𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚔 ❦「𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚔𝚒」

𝟶𝟼𝟼《𝙽𝙾 𝙾𝙽𝙴 𝙸𝚂 𝙶𝙾𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚃𝙾 𝙳𝙸𝙴 𝚃𝙾𝙽𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃》

𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊'𝚜 𝙿𝙾𝚅

"Hey, you okay?" I hear Stiles speak from the driver seat of the Jeep and I lift my head from the back with Isaac to see that he's talking to my brother in the passenger side.

"Yeah. Yeah, you don't have to worry about me" Scott assures him.

"All right, I'm gonna say it" Isaac blurts out, looking directly at Stiles "You look like you're dying. You're pale, thin, and you look like you're getting worse"

"Shut up, Lahey" I hiss at him with a glare.

"We're all sitting here thinking it" The brunette haired boy retorts "When we find the other you, is he gonna look like he's getting better?"

"What happens if he gets hurt?" Scott questions and I frown at the implication of something happening to Stiles.

"What do you mean, like if he dies, do I die? I don't care. Just so long as no one else dies because of me" Stiles declares and that statement alone makes me feel sick to my stomach.

"Stiles, we're not letting you die" I protest in disbelief.

"I remember everything I did, Nat. I remember wrapping my hands around your throat. I remember squeezing the life out of you" Stiles stresses, looking at me in the rearview mirror with sad guilty eyes.

"That wasn't you" I argue, my frown deepening.

"Yeah, but I remember it" He argues back "You guys gotta promise me. You can't let anyone else get hurt because of me"

My brother shares a concerned look with Isaac and I before both boys nod at Stiles, but I stay completely still.

"Nat, promise me" Stiles pleads and the emotion in his voice breaks my heart.

"Nothing is going to happen to any of you. Not on my watch" I declare.

"Natalia" Stiles presses.

"I promise you that no one is going to die tonight" I retort, stopping any further conversation with a firm glare.

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"We've done this before, guys. A couple of weeks ago, we were standing around, just like this, and we saved Malia. Remember?" Scott gives his pep talk as we stand at the gates of Camp Oak Creek "That was a total stranger. This is Lydia"

"I'm here to save my best friend" Allison declares.

"I came to save mine" Scott returns, glancing at the pale Stiles.

"I just didn't feel like doing any homework" Isaac admits.

"Me neither" I shrug, playfully bumping into the Lahey boy who grins at me.

The six of us share one last look before focusing on the task ahead, storming through the gates and right through the camp. Scott and Stiles split from us, looking for Lydia while the rest of us come head to head with Kira's mother and her Oni.

"Kira, turn around and go home. Take your friends with you" Noshiko warns her daughter.

"I can't. When I looked at the game, I realised who I was actually playing...you" Kira tells her mother.