Ch. 95 - PRESSURE TEST

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Chapter Ninety-Five
โš” Pressure Test โš”


"I'm not letting them out. We've got two bodies covered in slash marks. They confessed to killing two people." Stilinski said as they all stood around his office. "Hunters." Sawyer corrected, making her father sigh, "People, Sawyer. Self-defense or not, they're still here. The other guys are dead. And there's a process I have to follow." Stilinski said and Sawyer pursed her lips slightly.

"I don't know... I feel like the moment you start killing people- especially kids- for sport you're no longer 'people'. Also- I recall you saying you'd burn this station down to protect Stiles and I when you found out that I killed Donovan out of self-defense. Why are these kids different?" She asked, raising her eyebrows and shrugging slightly when Stilinski gave her a look.

"You know what's happening around here. It's not safe for them." Scott said, "This may actually be the safest place for them in Beacon Hills. At least I can protect them here." Stilinski said and Sawyer raised her eyebrows at him as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Would Stiles think that?" She asked and Malia nodded slightly, "Especially if one of your deputies is working for Gerard?" She asked and Stilinski shook his head.

"I'm not buying that. I know these deputies like the back of my hand. I know their families, their kids, their brothers and sisters... I know who they are, and I trust them." Stilinski said as they all kinda glanced back at the Deputies through the window.

"You know who they were. There's something out there. Everyone's afraid, and it's getting worse." Liam said and Scott nodded, "Yeah, you can't protect two Werewolves from Hunters if they're already on the inside." Scott said and Stilinski was quiet for a moment before turning to the girl who sat on one of the chairs.

"It's Quinn, right? You sure it was a deputy who shot you? Absolutely one-hundred-percent sure?" He asked and she nervously glanced around before nodding. "I saw flashing lights... a police car... I-I saw a badge, a gun, and then they shot me. They shot me in the head. And that's all I remember." Quinn explained, making Stilinski sigh softly.

"There are a couple holes in her story." Stilinski said and Lydia gave him a look, "Maybe because there's a hole in her head." Lydia said and Malia started laughing making everyone look at her weird. "It's funny but you gotta laugh in your head." Sawyer said in a slight whisper, making Malia's eyes widen slightly as she glanced at everyone, "...I'm sorry."

"Sheriff, we need to get Jiang and Tierney out here before anyone realizes that they're here." Scott said and Stilinski raised his eyebrows, "And take them where? I can't let them go."

"But if you keep them here, they're-" Lydia went to say but Stilinski cut her off, "Look, if there's a problem-" He started saying but this time he was the one who got cut off. This time from a bright light shining through the windows. Sawyer quickly walked over to the window and peaked out through the blinds.

Outside the station stood Monroe and a bunch of other hunters behind her with lots of guns. "There's one now." Sawyer said as she turned back to everyone with wide eyes, "A big problem." She said.

"Get away from the windows! Put those guns away." Stilinski said, walking out his office making some Deputies step away from the windows and put their guns away. "I'm guessing you know who's out there." Parrish said as he walked up to Stilinski who turned to him, "I got a pretty good idea."

"They'll be armed to the teeth." Parrish said and Stilinski nodded, "Which means I won't be." He said before setting his gun down on the desk. "I'm going with you." Parrish said and Stilinski shook his head, "No, you're gonna get some deputies, check the exits, and hope we're not completely surrounded. And keep an eye out- let's make sure we're all on the same side, here." He said, making Parrish slightly glance around at the other Deputies.

Stilinski went out to talk to Monroe while all the teens stood in his office, watching through the window. "We have to get out of here." Malia said panickedly, "Give him a chance. He knows what he's doing." Scott said.

"I am giving him a chance. He can talk all he wants, but we have to get the hell out of here." Malia said completely freaked out, making Sawyer look at her confused, "How do we get Jiang and Tierney out?" Liam said and Malia shrugged.

"Screw them. It's Stilinski's job." She said and Scott looked over at her, "But it's our job to keep them alive." Scott said and then the door opened making them look over to see Theo walking in. "Not mine." He said and Liam took an angry step forward, "Do you want me to just kill him?" He asked and Malia rapidly shook her head.

"No, just leave him. Can we please just go?" Malia asked making Sawyer furrow her brows and gently grab her Malia's arm, she was about to say something but Quinn spoke up. "We're not going anywhere. Don't you get it? We're trapped. They have all the windows and doors covered. We're going to die in here." She said.

"Does someone want to kill her?" Theo asked and Malia threatened, taking a step towards him, "Shut up!" She yelled, making their eyes widen. "Malia, hey. Take a breath. You're shaking." Scott said as he ran up to her and gently grabbed her arm, "I'm fine." Malia said. "Guys, there's only a dozen of them out there. We can take them!" Lydia said and Sawyer sighed and shrugged slightly, "Maybe but a dozen of them comes with twice as many guns." She said.

