▸ The Great Escape - Boys Like Girls

"Unit Five heading northwest on Crescent reporting an incredibly large...something." Officer Clark, Hayden's older sister, spoke through the police radio. Stiles, Scott and I were currently following the police cars in Stiles' jeep. The red and blue lights emitting their color onto the trees and the water covered road at night.

"Unit Nine, to Dispatch, I think I've got my eyes on the same thing. Some kind of rabid animal." A male voice came through. Stiles momentarily looked at Scott.

"Stiles, why do you have a police radio in your car?" I asked, leaning forward from the middle seat in the back. "Did you steal this?"

"Unit Five to Nine, trust me, that's no animal." Clark said.

"Uh, it's been temporarily misappropriated." Stiles winced out, looking at me through the rear view mirror.

"Unit Six to Dispatch. We have a situation downtown. Multiple fatalities." A familiar voice that sounded like Officer Strauss.

"Stole it, gotcha." I nodded. Note to self, keep the Stoll brothers and Stiles away from each other.

"Copy, medics on the way. Do you have a perp in sight, Unit Six?" A man asked through the radio.

"Negative. Looks like a 10-91E, animal attack." Strauss informed.

"10-4, can you say what kind of animal?" The voice asked. Stiles grabbed the walkie-talkie off of the radio and held down the side button to talk into it.

"All units stay back. Do not engage. I repeat, do not engage." Stiles told the officers.

"Stiles, get off the radio." Sheriff Stilinski scolded Stiles. I giggled, clamping a hand over my mouth. Stiles squinted his eyes at me.

"Sorry, sorry. I just find it funny that he said it like that. He made it seem as if you do this on a regular basis." I trailed off to see Scott and Stiles stare at one another. "You do this regularly, don't you?"

"All unit alert. Wait for back-up. Repeat, no one goes near this thing." Sherriff Stilinski directed.

"Maybe." Scott sheepishly shrugged.

"Unit Five reporting a sighting on Hill Road southbound." Officer Romero reported.

"Unit Nine, I've got it turning off Oakridge, southbound on Beachwood." A man stated.

"All units, this is Dispatch. We've got a 911 call with additional sighting on Mitchell."

"Wait a second? Beachwood to Mitchell?" Stiles asked.

"It's headed back for the hospital." Scott concluded.

"Oh...that doesn't sound good." I muttered. Stiles grabbed the walkie-talkie again.

"Dad-"

"Stiles, get off of this channel."

"Dad, just listen to me, okay? It's headed for the hospital, all right? He's headed for Beacon Memorial. You hear me? It's headed for the hospital."

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"Unit Five, Clark, I need eyes on Parrish. Does anyone have Parrish's 20?" Sherriff asked.

"All units, we have a 911 emergency call reporting a man on fire running inti Beacon Memorial." Dispatch informed.  My eyes widened. I looked at the boys to see them wearing the same facial expression.

"That's not good." I muttered.

"Clark, disregard."

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Stiles and Scott opened the doors into the hospital, holding it open for me. A cock of a gun startled me, causing me to turn around about to press my charm. Sherriff Stilinski placed his finger against his lips, letting out a "shhh". I sighed in relief, taking my hand away from my bracelet. He held the gun barrel towards the ceiling. The lights flickered off, the emergency strobe lights illuminating the floor for us temporarily. Snarls were echoing throughout the entire hospital.

"Fourth floor." Scott informed, looking up. We quietly jogged up the stairs, the Sherriff first. Once we arrived at the fourth floor, Sherriff Stilinski walked in cautiously with his gun pointed upwards. Small flames were scattered on the walls and floor, even a wheelchair. It was a mass destruction up here.

A bright red light was flying through the hallway. Sherriff Stilinski held the three of us back as the Human Torch hit the wall. The flames extinguished. His eyes were a fiery red as he clutched the three slashes on his chest, which were smoking. Is that how he heals?

Parrish's eyes turned back to his original green color. It seemed as if he was in a daze. Scott saw something and went to go check it out. Stiles and I followed the Sherriff as he went to go check up on Parrish. The Sherriff kneeled next to Parrish.

"Parrish? You okay? Deputy!" Parrish gasped, startled from Sherriff Stilinski calling his name. Panting, Parrish frantically took in his surroundings.

"Parrish, are you okay?" I asked. I saw Stiles turned towards Scott, walking in his direction. Sherriff Stilinski and Parrish eyed the two boys'. Scott and Stiles both stopped, staring at something. "Scott? Stiles? What is it?"

"It's a bloody shoe print."

"Are you trying to be British?" I perked an eyebrow.

"No, I mean literally. It's a shoe print made out of blood."

