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Sophia sat in the dark locker room, listening to Stiles since he had Scott, himself, and Sophia on a three way call. "Get your asses down here now. We have a job to do." Stiles said.
"Dude, I'm already in bed. And aren't we getting a little old for this?" Scott asked. Sophia tried not to laugh; she knew Scott was in the locker room as well.
"Seriously Stiles. I don't just wake up looking this good, I need my beauty sleep." She said and chuckled when she noticed both boys completely avoiding her comment.
"We do this for coach." Stiles said as if that was all they needed to be convinced.
"I thought we did this to coach." Scott replied.
"Whatever, okay? You know he needs this. He lives for this stuff, you know? He loves it."
"But it's the middle of the night." Scott said. Sophia could hear the locker open not only through the phone but in the room as well.
"12:15 actually. Which means it's after midnight and officially Mischief Night/Day, and, by perfectly awesome coincidence, it also happens to be Coach's birthday. So if you two are not down here in five seconds, I will destroy you. Okay? And I mean five, four, three, two…" Stiles turned around, finally seeing Sophia and Scott standing behind him with their Alpha eyes glowing bright in the darkness of the locker room. She couldn't help but double over laughing as Stiles flailed away from them and fell to the ground.
"One." Scott said with a smile.
"I hate you." Stiles said from his place on the ground, only making Sophia laugh harder.
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Sophia smiled as she got out of the Camaro. She's never going to get tired of the shocked and confused faces she gets when she pulls into the school parking lot. She closed and locked the doors behind her, putting her bag on her shoulder when she noticed Scott talking to the twins.
"Hey." Stiles said as he walked over, his eyes on Scott and the twins as well.
"What's this about?" Sophia asked him as they began walking closer.
"I don't know." He said.
"You're back in school?" Scott asked them.
"No, just to talk." Ethan said. Stiles let out a fake laugh as the two of them reached the other werewolves.
"That's kind of a change of pace for you guys." Stiles said as he came to the right side of Scott, Sophia stepping to his left. "Seeing as how usually, you're just hurting, maiming, and killing." Sophia looked around Scott to look at Stiles.
"What is your fascination with maiming and killing?" She asked and he shrugged.
"You need a pack. We need an Alpha." Aiden said to them.
"Yeah. Absolutely not. That's hilarious though." Stiles replied before either Alpha could.
"You came to us for help. We helped." Ethan said to Scott.
"It's not like we had much of a choice did we?" Sophia asked, shifting her weight to her right leg and crossing her arms over her chest.
"Yeah, you beat his face into a bloody pulp. That's not helping. In my opinion, that's actually the counter-productive." Stiles said back to them.
"Why would I… we… say yes?" Scott asked, glancing over at Sophia before turning his attention back to the twins.
"We'd add strength. We'd make you more powerful. There's no reason to say no." Aiden said.
"I can think of one." Isaac said as he came to stand by Sophia's side. "Like the two of you holding Derek's claws while Kali impaled Boyd. In fact, I don't know why we're not impaling them right now." Aiden looked over at Isaac, eyes blue and fangs out.
"You wanna try?" He asked. Isaac moved towards him when Sophia reached out and grabbed his arm, letting her eyes bleed red, growling low in her chest. Isaac looked back at her before stepping back to her side. Scott watched the she-wolf carefully as Aiden's eyes and teeth returned to normal. Sophia let her eyes do the same as the growl quieted.
"Sorry but they don't trust you." Scott said, shaking his head. "And neither do I." Scott said as he slipped by the two of them, Sophia and Stiles following him while Isaac brought up the rear.
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The three best friends walked into the hallway, Sophia barely managing to avoid a roll of toilet paper that was thrown in their direction. It hit Stiles in the face and Sophia chuckled. "Alright, that's my face!" Stiles called into the hallway as they continued to walk. "Hey guys, good decision." Stiles said, motioning to the two Alphas. "Good Alpha decision."
"I hope so." Scott said as they walked down the hall.
