Through the Dark // S.S. [Book One]

Chapter 35

We find Derek still the the elevator and Stiles kneels next to him. "Derek?"

He slaps the werewolf a few times. "Derek, come on!"

"Punch him." I say. "That usually works."

Stiles nods and goes to punch Derek, but his fist is caught. "Where is she?"

"Jennifer?" I question, to which Derek nods. "Gone. She took Melissa."

Derek widens his eyes. "She took her?"

Stiles sighs. "Yeah, and if that's not enough of a kick to the balls, Scott left with Deucalion, okay? So we gotta get you out of here. The police are coming right now, and we gotta get you the hell out of here. Whoa."

"What about Cora?"

"She'll be okay, Derek."

Derek rushes off and Stiles and I sit in the Emergency Room chairs. Stiles notices someone and he mutters, "Oh, just perfect."

"Who's he?" I whisper.

Sadly, I don't get an answer as the agent comes over. "A Stilinski at the center of this whole mess. What a shocker. Think you can answer some questions without the usual level of sarcasm?"

"If you ask the questions without your usual level of stupid." Stiles retorts.

"Where's your dad, and why's no one been able to contact him?"

Stiles shrugs. "I don't know. I haven't seen him in hours."

"Is he drinking again?"

"What do you mean, again? He never had to stop."

"But he did have to slow down. Is he drinking like he used to?"

I glance just behind the agent and see water bubbling. I try to stop it, but I can't. The fact that this agent is going after my boyfriend and the sheriff like this pisses me off.

Stiles glares at the agent. "Alright, how about this? Next time I see him, I'll give him a field sobriety test, okay? We'll do the alphabet, start with "F," end with "U.""

The agent lets out an annoyed sigh. "How about you or your girlfriend just tell me what the hell happened here."

"I don't know what happened here." Stiles lies, looking to me as I shake my head, glaring at the agent. "We were stuck in the elevators the whole time."

"You're not the ones who put the name on the doors, are you?"

Stiles and I glance to each other. "What name?"

The elevator dings and closes, revealing the name, ARGENT.

We arrive at the Argent apartment and Mr. Argent says, "The word is guardian, Allison. More than anyone, you know that's a role I haven't exactly lived up to lately."

Allison frowns. "But she took Scott's mother and Stiles' father. That's not a coincidence."

"Yeah, I'd also consider the fact that someone put your name up in large block letters on the elevator doors. That kind of felt like a warning to me." Stiles says.

"I think it might be Morrell." Allison guesses. "She knows a lot more than she lets on, and she might even be trying to help us."

"Well, she may want to hurry with that." I state.

Stiles nods. "Seeing as how the lunar eclipse is less than two freaking nights away."

Mr. Argent turns to my boyfriend. "Stiles, don't give up hope."