Chapter 33: The Eclipse

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(Josie's outfit for the day, except the sunglasses)

After planning all day how to remember Stiles, Lydia finally comes up with an idea.  Together, Scott, Lydia, Josie, and Malia headed for the bunker while John, Liam, and Sheriff stayed at the police station.  Myst and Toby left to go to Myst and Deaton's for extra artillery to help with the Ghost Riders and Hauptmann.  John mentioned to Myst that he found a book all about them at her old house in Tennessee, but she didn't recall seeing a book like that.  So, Myst and Toby went to search for it.

John, Liam, and Sheriff were to keep an eye on Theo and keep the Ghost Riders at bay if they can, just as long as they keep them away from the bunker so Scott, Malia, and Lydia can remember Stiles with the help of Josie.  

Malia, Lydia, and Scott took off to seal up the tunnels while Josie waited in the bunker.  She could hear several locks clinking in the distance.  Scott comes back into the bunker and locks a heavy door that led out of the bunker, Malia locks the vents and seals them shut, especially the same vent that Nathan used to escape.  Lydia comes running back into the bunker, panting out of breath.

"The tunnel gate's locked.  Everything's locked." 

Scott quickly shuts and seals the door from behind her.

"Think it'll hold them off?" Josie asks as she rubs her belly.

"Probably not." Scott says.

"Definitely not." Lydia states.

"You guys aren't hoping we're gonna be the optimists, are you?" Malia scoffs at them as she gestures at her and Josie.

"I am.  I know it will work, but, surviving, I'm more worried about." Josie states.

Lydia sighs and looks over to Scott as he moves his eyes towards the cooling chamber.  Lydia explained to them how it worked with Parrish to remember.

"In order for Parrish, or Cerberus as he called himself, to remember, the Argents had him placed in this chamber.  Freezing him." Josie sighs. 

"To get him to remember." Lydia says.

"So, how cold does this thing get?" Scott asks as he eyes the chamber at every inch.

They all move to stand before the chamber.

"Cold enough for a Hellhound.  It's not the same as the ice bath you gave Isaac but, it can lower your core temperature past anything a human can survive." Lydia says.

Josie remembers Scott and Stiles telling her about that night with the Ice bath for their friend Issac, to help him remember about a certain memory.

"Is it dangerous?" Josie swallows nervously.

"Very.  But, it's the best chance we got." Lydia sighs.

"So what does freezing our asses off have to do with our memories?" Malia asks, confused with the whole idea.

"It'll slow your heart rate, and put you in a trance-like state." Lydia explains.

"Like hypnosis." Scott adds.

"Hypnotic regression.  If we can figure out how to work it." Lydia nods and mutters.

Everyone looks around the chamber, seeing dozens of switches and knobs and buttons.  Malia looks at the left side and finds a button panel.  Green for 'start' and red for 'stop'.

"This says 'start', so, maybe it's not that complicated."  Malia says hopefully. 

As they all keep looking around seeing dials, Scott finds temperature rates and switches, he had no idea what they all meant.

"It's complicated." He sighs.

" So, optimistically, how much time do you think we need to do this?" Malia asks.

"As much time as Liam, John, and Stilinski can buy us." Scott says as he pulls a lever and snaps the chamber door open. 

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Wasn't long till Liam, John, and Sheriff to make it to the Station.  Liam suggests to Sheriff to talk to Theo into helping them, but Sheriff was very against with the whole idea.  Just as they walk through the back way, Liam was trying to get John and Sheriff to hear what he has to say.

"Look, I'm not saying you both have to like him.  I'm just saying maybe he can help us."

"Liam, I'll consider asking Theo for help when I don't have a station full of armed deputies to back me up."  Sheriff scoffs as he opens the doors towards the Deputies station. 

To his horror, the entire station was nearly destroyed.  Mostly because of the battle Liam and John had earlier, but seeing his station deserted, it was something that really sends chills down a man's spine.  Only sound in the room was his heavy breathing of shock and buzzing from the radio.  He slowly makes his way to the radio that was at the desk in front of him  He kneels and picks up the handle and turns a few knobs to open frequencies.  He clicks the handle and brings it to his mouth.

"Any available units, this is Sheriff Stilinski.  Do you copy?"

But, nothing but static was made over the speakers.  He wasn't going to give up.  There had to be someone out there.  He turns another knob and tries again.

"I repeat, any and all units, this is Sheriff Stilinski.  Respond immediately with your 20."

