So, i'm officially starting with Tricks of a Beast. I won't be posting any chapters for nearly a month or so as i mentioned having my finals in the previous story, so gotta study hard.
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Jewel sighed in the school's parking lot. With a small groan, she turned around and looked at Stiles, who was slightly fidgeting at his spot
"What, now?" she asked.
In the past few days (exactly 3 days), after their whole adventure with the alpha pack and Jennifer, Stiles was getting vigilant. Very vigilant for her liking. She didn't mind helping him, but at one point, she wanted him to understand that everything is okay. For now. Initially she thought that this whole paranoia was because of that surrogate sacrifice ritual, but so far, none of the three had shown any kind of weird behavior that might indicate towards any damage to them or their souls. They all knew it was there, but no one knew how long it would take before showing itself.
Stiles bit his lip a little "I….got detention"
"Do I need to know why?" she leaned on her car, arms folded
"No. not really" he said
He seemed more edgy than usual
"Stiles" she softly asked, trying to look him in the eye "is everything okay?"
He nodded too quickly for her to know it was a lie. But she chose not to press. Stiles was one of her best friends. And she knew that the time is right, he himself would talk to her about it.
"usually I join dad for lunch after school. But I couldn't for the past few months, you know why. Then I thought of starting this routine again and was doing it but then today I got detention. And you know him and his love for all that cholesterol dipped food. You mind running a food run today?"
Jewel slightly chuckled "Not at all. Salads and veggies?"
"Yeah" Stiles chuckled back
"I'll make sure he gets them. You better get for that detention of yours"
Stiles nodded with a smile and walked back into the school, while Jewel got into her car.
Pulling outside the station, she entered with the food packet and looked around, finally spotting Sheriff's room. She was about to go in, but was intercepted by a very handsome man she had never seen in that station before.
"Hello mam. Can I help you?" he gave her a polite smile. Scratch handsome. He was downright hot. She was so sure that if she wasn't dating Derek, this guy would be so on her list.
She gave him an equivalent smile "Why yes. I was hoping to see the Sheriff"
"Is everything okay?"
"Of course"
He gave her a mild weird look, but led her to the familiar office. He knocked twice and hearing a "Come in", he opened the door and entered
"Sir, there's a girl here to see you"
Sheriff's head raised from his work as he looked at Jewel at the doorway
"Jewel, hey" he smiled "Come on in"
"I brought lunch" she smiled, showing the food package
Sheriff looked at the officer and nodded "Thank you Parrish"
Parrish nodded and left, closing the door with him
"Who's he?" she asked
"My new deputy" Sheriff remarked, going through the food package and then groaned "Rabbit food"
"Hey" she slightly frowned "It's good for your health"
Sheriff gave her a look "Did Stiles asked you to do it?"
"Mm-mm" she nodded "he got into detention for some no-not-really reason. So…" she looked at the food "Kid knew that you'd be stuffing your mouth with those curly fried things and corrupting that system"
"I beg to differ" Sheriff scoffed
"Sheriff, this town is gonna get in a hell lot of trouble now. It would be really great to have someone in the local system"
Sheriff sighed, but nodded, digging into his veggie food. He offered Jewel some who politely declined. She got up when her eyes fell on some files on the floor behind Sheriff's table
She walked across, picked a file and started reading it.
"Sheriff, why are there so many old files outside?" she asked, flipping the pages. Her eyes caught something and she looked at him with narrowed eyes "Are you reopening unsolved cases?"
Sheriff slightly winced at the accusation "Now I know things that I didn't before, jewel. And now when go through these,…..the one you are holding, I concluded a vampire." he paused chewing and looking at her seriously "Vampires are real, right?"
"Cent percent but rare" she answered "But this is very old. Sheriff…" she looked at him
"I just want these cases to make some sense to me. I know things now…I'm just hoping to solve some old unsolved cases"
Jewel sighed "Sometimes it's better not to disturb the way things are"
"But think of it. what if I can give relief to some family by catching the culprit. Werewolf, Vampire, whatever is out there, if it has hurt people then I want bring justice to the victims"
Jewel smiled at him and slightly nodded.
"But there's one case I was hoping you could shed some light onto"
He paused eating and picked a file from the floor and handed it to her as she sat back. it was marked in red. She opened it and went through
"It is quite recent. Just five months back. Three girls were found two towns over in an abandoned warehouse, drained of blood. I thought vampires, but there weren't any bite marks"
"Were the girls reported missing?"
