Willow ↠ Teen Wolf

[55]

"How'd you guys find out?" Scott asked as Stiles, Deaton and Willow got out of the jeep.

"Lydia." Stiles replied his hands in his pockets. "You?"

"Morrell." Scott shot a glance at Deaton. "None of the Alphas know where it is either."

"So if this works, are you gonna tell them?"

"I can't stop Jennifer without them."

"How about we concentrate on finding your parents first?" Deaton cut in, not wasting any time as Willow kept tapping her foot, hating the plan.

"What's the plan?" Scott asked, looking warily at Willow.

"Essentially, you, Allison and Stiles need to be surrogate sacrifices for your parents."

"We die for them?" Scott's eyebrows shot up in shock.

"But he can bring us back." Stiles nodded. "You can... you can bring us back, right?"

"You remember the part where I said it was dangerous?" Deaton replied with a grimace. "If it goes right, the three of you will be dead for a few seconds. But there's something else you need to think about." He warned them. "This is a dangerous thing for more reasons than one. You'll be giving power back to the Nemeton, a place that hasn't had power for a long time. This kind of power is like a magnet. It attracts the supernatural, the kind of things that a family like the Argents can fill the pages of a bestiary with. It will draw them here, like a beacon."

"It doesn't sound any worse than anything we've already seen." Stiles shrugged not paying any mind to it.

"You'd be surprised at what you have yet to see." Deaton replied, warning the teenage boy.

"Is that it?" Scott asked willing to do anything for his mother.

"No." Deaton shook his head. "It'll also have an effect on the three of you. You won't be able to see it but you'll feel it every day for the rest of your lives. It'll be kind of a darkness around your heart." He explained, making sure they knew what they were in for. "And permanent, like a scar."

"Like a tattoo." Scott nodded in understanding.

"It will also have an effect on you. Having three members of your pack essentially dead will break the Oread in you." Deaton looked at Willow but she shook her head.

"Finding their parents is all that matters." Willow replied with a determined voice. "I'll be okay, it you guys I'm worried about."

"You each need to bring a possession of your parents." Deaton continued when no one said anything. "Something they have a connection to."

Stiles and Willow dropped Deaton off at the animal clinic so he could make preparations with Lydia and Isaac. Willow stayed with Stiles as he drove home to get something of his dad's.

"Got it?" She asked when he came back in the car.

"Yeah..." Stiles showed her the banged up sheriff badge.

Neither of them knew what to say as they silently drove back to the clinic. Willow felt like she was about to have a heart attack at any second.

"Sti." She called out when he was about to enter the clinic. "I- I uh-" Willow bit her lip and stopped herself, thinking it would be selfish of her to say anything right now. "Just come back to me, yeah?" She said tears burning her eyes.

"I promise." Stiles nodded as Willow wrapped her arms around him.

Willow lightly pulled back from the hug and kissed him. She poured everything she felt into the kiss, everything she didn't have the courage to say. They shared a look and nodded, wiping their faces before going in. The duo was the last to arrive as Lydia and Isaac finished pouring ice into the bathtubs.