Status Asthmaticus

"Scott, I don't know what happened!"


It's the next morning after Scott's whole argument with Stiles in the rain and Scott denying Liam's request to bite Hayden so he can save her. Now, Scott believes I fought against him in the club on my own. In all actuality, the Dread Doctors forced me to. My brother grabs a fist of his hair and sighs. "How am I suppose to believe that? You've been acting so strange since you went missing. I don't know what to believe from you anymore."


"Believe me as your own twin sister!"


"I don't even know if you're that anymore!"


"Hey!" our moms exclaims. "Both of you need to calm down and focus on this girl."


I look down at the dying Hayden. She's been getting worse so we decided to call our mom for help. Liam told us he saw mercury fill Hayden's eyes when the doctors got to her.  "I'm going to try something called chelation therapy. It removes the heavy metals from the blood."


She worries me when she says it could injure her kidneys. "Well, she only had one, to begin with," I mutter.


Hayden winces when the intravenous needle is inserted into her vein. Liam immediately grabs my mom's wrist and yells, "You're hurting her!"


"And you're hurting me," my mom calmly replies.


I flick out my claws. "Liam, do you really want to do that while her twin werewolf teen Alphas are standing in the room?"


He slowly backs off. "Guys, we're here to save a life not kill each other," Theo points out.


"I say we let her die," I say.


"Now you want to end a life?" Scott asks. "Before, you wanted to save Tracy."


"Yes, but Tracy was innocent and died because of Malia's stupidity. This girl, Hayden, is now dating Liam. Since Liam decided to date her, while dating me, I think I have the right to say I want her to die."


"We're saving her," Liam growls.


"We couldn't save Tracy, or Josh, or Cody. Why try anymore with her?"


"Scar, we're saving Hayden."


I put my hands up in surrender. "At the rate she's going, she'll be dead by tonight."


"You've been through a hell of a lot worse," Liam points out. "I'm sure she can too."


"She's not me, Liam! None of you are! There is absolutely nothing out there like me! If there was, I wouldn't have to hide the voices I hear or the things I see because I wouldn't feel so damn different."


"So, you're a chimera?" Scott asks.


"I never said that."


Theo stands to his full height and gets between me and Scott. "Look, guys, we need to focus on saving Hayden and preparing for the moon tonight. We need to stick together."


I grab Theo's wrist and drag him outside, far enough so Scott can't listen in. "What's your prob-" Before he can finish, I strike him across the face. "Hey! What did I do this time?"


"You know exactly what you did. I know you're here for your pack, or whatever, but tearing apart the two of greatest friends I had could have been avoided."


He scoffs with his devilish smile. "Come on, Scarlett. Did you really think your life would be the same once this is all over?"


I cross my arms and shake my head. "No, of course not because this is the nogitsune all over again. I'm being controlled without even knowing and hurting people I love without thinking logically."


"This is nothing like that."


"Oh yeah? Being used for someone else's purposes and going against everything I believe sounds damn familiar!" He tries to touch my shoulder but I slap his arm away. "My brother better live through all this. Promise me."


"Wait, what?"


I grab hold of his shirt and damn near break down crying. "Promise me my brother won't pay for what I'm doing. Please promise me, Theo."


He sighs and nods. "I promise."


I hop in my Jeep and sit there. I never thought things would ever get this bad. Stiles killed Donovan and it's haunting him, making Scott distant himself from him. Parrish is responsible for all the mission bodies, prompting Lydia to help him in any and every way she can. Liam is falling for Hayden and has built up so much rage toward Scott for not giving Hayden the bite and doing almost nothing to save her life. Malia discovered her mother was the one that killed her family and has created this plan to kill her mother.


Theo and I know but haven't told Scott. Then there's Scott. Poor Scott. He is watching his pack fall to pieces and hasn't been able to save a single chimera. He has so much to worry about and he's fighting a losing battle. I can't help him because his own twin sister is going behind his back and breaking his trust. By the end of our senior year, if we make until then, there might not be a pack or McCall twins.


I take out my small notebook and start writing all the names of my pack:


Malia
Kira
Lydia
Stiles
Liam
Scott


As I finish, I see Theo come out the animal clinic and he walks to my window. He takes my notebook and reads it. "Is this your very own dead pool?"


I snatch it back. "No, it's the list of my friends and brother. Let's take a look at this, shall we? Malia, you've already manipulated her into killing her mother so she is no longer the werewolf we trained her to be." I cross her name out. "Kira almost killed my brother twice so she left to never return." I cross her name out. "Oh, Stiles. Let's not forget him. You lied about what he did to Donovan, broke his friendship with Scott, his relationship with Malia and now he has no one his side." I cross his name out. "Lastly, my brother. Oh, save the best for last because the list goes on with him. He is watching innocent teens die and his pack fall apart while his sister works with an evil psychopath that works for the Dread Doctors." I cross his name off. "The only one left is Lydia and I know you have some kind of plan for her."


