All Of You ~ Scott McCall ~

Chapter Sixteen: Strange Feelings & Black Blood

Chapter Song: Gatekeeper By: Jessie Reyez

THIRD P.O.V

Stiles, Scott, and Lydia all sat and watched Cali intently. The tension in the room rising with each passing second as they held their breaths waiting for her to take one.

"Come on baby, please don't leave me. I just got you" Scott pleaded

And with one last beg from Scott, Cali's eyes fluttered open.

Lydia fell backwards laughing and crying all at once. Stiles ran his hands over his face and let out the breath he had been holding for too long.

Scott looked down at Cali, who's head was still resting in his lap and began to cry. He cried tears of relief, hell they were tears of joy. He felt as if now that she was breathing again; so could he.

Scott gently lifted Cali up so that her head was on his shoulder and he used his torso to support her weak body. His grey sweatshirt was stained with blood. The color of her skin was slowly coming back, she didn't look like his Cali, something was different. He just couldn't put his finger on it. He slowly stroked her hair, trying not to overthink the strange feeling he had in his gut.

"I swear nothing is ever going to happen to you again" Scott soothed her "I'm so sorry I let this happen to you." Regret filled his eyes. "I never should have let you go"

"Scott, I don't know w-what's going on with me" Cali stuttered starring into Scott's eyes

"You died Cali. You were gone for some time but you're back now." Scott whispered, trying to calm her down

"I feel, I don't know?" She stated she didn't want to worry him until she knew if something was actually wrong. She did die, strange feels are probably normal.

Scott looked down at her a worried look in his eyes.

"I wanna stand up" she said

"I don't think that's a good idea just yet" Lydia butted in

"I want to stand up" Cali said meeting Lydia's concerned gaze with a confident one.

CALI'S P.O.V

Scott stood up slowly and pulled me up with him. I held him tightly as all the blood rushed to my head. I could feel his hands gripping my waist as my vision blurred. I waited a few seconds for my vision to come back and tried to ignore the pounding in my head. But the longer I stood the harder my head pounded and the more tingly my limbs got. Until I lost all balance and was caught by Scott's strong arms.

"Can't stand" I choked out

I felt pathetic. I was supposed to be strong, I came to the memorial to try and help people and I lost.

Scott sat down with me. "You're okay, standing up was a bad idea"

My mind was flooded with so many questions. What happened while I was out? Where did Jennifer go? Why won't my ears stop ringing? I wanted to ask all the questions that were floating around in my head but I was so tired. I had never been this tired in my entire life. It was becoming literally impossible to keep my eyes open and with every passing second my mind became foggier and foggier.

"Scott can I go to sleep?" I beg, my head falling into his shoulder.

Before I can hear his answer the fog takes over and I am pulled back under.

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My ears wake before my eyes can. I hear voices all around me but I can't understand what they are saying over the beeping, that for my sake I hope is not in my head. I am relieved when my eyes awaken and I am greeted with a florescent light shining down on me. I place all the pieces together and realize that the beeping is not in my head, it is from the medical machines that are invading my body at the moment. Monitoring my every heartbeat to make sure I don't die again.