Ch. 21 - PARTY GUESSED

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Chapter Twenty-One
๐ŸฆŽ Party Guessed ๐ŸฆŽ


Sawyer and Stiles sat next to each other in Stiles' room, Anakin laying on the ground next to them as they flipped through the 2006 yearbook. Stilinski started to walk past the room before glancing in and stopping, "Hey, whatcha doing?" He asked, making them glance at him.ย 

"Homework." They both said and Stilinski nodded and started to walk away before walking back to the room. "It's spring break." He said, making the twins pause slightly and glance at each other for a moment before their father walked in.ย 

"What do you two think you're doing?" Stilinski asked, "Oh, we're just satisfying our own curiosity..." Stiles said and their father grabbed the yearbook and closed it, making them sigh. "We brought Harris in this morning for questioning... They brought him in." He said, making Stiles and Sawyer raise their eyebrows, "And?" They both asked.ย 

"And they're working on a warrant to arrest him for the murders." He said and Sawyer furrowed her brows slightly, "For all of them?" She asked. "Enough of them." Stilinski said and Stiles raised his eyebrows, "With what proof?" He asked.ย 

"You remember the couple at the trailer? Tire tracks nearby match Harris' car." Stilinski said, making Sawyer look at him crazy, "Wha- That's not enough." She said as she opened the year book, making Stilinski close it again.ย 

"The same car was also seen outside the hospital where the pregnant wife was killed. It's got some bumper sticker on it, a quote from Einstein." Stilinski said, "Wait, what quote?" Stiles asked and their father shook his head slightly. "Something about imagination and knowledge." He said and realization crossed over Stiles' features, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. Yeah, I saw the same car parked outside the rave." Stiles said.ย 

"That means you're a witness. You're gonna have to give a statement." Stilinski said and Sawyer furrowed her brows slightly, "But what about the concert promoter, Kara? She wasn't in Harris' class, right? I mean, what does Mr. Lahey have to do with Harris?" Sawyer asked and Stilinski shook his head.ย 

"It doesn't matter- the tire tracks put Harris at the site of three murders. That's damning evidence." Stilinski said and the twins shook their heads, "No, it's not enough." They both said as Stiles opened the yearbook. "I thought you both hated this guy." Stilinski said and Stiles shook his head, "I don't hate him, all right? He hates us." He said and Sawyer hummed slightly.ย 

"I hate him." She said with a slight shrug, "And, you know, if he killed them all, then yeah, lock the psycho up. But, there's something missing. There's gotta be something missing." Sawyer said as she and Stiles started looking through the yearbook.ย 

"Hey. Hey." Stilinski said, making them stop and look at them, "You guys don't have to solve this for me." He said and the twins signed softly. "No, we have to do something." They both said as they all looked down at the yearbook before Stilinski noticed something, making the twins raise their eyebrows.ย 

"What?" They both asked, "Look at the swim team." Stilinski said, making them look down at a picture of the swim team to see all of the victims.ย "Guys, the coach-" Sawyer said as she pointed at a solo picture of the swim team coach, "It's Isaac's dad!"ย 

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Lydia, dressed up for her party and carrying a tray of punch, walked over to her front door before opening it to reveal a large box, wrapped in pink and yellow wrapping paper. Sawyer suddenly popped up from behind the box with a large smile on her face.

"Happy birthday!" She said and Lydia smiled softly and raised her eyebrows slightly before Stoles walked up with Anakin. Sawyer tried to walk in but the box got caught on the doorway making her struggle slightly. "Damn it." She mumbled and Stiles walked up and grabbed the box, "Here, go under and grab it from the other side." He said.ย 

Lydia sighed and slightly rolled her eyes before turning around and walking away. "Don't forget to try the punch!" She called out as Sawyer crawled underneath the box to get inside and grab the other side of the box.ย 

A little while later, Scott, Stiles, Sawyer and Anakin walked around the borderline empty house as they glanced around a bit. "Have you seen Jackson anywhere?" Stiles asked and Scott shook his head, "No. Seen Allison?" He asked. "No. But, we should probably tell her what we found." Sawyer said, as she glanced at him, "I'm still kind of not sure what we found." Scott said.ย 