He leans in and rests his head on his arms. "Look, tonight is the super moon. It's time for my plan to really go into effect."


I sigh. "What plan?"


"To trap Scott at the school so I can get everyone where they need to be. Malia, Stiles, Lydia. All of them."


I shake my head and look forward. "Do what you want. At this point, there's no point in arguing. When all this is over, I won't have a pack or even a home to go back to."


He puts a hand on my forearm. "Yes, you will. You'll have me and my pack. You'll still be an Alpha."


I move my arm slightly, away from his hand. "Please leave me alone, Theo. Tonight's the night I lose everything."


He sighs and walks to his truck. I open my glove compartment and find my locket I used to complete the sacrifice to save all our parents. I take it and hold it close to my heart. I go back inside the animal clinic to find a sleeping Scott. I fight my tears as I walk by. I walk in to see my mother standing over a worsening Hayden and a worried Liam by her side. "Scar, sweetie, are you okay?" I don't say a word. I take hold of her hand and drop the locket. When she sees what it is, she gets worried. "Scarlett, why are you giving this to me?"


"I love you, mom," I manage to say.


I quickly glance at Liam before walking back out. I ignore her calls for me. I get back in my Jeep and drive off. I get to the Dread Doctor's' lair and find Lydia lying on the floor. Theo must have brought her here. The Dread Doctors have no reason to capture her. When she sees me, she smiles. I can tell she expects me to help her. "Scarlett! I'm glad you found me! Get me out of here."


I slowly walk toward her and lean against a wall. I slide down and Indian cross my legs. "I can't do that, Lydia."


Her eyes narrow. "Why not?"


"Theo brought you here for some reason and I'll find out later. Besides, the Dread Doctors wouldn't like me compromising their plans."


"You... You've been working with them?"


"I have to. I'm the experiment, after all."


She gasps with shock. "You're..."


"Yes, Lydia. I'm the one success they created. Why do you think I'm immune to kanima poison, wolfsbane and mountain ash? Why do you think I hear voices like a banshee? I was their experiment since I got bitten."


"Why? Does Scott know?"


"Probably. He just doesn't know what Theo and the Dread Doctors are really here to do. That's where I come in. I have been doing everything they say and go against everything I believe in." Tears start to pour down my cheek. "I'm losing friend after friend and I thought it would get better once I found out what I was but I was wrong. It has only gotten worse and I can't tell anyone because then I die. They have some button that can kill me and I won't come back. I just want to be normal, Lydia!"


"Oh, cut the water works. We have things to do."


I look up to see Theo. He looks anxious and ready. I slowly stand and wipe the tears from my face. "I'm sorry, are my real emotions coming from my heart annoying your empty one?"


He rolls his eyes and grabs me by my arm. He drags me out the room and to my truck. He literally throws me in the passenger seat. Once he gets in the driver's seat, he doesn't hesitate the to pull out. He drives like a maniac. "Theo, where the hell are you taking me?"


"We're paying a little visit to Stiles."


He throws me a card. I realize it's Stiles' library card. He could have only got it from the sheriff. "Where is he, Theo?" I ask calmly.


"Stiles? The station."


"You know who I mean."


"The sheriff is safe and sound. Don't you worry about him. And, before you ask, Scott is safe at the school."


We pull up to the impound lot and there's Stiles, outside. I stay put while Theo gets out. Stiles goes toward the truck, saying, "Come on, we need to find Scott."


"Scott doesn't want to talk to you," Theo replies, holding up the ID.


Theo begins to taunt Stiles with the lies he told the sheriff about Donovan's death. Stiles begins to worry that Theo has hurt his father. "I never lied about why I came to Beacon Hills. I'm here for a pack. I came for the werecoyote, the one whose first instinct is to kill. I came for the banshee, the girl surrounded by death. I came for the dark kitsune, the Beta with anger issues. I came for Void Stiles and Void Scarlett. That's the pack I want. Unfortunately, it doesn't include Scott."


I jump out of the truck and stand by Stiles. "What? You never told me that's what your plan was. You said you wanted a pack but you never said you wanted mine! You never said you wanted me and Stiles to be void again!"


"Well, you remember that button I told you about? Well, I have it and it doesn't kill you. It shuts it all off. Your emotions and any bit of compassion you have. For Stiles, it'll be a little more hard to do that." Theo moves on and says he can hear Stiles heartbeat rising. He knows it isn't out of fear. He says, "Just admit it. The nogitsune is gone but you have more blood on your hands than any of us."


