Ch. 31 - CURRENTS

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Chapter Thirty-One
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Sawyer walked around her room, looking for one of Anakin's toys before she suddenly stopped as her eyes clouded over. Barely even a second later, she was sitting in a car, making her furrow her brows until someone spoke up.ย 

"It's Dr. Hilyard again. Can you let Melissa know that it may be more than ten minutes? I think there's an accident up ahead." A woman said, making Sawyer look over at her as the woman drove down the road before a voice came through a phone.ย 

"Yeah, a ten-car pile-up, which is why we need you here!" They said and Dr. Hilyard sighed, "I'm going as fast as I can." She said before hanging up. Strangling the steering wheel in frustration, Dr. Hilyard veers her way through traffic. Sawyer furrowed her brows slightly as she held her hand out, waving it in front of Dr. Hilyard's face but the woman made no movement or sign of acknowledgement.ย 

Sawyer went to grab Dr. Hilyard's shoulder but her hand just went right through the woman as everything around her suddenly seemed like it was all just mist before looking solid again.ย 

Out of the haze of headlights, something flutters against the windshield, landing on it making both Dr. Hilyard and Sawyer look over to see a moth. Strangely large and right in Hilyard's field of view, the creature doesn't seem to want to move. Hilyard flicks on the wipers and the moth flutters back into the darkness. Pushing down on the pedal, Hilyard blinks as a moth flutters in front of her eyes.ย 

"How did you get in?" She mumbled as she waved a hand at the moth, not realizing she's also pulling the steering wheel with her other hand. A horn blares, headlights blazing across the windshield making Hilyard's eyes widen as she swerves the car back into her own lane.ย 

A third moth crawls out of one of the vents. Another flutters up from behind the backseat. Hilyard waves at them, trying to keep her eyes on the road. In mere moments, dozens of moths fill the car, blocking Hilyard's view. Sawyer watched in alarm as the moths surrounded the doctor, flying about her head.ย 

Sawyer glanced into the rear view mirror before her eyes widened when she saw a horrifying ashen face, scarred and slashed, features literally ripped apart. Hilyard screams and the wheel slips from her hands.ย 

Everything suddenly disappeared into a colorless mist floating all around Sawyer before forming into something else. Now Sawyer stood in some alleyway, making her glance around until she saw a male doctor hanging by his hands. His wrist raw and bleeding from the rope that was digging into his skin. His chest never rising.ย 

Sawyer's eyes went back to normal and she glanced around to see she was back in her room, Anakin laying on her bed. She quickly touched her desk to feel it was completely solid to make sure she wasn't in a vision still.ย 

She sucked in a deep breath before quickly running out of her room and into her brother's making him jump. "What?" Stiles asked, noticing the look on his sister's face, "Two doctors are about to be sacrificed, if they haven't been already. I don't know who one of them is but the other is Dr. Hilyard." Sawyer said.ย 

Before Stiles could say anything, his phone started ringing, making him grab it to see Scott calling him.ย 

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Deputy cars hurtle into the lot while Stilinski tries to get statements from Melissa and Scott with Stiles and Sawyer's help. "Hang on, hang on. They were both in the car?" Stilinski asked and Sawyer shook her head, "No, Dad, they're trying to tell you that it was two separate kidnappings, okay? Two doctors, both gone." She said and her father nodded slightly.ย 

"So, whose car is this?" Stilinski asked, nodding to the car they were standing by, "Dr. Hilyard, the on-call doctor. The ER attending is the one that never made it back in." Melissa said and Stilinski sighed softly. "Let me just focus on getting your story first, all right?" He said and Melissa nodded before he turned to the teen, "Kids, give us a second."ย 

Scott, Sawyer and Stiles retreat back to whisper in private. The twins' attention stays on Stilinski, however, noticing their father's troubled demeanor. "These are definitely sacrifices, right?" Scott asked and Stiles and Sawyer both nodded, "Yeah, it's the one Deaton mentioned- Healers." Stiles said.ย 

"What about Danny? He threw up mistletoe. That's not a coincidence, and if he hadn't been with Ethan, he probably would've died. Danny's not a healer. I-" Scott started to say but the sound of Stilinski's phone ringing interrupted them making Stiles and Sawyer look at Scott. "Can you hear that?" Stiles asked and Scott nodded.ย 

"They found another body." He said and Sawyer sighed softly as she glanced around slightly, "The one in the alley..."ย 

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"Good morning! As you all know, Mr. Harris is still missing- I mean sick. Anyway, I'm filling in while we all hope and pray for a more qualified substitute to take my place. Okay, so let's get started, shall we?" Miss. Blake said before flipping pages in a book. As she does this Stiles tapped his table to get Sawyer's attention as he leaned over to Scott.ย 

