Hidden Under the Moon [Stiles Stilinski]

Restraining Order

Chapter 44

With Lydia's help, we were able to get everything we needed from the bestiary. I was about to reach for my phone to ring the boys up when they beat me to the punch. I have Lydia a confused look but shrugged before answering the call.

"What's happening?" was the first thing that came out of my mouth.

Stiles' voice was a bit hushed when he replied, "Jackson escaped. Scott and I are at the station to tell my dad everything."

"What?" I got up from Lydia's bed and began to collect my things, "I'm on my way."

"Here's the catch," Scott caused me to stop in my path of collecting myself, "When we got here, he was already here... With his dad."

A hand connected with my forehead as I groaned, "Idiots... Now, I'm definitely on my way."

I didn't hand upon them as I said goodbye to Lydia and rushed out of the house and to my car. Once I was seated and ready to go, I pulled out of my spot with the boys on speaker mode.

"What did you find with Lydia?" Stiles asked.

"She was able to translate the whole thing, I have the notes with me."

"What did it say?" Scott asked next.

Stopping at a red light, I looked down at my phone and answered, "He's not seeking a friend. He's seeking a master. Someone is controlling him. That could be why he doesn't know anything. He's being used without his knowledge."

"What if it's the same kind of thing that happened with Lydia when she took off from the hospital?" Scott offered.

"What?" I began to drive again, "A fugue state?"

"He'd had to forget everything," Scott continued, "The murder, getting rid of the blood."

"But he had help with one thing," Stiles spoke up, "The video."

"And someone else helped him forget that," Scott agreed.

"Whoever is controlling him," I confirmed their theory.

"Are you sure Jackson has no clue about any of this?" Stiles asked.

My hands tightened on the steering wheel as I recalled what Jackson did to Lydia and me, "He thinks he's still becoming a werewolf and that being with either Lydia or myself somehow delayed the whole thing."

"So we try to convince him he's not?" Stiles asked again.

"If it helps us find out who's controlling him," Scott spoke up, "then yeah."

"Do you think he'll talk to you guys after what you did?" I asked them.

"Yeah," Stiles answered confidently, "It's us."

We hung up the call after that. I was just pulling up at the station when I could already feel so much rage coming from within. I knew Aunt Melisa was called due to seeing her car parked not too far from her own. Cursing under my breath, I took the law book I had been reading and rushed over to the station. The woman at the front buzzed me in without second thought.

That's when I began to hear how angry Noah was as he began to read the logistics of a restraining order.

I rolled my eyes, "Of course."

I rushed over to the room and opened the door suddenly. Noah paused his reading as he and everyone else turned around to the door where I just walked in from. I offered a stern nod to everyone before I stood behind both of the boys.

"Sorry," I spoke up, "I got here as fast as I could. Continue with the charges."

"What are you doing here," Noah asked me with genuine sadness, "You are the one not being charged with anything."