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

Chapter 31

I shrug. "My cousin can talk to the dead. He's a son of Hades, but he's sort of busy at the moment with, you know, the whole war coming. Another demigod war."

Cora frowns. "What are you?"

"A demigod. Daughter of Poseidon. I'm getting really tired of constantly telling people."

Stiles then pulls out a set of keys. "Okay, these are Deaton's keys for the clinic. Close your eyes, and I'm gonna put 'em in your hand, and then we're just gonna try and see if you can feel out for his location. It's called psychometry."

Lydia points a finger. "I'm not a psychic."

"But you are something, Lyds."

Stiles nods. "Just, Lydia, put out your hand, and..."

She does so and my boyfriend places the keys in her hand. "Hmm."

"What?" Stiles asks.

"They're cold."

"Please concentrate, Lyds. This is for the good of everyone. We're kind of trying to save lives here."

She closes her eyes and her brow starts furrowing. "Yeah, what is it?" Stiles questions. "What do you see?"

"Nothing." Lydia replies, placing the keys on the table.

I whip my head to Stiles. "How'd you snag Deaton's keys?"

"Obviously I took them. I'll tell you later."

I place a pad in front of Lydia and Stiles hands her a pencil. She looks up at the two of us in disbelief. "Automatic writing."

We nod and she takes the pencil. She immediately starts drawing and we look at her in confusion.

"Um, Lyds, what in Hades are you drawing?"

"A tree."

"A tr--Lydia, you're supposed to be writing words, like in sentences, something like a location, something that would tell us where he is." My boyfriend spouts.

"Well, maybe you two should've said that."

"Isn't she supposed to be some kind of genius?" Cora asks in an accusing tone.

"Genius? Yes. Psychic, no. Honestly, I don't even know why you're talking with me anyway. I mean, especially since it's obvious you should be talking to Danny."

"What? Why Danny?"

"Yeah; what does Danny have to do this?" I inquire.

Scott walks in, holding his left shoulder. "Because...Last night, he was a target. But it wasn't a sacrifice."

As we head off to find Danny, Cora asks, "But isn't Danny still in the hospital?"

Stiles nods. "Yeah. That's where we're going right now."

"I'll meet you there." Scott says, looking down at his phone.

"What? Why?" I ask.

Scott shows us his phone. Allison had texted him saying she may have found something.

We make Cora wait and head to Danny's room. He goes up to Danny and taps his face a few times. "Danny, you awake? Danny?" A semi-loud smack is heard. "Wow."

Stiles walks over to Danny's bag and I shake my head. I shake my head, worried he'll get caught and sure enough, he does. "What are you doing? Megara, what is your boyfriend doing?"

"'m not doing anything, Danny." Stiles says. "This is just a dream that you're having."

"Are you going through my stuff?" Danny asks tiredly.