"No, you know so." Stiles said, turning to look at someone who ran by them. They stopped at Stiles' locker so he could get everything he needed for class. While he was putting in his combination, Sophia noticed Scott staring at something. She looked over her shoulder and saw Kira at her own locker. She dropped her stuff while trying to put it into her bag. Stiles glanced at Sophia and Scott before looking over his shoulder.
"What are you looking at?" He asked as he slipped his bag off his shoulder.
"Me?" Scott asked surprised.
"You." Stiles answered. "You looking at her?" He asked, motioning to Kira.
"Her? Who her?" Scott asked again. Stiles was taking a carton of eggs out of his bag and putting them into his locker. Sophia raised an eyebrow at that before turning her attention back to Scott.
"Her her." Sophia said, motioning to the other girl. "Kira. You like her?" She asked, leaning against the locker.
"No." Scott said quickly. "I mean… Yeah, yeah, she's okay. She's new."
"So ask her out." Stiles said, interrupting the Alphas.
"Now?" Scott asked.
"Yes now." Stiles said as he jiggled his lock and hit his locker to make sure it was closed.
"Right now?" Scott asked as Stiles put his bag over his shoulder and they began to walk again.
"Right now." Sophia said. "You're not very smart about dating, are you?" She said, adjusting the strap of her own bag.
"I don't think you get it Scott." Stiles said, patting Scott on the chest. "You're an Alpha. You're the apex predator. Everyone wants you. You're like the hot girl that every guy wants." They stopped in the hallway and Sophia's brow furrowed at the metaphor.
"The hot girl?" Scott asked, looking at Stiles. Isaac stepped up to Sophia and looked at her before looking between Scott and Stiles. He looked back at Sophia. She shook her head.
"Don't ask." She said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"You are the hottest girl." Stiles said and Sophia cleared her throat. They both looked at her. "You and Sophia are the hottest girls." The redhead shrugged her shoulders.
"Yeah, cause that makes it so much better." She said and Stiles smiled at them before walking away.
"What?" Isaac asked, looking between the three of them.
"I'm the hot girl." Scott said, looking between Sophia and Isaac now.
"Yes, you are." Isaac said and Sophia rolled her eyes, throwing her arms up in the air. Scott smiled and chuckled as he began to walk to his class. Isaac chuckled and watched him for a moment.
"Alright, go to class." She said, pushing him in that direction. "You can stare at the hot girl later." Isaac rolled his eyes before beginning to move to his classroom. Sophia sighed. "It's like a train wreck here." She said but she could hear the fondness in her own voice.
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"Son of a bitch!" Finstock yelled from his office. Sophia covered her mouth to keep from laughing too loud. There were chuckles all around the room, Sophia turned to Scott and Stiles, winking at the two as Finstock came out of his office. "Mischief night, Devil's night. I don't care what you call it. You little punks are evil." Several students chuckled, including Sophia who sat behind Finstock's desk as she went over some past quizzes. Having most of her classes being TA classes are pretty cool. She has Math and English (neither are very hard but the Math can get her sometimes). "You think it's funny that every Halloween my house gets egged? A man's house is supposed to be his castle." He hit Scott's desk, stopping the boy from laughing but causing the smile on Stiles' face to grow even bigger. "Mine's a frickin' omelet." Finstock grabbed the present on the desk in front of Sophia. "Oh, this? We're gonna do this again? I don't think so." He said as he dropped the present onto the floor and crushed it under his foot. Whatever was in the box shattered. Finstock bent down and opened it, inside was a mug apparently from Greenberg. She rolled her eyes before sitting back down in the chair.
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"Barrow went after kids with glowing eyes?" Isaac asked to make sure he had the story straight. "He said those exact words?" Isaac, Allison, Lydia, and Sophia were following Stiles through the school as he began to explain.
"Yeah and no one knows how he woke up from anesthesia. Just that when they opened him up, they found a tumor full of live flies, which in any other circumstance would be all kinds of awesome." Stiles said and Sophia raised an eyebrow at him.
"Morbid children." She mumbled as she walked beside Allison.
"Did you say flies?" Lydia asked, standing a few paces back from the other four teens.
"Lydia?" Allison asked.
"All day I've been hearing this sound. It's like… this buzzing." Lydia explained.
