Chapter 23 | Quarantine

Sarah's POV

"Okay but why in the hell would Stiles' name be on the list?" Kira says as she shakes her head. Scott and Malia stared at Stiles and I with wide eyes as we told them what we had seen on the latest list. We were now standing in line to take the PSAT's, which was honestly useless in my eyes. We needed to focus on more important things right now.

I shake my head as my voice rises. "Do you think I know? I want to know just as bad as you do."

Kira glances up at Scott as he stares at the floor. "But only supernatural creatures are on that list...it makes no sense for Stiles to be on it."

"Maybe it has to do with him dying and coming back," Malia suggests as she shoots a little glare at me, probably making sure that she made clear that she hated me for what I had done to Stiles a few months ago.

Stiles still seems a little dazed. "Yeah, that might be it. But I'm still not a supernatural creature."

"How much was he worth?" Scott asks as the line moves a little.

I shift places on my feet. "Stiles and I both were worth 27."

"Million?" Kira says, her eyes wide as can be. "That's more than Scott!"

Scott glances around the school. "What in the hell are we doing here if you two are worth that much. Hell, Stiles can't even protect himself."

"Hey, I have a bat, okay?" Stiles defends himself, but Scott just ignores him.

"We're not worth 27 million individually, it's for both of us together, since we're...linked," I say as I take a step forwards.

Scott shakes his head. "It doesn't matter. You two are the highest amount on that list, and you shouldn't be out and about right now. I have a gut feeling..."

"Scott McCall," I hear a woman say as I look up, seeing Lydia's mother standing there. She smiles as Scott turns around, handing his piece of paper to her. The rest of us do the same as we walk into the room, dumping off our devices and other objects that we didn't need. I hesitated to give up my phone, but I finally did so, only because I didn't want to stir up trouble.

Stiles and I sit down beside one another as I look over, my leg beginning to thump. "Stiles, I'm not ready for this test-"

"You're going to do good. Stop stressing out about it," he says as he pulls a pencil from his ear, only one of the other four that he had.

I raise an eyebrow as I nod towards the pencils. "You're the one telling me not to be stressed out?"

Stiles looks up slightly at the pencils behind his ears. "They're only there in case of emergencies."

I roll my eyes slightly as Mrs. Martin's voice causes me to look up, hearing her explain all of the basics about taking the test. I practically zone her out as I think about Stiles' name being on that list; it terrifying me to no end. Not only was it bad enough that if I were to die, he would too, but now someone was out to get him. I have to worry about myself now along with him.

"Don't open your test booklet until you are instructed to do so," she says as she hands out our tests, causing my heart to race even more in my chest. She places the huge book on my desk as I glance up at Kira, seeing her giving me a nervous smile.

I take a deep breath as Mrs. Martin walks back to the front of the room, licking her lips slowly. "You may begin your test. Good luck."

I swallow the lump in my throat as I open the test, my eyes bulging at the amount of questions. There were multiple bubbles for me to fill in, along with many long and lengthy questions. I hear Stiles groan slightly next to me as I begin my test, ready to just get this over with.

1. For what values of a and b is
(a × b) < 0?

(A) a = 3, b = 0.0001

(B) a = -2, b = -0.0001

(C) a = 7, b = 0

(D) a = -1, b = -19

(E) a = -2, b = 3

My eyes bulge as I grip my pencil, filling in a dark black circle under the E. I was about to move onto the next question before a loud crashing sound causes my eyes to flick towards the back of the room, seeing one of the students lying on the ground.

"Sydney?" Mrs. Martin says as she rushes to her, helping her sit up. She grabs her wrists to help her up, in doing so, lifting her shirt ever so slightly. My eyes narrow when I see a rash there, it not looking pretty at all.

"I'm alright," she says as she stands, shaking her head. "I just felt a little dizzy-"

"What is this on your arm?" Mrs. Martin says as I glance over at Stiles, who had a look of suspicion on his face as well. "How long have you had this?"

