Thanks for the reviews! I'm glad to see there's still some Isaac lovers out there. I was so bummed he wasn't in at least the finale. I suppose I'll have to fix that in the story lol I do not own anything in this chapter, everything besides Laci belongs to their rightful owners

Chapter 10

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After some debate, they moved the body to the animal clinic and waited for Scott there. Laci and Theo watched on as Stiles paced. He wasn't taking this well, though if Laci was being honest it wasn't the first time they'd been around a dead body. While Laci was just as freaked out, she seemed to be able to handle it better. Maybe because she'd already had her moment to freak out in the car ride over, or maybe because she knew deep down both she and Stiles couldn't be freaking out at the same time.

"You need to get your shit together before Scott gets here." Theo said, his tone a bit more snappier than he'd meant it to be.

Laci wondered if that was the sign of him not being so cool about this as he seemed to be. He'd washed his hands intensely, making sure every stain of blood was gone.

Stiles eyes narrowed on the his old classmate. "Sorry, not all of us can be so calm about hiding a murder."

Theo's jaw clenched, his fists curling as her crossed his arms. "I'd say you have some practice with it."

Stiles straightened, his entire body going ridged. He took a step toward Theo, in which he gladly welcomed the challenge, but Laci was quick to step between them. "That's enough. Both of you. Scott's going to be here soon and you two can't be fighting." She said, trying to reason with them though it seemed useless.

Neither boy wanted to comply.

When Scott came in, it would seem like Theo and Stiles had changed their minds. Clearing his throat, Stiles reached over and pulled back the sheet they'd put over the teen's body. Laci watched her brother's reaction, searching for recognition. Stiles and Theo seemed to be as well. "Did you know him?" Theo asked over, curious to hear what Scott said. He didn't miss the look on Scott's face when Stiles pulled back the sheet.

"His name's Josh. He was a junior." Scott filled them in.

Laci tensed, feeling guilty as she saw the heartbreak on her brother's face. He hated that kids were being killed and there wasn't anything he could do to stop them. Stiles and Theo shared a look of their own guilt in playing a part in this particular death. Stiles didn't hesitate in covering Josh's face back up.

"Which one did it? The one with the cane?" Scott asked.

Stiles and Laci froze, neither knowing how to answer that. He glanced over to Theo as they struggled to answer. He didn't seem to have that problem. "Yeah."

Laci felt embarrassed. It was such a simple answer to give. Just 'yeah', and that was all that was needed to satisfied her brother. Stiles cleared his throat, turning his attention back to Scott. "What are we going to do with him? We can't just set the alarm and leave. That's how Tracy disappeared." He pointed out, looking between the other three around him.

Laci absent mindedly rubbed the scar she had after Tracy impaled her with her tail. She'd pushed Lydia out of the way because of the vision she'd seen, but it still was not a good memory. Glancing at Stiles, she wondered if she had been able to find him that night, if maybe she would have been able to help him with Donovon.

"Alright, someone's got to stay here with him." Stiles said when Scott didn't have an answer.

Theo's eyes drifted to Laci. He could see she was going to offer to do it, but he couldn't let her. Not when he had his own questions that needed answers. "I'll do it." He said, sighing as he met Stiles, Laci, and Scott's questioning gazes. "It's not like I had a big Saturday night planned. Unless Lace plans on staying with me." He said, throwing in a joke as he shot her a grin.

"In your dreams, Theo." She said back, rolling her eyes.

Only he would make a joke like that now of all times.

"Every night, Lace." He said with a smug, his eyes focusing on her.

Her cheeks flushed, her eyes averting from his smug grin. Stiles and Scott looked between them in disbelief. Was Theo flirting with her? At a time like this, to make it worse. Scott got distracted as his phone went off in his pocket. "Dude, gross." Stiles said, his eyes narrowed on the boy beside him. If he didn't like him before, he liked him even less now.

Theo rolled his eyes. "It was just a joke, Stiles. No need to-"

"What is it?" Stiles said, cutting him off.

Laci turned her head to see her brother looking at his voice in horror. Something was wrong.

"Another one. Another Chimera."

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While Stiles and Scott went to meet Hayden and Liam, Laci headed home. She felt sick to her stomach and wasn't sure how much more she could take. She knew she should have gone with them, they weren't the best with comforting the opposite gender. They had their moments, of course, but more times than not they seriously needed some pointers. She hoped Liam had a little more tack, but somehow she knew he wouldn't.

With a heavy sigh, she took off her boots and tossed them aside. The house was dark, her mom must still be at the hospital. Scott was with the others, and she couldn't wait to take a nice long bath and forget about tonight.

Going into her bathroom, she started the water and went into her room to change. As she pulled her bottoms off, she saw her phone was blinking. Grabbing it, she turned it on to see she had another missed call from the same number as earlier. They left another message. Her stomach dropped, wondering who could be trying to get in touch with her so badly. Derek came to mind, and she wasn't sure if she'd be thrilled or scared to hear from him.