"Like the sound of flies?" Allison asked as she walked back over to her best friend. Stiles, Isaac, and Sophia slowly made their way back over to the Banshee.
"Exactly like the sound of flies." She confirmed.
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Sophia bumped into Stiles when he flailed to a stop. "Can't you be normal?" She growled out softly to him.
"Never tried." Stiles said, looking around when he caught sight of Scott. They ran over to him.
"Dude, where the hell have you been?" Stiles asked as they ran up to him. Lydia came up seconds later.
"The police are leaving." She said. "Why are they leaving?" She asked Stiles.
"The police?" Scott asked.
"Yeah, you missed a lot." Sophia said, patting his arm.
"They must've cleared the building and grounds, which means he's not here." Stiles said and Lydia let out a sigh.
"Who? What are you guys…" Scott began.
"He has to be here." Lydia said forcefully. The three friends gave her their full attention. "That sound… the buzzing I've been hearing? It's getting louder."
"How loud?" Sophia asked, taking a small step towards the younger girl. She closed her eyes, her breathing got heavier. Sophia put her hand on Stiles' arm. "Go get your dad." The boy nodded as he ran towards the entrance of the school.
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"Lydia thinks that he's still here even though the cops searched the whole school." Scott explained to the small group of werewolves. Scott and Sophia had been joined by Isaac and the twins. "But they didn't have one thing…" Scott opened the bag he was holding up and pulled out some clothes. "Our sense of smell." Sophia took the shirt from Scott's hands, pressing it to her nose and inhaling deeply, trying to catalog the scent in her brain. The other wolves were doing the same. Scott leaned over, close to Sophia's ear. "Go with the twins; make sure they stay out of trouble." He whispered and she nodded. When they separated, Isaac went with Scott and Sophia was with the twins.
She stepped down a hall, taking in deep breaths but not catching the scent. "You got something?" Aiden asked Ethan, catching her attention. Ethan held up his hand to silence his brother. Sophia quietly stepped closer to the two of them. The twins stepped around the corner but they didn't move. Sophia peeked around and saw Danny kissing a guy, only for him to pull away when he saw the twins. Sophia wanted to laugh but she didn't know whether to do that or roll her eyes. She stood up straight and leaned against the wall, blowing out a breath and moving her bangs. Aiden chuckled.
"Oh, really?" Ethan said to Danny. Aiden glanced at Danny once more before turning back and walking towards Sophia.
"Let's go." She said, knowing that Ethan would follow them when he was ready. They checked a few more halls before fire alarm went off. Sophia glanced at the twins before they all ran for the stairs to lead them back up to the main floor. Sophia glanced around once she was outside, catching sight of Scott, Stiles, and Lydia. She and Aiden walked over to them, joining their circle.
"We didn't find anything." Aiden said to them. Sophia nodding her head, letting them know that she agreed.
"Not even a scent." Scott said.
"It's 3:00, so school's over." Stiles said. "If there was a bomb, wouldn't he have set it off by now?"
"Does that mean everybody's safe?" Ethan asked from where he was standing beside Isaac.
"I don't know." Lydia said, drawing their attention. "I just… I don't know."
"It's alright Lydia." Sophia said, nodding to the girl.
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"Look guys, Barrow isn't here… I'm heading home. I might be able to find something out with a little bit of research." Sophia said, motioning to the parking lot. Lydia, Stiles, and Scott glanced at each other before Scott nodded.
"Alright, just… be careful." He said and the she-wolf nodded before making her way to her car. She unlocked the door before sighing and turning around, seeing both of the twins had followed her.
"I don't know why you're following me. Scott has a bigger pack." She leaned against the car with her arms crossed over her chest.
"You have a bigger pack." Aiden said. "Derek, Peter, Isaac. Scott only has Lydia and Stiles."
"Isaac is a part of Scott's pack." Sophia said, raising an eyebrow at him.
"Uh-huh." Aiden said, rolling his eyes.
"Look… we're not trying to cause any trouble. We just want to offer any help we can. We know that this isn't going to get us into a pack but… we want to help. This affects us too." Ethan said to the she-wolf. She watched them for a moment before sighing again and turning to the car.
