Olivia's POV:

As Scott talked to Linda at the front desk, I helped Stiles hold Liam up so he wouldn't collapse to the ground.

"What the hell?"

I look and see my mom and Melissa across the hall with confusion written all over their expressions.

"Uh..." I trail and look to Scott for help.

"Hi, mom?" He nervously smiled.

Melissa pinched the bridge of her nose and rolled the nearby wheelchair by the front desk. "Don't worry, Liam. We'll take good care of you."

"Put him down easy." My mom ordered Stiles and I. We carefully place him on the chair and she grabs the clipboard from the front desk while Melissa began to wheel him away.

"I got to get going. I promised Malia I'd help her study." Stiles says to Scott and I, and we both nod.

"I want to check on him anyway." Scott regretfully stared as we watched them wheel Liam to one of the empty rooms.

Stiles stops himself from walking towards the exit. "I don't need to say that wasn't your fault, right?"

"I don't know."

"Scott, if you used your abilities, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have just a broken leg." I nudged his side with a small smile. "It could've been worse."

"If I hadn't been so worried about being captain, he wouldn't be hurt either." He nodded his head towards the hallway.

"It's okay to want something for yourself once in a while." Stiles patted his arm. "Team captain, Alpha werewolf,"

"Don't forget about a certain kitsune," I add and see his ears perk up at the mention of her name.

"You're still only human." Stiles gave him a small smile before walking to the exit.

"Aren't you gonna head home too?" Scott asks, but I shake my head. "How come?"

"I'm not in the mood to be stuck home alone with a stranger in my room." I cross my arms as we both continued to walk down the hallway. "Kira texted me and said that she dropped her off at the house so she'll be fine."

"I've been meaning to ask, how are things with you and Allison?"

I shrug. "If I'm being honest, I can tell she's still uncomfortable if we're alone. She didn't want to come with me to tryouts since her and Lydia went somewhere."

"But are you guys together?"

"I don't know. I feel like she's hiding something from me." I bit my lip nervously. "Sometimes I think eventually we'll grow apart."

He stops me from walking by grabbing my arm. "Wanna know something I learned? You and Allison are never going to stop growing. Think of your guys' relationship like a tree. The branches grow from the center and will continue to grow no matter what, but the roots? They're mirroring the branches that are growing just as much, similar to the foundation. The soil would be communication, taking care and looking out for each other, and—"

I furrow my eyebrows in confusion. "Are you calling our relationship a tree?" I cut in.

"What I'm saying is if your branches grow, so does your foundation. Together. So don't give up on your relationship yet, because it isn't finished growing."

"Thanks." I give a small smile. "Did Deaton tell you that?"

"...Maybe."

"It's broken, isn't it?" I hear someone ask from inside. I glance at Scott, but he mouthed the name, Liam.

"It's definitely going to need an x-ray." Another voice spoke up, but I figured it was the doctor.

"It's broken and it's my fault." Liam muttered under his breath.

"You want to tell me what happened?"

"I went up against two juniors." I glance worriedly to Scott who had a solemn expression. "One of them is the captain of the team."

"Remember what we always say? Play smart, not hard."

It's quiet for a moment which causes me to discreetly peek my head inside and see the guilt on Liam's expression. "Are you mad at me?" He softly asked.

"No, of course not. Your mom might be mad at me for getting you into lacrosse, but maybe we should both wait for the x-ray before we panic." The doctor spoke up. Oh, so his dad works here. "And trust me, I have more reason to panic than you. It's not over yet so wait for the x-ray."

He begins to turn and I quickly turn to Scott as if we were in the middle of the conversation while the doctor (well Liam's father) walked passed us.

"I know that you technically did this to him, but why do I feel like an asshole?" I ask and Scott rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"You're not helping." He remarked, but I shrugged innocently. His phone begins to vibrate in his pocket, causing him to quickly answer it. "Hey, Lydia."

"Where are you?" I hear her ask, the tone of her voice really panicked. "We couldn't call...Allison barely distracted the deputy so I could call you guys."

I lean closer to Scott to listen better. "Okay, slow down..." He tries to comfort, but Lydia sighed.

"You need to get to the hospital or have Olivia check it out. You need to get there right now. The son, the only one who survived the ax murder attack...he's there. He and his family had a basement filled with dead corpses in bags as if it was a meat pantry. They're cannibals!"

My eyes widened. "There was an ax-murderer and you guys didn't tell me?" I scold.

"Olivia and I are already here at the hospital," Scott says, sending a glare towards me.

"Then find him. Find Sean Walcott."

