Scream (Nogitsune)

Chapter 14

Lydia took Scott to the hospital under the excuse that they're supposed to meet his mom.

When they got there, she asked for Dr. Deaton. At first, they didn't want to tell her much, but she managed to find out that he is alive and in surgery at the moment, with almost one hundred percent chance of full recovery.

Mrs. McCall appeared from around the corner short after and completely lit up when she saw them both standing there being fine. She run to Scott and hugged him.

"Mom, what the hell, I've been gone like ten minutes and I'm not ten anymore!" He laughed.

Melissa laughed back nervously, not knowing how he could joke like that right now, but went with it.

"I think the three of us should go somewhere private, you should check on Scott I think." Lydia told her, but Scott overheard them.

"Oh c'mon, I only passed out for a second, I must've been dehydrated or something, don't make such a fuss about it!" He got back to Lydia and Melissa understood something was off.

"Come with me." She took them to an empty patient's room.

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She flashed light into Scott's eyes, his pupils reacting normally. Everything seemed completely fine.

"Do you remember what we were doing in Stiles' house?" She asked him.

"You weren't there, were you? Why would you be there, we were just doing school stuff." Scott replied.

Melissa didn't tell him the truth and didn't want to until she knew how severe his amnesia is.

"Okay," she said, "change into the hospital gown that's on the bed."

"What? Mom, don't overreact, I'm fine!" Scott defended himself as he didn't want to stay there.

"Doctor's orders." She cut him off. "Me and Lydia will go get something to drink." Melissa finished. It sounded weird, but she couldn't think of a better excuse for her and Lydia to leave at the moment, as her head was some place different.

"What happened in the house?" Melissa asked fearfully as soon as they left the room.

Lydia told her everything that went on.

"Do you know what's wrong with him?" She then asked nervously.

"I think he's normal." Scott's mom answered, Lydia not understanding.

"What do you mean normal? He can't remember anything." She said.

"His arm. He has a cut on his arm. It didn't heal." Mrs. McCall clarified.

"The cure. What if the Nogitsune somehow passed it to Scott? We need to talk to Dr. Deaton." Lydia said with horror.

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Dr. Deaton woke up several hours after the surgery. His shoulder will require long rehabilitation, but he felt fine.

They didn't want to bother him right away, but when they visited him, he asked anyway, because he found it a bit odd that Scott wasn't visiting him too.

"What's going on, Lydia?" Dr. asked.

"We took down all the Onis," she started explaining, "but the Nogitsune got to Scott and I thought he was about to rip Scott's heart out. He didn't, but he must have done something, Scott fell to the ground." She said.

"He is sleeping right now. He has some sort of an amnesia. Also, there is a cut on his arm that didn't heal." Melissa added.

"I'm afraid I can't tell you any more than you already know." He said after a moment of silence. "Altough I think there is a posibility the cure could have worked."

"Is he going to remember?" Lydia asked.

"I have no idea, to be honest." He replied.

"We have to tell him everything, maybe he will remember!" Lydia came up with an idea, but Mrs. McCall strongly disagreed.

"He might never remember."

"Yes, that's why we need to tell him, he can't just lose three years of his life! Everything he went through with his friends. He would have never known Allison." Lydia sadly opposed, not being able to wrap her head around why anyone would disagree.

"He would never have to go through the pain of losing her. He would have a shot at a normal life he deserves." Melissa said.

Those words scared Lydia even more than anyone trying to kill them.

"He is an alpha!" She screamed crying, not wanting to believe they are talking about this.

"Tell her, please!" Lydia hopelessly turned to Dr. Deaton.

"You both have a point, but I think you should think it over." He said simply to both of them.

"What about his best friends? What about Stiles?" Lydia let out desperately.

After a long moment of silence, Melissa stepped in. "Lydia, you see what is happening. Stiles is gone."

Dr. Deaton didn't say anything, which meant he didn't disagree.

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Lydia went home. She just didn't want to talk to anybody, went straight to her room and laid down on the bed. She wouldn't give up, not on Scott or Stiles and it hurt to see everyone else did. She wasn't going to cry, feeling so empty and tired at the moment she wasn't capable of showing any emotion and after a while she fell asleep.