"One of them, yeah. A week before the body was found"
"any other body found in any other region nearby with same MO?"
"No" Sheriff shook his head "What can you make out of it?"
"It looks a djinn"
"magical lamp genie? Like, rub-and-three-wishes-my-lord?"
"I always wondered where Stiles got that from" she chuckled and faced the Sheriff "No. Djinn are more like magical vamps. Kind of. They feed on human blood and use transfusion for that. He chose some good prey" she completely ignored Sheriff's shocked expression at her 'good prey' comment "drug addicts?" she scoffed "No one would question if injection marks are found on body"
"Is it still there?"
"Don't think so. I think it moved on." She sighed, closing the file and keeping it on table "Tell me there's a way I can talk you out of it?"
Sheriff just chuckled, putting a piece of broccoli into his mouth, making her sigh again
"can you at least promise me that you won't go and hunt these yourself?"
Sheriff raised a brow
"You got me a case, good. Please, for Stiles, leave hunting these things to pro hunters"
Sheriff raised his arms in a 'alright' manner and nodded
"so you are going to hunt it?" he asked
"No. I'll probably just tip some trusted hunter about it. he'll take care of our djinn problem"
Sheriff nodded
She picked her bag and swung it around her shoulders "I got some serious homework, so I better leave. I'll pass that case on" she reluctantly said and walked out.
She noticed Parrish looking at her. She passed him a small smile and then walked out to her car.
She sighed, killing the engine at her apartment's parking lot. She pulled out her and typed in a number, she never thought of calling ever again.
Jewel only had to wait for three rings before it was answered
"Singer" greeted a very gruff voice
"Bobby? It's Jewel." She inhaled sharply "Jewel Argent. And I got a case"
Next day, after school, Jewel showed up at the station again, with a lunch packet
"What? Making it into a routine?" Sheriff chuckled
"No." she smiled, keeping the package on the table "I just feel responsible for ya. And I'm worried you might try to handle one of the situations yourself and get hurt in the process"
"Keeping an eye on me?" Sheriff asked, separating his lunch boxes
"Yeah, you can say that." She sighed, taking a seat
"a case came in today" Sheriff said after a while "Blows my brains out"
"How come?" Jewel chuckled
"The bodies were found with their eyes burned out" Sheriff said and all the playful nature vanished from jewel's face. She saw as Sheriff pressed a button and a while later Parrish poked his head in
"Sir?"
"Can you get me the case file that came this morning?"
"Eyes burned out?"
"Yeah, that one"
Parrish nodded and vanished, appearing a while later with the file. Jewel took the file from him and nodded. Sheriff also nodded at Parrish and with that the deputy left. Jewel went through the file as tension built more on more.
"So?" Sheriff asked
"W-Where are the bodies?" she asked looking at Sheriff
"Beacon Hills memorial" Sheriff answered
"I'd like to see them myself" jewel stood up and closed the file abruptly. Sheriff gave her a weird look
"Are you okay?"
"No. yes." She exhaled "I need to see the bodies"
After half an hour found Sheriff, Melissa and Jewel in the hospital's morgue. Melissa pulled the body out and raised the cover off of him. The man looked to be in his middle age.
"He doesn't live around" jewel noted
"We checked the missing person from neighboring towns too. No match" Sheriff said
"I think you'll hardly find anyone" Jewel muttered
"You know what caused it?" Melissa asked
"Yeah." She sighed "What troubles me is why?"
