Eyes of Terror - Theo Raeken

Four

"Hey, Deaton, how the hell did she get through the Mountain Ash?" Stiles asked. "I though no supernatural could do that." Hera added.

"I don't know. It's a barrier no supernatural creature should be able to cross." Deaton said. "Scott did it." Stiles said.

"Once, but it almost killed me." Scott said. "We should've killed her." Malia said. "I completely agree with you." Hera said.

"Meanwhile, she's probably on her way to killing someone else." Stiles said and Hera agreed with him.

"Listen, everyone. We need to concentrate. Scott, Hera and Malia, you three will probably be able to move long before Stiles and I can."

"But you need to focus." Deaton said. "Focus on what?" Malia asked. "Healing." Scott said calmly.

"That's right." Deaton agreed. "I don't know how to tell my body to heal." Malia started panicking.

"Malia, calm down. It's okay..." Stiles said. "I can't calm down. I can't move. Hera?" Malia asked and looked with her eyes to the side.

"Hera?" Deaton asked. "She's bleeding." Malia said. "Why is she not healing?" Stiles asked and Deaton sighed.

"Because she isn't conscious plus were-tigers are the type of supernatural that heal much slower than someone like werewolves." Deaton said.

"Is she going to die?" Scott asked. "She just needs to wake up first so healing could start and we need help." Deaton said.

"How do we focus?" Scott asked. "Think of a body part. Your hands, your feet, even just the tips of your fingers." Deaton said.

"Imagine them moving.See it in your mind and your body will follow." he said. "Come on, guys, we need to help Hera." Scott said.

"Okay. I'm pretty sure I just felt my right left move.Uh, yep, definitely felt it. Like a twinge, spasm, something." Stiles said groaning.

"I'm gonna have to disagree. And I think I hold an informed opinion." Deaton said. "Malia." Scott said seeing her fingers moving.

"I don't think she cut me that deep." Malia grunted. "Keep going. Keep moving." Deaton reassured.

"What's happening? I can't see. What's happening?" Stiles asked as Malia stood up on her feet again and walked towards Hera.

"Guys, she's as ice." Malia said. "Wrap bandage from drawer around her tightly. It should slow down the bleeding." Deaton said.

Malia did as he said and stood up again. "I have to find Tracy." she said. "Malia." Scott called and she looked at him. "Save her."

After few minutes, Theo ran inside the clinic and helped Scott to get up. "How did you find us?" Scott asked him.

"'Cause you work here. I heard about Tracy. I've been looking for you." Theo said and helped Stiles to get up too.

"Hera!" Deaton said and Theo looked to the side and saw girl laying on the floor in the pool of blood.

"Get her up." Deaton said and Theo picked her up and placed her and gently placed her on the table.

"We have to wake her up. She needs to shift into a tiger and then I can sew her up." Deaton said and ran over to drawers.

He shot a needle in her thigh and after few seconds she gasped for air and screamed in pain.

"Hera! You have to shift." Deaton said but she was screaming too loudly. Theo suddenly growled loudly at her and she started breathing heavily yelping in pain quietly.

"Thank you." Deaton said. "Hera, look at me." he said and she looked at him. "If you don't shift right now, you're going to die." he said.

"I can't. It hurts too much." she said. "Think about Shiva. Think about your mother, Hera. Think about that day." he said.

"I know it hurts but you have to focus. Think about those hunters who killed her. And how you couldn't do anything." he said.

Hera started growling and soon, she shifted into full tigress and before she could kill anyone, he shot the needle in her leg.

Her sight went blurry, and she fell asleep on the table again. "You guys go and find Tracy. I'll try to do my best." Deaton said and three of them ran outside.

***

"Mother! Look! I can climb this tree!" small tiger cub said and started climbing a tree. "Great job, Hera." older tigress said.

"One day, when I become like you, I'm going to hunt deers and bears just like you do." cub said happily.

"You remind me of your father. He had big dreams like that." elder one said. "Can you tell me once more how you two met?" cub asked.

"Well..." mother started laying on the grass and small tigress cuddled up to her. "We were young and crazy, you know?" she said.

"We were humans when we met of course and all of us were-tigers lived in one village together. There were many of us."

"One day, when there was a bug feast, I was sitting alone on the one tree when a boy sat down next to me."

"He had those beautiful black eyes and dark brown wavy hair. I thought about him as the most handsome guy I've ever seen."

"And then, he asked me to dance." she said. "He said, 'Will you Shiva take the hand of mine, Sheer Khan and dance with me?'"

"And then I took his hand and we danced like there was no tomorrow." she said and younger one hummed.

Something started rustling in the bushed and mother picked her head up looking where it came from.

"Hera, go hide under the tree." she said standing up. "Come on, mom. I'm not falling on those jokes again." Hera said.

"Hera, run!" mother said and threw Hera far behind one tree as hunters jumped out the bushes and on her mother.

Hera tried to get out but her mother growled at her and she stayed down. Tears started spilling down her cheeks.

She heard one last roar when the gunshot was heard and she gasped quietly. She heard a thump and her mother fell. "Nooooo!!!!!"

"No!!" Hera yelled waking up. "Hey, hey. It's okay." said a voice and a body sat next to her and she turned to the side to see Theo.

"Theo?" she asked in shaky voice and he just placed her head on his chest and placed his shin on her head.

"Do you always get nightmares?" he asked and she nodded sniffing. "Every night." she said and he kissed the top of her head.

"How long have you been here?" she asked leaning on the bed frame and he leaned next ti her.

"Ever since Deaton fixed you. You've been asleep for two days. We thought you weren't gonna make it." he said.

"I'm sorry you had to be here with me." she said looking down at her fingers. "Well, I pretty much voted to stay so." he said.

"Why?" she asked. "Just wanted to get to know you. If that's not a problem with you." he said and she blushed. "It's fine." she said.

They were just sitting there in silence when she placed her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. "I'm tired." she said.

"You've slept for two days and you're tired?" he asked. "So? I need my beauty sleep." she said and he laughed.

They lied down on her bed and he hugged her around her shoulders and she snuggled into his chest inhaling his scent closing her eyes.