"We're betting our lives on these?" Malia asks.
"I think we're betting Hayden's life on them," Lydia replies.
"Still our lives as well." I said.
"I'm just glad I brought my gun." Parrish grabbed one of the jammers and handed it to Malia.
I brought the jammer inside and set it on the top of some lockers near the exit door.
We were hanging out for about an hour when Liam started walking around and found the bag of chains, "What's all of this?"
"Liam, we brought her here to protect her." Scott replied.
"And now she's bait." Liam said, scowling.
"Am I?
"No. No one's bait. But we can't be bodyguards to everyone every night."
"Then why aren't we talking to Stiles' dad? Why aren't we doing something better than hiding in a school?"
"I told you what would happen if he helps, Li." I got angry.
"Because we still don't know anything about them or what they want, okay? They're winning and we don't even know what the game is."
"What if they come in here and those things don't work? What if you have an asthma attack again? What are we gonna do?
"I don't know."
"This plan sucks!"
"You got a better one? Kids are dying! And she's next. So, somebody has to do something. Somebody has to save everyone. So somebody's got to be the bait!
"Scott. Promise me you'll do everything you can to save her." I barely heard Liam whisper to Scott.
"Guys? I left my medicine. There should be a bottle in my locker." Hayden broke the silence.
"I'll go get it." Scott said and turned to the door, "What's your combination?"
Scott left and Lydia stood just outside the doorway.
Liam came and sat down next to me, put a hand on my back. "You okay?"
"Just nervous, I also forgot to take my pain meds this morning."
"I thought you were done with those?"
"Your dad said take some if I ever start feeling too much pain."
"Oh, I didn't know that."
I laughed, "It's cool. You've been a bit preoccupied."
"Are you talking about Hayden?" Liam replied.
"Never mind, I'm gonna go see what's taking Scott so long." I got up and walked to the door, not seeing Lydia. "Scott? Lydia?"
I started hearing the same sound I heard at the hospital, "Shit." I muttered.
"What is it?" Liam yelled.
I turned around, ran back inside the locker room and as I was turned around, pulling the shelf to block the door, I was shot with a retractable dart, slicing my side deeply as it just missed me.
"Run!" I yelled as it came another time hitting me in the shoulder, this time it stayed.
The dread doctors walked past me slowly, all three of them and the one on the far right slammed his hand on jammer and slowly said, "We are on a frequency you can't possibly imagine."
"Stay the hell away from them!" I yelled and sat up. I extended my claws as I was standing up, my eyes started glowing, I lifted up my arm and let fire out from the palms of my hands and went at the smallest one.
"McKenna, don't!" Liam yelled.
"I told you run!" I yelled back and the Dread Doctor I was currently fighting, lifted me up against the lockers then proceeded to rip the retractable dart out of my shoulder.
I shrieked and they all disappeared after that one dropped me.
Malia and Kira came running into the room, followed right after by Mason and Scott.
"They're gone." I said and started healing.
"Did they get ahold of you?" Mason crouched down next to me.
I nodded, "I tried to protect them. But myself against three metal Dread Doctors wasn't enough."
Mason helped me up, "We gonna go look for them?" I asked.
"Yeah, Mason bring Corey to my house. Kenna, you call Stiles and get him over there, then you get cleaned up and get Liam's scent from his house." Scott said.
"What's up with Corey?" I asked and winced as I lifted my arm to put my jacket back on.
"He's a chimera." Mason said.
"What? When did you find out?"
"Just earlier today, he was already healed and he's got the super-strength."
"Let's go then." I said and picked up my bag.
-;-
Once I got changed, I went over to Liam's house to get his scent. I was going through his closet and drawers, all I could smell was laundry detergent.
"Fucking shit." I muttered to myself.
My phone started vibrating and I saw that it was Scott, "What's up?"
"I lost his scent at the preserve, did you find anything yet?"
"His room has been totally sterilized, Scott. I can't find anything."
"Pillows, blanket?"
"Nothing." I sighed, rubbing my face.
