Bugs had been silent... completely and utterly silent since the moment he had made the switch in his head back to emotions. He supposed it was his own way of punishment for the joy he had received from the various murderers he had just committed. It wasn't an intentional switch because for him, emotions off, it felt liberating. He didn't ever want to go back to the feeling of guilt, guilt was for the weak and in that moment he felt like a god with everyone at his mercy. The moment however when the last of the screams had silenced, when blood had stopped splattering across his clothes and the last of his thrill was gone.

The game was over and it was time to suffer the consequences.

They pulled back up to the schools lot, the Jeep not having being spotted by cops.

"We're in this together now Bugs," The Nogitsune spoke towards the teenager, noticing his lack of smile or jokes. He didn't quite know how he had switched it back on but he was certain he could bring it back. He had figured out the key to a Savage Bugs after all.

"You made me kill, I'm not with you." Bugs answered him, unshed tears filling his eyes.

"I didn't make you do anything Bugs." The fox smiled. "You wanted to, you wanted to do it all. Don't act like you weren't waiting for that moment. I could see it in your eyes and even with your emotions on its still there, you wanted it and more."

"I didn't," Bugs spat back.

"Well too bad," the fox growled. Grabbing his neck and pulling it closer so there's foreheads tapped together and he grinned. "We are blood brothers, in every definition imaginable."

"I did it for Stiles," Bugs said through gritted teeth. "I saved Stiles."

"Did you? Or did you do it for yourself?"

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The twins hadn't been able to go alone after they began to contract the virus, almost instantly having caught symptoms that most students had contracted outside.

Their equilibrium hadn't been off much since the initial fall but neither Scott nor Malia were letting them out of their sight so they had all gone down to the basement in search of the Hale Vault entrance.

The pack and Mr. Yukimura currently pushed around various of cleaning detergents and bleach, the wolves scrunching their noses every few seconds in annoyance at the strong scent.

Bugs pushed past tubs of bleach, wondering why the night janitors needed so much... he however remembered just how much blood had been spilled on school grounds and that quickly shit his inner conscious up.

"Hey, guys... Over here." Stiles brought him back to the present, waving them over towards his wall. Bugs quickly walked over, noticing the inscription on the plane wallz "Look at the cracks in the wall. It's like the entrance outside, it only opens with claws. Anyone's claws, right?"

His golden eyes quickly flickered between the teen wolf and his brother, warning them to play along.

Bugs pursed his lips, knowing that it was a lie, only a descendent of the Hale blood could

Open the vault. It had to be Malia. He nodded, swallowing thickly before turning to his girlfriend. "Um... Malia, can you try?"

Malia was quick to raise her eyebrow and inquire, "Why me?

"I don't have control. " Scott explained lifting his hands to show how his claws weren't working although Bugs guessed he was just holding them back.

"Okay. I'll do it." Malia answered but then quickly added. "But first tell me what you've been hiding from me."

Bugs felt his heart drop to the pit of his stomach, this was it, he thought. Malia would find out and hate him forever. He didn't want to lose her, not her. He was terrified to tell her even though he knew it was the best choice. His heartbeat picked up considerably, green eyes widening as the paper with all the names burned a hole in his pocket.

"What?" He only managed to say, the word broken.

"I know you think you're trying to protect me, but I can handle it." Malia spoke to them, eyeing Bugs most of all who felt

Like his throat was swelling shut. "I know I'm on the list."

"Uhhh...Yes..." Bugs answered, unsure. She didn't know about her parents? Really?

Malia nodded, "So how much?"

Her eyes seemed to pierce through his mind, a wince building up as he softly questioned. "How much what?"

Malia raised an eyebrow and clarified, "How much am I worth?"

Stiles answered her first, "Four million."

Malia seemed to stay quiet after that, Bugs speaking up and stepping closer to her. "Are you okay?"

She nodded, shrugging her shoulders casually. "Yeah. Scott's worth 25, Kira, six. They'll take you guys out way before me."

"Oh wow," Stiles blurted out, looking at his brother.

