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theo had driven the sophomores to the animal clinic: moonee, fran and hayden had napped in the back while theo and liam conversed in the front.

currently, the three girls were in a corner, sitting closely on the ground.

"they're getting worse." theo explained, "i think they're dying. it's got to be some kind of mercury poisoning."

"scott, remember what you promised me- you said you'd do everything you could to save them." liam reminded his alpha, "if fran and hayden are real werewolves, we can save them. you gotta give both of them the bite."

"no."

liam shot to his feet, "what do you mean, no?"

"liam, look at them." scott pointed to the three girls on the floor.

moonee had hayden's head in her lap and franchie's head resting on her shoulder. the two girls were sickly pale and had dark eye bags.

"they're too weak. it will kill them." scott indicated, "we don't even know what the mercury's doing to them, we don't even know if it's actually mercury. this can't be the only way to save them."

"it saved mine." liam argued.

"you know that was different." scott sighed, "you were hanging off a ledge."

"he was?" moonee whispered to herself, clearly forgetting her friend's transformation.

"you promised!" liam raised his voice, "you said you'd do everything you could."

"which is why i'm not going to do something i think is going to kill them."

"moonee?" liam looked over to the girl for support.

moonee carefully stood up from the ground, readjusting the girls and shaking her head. "he's right, liam. they're already chimeras so we have no idea how their bodies will react to the bite."

"are you serious?" liam gritted his teeth, "you should be with me on this, don't you want to save them?!"

"of course i want to save them." moonee gave him a glare, "but i want to save them in the most cautious way possible, where we won't be putting their lives at jeopardy! who knows, maybe the bite could speed up their dying process."

"moonee-"

"so don't get mad at scott when he's the only one logically thinking between the two of you." moonee ranted, "did fran or hayden even say they wanted the bite?"

no response.

"then it would be morally wrong."

"there has to be..." scott began, "there has to..." he started panting.

"scott!" theo called out, throwing him an inhaler that he conveniently had in his pocket.

"are you okay?" moonee asked after giving theo a look of confusion.

"i'm fine... there's another way to save them both." scott announced.

"guys, i don't know what the statistics are for surviving a werewolf bite-" theo spoke out.

"less than 21 percent." moonee clarified.

"right... but neither of them are definitely surviving this. we need to do something."

"we could call mom." moonee suggested with a shrug.

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theo, scott, liam and moonee were at the waiting area of beacon hills animal clinic as they waited for melissa to arrive. they had left the girls alone by themselves so they were more comfortable.

the two girls were sat on one metal table, both weak and freezing cold. with the help of moon, hayden had decided to waddle over to fran's table so they could comfort each other.

"it's not okay, fran. we're dying." hayden reminded her.

"don't say that." franchie shook her head, her face was paler than usual and cheeks red, "it'll be okay - think of the positives."

"okay, the only positive i can think of is that i'm dying next to you." hayden muttered, placing her ice cold hand onto franchie's.

"ditto." franchie agreed, glancing up at the girl.

the two gazed into each other's eyes for a while, sat in silence. hayden was the more confident out of the two, so she made the first move. she leaned closer to francesca, gradually. the girl wasn't fully aware of what was going on, so when hayden's lips touched her, she jerked back.

hayden's face fell, "i'm so sorry." she felt like a fool. she didn't even know if franchie was attracted to her, or was even attracted to girls.

"no, i-it's... your lips. they were cold and it caught me by surprise." franchie stuttered, clearly flustered.

"i'm such an idiot." hayden mumbled.

instead of replying back, franchie cupped the girl's freezing face and pulled her into a kiss. everything about the kiss was cold - franchie's palms, hayden's cheeks and their lips. the only thing that wasn't was the warm feeling in their hearts.

the kiss was short and sweet, mainly because the two didn't have any energy. after franchie pulled away, she rested her forehead on hayden's - their noses touching. they sat in that position for a while, just thinking about what would happen to them, and how they would go through it together.

"so... you do like girls?" hayden asked in relief.

"obviously." franchie chuckled.

"and you do like me?"

"obviously."

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when melissa mccall entered the animal clinic, moonee ran into her arms. the nurse immediately embraced her daughter.

"hi babe."

"everything is going wrong, mom." moonee whispered into her shoulder.

"it's alright. it'll all be okay." melissa told her, "how's fran and hayden?"

