Ch. 40 - ILLUMINATED

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Chapter Forty
๐ŸฆŠ Illuminated ๐ŸฆŠ


Sawyer sat in-between Scott and Stiles on the couch in the Sheriff's Office. Stilinski and Agent McCall standing in front of them. "So when did you get there?" Agent McCall asked. "At the same time." Stiles and Sawyer both said and McCall raised his eyebrows, "At the same time as who?"ย 

"At the same time as me." Scott answered, pointing at himself and his father raised his eyebrows, "By coincidence?" He asked. "What do you mean coincidence?" Stiles asked, "That's what I'm asking you. The three of you arrived at the same time. Was that coincidence?"ย 

"Are you asking me?"ย 

"I think he's asking me."ย 

"He might be asking me."ย 

"I think he's asking all of you." Lydia said, "Okay, let me answer the questions." He said then stopped when he realized his mistake. Sawyer chuckled quietly, raising her eyebrows at him as he sighed. "Let me ask the questions. Just so I have this absolutely clear. Barrow was hiding in the chemistry closet at the school. Someone left him a coded message on the blackboard telling him to kill Kira. Then Barrow took Kira to a power substation and tied her up with the intent of electrocuting her, which blacked out the entire town." He asked and they all nodded.ย 

"Sounds about right."ย 

"How did you know he'd take her to a power station?" He asked and Stiles and Sawyer shrugged nonchalantly. "Well, 'cause he was an electrical engineer." Stiles said and Sawyer nodded, "So where else would he take her?" She asked and McCall raised his eyebrows.ย 

"That's one hell of a deduction there, guys."ย 

"Yeah, what can I say? We take after our pops. He's in law enforcement." Stiles said winking at their dad who snorted before covering it up with a cough, "Guys, just, uh...Just answer the man." He said and Sawyer sighed. "Look, we made a good guess." Sawyer said with a slight shrug Agent McCall sighed then turned to his son and Kira, "What were the two of you doing?"ย 

"Eating pizza." "Eating sushi."ย 

"Eating sushi." "Eating pizza."ย 

"Eating sushi and pizza." They said together slowly and Agent McCall nodded slowly, "You believe this?" McCall asked, turning to Stilinski. "To be honest, I haven't believed a word Stiles or Sawyer has said since they learned how to speak." Stilinski said, making his kids pout, "But I think these kids found themselves in the right place at the right time and that girl sitting there is very lucky for it."ย 

"Kira, is that how you remember it?" McCall asked and everyone turned to stare at her making her suck in a deep breath and nod, "Yes. Could I get my phone back now?" Kira asked and he sighed and shook his head, "Sorry, but no. Kira, a deputy is going to take you home. But we'll need you to fill out some paperwork first."ย 

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"Class starts in five minutes! Just because there's no power, don't expect there to be no school!" Coach says through a megaphone as he passes Stiles, Sawyer and Anakin. Anakin who was wearing a Chewbacca costume underneath his service dog vest. "That was a triple negative. Very impressive, Coach." Stiles and Sawyer both said, "Copy that."ย 

"Hello... Where did you come from?" Stiles said, making Sawyer look at him as he picked up a key that had fallen out of his locker. "Did you just talk to your key?" Sawyer asked and he shrugged, "I don't recognize this key." He said and she looked at him with raised eyebrows.ย 

"Did you copy someone's keys and forgot about it again?" She said and he shook his head before glancing over at the school doors as Scott walked in. The second he walked in, his eyes met Kira's but she quickly sucked in a deep breath and turned around before going over to her locker down the hall.ย 

"No. No, stop! Stop!" Stiles said as he grabbed Scott, stopping him from going over to Kira. "What? I need to talk to her." Scott said and Stiles shook his head, "No, you need to remember someone left a coded message telling Barrow to kill her." Stiles said.ย 

"Which is why I need to talk to her-"ย 

"Scott, no way! Until we figure out if she's just another psychotic monster that's going to start murdering everybody, I vote against any and all interaction!" Stiles said and Sawyer raised her eyebrows, "I don't think she's a psychotic monster that's gonna start killing everybody." She said, making Stiles look at her. "How do you know?" Stiles asked and she raised her eyebrows at him, "Because we've seen psychotic monsters first hand, I like to think I'd know one when I see one now." Sawyer said and Scott nodded in agreement.ย 

"What if she's like me?" Scott asked and Stiles shook his head, "That girl walked through one point twenty one jigawatts of electricity. She's not like you." Stiles said.ย 

