I spent my night with Stiles trying to heal. It was daybreak when I was finally able to heal. My necklace is hanging around my neck.
" My dad wants us at the sheriff's station to let him know what's going on." Stiles said as I put on a blue V-neck and red pants.
" Sounds like a plan Sti." I say as I get up. He looked over at me and I smiled.
" I'm ok, I swear." I tell him as he nods.
" Good, I was just worried." He says as we leave his room.
" Werewolves and electricity don't really work together ya know." I say as we reach the bottom step. I grab an apple and head out to his jeep. It takes about 10 minutes to start.
" I made sure to order the parts last night. They should be here soon." I told him as I showed him the email.
" Thank you." He says as I see his shoulder twinge. I sap some of his pain to help.
" I'm right here Sti, I promise." I say as he gets Roscoe to roar to life. He drives us over to the station with a brisk pace. I see Malia is here as well waiting for us in the front. I hopped out and saw she was shaken up.
" You ok?" I asked as she nodded, avoiding eye contact. Weird, I'll ask about it later. The three of us head into the office as I see Noah putting up pictures with notes right next to it.
" Last night we checked on the lacrosse fields and found more holes, what is this leading to?" He asked out loud.
" We don't know." I say sheepishly.
" Chimeras." Noah is annoyed at all of this.
" Two dead Chimeras." Stiles says as Malia perks up.
" And eight new ones." She says trying to put herself in the situation.
" So, that's ten in all." Stiles says leaning on the desk.
" I'm thinking maybe eleven." Noah replied as I watched him put up a picture of Donovan. The memory of his body being impaled flashes in my mind. I just want it to burn.
" Our station tech guys confirmed something for me... They said both the holding cell lock and cameras could have malfunctioned because of something electromagnetic. You said that, uh, these guys." Noah says as I can see him putting it together.
" Dread Doctors." Malia says as I see the confused look on Noah's face.
" Are we really calling them that?" Noah asked as I bit my tongue and just let my mind wander.
" So, they broke Donovan out?" Malia asked as I let my mind try to piece everything together. Why these teenagers? What do they all have in common? I feel a headache come on.
" It's how they got into Eichen, isn't it?" Noah asked as Malia stepped up to the board.
" Donovan's a Chimera." Malia blurts out as I see her staring into the board. The strict look on her face said it all.
" Yeah, but... Is he a failure like Lucas and Tracy?" Noah asked as he looked confused but determined.
" If he is, he's probably dead." Malia said as she tried to take Donovan's picture down but Noah stopped her.
" Not until I've seen a body." He says before looking at Stiles and I.
" You're uncharacteristically quiet...both of you." He said as I perked up.
" Yeah... Sorry, I'm, uh... I'm just trying to think about it. Uh... These are all teenagers, right? So, now shouldn't we be trying to figure out why these teenagers? If the Dread Doctors, if they went through all that- burying them, killing them, breaking one of them out of jail." Stiles states the obvious.
" Something ties them all together, but what!" I say as I feel my eyes light up.
" They couldn't have been chosen at random." Noah says as he taps his pen.
" Like Raven said, they have to have something that ties them together." Malia points out my claim.
" Something that made them right for this experiment." Noah says as I felt my hope beginning to weaken just a bit.
" Something that made them special." Stiles said as I shrugged.
" But what that is, could be the defining factor that we are missing. I feel like it's in front of us." I say as Noah nods.
" You guys better get to school. We can reconvene later." Noah said as I nodded. Stiles and I followed by Malia headed to school. We found Scott and Lydia.
" We need to read the book." Lydia said as she showed us the novel.
" Hopefully we don't run into traffic." I say as Malia hits my shoulder.
" Sorry." I say sheepishly.
" Sounds like a plan, Scott." Stiles said as I nodded. By the time we got to his place, night fell.
" My mom's book club usually has more wine." Lydia said as I saw copies of The Dread Doctors in front of us.
" Well, they also probably didn't read books that cause violent hallucinations." Stiles said as I grabbed one of the copies.
" That's why Malia's here." Scott said as I watched him pick up a copy or two.
" So none of us go running into traffic?" Kira asked as Scott nodded.
"Or worse." Scott said as I found a seat on the couch with Stiles. He had a copy in hand.
" Like what happened to Judy." Malia said as I looked up confused.
" Chapter fourteen." She replied as Lydia held up the actual book.
" Maybe I should have my mother read it." Lydia says condescendingly.
" She might remember a girl with a tail leaping off the ceiling and attacking everyone." She said as I chuckled.
" I just hope this doesn't give me a homicidal rage." I said as everyone looked at me weird.
" I'm kidding." I say trying to ease the tension in the room. I see Theo raise an eyebrow.
" Yeah, if it works...I just hope we don't go all psycho." Stiles said, taking my hand.
" It has to." Lydia says, taking a seat.
" What does that mean?" Scott asked her.
" I think I saw them during my surgery. When I look at the cover of the book, it's almost like..." Lydia says as if trying to come up with the reason.
" A memory trying to surface." Theo said as Lydia nodded.
" Yeah." She replied.
" Isn't that what Valack wanted when he wrote it?" Kira asked as she handled a copy.
