The silence in the pre war school, felt completely different post war. If a pin was to be dropped in the darken hallways, its echo may have deafened the silence, maybe even make its way through the whole school if it wanted to, though if you listened closely you could hear the faint thumping of frantic footsteps and the rapid drumming of heartbeats.
Lydia and the girl running hand in hand, Lydia dared not let go of the girl. They ran for what felt like forever, they rounded the corner and ran down the hall before taking refuge behind a wall. La Bête rounded the corner looked down the hall looking for the two. When they were nowhere in sight, it roared making the building shake and shattering glass windows, as the girls quickly covering their ears while trying to keep quiet.
La Bête ceased his roar and started to make his way to the end of the hall, with each step it took made the hall shake, and with that the anticipation of being discovered. The girls stayed huddled close together, holding each other's hands as if to have an anchor. La Bête reached the end of the hall and peers from behind the wall, and looks down the hall. Strangely enough for some reason from his peripheral vision doesn't catch them making the girls seem invisible to him. He removes himself from his spot and goes into the direction he came from. The girl peers her head from her post and sees him leave. She turns to Lydia and is taken back by this.
"Friend of yours?" The girl asks.
"Nope." Lydia replied.
"That looked nothing like the creature we saw earlier. What the hell was that?"
"That was La Bête du Gévaudan."
"The Beast of Gévaudan, that beast? How do you know that?"
"We fought him before, him, along with Chimeras and Dread Doctors."
"Chimeras? What are Chimeras doing here?"
"They were taking people who they thought were genetically compatible to make the beast."
"Those aren't Chimeras those are Stitches."
"Stitches?"
"And heretics, I'm guessing they were using breathing apparatuses."
"Yeah." Lydia dragged out.
"Those putrid fiends, you know they were once holy people who believed they were doing God's work, like always they grow corrupted and turn to things that are said to be taboo. Hypocrites, it's sickening. Whose the poor bastard they used to bring this abomination back?"
Mason and Ste were wandering the woods.
"Where are we?" Ste asked.
"I don't know." Mason said.
"Any idea where we are?"
"Nope."
"Know where we're going?"
"I don't know." Mason said annoyed.
"Well I don't know either I'm not from here, I was just passing through to get to Sacramento."
"Sacramento?"
"To visit my aunt she's not doing to good, she had a stroke a couple of years ago, can't move her right arm very well."
"Where are you from?"
"Originally from Minnesota, but she took me in after my mom got herself into some trouble. I was working in Reno, till I got the call."
"Sorry to hear that."
"Don't worry about it man. I figure she'll go before I get their, least I can say goodbye somehow."
"You'll get there before then, we just need to figure out a way out of here."
"Here's a stupid question what time is it?"
Mason looks at his watch and notices something is off, "Hey do you have a watch on you, or does your phone still work?"
"Mine is dead, I don't wear watches it's a safety thing, why?"
"My watch isn't working."
"It that smart watch right, the signal's probably out like everything else."
"Except this is an analog. Look at this."
Ste looked at Mason's watch and saw something complete out of the ordinary, the hands on Masons watch were going crazy going round and round out of control.
Son they were bought back when they heard long bangs. They exchanged looks wondering where those sounds were coming from. They followed them and found themselves near and old run down house.
The banging sounded close, they rounded the house trying to find the source of the sound. They found it alright, just in an unlikely place what they witness made the hairs on the back of their necks stand on end.
They saw out stretched arms coming from a half opened window banging on the side of the house. Along with muffled sounds of help. All of sudden everything went quiet when the arms went back into the window.
All was silent for a bit until blood cuddling screams could be heard form inside the house along with what sounded like a struggled coming from inside, followed by the sounds of galloping hooves and neighing of horses.
Mason and Ste quickly hid by the side of the house before peering from the corner and witness the ghost riders coming onto the property. The door to the house slammed opening and the screaming and crying of young girls were heard, a couple of Ghost riders were dragging the girls out. Some of the girls were hitting and biting at their captors, but it proved to be futile. They girls were yanked up on to the horses and were ridden off the property as the screams could still be heard.
"What the hell is going on?" Mason stammered
One of ghost riders turned in the direction where they quickly pulled themselves to their hiding place. Mason went to peer again to make sure that the riders were leaving, while he did this, leaves and debris fell on them, Ste wiped it off of him.
"What the hell?" he said.
He leaves his post and looks up on the roof where he was met with an unfriendly sight, "Mason." He warned.
Mason tuned to him, "What?"
Ste gestured to the roof, Mason left his post and looked up where he saw the same thing. They were met with the scarecrow, the same scarecrow that nearly killed their maiden friend.
The scarecrow was crouched on the rooftop looking down at them, amused by this sight. It stood up with grace not letting the boys out of its sight. He whistled and just like last time barking and howling could be heard. Mason and Ste turned to the direction of the howling.
"Why aren't you running?" The scarecrow teased.
The boys took that as their cue when the hounds started to come from the brush.
The scarecrow laughed and mocked, "Run run run as fast as you can!" He jumped down from his spot and watched as his hounds gave chase, "You fools this is my land!"
Back at the school, Lydia and the girl were still at their post.
"You think they're gone?" the girl wondered.
"I don't know." Lydia responded.
"We should wait a bit longer just to be sure."
Lydia nodded and noticed some new wounds on the girl's legs as they stained the bandages, "What happened?"
"We had a bit of a run in with some riders and a scarecrow."
"Scarecrow?"
"It was really strange, I've never seen a scarecrow move like a human."
"Someone dressed up as a scarecrow."
"This was not human nor did it act like a ragdoll it knew what it was doing and what it wanted to do."
"What did it want?"
"To kill me."
Lydia had a look of concern, unsure what was going on or why.
"I don't know what this was or who. I've never seen them before and all the other foes I've dealt with were never scarecrows or took on the persona of a scarecrow. I've only seen them hanging from post in fields, not out and about." The girl explained.
"Scott."
"Scott didn't attack me, he fought it off, but one thing that was a bit strange is that he said he was sorry. What does he have to be sorry for?"
Changing the subject, "Do you have anywhere to go to, any parents to go to?"
"Don't have a mum or dad. I've been on my own since I was young."
"You must of someone."
"Trust me I don't, no one's looking for me."
"What make you say that?"
"If someone was they would've found me by now, I have made a lot of noise back in the old world. I'm sure they would've heard it. After all I've had a lot of different beings find me who I didn't even know were looking for me, let alone even know myself."
"Beings?"
"The majority of them weren't even human I should say."
Judging by what she said, Lydia began to think that this girl was being hunted like an animal, "Where have you been?"
"All over, and seen a lot. Some things I can easily explain, and some I can't, Done some things I'm not proud of, others I wish I could take back. Then again that's what happens when you sacrifice principles."
"You've sacrificed a lot, haven't you?"
