Eight

A week later 

Stella

We were fighting against the Dread Doctors, Lydia was in Eichen house. Her Mother thought she was having a break down. The Dread Doctors wanted her because she's a Banchee.  She isn't safe in there. We've been trying to figure out a plan to get Lydia out of Eichen but nothing was working. Stiles was trying everything he could. He loved her.  Myself, Malia, Scott, Liam, Kira and Stiles all stood around the island of the kitchen waiting to hear what plan Stiles and Scott have come up with. We each placed something from Eichen house onto the table. Liam placed the security log, Scott placed some pictures of the front, Malia placed some pictures of the back and I had a staff key card. "Where did you get this?" Stiles asked picking it up. "I pick pocketed a staff member when we went to visit Lydia yesterday" I shrugged. "The key card can get it us into the closed unit" I informed him. "Scott have I ever told you that your sister's a genius" he said. "No" Scott shook his head. "Well I am now" Stiles smiled. "So whats the plan" Malia asked.  "So there are four steps we get into Eichen, we get into the closed unit, we get Lydia and we get out" he said.  "We have to do all this whilst getting past orderlies, guards and a mountain ash barrier" Scott informed us. "You have a plan for all that?" Malia asked. "Stella stole this last night off an orderly" Stiles replied whilst holding up the key card. "But it's useless because they reset the codes each night" he did a little angry smile, not showing his teeth. Everyone looked at me. "What how was I supposed to know that they changed the codes each night" I shrugged. "So why'd she take it?" Kira asked. "Getting to that" Stiles said as the wire attached to the key card went under his sleeve. "The only way to get Lydia out of Eichen is to make that key card work again" Scott pointed to it. "How you gonna do that?" Liam asked. "Getting to that" Stiles replied. "Okay just listen" he said as he turned his laptop around to face us. Stiles put his hands together. "I pulled all the history off the key card. Two weeks ago there was a brown out and the security system rebooted. During a reboot all of the key cards revert back to a default code. So if we trigger a reboot-". "The card goes back to a default code. Works again" I said. "Exactly" Stiles replied. "How are we gonna cause a brown out?" Kira asked. "That's your part you're gonna draw power from the main line only enough to cause the brown out" Scott informed Kira. "Not a black out. You do that, you send Eichen into lock down, which would be bad. Very very bad" Stiles said. "There's an electrical room behind the reception counter" Scott pointed to the map placed on the table. "The main power line goes into two breakers that run power to all of Eichen" Scott said. "Okay slight problem, I don't know how to do that" Kira panicked. "That's okay you have time to practice" Scott said. Stiles made a face at that comment. I laughed a little. "Lets say all this goes perfectly. How do the brown out, get us into the closed unit of Eichen?" I asked. "The system takes five minutes to reboot. In that five minutes all the alarms will be turned off, the key card should work" Stiles informed me. "Liam you and I get Stiles and Stella to the gate of the closed unit" Scott assured us. "But after that they have to go on their own" he said. "Okay wait why do we both have to go in?" I asked confused. "Getting Lydia out is going to take the two of us, and because we're the only human we are the only ones who can get through the mountain ash barrier" he informed me. "Okay" I nodded. "And when we're gone all they're gonna think is that there was a reboot in the security system, caused by a brown out" Scott replied. "Uh any questions?" Stiles asked. "How do we get into Eichen in the first place?" Liam asked. "Whats the worst case scenario?" Malia asked. "What if I can't do it?" Kira panicked. "What if we fail to get her out?" I asked.  "Okay admittedly a lot could go wrong" he said. "Everything could go wrong" I replied. "Guys if we don't do this we could lose Lydia. She's going to die in their tonight and she might take a lot of innocent people with her" Scott informed us. "Like us" I looked up. Stiles swallowed. He didn't want to answer. He knew I was right. 

