Nefarious » Theo Raeken

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Smoke was caught in my lungs as I rolled over to the side, coughing and spluttering.

I glanced briefly at Stiles who was beside me and then up at Theo.

"The body. The body's gone"

I looked around, hoping to catch sight of anything.

"We should get you to the hospital" Theo said. "You took in a lot of smoke"

"I'm fine" Stiles said.

"Me too"

I sighed and the two of us stood up, heading over to the jeep.

I paused when I heard the sound of the radio crackling.

"Suspect in 1-8-7 is in custody and en route to station. Suspect's name is Yukimura, Kira"

Kira?

"What's a 1-8-7?" Theo and I said simultaneously.

Stiles exhaled. "Homicide"

~

Theo, Stiles and Malia were talking in the kitchen.

I wasn't paying attention to them.

I was too busy sat on the couch, worrying about my brother.

I felt sick. The thought of losing him was painful.

I'm the older sibling, I'm the one that should have been protecting him.

"Kara"

My attention was pulled away from my thoughts as I looked up at Theo.

"You okay?"

"Do I look okay?" I snapped. Then I felt bad. "Sorry I'm just worried"

He sat down beside me, placing his hand on my knee.

"We'll find him. I promise"

"You can't- you can't promise something like that. What if something bad has happened? Like really bad? He could be dead or dying and we're just sat here doing absolutely nothing!"

"Hey" he reached for my hand. "It's okay"

"Stop saying things like that! This isn't okay, none of this is okay!"

He didn't reply.

"I'm sorry" I sighed. "I'm just- I'm so scared of losing him"

"I know" Theo squeezed my hand. "I know how you feel and I know what it feels like to have your sibling go missing"

Before I could even think of a response, Scott burst through the front door and the attention turned to him.

"Hey is Kira okay?" Stiles asked.

Scott ignored him and headed past us and upstairs.

"Scott?" Theo frowned.

The four of us shared looks before following him upstairs.

I was the last person to reach the door so when they all came to a sudden halt, I couldn't see anything.

"Don't get too close" Lydia warned.

I stood on my tiptoes, peering over Theo's shoulder.

"What is he doing?" I asked.

"Tapping into Corey's memories" Lydia replied. "It's usually something only alphas can do"

Theo walked to the other side of Scott to get a better look. "Is it as dangerous as it looks?"

"Probably more" Stiles commented.