Chapter Twenty Five
Mac's POV
Everyone is out doing something to look for Lydia and I feel useless. There's nothing I can do to help. Scott, Isaac, and Stiles were following a lead on Meredith from Eichen House. Allison was at home preparing her weapons. The twins were trying to see if they could get her scent. I couldn't do anything else to help. So I came to a part of the forest where I could train.
I was trying to take what I've learned from Helena and master as much as I could. I also needed to get out some bottled-up frustration without the fear of hurting my friends. I closed my eyes and tried to imagine the ball of flame in my hand as a knife.
I could feel it trying to warping to the shape in my hands. I opened my eyes to watch it try to form but it failed again. I yelled in frustration and threw the ball at the closest tree.
"You almost had it, but you're still not releasing enough of your power." A voice came from behind me. I closed my eyes and clenched my hand in frustration. I knew she was there, I could sense her watching me for a while. I was just wondering whether she was gonna come out or run away. Guess she decided to come out.
"Aren't you supposed to be at school? Teaching is your job, right?" I responded not turning around. I formed another fireball and tossed it at the same tree.
"I took a personal day. I needed one after almost being burnt to a crisp yesterday." Helena said. I rolled my eyes.
"Oh please, you could've stopped me." I said turning around looking at her annoyed. "Master, oh great one." Giving her a sarcastic little bow.
"Not last night. You had so much power even with all of my training and skill set I was defenseless against." She said.
"Don't you have anywhere else to be?" I said, crossing my arms.
"Don't you realize how much potential you have?" She asked. "If you would just let me help you tap into it."
"I don't want your help." I said turning back around. I needed to concentrate and she was distracting me. Before I knew it, I felt her throw a fire ball at me. I quickly dodged it. "What the hell?"
"How do you expect to fight a nogitsune if you can't even take me down? If you aren't using your full power?" She yelled back. Oh now she's pissing me off.
"I don't need your help." My vision started prickling orange.
"You'll be asking for it soon. Trust me." With that she walked back into the tree line. I didn't let myself leave my defense stance until I could no longer sense her.
This is stupid. All of this is stupid. I'm in the forest training for a fight that I'm not even sure we can win. I sighed and sat on the ground. How can we save Lydia from this thing when it's stronger than all of us.? When all he does is play games with our minds.
No, that's what he wants. I won't do what he wants not anymore. I stood back up. I'm not backing down from this fight. We'll save Lydia and we'll defeat the Nogitsune.
It had been a few more hours of training. I could feel myself becoming more confident in my abilities as I trained. More confident in our victory. Scott has called me and said they found Lydia. Which is why I said in the backseat of Stiles' Jeep next to Isaac.
"Hey, you okay?" Stiles asked Scott. I had heard he had a run in with our father. I'm sure that left him a little shaken.
"Yeah." Scott replied. "Yeah. You don't have to worry about me."
"All right, I'll say it. You look like you're dying." Isaac said and I hit in in the shoulder. We all noticed it but I wasn't gonna mention it. "You're pale, thin and you look like you're getting worse.And we're all sitting here thinking it. When we find the other you, is he gonna look like he's getting better?
"What happens if he gets hurt?" Scott asked.
"You mean if he dies, do I die? I don't care." Stiles said.
"Stiles." I said to him.
"Just so long as no else dies because of me. I remember everything I did, Scott. I remember everything. Everything with Mac. The hospital and the police station. I remember pushing that sword into you. I remember twisting it." Stiles said and I looked down at my hands.
"It wasn't you." Scott defended.
"Yeah, but I remember it. You guys gotta promise me. You can't let anyone else get hurt because of me." Stiles said. I wasn't sure I could promise that. I don't think I wanna live in a world without my sarcastic, goofy roommate. The guy who always knows how to make me laugh in any situation.
When we arrived, Kira and Allison were walking up to the entrance of the abandoned intermittent camp. We all stood in a circle. Nerves falling over the group. This fight will probably be harder than anything we've ever faced.
"We've done this before, guys. A couple of weeks ago we were standing around just like this and we saved Malia, remember?" Scott said, giving us one of this famous speeches. "That was a total stranger. This is Lydia."
"I'm here to save my best friend." Allison said.
"I came to save mine." Scott said looking at Stiles.
"I'm here to get that bastard back for everything thing he's done to us." I said.
"I just didn't feel like doing any homework." Isaac added. I rolled my eyes at my idiot best friend.
"Let's do this." I said and Isaac led the pack in the gates. Time to kick some supernatural ass.
"Kira, turn around and go home. Take your friends with you." Noshiko said, two of her demons standing behind her.
"I can't. When I looked at the game I realized who I was actually playing. You." Kira said, standing up to her mother.
"Call them off." Allison said, aiming her bow and arrow.
"You think you could take him alive? You think you can save him?" Noshiko asked.
"What if we can?" Kira asked.
"I tried something like it 70 years ago. Your friend is gone." Her mother responded.
"Are you sure? Or if Stiles doesn't have to die. Maybe Rhys didn't have to die either?" Kira shot back.
"I see I'm no longer the Fox now, Kira. You are. But the Nogitsune is still my demon to bury." With that, the Oni diapered into smoke. A few seconds later, Noshiko's face dropped and he lifted her hand. She opened it and there laid a firefly. Which disintegrated into a black smoke.
"Mom? What is that?" Kira asked concerned.
"What does that mean?" Isaac asked.
"It means there's been a change in ownership." A voice came from behind us. We turned around to see Void Stiles. The group of Oni stood behind him. "Now they belong to me."
Oh shit.
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