"First time I stole was so I wouldn't starve, the second time was to save someone else, for that I got the knife to my spine, that I don't regret, but the bastard sure did. Wonder if he's eating through a straw?"
Lydia was a bit taken back by this, but knew that the girl had been through a lot, after all the scars on her arm told the same story.
The girl peered from the corner, "I think the coast is clear now."
The girls got up to their feet, they left their little bubble of safety and ventured into the mouth of exposure. They cautiously stepped down the hall, staying close and being alert looking up and down the hall. They even went as far as looked over their shoulders as it proved to start being second nature to them.
They walked down the corridor, and down the hall, where Lydia began to feel something strange. She took the girl by the wrist, and kept her there.
"What is it?" the girl asked.
"I don't know, something's not right." Lydia answered.
"What do you feel?"
"Like something's close, watching us."
The girl looked down the hall behind them where three silhouettes stood in the shadows in what seemed to be three people standing there enough to make out that they were men.
"Bella I think you're right, something is indeed wrong here."
And like salt into the wound, the sound of metal schwing was heard and out from the shadows familiar foes made themselves known as Lydia felt her heart in her throat.
"Oni." The girl said.
"You know them?" Lydia asked.
"A pack of Kitsunes sent them after me once, I won. I went after them next and finished them off one by one, it was a rather bloody good time."
The two started to back up, when they went passed a corner they were met with a sight. The plague doctor stood right there looking at them.
It reacted when they heard more katanas drawn, on instinct it went in front of the girls and drew out their ring daggers.
"Run, run." Lydia warned.
A fight broke out, and the girl ran down the hall. They soon found themselves in the gym, as they were running across the gym, out of nowhere an oni appeared taking one slice at Lydia's lower back, making her slam into the girl. The girl falls into a rank of basketballs, plummeting on the floor. Lydia looks at her hand to see it coated in blood, she goes to help the girl, the girl turns to her and goes to Lydia.
Just when they were about to reach for each other, a shuriken is thrown as if to separate them. The two back away form each other as more shuriken are being thrown at them.
"Go! Go!" the girl shouts.
The two split up, the girl runs down the halls alone and starts right where the misadventure had started in the school pool. She trips and falls start into the pool. She breaches up to the surface, and looks around the darken pool, using only the pool water as light. Shadows creeping in, and sounds coming from all around the pool, echoing off the tiles.
Something was in the room with her, she knew that for a fact. She wasn't sure if should make an attempt to get out of the water. Pretty soon she started to hear muffled sounds coming from in the hall. It started to trail towards the door, the girl looked on anticipation for its entrance.
Rushing through the door came three men, in which two of the three the girl had already known. Parrish and Argent came through the door, accompanied by Sheriff Stilinski. The three looked, not expecting to come across this sight.
"Are you all right?" Parrish asked.
"Go find Bella, the Oni are here. The girl said in a stern command.
"Oni." Argent said.
"Your friend the plague doctor went to fight them last time I saw them, and I don't know where Style, or Scott is last time I saw them was-" the girl stopped in mid sentence and just looked at them.
"Was when?" Sheriff asked growing concerned for he had no idea where his son was and she was the last one to see him.
"Watch out!" the girl warned.
The three looked behind them as a Berserker took a swipe at them. Sheriff moves to the right, while Parrish dives into the water to retrieve the girl. Argent shoots at the Berserker as it trails him. Sheriff flows suit, but to no avail, the Berserker goes at Argent as he has run out of bullets, not having enough time to draw another gun and knowing fully well he had no chance against a Berserker in simple combat, dives into the pool.
The Berserker took his sights on Sheriff and went at him at top speed, before he could react he slipped. Falling hard on the cold wet tile floor, earning him a small cut on his temple, that didn't seem to phase him when he saw the Berserker go in for the kill, which he was able to get out of the wall and into the water as the Berserker's arm went through the tile floor. In which could have been paved in blood and internal organs.
Parrish didn't dare make an attempt to get out, he had the girl in his arms trying to keep her afloat. Even through he was a hell hound he didn't want to leave his little rag tag group, even though he knew he could take on the Berserker, but didn't know what was around the bend.
Sheriff and Argent swam up to the two and looked back at their captor who stood there not daring to go into the water.
"What is that?" the girl asked breaking the silence.
"That my dear is a Berserker." Argent replied.
"That's a Berserker?" the girl questioned.
"Yes."
"I'm sorry, but I would have to politely disagree with you on that one."
"I take it you're an expert."
"No, I've seen Berserkers."
"What do they look like?" Parrish asked.
"Not like that."
Sheriff and Argent exchanged looks.
At the same time, an Oni fell to the ground, leaving the plague doctor victorious. Lydia walked into the chaos before the onis turned into shadow and took off. The plague doctor looked up at Lydia.
"I need your help." She says, "I can't find my friend. The girl you saw earlier I can't find her."
The plague doctor puts their twin daggers away and goes to Lydia leading her away form the chaos.
Back at the pool, the group were trying to find a way out of the pool.
"We can't stay here forever." Argent said.
"Well if you have any ideas, I'm all for it." Sheriff said.
The Berserker stood guard of the pool though it never attempted to get into the pool to go after its prey.
"Odd." The girl stated.
"What?" Sheriff questioned.
"Berserkers fight, they dare never to go without a fight, they never flee."
"It's probably waiting for us to make a move."
"No." The girl disagreed, "See how it's pacing, keeping us in its sight. He's not contemplating, it's watching, taking guard."
"What for?" Argent asked.
"A good question, one where I don't have the answer for."
"What makes you think its-" before Argent could finish his sentence a loud roar rang through the building.
The Berserker turned into the direction of where the roar was coming from. It grew anxious, it contemplated on whether to join the fight or stay at its post. It kept looking back at the group before the door, it then made a choice. It took off running to the door with each of its footsteps making the room shake before leaving the group unguarded.
"Now are you paying attention?" she asked the men.
All they could do was nod in response.
Outside of the school, the onis and Berserkers get ready for a fight. Thunder clattered, lighting flashed the skies as it was welcoming whatever was coming.
Two warriors descended onto the battlefield, a Berserker want at the two.
Inside, Sheriff and the rest were quietly maneuvering through the darken halls. They hid behind a wall as Sheriff peered from the corner before retreating back into the safety of unseen.
"Now you said something about Onis." Sheriff whisper.
"Yes."
"All dressed in black, with demon like masks, and glowing yellow eyes?"
"Yes those are the ones or at least the ones I've seen."
"Okay good we're on the same page."
"What do we do Sheriff?" Parrish asked.
"First we-"
"Someone's coming." Argent warned.
Sheriff could hear the footsteps, "Parrish take her."
Parrish took the girl by her wrist, tugging her back, "Get behind me." With not argument the girl did just that. Argent and Sheriff drew their guns, they exchanged looks signaling each other.
They breached the corner with guns drawn, "Freeze!" Sheriff ordered.