Bugs sighed, wrapping his arm around Malia, "That's progress. That's progress."

Malia pressed forward, using her claws to open the walls which quickly pulled apart. Dirt poured around them from years of no use.

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Malia shivered once more, tightening her hold on Bugs' sweatshirt as she dug her fingers ito his shirt for warmth. Immediately this caused a natural reaction from Bugs, pulling her in tighter to his lap and stretching the loose flaps of his sweater to cover more of her tanktop. Her lips has begun to diminish in color, breathing ragged as the illness took further affect on her system.

Since walking into the secure vault nothing good had occurred, the supernatural creatures had only deterioated further, Scott and Kira also shivering and barely moving from their side of the wall. All of them were to weak to keep standing and had resorted to dropping on the ground. Malia had immediately moved to lay on Bugs lap, pushing her freezing arms into his sweater and bunching up so the warmth from his fever could keep the temperature from her own illness to stop. Bugs hadn't minded, even if his skin felt like it was  burning up he didn't care because this was clearly meant to kill anything other then human.

He shot a look towards his brother who sat next to Scott, his head leaned back as sweat dripped from his forehead.

Stiles spoke up, his tired voice barely able to croak out words but they all needed to stay awake or who knows what could happen. He pointed towards the standing bank vault. "You know, this is where it all started. That's where the money was. 117 million in bearer bonds."

Kira lifted her head, "How do you even change bearer bonds into cash?"

Stiles shrugged his shoulders, "Bank, I guess. They just let it sit here the whole time collecting dust. You know bearer bonds are basically extinct?"

Kira shrugged her shoulders, "Why does it matter?"

Bugs looked down to see Malia wasn't sleeping but just trying to rest, his fingers carressing her cheek before answering the Kitsune. "You know how many problems that money could solve?"

Kira questioned, "For you?"

Bugs eyed his brother, the twins knowing exactly what they were both thinking."For us. My dad... The Eichen House and MRI bills are crushing him."

Scott decided to speak up, looking towards the ground as he told them all. "Mom does this thing, she writes down all the items in our budget, and how much they cost, then she adds them all up and figures out how long we have until... We lose the house."

They all stayed silent after that.

The twins had decided to stand up and pace, Bugs quickly glancing at Malia who was sleeping at the moment. He had attempted to keep her up but she wouldn't budge so instead he had opted to keep his eyes on her. Stiles walked over toward Scott, noting how the teen wolf kept his ear towards the door. "Anything?"

Scott nodded, his eyes back on the twins who neared him. "They're looking for us. Someone's going to have to go out there."

"Better is then you guys. I don't think Malia can even stand," Bugs murmured, his brother nodding.

Scott flashed his eyes over towards the werecoyote, leaning Into the twins. "We need to tell her the truth about Peter. She's going to see the rest of the dead pool eventually."

Bugs sighed, attempting not to sound irritated by his friends words. He knew Scott was right, it was about damn time they told the poor girl but he couldn't bring himself to reveal it. Anytime he looked at her brown eyes he couldn't let the words flow. "Can you try to remember that Peter is the one name missing on that list? Which either makes him pretty fucking lucky with the benefactor... look if she finds out about him she's going to go to him, you know she is. And then he's going to twist his way into her head like he does with everyone. Including us. We let him walk around like nothing ever happened, like he's one of the good guys... Scott, he's not one of the good guys. If she finds out about him, she's gone. That's probably what he's waiting for and if he wins, we lose. And I can't lose her... I can't lose her to him..."

Scott pursed his lips, seeing the amount of pain in the eldest twins eyes but nonetheless speaking his mind. "We're already losing."

Bugs shut his eyes, groaning and huffing under his breath, "I'm not losing her though," before walking over to her.

It pained him to see her so defenseless, Malia was strong she was independent... Malia was a fucking warrior. She didn't deserve to die like this and he was going to make sure she didn't. Bugs was going to save her because that's all she had done for him the moment she had stepped into his life.