Myself and Stiles went to the Sheriff's station to warn his Dad about the plan whilst Malia and Kira were at the school and Scott and Liam went to the hospital to talk to my Mom. I was sitting in Stiles' Jeep, my head resting against the window. "You okay? You've hardly said a word" he asked. "Yeah I'm fine I just have a lot on my mind" I sighed. "Talk to me" he turned to me as the car came to a stop. "I'm just worried about what could happen to us, to Lydia if tonight doesn't go to plan" I informed him. "Stel listen to me okay, everything will be alright. We're gonna get Lydia out of there and bring her home. I got you out of your Uncle's I can get Lydia out of Eichen" he looked at me. Stiles looked worried. "I just don't want you to get hurt" I shook my head. "I won't and I promise you that I won't let anything happen to you in there tonight okay." He said. "I don't care about getting hurt Stiles" I told him.  "See that's the problem you don't care about getting hurt. But you know how I'll feel? I'll be devastated. And if you die I will literally go out of my freakin mind". "Stiles you need to stop worrying about me" I told him. "I'll never stop worrying about you Stel" he replied. Stiles and I got out of the Jeep and headed inside. We met with Parrish and told him the plan. He slid Stiles and me a set of keys. "That's the worst plan I've ever heard" Parrish said. "Okay the plan is perfect and it'll work perfectly, if you agree to drive the van" Stiles slid the keys back to Parrish. "Is the Sheriff on board with this?" he asked. Stiles hesitated. "How do you think we got the keys" I informed him. "I thought you stole them" Parrish said. "Wow that is a perfectly reasonable assumption, but we did not steal them" Stiles defended. "And we need you because all of the Eichen guards know all of the Sheriff Deputy's okay we need a real Deputy and one who won't ask questions" I informed him. "Its not safe to bring me along" Stiles and I both looked at Parrish. "I'm dangerous" Parrish shrugged. "So is a giant murdering werewolf, who's killed over thirty people and somehow didn't kill you" Stiles reminded Parrish. "Please Parrish, we can't do this without you" I begged. Parrish looked at the keys and picked them off the table. "Lets go" he said. Stiles and I smiled at each other before we followed Parrish. 

Stiles and I drove to the school and met with Scott. We told him about Parrish. "What about Sheriff?" he asked. "Yeah he doesn't know" Stiles informed him. Stiles was babbling on about some sneakers and giant werewolf feet as we walked through the library. Then we bumped into someone, Theo. "What are you doing here?" Scott asked. Stiles pushed me behind him. Theo closed his book. "I still need to graduate" he said. "No what you need is to be beaten, severely with a led pipe wrapped in barbed wire" Stiles said. "Okay I admit mistakes were made" Theo defended. "Mistakes? Murders. You almost killed Stella and like a million other people" Stiles said. "If you're planning on breaking Lydia out of Eichen House you still need to get past the pile of mountain ash" Theo informed us. "That's why I'm here" I stood out from behind Stiles. "You wouldn't last five minutes in that place. A Chimera would kill you, we can get past the mountain ash, unlike Scott" Theo looked to Scott. "You leave Stella out of this" Scott got angry. Then Theo left. "I really don't trust that guy" Stiles sighed. "There's no way he knows what Valeck's doing" Stiles said. "He's probably thinking what we're all thinking that Lydia has got something bigger to do with this" Scott suggested. "Maybe she's the only one who could actually save us" I said. 

-That night-

We had arrived at Eichen House. Myself, Liam, Scott and Stiles were in the back of Parrish's van in body bags. We had to make it believe as though we were dead. It was the only way we could get in. I hope Malia and Kira got in okay. I heard mumbled voices. Parrish was talking to someone. Stiles was talking. "Shhhh someone's coming" I said as i kicked his bag. Just then the van door opened. "Open 'em up please" a male voice that I didn't recognise asked. We had a decoy in the van with us. As he opened the bag I heard the cop gagging. Parrish then started unzipping my bag. "Just go" The cop replied. Parrish shut the van door and drove into the parking lot. Our bodies were moved from the van into the Morgue of Eichen. We were lying on steel tables. We all slowly started unzipping the body bags. Everyone gasped for air. "Never again" Stiles gasped looking at Scott. Scott looked down at his phone. "Fifteen minutes starting now". We all got out of the body bags. Stiles was struggling and fell to the floor. "I'm okay" Stiles said as he stood back up. "Good coz none of us are returning home in one of those body bags tonight" I said.  

