A/N

lols you guys are gonna hate me so much I'm sorryyyyy

But seriously think about how much pain I was in when I had to write it.

Yes, I cried.

(Don't blame me blame Jeff Davis)

~

"They're coming aren't they?" I said to Scott.

He nodded.

"I should go and tell Stiles"

He left Kira, Kira's mom and I alone and went upstairs to find Stiles.

"You okay?" I asked Kira.

She nodded but her heartbeat gave her away.

"Do these kind of things always happen around here?" She questioned.

I shrugged. "Eh. From time to time"

I heard footsteps and Scott, Stiles and Melissa came round the corner.

Kira's mom spoke up. "Do you recognise me?" She asked Stiles.

"Stop" Kira rushed over but her mom held her hand out.

"It's okay" Stiles said as he weakly stepped forwards. "I'm the one who asked her to come"

"You're the one who asked to get stabbed with swords?" Kira said to him. "Mom don't do this to him"

"It's already done"

I heard a whoosh of air as the Oni's started to appear from the shadows.

One stepped forwards and placed it's hands on Stiles' neck.

It's eyes started to glow yellow and there was a sizzling sound before Stiles dropped to the ground, shivering and the Oni's had disappeared again.

"Check behind his ear" Mrs Yukimura commanded.

I bent down next to a shivering Stiles as Scott rolled him over to check behind his ear.

"It worked"

"Am I actually me?" Stiles asked.

"More you than a nogitsune" Mrs Yukimura replied.

"Can the Oni find him" I questioned.

"Tomorrow night. It's too close to dawn now" She said.

"Can they kill him?" Stiles added.

"It depends on how strong he is"

"What about Lydia? Why would he take her?"

"Because real Stiles loves her, duh" I joked.

Nobody found it funny.

"Because they'd only take her for an advantage" Kira's mom corrected.

"You mean her power?" Scott asked.

Mrs Yukimura nodded. "The power of a banshee"

~

"I'm worried about him" I said, nodding towards Stiles who was sleeping on the couch.

"Me too. But there's nothing we can do until dark" Scott said.

"I'm worried about Lydia too. Like super worried"

"We'll find her" Scott said determinedly.

I turned to face him. "Will we? Because at the moment it feels like the nogitsune is ten steps ahead of us. What if we never get her back?"

"We will" he squeezed my hand. "I promise you"

Stiles suddenly gasped and stood up, wobbling all over the place.

Scott and I dashed forwards and grabbed him to steady him.

"You okay?" Scott asked.

"What happened? How long was I out?"

"Just a couple of hours" I answered.

"You need to sit down" Scott said.

Stiles shook his head vigorously. "Where's my dad?"

"He's at Eichen house questioning everyone" Scott replied.

"Looking for Meredith" I added. "We promised we wouldn't let you out of our sight"

"Okay what about the others?" His hands started shaking and I frowned, wondering why he was suddenly so worked up.

"Allison, Isaac and the twins. They're all looking for Lydia" Scott said.

Stiles started to breathe heavily. "It's starting to feel like we're waiting for a ransom call"

"We'll find her" Scott promised.

Stiles grabbed his jacket and pulled it on.

"You alright?" I frowned.

"I don't know I just can't seem to get warm" he shivered.

Scott and I instinctively both reached our hands out to him but I noticed the blackness working their way through our veins.

"You're in pain" I blurted.

"It's not that bad. It's just like a dull ache" he reassured.

"Where?" Scott questioned.

"Sorta everywhere" he said.

Scott reached out to touch him again and then pulled his hand back immediately.

"Dude you're freezing"

Stiles sat back on the couch with his head in his hands.

Scott and I sat down next to him.

"Tells us the truth" I said.

"How much does it really hurt?" Scott asked.

Scott's phone buzzed in his pocket and he pulled it out. "It's Kira?" He frowned. "Hey what's up"

"She's here. In coach's class" I heard her say over the phone. "You need to get here now. Like right now"

~

The four of us ran into the music room to see Meredith by the piano, a worker on the floor and Coach with a taser in his hand.

"Go. Get her out of here" Coach waved his hand at us.

"Nice one coach" I grinned at him.

We took Meredith by the arm and sprinted to Stiles' jeep.

"I'll call you" Kira said as Scott closed the door shut.

