Too Long

Chapter 20: Numb

 Ramie hoped that after their stay at the motel from Hell things would calm down some, but it was actually the opposite. There was some good news though, Derek was alive, but the alphas were still out to get him. The Darach was still wreaking havoc on Beacon Hills, and it seemed like the next set of sacrifices was centered around doctors, since two ER doctors that worked with Melissa had recently gone missing. This being the most recent theory among the pack lead to Isaac, Ramie and Scott sleeping on the floor in Melissa's room the night after the kidnappings, to make sure she wasn't the next person taken. Ramie woke up that morning to her mother's voice.

"Boys! Ramona!" Melissa called out, causing Scott to shoot out of the chair he was laying in, Ramie to sit up quickly from the floor, and Isaac to leap up from where he was leaned over an ottoman that was now covered in drool. Isaac's hand grabbed Scott's as he stood up in panic, then quickly dropped it. "What the hell are you guys doing?"

"Uhhh, we were watching over you," Isaac spit out quickly, Ramie and Scott nodding.

"We wanted to make sure you weren't the third sacrifice," Scott explained further.

"All three of you were asleep," Melissa narrowed her eyes at them. Isaac scratched the back of his neck sheepishly, not looking at Ramie or Scott, who slowly turned to look at him.

"You were on watch last," Scott jabbed a thumb at Isaac.

"What are you talking about, Ramie was on watch last," Isaac spat back, looking past Scott to Ramie.

"Nope, I had first watch, you were on watch last," Ramie said simply, yawning and attempting to crack her stiff neck from sleeping on the floor.

"I might have been on watch last," Issac nodded, looking towards Melissa.

"My heroes," Melissa said sarcastically, and Ramie let out a snort. Isaac subtly gave Ramie the middle finger, behind Scott's back and out of Melissa's view. Ramie snorted again, rolling her eyes at the curly haired boy. "Aren't the sacrifices doctors anyways? Last time I checked I'm a nurse, no doctorate here."

"It could be any kind of healer," Scott insisted, sitting down on the edge of the bed as Isaac picked up the pillow he had been hugging in his sleep and set it back on the chair Scott had slept in.

"Well I don't plan on being kidnapped by anyone any time soon, so you three need to get your asses to school," Melissa said, throwing a pillow at Ramie, who had tried to go back to sleep on the floor.

...

Scott sent a frantic text to Ramie in the middle of the school day that said that the last healer taken was someone they knew, Scott's boss, Deaton. Scott explained that Stiles was going to ask Lydia to try and use whatever powers she had to try and figure out where he was. Stiles, of course, roped Ramie into helping, and somehow Cora, Derek's sister, ended up tagging along as well. The four sat in an empty classroom during study hall, waiting for Stiles to explain whatever his plan was. Lydia sat at a table next to Cora, and Ramie sat across from Cora on the other side of the desk, cross legged on the stool. Stiles was rummaging through the closet in the classroom, clearly looking for something specific.

"Here it is," he called, walking over to the girls and slamming a box on the table in front of Lydia, knocking into Ramie's knee in the process. He put a hand on her knee where he hit it, patting it softly as a sort of apology. Ramie looked up to see Cora's eyes on the two of them, and looked down quickly, thankful her hair hid her face like a curtain.

"A Ouija board?" Lydia questioned in disbelief.

"Also called spirit board," Stiles held up a hand towards Lydia. "It's worth a shot."