"What do we do?" Marlow asked Liam the next day. It was evident that they were all screwed. "I told you all this party was a stupid idea, to begin with. What made you guys think a horde of possible new victims wouldn't attract the Ghost Riders more?" she added. She knew she couldn't put the blame solely on the boys and Hayden. She could have put a stop to it sooner after all. But that didn't change the fact that they were still screwed.

"Marlow..." Liam said.

"What? Liam, we put everyone in danger. Just because Parrish scared off the Ghost Riders and Riley killed one of them last night, doesn't mean they will stop hunting Gwen and now everyone else - including us. It's what they do," Marlow reminded him. She knew it was unnecessary. And that she was being overly negative when she should be coming up with solutions instead. "Can't you see we've already screwed things up? How's that gonna be once Scott leaves?"

Liam shook his head. "I don't know. But we have other things to worry about right now, like how to keep everyone that was at the party safe," he told her.

Scott walked up to the two and joined in their discussion. "He's right. That's the goal right now," he reminded Marlow.

"What are gonna do to keep them safe? Stalk them until this is over? Put them in a holding cell until the Ghost Riders are gone?" Marlow asked. She wanted to stop being such a pessimistic smartass, but how else was she supposed to approach the situation? Thus far the only person the Ghost Riders had not taken was Gwen and that was only because Riley and Parrish pulled off some real miracle work.

"I don't know what we'll do. But we will keep them safe, all of them," Scott assured her.

Marlow shook her head. She loved Scott but sometimes he could be so pathetically optimistic. But she didn't want to anger him and knew that it was better to try and keep everyone safe, no matter how. "I hope we can," she finally told him.


"So we're all marked right now and we're screwed is basically what you're saying," Riley concluded. She was so pissed. The young witch should have known better. She wasn't stupid. But she realized that sometimes her friends pulled her into shenanigans she usually wouldn't do.

"Yes," Marlow simply said. Riley sighed, throwing herself back onto her bed. Marlow sat down on the edge of the bed. "And now we have to help keep us and the others safe."

"Okay, let's do this. What have they found out so far?" Riley asked. She sat up and scooted next to Marlow. Riley wasn't exactly keen on being involved in more supernatural drama mere months after the last one nearly killed her, but she had to keep her friends safe and she knew her powers could be a big help in stopping the Ghost Riders.

"A lot. But most of it too complicated for me to understand. To summon it up, we're hiding in Chris's bunker tonight," Marlow explained. Her head had nearly exploded when Scott explained the whole plan to her.

"Just tonight? What about tomorrow and the day after that? Will they ever stop hunting us, Marlow?" Riley asked. She too had wanted to drop the pessimism at the door but with the situation being as bleak as it was, she wasn't sure how to do that.

"To be completely honest, I have no idea. I don't know how we will stop them or if we can stop them at all. I don't know if we will ever be free from this and be able to live a somewhat normal life," Marlow admitted. She looked over at Riley. "All I know is we have to save the others and ourselves right now and we can worry about everything else tomorrow."

Riley nodded. She knew Marlow was right. And if there was one thing Riley Parrish would never do, it was sitting by and getting killed when she had the power to change things. "I guess you're right," she told her. "Okay, let's go. Let's beat these wrinkly, old, whip-loving freaks!"

Marlow smirked at her. When it came down to it, she could trust in her best friend to jump in and help out. "Hell yes!"


Marlow was on the phone with Mason as she and Riley made their way to the bunker. She was absolutely terrified thinking about everything that could go wrong, but she had told herself that she would negate the negative thoughts for the night and focus on keeping everyone around her safe. "Hey, Mase. Did you get the others to come and hide in the bunker with us?"

"It took some persuasion, actually a lot of it, but yeah. It's all settled," Mason assured her.

She could hear the hesitation in his voice. Something was wrong already, she was sure of it. "What is it, Mason? Spit it out."

"Gwen's gone. We think she's at the game," Mason admitted.

"What? Mason!" Marlow yelled. "You had one job, get everyone to the bunker!"

"And we did. Almost," Mason insisted. Marlow groaned. "She slipped out of our grasp, alright? Don't worry though. We're headed to the game now to get her back before it's too late," he added.

"Okay, we're coming too," Marlow said, turning her car around.

"No! Just go to the bunker. Be safe. We'll be there soon," Mason demanded

"Yeah, like that's gonna happen, bud," she told her best friend. She loved the boys, but they were really bold if they thought they could just get Gwen to the bunker on their own. "We'll be there in five!"

"Marlow! No-"

Marlow hung up the phone and drove off to the lacrosse game. Riley shot her a questioning glance. "Change of plans. We have a runaway girl and not a lot of time to get her to the bunker. So we need to grab her and be out of there lighting fast."

Riley nodded. She couldn't believe Gwen would be so stupid as to care more about a dumb game of lacrosse than keeping herself safe. But they couldn't just leave her behind. She hit the dashboard. "All right. Let's get that girl!"


