Slamming our free hands onto the double doors into the school I push open the doors with Stiles, each of us having an arm of Liam's thrown over our shoulders as ours are wrapped behind his back.
Hayden falls in step next to me as we try to hurry down the hallway with a very injured Liam hobbling along with us.
We can hear screams from people as they are running every which way away from the growling and roaring of the Beast who is chasing people down in the halls all throughout the school.
Shivers run down my spine with the echoing terror the roar leaves behind as we come up to round the corner of the other hallway.
Stiles sets his arm on the wall next to him as we all stop our steps and I throw my arm out from my other side, straight across Hayden's stomach. I pull her back with us as a large group of people scream and run past us, heading down the hallway we just came from.
Once the group clears, Hayden sets her hand on my upper back and with Stiles' head nod forward we continue down the hallway.
Hayden runs ahead of us and opens a classroom door for us to run through. We hear the Beast roar from somewhere deep in the hallways of school as another round of screams echo from the crowds of people.
Hayden closes the door behind us quickly as Stiles shouts "The desk– the desk!"
Stiles let's go of Liam and I move to brace him more as he screams out in agony while Stiles throws his arm over the desk, knocking all the contents onto the ground.
Hayden comes up on Liam's otherside and we all grab onto him, hoisting him up onto the desk.
Liam groans loudly as we scoot him up to lay across the desk, Hayden and I moving on either side of the desk, setting my hands on his shoulder while Stiles grabs the sides of his head "Okay, okay"
"Liam" Hayden croaks, worry lacing her tone as Liam tries to reassure her through his panting breaths "I'm okay– I'm fine"
Hayden and I quickly get to work, pulling back Liam's jersey to asses the damage. My fingers shake as we pull fabric back until I realize it isn't just fabric we're pulling back and I have to fight back the urge to hurl all over him.
His whole abdomen is slashed apart with blood, muscle and things I don't want to acknowledge I may be seeing with my actual eyes. I let out a quick, shaky breath and swallow thickly as I close my eyes and try to keep my composure.
I hear Stiles gag as I open my eyes and pull my hand back, instantly sharing a worried look with Hayden.
Liam looks between us and his attempt to look at his stomach as he rushes out "What?– is it bad?"
Hayden and I quickly shake our heads, reassuring "No" at the same time Stiles nods quickly with his answer "Very"
I huff and flick my eyes up to him, earning him to make a face and shrug like he isn't wrong before Hayden rushes out "Okay– okay, what do you guys usually do when this happens?"
"Oh, I usually pass out– and I think I still might do that" Stiles mutters, his eyes looking droopy as I reach out to stable his arm from doing just that "Sty--"
"Right– okay" he mumbles and gains his footing again, setting his hand on mine as he adds thoughtfully "Okay– Scott did this with pain. He could trigger it– pain makes you human."
"He's already in pain." Hayden stresses out through her freak out and I nod gaining her attention with my words "Right, but sometimes adding a little more could help trigger the healing process– Derek did that with Erica remember?"
I look over to Stiles with my question and he snaps his fingers, pointing to me as he nods quickly.
Hayden licks her lips, looking between us and Liam– who sits up quickly. He shouts out in agony as Hayden sets her hands on his shoulders, whispering through her heavy breathing "Take away his pain–"
She connects her eyes with Liam's and sets her hand on the side of his face, leaning forward quickly to connect their lips in a soft kiss.
I drop open my mouth slightly, standing up straight and sharing a shocked look with Stiles. We watch the black veins shoot up the side of her face as she absorbs his pain well that's one way to take away his pain
They break apart and Liam collapses back onto the desk, breathing out a relieved breath and not looking to be in as much pain as he was.
I let out a huff of my own relief as Stiles clicks his tongue, adding on a lighter tone from the previous couple of minutes "All right– next time I'll kiss him."
I snort with his statement, sharing a chuckle with Hayden as I run my hand across Liam's forehead and into his hair "Just relax Bub, you're already starting to heal."
Liam closes his eyes and nods slightly as Hayden moves up the desk and grabs his hand. I smile softly towards her, nodding with my reassurance before I push off of my lean against the desk.
I walk up to Stiles, wrapping my arms around his middle and drop my forehead onto his shoulder as he wraps his arms around me as well. I close my eyes and smile softly as I feel Stiles lift the back of his hoodie I'm still wearing, drawing little patterns into my skin with his fingers.
I take a deep breath in and shift to lay the side of my head against his chest, letting the calm he instantly brings settle over my body. I lay my hands flat against his back, slowly moving my hands against his back before I hear him let out his own sound of content and lay the side of his head on top of mine.
A silence falls over the room and I jump slightly with each round of roars and screams we hear outside of the classroom door in the next ten minutes, Stiles continuing to increase his hold around me when I do.
I feel like I was punched in the gut and I suck in a sharp breath, stepping away from Stiles as I bend forward "Addy?"