"Okay" I said as the three of us turned around to face Meredith in the back seat. "Where's Lydia?"

"Who's Lydia?"

The three of us turned to look at each before I glanced back at Meredith and sighed.

"You have got to be kidding me"

~

We stepped into the McCall household to be faced with the one and only dickhead dad Mr McCall.

And Isaac.

"What are you doing here?" Scott asked his father.

"I could ask you the same thing"

"Free period" Stiles lied. "We're doing a group study"

"Who's she?" Mr McCall nodded towards Meredith.

Stiles placed his arm around her shoulders. "She's my girlfriend"

"You're not my type" she moved away from him.

"Well obviously we have a lot to talk about" Stiles said. "We should maybe take this upstairs"

"He's my type" she glanced at Isaac.

"Okay. Isaac can come too" Stiles said.

I glanced at Scott and then at the other three.

"And I think I'm gonna join them" I fake grinned at Mr McCall and then followed the others upstairs into Scott's room.

"Lydia" Meredith said. "You mean the red haired girl"

I coughed. "Strawberry blonde actually" I winked at Stiles who glared at me before looking back to Meredith.

"Yes. Yes. Progress. Now all you gotta do is tell us where she is" he said.

"Okay. If she tells me"

"If she tells you? Uh can you ask her?" Isaac asked.

"I already did" Meredith.

"Perfect. Perfect. What did she say?" Stiles questioned.

"She said she doesn't wanna be found"

"Okay" Stiles bit his lip. "That's good too"

I grabbed his arm and pulled him away into the bathroom.

"We should torture her" Isaac said as he followed us in.

Stiles and I gave him a look.

"No. I'm just-"

"We are not going to torture her" Stiles said firmly.

"I meant scare her"

"We're not going to psychologically torture her either" I said.

Isaac sighed. "Fine. Okay how about this. You said she hears things, right. Doesn't that mean she's like Lydia. A banshee"

~

"Okay just try to focus on the sounds around you. Focus on the silence" Stiles said.

"Listen. To the silence" Isaac added.

"Focusing on the silence" Stiles continued.

"Listening to the silence" Isaac said.

"Okay will you just let me handle this. Isaac please. I have more experience with banshees" Stiles said.

"Yeah and mental patients" Isaac retorted.

I laughed and covered it up with a cough when Stiles glared at the two of us.

I exchanged a small smile with Isaac.

"Isn't anyone going to get that?" Meredith asked.

"Get what?" I questioned.

"The phone"

"What phone?" Stiles frowned.

"The phone" Isaac said, nodding at Stiles.

"Oh. The phone. My phone" Stiles pulled his cell out of his pocket and put it to his ear. "Yes...she is actually she's right here" he handed it to Meredith. "It's for you"

I rolled my eyes.

Meredith placed the phone to her ear and then gave it back to Stiles.

"They say coup de foudre"

"Coup de what?" I frowned.

"Is that Spanish?" Stiles asked.

"French" I turned around as Scott stepped into the room. "It's French"

~

"Are you okay?" Stiles asked Scott as he drove.

"Yeah. You don't have to worry about me" he replied.

"Alright. I'm gonna say it. You look like you're dying" Isaac spoke up. "You're pale-"

I cut in. "Paler than usual"

"And you look like you're getting worse. We're all sitting here thinking it" Isaac said. "When we find the other you is he going to look like he's getting better?"

"What happens if he gets hurt?" I asked.

"What do you mean? Like if he dies then do I die. I don't care. So long as no one else dies because of me. I remember everything I did Scott. I remember pushing that sword into you, I remember twisting it" Stiles said.

"But that wasn't you" Scott defended.

"I remember it" Stiles argued. "You guys gotta promise me. I don't want anyone else getting hurt because of me"

We pulled up outside Oak Creek and I spotted Allison and Kira waiting there.

We hopped out of the Jeep and all formed a circle.

"We've done this before guys. Couple weeks ago we were standing round just like this and we saved Malia. Remember. That was a total stranger. This is Lydia" Scott said.

"I'm here to save my best friend" Allison spoke up.

"I came to save mine" Scott said.

"Me too" I nodded, glancing at Stiles too.

"I just didn't feel like doing any homework" Isaac commented.

All of us sighed simultaneously.

