Letharia Vulpina

We run downstairs and the parking lot is full of chaos. I see a big pool of water. Me and Scott are about to run through when Derek stops us. He brings to our attention that there is an open cord in the water. I then see a medic, Isaac and Lydia passed out in the water. Without thinking, I run out to get Isaac. I grab him by the shirt and drag him toward Derek. When I have him at safety, I run for Lydia. Since she's smaller than me, I'm able to pick her up and carry her. When I finish, Scott is looking at me with shock. "What?"


"You just ran through the water."


I look back and see the open cord still in the water. I look down at my wet feet and legs then back at Scott. "I..."


Before I can come up with an excuse, I look over to see Kira holding out her hands, the sparking cord whipping around in front of her. She grabs it and places her hand over it. She closes her eyes, but when she opens them, they're glowing a warm amber. Derek is trying to perform CPR on Isaac. "He's not breathing!" he yells.


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The next morning, I sit on my bed and flashback to everything. Derek's voice rang in my head. 'He's not breathing!'


I watched Isaac be wheeled away with burns on the side of his face. I was able to walk in electrifying water twice without being shocked once. On top of it all, Stiles is missing again. I jump down to the floor and storm to the bathroom. I lean against the sink and look at my reflection in the mirror. I see the bandaged man appear behind me.


He paces back and forth with an evil smirk. "Everyone has it but no one can lose it. What is it?"


I start to cry but with anger. "I told you I don't know."


"Everyone has it but no one can lose it. What is it, Scarlett?"


I squeeze my eyes shut and let out a sob. I look up in the mirror again and start to zone out. "A shadow." I crouch on the floor. "I answered your stupid riddle now leave me alone."


"I can't do that, Scarlett. You are the most important part to this game. I need you to get me everything I need."


I hear Scott knock on the door. "You okay, Scar?"


I open the door and try to look happy. "Never better."


After Scott visits Isaac, we get to school. I go to my locker to get my sweater when my werewolf hearing picks up the piercing tone of one of Chris' ultrasonic emitters. I see Scott and the twins leaving the locker room. "You hear it too?"


We follow the sound to the basement where we find Stiles. "Okay, I know what you guys are thinking, but its me, I swear to god its me."


The twins growl and charge for him. They bang him up against a locker. I grab Ethan and pull him back. He growls at me but I roar back, forcing him to submit. The same with Scott and Aiden. Me and Scott look at Stiles. "Guys, it's me. I swear it's me. I don't know where I've been for the past few days or what I've been doing. But it's me, I promise."


"Do you know what happened at the hospital?" Ethan asks.


"I know more than that."


Stiles walks over and picks up a blueprint. "You see this? It's a blueprint of the hospital's electrical wiring. You see all those markings in red? That's my hand writing. I know I did this. I know I caused the accident."


"All the stuff in this bag was for something bigger."


Ethan picks up a hand saw. "What the hell have you been up to?"


"I think something worse, a lot worse."


We get down to where the Cross Country team was running. "McCall! Not clothes for running!"


"Bite me, coach!"


"Stilinski! Where were-"


"Coach, listen carefully."


We come just in time. I use my thumb and my index finger to whistle. "Hey! Everyone Stop!" Stiles yells.


Stiles finds a chain under some leaves but it is attached to nothing. Coach, believing this is just another funny/weird Stilinski moment begins to berate him and steps forward into a tripwire. An arrow punctures coach's diaphragm and he collapses. Before it hit him, I was going to catch it but stopped myself. The coach starts screaming. Scott and Stiles go to his aid. I stand between them and the crowd. "Back up! Everybody back the hell up!"


Scott takes away coach's pain, causing him to pass out. The paramedics arrive. I watch Sheriff Stilinski and Stiles embrace. "McCall twins!" Ethan calls. "I think you should see this."


We walk over to the back of a truck. Scott picks up some wrapping paper. "This is the same wrapping paper we used on coach's birthday present."


