Ch. 71 - THE LAST CHIMERA

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Chapter Seventy-One
๐ŸŒ’ The Last Chimera ๐ŸŒ˜


"Stilinski, right? You said his insurance was with the county? He's a deputy?" A nurse asked as she was talking to Stiles and Sawyer. "No, he's the Sheriff. He's the county Sheriff, okay?" Stiles said and Sawyer nodded, "He's covered. I mean, he should be covered." Sawyer said irritably as she mindlessly petted Anakin.

Melissa ran over and took the paperwork from the nurse and gave her a sympathetic smile, "I'll take care of it." She said before turning to the twins, both of them looking absolutely terrified and tired. "I texted Scott. He's coming as soon as he can. I can call Malia?" Melissa asked and they immediately shook their heads.

"No, no, no. Don't call anyone." They both said and the last nurse came back, "Is there anyone else we should notify? A next of kin?" She asked and the twins both sighed softly as they glanced at each other.

"No, it's us. It's just us."

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Stiles and Sawyer started dozing off in the hospital lobby, Sawyer's head on Stiles' shoulder while Anakin laid across the both of them. "Hey, guy. You need to get up. You gotta get up now." Melissa said as she gently grabbed their shoulders making them both jump awake and look at her.

"He's okay. Dr. Geyer is stitching him up right now." She said and Stiles nodded, "Okay. We wanna see him." He said and they went to stand up but Melissa stopped them. "Okay, okay... The anesthesia needs to wear off. It's gonna be at least two hours." She said, making Sawyer sigh softly and nodded.

"Okay, yeah, but everything's gonna be okay, though? I mean, he's okay?" She asked and Melissa nodded and smiled softly. "Mmhmm. He's gonna be just fine." She said and the twins nodded and sighed in relief, "Oh, thank God." They muttered as they glanced at each other.

A little while later Scott walked into a hall and saw Sawyer and Stiles talking to Melissa and Dr. Geyer through a door, Anakin sitting next to them. "What do you mean you don't know? Two hours ago, he was fine. Now it looks like somebody took a freaking baseball bat to his neck." Sawyer stressed. "There could've been some minor internal-" Dr. Geyer tried to explain but Stiles cut him off, "Did you say minor internal? Since when is anything internal minor?" He asked.

"Stiles-"

"We need to know what's going on with him, okay?" Sawyer said and Stiles nodded, "Dr. Geyer, somebody needs to tell me what's happening. Somebody needs to tell us what's happening to him!" Stiles said.

"We don't know..."

Just as Stiles is prepared to argue with the doctor further, the elevator at the end of the hall dings, and he looks up to see Scott looking through the window of Stilinski's door. Stiles immediately forgets all about his argument with Dr. Geyer in favor of lunging toward Scott and yelling at him as he grabs him by the front of the shirt and slams him against the wall.

Scott does nothing to defend himself and allows Stiles to tackle him onto the ground without interference. Stiles slams Scott's back against the linoleum floor and pins him down, "Where were you!? You trusted him? You believed him? Right? Huh? So, WHERE WERE YOU?"

Sawyer, Melissa and Dr. Geyer waste no time rushing over to the two, with Dr. Geyer yanking Stiles off of Scott while Melissa helps her son to his feet.

Stiles struggles against Dr. Geyer's hold and attempts to lunge for Scott again, still yelling, "Where the hell were you???" He yelled. Sawyer wrapped her arms around his, pinning his arms down, "Stiles, Stiles! Calm down, it's not the time for this." She said and the second Stiles, realized he's making a scene, he stopped attempting to break free from Sawyer's grip, though he's obviously still furious as Sawyer let him go.

Scott looks at Stiles with an apologetic expression, visibly hurt by Stiles' anger as well as feeling guilty for what happened to Stilinski. "Your dad's not the only one who got hurt-" Scott said and Sawyer rolled her eyes, "You'll heal." She said and Scott shook his head slightly.

"I'm not talking about me." He said, making Sawyer stare at him for a moment as the whispers she always hears got louder.

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Downstairs, Natalie sat next to Lydia, who laid in a hospital bed, completely catatonic. "Everything's going to be all right. We're going to get you the best medical care. The best doctors, the best everything." Natalie said.

Suddenly Sawyer ran into the room and looked at Lydia with wide eyes as Natalie shook her head. "No! No you don't. You're not coming in here. Get out!" She said making Sawyer look at her as she started to push Sawyer out of the room and she tried to move past Natalie.