"Hey, our dad said that the ER attending wasn't strangled but did die from asphyxiation- they just don't know how." Stiles said as Sawyer turned to them, "Do you think the on-call doctor could still be alive?" Scott asked and Sawyer sighed softly.ย 

"Every time I have one of these visions what I see happens minutes later." She said and Stiles nodded, "Scott, there's got to be at least twenty other doctors in that hospital at least, you know? Any one of them could be next." He said. Before Scott could say anything his phone buzzes making him pull it out to see Deaton calling him. Sliding down in his seat to be inconspicuous, Scott answers the phone, "Hey Doc. Sorry, I'm in class right now- can I call you back later?"ย 

"Unfortunately, no... I honestly thought I might never have to burden you like this, but I'm afraid, at the moment, you're my only hope. I'm going to be taken. I need you to find me."ย 

"Doc. Doc, doc, doc- what's happening?" He asked but the line went dead, a dial tone blaring back at him making him sit back up to look at Stiles and Sawyer, whose eyes were wide.ย 

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While his Deputies scour the clinic for clues, Stilinski tries to comfort Scott with Stiles, Sawyer and Anakin by his side.ย 

"All right, we're doing everything we can. Right now, the best thing you can do is go back to school." Stilinski said as he rested a hand on Scott's shoulder, giving it a comforting squeeze and then stepped out to the waiting area. Scott throws Stiles and Sawyer a look, gesturing for them to follow into the cage room where they'll be out of earshot.ย 

"We have to tell him." Scott said, making Stiles and Sawyer scoff lightly, "You mean, like, tell him? Or, tell him something else that isn't telling him what I think you want to tell him?" Stiles asked and Scott sighed.ย 

"You know what I mean." He said and Sawyer raised her eyebrows slightly, "You remember how your mom reacted? She didn't look you in the eye for, like, a week!" She said and Scott shrugged slightly. "And she got over it. And- and it actually made us closer." He said and Stiles sighed softly, "I don't know, dude... I mean, look at him. Come on, he's completely overwhelmed as it is!" He said.ย 

"He's overwhelmed because he has no clue what's happening. He's got people dying in his town- the town that he's supposed to protect- and it's not his fault that he doesn't know what's happening. He's gonna find out sooner or later." Scott said, making the twins glance at each other.ย 

"Yeah, but is now really the right time?" They both asked, "What if not telling him now gets someone else killed?" Scott asked.ย 

"What if telling him gets him killed, huh? I mean, okay. Look, I get that Deaton's been like a father to you- I get that, okay? But this is our- Scott, this is our actual father. We can't... We can't lose both of our parents, all right? Not both of them." Stiles said and Scott sighed softly, "You're right." He said and Sawyer thought for a moment before shaking her head and sighing.ย 

"No, we're not. We're not right. We'll tell him." Sawyer said and Scott nodded, "I'll help you." He said before they walked out, before paying slightly when they saw Ms. Morrell talking to Stilinski. "Please, whatever you need. However, you can help find my brother." She said making Scott and Sawyer turn to Stiles who mouths "brother?". Seeing she's caught their attention, Morrell approaches the three, lowering her voice to an urgent whisper.ย 

"Okay, listen closely, all of you- no sheriff, deputy, or detective is going to be able to find him." She said and Scott nodded, "You don't have to ask us for help." He said. "Actually, I'm trying to help you... Because if you're going to find my brother, then you need to use the one other person who might actually have an ability to seek out the supernatural besides you." She said before turning to Sawyer as realization crossed over her face.ย 

"Lydia."ย 

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"Let go." Lydia said but Cora didn't let go of her wrist making Lydia raise her eyebrows, "I said-" She started to say again but someone cut her off.ย 

"Let go." Sawyer said, making them look over to see her, Anakin and Stiles walk into the locker room, "She said let go." Sawyer said, raising her eyebrows slightly, making Cora finally release Lydia.

