lydiascreams | [019. Pushing on I can't escape]

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[The second she steps inside her cabin, she knows something's off. Ever since the blackout, she's been staying at Stiles' or Alison's. She hasn't been back because she knows how much more dangerous Jerry can be in the dark and he has hurt enough people as is.

But she can't quite put her finger on what's happening. Not until she sees it. The words carved on the wall above her bed read Stephen, Mickey. Who's next? And while that's enough to get a rise out of her, it's the object used to make out the question mark that really makes her angry.

Allison's silver arrowhead. The one Lydia picked up from the school grounds the morning after Aiden was killed. The one her best friend made the night of her death. A token she chose to keep as a reminder why she couldn't fail again.

And to see it used in this manner. As Jerry tells her he wants to get Allison demoted, too makes her wanna scream.

Before Lydia can think this through, she gets up on her bed and reaches for the arrowhead, with every intent to pull it off the wall before anyone else can see it. She's not even rationalizing her actions and it's not until she sees the blood running down her hand and arm that she realizes she's cut herself on it.]

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[It's a couple of hours later until she makes this video and she's keeping her bandaged hand out of the camera's view.

She looks unusually angry, mostly because she feels like switching cabins feels like running, like giving up. And Lydia Martin doesn't give up. But she knows she can't mountain ash her door or sleep over in Stiles' cabin forever.]

If anyone's looking for me, I've changed cabins. I rather not publicly say where I'm staying now but if you need to know, ask and I'll tell you in private.

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You should keep some mountain ash by the door.

[He doesn't ask where she is, now: he'll sniff her out, if he has to.]

I've been keeping some, but I won't need to draw a line of it anymore, so you should be safe to come by now.

[Like she's not gonna tell him where she is.]

417, by the way.

Good.

[He smiles a little, nodding.] I figured I could find you, anyway. [The smile fades.] Has he been bothering you?

Not directly. [She knows that if she can tell anyone about the threat on Allison, it's Scott. But she's not ready to throw that at him yet, because she doesn't know if he's ready to handle it.]

He left me a message, so I figured this would be better in the long run. Stiles has been telling me to move since the mermaid flood.

[His jaw locks for a moment, and it's a few seconds before he trusts himself to speak.]

What was the message?

[Lydia sighs, her own jaw tight as she looks away from him.]

That he's going after Allison. That he's gonna try and demote her.

He's not going to.

[Because Scott doesn't care what it does to his eyes, or his status here. He'll put Jerry down before he tries to twist Allison away from them.]

We need to make sure of it, Scott. No matter what.

[Even if she has to get demoted herself for it. At least Alison will have Scott's and Stiles' and Isaac's deals.]

He's not going to.

[He won't let that happen to either of them. To any of them. There's always another way.]

We'll make sure. I swear.

We will.

[Because Lydia won't take the back seat on anything that means helping Allison. She'll be there with him. No matter what they decide to do.]

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