Everyone Has Demons [Teen Wolf]

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Scott gave me directions as I drove, but in-between each "right here" and "next left" the car was silent. "Is everything okay?" Stiles asked, looking between Scott and me.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I said.

There was silence for a moment before Isaac took a deep breath. "Okay, I'm just going to say what everyone is thinking. You look like you're dying Stiles. When we get to the other you, is it going to look like he's getting better?"

"What happens if something hurts him, will it hurt you?" Scott asked.

"Like if he dies, will I die?" Stiles asked. "I don't care. I remember everything I did as the Nogitsune, we have to kill him. No matter what happens to me."

It was quiet again. "You're not going to die, Stiles. I'm not going to let anything happen to you."

"You can't make that promise, Ava," he said.

"Yeah, I can, and I intend to keep it."

I parked outside the gates of the old interment camp; Allison and Kira were already there. I grabbed my bow and arrows out of the back of my car. We all walked to the gates in silence. "Someone say something, we're not going to a funeral," I said.

"We've done this before, a few weeks ago we saved Malia, a total stranger," Scott said. "Now we're here to save our friends."

"Think about how many times we've won," I said. "Lizards, and alphas, and escaped convicts, and druids. This isn't the day that streak ends."

"Today I'm going to save my best friend," Allison said.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Scott asked. We all walked through the gates. Kira's mother and two of the Oni were waiting for us on the other side.

"Kira, turn around and go home," Mrs. Yukimura said.

Kira shook her head. "I can't."

Scott motioned for me to follow him and Stiles inside. I left the others to deal with Kira's mother. "Do you smell her?" I asked Scott.

He nodded. "She's definitely here." We ran down the hall and found her locked in a room.

Scott opened the door and Lydia whirled around. She looked terrified. "No, no, you weren't supposed to be here!"

"Lydia, what are you talking about? We're here for you," Scott told her.

"Didn't you get my message?" She asked desperately. "Who else is with you?" She asked. "We've got to help them!"

She pushed past us and started running up the stairs, we followed her. Scott was the fastest and got ahead. "Wait, wait," Stiles said. He leaned against the wall and then fell.

Lydia and I stopped. She looked at me. "Ava, go, they need help!"

I nodded and started running again, clutching my bow. I heard Lydia's scream from behind me before I made it out of the building. Scott was cradling Allison, I could tell from the look on his face she wasn't going to make it.

Isaac was on the ground a few feet away bleeding, but he had pushed himself up to look at Allison. I took a few steps towards him and then my knees gave out. I dropped to the ground next to him and he grabbed my hand.

"Everything was supposed to be okay," I whispered.

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I sat in between Lydia and Scott on the couch outside Sheriff Stilinski's office. We'd been brought down to give our statements. Isaac had been the first one taken inside. I didn't even noticed when the let him go and took Scott into the office. The only reason I knew when Lydia went in was because she'd been clutching my hand.