Ch. 37 - ANCHORS

Sawyer's outfits:
Home / School / Station -

School / Animal Clinic -

Tate Ranch / Woods -

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Chapter Thirty-Seven
๐ŸฆŠ Anchors ๐ŸฆŠ


Tossing and turning while gripping the sheets to her bed, Sawyer muttered something in her sleep. "Don't let them in... Don't let them in... You can't let them in..." She mumbled before she suddenly woke up with a slight gasp only to discover she wasn't in bed anymore. Instead, she was inside a locker.ย 

Sawyer glanced around, confused for a moment before banging her fist against the door a few times until it flew open and she stumbled out into the locker room. She slowly walked out of the locker room and out into the hall to see one of the classroom doors wide open.ย 

Slowly, she walked over to the classroom to find all the desks and chairs had been pushed to the walls of the class instead of sitting in their normal spot. But what sat in the middle of the classroom was the weirdest part.ย 

The Nemeton.ย 

Sawyer reached out to place her hand on top of the tree stump. But before she could it was like roots sprung out of the top of the stump, wrapping around her hand pulling her down.ย 

Suddenly Sawyer jumped up in bed with a gasp, making Anakin jump up slightly as she breathed heavily until someone spoke up. "You okay?" Lydia asked as she sat up before gently grabbing Sawyer's hand, "Sawyer?" She asked, rubbing Sawyer's arm comfortingly as she sighed. "Yeah... I was just dreaming. But it was weird- it was like a dream within a dream."ย 

"A nightmare?" Lydia asked worriedly and Sawyer nodded, "Yeah." She said, grabbing her hand for a moment before looking down at it confused. Sawyer looked up at Lydia completely confused, "What are you doing here?" She asked making Lydia raise her eyebrows.ย 

All of the sudden, the door to Sawyer's bedroom creaked open making them look over at it. "Hang on." Sawyer whispered and started to get up, making Lydia grab her arm, "Sawyer, where are you going?" She asked. "I'm just gonna close the door." Sawyer said, not looking away from the door.ย 

Lydia gently grabbed her shoulder and tried to pull her back down, "Just go back to sleep." She said and Sawyer let go of her hand. "No, no, I should close it..." She said, getting up.ย 

"Don't worry about it." Lydia said, trying to get Sawyer to lay back down. "What if someone comes in?" Sawyer asked as she stood up making Lydia let go of her, "Like who?" Lydia asked and Sawyer didn't answer her. "Just go back to sleep, Sawyer." Lydia said as Sawyer slowly started to walk towards the door.ย 

"But someone is trying to get in..." Sawyer whispered as she continued walking, "Who?" Lydia asked in a slight whisper as Sawyer got up to the door. "I don't want them to come in... I can't let them come in." Sawyer said in a slight whisper, "Sawyer, just leave it. Please." Lydia said anxiously but Sawyer didn't pay attention.ย 

"Sawyer... Sawyer, come back to bed." Lydia said as Sawyer reached for the door knob, "Sawyer, please." Lydia pleaded before Sawyer opened the door more. She looked at the darkness outside the door before taking a deep breath, "You're not allowed in." Sawyer said before everything disappeared and all she could hear was a voice whispering.ย 

"Stiles..."ย 

A second later, Sawyer stood the woods now, in front of her sat the Nemeton in its rightful place. She slowly started to walk towards it when all of the sudden, lights that you'd seen at the lacrosse field turned on making her stop for a moment but kept walking. "It's just a dream... This is just a dream...It's just a dream...Get it out of your head, Sawyer." She told herself.ย 

"You're dreaming, all right? So, wake up, Sawyer. Wake up, Sawyer." She said before grabbing her head, as if she was in pain. "WAKE UP!"ย 

Sawyer's eyes fluttered open as the sun shined through her room. "Hey, time to get up, kiddo. Get your butt to school!" Stilinski said as he opened Sawyer's door.ย 