Still, nothing, but static. 

Liam and John sigh with sympathy at Sheriff as he tries again. 

"All units..."

John cuts him off, "They're gone."

Sheriff slowly turns to look at them both in shock and disbelief, "That...that...That's not possible."  He gets to his feet as he puts the handle down and turns to them.  "That's...They couldn't have taken everyone."

John looks over towards the other side of the room and sighs, bitterly, "They didn't."

Sheriff and Liam both frown in confusion till they look over to see Theo still in the cell, leaning against the bars as he glares at them for leaving him here. 

The three of them begin to walk towards the cells and stand before Theo.

"Please, please tell me that you brought the key card." Theo begs.

"I also brought my gun." Sheriff says.

"And your sense of humor.  That is great." Theo chuckles dryly.  "But if we're the only ones left in Beacon Hills, then we need each other.  Which means you need me out of this cell."

"We need to trust you." Liam states.

Theo snaps his gaze to Liam, gritting his teeth, "Then you need to get realistic, because trust is not important right now.  It is us against them.  And you want a lot more of us considering how many of them there are."

John sighs, "I hate to say he's right but...He's kind of right."

Sheriff swallows his pride and stands up straight, "If I let you out and I see any behavior that I find remotely suspicious,"  He grits his teeth at Theo as anger clouds in his eyes, "I'll put so many bullets in your head, God won't even recognize you."

Theo gives him a smug smirk, "I'm an atheist.  Fire at will."

John steps forward, "How about drowning....very...very...very slowly.  I could make your lungs fill up with water, like I did to the Ghost Rider.  If you betray us in anyway, that'll be you, but, unlike the Rider, no one will stop me."

Theo swallows hard and looks over to Sheriff, "All I care about is surviving the Hunt.  If helping you means that, then I'll do it."

Sheriff sighs softly and takes his card out, he begins to bring it to the slot, but stops. 

"You're gonna need to be a bit closer than that, Sheriff.  Wave it over the card reader, come on.  Right here.  Up and down.  You can do it." Theo begs.

Sheriff pulls the card back and studies Theo. 

"Sheriff, we need him." Liam reminds him. 

Theo snaps his hand out and tries to go for the card, but Sheriff pulls back and eyes him.

"Tell me something." Sheriff says.

Theo looks at him in confusion, "What? Tell you what? What are you talking about..."

"Tell me about my son.  Tell me one thing about Stiles that you remember.  Just one." Sheriff says.

"You swipe that key card, I'll tell you anything you want." Theo begs and yanks on the cell bars.

John snaps his head up as he senses trouble.  He could hear the faint rumble of thunder.  It wasn't here yet, but it was close. 

"Sheriff." Liam speaks up.

"They are coming." John warns them. 

Theo anxiously grips on the bar as Sheriff continues to goad him.

"One thing.  Just one thing!" Sheriff shouts at him.

Suddenly, darkness began to take over the sky.  John rushes towards window and watches the clouds overpower the sun.  But, before the clouds covered it completely, he catches a glimpse of the moon that was just mere inches under the sun.  The Eclipse!

When Sheriff believed Theo wasn't going to say anything, he begins to turn and walk away.

Grunting in frustration, "He was smart!" Theo shouts.  Stopping Sheriff from leaving.  Sheriff turns and faces him.  Sighing in defeat, "Smart enough not to trust me."

That was all he needed to hear.  With a swipe of his card, Theo was free.  

John turns to them all with panic in his eyes, "We got a problem."

"We know.  They're coming." Liam looks up as he hears the thunder. 

"No, the eclipse is about to start." John states.  When everyone gives him a clueless look, he growls in frustration, "Josie is going to have her baby.  Today!" He exclaims.

Liam's eyes widen in shock, but they all look up as the thunder gets stronger, "They're here."

They all begin to head into the deputies station, "How close?" Sheriff asks as he turns to face Liam and Theo. 

Liam could hear the horses, "Too close."

"Too many?" Sheriff faces the building doors that leads out into the back.

"I heard a couple horses.  Maybe more." Liam states.

"Five.  I, I think five at most." Theo corrects.

"Four of us.  Five of them." John sighs.

Sheriff cocks his gun, "You ready?" He begins to head to the doors, but Theo gets in his way, stopping him. 

"Wait, are you kidding? Us against five Ghost Riders?" Theo scoffs.

"We can take 'em." Liam takes his stand. 

"Five of them?" Theo asks incredulous. 