The six of us headed inside the gates where Kira's mom and the Oni's were stood waiting.

"Kira. Turn around and go home. Take your friends with you"

"I can't. When I looked at the game I realised who I was actually playing. You"

"Call them off" Allison aimed her bow at the Oni's.

"You think you could take him alive. You think you could save him" Mrs Yukimura said.

"What if we can" Kira protested.

"I tried something like that seventy years ago. Your friend is gone"

"Are you sure" Kira stepped closer to her mother. "What if Stiles doesn't have to die. Maybe Reece didn't have to die either"

The Oni's drew their swords.

"Call them off" I sneered. "Now"

Mrs Yukimura grinned. "I see I am no longer the fox now Kira. You are. But the nogitsune is still my demon to bury"

There was a puff of black smoke and then the Oni's had disappeared.

Mrs Yukimura gasped.

She held out her hand and then gasped again.

"Mom?" Kira asked.

"What is that?" Isaac said.

"What does it mean?" I questioned.

"It means there's been a change in ownership" We whipped around to see nogitsune Stiles with the Oni's behind him. "Now they belong to me"

Allison aimed her bow in his direction and Isaac and I flicked our wrists, extending our claws.

Stiles smirked and the Oni's drew their swords.

I stepped forwards, mirroring Sties' smirk.

"Try me"

~

I knocked an Oni to the floor and growled, pushing myself back up as I heard the gentle swish of a sword behind me.

I spun around immediately and pushed the Oni back against the wall.

I noticed Kira taking on two at once and dived forwards, knocking one to the ground.

I scrambled up in time to dodge the swish of it's sword but not the other's.

I growled and jumped up, trying to twist it's neck.

"Bloody ninja's" I groaned.

"How do we stop them?" Isaac yelled out.

"You can't" Mrs Yukimura shouted back.

The Oni drew it's sword and it sliced against Isaac, cutting his shirt, and he stumbled.

I knocked the Oni I was fighting down and rushed over to help.

Allison's arrows kept flying near but missing the Oni completely.

I felt a sharp pain on my arm and realised another had cut me.

Isaac fell to the ground.

I growled and tried to take on the three Oni's when I heard the sound of another arrow slicing through the air.

It hit one of the Oni fighting me and a yellow light burst from it's chest before it exploded, leaving an ash cloud behind it.

I choked out a laugh of disbelief as I turned to smile at Allison, which she returned.

She did it.

I snapped my head round to check the Oni was definitely gone, and when I saw that it was, I turned back to Allison.

But by then it was too late.

Her name had caught in my throat as I started to step forwards.

The sword pierced through her and she stumbled backwards.

"No!" I cried out.

"Allison!" Lydia's scream rang in my ears as I stood in disbelief and shock.

Scott ran through the gate, catching my best friend as she fell.

I wasn't aware I was falling myself until my knees hit the ground.

Through my blurred vision I watched as Scott cradled her in his arms.

I could hear the sound of her heartbeat starting to slow and I bit my lip as I tried not to cry.

"I can't. I can't take your pain" I heard Scott say.

"That's because it doesn't hurt" she whispered back.

I felt like my whole world had come crashing down.

I wished that I couldn't hear her heart.

I wished that I couldn't hear her last words.

I wished this would all go away.

"No" I choked back a sob.

"It's okay" I heard Allison say quietly to Scott.

"Allison-"

"It's okay. It's okay. It's perfect" Her voice was barely audible.

A tear rolled down my cheek as I brought a hand over my mouth, trying to muffle the cries.

"I'm in the arms of my first love"

I felt a hand brush against mine.

"The first person I've ever loved"

I looked over to see Isaac, who's eyes were glassy with tears.

"The person I'll always love"

I squeezed Isaac's hand and he squeezed mine back.

"I love you"

A small cry escaped my mouth and Isaac pulled me in closer as I buried my head in his chest, my cries becoming muffled again.

"Scott. Scott McCall"

Isaac's chin brushed the top of my head.

"Allison please don't. Allison don't. Please"

Her heart had almost come to a stop.

"You have to tell my dad. You have to tell my dad. Tell him. You have to-"

And I couldn't hear anything anymore.

I couldn't hear her voice.

I couldn't hear her heart.

I couldn't hear her breathing.

She was gone.