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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘-𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑

𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳

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Meilani chewed on her thumbnail as she paced outside her room where Melissa was checking out Stiles to make sure he was medically okay. It wasn't one hundred percent certain that Stiles was actually himself yet and Stiles had practically begged his girlfriend to call Mrs. Yukimura and have her come to check. She could barely think straight with the fact that both Lydia and her brother were gone, but she managed to ramble off to Mrs. Yukimura about what happened and she agreed to come.

When Meilani received a text from Kira that her and her mom were there, she let them before she ran back up to her room to get Stiles who had just finished being checked by Melissa. His hazel eyes softened when they met with his girlfriend's. He had barely been able to look away from her since he woke up because he claimed it was different now that he had control over his mind - or so they hoped. "Mrs. Yukimura is here."

"Okay, let's do this," Stiles said, pushing himself to sit up on Meilani's bed. His eyes bounced between the two female McCalls who looked apprehensive about the whole thing. Who was to say that Mrs. Yukimura wouldn't just stab Stiles right through because he was previously possessed? Meilani didn't necessarily like the woman because she strongly blamed her for everything that had happened in Beacon Hills because of Void. "Guys, we have to do this."

Meilani puffed out her cheeks, but relented and wrapped her boyfriend's arm around her shoulders. He was still a bit weak from not really eating and having an evil spirit cut him up like a fish. She had gone slow down the steps with him so he wouldn't slip and they stopped in the living room to see Mrs. Yukimura stood there with a nervous Kira at her side. 

"Do you recognize me, hmm?" Mrs. Yukimura hummed, her hands clasped before her as she narrowed her eyes at the pale boy.

Stiles gently pried Meilani's fingers out of the green knit shirt that Meilani had given to Stiles from the stash of clothes that she had kept of his in the top drawer. He stumbled a bit on his own, but he had quickly righted himself and stopped in the middle of the room where Mrs. Yukimura and Kira stood. It was barely a blink of an eye before the Oni materialized around the room with one directly in front of Stiles.

The Oni before Stiles glowed its yellow eyes and grabbed Stiles behind the head, bringing him closer to its masked face. Stiles grunted and shook as the Oni assessed his mind for the evil spirit that had previously been inside of him. However, it only took a minute for the Oni to knick behind Stiles' ear and disappear with his friends.

"Check behind his ear," Mrs. Yukimura instructed, motioning to Stiles who had collapsed to the floor.

Meilani rushed over to her boyfriend with Kira and Melissa, the three dropping to their knees around a still shaking Stiles. She placed a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder while Kira pulled back his ear slightly so they could get a look. Thankfully, there was nothing there which meant Stiles was fine. Meilani had let out a breath of relief and pressed her forehead to her boyfriend's shoulder. "Oh, thank God. It worked."

As if Meilani even had any doubt in the first place.

"So, I'm actually me?" Stiles questioned, shakily pushing himself up to sit on his ass in between Meilani and Melissa.

"More you than the Nogitsune."

"Can the Oni find him?"

"Tomorrow night. It's too close to dawn now," Mrs. Yukimura replied, glancing out the window to where the darkness outside already slowly began to fade. 

Stiles made a face of annoyance and leant against Meilani's side, still finding it a bit hard to keep himself up for long. "Can they kill him?"

"It depends on how strong he is."

"What about Lydia and my brother? Why would he take them? Especially Scott who isn't even supernatural," Meilani spoke up, still trying to work that logic out. Her brother had never really been much of a target before - minus Matt - and that was mostly because he was still human. 

"He would only take Lydia for an advantage. He would want to steal the power of the Banshee," Mrs. Yukimura explained, actually appearing sorry that the two had been taken by Void. "As for Scott, it seems that Void has taken a liking to you and knew how much Scott means to you. He thinks taking Scott would cause you more chaos and pain than you were already in."