"Just wait! Wait, please! I think I know who did this, okay? I just need to look at the back of her neck-" Sawyer tried to say but Natalie just shook her head, "I know who did this! You! All of you! Get out!" She said as she kept trying to push her out.

Sawyer was much more concerned with her girlfriend's current state than Natalie's accusations, exasperatedly continues to try to get into the room. "Come on! Please, you just gotta listen to me. You just gotta check the back-" she tried to say but Natalie's shoves become even harder, and she's nearly hysterical as she pushes against Sawyer to force her out of the room, both of them speaking over each other.

"Just get out!"

"Just check the back of her neck." Sawyer said and Natalie finally managed to get her out the doorway. "Out!" Sawyer yelled before closing the door, Sawyer stared at the door for a moment, her eyes glossy as she slightly breathed heavily.

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"It could be a side effect of shock." Parrish said as he, Sawyer, Anakin, Stiles, Scott and Melissa stood around in the morgue. "No, she's catatonic. It was Theo digging his way through her mind." Sawyer said in a pissed off tone at the thought of Theo, "Why would he do that? What is he looking for?" Melissa asked.

"The same thing he's always looking for- an advantage." Scott said, "So what did he gain by trying to kill Stilinski?" Parrish asked and Scott sighed. "It left me alone with Liam. Theo wanted to make sure no one would be there to stop him from... killing me." He said and Stiles scoffed.

"Okay, so he gutted our dad as a distraction?" He asked making Sawyer take a deep breath, "We need to find this kid." Parrish said. "Isn't that a little dangerous? Especially since he almost killed my kid?" Melissa asked and Sawyer sighed slightly, "Yeah, but he said he didn't want our dad to die." Sawyer said and Parrish looked at her crazy. "And you believe him?"

"He told us where to find him... So, maybe he also knows how to save him." Stiles said shrugging, "What do you want to do? Talk to him?" Melissa asked. "If it saves our dad, then yeah." Sawyer said and Scott nodded slightly, "I'll come with you. He doesn't know that I'm alive- maybe that gives us an advantage." He said and the twins shook their heads.

"He'll know you're there. We just need to talk to him, not fight him." Stiles said and they went to walk away but Melissa stopped them. "Guys, you can't go alone." Melissa said and Parrish nodded, "Does anyone even know how to find him?" Parrish asked and the twins glanced at each other.

"We don't have to find him." Stiles said and Sawyer glanced back at the group, "He'll come to us." She said before they walked out.

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Scott, Sawyer and Stiles have just gotten into their positions at Scott's house, with Stiles sitting on the bottom of the staircase. Sawyer and Anakin sat behind him while Scott hid in the upstairs hallway in order to eavesdrop on the upcoming conversation.

They also had a line of mountain ash across the threshold of the open front door. Moments later, Theo walked up to the doorway making them look up at him as he looked down at the mountain ash. He looked up at them with a smirk before stepping over the mountain, "I guess we're all telling the truth now."

Theo slowly looks up the stairs, making Sawyer pick up Scott's shirt from next to her. She threw it at Theo with some force making him chuckle slightly as he caught it while Stiles looked at Theo with teary eyes.

"You killed our best friend?" Stiles asked and Theo raised his eyebrows slightly, "Let's be honest, guys- was he still really your best friend?" He asked and Sawyer squinted at him. "Are you going to let our father die?" She asked as she messed with a pocket knife in her hands while Theo rolled his eyes.

"If I wanted him to die, I wouldn't have told you where you could find him." Theo asked as he tossed Scott's shirt to the side while the twins stood up, "Then why are they saying his body is shutting down? That some toxin is poisoning him, and they don't know how to stop it?" Stiles asked. And for a moment Theo looks shocked by this information before he puts on his poker face.

"I'm not the bad guy, Stiles. I'm just a realist. I'm a survivor. If you knew the things that I know..." He said and Sawyer raised his eyebrows, "Yeah, but what do you actually know?" She asked. "I know what's coming. I know what the Dread Doctors created. And, I know what Parrish is. Lydia figured it out. I saw it in Lydia's memories." Theo said, making Sawyer scoffed slightly, "Right, you mean after you drove her out of her freaking mind?" She asked and Theo just shrugged.

