Survivors

Chapter 16

Lydia's phone rang breaking the awkward silence.

"Hey, Stiles. Yeah, we're just about to walk into a movie, uh, you know, the popcorn and—" She started nervously

Using my werewolf hearing I listened in, "I know you guys are right behind us. Put me on speaker"

"Okay" Lydia said

Once on speaker Stiles began, "Okay, look, Scott's still hurt"

"What do you mean still? He's not healing?" Allison asked

"No, he not healing. I think he's actually getting worse. The blood's turning, like, a black colour" Stiles told us

My heart sank, "Oh no" I muttered fighting back the tears

"W-what's wrong with him?" Lydia questioned worriedly

"What's wrong with him? I don't—Do I have a PhD in Lycanthropy? How am I supposed to know that?" Stiles remark, "V, do you know what's going on?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I do" I said worriedly, "Um- remember the time Derek got shot with the wolfsbane bullet?"

"Yeah, yeah, how do you know that?" he asked

I shook my head annoyed, "Derek told me. Look, Der's blood turned black because his body was trying to heal itself, but the wolfsbane wasn't letting his body to do so"

"What's that have to with Scott" Stiles asked

I rolled my eyes getting frustrated, "Aren't you meant to be the smart one! Scott's body is trying to heal itself, okay! But something isn't letting it to do so"

Stiles end went quiet for a minute, "What's could be stopping it from healing?"

"I don't know, okay! I don't know! But if we do nothing, he is going die" I yelled

Allison looked at me worried, "We need to get him off the bus"

"And take him where, a hospital?" Lydia asked sarcastically

"If he's dying, yeah" Allison replied, "Stiles, there's a rest area about a mile up. Tell the coach to pull over"

"Yeah, I've been trying" Stiles said in defeat

"Well, reason with him" Allison told him

"Reason? Have you met this guy?" Stiles argued

"Stiles!" I yelled, "Do you want your best friend to bleed to death?" I asked rhetorically

"No, of course not" he said somberly

Allison leaned against the steering wheel, sadly saying, "Then just try something"

Lydia hung up, turning to me, "Do you have even the slightest clue what might be causing him not to heal?"

"I have one theory, but it's highly unlikely" I told her

She turned to me, "Highly unlikely, isn't impossible. What do you think it could be?"

"That it's a somatoformic wound" I told her

She nodded looking back to the traffic jam in front.

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Once the bus pulled over Stiles and Allison carried Scott to the men's bathroom while Lydia and I followed looking out to see if anyone saw us.

Allison sat Scott on the floor resting him against a wall, then pulled up his shirt to checkout the wound.

"Oh, my god" Allison breathed out, "Why didn't you tell us?"

"Sorry" Scott muttered lazily

"Okay. Just give us a second, okay?" she said then turned around talking to us, "This shouldn't be happening. I've seen him heal from worse than this"

"Okay, what do we do then? Do we just call an ambulance?" Stiles asked

Allison turned to him, "What if it's too late? What if they can't help?"

"We gotta do something" Stiles exclaimed

Lydia looked at me before saying, "You know, it could be psychological"

Stiles and Allison turned to her, "What do you mean, like, psychosomatic?" he asked

"Somatoformic" I corrected

Stiles looked at me, "Som—"

"A physical illness from a psychogenic cause" I continued

He looked annoyed not understanding, "It's all in his head" Lydia told him

"All in his head? Because of Derek. He's not letting himself heal 'cause Derek died" Stiles said putting two and two together

Lydia looked to me with a 'could it' look.

"Yeah, that could definitely do it" I told her with a small nod

Allison looked to Lydia and I, "So what do we do?"

Lydia looked in her handbag, pulling out a thread and needle, "Stitch him up"

Allison looked panicky, "I'm serious. Maybe all he needs to do is just believe it's healing" Lydia told us.

"It's worth a shot" I told them.

As Allison started heating the needle, I told them, "I'm going to go tell the boy's what's going on, okay"

I walked out to see Danny & Ethan at one side of the rest area and Isaac & Boyd at the other.

Walking off to the left I went out to Danny & Ethan first, "Hey E"

"Hey V" he replied with a wide smile giving me a hug, "How are you?"

I looked down, "As good as I can be with all that's going on. How are you holding up?"

He nodded not meeting my eyes, "The same really. Look, Vanessa, I'm sorry. Duke, he—"

"Ethan, I get it. I'm not mad at you, I'm pissed off at him for all of this" I looked at him whispering so only he could hear, "People are dying all around us, and it's because of him. Not you so do not blame yourself"

"Thanks V, I'm-ugh- going to grab a drink" he said walking off

I looked to my side seeing Danny eyeing me, I smirked

"You know, don't you" I asked

"I-I don't know what you're on about" he defended

I smiled kindly, "I can tell if your lying, heightened hearing one of the perks of being a werewolf" I told him

He relaxed slightly, "Well, we are from Beacon Hills, it's literally a beacon for supernatural creatures"

I laughed, "Fair enough. I'll see you round, oh, and be good to Ethan with everything that's happening and what's to come he needs someone like you there for him"

I have 3 assessments, 1 exam and some other stuff due in 2 weeks, why school? Why? And I'm moving again!

Like I've only been back in Queensland for 4ish months, now I'm might be moving again back to South Australia. Life of a miner's daughter haha.

How are you guys? Good I hope, if you ever need to chat just send an email or DM me, always here if you need someone to talk to. 

XXX- Abbie Jade