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Chapter Sixty-Eight
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Stiles was wrapping some gauze around Sawyer's arm as Theo flipped Stiles' jeep back over. "We should get you to the hospital. You took both in a lot of smoke." Theo said and Stiles shook his head, "I'm fine." He said and Theo sighed.

"Okay then what about Sawyer? She had a piece of glass in her arm." He said and she shrugged slightly, "I'll live." She said as they walked over to him. "Suspect in one-eight-seven is in custody and en route to station. Suspect's name is Yukimura, Kira." The police scanner said making both Stiles' and Sawyer's eyes widen. "What's a one-eight-seven?" Theo asked.

"Homicide."

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"Hey, is Kira okay?" Stiles asked as Scott walked into the house but walked right past them and up the stairs. "Scott?" Sawyer called up to him. She glanced back at Stiles, Theo and Malia before running up the stairs.

They ran into Scott's room to see Scott with his claws in the back of Corey's neck. "Don't get too close." Sawyer said as she watched the two carefully, "What is he doing?" Theo asked. "Tapping into Corey's memories. It's usually something only Alphas do." Lydia explained and Theo walked over to get a look.

"Is it as dangerous as it looks?" Theo asked and Sawyer sighed and nodded, "More." She said. "Does anyone know if it's working?" Mason said and then a second later Scott gasped and pulled away from Corey. Stiles and Theo shot out to catch Scott while Lydia and Mason grabbed Corey, "Is he okay?"

"What the hell did you do to me?"

"You'll be alright."

"There's blood..."

"You'll heal."

"Scott-"

"He'll be fine!" Scott yelled as he started rabidly drawing on a piece of paper. "I think it worked. I saw something. There were tunnels, pipes along the walls... There were these huge blue pipes at the entrance, two on both sides." Scott explained and Stiles, Sawyer and Lydia walked over and looked at the paper.

"Wait a second... I know this. I've seen this before. That's one of the tunnels we used to skateboard in. Remember? Dad caught us one time and told us to never go back?" Stiles said, looking over at Sawyer who nodded. "It's the water treatment plant." Sawyer said, "That's where they are. That's where we'll find Liam and Hayden."

"Scott... Scott, slow down. Just think for a second, okay? Mason shouldn't be going." Stiles said as they followed Scott down the stairs. "Liam's my best friend- I'm going." Mason said, making Stiles raise his eyebrows, "Oh, did you suddenly get super-wolf powers? I wasn't aware of that development."

"Well, if you're not going, I could use the help." Scott said and Stiles shook his head, "No, I'm coming as soon as I talk to my dad. They're moving the body, and he wants to make sure that this time, no one steals it." Stiles said and Sawyer furrowed her brows. "How's he gonna do that?" She asked and Stiles sighed.

"I don't know... But whoever took the last one was strong enough to flip my Jeep."

"We can take Theo." Malia suggested, "Maybe I better stay here... You know, in case the Doctors decide to make a house call for Corey." He said and Scott nodded while Sawyer sighed. "Scott, Stiles has a point. We need to slow down and think." She said and he looked at her. "I am thinking- about how Liam and Hayden could already be dead." Scott said, making her shake her head, "You could've hurt him, dude. Really hurt him." Sawyer said and he sighed.

"I have to find Liam." He said and walked out, Mason and Malia following. "Text me for anything, alright? And I mean anything." Stiles said and Malia nodded, "I got it." She said before walking out.

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"You tell me, man- you're the mechanic. If the gas tank didn't rupture and nothing electrical was burned, then how did the fire start? Spontaneously combusted? That's your answer? Are you kidding?" Stiles said into the phone as he talked to a mechanic while him and Sawyer walked down the halls of the hospital.

Their father walked up to them and took Stiles's phone away before raising his eyebrows, "What are you guys doing here?" He asked. "Dad, you gotta leave the body, okay? Leave it, and let whoever wants to take it just take it. Trust me." Stiles said and Sawyer nodded in agreement, "I'm doing my job, guys." He said and Sawyer scoffed lightly as they started walking.

"Yeah, you've been really busy arresting innocent people. People you know are not capable of murdering someone." She said, making their father sigh, "Go home. Now." Stilinski said as he walked into the elevator and his kids just followed behind him. "This is not up for debate." He said, "And we're not leaving." Stiles and Sawyer both said.

