Chapter 17: Brainwashed
"I know something's coming." Said the alpha, looking away from the young werewolf girl in front of him. "And all I can think about is how good am I going to be if I can't even breathe?" There was only silence in the now closed animal clinic. "Kelsey, I don't know Ill be capable to do what you're asking me to do. Not now."
The young girl didn't answer; she just stood watching his anxious alpha. She thought about how pathetic he looked, how weak. Something she would never think, but his alpha was turning into something he would never wanted to be. Someone who could not protect his pack, someone lost.
Meanwhile, the guy who had lied to everyone to achieve their trust watched how the three creatures called as the Dread Doctors injected some substance in their own bodies.
"I kept Scott out of your way. I tricked Kelsey, she's telling me everything. I just need more time." He tried to convince the Doctors but they kept ignoring. "I did everything you wanted. Now, I need Hayden alive."
"Inconsequential."
"You promised me a pack."
"We promised you nothing."
"I need her alive!" Tears were starting to form in his eyes. One of the Doctors turned to him, looking at him through the mask. He was starting to anger them.
"Only until the perigee-syzygy."
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Liam
Something's happening to Kelsey. The Doctors did something to her. She was behaving in a different way, in a strange way.
I heard it all the other night. Theo rescued Hayden and I and took us to Scott's house, where we fell asleep on his couch. But I woke up after a couple of minutes. As I didn't want to wake Hayden up, I didn't move or say anything at all. But I could hear, and the only voice I could focus was on Kelsey's.
Would you believe me if I said I love you?
Yeah, I would. 'Cause I think I love you too.
It had been five days since that, and Kelsey hadn't been to school since then. Theo told us she was sick, and Lydia wouldn't say anything about it. I was starting to really worry.
We all went to school, pretending like nothing's happened. But everyone seemed to know. You just walked down the halls and no one was smiling. No one was laughing. You got the feeling that everyone could sense that something was coming. They just didn't know what was, or how bad it was going to be.
I was afraid of that, of this. I kissed Hayden on our way home when Theo saved us that night.
But it didn't feel the same as it did with Kelsey.
I fucked up. I fucked up so much. And now I missed her. And I had to deal with Hayden. And I didn't know what to do. And I just wanted Kelsey back.
But she wasn't her anymore. Theo had brainwashed her or something. She would never tell him she loved him. She would never love him. The Doctors took her with us and they might have done something to her. There was also something wrong with her tone of voice yesterday, it was so cheerful but wrong at the same time. It wasn't her.
And I knew she wasn't her when they kissed.
It was too late. I fucked everything up. Now she would hate me and wouldn't talk to me. So if there was a possibility I could have done something, now there wasn't. Because it was too late.
Dude, Liam's got a new girlfriend.
Wait, so the younger Martin is single?
That was the worst part. I was with Hayden and people had noticed. I didn't want to tell her the truth about my feelings, I needed to protect her or The Doctors would get her and kill her. And if I told her I didn't actually like her, she wouldn't want me around.
I had heard a couple of comments similar to those in the few past days, and it was pissing me off. Just the thought of other boys trying to get with Kelsey made me sick. Who did they think they were?
Yo, man, I think she's here.
I was standing next to my locker. I looked around the hall, almost every boy in it staring behind me, the ones in the back stretching their necks. I was kind of scared but I couldn't help to turn around.
Kelsey was walking down the hall and she just looked like a badass sexy super model. She was so stunning I didn't realize my jaw had dropped. She walked like the ground she was stepping on was hers, and she had this smirk in her face as she looked only forwards.
She looked different. Her face was the same, just like her beautiful eyes, her lips or the rest of her. It was just little details that made her look flawless. Like her hair, it was shinier, or the clothes she wore that made her look taller and thinner. I didn't remember her being that beautiful.
But she was finally here. She didn't look at anyone, not even at the ones who whistled at her, not even at the ones who complimented her. Not even at me. I thought she was going to give me a disgusted or hate look at least, but she didn't look at me at all. She passed by like I wasn't there. But I knew why. Because her attention was only focused in one person.
Theo.
She walked straight to him and once she was right in front of him, she placed just one hand on his neck and pulled him into a passionate kiss. I had to look away. If I said that guys trying to get with her made me sick it was because I hadn't thought about this. I was grossed out. Sighs and groans from the boys in the hall were heard when they kissed. I didn't like it at all.
But I deserved it. It was my fault and now I couldn't go back, now Hayden was in the picture too and I just couldn't... Do it again.
I looked at them when they finished making out. Kelsey smiled and Theo returned it to her. I wish I could return her a smile. I wish I hadn't fucked up. I wish I was Theo so I could be with her.
I shook my head and reminded myself she wasn't being her. She wasn't her, she was a brainwashed version of her and she needed to wake up and realize. But I couldn't do it on my own; I needed help since she wouldn't talk to me. She wouldn't even look at me. I was a piece of shit who had really fucked up and couldn't help anymore.
I started to walk forwards when I felt someone grabbing me by my arm and dragging me into an empty class. The door closed after we got in and then I could see Stiles' face as he let me go.
"I..." He didn't know how to start. He pressed his lips together and passed his fingers through his hair as he thought of what to say. "I fucking told you."
Well I kind of expected that.
"I fucking told you to not hurt Kelsey, and what do you do? You leave her! You leave her for Hayden. I mean, your love life is none of my business, if you wanted to be with Hayden I am no one to tell you the opposite." His voice softened a bit, but the fury came back quickly. "But now she's with Theo? How can you fucking let this happen? He is gonna hurt her, he's lying to her, he's evil!"