"I'm about to get more," is Stiles' only reply.


Theo says he will tell Stiles where the sheriff is but only if he promises not to help Scott. Stiles punches Theo much to Theo's amusement. Stiles hits him again. Theo is still trying to recruit Stiles saying, "You'll get it eventually."


Theo says Stiles can't save the sheriff and help Scott but says he still has time to save his father's life. Stiles turns to me. "Scarlett, where is he?"


"Stiles, I... I don't know."


He suddenly grabs me by my arms and shakes me. "Tell me where he is!"


I break down into tears. "I don't know! He wouldn't tell me!"


Theo finally tells Stiles where his dad is. He's at the old abandoned house the Dread Doctors use. Theo, again, throws me in his truck. This time, as he drives, I don't ask any questions. I sit silently and keep my eyes down on my hands. "You know I would never intentionally hurt you."


"Well, you should know something. You didn't hurt me when you threw me in your truck, twice. You came into town and took everything I had. My brother, my pack, my morals and my confidence. But where you really hit me where it hurts, you've lied to my brother, hurt my friends and made this plan to create a pack of your own out of my once strong pack. So, if you did all that by accident, then I know you would never intentionally hurt me."


He's silent after that. He pulls up in front of the school. As soon as I step out, a sharp pain shoots through my entire body. Scott. I take off running inside. I follow the strongest smell of blood and take a turn into the library. I see a broken line of mountain ash and the library messed up. I see Mason supporting a bloody and beaten Scott. "Scott!"


When I go to help him, Theo comes up from behind me and throws me to the floor. "Like seriously, you couldn't wait five minutes," he says through his teeth to Scott. He knocks Mason out with one hit and says to Scott, "I should've stayed. I should've made sure."


"Make sure what?" I ask, getting up from the floor.


I take a few steps forward, ending between Theo and Scott. Up close, Scott looks even worse. He took a beating, that's for sure. "Just to make sure Liam did what I planned to do but I guess, if you want something done a certain way, you have to do it yourself."


He grabs me by my throat and throws me to the other side of the room. I hit the wall, cracking something. Maybe a rib. When I fall to the floor, I land on broken glass and break some more bones. "Because now you have to kill me yourself."


"They're still mine, not yet, but they'll come around."


"Not for you."


Theo, suddenly, sticks his claws in Scott's abdomen. I gasp. "Theo, no!"


"They'll never be like you."


"Because I'm a chimera? Because I'm not a real werewolf?"


"Because you're barely even human," Scott replies.


Theo becomes enraged and he digs his claws deeper and charges Scott to the floor, right in next to me. When he pulls his claws out, I can see my own brother's blood dripping from them. I crawl to his aid. I grab hold of his face and go to heal his wound when Theo grabs my wrist. "Oh, no. There's no twin to the rescue this time. Besides, I think I've gotten everything I've needed from you."


He turns me over on my back and digs his claws into me as well. I let out a soft gasp. My eyes begin to glow and my fangs come out. I grab his wrist to and try to push him away but he just embeds his claws even deeper. He quickly pulls his claws out, making me cough for air. He walks away without looking back once. I can't move and I'm already dying. I manage to grab hold of Scott's hand and feel some tears roll down my bloodied face. "I'm...sorry...Scott."


At that moment, my red eyes fade and so does my vision...


It doesn't stay black for long. I become aware of my consciousness as a loud roar sounds through my ears. I feel something hit me, hard. My eyes shoot open and I let out my own roar. I gasp for air as I realize everything going on around me. Mason has knelt on the floor with his hands covered in blood, Scott is awake next to me and our mom is kneeling over us. My hand is still intertwined with Scott's. Even awake, he hasn't let go. Instead, he looks over at me and pulls me into his arms. Even the pain he's probably feeling, I believe he feels the same way I do. It doesn't nearly match the feeling of losing each other.


Once we get home, our mom tends to our wounds in our room. She's already wrapped my head, put my whole waist in a wrap, my forearm in a wrap and put alcohol on all my cuts and bruises. While she's working on Scott, he says, "We lost, mom."


"Every leader suffers loss," she replies softly. "Sometimes more than you think is bearable."


I rest beside Scott, still holding on to his hand. "This time we lost everyone," I say.


"You'll get them, you have to."


"Why would they come back?" Scott asks.


"Because you're their leader and even when a leader thinks they have nothing left to give, there's one thing:  hope. Give them hope."


I sigh and rest my head on Scott's shoulder. "Scott, I'm so sorry."


"I know. I'm sorry, too."


He rests his head on top of mine. I love my brother and I will never let anything come between us again.


I finally finished! I hoped you guys like it. Please vote, comment and follow. I love you so much, my Teen Wolf troopers!!!! <3

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