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Meilani had laid on her bed with Stiles after Mrs. Yukimura and Kira had left. She had wanted to wait for his shaking to stop from the experience with the Oni. He had stopped a few minutes ago but Meilani really didn't want to leave the safety and comforting feeling his arms gave her. She hadn't been able to enjoy just laying in the silence with Stiles for a while and she didn't realize how much she missed it till she had it back. She was beginning to have that feeling with everything now-a-days.

"Baby?" Stiles whispered, rubbing his thumb soothingly over Meilani's bicep that was wrapped around his chest. "You think we can go see my dad? He should still be at the station."

Meilani lifted her head off Stiles' chest and looked down at him, brushing some of his brown hair back. "Are you sure you're up to doing that? We can just head to your house after you get some rest."

Stiles shook his head and played with the hand that Meilani kept on his chest. "No, I wanna see him. Let him know that I'm here and okay . . . or as okay as I can be, I guess."

Meilani eyed her boyfriend for a long moment, taking in the way his eyes drooped from obvious exhaustion. The way his eyes had dark rimmed bags underneath them from the obvious lack of sleep he'd gotten the past few weeks. The way his face was dangerously paler than it usually was, making the little moles along his cheeks stick out more. She hadn't even realized she was staring until Stiles smirked up at her.

"Take a picture, Lani, it'll last longer."

Meilani shook her head to snap herself out of her thoughts and tried to fight off the constant worry and thought of Scott and Lydia that lingered with the worry of Stiles. She knew that she still had to wait before they could go find her and Scott and just silently hoped that the two could just hold on long enough for her to save them. "Sorry, just worried about you. Not like that's a new feeling now-a-days."

Stiles smiled softly at his girlfriend and pulled on the back of her neck gently to bring her down to his lips. He allowed himself to get lost in the soft feeling of Meilani's lips along with the familiar taste of strawberries. Something he had missed since Void decided he wanted to come in and ruin everything. He slowly pulled away and pressed a kiss to her cheek. "Well, I'm me now . . . or at least, I think so. But if you want to make your boyfriend happy, you'll take him to his dad."

Meilani playfully rolled her eyes, but rolled off her bed anyway and helped Stiles out to Scott's bike. She should probably be using her car since Stiles is still weak, but using the bike made her feel like Scott was still there. Plus, his bike was faster than her car and she wanted to make sure that Stiles got to the station before Noah left to go home and sleep.

The couple had showed up to the station just in time because when Meilani and Stiles stopped outside Noah's office, he was stood up with his jacket in his hand and mumbling about how he needed to find his keys.

"In your coffee cup," Stiles informed his father, weakly motioning to the empty coffee mug that usually held Noah's coffee. "You always drop them in your empty cup."

Noah froze at the sound of his son's voice and narrowed his eyes at the boy, obviously on the fence about trusting it was him or not. After what he he experienced in Derek's loft, Meilani didn't exactly blame him. However, she nodded her once to Noah to signal that it was, in fact, Stiles again. 

Meilani smiled as she watched the two Stilinski boys rush their way to each other and cling onto one another, clapping each other on the back. Much like Void had done to Noah at the country trails that the track team usually ran on when Void was pretending to be Stiles. She skirted around the two boys and retrieved Noah's keys from the empty cup and fiddled with them in her hands, needing something to do to keep her mind busy.

"Is it over?" Noah questioned when he pulled away from his son, looking towards Meilani with a hopeful expression. 

"Not yet."

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After Meilani and Stiles had gotten into everything that happened while Noah was at the sheriff's station, Noah had ran out to inform the deputies that both Lydia and Scott were missing. Since Meilani had Scott's bike, it was only logical that only Lydia's car would be missing at they had to have driven it somewhere. Hopefully having an APB out could help them find Lydia and Scott quicker. 

"We'll find them, baby," Stiles mumbled into Meilani's hair, bringing her in closer to his side where they sat on the top of Noah's desk. She had been abnormally quiet and Stiles knew it was because she was silently freaking out over Lydia and Scott. Emphasis on the Scott part because he wasn't supernatural.

"We got an APB out on Lydia's car," Noah announced, walking back into the office and shutting the door behind him. "Every unit on the road is looking for both her and Scott."