"Scott, they're the last of Satomi's pack. We can't leave them behind." Liam said and Scott was quiet for a minute as he glanced at all of them before looking at Malia who still looked utterly terrified before gently grabbing her arms. "Okay. We go." Scott said and Malia nodded before he turned to the rest of them, "But Jiang and Tierney are coming with us."

"You ready?" Scott asked as they all walked over to one of the back doors. Lydia and Sawyer nodded while Malia let out a small growl and Liam flicked his claws out. They all turned to Theo who glanced at all of them before sighing and holding a clawed hand up.

"Nobody's going anywhere." Stilinski said, making them all turn around to look at him, "We can get through them." Lydka said, gesturing to herself and Sawyer. "We're not gonna fire the first shot. Now, get back from the door. All of you. Parrish, get these two back in their cell." Stilinski said and Parrish walked over to Tierney and Jiang while Scott and Sawyer walked over to Stilinski.

"What happened?" Scott asked and Stilinski sighed softly, "She gave us 'til midnight." He said and Sawyer raised her eyebrows. "Dad, why aren't we just arresting them? Them surrounding a police station with heavy firearms should be breaking a few laws- let alone the fact they've killed multiple people." Sawyer said and her father just sighed.

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"I still don't have any service." Quinn said as she, Lydia and Sawyer sat in a back room listening to radio static, "That's because it's jamming all our cell phones." Lydia said as Sawyer messed with the radio slightly.

"What about the radio?" Quinn asked and Sawyer sighed, "All I'm getting is static." She said, making Quinn's eyes widen slightly. "Are they jamming that, too?" She asked and Lydia shrugged slightly, "It's not easy to find a jammer capable of disrupting a law enforcement transceiver... Unless someone had access to it." Lydia said, making Sawyer sigh as they glanced around at everyone trying to barricade the station.

"Someone in here- damn fucker." Sawyer said and Lydia nodded. All of the sudden all the lights shut off making everyone glance around, "That can't be good." Lydia said as Sawyer walked out to where everyone was standing. "How easy is it to cut the power in a Sheriff's station?" Malia asked and before Stilinski could answer someone else did.

"Too easy!" Deputy Vargas said as she slightly tossed Nolan to the ground while she held some bolt cutters. "Throw him out!" Liam said as he stepped forward and Nolan quickly shook his head, "No, you can't. Okay? Please, don't! She'll know I screwed up." He said.

"He's with them." Liam said and Scott gave him a look, "Liam." He said in a slight warning. "He's a liar, and he's sick in the head." Liam said. "And now he's under arrest. Lock him up." Stilinski said and Parrish nodded before walking over to Nolan and pulling him away.

A little while later Sawyer had her arm around Lydia's shoulders as they talked with Quinn while Parrish, Stilinski and the other Deputies stood by the windows. Parrish glanced back when he heard a slight thud before noticing a grenade on the ground making his eyes widen. "Everyone get down!" He yelled and Sawyer quickly pulled Lydia and Quinn into the other room as the grenade went off.

"What the hell was that?" Malia asked as everyone started to stand up, "A distraction." Scott said. "They said midnight!" Stilinski said angrily and went to move the barricade but Parrish stopped him, "The grenade came from in here. It was one of us." He said and then Liam came in dragging Nolan.

"Wolfsbane. He was trying to kill them." He said holding up a vial of a purple liquid, making Sawyer walk over to them. "Scott, there's something else you need to see." Liam said before leading them to the cell room.

"Show him your eyes." Liam said and Tierney and Jiang didn't look up at them, "We never said we were innocent." Tierney said. "Show me." Scott said but they still didn't look up at them, "SHOW ME!" He roared slightly and this time they looked up, flashing their eyes.

Their blue eyes.

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Sawyer stood next to Lydia, talking to her, Quinn and Malia when all of a sudden an arrow went flying through the window causing some people to scream. They walked over to it right as Malia ripped it out of a pillar and pulled a piece of fabric off it.

Liam grabbed it and unfolded it to show it was a bloody Davenport Prep lacrosse jersey, "This is Brett's number." He said and Sawyer sighed. "They're trying to rattle us." She said and Theo nodded, "It's working." He said, making them look at Liam who flashed his yellow eyes.

Before anyone could do anything a loud scream traveled through the station making Parrish and Stilinski run off to one of the back rooms. Seconds later there was a gunshot making them all glance at each other.

"That wasn't just panic. It's in here with us." Sawyer said as she looked at the two dead bodies of Deputies. "What do you mean?" Stilinski asked and Sawyer stood up, "Whatever's causing the fear." She said and Lydia nodded. "The same thing that drove the wolves to kill each other. It's here with us." She said and Sawyer nodded in agreement.

