Chapter 23: Super Catori

A/N: We're getting closer to the end of the story! I really hope you're enjoying it so far and that you like this chapter as well! :3

The meet up point was Deaton's clinic. The first one to arrive at the pack meeting was Lydia. The only ones who were already there were Stiles and Catori. The redhead waved at her friends as she walked their way.

"Oh" She mumbled in surprise. "You are together"

Stiles smirked and smugly placed an arm over Catori's shoulders.

"Yes, we are..." He nibbled on his bottom lip. "Kinda"

Catori bashfully lowered her glance in a sulky silence. A faint rose blush arrived to her cheeks, which she was aware of and wanted to conceal by averting her eyes.

She wanted to speak up and clarify it, but felt too mortified to.

At first, Lydia didn't say anything, she just eyed Catori in amusement. Her friend could feel her eyes on her but didn't move.

"I meant you were hanging out before and came here together" Lydia stated, pursing her lips in amusement to hide her grin.

"Oh" Stiles blushed as well, feeling stupid and embarrassed.

The redhead grinned in the end, being too entertained to hide it anymore.

"Sorry we're late" Scott then appeared along with Derek.

The two of them had grave expressions on their faces. The werewolves could probably catch the scent of anxiety that emanated from both Stiles and Catori.

"Where are Malia, Liam, Kira and Mason?" Asked Lydia, who couldn't really catch the subtle apprehensiveness her friends displayed like them.

"On their way" Scott nodded, eyeing the couple. "They should be here any minute"

"Can we start while they do?" Catori was very fidgety and restless. "We'll catch them up later"

"I'm sure if we wait just a little bit-" Lydia began to say, but her friend interrupted her hurriedly.

"Please!"

Derek and Scott frowned, but the latter nodded again and motioned for them to come in.

"What's the problem?" Derek asked as they all walked into the clinic.

"I have a feeling that Vanessa is planning something huge" Catori briefly explained, absently leaning on a table.

"Yes" Stiles agreed shortly. "Something really really bad"

"Is that a hunch or a sybil premonition?"

"Definitely a sybil feeling" The girl didn't like using the word 'premonition' since she didn't really foresee anything, it was some kind of intuition provoked by her sybil nature.

Watching how unsettled she was, Stiles placed a comforting arm over her shoulders. She relaxed a little and heaved a sigh as she relieved some tension.

"I'm fine" Catori bit her lip, sneakily putting her shaky hands in her pockets. "It's just freaking me out"

"A bad feeling?" The redhead, knowing that feeling, knew what was going on. The brown-haired girl nodded, keeping her eyes down in embarrassment.

However, she gulped and proudly looked up again. She remember that feeling that went through her as she battled Norman. That power and that determination, and how she was fed up of being resigned and scared.

Just then, Deaton appeared when he had heard their voices. The man appeared, walking loudly to announce his presence, and observed the group.

"What do we know about this woman?" The doctor asked as he rested his weight on his hands, which he put on the metallic operation table in front of him.

"Not much" Derek mumbled with a tired sigh.

"We need to find out what she's up to" Catori stated with determination.

"Whatever it is, she doesn't want us to blow it" Stiles licked his lips restlessly. "And I have really bad memories that prove it"

Just then, the rest of the gang burst inside in a rush.

"You're late" Derek deadpanned, pursing his lips in disapproval.

"Sorry" Liam mumbled awkwardly. "We got caught up"

He looked at his best friend, who put an apologetic face and grinned innocently.

"My fault"

"What's new?" Malia asked, walking into the room and positioning herself next to Stiles.

"Long story short..." The boy replied. "We're trying to figure out what Vanessa's plan is"

"Catori seems to have this feeling..." Scott tried to explain, but didn't finish the sentence since he didn't know how to.

"So what were you talking about just now?" Kira intervened, fixing her eyes on her boyfriend.

"That time she almost killed Scott" Lydia said with fake joy, pursing her lips in a sarcastic grin.

"Yeah, and that other time I was almost cut to pieces" Stiles nodded, squinting at the memory. "Good times"

"You're welcome" Catori whispered to him, gently nudging him.

"They underestimated us" Scott commented. "I don't think Vanessa was expecting us to save Catori either"

"But that doesn't tell us anything" Malia was frustrated. "How are we going to know what her plan is?"

"I thought maybe I could... you know... put something together" Catori bit her bottom lip, insecure.

"From your sybil black outs?"

"Yeah, I know I was in some sort of trance that gave me information"

"So if we get that information, we should learn about her plan"

"The only problem is I need to remember, and I only remember-"

"Oh God..." Stiles suddenly gasped, wobbling weakly until he managed to hold on to the wall next to him.

"Stiles?"

"Are you okay?"

"What's wrong?" Catori immediately went to his aid, supporting him by his chest and back.

"I just had the worst thought ever" He shut his eyes tight for a moment, seemingly light headed, as he gulped.

"What is it?!" She helped him sit on the ground, observing him in concern. "You look so pale!"

The boy took a few more seconds to breathe in and calm down. To his friends, it felt like an eternity until he finally looked up to them.

