I heard that Derek was getting out from Sheriff Stilinski so I made sure to be there we he did so when I walked into the station I saw them getting they're stuff back from Deputy Parrish
"Sorry but I can't let you walk out with this" Parrish said holding up Argents electrical Taser thing "It's way above the legal voltage limit"
"I only use it for hunting" Mr Argent replied looking at Derek and Derek looked at him knowingly I fought the urge to laugh, I'm amazed Derek hadn't noticed I was here yet we usually always sense each other
"Yeah well, I'm pretty sure you could use it to jump start a 747"
"This property belongs to me and the charges were dropped although I'm not exactly sure who's responsible for that" I saw Stile's dad walk in
"I am, I'll take care of this Parrish" he said so I walked into the room more
"Sheriff I'm not kidding, this things a few watts from being a lightsaber" Sheriff Stilinski took it from Parrish and pushed it shut as Derek was looking at his phone
"I said I'll take care of it" it was then I made my presence known I grabbed Derek's hand and he smiled down at me while we walked to the Sheriff's office "The specialist I saw in L.A told me the thing that every doctor says when he's trying to avoid a lawsuit 'We can't say for sure' and then I spoke with your mom Skye these are brain scans, my wife's and Stile's" he handed them to Argent and we looked at them "I knew they were simular but those are the same" when you lined them up they were exact copies "Exactly the same"
"I'm guessing this isn't possible" Derek asked
"Not even remotely" Sheriff replied
"So the trickster is still playing tricks" Argent said
"But why this trick" I replied in a bit of a scared voice and I felt Derek squeeze my hand
"When I was in the army, an officer told me if you want to defeat your enemy you don't take away their courage you take away their hope"
"You don't look like a man you gives up hope easily" Argent replied
"But Stile's might" Stilinski said "If this thing inside him if it's using his mother's disease as some sort of physiological trick then it isn't just a fight for his body, it's also a fight for his mind right"
"You know he's left people severely injured" Argent replied
"And others severely dead" Derek added and I looked up at him
"That's why I need the two off you" Sheriff said pointing at Mr Argent and Derek "I need people who are experienced in this kind of thing" Derek and Mr Argent shared a look "I need you to help stop him"
"And by stop him you mean trap him" Mr Argent replied and I hope that was what they meant, Sheriff handed Mr Argent his Taser thing and Argent grabbed it then shared a look with the Sheriff then we left going to the Argent's apartment where Allison was already getting stuff out that was non-lethal
"This is everything non-lethal I could find" she said when we walked into the office to see rope, chains, handcuffs and various other things spread out across the large desk
"Take all of it" Mr Argent said
"What's the plan here" Sheriff asked
"Our best shot right now is for Derek and Skye to try to pick up Stile's scent at Eichen House especially if he went through something stressful there" Mr Argent replied, I looked to Derek seeing him look down at me and nod knowingly at me because I'd be able to pick up empathy signals as well
"Should all five of us be going to the same place" Stile's dad asked
"Where else has Stile's been showing up" Mr Argent asked
"School, the hospital" I replied
"Okay hold on we did this already he disappeared we started looking for him then walked right into a trap at the hospital" Derek spoke up
"He's getting us to repeat the same moves" I added
"So what do we do wait for him to come to us" Allison asked
"We can't not if the oni find him when the sun goes down" Derek replied
"Scott's working on that right now with Kira" I said looking around the room
"That's the problem were all trying to outfox the fox" Mr Argent replied and we all looked down
"Listen I'll understand if anyone wants to back out" the Sheriff spoke up and I looked at Derek who was looking down like he was thinking
"It wouldn't be the first wolf to run from a fox" he replied then grabbed the rest of the stuff on the desk putting it the bag he was packing
"Apparently I'm carrying a lightsaber" Mr Argent added and I couldn't help smiling at the irony of that as if Stile's was here he would applauded the star wars joke
"Dad, you and Derek hit Eichen house, Sheriff it's you, me and Skye at the hospital, we all meet in the school" Allison replied and we zipped up the bags and I squeezed Derek's arm as he grabbed a bag, I was telling him to be careful which he got as he nodded and gave me a look as if to say 'you to' then we stopped to see Argent grab a gun
"Making sure you have a few lethal options just in case" I said spitefully
"I like to prepare for the worst" he replied clipping the mag into the gun
We all parted ways with Allison, the Sheriff and I going to the hospital while Derek and Argent went to Eichen House, I hated being separated from Derek since he just got out of jail and might me running into danger but we needed to spread out to catch a scent and find Stiles, I sighed as we had got into the elevator and watched the doors close beginning to ride it up in silence when the Sheriff finally spoke up
