Game of Survival [S. S. Book Two]

Twenty-Three

5B

As a note, when there is no POV listed, assume it's Stiles', as Alyssa is at Eichen House.

Third Person POV (Future):

Somehow, Alyssa managed to use her abilities to tap into Lydia's mind, although it was easy enough when they were seeing the same thing.

Dr. Valack smiled at the two girls. It was easy when they shared a room. "Tell me where you are Lydia and Alyssa. Tell me what you see."

"The bridge..." Lydia began.

"Keep moving," Dr. Valack encouraged. "Describe what you find. Tell me what he did."

The girls found themselves drifting slightly and he said, "Stay focused, Lydia, Alyssa."

"What did you do to us?" Alyssa asked with slurring words.

"I've amplified both your abilities. Something that might just save the lives of your friends. Now focus on the bridge... On Theo. Why did he let his sister die?"

Alyssa stood behind a tree as she watched a young Theo watch his sister die.

Lydia shook her head. "I don't know."

"You two don't see it yet," Dr. Valack said. "Search for it, you two. Keep looking. Why did he let her die? What did he want?"

The girls saw Theo's sister rise from the water. She had a gaping hole in her chest, and her ribs were visible.

Alyssa let out a small gasp. "Her heart. He wanted her heart." A fresh trepanation hole in her head, as well as in Lydia's, helped them relay the information.

Dr. Valack frowned. "There's no record of a heart condition. But a transplant would make Theo a genetic Chimera unlike the others. The hypothermic conditions would keep the organ viable. But why him? Why choose a ten year old willing to kill his own sister?"

"Why do you care?" Lydia asked groggily.

"Because Theo was a first step in the right direction for the Dread Doctors. Think of who they are. Para scientists who have prolonged their lives and twisted the laws of nature in pursuit of one goal. The creation of the perfect killer. And now they've done it. But Theo doesn't know who the success is. The last Chimera. It doesn't matter. There's a reason they chose him, a reason he failed, a reason they changed their methods, and a reason they finally succeeded. It all starts with Theo."

Outside Eichen House, Theo's pack attempted to get inside. Tracy used her kanima venom to disable a guard. Josh grabbed a guard's taser and absorbed the electricity from it. Corey stepped out from the wall, becoming visible. They got inside and Orderly Schrader looked down at them. "Visiting hours are well past over."

Theo smirked. "We're not here to visit. We're here for Lydia Martin and Alyssa Devereaux."

Back with Dr. Valack, he was still looking for information. "When did you know for sure? That the Dread Doctors had succeeded?"

"Scott and Stiles found out that night," Lydia answered.

"The night of the Supermoon."

"They didn't know it yet," Alyssa said. "There was too much going on. Liam had nearly killed Scott." Alyssa inhaled quickly. "Kira was still gone. Malia was still looking for the Desert Wolf."

"You two were missing," Valack added. "And Sheriff Stilinski was dying..."

Stiles' POV (Present):

I sat in the uncomfortable hospital chairs as I stared into space. I didn't know how my dad was, I didn't know how Scott was, and I didn't know where my girlfriend or Lydia were. My dad being in surgery and not knowing where Ally were might be the worst things.