"Collateral damage. But, if she's right about Parrish, then things around here are gonna get a lot worse." He said, making Stiles glare at him and shook his head, "I don't care." He said I'm a slight whisper. "You should... Because if your dad does survive, he's not gonna be Sheriff of anything much longer."

"What's happening to him?" Stiles asked but Theo didn't say anything, just went to back away. "Hey tell me!" Stiles yelled as he went to grab Theo's shoulder but Theo turned around and shoved Stiles back making his head hit the stairs. Without thinking, Sawyer shot out, pressing her pocket knife against Theo's neck, slamming him against the door frame.

He groaned slightly before smirking at her, "You think a pocket knife is going to do anything?" He asked and she raised her eyebrows. "All I need to do is stab the perfect spot and you'll bleed out before you can heal." She said in a slight whisper before leaning closer to him. "If my dad or my girlfriend dies because of you, I will personally make sure that your life becomes a literal hell." Sawyer said before shoving him out the door then walked over to her brother.

A few seconds later Scott walked down the steps and crouched down next to Stiles and Scott lightly shook him as Anakin licked Stiles's face. "You gotta get up now. Stiles. Stiles." He said and a second later Stiles jerks awake, and Scott, relieved, holds out his hand to help Stiles up.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Scott asked worriedly and Stiles sat up and swatted Scott's proffered hand away in annoyance, "I'm fine." He said before letting his sister help him up. "You blacked out." Sawyer said and Stiles sighed softly, "I'm okay." He said before looking at Scott. "Did you get anything from him?" He asked and Scott sighed and shook his head, "Nothing. He was calm the entire time."

"What about his heart?" Sawyer asked and Scott nodded slightly, "I heard it jump, but only once, and only for a second." Scott said. "That doesn't mean he was lying." Sawyer and Stiles both said and Scott shook his head, "Not really. The rest of the time it was steady." He said.

"When did it jump? What were we talking about?" Stiles asked and Scott thought for a moment, "It was when you said that your dad was poisoned." He said and Sawyer glanced between the two. "A jump could mean he was surprised." She asked and Stiles furrowed his brows. "So, why would he be surprised that our dad's still dying?" He asked and Sawyer thought for a second. "He never said that he was the one who attacked dad, did he?" She asked and Stiles shook his head, "No, then this means it was probably someone else..." Stiles said.

"Another Chimera." Sawyer said and Stiles nodded before they walked out and over to a dark SUV parked in the driveway while Scott quickly followed after them.

Sawyer let Anakin into the back before climbing into the passenger seat and before Scott could try to open a door Stiles locked them. "Guys-" Scott says but Sawyer cut him off, "We can do the rest ourselves." She said.

"You don't even know where to start. All we know is that it's another Chimera. Do you even know where you're headed?" Scott asked and the twins rolled their eyes as Stiles started up the car. "Come on, let me help. I can find the clues that you can't." Scott said and Stiles just went to drive off but Scott ran out in front of the car.

"You guys can't do this alone, okay? You need me. You need all of us. I can get more help. I can text Liam." Scott said and Stiles gave him a look, "Liam just tried to kill you." He said and Scott sighed. "Okay, then at least let me help." Scott said and Sawyer looked at Scott with an expression of betrayal, "You believed him?" She asked.

"You trusted him, too. Theo got to all of us." Scott said and the twins both glanced down, "You know, you don't even know the real story." Sawyer said and Scott shook his head. "I don't need to. All that matters right now is your dad. Come on, Stiles. We survived an Alpha Pack, a Dark Druid, professional assassins... We can survive Dread Doctors and Chimeras, too." Scott said and realization slowly crossed over Stiles' features.

"We're not looking for a missing Chimera..." He said as he glanced over at Sawyer, who looked at him, "We're looking for a missing teenager." She said.

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"There was a call a few hours ago about a sophomore from Beacon Hill High who never came home last night." Stiles said as they stood in front of his murder board, "What's his name?" Sawyer asked. "Noah Patrick." He said before pointing at a name on a list of possible Chimeras.

A little while later Scott rips the combination lock off of Noah's locker and opens it before pulling out a sweater and showing it to Stiles. "Now we can catch his scent." Scott said before tossing it to Malia who walked up to stand next to Sawyer. "You called her?" Stiles asked and Sawyer sighed softly, "I did, sorry. We could use all the help that we can get." She said and Scott nodded in agreement.

"We should be calling everyone." Scott said and Malia shrugged slightly, "And I what this kid looks like."