"And you couldn't wake up?" Scott asked as he, Stiles, Sawyer and Anakin walked downstairs, "No and it was beyond terrifying. You ever heard of sleep paralysis?" Sawyer asked and Scott shook his head. "Uh, no. Do I want to?" Scott asked and Stiles sighed and nodded, "You're kinda in like a dream-like state but you're awake, but you can't move. At all." He said and Sawyer nodded.ย 

"It happens because, during REM sleep, your body is basically paralyzed. It's called muscle atonia- that way, if you start dreaming about running, you don't actually start running in your bed." Sawyer said and Scott nodded slightly, "That makes sense."ย 

"But sometimes, your mind can wake up before your body does. So, for this split second, you're actually aware that your body is paralyzed." Sawyer continued and Scott raised his eyebrows slightly, "And that's the terrifying part." Scott said. "It turns your dream into a nightmare. You can feel like you're falling, or like you're being strangled. Or, in my case, like you're at the center of a grove of magical trees where human sacrifices took place." Sawyer said.ย 

"You think it means something?" Stiles asked as they walked through the school doors, "What if what we did that night... What if it's still affecting us?" Sawyer asked, looking at them, "Post-traumatic stress?"ย 

"Or something."ย 

"But, you want to know what scares me the most?" Sawyer asked as they sat down in class and Scott and Stiles both turned to her worriedly, "I'm not even sure this is real."ย 

All of the sudden Sawyer shot up in bed with a loud scream of terror making both Stilinski and Stiles run into the room while Anakin jumped up. Quickly, Stilinski ran over, wrapping his arms around his daughter, who slightly fought against him, making Stiles grab Sawyer's hands. "Hey, hey, hey! It's okay! It's okay! You're okay!" Stilinski said soothingly as Sawyer started to stop fighting.ย 

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Sawyer put Anakin's service dog vest on him before getting up and putting her books in her bag. Her phone went off, making her pull it out to see a text from Lydia, but when she went to text her back, Sawyer paused, furrowing her brows. All the letters were switched around, making it almost look like a completely different language.ย 

"Hey." Someone said, making Sawyer turn around to see her dad standing in the doorway. "You all right?" He asked and Sawyer looked back down at her phone to find the words back to normal. "You ready for school?" Stilinski asked as Stiles walked in and Sawyer quickly put in her phone in her pocket before turning to them.ย 

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm good." She said, making both Stiles and Stilinski look at her before glancing at each other. "Guys, seriously, I'm fine. It was just a nightmare, I've had them before." She said before noticing the box in her father's hands, making her point at it.ย 

"What's that?" She asked and Stilinski glanced down at it, "That's just, uh, files from the office..." He said and Stiles pursed his lips slightly. "It says 'Sheriff's station, do not remove'." He said and Stilinski looked at his kids in amusement, "Well, yeah- unless you're the Sheriff." He said before starting to walk away.ย 

"Now, get your butts to school, all right?" He said before walking away and Stiles turned to Sawyer, "You sure you're okay?" Stiles asked and Sawyer nodded. "Yeah..." She said before staring at him for a moment, "Are you?" She asked and he furrowed his brows.ย 

"Why wouldn't I be?" He asked and she shook her head slightly, "Just making sure..."ย 

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Scott drove up to school and stopped in a parking lot before taking his helmet off. He glanced down at his reflection to see his eyes glowing red, making him quickly close his eyes for a moment. He looked at his reflection again to see his eyes back to normal, making him furrowed his brows slightly.ย 

A moment later, he was walking through the school before glancing back only to find his shadow in the shape of a werewolf. His eyes widened slightly and he started running down the stairs, as if he was trying to run away from his shadow, until Stiles grabbed his shoulders.ย 

"Hey! Hey, you all right?" Stiles asked and Scott looked at him and Sawyer wide eyed before nodding slightly. "You don't look all right, Scott." Stiles said and Scott nodded again, "I'm okay." He said and Sawyer shook her head.ย 

