North Starr

13

Season 2

Stiles laid on the hospital chairs, asleep while speaking to himself. "Ohh - Just like that. No, no, you first. Me first?"

Mr. Martin stepped out of the room and noticed Stiles. "He's been here all night?"

"He's been here all weekend," Melissa replied. "Melanie has been coming and going."

"You're dirty," Stiles said.

"Excuse me."

"Paging Dr. Stateman. Dr. Stateman, please."

Stiles jolted awake and tried to get a Reese's from the vending machine, and subconsciously, something for Melanie as well.

"Seriously?" Stiles asked. "Come - Just - Gah! It's not going to work. Whoa!" The vending machine fell to the ground.

Melanie walked up and shook her head. "I'm glad to see you're knocking things over."

Lydia let out a loud scream. Scott heard from miles away.

Stiles and Melanie ran to Lydia's room. "Lydia? Lydia!"

"What the hell was that?" Melissa wondered.

"Lydia?"

Stiles and Melanie looked out the open window, showing the nearly full moon.

Sheriff Stilinski was called in and said, "Naked? As in nude?"

"I'm pretty sure they mean the same thing, but, yes, as far as we know, she left here clothing-optional."

"All right, you checked the whole hospital, right? Nothing suspicious?"

"Nothing. She just took off."

"All right, let's get an APB out on a 16-year-old redhead. Any other descriptors?"

"5'3, green eyes, fair-skinned, and her hair is actually strawberry blonde," Melanie said with a smile.

"Is that right?"

"Yeah."

"Uh - come here." He grabbed his son's ear. "What the hell are you and Melanie still doing here?"

"Um, providing moral support?"

"Uh-huh. How 'bout you provide your ass, and Melanie's, back home, where you should be."

"Okay, I can do that too."

"Yeah."

"Mm."

"We're gonna find her, so don't worry."

Melanie grabbed the hospital gown and held it up to Scott who asked, "This is the ones she was just wearing? I'm not gonna let anymore hurt her. Not again."

"All right, just shove the thing in your face and let's find her," she retorted as someone else appeared.

"Wow!" Stiles exclaimed.

"What are you doing here?" Scott asked. "Someone's gonna see us."

"I don't care - she's my best friend, and we need to find her before they do," Allison replied.

"I can find her before the cops can."

"How about before my father does?"

"He knows?"

"Yeah. I just saw him and three other guys leave my house in two SUVs."

"Search party."

"It's more like a hunting party."