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Chapter Thirty-Five
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"Stile: an arrangement of steps that allows people but not animals, to climb over a fence." Scott reads out loud as he, Avalon and Lydia sat in the library in front of a laptop. "Yeah, somehow I don't think this is the "Stiles" we're looking for." Lydia said and Avalon nodded in agreement.
"Maybe Malia has found something." Scott suggested and Avalon shook her head, "No. She's been taking a make-up test all morning." She said. Almost the second she said that a coyote howl sounded throughout the school making everyone look up while Avalon just sighed and closed her eyes for a moment.
"I guess that means the test isn't going well." Avalon said and they all looked at each other before getting up and walking out the library. Scott and Avalon instantly make a beeline for the basement while Lydia went to check on her mom real quick.
They run down into the basement and finds Malia in coyote form growling at them from the corner of the room. "Malia, it's okay. You're safe." Scott says calmly but Malia kept growling as Lydia, Natalie, Stefan and Stilinski walk in. "I'm not gonna hurt you." Scott said calmly again and Malia let out a couple more growls, "I think she's is calming down." Scott said and Avalon just looked at him with a cocked eyebrow as Malia snapped at him.
Stilinski on the other hand looks a little scared of Malia's growling, "Maybe you should growl back?" He suggested. Malia growls one more time making Natalie and Stilinski jump a bit while Sheriff looks at Scott desperately, "Scott, you're the Alpha. Can you just make her a little more docile?" Stilinski asked but Avalon sighed and shook her head.
"She's not the problem. We are. This is her territory and we're invading it. We need to get out of here." Avalon said and Malia starts barking as Scott nods in agreement, "Yes. C'mon." He said and the five of them moved off to the side.
"Malia came here to get to the full moons. Then we got to the lake house." Lydia said making Natalie look at her confused. "I thought you said a wild animal got in the lake house." She asked and Lydia looks at her mother exasperatedly, "Just be happy for the things I don't tell you." She said.
They turn their attentions to Malia walking as she slowly transforms back into her human form. Stilinski and Scott quickly looks away while Natalie looks slightly shock while the other three dont even look bothered. "It's alright. I'm okay." Malia said and Natalie sighs in relief and walks over to give Malia her clothes back while Stilinski looks at Scott, Avalon and Lydia questioningly.
"Any idea what made her shift?" He asked and they all sighed, "She's under a lot of pressure." Scott said and Avalon nodded. "School, her life after graduation." She said, "Her mom trying to kill her." Lydia added making Avalon nod while Scott looked at them.
"That shouldn't make her shift... Could it be connected to Stiles?" Scott asked as he turned to the girls making Lydia sigh softly, "Hard to tell since we don't know what a "Stiles" is." She said and before Scott or Avalon could say anything Stilinski speaks up. "It's a he." He said making them look at him in both shock and confusion, "Who?" Scott asked.
"Stiles. It's a family nickname. I never used it, but... my father did."
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"Stilinski said no, didn't he?" Malia asked as she opened her locker after Scott came back from talking to Stilinski, "Yeah." He said. "But we're going anyway?" Avalon asked and Scott nodded, "Yep." He said before Avalon closed her locked and they all turned to Liam.
"Or you could stay here and help us convince Gwen she's in danger." Liam said and Scott shook his head slightly, "It's not your job to convince her. It's your job to keep her safe." Scott said and Malia shrugged slightly. "Just kidnap her." She said before they started walking towards the doors.
"Do not kidnap her. We come back at night, after we talk to Stilinski's dad." Scott said and Avalon looked at him with raise eyebrows, "Do we really need to do this?" She asked and Scott nodded. "He's our only clue." He said and Liam sighed softly, "Okay. But if the Ghost Riders show up?' He asked.
"Then you handle them, Liam. You're not alone. You've got Mason and Corey and Hayden. Just find a safe place for Gwen and keep her there." Scott said and Liam raised his eyebrows, "Any suggestion?" He asked and Scott shook his head. "It doesn't matter as long she is safe." He said before walking out the doors while Malia and Avalon turned to Liam.
