Beacon Hills 1983

Chapter 59: The Full Truth

(Teen wolf + The Chilling adventures of Sabrina + Stranger Things + Riverdale)

"Love?" I repeat. My throat dry.

Of all things I've imagined Billy Hargrove would say to me over the years, THIS was not one of them.

I'm about to speak again, when a piercing sound rips through the air. My hands instinctively pull away from Billy's to cover my ears. The pain ringing in my head distracts me from the current perplexity of our situation, and I groan.

"What's wrong?" Billy asks, frowning.
My brain is exploding. I stand up, a little woozy, and head for the door, desperate to find the source.
"You can't hear that?" I ask, wincing.
"Hear what?" Billy says.

I open the door, and nearly loose balance at the abrupt new clarity of the sound, but luckily, Natalie is there to catch me.
"Nes are you okay?" I think she asks, but I'm not listening.
I swat her away, regaining my strength, and follow the screech downstairs, as fast as my legs will take me.

It's not long before I find the source, and by now I'm just angry.
A growl escapes, as I kick open the door of a room on the bottom floor, and find an even bigger surprise.

"Emel?" I gasp. The sound still ringing in my head, but now less painful as the moment sets in, and my anger fades to panic.

There my sister is, in a very elegant, but deadly sort of stance, with short blades aimed at my best friend's throat.

She releases Lucy.

Within a second, the terrible sound disappears. Lucy is fiddling with something she grabbed out of her back pocket. I recognize the object from a balcony in New Orleans, days ago. Ultrasonic emitter.

Damn those hunter devices!

But if it weren't for that emitter...
I wouldn't have walked in on THIS.

Ignoring any further thoughts, I focus on what's going on presently.

"Emel?" I repeat, now feeling a rush of emotions. Betrayal, confusion, surprise.

Like ghosts, three pairs of footsteps follow in behind me.
I wouldn't have bothered to turn around if the voice that spoke didn't sound so exasperated-
"You."
Billy points at my sister accusingly.
Claudia grabs Natalie's arm, seeming afraid. They slowly back away from him.

Emel is frozen. By shock, or fear, I don't know. But her heart is beating way too fast.
My eyes skim the room; Lucy in the corner, Emel in front of me, Billy in the doorway, Greg on the bed-

Greg on the bed?

Not just that, his awful paralytic claws are out. Nervously, my eyes dart back to Billy, wondering if he noticed.
But his eyes are pinned on Emel... Just Emel. Like a predator ready to pounce. And then he does.

Emel shrieks, daggers are knocked out of her hands as Billy tries to grab her, shouting profanities and arms flailing- but I'm faster, and able to lock arms around his hard waist, pulling him back before he's even close enough to smell her Jasmine perfume.

Lucy starts chanting in Latin, Billy screams in agony, clutching his blonde curls, and falls to his knees, dragging me down with him. I quickly move away, and get to my feet.