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Chapter Forty-Five
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Amara smiled softly as she laid on Allison's bed, watching as Allison walked around, moving some things around. Allison glanced over at Amara and raised her eyebrows while smiling, "What are you smiling at?" Allison asked and Amara shrugged slightly.
"You." Amara said and Allison smiled as she started walking over, "Why?" Allison asked as she sat down next to Amara. "Cause you're pretty." Amara said and Allison hummed and nodded slightly, "Thank you." Allison said while leaning down to kiss her.
Allison pulled away and laid down next to Amara, with her head on Amara's chest. "Have you heard anything news about Stiles?" Allison asked and Amara sighed softly while running her hands through Allison's hair. "Nothing since he escaped Eichen." Amara said and Allison looked at her with raised eyebrows, "I'm surprised you're not out looking for him." Allison said and Amara nodded.
"I was going to but my mom told me not to. She had the scary mom look." Amara said making Allison chuckle and sit up slightly, "So that's why you came out. To distract yourself." Allison said and Amara playfully looked at her offended. "Also to see my very beautiful girlfriend." Amara said and Allison hummed and nodded slightly before leaning down to kiss her.
Their lips moved in sync for a moment before Amara's phone started going off making Amara hum and pull back. She pulled her phone out to see her mom calling her making her and Allison glance at each other.
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"Sorry, but I can't let you walk out with this. It's way above the legal voltage limit." Parrish said, holding up Argent's stun baton, "I only use it for hunting." Argent said Derek gives Argent a hilariously exasperated look at this comment, and Argent can't help but roll his eyes in response.
"Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure you could use it to jump-start a 747." Parrish said and Argent squinted at him, "This property belongs to me, and the charges were dropped. Although, I'm not exactly sure who's responsible for that." Argent said looking over at Derek.
"I am." Makena said as she and Stilinski walking up to them, "We'll take care of this, Parrish." Stilinski said. "Stilinski, I'm not kidding- this thing's a few watts from being a lightsaber." Parrish said leaning over to Stilinsk, "Woah, I didn't take you as a Star Wars fan." Amara said as she walked up to them making them look at her.
"What are you doing here?" Derek asked and Amara shrugged slightly, "My mom called me, I'm as confused as you are." She said as Stilinski turned to Parrish again. "I said I'll take care of it." Stilinski said taking the stun baton.
Stilinski gestured for them to follow him and lead them into his office. "The specialist I saw in LA told me the thing that every doctor says when he's trying to avoid a lawsuit- 'We can't say for sure.' And then, I spoke with Melissa." He said then pulled out sole scans, "These are brain scans-- my wife's, and Stiles'. I knew they were similar, but those are the same. Exactly the same." He said handing them over.
Amara grabbed them and lined them up making them match up perfectly. "And I'm guessing this isn't possible?" Derek asked and Stilinski shook his head, "Not even remotely." He said. "So, the trickster is still playing tricks." Argent said and Derek glanced over at him, "But why this trick?"
"Because it's something that means something to both you and Stiles. Evil spirits like to play that way." Makena said and Stilinski nodded, "When I was in the Army, an officer told me, 'If you want to defeat your enemy, you don't take away their courage- you take away their hope'." He said.
"You don't look like a man who gives up hope easily." Argent said and Amara sighed and shook her head, "Stiles might. After everything, something like this could be his final straw. The Nogitsune is using this disease as a psychological trick, so then this isn't just a fight for his body. It's a fight for his mind and he can only fight for so long." She said and Stilinski nodded, "My thoughts exactly."
"You know, he's left people severely injured." Argent said, "...And others severely dead." Derek said and Makena nodded slightly. "That's why I need the four of you." Stilinski sighed, "I need people who are experienced in this kind of thing. I need you to help me stop him." He said.
"And by stop him, you mean trap him."
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"This is everything non-lethal I could find." Allison says as they all follow her into into Argent's office, "Take all of it." Argent said. "What's the plan, here?" Stilinski asked coming up to stand next to Allison. "Our best shot right now is for Derek or Amara to try to pick up Stiles' scent at Eichen House especially if he went through something stressful there." Argent explained.
"Should all six of us be going to the same place?" Stilinski asked and Argent looked over at Amara and Allison, "Where else has Stiles been showing up?" He asked and Amara pursed her lips, "The school, the hospital." She answered.
"Okay, hold on- we did this already. He disappeared, we started looking for him... then walked right into a trap at the hospital." Derek said making them realize what he was getting at, "He's getting us to repeat the same moves."
"So, what do we do? Wait for him to come to us?" Allison asked and Amara shook her head, "We can't. The Oni will go after him the second the sun goes down. Scott's working on that right now with Kira, but there's no telling how that'll take." Amara said glancing around at all of them.
"That's the problem- we're all trying to out fox the Fox." Argent said making them all look down, "Listen... I'll understand if anyone wants to back out." Stilinski said making them all look at him and Derek scoffed, "I won't be the first Wolf to run from a Fox." He said, grabbing a taser and Amara chuckled..
"I wouldnt be a very good Alpha or friends if I have up on my best friend." Amara said and Makena nodded, "Stiles has been like a son to me for years. I'd take a bullet for that kid." Makena said making Stilinski smile at her in thanks. "Apparently, I'm carrying a lightsaber." Argent said looking at Allison, "Dad, you and Derek hit Eichen House. Amara, you and your mom go to the school. Sheriff, it's you and me at the hospital." Allison said and they nodded.
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Stilinski, Amara, Allison, Makena, Argent and Derek slowly and cautiously walked into Stiles bedroom, looking around. "What is all this? What are these sticky notes for?" Argent asked looking at a chess board. There was sticky notes on the pieces with names written on them.
"This is what Stiles used to try and explain to me about... all of you." Stilinski said and Amara walked over looking at the board, "Well, maybe it's a message from Stiles- the real Stiles." Allison suggested while Amara picked up the knight piece that had her name on it.
"Do you think there's any reason my name's on the king?" Derek asked, "You're heavily guarded... Though, I guess the alarming detail is that you're one move from being in checkmate." Stilinski said as they all looked at the board. "It's not a message from Stiles- it's a threat from the Nogitsune." Argent said looking up at all of them and Makena nodded, "He's at the loft, that's what he's trying to tell us. And he wants us to come there." She said.
"Night's falling..." Amara said as she looked at the window. "This couldn't sound any more like a trap." Argent said and Stilinski shook his head, "I don't think it is..." He said and Argent looked at him. "I think your opinion might be slightly biased, Sheriff." He said and Stilinski looked up at all of them.
"Hear me out! What we're dealing with here is basically someone who lacks motive- no rhyme or reason, right?" Stilinski asked looking at Amara and Makena and who both nodded, "Meaning what?" Argent asked. "Our enemy is not a killer... It's a trickster. The killing is just a by-product." Stilinski said.
"If you're trying to say it won't kill us, I'm not feeling too confident about that..." Derek said and Amara shook her head, getting what Stilinski was saying. "It wont. The Nogitsune is a trickster spirit, it wants irony... It wants a joke." Amara said looking over at Stilinsk who nodded, "All we need to do is come up with a new punchline."
"The sun is setting, Sheriff... What do you have in mind?"