Chapter 4: Ch. 3 - MUTED

Avalon's outfit:

Chapter Three

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"Of course you're still the team captain. You got your grades up, just like Coach told you to, right?" Stiles said as he and Scott made their way to the field. "Yeah, but he never told me I was back on the team- he just told me to show up at try-outs today." Scott said and Stiles nodded slightly.

"We got bigger things to deal with, anyway. Did you tell Argent yet?"

"Uh, I texted him, but he didn't get back to me." Scott said making Stiles stop and look at him incredulously, "You told him his sister Kate came back from the dead over a text?" Stiles asked and Scott looked at him sheepishly. "I didn't have the money to call France." He said and Stiles sighed and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Yeah, you think you got money problems? Try paying for an MRI and a visit to Eichen House." Stiles said making Scott look at him. "Another notice?" Scott asked and Stiles sighed and nodded, "Yeah. This one said final." Stiles said.

"What the hell are we doing here, anyway? We got like, one hundred and seventeen million problems, and worrying about our status on the lacrosse team is not one of them." Stiles said and Scott looked over at the field, "It is now." He said making them turn around.

There was a group of freshman practicing on the field, but what really caught their eye was the goalie. Whoever the goalie was, he was catching every single shot like it was nothing.

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"Hey, Liam... You want to explain what that was out there?" Stiles said as him and Scott walked up to Liam in the locker room. Liam turned around looking at them weird, "What do you mean?" Liam asked.

"That little display. Your little circus act." Stiles said making Liam furrowed his brows, "What circus act?" He asked and Stiles raised his eyebrows. "You caught every shot." He said and Liam nodded slowly, "I was in goal." He said.

"Yeah, but nothing, not a single shot got past you."

"Yeah, I was the goalie." Liam said looking at Stiles like he was stupid "You guys played this game before?" Liam asked and Stiles sighed and gestured to Scott. "You're a freshman, right?" Scott asked and Liam nodded, "Yeah..." He said. "But you weren't here last semester." Scott said and Liam shrugged slightly, "I transferred from from Devenford Prep."

"You transferred?" Scott asked frowning, obviously hearing that that was a lie, "Yeah..." Liam said slowly. "No... You got kicked out, didn't you?" Scott asked and Liam looked at them weird. "All right, look- kicked out or transferred, what do you guys care? I came here to play lacrosse. The team could use a few good players, right?" Liam said frustratingly making Stiles shake his head, "No. No, we don't need any more good players-"

"Actually, we could sort of use a couple..." Scott said making Stiles shoot him a look, "Okay, how'd you get this good? Have you always been this good? Or did it suddenly happen just once over night? Have you ever been out in the middle of the woods during the night of a full-" Stiles said bit Scott cut him off

"Stiles." Scott said and Liam looked at them weird, "Look, I learned from my stepfather and my sister, all right? He made team captain when he was a sophomore. And my sister was the captain on the girls in in Davenford last year. Just like you." Liam said and then a couple guys whistled making them look over.

Liam's older sister, who had dyed dark brown hair and a lip piercing, paused to look the guys who whistled at her. She looked them up and down befor humming slightly and raising her eyebrows. "Thanks reminding me why I'm gay." She said making the guys look at her offended before she walked over to Liam. "You left this in the car." She said as she handed him a backpack before he looked at Scott and Stiles.

"And yeah... I guess I'm just that good." Liam said making the girl furrow her brows, glancing at Scott and Stiles before following Liam out the locker room. "What was all that?" The girl asked as she wrapped her arm around Liam's shoulders, "I don't know. Couple juniors asking how I got good at lacrosse." He said and she hummed and nodded.

"Remember what I said, Liam. Don't get cocky." She said and he rolled his eyes and nodded, "I know, Avalon. If I get to cocky, I'm just setting myself up for failure." He did and Avalon nodded. "Good boy." She said as she patted his head making him push her away and she laughed.

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Malia walked into class to see a few equations on the board before slowly stepping out of the door way. She turned around and almost ran into Avalon, "Woah, sorry about that." Avalon said and Malia stared at her for a moment.

