Give your heart a break ~ Scott McCall

Anchors pt.3

ARIADNE'S POV

" It sounds like your subconscious is trying to find a way to communicate with you" Deaton said as he turned the sign to closed and walked to the back room where Scott, Stiles, and I were.

" Well, how do I tell my subconscious to use a language that I actually know?" Stiles asked, I was still a little confused on what happened but I think I understand a little.

" Do you remember what the sign language looked like? The movement and the placement of the hands?" Deaton asked him. " You know sign language?" Scott asked surprised. " I know a little" he turned back to Stiles, he showed the placement and movement. " When is a door not a door?" Deaton realized that's what it meant. " When is a door not a door?" Stiles repeated back to him.

" When it's ajar" I answered. " You're kidding me. A riddle? My subconscious wants to tell me a riddle?" Stiles asked, he looked frustrated. "Not necessarily. When the three of you went under in the water, when you crossed from unconsciousness, to a kind of super-consciousness.... you essentially opened a door in your minds" Deaton explained to them.

" That's what you meant yesterday when you said that we hit a reset button" Scott realized, I just nodded. " So the doors still open?" Scott asked, " ajar" Deaton answered. " A door into our minds?" Stiles asked, he still couldn't believe it.

" I did tell you this was risky" Deaton reminded him. " Maybe I should've let you guys handle it" Stiles pointed to me, I just nodded. I mean, he's not wrong, but I'm not gonna place blame. " What do we do about it?" Scott asked us.

" That's difficult to answer" I said, and Deaton agreed, making a face. " No, wait a minute. I know that look, it's the " we know exactly what's wrong with you and we don't know how to fix it look"" Stiles pointed at us.

" We do know one thing. Having an opening like that in your mind, it's not good. You each need to close that door. And you each need to do it as soon as possible" Deaton pressed on the matter of urgency. " How do we do that?" Scott asked.

" It depends. It's different for each person. One of you may have already had the chance to close the door" I suggested, looking between to two.

We walked outside and the Stiles dad pulled up. " Dad what're you doing here?" Stiles asked as he got out the car. " I'm here because I could use some help. Well Scott and Aria's" the sheriff turned towards us. " Why us?" Scott asked him.

" 8 years ago, almost an entire family died in a car accident. One of the bodies, a young girl named Malia, was never found. There's enough evidence to have me thinking.... that a werewolf could've caused the accident, and then dragged her body away" the sheriff explained. I was still curious on why he needed us, this happens almost a decade ago, he'd be lucky to even find her body.

" If you guys could somehow get a lock on her scent or track her, help find the body, it might provide the missing clue" he looked at us, while I looked at Stiles, he looked nervous. "But what if it was a werewolf?" Stiles asked, " well, there's somebody out there who murdered an entire family. Someone who still needs to be caught" the sheriff turned back towards us.

Scott looked like he was about to say no, " we'll do it. Just give us the time and place" I said, he nodded and left. So did Stiles. " Why did you say yes?" He asked, almost like he was in disbelief.

" Look, I told you that you were scared to transform. What if you being scared to turn, is the reason why the door into your mind is open?" I suggested, but he didn't look convinced. " What if that doesn't work?" He asked a different question.