"Why's that?" Sheriff asked
"It doesn't usually happen. They make sure bodies are never found. But with this one lying in the open, something's not right"
"Something supernatural is killing humans?" Sheriff asked
"Who said anything about this guy being human?" she asked, looking at Sheriff as she rested her one palm on the dead guy's forehead
"So what is he?" Melissa asked
Jewel opened her mouth to answer, but someone already beat her to it
"A demon" a highly accented voice said
The three turned and found a little over middle aged man, dressed in black from head to toe, smirking at them. Sheriff tried to reach for his gun, but Jewel kept her one hand on his arm and stopped him
"Won't even scratch" she muttered and pulled her hand back and gave the newcomer a smug smile, crossing her arms "Look who finally decided to crawl out from under a rock" she snorted "Crowley"
"Potter" he greeted back
"One of yours, I presume" Jewel jerked her chin towards the body behind her, eyes not taking off Crowley
"Of course" Crowley rolled his eyes
"And what was he doing here?" Jewel asked
"What every crossroads demon does" Crowley answered and walked towards her "Dealing with pathetic humans" he snorted and looked at the dead body "Humans, so predictable. So…pitiable and weak. All they want is fame, fortune and some quick revenge and show off their materialistic choices and these pests are even ready to sell their soul for it. that's what makes them perfect for business." He wagged his brow at Jewel who gave him a very unimpressed look, making Crowley scoff
"come on Potter. Don't give me a 'I'm a human too' look. We both know you were a human. Now" he faced her again "now, you are one of the top 5 big bads of this universe."
Silence
"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Sheriff asked after a while
"Oh, where are my manners,-"
"In the pit" Jewel butted in and Crowley sent her an annoyed glare, but then continued looking at the Sheriff
"I'm Crowley. King of Hell. Pleasure"
Sheriff looked at him in disbelief and Melissa mirrored his expressions
"Hell's real?" Melissa asked
"Oh very much, darling" Crowley chuckled at Melissa
"He's more like king of douchery" jewel sighed "What are you doing here?"
"Trying to solve a mystery. Who killed my demon?"
"You know who did it" Jewel said
"I know what did it, Potter. Not who" he answered
"It's Jewel" she said irritated
"whatever" Crowley scoffed and looked at the body and then at Melissa "Can I get a copy of his autopsy reports?"
"Why do you even care?" Jewel grumbled "He was smitten"
"Regardless of what others say, I care about my demons" Crowley scoffed. Melissa and Sheriff kept on looking between the two like a tennis match.
"so much so that you hang out with the people who kill demons" she scoffed
"At least I didn't get my mojo stolen from me by a D-grade witch" Crowley mumbled to himself, but all three could hear it
Next thing everyone knew, Crowley was pinned to the adjacent wall, a little high and chocking hard, as if some invisible force held him there.
Melissa and Sheriff both jumped at the sudden change of mood. Melissa yelped, a hand over her chest as she tried to register what was going on. Sheriff's hand was almost over his gun in defense.
The only one who seemed unaffected was Jewel, who was now slowly walking towards the demon king
"What did you say?" Jewel demanded and it dawned upon the two that it was Jewel's doing.
"Y-Y-You hea-heard m-me" Crowley coughed, trying to breathe with his hands around his throat
"I dare you to say it again" she snarled, eyes flashing furious green
Crowley coughed and choked, unable to form any coherent sentence. His face started turning blue and his body was shaking violently.
"Jewel!" Sheriff barked. Jewel suddenly stumbled a few steps back as if breaking off a trance, and Crowley fell on the floor, coughing and wheezing taking deep breaths.
Jewel rolled her eyes and crouched, grabbing Crowley's coat's collar and raised his head and looked into his eyes
"You are lucky to be one of the cockroaches I tolerate. If I were you, I'd mind what I speak around one of the top 5 big bads" she repeated his phrase in a thick British accent.
She dropped his collar and stood up, dusting her hands "You want to look for the halo that did the good job, fine by me. But if another soul gets dealt with in Beacon Hills or around….." she trailed, back in her American accent, letting the threat stand in air
"What then?" Crowley asked, trying to stand up "I feel like warning you, sweetheart, don't get attached to me. I tend to break hearts" he finished, standing up
"I don't care about broken hearts. 'Cause if that happens, I'm gonna carve your heart out, personally and feet it to my pets" she glared at him. She spared one glance towards the Sheriff and Melissa
"He won't be a trouble." She told them and walked out
Crowley rolled his eyes and walked to the dead body, Melissa and Sheriff. He looked at Melissa with a weird smile
"The autopsy?"
Next day, late evening
Allison pulled outside a familiar warehouse on the outskirts of Beacon, and waited by her car. She fiddled with her bow-arrow pendant, as she waited for others. Surely after a while later, a blue jeep and a green motorbike pulled next to Allison's.
"She's here?" Stiles asked
"Inside" Allison nodded "I haven't seen her the whole day"
"She wasn't at school?" Scott asked
Allison shook her head "She just left a note in the morning"
"and you're sure she's gonna be here?" Stiles asked
Allison sighed and looked over her shoulder. The two boys spotted a black Lamborghini parked near the warehouse in way that it couldn't spotted easily.
