The Gift

Chapter 6

Scott ran out of the house Isaac quickly following shouting, "Scott! Scott! What- what's wrong?" Isaac said stopping beside Scott out of breath in front of the motor bike.

"Stiles' dad went on a bender and Stiles can't get Derek, cause Derek is with Cora at the hospital and probably has his phone off. So we have to go help Stiles and we have to do it now!" Scott said getting on his bike and motioning for Isaac to get on behind him. Isaac got on the bike with Scott still confused as to what exactly was happening.

Arriving at Stiles' house Scott rushed into the house making his way up to Stiles' room and bursting through the door before Isaac even had time to process that he was actually moving.

Isaac rushed after Scott to find Scott wolfed out pulling a very drunk Sherriff Stilinski off of a very beaten up Stiles. Stiles was on the floor sobbing loudly and bleeding from many visible scrapes. Isaac rushed to Stiles to move him from the room and the Sherriff who was fighting Scott to get back to beating Stiles, while shouting cruel words over Scott's shoulder.

"Isaac get Stiles out of here drive him to my house in his jeep i'll be along shortly." Scott said anger flashing through his eyes.

"Scott," Isaac said glancing back at Scott, "Be safe." And with that Isaac ushered a beaten and bruised Stiles into the passenger seat of his jeep driving as fast as the speed limit allowed to get him to Scott's.

After Isaac got a still sniffling Stiles securely tucked away in Scott's guest room bed, he made his way downstairs to pace the living room waiting for Scott to get back, nervously biting his short fingernails.

Scott walked through the door looking completely normal like he hadn't just seen Stiles' dad, the Sherriff, beating his son! He calmly hung up his coat toed off his shoes then asked Isaac, "So is Stiles asleep?"

Isaac was speechless at Scott's nonchalent manor. He just witnessed his best friend being beaten! "That's all?"

"What's all?" Scott asked confused by Isaac's question.

"You just witnessed Stiles' dad, the county Sherriff, beating him senseless and you ask if he's asleep?!" Isaac yelled walking closer to Scott as his anger rose.

"Well what you prefer me to ask?" Scott said anger flaring up in his eyes.

"Well I don't know maybe you could mention why, when did it start, how long you've known that Stiles was being beaten!" Isaac said so angry he was close to tears.

"I can't help Stiles if he doesn't want to be helped Isaac! He won't accept my help, I tried to get him to let my mom call social services and move in with us and he says, 'the beatings aren't that bad, that its only when he's really drunk, or when it was a really rough day at work'. Derek isn't any help, Stiles won't talk about it with him just pretends like it doesn't happen. Derek barely even knows, he doesn't know its practically every night that Stiles' dad drinks 'a little too much' and beats him senseless! He just- he- he doesn't know, Isaac." Scott said breaking down in tears towards the end.

Isaac looked at Scott rushing over to him to comfort him bringing him in a secure hug wrapping his arms around him tightly, "It's going to be okay, Scott. We'll figure out a way to help him, I promise you." Isaac looked directly into Scott's eyes, "I will help you help him."

"Isaac you don't have-" Scott began only to be interupted by Isaac.

"I want to help you help him, whatever it is that you need; i'm here."

"Thank you Isaac, really thank you." Scott said still snifling into Isaac's chest.

"No problem, Scott, I just wish you would have told me sooner, and we could have already been working on a plan to help Stiles." Isaac said.