"Kidnap her, it's the easy way. Scott cant get mad, he kidnapped you before." Avalon whispered before grabbing Malia's hand and walking away, "Do not kidnap her!" Scott yelled.
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Scott, Avalon, Lydia and Malia arrive at the nursing home where Elias Stilinski resides in. "I can't believe we're about to break into a nursing home." Scott said and Avalon shrugged, "After the orderlies of Eichen House, pretty sure we can handle some nurses." She said before Malia walked onto the nursing home.
"I've gotta go. Someone is coming." A Nurse at the front desk said as he ends a call and turns to Malia, "Hi, over there. There's something I can do-" He asks but Malia just grabs his head and slams it on the table. He falls on the ground after the impact with the table and Malia, off-screen, drags him into a closet and locks him in there.
In a room, Elias Stilinski, is listening to old trumpet music. Unbeknownst to him, Scott, Lydia, Avalon and Malia walk in and slowly walk towards him. Elias turns to them and furrowed his brows, "Yes? Is it time for my medicine?"
"We don't have your medicine." Malia said and Elias sighs in understanding and turns around. "Are you Elias Stilinski?" Lydia asked making him turn to her, "I am." He said and Scott and Lydia look at each other before she walks towards Elias.
"I'm Lydia Martin. Do you know who I am?" She asked and he furrowed his brows, looking at her in confusion, "Should I?" He asked making her frown slightly as Scott walked forward. "Mr. Stilinski, we're looking for someone who might be named Stiles. And you went by the name in the army, right?" He asked and Elias nodded, "Yes. Those were the best years of my life." He said.
"Do you know any of us?" Malia asked and Elias looked at her slightly crazy, "Of course I do. How could I forget my own son?" He asked looking at Scott making him frown in confusion. "Your son?" He asked as he shares a confused and concerned look with Avalon who turned to Elias.
"Mr. Stilinski. What year is it?" She asked making him look at her, "1976. My son's birthday is next week." He said making her sigh before tuning to Scott, Lydia and Malia. "He has dementia." Avalon said making Scott's eyes widen slightly, turning to Elias with a slight frown.
"Is it time for my medicine?"
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"Scott McCall?" Elias asked after a few minutes of them explaining who they are and Scott nodded making Elias shake his head. "No, no, no. You're my son." He said and Malia stepped forward slightly, "Keep it down, old guy. You'll wake up the other old people." She said before she starts eating peas from Elias' dinner making Avalon, Lydia and Scott look at her weird while Elias looks uncomfortable with Malia's behavior.
"I don't like her."
Lydia sits next to Elias to help him with his memory problems and gives him a firm look, "Your son is the sheriff of Beacon Hills." She said and he looked at her confused. "Sheriff? No, no, no. I was in the army." He said making Malia sigh frustratingly, "Use your claws, Scott." She said and Scott shook his head.
"It could kill him." He said and Malia shrugged slightly, "I get that but we're running out of time." She said and Scott just sighed softly. "I can't." He said and Malia, both impatient and frustrated, flicks out her claws and went toward Elias but Avalon stops her by grabbing her wrist. "No. We're not hurting the old man." She said before intertwining their fingers.
"Young lady." Elias said making Malia look over at him, "You need to clip those nails." He said and she sighed softly and stepped back.
Not long later, Elias starts getting more and more agitated because of Scott, Avalon, Lydia and Malia's presence. "You shouldn't be here. If you don't leave, I have to report you." He said making Scott's eyes widen, "Uh... What's wrong with him?" He said and Lydia glanced out the window and realization crossed over her features.
"The sun went down." She said making Scott and Malia look at her confused while Avalon seemed to know want she was talking about. "So..." Scott asked as Elias starts becoming even more agitated and groans in anger, "He's sundowning. It's when patients with dementia lose their faculties after the sun goes down." Avalon explained.
"I don't wanna talk to you anymore!"
"So what do we do?" Malia asked and Lydia sighed and shook her head slightly, "Wait until the sun comes back up." She said making Malia look at her crazy. "We can't wait that long." She said and Scott nodded,
"There's gotta be something we can do to keep him quite."
