Ephemeral ➵ Allison Argent (5)

Seventeen

Olivia's POV:

More screams from the students run past the classroom door and I worriedly turn to Stiles and Liam. "We need to get out there and find the others."

Stiles's eyes widen. "Y-You want to go out there? With that thing tearing through whoever comes in its path?"

"Well we can't just stay in here while the rest of our classmates gets slaughtered!" I exclaimed. "We have to do something."

"While you guys bicker back and forth, I'm going back out there." Phoebe grunts as she stands up from the desk and properly stands on her feet. "Maybe even call Theo."

My eyes widen. "Are you crazy? That thing could kill you." I incredulously ask but she rolls her eyes. "We need to stick together and fight this thing so we can have each other's backs.

"Like you did a great job at doing that last time with the Dread Doctors."

"Ouch." Stiles mutters from behind.

"Phoebe, that wasn't her fault. I'm the one who--"

"I don't care!" Phoebe harshly interrupted Liam , causing everyone to flinch at the tone. "I'm not staying here so don't follow me." She says before she swings open the door and walks out of the room.

Hayden tries to follow but I grab her arm, preventing her from taking another step. "Can I talk to her alone?" She reluctantly nods and I quickly follow after Phoebe, thankfully seeing that she didn't get too far.

"I told you not to follow me." She muttered, not bothering to turn around.

"Yeah well, when do I ever listen?" I ask, trying to lighten the mood. She turns with an unamused expression and I awkwardly scratch the back of my neck. "Okay look, I know what you're feeling a-and I know you're scared--"

She shook her head with disbelief. "Oh my god."

"A-And deep down you're freaking out about your new abilities and that's completely okay!" I continue to say as I took a step closer to her. "I was the same way. I still am! If you just come back home and talk to me about it, we can figure out how to adjust to the new changes since I highly doubt Theo even bothered to--"

"Stop right there." She interrupted as she held up her hand. "First of all, you and I are not the same. The only reason I'm able to control my powers is because Theo taught me. The reason I'm even alive is because of him! The fact that you aren't apologizing for what you did comes to show that he was right all along! You've never cared about me and all of it was just because you felt obligated to protect me!"

My eyes widen. "What? No! I never felt obligated to protect you! You're my sister, Phoebe."

She crosses her arms. "Then where was my sister when Hayden and I were kidnapped and experimented by the Dread Doctors?"

I scoffed. "I was looking for you! Scott and the others were looking for you, are you kidding me?"

"Right, but who was the one who got us out of there?" She raised a brow. "Theo did. Where were you when Hayden and I were dying at the Hospital?"

"Scott needed my help at the school because I thought a Chimera--" I stop, seeing as she shook her head in disbelief. "b-but I was going to go! We were trapped the entire time because of the mountain ash around the library and I gave all of my energy to try to help Scott break the barrier. I was drained. Phoebe, if I had known how bad yours and Hayden's conditions were, I would've--"

"That's exactly my point, Olivia! You chose a stupid werewolf over family!" She angrily shouts, causing me to pause in my steps. "You weren't there! Don't you get that? You left me alone to die! It hurt seeing that instead of waking up to my family around me, showing that they did everything in their power to save me, I woke up in the middle of a forest with a bunch of others like me. While I don't blame Melissa and Elizabeth for doing as much as they could, I died alone. I died with the one person that gave me hope that maybe you would actually come save us, but you didn't. You weren't there and I hated you ever since! I hate you, Olivia."