Nefarious ➛ Theo Raeken [2]

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Clarissa Bane's heart pounded in her chest as her feet hit the pavement. Her vision was blurring as she passed crumbling wall after crumbling wall. She felt like she was going to become lost with each turn she made in her rush as the walls all looked the same to her.

Oak Creek terrified her but the possibility of being too late terrified her even more.

They had gone to save Lydia from the demonic spirit that had taken over the appearance of their friend. It had all been going according to their plan until they had finally found Lydia Martin and she demanded to know who they had brought with them and that Clarissa Bane should not have been at the fight.

Clarissa had seen the look in her eyes, had seen the fear and loss that was clearly abundant in her eyes. Clarissa had seen Lydia predict death before and she knew from that look alone that someone would die that night.

She had taken off towards the courtyard where they were all waiting and distracting the oni. She didn't know who was going to die but from the tears that had welled up in Lydia Martin's eyes, she had made an educated guess and she couldn't let that happen. She would have rather sacrificed herself than let that happen to one of her best friends.

"Allison!" Clarissa called loudly as she burst through the gates of the courtyard, relived that her friend was still up and breathing. She dashed past Kira and Isaac, her breath catching in her throat as she saw the oni fighting her friends. "Allison!"

They were outnumbered and from the malicious look on the face of the doppelgänger of Stiles Stilinski, they were fighting a losing battle.

"What are you doing here?" Allison demanded at Clarissa's tug against her arm, her bow lowering slightly from the force and her eyes locked on the way that Isaac Lahey was slowly being torn to shreds by the blades of the oni. "You're supposed to be looking for Lydia!"

Her eyes moved over towards Kira Yukimura as she defended herself expertly against the oni with her katana. Clarissa had been initially wary of the girl when she had approached them the one day during school as they talked about the changes that happened after their friends' sacrifice, but over time she had grown to like the shy girl.

"We found Lydia!" Clarissa declared quickly, her eyes darting around the courtyard and landing on the smug look on the nogitsune's face. It was haunting and completely wrong as she had never seen Stiles Stilinski with that look on his face and she hoped that she would never see it again. "She's terrified."

"Isaac." Clarissa heard her brave friend mumble softly, her breath catching in the back of her throat as the oni surrounded the teenage boy. Clarissa had noticed that Allison and Isaac had gravitated towards each other as Kira and Scott did the same and she was happy for her old friend and her new one. She knew that one day it was a possibility that Allison and Scott would find their way back to each other again, but they needed to be separated for a while to see if they could last. She thought however, that Kira and Isaac could potentially be good for her friends if they never worked out again. "Go get Lydia and Stiles and let's get out of here!"

Clarissa felt her body react in terror as Allison pulled out her last arrow and aimed it at the oni. She didn't know what Lydia had felt, but she feared that Isaac would die without the help from Allison and it had been a proven fact that nothing they did could kill the supernatural creatures.

Her eyes averted from the scene, her eyes watering as she heard the pained groans from her werewolf friend. She didn't have the abilities to save him and she hadn't yet asked the huntress for training to protect herself and her friends. She felt useless as she heard the soft noises hit the ground from where Isaac's blood left his body.