𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊'𝚜 𝙿𝙾𝚅

As I'm stood next to the ambulance washing my bloody hands with wet wipes I suddenly remember the absence of my phone and I turn to Aiden.

"Hey, can you do me a favour?" I ask him.

"Of course" He nods.

"Use the find my friends and check my location" I tell him.

He furrows his brows in confusion but listens, taking out his phone and doing as I asked. After a couple minutes, his brows raise a little and he looks at me.

"Where is my phone?" I question.

Aiden turns his phone and I see the small green dot with my name above it is located at the police station.

"Why is your phone at the station?" Aiden asks curiously.

"I must have left it there" I shrug, but it doesn't quite seem to add up because I remember having it after that.

"Guys, we gotta go!" Scott hollers at us.

"Can you drop me off at the station?" I ask Stiles as Aiden and I near the Jeep.

"Sure" He nods, his eyes flickering down to my neck with a guilty frown on his face.

"I'm okay, dork" I assure him, giving his arm a reassuring squeeze as I pass to get into the back seat.

We arrive at the station pretty quickly and I climb over Aiden, hopping out of the Jeep.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Aiden offers.

"Nah, I'll be fine" I wave him off.

I close the door and Stiles drives off, leaving me to enter the police station's front doors. As soon as I enter, I'm overwhelmed at the sheer panic of the people inside as they all run around and yell at each other.

"Excuse me" I try to speak to an officer but he brushes past me in a frantic manner "Or not"

My eyes land on Derek Hale who is currently being uncuffed from a bench next to Chris Argent. I make my way through the rushing deputies towards the two men who look up at me in surprise.

"What's going on?" I ask them in confusion, glancing around.

"Why are you here?" Argent questions me.

"My phone is here, or at least that's what find my iphone says" I answer with a shrug.

Argent turns to Derek who looks at me with a concerned look before looking behind him into the Sheriff's office.

"Get down!" Derek screams.

Before I can react, Derek tackles me onto the ground and I hear a deafening explosion. My ears ring loudly and my vision blurs until it's black, the ringing dying out.

❦ ❦ ❦

"Natalia, wake up!" Argent's voice pulls me back and my eyes flutter open.

The first thing I see is the worried face of Chris Argent who looks me over, brushing ash and debris off my head.

"How bad would you rate your pain?" The man asks me.

"Zero stars" I groan in pain "Would not recommend"

He shakes his head at me with an amused smile and I smile back weakly before my gaze moves to Derek who is stumbling slightly, looking dizzily down at me.

"Derek" I mumble, pushing myself up.

"You good, little witch?" Derek asks me, his voice distant.

"Are you?" I counter.

"I'm fine" He shrugs me off.

As Argent helps me to my feet, I notice the hundreds of shards of bloody glass imbedded in the Hale man's back and my heart drops.

"Derek, you're hurt" I breathe out, grabbing onto his arm.

"So are you" He argues, lifting his hand to my head.

I wince in pain as he swipes his finger over my hairline before showing me the blood on his finger.

"Nat!" I hear my brother yell and I turn to see him running towards me with Stiles.

"Scott!" I gasp as I'm wrapped in a tight hug.

"Get her out of here" Derek tells the boys.

"But, Der-" I try to argue, worried about the man.

"No buts. Take her away!" Derek demands and Scott nods.

"Nat, come on" Stiles coaxes me out of my brother's arms.

As I grab Stiles' hand, Derek grabs my arm and I look at him in confusion.

"Listen to your instincts. Always trust your gut" He warns me, glancing behind me and I nod.

"Thank you for saving my life" I smile weakly.

"Don't mention it" He replies, gently pushing me to the boys.

Stiles and Scott guide me through the aftermath of the explosion, bumping into a worried looking Kira.

"Are you okay?" She gasps, looking at me.

"I'm fine" I wave her off.

"The oni. They're coming" She declares, looking at Scott before glancing at the other boy "Stiles, we gotta get you out of here"

Stiles eyes are solely set on the mass destruction of the precinct, not really listening to the girl at all as she drags Scott to the exit.

"Stiles, we have to go" I stress, tugging on his hand.

His eyes fall on me and he nods, allowing me to pull him to the exit after Kira and Scott. Stiles jumps into the driver seat and Scott in the passenger seat while Kira and I settle ourselves in the back.

"It's an animal clinic?" Kira questions as we drive towards Deaton's clinic.

"Yeah, the place is lined with Mountain Ash. Just like my house" Scott explains "It will buy us some time"

"But they can get through it?" Stiles speaks up.

"Eventually" Scott argues.

"Nobody got any better ideas?" Stiles asks glancing at us and we all stay silent "Okay, sure. Animal clinic"

We reach the clinic and immediately throw ourselves out into the rain, running at the doors. I hear Scott snarling behind me and I turn to see the oni, swords in their hands.

"Stiles, get inside!" Scott demands, throwing him the keys.

Scott starts fighting with the shadow ninjas and push Kira behind me, using my magic to create a barrier which collides with multiple swords. They stumble back in surprise and the translucent pink barrier fades away, my eyes burning a bright pink.

"Hey, Natalia, get inside!" Stiles shouts "Kira!"

"We're gonna need a minute, dork!" I retort.

I throw my arms up, sending two of the oni onto their asses with a pink blast before a blinding headache causes me to wince. The burning feeling of a katana slicing into my side causes me to scream and I stumble backwards as Kira starts hitting them with a metal pole.

"Nat!" Stiles yells, grabbing onto me as I push down on my bleeding wound with one hand and grab onto him with the other.

One of the oni turn on my brother and plunge their katana right into his stomach, causing him to gasp for breath in shock. Time seems to slow as the rain buckets down, completely soaking us through and my eyes meet with Scott's red pair.

"No!" I scream, tears pooling in my eyes.

Kira lets out a war cry and runs at the oni, kicking him away from Scott. Stiles and I run forward, grabbing onto the injured boy.

"All right, come on. Get him inside!" Stiles orders.

Kira and I help Stiles get Scott inside the clinic, my twin gasping in pain as he finally leans against a metal table and looks down at the sword imbedded in his gut. He looks at Kira who nods, grabbing onto the end of it and pulling as he groans in pain.

Before she can even really move it all that much, Stiles grabs her wrist and twists it back, squeezing it so tightly that the girl cries out in pain. He then grabs the back of her head and slams it against the metal table, knocking her unconscious.

I back up away from the pale boy as he turns on me, stalking towards me like a predator stalking its prey.

"Don't make me hurt you" I threaten him, tripping over a chair and falling onto the floor.

I scramble away from him on my hands and knees but he catches me, kicking me in my injured side. A cry of pain escapes my lips as I lay on my back, looking up at the boy in fear as he straddles my body and uses his knee to keep pressure on my wound.

"You won't hurt me, gorgeous" He chuckles, moving my wet hair out of my face "Not while I'm in his body"

I open my mouth to reply but I'm winded as he wraps his hands around my throat and starts squeezing violently.

"P-Please, stop" I choke out.

Black dots start to cloud my vision and I feel my consciousness fading away quickly, my limbs giving up on me and head lulling to one side.

"Sweet dreams" He whispers in my ear.