"Miss Stilinski?"

I looked up at the young deputy who smiled sadly at me.

Scott squeezed my hand supportively and I took a deep breath and followed the deputy into the room, where my dad was waiting.

"How do you recall the event?" He asked me.

"We were meeting up" I took a deep breath, trying to remember the story Argent had told us. "It was dark. I-I don't remember much. They just appeared. It-it happened so fast" My eyes started to burn up with tears as the memory of what really happened started to play in my head.

"What did they look like?"

"T-they wore black. I, uh, couldn't see them very well"

"What happened next?"

"They were trying to take the car. We refused and we tried to walk away b-but I saw something-something sharp and metallic"

"A knife?" Deputy Parrish prompted.

I nodded slowly. "I think-I'm not sure. It happened so fast"

I felt a tear roll down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away.

"Do you remember anything else"

"I-uh" my hands shook. "I can't" I took another deep breath. "I'm sorry" I whispered.

Dad placed his arm around me.

"It happened so fast" I mumbled.

"I think that's enough for now, Parrish" My father said to the deputy who nodded and gave me another supportive smile.

He then lead me out of the room again and gave me a warm hug.

"I'm so proud of you"

~

"Stiles and Kira said it was the Nemeton that kept the trap" Scott told Deaton as we walked into the animal clinic.

"The problem is this isn't even a person you're fighting. It just looks like one. It's a spirit that's taken the shape of a human" Deaton explained.

"The shape of my best friend" Scott said.

"The shape of my twin brother" I added

"Someone caught it once. Someone can do it again, right" Lydia said.

"I don't know. This thing was trapped a long time ago. Before the Nemeton was cut down. It doesn't have the same power anymore"

"Is there anything that does?" I asked.

"Possibly" Deaton said. "When the tree was whole, it's wood was sometimes used to contain powerful objects. But those objects are very rare"

"Wait a second. Powerful objects?" Lydia said. "Like an alpha's claws?"

"Which alpha?" Deaton questioned.

"Talia Hale. Peter had them in this wooden box with a triskele carved in the lid" Lydia continued to explain. "What if it was made from the Nemeton?"

"It was" Deaton said.

"How do you know?" I frowned.

"Because I made it"

~

"Derek's got the triskele box. He's going to meet us" Scott said, hanging up the phone.

Lydia suddenly fell backwards and I grabbed her arm to steady her.

"What's wrong?" Deaton asked.

"Something's happening. I had this sudden rushing feeling. Like we're running out of time"

"Yeah" I spun around to see Stiles, who practically looked dead, and Kira. "I kinda got that feeling too"

~

We pulled up outside of the school and all climbed out of the car.

We headed to the doors but Stiles spoke up. "Scott hold on. I know what you're all thinking. That if this works it might kill me too. But even if it does, you just- you have to go through with it. Stick with the plan, okay?"

"The plan is to save you. That's the plan I'm going with" Scott said, opening the doors.

I frowned. Our school hall had been replaced by some kind of snow covered garden.

The doors closed shut behind us and we all turned around.

"Well this was definitely not part of the plan" Stiles said.

"Guys I swear, did we just step into Narnia?" I wondered out loud.

I heard footsteps and we all turned to look at the nogitsune.

Kira drew out her katana.

"Like I promised Stiles. We're going to kill all of them" the nogitsune shouted. "One by one"

The Oni appeared and clashed swords with Kira.

The four of us stepped back.

"What the hell is this? Where are we?" I asked.

"Between life. And death" the nogitsune said.

"Bardo" Lydia piped up.

"But there are no peaceful deities here Lydia. You're dying, Stiles. And now everyone you care about is dying too"

"When? What do you mean?" Stiles questioned.

"I've captured almost all the territories on the board, Stiles. The hospital. The Sheriff station. And now the animal clinic. Do you know the ritual of seppuku, Stiles?"

"No. And I don't want to"

"The samurai disembowels himself with his own sword to maintain his honour. But that's not the kind that kills you. The killing stroke is made by is kaishakunin who beheads the samurai. With his own katana" The nogitsune then pointed over to Scott. "Scott. Scott is your kaishakunin. I'm going to make your best friend kill you, Stiles. And you're going to let him. Because just like you, they're all going to die. Everyone touched by an Oni's blade. Unless Scott kills you first"

"Why. Why are you doing this?" Stiles demanded.

"To win the game"

The Oni's drew out their swords again and I shrugged Allison's bow off my shoulder and held it up.

A lump formed in my throat as I stared down at it.

Suddenly, I was knocked down. I tried to scramble up but it was too late.

The sword sliced across my skin and I felt blood pour from the wound.

"Shit" I cursed as the Oni went to stab it's sword at me. I rolled over to the side and stood up just as Scott knocked down the Oni.

I aimed the bow at the Oni and fired.

Kira's katana fell to the ground with a crash and two of the Oni's cornered her.

I watched as Stiles grabbed it and pressed it to his stomach.

"Stiles!" Scott and I called out at the same time.

"No! Don't do this!" I yelled.

"Stiles!" Scott shouted.

