048, damnatio memoriae
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ISAAC STANDS in Miah's bedroom inhaling the familiar scent lingering in the air.

"She was here." Joel voices stepping into his daughter's bedroom worriedly─ also inhaling Miah's strong flowery scent.

"Why didn't she at least speak to us?" Isaac asks, "She didn't want us to know she was here." Joel responds, "But her scents everywhere. She obviously had a plan." Isaac utters.

"Her plan─ was to distract us long enough with her scent that we didn't realise she took something from her nightstand." Joel states realising that her favourite hoodie─ one belonging to Scott has been placed there instead.

"What did she take?" Mack questions from the doorway, "I don't know. But something's definitely missing." Joel explains frowning due to feeling something missing on his daughter's nightstand.

"I should probably meet Scott. Please let me know if you figure out what's missing?" Isaac questions.

"Of course. And Isaac? We'll get her back." Joel utters watching Isaac leave the apartment to meet his daughter's ex boyfriend.

✹

MIAH AND Theo stand at the doorway of the males hospital room while Tracy makes herself known to the man she severely injured a few weeks ago.

"Looks like he remembers you." Theo states as he and Miah stand beside Tracy now looking at the man panicking trying to press the button for the nurses.

Miah clicks her tongue moving the remote away from the man's reach making him start to hyperventilate even though he has the oxygen mask on his face.

Miah rolls her eyes seeing Theo sending Tracy a sympathetic look as she stares at the man.

"I'll take care of it if you want me to. All you have to do is ask." Theo gently offers, "Or you could just kill him." Miah suggests shrugging not bothered by the suggestion.

"My dad defended someone on death row once. You know how lethal injection works?" Tracy quizzes looking at Miah and Theo bashfully reaching out her right hand grabbing the IV bag hanging over the man's bed.

Noticing Miah's satisfied smirk seeing one of her claws to poke a hole in the bag, allowing her Kanima venom to drip into the IV fluid attached to the man's drip.

"One of the drugs they use paralyzes your diaphragm. Makes it impossible to breathe." Tracy explains.

After a brief moment, the man starts frantically gasping for breath as the venom paralyzes his diaphragm and essentially smothers him, Miah sighs in pleasure feeling the presence of the man's death.

Within moments, the man's EKG flat-lines, indicating that his heart has stopped before he died.

Miah and Theo look at Tracy with pride as she smugly smirks at the man's body before sharing a smirk with the blonde stood beside her mind-bending the dead man's blood to make herself stronger.

✹

MIAH STROLLS into the tunnels meeting River in the Dread Doctor's office.

"And where have you been?" River questions breathing in the girls scent as she enters, "Out." Miah flatly responds.

"Well duh. But where?" River wonders beginning to get frustrated with the blonde girl.

"I was with Theo. And Tracy. Where? Well that is none of your business." Miah states storming past the vampire-siphoner who glares at the back of her head.

"Keep glaring at me, Riv. Your face might get stuck like that." Miah calls out echoing down the tunnels as she leaves.

✹

OVER THE next few days, Miah sticks to herself not in the mood for any pack bonding considering her soul is tied to someone else's pack.

"Look who finally decided to join us. Again." Theo taunts seeing Miah walking up to his truck outside Sinema awaiting for Josh's exit.

Speak of the devil─ and he shall appear, Josh storms out of the clubs back doors annoyed feeling no change in his powers, "How much did you take, Josh?" Theo questions looking at the boy.

"A lot. And I don't feel a thing." Josh mutters annoyed, "You won't. Your body heals too fast." Miah explains feeling Josh's oozing out of him as both Miah and Theo receive a glare in response.

"Yeah? Then maybe you should have left me dead." Josh mutters, "I wanted to." Miah smirks.

Theo gives Josh a look, "Or maybe you just need to feel something else? Just like Mims─ she likes the feeling of people's blood flowing through their dead veins." Theo states turning around grabbing a pair of jumper cables and hands them to Josh─ who reluctantly takes them with a deep sigh.

