lydiascreams | [009. You're never safe and sound]

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[She can't find them. Any of them. The sounds are getting louder, the whispers, the screams, the voices. They are talking to her. Someone is going to die and she doesn't even know where they are.

That's not all. The music is pulling her down, further down the stairs and everything she's feeling is getting stronger. She's felt this before. That day when the Nogitsune trapped her in Oak Creek with him, kept her there as it taunted her about Stiles dying and she felt it. She knew he was weaker, she knew he was still in danger. But most of all, she knew someone else was going to die, too. She knew the Nogitsune hadn't known this, but Lydia knew Allison was in danger all along. And she was trapped, hands tied even though she was trying to save her best friend.

Lydia is feeling something very similar now. Stiles is in danger, a lot of danger, but so is Allison. And there's that familiar chill and familiar dread that comes with every thought about her best friend.

It's disorienting, terrifying, and Lydia just wants to get away from it, get to them.

She stumbles her way through the stairs and reaches for her communicator. She can't find them, and she can't make the same mistake again.

Her hair was neatly pulled up into a bun when she left her cabin but now, there are loose strands all over her face, her eyes are wide and she looks as terrified as she feels.]

Something is happening. Stiles and Allison. Something is happening to them.

[Open Spam (for voices in her head and/or rescuers)]
[Finally, she makes her way out on a floor. She has no idea where she is, but there's a roller coaster. And music. It's loud. Very loud. But as the cars pull to a stop in front of her, Lydia doesn't think twice before getting into one of them. Maybe it will take her there, to one of them.

And it does. Lydia sees their faces as they as the car gains speed and throws her all over the hallway, she's not even trying to hold on, she's just trying to see them.]

You thought it was over? I'm still here, Lydia. I'll always be here.

[It's the Nogitsune, he's the one taunting her and she shakes her head.]

You're not real. None of this is real. They're okay. They have to be okay.

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[He feels like his stomach has been dropping out from under him since this whole thing began. But hearing her - hearing her say it - it's like being back at Oak Creek again, and he wonders if his legs are about to drop out from under him.]

Where?

[His voice is tight, and he's holding the device way too tightly. He's still in the infirmary - he's still trying to help, but he can't be everywhere at once, he can't leave Jack here on his own, and he can't get to anyone!]

Lydia, where?

[I'll do something. Lydia, get me enough time, and I swear to God I'll do something. He's trying to do something now.]

Mirrors. Scott, he said mirrors.

[Lydia closes her eyes tightly, trying to focus and when she opens them again, they are teary. She shakes her head. It just feels too much like last time. She's telling Scott, but is it enough? It wasn't last time. She wasn't on time, she didn't give him enough time.]

I don't know where! He's not answering anymore. I can't find them. I don't know where they are.

Mirrors.

[He hasn't really left the infirmary since this started, but he knows what's right outside. He can taste his heart on the back of his tongue.]

They're right outside.

[He doesn't wait for confirmation, doesn't ask to make sure she's okay: if she's screaming for someone else, he has to reach them first. Then he'll get to her. He kills the feed ~~and I'm assuming this will directly lead into Zane's post~~ and runs.]

Stiles? Allison?

[Needy is sopping wet with clothes drying against her skin and band-aids all over her arms. Her eyes are wide and harried.]

What's going on? Lydia, where are they?

Something bad. They are getting hurt.

[There's death coming. She knows as much for sure. Death of someone in the pack. And she's terrified.]

Have you seen either of them? I don't know where they are.

No. I haven't -- I don't -- I have no idea. What floor are you on? What's happening?

I don't know. Scott is trying to find them. I was talking to Stiles and--

I can feel it.

I have to find her.

[This is so frustrating, because there's nothing either of them can do if they can't figure something out.]

How do you know?

Lydia. Tell me, please. What is going on?

I'm a banshee, Needy.

I can sense death. [And she can't lose Allison. Not again. She can't lose Stiles. She doesn't know what she'd do without him. Losing them both? She'd lose herself.]

You. You're...what?

[Now is probably really not the best time to be doing this.]

Don't ask me what that means. Or how it works.

I don't know. [And she's getting even more frustrated with herself.]

I just know what I'm feeling and I don't know how to help them.

I. Okay... [She has so many questions. She has so many, and she's looking at Lydia funny, and she can't help it, even after all they've been through together it's hard not to be unnerved about hearing somebody is something other than...human.

But trying to talk about it right now won't help either of them.

And it sure won't help Allison or Stiles.]

There has to be something we can do.

[She sees the look and right then? She doesn't care. She doesn't care if she's crazy or people think she's weird. Right then she just cares about the pack.]

Find Allison. I just need to find her. She has to be okay. I can't lose her again.

Just please help me find her. Scott is already headed to Stiles. I just need to find Allison.

I'll try.

[That's all she can say, unfortunately. That's all she can do. If Lydia is having a hard time finding her best friend, what has Needy got going for her that she'll do any better?]

I can start checking on this floor.

Thank you.

I have to go. [Maybe if she can focus on the sounds, if she can focus on anything she will find them. So she shuts off the feed a moment later.]

[009. You're never safe and sound]

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