An obnoxious scream was heard, followed by "Stiles." Parrish and the girl exchanged looks of confusion before coming out of hiding and into the hall they saw Stiles with his signature weapon, the bat.
"What happened son?" Sheriff asked, as he saw a gash on his son's head.
"Long story dad."
Sheriff took Stiles in for a hug, relived that his son was okay, "Do you know how worried I was? What if something happened to you?"
"I'm sorry, dad."
Argent put his gun away. Parrish smiled only to have it quickly disappear when he saw something to his right and drew his gun, "Freeze!"
"Hold on." A familiar voice said.
"Lydia?"
"Yes its me."
Lydia came out of the darkness, everyone let out a sigh of relief.
The plague doctor stood right beside her.
"Nice to see you again." The girl said to them.
Thunder clatter making it seem that the building was about to collapse. The girl looked around and noticed something behind Plague doctor and Lydia. The plague doctor noticed this, the girl looked at them and used her eyes to gesture that an intruder was near.
Without question, the Plague doctor shoves Lydia and turns to the Oni. The girl turns around dodging an attack from an Oni, the girl back up against the Plague Doctor's back. She crouched down before pulling out two twin Sais from the Plague doctor's ankles and the Oni strikes downward, but the girl catches the blade using prawns turns it in order to catch the katana and traps it enough time for a split second to strike the katana with her free sai using it to break the Oni's katana. She flips the sai around and sticks it into the throat of the Oni making it burst into shadows. Plague doctor looked at the girl, and tilted their head to the side, impressed with the girl resourcefulness.
Gunfire echoed through the halls, Stiles quickly takes a hold of the girl and gets her into a nearby class room. Gunfire could be heard and Stiles armed with only a bat stood guard of the door. The looked through the window and felt that something was a mess. A herd of crows could be seen going towards the building.
"Style." The girl warned.
The grows slammed through the window breaking the glass, the girl tries to run as Stiles uses his body to shield the girl form broken glass and the crows. They quickly leave the classroom and back into the hall where the fighting continued.
Argent kept shooting at an oni, which deflected his bullets. Argent soon ran of a bullets, the Oni almost knowing this hit him with the hilt, knocking Argent to the floor. Oni swung its katana downward, and Argent braced for impact, but before the katana could make the blow, the girl catches the blade with the prawns, just like she did with the last Oni, but instead of ending the fight, she slides the sai up the katana so that she and the oni were face to face. The girl used a head butt making the oni flail back just enough for it to lose its grip on the katana. The girl in one swift motion uses the sais to throw katana upward, dropping the sais, and catching the katana. She then turns her back on the oni katana still in hand stick the katana into the oni, twisting the blade enough to hear the crunch of bone and organ. The oni turned to shadow, the girl still had the katana in hand until it too turned into shadow.
"Pity, I would've kept it." The girl stated.
"How'd you know where she kept the sais?" Argent couldn't help, but ask.
"Don't all of you hunters store weapons at your ankles in case of an emergency?"
A scream was heard from behind, as if on cue, the girl used her foot to throw the sai up. She caught it with no problem and threw it across the hall, hitting its target which was an oni with ease before it went in a flood of smoke. She turns her attention back to Argent, who helps him up to his feet.
They heard a growl coming from beside them, they turned and found a Berserker standing at the corridor.
The girl looked at Argent's belt and took his expandable Bo staff and started to spin it around going towards it. She then swung it down as if to strike a blow in doing so it made the Berserker flinch. Something that Argent never saw it do before. The girl smiled knowing what that meant, the girl lets out a shout and goes at the creature. She strikes at it left and right, while making loud clapping sounds every time metal met bone. The Berserker was shielding itself best it could with no time to counter attack. The girl kicked its side, only to find out that was a mistake. She groaned in pain and see her leg was cut up courtesy of its bone armor.
The Berserker went to take a swing at her head, but the girl went back dodging it, the girl took the Bo and swung it at its knee making it fumble for a bit. She started to strike it again with the Bo, when the Beserker grew brave enough it swung at the Bo breaking it in half, but that didn't seem to stop the girl. The girl took the two halves and got into a stance, making the Berserker grow intimated again.
"Now play with me!" The girl invited before making a shout.
In the opposite hallway, Parrish and Sheriff were running out of bullets fast.
"Stiles, Lydia get behind us!" Sheriff ordered.
Lydia finished doing a roundhouse kicked before retreating towards the two. They retreated behind a wall.
"How many you have?" Parrish asked.
"Only two, you?" Sheriff replied.
"Just this." Parrish reloaded his gun with his last magazine.
"Sheriff." Lydia called.
"What is it?"
They peered from their hiding place, and saw that the oni had stopped fishing leaving Plague doctor confused.
The onis turned towards the direction behind them and found pairs of yellow and blue eyes peering form the darkness.
"Scott, Liam, Derek." Stiles called.
I don't think that's them." Lydia stated.
"Then who?"
She turned to them, "You're not going to believe it."
Then a roar was heard
While that fight was going on, the girl did multiple strikes again towards the Berserker, but this time at the legs. The girl then abandoned the Bo halves and did a round house kick making the Berserker go into a set of lockers making a huge dent. When the Berserkers recuperated, the girl went at it, jumping up and performs a drop kick to its chest.
It flailed back.
The girl having enough lets out a loud longer shout. She jumped on the wall almost walking on it, before jumping off of it kicking the Berserker in the head, at the right angle and the right amount of force was enough to snap its neck. The body fell to the floor and the girl landed on her feet. She looked at its body in victory only to have the adrenaline subside and the surged of pain shot up her body. She looked at her foot which was covered in blood and the skin was not fully attached.
The girl was doing breathing exercises to help with the pain, the girl couched down and put her hands on her foot to try to stop the bleeding. She ripped a piece of her duster and wrapped it around her foot and tied it. She looked up and found Argent walking towards her, he was in complete utter surprise when he saw the dead Berserker, he looked back at the girl questioning how this was even remotely possible. How can a woman with such a small stature be able to take down a creature or anyone at that who towered over her like she was a mere twig?
"Didn't see that coming, huh?" she said.
Sheriff had his son and Lydia behind him at an exit, as Parrish was at the opposite exit.
"Parrish fall back!" Sheriff ordered, "We'll regroup."
"Yes sir." Parrish said
They exited the building, while Argent had the girl close helping her walk unbeknownst to the danger at hand. They walked through a corridor, until a Berserker pulled Argent and threw him into a set of lockers rendering him unconscious.
The Berserker towered over the girl, a twin dagger punched its side. In one swift motion Plague doctor slide into action drawing their bow back and releasing an arrow which punctured its chest. The Plague doctor got up to their feet and stood in front of the girl protecting her from harm. The girl stepped back nearly going into the clutches of an oni, who was grabbed from behind by werewolves who chased her earlier, ripped it apart. The girl turned only to find another not too far away. A roar was heard from behind, from her left, she turned and found Scott ready to fight. Derek strolled from behind beside the girl.
