Nefarious ➛ Theo Raeken [2]

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Revenge was not an entirely new concept for Clarissa Bane to wrap her mind around. She had felt it bubble up inside of her more in the last two years than she had ever felt in her entire life. She wanted to burn the entire city to the ground until her family was back with her, but it was also her home and she wanted to protect it with her life.

The dark tunnels around her enhanced the urge for revenge because she was there while Liam went to retrieve Theo and check on her home. She had little hope that Isaac and Evie were still there, not with the town being as deserted as it was. She had tried their phones multiple times, only to receive the tone that the lines had been disconnected. It had been unnerving in the silence of the tunnels to hear the hope disappear with each tone signaling their absence.

The plan was pure insanity, something that she couldn't help but feel like was a waste of time. That was why she was standing guard at the door as Scott and Malia were locked inside of the tube that had once apparently held Jordan Parrish. She couldn't afford for them to be taken by the Ghost Riders while their backs were turned. She refused to let them get taken and leave Lydia alone.

She kept her ear trained as Scott went into the tube, minutes passing by as he freaked out inside of the contraption. She knew that it was hard on him because she just knew Stiles was his best friend. But he was hers too and she missed him, especially after seeing his face and feeling his hands on her skin. She needed him to breathe, to feel a semblance of normalcy that had been ripped from her the moment that she came back to life.

Normalcy was a laughable concept at this point in her life. She should have been focused on her schooling, but now she was worried about saving her home from evil villains every few months because of the supernatural. It was exhausting and her grades have slipped horrendously since Theo had come back into town. She didn't know how she felt about the plan, but going from Scott to Malia seemed to be failing miserably and she was growing more grim as the time ticked by them.

She wanted to find Stiles as bad as them, maybe even more so because of the fact that her entire family was there with him, but this plan was bordering on reckless and stupidity that they couldn't afford right now. They were wasting time, something that was incredibly rare.

She tapped her foot against the floor, pausing as the sound of slow footsteps coming towards her reached her enhanced hearing. She resumed tapping, anxiety growing in her veins as the person came to stand next to her.

"I'm guessing it's not working and you've come to get me to save the day." Clarissa voiced lowly, wringing her hands together as she eyeballed Scott McCall who was still shivering slightly next to her. "I don't want to become a chimera popsicle McCall. I don't think it will become a bestseller."

"You remembered Stiles better than the rest of us even though they stole your memories of him." Scott mumbled softly, a look of gentle heartbreak on his face from getting his memories back. It was lingering on the surface, so clear to see, that the memories of his best friend were holding him upright in that moment. "I remembered everything. Including you and Stiles. You two always seemed to rub each other the wrong way in the past, but then you started to get along. I don't think I've ever seen a relationship like the one you two shared. He's been my best friend as long as I can remember, but I don't think that I'm his only best friend anymore because he has you. You believed him, even when I didn't."

"You two fought at the animal clinic." Clarissa remembered the warbled voices that she heard there in her mind, the brief glimpse into her mind that had scared her. Her eyes drifted away from him and landed on the wall across from them. "I think I heard a bit of that fight. It was nasty."

"It was and you stuck by his side." Scott sighed as he leaned back against the wall next to her and grabbed her hand in his own chilled one. "You're scared of going in the tube. I can smell it."