"Leave. Leave. Leave. Leave."
"I can calm him down." Malia suggested making Scott and Avalon instantly turn to her. "No!" They both said at the same time before Lydia turned to Elias, grabbing some of the papers on the table. "Elias look at the equations. Look. It's binomial of probability. What's "P"?" Lydia asked as Elias looked down at the papers.
"Probability of success?" He asked and she nodded, "Right. And what means N minus K?" She asked and he thinks for a moment before answering. "Number of trials minus the number of successes." He said and Lydia chuckled slightly and nodded, while Malia looked at them confused.
"What's with math?" Malia asked and Lydia glanced up at them for a moment, "It helps Dementia patients concentration. And this one?" Lydia asked, pointing at another equation. "That's... um... Conditional probability." Elias answered before standing up while Lydia sat back down. "Let's find the moment of inertia." She said but Elias didnt answer right away making her look up at him, "Elias?" She asked and he squinted at them.
"That's Mr. Stilinski. Just who the hell do you think you are?"
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"You know Scott isn't your son?" Lydia asked and Elias looked at her like she was stupid, "Of course I know that. Are brains are getting smaller with the skirts?" He asked making Avalon raise her eyebrows while Malia starts to growl under her breath.
"Malia. It's okay." Scott said making Elias turn to to him, "So you're that McCall kid." He said and Scott looked up at him surprised. "You know me?" He asked, "I know your dad. He couldn't hold his liquor, and certainly couldn't keep that wedding ring on his finger. A beautiful lady walking by and poof, that ring just disappeared like magic." He said making Scott look at him shocked while Avalon crossed her arms over her chest.
"Do you know all of us?" Lydia asked making Elias look at her first a second before recognizing her, "You're Natalie Martin's daughter. Am I right? You look like her. She was pretty once too." He said. "Stop talking." Malia said as her eyes flashed blue making Avalon hold up her hand. "As much as I don't like him, we can't attack him." Avalon said as she grabbed her girlfriend's shoulder.
"She also liked to talk like she was the smartest person in her room." Elias said making Lydia squint at him before Malia loses her patience completely, flicks out her claws and lunges toward Elias. "Malia!"
"Enough!" Someone yelled making them all turn around to see Stilinski standing next to the equally-angry nurse that Malia locked in the closet before Scott regains his composure and attempts to justify his and the girls' actions. "Sheriff, we..." He started to say but Stilinski's expression is the one that shows how he couldn't be more disappointed with them. "I explicitly told you not come here. And who attacked a staff member?" He asked and the nurse pointed at Malia, "That's her." He said.
"What were you thinking?" Stilinski asked and Elias started to walk around the table, "Noah, we were just having a nice conversation." He said but Stilinski ignores his father and turns to Scott, Avalon, Lydia and Malia with an instruction. "The four of you, out. Now." He said and the three nodded before walking off.
Sheriff starts to follow Scott, Lydia Avalon and Malia to the station, making Elias to become angry toward his son for not noticing him. "That's right! Act like I'm not even here. Go crawling back to your dead wife and your loser son!" Elias yelled making Stilinski turn to his father with a confused look, "What did you say?" He asked but before Elias could answer, he instantly goes back to his confused state.
"Is it... time... for my medicine?"
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"We know this looks bad." Scott said as they all stood in the holding cell room as Natalie scolds them. "It doesn't look bad, Scott. It is bad." Natalie said and Avalon shrugged slightly, "Could have been worse." She said making Natalie look at her crazy.
"Could have been worse? You've broken into a nursing home, you harassed a dementia patient and beat up a nurse. This could affect the rest of your lives! Especially you, Malia. They're talking felony assault!" Natalie said and Malia shook her head slightly. "I didn't beat him up. I could have, but I chose not to." She said making Avalon hum slightly, "Believe it or not that's an improvement." She said.
Before Natalie could say anything Stilinski walked into the room, "By some miracle, the nurse decided to drop the charges. They're free to go." He said before walking out again and Natalie sighed before looking at her daughter.
"Just because you're not going to jail doesn't mean you aren't grounded for eternity."