The plague doctor took the girl from behind, Derek growled in protest, but had to be brought back to earth when the oni came at him.
The two ran down the hall while being pursued by the Berserker. The Plague doctor kicked a door down which led to the boiler room. They ran down the stairs and went up to another door, they broke it down and closed it behind. They brought things to try to block the door which the Berserker was ramming to get in.
"That's' not going to hold him for long." The girl stated.
The plague doctor looked around, they started to pull pipes down releasing gas. The plague doctor then noticed a crawl window. She gestured for the girl to go through it.
"What about you?" she questioned.
A loud crack was heard. This made the girl go to the window, The plague doctor helped up to the window, pushing it opening and crawling out of there. The girl looked back at them, they gestured for her to run. The girl took this advice and took off running towards the woods.
The plague doctor turned to their adversary, they took out a lighter and start to flick at it. It wouldn't light, they tried a few times. The Berserker broke through the door, Plague doctor got the lighter to light, and in doing so the flame caught the gas igniting it and making an explosion. The girl saw this and continued to run into the unknown.
Elsewhere, Parrish was walking through the woods gun in hand, not taking any chances. Though he was alone, he couldn't help but feel as if he was being watched. He kept looking over his shoulder every minute. Soon his caution went unpunished, for a huge amount of weight came from behind sending him to the ground.
Parrish's gun slides away from him. Parrish turns to see if his attacker was still behind, he turns to find his gun across from him. He goes to retrieve it, but is then grabbed by his ankle and thrown across the meadow before hitting a tree. Parrish groans in pain, but quickly gathers his wits. Taking lessons from Argents, he draws his gun from his ankle. He looks around seeing if his attacker was still around.
He gets up to his feet with a groan. He looked around seeing nothing.
A loud scream was heard from behind, he turned and was clothes lined, making him fall to the ground hall. He was kicked onto his back.
He saw the Nogisune towering over him.
"You thought you could get rid of me, didn't you?" it said in its signature raspy voice.
Parrish looked in disbelief.
"You can't get be rid of me. I am everywhere and nowhere. I am pain, chaos, and strife, which are things you no nothing about."
Oni formed behind the Nogisune.
"Are you afraid of me? Good. I'll teach you a lesson on the true meaning of fear."
An oni was stabbed and burst into smoke, another was sliced in half. The nogisune started to grow wary.
"Show yourself!"
Knives were thrown at the oni who stood beside him, they too burst into shadows.
Nogisune screamed, "Come out!"
Out of nowhere, the oni began to fight, but not amongst themselves, against a dragon adversary no one saw coming. It sliced through circle of onis with problem. One oni brought their katana down only to have it met a medieval sword. Odd to have very different swords come together in a fight, one lean and the other bulky, but that didn't seem to be a problem. The armored dragon, stabbed it with a dagger that the oni didn't see them draw, they then turned and threw a dagger at another oni. Once the onis were eliminated, the Nogisune groaned in frustration and took off running.
The armored Dragon took a few steps forward, but stopped all of sudden. They looked over their shoulder and found Parrish looking at them in awe while still on the ground. Parrish could only see part of the dragon armor which had teeth protruding from the side of the mouth and a horn coming from its head. They turned back to the direction the Nogisune went and continued on that way.
When gone, Parrish put his head back trying to figure out what he saw, soon his thought process was broken.
"Parrish." Someone called from the wood.
He turned to his right and saw Sheriff, along with Stiles and Lydia coming to his aid.
"Did you see that explosion?" Parrish asked.
"I did." Sheriff answered.
"Was that you?"
"No, maybe Argent I'm not too sure. You okay?"
"The Nogisune I saw him."
"What?" Stiles asked with dread on his voice.
"I saw him I swear I did. And I saw someone else too, they took on a slew of onis, they were decked out with armor, and had a medieval sword. They even- He was interrupted by the bush moving, Sheriff drew his gun along with Argent who came into view. Seeing that there is no threw they put their gun back in their holsters.
"See you guys are okay." Argent said.
"Was that you who did the explosion?" Sheriff asked.
"No, it wasn't me." Argent said looking at his side, where Plague doctor came into view with not a scratch on her.
"Who is she?" Lydia asked.
"No one you need to worry about."
"Have you seen Scott and Derek?" Stiles asked.
"Briefly, last time I saw them they were running into the woods, I was hoping to catch up with them."
"What about the girl, she was with you?" Sheriff asked.
"She was."
"And?"
"I lost her."
"What?" Stiles said.
"I saw her running in here, she can't be far." Parrish said.
"Hopefully." Sheriff said helping him to his feet, "but we won't know if we're just standing here. Let's go."
Within the woods, the girl walked a path that lead to a run down covered bridge. The girl stood there contemplating to cross or find another way. She started to cross the bridge. Every step she took the wood screeched.
"Beware the jabberwocky, my son. The jaws that bite, the claws that catch. Beware the jubjub bird, the shun the frumious Bandersnatch." The girl recited.
A loud bang was heard from over head, she looked up. Then she started to hear what sounded like footsteps above. She started to step back until the floor gave way and made her fall through.
At the same time, Sheriff and the others were walking until they started to hear barking. They looked amongst themselves to make sure they were hearing right. Then an array of different yet recognizable voices were heard. They all took off into the direction to where they were coming from and were led to the bridge, but the voices weren't coming from the bridge, but below. They looked over the edge of the cliff that led to a creek just below the bridge and there they see the girl with Derek and the wolf was earlier barking up a storm.
"Are you okay?" Hayden asked.
Soon everyone started to come out making themselves known, waving and happy to see one another after so many times of uncertainty happy to have a reunion.
Scott ran to the girl, "Are you okay?"
She looked up at him, then looked when she saw Liam, Isaac, and Cora coming their way, "You guys going to be nice?"
"I guess." Liam answered.
"I have a bone to pick with you little boy, you're done. Officer arrest this boy."
"For what?" Sheriff asked unsure what is going on.
"He licked my neck and had intent to go further than that."
"What?" Derek sprung up to his feet.
"Okay I remember bits and pieces, I don't remember that. I will admit none of us even myself weren't ourselves."
"You don't go licking another's neck when you're already betrothed to someone."
"You really aren't from around here?" Mason said.
"So I've been told."
"When did this happen?" Sheriff asked.
"At the school." Stiles answered, "When we were first there. All of sudden everyone started to go crazy."
"Crazy? Is that the word? I think you're missing a few minor details, like with these guys trying to kill us."
"And you total handed them their asses." Malia added.
"That was awesome I have to admit." Stiles commented, "She even used a hose."
"What?" Sheriff said.
"She used it like a nunchuck and knocked out Isaac using a round house kick."
"That's a little thing." Sheriff said in disbelief.
