Unbroken ▹ Teen Wolf [02]

32; intervention

"Am I being Punk'd?"

The twist of events that led to the abrupt end of the blacklight party were a complete & utter blur for Rachel; even if it had only happened a mere hour ago. One second Derek was yelling at people to get out, then she was watching her friends hopelessly try to fight off the Oni. Then, she woke up in her room, as if it were all one seriously fucked up, disturbingly vivid dream— only she knew it most definitely was not, because the moment she was conscious Isaac was beside her trying to explain everything that had happened as quickly as possible.

He had to repeat it around three times before she was finally able to process the words she was hearing & make sense of them. The only problem was that what he was saying made no sense; it wasn't something that should have been possible.

"My eyes turned black, I almost killed an Oni, then I passed out and.. had a heart attack?" It had to be a joke. He couldn't actually be serious— her, of all people? There was no way in hell someone like her could have a freaking heart attack. She was in better shape than an olympic athlete, she ran for her life almost daily! Sure, she did occasionally eat an entire bag of Doritos in one sitting, but she most definitely ran it off.

"That's what it sounded like." He nodded, completely serious. She couldn't detect a hint of a lie in his tone, and it was terrifying. "Your heart beat wasn't normal, Rae, we all heard it. Even the twins didn't know what caused it, they said they've never heard of a werewolf having a heart attack."

It didn't take a degree in rocket science to decipher that he was now hinting at her abilities, and that the cause could be explained by her telling the truth, but Rachel wasn't having it. She wasn't telling him shit, and she sure as hell wasn't about to believe she was capable of going into cardiac arrest at 17.

"If I was fighting an Oni, of course my heart rate would be fast. Physical activity makes it beat faster. The more you know!" She waved a rainbow shape with her hands, mimicking the overkilled internet meme.

"Rachel. It had to have been at least 120 beats a minute & nowhere near steady. Does a normal heart skip multiple beats continuously? I might not be getting a scholarship to medical school any time soon, but I know what a heart attack is."

"So do I, and I might not be getting a scholarship any time soon either but I know for a damn fact I don't have atherosclerosis, or coronary heart disease, or any of the other shit that causes people to drop dead. And don't you dare propose the possibility of a coronary artery spasm because fighting demons doesn't stress me out, it's my anger management."

"What?"

"Atherosclerosis is basically when plaque builds up in your arteries, it's a disease. Coronary heart disease is pretty self explanatory, but it's basically the same thing as atherosclerosis— come to think of it, I don't know why I categorized them as two separate things. I suppose because CHD is what it's called while the plaque builds up & atherosclerosis is what it's called once it's already there?" Rachel shrugged. "And a coronary artery spasm is also self explanatory. Sudden shock causes the muscles to spasm, muscles spasming causes a momentary halt of blood flow to your heart. It doesn't always cause a heart attack, but if it's recurring it can lead to one."

"How the hell do you know all of that?" Isaac knew Rachel was smart, but he never anticipated her being a Lydia level genius. There was no possible way she would've somehow been able to Google it & recite whatever information WebMD provided, so undoubtedly she knew all of this beforehand— but how? And why?