When Marlow and Riley arrived at the lacrosse field, the game had already started. They quietly sat next to Mason and watched the game. Every lacrosse player that had been at the party was on the field and Marlow felt a fit of rage coming on. She knew they didn't get it, not like them, but it still made her immensely angry. None of the missing partygoers would join them in the bunker, it seemed. "We're fucked, aren't we?" Riley asked Mason.

Mason nodded, nervously chewing on his bottom lip as he watched the game go on. "Pretty much," he told her.

Marlow sighed. They could hardly drag all of the kids off the field and into the bunker. "We can at least protect them from the Ghost Riders. There has to be some kind of way to do that." Marlow said.

"Yeah..." Mason mumbled. He seemed to get lost in his thoughts. Marlow liked that side of him. That side always had some kind of plan.

Riley nudged Mason. "Mason?"

As another set of players hit the ground, Mason jumped up in excitement. "Yes!"

"Wrong team," Sidney and Lori told him.

Riley pulled him down. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"Your uncle - we need him! You too! Come on!" Mason yelled. Riley narrowed her eyes at him. What was her uncle going to do? Mason got off his seat and pulled at Riley's sleeve. "Let's go, damnit!"

The two ran off and Marlow looked after them in confusion. She trusted Mason would know what he was doing and Riley would be able to handle herself. "Okay, I'll wait here I guess!"


It was about another ten minutes later. Marlow had no idea what Riley, Mason, and Hayden were doing and why they needed Parrish for it. She was getting more and more anxious. She could feel the apparent gust of wind blowing through and soon enough she heard the horses from far away.

The gust of wind turned into a storm, it started to rain heavily and the players and most guests ran off the field. The small group that was leftover huddled together. Marlow ran out into the field towards them. She knew it would come down to this and now was the time to stand their ground and fight for their lives.

"We've got all three, right?" Scott asked his beta's.

"Four!" Marlow yelled. She started panicking.

"Scott, there were four!" Liam added. Marlow looked around. The fourth kid was nowhere to be seen at first. Not good. Not good at all. She heard horse hooves next to her and when she turned to face the noise she spotted the fourth kid getting dragged away by one of the Ghost Riders. He disappeared into a cloud of green smoke.

"Oh, my god! They're real!" one of the other boys yelled.

"We gotta get out of here!" another one added.

"Stay together. We'll protect you!" Liam assured them. But Marlow wasn't sure if they would be able to. They had already lost one of the group and she didn't even know if Riley, Mason, and Hayden were still safe.

"How?!" Gwen yelled as the group saw the Riders coming their way.

"Scott?!" Marlow asked.

Scott looked at her for a second. He was clearly just as lost as them at that point. It was the first time Marlow had seen her friend as anything other than optimistic. "Run!" he finally yelled.

The group turned around, only to be met by more Ghost Riders. Liam held out his hand to stop Marlow from running into them. He pulled her back. "Stay close!" he warned. Another kid got shot by the Ghost Riders and disappeared.

Corey let go of Scott. "I can still see them!" Scott yelled.

Liam looked at Scott, then Marlow, and finally decided he had enough. He flashed his yellow eyes, fletched his fangs, and tackled one of the Riders off their horse with a roar. "Liam!" Scott yelled. Marlow looked at him. He nodded. Both did what Scott had done.

Marlow pulled Corey towards Gwen. "Stay with her!" she growled. She came to keep people safe and that was what she was going to do. One way or another.

"We can't stop 'em!" Liam yelled.

"Protect Gwen!" Scott roared back. Marlow was starting to feel hopeless again as more and more kids got snatched up by the Riders around her. She could only hope her friends were doing better, wherever they had been.


"What do you need me to do?" Parrish asked Riley, Mason, and Hayden. Riley had thought Mason and Hayden were insane. How long was her uncle supposed to hold the Riders off? But she also knew that they had to do something. She could just do the spell that she had done the last time they came if worse came to worse.

"Remember the party? You scared the Ghost Rider off. We need you," Riley explained. She knew that dealing with the supernatural big bads was still fairly new to him. It was new for her as well. But she needed him to be focused and ready.

Parrish nodded, drawing his gun from his holster. Riley pushed his arm down. "No, the other you," she said. He nodded once more.

Riley could feel the draft of the storm. She knew they were close. She nodded towards her friends, when suddenly a girl came rushing into the hallway - a Ghost Rider hot on her heels. He shot her, she turned around in shock as she dissolved into green smoke.

"Stay back!" Parrish warned. He walked up to the Rider, his true form emerging. Riley's heart practically beat out of her chest. She was so glad that Coop was out of town. Although part of her was still scared to they could just find him wherever. Jordan roared at the Rider as rushed up to him. Riley's eyes widened as the Rider took aim and shot at her uncle.