"they're not too good." moonee explained as she led her mother into the main room, "they're here."

melissa nodded, when she entered the room she saw liam, scott and theo surrounding two metal tables. the woman instinctively went to franchie, the girl was like a daughter to her.

while her mom was with her friend, moonee crouched down beside hayden. she took the cold cloth off her forehead and used it to pat her sweaty face.

"thank you." hayden croaked out, breathing heavily.

moonee gave her a sad smile and glanced over to fran. melissa was standing beside her, gently stroking her hair and speaking softly to her.

"okay, what's that?" liam asked scott who had stepped out to get boxes full of medical equipment.

he passed one to his mother, who opened it. "it's called chelation therapy, i'll start with hayden. it removes heavy metals from the blood."

melissa passed the bag of fluids to moonee and held the needle in her hand. "it's fine for fran, but, the problem is that it can injure the kidneys, and hayden only has one to begin with, so..."

she pierced the back of hayden's hand with the injection, causing the girl to whimper in pain.

"hey, you're hurting her!" liam spoke out, squeezing melissa's wrist.

"and you're hurting me." melissa told the boy.

scott and moonee's eyes darted to the boy's arm and the girl pulled it back, harshly.

"sorry..." liam apologised, sheepishly.

"guys? remember, we're here to save lives, not kill each other." theo announced to the two.

"it's the full moon." scott reminded him, "we can feel it, even during the day. and, it's a supermoon."

"the perigee syzygy." moonee added.

"the what?" liam asked.

"that's the technical name." theo explained, shocked that she even knew it, "how did you?"

"well my name is moon. so when i was younger-" she started.

"she searched and learnt all the different types of moons." scott and melissa recited, making the girl smile.

"what they said."

"right..."

"what, is that supposed to make you guys, like, super strong?" melissa asked, "super aggressive?"

"both."

"you too, moon?" melissa turned to her little girl.

"i think so yeah." she nodded, quite worried. she was fine with the full moons because they only affected her psychologically, but she didn't know how to be in control for a super-moon.

"will you be staying in the house?" melissa questioned, moving onto franchie.

"i can't." she shook her head, "not with everything going on."

"she'll be fine." theo reassured the woman, "we'll look out for her."

"and who's gonna look out for you?" moonee raised her eyebrow.

"correction, we'll look out for each other." theo held his hands up in defence.

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"it's not working, is it?" liam questioned.

"they should be showing signs of improvement." melissa shrugged.

"i don't think they are." moonee frowned from beside franchie, her hand in hers.

"hayden?"

"call val... my sister... valerie." hayden spoke out.

"she's a deputy." liam chimed in.

"i think i might know where she is." scott entered the room, putting his coat on. "theo just texted me about the high school. he said there's cops everywhere."

"what's happened?" moonee inquired.

the boy shrugged, "might be another chimera."

"i need my sister... i don't want to die without my sister."

"i'll get her." scott promised.

"uh, wait what are you going to tell her?" liam asked.

"if i have to? i'll tell her everything." scott said, "franchie, do you need anything?"

"it's okay, thank you."

scott nodded and exited out the door. moonee squatted beside her friend and sighed.

"i called your dad." moonee whispered.

"you did?" franchie looked shocked.

"yeah. why didn't you tell me your parents were at a business trip?" moonee quizzed.

"i-i forgot." franchie spoke, honestly.

"they won't be by your side."

"as long as you are, i'll be okay." franchie told her.

moonee's eyes became glossy and she gave her friend a smile, "i love you."

"i love you more."

"speaking of love." moonee smiled, lowering her voice, "what happened when i forced everyone out."

"she kissed me." franchie grinned weakly.

moonee squealed, making her mom and liam give her a look. "sorry." she told them before turning ro fran. "no way."

"yeah."

"we need to talk about this later." moonee ordered.

franchie's face dropped, unsure whether there would be a later.

"mom, there are these grey spots all over her arms." moonee said.

melissa quickly made her way over, holding a needle. while she extracted blood from the girl's hand, she also examined her bare skin.

"it's on hayden's neck too." liam glanced over, "they're getting worse, aren't they?"

"yeah... which is why we're taking them to the hospital." melissa nodded.

"how's that going to help?"

"we're in an animal clinic, and i need equipment designed for humans." melissa pointed out, "i said that we're going to take them to the hospital- i didn't say we're going through the front door."

"isn't anyone going to question anything?" moonee's face scrunched up in confusion.

melissa shook her head, "when have they ever?"

⎯ ❃ neens speaks!
so so close to season 5a's finale and i'm so excited. please don't be a ghost reader: like and comment! xx