In the empty classroom, Stiles opens a box on one of the tables in front of Cora, Lydia and Sawyer, Anakin laying on the ground next to Sawyer. Peering inside, Lydia removes a planchette from the box as Stiles unfolds a tell-tale board with letters and numbers on it. "A Ouija board?" Sawyer asked, giving Stiles a weird look, "Also called a spirit board. And it's worth a shot."ย 

"A shot in the dark."ย 

"Will you just try? This is for Scott's boss. The guy who's saved our collective asses more than once." He sets the planchette in the middle of the board. "All of us?" Cora asks and Stiles nods. They each gently place their fingers on the edge of the planchette.ย 

"Okay, Ready? Where is Dr. Deaton?" He asked and that waited, each of them peering down at the planchette, focusing on it. Lydia and Sawyer both looked bored before noticing Cora and Stiles watching them, "What?" They both asked.ย 

"Aren't you guys gonna answer it?"ย 

"Oh, I don't know the answer. I thought we were asking some sort of spirit." Lydia said, "Well, do you know any spirits?" Cora asked, making Sawyer raise her eyebrows and Lydia look at her, "Is she for real?" Lydia asked. Sawyer suddenly started hearing a bunch of whispering, making her look up before noticing a figure standing in the corner of the room.ย 

Sawyer quickly pulled her hand away from the ouija board, making the figure disappear and the whispering stopped. "What? Did it work?" Stiles asked excitedly and Sawyer shook her head, "Not in the way we want... But we can definitely add seeing Ghosts to my list of abilities." She said, making him sigh.ย 

"Fine, we'll try a different method." He said, pulling out Deaton's keys and holding them out, "These are Deaton's keys to the Clinic. Close your eyes. I'll put them in your hand and you try to get a feel for his location. It's called psychometry." Stiles explains making Lydia purse her lips. "I'm not psychic." Lydia said and Sawyer raised her eyebrows, "Why is your first guess always Psychic for supernatural that's not animal based?" Sawyer said and her brother rolled his eyes.ย 

"Lydia's something and Sawyer's Clairvoyant. Try, okay?" Stiles said and Lydia glanced at Sawyer who nodded slightly making her sigh. Lydia closed her eyes and held out her hand making Stiles place the keys in her palm, "Ooh." She mumbled jumping slightly, "What?" Stiles asks excitedly.ย 

"They're cold."ย 

"Lydia, concentrate. Trying to save lives here." Stiles said, starting to get frustrated. She closes her eyes again and wraps her fingers over the keys, brow furrowed in concentration. "What do you see?" He asked and after a moment, she opened her eyes and shook her head. "Nothing. Absolutely nothing." She says, making them sigh.ย 

Lydia held them out to Sawyer who grabbed them and almost immediately she saw flashes of Deaton hanging by his wrists that looked torn and bloody. Sawyer dropped the keys, making all of them raise her eyebrows, "What did you see?" Stiles said and Sawyer sighed. "Just Deaton hanging by his hands... Nothing that could tell me where he is." She said, making them all sigh.ย 

"Okay... we'll try another method." Stiles says holding up two pencils, making Sawyer raise her eyebrows. Automatic writing?" Sawyer asks and Stiles nods. Skeptical, Lydia takes a pencil and presses the tip to a sheet of paper and Sawyer did the same. Unlike Sawyer who didn't write anything, Lydia started drawing a tree.ย 

"Lydia, what are you doing? What... what the hell is that?" Stiles asked, looking down at the paper, "A tree." Lydia said, making Stiles squint at her. "A tr-? Lydia, you're supposed to be writing words- like, in sentences, something like a location, something that would tell us where he is." Stiles stressed making Lydia look at him, "Well, maybe you should've said that."ย 

"Isn't she supposed to be some kind of genius?" Cora asked making Lydia set down the pencil, "Genius? Yes. Psychic? No. Honestly, I don't even know why you're bothering with me, anyway... I mean, especially since it's obvious you should be talking to Danny." Lydia said, making them look at her confused. "What? Why Danny?"ย 

"Because." Scott said, making them all turn to look at him at the door, "Last night, he was a target... But he wasn't a sacrifice."ย 

The bell rings and students pour out of classrooms for the end of the day. Normal teenagers rushing out, a contrast to Scott, Stiles, Cora, Lydia, Sawyer and Anakin who hurry down the corridor with far weightier concerns. "But isn't Danny still in the hospital?" Cora asked, "Yeah. That's where we're going right now." Stiles said, nodding towards his sister.ย 

"I'll meet you there." Scott said, making them look at him, "Why?" Stiles asked and Scott held up his phone. On the display is a text from Allison: I think I found something.ย 

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The door to a darkened hospital room creaks open. Slipping inside, Stiles and Sawyer, along with Anakin, quietly shut it before sneaking over to the bed where Danny laid. "Danny, you awake? Danny?" Stiles taps him on the shoulder before gently slapping him on the cheek, then slaps a little harder, then even harder.ย 

"Dude!" Sawyer whispered harshly, hitting Stiles's arm making him jump back, nearly toppling a chair. He holds still, but Danny doesn't move, clearly sedated. Stiles glanced at Sawyer who was very clearly trying not to laugh as she gave him a point look before noticing a school bag on the chair.ย 