"No, you're not. It's happening to you too. You're seeing things, aren't you?" Sawyer asked, making Scott's eyes widen slightly. "How'd you know?" Scott asked Stiles as Lydia and Allison walked up to them, "Because it's happening to all three of you." Lydia said, making them all look at each other.ย 

"Well, well, look who's no longer the crazy one." Lydia said as they walked into school, "We're not crazy." Allison said Lydia hummed and turned to them. "Hallucinating? Sleep paralysis? Yeah, you guys are fine." She said sarcastically, making Sawyer give her a looked.ย 

"We did die and come back to life. That's gotta have some side effects, right?" Scott asked and Sawyer nodded before the bell rang making Stiles turn to them, "We keep an eye on each other. Okay?" He said. "Lydia, stop enjoying this so much." Sawyer said walking past her, making Lydia purse her lips, "What?"ย 

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Sawyer sat down next to Stiles and glanced at the new history teacher as Anakin laid down next to her. The school had to get a bunch of new teachers since Jennifer killed three of them and then died herself. "Good morning, everyone. My name is Mr. Yukimura. I'll be taking over for your previous History Teacher. My family and I moved here three weeks ago. I'm sure, by now, you all know my daughter, Kira. Or you might not since she's never actually mentioned anyone from school. Or brought a friend home for that matter."ย 

Sawyer cringed as her and Stiles both glanced at each before a loud thud came from the back of the class. Everyone turned to find a dark haired girl with her head on the desk, "Either way, there she is." He said pointing at her.ย 

She slowly lifted her head up, giving a shy smile when she saw everyone looking at her. Sawyer turned back around before noticing Scott still looking at the girl with a small smile. After a few seconds he looked away before noticing Sawyer looking at him with a smug look, "Shut up." He mumbled, making her laugh quietly.ย 

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"Maybe we need a little more time to get to normal?" Scott said as he, Stiles, Sawyer and Anakin walked up to Sawyer's locker. "Yeah, try not to forget- you guys hit the reset button on a supernatural beacon for supernatural creatures. There's a pretty good chance things are never going back to normal." Stiles said as Sawyer started to do her combination.ย 

"Yeah..." Scott said, as Sawyer paused slightly, looking at her lock, all the numbers had suddenly changed to a bunch of symbols. She furrowed her brows before closing her eyes and opening them again to see the numbers were back, making her sigh in relief.ย 

She glanced up before looking over at Scott, making her eyes widen. "Oh, dude, your eyes!" She said, making Stiles look over while Scott looked at her confused, "What about them?" He asked. "What about them? They're starting to glow!" Stiles said as Sawyer glanced around to make sure no one noticed.ย 

"You mean, like, right now?" Scott asked and Sawyer looked at him, "Yes, right now! Scott, stop! Stop it!" She said and Scott let out a shaky breath. "I can't- I can't control it." He said as he looked down, covering his eyes a bit, "All right, just keep your head down. Look down, come on. Keep your head down." Stiles said before grabbing Scott, pushing his head down some before they quickly started walking down the hall.ย 

They quickly ran into an empty classroom and the twins closed the door while Scott took his jacket off before walking down a row of seats. "Get back away from me!" Scott said when the twins started to follow him, "Scott, it's okay..." Stiles said.ย 

"I don't know what's going to happen. Get back!" Scott said, his canines on full display before he stood up, clenching his fists with his clawed fingers. Scott growled slightly as blood dripped from his hands as his claws dug into his palms. He slowly fell to his knees and the twins, as well as Anakin, slowly walked forward as Scott's claws, canines and red eyes went away.ย 

Pain makes you human." Scott said weakly as he looked up at them amd Sawyer sighed softly and shook her head. "Guys, this isn't just in our heads. This is real. And it's starting to get bad for me, too... I'm not just having nightmares- I'm having dreams where I have to literally scream myself awake. And sometimes, I'm not even sure if I'm actually ever waking up." Sawyer said, making her brother look at her.ย 

