Josie FaceTime her mom and let her know she was staying at Scott's house.  Sarah was against it, but she had to agree.  Josie heard from Stiles that the orderly, Brunski, kidnapped Stiles and Lydia and confessed to killing Lydia's grandmother, Lorraine.  Sarah was shocked to hear this but, Sarah had to face fact that this was her daughter's life now. A new world. Scott takes the phone from Josie and assures Sarah that he's keeping her safe and promises to behave.  Sarah hears Josie say, "I just don't want to put her and Fizgig in any form of danger."  Sarah understood and was proud of her being so brave. She drove to meet Josie at Scott's to let her use the car while Melissa gives her a lift to work.

Stiles says they discovered the benefactor's identity...

Meredith.

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(Josie's change of clothes ^^^^)

Scott, Josie, and Liam headed to Scott's house.  Scott gotten a hold of Kira.  She found Brett along with other wolf.  They were attacked by hunters.  Scott went upstairs to change his clothes.  Josie may have gotten the gas off them, but couldn't get the smell off.  Scott gives Liam some clothes to borrow.  Josie changed her clothes, she had a bag of clothes in a bag just in case someone at the bonfire could have vomited on her or split beer on her. 

"Kira found Brett."  Josie and Liam gives him a worried look as Scott comes down the stairs and faces them.  "They're fine, but we've got to go." 

"More assassins?"  Josie asks.

"Maybe a lot more."  Scott says. 

"Different than the ones who just tried to set us on fire?" Liam asks.  Josie grabs her keys to her mom's car and Scott gives Liam his extra helmet.

"I think so, yeah."  Scott nods, then stops to look at Liam.  Liam looked like he was scared to death, really shaken up with what happened to them tonight.  Liam looks down at the helmet and gently puts it on the kitchen table.  Scott looks over to Josie, who had a worried look for Liam, then she turns to Scott and gives him sad look for Liam.  Scott sighs and turns back to Liam, walking up to him, putting his own helmet down.

"How about I take you home?" Scott offers.

"I'm not like you."  Liam's voice wobbles.

"Not yet."

"I don't mean I'm not strong or I'm never gonna learn how to be in control.  I mean everything else.
You and your friends try to protect everyone.  Have you been whole this the whole time? I mean, how are you all still alive?"  Liam says.

Scott's face turns hard with memories flooding his mind, "Not all of us are."

He hands Liam his helmet.  "Let me at least take you home." 

Liam sighs and takes it.  Josie looks over to Scott and give hims a 'can I?' look.  He knew what she meant so he nods. 

Josie gives Liam a sad, sympathetic smile and wraps her arms around his neck, hugging him tightly.  Liam sighs deeply as he feels himself calming down.  She pulls away and looks at him, "Ok?"  She asks.

Liam nods, "Thanks."

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"I'm completely and totally fine."  Stiles protests as he gets up and tries to get out of the hospital room but Melissa and Sarah stops him.

"You completely and totally have a concussion, Stiles."  Melissa says sarcastically.

"Lie back down."  Sarah gives him a warning look. 

"The doctor said you're not leaving without a CT scan."  Melissa says.

"We still haven't paid for the last one."  Stiles protests and tries to leave again.  But Sarah and Melissa push him away.

"Oh, no, no, no.  Meredith is at the station.  Your dad said it could take some time but he will get her to talk." Melissa says.

"Even if we let you go, what would you do?" Sarah asks. 

Stiles sighs and looks down in defeat, "Okay, fine."  He throws his jacket to the chair and slumps on the bed.  "Can you do me one little favor?"  He asks.

"Anything."  Melissa says.

"Can you get me a tape player?"  He asks.

"Like cassettes?"

"Yes.  Tapes."  He says.

"Yeah, I'll see what I can do." Melissa nods and begins to leave with Sarah. 

"Okay, tapes, though, please."  Stiles reminds her before they leave.

"Cassettes."  Sarah smiles and leaves with Melissa. 

As they left, Stiles takes out the cassette tape that Brunski played when he kiddnapped Stiles and Lydia.  Which contained Lorraine's death.

Melissa sighs and walks down the hallway with Sarah.  "I'm honestly glad I'm not the only parent involved in this.  Other than the Sheriff and Kira's parents."  Melissa chuckles.

Sarah laughs, "But, I kinda beat you both to it.  Since I've married John, I've been involved in the supernatural world.  But, not as long as Kira's mom."

"What exactly happened?  to John I mean."  Melissa asks.

Sarah sighs and hooks her arm into Melissa's, "It's a long story."  She begins to tell her tale. 

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At the Sheriff's station, Lydia waits patiently as Sheriff Stilinski was done questioning Meredith.  He comes out of the office and faces her. 

"What did she say?"  Lydia asks.

"Hard to tell."  Sheriff had a confused look on his face.  "There were words.  I'm not sure there were actual sentences."

"Nothing."  Lydia says frustrated. 

Sheriff gets on his phone and starts making some calls, "I think we need a psychologist...Or a medium."  He mutters. 

"Is she even competent enough to be charged with something?"  Lydia asks.

