Stiles arrived in his jeep after a while, asking many questions, as according to him I looked like I was going to throw up.

"What's going on?" Theo asked as we stepped inside.

I averted my eyes from him, feeling my cheeks heat up in embarrassment.

"Whoever's stealing the bodies probably isn't going to do it while we're standing guard over one of them" Stiles said, completely oblivious to the tension between Theo and I.

"So you've got a better idea?" Theo questioned.

Stiles pulled his phone out of his pocket and propped it up so that the camera was facing Josh's body.

I looked up at him. "I take that as a yes"

The three of us locked up the Animal Clinic and headed to Stiles' jeep.

"What happens now?" Theo asked.

"We wait" Stiles replied bluntly.

"You want to take shifts watching?"

"No, no. I want to spend some quality time with you" Stiles retorted back coldly.

"Sounds good to me" Theo said.

I laughed, stretching out across the back seats.

"Anyone got any popcorn?"

~

I sighed, shifting to a more comfortable sleeping position.

"What's the deal with you and Kara?"

I paused upon hearing Stiles say my name.

"She's a nice girl" I heard Theo reply.

"Too good for you" Stiles scoffed.

I tried to hide my smile.

Theo chuckled. "You're probably right"

"Do you like her?"

He didn't answer and my heart sunk.

"I think she likes you" Stiles said quietly, as if he could sense I was now awake.

"Would you kill me if I did like her?"

"No" Stiles said bluntly. "But Liam might"

It took everything in me not to laugh. Or move, actually. Do you even know how difficult it is to pretend you're sleeping?

"I think I'll take my chances"

"I honestly hope to god she doesn't like you but I want her to be happy. But remember if you break her heart, I will break you. So will Scott and Liam. Probably Malia too. In fact, all of us will. So just don't hurt her"

"You know who you remind me of?" Theo asked.

"Theo, I don't care"

"My sister. She was smarter than everyone too. And a pain in the ass like you. But she always looked out for me. The same way you look out for Scott and Kara. And everyone. You know, I was the one that found her body. She'd fallen into a creek, broken her leg. They told us she would've been okay if it wasn't one of the coldest nights of the year. If it wasn't for the hypothermia. And when I found her, all I could think was that I should've known. That I should've been looking out for her"

"Why are you telling me this?"

"I'm telling you because even if you don't trust me and even if you don't like me, I'm still going to be looking out for you guys" Theo said. "The way I should have been looking out for her"

~

"You know, I saw his teeth" Theo spoke up. "Donovan. He was a uh Wendigo wasn't he?"

"Yeah" Stiles nodded.

"That's the cannibal one, right?"

"Native American" I spoke up. "The myth says that if you ate human flesh, your punishment was to turn into a creature that constantly craved it"

Theo turned around to face me. "That's a pretty judgmental myth"

"Well, I didn't make it up"

"What if it was the only way to survive?" He challenged. "I mean, you ever hear of the Donner party? I'm pretty sure they didn't turn into Wendigos"

"Well, they didn't live in Beacon Hills" Stiles pointed out.

"Good point. So what's the punishment for killing a Chimera?"

"You spend five hours in the car with Theo Raeken" Stiles replied.

Theo and I chuckled.

"I know what my punishment is" Stiles sighed. "I'm gonna lose my best friend. I'm gonna lose Scott"

"If Scott really gave up on you for some piece of crap like Donovan, then he wouldn't be a True Alpha, would he?" Theo said.

"Or maybe that's the definition of one, someone who doesn't put up with murder" Stiles argued.

"It sounds like you guys need to look up justifiable homicide"

"Did you seriously just say that to the son of a cop?"

"A werewolf's eyes are supposed to change color when you take an innocent life" Theo reminded. "Do these look blue to you? It was self-defense" Theo stated. "For me and for you"

"Or maybe you just don't feel all that bad about it. You can't say that one life is objectively less innocent than another one. What if they turn blue 'cause you feel guilty?" Stiles said.

"So it's up to interpretation?"

"Yeah, maybe"

"Okay. Then here's my interpretation of what happened with you and Donovan. Not guilty"

I placed my hand on the back on their seats, looking over at Stiles.

"Did you feel bad about it?" I asked. "Not now. I mean right then. Right when it happened"

"What were you thinking the moment you knew he was dead and there was no saving him?" Theo added.

Stiles hesitated for a moment. "One word. Good"

I sat back in my seat, trying to process things.

"What?" I heard Stiles question Theo.

"A scent"

I frowned. "What scent?"

"Like smoke. Something burning"

He turned towards the window and I saw flames engulfing him.

"Oh my god!" I screamed. "Stiles!" I yelled for my friend.

He looked over at me, blood splattered across his face.

The jeep started to tip and I grabbed onto the seats.

"Woah, woah" Stiles said frantically, also trying to grab hold of something.

I felt the jeep being tipped further and further and I screamed.

My head crashed against something hard and solid.

I felt pain briefly.

Then nothing.

~

A/N

Theo is such a little shit omg my poor baby Kara will be so heartbroken when she finds out what trash he is :(

Don't know about you guys but I am still not over the sciles fight 💔