" If they did something to me, I want to know what it is." Lydia replied as I opened the book and began to read. The night drowned on as the words buzzed my brain. It felt like hours passed as I was almost done with the book. I blame my fast reading on the urge to study for tests, quizzes and a lot more. I finished the last page and set it down, my stomach growled as I got up.
" Anyone feel anything yet?" Scott asked as I shrugged.
" Tired." Kira said as I saw her eyes going into a half state of exhaustion.
" Hungry." Lydia said as I smirked.
" I think he meant the book..." Theo said as he had a page opened.
" I finished it. But my stomach calls." I say as they look surprised. I even see Theo looking at me interested.
" What? I'm a fast reader." I say as I pick up my phone to order some Chinese. I went to the porch and ordered some noodles, chicken and rice for myself. I saw earlier that Scott had pizza on the kitchen table. I came back after telling them I'd pay in cash. I hung up and saw Stiles had texted me Malia had asked him about his shoulder.
Don't worry we got this, you and me. RH.
I went back inside as I saw everyone basically asleep.
" Yikes." I say as I sit on the porch, As I wait my nerves feel on edge. Like my mind was trying to connect everything together on what I read. About a half hour had passed and I got my Chinese food. I paid and headed inside. I see everyone's still asleep. I smiled and proceeded to scarf my meal down whole. I saw a candle and the wick was flickering. I was almost entranced , swore I heard screaming for but a moment. I shake my head and see Theo walk up to me.
" What could you possibly fucking want?" I said as I began to scarf down my noodles. He smirks at me. I can feel my eyes glowing.
" Didn't think you had a bite behind you." He said with a grin. I roll my eyes.
" What can I say, get it from my bloodline." I said as I was annoyed by his presence. He just watched me as I devoured my noodles.
" Can't we just talk?" He asked as I threw away my trash. I didn't want to talk to him, my blood boiling by this unknown feeling about him.
" I'd rather give myself a lobotomy. Too bad, so sad bye." I said before shoulder checking him. I sit next to Stiles and just lay my head on his shoulder. I feel his arm wrap around me. I let my guard drop as I fell asleep. My mind felt like the buzz kept itself alive as I dreamt. When I woke up, I said 6:30 AM.
" Stiles, guys wake up" I say as I see everyone rouse out of sleep.
" School starts in 45 minutes. We gotta get going." I say as everyone gets up.
" Thanks for waking us up." Scott says as I smile.
" No problem." I replied as I grabbed my bag and Stiles followed suit.
" Back to my place?" I asked as he nodded.
" We can shower and I have clothes for you." I told him as he smirked.
" I can also have a Benny's order ready to pick up after I shower." I say as I pop in the car with him.
" Sounds perfect." He replied. He starts the car with a small issue but drives back to my place. I popped into the garage as Stiles was able to park. I made the order for our coffee, sandwiches and a donut or two. We get up to my floor and shower. Giving small kisses, light touches and other small loving gestures. I clean his wound carefully and leech more of his pain. I watch his wound get a bit smaller.
" Is it healing?" He asked as I nodded.
" Almost healed, give it a day or two of pain sapping." I say as he is scrubbing my hair from its conditioner.
" Thank god. It hurts throughout the day. But I'm managing." He said as I held his cheeks in my hands.
" I love you Stiles." I say as he smiles, moving a lock of my hair.
" And I love you. More than you realize." He replies as he shuts off the water. I got out and dried my hair.
" Why do you keep your hair so long?" Stiles asked as my hair was past my ass and almost at the half point of my thighs. I took my dried locks in my hands.
" Just something I promised my sister. Laura." I say as I brush it out and put it in a braid.
" I get it." He replied as I put it in a bun to pin it up. I walked out as he went to blow dry his hair. I got a long sleeve white shirt and a black torn top. I put on some black jeans and my combat boots. I got to my mirror and got a smokey black eye with my black lipstick. I grabbed some clothes and placed them on the bed. He walks out and I see the towel around his waist.
" You look tempting as fuck, but school and faded memories have our attention." I say before planting a kiss on his cheek.
" Too bad." He replies as he swings past me and drops the towel before going for his clothes. I grab the towel and put it in the dirty clothes rack.
" Let's take Beast." I say swinging my keys in my hands. He smirks and follows suit after grabbing his bag. We head down and get to the garage after a few minutes, get in my camaro and hightail it to Benny's to pick up our order. Getting to school was no issue. We found Scott and Kira and headed inside.
" What if we need some kind of trigger? Wasn't Malia driving when she remembered the crash?" Scott asked as we headed inside. I was sipping my coffee.
" Yeah, but how are we supposed to trigger a memory that we don't remember?" Stiles asked as I gulped down a decent amount.
" Maybe it's a delayed thing? Maybe you have to wait a couple hours to see what happens." Scott says as I nod.
" And see if we all go absolutely crazy." I say with a sarcastic grin as the lights flicker, we all look at Kira.
"..That wasn't me. I swear." She says as she looks worried.
" We keep an eye on each other today, okay?" Scott says as Stiles perks at this.
" Yes, and keep an eye out for eight other potentially homicidal Chimeras." Stiles says, taking my hand in his.