"Guys, it's almost midnight. We're out of time." Scott said and Stilinski sighed, "I've already got two bodies. I'm not giving Monroe two more." Stilinski said and Sawyer and Scott looked out as the bodies in thought before looking at each other, seemingly thinking the same thing.

"I watched two guys bring them in and tie them up." Theo said as he followed Scott, Stilinski and Sawyer, "Okay, but how long did they actually have Tierney and Jiang?" Scott asked. "A couple hours, maybe?" Theo said and Sawyer turned to him while Scott looked out the window, "Did Monroe talk to them?" She asked and Theo shook his head.

"No, I don't think so. Just that guy from Eichen House, maybe one or two other guys with shotguns. I think they were waiting for Monroe to do the real interrogating." He said and Scott and Sawyer looked at each other, "So, she might not have seen them." Sawyer said and Scott nodded.

"What are you guys getting at?" Stilinski asked and Scott sighed, "We got an idea. I don't think you're gonna like it." Scott said and Sawyer nodded in agreement. "If it keeps someone from getting killed, I'm pretty open." Stilinski said and Scott looked over at Sawyer for a moment before looking back at Stilinski and explaining.

"Monroe said that she wanted Jiang and Tierney brought out. Dead or alive." He said and Sawyer nodded, "And right now we have two dead bodies. We can put them in body bags and say Tierney and Jiang tried to attack someone." Sawyer explained and her father thought about it for a moment before nodding.

"That might work." He said before telling a few people to get the bodies and the bags. A few minutes later they had the bodies laying in body bags in front of the door as Stilinski raised his gun up and shot at the ceiling a couple times before putting the gun away, "Five minutes." He said and they nodded before zipping up the bags.

Sawyer was in between Scott and Theo as they were crouched down next to the bodies outside as Monroe walked up to the. "They tried to run. And tried to take a couple deputies with them. Either way, you got what you wanted." Stilinski said and Monroe looked at him, "Let me see their faces." She said.

Scott, Sawyer and Theo glanced at each other and Stilinski nodded at them. They sighed before Scott and Theo slowly unzipped the bag and Monroe just stared at the bodies for a moment making Sawyer raise her eyebrows. "What? You don't recognize the kids you're trying to kill?" She asked and Monroe glanced at her, "Show me their tattoos." She said, making Sawyer glance at Scott.

"What tattoos?" Scott asked and Monroe looked at him, "The pack symbol." She said. Scott, Sawyer and Theo slowly glanced at each other slightly alarmed, "I was hoping for a fight." Theo muttered and Sawyer nodded slightly, "For the first time we actually agree on something." She mumbled.

"Good thing you're not the only ones who can negotiate." Some said making everyone turn to see Agent McCall walking up, making Sawyer sigh in relief. "Dad? What are you doing here?" He asked as him, Sawyer and Theo stood up as well and Agent McCall looked at them.

"Making sure no one else dies tonight."

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"Scott, are you sure about this?" Lydia asked as they and Agent McCall all as good around Stilinski's office, "I'm not. This deal sucks." Liam said. "But it's the only one on the table. In a situation like this, the best solution is always to de-escalate. It's why you called me, isn't it?" Agent McCall asked as he looked over at Sawyer who shrugged slightly, "Honestly, I didn't think anyone was gonna show up." She said.

It was quiet for a moment as Scott glanced at everyone before looking back at his dad and nodded, "Okay. We'll go." He said, making everyone look at him.

A few minutes later they all walked out of the station and then Agent McCall came out with Tierney and Jiang and led them over to his transport van. Jiang got in and Tierney looked over at them with a smile before mouthing a "thank you" making them all smile softly at her. She climbed in and Agent McCall tapped the window and the van started up. Monroe looked away from the van and at the pack who looked at her as well.

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Mason runs into the clinic and instantly sees Corey, "You told me you were leaving!" He said and Corey looked at him with a regretful look, "I had to." He said. Mason walked up to him and pushed him gently, feeling both upset and betrayed at his boyfriend's lies, "You lied!"

"We all did." Someone called out making Mason turn to the examination room to see Liam, Scott, Malia, Sawyer, Anakin and Lydia, who all have apologetic expressions on their faces. Theo is leaning against a wall while listening to their conversation as Mason looks appalled with this unexpected turn of events, "So this was the plan all along?" He asked.

"Sorry, Mason. My dad had to believe we left Beacon Hills. Everyone has to believe it." Scott said and Mason nodded slightly, "Then what happens next? We fight back now, right?" He asked and Scott looked at him in amusement.

"What did you think we were gonna do... Run?"

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