"Uncle Jordan!" Riley yelled, running towards him. She needed to take care of this situation before it got out of hand. She came to a halt, nearly crashing to the floor. "Riders on the storm, want us to conform. Parrish witches..." she watched as the Rider took aim at her. "Heed my ca-no, wait!"

The Rider shot the young witch, stopping her before she could finish the spell to kill him. Riley gasped in shock before she too disappeared into the green smoke. Mason's eyes widened. How could this have happened? "Riley!"

Hayden turned and ran for the Rider who disappeared through lightning before she could even reach him. Jordan's breath came out in ragged heaps. He looked around the empty hallway in front of him. His niece had just disappeared. Maybe for good. "Riley..."


Marlow watched as Gwen stepped up to Ghost Riders. She wanted to smack the girl in the head. "Come on!" Gwen yelled.

"No!" Scott yelled as they shot her.

Gwen fell into Scott's arms. She dissolved just as all the other kids before her had. Marlow turned back to her friends as the rain stopped pouring and the Ghost Riders disappeared. Why had they not tried to take them as well?

They would have to try and find out later. At that moment she needed to know that the others were safe. "Come on!" she yelled towards boys. "We gotta find the others!"

They sprinted off the field and into the school. Marlow's heart was racing. She did not feel good about the whole situation. Every kid on the field was gone. They had failed their mission. She and the boys came to a halt as they came face to face with Mason, Jordan, and Hayden. Riley was nowhere to be seen. Marlow nearly dropped to her knees. "No..."

"She was doing her spell and then he just...he just shot her. And she disappeared. It happened so fast," Mason stammered. Corey walked up to his boyfriend, pulling him into a hug. Mason was clearly as distraught as Marlow and Jordan.

Scott stared at the group intently. He had wanted to keep everyone else safe so badly he lost sight of his own pack. His phone rang. Marlow leaned against the wall as Scott took the call. She had a hard time breathing. She felt another panic attack coming on. The young werecoyote hadn't had one of those since Tracy nearly killed Lydia.

Liam walked up to her, shooting her a worried glance. "Are you going to be okay?" he asked. Marlow caught her breath, trying to push her feelings of dread away. "We'll find a way to get her back. I'm sure of it."

Marlow shook her head. How would they even begin to do that? Once the Ghost Riders had taken someone, they were gone for good. Scott got off his phone and looked at his friends. "Plan A failed too. Everyone in the bunker has been taken."


It had presumably been hours. Scott had taken off for the bunker and Liam disappeared soon after. Jordan had left too. Marlow wanted to make him stay. He was clearly distraught. But he insisted on leaving, saying he needed to figure something out. Marlow sat on the floor, slumped up against the wall. Her panic attack had faded. Now she was just at a loss.

Mason, Corey, and Hayden walked up to her. Mason leaned down, squeezing one of Marlow's knees. "We're going home. Are you coming with us?" Hayden asked.

Marlow opened her eyes and looked up at Mason. She didn't know what to do. She couldn't just go home and do nothing. One of her best friends was gone. Erased from existence. Just like the other mystery person in her life.

"Let's just go. I know you want to stay and figure something out, but it won't happen here and it won't happen tonight. We'll get her back. We'll get all of them back," Mason assured her once more.

"We gotta get Liam," Corey chimed in.

Marlow nodded. "Okay, fine," she mumbled. She got off the floor and stalked after the trio. Riley was gone. She disappeared into thin air - quite literally. Marlow had no idea what to do. What if Riley never came back? She wouldn't survive that.

They found Liam in the boys' locker room soon enough. He was fidgeting with his lacrosse stick. "Liam?" Hayden asked.

"What are you still doing here?" Mason added.

"Everyone's gone," Hayden told him. A pang shot through Marlow's heart.

"Literally. And we should go to," Corey added.

Liam wasn't responding. The four looked at each other. "Do you want a ride?" Mason tried.

"I wanna catch one." Liam finally said. He stood up and walked out. With the others following him.

"Wait, you wanna catch one?" Corey asked.

"One of the Ghost Riders?" Hayden asked.

"Yeah. Go home," Liam told them. He walked off, the others stopped. Marlow thought Liam was losing his mind. They had to find a way to get Riley and the others back, not catch a Ghost Rider. What was one of them going to tell them? Could they even talk? But she wanted Riley back more than anything in the world. So maybe crazy ideas were just what they needed.

"Let's go. I wanna get Riley back," Marlow said. They trailed after Liam, followed him to the busses. Liam eventually turned around.

"We're not going," Mason said.

"We're not leaving you," Hayden added.

"Somebody just made team captain, right?" Corey asked him.

"That doesn't mean anything, this isn't over," Marlow said. Mason nudged her. "What? You know it isn't."

"What do we do?" Mason asked.

"Catch a Ghost Rider," Liam replied.

"And find Riley," Marlow added. Because if Riley didn't come back home, Marlow might just tear the entire town of Beacon Hills apart.