"We figured out it has something to do with water- you know, the fact that all the victims were on the swim team, the way the Kanima reacted around the pool." Stiles said and Scott nodded slightly, "So, whoever's controlling the Kanima really hates the swim team?" He asked.ย 

"Hated the swim team. Specifically, the 2006 swim team. So, it could be another teacher, maybe, like, a student back then... I mean, who are we missing, though? What haven't we thought of?" Sawyer said as they walked outside before Allison awkwardly walked up to them.ย 

"Uh, Jackson's not here." Allison said as she walked up to them, "Yeah, no one's here." Stiles said and Scott shrugged slightly. "Maybe it's just early?" Scott suggested, "Or maybe, nobody's coming because Lydia's turned into the town nutjob." Sawyer said.ย 

"Well, we have to do something, because we've completely ignored her for the past two weeks." Allison said and Scott shrugged. "She's completely ignored Sawyer for the past ten years." He said and Sawyer pursed her lips slightly, "I prefer to think of it as me not having been on her radar yet..." She said and Scott shrugged slightly.ย 

"We don't owe her a party." Scott said and Allison raised her eyebrows, "What about the chance to get back to normal?" She asked making Scott look at her. "Normal?" He asked and Sawyer shrugged slightly, "Lydia wouldn't be the town nutjob if it wasn't for us." Sawyer said and Scott sighed softly.ย 

"I guess I could use my co-captain status to get the lacrosse team here." Scott said and Stiles nodded, "Yeah, I also know some people who can get this thing going. Like, really going." He said and Allison raised her eyebrows.ย 

"Who?" She asked and Stiles shrugged slightly, "I met them the other night... Let's just say, they know how to party." He said and Sawyer cocked an eyebrow. "Are you talking about the drag queens?" She asked and he nodded, "Yep." He said and she hummed slightly and nodded.ย 

"Guess it was a good thing I actually gave them your number."ย 

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The only ones not having fun appear to be Sawyer, Stiles, Scott and a distant Allison who can't help glancing at them from across the pool. Anakin was just happy to be included like always. Eyes on the rising moon, Scott takes a deep, meditative breath while Stiles sips from a cup of Lydia's punch. "Are you gonna apologize to Allison or what?" Sawyer asked, making Scott look at her confused.ย 

"Why should I apologize?"ย 

"Because you're the guy! It's, like, what we do." Stiles said and Sawyer nodded in agreement, "But I didn't do anything wrong." Scott said, making Sawyer scoff. "Then you should definitely apologize. See, any time a guy thinks he hasn't done anything wrong, it means he's definitely done something wrong." Sawyer said and Scott shrugged.ย 

"I'm not apologizing." Scott said petulantly making Stiles raise his eyebrows at him, "Is that the full moon talking, buddy?" He asked. "Probably." Scott sighed, "Why do you guys care, anyway?" He asked.ย 

"Because, Scott, something's gotta go right, here! I mean, we're getting our asses royally kicked, if you haven't noticed. People are dying, we got our dad fired, you're gonna be held back in school. I'm in love with nut job, Stiles is still an idiot." Sawyer said, making her brother look at her offended but she just continued.ย 

"And if, on top of that, I gotta watch you lose Allison over a small argument, I'm gonna stab myself in the face." Sawyer said and Scott's eyes widened. "Don't stab yourself in the face." He said as he stood up, "Why not?" Sawyer asked.ย 

"Because Jackson's here." Scott said, making Stiles and Sawyer whip their gaze back to the main house to see Jackson calmly entering the party alone, eyeing the crowd with a look of pure malevolence. A tray of drinks rises toward him and he peers from it to a smiling Lydia, who seems oddly back to her old, confident self, "Glad you could make it."ย 

Watching from across the pool, Scott, Stiles and Sawyer hold still, waiting for the worst. But Jackson simply plucks one of the drinks from the tray and takes a sip.ย 