We walked through the halls of Eichen. "This place really freaks me out" I infomed Stiles. "Me too Stel" he sighed. Scott walked over to a door and pressed his ear against it. "Scott?" I asked. "Shhh" he replied. Myself, Stiles and Liam stood back watching. Not know what was behind that door. We started hearing a clicking noise. Like someone walking on the floor wearing heels. Scott nodded at Stiles and he opened the door. I looked to Stiles and he took my hand, holding it as we walked through the door. We had five minutes to get in and out. We started walking down more corridors. "Where are we?" I asked. "The closed unit" Liam replied. Stiles pushed us behind a wall as we reached the corner. "What was that for?" I asked. "Shhh. There's elderly" he assured me. "What are they doing here?" Scott whispered. "I don't know their shift should have ended five minutes ago" Stiles whispered back. "Then what do we do?" I asked. "We wait" he replied. "If we get caught, I'm leaving you for dead" I told him. Liam moved away from behind me and looked around the corner. "I can take them" he shrugged. Stiles and Scott gave him a look, a look that said this was the stupidest thing Liam had ever said. "No one is taking anyone" I snapped. I looked down at my phone "Three minutes" I looked back up Stiles' eyes meeting mine. "Just knock em out, hide the bodies" Liam suggested. "I like that idea" I smiled. "Oh my God please stop" Stiles replied, furrowing his eyebrows at me. Myself and Liam stopped talking. I jumped and grabbed hold of Liam's shirt when a patient knocked against their window. "Have you seen the doctor" he asked. "What?" Liam whispered. "I haven't had my medication" the boy replied. He started mumbling about how much meds he was taking. "We'll get the doctor" Scott informed him. "Doctor Valeck" the boy replied. I looked to Stiles who looked terrified.  He banged the window again causing me to jump. "C'mon Kira" Scott said to himself. 

The boy kept pounding the window saying he hadn't had his medication. I was scared. Scared that this boy would break out and murder us. "Okay somebody shut him up" Stiles snapped. "How are we supposed to that Stiles?" I snapped back. Just then Scott flashed his eyes and fangs at the boy. Letting out a slight growl. The boy looked frightened but he shut up. I looked around the corner to see that the Orderly's were gone. "Guys they left" I informed them as I started walking towards the gate. Stiles pulled the key card out of his pocket. "Are you sure this is going to work?" I questioned. "Do you trust me?" he asked. I nodded. "Then trust me when I say this will work" he smiled a little at me. I looked down. "We'll be fine Stel" Stiles placed two fingers under my chin and pulled it up so my eyes met with his. I've always loved his brown eyes. I always find myself getting lost in them. Just then the power went out. "She did it. Kira did it" Stiles smiled. "Five minutes to get to Lydia" Scott informed us. Stiles went to swipe the card but the card reader was gone. "Where's the card reader?" he asked looking at me. "I don't know it was here yesterday" I shrugged. "It should be here, it has to be here" Stiles started looking around. "Its not here, so stop being an idiot and help me figure something out" I snapped at him. "They must've taken it out when the Dread Doctors got through" Scott suggested. "So you're telling me that we came all the way down here just to be stopped by an ordinary key? Are you kidding me?" Stiles replied. I started looking around. "We don't need a key" I said. Stiles gave me the weirdest look as if I had said something crazy. "Not if we can break it down". The four of us started pulling on the gated door. Hoping that with Scott and Liam's super werewolf strength the door would break. We kept pulling at the door and nothing happened. "Use your werewolf strength" I said to Scott. "I'm trying" he mumbled. "Guys we're running out of time" Stiles informed us. We have in. The door wasn't going to open. "Well that backfired" Liam said. "Ya think" I replied. "The mountain ash is too much" Scott gasped. "Hit me" Liam said. "What?" I replied. "Hit me" he repeated. "No I am not going to hit you" I shook my head. "If you hit me, I'll get angry then I'll get stronger" Liam replied. I looked to Scott and Stiles for what I should do. "Hit him. Hit him" Stiles said. I then looked to Scott who said "Go for it". "I can't do this" I shook my head. Then Liam started saying things to Scott to make him angry so he would hit Liam. I stood over beside Stiles waiting to see what would happen. 