"Trust me. It'll feel good. This is something better." Miah explains smiling at the teenager stood in-front of her and Theo.

Said male turns back to his truck with a smirk attaching the other end of the cables to his truck's battery, causing a powerful surge of electricity to pass through them and into Josh's hands.

Josh gasps surprised by the power rush that his fangs and claws come out, releasing a loud growl in ecstasy as he absorbs the electricity into himself.

Miah and Theo stand together with folded arms pleased by how much Josh is now enjoying himself, "How does that feel?" Theo questions smiling at the electrified Chimera.

Josh snarls with a massive grin breaking out in a loud roar, just as Liam─ who arrives at Sinema in search of Hayden, stops dead in his tracks at the sight of Josh, Theo and Miah.

Liam frowns looking at Miah and the satisfied expression on her face before walking away glumly knowing they've lost the blonde girl.

Theo glances back at Liam once the young beta has turned his back to them and chuckles.

Indicating that he knew Liam was there the entire time before winking at Miah who also looks in the direction of Liam's retreating figure.

"Alright. Well, I'm off. Bye Josh." Miah states waving at the boy before glaring at Theo walking away leaving Theo and Josh watching the blonde leave in awe of her.

✹

THE NEXT day, Miah stands with Theo in the sheriff's department scowling at the male not wanting to be here at all before smiling at Hayden─ someone she actually likes walking into the back of the station from the front.

"You shouldn't be here," Hayden snarls looking at Theo before smiling at Miah, "Hi Mims." Hayden greets.

"Why not? My record's spotless." Theo innocently states, "Yeah fucking right. And hey Hayds." Miah scoffs before greeting the girl back being friendly.

"Are you going to tell Miah and I what you saw last night?" Theo quizzes leaning against the cell, Hayden sighs receiving a nod off Miah to continue.

"It was exactly like the painting. Exactly what you said." Hayden explains seeing Miah and Theo sharing a fearful but yet intrigued look with one another, "Have you told anyone else?" Miah inquires.

Hayden shakes her head looking from Miah to Theo, "I didn't think either of you would want me to." Hayden responds.

"You're right." Theo confirms, "But I don't know why." Hayden voices confused, "And you don't have to," Theo responds.

"Look, that thing out there is going to kill a lot of people. But it's not going to kill us─ not if we're together." Theo voices with a sigh.

Miah frowns hearing Hayden's cell phone buzz in her pocket, making said girl check it seeing a message from her sister in the front of the station, "It's my sister. I have to go." Hayden states.

Theo seems to sense that something is up and gives her a suspicious look, "Anything else you want to tell me?" Theo interrogates tilting his head.

"Not really." Hayden nervously responds looking at Miah before turning away to make her way back out to her sister only for Theo to grab her roughly by the wrist.

"Look... I don't want this to sound like a warning, and I definitely don't want it to sound like a threat. But you can't hide anything from Miah or me, Hayden. Remember that." Theo warns before wincing feeling Miah messing with the blood in his wrists.

"Let her go. Now." Miah orders with a low growl.

Hayden looks down with a smirk knowing Miah's got her back no matter what before looking at her wrist making Theo quickly let go holding onto his wrist due to Miah's blood mage magic.

"Talk to you later, Mims." Hayden smiles walking away from Miah and Theo back into the bullpen to meet up with her sister.

"You don't touch her, Theo. Ever. You got that?" Miah threatens pointing at the Raeken male who gulps seeing the glow of Miah's chaos magic glowing in her palms.

"Got it." Theo confirms nodding sighing in relief once Miah walks away from him and out of the sheriff's station.

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HAYDEN SMILES noticing Miah walking out into the bullpen to sit beside her.

"Thought we could hang out?" Miah quizzes, "Always." Hayden nods with a smile.

"Deputy Clark. Hey, am I able to take Hayden with me somewhere?" Miah questions noticing the woman returning to her desk.

