Teen Wolf: All Grown Up

45. Created or Destroyed

I wouldnt recommend drowning someone you care about.

From what I've been through, it sucks.

We waited there for hours upon end. Deaton had to take me away from just glaring at Stiles' lifeless body as he thought it would drive me insane. I think he has a point. I was already restless. Forcefully pacing up and down to the point where I made a draft in the already dreary building. I wanted to lash out at something, I needed release. I needed him to wake up from that ice bath and wrap his arms around me.

Each minute that passed slowly ripped my heart open. By hour twelve I was a wreck. I thought he had died. I checked his body to make sure he wasn't several times.

By the sixteenth hour they had woken up, lively as ever and I had never been more excited to see Stiles being a hyperactive spaz. I rushed over to him and held his soaking wet I cold body to me. He tried to push me away, saying something about the cold. I couldn't care less. I was glad he was alive and back with me. The cold was nothing compared to what I felt waiting.

The three in the tubs told us that they could find the Nemeton. Which was great, what they hadn't realised is that they had wasted sixteen hours hunting for it.

"No dude you cant go back with them," Stiles pleaded with his best friend.

Solemnly, Scott replied, "I made a deal with Deucalion."

"Does anyone else think that sounds a lot like made a deal with the devil?" I chipped into the conversation.

"Why does it matter anyway?" Issac asked.

"Because I still don't think we can beat Jennifer without their help."

Allison was raged by this.

"Deaton. Atticus. He trusts you two more than anyone. Tell him he's wrong," she said sharply. 

Deaton pondered with his hands on his hips looking between me and Scott, "I'm not so sure he is."

"Circumstances like this sometimes require you to align yourself with people you'd normally consider enemies," I add onto Deaton's point. Sounding like Gerard in my head, which made me feel physically sick.

"So we are going to trust him?" Issac asked, "the guy who calls himself 'Death Destroyer of Worlds'? We are going to trust that guy?"

"I wouldnt trust him, no. But you could use him to your advantage."

"Deucalion may be the enemy," I said simply, "but he could also be the bait."

After that, the door opened. So we went to investigate.

"I'm looking for Lydia," Ethan, one half of the alpha twins said.

"What do you want?"

"I need your help."

Stiles busted round the corner protectively (making me chuckle), "with what?"

"Stopping my brother and Kali from killing Derek," Ethan replied.

- - -

The plans started to be set in motion. There were three main issues that needed to be addressed:

1. Finding the Nemeton and the missing parents.

2. Stopping Deucalion and Jennifer.

3. Preventing the rest of the Alpha pack from killing Derek.

Ideally, I want to stop Jennifer from slaughtering more people for power. So that would be my preferred choice.

If not that, I would like to be with Stiles. If I could do nothing else tonight, I'd be happy with keeping him safe. Despite hunting trees isn't my specialty, I'd give it my best effort for Stiles.