Ch. 87 - HEARTLESS

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Chapter Eighty-Seven
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Amara watched in amusement as  punched the shit out of Theo over and over. "It's okay. You don't have to stop." Theo said breathlessly and Malia growled at him, "Trust me- I won't." She said before punching him again.

Scott went to step up and stop her but Amara held her hand up. "Give it a minute." She said and watched Malia punch Theo a few more times before sighing softly and nodding. "Okay, that's good." Amara said before walking over and pulling Malia off Theo when she unleashed her claws.

"Alright Malia, that's good." Amara said as she and Scott pulled Malia back making her growl at them. "Slow down, okay? He's going back into the ground." Scott said and Liam stepped forward, "You can't. He remembers Stiles." He said making Malia furiously turn to him

"Scott remembers Stiles. Amara, Lydia and I remember Stiles." She said and Liam sighed softly, "The Dread Doctors knew all about the Wild Hunt. He can help us." Liam said making Amara scoff. "Or, he could kill us. Wouldn't be the first time he's tried." She said.

"He's my responsibility. Noshiko gave me the sword." Liam said and Theo sighed, "It's so awkward when Mom and Dad fight." He said making them look at him. "Shut up!" Malia, Liam, Scott and Amara said at the same time and Hayden walked over.

"You both are right. If Theo tries anything, we'll send him back to the Skinwalkers. But, for right now-" She says but Scott cuts her off, "He goes back now." Scott said. "Except Liam's the one with the sword." Theo said making everyone look at him,
"Shut up!" They all yelled.

Scott grabs Liam by the wrist and leads him into the living room to talk, leaving Amara, Malia, Hayden, and Theo in the back room. Malia started to walk toward Theo, making Hayden to step between them to stop her. "Malia..." Hayden said slowly.

"Can you give Amara and I a second alone with Theo?" Malia said and Hayden raised her eyebrows, "Why?" She asked and Amara looked at her like it was obvious. "So we can kill him. Why else?"  She asked and Theo looked at them alarmed, "Okay look. I know that there's mixed feelings all around. But I might be your only option to stop the Wild Hunt." He said making Amara squint her eyes, tilting her head slightly as she thought for a moment. "Yeah... I still want you dead." Amara said and Malia nodded in agreement.

"I can put you back in the ground any time." Liam said as he stood in front of Theo holding Kira's sword. Theo looked at the sword and sighed softly, "You also need a transformer that can handle five billion joules of electricity. I know where to find one, and I can show you how it works. I'll tell you if Amara and Malia promises not to kill me." Theo said making Malia growl under her breath while Amara scoffed.

"They promise." Liam said making Amara look at him crazy, "No, we don't." She said and Malia nodded in agreement. "We're really gonna do this? Trust him?" Malia asked and Hayden shrugged, "You got a better idea?" She asked

"I've got an idea. It may not be better... But at least it's not him."

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"Still thinking about how to prove the Riemann Hypothesis? And Amara... I honestly dont think I'd want to know what your mind could possibly be coming up with." Natalie said as she walked into Lydia's room where Lydia and Amara were on the bed. Amara leaning against the head board while Lydia had her back against Amara's chest.

"We're actually thinking about a dead kid we met in Canaan." Lydia said making Natalie look at them confused as she sat down next to Lydia's legs. "Dead?" She asked and Amara nodded, "He drowned in 1985." She said and Natalie looked at Amara with furrowed brows before nodding slowly, "Okay...Go on."

"His mom conjured him to fill the void she felt after the Wild Hunt passed through Canaan." Lydia explained and Amara nodded before realization crossed over her features.

"What if Sheriff Stilinski is filling a void? What if he's filling it with Claudia?" She asked making Lydia sit up and she and Natalie raised their eyebrows. "You think Claudia's dead?" Lydia asked and Amara nodded while Natalie shook her head, "No, I just saw her." She said.

"So many things don't make sense. She had a fatal disease, but then she's fine. She says her Jeep was stolen twenty years ago, but its Stiles'. You should have seen the look on her face when I peeled back the wallpaper. She wasn't just angry, she was scared. Like she was protecting a secret. I swear to you, she smells like death." Amara said and Natalie nodded slowly.

