▸ Angel With A Shotgun - The Cab

Kira, Scott, Stiles and I walked out of the hospital elevator to talk to Sherriff Stilinski. We all stood behind the Sherriff who was dressed in his uniform and using a cane. I saw body bags being wheeled towards the morgue on gurneys. This is a lot. This is a lot of dead bodies.

"Who found them?" Stiles asked his father.

"Argent." Sherriff Stilinski said, turning to face us. "And he said the Doctors were down there. He also said you guys might know what this thing is."

"We've got a theory." Scott told.

"It's a slightly terrifying theory." Stiles added. I made a face at him

"Slightly?" I retorted. Stiles sighed and cupped at hand over my mouth, rolling his eyes. I glared at him and shoved his hand off.

"Well, the ME said that victims were killed somewhere else and then dumped in those tunnels." Papa Stilinski informed us.

"Hey, what if the Dread Doctors are hiding the bodies?" Scott asked.

"Why would they do that?" Kira questioned, slightly shaking her head.

"Maybe they're covering for it. Protecting it like a parent would." Stiles added onto Scott's theory.

"Protecting what?" Sherriff Stilinski looking between Stiles and Scott.

"A werewolf." Scott nervously licked his lips.

"It's called the Beast." Kira told the Sherriff.

"We know. Horrifying." Stiles blinked at his father.

"Told you guys it wasn't slightly." I pursed my lips together. Stiles sighed.

"Okay, we get it Nev." I beamed up at Stiles who was getting irritated.

"We better figure out what we're gonna call Parrish. Because it looks like his dream is coming true."

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"By order of the Sherriff, a county-wide curfew goes into effect tonight at sundown. All after-school activities are canceled until further notice. Students should go directly home at the end of the school day." The intercom voiced as I walked the halls of the school. I saw police carrying shotguns, all of the students staring at them with wide eyes. What are they doing here? I looked ahead and saw Scott walking up towards Stiles. Pushing my way through the crowd, I walked up to them.

"You don't think this is a bit much in terms of firepower for a high school?" Stiles asked a police officer.

"Your Dad's the one that issued us these things, and he wouldn't officially say why." The officer shrugged. Stiles eyed the gun before he adjusted his backpack.

"Did he say anything unofficially?" Scott asked, looking at Stiles and I.

"No. But everyone's got a theory." The officer said.

"Of course they do." I mumbled.

"What's yours?" Stiles questioned, nodding his head towards the Police Officer.

"I shouldn't be talking to you guys. Don't you have class?" The officer diverted.

"It's just class. Nothing that important." I shrugged.

"Come on, Strauss. What's your theory?" Stiles ignored me and questioned Strauss again. Strauss looked over at the two Police officers a few feet away.

"Do you guys believe in the supernatural?"

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"Why are we down here again?" I asked Liam as we turned another corner in the tunnels.

"Malia told me that these tunnels are next to the place we were held captive by the Dread Doctors." Liam said. His phone dinged and he pulled it out, checking the message.

"Okay, and?" I questioned him.

"She said that when her, Mason and Scott were down here, they weren't that far away from us. That they were closer than they thought." Liam shoved the phone back into his pocket.

"So, you want to see if we can find this place and tell Scott the great news." I turned to look at Liam but he wasn't there. Crinkling my eyebrows together, I saw Liam standing, staring at something. I walked back next to him to see him staring at a figure in another passageway. Scott?

"You two lost?" Scott asked.

"Completely." Liam nodded. Scott started coming out of the shadows. "How did you know we were down here?"

"I followed you two." Scott said.

"Why are you following me and Nevah?" Liam looked at him.

"That's all you have to say to him, Liam?" I retorted. "Scott, dude, that's just creepy and stalker-ish. You're like a Stalker Dad or something."

"Why are you down here?" Scott asked Liam.

"I'm trying to figure out if this is where they took us. Me, Hayden and Nevah. Malia said she was down here too. That the scent was the same. She said you were right." Liam explained to Scott, licking his lips.

"Uh, there's a turn you two keep passing." Scott pointed down the tunnel. "It's easy to miss."