"come on" Allison said and took the lead. She opened the warehouse's door and entered, followed by the two boys. The inside was alight and there stood a lone figure doing target practice with her arrows
"Jewel?" Allison softly called just as Jewel released her last arrow. It hit bull's eyes.
Allison gulped when Jewel turned around and looked at them with a soft smile
"You okay?" Stiles stepped forward
"Yeah" Jewel nodded with a small smile
"You lied" Scott frowned "Jewel?"
"Scott, I'm okay" she gave him a small smile too
The three exchanged looks
"What happened at the morgue?" Scott asked, which had Jewel freezing near the table when she was arranging her duffel
"Jewel, you scared the shit out of Dad and Melissa" Stiles narrowed his eyes "And who was the brit guy? King of wh-"
"King of Hell" Jewel interrupted and looked at the trio "He was the King of Hell and douchery. Crowley"
"What's going on?" Allison asked "You've been on the edge for a while now and it's scaring me"
Before Jewel could retort, Scott spoke up
"Your problems are our problems too, Jewel. You are pack. You don't have to face your problems alone"
Stiles nodded in encouragement
Jewel gave out a big sigh and leaned on the table
"During my time after the war and the first few years as an Argent, I personally dealt with a lot more things than just werewolves. I had reach and methods to tackle the problems others usually didn't know about. And in the process…" she exhaled "I pissed off a certain….type of beings"
"Beings?" Stiles asked, noticing that she didn't say "people"
Jewel sighed again "Demons, angels, witches-not my kind, and some other hunters. They maintained their distance because…" she paused looking for a word "I was..p-powerful. Jennifer wasn't very subtle about her feat. When they found out that I lost my magic and became mortal, I became the perfect target for getting back at"
"You pissed the King of Hell?" Stiles asked but stopped, raising his finger "angels and demons are real?"
"Back then, Crowley was a regular demon" she said "and yes, angels and demons exist. They just kinda keep to themselves or like to trouble some of their favorite people only"
"So, what did it had to do with the eyes burned out guy?" Scott asked
"Crowley isn't the one to enter with all guns blazing. He had set up his demons about two weeks back to keep an eye on me."
"Why didn't you tell us?" Allison asked
"We were already dealing with the Alpha Pack and Darach. Demons just didn't seem like a priority" Jewel shrugged "I didn't know about angels being here. Not before I saw that dead body."
"should we be worried now?" Scott asked
Jewel shook her head "I just needed to send one mass message that I'm all game now. Crowley's the best bet to do that. Some of them, most of them, should back out. But there are certain very stubborn things, that would like to check it out all on their own. They will come here. And when they do, let me be the one to deal with it" she turned to Scott and spoke sternly "I know I'm pack. but these, these are personal. My magic is the topic of argument. And I want to be the one to fight them. You are kids. Keep yourself out of it, the sake of Merlin"
Scott and Jewel had a stare down contest. After a few seconds, Scott looked away and nodded
"thank you" she whispered "And it was wrong of me to lose control like that in front of Melissa and Sheriff. I'm sorry"
"dad's cool. Just a little worried about you" Stiles smiled
"Okay" Allison smiled "Let's get home"
"How about you go ahead?" she asked "I just need to finish another round" she pointed at her duffel and bow
"Mind if I join?" Allison asked
Jewel smiled "Not today, Lis. Tomorrow"
Allison slightly frowned but nodded anyway.
"Be back before midnight" she reminded
Jewel nodded and saw as her sister and two good friends walked out of the door.
She sighed and started taking out a new batch of arrows
"you should have told them" a figure emerged from the darkness, in the back parts of the warehouse where lighting was very poor, arms folded and a smug face
"They are kids" she answered, taking out arrows from the bag "They have their own problems to deal with"
"For instance?"
"Darkness from that sacrifice" Jewel frowned to herself "It's best not to put them in deeper shit then what they already are into"
"well, didn't you update your vocabulary" the voice smirked
Jewel looked over her shoulder and glared at the blonde
"Just get over with it Daph"
"alright" 'Daph' smirked and pulled out her wand and pointed it at the redhead "Legilimens"
Aish