Soulmate Of A True Alpha
Scene 63

My legs swing mechanically into the void. Jumping would be so easy at this precise moment. No more pain, no more feelings… no more tears… only those of the people who love me when I’m dead. I don’t want to cause them that. I love these people too much. My mum, Scott, Lydia, Allison and… Stiles… a tear leaves my eyes to slide down my cheek and fall along the cliff and hit against the rocks more than twenty metres away from me. I love Stiles. Even if he…

The day before

No no no no no! Please don’t! The stretcher containing Corey climbs into the ambulance and the doors close, stopping his m***s of pain. Everyone around me is talking. Everyone’s getting agitated. I can hardly breathe. I push everyone in front of me to get back inside. The corridors are deserted because of the commotion caused by Corey. I slide down the locker, holding my head. Please… not another failure… I feel a presence in front of me. I look up and it’s the last person I want to see.

Me: It would do me the world of good if you left. Theo.

Theo: Relax. Scott asked me to tell you we’re going to the hospital.

Of course he did. Scott can’t come and talk to his sister himself.

Me: I’m coming with you.

I was going to get up but he stopped me.

Theo : Don’t bother

Me: I want to come! I insist

I want to talk to Scott.

Theo grabs my shoulder and holds me down.

Theo: I said there was no need. I need to talk to Scott. Alone to alone.

Then he leaves, almost running. I was going to run to join him but I have a vision, which stops me.

~~

Theo and Scott are talking in the car. Scott is holding a spanner in his hands covered in dried b***d. Stiles’… which he used to kill Donovan.

Theo: He… he kept hitting him with it… I tried to stop him but I couldn’t. He was so out of control that I was scared of him. When he stopped, Donovan’s skull was smashed in! I… I’m sorry, Scott. I know it was self-defense because he was gonna kill Noah but… I… He was out of his mind!

Crocodile tears roll down his cheeks. Scott looks at the spanner and he’s completely lost and…

Scott: Thank you, Theo. Thanks for telling me

Theo: I’m your friend Scott

~~

The bastard! I had him! I take out my phone and call Scott but I get his voicemail. I have to get there. I get out of the building and run. Scott will never listen to me if I teleport into the car and I need to run to calm down or I’m going to kill that bastard Raeken.

I arrive at the hospital after about twenty minutes of running and ask for Corey’s room.

Lady: Are you family?

Me: No.

Lady: Then you know the rules, I suppose. I can’t give it to you.

I huff and puff my way to a chair and call Scott again, who still doesn’t answer.

The discussion between two nurses catches my eye

• The boy ran away!
• The one with the mercury spillage?
• Yes, he has!

Corey… I get up and run out of the hospital. Where could he be?! Anywhere!

I have a new vision. Corey, the ambulance bay! I’ve never loved my powers more than I do right now! I get to the garage, which was luckily unlocked, and look everywhere for Corey until…

Me: NO!

I run to Corey’s bloody body and place my hands on the wound, even though I know I won’t heal him. He’s dead. The doctors killed him. I’m so sorry Corey… you didn’t deserve this… I close his eyes as gently as possible and this time if, I text Scott

[I found Corey. He’s in the ambulance bay. We were too late]

I drop my phone at my feet and the glass cracks around the edges.

I hope you’re happy now Corey. I hope you’re not scared. You’re innocent. You didn’t deserve this. I’m sorry I couldn’t do anything to save you.

And I am. Even when I try, the doctors are better than me. I’ve got no strength left to fight. There’s almost nothing left for me here. Only my mother and Stiles are keeping me from going under.

I shed a tear when I think of her. Everything has degenerated so quickly.

My phone buzzes.

[Scott: See you at the clinic]

When I hear the garage door open, it’s time to leave. I stroke Corey’s hair to say goodbye one last time and teleport to the clinic.

There’s no-one there. I open the light and see Theo. I jump

Me: Where are the others?

Theo: They’re coming.

He walks towards me, hiding something behind him. I take a step back. He’s close to me. An evil smile frames his face, which doesn’t reassure me.

Theo: You were right all along.

Before I knew what was happening, he brandished a torch in front of my eyes to dazzle me and then punched me in the face…

Later

I wake up groaning in pain. My forehead is bleeding but I don’t pay any attention to it and look at where I am. The place reserved for the dog but which is empty. Theo. I’ve got to find him. I try to open the door but it’s locked. As if that could stop me! I teleport outside. It’s raining cats and dogs. I hear people screaming. Stiles and Scott. Scott. His conversation with Theo! Shit! I run towards their voices and stop when I see them

Stiles: Say it Scott! Say you believe me!

Stiles cries. My heart breaks. Please Scott… tell him…

Scott: I… I can’t…

He enters the clinic, leaving Stiles outside, alone. I run to him and was going to hug him, but he pushes me away.

Stiles: You told me he’d understand Hannah! Why didn’t he understand me! It’s all over now!

He cries uncontrollably. I’ve never felt pain like this. Time represents our moods. I have to give him hope again. If he doesn’t, I won’t have an ounce of it myself.

Me: Don’t say that! We’re still a… great pack…?

He looks up at me, full of anger.

Stiles: NO HANNAH! Nothing exists anymore! No more pack! No hope! Nothing at all!

Me: You’re lying.

My little ray of hope

Stiles: Oh yeah? What’s left?

Me: Us! We’re left with us!

I’m crying my eyes out, but they can’t be seen in this rain.

Stiles: Hannah, there’s nothing left.

I recoil. I’m not moving. Please… I misunderstood… please don’t… he’s not moving either. I’m going to collapse if I stay here. I teleport as far away from everything as possible and arrive at a cliff. I collapse onto the grass, holding my stomach. I scream out my rage and pain for several minutes before falling asleep on the grass. Needless to say, I’m having the worst dreams of my life, which unfortunately are memories…

The day after

I get up from the cliff and pick up my phone. Things have got to change or else the stupid thing I was going to do will come true. I’ve got no strength left. Crying has become too difficult.

Me: Dad?

Dad : Hannah! I haven’t heard you in so long! What do you mean?

Me: I’m coming to live with you in San Francisco.