"I know!" I snapped, cutting him off if he had something else to say. "Okay? I know! I know I screwed up!"
"Oh, hell yeah you screwed up!"
"I know, I'm sorry."
"You shouldn't be apologizing to me." He hissed and got closer to me. "Liam this is really bad, okay? You might think I am the bad here, but that's because you haven't seen Scott yet."
I gulped at what he said. I really didn't want to see Scott angry, and less at me. He was going to kill me. I didn't blame, I would killed me for what I was doing.
"S-Stiles." It was hard for me to talk. "Look, she's with Theo because she's not her." He looked at me disconcerted. "They must have brainwashed her. I heard her talking the night we got-"
"Wait, what do you mean? Who are they?"
"The Dread Doctors." His face was even more confused than before. "You know, the night they got us." After those last words left my mouth his face dropped and paled.
Stiles
"You know, the night they got us."
I knew it. If what Liam said was true that meant Theo had lied. I knew he was lying and he had been since the beginning. But why did Kelsey lie about it too? Liam's theory made sense. The Doctors got her, they brainwashed her and that's why she's with Theo.
"Okay... Okay, Liam, are you sure?"
"Yes, I saw how one of the doctors carried her."
The last thing I needed to know is how did Theo rescue her. He was with me that night, so it could have only been after the jeep accident. He said he took her home, and Liam said they were chained, so Kelsey must have been too. Kelsey couldn't escape, and if it's true that Theo saved her, he knew where she was. Where they were. He knew it and didn't tell us.
I needed to tell Scott.
I kinda felt bad for Liam, he told me that because I scared him with what I said about Scott. I actually made that up. But Liam deserved it, he should be regretful. I started to make my way to the door when I remembered I still was with Liam.
"Right, Liam, thank you for telling me. But I need to go now." I turned around but had to turn again when I remembered why we were even there. "Don't think I have forgive you for what you did."
I ran out of the class and started to look for Scott. He needed to know and believe me for once. This couldn't be clearer. There was a lot of people in the hall. It was starting to get hard to spot him. I stretched my neck to look furthermore, but still didn't see it. I was about to give up and tried to call him when I bumped into someone.
When I first saw Kelsey's eyes I panicked that she hadn't yelled at me yet. But then I noticed strawberry blonde hair over them and sighed relieved as I realized it was Lydia. I'd never noticed they had the same eyes until now.
"Stiles, would you mind watching where you walk by?" My heartbeat raised when I heard her say my name. But I was used to that by now, I just ignored it as always.
"Lydia." I just said and then thought I could tell her too, not just Scott.
It also hit me and I remembered what I found in my dad's office the other day.
"What? Are we still meeting to go to the woods?" I nodded with my head but kept talking.
"Okay, Lydia, I need you to listen to me and believe me." She nodded and waited for me to keep going. The bell rang and everybody but us started going to class. I waited them to leave us alone before I started talking. I decided to tell her about what I found out. "Well, there's two things I need to tell you, both about Kelsey."
"Go ahead."
"Right, well, about this memory she had... So, we think it was during her coma." Lydia nodded, and looked down remembering her own experience. "Well, actually, a body was found in the woods by the time." Her look changed to shock. "It was a kid, a boy. He was 5 apparently and the doctors said he died from exposure." Lydia bit her lip and sighed. "But I found pictures too." I took them out of my backpack. I totally forgot about this with the entire Theo thing. "You can see, there are barely visible marks on his neck."
"They're strangling marks."
"Yes." I said looking at her. She was shocked. "He was a little kid, it wouldn't have been necessary too much strength to..."
"To kill him."
A silence was formed after her words. That was my theory. When Kelsey was in coma and disappeared along with her sister, she, unfortunately, strangled this kid. As it was a child it didn't take too much to choke him and end with his life. It only left a small mark so everybody thought he fell or something like that. It was sad but really probably.
Kelsey did kill the child.
"Okay, fine." Lydia broke the silence. "What's the other thing? What more you wanted to tell me?"
"Oh, yeah. Your sister was taken by the doctors." Her face was the same I put when Liam told me. "She was. Liam saw her, how the doctors took her. She did not ran away."
"So, then how-"
"They're lying, Lydia. Well, Theo is, Kelsey's just doing what he tells her."
"Why would she?"
"Because she's brainwashed. She's not her." I explained to her.
"You're just being paranoid about Theo, again."
"Do you think I would tell you this if I wasn't sure it was true? Liam told me, he saw her."
"I don't think I want to believe Liam."
"Lydia, your sister's in danger. She's not her." The dramatic pause Lydia always pulled off when she was thinking about what to do lasted less than I expected.
"Then we need to get her back."
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So... yeah :/ Now Liam regrets everything. You are not going to believe what is going to happen in the next chapter, I swear, just... I don't know how to explain it, maybe with #Stelsey
A lot of things are going to happen in the next chapter.
And about the actual show, I'm gonna comment in this line how I feel about Hayden:
#SorryNotSorry
I actually was starting to like Hayden in this episode, and I was starting to ship them but then... Yeah, and I've never felt more joy in my life.
Well, I hope you liked this chapter :) Please comment/vote if you did.
Here's Kelsey's outfit for this chapter: http://www.polyvore.com/watch_your_pack_17/set?id=173670774
And here's a link to Can't Go Back, if you haven't read it yet: https://www.wattpad.com/story/19534446-can%27t-go-back-
I'll upload tomorrow :)
Until then! > Alba
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