"Four of us.  Yeah." Sheriff nods. 

John shakes his head, "It doesn't matter if there's more of us or less, going against Ghost Riders is suicide." He states. 

"We can do it." Sheriff states and begins to open the doors. 

But, to everyone's horror, there were the Ghost Riders waiting for them.  And there were a lot more than five.

Sheriff knew what this meant, "Ugh." He sighs bitterly.

John pulls Liam out of the way and Theo presses against the wall as the Riders gun down Sheriff, sending him into the hunt. 

John grunts in frustration, "I hope while he's in, he can find Stiles and help him."

Theo looks over to them, "I guess there's three of us now." 

Liam reaches for him quickly and yanks him to the other side, all three of them take off, escaping the Riders. 

Before they ran out of the building, Liam grabs a box of keys to the cars and all three of them rush to the nearest car.  Theo gets into the front, Liam in the passengers as John gets in the back. 

"Keys, keys!" Theo shouts.

Liam opens the key box and sees dozens of keys.  Theo looks at him in disbelief, "Are you serious?"

Liam gives him a key, "Here."

Theo tries it, doesn't work, "Give me another."

"Which one?"

"Any of them.  Come on!"

"There's a lot of keys here!"

"I really feel like you're not even trying right now, Liam."

"I'm trying!"

"No."

"Come on, Liam, give me ano-!  This isn't even a car key! That's a small key, that's too small, too small!  Come on....what the hell are you doing?!" Theo exclaims as John wiggles to get under the dashboard. 

John yanks the dashboard out, goes through the wires.  Theo and Liam look behind them and sees the Ghost Riders forming around the car.

"Hurry!" Theo shouts.

"I'm trying, I'm trying!"

"Come on!" Liam shouts.

"You wanna do this?!  I haven't hot-wired a car in 15 years!" John screams out. 

John rips two wires and begins to rub them together.  Sparks begin to crackle and when he twists them together.  Theo jumps as he feels the car rumble to life.

"Whoa! Yes! Yes!" Liam shouts in praise.

John gets up, "Go, go, go!" He shouts.

Theo puts the car in reverse and runs down a Ghost Rider.  All three of them cheer and take off, leaving a flatten Ghost Rider behind them.

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Meanwhile, back at the bunker, Scott prepares to step into the chamber.  He takes off his shirt and gives it to Josie.  She grips it in her hands, holding it close.

Scott looks up at her, feeling her doubt, he frowns at her and rubs her arms, "I have to do this." He says.

Josie sighs, "I know, but doesn't mean I have to like it.  You do know, though, once you get in there, I'm going to be feeling it, too."

Scott's heart begin to pick up with worry, "I know.  But, I know Seth will protect you."  He reaches and rubs her belly, felling Seth move around. 

They both look over towards the chamber as Malia presses the start button, she turns to them, "Okay, it's doing something.  You ready?" She asks.

Sighing deeply, Scott nods and turns back to Josie and leans in close to give her a soft kiss.  Pressing his forehead against hers, then moving towards the chamber and begins to head inside.  Lydia begins to lock him in, setting the dials. 

"Remember, this will get cold enough to kill you.  So if something feels wrong or like, it's not working..."

Scott cuts her off, "It's going to work."

"I hope you're not saying that because you think I know what I'm doing."  Lydia looks at him with worry. 

"I'm saying that because I know you can figure it out."  Scott assures her.

Lydia sighs and begins to turn of few knobs, and suddenly, Scott gasps and begins to shiver.

"Oh, okay, all right, yeah, that's cold.  Really cold." He gasps out.

Josie begins to feel the cold, wrapping her arms around herself. 

"So what are we supposed to do? Talk to him? Help him remember? Wait till he turns into a werewolf freezy pop?" Malia asks.

"We need to guide him.  Keep him focused."

Scott squeezes his eyes shut, shivering at the cold as he fells his body temperature begin to drop.

Josie moves to stand in front of the chamber, "Scott, you have to think about him.  Concentrate on Stiles.  Try to picture him in your head.  Think about that crazy, hyperactive boy we were friends with."  Josie watches him nod his head rapidly.  Josie gasps and shivers more strongly, "Think about what he looks like, things he said."

Suddenly, the chamber begins to make whirring sounds.  Malia frowns as she watches Scott shiver and grunt as if he was in pain. 

"I don't like this.  Something's wrong."

"Wait.  Give it a few more seconds." Lydia says.

