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[swillpot]

[Oh, he does. He responds in kind, one hand moving to curl around the front of his shirt to keep him close, but eventually he pulls back, holding up a finger.]

We will come back to that when everything isn't on fire.

[illtempered]

( With Dean taking Sam around the corner, Jackson says 'see ya,' to Alexander.

Coming up to the nurse's station with his back to Lydia and the women, Jackson asks the nurse about - )

Elena ...

( What's her last name. )

Gilbert. Or, Stiles. Stilinski?

[beanchaointe]

Jackson!

[Lydia moves down the hallway the moment she sees him, not wanting him to waste time with the nurses when she's right there.]

We're over here.

[illtempered]

Lydia.

( Before they go over there, he wraps her up in a tight, protective hug. )

[beanchaointe]

[Which she will take because she honestly needs it. As mad as Dean's statements had made her, she tends to run cold, not hot. She wraps her arms around him just as tightly, keeping him close.]

I'm okay.

[Physically, anyway.]

[illtempered]

( He knows she's physically okay. )

You were in an accident?

[beanchaointe]

[She nods.]

They t-boned us right off the road. And then they tried for overkill with guns.

[illtempered]

You're in one piece. They didn't admit you?

[beanchaointe]

[She shakes her head.]

Caroline gave me some of her blood, too.

[So she's also on a twenty-four hour clock and hoping that the hunters aren't brazen enough to attack the hospital the way some people were in Beacon Hills.]

[illtempered]

( He's new to this, but that he understands. )

You're not going to die.

( He grimaces, tilting his head. )

Stiles?

[beanchaointe]

Caroline gave him blood first. But when the gunshots happened, we were trapped in the car.

[So there was nowhere for him to go.]

He hasn't woken up yet, but when he does, Caroline says he has to make a choice.

[illtempered]

Vampire. Or, die.

( He knows. )

What do you think he'll do?

[beanchaointe]

I don't know. But the Winchesters are already issuing ultimatums about what will happen if he "goes off the rails."

[And she's fairly unhappy about what those ultimatums are.]

[illtempered]

They're hunters. We really trust them?

( Vampires. Werewolves. How... far away on the spectrum are they to one another? )

Why are they involved?

[beanchaointe]

Allison trusts them.

[But Allison doesn't know about Stiles yet. She's not looking forward to having that conversation with her or Scott, but she's going to have to do that sooner or later.]

Maybe we should ask her.

[illtempered]

Let's go somewhere. Call her. Or, FaceTime. See what she thinks. Maybe she can talk to them.

( He's always trusted and respected Allison. They connected in a way that even he and Lydia hadn't. She saw him as a person. )

[beanchaointe]

[She nods, before turning back to Caroline and Jo.]

We're going to go make a phone call. Let us know if anything changes?

[Caroline nods. "No problem. I'll text you."]

[matriarchate]

( Jackson and Lydia find an empty bedroom.

You aren't Allison Argent if you don't get very little sleep, or, when you do get some, you're not able to be upright and ready to answer a call of any kind.

In this case, New Orleans hardly sleeps, so she answers on the terrace of a corner bar.

She answers the call, holding the phone in front of her face. )

Lydia, Jackson. Hey. You're up, late.

[beanchaointe]

Hey. Is Scott there?

[Should they tell them both this at once? Should Scott even know, before Stiles has even made his decision?

Or maybe she's just trying to make sure they don't accidentally blurt out that his best friend is dead without realizing he's there.]

[matriarchate]

He's downstairs, but he'll be right back up with our drinks.

( This doesn't seem like a social call, nor do Jackson and and Lydia look like this is a pleasant one. )

Should I wait?

[beanchaointe]

[She hesitates, unsure, before nodding. Scott should know. It's his best friend.]

Yeah, probably. It's Stiles.

[matriarchate]

( Allison steels herself, bracing for the worst, but it will be different for Scott. And it will be worse. She nods.

She doesn't ask. She can see they're in a hospital. She doesn't state that fact.

Before she can say 'He'll be right up,' Scott is, setting the two beers on the table.

"Hey, who are you talking to?"

The din of the bar and the cars outside made it impossible for Scott to hear something one story above. )

It's Lydia. And Jackson. You should come around.

( Smile on his face, he does, pulling a chair closer and staying in the frame.

"Hey guys." )

Scott.

[beanchaointe]

[Deep breath. Time to tell Scott the worst thing ever. This should be fine.]

While we were meeting with the Salvatores and the other local supernaturals, I asked Derek and Stiles to keep watch outside. Monroe's people found is, they beat up Stiles and took Derek. We were trying to get Stiles to the hospital when we were attacked on the road and got into an accident.

[She swallows hard, because she doesn't really know how to say it.]

One of the vampires gave him some of her blood, but we were pinned down and ... he died, Scott. I'm so sorry.

[commend]

( Allison holds the phone back, letting Lydia break whatever it is she needs to, to Scott. A pit forms in Allison's stomach, and a lump in Scott's throat as Lydia recounts the story. )

What does - what does that mean, if he died after - being given vampire blood?

( There's more, isn't there? Then just, he's dead. His entire demeanor changes, smile to hearing the worst thing he ever has. Not being there. He's already decided, he's chartering the Argent jet after this conversation. He will be coming back to Mystic Falls.

"Stiles is in transition, now. Isn't he?," Allison asks.

"He hasn't woken up yet," Jackson says. )

[beanchaointe]

Caroline - the vampire who gave him blood - says that once he wakes up, they'll explain his options. He'll either have to drink human blood to complete the transition, or he'll die.

[Lydia swallows hard.]

If he does decide to be a vampire, she'll teach him what he needs to know. She's ... trustworthy. If he does turn, I think he'll be okay. But if he doesn't choose being a vampire, he's only going to have so much time.