Venom [2]

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𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐒
violence, terror, choas

HOPE STOOD BESIDE Scott inside the animal clinic, staring down at a body bag that was lying on the metal slab in the centre of the room. Theo and Stiles had brought it in, saying that they had found a dead Chimera with his throat ripped out.

Something about the situation was fishy to Hope. Not only does Stiles despise Theo, there is no way that Theo got to the hospital without passing one of them and then somehow coincidentally meeting up with Stiles just as a dead body is found.

Without hesitation, Scott ripped off the material, revealing a boy around their age with his ripped out throat. Blood was splattered everywhere, some was dried around his mouth.

"Do you know him?" Theo asked, looking up at Scott.

Scott nodded solemnly. "His name's Josh. He was a junior."

Hope caught a shared look between Stiles and Theo before Stiles reached across and gently pulled the sheet back over his body as if he couldn't even stand to look at him anymore. And honestly no one could blame him.

The slashes across Josh's neck were brutal. Whoever had slashed it had meant to kill him, that was for sure.

"Which one did it? The one with the cane?" Scott questioned further.

"Yeah," was all Theo said. 

Hope furrowed her brows, glancing toward him. He seemed to already be watching her, gauging her reaction for some reason.

"What are we gonna do with him?" Stiles' eyes darted to Scott. Hope furrowed her brows even more at his question. "We can't just set the alarm and leave. That's how Tracy disappeared. Someone's gotta stay here with him."

Theo sighed. "I'll do it," he suggested, making everybody stare at him. "It's not like I had a big Saturday night planned out."

Hope pursed her lips, not liking this situation at all.

Scott's phone began to vibrate in his back pocket. The werewolf pulled the device out, his eyes gaping at whatever was on the screen. He held the phone away from him in disbelief.

Hope sighed loudly, "what happened now?"

"Another one," he gulped back. "Another Chimera."

THE TRIO, along with Liam, stood in Hope's bathroom, staring at her bathroom door.

Liam looked between the bathroom door and Hope. "I— uh — your room is nicer and I thought she would be more comfortable in here than Scott's room. So, I..." he was stuttering over his words, worried that Hope was annoyed with him. "But she just locked herself in the bathroom and she's not speaking to me now."