However, when he spoke up, his eyes were settled on Catori with a strange and restless urgency.

""What if Scott's right?" Stiles whispered in horror. "What if we didn't rescue you?"

"But I'm here" Catori tried to soothe his apprehension. "Nothing happened to me, you saved me"

"I know" He shook his head, trying to tell them it wasn't about that. "You don't understand..."

"Explain it to us then!" Malia urged him anxiously.

"What if they had planned to keep Cat in there?" For an eternal second, Stiles just stared at Scott with a meaningful glance. As though he would be the only one to truly catch what he was trying to say.

The alpha sighed heavily, understanding what Stiles meant.

"They wanted to use Tori for something" He sternly stated.

"Maybe use a sybil as the ultimate human sacrifice" Stiles gulped, heaving a ragged breath that he hardly managed.

"Okay, you really need to try and remember then" Mason frowned in concern.

"I'm not gonna do crap until Stiles feels better" Catori knelt down in front of him and held his hand.

"Stiles, it will be okay" Scott stooped closer to his friend. "We'll protect Catori and-"

The girl held a hand up, trying to tell him that she would handle it.

Scott grinned a little bit, touched by how genuinely concerned and dedicated to help Stiles she was. He just nodded and backed away, understanding her need to be there for him.

The boy just gave them a moment and asked the rest to do the same.

"Hey" Catori held him by the chin and turned his head so he would look at her. "Calm down and breathe, everything's okay"

Stiles was struggling to breathe and was at the verge of a panic attack just imagining it. Everything felt just too overwhelming, and his imagination began running wild.

What if Vanessa's pack had managed to win the battle over Scott? What if she was still going after them? Lydia, Derek, Malia? All of them? What if they couldn't rescue Catori and Vanessa got her way to use her in whatever horrible way that evil woman was planning? What if she still could?

The boy's face was beaded with sweat and he was still trying to get ahold of himself and calm down. But his heart was racing and thumping against his ribcage. His breathing was messy and hurried as he struggled to get some air into his lungs. And he was shaking, especially his hands which wouldn't stay still.

"Don't be silly" Catori tried to comfort him and cheer him up the best she could. Even if she was awkward and bad at it. "It's okay, try to relax"

She then wrapped her arms around his neck and smashed her lips onto his in a desperate attempt to ease his anxiety. To remind him that she loved him, that she was there and they were okay.

That gesture seemed to mildly calm him down, but not enough.

"You know I can kick ass, don't you?" The girl locked eyes with him, trying to pass tranquility over to him. "Besides, who would mess up with me? When all of you guys are protecting me?"

"Cat" He frowned and gulped, trying to keep his hand steady as he put a tuft of hair behind her ear.

She grinned at him with a sweet, reassuring and beautiful smile. Even though his brow was still furrowed, Stiles managed to smile a little in response.

"I have an alpha werewolf and his betas, a werecoyote, a Kitsune, a banshee, a very loyal and determined friend and whatever Derek is..."

Stiles chuckled a little bit. He was about to pipe up, so he opened his mouth and took a breath before he did. However, she cut him off before he could.

"And how could I forget the adorable nerd of my boyfriend" The grin that plastered on her lips was gorgeous and tender enough to make him feel better, not to mention her words.

It was the first time they used those words. The first time they somehow made official their relationship. And it felt great, it felt uplifting and encouraging.

And to know that she was right, that all had each other, and that he also had her... It allowed him to finally breathe properly.

"I'm fine!" He forced himself to say, even if he was still shaky and feeble.

Everyone turned around and heaved some sighs as well as put several faces of relief. A racket of mumbling and complaining filled the room.

Stiles let Lydia and Liam help him up and he tried really hard to settle down his still racing heart.

"You okay?" Scott immediately held his best friend by the shoulder, stabilizing him as he looked him up and down.

"I said I'm fine" He nodded softly and smiled at him to comfort him.

Catori heaved a loud sigh and threw herself to hug her boyfriend, shoving her face on his shoulder and squeezing him tight.

"If you ever scare me like that again I'm gonna kill you, Stiles" The girl didn't care about the fact that everyone was watching. She just needed to hold him for a moment.

When she let go of him, the boy chuckled and grinned at her. It was almost the usual Stiles worthy smile: goofy, sweet and adorable.

She stroke his hair gently once and stepped away knowing everyone else would want to check on him as well.

"Good job" Scott whispered to her secretively while the attention was away from them. "That's definitely something I couldn't do to calm him down"

"Did you-?" She whipped her head in a quick and sharp movement to look at him.

By the look on his face, an amused and almost smug one, he did. Scott caught her kissing Stiles, maybe even calling him 'boyfriend'.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Lydia placed a hand on the boy's arm, furrowing her browns in concern.

"Yes, let's just get back to it" Stiles was definitely flustered by all that attention and worry and wanted to get them over it. "Catori figured something out. Right, Cat?"

But the girl was eyeing Scott, flutered and mortified that he had witnessed that intimate moment with Stiles.

"Catori" Stiles' voice brought her back with the group.

"Yeah?"

"What was it about the moon?"