Scott lets out a louder grunt and slaps his hand over the glass, "Ah!"

Josie covers her mouth with worry as she watches her mate wither in pain. 

"I'm getting him out of there." Malia says as she reaches for the handle, but Lydia stops her. 

"Wait!"

Suddenly, Scott begins to calm down, his hand slides down the glass and falls to his side.  He almost looked like he was sleeping. 

Lydia watches him closely, his head falls slowly and his eyes were shut. 

"Is he ok?" Josie whispers.

"Shh." Lydia hushes her and moves closer to the chamber, "Scott...Can you hear me?"

Scott lifts his head up and opens his eyes slowly, his Alpha red eyes looking into space.  He was inside the memories of his mind.  Lydia's voice echoes in his ears as he goes further and further into his mind. 

"Scott.  Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me?  Can you hear me?"

In his mind, he was in his house, near the stairs.  It was dark.  The lights were off and the moon was shinning bright through the windows.  He slowly begins to make his way up the stairs. 

Outside, Lydia, Malia, and Josie watch with worry.  Josie's eyes felt heavy and she could see Scott's eyes were becoming heavy as well. 

"Scott, don't fall asleep.  You have to keep your eyes open." Josie speaks  up.
"Trying..." Scott mutters sleepily.

"It's not sleep.  I think you're losing consciousness.  Both of you are." Lydia says, preferring to both of them.  "And if you do that, I think we're gonna lose both of you."

"Scott, stay awake.  Scott!" Malia shouts.

Scott begins to fall back into his memories, struggling to stay awake, for his sake and Josie's.  Suddenly, Scott could hear a voice.  Stiles' voice, he knew it was him.  In his mind, he's walking up to the second floor of his house, towards where the voice was coming from.

"You kissed her, Scott.  You kissed Lydia."  Stiles' says in anger and betrayal.

Scott looks ahead a sees a figure sitting in the hallway, against his door, but it was so blurry.  He struggles to get his vision clear.  Trying to remember what Stiles' looked like. 

"Stiles, please let me out.  It's the full moon, I swear."  Scott, suddenly, hears his own voice.  His much younger voice.  He remembers this.  It was his second full moon.  It was changing him, turning him into something he wasn't.  Making him in a jerk.  He remembers he made out with Lydia in Coach's office.  And Stiles found out about it....because...he was in love with Lydia! 

Suddenly, the vision was crystal clear.  He sees Stiles.  His best friend.  Buzz cut goofball. 

"You know I wouldn't do any of this on purpose.  And it's killing me.  I feel completely hopeless.  Just, please, let me out."  Scott hears himself beg at Stiles, who sat outside his door.  Scott remembers Stiles cuffing him to the radiator to make sure he didn't kill anyone during that full moon. 

Stiles sighs, sympathy and guilt in his eyes, but anger at Scott for kissing Lydia numbed that, "I can't."

Scott could hear himself screaming as he was transforming and yanking on the cuffs to get free.

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Josie paces the bunker as Lydia and Malia keeps their eyes on Scott.  Josie could barely watch, it was like Scott was experiencing pain, not physical pain, but deep emotional pain.  She could feel it.  She shivers and rubs her arms as she feels the cold, trying to keep herself awake.  The fire inside her kept her warm, but it wasn't enough.

"How much longer does he have to stay in there?"  Josie asks as she paces the room again.

"Enough for him to remember." Malia says, then looks over her shoulder at Josie, "Are you ok?"

Shivering again, "I'm freezing.  But, he needs to keep going.  This has to work.  It has..." Josie was interrupted by her cell alarm.  She grabs it out of her jacket pocket and checks her cell. 

Malia frowns as she senses fear and anxiety from Josie, her heart rate was climbing, "Josie, what's wrong?"

"Guys, we're in trouble." Josie gasps and shows them her cell.  Her cell showed an alarm for a date appointment she had set.  April 21st, which the calendar states that it was today.

Malia shrugs, "So?"

Lydia's eyes widen, "Oh, no.  The Eclipse."

Malia gasps, finally getting it, "Oh, crap.  Are you feeling ok, Josie?" She asks with caution.

Josie takes a while and feels anything out of the ordinary, "Um, I think so.  What's labor suppose to feel...?" She gasps as she feels something trickling down her leg.  She looks down and lifts her skirt, seeing liquid running down her leg.  "Uh, I think my water just broke." Her voice trembles.

Malia and Lydia look at her in panic while Scott keeps searching for his memories in his mind.

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