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Sawyer sat in biology as she took her stuff out her bag when someone sat down next to her. "Nice dog costume." Aiden said and Sawyer raised her eyebrows, "You know who he's supposed to be?" She asked and Aiden was quiet for a moment. "No..." He said and she pointed at the table behind her, "Go away. That's Lydia's seat anyways." She said and Aiden sighed.ย 

"I'm trying to be nice here." Aiden said and Sawyer hummed slightly, "You have to try to be nice?" She asked and he gave her a look. "You know what I mean." He said and she raised her eyebrows, "Do I though?" She asked.ย 

"I just want to be friends." Aiden said and Sawyer looked at him weird, "You know there's other people in the school, why are you so desperate to be my friend?" She asked and he shrugged slightly. "Because from what I've seen, you're a good friend." He said and Sawyer sighed, "You know how I called you a wanna-be bad boy when we first met?" Sawyer asked before looking at him.ย 

"You're not a bad boy, you're a bad guy. You can try all you want to become my friend and maybe I'll give in eventually, but right now, I don't want to be friends with someone like you. Now move before Lydia gets here." Sawyer said and Aiden sighed softly before moving to sit at the table behind her, next to Danny.ย 

A moment later Lydia walked in and sat down next to Sawyer before her mom walked over to them, passing them a paper. "Sweetheart, since this is my first class and I haven't taught in five years, I just want to remind you of one thing...Try not to embarrass me." Natalie said, making Lydia raise her eyebrows slightly.ย 

"You should have thought of that before wearing those shoes." Lydia said before smiling innocently, "Love you!" Lydia said and Natalie chuckled. "Love you, too." She said before smiling at Sawyer making Sawyer smile awkwardly at her as she walked away.ย 

"You didn't tell me your mom was gonna start teaching biology." Sawyer whispered as she turned towards Lydia. "Why does it matter?" Lydia asked and Sawyer looked at her crazy, "Because I'm supposed to impress the mother of the girl I like." Sawyer said and Lydia rolled her eyes slightly.ย 

"First of all, you don't have to impress her and second, what does her teaching biology have to do with it?" She asked and Sawyer gave her a dramatic look, "I'm horrible at biology!" Sawyer said dramatically, making Lydia roll her eyes.ย 

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"Okay, this one will get you into all of the perimeter doors." Sawyer said as Stiles handed Scott a key card, "This one into the evidence room. And this one's for my father's office." Stiles says handing Scott two more. "You didn't steal these, did you?" Scott asked, looking at Stiles wide eyed.ย 

"No, I cloned them using the RFID emulator." Stiles said making Sawyer raise her eyebrows "That's worse than stealing." She said and he pursed his lips. "It's smarter." He said looking over at her and she nodded slightly.ย 

"Scott, can I ask you something?" Kira asked, pulling Scott away from the jeep making Stiles scoff. "Okay, we'll just..." He trailed off awkwardly making Sawyer chuckle. A few seconds later Scott and Kira walk back over to the jeep.ย 

"Okay. So, now almost everybody's out dealing with the blackout, but there's always somebody at the front desk- there's dispatch and usually a night-shifter or two." Stiles said and Sawyer nodded and leaned forward slightly, "You guys are gonna use the service entrance by the dumpster, all right? Nobody uses it." She said.ย 

"Now, I'll text you if anyone comes out, but Scott, if you get caught, we can't help you. Our dad's under investigation for an impeachment because of your dad." Stiles said and Sawyer nodded, "So... if anything happens, we will run and leave you both for dead." Sawyer said and Scott nodded. "Got it. Thanks. Seriously, dude." Scott said, "We'd ask our dad, but you know." Stiles said.ย 

"No, I know. I get it." Scott said and nodded, "All right. Just, uh... hurry up." Stiles said and they nodded and walked away while Stiles and Sawyer sat back.ย 

A few minutes later a pair of headlights shined in front of them making them look over to see McCall pull in. "Crap." Sawyer mumbled as Stiles quickly started texting Scott before glancing up as McCall started walking towards the doors. The twins glanced at each other for a moment before sighing. "Ah, we are so going to regret this." Stiles said and Sawyer nodded before they quickly got out of the jeep..ย 

"Hey, hey! Wow! Thank God you are here! Oh, boy! Thank the lord!" Stiles said, running into the station and over to Agent McCall. "What do you guys want?" Agent McCall sighed, "Oh, jeez." He muttered, glancing over at Sawyer whose eyes widened slightly.ย 