"I like your eyes." Malia said looking at Avalon's one brown eye and one green eye making Avalon smile at her, "Thanks." She said before clearing her throat slightly. "Well, I wont hold you from your ditching. I'd suggest hiding in the corner of the library. Most people dont look there cause they're afraid of finding people making out." Avalon said and Malia smiled awkwardly before Avalon walked around her and into class.

Malia watched her walked away and was about to step back but Stiles walked up and grabbed her shoulders making her eyes widen. "I hate math. It's pointless." Malia said as Stiles started pushing her into class, "It's school! School is important, and math is essential." Stiles said.

"To what?" Malia asked turning to Stiles as they sat down, "Knowing how much to tip at restaurants." Stiles said making Lydia turn to him. "And other less important things, like medicine, economics, engineering..." Lydia said making Malia look at her while Stiles just nodded, "Tipping." He whispered as the teacher turned to the class.

"All right, volunteers to the board! Lydia, Avalon, Malia..." Ms. Flemming said making Malia look up, "I didn't volunteer." Malia said. "You did now. To the board." Ms. Flemming said and Malia glanced back at Stiles who gave her a thumbs up and she growled lowly before getting up along with Lydia as Avalon, who sat in the back, got up.

"Did you go over the notes I gave you?" Lydia asked and Malia looked over at her wide eyed. "I didn't understand them." She said and Lydia glanced back to see Ms. Flemming was distracted by another student making Lydia look at Malia's equations. "X equals twenty-five." Lydia whispered making Malia look at her again and sigh as Lydia finished her equation.

"And sweetheart?" Lydia asked, stepping over to Malia making her look at her again, "Put the away the claws." She whispered making Malia look down at her clawed hand. Avalon glanced over as Malia quickly lowered her hand before she looked back at her equation and finished it.

Malia looked over at her as Avalon started to step away and Avalon smiled at her before walking back to her seat.

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"An axe-murderer?" Kira asked as she, Stiles and Scott walked through the halls, "A family-murdering axe-murderer!" Stiles said and Scott just nodded, "I already heard about it." Scott said. "Wait, what? You did? How?" Stiles asked and Scott glanced at him, "My mom called me. She knew we'd see it on the news."

"Perfect! Lets go!" Stiles said but Scott stopped him. "Whoa, whoa- we've got econ. in five minutes." He said making Stiles look at him crazy, "All right, did you forget the part about the family-murdering axe- murderer?"

"Did you forget your dad's the sheriff? They want us to stay out of it."

"There's a family-murdering axe-murderer and we're not going to do anything about it?" Stiles said looking at Scott incredulously. "Maybe we should just let the adults handle it." Kira said and Stiles looked at them crazy, "So, the two of you, you just want to stay here, school, go to class? Never heard anything so irresponsible in my life!" Stiles said before he started to walk away.

"See you at tryouts!" Scott called out making Stiles just do a dramatic hand gesture.

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Malia sat on the bleachers, working some math work while Kira just watched the guys run laps with an anxious look on her face. Malia glanced up for a moment to see Avalon walk up to the field making Liam stop doing push ups before he ran over to his sister. They did a hand shake before Avalon wrapped her arm around his shoulder.

"Are you gonna try out?" Liam asked and Avalon nodded and smirked, "Yep and unlike Davenford, this school doesn't have an all girls team. So, looks like we'll be playing together." She said, laughing when he groaned before they walked over to the line of players that were forming.

Malia sighed in frustration before looking at Kira, "What's wrong with you?" She asked making Kira look at her wide eyed, "Me? Nothing." She said and Malia gave her a look. "You reek of anxiety, and it's distracting. What's going on?" Malia asked and Kira sighed softly, "Scott and I sort-of had this thing happen... But it wasn't much of a thing... And I'm starting to think it never was anything at all." Kira explained and Malia raised her eyebrows.

"What do you want it to be?" She asked and Kira sighed as she looked out at the field, "More." She said before looking out at the field as Stiles stepped up. He went to scoop up a ball but the ball kept falling out of the stick making him frustratingly pick it up and place it in the net. He took a step forward before launching the ball only for it to go straight into the net of the goalie's stick.