Sheriff hangs up the phone, "If Meredith  is The Benefactor, then that means she was competent enough to trick Kate into opening the Hale Vault, competent enough to blackmail Brunski  into helping her, and competent enough to create a hit list and pay out  money for its completion.  This girl's practically a criminal mastermind."  They both look over and see Meredith looking at them through the window of the Sheriff's private office then turns back around. 

"There's gotta be a reason why she would do this."  Lydia says softly, confused with the whole thing. 

"I'm only interested in the 'why,' if it tells me the 'how'." Sheriff says.

"You mean how to stop it."  Lydia says.

"After what happened to Scott tonight, this thing's still going.  The payments could be automatic.
And as long as the killers are getting paid, and paid very well, that list is gonna keep getting smaller."  Sheriff points out.

"We don't just need to stop the dead pool."  Lydia realizes.

"We need to stop the money."  Sheriff nods.

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Josie and Scott arrives at Deaton's after taking Liam home.  They rush into building and sees Kira pacing towards them.  She hugs them both. 

"Is your mom..."  Josie starts to ask.

"She's okay.  Healing."  Kira says.

"What about you?" Scott asks.

"Me?"  

"Are you okay?"  Josie asks.

"I'm hanging in there." Kira chuckles wiry.

"Did you find him? Did you find Brett?"  Scott asks.

"Actually, I think I found all of them."  Kira pulls them into the other room and comes across muddy teenagers, Brett and some girl, middle age couples, and a cloaked figure.  The figure inhales sharply. 

"Satomi, these are my friends, who I was telling you about."  Kira says. 

Satomi looks over to them and smiles, "I know who Scott McCall is.  And his mate."  Satomi walks slowly over to Josie and grabs her hand softly.  Feeling Josie's power radiating off her and feeling her wolf calming at the touch of her hand. "The true Anchor." She praises.  Many of the people around eye's widen and gasps softly.  

"Are we safe here?"  The girl next to Brett asks.

Scott and Josie looks around, the fear in their eyes.  The exhaustion.  The anger.  Josie's heart broke for them all as well as Scott.  He knew he had to help them. 

"We're gonna need help."  Scott says. 

"A lot of help."  Josie agrees. 

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Stiles waits for Sarah and Melissa to come back, but Melissa was the only one who came back.  After what Sarah told her, she couldn't believe it.  Such an awful experience any married woman should go through.  She should know.  Not as bad as Sarah, but she had it bad, too. 

Melissa comes into Stiles room and Stiles hops off the bed, facing her.

"You find a tape player?"  He asks.

"No.  But I found someone looking for you."  She makes room for the visitor to come in.  Stiles was shocked to see it was Malia. 

Melissa leaves them alone to talk. 

"I heard you almost got killed."  Malia says.

"I heard you almost got killed."  Stiles says.

"You okay?"  She asks.

"Brunski punched me in the face."  He says, waving it off.  "Turns out he was a serial killer."

"Makes sense." 

"Yeah."  Boy, this felt awkward for them.  "What about you?"

"We almost got set on fire." She says.

"Everyone okay?"  Stiles asks, worry laced in his voice.

"Basically." Malia shrugs.

"You okay?"  Stiles moves closer to her.  

"I'm fine."  She says quickly.  "Josie used her powers to get the gas off us and on to the assassins instead.  She saved us."  She sighs.  "Um, I'm only here to make sure you're ok and Josie has been begging me to talk to you...but..." She stops, she couldn't get a word out.   "I'm gonna go."  Malia turns and goes to the door.

"You don't have to."  Stiles stops her. 

"I should go." 

"Okay." He says, defeat in his voice.

Malia jiggles the knob but the door wouldn't open, "It's locked."  She says, confused.

"Why would she lock the door?"  Stiles moves to jiggle the door and tries to open it.  No go.  "Uh Hey, Melissa? Melissa."  He calls out.

"I could break it."  Malia suggests.

"How about you not? I already owe this hospital enough money."  He scoffs.

"Why would she lock the door?" She asks, pacing the room a little.

"Maybe she didn't mean to."

"You don't just accidentally lock a door."  She says.

"Okay, well, maybe, she wasn't thinking, exactly.  Or wasn't thinking it through.  You know, people sometimes do things without thinking them through." He says.

"Then she's stupid." 

"No, even smart people can do stupid things.  You know, 'cause they think that it's the right thing.  And I don't think we should hold it against her, you know, for the rest  of her life! Especially because she's tried apologizing hundreds of  times through texts and voice-mails." He says, frustrated.  He just wanted her forgiveness so bad.  It hurts him to be without her.

"Is she gonna keep begging?"  Malia walks up to him, stands in front of him, challenging him. 

"She might."  He challenges back.

Malia looks into those brown eyes, those hyperactive, crazy eyes that she just misses so bad.  She misses him, but...

"I don't have much practice in things like forgiveness.  Some things I'm picking up fast.  But other things are like...

"Like math?"

She gives him a dirty look, "I hate math."

"You hate me?" He smirks.

Malia sighs, "I like you, Stiles.  I like you a lot."

He smiles lovingly, relieved that he has her back now, "I can work with that." 