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"What I'm about to show you isn't supposed to exist. This is the only surviving evidence of Dr.Valack's time as Chief Medical Officer of Eichen House." Dr. Deaton spoke as he placed Polaroid pictures of supernatural creatures on the medical table. They all bore a drilled hole into their heads. "To call it human experimentation would be charitable." Scott picked one up that had a girl covering her ears and screaming. "A Banshee. She died screaming."

"So, he drilled holes into their heads? All of them?" Stiles asked. I bit my lip anxiously.

"That was the experimentation part. He did it to Werewolves, Banshees, Wendigos, any creature he could get his hands on. Even demigods." Scott and Stiles glanced at me worriedly. I licked my lips before biting the inside of my cheek. Dr. Deaton continued to speak. "And Valack found that trepanation would initial heighten their powers, but to levels that couldn't be contained."

"So he wants to make Lydia more powerful." Scott looked up at Deaton.

"Yeah. Except she's going to end up like them." Stiles sadly said, pointing towards the pictures.

"Worse, actually." Deaton corrected.

"Worse?" I whimpered out. "How could she end up worse?"

"Lydia's abilities were already pretty exceptional to begin with. Putting a hole in her head will be like causing a leak in a nuclear reactor. She'll hear everything. Every death, every dying scream, all at once."

"That's going to kill her." Scott put in.

"Not only that. Her own dying scream could be so powerful that it might kill everyone around her as well."

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"There's four steps." Stiles stated, talking with his hands. The pack and I were surrounding the McCall's island. "We get into Eichen, we get into the Closed Unit, we get Lydia, get out."

"And we have to do it all of this while getting past orderlies, guards, electric door locks and a mountain ash barrier." Scott added.

"You have a plan for all of that?" Malia asked.

"I stole this last night off an orderly." Stiles held up the key card.

"That was an orderly? I thought he was a nurse." I mumble to myself.

"But it's useless 'cause they reset the codes each night." Stiles continued.

"So why did you take it?" Kira questioned.

"I'm getting to that." Stiles said.

"The only way to get Lydia out of Eichen is to make that key card work again." Scott explained.

"How are you going to do that?" Liam now asked.

"We're getting to that, okay, just listen." Stiles turned his laptop to face Liam, Kira, and Malia. "I pulled all the history off the key card. Two weeks ago, there was a brownout and the security system rebooted, during reboot, all of the key cards revert back to default code. So, if we trigger a reboot..."

"The card goes back to default code." Liam finished, nodding his head. "It works again."

"How are we going to cause a brownout?" Kira questioned.

"That's your part. You're going to draw power from the main line. But only enough to cause the brownout." Scott told her.

"Not a blackout." Stiles pointed his clamped hands towards her. "Do that and you send Eichen into lockdown which would be bad. Very, very bad."

"There's an electrical room behind the reception counter." Scott tapped his pen on the blue print where the room was. "The main power line goes into two breakers that run power to all of Eichen."

"Okay, slight problem. I don't know how to do that." Kira slightly panicked.

"That's okay. You have time to practice." Scott told her.

"Let's say all this goes perfectly. How does a brownout get us into the Closed Unit of Eichen?" Malia asked.

"The system, takes five minutes to reboot. In that five minutes all the alarms will be turned off the key card should work." Stiles spoke.

"Liam, you and I get Stiles to the gate of the Closed Unit. But after that, he has to go on his own. We can't get past the mountain ash barrier."

"Woah, woah, hold up." I help my hands up. The pack all looked at me confused. "Stiles, I went through that mountain ash barrier thing to go see Lydia the other day. How did that happen?"

"That's right." Stiles mumbled with wide eyes. "How did you do that? The mountain ash affected you last time you went to Eichen."

"What has happened to you since then?" Malia questioned.

"The Dread Doctors, injuries, healing, injuries, and healing again." I counted on my fingers. "What does that have to do with it?"

"Maybe, mountain ash only affects you when you're around a supernatural? I don't know. I'm just spit balling here." Stiles mumbled.

"I mean, that kind of makes sense. Tracy isn't technically a supernatural. And Stiles, you're human." I sighed, running my fingers through my hair. "We can figure this out later. Let's move back to important matters."

"Okay, and when we're gone, all anyone's going to think is that there was a reboot of the security system caused by a brownout." Scott continued where he left off.

"Uh, any questions?" Stiles asked.

"How do we get into Eichen House in the first place?"

"What's our worst-case scenario?"

"What if I can't do it?"

"Okay, admittedly, a lot could go wrong." Stiles admitted.

"Everything could wrong." Liam said.

"Here we go again with the negativity." I grumbled.

"Guys, if we don't do this, we lose Lydia. She's going to die in there tonight. And she might take a lot of innocent people with her."

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"What?" Kira asked Malia. The three of us were at the school's science lab. A metal box that could turn on a single lightbulb due to it being plugged into an outlet is what we are going to use to help Kira.