"You know, Clark mentioned something about, uh key cards for the library... Do you all have after-hours access?" Stilinski asked, making them look at him for a moment, "Yeah. Yeah, we do. I'd show you mine, but I lost it a couple weeks ago." Stiles said and Stilinski nodded slightly before noticing the gauze around Sawyer's arm.

"What the hell happened?"

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Sawyer walked out into the hall after getting stitches in her arm and saw Stiles still talking to the mechanics making her sigh. She walked over to him and grabbed his phone before putting it up to her ear.

"Hey, it's Sawyer. Look, just fix whatever you can now and I'll work on it when I come in... Yeah, I know it'll cost a lot, just work on it." Sawyer said before hanging up and sitting down next to her brother with a frustrating sigh.

"He annoys me so much." She said and when Stiles didn't say anything she looked over at him to see him looking down at his key card. "What are you going to do with it?" Sawyer asked and Stiles sighed softly before putting it in the trash can.

"Maybe we should tell them..." Sawyer said in a slight whisper, "How?" Stiles asked and she sighed and shook her head slightly. "I don't know... but isn't it always better when they know?" Sawyer asked and Stiles shook his head slightly, "I don't know if this is one of those times..." He said.

Sawyer was quiet for a moment, her leg bouncing up and down slightly as she thought before taking a deep breath. "I'm almost a hundred percent sure that we're right about Theo." She said as the turned to her brother slightly, making him look at her, "That he's not who he seems." She said and he nodded slightly.

"Why? Did the voices tell you anything?" He asked and Sawyer sighed, "No, annoyingly they won't tell me anything about people, but..." She trailed off slightly as she pulled out a note pad out of her bag and handing it to him.

"Ever since we first started to suspect Matt, I've started writing down everything I thought seem suspicious with anyone new- Or well- it started with new people but after the Nogitsune I kind started noting every characteristic change in everyone." She said as Stiles flipped through some of the older pages.

"Why didn't you tell me about this?" He asked and she shrugged slightly, "Felt like it made me sound crazy or like a stalker." She said and he glanced at her. "Maybe to some people but this is really helpful." Stiles said before reading what she wrote about Theo. "You think he's a Chimera?" He asked, looking at her and she nodded, "Think about it- the first time we saw him since fourth grade was the first time we met a Chimera. That's one- an accident." Sawyer said and Stiles nodded slightly as he read.

"He didn't go to Eichen House." He read and Sawyer nodded, "Scott told me that he told Theo we were going to talk to Valack. And if Theo wanted to help us so badly, why didn't he offer to come with? Theo knew and didn't go but the Dread Doctors somehow found out and came. That's two- a coincidence." She said as she held up two fingers.

"He knew about Donovan." Stiles read and Sawyer sucked in a deep breath, "How did he even know who Donovan was?" Sawyer asked making Stiles look at her. "He wasn't there at the station when he threatened dad. He wasn't at the crime scene, at least not that we know of. He was never around when Donovan was talked out. Donovan didn't go to our school- he graduated last year. But yet Theo knew that the body in the library was Donovan, specifically." Sawyer said and Stiles nodded slowly.

"That's three..." He said and Sawyer nodded, "A pattern." She said.

Sawyer was about to say something else but stopped when she heard the distant echoing sound of steam hissing and grunting. "What?" Stiles asked, noticing her distant look, "What is it?" He asked. "Something's wrong." She said before getting up and running in the direction of the morgue, Stiles instantly followed her.

"Dad? Dad!" Sawyer yelled as they ran down the hall, "Dad!" Stiles yelled as they turned to the corner to find their father as Parrish was walking away. "The body." Sawyer said and Stilinski nodded before they walked into the morgue, Stilinski with his gun raised.

One of the cold lockers doors were wide open and the tray was pulled out. The thing was completely empty, all that was left behind was black burn spots on the metal.

A few minutes later their dad walked out while Stiles squinted slightly before walking over and picking something up from the ground. "Sawyer..." He said, making her look at him, "What?" She asked, walking over to him.

"It's him. He's the one taking the bodies." He said, handing her a slightly burnt badge making her sigh, "And I know where he's taking them." She said in a slight whisper as she looked down at the badge that read PARRISH.