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.
"You're dirty," Stiles said.
Kya laughed. "Oh, Stiles, your sleep talking is amazing."
"Excuse me," Melissa said.
"Paging Dr. Stateman. Dr. Stateman, please."
Stiles jolted awake and tried to get a Reese's from the vending machine.
"Seriously?" Stiles asked. "Come - Just - Gah! It's not going to work. Whoa!" The vending machine fell to the ground.
Kya walked up, clapping mockingly. "Great job, Stiles."
He shot her a look and she smiled sweetly.
Lydia let out a loud scream. Scott heard from miles away.
Stiles and Kya ran to Lydia's room. "Lydia? Lydia!"
"What the hell was that?" Melissa wondered.
"Lydia?" Stiles and Kya called again.
Stiles and Kya looked out the open window, showing the nearly full moon.
Sheriff Stilinski, who was called in, 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," Stiles said.
"Is that right?"
"Yeah."
"Uh - come here." He grabbed his son's ear. "What the hell are you still doing here?"
"Um, providing moral support?"
"Uh-huh. How 'bout you provide your ass back home, where you should be."
"Okay, I can do that too."
"Yeah."
"Mm."
"We're gonna find her, so don't worry."
Stiles grabbed the hospital gown and held it up to Scott who said, "This is the one 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," Stiles retorted and someone else appeared. "Wow!"
"What are you doing here? 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."
"Get in."
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Translucence
Mystery / ThrillerKya Hansen was invisible to all but one. Her rambling spaz she liked to call him. Six years before, she had died and was left wandering aimlessly. Until she found out that one could see her. From then on, she stayed by his side, as a guardian ange...