"Who believes that someone meddled."
"Meddled?"
Stiles nodded.
"Okay time to be a Sheriff." He said.
He walked over to the girl who was being tended to by Derek.
"Okay Ms can you tell me what's going on?" he asked.
"Are you a Lawkeeper?"
"Sheriff."
"But you are a keeper of the law aren't you? You withhold the law correct?"
"Yes, I am also the head of it."
"Then you are a lawkeeper."
The mental gears in his head started to turn, "Did we speak over the radio?"
"I did speak to a lawkeeper, unless that was you, I haven't spoken to any other lawkeepers since then."
"And you're not from a around here."
"I come from a different land."
"Yeah I did speak to you. Now Stiles here said you think someone meddled."
"Ay someone has. Haven't you noticed don't you feel it? The land the universe it's trying to fix itself, something was suppose to happen, happen naturally, but since everything is out of order its trying to get thing back in order. Balance has been corrupted."
"And you think someone meddled?"
"Someone must've. Otherwise why is this happening?"
"Whether someone meddled or not, there's some messed up things going on." Ste claimed.
"He's not joking." Mason defended, "Something's definitely messed up here. They took girls."
"Who took girls?" Sheriff questioned.
"These cowboy guys, they grabbed the girls and took them away."
"They must be working for that guy." Mason added.
"What guy?" Scott asked.
"Some guy dressed up like a scarecrow, he sent dogs after us."
The girl looked up at Scott who shared the same thought as her, "Can't be."
"Any idea where they're taking the girls to?" Isaac asked.
"No, just that they rode off somewhere before we were chased off." Mason replied.
"Why does he want the girls? Why are they only taking girls?"
"Not all girls." Cora stated.
"What do you mean?" Sheriff asked.
"They said they were on the highway when it was attacked by ghost riders." Stiles explained.
"They're taking girls, but not just any girl. They were taking girls with black hair and brown eyes, some were like nine and others were older like teenagers maybe someone in their twenties." Cora exclaimed.
"Why?" Parrish asked.
"They were taking girls I didn't know that." The girl said, "Just thought they were shooting at people."
"Sounds like the wild hunt again." Argent said.
"Its not." The girl dragged, "It's a hunt, but not the wild hunt. What happened to you was a hunt for something that needed to be sent back, it wasn't a hunt before they hunt doesn't stay in one place, once they get what they want they go to the next place. They don't stay until the job is done that's not what they do."
"Who?"
"The Fae. Trolls, Goblins, fairies, ogres, elves, that's not what they do. Yes, they are said to take people, but as slaves, brides even. They've caused such mischief and chaos. Though they never trap or go this far, they love to roam, they crave the blood, they want the hunt. It can go on for ever long they want, but why stay in one place when they can go anywhere and everywhere? And why have a preference to take specific set of girls, I have black hair, brown eyes, and I'm of twenty years of age, that scarecrow could have taken me, but wanted to kill me instead, so it can't be the Fae."
"Can they change into anything like anyone we may have known or faced?" Parrish asked.
"They could, but I don't see why they would go through this much trouble."
The wolf went up to the girl's foot and licked it much to the dismay of Stiles, Derek and Lydia, who pulled the girl back while Lydia put the girl's leg's into her lap.
"The only fae is this familiar here." The girl stated.
"Familiar?"
"Familiars are often associated with witches, as they come to grow with their new found power." Argent explained.
"Aye, you know your history, however they are goblins they take the form of any animal at times they can be demons, they will do just about anything not to go back to Hell. They also so can be witches or warlocks too avoiding prosecution or punishment that happens too."
"And you know this how?" Isaac asked.
"I've lived in the old world, what do you expect?"
"Well demon, witch, fairy or not, I don't feel right about this guy." Lydia protested.
"Why not I've always wanted one?"
"You've wanted one?"
"Yeah, I think its nice to have a companion to have around that's not of this world."
"Are you a witch?" Liam asked.
"If I were I would be making you spit up razor blades after what you did back there. However I don't need to be one to do that, if I wasn't like this."
Ste nervously chuckled unsure what that meant.
"Do you know where the house was, if we can't get a scent off the house we may be able to find the girls?" Isaac asked.
"I'm not going back there I'm sorry. If you go down there you're going to find a trail that's been beaten down, once you follow it down to the barn you'll find it there. You can't miss it looks like it's been there for years no sign of life." Ste protested.
"I'll go I'll see what I can pick up."
"No one's going anywhere alone." Sheriff protested, "From now one we stick together, and if you're going I'm going to come with you. Scott I want you to come with me and Stiles bring me up to date on whats going on after that I need you to stay here."
"But dad-"
"No buts, just do it. Argent mind if I borrow your friend while you watch over them?"
"Actually I think it's best that she stays here, I need to go back to the bunker." Argent suggested, "We're going to need more fire power, we're getting low."
"Fine, take Derek with you."
"What." Derek protested.
"That way when things get hairy, he won't be alone. Like I said before no one is going anywhere alone."
"I'm not going, I'm staying here." Derek demanded, "He can take his friend with him if it comforts you."
"Excuse me."
"You think you still have control? Look around there's nothing left everything is gone everyone is gone, you're giving orders like nothing's happened and acting like you're the boss is going to do anything, you're wrong. You want to go great, but I'm not leaving her. I sure as hell not leaving her with this guy or who ever they are. I don't trust them."
"I don't care you're going to do this Hale and I'm done here."
"You think you can order me around, you're not my dad and I'm sure as hell not a dog."
Derek got up to his feet and clearly was not having it. Sheriff could see this and instinctively put his hand on his gun. Argent followed suit as he knew something was going to be a mess. Everyone else got into position as clearly something was going to happen if it had not been stopped.
Seeing a ticking time bomb was about to go off, and not wanting to be a teddy bear again, the girl sprang into action like before, "I think you're right."
The girl's voice caught everyone's attention. The girl got up to her feet clearly in pain, but that didn't stop her from making her way in the middle of the quailing men. She glanced at Lawkeeping merely using her eyes as a way to tell Sheriff to stand down and trust what she was doing. Sheriff relented, she looked to Argent doing the same thing, he nodded in response and removed his hand from his gun. Plague doctor tilted their head ot the side questioning the girl's intentions, the girl nod letting them know to let her speak.
"I think it's a great idea." The girl chimed in, "I think Lawkeeper has a great plan of attack and I agree, I think you should go with this hunter and Doctor should stay here."
"You're kidding, right?" Derek questioned.
"No, as a matter of fact I am not. This is not a time to kid around or act like we're having a popularity contest. Lawkeeper is right. You have here an alpha and his emissary or his most trusted companion by his side. You have two very resourceful hunters who have come to take the time to offer their assistance to us, and like this man has said we are low on ammunition something that both of these men here are low on. That this man here is kind enough to offer. No one should be dumb enough to go into a fight and not be prepared if something were to happen. So I am for Lawkeeper, you go with him and look after each other. Doctor here can stay she has proved to be formable warrior and has extraordinary experience in her particular set of skills. Skills that have shown to be quite useful in these past events and that can continue to be useful now."
