Ephemeral ➵ Allison Argent (5)

Nineteen

A/N: sorry for the late update! I'm out of the country rn and my wifi is superrr spotty but here ya go! :D

Olivia's POV:

"How stupid are we to be doing this?" Liam worriedly asks as he, Scott, and I quickly walk to the locker room.

"We're not stupid." Scott tries to correct but I scoff.

"Maybe not stupid but this is reaching desperate."

"How desperate?" Liam asks once we stop at the door.

Scott lets out a sigh. "Incredibly desperate." He pushes open the door, finding Theo, Phoebe, and Tracy to turn towards us.

Theo's expression turns into a smug. "I told you we'd end up on the same side.

Liam smiles fakely. "How about I punch you in the balls to remind you we're not?"

Theo laughs at the remark and looks at Phoebe and Tracy. "I love this kid."

Tracy turns towards Phoebe with a brow raised. "How did you tolerate this kid?"

"I barely managed."

"Theo, we know you're not on our side so let's cut the bullshit." I harshly remark. "You said you wanted to help Lydia, but you left Eichen with something else, didn't you?"

Theo curiously tilts his head. "You mean the mask? Are you worried about that?"

"Did you put it on?" Scott worriedly asks. Theo simply smiles as Tracy and Phoebe stay silent, but I took it as a 'Yes' with their expressions. "Who did you see?"

"Not Mason."

Liam furrowed his brows in confusion. "What's that mean? It's not him?"

"It probably means he's a lost cause." Tracy rudely responded which causes Liam to glare.

"We all want the same thing." Phoebe spoke up with a shrug. "We want Mason back."

"Okay, but the difference is that we want him back alive." Scott argued, taking a step closer to Theo.

"Well, I'm open to compromise." Theo replied, taking a step towards Scott as well. "You still got the map with telluric currents on it? Bring it to the operating theater in two hours."

Scott simply nods before he turns away, walking out of the locker room with Liam following behind.

"And why aren't you following them?" Theo questioned with a smug. "Reconsidering Scott's methods?"

I roll my eyes. "As if. I wanted to talk to—"

"I have nothing to say to you." Phoebe crossed her arms with a glare.

"I wasn't going to say you." I emphasized before I turned to Tracy. "Can we talk?"

Her eyes slightly widen as they briefly meet Theo's before she turned towards me. "Seriously?"

"Go ahead. I need to talk to Phoebe anyway." Theo muttered and I gesture for Tracy to follow me outside to the hallway.

She shuts the door behind us with an unamused expression. "What do you want?"

"I know things for us didn't exactly go the way they should have but...I'm still worried about your safety. And Phoebe's." I say with a sad smile. "So why would you stay with Theo? Was I that terrible to you?"

She crossed her arms with discomfort. "You lied to me about what you were."

"It was to protect you." I try to defend but she shook her head.