"Do your thing." Malia asked, pointing her finger towards the box and the already had a lit lightbulb on it.

"What thing? I don't have a thing." Kira shook her head. I sighed.

"You did it before. You had to learn how, right?" Malia said.

"Actually, no. It just happened." Kira shrugged.

"How'd you learn to fight with a sword?" I questioned, crossing my arms.

"That just kind of happened too." Kira sheepishly admitted.

"So you've never worked for anything and basically you're a cheater?" Malia pointed out.

"This wasn't my idea. How are we even getting past the front gate?"

"I have a guy in the inside. And stop changing the subject." Malia told Kira. She waved her finger between Kira and the metal box. "Do your thing."

Kira exhaled and looked at the lightbulb. Glancing at Malia and me, she placed a hand on each copper wire that was connected to the metal box. The lightbulb got brighter, the number of watts on the scale growing higher. A loud pop was heard and I immediately ducked out of instinct. Glass shattered and some landed on my back.

"It didn't work." Kira said disappointed. I slowly stood up, the glass falling off of me. I saw Kira looking wide eyed at Malia. I furrowed my eyebrows and turned towards the werecoyete. Malia took out a piece of glass that was stuck on her forehead.

"No, it didn't." Malia stated, giving Kira another lightbulb.

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"Can I ask you a question?" Kira asked. She was leaning against the lab table that was covered with broken lightbulbs. Her elbows were propped up against them as she had her chin in her hands.

"No." Malia bluntly said with her arms crossed. She was wearing safety goggles and sitting on a stool. I stood next to her, my legs aching from sitting down earlier.

"Did your mother really try to kill you?" Kira questioned. Oh boy.

"Did your mother try to leave you in the desert with Skinwalkers?" Malia questioned back.

"Are you really going to try to kill her first?" Kira replied. Malia pressed her lips together and hesitantly took off her goggles. She walked over to Kira. Kira stood up, staring at Malia. "Why'd you take off the goggles?"

"Because this time you're gonna do it. And it's gonna work." Malia told Kira.

"Because this is the only way we're getting Lydia out of Eichen House." I added. Kira nodded and sighed, looking down at the copper wire. She placed her hands on it again. There was a soft buzz as the light from the lightbulb dimmed down. I grinned.

"Kira, it's working." Malia said. Kira grinned and stared at it. The lightbulb glowed brightly before it shattered. The electricity crackled as the lights in the room turned off. "We should go."

"Yeah."

"Most definitely." We all ran out of the room.

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"She took out the whole school?" Scott asked. We were in his living room with the rest of the pack.

"She took out the whole grid." Malia corrected.

"Look, I failed every single practice try. This isn't going to work." Kira shook her head.

"How far can we get without the brownout?" Liam asked.

"The front door." Stiles replied, his arms crossed against his chest.

"We're going." Scott said.

"Scott, we went through boxes of lightbulbs." Kira stressed.

"It doesn't matter. You can do this." Scott said, walking up to her.

"The key card won't work unless there's a reboot. And there's no reboot without a brownout." Kira pointed out.

"I know you can do this. Anyone here think she can't?" Scott turned around to face us.

"Not me." Liam said.

"She can do it." I sent a smile to Kira.

"I was the one who put you in the plan." Stiles informed. He looked at Malia.

"What?" Malia asked.

"I believe in you too, Kira." Stiles whispered to Malia.

"I'm the one who's going to be locked in an electrical room with her." Malia put out.

"So am I." I perked an eyebrow. Liam and Stiles gave Malia a look. "I still think she can do it."

"You can do it." Malia turned towards Kira.

"You guys are all crazy. We're gonna die."

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"Please remember to follow visitor procedure. Eichen House has a wide range of patients and we cannot guarantee the safety of those who deviate from the rules." The orderly stated as he held up the gate into Eichen House. Kira, Malia and I walked with the crowd of visitors. We all glanced at each other. The orderly slammed the gate closed.

We walked into the building, picking up our pace to go hide behind an indention in the wall. The indention was adjacent to the small hallway next to the sign-in area. No one could see us here. Thank gods. Someone gasped.

"Not again, Nelson." The creepy front desk guy ran after the naked boy. We ran into the hallway.

"It's natural." Nelson yelled back as he ran out of our sight.

"So is 50,000 volts." Nelson screamed as he was struck by a Taser. I turned around at the scream. Malia pushed opened the door and the three of us ran in. We entered another room that had another door with a sign saying "Electrical Room". Kira opened the door and we walked in.

"We're in. We did it." Kira breathed out.

"Don't get too excited. Getting out's the hard part." Malia said, looking at her phone. "Twelve minutes."