"Isn't there anything else we could do?" Meilani asked, pulling her head off Stiles' shoulder.

"At this hour? No, not really?"

Stiles gave his dad a look and it was clear that investigative Stiles was back in full swing. "He took them for a reason, Dad. Look, if we can figure out the why, then we'll figure out the where."

Noah checked behind him to make sure there were no deputies around even though he had shut his office door. Some of the deputies could be quite nosey so Meilani guessed it made sense that he would check before they hopped into the supernatural talk. "What would a Nogitsune need with a Banshee? Hell, what would he want with Scott? Last time I checked, he wasn't a supernatural creature." 

"I don't know, but Lydia is pretty damn good at finding dead bodies. Maybe he needs to find a body?" Stiles suggested.

"Sweetheart, you know more about this than all of us," Noah spoke up, turning his attention towards the female alpha. "You said you got the whole story from Noshiko, right?"

"I mean, yeah . . . but that all happened during World War II, like seventy years ago," Meilani replied, not really knowing how that story could help them out any.

Stiles perked up as a thought came to him and he placed a hand on his girlfriend's shoulder. "Wait, what did you say?"

"Noshiko told Kira, Scott and I about the internment camp . . . "

"No, before that," Stiles cut across his girlfriend and snapped his gaze over to Noah, an inquisitive gaze on his face. "You said, the whole story. There's a girl at Eichen House. Her name's Meredith. I think she might be able to help."

After Noah had gone to Parrish to get him and the couple answers on Meredith, it only took the deputy all of a ten minute phone call to get any answers. Guess you could consider Meilani heavily impressed with the integrity the deputy clearly held and she was grateful for his efficiency.

"Sheriff, Meredith Walker," Parrish stated, peeking into the office where the three still stood. "They moved her over to the Closed Unit. They said she had behavioral issues."

"What issues?" Stiles questioned in confusion.

"She wouldn't stop screaming."

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Meilani had taken Stiles back to her house so he could sleep for a few hours while Noah had gone down to Eichen House to check out the Meredith situation. She had promised Noah that she wouldn't let Stiles out of her sight and eventually got Stiles to crash on the couch in the living room while she curled up in the chair across from it. Thankfully, Stiles had fallen asleep not too long after Meilani laid him down on the couch and pressed a kiss to his forehead. He had mumbled something sleepily to Meilani and she was pretty sure it was i love you. 

It seemed the world only wanted to give the pack just a few hours of peace because Stiles suddenly bolted up on the couch and tried to stumble his way across the living room. The motion alerted the half asleep female alpha and she quickly pushed herself off the chair, catching Stiles before he could topple to the carpeted floor.

"Baby, hey," Meilani softly whispered, holding him up in her arms with little to no effort. "You okay?"

"What happened? How long was I out?" Stiles rambled, clutching onto his girlfriend's biceps as she helped him get steady again on his feet.

"Just a couple hours, babe. You should sit down," Meilani instructed, going to push Stiles back towards the couch but he didn't budge. She furrowed her eyebrows and tilted her head as she tried to figure out why Stiles was so freaked out suddenly.

Stiles shook his head and slowly pulled himself away from Meilani's hold now that he could stand up without toppling over. Though, he did still look like absolute death. "Where's my dad?"

"What? He's at Eichen House, you know that. He's questioning everyone and looking for Meredith after she escaped. I promised him I wouldn't let you out of my sight."

"Okay, what about the others?"

"Allison, Isaac and the twins are out looking for Lydia and Scott," Meilani promised, noticing the fidgety way Stiles began to play with his hands. A tell tale sign he was beginning to panic and worry about everything. She wanted to ask him about his dream - or nightmare - that clearly freaked him out, but she didn't want him to panic anymore than he clearly was.

"Babe, it's starting to feel like we're waiting for a ransom call," Stiles admitted, his teeth beginning to clatter together as his body shivered even though it wasn't cold in the house. He reached behind him for his black jacket that he had shucked off when he went to lay down on the couch and shrugged it back on. 