Eyes on Danny, Sawyer carefully unzips the bag and rifles through the contents. School books, homework, pages and pages of notes. "What are you doing?" Danny asked groggily, making Stiles and Sawyer freeze, pages gripped in both of their hands. They stare back at Danny who still had his eyes closed, "We're not doing anything, Danny. This is just a dream you're having."ย 

"Are you going through my stuff?" Danny asked, still groggy, "Right, but only in the dream, remember? Dream. Dreaming." Sawyer said, peeking up at Danny before going back to the bag. "Why would I dream about you going through my stuff?"ย 

"I don't know that, Danny, okay? It's your dream. Take responsibility for it. Shut up and go back to sleep." Stiles said, making Sawyer quietly chuckle and shake her head as she looked back down at the papers. Stiles lightly tapped his sister's arm, making her look at the paper he was reading.ย 

"Danny-boy, you might've actually found something here..."ย 

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Under the examining room's overhead light, Sawyer, Cora and Lydia watch Stiles gather Danny's work on the steel table, Anakin sat next to Sawyer. "Okay, so what does this kid's homework have to do with finding Deaton?" Cora asked and Stiles didn't look up from the papers, "Because it's not just homework, okay? It's a project on geomagnetic fields. They flow through the earth. They can even be affected by lunar phases, all right?"ย 

Stiles shows them Danny's proposal page where teacher's notes have been written in red. "I strongly advise you to choose another topic. The ideas here, while innovative and thoughtful, border on pseudo-science. Not suitable for class." Lydia read.ย 

"Harris wasn't just a sacrifice- he knew something." Sawyer said, looking at all of them. "Now, check this out- your uncle wasn't the only one with a map, all right? Danny had one, too. Danny marked all the telluric currents, okay? Now, the weird thing about Beacon Hills is that it actually is a beacon- you wouldn't believe how much energy flowing through the earth is around this town." Stiles says as he unfolds a normal road map of Beacon Hills. Strange wavy lines have been marked all over it.ย 

"Stiles look, they match." All eyes focus on the two maps. Scott grabs a black marker. Using the symbols on Argent's map, he puts down marks on Danny's map. Sawyer's eyes suddenly clouded over and Anakin got up, tapping his nose against Sawyer's thigh, making everyone look over at her. "Sawyer?" Stiles asked and Sawyer made no movement to acknowledge him.ย 

Sawyer glanced around to find herself standing outside the vault door in the abandoned bank. She slowly walked into the vault to see Deaton hanging by his wrists while Scott tried to push past a line of mountain ash.ย 

Just like the vision she had of the doctors, everyone around her faded into a colorless mist before forming into something else again. Now she stood at the door of the loft, the floor covered in water. Isaac sat on the ground by the door with Miss. Blake as Sawyer slowly walked down the steps.ย 

She slightly breathed heavily as she walked over to where Derek was on his knees, Boyd dying in front of him.ย 

Sawyer's eyes went back to normal and she stumbled back slightly, making Lydia grab her arms. "What did you see?" Stiles asked and Sawyer's eyes widened when it fully set in what she saw. "Deaton's in the vault that Boyd and Cora were in, but there's a ring of mountain ash around him." Sawyer said and Scott nodded, "Let's go." He said, grabbing his helmet before hurrying for the door until Sawyer quickly moved after him.ย 

"Wait! That's not all I saw." She said, making everyone stop and look at her, "I saw Boyd..." Sawyer said, trailing off slightly as Cora pulled out her phone. "It's Boyd. The plan didn't work. They cut the power." Cora said looking up at all of them, "Boyd doesn't make it..." Sawyer said, making everyone glance at each other.ย 

"It's just like he said... Go. I can save Deaton myself." Scott said and went to leave but Stiles stopped him, "What? Scott, what about us?"ย Stiles said, making Scott look at him.

"Cora can't get there fast enough without you. Go. We can save both of them."ย 

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The door to the electrical room breaks open and Cora rushes in with Sawyer, Anakin, Stiles and Lydia right behind her, all of them glancing about a confusing array of circuit breakers. "Okay, what do we do?" Stiles asked, "Pull them. All of them. Quickly." Sawyer said and together, they begin yanking the breakers while Cora texts Boyd.ย 

They ran into the loft but it was too late. There Boyd laid in the puddle of water in front of Derek with blood on his stomach. Cora rushes to Boyd's body, devastated while Stiles slowly walked up to Derek, comfortingly grabbing his shoulder while Sawyer froze in the doorway.ย 

"We were too late..." Sawyer said in a slight whisper before Lydia subconsciously grabbed Sawyer's hand.

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