Stiles and I strutted as we watched the Sheriff roll away on a gurney.
" I'm scared, I'm fucking scared." Stiles said as he gripped my hand tight as ever.
" I'm right here." I say as the nurse was going over paperwork.
" Stilinski, right? You said his insurance was with the county? He's a deputy?" She asked as Stiles let go of my hand.
" No, he's the Sheriff. He's the county Sheriff, okay? He's covered. I mean, he should be covered." Stiles said under his breath. I wanted to help. I know I could, but I can't risk that with how this was all going down. I see Mama McCall come up and take the paperwork.
" I'll take care of it." She said as she turned to Stiles. I can see right on his face all the growing emotions.
" I texted Scott. He's coming as soon as he can." She replied as I see him freaking the fuck out. He was pacing like a mad man.
" No, no, no. Don't call anyone." He spat out in frustration.
" Is there anyone else we should notify? A next of kin?" The reception nurse asked as Stiles was pulled from his thoughts.
" No, it's just him. It's just Stiles. No one else." I say as I take Stiles hand to ease his mind.
" Stiles come with me." I say as he looked at me with desperate eyes. I led him to the waiting room.
" Take a breath. He's going to be ok. I promise." I say as I hold his hand. He leans on me as I can smell the tears running down his face. He just held tight as his breathing calmed down.
" I'm here. I'm here. I'm not going anywhere." I whispered as I just stayed with him. Rubbing his back to give him the comfort he needed. I felt myself dozing but kept awake. I soon found Melissa coming towards us. She nods as I shake Stiles awake, who gasped as I soothed him.
" We have news. He's going to be alright. Dr. Geyer is stitching him up right now." She said as Stiles quickly stood up and right in front of her.
" Okay. I wanna see him. Please, let me see my Dad." He begged her as she nodded.
" Okay, okay... The anesthesia needs to wear off. It's gonna be at least two hours." She replied as she looked over the chart.
" Okay, yeah, but everything's gonna be okay, though? I mean, he's okay?" Stiles asked as the worry was still planted.
" Mmhmm. He's gonna be just fine." She says as she takes his hand. The audible breath that came out of him moved me. The holdback of fearing for his dad moved me.
" Oh, thank God." Stiles said in a calmed tone.
" Let's go see your dad?" I asked as he nodded. We proceeded to head up the hospital floors. When we arrived we sat by his Dad's side.
" Dad, you are going to be ok, you hear? It's been bad, what happened. I don't know how to reach out to Scott. I feel like I'm lost. I should have.. I should have told him… I should have told you about Donovan." Stiles said as tears were streaming down his face. I took a breath and took his hand.
" Noah, your son is strong. He's been the glue to hold everything together. He's been through hell. He's done everything to protect everyone. But now, we need you to be ok. Please, just be ok." I say as I sapped some of Noah's pain. Stiles took my free hand and placed a kiss. One of reassurance and calming as I sat back. Time slipped as Dr. Geyer and Melissa came and got us.
" We don't know what is going on with your Dad. We haven't seen any improvement." Dr. Geyer said as Stiles looked in disbelief.
" What do you mean, "You don't know?" Two hours ago, he was fine! Now it looks like somebody took a baseball bat to his neck." Stiles said in disbelief.
" There could've been some minor internal-" Dr. Geyer said as I spoke up.
" He looks like he was shredded apart by a rake." I spoke as I felt my anger boiling.
" Since when is anything internal minor?" Stiles demanded as he rubbed his hair.
" Stiles, Raven, please." Melissa said as I gripped my shoulder. I had to calm down.
" I need to know what's going on with him, okay? Dr. Geyer, somebody needs to tell me what's happening. Somebody needs to tell me what's happening to him!" Stiles screamed as his frustrations were known.
" He has to be ok!" I yelled as Melissa was taken aback.
" We don't know..." She replied as I saw Stiles tapping his foot out of frustration. I turned my head to the sound of an elevator coming up, the doors opened to reveal Scott.
" Oh no." I whispered as I watched Stiles turn and lunge at Scott.
" Stiles! No!" I screamed as he grabbed Scott's shirt and slammed him to the wall. I could smell the fresh blood from Scott as I froze.
" WHERE WERE YOU? You trusted him? You believed him? Right? Huh? So, WHERE WERE YOU?" Stiles screamed as I rushed over and pulled Stiles off of him. I see Melissa helping Scott off the ground.
" Where the hell were you?" Stiles screamed again.
