Foresight

Chapter 73: 5-6

Scott McCall is lying on the floor grasping for an asthma inhaler. His breath comes in ragged gasps.

"Cheery start" Scott said drily.

The Pathologist steps on the inhaler, crushing it and releasing the medicine within in a puff of gas.

"Well there goes that" Stiles sighed.

The Dread Doctor picks Scott up by the throat and holds him against the wall of the hospital corridor. The elevator door chimes open and Malia Tate, with fangs bared, comes rushing out. The doctor casts Scott aside as Malia attacks. They fight but Malia makes little headway.

"I love how they just throw Scott away and go after the girl. Like even after years they go for the women" Peter joked only to get slapped behind the b=head by his nephew, then his niece and lastly by his sister.

Melissa McCall rushes out and helps Scott back to the elevator. She injects him with a "bronchodilator" to ease his asthma symptoms. The Pathologist grabs Malia by the throat but she manages to break free and runs to the elevator. The doors close just as the doctor reaches them, and inside the car, they hear a great thud and the elevator shakes. Scott tells Malia they should have never read the book.

"Note to self, never read books again" Scott muttered to himself. Allison looked at him with an amused stare, hearing what he had said.

Two nights earlier, Sheriff's deputies arrive at Beacon Hills High School and find someone has dug eight large holes in the athletic field. Sheriff Stilinski draws a red X through a picture of Tracy Stewart on the corkboard in his office. A picture of Lucas is marked in a similar fashion. Stiles and Malia explain that they have two dead chimeras and eight new ones. The sheriff believes there may be another one and ads a picture of Donovan to the board. He explains that the department's tech guys believe both the holding cell lock and the cameras were disabled by electromagnetic interference the night Donovan escaped. Stiles turns away. Malia says if Donovan was a failure then he is likely dead and moves to X out his picture. The sheriff stops her and says he would need to see a body first. Stiles believes the teens were chosen by the Dread Doctors for a reason. They need to find what made these specific teenagers special. Donovan's booking number, seen on his mugshot, is 008372782. Lydia Martin and Jordan Parrish are training together. He reminds her to keep her arms up so that she can deflect the enemy's blows while still keeping watch on them. He worries about her recent surgery. She removes her jacket and lifts up her shirt to show him the stitches are holding and she is not bleeding.

"No but they can get ripped if you jump around too much" Stiles pointed out. Lydia just shrugged at that, she needed to learn to protect herself.

He removes his jacket as well and they continue to spar. He gets the better of her and wraps her in his arms. He asks her what she did wrong and she says she forgot to keep her arms up. He says eventually she will do it automatically due to muscle memory. They have a moment where they suddenly realize they are in each other's arms. They do not pull away.

"You're a good teacher Parrish. A bit too touchy but good nonetheless" Noah smirked at the man who nodded with a slight blush.

Parrish has his hand on her arm and it suddenly turns into the glove of one of the Dread Doctors. She has a series of flashes where she is on the operating table with the Doctors working on her. She jerks away. He asks what is wrong and she says, "Muscle memory." Scott explains to Theo that they are looking for anyone at school acting "a little off or a little weird." Theo points out that everyone is a little weird in high school.