canon au } { post-5a, of broken friends and vendettas

[impetere]

Cora: [so they follow him to the water treatment plant and watch as he takes Lydia and takes her up to the nemeton. Something is wrong, Cora can tell, but she keeps her distance ... up until Theo lets her go and Lydia just collapses. She starts to surge forward, wanting to go help her friend, but hopefully Ben will grab her and stop her]

Ben: [nope, he's going to do that, shaking his head. He points at his hand, and then Theo where there is a syringe in the other hand as he does his villain rant]

Cora: [she doesn't struggle and waits, watching as he goes and injects each of them, ranting as he goes and then her jaw drops as they ... start getting up]

Ben: [he just watches, because that is just some fucked up shit right there. But he doesn't know how good Theo's hearing is. But they are now outnumbered so he makes hand motions. Theo leave. You, me, to Lydia. Flat hand - wait]

Cora: [swallows and nods. she's good at being silent and stealthy. She waits until she hears the truck drive off before she ducks under Ben's arm and makes a break for Lydia] Lydia? Lydia. [She gently rolls her over and pulls her into her lap but when Lydia looks at her there's nothing but vacant eyes staring back at her]

Ben: [and he's going to quickly make sure no more bodies are going to get up all zombie like before going to Lydia and giving her a once over, looking into her eyes] Is she in a banshee trance or something?

Cora: [her face crumples as she shakes her head, because she can feel the blood on the fingers resting against the back of her neck. She shifts her arms, before gently pulling them out to show Ben] He broke her.

Ben: [he looks at it, and then he's reaching for his shirt to pull it off, because she's also not healing.] Come on, we need to get her to a doctor immediately. Then we'll go kill the bastard and his zombie friends.

Cora: [nods before shifting back so Ben can do his thing and pick her up, because as much as Cora is strong enough to do it, she's not big enough and Ben would have it easier. She is going to scramble into the back seat and hold her as they drive though. She's trying to pull her pain but there's no pain to pull. Lydia isn't conscious enough for that.]

Ben: [he carries her carefully, keeping her head against his chest but not in a way to smother her as he put support on the cuts on her neck as well. Once she's in the back, he uses the seat belts to help keep her in place a bit so Cora can focus on the top half and not worry about Lydia's legs so much. And he's totally texting while driving to Lindsay to meet him at the ER]

Cora: [doesn't fair. And it's also fortunate because Lindsay is already there! Which she will text back]

Ben: Why are you there?

Lindsay: Raeken attacked Stilinski and left him for dead. I'm here with Stiles.

Ben: [.... “yeah I'm not going to make his day any better. be there in five.”] Um, Cora... you're still dating that Stiles kid, right?

Cora: [she glances up from Lydia's face with a frown] ... Yeah?

Ben: So somewhere when we weren't following Theo, he managed to leave Stiles' dad for dead. Lindsay's at the ER with Stiles.

Cora: [her eyes widen as she does] Oh my God.

Ben: We're almost there, but be ready.

Cora: [she nods and turns her attention back to Lydia again, her fingers coming up to brush her hair away from her face. Lydia's eyes turn to her, watching her, but there's nothing behind them. Just emptiness]

Ben: [and they are pulling up at the hospital, and Ben's jumping out to flag someone down with a gurney to come get Lydia]

Cora: [which they will and Cora will follow her, not wanting to leave her side until they tell her she can't be there anymore]

Ben: [which they will at the desk when they wheel her back, pointing at the waiting room. Stiles, of course, IS family, but since his dad is in surgery he's there pacing, biting on his thumb nail. Someone got him a scrub top and helped get him cleaned up a bit, but he's shaken bad]

Cora: [is reluctant to go, but she will, making her way into the waiting room and stopping when she sees her boyfriend] Stiles? [She looks completely rattled, and there's still blood on one hand but she's definitely worried about him too]

Stiles: [hearing his name snaps him still and he looks over, not seeing the blood on her yet] I'm going to kill him.

Cora: [her teeth grit a bit] You might have to get in line.

Stiles: [he's confused by that, and he walks over, taking her in and seeing the blood now] Who's is that?

Cora: [her face falls a bit] Lydia's.