Meilani eyed him warily and went to reach for him again to push him towards the couch to sit, but recoiled quickly when she felt a hot white pain shoot through her body. She gaped at the black veins that disappeared as soon as they had appeared. "Stiles, you're in pain."

Stiles shook his head, not wanting to worry Meilani with any more than he needed to do. "It's not that bad, baby. Just a dull ache."

Meilani could feel the worry flare inside of her again as she took in Stiles' obvious discomfort, not liking the way he continued to shiver and flinch slightly if he moved a certain way. "Where?"

"Sort of everywhere."

Meilani grabbed onto Stiles' hand and gasped when she felt how cold his hands felt. Almost like he had stuck his hand in a tub of icy water for too long and she flinched when he took his hand out of hers, dropping to sit down on the couch again. She watched as Stiles ran a hand over his face and tried to fight off the annoyance and anger that Stiles was lying to her. "Mieczyslaw Stilinski, I swear to God if you don't tell me the truth right now . . . "

However, Stiles got saved from answering when Meilani's phone buzzed in her back pocket. She shot her boyfriend a stern look that she wasn't finished with him and pressed the phone to her ear. "Hey, Kira. You okay?"

"She's here in Coach's class. You need to get here now, too. Like right now."

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Meilani and Stiles had made it to the school just after three orderlies from Eichen House showed up. Coach had mislead them to where Meredith truly was and they were on a goose chase around the school to look for her. However, the orderlies didn't have an alpha on their team and Meilani lead Kira, Stiles and Coach towards the music room where they could see Meredith hovered over the side of the piano. She plucked at the wires inside of the instrument, a low hum resounding around the room as it tugged on the certain key. She begged whatever voice she heard to speak a little louder so she could hear them and help. 

When Meilani heard the orderlies steps near the room, she tugged the three behind her into the shadows of the room so they wouldn't be seen. The orderly stepped into the room, a taser in his hand. Meilani could practically smell the hatred come off Bobby next to her as he stared at the mean and cocky looking orderly. When the orderly was a step away from Meredith and raised the taser in his hand, Coach Finstock had leapt from the shadows and clutched onto the orderly's wrist.

"We have a no bullying policy in this school," Coach Finstock mocked, twisting the orderly's wrist so he was shocked instead and dropped to the ground. He blew the top of the taser and twirled it in his hand as if it were a gun.

Meilani rushed to Coach's side with Kira and Stiles right behind her, staring down at the twitching and grunting orderly. "Coach, that was badass!"

Coach Finstock beamed with pride for a moment before he sobered up and frantically gestured to Meredith. "Well, get her out of here, Better McCall!"

"Coach, I would do anything for you at this point," Meilani breathed before she gently took Meredith's hand in hers and rushed out with the others to get back to Roscoe. She opened up the passenger side and turned to Meredith. "It's okay, sweetie. I promise we won't hurt you."

Meredith didn't respond, but she did climb into the backseat and Kira promised she'd call Meilani if she heard anything before she was off back to the high school. She hauled herself into the front seat with Stiles and they both turned to face the pale girl with the brown, short afro styled hair.

"Okay. Where are Lydia and Scott?" Stiles inquired, turning in his seat to face the fidgety girl in the Eichen House crew neck gray sweater and gray sweats.

"Who are Lydia and Scott?" Meredith cried, her frantic brown eyes bouncing between the couple in front of her.

Meilani let out a sound of frustration and Stiles merely turned back around in his seat, speeding Roscoe back towards the McCall residence. They could figure out how to help Meredith once they got there. However, that hope only lasted for the drive because when the trio arrived through the kitchen door, they froze at the sight of Rafe and Isaac in the kitchen. Isaac sat awkwardly on the bar stool in front of the counter and Rafe stood before him with his hands in his pockets.

"Dad? What are you doing here?" Meilani asked, taking in the scene before her and not liking what she might be about to hear.

"I could ask you the same thing, MeMe," Rafe retorted, narrowing his eyes at her since she and Stiles should really be at school along with everyone else. "Where's your brother?"

