Losing my Mind

Chapter 7: Twins

Not just someone but two someones. Stiles let out a loud groan of exasperation.

"What do you guys want now?!"

"Answers" Ethan said somewhat emotionlessly as he crossed his arms.

"Answers to what? Your math homework? Cause I don't think I can help you there, lost causes aren't my thi-"

In a flash, Aiden was on him, pushing him up against his Jeep, his back and shoulder crashing into the stiff metal, he cried out in pain at the rough contact and contracted his body slightly.

"Sorry" Aiden mumbled as he stood back, "I was sure I didn't push you hard enough for that kind of reaction"

"Don't worry, you didn't, it's fine, just a little bruised, you know" Stiles blurted, rubbing his shoulder.

"Show us" Ethan said, coming across almost intimidating.

"Show you what?" Stiles asked in confusion.

"Your back, we need to see how bad it really is. Take off your shirt" Ethan commanded.

"No! We're in public, we're at school" Stiles said trying to open his car door.

"Fine, then we're coming over for a little visit, that will help with the whole 'staying close to you' thing" Aiden said in a somewhat strange manner, especially to Stiles.

"No...listen some people need privacy and personal space, so run your little werewolf asses back home and stay there" Stiles said irritably, anger starting to bubble up inside him.

"We have to help you if we have any chance at being a real part of the pack"

"I'll tell Scott to let you in if you just leave me the hell alone" Stiles compromised.

"We have to earn it" Aiden frowned.

"Okay, you know what, fine, you may come over, but not for long" Stiles gave up, massaging his temples, he was too tired for any of this.

They smiled in triumph and got on their bikes following Stiles to his house.

Stiles drove into the driveway and got out as the twins parked their bikes next to his Jeep. He stayed silent as he opened the door to let them inside and walked straight to the kitchen.

"Do you want anything to eat or drink?" Stiles said massaging his temples again.

Damn these Headaches!

"No thanks" They both said in unison.

Stiles quickly poured himself some fresh water from the fridge, grabbed a painkiller and took a small swig of water to wash it down.

"Are you just going to continue procrastinating or are you going to show us your back?" Aiden asked impatiently.

"Depends, do I have a choice?" Stiles smirked, sipping at his water again.

"No" Ethan stated.

"Well, what if I don't want to?" Stiles countered, crossing his arms.

"We'll make you" Aiden stated simply.

Stiles sighed and hesitantly pulled his shirt off over his head, they both gasped in disbelief, they didn't think it would be that bad. Purple blotches littered his pale skin.

Just as he set his shirt down on the counter his phone started to ring. He reached into his pocket, tugging it out and read the caller ID.

Daddio

He looked at the twins quickly, only to see that they were too busy examining his torso, horror written on their faces, they wouldn't even notice his distraction. He turned around and heard a small intake of breath out of both twins before he answered.

"Dad"

"Hey Stiles, I'm not going to make it home tonight, I'm taking a 24 hour shift, so I'll only see you tomorrow when you get back from school"

"Oh...okay, dad, I'll just make you a lunch for when you get back..."

"Stiles, are-are you okay?" His dad asked curiously.

"Yeah...yeah, dad, I'm fine...don't worry about me " Stiles lied looking down sadly.

"You can always go to Scott for the night"

"No" Stiles barked a little too quickly "I don't want to bother him...I'll be fine for tonight"

He was thinking of the nightmares, waking up screaming and staying awake for all hours, he didn't want to put Scott through any of that.

"You sure?" His dad asked cautiously.

"I'm sure" Stiles confirmed.

"Okay, bye Stiles" He said sadly.

"Bye dad" Stiles said ending the call. He sighed loudly and threw his phone roughly onto the counter, but not rough enough to break it, then turned around. He had forgotten the twins were still there.

"Well, I guess we're staying the night" Aiden said as he crossed his arms, seemingly out of his trance.

" Wha-What? No" Stiles stuttered.

"Yes, we have to stay close and we don't have a place to crash tonight anyway, besides, we can protect you from whoever did this to you" Ethan said almost pleadingly.

"Fine, but no trying to kill me, okay?" Stiles laughed.

"Okay" They said together, unamused.

Stiles grabbed his shirt, thankful that his dad had called and distracted them, he slipped it on over his shoulders and pulled it down as far as it would allow.

" You guys can watch tv or something in the lounge...I'll be in my room doing my homework..." Stiles said before heading upstairs.

After Stiles finished his homework, he went back downstairs to watch some tv, what he didn't anticipated was that he would actually get along quite well with the twins and figured out that they weren't all that bad.

Stiles had given the twins his room to sleep in for the night because face it he didn't get much sleep these days, anyway, he had a double bed in his room so he figured the twins wouldn't mind sleeping in the same bed, they were brothers after all, twins, they shared a womb, what's closer than that?

***

A piercing scream of terror was the first thing they heard, waking them abruptly from their almost impenetrable sleep. Almost.

They got out of bed, flying down the stairs only to find Stiles thrashing around, screaming bloody murder.

Aiden grabbed Stiles' arms, holding him still as Ethan tried but failed to wake him.

After a few more minutes of failed attempts, the thrashing boy cried out for the last time, Ethan had slapped him hard across the face which immediately forced him back into consciousness.

Tears streamed down Stiles' face as he awoke in terror, his brain racing through the events that had just been displayed, he looked around in fear before asking that dreadful sentence that played around in his head.

"Am I awake?" His voice sounded gruff and scratchy from screaming.

" Yeah, why-why wouldn't you be?" Aiden asked in concern.

"It's nothing" Stiles said closing his eyes and taking a deep breath "Sorry for waking you guys up..."

"It's fine Stiles, what happened?" Ethan asked sympathetically, as if he actually cared.

" Just a nightmare... don't worry about it" Stiles said looking at the ground, almost paralyzed by fear.

"Wanna tell us about it?" Aiden prompted him.

Stiles just shook his head, he couldn't bare to live through it again, that thing had taunted him while his dad had violently abused him, who would want to re-live that?

Both the twins looked at Stiles, like really looked at him, they noticed small things or rather small disturbances that didn't seem right for the usually hyperactive teen in front of them. The thing they found most disconcerting was that Stiles had lost the light in his eyes, the light that made Stiles, well Stiles, it had just disappeared... vanished.... faded away.... into nothing..