Out of time

Chapter 3

Welcome to Chapter 3 - enjoy!!

Sheriff POV

Wait, did she just really say Stiles's name as the person they had met and had requested for them to not help with the Supernatural unless requested too.

"How do you know my son?" I ask curious as to how my son knows the CIA and vice a versa.

"Stiles had been flagged by the CIA as a person to watch, as he seemed to have the skills that could either save the world in the future or could be used to cause unimaginable damage. Once we found his picture, like you all, we noticed the surprising similarity between Rapp and Stiles." Irene stated to explain.

"Once he had returned from his visit here, we arranged a meeting with him with just Stan and myself, we offered him a position with ourselves but he refused saying the FBI was where he was meant to be. I then introduced Rapp to him and the two had a strange connection from the moment Rapp stepped into the room, Stiles agreed for Rapp to train him in exchange for Stiles helping us on the odd case with his knowledge of the Supernatural." Irene finished explaining and I was amazed that my son technically worked for both the FBI and CIA.

The door opens to reveal Dr Geyer walking in looking quite tired and confused, he noticed that Stan and Irene had come to us and spoke to the room as a whole.

"Rapp is in recovery, he is going to be okay. The bullet broke his ribs causing some damage to his lung which I have fixed, he also has a concussion and some small cuts which have been sealed. I can't lie but his injuries were almost identical to Stiles's." Dr Geyer explained and I was confused how two people who looked almost identical ended up with almost identical injuries also.

"Can we see them yet?" Irene asks and I can't help but notice that she says them instead of Rapp.

"Stiles, I will allow a quick visit but only a couple of people at the moment. Rapp, he needs about an hour before I will allow the visit as he is just been brought to recovery now." Dr Geyer explains before leaving the room.

"Lydia and Scott, would you like to come with me to see Stiles?" I ask standing up offering my hand towards Lydia. She looked at me with gratitude in her eyes as she accepted my hand and followed me and Scott out of the room.

"Are you okay?" Scott asks as step into the lift to take it up to the third floor and me and Lydia don't answer him as I won't know how I feel until I see him myself to know he is okay.

As we step out of the lift I lead the way over to the room we had been advised as Stiles's, I open the door slowly my hand shaking as I do before I feel Lydia grab my other hand and squeeze it in reassurance.

I step into the room with Lydia by my side and Scott behind closing the door as he steps in and I am greeted by a soft beeping of the heart beat machine, as I look upon the bed I notice Stiles lay as if asleep with bandages wrapped around his chest and arms with a few sticker stitches on his face. Even though it had only been around six months since I had last saw him but he looked different some how but I couldn't put my finger on it.

I had noticed that since we had stepped into the room Scott had stayed back away from Stiles, I didn't know was due to seeing Stiles this way or he was scared but then I noticed the confused look on her face as she walked around to the side of the bed.

"Scott, it's not him is it?" Lydia asks with tears shining in her eyes as my mouth drops open at the question she just asked.

"What do you mean it's not him? Rapp is on the other side of the hallway and this is obviously Stiles." I state confused as to how she can not think that is not Stiles.

"Sheriff, this isn't Stiles. His scent is not the same as Stiles." Scott states and I look at him like he has lost the plot.

"Scott, his scent could of changed due to them needing to give him a blood transfusion." I advise as I look again at Stiles's lying in the bed and now start to wonder if they are correct.

"Well, there is one clear way to know for sure. When Stiles was attacked by Donavon he left a weird scar on Stiles's shoulder, we can check to see if it is present there." Lydia advises which shocked me as I never knew he was left with a scar.

I walk over to the other side of the bed and gently lift Stiles off the bed to look at the back of his shoulder as Lydia checks the other side. As I look I notice no scar and when I look at Lydia she shakes her head advising there was nothing on her side either.

"This isn't Stiles." I state as I gently lay the boy back down on the bed and step away towards Scott.

"So if this is not Stiles or Rapp, who is he?" Lydia states and I just shrug my shoulders unable to speak before I turn and head out of the room.

We walk in silence back to the visitor's waiting room two floors down and I am still unable to wrap my head around what we had just found. As we entered the room I walked over to my seat without speaking and place my hands in my head trying to understand what has happened.

"What's wrong?" I hear Melissa ask and I hope that Scott and Lydia can explain as I don't know how to answer.

"It is not Stiles." Lydia states to the room and I hear a gasp run out from different people on hearing the news.

"What do you mean? How is it not Stiles?" Melissa asks sounding most confused as everyone as she was the one who said it was Stiles first.

"The man lay in Stiles's room does not have his scar on the shoulder and his scent is different. Whoever that is up stairs is someone who just looks like Stiles and Rapp a lot." Scott explains as I lift my head taking in the reactions on Rafael, Irene and Stan's face.

"So if that is not Stiles and Rapp is in the room opposite, who is he?" Irene asks sounding just as confused as the rest of us.

"His name is Thomas and he is the key to saving Stiles's life."

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