Dark Side of the World // S.S. [Book Two]

Chapter 28

Theo grabs Lydia by her neck, drawing blood. "Back off."

Parrish keeps moving forward. "I said back off." Theo repeats. When Parrish doesn't, Theo says, "Take him."

I zone out the words as I see Tracy growling at Parrish. She stabs her claws into his stomach, but he just fights her off without breaking a sweat. Josh grabs one of the electrical conduits and pulls out the exposed wires inside. He presses them to Parrish's skin, which doesn't work, and is shoved into the wall.

Valack jabs a trepanation drill into the back of Theo's leg, causing him to drop Lydia. Valack then hits Theo in the face with the trepanation drill before grabbing Lydia and running off. I jump out of my spot and start chasing after them, Stiles following.

A flaming Corey suddenly appears, knocking us back so Valack has a chance to continue his escape. "Parrish! Gamóto!" I scream.

Stiles rolls Corey off and pulls me along as we continue after Valack and Lydia, but we're stopped by a locked door.

We both try kicking the door and Theo walks up behind us saying, "Let me try. You're not gonna find her without me."

I narrow my eyes. "Maybe we will."

"Stiles, Megara, I want her out of here, too. I've got her scent."

I cross my arms, giving my wolf stare. "What do you want?"

"What's the difference?"

"Huh." I scoff.

"I can find her. You two can't." We enter a bathroom full of boys and Stiles instantly grabs my hand.

Theo catches sight of a vent blowing steam in the shower room. "It leads to the tunnels, doesn't it?"

Stiles nods. "There's miles of them. They could be anywhere by now."

We climb down and walk through the tunnels and after awhile, Stiles says, "I thought you had their scent."

"I lost it." He admits.

I roll my eyes. "So then find it again."

Theo turns to me. "What do you smell down here?"

"Chemicals and fecal matter." Stiles retorts. "Although, I'm pretty sure the fecal matter is you."

Theo simply rolls his eyes. "I smell it, too. It's all that I can smell. Which is why I'm trying something else. So can you shut up and let me concentrate?"

"We're gonna find them."

"You know you won't, Stiles. You're going to have to trust me."

"Trust you?" Stiles scoffs. "The guy who murdered his own sister when he was nine?"

"Yeah, I was nine years old. I also believed a guy in a red suit came down the chimney to deliver presents. So when three people in leather masks showed up and said that my sister wanted me to have her heart, I believed them, too."

"So then you gutted her and killed her. That's a beautiful story."

"Stiles, stop. You're going too far." I warn.

Theo's eyes harden as he says, "Wise words from your girlfriend. I watched her fall into the water and freeze to death in minutes. Do you think I had any idea what was going on?"

Stiles narrows his eyes. "I think you pushed her. And I think you liked it."

"Stamáta to!" I yell.

(Translation: Stop it!)

Stiles opens his mouth to say something back, but we hear a scream. "Lydia." I whisper as I look around. "What direction was that? Where is it coming from?"