"A bomb made with nails and bolts, all wrapped in a birthday present? Where'd it go off?"


"A school bus," I reply.


Before we know it, buses were evacuated. Jared was sitting close to the back with the box in his lap. I convince them to let me go in with one of the officers, Deputy Parrish, a handsome officer. He prepares himself for a bomb situation. "Who are you?"


"I'm Scarlett McCall."


"Why are you coming with me? You're just a teen."


"I really wish that were true but I'm more than that."


He holds out his hand. "Shall we?"


I laugh and take his hand. "We shall."


As I do, my vision flashes:


I'm standing outside and there's a car on fire. Someone is yelling on the inside. Then I see someone carrying bodies the what looks like the Nemeton. Finally, I see glowing eyes but not like a werewolf. An orange like color, a color I've never seen.


I flash back and try not to make it too obvious. I follow Parrish onto the bus. I sit in a seat that was diagonal to Jared. "Jared, it would be helpful if you didn't vomit on a potential explosive device," Parrish says, kneeling next to him. "Can you do that for me?"


"I think so."


Parrish uses small scissors to cut the ribbon. Before he can, Jared asks, "You look... You look very..."


"Handsome? Thank you. For a second I thought you were gonna say I look very young. I would then have to launch into my explanation that I'm actually 24 and anyone can look young if they eat right and exercise. Although it's just good genes, anyway, right?"


The entire time he's talking, he's easing more and more to cutting the ribbon. "Clever bastard," I whisper.


When he cuts the ribbon, Jared flinches but nothing happens. Parrish looks back at me but I just shrug. He opens the box slowly and sighs. He uses his walkie. "There's not a bomb, sir, but there is something in the box."


Parrish holds up the nameplate from Sheriff Stilinski's desk. He goes to the front of the bus to show Sheriff Stilinski. We all get down to the Sheriff station. Apparently, a bomb went off after all. Stilinski calls for an ambulance reporting multiple officers down. I find Derek and see his back is riddled with glass shards as Chris helps him stand. I go up and support him on his other side. "I'm okay," he insists.


Chris points out that Derek saved his life. I look behind me to see Stiles and Scott kneeling by one badly injured deputy. Stiles encourages Scott to take the dying man's pain, which he does until the man expires. Kira runs in and tells us that the Oni are coming. Scott plans to take me and Stiles to the Vet Clinic since it is lined with Mountain Ash and will offer some limited protection from the Demon Warriors. Me, Scott, Stiles and Kira arrive at the clinic just before the Oni. Scott and Kira fight them off while Stiles unlocks the door. During the fight one of the Oni stabs Scott in the stomach, leaving the sword lodged in him. We manage to get Scott inside but then Stiles grabs Kira's arm and slams her head into the exam table, knocking her out.


Something comes over me. It isn't rage. But it feels like all my emotions are completely gone. I just smile, knowing what is to come. Stiles holds his hands up. "Okay?"


"Please don't. Stop."


"It's okay."


Stiles grips Scott's shoulder. He then grabs the hilt of the sword and twists. Scott grits his teeth. I walk over and stand next to Stiles. "Does it hurt? Look at me."


Nogitsune Stiles continues to twist the sword. "You should've done your reading, Scott," I say. "Nogitsune feed on chaos and strife and pain. When you took it from Isaac, and you took it from Coach and from the dying deputy. All that pain,  you took it all."


Nogitsune Stiles grabs Scott's face. "Now give it to me."


He absorbs all the pain Scott has taken then he is still all smiles. I get closer to my brother. "You should really learn, Scott, not to trust a fox because they're tricksters. They'll fool you."


"They'll fool everyone."


"Not everyone," Deaton appears and sticks a needle in Stiles' neck. I growl at him. He, easily, puts a mask over my face. Whatever is in it, makes me pass out instantly. I get I glimpse of my brother's pained face before I passed out.


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