Stiles: [and his face screws up in anger before he's grabbing her hand, pulling her to the back. Because hey, no one in the hospital really ever stops him from going anywhere at this point. And he needs to see Lydia for himself]

Cora: [doesn't fight him, letting him drag her through the hospital but by the time they get there, the doctors have already determined that while she's physically fine, mentally she's just ... not there. The nurses are leaving the curtained area and Lydia is just lying there a bandage on the back of her neck and Cora lets go of Stiles' hand when they're there, reaching to take Lydia's instead] He used her to find out where the nemeton was.

Stiles: Like claws in the neck... damnit Scott. [because that's how Theo learned]

Cora: He broke her and then he just dragged her up there and left her there like she was garbage. If Ben hadn't been there ... [she probably would have killed him herself right then]

Stiles: Yeah, that seems to be his MO tonight. [licks his lips] He made me choose between saving my dad or Scott. [blinks] Shit, Scott...

Cora: I heard him howl. He's alive. [she doesn't know if he's fine, but he's alive] Theo isn't a wolf.

Stiles: Yeah, he's a dead man.

Cora: No, Stiles - he's a chimera.

Stiles: A chimera? So what, he's the success?

Cora: [she nods] Or one of them, anyway. I don't know what he's mixed with but he knew where the Dread Doctors were and he had a way to bring the dead failures back.

Stiles: So he's working with them.

Cora: I don't think he is anymore.

Stiles: Yeah, but he still knows their endgame. So we torture him, then we kill him.

Cora: Stiles, he has a pack now.

Stiles: No, he came to take Scott's. He came for us.

Cora: But he couldn't so he made one instead. Out of Tracy and Hayden and Lucas and other chimeras. He's unraveling and they followed him.

Stiles: So again, why are we not out there killing him right now?

Cora: With who? Even if Scott isn't dead he's too badly hurt to start a war right now and we're not strong enough.

Stiles: You brother, Peter, the Argents... hell we call in the freaken SWAT team because He isn't going to STOP until we're all dead or worse! [he's falling apart at the edges and not caring what he sounds like]

Cora: [she pulls away from Lydia and goes to move to him instead, reaching for his shoulders and drawing his eyes to her] Stiles, you sound as crazy as he does right now. You need to breathe.

Stiles: He tried to kill my Dad, Cora. All of us. We can't just sit here and let him get stronger!

Cora: I know. I know he did. But you're scaring me.

Stiles: [licks his lips, and then rubs at his face] He came here because he wanted what we become when we're angry. He wanted us as his pack in that way. Malia - her killer instincts... Lydia's death issues, Liam's anger issues, Kiara's crazy kitsune problems, your impulsiveness... [there's more, and she can finish it herself as he looks off to the side]

Cora: [she watches him for a moment, before she steps closer, brushing a hand against the side of his face to bring his eyes back to her] If that's what he wants, we shouldn't give it to him. We need to be smarter than that. We need a plan.

Stiles: [he looks back at her, but it's there in his eyes. That look - the one the nogitsune held so easily. The one he occasionally got when he was really angry... that look like he was going to kill everything in his path and enjoy it] Right now, the plan is kill or be killed. We're not losing anyone else.

Cora: And we're not going to. But right now we need to focus on your dad and Lydia. We need to close ranks and go on the offensive but we need that time to regroup first.

Stiles: [he just nods, rubbing at his face again. The look disappears, but the feeling is still there in the back of his head] I'm not leaving until I know what's happening with my dad. You um... find Scott. He needs to know. I'll stay here and watch Lydia.

Cora: [she shakes her head] I'm not leaving her. Besides someone should call Allison too. [she also isn't sure about leaving him alone either, because he's so angry right now and she's left him alone too much lately]

Stiles: I'll do it. Pretty sure she's going to be pissed, at least she can be pissed at me. [and he'll pull out his phone and starts to type, then just dials her and puts the phone to his ear]

Allison: [and in France it's reeeeeeeeeally early, but Allison keeps her phone next to the bed so if it's waking her up, it's probably waking up Isaac too. Regardless she fumbles for her phone and places it to her ear, still half asleep] Hello?

Isaac: [groans. too damn early]

Stiles: Sorry, I know I'm probably waking you up, but it can't wait.

Allison: Stiles? [she sighs as she starts to push up] Is it my dad? [who is still out chasing Kate somewhere. She assumes that if he's calling with that kind of an opener, something is wrong]

Stiles: No, I haven't seen or heard from him in a while. [sighs and looks over at Cora and Lydia] It's Lydia.