"I disagree, I don't trust them."
"Now's not the time for trust. Its okay for you not to agree with me fine, but I'm not going to argue with you because right now isn't about trust its about taking a leap of faith something you've taught me."
She was right, Derek knew he was the one who said and was starting to regret it, but another thing she was right about was now was not the time to argue, but he still disagreed with the situation.
"I've taken a leap of faith of you since the bus stop to now. Now you have to take the leap of faith."
Derek looked at the girl with the expression of protest as if reading his mind the girl said her peace.
"Why are you acting like that you act like I'm going to be alone period like I'm going to be here alone with no one around and that's not true. I have here a couple of werewolves and a werecyotool, a familiar, I have Bella here and a hunter who has proved to have a set of skills that is of use I even have here a handsome dedicated musker here and few others who just so happen to be jacks of all trades, I'll even have the emissary never had one before, but hey I'll take one. Also I can handle myself thank you very much in case you have forgotten."
"Yes, she can." Parrish agreed.
"What more do you want Tierisch because now's not the time to act like one. I'm wet, cold, I'm in immense pain, tired, clearly out of patience of whatever I have left though I've never had any to begin with. I look like, well I've looked way worse when all of this well before all of this began. And I'm probably most likely going to lose this foot when all of this is done. Hell if you want you can take your sister with something tells me she's not into babysitting."
"Damn right." Cora agreed.
"Go on get out of here before I lose it."
"Fine I'll do it." Derek relented.
Stiles let out a sigh of relief and everyone started to relax.
"All right." Argent said, "Cora Derek let's go. We'll meet you back here when we're done Sheriff."
"Alright stay together you guys." Sheriff requested.
"Behave." Argent told Plague doctor.
The girl was about to go back to her spot when Derek took her by the arm, "One condition."
"Negotiating are we, I'm not compromising they never work." The girl said.
"Can you promise me you're going to stay put?"
"Can you promise me to stop acting like a Tierisch, and stop thinking that everyone is a threat and wanting to fight everyone every time you disagree with them, because it's very unattractive and annoying and I don't tolerate that and most certainly don't have time for it? And like you said you're not a dog neither am I."
"Can you at least promise me that you'll stay safe?" Derek rephrased.
"Worried about me are we?" the girl teased.
"Please." Derek cooed.
The girl nodded, "Now go before Lawkeeper puts you down."
Derek went to catch up to Argent and Cora, "Tierisch." The girl called after him. He turned and was a bite taken back.
"I expected this kind of behavior from Wächter, and not from you." The girl claimed.
"Wächter?"
"The alpha, him." She gestured to Scott.
Derek looked at Scott's direction where he saw both him and Stiles explaining everything to the Sheriff.
"I guess I take my job seriously." Derek stated.
"Too seriously. Why?"
"I guess I have a feeling about you."
"It shouldn't be a good one."
"Why not?"
"If I wasn't in my current state, you would've turned your back on me long ago."
"Why would you say that?"
"Because I'm not exactly a good person." The girl confessed.
Derek looked at the maiden and didn't seem to be phased by what she said. To be honest he didn't even believe it either.
"Derek." Argent called, "Let's go."
Derek looked back at the girl.
"Watch yourself." The girl warned, "Especially around him. Something's….not adding up about him. Least not to me anyways."
Derek gave a questionable look at the girl before looking towards Argent who was making sure he had everything.
"You better get going." The girl insisted.
Derek began to back away, "Be careful."
"You be careful."
Derek went up to Argent and Cora who began their journey.
"Is he always like that?" the girl asked sense someone behind her.
"You should've met him years ago, he wasn't exactly someone I would've called a friend." Scott exclaimed.
"An uneasy alliance. I would be very on guard too if I were in your shoes then. Then again I've always had uneasy alliance not by choice though."
"I guess this night has gotten to all of us."
"Have you tried shifting back?"
"I have."
"And?"
"I can't, no one can."
"Someone meddled, who or why? They've caused such travesty."
Scott looked down ashamed for what he'd caused. It wasn't supposed to be like this however he was warned about the consequence that would have to be paid, only he was never told this was the one, "I have something to tell you."
"What?"
Before Scott to tell the girl the truth, he was interrupted.
"Hey Scott we're leaving now." Isaac called.
"Go, you have a job to do."
"Yeah keeping you safe, only I haven't been doing very good job of that."
"You should be wary of me, I'm not worth saving."
"Why would you say that?" Scott asked almost offended by the girl's opinion.
"I'm not someone you'd want to be around if you knew what I really was. I suggest not to trust me nor put your loyalty towards me." The girl warned.
"Scott." Sheriff called, "We got to go."
"Go do your duty, before they turn on you."
Scott nodded then went off.
"Be careful Wächter. It seems like your land has become a much more savage place then it already was."
Thunder roared and lightning flashed.
Elsewhere the girls were brought to their captor. He held a piece of paper, and looked at each of the girls one by one. When ever there was a girl brought to him, he shook his head before another girl was brought to him and did the same.
"None of them are the one I'm looking for!" He growled, "Put them with the others and bring me that girl."
The horses neighed as the thunder clattered.
At the bunker, Argent was getting all of the firepower he felt that they needs while Cora was looking around the bunker.
"I'm been gone for far too long, I've missed the part where we happen to be partnering up with hunters especially the ones who've tried to kill us before." Cora complained.
"These are different times now." Derek stated as he was putting on a fresh clean shirt.
"Tell me Derek do I need to start mentally preparing myself of putting you down?" Argent asked.
"What for?"
"I don't know you looked like you were going to go twelve rounds with Stilinski, only he wouldn't be making passed round one."
"Okay good you see it too perfect." Cora huffed, "He's been like this ever since she poped out of nowhere I don't know she may have fallen from the sky for all I care. He won't do anything other than stay by her side, that's all he wants almost like he's obsessed with her or something. He doesn't even know her. Every waking moment every hour he refuses to leave her side, and even if he's away from her for five minutes he gets anxiety like he has separation anxiety its very disturbing."
"You weren't there!" Derek snapped, "Yes, she came out of nowhere, but she had blood all over her meaning she was in danger and fought off a wendigo okay? You don't what shes been through."
"And you do?"
"No, but I know for a fact she had a hell of a journey. She has scars up and down her body, and you don't know what I saw when she returned home. There was nothing left. Can you imagine that Cora?"
"Yes I do, for years I thought all of us our family was dead."
"And when you found out that it was a lie, you were okay, but imagine knowing fully well no one is looking for you nothing is waiting for you, there nothing left for you to return to, imagine that living in a world alone with no one to guide you or hug you or be there for you, you are on your own. And I don't know what people were doing to her and I'm quite glad because if I was there they wouldn't be here. She has scars up and down her body, meaning she's gone through hell to get here."
