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Author's Note:
Have you heard the news?
Chapter Twenty-Nine
ð A Credible Threat ð
Scott, Liam, Avalon and Stiles are driving down a dark road in the jeep when Scott gets a text message from Argent, "He's headed to the school." He said making Liam look at her confused. "Why's Parrish headed to the school?" Liam asked and Avalon shook her head, "It's not Parrish. At least, not right now." She said.
"Okay, why's a Hellhound going to the school?" Liam asked, "Cause he's got a yearning for higher education?" Stiles said sarcastically making Liam give him a look. "Liam, the Hellhound's at the school, so we're going to the school. Okay?" Stiles said before pressing down on the gas.
A few minutes later they pulled up to the school. Liam climbed out after his sister and slammed the door shut making them all turn to him. Scott and Avalon simply looks exasperated, while Stiles is giving Liam a dirty look. "Sorry." Liam said, looking at them sheepishly.
They quickly catch him to Argent, who had his gun at hand, "Where's Parrish?" Scott asked and Argent sighed. "I lost him. He's moving too fast." He said and Avalon took a deep breath before smelling blood making her glance around.
She stepped away from the group as she saw something laying on the ground in the distance, "Hey, uh- Guys?" She called out.The guys all looked over at her to see her standing a few feet away from a body lying in the middle of the ground in a puddle of blood.
Avalon walks up to it as the guys start walking over to her. "Awesome." She mumbled when she saw the guys chest and abdomen has been completely torn to shreds. She slowly looked up right as the guys walked up to her and then walked around the body and sighed, "There's another one." She said. They follow her towards the second body to see it was just as bad as the first one. "Look." Liam said making then all look at him before following his trail of sight.
Inside the bus was dozens of mauled people inside, brutally ripped to shreds and sprawled across the floor and hanging over the seats. To all of their surprise, one of the people in the bus, a young blond man, is still alive, and coughs before reaching out toward them as he weakly pleads for help. "Help... me..."
Scott moved to go help but man but Avalon grabbed his shoulder making him look at her as she nodded off in a direction. "Found Parrish." She said making them all look over to see Parrish whose eyes are glowing with fire, his fangs and claws out, and the veins of what looks like magma crackling through the soot-covered skin on his chest and back, making it obvious that the Hellhound is currently in charge. "It's a trap." The Hellhound says and the guy in the bus let's out a small plead again, "Please..."
Scott goes to step forward again but stopped with Parrish looked back at them, "You can't help him." He says. Just then, a snarl is heard just before the body of the victim is ripped in half and thrown onto the ground in front of the bus, his internal organs spilling out onto the pavement, which makes the everyone stare in disgust and horror.
A shadowy figure leans over the pile of bodies, revealing that the Beast is in the bus. Scott's eyes widen as he gulps nervously, and Stiles, who hasn't seen the Beast in person before, look absolutely terrified. "That's big... No one said it was that big!" Stiles said panicky, "I did." Liam said and Avalon nodded. "So did I."
The Beast roars menacingly at the group, and Parrish/the Hellhound flicks out his claws and bursts into flames before roaring back. The Beast then stomps down the aisle of the bus, leaping through the windshield and running into the woods at high-speed while the Hellhound chases after him; they run so quickly that they quickly vanish into the tree line before the others can even process what has happened.
Scott and the others look completely overwhelmed, "What the hell is happening?" Scott asked and Argent sighed, "It's getting smarter." He said.
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Avalon's phone when off making her groan slightly before reaching over to grab it. "What is it?" Malia asked as Avalon looked at her phone, "Just a reminder that there's game tomorrow." Avalon said before setting her phone back down on the nightstand. She looked down at Malia with a smile before leaning down and kissing her making Malia grab the back of her neck.
Their lips moved in sync for a moment before Avalon's door suddenly opened making them quickly pull away. Avalon sucked in a deep breath as she turned to look at her mother who stood in the doorway with her eyebrows raised and arms crossed. "Hi mom." Avalon said and her mom hummed slightly, "Hi Malia." She said and Malia awkwardly waved at her.
"You know, I dont mind doors being closed but if your gonna have you or your brother have Malia or Hayden over, I'd at least like to be informed. I'd rather there not be any teen pregnancies." Jenna Geyer said and Avalon raised her eyebrows, "Well mom, I dont know if you know biology but... teen pregnancies are kinda impossible for me and Malia." Avalon said and her mother gave her a look.
"If you want to be worried about teen pregnancies and not knowing when girlfriends are over then maybe you should worry about Liam and Hayden who are in his room." Avalon said and Jenna raised her eyebrows, "They are?" She asked and Avalon nodded. "Okay." Jenna said before going to walk away, "Can you close the door?" Avalon asked me her other closed the door as she walked out.
Avalon looked back at Malia who sighed while reading a text. "I have to go." She said making Avalon frown, "Why?" She asked as she kissed Malia's jaw. "Braeden wants be to go to Scott's house incase The Desert Wolf tries to attack the house has mountain ash." Malia said and Avalon hummed slightly, "That sounds boring." Avalon said and Malia nodded before setting her phone down.