"Free period. We are doing a group study," Stiles swiftly lied, smiling innocently at the McCall male before them. "Scott decided to stay back with Kira to keep her company."

Rafe ticked an eyebrow up and his eyes landed on the nervous Meredith between Meilani and Stiles. "And who is she?"

"Um, she's my new friend," Meilani replied before Stiles could open his mouth and say something stupid. "She's new to school so Stiles and I were being nice and keeping an eye on her."

"And we have a lot to talk about for the group thing . . . so you two can talk and I will just steal Isaac and . . . yeah," Stiles rambled, quickly grabbing Isaac by the front of his shirt and hauling him out of the room with Meredith.

Meilani sighed and stepped closer to her dad, running a hand through her hair. "Dad, I can explain all of this later, okay?"

"MeMe, I don't care that you're not in school today. I know your grades are fine and you can afford a day to take for yourself. All I want to do is talk."

"Dad, now is not a good time," Meilani stressed, going to step around Rafe but he shot his hand out and gently brought her back around. "Dad - "

"Meilani. We need to talk," Rafe said much more sternly this time. Judging by his tone alone, Meilani knew that she wouldn't be able to get out of this one. He motioned into the living room and Meilani reluctantly walked inside of it and took a seat on the couch next to him. 

"Shouldn't Scott be here for this talk if it's that serious?" Meilani asked, hoping it might be enough to get him to hold off just long enough for her to find out where Lydia and Scott were and then talk about whatever it is. She only had so much time before nightfall again and she couldn't even imagine how strong Void would be by then.

Rafe grimaced slightly at the mention of Scott and cleared his throat, running his hands along his pant legs. "He already knows what I'm about to talk to you about. Just hear me out, okay?" He waited for Meilani's silent nod to continue and he pushed himself to his feet, gesturing for Meilani to follow him to the foyer in front of the steps that lead to upstairs. "You see this indent in the floor?"

Meilani squatted down next to him and noticed the slight dip in the floor that you wouldn't even notice if you didn't know it was there in the first place. It was just small enough to not be enough to trip anyone but big enough for Meilani to wonder how it had gotten there in the first place. How had she gone her whole life without knowing that indent was even there. "Uh . . . yeah, but what does have to do with our conversation?"

"Because . . . it's from your head," Rafe answered and he looked absolutely pained by whatever memory he held that she didn't. "The night before I moved out your mom and I were fighting. Scott had tried to keep you in his room like he usually did when we fought, tried to distract you from what was happening outside the door. However, this time you managed to walk out to try and see what was going on. I grabbed you by your wrist to take you back to Scott's room so you wouldn't have to deal with the fighting. Then, you pulled back and you fell right down the stairs. You were out for probably twenty seconds, but when you came to . . . you didn't remember a thing."

Meilani's eyes widened and she slowly glanced up the stairs that she had apparently tumbled down. She felt along the back of her head where it was slightly morphed and she judged that spot to be where she smacked her head against the wooden floor. She had always just thought it was a birth thing, knowing some babies could come out with a slight dent or nudge in their head when they were born.

"Scott had come out just as you tumbled down the steps and he looked at me with this look . . . " Rafe said quietly, shaking his head to rid himself of the memory of Scott's angered expression. "Your mom told me to be out by the morning. That was the last time I ever had a drink." He glanced over to Meilani who was still stunned into a silence, not knowing how to feel that both Melissa and Scott had lied to her for the past eight years. "That's why I left, MeMe. I couldn't face you again after that, either."

Meilani suddenly pushed herself to her feet and tugged Rafe with her, surprising the teary eyed male for a second. She thought the story would make her feel better and she could get over the fact that he left, but it only made her feel worse. Something like this was to be kept from her by everyone in her family? To what? Protect her? If anything, it only hurt her more hearing it now eight years later than right when it happened. She had spent a month sobbing herself to sleep in Scott's bed because Rafe left without a single goodbye. Now she finds out it was because he sent her toppling down the steps by accident - maybe, accident? 

