Chapter One-Hundred-Thirty Eight: The Last Chimera Part Four

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-The Morgue-

Scott, Stiles, Melissa, Parrish, Devana, and I are gathered in the morgue. I texted Allie, sending her to Liam. Scott and I stood by each other, while Parrish and Devana stood by one another. Stiles stood off in the distance, he seemed to be keeping his distance from Scott. 

"It could be a side effect of shock," Parrish said.

"She's catatonic. It was Theo digging his way through her mind." Stiles reminds.

"Why would he do that? What is he looking for?" Melissa questioned.

"The same thing he's always looking for– an advantage," Scott said.

"So what did he gain by trying to kill Stilinski?" Parrish asked.

Scott sighed. "It left me alone with Liam. Theo wanted to make sure no one would be there to stop him from... killing me."

Stiles scoffed. "Okay, so he gutted my dad as a distraction?"

"We need to find this kid," Parrish said. 

"Isn't that a little dangerous? Especially since he almost killed my kid?" Melissa asked.

"Yeah, but he said he didn't want my dad to die."

"And you believe him?" Parrish asked him skeptically.

Stiles shrugs. "He told me where to find him... So, maybe he also knows how to save him."

"What do you want to do? Talk to him?" Melissa asked.

"If it saves my dad, then yeah." 

"We'll come with you," Scott said approaching Stiles. "He doesn't know that I'm alive– maybe that gives us an advantage." 

"Absolutely not. He'll know you two are there. I just need to talk to him, not fight him." Stiles said, walking towards the door but Melissa stopped him.

"Stiles, you can't go alone. Does anyone even know how to find him?" Melissa asked.

"We don't have to find him– he'll come to me," Stiles said. 

-Upstairs-

Parrish and Devana took the elevator upstairs to Lydia's room. When the elevator opened, Natalie was outside of Lydia's room talking to Dr. Fenris who works at Eichen House. 

"She'll be well taken care of, Ms. Martin. It's a very different place now. She'll be safe there." Dr. Fenris assured.

"She'll be safe..." Natalie said softly.

Dr. Fenris saw Parrish and Devana from down the hall. "Just two signatures, Ms. Martin."

Natalie hesitated on signing it. "Ms. Martin, I promise I'll look after her personally. She'll be safe there."

Natalie finally takes the clipboard and signs the document, then hands it back to Dr. Fenris. Parrish and Devana run up to Natalie. 

"Ms. Martin? Ms. Martin? What were you signing?" Parrish asked. 

Natalie was in a daze. "She'll be safe there..."

Parrish frowned. "What do you mean? What did you do?"

She looked at Parrish with a hard look. "I did what I had to do."

"You bitch! You sent your daughter away!" Devana growled and went to lunge at Natalie, but Parrish grabbed her and dragged her outside. 

-McCall's House-

Scott, Stiles, and I have all arrived at Scott's house. Stiles is sitting at the bottom of the staircase. Scott is in the upstairs hallway waiting for Theo to arrive. I am pacing back and forth downstairs with Stiles.

Stiles laid out a line of mountain ash along the front door. Moments later, Theo arrived just as Stiles planned. He looked down at the mountain ash along the front door.

 He looked down at the mountain ash along the front door

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"I guess we're all telling the truth now." He said, smirking as he stepped over it. 

It took every ounce of willpower not to tear him to pieces after what he did to Scott. Theo frowns as he senses something upstairs– Scott. Stiles and I look at each other, realizing Theo has caught Scott's scent. Stiles throws Scott's torn and bloodied shirt at Theo from the night Theo attacked him. 

"You killed my best friend

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"You killed my best friend."

Theo gives him a skeptical look

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Theo gives him a skeptical look. "Let's be honest, Stiles– was he really your best friend?" He said tossing the shirt aside.

Stiles ignored the question. "Are you going to let my father die?"

Theo rolled his eyes. "If I wanted him to die, I wouldn't have told you where you can find him."

"Then why are they saying his body is shutting down? That some toxin is poisoning him, and they don't know how to stop it?"

Theo was shocked by what Stiles had said. "I'm not the bad guy, Stiles. I'm just a realist. I'm a survivor. If you knew the things that I know..."

"Yeah, what do you know?" Stiles asked skeptically.

I flicked my claws and growled. "I can help with that."

"No, Leia!" Stiles yelled.

"You would love to get your hands on me, wouldn't you?" Theo asked. I shook my head and started up the stairs. "I know what's coming," Theo said, stopping me in my tracks. I turned slowly as Stiles and I listened to him.

"I know what the Dread Doctors created. And, I know what Parrish is."

 *To Be Continued...*

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