What if I Stayed? (Thiam Fic)

Chapter Nineteen

Theo had been filled with the urge to kill before but right now? He was filled with homocidal rage as he stared at the smirking asshole who had Liam.

"Tell us what you want." Scott demanded as Theo tempted to control his glowing eyes and claws. 

"What I want is Violet. You guys are going to help me with that." Garrett said, his voice calm.

"Fuck you." Theo snarled and Garrett turned to look at him, looking smug.

"Glad to see you recovered. I was curious to see what a disgrace to natural and supernatural creatures such as yourself would do. It's interesting." Theo was now mere seconds from tearing this man's throat out with nothing but his teeth.

"Why should we help you?" Scott asked, trying to stay on topic. Theo was grateful because it gave him time to imagine slitting Garrett's throat

"You already know I have Liam. What I was waiting to say until skaterboy could show up is that I've stabbed with with yellow Wolfsbane and he's in the bottom of a well in a place no one will ever find him. He's got hours before he expires." Garrett laughed and Theo's blood boiled. If he hadn't been overwhelmed with fear, he would've killed him right there and then. 

"Theo," Scott turned to him, concern on his face, "you need to stop. You're growling so loudly I'm sure everyone can hear it."

"This is fun. Watching an alpha and... someone definitely special to Liam freak out over the fact he's got hours to live." Theo was trying to control himself. It was always his speciality, he had better control than anyone else. Not right now. "You're both going to do exactly what I say."

"Fine." Theo hissed through gritted teeth. This was for Liam. 

"Violet's getting taken to federal prison tonight, Scott's gonna break her out of the truck." Garrett said and Scott look angry, scared. Too many emotions and none of them good.

"What? How?"

"You're a werewolf! A fucking true alpha! I don't care, but you're doing it or your helpless little beta dies a slow, lonely, painful death." Garrett's words hit Theo like a punch to the gut. Actually, more like a stab to his chest. 

"But-"

"Scott," Theo interrupted, knowing that Scott would've done it anyways but his logical brain was somehwere in a well with Liam, "Just do it."

"Fine. I'll do it."

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Liam woke up and his head was spinning. Every part of his body hurt and everything was cold and wet. He hated this. His shoulder hurt the worst, a burning searing pain that made him feel like falling back into the water.

Why was he in water?

He looked up and realized he was in a well. A fucking well. And that he had definitely been stabbed with yellow Wolfsbane meaning that he was going to die and soon.

"Theo!" Liam yelled, hoping that the other beta was there somehow. He knew his alpha had a better chance of saving him but he wanted Theo. "Theo! Help me! Pleas god, anyone! Scott! Help!"

He was screaming but a part of him knew no one would be able to hear him. Garrett had clearly left him in the middle of the woods, injured and dying, with no way to get out. The well walls were high, at least thirty to forty feet high and he was in so much pain. His body was sweaty and shakey, and it wasn't just from fear.

"Shit. Shit." Liam cursed, feeling tears well up in his eyes. He didn't want to die. He really didn't want to die but now he was going to. No one was going to find him and he was going to die, scared and alone in the bottom of a well, at sixteen years old. Sixteen.

There was so much he wanted to do with his life. Things he had wanted to say, goals that had been left untouched. All of it. Liam wanted to see someone he knew, someone he trusted, who could calm him down with a few words or a touch. He wanted- no, needed someone. Theo. 

He kept seeing Theo's face in his mind as he tried to calm himself, taking deep breaths and leaning against the stone wall. He saw hist soft dark blue eyes, brown hair that fell in waves over his forehead whenever he didn't style it, the sharp jawline and signature smile-smirk that managed to burn itself under his eyelids, never real1y leaving Liam's mind.

It was always there. Theo was always there.

Liam was going to die, either by dorwning or Wolfsbane and all he could think about was Theo. What was wrong with him?

"I gotta get out of here." Liam muttered, talking to himself as if saying his thoughts outloud made it easier. When he went to move however, his entire body nearly gave out on him, thanks to the pain. "Fuck!"

He needed to breathe through it. Taking deep breaths, Liam forced himself to move. He had to get out of here and get help. He had to. There was so much he still needed to say.

Looking at the stonewalls, Liam realized that he only had one shot at getting out of here and if the fall didn't kill him, the pain might.

He put his hand on the wall, grabbing a large stone and started to climb.

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"We've talked to Parrish about the fact he's on the list but he doesn't seem to know why and we don't know what he is yet." Stiles said but Theo wasn't paying attention. This didn't matter, none of this mattered. Why the fuck was he sitting here while Liam was out there? he needed to go, he needed to leave, he needed to find Liam. All he could think about was Liam.

"Theo?" Lydia asked, seeming concerned, "You're bleeding."

Theo looked down at his hand and saw that he had managed to cut his hand open with his claws. Shit.

"I'm fine. It's Liam we should be worried about." Theo looked around at everyone, "I have zero clue why we're all just sitting here when he's missing."

"We're gonna get him back. I'm getting Violet out of prison tonight." Scott comforted but that wasn't enough. They had no proof that Liam was alive and Theo just wanted to find him. He was sure he could find him. Gut instinct.

"Lydia and I are gonna try to find another password name." Stiles added, "Everyone else is on the look for Kate, hunters or anything else."

"I don't care about anything else. I care about Liam." Theo growled, standing up with enough force to push the chair behind him backwards. "And I'm not about to sit here while we plan and do nothing."

"We're tryi-"

"Trying isn't enough Scott!" Theo slammed his hands down on the table, rage filling his entire being, "I'm going to find him. Do whatever it is you guys are doing, call Argent or Derek, I don't care. You have my number, you can call me. I'm going after the person who can't be here because he might be dead."

Theo stormed out, every exhale sounding like a growl. He was pissed, upset. Furious. How dare they just sit there? Liam was in danger. He understood their reluctance when it was him fighting Garrett because Theo's known to be able to handle himself, not needing anyone. Liam though? They didn't know him well enough to make a call like that. Liam was in a fucking well somewhere, rotting probably. Theo needed to find him.

Theo already knew that he would kill or die to find Liam. The question was, who would he have to kill? As he got into his truck and sped for the woods while holding Liam's number nine jersey, Theo was ready to find Liam. 

And nothing, human or not, was going to stop him.