"We huh... had an idea. About the case." She quickly said and Stiles nodded, "We were thinking we should clue you in on our thinking. Here's our thinking. I was thinking this." Stiles rambled as he snapped his fingers while Agent McCall looked at him weird.ย 

"We were thinking that Barrow, right...? Barrow received the information about who to kill at the school, right? You know that?" Stiles said and Sawyer nodded, "So, we were thinking, maybe the person who gave him that information- check this out- might actually be someone at the school. And that's, uh, my thinking..." Sawyer said, before cringing slightly at herself.ย 

"Hmm." Agent McCall hummed while nodding, "You're right." He said making both Stiles and Sawyer raised their eyebrows. "We are?" They both asked and Agent McCall nodded, "Yep. We, uh... We started looking for links between Barrow, faculty, and students last night." Agent McCall said, making Sawyer purse her lips.ย 

"So, you already know that stuff then?" She asked and he nodded, "Your dad did. His one useful suggestion." Agent McCall commented as he sipped his card to the evidence room while Sawyer and Stiles glared at him.ย 

"You know, this attitude that you have toward our dad? You can dress it up to all the professional disapproval that you want... But we know the real reason why you don't like him." Stiles said and Agent McCall chuckled softly, "Is that so?"ย 

"Yeah... Because he knows something that you don't want him to know. And guess what? We know it too." Stiles said gesturing slightly to Sawyer making Agent McCall glance between them obviously slightly nervous. "Go home, you guys. There's a-there's a curfew." He said before walking into evidence.ย 

Stiles and Sawyer glanced at each other before walking out and over to the jeep right as Kira and Scott ran over. "We did it! All the pics deleted!" Scott said and Kira smiled excitedly, "That was awesome! I mean, terrifying- completely terrifying! But kind of awesome. I've never done anything like that before. Have you?" She asked and Scott, Stiles and Sawyer looked at each other.ย 

"Once or twice." Sawyer said, making Kira hum. "So, I guess I should take you home..." Scott sighed and Kira's smile faded, making Sawyer punch Scott's arm and give him a look as Kira walked back to the bike. "Ask her if she wants to go to a party, you idiot." Sawyer whispered harshly, making Scott's eyes widen slightly before walking over to his bike.ย 

"Wanna go to a party?" Sawyer asked as she turned to her brother who thought for a moment before nodding. "Yeah, sure!" He said before climbing into the jeep making her run over to the passenger side.ย 

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"It just showed up there on my keyring this morning. I asked my dad if he put it there, but he said he didn't know anything about it." Stiles says as they walk up the stairs to the loft. "It's just a key, right?" Scott asked and Stiles shrugged, "Yeah, but it's not mine. And I don't know it got there, or what it's for."ย 

"You want to leave so we can figure it out?" Scott asked. "Uhh.." Stiles tailed off as they walked up to the doorway of the loft to see a bunch of people covered in UV activated body paint, a DJ, and strobe lights. They all looked around slightly shocked as Sawyer hummed, "Derek is gonna kill them." She said before someone walked up to Stiles, kissing him on the cheek.ย 

"Happy Halloween." She said before walking away, "You gonna go after the pretty girl or do you want to talk about a key?" Sawyer asked making Stiles look at her and she raised her eyebrows. "It can wait. It can wait." Stiles said before quickly following the girl.ย 

"That is just painfully embarrassing." Sawyer said as she walked up to Lydia, watching her brother awkwardly dance with that girl. "Tell me about it." Lydia said, nodding in agreement before Sawyer turned to her, "Another weird sight is Lydia Martin looking like she doesn't want to be at a party." She said, making Lydia chuckle and turn to her.ย 

"If I wanted to go to a rave, I'd build a time machine and go back to the 90s." She said, making Sawyer chuckle and nod slightly, "If you do, can you take me with you? Aiden is being really persistent of trying to be my friend." She said and Lydia chuckled under her breath.ย 

"Well, I'm feeling a little claustrophobic and a bit anxious in here, so you wanna go outside with me?" Sawyer asked and Lydia glanced around for a moment before nodding. They walked outside to a balcony that no one ever uses and Sawyer instantly leaned against the edge of the stone wall.ย 

She looked over at Lydia who glanced around, slightly rubbing her arms making Sawyer raise her eyebrows, "Cold?" She asked making Lydia look at her and shrug slightly. "A little." She said and Sawyer nodded and took off her jacket, "I don't want you to get cold." Lydia said and Sawyer wrapped her jacket around Lydia's shoulders.ย 