I fall to my knees and slam my hands on the ground in front of me, throwing my hair back out of my face as Stiles kneels in front of me and rests his hands on my shoulders. Sucking in a sharp breath, I set my hands on his outstretched arms as I croak out "It's Scott, he's–"
Liam quickly sits up from the desk and swings his legs over the side, hopping down and crouching beside us "I heard him, let's go"
"Liam wait–" Hayden rushes out and he looks up to her as he stands up "I'm okay– all healed and she's right, Scott needs help"
Stiles helps pull me up and we open the door, checking to make sure it's all clear before we take off running down the hall.
Stiles and I run with Liam through the hallways as we try to get to the library as fast as we can.
Braeden and Malia almost crash into us as they are also making their way through the hall. I make a noise and wrap my arms around Malia before stepping back from her with a shake of my head "You're okay– what are you guys doing here?"
"I called Braedon to bring her guns and she got here just before I heard Scott" Malia informs and I share a grateful look with the both of them before we game plan what to do next.
Stiles and I step around to the side and peer around the corner, watching the doors in case the Beast comes out this way. Malia and Braedon stand by either door and open the doors slowly.
We can hear the ever present sounds of a fight taking place as Liam bounces on his feet and once the doors are open enough, he takes off running into the library with Malia and Braedon following behind him.
Stiles and I move to the doors and step inside the dark library as well, off to the side near one of the tables. We see the Beast standing tall in front of the stairs we can just make out Scott standing on as Liam quickens his steps and leaps up behind the Beast.
The Beast turns just in time for Liam to bring down his clasped hands hard, punching the Beast in the side of the face. He snaps his body to the side with the force of the punch as Liam falls onto the floor near Scott.
Braedon doesn't give the Beast time to recover as she shoots shot after shot straight into its back and legs while he tries to move away from her.
Malia roars beside her as Braedon continues to shoot at the Beast who falls onto the steps with the last shot. He turns back with a roar of his own, ultimately having enough as he leaps out of the giant window above the stairs.
Stiles and I run further inside and help Liam pull Scott up from the ground. He groans in pain and I set my hand on his chest, frantically rushing out "What the actual fuck were you doing, Scotty? You didn't seriously think you were gonna have a chance against that thing alone, did you?"
Scott shakes his head, leaning on my shoulder more as he pants and looks over towards the broken window "No– but I got its scent" well that's a silver lining to getting the shit beat out of you
I follow his gaze towards the window before he limps to the side and pushes off from me gently "Scott–" I trail off watching as Scott silently moves through the library towards the doors. We all share a look before Stiles sets his hand against the small of my back and nods his head forward 'Come on"
Stiles and I follow behind Scott with Liam falling in step with us down the hallway towards the side doors leading to the side school parking lot.
"Scott, wait– you're hurt" Liam tries as Scott pushes open the handle on the door and we stop behind him as I agree "Seriously Scotty– you gotta slow down"
Scott doesn't listen and I share a look with Liam before we quickly follow after my brother who is letting the scent lead him through the parking lot.
We keep our steps right on his heels as we pass a few cars, Scott touching the sides of each of them as he passes by and sniffs the air around them.
He stops his steps, in turn stopping the three of ours as he backtracks to a trunk of a car we were just walking past. Scott bends closer to sniff around the trunk more and Stiles steps closer to me as we wait to see what Scott's obviously found.
Scott sets his hands under the back and grunts through the effort of forcing the trunk open without a key.
He succeeds and opens the trunk, the four of us stepping closer to peer inside and we zero in on a pair of converse just sitting there I'm no expert on men's size shoes but those look like they could be a 10
Scott looks over to us quickly before he reaches forward and picks up one of the shoes, turning it over so we can look at the bottom well hello Parrish's blood
I drop my mouth open slightly in shock, not believing what we're seeing as Scott shuts the trunk of the car and Mason is standing right near the passenger side door "Scott? What are you doing to my car?"
Gasping with Mason's words, I flick my eyes over to Scott as Stiles grips the side of my hip and we all look towards Mason, not really believing this could be possible however also knowing deep in my gut it's true
"It's you." Scott states, furrowing his brows as Mason jerks his head back in shock "What? Liam, what's he talking about?"
Mason steps closer trying to get a response from his friend, who drops his eyes to the ground and shakes his head as he tries to work through all the information that's just been thrown at us in the last thirty seconds "Liam?"
All our eyes snap to the car next to us, watching as Corey turns off his invisibility and pushes off of the car he was leaning against. He rushes over to Mason, slapping his hands onto either of Mason's shoulders.
"Corey– wait!" Scott warns before Corey ignores him and turns his invisibility on again, making both of them disappear right before our eyes.
"What the fuck was that?" I mumble at the same time Scott bellows for Corey to wait again as he runs over to where they previously stood, throwing his arms up trying to catch the invisible bodies.
No shock when he comes up short and we all turn in a circle, trying to find movement anywhere before we all share a wide eyed what the fuck do we do now look.