Mama Hale

2.14.38

Alright everyone. Here's the next chapter. For those who didn't see my post on my account, I'm sick with the flu so I'm not sure if any updates are coming soon aside from this one. Not so lowkey obsessed with Frozen 2, btw. Show Yourself is definitely my favorite. But enjoy, nonetheless.

-Recap-

"Lyrica, try to take deep breaths." She says. "Lie down."

She helps me lie down and I gasp, feeling my claws appear. Before anything can happen, my vision goes black.

(Lyrica's P.O.V.)

I open my eyes, finding myself standing in a white room. My eyes are still glowing and I can still feel my claws. My chest and shoulder are still consumed with pain.

"Lyrica." Derek's voice sounds from behind me, and I spin around.

"Derek?" I ask, rushing up to him. I try to grab his hand, but mine just goes through his. "What?"

"Lyrica, it's okay. Just listen to my voice. You're okay, calm down. I'm right here." He reaches for my hand and takes it into his own, the familiar warmth easily comforting me.

"Derek, what's happening?" My voice comes out in a whimper.

"Mom, it's okay." Isaac's voice sounds and he's suddenly here too, taking a hold of my left hand. "You need to control your shift. Nobody can see."

"Find your anchor, Lyrie." I look between Derek and Isaac, finding my body relaxing the longer I watch them. Smiles stretch across their faces. "There you go."

"What?" I whisper, looking down at my hands. My claws are gone and I realize that my vision is no longer purple.

"We all love you, Mom. Wake up soon." Isaac's voice fades along with him and Derek, and I find myself back in Ohio with Laura and Hunter.

"What was that?" I gasp, sitting up.

"You must be in a coma." Laura nods as Hunter launches himself at me.

"How do you know?"

"You completely disappeared. Like mist." Hunter says, voice muffled in my shoulder.

"It was weird. I was suddenly in this white room with Derek and Isaac and they were holding my hands and telling me that it was okay and that they're here and they helped me shift back. But they didn't seem to hear me and I couldn't touch them aside from where they were holding my hands." I explain.

"Okay, definitely in a coma." Laura nods. "Also, who the hell are Stiles and Isaac?"

"It's a long story." I sigh.

"We've got all the time in the world." Laura chuckles. "Start from the beginning."

"Derek and I went back to Beacon Hills to look for you." I start, getting comfortable on the couch. "I got a job as a music teacher at the high school. We got a nice house and while I was at work on the first day, Derek was out looking for you. At the end of my first period, a kid came up to me asking for help."

"On the first day of school?" Laura scoffs. "You must be a shitty teacher to give homework that hard on the first day."

"Not with homework, Laura." I chuckle before becoming serious again. "His father was abusing him at home. Obviously I was outraged by this and that night, Derek and I took him to the police to report his father. He didn't have any family to stay with during the investigation so I offered to take him in, but since we weren't related, Isaac was gonna have to go into the system. After pulling a few strings, Derek and I actually adopted him."