Allison: [and in a lot of ways that's worse, and she's wide awake now] What happened?

Stiles: [and he is going to go into a long winded tl;dr about Theo "fucken" Raeken and all the crap that's been happening - save for Donovan and certain other details that really, aren't nearly as important - but the gist of it is that the asswipe came into town, wormed his way into Scott's pack and then ripped them apart one by one]

Allison: [and Isaac can already pick up on the anger rising off his girlfriend as Stiles speaks, and yeah, she's on the same page he is. She wants blood.] I'll be on the next plane. Where's Scott?

Stiles: I don't really know, honestly. He's not talking to me at the moment.

Allison: [... That's way not right, because when are Scott and Stiles not Scott and Stiles] Actually not talking to you or not talking to you like when you weren't talking to him back in sophomore year? [which was really just Stiles being pissy]

Stiles: [rubs at his face] Theo did a number on him.... Allison he kicked me out of the pack and maybe I deserved him to be pissed at me but... I just.... I can't really go there right now because I'm barely holding it together myself at the moment.

Isaac: [yeah, he's up and getting dressed, tossing you clothes, Allison]

Allison: [her face softens a bit] Okay. I'll call him once I get off the phone with you. [there's a beat and there's real concern there] Are you okay, Stiles?

Stiles: [he looks at Cora, and his face just crumples a bit] No... No I'm not okay. I'm really not.

Cora: [looks back at him and she moves closer again, reaching for his hand]

Allison: [she nods quietly for a moment, wishing she was there, but that's going to take time] I'll be there soon. Don't do anything until I get there, okay? Promise me.

Stiles: I can't promise you that, but I'll do my best. [because if Theo shows his face, Stiles can't promise he won't aim to kill right now. He takes Cora's hand, squeezing it tightly.]

Allison: [she gets that. She'll take the half promise] I'll call you when we get off the plane. [and with that she'll hang off and go get plane tickets so they can get back to the states]

Cora: [waits until he hangs up before she uses that hand to pull him in closer, wrapping her arms around him and pulling him in closer]

Stiles: [and he is just going to bury his head on her shoulder, holding her quietly for a moment]

Doctor: [finding them] Stiles... Stiles, I need you to come donate some blood for your father. It'll just take a few minutes

Stiles: [pulling back, rubbing at his eyes and nodding] Yeah, yeah okay. I'm coming...

Cora: [she glances back over and frowns] I'm a universal donor. I can help too.

Doctor: [nods] Okay, yeah, come on.

Stiles: [just holds onto Cora's hand and walks with her]

Cora: [keeps her hand in his as she texts Ben to stay with Lydia because she's giving blood]

Ben: [who is catching up with Lindsay in the hallway, pulls the phone out and nods for her to follow him back to the room]

Lindsay: [and she will follow him, stopping short when she sees Lydia] Damn. Parrish is going to be pissed.

Stiles: Yeah, well maybe he can do us all a favor and set Theo on fire this time. [heads out with Cora]

Lindsay: Fingers crossed. [and she'll convey the message to Parrish who may or may not be awake at that point]

Doctor: [and he will lead them off to get their blood drawn.] I promise it won't hurt. We just try and make sure we can replenish what we had in stock, and have some more ready while he's in surgery that's a better match.

Stiles: How bad is it?

Doctor: He's not out yet, but he's got the best team in there, Stiles.

Cora: [gives his hand a squeeze as she goes to sit next to him, not wandering too far]

Doctor: [and one, two three all done.] We've called Ms. Martin. Should we be calling anyone else?

Cora: [she shakes her head] I don't think there's anyone else to call.

Stiles: I'm eighteen now. You don't need to call anyone else for me.

Doctor: I'm assuming the deputy in the waiting room is taking the report on what happened to both the Sheriff and to Lydia Martin?

Cora: [she nods] Yeah, I think so. You'll have to confirm that with her though.

Doctor: We will. You two should go back to the waiting room.

Stiles: Yeah, good luck on that.

Cora: [yeah, Cora isn't too fond of that] Can we stay with Lydia until her mom gets here? We won't disturb anything and we'll stay out of the way.

Doctor: [sighs] I didn't see anything. [and he will go off to bring the blood bags to the operating rooms]

Cora: [she nods and they will go off to sit with Lydia and we can start tomorrow with Buffy talking to Scott?]