"How many times did you watch us pass it?"

"Five." Scott licked his lips. I gave him a look. "Come on. Let's see if we can find it together."

"You guys go do that. Stiles wanted me to go with him to go visit Lydia." I said, turning on the balls of my feet. "Have a nice Dad and Son adventure!"

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Stiles was sitting on a chair as I stood behind him. Lydia was lying down on the bed, looking spaced out. She's still catatonic. I frowned. I don't like seeing her like this. Lydia doesn't deserve to be like this.

"Your teachers, uh, gave us some of the stuff you guys have been working on." Stiles said. "They wanted us to hold on to it for you. I saw something about the, uh, Riemann Hypothesis."

"What's that?" I interrupted, tilting my head. Stiles looked up at me and gave me a small smile.

"Um, things like, nontrivial zeros, zeta functions and a lot of other stuff that goes totally over my head." Stiles tried to explain, waving his hand over his head. I nervously licked my lips and brought my gaze towards Lydia. I moved over towards Lydia's side, kneeling down on the floor.

"Maybe you can wake up and explain it to us?" I mumbled out, trying to hold in tears. I don't like seeing her like this. I hate it. I placed my hand in her cold ones. "Oh...come on, Lydia."

"You have to come back to us." Stiles added to me, knowing very well that I would start sobbing if I spoke another word. He glanced at me before putting his hand on top of mine and Lydia's. Stiles sent me a small smile, giving my hand squeeze. "There's no way we're getting through this without you. Lydia, you have to wake up."

"I think that's enough." I turned around to see Lydia's mom, Natalie, leaning against the door. "Stiles. Nevah."

I nervously licked my lips, turning back to look at Lydia. Stiles' hand softly tapped mine before slowly pulling it off of mine and Lydia's. I sadly let go of Lydia's hand, giving her one final squeeze. Standing up, I walked behind Stiles, looking at the ground. Stiles leaned back, getting ready to stand up, but he paused, furrowing his eyebrows.

"Wait a second," Stiles gently moved Lydia's strawberry blonde hair aside, showing a small bald spot. I walked closer to see what Stiles' was trying to analyze. "What is this? What are they doing?"

"All right, you two need to go." Natalie walked forward, her heels clanking. Stiles pushed himself off of the chair, inspecting the bald spot closer. Why does it look like it was shaved?

"They shaved her head, Stiles. Look at it." I turned towards him. Stiles turned to look at Natalie.

"Did you- did you know about this? What are they gonna do? Drill a hole into her head?" Stiles asked.

"Are you crazy?" Natalie told Stiles. She walked towards Lydia and smoothed her hair. "It's for E-C-T. Electroconvulsive therapy. They shave small portions of the scalp. It's done under general anesthesia and it's perfectly safe. Look at her, Stiles and Nevah. She's my daughter. You don't think I'm trying everything I can to bring her out of this."

"No, no, no, that's not E-C-T." Stiles protested. I nodded along.

"Is everything all right in here?" I turned around to see a nurse with red curly hair.

"It's fine. Our guests were just leaving. Stiles, Nevah, go. Or you're not coming back." I glared at Natalie. Stiles stared at her, drifting his gaze towards Lydia. Licking his lips, he placed his hand at the small of my back. He gently pulled me along with him out of the room. I turned around to give Lydia a long look.

We walked down the dimly let hallway, two male nurses walking towards us. Stiles bumped his shoulder into one. Glancing back, he mumbled a "sorry" towards the nurse. I bit back a smile, knowing very well that Stiles took the man's key card. He shoved it into his pocket before we exited the closed off area.

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Scott, Liam, Kira, Stiles, Malia and I were all standing around the island at the McCall's kitchen. Scott looked at us individually, each one of us giving him a nod. Liam placed a green spiral with the words "Eichen Security Log" on top of a blue print and scattered pictures of Eichen House, along with the key car that Stiles stole.

"Now we get Lydia."

Sorry that this is kinda short. I couldn't end it anywhere besides here or else it would interfere with the next chapter. Hoped you guys liked it:) I might update later on tonight

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