Unity [Book 3]

7. Terrible Idea

   LINDSEY DUNBAR   

Malia was beating the hell out of Theo, and I think he blacked out at some point. His nose and lip was all bloody, I kind of felt bad for the guy. "It's okay, you don't have to stop," Theo mumbles, Malia takes out her claws. "Trust me, I won't," she says, right when she's about to tear him apart Scott stops her. "Malia, enough!" Scott and Liam pull her away, I quickly went over to Theo. "Slow down, okay? He's going back in the ground," Scott tells Malia, "You can't!" Liam and I say. "He remembers Stiles," Liam tells Scott, I go on and help Theo sit up.

"Scott remembers Stiles. Lydia and I remember Stiles," Malia says to Liam, "The Dread Doctors knew all about the Wild Hunt. He can help us," Liam says trying to convince Scott. "Or he can kill us," Scott says, "Or he can help us," I repeat. "He's my responsibility. Noshiko gave me the sword," Liam says, "It's so awkward when Mom and Dad fight," Theo said. "Shut up," Everyone says as I hit Theo in the back of the head, "Was that necessary?" he asks me. I nod, "Yes, very," I tell him. "You both are right. If Theo tries anything, we'll send him back to the Skinwalkers. But for right now-" Scott cuts Hayden off, "He goes back now," Scott tells Liam.

"Except Liam's the one with the sword," Theo replies, "Shut up!" we all say and I hit him in the back of the head again. Liam and Scott walk into the living room, "Malia..." Hayden warns. "Can you give me a second alone with Theo?" Malia asks. "Why?" Hayden asks her, "So I can kill him," Malia answers.

"Okay, look, I know that there's mixed feelings all around. But I might be your only option to stop the Wild Hunt," Theo tells us, "Let's kill him," Malia says. "Call me crazy, but I kind of agree with Theo," I shrug, "Thanks Lin, I always knew I could count on you," Theo chuckles. "Yeah don't flatter yourself too much," I say, I then help him to his feet. That's when Liam and Scott come in, Liam comes up to Theo with the sword in his hand and started explaining what was gonna go down.

"I can put you in the ground anytime," Liam finishes, "You also need a transformer that can handle five billion joules of electricity. I know where to find one and I can show you how it works. I'll tell you if Malia promises not to kill me," Theo says. Malia growls, "She promises," Liam responds. "No, I don't. We're really gonna do this? Trust him?" Malia questions, "You got a better idea?" Hayden asks. "I've got an idea. It may not be better. But at least it's not him," Malia says.

*****

"This was a bad idea," Liam says, "It's not a bad idea," Hayden tells Liam. "It was a terrible idea," Theo says, Liam then yanks on the chain. Yes. We chained up Theo. We were walking in the woods, Liam and Hayden were walking in the front while I was walking next to Theo making sure he didn't somehow get out of the chains.

"I told you where the transformer is. I told you how it works. I don't need to be there when it all blows up," Theo says, Hayden stops and turns around. "It's not going to blow up. They ride the lightning. We can use that to catch one and keep him there until we figure out what they want. It's a good idea," Hayden tells Theo, "You're trying to catch a Ghost Rider. A million things can go wrong. Terrible idea," Theo says. "The bad idea was bringing him back. Scott's right. This is a mistake," Liam sighs, "You took a risk. We took a risk. But it was the right thing to do," Hayden tells Liam.