Liam stepped up and scooped up a ball with ease before taking a step forward and launching the ball. The ball went right past the goalie and into the goal making Avalon whistle. "Yes!" Coach yelled as Liam smiled to himself before making to the back of the line, Avalon patting his shoulder in the process.

Scott stepped up and picked up a ball before stepping forward and launching it. But instead of it going into goal, it hit the pole of the goal. "Nice, McCall!" Garrett said making Stiles glance at him, Hey, Garrett... Shut up!" Stiles said as some guys laughed.

Avalon stepped up and easily picked up a ball, "Don't miss!" Liam playfully taunted from the back. Avalon chuckled slightly before she stepped forward, launching the ball. Everyone was quiet as they watched the ball go right past the goalie and into the net. "Yes! That's what I'm talking about!" Coach yelled as Avalon smirked while spinning the stick around.

She glanced at the bleachers as she walked to the back of the line to see Malia watching her. Avalon smirked slightly as she went to stand next to her brother.

For the next five or so minutes Liam made every single goal and Stiles and Scott on the other hand? They seemed to be getting worse and worse the more they went up. Avalon was doing pretty good, she was making nearly every shot with the goalie only catching one or two of them.

Coach blew his whistle making all the players run over to him, "McCall and Stilinski, grab the long sticks! You're covering goal for two-on-ones." Coach said and they nodded while grabbing different sticks while everyone else lined up.

The first few guys who went up didnt even get close to passing Scott and Stiles making the two chest bump only for Stiles to fall on the ground. Avalon stepped up and took a deep breath before putting a helmet on and scooping up a ball. Coach blew the whistle and she instantly ran forward.

She easily got past Stiles, before running to where Scott stood. His tried to block her but she quickly spun around him before tossing the ball into the goal. "Yes! She's on the team!" Coach yelled from the sidelines making Avalon chuckle to herself as she took the helmet off. She walked up to Scott and Stiles, holding her hand out for them to fist bump her, "Nice play." She said as she nodded at them before walking back over to the line.

Liam stepped up making Scott and Stiles get all serious. Liam scooped up the ball the second Coach blew the whistle and took off running forward. He easily got past Stiles before ducking and spinning around Scott, launching the ball into the goal.

"That's how you do it! That's how it's done!" Coach yelled and Avalon smiled proudly before Malia stood up on the bleachers. "That was luck!" She yelled making everyone look over at her, "Do-over!" Malia yelled.

"Sweetheart, there are no do-overs- this is a practice." Coach said and Malia rolled her eyes slightly, "Ten bucks on Scott and Stiles!" Malia called out making Coach point at her. "I'll take that action." He said making her smile proudly at herself while Coach turned back to the players, "Hey! Get back in there, Liam!"

Liam stepped back up and Coach blew the whistle making him instantly run forward. Yet again he was able to make it past Stiles but instead of making it past Scott, Scott kind of flipped him over his shoulder making Liam fall to the ground with a crack and a groan making Avalon quickly drop her stuff and run over.

"Don't move! Don't touch him!" Coach yelled as he and the rest of the team ran over. "I'm okay, Coach. I'm all right." Liam said and tried to get up but fell back down with a groan, "I think it's my leg." He said as Avalon grabbed his arm. "I think we better get him to the nurse." Stiles said as Scott helped Avalon get Liam up while she gave him a dirty look.

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Melissa turned the corner to see Avalon talking to a nurse and Stiles and Scott holding Liam up, "Uh, hi, Mom..." Scott said sheepishly.  A few minutes later Liam was now sitting in a wheelchair, "Don't worry, Liam. We'll take good care of you." Melissa said before wheeling him away leaving Scott, Stiles standing there awkwardly while Avalon followed Melissa.

A little while later Dr. Geyer checked Liam over while Avalon was sitting next to her brother. "It's broken, isn't it?" Liam asked and Dr. Geyer sighed softly, "It's definitely going to need an x-ray." He said and Liam sighed sadly.