" Stiles, calm down." I groaned as he struggled against me.
" Your dad's not the only one who got hurt-" Scott said as I looked at the blood on this shirt.
" He's hurt Sti." I whispered as I watched his eyes drift.
" Oh, you'll heal!" Stiles spat at Scott, I saw Scott's eyes drift. Scott looked at Stiles and I with a heartfelt expression.
" I'm not talking about me." Scott replied to us. He explained to us that Lydia was found in the woods borderline hypothermic.
" Theo tore us apart for his own sick fucking game." I say as the three of us head to attempt to see Lydia. We see her mom.
" No! No you don't. You're not coming in here. Get out!" She said with a fury I have never heard come from her before.
" Natalie, look at the back of her neck." I say as Natalie looks just enraged.
" I know who did this! You! All of you! GET OUT!" She demanded as she pressed her arms into my chest.
" Just get out!" She yelled at us. She slams us all back and slams the door.
" We need to go back. We aren't going to convince her of anything right now." I say as I take Stiles' hand in mine. Scott gets two of us with Stiles to the morgue. Parrish and Melissa were present. Stiles and I stood on the other side of the room.
" It could be a side effect of shock." Parrish said as I spoke up.
" Theo made her do that by haphazardly thrusting his claws into her neck." I say as I cross my arms.
" Why would he do that? What is he looking for?" Melissa asked as concern
" The same thing he's always looking for- an advantage." Scott says stay off to the side.
" So what did he gain by trying to kill Stilinski?" Parrish asked as I felt my eyes glow with rage as I remembered finding Noah's near dead body with Stiles.
" It left me alone with Liam. Theo wanted to make sure no one would be there to stop him from... killing me." Scott said as Stiles scoffed.
" Okay, so he gutted my dad as a distraction? What was anything to do gutting my dad a fucking reason?" Stiles said with slight anger.
" We need to find this kid." Parrish said as Melissa spoke up.
" Isn't that a little dangerous? Especially since he almost killed my kid?" Melissa asked as Stiles shook his head.
" Yeah, but he said he didn't want my dad to die." Stiles replied.
" And you believe him?" Parrish asked him. I see the worry on his face.
" He told us where to find him... So, maybe he also knows how to save him." Stiles said as I nodded.
" Theo is behind all of this. He needs to be found. I wouldn't mind the torture since all of these mind games have been nothing but." I say as everyone looks surprised at me.
" Maybe talk to him?" Scott asked as I shrugged.
" Talk, torture. Same thing." I say as Stiles nods. I can see he wants nothing more than to knock Theo down a peg or three.
" If it saves my dad, then yeah." Stiles said as Scott sighed.
" I'll come with you. He doesn't know that I'm alive- maybe that gives us an advantage." Scott said as I shook my head.
" We can't have him knowing you are alive Scott." I say as I take Stiles' hand in mine.
" Does anyone even know how to find him?" Melissa asked as Stiles nodded.
" We don't have to find him- he'll come to me." Stiles said before we left. We got Scott to the top floor.
" Keep the blood shed to a minimum." I say as he nods. I walked down the stairs and stood beside a sitting Stiles. He placed a line of mountain ash down.
" I'm pretty sure he's a Chimera." I say as I hear a truck coming up.
" I need to be sure." Stiles replied as he took my hand. We see Theo arrive with that sadistic smirk.
" Thought I told your bitch ass to run out of my town." I say as I hold Stiles' hand tight. He steps over the mountain ash. I see him sniff about. Stiles grabs Scott's bloodied shirt and throws it at Theo.
" You killed my best friend?" Stiles asked him.
" Let's be honest, Stiles- was he still really your best friend?" Theo asked him.
" Are you going to let my father die?" Stiles asked him as he continued his tightening grip on my hand.
" If I wanted him to die, I wouldn't have told you where you could find him." Theo replied. I took a step forward.
" Then why the fuck would they tell him that his body is shutting down, huh? Something is poisoning him? That they don't know what?" I asked as my eyes glowed.
" I'm not the bad guy. I'm just a realist. I'm a survivor. If you knew the things that I know." He continued before I was right in his face.
" Then either you start talking, or I really rip your heart out, right here and now." I said as I flexed my claws to the side.
" I know what's coming. I know what the Dread Doctors created. And, I know what Parrish is." Theo said as I turned to Stiles and he nodded. I back off and Theo smirks.
" I guess you know how to keep your bitch in place, huh." He said as I growled.