 "Dad, okay, look. You see that dent in the windowsill? Scott tried to show me how to skateboard when I was nine-years-old so I can go out with him and Stiles, but I broke my collarbone and Mom grounded us both for a week for doing that in the house. Then the top of the coffee table used to be glass until I got into a fight with Scott and I fell on it when I tried to hit him. I got three stitches in my cheek for that one. Scott said that I should have seen the other guy to make me feel better about it."

Rafe slapped his hands to his sides gently as he looked at the two places Meilani had pointed to. Almost like he had wondered why Meilani was bringing any of that up. "What are you trying to do, Meilani?"

"Dad, all of those things were accidents. The stairs? Maybe it was an accident and maybe it was worse, but I healed, Dad," Meilani snapped, gesturing to herself with a scoff. "I mean, this is why I haven't seen you in eight years and why only Scott would go to your house? Why I had to be kept in the dark for eight fucking years? I don't need your apology, so I'll just see you at graduation. Or whenever the hell you decide to pop up again because I'm just done."

Without waiting for a response from her father, Meilani stormed past him and up to her room where she knew Stiles took Isaac and Meredith with him. She could hear Stiles' voice and even that was making it hard for her to rein in her anger at her mother, Scott and Rafe. An odd feeling to have at her brother and mother that she almost never really had towards them. Though, it didn't come as a shock with everything else that had been going on.

Though, Meilani's anger seemed to vanish for a moment when she heard Meredith say the words coup de foudre to Stiles and Isaac. She stopped in the doorway of her room and shared a look with Meredith while Stiles asked if it were Spanish.

"No, it's French. The saying was in French."

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Meilani sat in the front seat of Roscoe while Stiles sped his way towards Eichen House and Isaac sat in the back. She had called Allison quickly before they left the house about knowing where Lydia was, but Meilani had hung up fast so she could try and mentally prepare herself about finding Scott. She was incredibly angry at him for keeping why Rafe left from her for so long and she didn't know how she felt about seeing him right now. Not that she'd do anything drastic to her brother, but she had more to worry about than just Scott.

Stiles looked way worse than he did earlier that morning when he woke up from his nap. His eyes looked more sunken in and was now so pale he almost looked gray. She could see how thin Stiles began to look and it sent a violent tug of anxiety through her because he quite literally looked like death. She knew he was still in pain, too, but it didn't even look like he cared about that.

"Baby, you okay?" Stiles' voice cut through Meilani's thoughts like an echo and he stared at her worriedly, his eyes bouncing between her and the dark, empty road ahead of them. "You've been quiet."

Meilani cleared her throat and sat up straighter in her seat, playing with the hem of her t-shirt that rested beneath her jean jacket. "Yeah, I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me."

"I always worry about you," was Stiles' immediate response and it warmed Meilani's heart for the briefest minute before worry replaced it once again. 

"Alright, I'm gonna say it," Isaac spoke up, poking his head into the front seat and looking Stiles over. "You look like you're dying. You're pale, thin and you look like you're getting worse. We're all sitting here thinking it. When we find the other you, is he gonna look like he's getting better?"

Meilani sent Isaac an exasperated look, but didn't move to protest his spoken thoughts because it was all true. If Stiles was connected to Void somehow, then would he get hurt - or worse, at that - if anything happened to Void? "What happens if he gets hurt, Sti?"

"You mean, if he dies, do I die? I don't care," Stiles admitted, his voice sounding more raspy than it did before. That only sent another shockwave of fear through Meilani and she felt Isaac squeeze her shoulder comfortingly, clearly smelling her chemosignals in the air. "Just so long as no one else dies because of me. I remember everything I did, baby. I remember pushing that sword into you and twisting it."

"That wasn't you, babe," Meilani reminded quietly.

"I still remember it, Lani! You guys just gotta promise me something," Stiles said, glancing between the two wolves in the car with him. "You cannot let anyone else get hurt because of me."