"I believe it, if she can take down a wendigo then I shouldn't be surprised on her taking down a Berserker." Argent exclaimed.
"A Beserker?" Cora questioned.
"Yeah, we faced them sometime ago, funny thing is I don't remember being such wusses."
"What do you mean?" Derek asked.
"She sized one up made it flinch. She also knows how to work a Sai and a Bo. She snapped its neck."
"Whoa." Cora amazed by this, "So this skinny, little, obviously a nut case who seems to have a hold on you. I think she's brainwashing you like Jennifer which I'm still trying to put my mind on how she took down a Berserker one of the most ferocious being known in Scandinavian folktales, by snapping its neck, how?"
"Well I have to politely disagree with you on that." Argent's toned changed from someone explaining what he saw to someone that wasn't in the mood for ignorance, "I don't think a mental case or in this case a nut job would have such control let alone be cool headed when it comes to life and death situations. I also don't think that someone with a mental illness would know how to use weapons as if they had years of combat training and even knows how to be resourceful, and knows how to use their body and weight like a weapon and is clearly not phased when things go wrong like when a bo is broken in half, but ends up using the halves like twin staffs. So I have to disagree with you Cora, is the girl not from here yes, is she mental no, she is clearly someone who is not to be messed with and is not afraid to take on someone or something that towers over her like nothing. She is a woman that can obviously handle herself. So if I were you Cora I'd better stop being pig headed and start paying more attention. I also have to agree with Derek here, you don't know what's she been through so I highly recommended that you start being compassionate and have some respect for this girl. I don't even know her and I respect her and that doesn't come easy for me, but she sure as hell earned it."
At the creek, the girl was looking at the sky as Malia sat beside her. She watched as the sky flashed with lightning.
"Looks like tonight Michael and Thor have their work cut out for them." The girl stated.
"Thor?" Malia questioned.
"He's the Norse God of Thunder and lightning and Michael like it was said before is an arch angel the Angel of Vengeance said to avenge us when those who do wrong to us, they would surely be smitted into repentance."
"So Thor is helping Michael?"
"You could say that only its believed that when a thunder storm comes its either because fallen angels demons are trying to ascend into heaven. Michael and his army aren't going to allow that, while others believe it is Thor fighting giants, and when ever a thunder clap happens its because Thor has defeated a giant and that they had fallen to the ground hence the thunder."
"You believe that?"
"It's an entertaining idea, but I don't see how a fallen giant would make such a noise, least not like a thunder clap. I prefer Michael for its his job to protect the realms."
"Do you always read the bible?" Stiles asked.
"No, that book has caused so much trouble I stay away from it."
"Some would say different."
"Aye, they would, they would say it's the people, not the book itself, however if that was the case then why not just do away with the book and just use a silver tongue? You can't because people want to see verification they want to see it go hand in hand. "Oh this man is a man of God he is saying holy scriptures from the book so it must be true." It has been used more as a tool for tyranny than what it was used for. Because it is easy to use religious manipulation than any other form of manipulation for you are using people religious beliefs and making it work for you. Understand?"
Everyone looked amongst themselves for it was not something they thought of.
"Sometimes its just best to be a Separatist when it comes to those things."
"So you're an atheist?" Liam confusingly asked.
"No, however it very easy for people to think that because it more understanding, but no I'm not, though its not anyone's business in what I believe or what I don't believe in. A separatist is someone who separates themselves from certain groups, think of it as being an independent one that believes in the individuality and choice."
"So you're an anarchist?" Parrish pressed.
"An anarchist is someone who has a political ideal, an idea that the government suppresses freedom the freedom of the individual, and they are right, but I don't think setting fires and causing havoc to shows defiance is the way to do so, it just shows that you are more of a terrorist, than someone fighting for your right to freedom, the right to choose, but to answer your question no I am not. Now if you continue to feel like that that's fine, however an anarchist is someone who is not for order, they want chaos, I am for order in chaos, balance. You need both, both chaos and order, without one there is no balance, I am for balance. I love chaos, chaos in order, order in chaos, they need each other."
"So the meddler is an anarchist?" Hayden asked.
"Excuse me."
"Well you said an anarchist is someone who isn't into order, they love chaos. And you said someone meddled, and everything is off balance."
Stiles feeling that this conversation was going off the railing, and knowing his friend isn't what their thinking chimed in, "Well come on let's not go that far, I mean what if its someone who had good intentions and it just unexpectedly took a disorganized turn."
"Exactly." The girl agreed.
"I'm sorry what?"
"This disorganized, the meddler disorganized everything."
"You saying someone meddled how can you be so sure?" Parish asked.
"Like anything there are two sides to everything. There is organized chaos and disorganized chaos just like there is organized order and disorganized order. For example organized chaos, let's take a sickness, a plague, an outbreak. This outbreak is causing chaos natural chaos, organized chaos, and with that chaos there is panic, panic is natural what happens next is completely up to us to figure out what kind of order we want. What do you do to chaos or at least try, you bring order into the factor, you figure out what this disease is then try to fight it. Some will pass other will fight it, and other will be immune because the order in that chaos is to let it take its course and when it does it fades out, not completely just enough for order to reorganize itself."
"So what's happening its not natural?"
The girl nodded.
"How do we fix it?"
"That's up to fate, the only control we have is our actions and our actions alone and you my beautiful friend have only just taste of this disorganized chaos, now the question is what kind of order will follow?"
At the same time, Sheriff and his group had reached the house that Mason and Ste had seen.
"Anything?" he asked.
"No, nothing." Scott answered.
Everything was silent except the chilling wind blowing.
Isaac saw foot prints, horse tracks on the ground, along with dog paw prints, "That's Mason's and that other guy's shoe prints, the rest are ones I'm not too sure of."
He finds a discarded shoe, he sniffed it, then turned to the house, "They were in there." Isaac turned to the direction where the horses left, "We could go and see where they went."
"I smell blood." Scott stated.
"Guys." Sheriff called.
The two went to where Sheriff was, and saw him looking up. They looked up at where he was looking and saw a sight that only in horror movies would have. Blooded handprints on the window frame and outer walls.
"If I didn't know better I'd say that's on the second floor." Sheriff said.
They were inside looking around. Isaac and Scott didn't pick up anything. The house looked as if no one has resonated in it in years. Sheriff had his gun drawn not taking chances and his flashlight lighting the way. He made his way on the staircase, reflection from his flashlight was going off the stairs. Sheriff went up to the stairs and bent down, and picked up a piece of glass. He looked up at the staircase and saw each of the steps were covered in broken glass and bloodied footsteps.
"The hell?" sheriff said.
He took his boots and used it to wipe off the broken glass just when he was about to go up the steps, but a hand slammed on his shoulder with intent. He turned to find Scott behind him, who shook his head in protest.