"You know what I don't know how you guys do it, you're all so strong, you're fearless, hell you even manage to keep you're grades up"
"I am failing econ" Allison replied and I snickered
"So am I" I added
"Is that Coach's class" The Sheriff asked and we both nodded "Well I'll have a talk with him" we looked at Allison and she was close to tears so the Sheriff stopped the elevator and I had a minor heart attack because I have been stuck in this elevator before with Derek and Ms Blake and that was not a fun experience "Hey, you okay"
"I'm not…fearless" Allison replied "I'm terrified, I'm always terrified I...I act like I know what I'm doing but I don't, I don't know if Isaac is dying right now, I don't know if I made a mistake with Scott, I don't know what my dad is thinking, I don't know if we should trust Derek, I don't know…I don't know anything" she started crying and the Sheriff hugged her I was frozen because I thought about everything she said and most of it was right except that she could trust Derek he was trying to help
"You know what's funny, you sound just like a cop" Allison laughed a little bit "Hey, you're gonna be okay" Allison nodded "Okay" the Sheriff smiled at her then went to start the elevator and I couldn't help letting out a relieved breath but then his phone vibrated
"What's that" I asked him looking at his phone
"Someone's breaking into my house, after Stile's started sleepwalking I had some security precautions put in, motion sensors, cameras" he went into an app and showed a camera
"That's Stile's room" I said and we saw him sitting on his bed looking up at the camera then he waved
We all left the hospital and I called Derek telling him to meet at Stile's house and when we got there Stile's was gone then we saw the chess board that Stile's used to try and tell his dad about the supernatural
"What is all this" Mr Argent asked as we looked at it closely "What are these sticky notes for"
"This is what Stile's used to try and explain to me about all of you" the Sheriff replied
"Well maybe it's a message from Stile's" I replied "The real Stile's" I saw Argent pick up a fallen chess piece it was Isaac's
"You think there's a reason my name is on the king" Derek asked
"Well you're heavily guarded though I guess the alarming detail is that you're one move from being in checkmate" the Sheriff replied and I looked down at the board again
"It's not a message from Stile's, it's a threat from the nogitsune" Mr Argent said and I grabbed Derek's hand did that mean he wanted Derek dead, I squeezed tight if this was the nogitsune threatening him then I didn't know what to do I couldn't chose between them, this was still Stiles he was my best friend and Derek was my mate they both meant the world to me
"He's at the loft that's what he's trying to tell us" Allison replied
"And he wants us to come there" Mr Argent added
"Nights falling" Derek said
"This couldn't sound any more like a trap" Argent said looking at Stile's dad
"I don't think it is" he replied
"I think your opinion might be slightly biased Sheriff" Argent argued
"Hear me out, what we're dealing with here is basically someone who lacks motive no rhyme, no reason right"
"Meaning what" Argent replied
"Our enemy is not a killer, it's a trickster the killing is just a by-product"
"If you're trying to say it won't kill us, I'm not feeling to confidant about that" Derek cut in their argument
"It won't, it wants irony it wants to play a trick, it wants a joke, all we need to do is come up with a new punch line"
"The sun is setting Sheriff, what do you have in mind" Mr Argent replied and we headed to Derek's loft I texted Scott telling him that's where Stile's was but was finding it difficult to focus because I had no idea what we were walking in on and couldn't help think about Stiles, if the only way to save him is to turn him then I couldn't do it and I wouldn't be able to hurt or kill him either
"What's wrong Skye" I looked over at Derek who was glancing at me from the road "You're heart's beating like crazy" I sighed
"I don't know what to do"
"What do you mean?"
"The last threats have been different, they weren't personal" I could tell he was confused "This is Stiles and I just can't deal with this, what happens if we have to…have to kill him, I'd never be able to survive that"
"Hey" he grabbed my hand and entwined our fingers "Were going to save him okay" he didn't sound to confidant about that
"I can't kill my best friend Derek"
"You won't have to" I looked up into his eyes as they strayed from the road "You won't have to" he repeated and I didn't like the sound of that either, I couldn't let anyone else kill my best friend either no matter who it is
When we got there we let the Sheriff go in first so that he could talk to Stile's and see if it really was him while we waited just outside the door waiting for any sign that this was actually Stiles and not the nogitsune