" And keep an eye out for the Dread Doctors..." Kira blurts out as the bell rings. All of that and hope to make it out of the first period. Got it. Fuck my life sideways.
" Starting to see the appeal of a third eye!" Stiles said as we went to class.
" Isn't that the fucking truth." I replied as I took my seat. Classes went by too fast for me to keep up, like voices trying to bounce in each direction. Keeping it easy was a little trick but manageable.
" It's ok." I say as I see Lydia and Stiles come up to me.
" We need to go to the hospital." Stiles said as I nodded.
" What for?" I asked as Lydia perked up.
" It's my memory. Sydney made my suppressed memory pop up, but something is up." She says as I nod.
" Makes sense." I say as the three of us head out of school. Stile and I get into my car. Lydia goes in hers and we drive over there. We got out of the car after I parked, Lydia catching up to us.
" Okay, then what are we doing here if you've already had your suppressed memory?" Stiles asked Lydia as she came up to my Camaro.
" It wasn't the right memory. I remembered my grandmother in Eichen House. There was nothing to do with surgery, nothing to do with the Dread Doctors... So, if I've read the book, why don't I have the full memory of my experience with them?" She asked as she made a point.
" That, I mean. I don't know." I say as she shrugged.
" No. Something... happened during the surgery. But now, I think that maybe, it has more to do with me being a Banshee..." She said as we all stopped.
" It's not my memory." She told us as I felt my eyes widen. I feel this wave hit me.
" It's someone else's." Stiles says as I grip my head. Stiles and Lydia helped me up.
" Whoa, whoa whoa. You ok?" Lydia asked as I nodded.
" Yeah, it just felt like a wave of something hit me." I say as I felt warm. The feeling dissipated.
" I'm ok, it's gone." I replied as they looked at me. They nod and we head inside the hospital. We headed to the floor where Lydia had her surgery.
" Can you turn the lights on?" Lydia asked as we made our way to the operating room. Stiles tries turning the lights on and shakes his head.
" Seems a no go Lyds." I replied as she gave me a pointed look.
" Ask someone, please?" She asked as I nod.
" Hey, I thought this was more of an auditory thing?" Stiles asked her.
" I still wanna see what I'm hearing." She replied as I gave her a thumbs up. Stiles and I tried to find Melissa, with luck we did.
" Well, you've been having issues for the last hour. Maintenance is coming to check it out. For now, that floor is down to backup lighting." She replied as we walked the hall. The feeling returned again as I felt my mind wander.
" I thought you said this was more of a hearing thing." Melissa's voice echoed.
" Auditory." Stiles said as I felt my mind drift. I grabbed Stiles' hand out of reflex.
" Whoa." Stiles said as I saw him fade out.
" Raven? Can you hear me?" His voice seemed so far.
The hospital was booming with activity as I saw a gurney taking away my Uncle Peter. A young Derek and Laura sat me down as I felt myself shaking. I see them comforting a younger version of me.
" Why did this happen?" Laura asked as she looked frantic. Derek looked down in disbelief.
" I can't believe I trusted her." Derek says as I see his claws forming. I watched a younger me grab his hands.
" You didn't do this big brother." Younger me says as she comforts Derek. He looked up and broke down. Laura gets on her knees and takes his hands and my younger hands in hers. The flare of an Alpha taking over her golden eyes.
" We can't change what happened, but we can grow from it. We have to trust each other." Laura tells them as I clutched my chest. Those words burning in my heart and flaring in my head.
" We protect those even when it feels like we have failed. Keep everyone you see as a pack close. Never let them lose sight of who they are." Her words boomed in my head and threw me back. The hospital burned away as it took the scene away from me.
" Raven?" Stiles asked as I felt my eyes focus.
" Ouch." I groaned as my head finally stopped feeling fuzzy.
" Did you see it? The memory?" He asked as I nodded.
" It was the night of the fire. My sister told my brother and I in the hospital, words I thought I forgot." I said as he took my hand.
" It's ok. I promise it's ok." He says as he helps me up. We go into the elevator and I see his eyes unfocused.
" Mom?" His voice was so quiet.
" Stiles?" I asked as he held my hand tight. He never talks about her. I've never pushed it and never wanted to. The elevator opens and he takes me with him. We find ourselves on the roof. Something smelt off as I let his hand go. Letting him live his memory. I looked around and saw this shifted boy. I roared as he began to attack Stiles.
" Get off of him!" I growled as I shifted. I tried to yank him off and he slams me back. I flip over and land on my feet. I see Theo yanking this boy off of Stiles. I rushed to him.
" Are you ok? Did he slice you?" I asked as I frequently looked over at him and back at the fight. I watched in horror as Theo ripped this kid's throat out. Theo's claws are covered in blood.
" Stiles...Raven...You can't say anything. Please, don't say anything." Theo pleaded with us. I snarled at him as he tried to get close.
" Why not?" Stiles asked him as he was out of breath.
" We don't fucking trust you." I growled at him as I spat.
" Because I never said anything about Donovan." He said as I felt taken aback. I growled at him. Here we are as my rage began at a boiling point.