"Get your bikes and follow me. I'm going to my house and if you do anything I consider a threat I will not hesitate to kill you." Both boys nodded and moved towards their bikes. She got into the Camaro and started it up, began driving to her house.
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The twins actually stayed for dinner, eating at the table with Sophia and her family. When dinner was done, she turned to the twins. "Why don't you guys go upstairs and get ready to study." Sophia said, not totally telling her family about Barrow just yet. They worry about her enough just being a werewolf, she didn't need to know about the madman trying to kill her because of her glowing eyes. Both boys nodded before making their way up to the room. Sophia stood up, helping her mother clear the table. She stepped into the kitchen to stand beside her mother at the sink.
"So, what are their names again?" She asked, looking at Sophia.
"Ethan and Aiden." Sophia answered.
"They're cute." Her mother said, winking at her. Sophia chuckled.
"Well, one has a thing for Danny so that's a no go." Sophia laughed when her mother rolled her eyes. "Besides, Derek'll come back. I know he will." Her mom watched her as she walked up the stairs. Both boys were standing there waiting.
"We're cute?" Aiden asked and Sophia rolled her eyes.
"Focus. So Barrow's first bomb was to kill kids with glowing eyes." Sophia said to them.
"Werewolves." Ethan answered.
"He said that he was going to do it again when he got out. Does he think all kids are werewolves?" Aiden asked, looking between Ethan and Aiden.
"I don't know." Sophia said, sitting down on her bed. "I don't think it matters to him anyway. He's not going to give up until we're all dead or he is."
"I vote for the latter." Aiden said, shrugging. Sophia glared lightly at him before sighing. Sophia jumped and covered her ears when a high-pitch scream sounded. The twins covered their ears as well. "What the hell was that?" Aiden asked, as the scream died off and he removed his hands from his ears.
"Lydia." Sophia said, grabbing her jacket and slipping her shoes on. The twins followed her lead as she pulled her phone out of her pocket, beginning to dial Stiles' number as she jogged down the stairs.
"Sophia? Where are you going?" Her father asked as they ran through the living room.
"Supernatural stuff. We'll be back." She said, listening to Ethan close the door behind them before she put the phone to her ear, getting in the driver's seat of the Camaro. Aiden jumped into the back before Ethan got into the passenger seat. As soon as the door was closed, she peeled out of the driveway and onto the main road. "What the hell was that?" Sophia asked as soon as Stiles answered.
"That was Lydia." He said, knowing exactly what Sophia was talking about.
"I got that. Why did she scream?" She asked.
"Barrow knocked Scott out and kidnapped Kira. Lydia couldn't trigger her powers so we told her to scream. It worked. That buzzing she was hearing earlier, it wasn't flies." He said and Sophia's brow furrowed as she drove.
"Then what the hell was it?" She asked.
"Electricity. Like that electrical buzz that you hear sometimes." He said and she nodded.
"Okay, so what does that mean?" She asked, turning on her blinker before making a turn.
"Well, Barrow used to be an electrical engineer at a substation." He said and Sophia made a noise.
"What substation?" She asked as she stopped at a stop sign and idled in the street, waiting for a location from Stiles.
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Sophia pulled up seconds after Stiles and Scott. She got out of the driver's seat, pointing at the twins. "Stay here and wait with Lydia." They opened their mouths to argue when she flashed her eyes at them, their words dying on their tongues. They nodded before she closed the door. She turned and followed Scott inside.
"You check out that way." Scott said, pointing down a different hallway.
"Are you sure?" She asked and the boy nodded. Sophia nodded back and walked down the hall, looking for any sign of Barrow or Kira. The silence was broken by Kira screaming Scott's name, causing Sophia to turn and run back the way she came to follow Scott's scent. She ran into the room, standing by the door was sparks flew around the room. Slowly, their erratic pattern became directional. Slowly, as the light died down, Sophia said that Kira was absorbing all of the sparks. When the room fell quiet again, Kira looked over at Scott, who was lying on the ground. Sophia looked down at Barrow's body… one problem down and a new one to figure out.