CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE:
YOU'RE NOT STILES

STILES WAS MISSING―︎AGAIN. ELAINE had been staying in his room in hopes of him coming back, but there was nothing. Two days, and no one knew where he was. She softly sighed, the pain in her head now becoming nonstop. Her phone started ringing, causing her to glance at it to see it was her brother. She hummed in response.

"Hey, we're going to the hospital to see Isaac. You want us to come get you?" Scott questioned her. Elaine only hummed again, and Scott took that as a yes. The family arrived at the hospital, entering the elevator and going up to the floor Isaac was. That's when they saw Allison asleep on one of the chairs.

Scott reached out and touched her shoulder, causing the girl to shoot awake and turn her head to look at him. "Have you been here all night?"

Allison nodded. "Yeah, they won't let me see him because I'm not family. I told them he doesn't have any."

"He's got us." Melissa assured, before pulling out a card. "And I've got a key card." She glanced towards Allison before the three teenagers followed after her. She opened the doors and they entered the room where they were keeping Isaac. "Be quick."

Allison grabbed Scott's hand, causing for him to look at her before offering the girl a small nod. They walked towards Isaac, noticing the burns that went up his neck and side of his face. Elaine closed her eyes whilst Allison opened her mouth in slight surprise. "I though he'd be healing by now."

"So did I." Scott agreed. He carefully reached his free hand out, placing it on Isaac's wrist.

"Is he in pain?" Allison whispered and Scott nodded his head before he started to take Isaac's pain. He let out a sharp gasp, closing his eyes tightly as he tried to take in as much of Isaac's pain as he could.

"It won't heal him, but it helps with the pain." Scott informed her.

"Did Stiles really do this?"

"No." Elaine snapped, making Allison jump slightly at the harshness in her voice. "He didn't do this. Whatever is controlling him did this. The Stiles we know would never hurt anyone."

"Well, then how do we get whatever's inside of him the hell out of him?" Allison frowned.

"I'm working on it." Scott answered. Her head throbbed violently, causing her to wince. Scott and Allison looked at the girl before watching as she walked out of the room. Scott nodded towards Allison before following after his sister. "You okay?"

"Fine." She snapped before calming her voice. "Just a headache." He could tell it was more than that, and all he could see was the black veins and the black eyes he had only caught a glimpse of on the hospital roof. And then the words of Rebekah echoed in his head, and he had a feeling that her words were soon to come to light.

They made it to school, and every time a locker slammed closed, Elaine found herself wincing. She clenched her jaw before opening her locker, glancing in the mirror that was placed on the door of her locker and catching a glimpse of something that wasn't exactly her. But when she looked back to get a better look, nothing was there but her regular reflection.

"Hey." Elaine jumped in surprise before turning her head to look at Kira. She closed her eyes letting out a breath of relief. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. But we take track together, and I wanted to know if you wanted to walk with me?"

Elaine managed a small smile as she nodded her head. "Sure thing." They got on the bus before arriving at their running point. Elaine glanced towards Kira as Coach was about to blow the whistle. "Wanna race?"

Kira smiled and nodded her head, causing Elaine to smirk. They both stretched, waiting for Coach to blow his whistle before everyone started running. Elaine and Kira were quick to make their way to the front, Kira slightly ahead of Elaine. The girl had to admit that she had become a lot more flexible since last year, and running was starting to become her specialty. The two girls offered Danny a smile as they ran past him,and before the two could comprehend what was happening, Scott had managed to grab onto both of them, throwing them from the path and landing on the ground.

"What the hell, Scott." Elaine groaned. "I was so close to beating your girlfriend." She then took note on how she had been the only one that fell. She glared at her brother before standing up and pointing towards Kira. "I want a rematch."

"How did you even keep up with her?" Scott rose an eyebrow, amused. "Unless witches have an unknown super speed ability." Elaine shrugged her shoulders in response before pulling her hair down from the ponytail she had pulled it up in.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"Scott!" The sound of Stiles' voice made Elaine snap her head towards the direction it was coming from. Stiles and the twins were quick to run with Stiles quickly yelling, "Stop, stop, stop! Everyone stop!"

"Stiles, what the hell?" Elaine frowned. He didn't answer her as he looked down the ground, moving some leaves before finding a metal circle that connected to a chain. Stiles carefully started to pull it, following the chain until it led to nothing. Coach started clapping.

"Congratulations, Stilinski." Coach called. "You found a length of chain." The man moved to stand in front of the boy. "Can somebody now please tell me what the hell is going on?"