"What do you mean?" Stiles asked and Sawyer glanced down for a moment, "You know how you can tell you're dreaming? You can't read in dreams. More and more, the past few days, I've been having trouble reading. It's like I can't see the words- I can't put the letters in order." Sawyer said and Scott raised his eyebrows. "Like, even now?" Scott asked and Sawyer slowly stood up as she glanced around at the board and all the posters on the wall.ย 

"I can't read a thing..."ย 

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"You know, the last time we brought one of these to her grave, it was stolen the same day." Sawyer said as she, Stiles and Anakin walked into their father's office with a vase of flowers, "A hundred bucks, down the drain." Stiles said before they noticed their dad crouched down on the ground with a bunch of papers on the ground.ย 

"Hey, Dad?" Stiles asked, making Stilinski look up at them and Sawyer smiled and raised her eyebrows, "Hi. What are you doing down there?" She asked. "Working. And, hey, if somebody wants the flowers that badly, they can have them. It's the gesture." Stilinski said as the twins and Anakin walked around the desk to find a bunch of boxes full of files.ย 

"Hey, Dad? What's all this?" Stiles asked, pointing at all the boxes, "I've been looking over some old cases from a more... illuminated... perspective, if you know what I mean..." Stilinski said and Sawyer hummed slightly as she and Stiles looked at a file.ย 

"Strange sighting of bipedal lizard man sprinting across freeway." They both read and their father patted a pile of papers, "Kanima pile." He said and Sawyer tossed the file with the others. "Dad, you're not going back through all your old cases, seeing if any of them had something to do with the supernatural, are you?" Stiles asked as he and Sawyer crouched down.ย 

"I admit, the recent opening of my eyes to the greater mysteries of the universe has got me reassessing. There's at least a hundred cases here, where I look at the details and I can ask myself, 'If I knew then what I know now-" Stilinski said and Sawyer nodded slightly, "Right, but are you sure you wanna go down that path?" She asked.ย 

"Do I have a choice? There's one case in particular that I can't get out of my head." Stilinski said before standing up, making the twins stand up as well, while Anakin jumped up onto Stilinski's office chair.ย 

"Eight years ago, I was elected Sheriff of Beacon County. My first official duty was to tell a man that not only had his wife and two kids died in a car accident, but, as best as we could tell, the body of his oldest had been dragged from the wreck by coyotes." Stilinski said as he handed his kids a file for them to read.ย 

"You mean dragged and eaten?" They both asked, "We didn't find the car until three days after the crash. They had driven off the road into a pretty deep ravine. Two bodies that were still in the car were covered in bites and slashes." Stilinski explained.ย 

"So, you're thinking, bites and claw marks, probably a Werewolf attack?" Stiles asked and their father nodded, "Maybe." He said and Sawyer furrowed her brows. "But coyotes, they scavenge. So, couldn't they have just left the bites and the slashes?" She asked and Stilinski nodded, "Absolutely. But, guess what night the accident occurred on?" Stilinski said before tapping on part of the file making the twins look at it before sighing.ย 

"The night of a full moon." They both said and their father nodded, "Yeah." He said before Stiles closed the file and glanced around at the boxes. "Hey, Dad? Where are all these going?" He asked and Stilinski glanced around, "Yeah, we, uh... We probably need to talk about that." He said, making the twins furrow their brows before glancing at each other.ย 

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The bell rang as Sawyer and Anakin quickly walked into class before noticing a girl sitting in her seat. "Hi, sorry... I usually sit there." Sawyer said and the girl just looked at her before doing sign language, making Sawyer's eyes widen slightly.ย 

"Okay. No problem. That's all yours. You probably don't even know what I'm saying." Sawyer said awkwardly before sitting down in an empty seat. She started to flip through a book before glancing up to see everyone in the class was sitting completely still, staring at the front of the class, making her furrow her brows.ย 

"Weird..." She mumbled before looking at the front of the class to see Coach standing there, completely still, just staring at her. "Hey, Coach. For a second there I thought I was in the wrong class..." She said before Coach started signing something, making her raise her eyebrows slightly.ย 