"What if it saves you. What if it saves all of you" he argued.

"What if it's just another trick" Lydia said frantically.

"No more tricks Lydia" the nogitsune said smugly. "And Scott, let your friend fall on his own sword. Do for him what he can't do for himself. Do it Scott. Be his kaishakunin. Give up the game"

Stiles' hands shook as he hesitated. Then he paused.

"You have no moves left" the nogitsune said.

Stiles pulled the katana away from him and held it in his hands. "I do" He chucked it to Kira. "A divine move"

"What?"

"Stop fighting them. It's an illusion. You have to stop fighting them. It looks real, it feels real. But Scott you've gotta trust me, it's an illusion" Stiles said.

We all glanced at each other briefly.

Slowly, Scott turned and started to walk down the path of the Oni's, who slashed their swords and cut him.

Kira followed and yet out a yell of pain as the sword hit her.

I followed, feeling my own pain as I got hit.

I continued stumbling further, trying to block out the excruciating pain I felt.

Scott grabbed the nogitsune and pulled it back against the door until they fell through.

And suddenly we were in the normal school halls again.

I looked down at my shirt to see that it wasn't ripped and there were no wounds.

I was alive.

"We're okay" I said in disbelief.

Scott smiled. "We're o-"

I heard the sound of something behind us and then Scott's body crashed against the lockers.

"What the shit-" I turned around and I too flew through the air, hitting my head on the lockers and letting out a grunt of pain.

"Every fucking time" I mumbled.

"This was my game. Think you can beat me at my game"

I looked up to see evil Stiles shaking his head at Lydia and my brother.

I tried to stand but I was tired.

I was weak.

I'd given up.

~

"Alexa!" I heard Kira shouting.

"Alex come on!" I heard Scott say.

I sat up quickly as the two of them helped me out and we ran down the hall.

"But we can change you!" I heard Lydia exclaim.

Scott growled and then I watched as he bit down on nogitsune Stiles, who let out a yell of pain.

He stumbled backwards towards Kira and then she stabbed him with her katana.

My eyes widened in shock.

Nogitsune Stiles fell onto his knees. A fly flew from his mouth and we watched as it buzzed down the hall and flew into the wooden box in Isaac's hand.

He closed it shut and the buzzing stopped.

Nogitsune Stiles started convulsing and then froze. Cracks appeared on his face and then he fell to the ground.

As soon as he hit the floor, he turned into ash which spread out across the floor and soon disappeared.

We all stood in shock.

Until Stiles fell to the floor.

~

I watched as his eyes fluttered open and he slowly came round.

All of us let out a breath of relief.

"Oh god I fainted didn't I" Stiles said.

We all laughed and nodded.

"We're alive. We are alive" Stiles said.

"Yeah" Scott nodded. "We're okay"

My brother smiled.

Lydia's relieved expression suddenly changed.

"Lydia?" I asked.

She sprinted away from us and outside.

Stiles immediately followed and so did the rest of us.

She stopped and turned around crashing into Stiles.

I went to push past but halted.

Ethan was on the floor, cradled over his brothers body.

"Oh my god" I whispered.

Scott wrapped his arms around me as I buried my head in his chest.

I didn't expect to lose this many people.

~

"Alexa-" Scott started.

I shook my head as I headed into his house.

"Alexa-" he repeated.

I ran my hands through my knotted hair and turned to face him.

"She's dead"

His eyes flickered to the floor before looking up at mine.

When he spoke, his voice was quiet. "I know"

"Wh-what are we gonna do, Scott. Allison is dead. Aiden is dead. My brother almost died. I mean how do we even- how do I? How do we come back from that? I just-I can't-" I cut off, as my breathing started to get more erratic and my body started to heat up. "It's really hot in here" I reached over to open the window.

"Alex, calm down okay. Just breathe"

"I can't" I touched my throat instinctively. "I can't breathe"

Scott ran over, grabbing my hands and sitting me down on the floor.

I shrugged my jacket off and threw it next to me.

"It's okay" he reassured as he knelt down in front of me. "Just calm down and try and control your breathing"

"Easy for you to say" I sassed, my hands shaking.

He took my hand in his and wiped away a tear that was rolling down my cheek.

"It's going to be okay. We're going to save Stiles"

I swallowed the lump in my throat and tried to focus on my breathing.

"Hey, hey" Scott cupped my face with his hands. "Look at me"

I looked up into his dark brown eyes.

"I love you" he said. "And I promise you that everything is going to be okay"

I nodded, squeezing eyes shut as I felt hot tears springing to them.

Eventually, my breathing started to slow back down again and I opened my eyes.

The tears slowly slipped from my eyes and Scott pulled me into a hug.

"I'm sorry" I whispered.

"It's okay" he said, kissing the top my head. "It's okay"

He pulled away and sat in front of me, holding my hands.

"You haven't had a panic attack in a while, have you?"

I shook my head. "It's just with everything-"

He squeezed my hand tighter. "It's okay. Get some rest"

"Only if you stay with me"

~

A/N

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Sorry it took me ages to update oops.