Scott hit Liam three times. I didn't like the fact that my brother was punching Liam. Liam got angry and turned into his werewolf self. Liam flashed his golden eyes at us and roared. Between Scott and Liam they were able to break the door down. "Stiles, Stella go" Scott shouted. Stiles took my hand and we both ran over the door and down a passage way. Stiles never let go of my hand. He was afraid to lose me. "Stiles are you sure this is the right way?" I asked "Positive" he breathed. Stiles and I came to another metal door like before and he swiped the key card. The buzzer went off opening the door for us. "C'mon" he said as he pushed me through the door. When we reached Lydia's room, she was lying on the bed. I looked over to the metal table and found a drill, with blood on it. "Stiles" I held back the tears. They were hurting my best friend. Stiles looked at the drill and then to Lydia. "Stiles, Stella" Lydia said in surprise. Stiles went to her side. I stood back watching. I have never seen him panic over someone like he did with Lydia. The girl he loved was going to die and he didn't know if he could save her. Stiles placed a hand on her cheek and looked at her. "You can't be here" Lydia panicked. There was a hole in Lydia's head. Lydia's pillow was covered in blood. Her hands were strapped down to the bed. Stiles looked at me, panic washed over his face. "You're going to die here" Lydia mumbled. Lydia could sense when people were dying or going to die. If she was right, Stiles and I had to get out of here. "We're not leaving without you" I informed her as I went to join Stiles at her side. 

We heard a door open. "Stiles, Stella Go" Lydia said. We both looked at Lydia panicking. "Please" she begged. Stiles looked to the door and seen a shadow of one of the orderly's. "Its Valek" I said as I rushed to the window. "We need to get out of here" Stiles panicked as he pushed me out of the door and over to a wall, were we hid. Stiles had his arm across my neck, keeping me safe. "Don't say a word" he said. My breathing was getting heavier. Stiles could tell I was starting to have a panic attack. He sat me down against the wall and placed both his hands on my knees and he knelt in front of me. "Think happy things" he said, his voice soothing me slightly. My mind was clouded with fear and the supernatural. I couldn't find anything happy to think about. "Focus on my voice" Stiles said. "Focus on my voice Stel okay. You're going to be okay." he said. Even just by Stiles saying those words I felt myself calming down. When I was fully calm Stiles pulled me into his chest. "You sacred me" he sighed. "Im sorry" I replied. "Don't be" he replied as he kissed my head. Stiles pulled away from the hug and stood up, pulling me to my feet. He hugged me and then took my hand. Stiles and I stayed where we were, Lydia's door was open and we could hear her talking to Valek. "The symbol of Scott's pack" she told him. "It was more then a symbol wasn't it?" Vale said. "Stiles I'm scared" I said as I grabbed onto his arm. "Me too" he pulled me close to him. Stiles and I stayed hidden whilst we figured out what to do. Then i heard a voice I recognised. Theo. "What is he doing here?" I asked Stiles. "If I knew the answer to that question I'd be out there kicking his ass" he replied. "I'm not looking for a Banshee, I'm looking for a HellHound" Theo said to Valek. "Parrish?" I whispered to Stiles. Stiles nodded. Just then we saw Parrish melting the door. This was not going to work well. Stiles and I were trapped between a HellHound, Chimeras and an insane doctor who wants to kill Lydia, There was no way out of this for me or Stiles. "Lydia was right, we're going to die" I said. "No we're not Stella okay. I will not let that happen" Stiles informed me. Scott barged in, coming to the rescue when he was taken down and shocked with electrical shockers by the guards. "SCOTT" I yelled. Stiles pulled me back. I looked into Scott's eyes. He was in pain. A tear fell from my eyes as I watched my brother struggle. I felt guilty. I wanted to help but if I went out there, I would be attacked too. "You're okay" i said to him and Scott flashed his red eyes at me. He let out a mighty roar and got up, pushing the four guards out of the way, knocking them against walls. Scott ran over and opened the door cascading me in his arms. "Thank god you're safe" he hugged me tight. "Lets go save Lydia" Stiles replied as he got out of the gate and walked towards her room.