Sydney shakes her head, her eyes wide. "I don't know."

The other teacher, a creepy looking one at that, looks over at the two. "Mrs. Martin, do I need to stop the test?"

"No," she says quickly, helping Sydney sit back in her seat. "Everyone stay sitting in your seats. I'll be back in a minute. Nobody leaves the room."

We all watch her exit the classroom as everyone starts to mumble a few things under their breaths, not quite sure of what was happening. Stiles looks over at me as we all huddle together slightly, our eyes wide. "What was that all about?"

"This better not be something from that movie," Stiles says, shaking his head. "What's the name..."

"Quarantine?" Kira suggests as Stiles snaps his fingers, pointing at her. Kira shrugs her shoulders. "What? I watch movies."

I shake my head, getting back onto topic. "What do you think that is?"

"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling it has something to do with the dead pool," Scott says before looking over at Stiles and I. "We need to get out of here-"

Scott doesn't get to finish his sentence before there's screaming coming from the hall. "No, stop! Don't come in here! Get back outside!"

Everyone ignores Mrs. Martin's words from before as they leap from their seats, anxious to see what in the world was going on. I follow with the crowd as I keep Stiles close, the five of us stepping out into the hall to see Mrs. Martin lock the door to the school. She turns and sees us, clutching the phone in her hand.

"Get back to your seats," she says firmly as we all look around at one another, our hearts beginning to race now. I wanted to know what the hell was going on.

Everyone turns and heads back into the classroom as I focus my hearing on Mrs. Martin, listening to her dial the phone. "I need to talk to the CDC. Yes, the disease control."

I look over at Scott with wide eyes, also seeing Stiles looking scared. He must have listened in as well. He stomps his foot as he sits down in his desk, shaking his head. "Looks like this is Quarantine after all."

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"This can't be happening," I say as I cross my arms, shaking my head. "I feel like I'm in some type of horror movie."

Kira stares at the floor as we wait in line, something looking like it was bothering her. "Why do I have a feeling that this has something more to do with us than it does to everyone else?"

"What do you mean?" I ask, my eyebrows furrowed.

She looks up at me. "Well, I find it funny that Malia had found Satomi's pack poisoned just yesterday and now the same thing is happening now."

It suddenly clicks in my mind. "You're right. This has to be another attempt to kill us."

Kira nods. "Which is another reason that we need to get the hell out of here."

"But how?" I say, looking around at all of the taped up windows. "We probably couldn't get a fresh breath of air even if we tried."

Kira looks down the hall. "Those doors aren't locked. We could make a run for it if we tried hard enough."

At this point, I would do anything to get out of here. "We need to go find Scott-"

"Sarah Manchester?" A woman says, causing me to stop mid sentence. She holds out a needle as I swallow the lump in my throat, stepping back towards her so she could take care of her business.

I try to make conversation. "Do you know what this is exactly?"

"No," she says calmly as she goes to put the needle in my arm. She begins to say something else but is cut off as a sudden redness goes through the needle, burning the glove that she was wearing. It must have went through, because she soon yelps in pain, the other men in yellow suits crowding around her before escorting her out of the school.

Kira tugs on my shirt. "Sarah, come on. We need to get out of here."

I nod stiffly as I stare at the doors where she had exited, wondering what had just happened. I didn't do that on purpose; at least, I hope I didn't. Maybe that virus was starting to affect me too. I just prayed that I was wrong.

Kira leads me down the hall away from the others, heading towards the locker room. She looks around briefly before we walk into the room, finding Scott, Stiles, Malia, and Mr. Yukimura all huddled around one another. I was about to ask what was going on, but seeing Scott's eyes flash back and forth was enough for me.

"What happened? Are you alright?" Stiles asks me as he steps towards me. He reaches out to take my hands, but I pull them away. I didn't want to risk hurting him.

I shake my head. "No, I'm not alright. We're trapped her in this little school, there's a virus going around that's clearly affecting not only humans, and I could have easily just hurt that random girl."