Malia grabs his face and pulls him into a passionate kiss. He wraps his arms around her tightly, holding her close.  As they slowly broke the kiss, the door creaks open slowly.

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Chris Argent walks back into the old warehouse, he recently gotten back from his journey of retrieving a rare plant.  He opens the safe and places it safely inside, but looks down and sees footprints.  He grabs his gun and slowly makes his way following the footprints.  He comes across a shadow behind the plastic covers.  He walks slowly and slowly towards it. 

A spear-knife shoots out and hits his gun, knocking it out of his hands.  He reaches behind him and grabs his handgun and points it.  Brett pops up, snarling at him with his canines out. 

"Wait! Wait! Brett! This is his place."  Scott runs out with Josie and the others. "It's his." 

Brett calms down and walks back over to them.

"Scott, Josie, If you bring in guests, you could have called."  Chris says, then looks over to the others.  Who were tired, in pain, broken.

"It's kinda a last minute thing."  Josie shrugs. 

"We didn't have anywhere else to take them." Scott says. 

Satomi walks forward to them, eyeing Chris down.

"I know this man."  Chris looks over to her in confusion.  "He may not remember, but we've met before." She says, bitterly. 

"You can trust him."  Josie says, taking her hand.  Satomi looks at her hand, feeling the comfort wash over her. 

"We trust him." Scott says.

"How do we know he's not like the others?" Satomi asks, still eyeing Chris cautiously. 

"What others?" Chris asks.

"Last night, there was a whole team after them.  And they used crossbows."  Kira says, showing Chris a broken arrow.  They watch him exam the tip that's branded with a symbol. 

"They're hunters, aren't they?" Scott asks. 

"Not if they're killing for profit.  Not anymore." Chris says. 

"Can they find us?" Brett asks.

"They might already know you're here.  Maybe they're waiting for dark." Chris looks over to them.

"So we're not safe here?" Kira asks, worriedly.

"We're not safe anywhere."  Satomi says.  "We've been trying to get out for days.  Everywhere we turn, we find someone new trying to kill us."

"If they're coming, Scott, they're coming for you too.  And Josie."  Chris says.  "You two are still number one on the dead pool.  And remember what happened at the hospital.  You two are connected.  One goes, so does the other."

"I know."  Scott sighs.  "I know Lydia can get the answer from Meredith.  She just needs more time."

"Then that's what she'll get."  Chris says. 

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Stiles and Malia managed to find a boombox.  Stiles places the tape in the tape player and presses play.  Lorraine's voice along with Brunski filled the room.

"Let's go, Lorraine."  Brunski says.

"Listen to me.  Please listen.  There's something I have to do, something I have to stop."  Lorraine's panicked voice speaks. 

"I have to take you back to Eichen, Lorraine."  Brunski says. 

Stiles increases the volume. 

"No.  No.  I don't think you're gonna be taking me anywhere.  I can hear the recorder in your pocket.  It's on now, isn't it? You're making a tape.  Just like you taped the others."  Lorraine says.

Stiles stops the tape, "This didn't happen at Eichen House."  He says.  

"But then where did she go?"  Malia asks. 

"That's what we need to find out."  Stiles says. 

Malia sighs and rubs her head.  Stiles had a nagging feeling that he couldn't let go, not just the tape, but about Malia. 

"When did Josie ask you to talk to me?"  He asks.

"A few days after the virus outbreak.  She came to my house, begging me to talk to you.  Bribed me with cupcakes."  She laughs at the end.  Stiles chuckles. 

"Can't argue with that.  Those things are hard to resit." He smirks. 

"We had a nice, bonding chat."  Malia sighs and became hesitant.  "Did you know...about Josie's dad?"  She asks.

Stiles frowns in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Malia licks her lips, "Josie told me about her dad.  He tried to kill her and her mom a year ago.  According to her, he was a very violent guy. Homicidal in her words.  Like Peter.  It surprised me how much we have in common."  She says.

Stiles' eyes widen in shock, he shakes himself out of the shock and rubs her back in comfort, "I swear I didn't know.  And I promise you, from now on, no more secrets between us.  If I find something out about you, I will talk to you."  He scrunches his face up, "But, if its big, don't hate me if I take a few days to build up the courage." 

Malia rolls her eyes and laughs a little. 

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"I think I'm getting an idea of how all this happened."  Lydia says to Meredith as she faces her in the Sheriff's office.  "You used Brunski, right? You knew he'd killed people, and that he would do it again."  She moves to sit next to Meredith.  "He used my grandmother's code for the dead pool.  He put it online.  He took the money from the Hale Vault, then turned the bearer bonds into cash.  He made the payments.  Was it Brunski's idea to fake your death? Did he get nervous because you helped us with one of the cipher keys?"

"I wanted to help."  Meredith says. 

Sheriff and Parrish looks at each other in shock, finally a sentence from her.

"All you ever wanted to do was help."  Lydia says.  Meredith nods.  "Is that why you're here? I know you wouldn't want to be here if you didn't want to talk."

"I do.  But only to one person."  Meredith says.

"Who?"

.........."Peter.  Peter Hale."  Meredith says.