Stiles POV: "You ever made a wire transfer?" Stiles asked after they listened to the tape.
"Never had enough money" Scott responded.
"So you didn't understand a word of that either?"
"I don't understand any of this. Why would someone use all this money just to kill us?"
"Someone wants you dead dude. Badly. Whoa whoa what are you doing?" Stiles asked as Scott started to put the money back into the bag.
"It's late we've got the PSAT's in the morning."
"No I meant the money $500,000 you know how much money that is?"
"It's $500,000…"
"It's half a million dollars Scott. What are you going to do just slide it under you mattress?"
"I have to talk to Derek the money's his" Scott said.
"You mean his and Peter's."
"What does that mean?"
"It means that we should proceed with caution."
"You don't think we should tell Derek?"
"No. No… no of course we have to tell him. I'm just… I'm just saying some of that money's Peter's right?" Stiles asked as he stood and turned away.
"Yeah."
"Right? Peter. Homicidal killer? Remember? You want to give half a million dollars to him?"
"So we should give Derek his money back but not Peter?"
"I didn't say that."
"Stiles what are you saying?"
Stiles didn't answer he wasn't too clear on what he was trying to say either. Only that was a lot of money and it could fix a lot of problems. Then someone knocked on the door. Scott quickly shoved the bag under his bed before opening the door. Malia was on the other side dripping wet.
"We found Satomi's pack. Derek and I. But they're dead" Malia said.
"All of them?" Scott asked.
"All the ones we found."
"Then where's Derek?" Stiles asked.
Malia explained how Derek found Braeden and took her to the hospital. Stiles ended up giving Malia a ride home before going home himself. But he couldn't sleep Selene wasn't with him. So he tossed and turned all night until it was time to get up and go to school for PSAT testing.
He caught up with Selene just as she walked inside and they went to find Kira Scott and Malia.
"Liam is just fine scared but fine" Selene told Scott.
"Where's Lydia?" Kira asked.
"She took it her freshman year" Stiles said as they stood in line outside the class room.
"Does that mean I could have taken it some other time?" Malia asked trying to get out of taking it today.
"Malia you studied harder for this than any of us" Scott said to comfort her.
"Doesn't mean I'm gonna do good" she replied.
"Well" Stiles corrected.
"Well… what?" Malia asked.
"It's do well not good" Stiles explained.
"Oh god" Malia freaked out.
"Okay okay" Stiles said to sooth her.
"You're doing this because while we're trying not to die we still need to live. If I survive high school I'd like to go to college a good college" Scott said.
"Besides it's not that hard. I've taken it… more times than I can count" Selene said smiling.
Malia didn't look convinced.
"It's only three hours. We can survive three hours" Kira said.
Stiles just looked at her like 'why'd you have to say that?' Then the doors opened. Inside they got their finger prints inked onto their tests got a pencil and put their phones in bags then took a seat.
Stiles was looking through his booklet when the man Simon who was monitoring their tests spoke up.
"Please do not open the test booklet until you are instructed to do so. This test is two hours and ten minutes. There will be two 25 minute critical reading sections two 25 minute math sections and an essay writing portion that will last 30 minutes. There are supposed to be two teachers monitoring this exam" Simon said finally looking at Lydia's mom.
"I know its Coach. He's not exactly punctual. Um let me just try him again" Ms. Martin said stepping out of the room with her phone.
"I can't find him but Mr. Yukimura is upstairs grading papers. Do you want me to try him?" she asked coming back into the room a few minutes later.
"We have to start. We can ask for his assistance during the first break. You may now open your test booklet and begin."
And they started. Stiles had a pencil in each hand and one in his mouth. Then he got to one hard question and set one pencil down and the other fell from his mouth. He was stumped he ran his hand through his hair. Finally he figured it out and put the pencil behind his ear and picked the other back up and kept going.
Suddenly a girl fell out of her seat.
"Sydney! Are you all right?" Ms. Martin said hurrying over to the girl.
