Queen of the Night | d.Hale

2. amnesia in the body

"I'm not sure a medical diagnosis is even adequate. This is well beyond my experience." Deaton makes sure the kids knew he had limited knowledge on the supernatural world, even if in the past it didn't seem like it

"So, what do we do with him?" Stiles asks looking up from the unconscious body that had yet to wake up since they placed him in the back of his jeep in Mexico

"Until he wakes up?" Deaton questions for clarification looking around the room at the teens and adult who had introduced herself the moment he opened his door "Probably not much. It might be best to leave him with me. He'll be safe here."

"You mean, from Kate?" Stiles asks knowing this has to be her doing and since they didn't find her she'd still be out there

"If she's alive and she is what you say she is, she won't be able to walk past that gate," Deaton says with certainty having his ways and they knew that

"Why would she want to do this to him?" Lydia questions the why no longer mattering rather the how because how were they going to reverse the process

"Knowing Kate, it's probably for a reason that won't be any good for anyone but her," Deaton answers not having answers either and needing time to research possibilities

"And bad for everyone else," Stiles mutters in agreeance

Deaton looks around the room taking in how tired the teens look and how they were doing their best to stay away, "You guys should probably go home. He doesn't look to be in any danger... So, maybe the rest of you should get some sleep? It is a school night, and you all need to start taking care of your own lives again."

Scott, barely able to keep his eyes open shakes his head to make the sleepiness leave his body replies, "Someone should stay with you..."

"I will stay. I am the only one here who is not in school." Lulu states, because while she would love to take a shower to get rid of all the dirt from Mexico this was more important "I will just need your numbers and backup numbers for when he wakes up"

"I'm so not okay with this—" Stiles says still not fully trusting the woman but he couldn't argue as Scott passed Lulu her phone allowing the woman to text her phone before sending a few contact numbers to her phone as well

Handing the phone back to the Alpha, Lulu smiles, "Go. Get rest"

"Text us if anything happens," Scott trusts the woman before grabbings Stiles flannel and pull him along with him and Lydia

●・○・●・○・●・○・●・○・●

Lulu had at some point in the night had fallen asleep. She may not have felt exhausted but that may have been the adrenaline and the mental list she was making that included everything she needed to attend to since she wasn't home. For a short while she talked to Deaton, getting to know the vet while he asked his own questions to assert how much they should trust her.

Opening her eyes Lulu finds Deaton standing over Derek checking his heart rate with two fingers on his neck. Lulu had fallen asleep on a chair she'd moved next to the table, her head resting on her hand. Standing up she stretches her body asking, "How is he?"

"His heart rate is alarmingly high," Deaton answers making Lulu listen and he was right Derek's heart rate was anything but calm or normal for someone who was sleeping

Lulu softly takes Derek's hand to feel his temperature no longer feeling any coldness, "He is warm, that is good. Right?"

"Lulu, I'm going to try something. I want you to keep holding his hand, if that's okay," Deaton states not bothered to ask wanting to test a theory