Familiar Stranger

Chapter 14

Isaac was sitting now, in the chair placed in the middle of her room, he was on edge, that was obvious to everyone, not just Eva. Peter had explained the retrieval process, a much better name for the plunging of claws into the back of ones neck. Eva hadn't been paying attention, she was focused on Isaac, she crotched in front of him, her hands in his as Peter came to stand behind Isaac, hand held at the ready. Eva's eyes stayed focused on Isaac, though. Silently ensuring that he would be ok.

"One slip, one miscalculated move, and you could be paralyzed." Peter continued before plunging his claws into the back of Isaac's neck.

Eva's hands held on tightly to Isaac's not letting them go, even when he squeezed so hard it could have broken bones, he probably did, but she wasn't focusing on that pain, the pain she was slowly beginning to feel herself. There it was again, that connection and a moment later she was completely lost in Isaac's mind again. It felt as if someone was digging around inside of her head, literally and figuratively. Their fingers scooping past this and pulling out that.

She had only been gone for a moment, but when she came to, Derek had her held steady, her hands still in Isaac's who was coming to right after the moment that she had. Neither of them recalled what Peter had found in their minds, but he proceeded to tell them, making the recall unneeded. He hadn't managed to extract much.

Eva's petite frame began to stand, shrugging off the helping hand of Derek, she wouldn't seem weak, not now, not when Isaac was dealing with what he was. They were in this together and she had to be strong for him. Isaac stood with her, taking the girl into his arms again, holding her close to him. Comforting her when she needed it but was too stubborn to ask for it.

"What did you see?" Eva asked, her eyes lifting to find Peters.

"He found them. I saw glimpses, Boyd and heard talking about time running out. They'll both be dead by the full moon." Peter said, recalling what he had seen.

"Who promised that? What full moon?" Derek asked, sounding almost frantic.

"Deucalion and this full moon. Tomorrow night."

Derek had left the two of them alone again, he needed to talk to someone, Deaton he had claimed, because he knew more than anyone about the powers they were up against. The abilities that the Alpha's had. He hadn't insisted Isaac and Eva come along, and so they didn't.

Isaac had been quiet for a long time as they sat together, tangled in each other upon the couch. Eva had allowed the silence, knowing that he needed it. She reached up a dainty hand, placing it softly to his cheek, caressing it as her brilliant orbs locked on his.

"It's so frustrating, knowing that I found them, knowing that they were still alive when I found them, but being unable to remember where I found them." Isaac's voice was quiet as he spoke, yet the frustration was obvious in the set of his jaw and the tone of his voice.

"I know, I do. Derek will find a way to fix things, though, to bring those memories back." Eva insisted, her eyes never leaving his. As if on cue, her phone rang, the name upon the screen informed her that it was exactly the person they had waited to hear from.

"Please tell me some good news?" Eva begged, her voice pleading.

"How about a little of both?" Derek asked.

"Let's hear it." Eva said before putting the phone on speaker so that Isaac could hear him as well.

"We have a way to help Isaac remember, but you can't be there." Derek said his voice sounding resolved as he spoke.

Isaac looked up at Eva and nodded his head, he knew what he had to do, and that was whatever it took to bring back the memory of his finding Boyd and Erica. Even if he had to do it alone. He would.

"I'll do it." Isaac responded, even though Eva was frowning deeply. She didn't like the sounds of this idea of Derek's.

"Good. I'll need you both to come to Deaton's as soon as possible."

Eva and Isaac walked into the very room that Eva had been in just a few nights before, waking to find out that Isaac was alive and in the Hospital. The room gave her a sudden chill and she felt a shiver raking down the expanse of her spine. Isaac noticed, and without hesitation, he wrapped his arms around the girl. Holding her close.

Derek, Scott, and Stiles have large bags of ice in their arms which they were dumping into a large metal tub that sat in the middle of the floor replacing the table that Eva had woken up on not so long ago. Eva didn't like the looks of things, especially not the fact that it involved Isaac, but she knew that he would want to do this, that he would want to do what he could to retrieve the memories of what he had found so that it could help them find the rest of their pack and save their lives.

"In order for this to work, Eva, I'm going to have to have the two of you separated, I know you probably won't like that idea, but it's for the best." Deaton spoke, his eyes focused solely on Eva. "I won't make you go far, just into the other room, I've made some arrangements to keep you from connecting to Isaac as you had before." He continued to explain as Eva's eyes lifted to Isaacs, they were swirling again, those two brilliant shades of green and blue beginning to mix into each other.

"I'll be fine," Isaac assured her, his hands finding hers and squeezing them tightly, he placed a soft kiss upon her forehead before taking a single hand from hers and bringing it up to her chin, guiding her face to tilt up towards his. He then placed a soft kiss upon those plump pillows of flesh that formed her lips. "I promise." Isaac added, his voice a soft whisper.

Eva's heart fluttered and she wanted so badly to refuse to leave him, but Deaton had assured her that she wouldn't be going far, and after all, he knew what he was doing. Isaac was in no danger where Deaton was involved.

"Ready?" Deaton asked as Eva reluctantly released Isaac's hands and followed Deaton into the other room, it was more like an office than anything, much more homey than the examination room, the only thing that seemed rather out-of-place was the cot that sat in the middle of the room, she assumed that was for her.

"I'm going to give you something, it's going to make you sleep, only for a short while, but long enough for us to help Isaac. You should be safe from connecting with him this way. Your mind will be blank, void of thoughts and that will keep you from making that psychic connection with him again." Eva nodded, understanding that she was going to have to agree with the medication he was going to give her. Deaton wouldn't do something to her against her will.

Deaton gave her a small smile, reassuring the girl that everything would be all right. He produced a syringe full of a clear liquid, setting up the place in which he was going to inject the medication into the girl's arm, no need for band-aids since she would heal nearly instantly from the little prick.

"When I finish the injection, Lay down right away, it will kick in fast. I had to triple the dosage to make it work as well or as long as needed for you." Deaton explained.

"Okay." She agreed, nodding her head before Deaton stuck her with the needle and injected the liquid into the females vein. He helped her find her way down onto the cot before turning to leave.

"Deaton," She began, her voice already sounding groggy as she fought to keep her eyes open.

"Yes?" He asked, turning to look at the girl as he stood in the door way.

"Please keep him safe." She begged, before her eyes finally fell closed and she was in a deep slumber.

If only Deaton had known that the medication he had chosen hadn't been the best for her kind. Especially one with such an ability like Eva, because even in that deep sleep she was able to fight through the blockage in her mind and find Isaac.