Monster in Me | Teen Wolf [Book 2]

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Scott and Scarlett enter the hospital, bringing their mom some dinner. As the doors open they both scan the area looking for their mom in the crowd of people. The twins quickly spot her just as she starts speaking, "Oh, thank God. I'm starving."

She grabs the bag out of her daughters hands and hurries to the reception counter to open it. Scott and Scarlett follow her and she turns around, "Sorry. Sorry." She gives both of her kids a kiss on the cheek then continues, "Thank you for bringing me dinner."

"Of course, mom." Scarlett says, a smile on her face.

"Everything okay?" Scott asks.

"Except for half of the victims of a ten car-pile up being rerouted to us from downtown and the ER Attending not answering any of his pages? Yeah, I'm okay. Slightly, somewhat okay." Melissa answers.

"What does not answering pages mean?"

"It means no one can find him. Now we're waiting for the on-call to get here." Scott and Scarlett exchange a look at their moms words just as a patient walks up, clutching her stomach.

"Miss? Excuse me? I could really use something for the pain." The woman says.

"I know and I'm sorry, but giving you something could actually complicate things. We really need to wait for the doctor." Melissa turns back to the receptionist, "How far out is Dr. Hilyard?"

"Ten minutes." The receptionist replies. Scarlett watches as the injured woman takes a seat and Scott follows her, presumably to take some of her pain. Scar turns her head away from the two to scan the bustling waiting room.

Her attention is quickly brought to the entrance as the doors bang open. Ethan, looking rather panicked, is half carrying Danny, "I need help!"

Scarlett sprints over and grabs Danny's other arm, wrapping it around her shoulders. Scott and Melissa follow closely behind. Scott turns to address the Alpha that brought Danny in, "What did you do to him?"

"Nothing. He said he was having chest pains and trouble breathing. But it just kept getting worse." They guide Danny over to a seat, Melissa begins looking him over to see what's wrong.

The three young werewolves look on in worry as Ethan asks, "What is it? Is he dying?"

The twins quickly snap at him, "Shut up."

"I said I didn't do anything." Ethan begins, trying to defend himself.

"All of you back off." Melissa scolds, instantly shutting the trio up. She goes back to doing her check up, "Okay, that's not good." She then turns to ask the receptionist once more, "How much longer on Dr. Hilyard?"

The receptionist raises her hands indicating that she doesn't know. "What is it? What's wrong?" Scar asks.

"His larynx is shifting to the side. I think it's a tension pneumothorax." She then calls out, "Can we get a gurney over here!"

Right after the words leave her mouth Danny lurches forward. He throws up white berries as they all watch in horror. Ethan whispers, "Mistletoe."

A nurse quickly brings a gurney over and helps Melissa bring him into a room. Ethan, Scott, and Scarlett all follow them, "Can you three please get back to the waiting room?"

None of them turn to leave, but they make sure Melissa has enough room to work as the other nurse leaves to help more patients, "Where is everyone?" Ethan asks.

"It's a full house tonight. They're attending to other patients."

"How can we help?" Scott asks.

"You can't. His lungs collapsed."