The girl could still read the restlessness in his eyes as he tried to overcome it. So she made an effort to reply and get his mind off it as soon as possible.

"I remember hazy images of Vanessa under the moonlight, during a full moon" She started saying, fixing her eyes in Scott since his baby browns seemed the friendliest. "I saw it during one of my sybil black outs"

Deaton was the first to speak up. His eyebrows shot up in alarm.

"This is very important, Catori" The doctor's grave demeanor told them something ominous was going through his head. "Do you remember anything else?"

"I, uh..." The brown-haired girl stuttered hopelessly.

"I do!" Stiles intervened urgently. "She would say a few words during those trances"

"That's right" Scott backed him up. "About Chandrika and the moon, yeah"

"What did she say?"

"Beware of Chandrika?" The boy fidgeted around, squinting in deep thought as he absently gazed at his best friend. "And definitely something about Vanessa in the moonlight, with the triquetra"

"What does that mean, Doc?" Scott asked warily, analyzing the man's reaction.

"Remember how we spoke about the triquetra implying a trio of vital cycles? And that it had healing or killing properties when its power is triggered?"

"That's why they took Catori, right?" Malia piped up, waving a hand towards the aforesaid. "Because she's a sybil, a seer with great power like a banshee"

"That's right" Deaton nodded, still somber. "And the fact that Catori saw Vanessa during a full moon, using the triquetra might mean that she's planning a ritual"

"A..." Stiles couldn't get the words unstuck from his throat for a moment. "A ritual?!"

"For what?" Kira exclaimed as Liam and Mason mumbled things to each other in apprehension.

"I don't know, but those are the propitious circumstances" The man nodded solemnly.

"We should find out what Chandrika is first" Derek spoke after a long time being quiet and turned to Catori. "You must have seen it, can you evoke what you saw?"

All eyes suddenly turned to her, making her feel uncomfortable.

"I-I don't know how to do that!" She gulped, taking a step backwards to avoid the closeness.

"You have the power to do it" Deaton tried to comfort and encourage her. "All you have to do is use it"

"But I don't know how!" The girl panicked a little, nibbling on her bottom lip at the thought of all that responsibility falling upon her.

"You can do it, you're a sybil!" Stiles held her by the shoulders in an attempt to pep her up. "You're freaking Super Catori!"

Everyone was trying to tell her to concentrate, give her some support and encouragement. But they were interrupted.

"Even if she remembers" Lydia had been quietly observing the scene as well, but felt the need to point something out. "That doesn't mean she can figure out where it's supposed to be"

The clinic was filled with a gloomy silence that none of them would break. Until one of them did in the end.

"There's always another possibility" Derek's eyes lit up with a supernatural golden yellow shine. Then he held up his hand, showing his claws.

That simple gesture put the whole group in turmoil and turned them into a messy yelling mess. Catori and Mason were the only ones who didn't seem to catch what was the big deal.

"What's going on?" He whispered to her, opening his eyes wide in concern.

"I have no idea" The girl sighed. "But I don't like it one bit"

"Anybody want to explain, please?" Mason shouted, trying to make himself louder than them.

Catori observed how Stiles was shouting at Derek and how Scott had to calm him down, also because of Derek's temper. Deaton tried to put order while the rest muttered unintelligible things to the other, barely audible over Derek and Stiles' discussion.

She just sighed again and forced her way in between the two boys to keep them apart and hopefully stop the racket. Which she fortunately did.

"What the fuck is going on here?!" The girl demanded to know.

Everyone remained silent, and Malia was the only one who risked to speak up and explain.

"Putting his claws on your neck he can get inside your mind" She explained simply. "And that way we can know what we need"

"I don't remember that being on the notebook" Catori nervously chuckled.

"She can just try and do it on her own" Scott wasn't too keen of letting her do it, even if he didn't show it as fiercely as Stiles.

The latter was nodding vehemently and pointing at his friend, strongly agreeing with him.

"It might trigger her sybil abilities, though, sort of awaken them" Lydia shrugged a little, even if her eyebrows were furrowed in anxiety.

"You know what else it might trigger?" Stiles observed restlessly. "All those things that she went through, she might relive all that crap again! All those memories"

"It is dangerous..." Liam commented.

Catori stupidly thought that if she were a werewolf that place would stink with pure anxiety.

"You don't have to do it, Tori" Scott fixed his gentle and calm brown eyes on her green ones as he placed a friendly hand on her arm.

"I think I do" Even though she felt like crying, Catori took a determined breath and turned to Derek.

The young man nodded in approval, even though his eyes displayed concern and anxiety like the others' expressions.

Figuring Scott –being the alpha –was the one for the job, she glanced back at him. Then she nodded herself.

"Are you absolutely sure you want to do this?" Stiles rushed her, quickly walking in front of her and lightly holding her hand.

Yet again, Catori nodded. Even if she was nervous and jittery.

"I trust Scott" She licked her lips to wet her dry lips. "We can do it"

Everyone moved around, talking amongst themselves, while Deaton accompanied the two to get ready.

"I have a very bad feeling about this" Lydia said, in a way that let them know that it wasn't just nerves.

It was a banshee feeling as well.