Keep Your Head Up (3rd book in Fatal Attraction)

You Were On Watch Last

Emilie's POV
I was at a crime scene at the hospital with Isabelle, Stiles, Sage, and Scott. "Hang on, hang on. They were both in the car?" Dad asked confused. "No, dad, they're trying to tell you that it was two separate kidnappings, okay? Two doctors, both gone." I said to him. "So whose car is this?" Dad asked. "Dr. Hilyard, the on-call doctor. The E.R. attending is the one that never made it in." Ms. McCall said. "Let me just focus on getting your story first, all right?" Dad said. "Yeah." Ms. McCall said. "Kids, give us a second." Dad said and we walked away and looked at each other. "These are definitely sacrifices, right?" Sage asked. "Yeah, it's the one Deaton mentioned, Healers." Stiles said. "What about Danny? He threw up mistletoe. That's not a coincidence, and if he hadn't been with Ethan, he probably would've died. Danny's not a healer. I..." Scott trailed off and we heard talking. "Can you hear that?" I asked the twins. "They found a body." Scott said. "I'm gonna stay with you guys to look after your Mom." I told Sage and Scott who nodded. We got Ms. McCall's place and Isaac, Sage, Scott, and I were supposed to be on specific watches. I was in my pjs.

We took shifts and I nudged Isaac awake for his watch. "Little beta it's your turn." I said. "Okay Mama." He mumbled and I slept cuddled with Scott. "Kids! What do you think you're doing?" Ms. McCall asked waking us up. "Uh, we were watching over you." Sage said. "We wanted to make sure you weren't the third sacrifice." Scott said. "But all four of you were asleep." Ms. McCall said. "You were on watch last." I said to Isaac. "What are you talking about? You were on watch last." Isaac said. "No, you were on watch last." I said. "I might've been on watch last." Isaac said. "My heroes. Wait, didn't you say that they were all doctors? I mean, I haven't had an M.D. Recently attached to the end of my name, so I think I'm in the clear." Ms. McCall said. "Yeah, but it could just come under any kind of healer, Melissa, and you were definitely a healer last night." I said hearing what happened to Danny and Ethan. "Yeah, well, I'm not gonna be anyone's human sacrifice today, so the four of you get your butts to school." Ms. McCall said and I went to get changed.