"Hmm. Yeah, okay. But can you drop her off at the house later on? Please." Deputy Clark questions.

"Of course." Miah confirms winking at Hayden who jumps up from her seated position and follows after Miah.

"You wanna go home?" Miah quizzes, "Oh. Yes. Please. I need a shower." Hayden groans.

"Alright. I'll drop you home." Miah says motioning to her car.

"Thanks Mims." Hayden responds getting into the car smiling at Miah─ as she starts up the ignition beginning to drive to Hayden's house to drop the girl home.

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ONCE MIAH dropped Hayden home, Miah received a demanding call from Theo and River ordering her to come to the tunnels immediately since they have a chance to figure some stuff out about the large creature running around Beacon Hills.

"I'm here." Miah mutters storming towards the two males ignoring both of their taunting smirks before stiffening hearing familiar groans just around the corner from them.

"What the fuck is this?" Miah angrily questions knowing the others aren't ready to go up against Scott just yet.

"This is a practice run. And you, Miah are going to make Scott's blood boil so Tracy, Corey and Josh can win." Theo demands.

"No." Miah mutters in response, "What do you mean no?" River frustratedly snaps.

"I mean no. N-O. I'm not using my abilities to help you cheat against Scott. No." Miah denies hearing the grunts stopping around the corner, "Okay!" Theo loudly exclaims making himself known.

River roughly grabs ahold of Miah's arms stopping her from running off, "Maybe they're not ready to take on an alpha..." Theo voices giving Corey an unimpressed look.

"Especially one that can smell fear." Theo states receiving a scoff from Corey who looks at Scott horrified.

"He's got fangs!" Corey exclaims gesturing to Scott.

"Let go of me, River. Or so help me god." Miah mutters being dragged out into the open so Scott can see her after a few days of running on absolutely no knowledge if she's alive or not.

Scott looks around the tunnels appalled by the fact that Tracy, Josh, and Corey─ all of whom he believed to be dead, are now alive and well and perfectly in control of their powers.

As well as his ex girlfriend who's glaring up at River before she smirks mischievously at the vampire-siphon.

"Ow! You fucking bitch!" River cries out feeling Miah wave her fingers against his skin mind-bending his blood and causing a sickening thumping inside of his head.

"Good. Fucking let me go!" Miah snarls now standing beside Theo smirking at her ex boyfriend looking at her shocked, "What did you do?" Scott quizzes looking at Theo.

"I found some new friends. Including Miah. What can I say? I don't take rejection well." Theo shrugs smirking at Scott's upset face staring at Miah─ now knowing officially that she's on Theo's side.

"Hey, Theo! Mims." Stiles mutters from his position on the ground where he's currently paralysed by Tracy's venom.

Theo looks uninterested by his presence sharing the same look with Miah, "Stiles." Miah and Theo simultaneously respond irritably.

Theo looks at the words labeled below his and Miah's feet stomping on them so they're unable to be read anymore.

Miah and Theo turn their attention back to Scott─ now returned to human form.

"You're going to leave here thinking that you need to worry about me. And Theo. But you're wrong. Because that thing?" Miah voices gesturing above them to where the carnage from the large creature has been occurring the past few days.

"That's what we need to worry about. Your pack, and mine. We're gonna go back to school and pretend like we're normal teenagers, but at night, we're going to be fighting for our lives." Theo explains taking over for the blonde girl.

"Seriously? School? Boo, you whore." Miah groans loudly stood beside Theo once again, "What is it?" Stiles anxiously asks.

"It's not a Chimera." Miah responds, "But it's just a kid underneath. Someone like us." Scott voices.

"Not anymore." Miah states shaking her head at her ex boyfriend─ one who is clearly in pain seeing Miah act so unbothered about the serious things happening around them.

Theo, Riven and the rest of the Chimeras leave, dragging the still-paralyzed Josh behind them noticing Miah's not following them.