"It's broken... And it's my fault..." He said and Dr. Geyer looked at him with raised eyebrows, "You want to tell me what happened?" He asked and Liam sighed. "I went up against two juniors- one of them is captain of the team." Liam said making Dr. Geyer hum slightly.

"Remember what we always say? Play smart, not hard. And Avalon always says dont get to cocky or you'll mess up." Dr. Geyer asked and Liam nodded, "Are you mad at me?" He asked and Dr. Geyer shook his head. "No, of course not! Your mom might be mad at me for getting the both of you into lacrosse, but maybe we should wait for the x-ray before we panic." Dr. Geyer said and Avalon chuckled.

"Oh, trust me... He has more reason to panic than you." She said and Dr. Geyer pointed at her and nodded in agreement before patting his step-sons shoulder. "It's not over yet. Wait for that x-ray." He said and Liam nodded slightly as Dr. Geyer walked out.

"I'm not gonna be able to play lacrosse, am I?" Liam asked and Avalon sighed and grabbed his shoulder, "Your leg could just be sprained. I'm not too confident about that but let's just hope. And even if it is broken, it won't be broken the whole season. I'm sure Coach wont pass up the opportunity to have you on the team and just wait until your leg heals." She said and he nodded slightly before she sighed as she looked down at her watch.

"Now, I need to get work. I'm already ten minutes late and I still need to take a shower." She said as she stood up and made him look at her. "Like dad said. It's not over yet, you just gotta wait." She said and he nodded making her smile before messing up his hair and walking out.

Scott's phone when off as Avalon walked past him and he pulled it out to see Lydia calling him. "Hey, Lydia-" He started to say but Lydia quickly cut him off, "Where are you? I couldn't call- I couldn't get away from the deputy." She said quickly.

"Okay, slow down..." Scott said, "You need to get to the hospital. You need to get there right now! The son, the only one who survived? He's there." Lydia said and Scott furrowed his brows slightly. "So am I. I'm at the hospital, too." He said, "Then find him- find Sean Walcott." Lydia said and Scott's eyes widened slightly.

He instantly started running towards the elevator, "Wait! Hold the doors!" Scott yelled but the doors shut right as he got up to them making him sigh before running up the stairs. "No! Leave me alone! NO!!!!" Melissa yelled right as Scott ran up to the hall she and Sean was in.

He turned the corner to see Melissa on the floor with Sean grabbing her, both covered in blood. Scott let out a roar, charging at Sean and Melissa watched as Sean kicked Scott into the opposite wall before running off.

Scott instantly turned to his mom as she up, "I'm okay. I'm all right." Melissa said as Scott looked at her worriedly. "Are you sure?" Scott asked and Melissa nodded, "Go get that son of a bitch." Melissa said and Scott growled before he ran after Sean.

They turned the corner and didn't see anyone but He noticed all the blood smeared on the walls and floors. He ran onto the stairwell to see a smear of blood before hearing Liam groan making him quickly run up the stairs.

They ran up the the roof to see Sean holding Liam on top of the ledge, "Get back!" Sean yelled making them stop. "Don't! You don't need to do this. Whatever it is- whatever you are- we can help you." Scott said as he slowly took a step forward, "No, you can't!" Sean said as Liam struggled to get away from him.

"Let me help you." Scott said and Sean just slightly shook his head. "Wendigos don't need help- we need food!" He yelled before Liam managed to push him away.

Scott when to run over to them making Sean shove Liam over the ledge before Scott pushed Sean back and went to grab Liam's arms. Sean tried to pull Scott away making Scott struggle to keep hold of Liam. "I can't hold on!" Liam yelled as he was holding onto the ledge with one hand.

Still fighting against Sean, Scott did the first thing he could think of as Liam's hand started to slip. He bit him makin Liam yell out in pain. Sean suddenly stopped trying to pull Scott away before falling to the ground making Scott pull Liam up.

He looked over to see a man, who had no mouth, rip a tomahawk out of Sean's back. The man slowly turn to look at Scott and held a finger over where his mouth should be before walking away.

Liam who was gripping his arm in pain. He moved his hand away slightly to reveal a bite making her eyes widen before looking at Scott.

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Author's Note:

Just wanted to show you Avalon's eyes ~