"Um, okay... I don't actually know sign language... Actually, I didn't even know that you knew sign language... Or that that was even an elective here..." She said as Coach just kept signing the same thing over and over, making her take a deep breath and nod slightly.ย 

"Well, this has been good, I- I'm just gonna, uh, head out..." Sawyer said awkwardly before grabbing her bag, book and Anakin's leash. She started to walk past Coach but he just followed her movements, still signing the same thing.ย 

Sawyer glanced back at the rest of the class to find them all looking at her, all signing the same thing as Coach. There was a distant ringing sound as Sawyer backed up, breathing heavily as the ringing got louder.ย 

Sawyer suddenly jumped up at her desk, before Coach stopped blowing his whistle. "Stilinski!" Coach yelled and Sawyer looked up at him wide eyed before raising her eyebrows and humming slightly. "I asked you a question!" Coach said and Sawyer looked at him wide eyed for a moment, "Um... Sorry, Coach. What was it?"ย 

"It was, Stilinski, are you paying attention back there?" He asked, making Sawyer purse her lips slightly, "Oh. Well, I am now..." She said awkwardly, making Coach sigh. "Stilinski, stop reminding me why I drink!...Every night. Does anyone else want to try the question on the board?" Coach asked while Sawyer looked over to Scott and Stiles who was staring at her worriedly.ย 

"It's fine. I just fell asleep for a second." Sawyer whispered, "Sawyer." Stiles said, making her look at him and he slightly shook her head. "You weren't asleep." Stiles said and then nodded down at Sawyer's notebook.ย 

She looked down to find the paper covered with the words, "Wake up!" over and over.ย 

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"Okay, so what happens to a person who has a near-death experience and comes out of it seeing things?" Scott asked as they all sat around outside at lunch, "And is unable to tell what's real or not?" Sawyer said. Anakin sat underneath the table with his head on Sawyer's lap as she petted him.

"And is being haunted by demonic visions of dead relatives?" Allison asked, "They're all locked up because they're insane." Isaac said, making everyone give him a look. "Ha. Can you at least try to be helpful, please?" Stiles asked, squinting at him, "For half my childhood, I was locked in a freezer. So, being helpful is kind of a new thing for me." Isaac said and Stiles raised his eyebrows.ย 

"Hey, dude, are you still milking that?" Stiles asked and Isaac nodded, "Yeah, maybe I am still milking that." He said.ย 

"Hi." A voice said, making them all turn to see Kira standing at the end of the table, "Hi, sorry. I couldn't help overhearing what you guys were talking about. And I think I actually might know what you're talking about. There's a Tibetan word for it. It's called "Bardo." It literally means "in-between state." The state between life and death." She explained, looking at the six friends nervously.ย 

"And what do they call you?" Lydia asked but this time Scott answered, "Kira." He said, making everyone look at him with raised eyebrows while Sawyer looked at him with a knowing smirk. "She's in our History class." He said and Kira looked down with a small smile.ย 

"Are you talking Bardo in Tibetan Buddhism or Indian?" Sawyer asked and Kira sat down next to her. "Either, I guess. But all the stuff you guys were just saying? All that happens in Bardo. There are different progressive states where you can have hallucinations. Some you see, some you just hear. And you can be visited by peaceful and wrathful deities."ย 

"Wrathful deities? And what are those?" Isaac asked, "Demons." Kira said, making all their eyes widen slightly. "Demons. Why not?" Stiles said looking at everyone, "Hold on, if there are different progressive states, then what's the last one?" Allison asked.ย 

"Death. You die." Kira said, making everyone take a deep breath looking around at each other.ย 

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"It sounds like your subconscious is trying to communicate with you." Deaton said as he, Scott, Stiles Sawyer and Anakin walked into the clinic. "Well, how do I tell my subconscious to use a language that I actually know?" Sawyer asked and Deaton turned to her.ย 