He squatted down, placing his arm on her bare shoulder and gently shaking her. "Malia... Malia."

Malia slowly woke up, her brown eyes catching site of a concerned Bugs as she lifted herself into a sitting postion. "Mmm."

He pursed his lips, the words burning coming up as he informed her, "I gotta leave for a few, okay?"

Even in her rapidly declining state she almost jumped up when he spoke, the question quickly coming out, "where are you going"

Bugs sighed, "Whatever's happening, it's worse for you guys. That means it's not just people getting sick, it's another assassin."

Malia half heartedly gave him a sigh, assuming most. She didn't want him to go if there was a werecoyote out there but Bugs was stubborn about saving her, just as much as she was about keeping him alive, and there was no fighting it. She shivered just as she went to speak, her teeth chattering as yet again her strength grew weaker.

Bugs shrugged out of his thick jacket, enveloping his girlfriend in it. "Here."

It covered most of her torso but her legs were left bare and he knew she needed to be completely warm. Stiles presence became known from behind as he shrugged out of his own jacket and handed it to his brother who smiled at him in appreciation. "Here you go dude."

Bugs quickly wrapped it around her legs, Malia bunching them up closely so no part of her skin was bare. Bugs giving her an encouraging smile as he quickly pressed his lips against her own and prayed this wouldn't be the last time he would see her.

Bus stood up, following his brother towards the exit, doing a once over at his two other friend and finding the fox also shivering. He didn't hesitate to shrug off his blue flannel, leaving him only in a grey shirt. He went over towards Kira who gave him a small smile.

"You don't have to..." she coughed, knowing it was too cold to be walking around the school in only a shirt.

Bugs shrugged her off, wrapping it around her tightly and nodding at Scott who gave him a great full smile. His green eyes looked at the kitsune and said, "stay alive foxy lady."

Kira managed to widen her smile. "Stay alive Bugs Bunny."

Bugs knew there was no point in wasting anymore time, there was a cure out there and he was going to find it. So he quickly went to follow his brother when Malia spoke up. "You're coming back, right?"

Bugs stiffened at her small voice, turning around and nodding. "Of course I am. Malia, I can't ever leave you."

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Bugs didn't know what he was going to do, he had no idea if there was even a cure to the disease killing his friends but he was going to fucking try and save them. He walked through the quarantined tents, sticking his head in every so often to check who was in and avoiding the CDC scientist because they would try to stick him in one. He didn't know why he searched for Proctor Simon but for some reason he wanted to find him.

It was weird that this was the first time he had ever seen the man in Beacon Hills and if there was anything true about the town its that nothing is a coincidence. So he narrowed his eyes and continued hunting the man down. His vision would go blurry ever so often but he only gritted his teeth and reminded himself there was real lives at stake.

"Dude, dude!" Stiles yelled to his brother, grabbing his arm and pulling him towards the hallway. "I have an idea come on."

Bugs nodded, ignoring his pounding headache. "How are you feeling?"

"About as good as you." Stiles whispered. "Did you notice Coach was the only adult to get sick?"

"So what the hell did coach do to piss off some assassins?" Bugs questioned as he pulled open the double doors leading to the locker room and Coach Finstocks office.

"I don't think he was intentional." Stiles explained. "Start searching the room... maybe it's  something he touched or a pen..."

"You check the drawers, I've got the desktop," Bugs answered him, riffling through the notebooks and binders. His elbow smacked harshly against the cup of coffee sitting near, almost sending it straight tot he ground, luckily he managed to catch it. His fingers cupping the ceramic dish as he noticed the black marks across it. His eyes looking around the top before catching site of the stack of papers stamped with red.

Spreading the stack apart he noticed how the red faded and was replaced with black, to which Coach had somehow managed to touch his fingers to. The dots began to connect as he called out his brothers name. "Stiles..."

But Stiles was already staring at something else.

"I was wondering how that idiot got sick." Simon's voice made Bugs jump around. His eyes immediately catching site of the black gun aimed directly at his little brothers head. " I'm also wondering where your friends are. Since in order to get paid by the benefactor, I need to have proof they're dead."