"Hey, Coach!" Scott yelled, but it was too late. The man's foot lifted the trip wire and an arrow lodged in his stomach. Elaine looked at the man with wide eyes, watching as he muttered to himself before he fell to the ground. Everyone was quick to surround them, and Elaine quickly instructed Stiles to place a hand around the arrow, but don't move it an inch. Coach started screaming after getting over the shock.

"Get it out of me! Get it out of me!" The man yelled. "Oh, my God! I'm gonna die!"

"Coach!" Elaine yelled at the man. "I need you to shut the hell up. You're not gonna die."

"You know it will hurt less if you'll stop moving, Coach." Ethan told him.

"Stay still, Coach. An ambulance is coming." Aiden tried to calm him, before looking at everyone else and yelling for them to get back. When everyone backed up, Scott was quick to grab Coaches hand, starting to take his pain. Elaine placed a hand on Coach's wrist before her eyes started glowing as she muttered an incantation that made the man pass out. Stiles removed his hands from the wound, his hands starting to violently shake as he looked at the blood covering his skin.

"I could have killed him." Stiles breathed. "I could have killed him, right? What if it was his head or throat?"

"But it wasn't." Scott shook his head. "And he's going to be alright."

"I think I just heard an ambulance coming." Aiden informed whilst Elaine moved over to placed her hands gently around the arrow.

"And my dad." Stiles sighed.

They watched as Coach was placed in the ambulance, and Elaine stood there, watching Stiles embrace her father with a small frown. She still couldn't believe that the nogitsune was possessing her boyfriend. That he had planned all of this, and now apparently they believed there was a bomb planted on one of the school buses. They made it back to the school, standing there and watching as Parrish got on the bus that supposedly had the present. Elaine's arms were crossed over her chest as she watched everything unfold anxiously. That's when Parrish appeared in the window, slapping Noah's name plate against the window.

The bomb was at the police station. The three teenagers quickly made their way to the police station, finding that the bomb had already exploded. Several officers were injured, a few even dead. A tear dripped down Elaine's cheek as she looked at all of the damage. Elaine watched as her brother took away one of the officer's pain before he died. Elaine found herself stumbling back, Stiles meeting her eyes and his heart broke as he saw the fear in her eyes. He did this.

Scott grabbed onto Stiles, pulling him up after Noah told the two to go. Scott grabbed his sister's hand as he passed her, pulling her along with him before they were suddenly stopped by a panicked Kira. "The oni. They're coming."

"Stiles, we gotta get you out of here." Scott quickly urged.

They all quickly made it outside, climbing into Stiles' jeep. "The animal clinic?" Kira frowned.

"Yeah, the place is lined with mountain ash. Just like my house." Scott nodded. "It will buy us some time."

"But they can get through it?" Stiles asked.

"Eventually."

"Nobody's got any better ideas?" Stiles tried, looking at the two females, being met with silence. "Okay, sure, the animal clinic."

The rain was pouring as they drove through the streets before Stiles pulled up at the animal clinic and the four were quick to get out of the vehicle. They ran to the door only to stop when they could feel their presence. They turned their heads, and there the oni stood, black smoke seeming to fall from their bodies as they fully formed.

"Stiles, get inside!" Elaine ordered him, tossing him the keys. She turned her head and her eyes started glowing whilst Scott's wolf came out. The two charged forward, fighting against the oni. Training was something her mother had put her through while she was away, her mother claiming that she needed to fend for herself without depending on her magic. Before they knew it, Kira was joining in on the fight to. And boy did she know how to swing a sword.

A gasp suddenly fell from Elaine's lips as a sword went through her stomach, the same thing happening to Scott. Stiles' eyes widened as he looked at Elaine, before watching as Kira kicked the oni away from Scott.

"Get him inside!" Elaine yelled. Stiles hesitated for a moment and Elaine snapped her head towards Stiles, her eyes glowing. "Now!" He and Kira were quick to listen to the girl, pulling Scott inside whilst the black started rippling through her veins. The purple changed into black as she grabbed onto the sword. She pulled it from her torso before lifting up her shirt, watching as the black veins crawled to her wound and immediately healed her, she smirked.

"My turn." She pushed out her heads as she said, "Dimiterre." The oni were sent flying back, allowing her enough time to run into the building. The black faded from her eyes and veins, as she went behind the counter and towards the room, stopping when she saw Scott struggling to move as Stiles twisted the knife in his stomach and Kira was knocked out. Stiles turned towards Elaine, and an evil smirk fell on his features.

"You're not Stiles." She clenched her jaw.

"Elaine, don't." Scott choked out.

"And you're not Elaine, are you?" The nogitsune asked. Her eyes started to glow and he shook his head, walking towards and placing a hand around her throat. "I don't think so." And then he snapped her neck.