"I'll be there in a second." Miah explains receiving an annoyed sigh off Theo but he nods nonetheless.

Scott looks at Miah unsure as to why she stayed behind not following after Theo and River.

"I don't have time to explain everything. But this is for you." Miah gently voices placing a note in Scott's hand.

"Be careful." Miah mumbles before leaving Scott and Stiles behind in the tunnels with Scott watching her leave feeling more of his heart break.

DAMNATIO MEMORIAE

KEEP THIS SAFE AND AWAY
FROM THEO AND RIVER'S EYES.
AND TELL MY DAD & ISAAC THAT
I'M SORRY AND I LOVE THEM.
─ MIAH

Scott sighs reading the note looking up to where Miah just walked off sighing before turning towards Stiles leaning him against the wall to wait for the paralysis to wear off.

"What is it?" Stiles questions motioning to the note Miah gave him.

"The words that were on the ground beside us." Scott responds, "We'll get her back." Stiles firmly states taking in Scott's heartbroken expression.

"I don't think we will. I pushed her away so much, Stiles. I called her a monster. I'm scared the Miah I love... is gone and it's all my fault." Scott mumbles leaning his head against the wall behind him.

"Scott, she's still in there. I still see the stars light up when she sees you." Stiles explains trying to give Scott some hope about Miah and his relationship.

"We probably should tell Isaac and Joel about this too." Scott voices quietly, "Definitely." Stiles confirms sighing due to hating the feeling of being paralysed.

Scott stares at the spot on the floor where the message once stood before looking at the note Miah gave him, "They know what it means." Scott states meaning Theo and Miah.

"Damnatio memoriae. It means "condemnation of memory."" Stiles explains before sighing once again.

"I think it also means that whatever the Dread Doctors created, whatever this last Chimera really is? It's not something new. It's something old─ really old." Stiles states, Scott looks horrified by this revelation.

"So, they didn't create a new creature..." Scott mumbles in realisation.

"They resurrected one." Stiles reveals with a nod sharing a mortified look with Scott beside him.

After a moment of thinking about their current situation, Scott traces a circle in the dirt in-between making Scott give Stiles a serious look.

"We need help. If Theo's got his own pack now. Then we need ours. We have to get the others back." Scott utters making Stiles scoff looking at him as though he's crazy.

"The others? You mean Kira, who's currently battling a homicidal Fox spirit inside of her? Malia, who isn't even speaking to either of us? Lydia, who's stuck in Eichen House? Isaac? Well Isaac's kind of a the sane one─ which is horrifying. And Liam, who almost killed you? And Miah? Who is currently running around with our enemy─ alongside River battling her own crazy powers? Scott, she's a freakin' blood mage!" Stiles exclaims horrified making Scott weakly smiles with a shrug.

"Also known as our best friends." Scott voices making Stiles sigh─ knowing that Scott is right, and thinks about this for a moment.

"Okay. How?" Stiles quizzes, "One by one." Scott responds gesturing to the unfinished pack symbol below them.

Stiles groans realising what Scott wants him to do and gives him a look.

"You're not seriously going to make me do it?" Stiles asks, "You're part of the pack, right?" Scott wonders shrugging.

Stiles sighs, knowing that Scott is right once again, and uses all of his strength to stretch out his arm so he can finish the McCall Pack symbol by drawing a bigger circle around the smaller one Scott previously drew.

Once it's done, Stiles looks at Scott, who looks pleased, "Okay. We need to find Kira. Then we can work on getting Mi back." Scott states rising to his feet before pulling Stiles up to his.

Putting Stiles's arm around his shoulder so he can help them both get out of the tunnels and back to the car.

After a moment, Stiles groans, "I still hate that tattoo." Stiles playfully says.

Scott laughs genuinely for the first time since Miah and his break up, "I know," Scott responds smiling.

"But Mi loves it." Scott mumbles thinking about Miah.

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