"Do you remember what the sign language looked like? The placement and movement of the hands?" Deaton asked and Scott raised his eyebrows, "You know sign language?" He asked and Deaton nodded, "I know a little."ย 

"Okay, the first one was like this. Then." Sawyer said, demonstrating what she saw. "That's "when." Deaton nodded, then Sawyer did another one, "Then there was this, twice." Sawyer said and Deaton nodded. "That's door." He said before Sawyer did another, "And this in between it." She said.ย 

"That's it?" Deaton asked and Sawyer nodded, "When is a door not a door?" Deaton said, making Sawyer squint at them. "When is a door not a door?" He asked, "When it's ajar." Scott said. "You're kidding me. A riddle? My subconscious wants to tell me a riddle?" Sawyer asked as she glanced at her brother and Scott.ย 

"Not necessarily. When the three of you went under the water, when you crossed from unconsciousness to a kind of super-consciousness You essentially opened a door in your minds." Deaton explained. "So what does that mean? The door's still open?" Scott asked.ย 

"Ajar."ย 

"A door into our minds?" Sawyer asked as she raised her eyebrows, "I did tell you it was risky." Deaton said and they sighed. "What do we do about it?" Scott asked and Deaton sighed, "Well, that's difficult to answer."ย 

"Oh, no, wait a second, I know that look. That's the- I know exactly what's wrong with you, but I have no idea how to fix it- look." Stiles said and Deaton sighed, "One thing I do know is that having an opening like that into your mind, it's not good. You each need to close that door. And you need to do it as soon as possible."ย 

Stiles, Scott, Sawyer and Anakin walk out of the animal clinic to see the twins' dad pull up, "Dad, what are you doing here?" Stiles asked. "I'm here because I could use some help. Actually Your help." He said looking at Scott, "Why me?"ย 

"Because eight years ago, almost an entire family died in a car accident. One of the bodies, a young girl named Malia, was never found. There's enough evidence to have me thinking that That a werewolf could have caused the accident, and then dragged her body away. If you could somehow get a lock on her scent, if you could somehow help me find her body, it might provide the missing clue." He explained.ย 

"But what if it was a werewolf?"ย 

"Well, there's somebody out there who murdered an entire family. Someone who still needs to be caught."ย 

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Slowly, Scott, Stiles and Sawyer walked over to Mr. Tate's back door that led into Malia's old room. Stiles started to open the door but it made a creaking sound making him freeze while they all cringed. He went to open it more and it squeaked before he fully opened it.ย 

They quickly walked into the room and Stiles instantly started tossing stuffed animals to Scott for him to smell. "All I'm getting is some animal smell." Scott said with a sigh, "What kind of animal?" Sawyer asked and almost instantly she was answered by a growling sound.ย 

They froze for a moment before slowly looking over to see a rottweiler staring in front of him. "Dog." Scott whispered as the dog growled at them again, "Hi puppy." Scott whispered slowly. "Get rid of it." Stiles said, making Scott raise his eyebrows, "Me?"ย 

"Yes, you! Glow your eyes at it! Something! Be the Alpha!" Stiles whispered as the dog growled again, "I can't... I don't have control..." Scott said, making Sawyer sigh and pinch the bridge of her nose for a moment. "Okay, buddy, you're going to have to try something." Stiles said.ย 

Scott held his hand out, taking a step forward, "Nice doggy." He said, making Sawyer look at him in disbelief. All of the sudden the dog started barking, making them all jump. "You've got to be kidding me. Nice doggy??" Sawyer hissed as Tate yelled for the dog to shut up.ย 

Sawyer grabbed a toy off the bed and slowly took a step forward towards the dog as he was still barking. "Apollo! Shut up!" Tate yelled as Sawyer slowly crouched down in front of Apollo.ย 

"Hi, buddy." She said in a soft but high voice before holding up the toy then quietly tossing it outside the room. "Go get it." Sawyer said and the dog instantly chased after it making Sawyer and the guys sigh in relief. "Here, try that." Stiles said, handing Scott something else and Scott shook his head, "All I'm getting is the dog." Scott sighed, shaking his head.ย 