Scott ends the call and worriedly looks to me. "We have to go to the first floor. Your mom and mine were the ones who found him and were assigned to take care of him."

We both immediately sprint to the elevators, but it shuts as soon as we get close.

"You've got to be kidding me." I groan, but he pushes me to head to the stairs.

We quickly head down the stairs and once we reach the first floor, I slam open the doors and continue sprinting in the empty hallway.

Screams erupt out of nowhere which causes Scott to instantly shift into his werewolf features and sprint ahead of me to turn the corner.

I finally turn the corner in time to see Scott get thrown into the wall by, who I assumed to be Sean since he was covered in blood, a kid our age and takes off running to the other hallway.

"Mom!" I shout and quickly run to her side, seeing her scrubs were drenched in blood as she leaned against the wall.

"I-I'm okay, he didn't bite me." She grunted and painfully clutched onto her shoulder. "Melissa had me check on Sean since she got paged to check on another patient. Go after him, Scott."

He nods and quickly runs to the direction where Sean ran off to.

"Are you sure he didn't get you?" I worriedly ask but she shakes her head.

"I promise." She nodded her head inside the room. "Sean killed one of the police officers by eating his intestines."

"Okay, let's get you out of here." I help her stand, but she pulls my hand away. "Mom."

"I'll be fine. I have to at least evacuate the floor, but Olivia," She grabs my shoulders so I could look her in the eyes. "go get that son of a bitch."

I nod and quickly sprint back to the stairs, taking notice of the trail of bloody hand-prints that led upstairs to the rooftop.

I really hate stairs.

I climb up the steps as fast as I could, ignoring the sharp pains in my legs that practically begged me to stop and rest.

I slam open the door that led to the rooftop and see Sean had his arm wrapped around Liam's throat with dozens of his sharp teeth extended as he menacingly glared at Scott and I.

"Ugh, let go of me!" Liam grunted and tries to wriggle free, but Sean inched closer to the edge of the building.

"You don't need to do this! Whatever it is, whatever you are," Scott gestured to me. "we can help you."

"No, you can't." Sean's voice wavered.

"There doesn't have to be a fight. Just let him go and we can all leave unscathed if you let us help you. We've been through the same thing." I try to calmly say, but he frantically shook his head.

"Wendigos don't need help. We need food!" He angrily shouted and forces Liam to turn.

I instantly shoot a fireball towards Sean and he shoves Liam off the edge, but Scott is quick enough to leap towards him to grab his hand in time.

Sean lunges to Scott, but I wrap my arms around his torso to pull him away. "Scott, hurry! I don't know how long I can hold him!" I yell, trying to keep Sean still in my arms. I force my arms to conjure flames, earning a hiss to escape his lips.

"I tried to warn you!" His voice deepened and ripped himself out of my grip, twirling me around which resulted in me being in front of him. "Since you're a girl, I'll be nice."

The next thing I knew, I feel his sharp razor-like teeth sink into my shoulder which causes me to cry out in pain. He throws me back against the wall as if I was a rag doll and starts to sprint after where Scott was leaned over the edge.

"I can't hold on!" I hear Liam shout.

I weakly look up from the floor and see Sean hold Scott's arms from behind. Before I could push myself off the ground, hearing the agonizing cries that came from Liam and an ax suddenly plunge into Sean's back stops me from moving a single muscle.

Sean falls on his back to the ground and a bald man dressed in black walks over to him, pulling the ax off his body.

Scott quickly yanks Liam over the ledge and worriedly looks to what I had been staring at.

As the man slowly turned his head to face us, my eyes widen at the sight of his non-existent mouth. He holds his finger up to his mouth, as if he was telling us to stay quiet, then proceeded to walk away until we couldn't see him anymore.

The sound of Liam's groans causes me to turn away, seeing as he clutched onto his bloody arm in pain with tears in his eyes.

I ignore the sharp pain in my shoulder and rush to his side. "Let me see." I whisper, but I could see the hesitation in his eyes. "It's okay, I just want to see. I won't do anything else."

He nervously moved his hand away and my eyes widen at the fresh new bite mark that horribly bled out. I look towards Scott, seeing his fear-filled expression with the bloodstains on his teeth clearly shown.

He gave him the bite.

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A/N:

Idk why but imagining Olivia already concerned for Liam makes me 🥺 Anyway, im not celebrating Fourth of July bc our country is wack so take this as a...celebration for Coup de Foudre hitting 29k reads🥳

I appreciate the love and support you guys constantly give. Truly warms my heart.

I hope you have/had an amazing day! Bye!

~Cimbello