The rest of the ride was silent, which thankfully wasn't that long. Stiles had pulled up Roscoe to the front of Eichen House just as Allison pulled up with Kira in the passenger seat. The pack all met up in the middle of the gateway and they all had varying expressions of nerves and anxiety plastered across their faces. 

Meilani, forever being the pack's hype woman, decided to speak up and try to ease everyone's worry. "We've done this before, guys. A couple of weeks ago we were standing around just like this and we saved Malia, remember? That was a total stranger. This is Lydia and Scott."

"I came to save my best friend," Allison piped up, a strong sense of determination coming into her tone. She took a confident stance to show she wasn't afraid and she'd do whatever it took to save her best friend.

Meilani smiled softly over at Stiles and squeezed his hand. "I'm here to save mine."

"And Scott," Stiles reminded Meilani.

Meilani rolled her lips into her mouth and nodded jerkily at that reminder. Not that she didn't want to save her brother also, but she tried not to think about him since anytime she did it just sent a wave of anger through her. Was it petty? Maybe. Did Meilani care at all and thought she deserved to be angry at both him and Melissa? Bet your ass she did.

"I just didn't feel like doing any homework," Isaac mused, trying to keep everyone's attention away from Meilani. It wasn't exactly subtle the way she'd suddenly gone quiet when Stiles brought up Scott's name. He didn't know why Meilani suddenly got angry at the thought of her twin, but he knew she'd have a good reason and would talk about it when she was ready.

If she ever was, that is.

The pack made their way through the gates then and made their way through the back way of the building to try and surprise Void. Meilani and Stiles had snuck off into the building while the other three cornered Mrs. Yukimura who Meilani could smell outside the building. The couple had kept to the shadows throughout the building and found themselves in a random hallway with a bunch of broken pieces of wall and ceiling littered about.

"They're here. This way."

Meilani and Stiles found themselves in some kind odd sewer like part of the building and Meilani continued to follow Scott and Lydia's scent through the varying tunnels and passageways that looped repeatedly. They eventually found themselves in front of an iron gate and the two were huddled together inside some circular room that Meilani couldn't even begin to figure out what it was. 

"Guys, are you okay?" Stiles shouted while Meilani worked hard on trying to get the gate open to free Lydia and Scott.

"No, no, no! Why are you here?" Lydia exclaimed, trembling horrifically as she stared between the couple.

"What? Lydia, we're here to save you and Scott," Stiles replied, sounding incredibly confused on why Lydia didn't want them there. Even Scott looked scared to have them there and not somewhere else.

"You weren't supposed to be here! You didn't get my message?" Scott breathed, his eyes going wide in fear.

Meilani furrowed her eyebrows and eyed her best friend and twin in deep thought. Something was very wrong and a heavy feeling began to sit in the pit of her stomach. "Guys, what the hell is happening?"

Lydia's eyes welled with her tears and she stepped closer to Meilani, gripping onto her maroon t-shirt. "Who else is here? Who came with you? Who else is here?"

Meilani didn't even respond and began to take off in a sprint to make her way back outside. The trio followed behind her, but Stiles' legs gave out half way through and he collapsed to the ground. She had turned around to check on her boyfriend but Lydia and Scott yelled at her to go on and they'd take care of Stiles. She hesitate a moment, but took off once again when Stiles weakly nodded for her to go on.

When Meilani burst back outside to the pack, she saw Void smirking at the chaos that happened around him. Kira fought off two Oni with her sword, shuffling back and forth to keep her upper hand ready. Two other Onis take multiple slashes at Isaac with their swords and brought him to his knees. Then Allison was stood to the side of the chaos, her bow and arrow aimed right at one of the Oni that just raised its sword to plunge into Isaac.

Meilani skidded to a stop next to Allison just as she released the arrow and it stuck right in the Oni's chest, causing it to drop its sword to the ground. The Earth around them shook violently and the Oni all disappeared into smoke while Void stared around them in shock.