" And I don't control her. Control is overrated. So start talking Theo." Stiles said as he smirked at us.
" Lydia figured it out. I saw it in her memories." Theo said as he started up that fucking voice.
" Right after you drove her out of her mind. My best friend? What gave you the fucking right?" I asked as I felt anger flood my body.
" Collateral damage. But, if she's right about Parrish, then things around here are gonna get a lot worse." Theo said as he stumbled on his words.
" We don't fucking care." Stiles said as I saw from the corner of my eyes his fist was balling up.
" You should... Because if your dad does survive, he's not gonna be Sheriff of anything much longer." Theo said as I saw Stiles look tense.
" What's happening to him?" Stiles demanded. Stiles goes to confront Theo just as quickly as he turns to shove Stiles on the stairs knocking him unconscious. I growled as I pushed Theo out of the house with full force. Breaking the mountain ash. I jumped on him and roared in his face. I punched the ground next to his head.
" The next time, you hurt anyone I fucking care about. It's your head." I snarled as he didn't look scared, but his heart gave him away.
" Now GET OUT!" I roared. He stood slow and walked to his Jeep.
" I'm not afraid of you." Theo said as he smirked. I spat at the ground as he drove off. I ran back inside and saw Stiles still unconscious. I ran to him and began to sit him up. Scott coming down the stairs.
" Stiles, wake up. Please." I say as his eyes flicker open.
" Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Scott asked as Stiles sat up quickly.
" I'm fine." Stiles said as he stood quickly to his feet after attempting the first time.
" Theo threw you back, Sti." I say with worry. He grabs my hand.
" Didn't you get anything from him? Either of you?" He asked, looking at both Scott and I.
" Nothing. He was calm the entire time." Scott replied.
" His heart jumped when I asked why your dad was dying, poisoned." I say as Stiles rubbed his head.
" That could be something. A jump could mean surprise, right?" Stiles asked as I nodded.
" So, why would he be surprised that my dad's still dying?" Stiles asked as Scott perked up.
" Oh, wait... He didn't say that he was the one who attacked your dad, did he?" Scott asked him.
" Well, then this means it was probably someone else..." Scott said as I groaned.
" Another Chimera." Stiles said as he nodded. Stiles and I ran out the door and got into his Dad's SUV. I was in the passenger seat as Stiles locked the door. Scott looked surprised.
" Stiles please come on man, Raven please convince him I can help." Scott pleaded with me.
" We can do the rest ourselves." Stiles replied to him. Scott looked hurt at the reply.
" You don't even know where to start. All we know is that it's another Chimera. Do you even know where you're headed?" Scott asked him. Stiles rolled his eyes and started the car. As we attempted to leave, Scott got in front of the SUV and stopped us.
" Come on, let me help. I can find the clues that you can't." Scott said as Stiles rolled his eyes.
" I have Raven for that. She never betrayed me." Stiles says as I just had a blank stare on my face. I didn't know what to say.
" You both can't do this alone, okay? You need me. You need all of us." Scott said as I saw Stiles look up at him.
" I can get more help. I can text Liam..." Scott pleaded as I spoke up finally.
" Liam just tried to kill you. Theo tricked him to get him to kill you." I say as Scott sighed.
" Okay, then at least let me help." Scott pleaded.
" You believed him?" Stiles replied with betrayal dripping from his tongue.
" You trusted him, too. Theo got to all of us." Scott said as I perked at that.
" I told you I never trusted him, Scott." I said as Stiles put a hand on my shoulder.
" You know, you don't even know the real story?" Stiles said, staring dead at Scott.
" I don't need to. All that matters right now is your dad." Scott replied as he had this look on his face.
" Come on, guys. We survived an Alpha Pack, a Dark Druid, professional assassins... We can survive Dread Doctors and Chimeras, too." Scott said as Stiles' eyes went wide with realization. Like it struck him.
" We're not looking for a missing Chimera... We're looking for a missing teenager." Stiles replied as he looked at me. I hit the unlock button and Scott got into the back. Stiles drove us back to his place. We made it to his room.
" There was a call a few hours ago about a sophomore from Beacon Hill High who never came home last night." Stiles said as I picked up the list.
" What's his name?" Scott asked as Stiles looked up from his phone.
" Noah Patrick." He replied. I pointed at his name as it was in the list of other names.
" We need to go back to school. Go to his locker." I say as we flooded down the stairs and went to the school. After parking the car, we ran to Noah's locker. I twisted off the lock and slammed it open. Scott reaches in and grabs a sweater. I deeply inhale the scent after Scott. My eyes are flashing.