She'd played a million different scenerios over in her head of how it could go. What would he say if she was to call him? What if he came here to see her? Was he still with that Braeden chick? Was he happy? If he was happy with her, with the life they now had together, how could she ruin it for him by popping back into his life? That was usually where her thoughts ended up and she'd be near tears. She missed him so much, but couldn't bring herself to do it.

But what if he'd found out already and was trying to talk to her?

She was about to listen to the messages, but decided against it. "No, no, what are the chances it's him? It's probably some bill collector or something."

Slipping her top and underwear off, she grabbed her robe and headed back to her bath. After she got settled in the warm water, she looked at her cell phone again. "If it's a bill collector, why would they be calling me? What if it's Liam's number? I should have that. I'll just call back and if it's Liam, I'll check in on Hayden. Two birds one stone. Easy enough." She said to herself.

She wasn't sure who she was trying to convince, but if it was her she was doing a really bad job of it. She was not convinced for a second this was really Liam or some bill collector. She had a butterfly feeling in the pit of her stomach she knew who it could be. It was just the matter of, did she listen to the message or not? That, she wasn't sure of.

Taking a deep breath, she pulled up the messages again. "This is ridiculous. I'm being stupid."

Biting the bullet, she pressed speaker and then play. "Uh, he-hey, Lace. I hope this is still your number. Uh, Stiles said it was when he told . . . you know, told me you were, um, back. If you're still the Laci I knew, you're probably running late for something and it's probably why you didn't answer. Call me back."

That voice. She knew that voice anyway. Tears stung her eyes as she pressed the next message.

"Hey, it's me again. I know I must look like an idiot calling again, but I . . . I'd really love to hear your voice again, Lace. Even if it's just to tell me to stop calling. When I left . . . you had just died and I couldn't . . . I couldn't stay in that town anymore. There was nothing for me. Now you're back and I'm wondering, I don't know, maybe if I should come back. I made a couple friends, but nothing like you guys back there. I think I might even miss Stiles. Don't tell him I said that . . . . oh, uh, this is Isaac. I don't think I said that yet. It's Isaac."

Well, that was unexpected.

After sitting in the tub for over an hours, Laci finally decided against calling Isaac back. At least until she could wrap her mind about it. That, and ask what the hell Stiles was thinking calling Isaac and telling him she was alive before she was ready. Come the next day, she and Stiles were meeting Scott in the library. While they were waiting, she smacked his middle, shooting him a glare. "So you'll never believe who called me yesterday." She whispered harshly.

Stiles paled, knowing this wasn't going to end well. "The president?"

She smacked him again, causing him to wince. "Don't make jokes. You told Isaac about me being back? That was up to me to tell him. Did you tell Derek too?"

"No." Stiles whispered back.

Scott did.

Not that he'd be telling her that.

Before he could say anything else, Scott came up and spread a map out on the table. One Stiles was sure he'd seen before. "We're back to Telluric Currents?"

Scott looked between them. If he noticed something was off, he didn't voice it as he turned to the map between the three of them again. "If the dread doctors didn't like coming into Eichen house because of them, maybe we can use them to protect Hayden." He explained, glancing between them. He was looking for support, and he had it with his sister and best friend. He could already see that much.

"Okay, so, besides Eichen, where's the strongest convergence?" Stiles said, crossing his arms as he looked over the map.

Scott pointed to the big red X he'd drawn on it. "We're standing on it."

"The high school, Scotty? You do remember how hiding out in here has worked for us before, right? I vividly remember a car engine being thrown through a window. Oh, yeah, and don't forget we tried hiding in a room full of mirrors." Laci reminded him, shooting him a look to let him know how crazy he was.

"For how long?" Stiles said, already on board with the plan.

Scott was relieved at least one of them was. "If we have to, all night." He explained, glancing between them. "Liam convinced Hayden not to say anything to her sister yet. She's working a double tonight."

Laci still wasn't convinced and Stiles still had doubts, but if Scott had a plan, they were both ready to back him up. "But it's just a school though. You know, like Laci pointed out, it's not exactly a fortress." Stiles said, glancing between them both.

Scott knew this wasn't a perfect plan, but he needed them on board with it if they were even going to give it a try. He needed them in his corner about this. "Lydia's got an idea for that. Remember how Valack quoted Tesla?" He said, glancing at Stiles.

"Frequency and vibrations." He said, not seeing how it connected to this.

Scott nodded. He could see the wheels turning in Stiles head, he knew he was starting to understand what he was talking about. "She thinks he wasn't just saying that to sound smart. She thinks maybe it was a clue." He said, glancing between the two of them.

"To do what?" Laci asked.

"Disrupt their frequency."