"I'm okay I just got kind of dizzy" Sydney said.
"Sydney how long have you had this?" Ms. Martin asked looking at a rash on the girls' wrist.
"I don't know."
"Ms. Martin do I need to stop the test?" Simon asked.
"No um it's fine. Everybody stay in your seats. I'll um be back in a minute. Nobody leaves the room" Ms. Martin finished on a whisper to Simon but Stiles heard her.
Then she walked out of the room. When Ms. Martin started yelling everyone ran out to see what was wrong.
"Back to your seats now. Please" she asked them all.
Once inside Scott told them he heard Ms. Martin called the CDC. When the CDC arrived they had the kids in the hallway and turned the classroom into their base with rooms for those who were sick.
"Bet they're thinking it's smallpox" Stiles told Selene and Malia.
"No because…" Selene said only to be cut off by Simon.
"Not likely. Smallpox was eradicated in 1979. We've only managed to completely eradicate two viruses in history. The other was rinderpest. It killed cows."
Selene glared at him.
"So we should be comforted by that right?" Stiles asked.
"Unless it's something worse."
"Something about that guy" Selene said softly.
"Whatever this is they're taking it pretty seriously. They're a lot of cars and trucks out there. Your dad's with them" Malia said listening.
"Hey I should probably call him" Stiles said looking through bags for his phone.
"Don't bother. They would have shut off any access to all outside communication by now. No cell service no WiFi. No one starting a panic. Looks like we're all just going to have to wait here and see what happens" Simon said.
Stiles just looked at him. Mr. Yukimura came and told Malia Stiles and Selene that Scott needed them. They went into the locker room with Kira only to see Scott's eyes go from normal to red then back.
Selene POV: "It's still happening" Mr. Yukimura said.
"I can't make them go back" Malia said showing her claws were out.
Everyone turned to look at Selene. She looked at Stiles with a pained expression then opened her mouth her fangs were out.
"Oh no" Stiles said gently cupping her jaw looking at her fangs that wouldn't go back in.
"Obviously the virus is affecting the three of you in a way it won't hit any human being" Mr. Yukimura said.
"You guys have to stay outta sight. We have to quarantine you from the quarantine" Stiles said.
"Yeah but where? I mean what if they get violent? Like on a full moon?" Kira asked.
"We shouldn't stay in here. Not in the locker room" Scott said.
"A class room isn't going to hold us" Malia said.
Selene looked over at Stiles then the others.
"IF this virus makes us violent… no place will hold me" she said sadly.
"What about the basement?" Kira offered.
"Too many ways out we need something secure. Some where nobody can find us" Scott said.
Stiles looked into Selene's eyes.
"The vault" Stiles said and Selene nodded.
"The Hale vault. The Hales always have an escape route. Like their house. There has to be another way in" Scott said.
So they got the blue prints thanks to Mr. Yukimura and went into Coach's office laying the blue prints on his desk.
"This is where the school sign is so the vaults got to be right around here" Stiles said pointing.
"I suppose if there's a second entrance it would probably be accessible from the basement" Mr. Yukimura said.
"It's probably somewhere in this hallway. West corridor… whoa" Stiles said as he nearly fell Selene caught him.
"It's happening to you. You're getting sick. You all are" Mr. Yukimura said looking at the rash on Stiles' arm then over to Kira.
"I don't feel sick" she said.
"I think it's affecting you differently neurologically. I found your test answers here in a pile with the others" Mr. Yukimura showed her the answers.
There were circles on it but not in any of the answer bubbles. They headed down to the basement to look for the vault. Stiles found it behind a shelf that Scott hepled him move.
"Look at the cracks in the wall. It's like the entrance outside it only opens with claws. Anyone's claws right?" Stiles asked looking at Scott.
They shared a look.
"Um Malia can you try?" Scott asked.
"Why me?" she asked.
"I don't have control" Scott said showing he couldn't get his claws out.
"Okay I'll do it. But first tell me what you've been hiding from me."