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Sawyer, Scott and Stiles hopped out of the jeep after pulling over somewhere away from Tate's house, to talk to Stilinski. "I'm sorry. I tried as hard as I could. If it wasn't so long ago, I might have been able to do it." Scott said and Stilinski sighed and shook his head.ย 

"It's okay. It was a long shot. In fact, it was a pretty terrible idea. I think I just ripped a wound open in that poor man. I never should have brought you guys here. I don't know what I was thinking. Thanks for trying, all right?" Stilinski said and Scott nodded. Stilinski patted Scott's arm before turning around and climbing into his car.ย 

"See you at home." Stilinski said, glancing back at Stiles and Sawyer before driving off. "Aren't there a lot of cases that go unsolved?" Scott asked and Stiles nodded with a slight shrug, "Yeah, I just think this is one he felt like he could've figured out right now."ย 

"Why is it so important now?" Scott asked and Sawyer sighed, "He wants to be able to solve one more... while he's still Sheriff." Sawyer said, making Scott look at her wide eyed. "What do you mean, 'still Sheriff?'" Scott asked and the twins just glanced at her.ย 

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"You know, if my dad's right, that means there's another werewolf in town that we haven't met yet." Stiles said as he, Sawyer and Scott hiked through the woods, looking for the dead body Stilinski mentioned earlier. "I know."ย 

"If it turns out to be something like triplets that form into, like, a three-headed hound of hell, I'm seriously not up for that." Stiles said and Sawyer chuckled, "Yeah. Me either. Especially if I can't even control my own transformation anymore." Scott said.ย 

"Well, hopefully whatever it is isn't as bad as a pack of Alphas and a Darach." Sawyer said. Almost instantly after she had said that, a coyote howled, making Stiles jump and grab onto Scott, making him drop his phone down a small rock edge and into a puddle and Scott gave him a look.ย 

"Sorry, buddy. I hate coyotes so much. They always sound like they're mauling some tiny, helpless little animal." Stiles said and Sawyer laughed as Scott jumped down. Scott bent down to pick up his phone while Sawyer watched Stiles try to climb down and slip making her laugh. "That was so smooth." She said, making him look up at her with a glare as she jumped down.ย 

"Still works." Scott said looking down at his phone. "Let me see the flashlight. I think we found it." Stiles asked and Scott handed him the flash light and he started walking forward making them follow.ย 

"Uh- Why wouldn't they move it? Isn't it evidence?" Scott asked as they walked up to an upside down car. "Probably too much of a pain in the ass to tow out. Look at this." Stiles said, pointing the flashing light at the car. Across the door were four large claw marks and Scott traced his fingers alongside the claw marks, his fingers not being able to space apart wide enough in between each claw. "See those? Animal claws would be closer together, right? A lot closer." Stiles said.ย 

"Then it was a werewolf." Scott said, looking at Stiles while Sawyer crouched down, looking inside the car. "So, my dad was right." Stiles said and Sawyer lightly tapped the side of his leg making them look at her, "What is that?" She asked, pointing at something.ย 

Crouching down next to her, Stiles shined the flashlight into the car, grabbing whatever she was pointing at. Standing up they looked down at Stiles' hand to see an old, dirty baby doll.ย 

"I'm hungry." The baby doll suddenly said, making Scott jump, and Stiles screamed and dramatically fell while Sawyer jumped slightly and took a deep breath. "That was unnecessary." She said as the boys tried to catch their breaths. "I think I just had a minor heart attack." Stiles looking over at them.ย 

Scott let out a deep breath until something caught his eye, "Hey guys, Please tell me you see that." He said making them look in the direction at whatever he was looking at. Bright blue eyes stared at them through the darkness. "I see it." They both said at the same time as the eyes moved and disappeared making Scott quickly run to chase after them.ย 

"Wait, hey, Scott! Scott, wait!"

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