A Dangerous Secret

Chapter 01: Restart My Heart

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A Dangerous Secret

Chapter 01: Restart My Heart

November 13, 2011

Allison Argent, died in Scott McCall's arms after saving Isaac Lahey. She was brought back to life moments later in an ambulance on the way to Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital. Her father, Chris had watched her lifeless body in Scott's arms before calling the Sheriff's Department who had also sent an ambulance. She'd been dead for five minutes, they had just been about to call it when her heart started again. Piper Argent, Allison's older sister had been working nights at the hospital in the ER as part of the security.  She was one of the only female security guards, but also a trained nurse. When her little sister was brought in she went straight to her father who pulled her into his arms.

November 14, 2011

It was determined that Allison was paralysed from just below her chest down, losing all feeling and the ability to walk.  While Allison's heart had been stopped she'd also suffered a stroke. Derek Hale watched as his best-friend and her family were told about Allison, and what it would mean for her future. Isaac sat in the waiting room with Scott, Stiles Stilinski, Lydia Martin and Kira Yukimura. Isaac thought he could sense that something was changing in the dynamics of the group but he couldn't work out what it was.  Derek looked out the door of the room, and raised his eyebrow at Isaac who shrugged in response. 

Chris sat beside Allison's bed and took her left hadn't squeezing it tightly as the teenager looked at him. Chris blinked back tears that were threatening to fall, he couldn't let his children see him like that. Piper looked at her father and then at her little sister before finally turning to Derek who wrapped his arms around her. Allison's eyes darted around the room before they landed on her father and older sister. Her sister was from her father's first marriage when he was fresh out of high school. Chris had rebelled against his father's wishes. Piper had been born in January of 1988, his wife had been killed the summer of 1990. She was found hanging over the banister of their house, while Chris had taken Piper to the pool.

Victoria had met Chris the end of winter at a party held by his father, at the time he didn't know that his father was behind his first wife dying. Victoria and Chris were married two years later, and then Allison was born the night that Victoria and Chris had met. Piper was a little over six years older than her sister. Victoria died when Allison was the same age as Piper had been when her mother had been killed. She had been killed on a hunt with Chris, while Piper and Allison had been looked after by their neighbour. That was when Chris decided that he and his daughters needed to get away from his father for good. He'd already tried once after his first wife had been killed and now this was the last straw. His daughters were not going to grow up fatherless.

November 15, 2011

Allison learned the severity of her injuries as she'd been in and out of consciousness for the past two thirty-six hours. Chris and Piper sat with her while she was told that the nerves surrounding her T8 vertebrae had been severed. She'd also had two ribs cracked by Oni's sword from the force of it entering. Allison looked at her sister and father, with confusion clearly evident as she tried to speak and no words came out. Allison's bed was slightly inclined so that she could sit up to an extent.

"Ally, it's okay. I want you to take a deep breath for me okay?" Piper asked, Allison nodded blinking back tears as she looked at her father.

"Piper, Chris I'll give you a few minutes alone with Allison, I'll just be outside the door," Melissa said as she and Doctor David Geyer stepped outside of the room and closed the door.

"Piper, would you like to explain to your sister?" Chris questioned, this time he didn't care the tears were coming whether he wanted them to or not.

"I can dad," Piper nodded, moving closer to her little sister and taking her hand in hers and squeezing it. "Ally, do you remember what happened two days ago?"

"Ye..yes..." Allison stuttered, blinking she wanted to say more but the words weren't coming out and she was getting visibly upset.

"Sweetheart, you are strong," Chris said, wiping at his eyes as he looked at the two girls before he was taking a deep breath.

"Okay, Ally you were clinically dead for five minutes and the lack of oxygen caused you to have a stroke," Piper said, pausing for a moment before she found Allison trying to pull her closer to her. "That's why you're having trouble, it's going to take time to heal before you're allowed to be left on your own,"  Piper watched as Allison closed her eyes taking everything in before she spoke.

Allison nodded she understood that she wasn't allowed to be left alone, and that was what scared her. Piper pushed the side of the bed down and sat on the edge beside Allison before she was wrapping her arms around her sister gently she still had to tell her exactly how it had happened. Allison buried her head in her sisters shoulder and moved her hand to her stomach and below her rib cage and felt the dressing.

"Allison sweetheart, you will be okay, you will get through this," Chris said as he moved closer to his two daughters and wrapped his arms around the two of them.

"Dad..." Allison mumbled, before Chris was pushing the hair from her forehead and kissing it.

"You're scared, I know and it's perfectly fine to be scared," Chris assured her, Allison nodded her hand not moving from her side as her sister and father lay her back down again. "You'll never be alone,"

Piper looked at their father and smiled before Allison was closing her eyes but keeping her hand gripping her older sister's. Piper smiled at her father as Melissa and Doctor Geyer walked back in, they had been listening to Piper talking.

December 24, 2011

Allison was allowed out of hospital, she wasn't allowed to be on her own as she was still learning everything all over again. Chris had made sure that either himself or her sister was with her to help, and when they weren't available Isaac or another pack member were with her.  Allison lay on her side on the sofa, with her head resting on her sister's lap it was Christmas Eve and they were watching her favourite Christmas movie. Piper looked down at her sister, and ran a hand through her hair pushing her hair behind her ear. All the nerves around Allison's T8 vertebrae had been severed beyond repair. She needed help with dressing, using the bathroom and currently with simple every day tasks. Her speech had been affected by the stroke but she could still remember what happened.  Her vision was a little blurred but was helped with glasses. Allison was also diagnosed with having PTSD, anxiety and panic attacks.

Chris sat at the other end of the sofa with Allison's legs on his lap and blanket over them. They had to make sure that the teenager was kept warm as she could no longer regulate her body temperature ninety percent of the time. Allison looked at father and at sister, she was wondering where Derek was, it was the first time that he hadn't been with them on Christmas eve. Derek had known her sister since they were eight, Chris had been friends with Talia since the two had met when Derek and Piper were in the second grade.

Allison was happy to be home, where she felt safe...but that safety feeling wouldn't last long.