Malia broke open the electrical metal box. Tons of different colored wires popped up into your view. Two thick wires stood out. Kira walked up towards it.

"Okay, Kira. You can do this." I sent her a smile.

"Eleven minutes." Malia read the timer. Kira pulled out a folded piece of paper and examined it. She looked up at the wires.

"I think it's these." Kira stated. "But they're covered in rubber."

Malia walked away and came back holding a pair of scissors. She opened them and gently pushed them towards the rubber coated wires.

"You want to electrocute yourself?" I scolded Malia, pulling her hands away from the wires.

"I'll heal." Malia shrugged.

"Not if you die." Kira added, grabbing the scissors away from Malia. Malia flicked her claws out in response. Kira stared at her wide eyed.

"Don't you dare, Malia." I narrowed my eyes at her. Malia ignored me, swiping her claws at the wires. She hissed and brought her hands away as sparks flew.

"I didn't die." Malia said, holding up her hands. Scorch marks covered the tips of her fingers with smoke coming off of them. Kira and I gave her a look. Malia fished her phone out and stared at the time. "Four minutes."

Kira sighed. She turned to face the wires again. The ones that we needed, now revealed the copper wire underneath thanks to Malia cutting off the rubber. Kira was still staring at the wires nervously.

"I can smell how nervous you are." Malia said, holding her phone. I licked my lips, nervously cracking my knuckles.

"Not helping." Kira breathed out.

"Okay." Malia sighed. She walked up in front of Kira. "You can do this. It's just like we practiced."

"You mean like when I caused a major blackout?" Kira replied.

"Not like that, no." I shook my head. "Before that. You did it Kira. You had it. You just got too excited that you did and that transferred into it. Just control your emotions."

"Ten seconds. Nine. Eight." Malia started to countdown.

"Please stop counting." Kira nervously said. She wrapped her hands wrapped around the wires. We looked around the room. The lights are still on.

"Why isn't it working?" Malia asked.

"Because I have no idea what I'm doing." Kira sighed.

"Kira, nothing's happening." Malia informed.

"I'm aware of that. I don't want to lose control because I'm scared I might fry the entire system."

"Stop worrying about what you might do." I told Kira.

"This isn't about you, or Nevah, or me. It's about Lydia. We're here to save Lydia." Malia continued. Kira nodded.

"We're here to save our friend." I finished. Kira sighed with her eyes closed before she opened them. She wrapped her hands around the wires one more time. Her eyes glowed orange and you could see the electricity. The lights immediately started to dim down.

"Kira, it's working. Keep going." Malia motivated.

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"Those guards shouldn't be there." Malia said. She had the door cracked open a bit. Just enough space for the three of us to fit.

"We could get past them." I told them. The guards walked up to the front desk.

"We could." Kira agreed.

"But we don't want to set off any alarm until Lydia is out." Malia informed.

"Perimeter security check in please." A walkie-talkie placed near the front desk guy crackled out. The guards walked off. The front desk guy picked up the walkie-talkie. "Perimeter, do you copy?"

The three of us looked at each other before we walked back in and closed the door.

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"Visiting hours are well past over." I heard, my ear pressed against the door. I was crouching while Kira was next to me standing up. Malia stood behind us.

"We're not here to visit." I heard a familiar voice say. My eyes widened and I looked up at Malia and Kira.

"We're here for Lydia Martin." Theo's voice said. I heard glass break followed by a loud thump. Once we were sure Theo's Chimera pack were gone, we ran out to go check up on the front desk guy. We saw him lying on his back on the floor. He was knocked out. Malia crouched next to him, slapping his face.

"Slap him another time for me." I told her. Malia looked up at me weird. She shrugged and slapped his again. I grinned and gave her a thumbs up. "Cool."

"It's started." Kira spoked. I heard the familiar crackles of electricity. I turned around to see the small strings of electricity around her frame.

"We need to get you out of here." Malia stood up and started to walk towards the morgue.

"What about the others?" Kira panted out worriedly.

"They should already be back at the morgue." I told Kira, following Malia. "Let's go."

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Malia open the door and we all ran into the morgue. Nobody was in here. Where are they? We ran to the other door at the other side of the room. Alarms caused us to stop. Malia grabbed the door handle. Kira went to place a hand on her shoulder. As soon as Malia touched the door handle, she was shocked with electricity. Kira and Malia flew backwards.

"You guys okay?" I asked, helping them up.

"Lockdown." Malia sighed. A loud roar echoed throughout Eichen House. Scott. It was Scott. I looked over at Kira with a smile, which immediately turned into a frown. The sparks and electricity were surrounding her frame again. Biting my lip, I turned to look at Malia. Her eyes glowed a chilly blue.

Okay, I feel like I didn't give this chapter the justice it needed, so sorry about that. I hope its ok at least.

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