We got to school and were in science and Mr. Harris was still missing so Miss. Blake was filling in. "Good morning. As you all know, Mr. Harris is still missing... I mean, sick. Anyway, I'm filling in while we all hope and pray for a more qualified substitute to take my place. Okay, so let's get started, shall we?" She said and we we took out our textbooks and notebooks to the work she gave us, it was basically a study hall. "Hey, my dad said that the E.R. attending wasn't strangled but did die from asphyxiation. They just don't know how." Stiles said to us. "Do you think the on-call doctor could still be alive?" Sage asked. "I don't know... But, guys, there's got to be at least 20 other doctors in that hospital... at least, you know? Any one of them could be next." Stiles said and Scott's phone rang and he took it. "Hey, doc. Sorry, I'm in class right now. Can I call you back later?" Scott said quietly. "Why is Deaon calling?" Sage asked. "Doc, doc, doc, doc? What's happening?" Scott said as the phone call ended. "Come on." Sage said and we got to the animal clinic right as the police were there. "How did you know?" Scott asked. "Stiles called me as soon as you left school. I'm sorry. Your boss's car is still here, and the back door was wide open. Scott... I need you to tell me everything." Dad said. "He called me in class and then it randomly hung up." Scott said. "All right, we're doing everything we can. Right now, the best thing you can do is go back to school." Dad said as we were all standing in the office. "We have to tell him." Sage said. "You mean, like, tell him, tell him, or tell him something else that isn't telling him what I think you want to tell him?" I said. "You know what I mean."Sage said. "You remember how your mom reacted? She didn't look you in the eye for, like, a week." Stiles said. "And she got over it, and... and it actually made us closer." Scott said. "I don't know. I mean, look at him. Come on, he's completely overwhelmed as it is."I said. "He's overwhelmed because he has no clue what's happening. He's got people dying in his town, the town that he's supposed to protect, and it's not his fault that he doesn't know what's happening. He's gonna find out sooner or later." Scott said, pointing out the obvious. "Yeah, but is now really the right time?" Stiles asked. "What if not telling him now gets someone else killed?" Sage said. "What if telling him gets him killed, huh? I mean, okay, look, we get that Deaton's been like a father to you guys. We get that, okay? But this is m... guys, this is our actual father. We can't... we can't lose both of our parents, all right? Not both of them." Stiles and I said. "You're right." Sage said. "No, we're not. We're not right. We'll tell him." I said. "We'll help you." Scott and Sage said. Ms. Morrell was there and looked at us four. "Okay, listen closely, all of you. No sheriff, deputy, or Detective is going to be able to find him." She said. "You don't have to ask us for help." Scott said. "Actually, I'm trying to help you, because, if you're going to find my brother, then you need to use the one person who might actually have an ability to seek out the supernatural." Ms. Morrell said. "Lydia." Stiles said. "Okay so Stiles and I will get Lydia and you two will try to track down Deaton." Sage said. "Why Millie?" Scott asked. "Simple she owns a taser and is scary." Sage said. "True she at times scares Derek." Stiles said. "Fine." Scott sighed. Scoot heard tapping over the fire alarm and we followed it and found Deucalion, why this school let's anyone in is beyond me. "Do you know what a metronome is, Scott and Emilie? It's a tool to help you maintain a steady rhythm once you've set the tempo. Something tells me the tempo of your life has sped up considerably in the last few hours. If you'd like, I could help slow it down to a more manageable pace." He said. "How?" We both asked Scott slightly in front of me. "By helping you find Deaton. Your heart's pounding, but it's not fear. It's anger. I bet I know what you're thinking. Does he have something to do with Deaton's disappearance? Tell you what. If you can take the cane away from me, I'll tell you exactly where he is. Now, what do you think? Impressive, but you know I'm not the one slashing up innocent people, praying to ancient gods or gathering herbs, or whatever the hell druids are supposed to do. I am part of a pack that wants Derek dead, though. Kali is coming him for him, so there's a difficult choice you're about to face, because someone is going to die tonight, and whether that's Derek or Deaton, that's up to you." Deucalion said slashing Scott's arm and I pulled out my taser. "Just tell us where he is." I said. "I'll give you two a very important clue. Let the current guide you." Deucalion said. Scott grabbed my arm and left. "Scott what the hell?" I asked. "Why should we be talking to Danny?" Sage asked. "Because... Last night, he was a target. But it wasn't a sacrifice." Scott said and we saw Molly, Cora, Stiles. Sage, Lydia. and Grace. "But isn't Danny still in the hospital?" Molly asked. "Yeah. That's where we're going right now." Stiles said. "I'll meet you there." Scott said. "Why?" Sage asked. We got to the hospital and Stiles and I snuck into Danny's room. "Danny, you awake? Danny?" I said and he didn't move so Stiles was looking through Dannh's bag. "Wow. What are you doing?" Danny asked still out of it. "We're not doing anything, Danny. This is just a dream that you're having." I said. "Why are you going through my stuff?" Danny asked. "Right, but only in the dream, remember? Dream. Dreaming." I said. "Why would I dream about you going through my stuff?" Danny asked. "I don't know that, Danny, okay? It's your dream. Take responsibility for it. Shut up and go back to sleep." I said and Danny went back to sleep and Stiles found something. "Danny boy, you might've actually found something here." Stiles said. I called Scott as Stiles stole the project. "Mr. Argent has a whole map of where the next sacrifice might take place in six locations to check." Scott said to me first thing. "Well, we might not have to. Danny was doing a project on something for Mr. Harris's physics class, and I think it actually means something." I said. "What project?" Scott asked confused. "Something on telluric currents." Stiles said. "Did you say currents?" Scott asked. "Yeah." Sage said. "Okay, so, what does this kid's homework have to do with finding Deaton?" Molly asked and Cora nodded. "Because it's not just homework, okay? It's a project on geomagnetic fields. They flow through the earth. They can even be affected by lunar phases, all right? Now, look at this. This is a note from Harris on Danny's proposal." I said showing them. "I strongly advise you to choose another subject. The ideas here, while innovative and thoughtful, border on pseudo-science. Not suitable for class." Lydia read. "Harris wasn't just a sacrifice. He knew something." Grace said. "Now, check this out. Allison's dad wasn't the only one with a map, all right? Danny had one too. Danny marked all the telluric currents, okay? Now, the weird thing about beacon hills is that it actually is a beacon. You wouldn't believe how much energy flowing through the earth is around this town." Stiles said taking a picture and sending it to Scott. "Stiles, look, they match. All right, there's three places, right? Where they're kidnapped, and then the place where their body was found."  Sage said. "Look, that's right on the telluric current." Lydia said. "So, maybe where he was sacrificed is somewhere in between." I said. "Let me see that. You said there's six more bodies to be found. Deaton's one of them. Got to be somewhere in between, right?" Molly said. "Stop. He's in the vault. He's in the same vault." Cora said. "Guys, hold on." Grace said. "Grace, we don't have time." Stiles said and Cora's phone beeped. "It's Boyd. The plan didn't work. They cut the power." Cora said. "It's just like he said." Molly said. "Go. I can save Deaton myself." Scott said. "What? Scott, what about us?" I asked. "Cora, Molly, and Sage can't get there fast enough without you guys. Go. We can save both of them." Scott said hanging up the phone. "Okay." We all said and we got to Derek's loft after I think Stiles broke several traffic laws. We found the circuit breaker. "Okay, what do we do?" Molly asked. "We pull them. Pull all of them." I said and we did that and walked in and saw Derek, a shocked Isaac, Violet, and Isabelle, and a dead Boyd. "I'm so sorry." Molly and Cora said. "We weren't fast enough." Sage said and I saw Scott texted me.
Scott:Deaton is safe.
Emilie:Boyd is dead, and it's because one of the alphas made Derek kill him.
Scott:Shit.
We all saw Derek glare at his hand and get up and walk away saying nothing.

A\N:Next chapter we get to see Isabelle's past and what she was like in high school with Derek and her bff Paige.