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They ran into the railway depot and Stiles and Sawyer hung back a bit while Scott and Malia talked until Malia suddenly stopped as there was a gush of wind. "I got it. I got his scent!" Malia said and Scott, Sawyer and Stiles share a look before they follow Malia as she rushes through the tunnels.

"This is Noah's. He was here. I think he's close." Malia said after they found some blood on a pipe. "Guys..." Scott said, making them all look over at him as he looked down another hall of the tunnels, "I think we've been down tunnels like this before. Like, when we were trying to find Liam and Hayden." Scott said. "Okay, so what?" Stiles asked as they walked over to Scott.

"Maybe it means we're closer than we think. Maybe there's something else down here- something that we haven't found yet." Scott said and Stiles looked at him slightly crazy, "Yeah, nothing that helps our dad. Look, we can't just be standing around here waiting for something to-"

Suddenly, before Stiles can finish his statement, a shadowy figure lunges at Stiles, shoving him so hard that he flies backward and hits his head on the far wall, which once again knocks him slightly unconscious. Sawyer shot forward grabbing the person who hit Stiles by the back of their shirt before slamming them into the wall with her forearm pressed to their chest as her other hand held her pocket knife to their throat.

Malia stepped up behind Sawyer with her fangs out, growling making Noah look back and forth between the two girls terrified. "Let me go, please! Please! They're coming!" Noah begged and Sawyer looked at him crazy, "You just knocked out my brother and you attacked my dad. I don't give a shit who's coming." Sawyer said.

Sawyer glanced over at Scott and a now awake Stiles just as the skittering, clicking noise of the Dread Doctors can be heard in the adjacent halls, indicating that they are getting closer and closer to where they are.

"I said I don't remember." Noah groaned, breathing heavily, making Sawyer raise her eyebrows. "You don't remember anything?" She asked frustratingly, "No. Not when it happens- not when I change." He said but Sawyer's hold on him never loosened. "You clawed our dad half to death, okay?" Stiles said as he walked up to them, "And now it's poisoning him. You're gonna start remembering every detail right now or else I will force myself into your mind and trust me it will not be pleasant!" Sawyer said.

Meanwhile, Scott and Malia, standing in a defensive position in between Stiles, Sawyer and Noah and the adjacent hall, start to look nervous as the clicking and skittering noises get louder. "Guys, I hear them." Malia said and Scott nodded, "Yeah, I do too."

"Hey, guys- get him out of here. Go to the hospital. Figure out a way to save your dad." Scott said but Sawyer didn't move an inch while Malia looked at Scott crazy, "We're not gonna be able to stop them!" She said.

"But we can slow them down." Scott said and Stiles turned to his sister, "We gotta get moving." He said and Sawyer glanced at him before reluctantly lowering the pocket knife as she moved her arm off of Noah's windpipe and the three of them ran down the tunnel.

They rushed down one of the other tunnels, only to find that the exit is blocked by a gate that has a locked chain wrapped around it making Stiles look both frustrated and exasperated. "Step back. I think I can break through." Noah said, making them look at him with raised eyebrows, "It's just... sometimes- most of the time- I lose control. So, you guys better step back." He said and Sawyer nodded slightly before pulling Stiles back and behind her.

Stiles and Sawyer watched in shock as Noah extended the bone claws from his wrists and the tops of his hands. "So wolverine is real now..." Sawyer mumbled as Noah groaned in discomfort as his face transformed as well, causing the sockets around his eyes to sink in and turn a pale bruise color.

He then uses his claws in conjunction with his super strength to break through the chain before then wrenching the sides of the gate open, giving the twins the opportunity to look closer at his bone claws. They notice one of them has had the tip snapped off and suddenly realizes something just as Noah turns around making them flinch in alarm, "Let's go."

Stiles and Sawyer didn't move as they just looked at each other for a moment, "I know what's happening to dad." They both said at the same time.

Later that evening, Sawyer and Stiles sat next to each other next to their father's bed. Sawyer had her head laying on her arms while Stiles was haphazardly leaning against her, both of them asleep. Stilinski slowly woke up and smiled at the sight of his kids next to him. He lightly patted Sawyer on the top of her head, making her jump which also made Stiles jump.

They both looked at each other before looking at their father in shock, "It's okay, guys. You still got me." Stilinski said, making them sigh in relief as they clutched their father's hand tightly while Sawyer leaned her head on her brother's shoulder.

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