"Anything at your house?" He asked, breathing deeply, trying to stay calm.
"Yeah, I'll find something better over there. I'll meet you at your house in less than an hour, maybe."
"Okay, and McKenna?"
"Yeah?"
"Stay calm."
I hung up and put the phone in my pocket.
I turned towards the window and saw that it was already open and had a dark line across the ledge.
The bedroom door flew open and I turned around.
"What the hell? Mrs. Geyer?"
"Where's my son?"
"My house." I lied.
"Then why are you here?"
"He wanted me to grab something for him."
"Why couldn't he come and get it?"
"Study group, he's leader this week."
"It's 3 am."
"I know."
Marissa started laying down a line of the same stuff on the window.
"What are you doing?" I asked, getting angry.
I walked to the door and she finished the line. I was zapped by the barrier, "Mountain ash?"
"No, this stuff is so much easier to come by."
The realization hit me, "Goofer dust? You're a hunter?"
"Yeah, I settled down with Liam's step-dad a few years ago, wanted to stop hunting after Liam's dad got killed by some witches."
"That's how you knew my mom." I said.
"Yeah, we were really good friends, always were really close until she met your dad on a hunt with the Argents. We grew distant, then I met Liam's dad and Claudia had Stiles."
"Marissa, you have to let me out of here, Liam's in trouble."
"What'd you do to my son?"
"Nothing," tears starting building, "I was trying to protect him, but I'm too weak."
"Where is he?" She demanded.
"I don't know!" I yelled. "I have to go."
"How are you getting out?"
"You're gonna let me out, because I'm gonna help my boyfriend and your son, out of this mess."
She broke the goofer dust line, "Thank you." I said.
"What is he?"
"Werewolf." I said and walked past her, running down the stairs.
-;-
I finally got to Scott's house at sun up, carrying a pair of Liam's pants, "I'm here!" I yelled, out of breath.
"What took you so long? Scott said an hour." Lydia came from around the corner
"Hunter got me trapped, I got out though."
"How?" Mason asked, surprised.
"Kind persuasion." I smiled. "Here's his scent." I tossed the pants to Lydia. "Did Scott and them make it back yet?"
"No, but Corey is up stairs in Scott's room."
"Cool, any idea about what he is?"
"Nothing, we just found a copy of that book for him to read."
"Where was this?" Lydia said, folding the pants and setting them on the couch.
"My house." I went past Lydia and up to Scott's room. "Hey, Corey."
"McKenna, hi. You're apart of all this too?" Corey looked up, rubbing his eyes.
"Yeah, how far did you get?"
"Chapter two, but I'm a slow reader."
"That's okay, Corey." Mason smiled at Corey as he walked into the room.
"He's right. We don't have time for that anyway." Scott walked into the room, extending his claws and putting them into the back of Corey's neck.
"No, Scott, don't!" Lydia yelled, coming in right behind him.
We all backed away from the two and Theo came in with Stiles.
"Don't get too close." I said, putting my hand on Theo's shoulder.
"What's he doing?" Theo asked.
Lydia answered, "Tapping into Corey's memories."
"Is it as dangerous as it looks?"
"More." I said.
"Does anybody know if it's working?"
"Only Scott."
Scott took his claws out and walked away.
"What the hell did he do to me?!" Corey yelled, pissed off.
"You'll be alright." Scott waved the question off.
I went over to Corey just as Mason had and he reached and touched the back of his neck, "Oh god, there's blood."
"You'll heal." Scott said and started rummaging through his desk.
"Scott.." Lydia started.
"He'll be fine!" Scott yelled and started drawing something on the piece of paper in his hand.
"Listen... I think it worked. I saw something. There were tunnels. Pipes along the walls. There were these huge blue pipes at the entrance. Two on both sides." Scott finished his drawing.
"Wait a second I know this. I've seen this before. That's one of the tunnels I used to skateboard in. Remember my dad caught me one time and told me to never go back?"
"It's the water treatment plant." I said, looking at the drawing
"That's where they are. That's where we'll find Liam and Hayden."