"I'll leave in minute." She said before pushing Avalon down onto the bed while climbing on top of her. Avalon smirked as Malia leaned down, pressing their lips together.
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"While tonight's game is a charity event, we hear Devenford Prep and Beacon Hills have a long-standing rivalry." Some News Journalist said as she stood in front of a camera with Brett who chuckled. "Devenford always plays to win, but especially when it's for charity." Brett said and woman nodded, "And especially when 100% of the proceeds go to the winning team, isn't that right?" She asked and Brett smiled.
"Which is why we'll be 100% kicking Beacon Hills' ass!" He said before Avalon walked up to them and grabbed Brett's shoulder. Brett sighed when he saw it was her while she pointed at the camera, "Is this live?" She asked and the woman nodded, "It is." She said and Avalon smirked.
"Awesome. Hi, Avalon, I'm on Beacon Hill's team. I also taught most of Davenford's team how to play." She said before patting Brett's chest, "When Brett was in eighth grade, he pissed himself while I was teaching him how to play lacrosse." She said. "Avalon!" Brett yelled making Avalon laugh evilly as she walked away.
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"Mason said it's not just to transmit frequency. It's high-powered- like, it has to be a really strong signal." Liam said as he, Scott, Stiles, Avalon and Lydia sit around in the library. "And that's causing it to shift?" Lydia asked and Scott shook his head slightly, "No, I don't think it's just that. Last night, Argent said that it's getting smarter. What if the Dread Doctors are trying to make the Beast grow faster?" Scott suggested.
"With frequencies?"
"No, by shifting. The frequency is just the trigger. The important part is when it shifts into the werewolf." Scott says and realization crossed over Lydia's features, "Like Peter." She said and Scott nodded. "Yeah, when Peter was an Alpha, he got stronger every full moon. Eventually, the burns healed, and he was back to normal."
"So, the Dread Doctors don't want to wait for the full moon." Liam said and Scott nodded, "They want the Beast to be as strong as possible, as fast as possible." He said. "Because of Parrish." Liam said.
"So, if this is happening tonight, what are we going to do?" Lydia asked, "Uh, we've got one clue to go on." Stiles says before pulling a crime scene photo out of his backpack. "This came from the hospital- whoever's lurking inside the Beast is wearing a size-10 of indeterminate make." He said making Avalon raise her eyebrows at him, "Indeterminate?"
"It means it's a partial print. Basically, it was all we were able to get considering all the fire, blood, and carnage..." Stiles explained and Scott sighed softly, "How many size-10s are out there?" He asked and Stiles shrugged. "Only one with Parrish's blood on the sole."
Liam looks anxious as he glances back and forth between Scott, Lydia, Avalon and Stiles, "So, are we going to try to get the game cancelled?" Liam asked. "No. No, we're going to play, but we're just going to hope really hard that it doesn't turn into a blood-soaked massacre." Stiles said sarcastically.
"Okay, but, umm... Aren't we kind of missing out on a chance to catch this thing? We don't have the "who," but we have the "where" and the "when."" Liam said and Avalon sighed, "There'll be too many people." She said.
"And we still don't actually know if it's going to happen. It just might end up being a regular lacrosse game. It's possible... right?" Lydia asked and Avalon shrugged slightly, "Sure, but has there ever been a normal lacrosse game where nothing supernatural happened?" She asked and Stiles nodded in agreement.
"So, we're still getting the game cancelled?" Liam asked and Scott nodded, "We're getting the game canceled." Scott said and the all get up to leave.
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Scott, Kira, Malia, Avalon, Stiles, Liam, and Mason all stood around in the biology class room going over the plan. "Mason, you know your part?" Scott asked and Mason nods, "Corey and I break into the Devenford bus and search their shoes."
"I take out the TV vans." Malia said as she walked up to stand next to Avalon, "Right before the whistle, Coach forfeits the game." Stiles said. "The rest of us are looking for a size 10 with a bloody sole." Avalon said.
"Just out of curiosity... What if it doesn't work? What if we have to go up against this thing? I mean, I hate to bring up bad memories, but Scott's still healing from what Theo did to him." Malia said and Kira shook her head, "No, he's not." She said and Scott nodded.
"She's right." Scott said before lifting up his shirt to see he was completely healed, "It happened the night we got Lydia out of Eichen House. I healed... when we were all together again. When we were a pack." Scott said.
"The Beast doesn't have a pack." Liam said and Scott nodded, "Not like us. We can do this, guys. No one dies tonight."
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"Get on the field!" Coach yelled and blew his whistle as Avalon walked up to Stiles with wide eyes. "What the hell is he doing?" She asked and he just sighed frustratingly, "He's not forfeiting." He said as players ran out into the field.
A little while later Kira got the ball and brutally tackled one of the Devenford players before rushing toward the goal. Though Devenford's goalie prepares to catch the ball, Kira throws it so hard that it flies past him faster than he can react and hits the net hard, causing Beacon Hills High to get the first goal of the game.
