please keep an eye on each other." Scott said as I nodded. Stiles and I went to his Jeep and drove over to the Clinic. We head inside to see a slightly disheveled Theo.
" What's going on?" Theo asked as Stiles was prepping his phone.
" Whoever's stealing the bodies probably isn't going to do it while we're standing guard over one of them." Stiles says as I watch Theo.
" So you've got a better idea?" Theo asked as I saw Stiles messing and propping up his phone. The three of us got into the Jeep. Theo in the front as In was in the trunk.
" What happens now?" Theo asked as Stiles put his watch on the dash window.
" We wait." Stiles replied as Theo shrugged.
" You want to take shifts watching?" Theo asked as I groaned.
" I'd rather be back at my place with Stiles, but we have to spend some high quality space with you." I say as Theo looks over at Stiles.
" She doesn't like me much, does she?" He asked my boyfriend.
" Nope, not at all." Stiles said as he shrugged. I placed my head on his shoulder and took his hand in mine. Twiddling our thumbs together as the night was born.
" You're still wondering why I haven't said anything to Scott?" Theo asked as I opened my eyes and side eyed him.
" Maybe." Stiles said as he turned his head towards Theo.
" You think I have some kind of ulterior motive?" Theo asked as I chuckled.
" More than likely." Stiles replied as I just kept my hand in his.
" Place my left kidney on it, butterface." I say as I am bored out of my mind.
" Would you believe me if I said all I want- all I've ever wanted- is for you guys to trust me?" Theo replied as I saw Stiles groan.
" Nope." Stiles replied kind of coldly.
" So, you're here because you're never going to trust me." Theo said as I lifted my head and leaned it back.
" Yep. Glad we had this talk." Stiles said as I huffed.
" WE are never going to trust you Theo, don't you get it." I say as I sit my head up.
" You know who you both remind me of?" Theo asked us.
" Theo, we don't care. We'd rather be back home and eating Chinese food than be here with you." Stiles said as Theo sighed.
" You both remind me of my sister. She was smarter than everyone, too. And a pain in the ass like you. But she always looked out for me- the same way you look out for Scott. Both of you." Theo said it was kind of making me feel bad, but something felt still off by the way he was talking. Like he had regret but sorrow.
" You know, I was the one that found her body. She'd fallen into a creek, broken her leg... They told us she would've been okay if it wasn't one of the coldest nights of the year... If it wasn't for the hypothermia. And when I found her, all I could think was that I should've known. That I should've been looking out for her." Theo said as the chemo signals said it all, longing and fucking regret. What the hell is it, but sorrow was trying to mask it all. Like it was almost forced but natural.
" Why are you telling me this?" Stiles asked him.
" I'm telling you because even if you don't trust me, and even if you don't like me, I'm still going to be looking out for you." Theo said before turning to me, I just shrugged and kept to myself.
" You know, I saw his teeth. Donovan. He was a, uh, Wendigo, wasn't he?" Theo asked as Stiles nodded.
" The cannibal one?" Two asked again, why was he forcing this conversation on us?
" Dealt with one and it wasn't fun." I groaned as I was in the middle of a nap.
" Native American. The myth says that if you ate human flesh, your punishment was to turn into a creature that constantly craved it." Stiles explained as my nerves were on fire.
" That's a pretty judgmental myth." Theo said calmly.
" Blame the myth then Theo." I told him as he spoke up again, oh god please shut the fuck up.
" What if it was the only way to survive? I mean, have you ever heard of the Donner Party? I'm pretty sure they didn't turn into Wendigos…" Theo explained as I rubbed my temples.
" Well, they didn't live in Beacon Hills." Stiles said, annoyed.
" Good point. So, what's the punishment for killing a Chimera?" Theo asked him.
" You spend five hours in the car with Theo Raeken. Round of applause." Stiles said unenthusiastically.
" Like... I know what my punishment is. I'm gonna lose my best friend. I'm gonna lose Scott." Stiles said as I leaned forward and took his shoulder in my hand. Giving him comfort.
" If Scott really gave up on you for some piece of crap like Donovan, then he wouldn't be a True Alpha, would he?" Theo asked as Stiles looked at Theo.
" Or maybe that's the definition of one- someone who doesn't put up with murder." Stiles said as I felt his anger and distrust flow within my mind. It felt new and alive. Was this because Stiles was more to me now than before, these long two years with him bringing a bond so close to fruition?
" It sounds like you guys need to look up "justifiable homicide."" Theo remarked.
" Did you seriously just say that to the son of a cop?" Stiles asked in disbelief.
" A Werewolf's eyes are supposed to change color when you take an innocent life." Theo said before turning to me.
" Do these look blue to you? It was self-defense- for me and for you." Theo replied as his eyes flashed gold.
" Or maybe you just don't feel all that bad about it. You can't say one life is objectively less innocent than another one. What if they turn blue 'cause you feel guilty?" Stiles said, sitting up a bit.
" So it's up to interpretation?" Theo asked before looking at me.
" I don't know what the game is." I replied before leaning back again.
" Okay. Then here's my interpretation of what happened with you and Donovan- not guilty." Theo said, clarifying it almost if forced.
" Did you feel bad about it?" Theo asked us.
" Not now- I mean right then. Right when it happened. What were you thinking the moment you knew he was dead and there was no saving him?" Theo asked again.
" One word... Good." Stiles said as his heart gave him away. Truth.
" If he would have killed Stiles or maimed him. He wouldn't have been standing for long."I say in the back of the Jeep, leaning my head on the glass. I smelled smoke. I sat up. Where was it coming from?
" What?" Stiles asked as I was turning my head behind me.
" A scent... Like smoke. Like something burning." Theo replied as I turned and saw a flaming fist hit him, causing blood to spray on Stiles.
" Parrish!" I screamed, he ripped Theo out of the Jeep and proceeded to flip it.
" Oh god!" I groaned as I saw flames roaring. I crawled out of the Jeep.
" Stiles!" I cried as I pulled him out and set him to the side. I stamped out the flames and saw Theo unconscious. I used my strength to flip the Jeep back.
" Sti, wake up." I say as I got over to him and lightly tapped his face.
" You have to wake up." I cried as I put my head to his chest. His heartbeat was strong.
" Stiles!" I yelled as he began to cough.
" Thank god! Thank fucking god!" I cried as I pulled him up.
" The body... The body's gone." Theo said as he came out of the clinic.
" And I know who took it." I said as I helped Stiles up.