Bugs swallowed thickly, keeping his voice steady, "Visual confirmation."

Simon nodded at the eldest twin, smiling when he noticed the way their cheeks were a bright red. "Still a bit feverish, boys. But you should know something, the virus doesn't kill humans, you'll both get better. So don't you think you should tell me where they are? Shouldn't some of you get to live?"

Bugs took a step near his brother, stepping in front of the gun slowly as he knew if anyone was going to get the chance to live it was Stiles. He needed to kill time though, "I think I saw them in the library, you know studying for PSATS, I hear they are killer. Or it might've been the cafeteria. It was definitely one of those two, or you know anywhere else in this big ass school. Take your pick."

"Bugs.." Stiles called out to his twin, knowing this was Bugs being Bugs. He couldn't watch this, losing his mother was horrible but watching his brother die would break him.

Simon smirked at him, patting the gun against his head while Bugs didn't so much as wince form it. "I'm going to count to three, and then I'm going to kill you."

Bugs smiled at him, swallowing his fear. "Think you can scare us? I'm not scared of dying, although you better make sure I am because if not... you won't like me after. What are you waiting for?"

Simon pulled the safety off the gun, Bugs heart beating steadily as he accepted the next moments. He was going to save his brother, that's all that mattered. Stiles was smarter then he could ever be, and he would find a way out of this. "No, I think I can kill you. I just thought the countdown would make it more exciting. So... One... Two..."

A gunshot sounded as Stiles and Bugs were both coated in blood. Bugs scrunching his shut as the warm liquid smacked across his skin and shirt. He wasn't dead however, it wasn't him that died. Both twins sucked in air, the tense atmosphere vanishing as the threat was diminished and Simon's body now lay across the ground with a hole in his head. From behind him Rafael McCall in a protective body suit walked near them.

"Where the hell did you come from?" Stiles was the first to speak.

McCall ignored his question, "Stiles, Bugs, listen. I got a call from Melissa. I don't know what it means. She said there's an antidote. It's in a vault, reishi mushrooms."

Bugs reacted quickly, his adrenaline pumping, "Wait, what in a vault?"

Agent McCall nodded, "It's in a jar on one of the shelves. She said to tell Scott, it's in the vault."

Both boys didn't waste a second, running through the halls as people watched them in confusion. Neither cared however, Bugs pushing a pair of students straight into lockers as they blocked his way to the basement.

"MALIA! MALIA! MALIA! OPEN THE VAULT!" He yelled, kicking against the stone wall that wouldn't budge. It had closed behind them as soon as they'd left and now they were trapped. "IT'S IN THE VAULT, CHECK THE SHELVES! SCOTT! SCOTT!"

"Hey, Scott? Scotty? In the vault, in there with you. It's called reishi mushrooms. Scott? Scott, open the door! It's in there with you. It's in a jar, it's on one of the shelves. Scott! Scott, can you hear me?" Stiles yelled as hysterically as his brother.

"GUYS!" Bugs smacked against the wall desperately. He couldn't lose any of them, tears pouring from his face as he looked at his brother who was in identical turmoil.

"SCOTT!" Stiles yelled once more as his legs gave out and he fell to his knees.

Bugs sunk down to, realizing Scott had been right. They not only had been losing but had just lost the last of their advantage. He had lost Malia, he had lost her and there was nothing to do about it.

The wall around them began to shake after deep breaths, both twins standing up breathlessly as their hearts jumped in their chests. Scott and Kira were the first ones to catch his eyes, the couple holding onto the walls with some difficulty although neither seemed to be greying.

"Malia!" Bugs ran forward towards his girlfriend who had yet to look his way.

She was staring towards the ground, her fingers fumbling with something in her palm as he neared her to wrap his arms in happiness. Unfortunately she pushed his hand away, her eyes caste with nothing but anger and distrust. She stared at him and dropped the white paper in her hand before walking out without another word or look towards his friends.

Bugs had been right before, he had lost her...

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