"Young love tends to be based on nothing but feelings. The couple has not yet faced and overcome a challenge or difficulty together. They are passionate about each other. They think about each other constantly and want to spend all their time"
Isaac...
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"Okay, Isaac was able to get to Angie..." Ava came back to the house after having hung up on him.
After Angie found out Lydia was taken, she immediately went after her without a second thought. Isaac had offered to go after her, and Ava didn't really have a choice but to let him since he ran out too.
Her first instinct had been to follow after them, but there was something else she had to do—make sure Stiles was still Stiles. Ava had promised Noshiko that she would kill him the first chance she got if it came down to it, but now... she wasn't so sure anymore. She wasn't sure Void and Stiles were even connected now.
And James was on his way. Worse, he had Chris. That alone worried all of them and made them tread carefully. Even if they won the battle here, James was already forming another one somewhere else. In New Orleans. One they didn't even know about.
"Will she find her? I mean, where did he even take her?!" Aiden questioned, just as worried as everyone else.
"I don't know if she will or where they took her," Ava admitted, pacing as she spoke, "but we have to find her. James wanted to take her for a reason..."
"So he didn't just take her as leverage?!" Allison cut in, alarmed.
"James knows Angie loves Lydia, but he also took her because he needs her. And because if we have her, that's a huge advantage," Ava finished explaining, meeting Allison's gaze.
"So what do we do?" Scott asked, trying to keep the group grounded.
"Get Lydia back. We need her. If we want to know who's going to make it, we need her to stay a step ahead of him. He's not taking that from us." Ava's mind was already racing. "I could use Stiles to see if there's any lingering connection to Void, maybe find out where James is keeping her."
"Yes. And the rest of us can head out there with Angie and start looking," Scott suggested. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"And it's best if we don't contact any authorities. Anyone looking for Lydia is in danger, so please... be careful," Ava warned them, serious. "Scott, I think you should stay."
Scott paused, glancing over to where Stiles sat slumped on the couch. He looked... empty. Everyone just assumed he was exhausted and still foggy about what had happened. But in reality, he remembered everything.
He remembered what Void made him do, and it was eating him alive.
Scott noticed it too. Stiles wasn't okay. Not even close. He nodded at Ava's suggestion.
The rest of them left, heading out to catch up with Angie and Isaac. Only Ava, Derek, Peter, Stiles, and Scott stayed behind.
"I think it's better if he gets some rest," Ava suggested softly.
