Wicked style, Liam Dunbar

3.1 Dead Or Alive?

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'Are we the hunters? Or are we the prey? This is a wild game of survival'
- Game of Survival, Ruelle
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Everything had changed in the matter of hours. Atlas is stuck in the hospital after Theo cut his neck open and he shifted back to human so he didn't heal.

James is trapped in the Dread Doctors operating theatre, getting all of his werewolf DNA pulled out of him, the same way as when he was fifteen.

Lydia is missing. Malia is on a hunt to try and find her mother. Everyone is so far away that if something were to go wrong again, no one could help.

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Sheriff Stilinski, whose uniform is soaked in his blood, especially around his stomach, has just been wheeled into the emergency operating room at the hospital so they can prepare him for surgery.

Stilinski has an oxygen mask over his face and is writhing on the gurney as Dr. Geyer explains his condition to the other surgeons and nurses. "All right, we've got a liver lac and perforated intestine."

Sheriff tries to remove the mask so the others can hear him better. "Where's my son?"

"We're taking care of you, Sheriff, but you have to keep your oxygen mask on" Dr Geyer explains before he starts bustling around the OR to get everything needed for the surgery as he talks to one of the nurses. "Contact the blood bank and type and cross-match for four units of O-neg."

"Where's my son?" Stilinski whispers. "Where's Stiles?"

Anastasia stands beside Stiles at the reception desk of the hospital as Stiles anxiously tries to tell the nurse all of his father's information that she needs.

"Stilinski, right?" The nurse questions. "You said his insurance was with the county? He's a deputy?"

"No, he's the Sheriff" Stiles corrects, irritably. "He's the county Sheriff, okay? He's covered. I mean, he should be covered."

Melissa sees Stiles arguing with the nurse and rushes over to help calm him down. She takes the paperwork from the nurse and gives her a sympathetic smile. "I'll take care of it."

Melissa turns to address Stiles next, who is visibly overwhelmed by fear, stress, anger, and guilt about everything that has happened. "I texted Scott. He's coming as soon as he can. I can call Malia?"

Stiles immediately starts to freak out and begins to pace around the hallway. "No, no, no. Don't call anyone." Stiles looks up at the red haired girl who is watching him with worry across her face, "can you call Atlas please?"

"There's no need" Melissa tells the teenager. "He's already here." Anastasia and Stiles' eyes widen in shock and fear as they stare at the older woman. "He's at the end of the hall."

Anastasia looks to Stiles before giving a sympathetic smile before rushing away in the direction of Atlas room.

"What happened to him?" Stiles asks the woman.

"Theo cut his neck open" Melissa explains. "He's not shifting, so he isn't healing."

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