Malia looks up at me, lifting her hands. "My claws won't go back, Scott can't control himself, and now you. We need to do something about this."

"We need to quarantine you from the others," Mr. Yukimura says.

Kira shakes her head. "But where? What if they get aggressive like they do on the full moon?"

"The basement," Stiles says, using that tone of voice he uses when he gets a good idea. "Remember the Hale Vault? I'm sure they can stay in there."

I nod my head. "Let's go then. We need to get down there."

We all start to walk towards the door as Stiles pushes himself off of the locker he was leaning on, but it looked as if he lost his balance. I notice this as I jump forwards and catch him, helping him get back on his feet. He mutters something under his breath as my heart races, reaching down and pulling back his sleeve to see that he had the same rash that Sydney had earlier.

"No, no," I say, my heart racing out of control. "This can't be happening."

Stiles shakes his head as he pulls his sleeve back down. "I'll be fine, okay? Let's just get you guys down there before something else happens."

I stare at Stiles for a moment, my heart aching for him. I didn't want to see him be sick; I just wanted to break us out of here and go to a hospital, where they'll actually take care of us. But with us all being supernatural creatures, I'm sure that would be a little bit harder than what I pictured.

We all quickly rush out of the locker room and down the stairs, making sure to avoid everyone. I made sure Stiles had gotten down the stairs safely, since he was feeling dizzy. We all search for another entrance to the Hale Vault before Scott sees something behind a shelf, causing all of us to move it to find their symbol.

"It's the same as the entrance outside," Stiles says, pointing to the little holes in the middle. "It only opens with claws...anyone's claws."

Stiles gives Scott a look before they're both looking at Malia, raising their eyebrows. "Malia, how about you try."

"Why me?" she questions, furrowing her eyebrows.

Scott lifts his hands. "I don't have control."

"Okay, I'll do it," Malia says as we all sigh a breath of relief. "As long as you guys tell me what you've been hiding from me."

I hear Stiles' heart practically stop as we all stare at her, not sure what to say. "Well uh, what are you talking about?"

"I know I'm on the list," she says, slapping her legs. We all exhale as she raises her eyebrows. "So, how much?"

Stiles glances over at me. "4 million."

Malia has a look of disappointment on her face before she looks up, nodding her head. "Scott's worth twenty five, Kira's worth six, so they'll take you guys out way before me."

We all roll our eyes as Malia steps forwards, opening the vault up with her claws. Everyone looks around in awe as we walk inside, truly amazed at the vault. I never figured that something like this  would ever be below the school. Learn something new every day I suppose.

The door shuts behind us a sudden sense of fatigue comes over me, causing me to literally drop to the group. I pull myself so that I'm leaning up against the wall, starting to feel a constant pounding in my head. This was a first for me; since I'm part kitsune, I haven't exactly ever been sick before. This was a totally new experience for me.

"Sarah-" Stiles says as he kneels down next to me, grabbing my hands. My eyelids open slightly as he leans up against the wall with me, pulling me closer to him. A small smile forms on my lips as my head rests against his shoulder, his fingers running through my hair, soothing me.

"Stiles, if I-we die, I just wanted to say-"

"We're not going to die," Stiles says, firmly, wrapping his arm around me. "We-We're going to make it out of here. I swear it."

I shake my head. "I need to know that I said it, just in case-"

"Save it," he says, not backing down. My throat becomes dry as his hand squeezes my own, his fingers continuing to run through my hair. "Get some rest, okay?"

I try to protest, but I couldn't help myself. I was so tired all of sudden, and I was confused as to why. All I see is Kira and Scott comforting each other before my eyelids close, darkness closing in.

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Okay first off, this is probably my favorite episode from season 4, other than the cheesy ending to it. BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW CUTE SARAH AND STILES ARE I JUST CAN'T ASDFLJLGJLDG.

That probably sounds weird because I wrote this, but I love picturing it in my head and it just makes me have a severe case of the feels.

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