After that, everything seemed to happen in slow motion. One second Meilani was going to hug Allison for her nice archery work. Then the second, Allison's shouts of watch out echoed in her head and she was roughly shoved to the side by Allison. She barely had time to react and get to Allison before another Oni had somehow appeared and shoved its sword right through Allison's chest and slowly pulled it back out.

"Allison, no!" Meilani sobbed, scrambling to her feet as she quickly pushed herself to her feet. She caught Allison before she could smack herself to the floor and the two girls collapsed in a heap while Void and the Oni disappeared from the scene. She wheezed as she tried to press her hand to Allison's wound, her hand over Allison's that was already there soaked in blood. "No, Allison. You're okay. You're gonna be okay."

"L - Lydia," Allison gasped, her head limply lying on Meilani's arm where she rested it as her legs laid across Meilani's lap. "S - Scott."

"They're okay, like you're going to be," Meilani replied hoarsely, her body shaking with the sobs that took over. "We - we are gonna get you to my mom, yeah? Yeah? She'll patch you up like she does everyone. I'll save you like I save everyone else. It's not even that bad." She went to wrap her hand around Allison's to try and take her pain from her, but nothing happened. She didn't feel a single ounce of Allison's pain stab her in the chest, nor did any black veins form. "It's not - it's not working. I can't take your pain."

Allison clutched onto Meilani's hand and smiled softly up at the distraught McCall female. "That's because it doesn't hurt." She reached a shaky hand up to wipe away Meilani's onslaught of tears, her fingers shaking dangerously against Meilani's soaked cheek. "You have to tell Scott. You have to tell Scott I'll always love him. Please."

"No, you're not going to die!" Meilani yelled, holding Allison closer to her and a broken sob escaped her lips. "I won't let you die, Allison. You hear me? Not because of me. Not because of anything. You'll get to tell Scott when he and Lydia get Stiles back up here. You can - you can tell him yourself in a few minutes."

"You have to tell my dad," Allison gasped out, her voice sounding weaker but that didn't stop Allison from trying to dry Meilani's soaked cheek the best she could with her weakened state. "And you have to tell my dad that, too. Tell him. And just know I love you. I don't blame you."

Meilani frantically shook her head when she heard Allison's heart stutter in her chest and then the huntress' arm fell limp to the ground, her heart officially stopping. She let out a strangled sound that was between a scream and a cry, rocking the raven haired girl back and forth. "No, no, no. Allison, wake up. Please wake up. I can save you, Allison. I can. Please don't go. Please. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Please."

Meilani's sobs by that point made it hard to speak and she just pressed her face into the dead huntress' chest, letting herself cry over her dead friend. She felt strong arms wrap around her and didn't even need to look up to know it was Isaac and not caring that his blood soaked into the side of her jean jacket and t-shirt. He brought her into his side with Allison now laid in both of their laps, his own tears soaking up in Meilani's hair. Her breathing became erratic and she gripped onto Allison's body as if it would bring her back to life.  

Allison was gone and Meilani couldn't do a single thing about it. 

AUTHORS NOTE

Hi hey hello

ME WRITING THIS WHOLE DAMN CHAPTER ^^^

SO THIS CHAPTER TOOK ME ALL DAY TO WRITE! I literally dreaded writing the final part of the chapter. Originally, I was going to keep it Scott that still caught Allison because it's such an important ending to their relationship, but I have stuff planned ( sorry in advance for that ) and so we made it Allison saving Meilani's life, which is going to heavily impact on Meilani and I hate the pain I have to put my girl through.

Meilani also knows the truth now about why Rafe left them eight years ago and you can consider Meilani BITTER AND PISSED. Which she has every right to be because, even though Scott and Melissa were trying to protect Meilani, they were only hurting her more in the end. Regardless of it being an accident or not, Meilani still could have find it in her to forgive her father or at least find it in her to be nicer to him. Now she's just pissed at every single McCall. Love that angsty drama.

However, the next chapter is the final chapter for this book and then we move onto Book 4/Season 4. I hope to get the final chapter and the fourth book up tomorrow so fingers crossed my emotionally traumatized self can get through that knowing Allison won't be there.