Avalon, Scott and Stiles run across the field, where at least a half-dozen Devenford characters are still laying on the ground and groaning from how hard she hit them. Scott looks horrified, and Stiles looks exasperated and Avalon looked shocked. "You think Kira's playing a tad aggressive?" Stiles asked and Avalon nodded.
Scott watches wide-eyed as Kira starts to swing her lacrosse stick around like she does with her katana, and he becomes even more worried when he sees her irises flash Kitsune-orange for a brief moment. Scott sighs, even more overwhelmed by this development in addition to the pre-existing problem, "We might have a problem..."
A couple plays later Avalon walked up to Scott after Kira knocked down a bunch of players again. "We need to get her off the field before she kills someone." She said and he nodded, "Yeah, Liam, Brett and I have a back-up plan." He said and she nodded as the ref blew the whistle.
Brett gets the ball first and rushes down the field toward the goal. Kira instantly makes a bee-line for him, but Brett is hits back at her so hard that she's knocked backward onto the ground. Her face is tense with rage as she glares at Brett, who smirks at her. "Not so tough now, are you?"
Kira angrily scrambles to her feet and wastes no time rushing toward him, swinging her lacrosse stick at him so hard that she hits him on the side of his head and causes his helmet to fly across the field as Brett collapses on the ground. The referee immediately blows his whistle at her and rushes toward her. Kira walks off the field toward the sidelines and past where Lori was standing.
A little while later the ref blows the whistle and Stiles ran over to Avalon, "I'm pretty sure the plan is going to absolute shit. I can still hear the vans." She said making Stiles glance over at the news vans. "Can't you like, mentally talk to Malia to see what's going on?" He asked and she sighed and shook her head, "Deaton and I havent gotten that far with the training yet." She said and he sighed.
"We'll figure something out." He said and she raised her eyebrows, "Soon or when a twenty foot Werewolf kills everyone?" She asked and he shook his head slightly. "Hopefully soon." He said and then the ref blew the whistle.
Liam run out onto the field, where he joins Stiles and Avalon, "Something's wrong. We don't think Malia's got all the vans." Stiles said and Liam nodded slightly, "Then we'll get her more time." He said making Avalon raise her eyebrows skeptically at this response.
"And how the hell are we going to do that?" She asked and Liam shrugged, "We'll even up the score." He said and Stiles only becomes more exasperated by this answer. "Once again... How the hell are we going to do that?" He asked and Liam gives them a determined look as he puts on his lacrosse helmet.
"Just get me the ball."
Liam runs out into the middle of the field to get ready to match up with a Devenford player to fight for the ball. The referee walks up toward them and stands at their side. When the referee blows the whistle, Liam easily scoops up the ball and runs full-speed down the field as the crowd cheer loudly from the bleachers
The crowd cheers as Liam manages to score a goal, and the scoreboard shows they finally got another point. Stiles took that moment to grab Avalon's arm and pull her off to the sidelines. "Okay, I'm gonna start checking shoes and you keep watch." He said and she nodded and gave him a thumbs up.
A few minutes later Avalon glanced under the bleachers to see Stiles trying to look at Sydney's shoes. Stiles tries to lift up her foot, she just squirms out of his way. He tries again but she did the same making him look frustrated. This time he tries to grab her leg making her jerk her leg and accidentally kicks him hard in the head.
Stiles, looking dazed, moves aside over to Avalon while rubbing his forehead as he groans in pain under his breath. "You okay?" Odette asked with a slightly chuckle and Stiles nodded softly. A second later, Stiles' eyes flutter into the back of his head and he passes out on the ground making Avalon close her eyes and sigh.
"You want to do this now? Fine." Malia sneers at her mother and flicks out her claws menacingly, but the Desert Wolf doesn't even flinch, because she's too distracted by something over Malia's shoulder. "That's them, isn't it? The girlfriend who burned me and the best friend." She said making Malia look over her shoulder and follows her mother's line of sight until she sees what she's looking at. Avalon was walking up to Stiles who was now leaning against the bleachers, handing him an ice pack.
"They are." The Desert Wolf says Malia, prepared for a fight, turns around to make the first move when she realizes with horror that the Desert Wolf has vanished.
"Better?" Avalon asked as Stiles lowered the ice pack from his forehead. He was about to answer but all of the sudden a loud, high-pitched microphone feedback they hear in response. Everyone in the stands, on the field, and on the sidelines immediately cover their eyes and groan in pain.
Stiles looks over at Avalon to notice her take a deep breath and her eyes flashed yellow. "What is it?" He asked as she glanced around, "It's here." She said in a slightly whisper making his eyes widely. That's when the sound of growling started.
"Liam!" Stiles yelled making Avalon look over to see her brother charging for the bus making her eyes widen, "No, no! Liam! Liam, wait!" She yelled but Liam ignores her and runs toward the school bus. Liam leaps up into the air with his claws out right as the beast has just done the same.