" Now we can catch his scent." Scott said as he turned and tossed it to an approaching Malia.
" You called her?" Stiles asked in disbelief. Last time we saw my cousin, it didn't really end well on speaking terms, but I pushed my emotions aside.
" We need all the help that we can get. I should be calling everyone!" Scott said as I nodded to my cousin, who nodded back.
" And I know what this kid looks like." She replied as I smirked.
" Get a good wailing on him?" I asked as she smirked.
" Enough to make him run." She replied. The three of us supernatural followed the scent to the railway station. I see Stiles lagging behind to look for clues.
" We are going to find this kid." I say as Stiles licked his lips.
" I know." He said worried at the moment.
" We are going to figure this out. You and me. It might take time to get the gang back together. I know that isn't what you want to hear right now, but at this moment. We need to focus on finding out what this kid did to your dad." I say as he takes my hand in his.
" I don't know, I mean. It's too complicated." He says, stammering over his words. The panic in his scent said it all.
" Hey, look at me. Shh." I say to calm him down, to soothe him down. I take his hand and put it over my chest. On my calm heart.
" Breath and think." I say as Malia's voice picks up.
" I got it. I got his scent!" She yelled. Stiles and I caught up to Scott and we followed Malia down the tunnels.
" I can smell the blood down here." I say as Stiles stuck by me. I see the red on the pipe.
" This is Noah's. He was here. I think he's close." Malia said as I saw Scott looking down the tunnels.
" Guys... I think we've been down tunnels like this before. Like, when we were trying to find Liam and Hayden." Scott said as I saw Stiles look impatiently.
" Okay, so what?" He asked as Scott went down the tunnel a little. I stuck by as something felt off as I looked about.
" Maybe it means we're closer than we think. Maybe there's something else down here- something that we haven't found yet." Scott said as I heard something.
" Yeah, nothing that helps my dad. Look, we can't just be standing around here waiting for something to.." Stiles says before I see this kid shove Stiles into a wall. I roared out at full shift.
" Enough of this!" I screamed as I saw Scott helping up Stiles, I checked him over.
" We might have to get your head checked after this." I say running my hand in his hair. Malia has the kid on his back and not letting him move.
" Let me go, please! Please! They're coming!" Noah says as we hear the electrical clicking. The doctors were coming. Malia let Noah go, but Stiles soon had him against the wall.
" You're not going anywhere." Stiles demanded of him.
" I said I don't remember." Noah pleaded with us.
" You don't remember? You almost killed the Sheriff. His father! You nearly clawed his head off!" I growled as I punched the wall.
" No. Not when it happens- not when I change. I promise! I don't remember!" He yelled as fear ran through his blood.
" You're gonna start remembering every detail right now!" Stiles yelled at him.
" Hey, Stiles, Raven- get him out of here. Go to the hospital. Figure out a way to save his dad." Scott said as I gripped Noah.
" Stiles, go." Scott said as I looked at Stiles.
" We have to go." I said as he groaned. We ran down a different tunnel. I swore I heard Argent's fucking voice as we ran. We found a locked grate with multiple locks.
" Step back. I think I can break through." Noah said as I sighed.
" Together?" I asked him. I watched him shift. Bone claws with a broken tip.
" Don't lose your shit now." I say as he swiped the chains off and we opened the grate. We run out and ditch Noah as I see him losing control.
" I need to call Melissa." He said as he scrambled with his phone as I had the keys.
" You saw it?" I asked, referring to the claws.
" Melissa, hey! I need you to open my dad up again!" He said in a panic as I started up the SUV.
" It's bone marrow! This is a broken piece inside of him that's not his own!" He said as I whipped it out of there. He hung up and we dashed quickly to the hospital. We waited for a while before we were taken to his Dad's room. I laid beside Stiles in the chair as we waited for his dad to wake up. I felt movement a few hours later. I opened my eyes.
" It's okay, Stiles. You still got me. Both of you do." He said as Stiles had tears strolling down his face.
" Any pain? Discomfort?" I asked as I got up. I took his hand and sapped some of his pain.
" Thank you for keeping an eye on him." Noah said as he kept my hand in his. I smiled as Stiles looked calm.
" I love him too much to fall. I'll always be there for him." I replied before sitting down on the other side of his dad. Stiles reached over and took my other free hand.
" Love you too Rave.' Stiles said as I nodded slowly.