"Don't worry about it, I don't mind the cold." Sawyer said with a slight shrug before they both noticed how close they were. They didn't say anything, just stared at each other for a moment until Lydia grabbed the back of Sawyer's neck, pulling her into a kiss.ย 

Sawyer gently grabbed Lydia's hips as their lips moved in sync for a moment. All of a sudden, Sawyer started hearing a bunch of whispers that she couldn't understand, making her slowly pull away from Lydia. "What?" Lydia asked and Sawyer just furrowed her brows as she glanced around slightly.ย 

She was about to say something but noticed a cloud of black smoke behind Lydia. Sawyer grabbed Lydia's arm, making her turn around right as two demonic ninja looking creatures materialized out of the smoke. One creature shot out, grabbing the side of Sawyer's head making her stare into its glowing eyes.ย 

Lydia went to scream but the other creature held its hand up in front of her mouth, silencing the scream. The creature grabbed the side of her head as well and then after a moment both girls fell to the ground.ย 

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"Aiden, over here!" Danny yelled running over to Sawyer and Lydia, "Sawyer?" Aiden said as he ran over to Sawyer while Danny went over to Lydia. "Lydia?" Danny asked, grabbing her shoulder, "What happened to them?" Aiden asked looking up at Danny.ย 

"I don't know, but they're both freezing. Practically hypothermic." Danny said, "We gotta get them inside." Aiden said, grabbing Sawyer while Danny grabbed Lydia. "Over here! There's a heating vent." Danny said and they set the girls down next to the vent.ย 

Sawyer groaned slightly as Aiden leaned her against the wall "Are you okay?" Aoden asked and she nodded. "I'm- I'm fine. Where's Lydia?" She asked, "She's right next to you. I'll try to find a couple blankets." Danny said and Aiden nodded before Danny ran off.ย 

As he ran away slowly reached up the back of her ear to feel something scared into her skin. She quickly sat up and turned to Lydia, making Aiden look at her, "You should probably sit back, you're still cold." Aiden said and Sawyer shook her head.ย 

"I need to look at her ear." Sawyer said before gently grabbing Lydia's face and turning her head slightly to see a backwards five behind her ear. "Look at the back of my ear, what's there?" Sawyer asked, turning her head so Aiden could look, "It looks like a backwards five." He said and she sighed and nodded.ย 

"Yeah, Lydia has one too." She said before all of a sudden, music stopped as Danny ran back over to them and a voice thundered throughout the loft, "GET OUT!" Derek yelled. Everyone stood frozen for a moment before running out. "Get her out of here." Sawyer said as Aiden helped her stand up and Danny nodded and started to pull Lydia away but Lydia grabbed Sawyer's hand.ย 

"Find Scott." Lydia said and Sawyer nodded, "That's my plan." She said before Lydia let Danny pull her away. The only people who weren't running out were the pack and things that attacked Sawyer and Lydia outside.ย 

Once everyone was out the samurai/ninja like shadow figured all simultaneously turned to face Aiden. "Guys, they're all looking at me." The things took a step closer towards him, a black smoke coming off them. "Why are they looking at me?" Aiden said, fear evident in his voice as they took another step forward which triggered a couple Werewolves into stepping in.ย 

Derek and Scott swiped at them only for the things to easily dodge them like it was nothing. Derek growled and ran forward, snapping one of their necks only for it to go right back to normal. He looked at it confused before it picked him up and tossed him to a wall.ย 

Scott came and stood in front as all of the samurai/ninja like things turned to them. Scott charged forward, swiping at them but they just stepped back making him miss before throwing him into a wall. The creatures took a step forward making Isaac step towards them, growling. One of them turned to him before pulling out a ninjatล from its chest before effortlessly spinning it around like something you'd see in a Japanese samurai movie making Isaac back away.ย 

The things all turned and advanced to Aiden, one of them grabbed him behind the ear. Staring into his eyes sending him into some kind of trance before burning what Sawyer assumed was the same backwards five she had. Aiden fell to the ground then they turned to Scott.ย 

Scott growled at them, flashing his red eyes as he stood in front of Kira. They advanced towards them but then stopped, turning to the sunlight that started shining through the windows. Everyone looked at them confused before looking at the windows before looking back to see the things slowly disappear into the shadows in a black smoke.ย 

"What the hell were those things?" Scott asked looking over at Derek who looked just as confused while Isaac slowly looked over at Allison.ย 

"Your dad's 24-hours are up."

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