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Sawyer and Anakin walked down the hall, aiming to get away from the crowd for a little while, when she suddenly felt a rush of dizziness. She started to breathe heavily, grabbing onto the wall as Anakin tapped his nose against her thigh. Sawyer slowly fell to the ground, not noticing that Anakin ran off.ย 

"Look at you." Someone said, making Sawyer look up to see Peter, making her eyes widen. "Have you actually been ignoring all the voices in your head? They're there for a reason. They're giving you all the answers." Peter said as he walked towards her but all she was really focused on was how she couldn't breath.ย 

"Who's the Kanima's master, Sawyer? You know who it is!" Peter yelled but Sawyer just tried to focus on her breathing, "Sawyer!" Peter yelled, making Sawyer look up at him. But Peter was nowhere to be seen, now, standing in his place, was Matt with the Kanima around his legs as if it was guarding him.ย 

"Sawyer!" Someone yelled, grabbing her shoulders making her gasp in a deep breath, before looking over to see Scott with Anakin next to him. "Are you okay? Anakin led me here, were you having a panic attack?" He asked and Sawyer thought for a moment as her breathing calmed down.ย 

"Something like that..." She said before her eyes widened in realization, "I know who's controlling the Kanima." She said, making him look at her in shock. "How?" He asked as he helped her hand up, "I saw it, but let's find Stiles first." She said and he noddedย 

Eventually they found Stiles slumped against a column by the pool. He won't even look at Anakin or Scott, who tries to get him to drink some water, while Anakin was licking Stiles' face.. "Drink the water. Stiles, drink it. Something's happening and I need you to sober up right now. Stiles, come on." Scott said before a girl named Danielle, who has been smart enough to stick with soda, walked over to them.ย 

"What do you think you're doing? You want to sober him up fast? That's not the way to do it." She said and Sawyer raised her eyebrows, "You can do better?" She asked. "I can do best." Danielle said before grabbing Stiles and dunking his head right into the pool. She yanks him up, wide-eyed and spitting chlorinated water.ย 

"How do you feel?" She asked and he took a deep breath, "Like I might have to revisit my policy on hitting a girl." Stiles said and Danielle looked back at Scott and Sawyer. "He's sober." She said and Sawyer smiled at her, "Can we be friends?"ย 

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In the drunken crowd, someone screams. Scott whirls around but it's just a girl being pushed into the pool. Stiles, Sawyer and Anakin hurried to his side, "We can't find her. And dude, everyone and anyone who drank that crap. They're freaking out." Stiles said and Scott nodded. "I can see that." Scott said as more shrieks amid splashes as people jumped and pushed others into the pool, "What are we supposed to do?" Sawyer asked and Scott sighed.ย 

"I don't know, but-" Scott started to say but a panicked voice interrupted him, "Stop! Don't- don't-" Someone yelled, making them look over at the pool right as Matt gets thrown into the water. The splash is followed immediately by a desperate thrashing in the water.ย 

"I can't- I can't swim!"ย 

The music fades and the three of them stare, wide eyes, as Jackson calmly reaches a hand into the pool to drag Matt out. Soaked shoes hitting the cement tile as Matt pulls himself up. Shivering, teeth clenched in fury, he raises his eyes to face the quiet stares. He moves slowly, drops of pool water falling from his wet clothes as he walks through the parting crowd.ย 

He turns only once to connect eyes with Sawyer, Stiles and Scott before Sawyer's eyes widen. "Guys... He's who I saw as the Kanima's master." She said, making them look at her wide eyes, "I know it!" Stiles said before they could hear the sound of police sirens.ย 

"Cops are here!"ย 

Everyone quickly started running away, racing for the gated exits, shoving into the house, taking Sawyer, Anakin, Scott and Stiles with them as both Matt and Jackson disappear in the rush. People pour into the street hurrying for their cars. Scott, Sawyer and Anakin stepped off the curb, glancing among the retreating party guests, their eyes falling on a figure standing at a distance from the house.ย 

Dripping wet, Matt directs an ice-cold glare on Scott and Sawyer, a look of pure hatred and rage. The kanima around his legs, exactly the way Sawyer saw in her vision. Teenagers rush past, obscuring their view and when they step aside to look again, Matt and the creature are both gone.

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