Heal You (Part II)

Mark

I peeled open my eyes, the sudden flood of light blinding me. I blinked a few times until I could focus my eyes on my surroundings. "Emma?" Scott asked, leaning over me. I stared up at his worried brown eyes that were hidden under the casted shadow of his furrowed brows. 

I groaned in response, too confused to form a real sentence. I heard the sound of movement, more faces appearing. Lydia's green eyes found mine, her soft hand pressing against my forehead as she took my temperature, Allison standing next to her. Kira was there too, hiding hesitantly behind Scott. Derek sat at the foot of the bed, watching me with worried eyes. Sam and Dean loomed over me on the other side, watching me closely. 

"Wow, everyone's here" I mumbled, suddenly feeling claustrophobic as the center of everyone's attention. I pushed myself up to a sitting position, running my hand over my face. I rubbed my eyes, helping to wake me up. "Why does everyone look so worried?" I asked, unable to deny the worried tension that hung in the room.

"Emma, you just appeared here, all torn up and crying before you passed out" Sam explained with wide eyes, searching my face for an explanation. 

"Yeah, and then you slept for like five hours. And in that same time we called Eichen House, only to find that Stiles was missing. I just have a hard time believing that's a coincidence." Dean crossed his arms over his chest, his emerald eyes soft and tired. 

"That's because it's not" I whispered, pushing the blankets off of me as I was suddenly overheated. Everything came crashing back into my mind, pain blooming in my heart. 

"What does that mean? What happened to you? Where did you go?" Scott asked, resting his hand on my shoulder as I jumped up to my feet. I sighed, my shoulders slumping as I drew my eyes up to his. "Are you okay?" he asked softly, squeezing my shoulder. 

"I'm fine" I nodded, taking a deep breath as I collected my thoughts. "But Stiles isn't. The nogitsune...it regained control. He's void, again" I explained as Scott drew his hand back, pressing it over his face as everyone's faces dropped, wracked with devastation. 

"How?" Kira asked as everyone remained silent, wrapped up in their own thoughts. 

"Manipulation" I growled, the memory making me hot with anger. "The nogitsune threatened us. It was let me in and Emma will live or refuse and you both die" I trembled, walking away from everyone as I took deep breaths. 

"You saw him? You saw the nogitsune?" Lydia asked, the rest of them moving towards me again. I decided I was in Derek's loft, the place that still seemed too modern to be his. I stared out his large window, pressing my hand against the cool glass. 

"Yeah" I nodded, the room going silent. "Castiel, the angel, transported me there when I prayed to him. At first I was invisible, like I was a ghost. Stiles couldn't hear me and I could only follow him around. I got a good look at how cruel Eichen House can be, and I even got to see Malia" I allowed a fond smile to appear at the memory of the girl. 

"Then what happened?" Isaac asked, perching on the desk where he fiddled absently with a pencil. I exhaled heavily, biting down on my lip. 

"The consular there saw the mark on Stiles' back and called him to her office. She said that he had to stay awake to keep control and that if he slept, the mark would disappear and the nogitsune would gain control. Stiles- he wanted to go into the basement-"

"Why the hell would he want to do that?" Dean asked, Sam elbowing him in a scolding manner. 

"Because, it was the one from his nightmares. He knew there was a connection. Anyway, he tried to go down but they caught him and knocked him out. Forced him to sleep. But when he woke up, he was okay. The mark was still there, but it was fading. And I was there to. I was real and he could see me"