𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊'𝚜 𝙿𝙾𝚅

"Did you have any trouble with Ikeda?" Chris Argent asks from the other end of the phone as I stand in the veterinary clinic with Allison, Scott and Deaton.

"Only minor. The white wolf was exactly where you said it would be" Deaton replies "But we have two problems, now. First the lichen is not a cure- it'll wear off in a matter of days"

"But, while it does work, the Oni won't go after Stiles, right?" Chris wonders aloud.

"I hope..." Deaton says vaguely "Eichen House has an unusual history. It might not be all that safe for the Oni there, as well"

"What's the second problem?" Chris questions.

"I checked with your contacts in Japan. The Yakuza boss you saw killed by the Oni never found the scroll" Deaton informs him.

"What scroll?" Scott cuts in.

"A Shugendo scroll. The Shugendo were the ascetic mystics of Japan" Deaton answers.

"The scroll had information on how to exorcise a Nogitsune" Chris adds.

"So, we need to find that scroll?" Scott asks.

"Obviously" I scoff.

"Exactly. And, I did get a name of the man who last purchased it-- Kincaid" Deaton states, ignoring my comment.

"He was with Katashi. He's the guy who met with Isaac to buy the gun" Allison points out.

"Sounds like Katashi wanted the scroll for himself" Deaton realises.

"But Stilinski already told me nothing like it was found among his things... And a paranoid like Katashi would keep it close. Probably on him at all times" Chris explains.

"What does a Shugendo scroll look like?" Allison questions.

"Something like this" Deaton says, holding up a large scroll and handing it to the raven haired girl.

"Do they come in different sizes?" Allison asks curiously.

"Any size" Deaton nods.

"Then I think I know where it might be" Allison declares.

"I could kiss you right now" I counter.

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"My father said all of the Katashi evidence is being moved to a federal lockup by armoured car tonight- probably within the next few hours" Allison declares, welcoming Scott and the twins into the apartment.

"We're going to rob an armoured car?" Ethan asks in disbelief.

"Well..." Lydia drawls off from beside me "We're going to try"

"What's the harm in giving it a bash?" I grin.

The three of us sit the boys down and give them a run down of the plan we've come up with, well mostly that Allison came up with while Lydia and I added a few things.

"This is a really bad plan" Scott declares.

"It's not that bad" Lydia retorts, looking offended.

"It's not that good" Ethan counters.

"None of us knows the route they're going to take. If Allison can get one of her dad's GPS trackers on the armoured car, then we can follow it. So, when it gets here-" Lydia is cut off.

"We attack em?" Aiden interjects.

"No. Your bikes will be in the middle of the road, looking like you guys got into an accident. And, when the driver gets out to help-" Lydia is rudely cut off yet again.

"We attack 'em!" Aiden repeats.

"No!" Lydia, Allison and I snap in unison.

"You'll distract him, and Scott will break open the back door" Lydia explains.

"I hope" Scott adds and I pat him on the back encouragingly.

"And you'll get Katashi's finger" I tell Ethan.

"It's not his actual finger, is it?" He asks me, looking concerned and the other two boys turn to me with the same looks.

"You are so out of our league" Lydia scoffs in disbelief.

"Why aren't we just going to Stilinski for help?" Ethan questions.

"Because, if he gets caught, then it's the Sheriff tampering with federal evidence" Scott answers.

"Guys, this is going to work. We can do this" Allison says confidently "We're losing Stiles. My dad's in jail for murder"

"We need to do this" She adds.

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Allison, Scott, Kira and I all crouch between cars in the sheriff station parking lot as we wait for the perfect opportunity to start the plan. That opportunity comes when Deputy Parrish leaves the van holding the evidence and enters the station.

"You're up" Allison tells Kira who looks at me and Scott.

I give her a reassuring thumbs up and she smiles, leaping into action. We watch anxiously as Kira sprints towards the van and attaches the tracker in her hand onto the bumper before turning to us with a triumphant grin.

The station door opens again as Parrish exits, walking back towards the van and Kira is forced to hide at the opposite side of the vehicle to avoid being spotted by the man.

"Okay, let's get out of here" Parrish declares, opening the van door.

He seems to do a double take in shock before stumbling back and pulling out his gun, causing my heart rate to speed up in concern for Kira. The man rounds the van, holding his gun in front of him defensively.

"We have to do something" Scott grits out.

Before Allison or I can respond, the back doors of the van are swung open and a man leaps out of the vehicle, swiftly grabbing Parrish and knocking him out cold.

"Oh, shit" I gasp out in disbelief.

"Who the hell is that?" Scott breathes out in confusion.

"Kincaid" Allison answers.

The man pulls Katashi's silver finger out of an evidence bag and holds it up to inspect it as Scott jumps up, approaching him.

"Come on, Hawkeye" I quip at Allison before following my twin and the girl rolls her eyes at me with a smile, catching up to me with ease.

"We need that finger" Scott declares.

Kincaid turns to us slowly and Allison aims her crossbow at him threateningly as I cross my arms over my chest.

"Why should I give it to you?" Kincaid laughs at us.

"There's a briefcase in there with one hundred and fifty thousand in it" Allison tells the man.

"The scroll inside this prosthetic finger is worth three million" Kincaid counters.

"Give me the finger" Scott demands and Kincaid raises his brows "...You know what I mean"

Kira abruptly leaps off the top of the van onto Kincaid and my eyes widen in surprise, not even realising her climbing onto the van in the first place. Kincaid barely flinches, reaching back and grabbing onto the kitsune before throwing her onto the ground.

"I guess negotiations are over" Kincaid states, his eyes flashing an icy blue and his canines elongating into sharp points in his mouth.

The man growls at us ferociously and I glare at him angrily, my eyes burning a fiery pink in response. He slashes his claws in my direction and Allison fires an arrow at him, the metal piercing his shoulder.

He yanks out the arrow, looking at it in annoyance before discarding it on the floor and swiftly catching Kira who lunges at him. Kincaid roughly grabs her face in his hand and throws her at the brick wall, knocking the Yukimura girl unconscious. He wastes no time in backhanding Allison so roughly that she falls against the same brick wall.

"Hey!" I holler, causing him to turn to me.

I throw my fist at his face, causing him to stumble back in surprise but he recovers quicker than I expect him to and grabs a fistful of my hair.

"Nighty night" He growls out before slamming my head into the van door.