Running with Wolves

Chapter 30

Stiles said" Yo, Scotty." He snapped his fingers," Hey, yo, Scotty? Still with me?"
Scotty said" Yeah, sorry. Uh, what's the word?"
" Anachronism."
" Something that exists out of its normal time."
" Nice. Okay, next word- Incongruous."
" Um, can you use it in a sentence?"
" Yes. Yes, I can. It's completely incongruous that we're sitting on a bus right now, on our way to some stupid cross-country meet after what just happened- Incongruous."
" Out of place, ridiculous, absurd."
" Perfect. Okay, next word. Um, Darach. Darach, it's a noun." Scott looked at Stiles," We have to talk about it sometime, okay? And we're gonna be stuck in this thing for, like, five hours, so why not? Next word- Intransigent."
" Stubborn, obstinate." The bus hit a hole, Scott groaned,
" Oh, buddy, you okay?" Scott didn't look good, he's hurt," We shouldn't have come. I knew it. We shouldn't have come."
" We had to. There's safety in numbers."
" Yeah, well, there's also death in numbers, okay? It's called a massacre- or bloodbath, carnage, slaughter, butchery, wow, that's-" Scotty groaned again," All right, Scott, I'm telling Coach that-"
" No. No, no, no. I'm all right."
" Well, you don't look all right. Would you just let me see it?" Stiles tried to see the claw mark on Scotty's tummy, but Scotty didn't let him.
" I'm okay."
" Just let me see it, okay?"
" Okay." Scotty showed him the claw mark, I whimpered,
" Oh, dude-"
" I know it's bad, but it's because they're from an alpha. It'll take longer to heal."
" How come Boyd and Isaac are fine then?"
" I can't believe he's dead. I can't believe Derek's dead." They were in a fight, it didn't go good.
I heard Coach say" McCall, not you too."
" No, Coach, I'm good."
Stiles said" Hey, Scott, you're bleeding again. And don't tell me that it's just taking longer to heal, okay? Because I'm pretty sure that still bleeding means not healing, like, at all."
" He's listening." We looked at Ethan, I tucked my face into Stiles' neck,
" Is he gonna do something?"
" Not in front of this many people." I pointed to Isaac and Boyd, Stiles looked at me,
" Okay, well, what about the two ticking time bombs sitting right near him?"
" No, they won't. Not here."
" Okay, well, what if they do? Are you gonna stop 'em?"
" If I have to."
We jerked to a stop again, Scotty groaned, my eyes glowed, I looked at Scott. Scott started standing,
Stiles said" What-What- Scott? Where are you going?"
Scott said" Boyd, he's gonna do something."
" Okay, what? How do you know?"
" Look at his hands." I looked at Boyd's claws, Stiles stood up, putting me down in front of him, Scott walked to them.
Scott came back,
Stiles said" Crisis averted?"
Scott said" Mm-hmm."
" Okay, good. 'Cause we've got another problem. Ethan keeps checking his phone, like, every five minutes. It's like he's waiting for something, you know, like a message or a signal of some kind. I don't know, something evil though, I can tell. I have a very perceptive eye for evil, but you know that."
" I don't like him sitting next to Danny."
" Yeah, neither do I. I'm gonna see what he's waiting for." I whined as he moved me, grabbing his phone,
" What are you doing?"
" I'm gonna ask." Stiles texted Danny, Danny looked at him, shaking his head, Stiles texted him again. Danny texted back, then Stiles texted him again, then Danny again, then Stiles again and again. Then we saw Danny speak to Ethan, then Stiles pushed my head down." Well, that wasn't very subtle." I whined, pushing against Stiles, we sat back up, they looked at his phone.
" Ennis?"
" Okay, so does that mean, uh-"
" He's not dead."
" Not yet."

Coach said" Now, the rest of you, don't think we're gonna miss this meet because of a slight traffic jam, a minor tornado warning, Jared. We're gonna make this thing. Nothing is gonna stop us!" Stiles raised his hand, I giggled," Stilinski, put your hand down."
Stiles said" You know, there's, like a food exit about a half a mile up. I don't know if we stop and then maybe-"
" We're not gonna stop."
" Okay, but if we stop-"
" Stilinski!" He blew his whistle at Stiles," Shut it! Seriously! It's a little bus! Stop asking me questions!"
" I hate him. Did you call Deaton?"
Scott said" I keep getting his voice mail."
I said" Lydia and Allison, now?" He nodded,
Stiles said" That's it. I'm calling Lydia and Allison."
Scott said" How are they gonna help, back in Beacon Hills?"
" They're not. They've been following us for hours. Pathetic." He called Lydia,
Lyda said" Hey, Stiles! Yeah, we're just about to walk into a movie, uh, you know, the popcorn and-"
" I know you guys are right behind us. Put me on speaker."
" Okay."
" Okay, look, Scott's still hurt."
Allison said" What do you mean still? He's not healing?"
" No, he's not healing. I think he's actually getting worse. The blood's turning, like, a black color."
Lydia said" W-What's wrong with him?"
" What's wrong with him? I don't- Do I have a PhD in lycanthropy? How am I supposed to know that?"
Allison said" We need to get him off the bus."
Lydia said" And take him where, a hospital?"
" If he's dying, yeah. Stiles, there's a rest area about a mile up. Tell the coach to pull over."
Stiles said" Yeah, I've been trying."
" Well, reason with him."
" Reason? Have you met this guy?"
" Just try something." Stiles looked at me then put me in the seat, getting up and walking to Coach.
" Coach, it's five minutes for a bathroom break, okay? We've been on this thing for, like, three hours-" Coach blew his whistle," It's 60 miles to the next rest stop-" whistle again, I whined," Being cooped up for hours is not good-" Whistle," You know, our bladders aren't exactly-" whistle again," Coach, this is-" Whistle again, and again," Let me talk! I'm-" the whistle again, and again, and again, I whined,
Coach said" Get back to your seat, Stilinski!"
" Okay!"
" And Jared, keep your eyes on the horizon." Stiles looked like he had an idea, Stiles walked to me, crouching down,
" Bub, eyes closed, ears covered."
I said" Are you gonna do what you did to me to Jared? Y'know at the daddy thing you didn't wanna be at." Stiles ruffled my hair, nodding his head, I closed my eyes, covering my ears, he's gonna make Jared puke.

They carried Scott into the bathroom, Stiles made me stay outside, then he and Lydia came out.
Coach said" Let's go! Back on the bus!" I looked at Stiles,
Lydia went to get Allison and Scott, while Stiles tried to keep coach from leaving.
Now Isaac is punching Ethan,
Scott said" Stiles, what's happening?"
Stiles said" They went after him. I told 'em what was happening with you and they just went after him."
" Who, Boyd?"
Coach yelled" Isaac, Isaac, Isaac! Back off!" Scott moved through the people in the way,
He yelled" Isaac!" Isaac stopped punching Ethan and looked at Scotty, Stiles lifted me up into his arm. Everyone was staring at Isaac, and whispering about Him.

We were on the bus,
Stiles said" All right, let's go over this one more time. So it's the sacrifices, right? Everything has to do with them and someone who thinks he's, like, a dark druid of some kind."
Lydia said" Or actually is a Dark Druid."
" A darach."
" You know... some ancient cultures sacrifice people in preparation for battle."
" So we got alpha werewolves against a dark Druid."
" Yeah."