Battle Symphony

13

Season 2

Stiles laid on the hospital chairs, asleep while speaking to himself. "Ohh - Just like that. No, no, you first. Me first?"

Nik, who was sitting nearby, rolled his eyes.

Mr. Martin stepped out of the room and noticed Stiles and Nik. "They've been here all night?"

"They've been here all weekend," Melissa replied.

"You're dirty," Stiles 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.

Lydia let out a loud scream. Scott heard from miles away.

Stiles ran to Lydia's room, where Nik already was. "Lydia? Lydia!"

"What the hell was that?" Melissa wondered.

"Lydia?" Stiles and Nik called again.

Stiles and Nik looked out the open window, showing the nearly full moon.

Sheriff Stilinski was called in and 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," Nik said.

"Is that right?"

"Yeah."

"Uh - come here." He grabbed his son's ear. "What the hell are you and Nik still doing here?"

"Um, providing moral support?"

"Uh-huh. How 'bout you provide your ass back home, where you should be. Take Nik home."

"Okay, I can do that too."

"Yeah."

"Mm."

"We're gonna find her, so don't worry."

Nik grabbed the hospital gown and held it up to Scott. "This are 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," Nik 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."

"All right, but if she's turning, would they actually kill her?" Stiles asked.

"I don't know. They won't tell me anything. Okay, all they say is, "We'll talk after Kate's funeral, when the others get here.""