"Okay. If this is true, then... Maybe Sheriff Stilinski needs this. Maybe it's his way of coping." Natalie said and Amara slightly shook her head. "What if Claudia being here is preventing him from remembering Stiles?" Amara asked and Lydia nodded in agreement making Natalie sigh.

"Wren... If Claudia isn't real, you don't want to be the one to tell him." Natalie said and Amara shrugged, "If I don't then who will? He needs to know." Amara said before her phone started going off. She pulled it put to see her sister calling her.

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"He has third degree burns over ninety-percent of his body. I should be telling you guys to say your goodbyes." Melissa said as she, Malia and Amara stood around in the hospital. "It's Peter. We don't need to say goodbyes." Amara said and Malia nodded, "We need to fix him so we can find out what he knows about the Wild Hunt." Malia said and Melissa raised her eyebrows.

"Remember who you're dealing with. Your guy's father is a ruthless conman who always has a devious plan to hurt everyone around him. What happens when he gets up out of that bed? You got a plan of your own?" Melissa asked and Amara sighed, "We have a plan. Don't know if it's devious." She said and Melissa nodded slightly.

"At least it's a plan." Melissa said making the girls smile before she led them down the hallway. They walked into a room to see Peter laying in a bed that was surrounded by plastic curtains to seal him away from the rest of the room.

"I can't promise this will work." Melissa said and Amara shrugged slightly. "You said he was dying anyway. What does he have to lose?" Amara said and Malia nodded slightly, "I can hear you. I'm not dead yet." Peter said making them look at him.

"Sadly." Amara mumbled before they walked past the plastic curtains, "I think they put that there to protect me. Glad to see you're obeying hospital protocols." Peter said. "Your daughters asked to treat you." Melissa said and Peter glanced at Malia and Amara, "In exchange for what?" He asked. "Told you, you needed a plan." Melissa said as Amara walked around the bed, "We help you, you help us." Amara said.

"That's a bit open-ended. What if I don't agree to your conditions?" Peter said and Amara shrugged slightly, "Then I speed up your death, you'll never be our problem again." Amara said and Peter sighed, "So, what exactly do you know about our kind of medicine?" He asked looking at Melissa who held up the syringe. "I know about the Nine Herbs." She said before Amara held her hand over Peter as her eyes started to glow a mix of yellow and red.

Red veins started to form on her arms as Peter gasped lightly before Amara nodded at Melissa. Melissa uncapped the syringe before roughly stabbing it into Peter's chest and pushing down the plunger. Peter groaned in pain as his body started to spasm while green foam came from his mouth.

Melissa and Malia watched as red veins on Amara's arms started to glow slightly and a slab of burned skin fell off of Peter's arm. "Think it's working?" Malia asked and Melissa shrugged slightly, "Should be. Looks painful enough." She said and Amara nodded in agreement.

A few minutes later Amara and Melissa had Peter's arms around their shoulders as Malia lead them to the elevator. They all walked into the elevator and Malia pushed the button while Peter looked at Melissa.

"You know, we never did have that second date..." Peter said making Melissa and Amara both roll their eyes before dropping him.

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"Take the next left, cut over to the highway, and then don't stop." Peter said as he sat in the passenger seat of Malia's car as she drove and Amara sat in the backseat. "We have a deal. We're not leaving without Stiles." Amara said and Malia nodded making Peter chuckle slightly, "You're so very loyal, girls. And that is an overrated quality." He said making Malia give him a look before pulling into the woods.

"You know, I was in pretty bad shape when you found me. I don't really have a clear picture of where I was." Peter said as they got out. "I marked the territory." Malia said making Peter look at her weird while Amara raised her eyebrows in amusement, "Visually. I marked it visually. But we didn't see where you came out." She said.

"It's a supernatural rift, girls, it's not the Golden Gate Bridge. I doubt we can even see it, let alone get through. This is a horrible waste of time." Peter said and Amara shrugged slightly, "You promised us. On your death bed." She said making him furrow his brows.

"I just saw a kid get burned alive trying to escape the Hunt! You try and save Stiles, he's gonna die the same way. Humans can't get through." He said and Malia shrugged. "We'll find another way to get Stiles out." She said and Amara nodded in agreement, "But first, we have to get in." Amara said and he sighed.

