From Lovers To Strangers » Scott McCall [3] [DISCONTINUED]

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ILLUSIONS

SCOTT MCCALL STOOD ABOVE Talia's tombstone, a single rose in his hand.  He set it on top of it, his eyes blurry from the tears.  A hand suddenly grabbed his shoulder, gently squeezing it.  He turned his head to see Viola standing there, a sad smile on her face.  "Scott...I'm so sorry about Talia."

He wiped the one tear that managed to escape his eyes. "It was my job to protect her and I failed, again." Viola stepped in front of him and shook her head. "Scott, it is not your fault. No one knew what was going to happen that day."

"If I wasn't so caught up with my own problems and helped her, I couldn't saved her, and all of her people." Scott said, looking down on his feet. Voila lifted her fingers up and grabbed Scott's chin, forcing him to look at her right in the eye. "Listen to me, it's nobody's fault."

Scott nodded his head, knowing that there was no point in arguing with her. "Come on, let's go get some food." Viola said, grabbing his arm, pulling him to follow her.

The two hopped onto Scott's bike and headed towards the local diner. Viola couldn't help but noticed the depressed expressions on Scott's face throughout their meal, knowing that the memory of what happened last week at the hospital was running through his mind constantly.

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Scott shot up from the operating table, gasping for air as he got stares from Kira, Noshiko, and Liam. "Did it work?"

"No, man." Stiles said, shaking his head. Suddenly the sound of gunshots and screams echoed through the halls and into the morgue room. "What was that?" Scott asked, slightly worried.

"Hunters. Talia went to go stop them." Scott's eyes widened and he quickly got up, changing back into his clothes. "I have to help her." Kira quickly shook her head and tried to push him back onto the table but he shrugged her off him. "You can't stop me."

Scott ran out of the morgue, jogging through the halls trying to find Talia. His pace quickened as he scanned each door and hallway, feeling his heart rate increase with worry.

When he finally got to where she was, his heart immediately dropped when he saw what was right in front of him. There were three hunters lying down, lifeless with smoke radiating off their bodies. Ashton was also laying on the hard ground, on his stomach with three bullet holes in his back.

Then finally, there was Talia who was sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall.......lifeless. Scott slowly approached her, tears forming in his eyes when he noticed one bullet hole in her stomach and one in the center of her forehead. Scott fell onto his knees, taking Talia's body into his arms as tears uncontrollably streamed down his face.  "No no no no no..." He repeated as he lifted his hand up, letting his thumb caress her cheek.