"You have no self-preservation instincts! How are you two my daughters?"

"I think you need to admit that you have an unhealthy attachment to Stiles." Peter said making Malia growl under her breath in frustration, "Would you please try to behave like a human?" Peter asked.

"I need Stiles for that." She said and he furrowed his brows, 'Why? Is be your human crutch?" He asked and she sighed softly. "He's my anchor." She said and Amara nodded, "And he's my best friend." Amara said and Peter shrugged.

"Well, we can get Malia new anchor and Scott can be Amara's only best friend. He's not coming back. He was hunted. He got caught." He said and both girls stopped and turned to him. "You don't believe that. You risked your life to bring us Stiles' keys." Amara said, "I risked my life to escape the Hunt. Not to reunite sentimental teenagers." He said and they started walking again. "You wanted us to know about Stiles which got us to know about Canaan. You were warning us." Malia said before slowing to a stop.

"This is where we found you." Malia said and Peter glanced around, "Like I said, there's nothing here." He said making Amara look at him with raised eyebrows. "You're not even looking." Amara said and he sighed, "You can't just poke around and expect to find a supernatural train station." He said before hearing the distant sound of horses galloping and neighing making him freeze and glance around.

"Do you hear that?" Peter asked and Amara raised her eyebrows, "It them, isnt it?" She asked and Peter nodded, "Yeah... And, judging by the sound, we don't have a lot of time." He said making her furrow her brows. "For what?" She asked and Peter turned to them, "For you two to run." He said.

"You're leaving us?" Malia asked, "I'm saving you two." He said and she shook her head slightly. "But if we can hear them, it must be close." Malia said and Peter shook his head, "There'll be another chance. Go now! Girls, run! Go!" He yelled and Amara sighed and grabbed Malia's hand.

"Come on." Amara said before pulling Malia away and they both started running. A few minutes later they both made it to the car and looked back from where they came from. "Should we go back for him?" Malia asked and Amara shook her head as she looked down at her phone.

"No, Peter will be fine. He won't fight them, he'll run from them. I need you to drive me to the Sheriff's house." Amara said before holding up her phone to show a text from Stilinski.

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Amara slowly walked into the room as Stilinski held the door open for her. "You and Lydia knew about it, didn't you?" He asked when she turned to look at him and she nodded slightly making him sigh, "God, it was on the blueprints. It was here when we moved in. That was eighteen years ago."

Amara goanced around the room before freezing slightly when she saw a bed that was against the wall in the corner. She looked around and slowly, one by one, the room started filling up with basic furniture.

"Amara?" Stilinski asked making her turn to him, "What is it." Stilinski asked making her furrow her brows before looking around again only to find the room completely empty again. "Nothing..." She said in a slight whisper.

"I don't understand how you guys knew this was here. If you want to discuss the possibility that I had a son... I'm listening." He said and she stared at him for a moment before nodding and explaining everything.

"So, wait a sec. So, this woman, "Lenore," she conjured up her dead son?" Stilinski asked and Amara nodded, "She was the only one left and she had to fill a void. So, she filled it with her son." She explained. "And you saw this kid?" He asked she nodded again, "We all did. He was real. He was there. But..." She trailed off making him raise his eyebrows.

"But what?"

"She was there when everybody was taken. She saw it happen but she didn't wanna believe it. She wanted to believe in her son." Amara said and he slightly looked at her crazy. "What are you trying to say? You think Claudia is not real?" He asked and she nodded making him scoff, "You think I made up a phantom wife?" He asked.

"You're afraid to remember him." She said and he slightly shook his head, "She's a flesh and blood woman. She's real. Everything else here is just... Is just speculation. Conjecture. It's just, it's a theory based on a-on a ghost town." He said.

Amara sighed and glanced around before seeing a chair with a lacrosse jersey on it. She  walked past Stilinski and over time the chair before reaching out to grab the jersey. She smiled sadly as she looked at the number on the jersey before turning to Stilinski, "You don't see anything?" She asked.

"I see a deeply disturbed young woman." He said making her sigh and shake her head. "You're afraid to remember him because you're afraid of what it means." She said, "Why do you care so much if I remember him?" He asked in a slight whisper.

"Because you loved him." She said before tossing the jersey to him making him catch it and look down at it in shock.

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