Isaac was looking at the side over the banister, but it wasn't the steps he was looking at, he was looking towards the direction where Sheriff was, but he was looking at something above his head.
Scott nudged Sheriff out of the way, he took a piece of wood and went up to the stairs, he looked at Isaac who nodded. Scott activated a tripwire when all of sudden a makeshift large, swinging knife duct-taped to a crutch came down.
"What the hell is that?" Sheriff shaken by this.
"It's a booby trap." Scott said.
"For what keeping people out?"
"Keeping people in." Isaac replied, "Look out its going towards the stairs and not out. If they were being held here, then they took preparation to keep them from escaping."
"For what?"
In the woods the girl was crouched down, doing what all living things do when they need to use the bathroom. She looked around clearly no phased by the setting. When she was done she got up and came out of the bushes were Plague doctor waited just up ahead.
"I see that where ever I go, you're never far behind." The girl said walking up to them.
They stood in front of each other leaving just little distance between them. The girl slightly tilted her head to the side. Plague doctors looked at her curious. The girl closes the space between them and looks at them examining them. Plague doctor wasn't offended or defensive by this move, she simply let the girl in. The girl glided her hand on Plague doctor, who seemed to be mimicking her movement.
"Been a while since I've seen someone of the likes of you." The girl said, "Last time I saw one, they were pretty adamant about saving the family from a false prophet. They got them and then went back when the job was done. It was bloody, dark, chaotic, hellish, it was also beautiful and finished. Funny I don't see how my kind would often be confused with yours perhaps we just keep coming back."
Plague doctor put here head back knowing that the girl knew who they were.
"What do I call you?" the girl asked.
Plague doctor leaned in to the girl's ear and whispered. Then without warning a twig broke. The two turned to the direction where it came from, but nothing was there. The girl seemed to have an idea of where it came from, but instead of being cautious she seemed unafraid. She slowly trails up to a tree and puts out her hand and what she does next is completely unexpected. She reaches for the tree and takes a hold of something, but not from the tree itself and pulls it towards her. That's when Corey unveils himself.
"How'd you know?" Corey said amazed by this.
"You're not a tree besides the light was bouncing off you more than the tree." The girl explained.
"But how?"
"Not everything was taken from me." The girl said with confidence that is until a thought came to mind, "Wait." She turned to plague doctor who seemed not far from the same thought, "Were you watching me piss?"
"No." Corey nervously said, "I mean I was close but I didn't see. I'm not a pervert you know."
"Of course your not, you're a poof, you're not into girls so why would you be in to watching girls even when they're taking a piss?"
"How'd you know that, I never said anything?"
"Your keep eyes kept wandering on Son of Abraham's pants. Though I think he should've gone one size or else of the poof and switch would come on him. I also don't think your better half would be too appreciative, then again he's no saint either."
The girl and Plague doctor walked ahead of Corey who was taken back by the girl spot on powers of observations.
Argent, Cora, and Derek had arrived at the creek, while the girl, Plague Doctor and Cory were just coming back.
"Where'd you guys go?" Argent asked.
"I had to take a piss nosey." The girl teased.
"We didn't need to hear that." Liam protested.
"Well apparently he did."
Lydia pulled Stiles aside, "What did Scott do?"
Parrish went up to Argent, "This everything?"
"Everything I can carry." Argent replied, "How is she?"
"Well I got schooled in the topics, of separatism, anarchy, and religion. She also keeps insisting that someone meddled that everything is off balance and that this is disorganized chaos." Parrish stopped and paused, Argent knew he was holding back.
"What is it?"
"I think I know who may be the meddler."
"Who?"
"Its not exactly a who, more of a what, and I'm sure you'll know what I'm talking about."
"Scotts the meddler." Lydia panicked.
"No not really." Stiles responded.
"Oh my God she's going to kill him."
"No, she wouldn't do that."
"But Derek would."
"Yeah he would." Stiles freely agreed.
"What are we going to do?"
"We can't exactly tell her."
"We have to do something. Did you tell you dad?"
"I may have left that part out."
"Great." Lydia dragged.
"Look as long as she's in one piece that's all that matters."
"Except for her. She says something in her something's missing."
"I'm sure its just because of the coma."
"She's going to lose her foot."
"Okay maybe not all in one piece."
As both sides were having their separate conversations, the girl was looking at her injured foot, though the bleeding stopped the real question was how much damage did it endure? She started to slowly almost hesitantly unwrap her make shift bandage.
Back at the school the girl and Argent examined her wound. The hallux toe was indeed broken, now the other question was what else was underneath the bandage. The girl started to peel the bandage and with that the sound of peeling from the skin was heard. The part where the toe was attached to where the ball of the foot would be was nearly hanging off her foot, the only thing that kept it together was a sliver of skin.
The girl held it together while trying to keep herself together.
Argent looked through his pockets and found something that might work. He pulled out his lighter, then casually pulled out his hunting knife. The girl looked at him knowing where this was going. She nodded granting him permission.
Argent noticed and went to the girl, "Load up as much as you want." He said.
He went up to the girl and before he could even say a word, the girl used her good foot to keep him from coming any closer which was planted firmly on his chest with an expression on her face that read "Back up Jack."
Argent didn't take any offense, after all she really didn't know him as far as he was concerned, he put his hands up letting her know he was not a threat, but as stubborn as the maiden was she didn't relent.
"At least let me say thank you for saving my ass back there." He said.
The girl still stayed strong.
"Let me see if it at least it worked, just make sure you don't lose your foot, I can't keep that from happening if you don't show me."
The girl sighed knowing he was right, she took her leg back letting Argent examine her foot.
"You have excellent muscle definition." He commented.
"Thank you."
He examined her foot and didn't like what he saw though he was able to cauterize it and stop the bleeding and seal the would, like anything that involved heat there is high risk of infection as far as he was concerned she was mostly going to lose part of her foot if the infection was not under control at the very least, "I can only clean and wrap it for now. You think you can hold on till we can get you some help?"
The girl nodded.
Argent did just that. He looked at her other foot where he saw the most scar tissue.
"Run around bear foot a lot?"
"Part of my training."
"Showing no pain is that also part of your training."
"They've been through so much I can't really feel anything."
"You said you were a hunter, but not like me, what did you mean?"
"I have no code least not like yours. I hunt everything for reason."
"Argent." A voice called.
He looked up and saw Sheriff with the boys coming.
"I need to talk to you." He said.
Argent got up to went up to Sheriff.
"What did you find?" he asked.
"A bobby trap. In your line of work, did you by any chance go after something that would kidnap women?"
"Yes."
"For what?"
"Sometimes food, sacrifice, mating rituals."
Sheriff cleared his throat showing discomfort at that last part.
"I don't think the Nogitsune is into breeding."
"So you think the Nogitsune is responsible for this?"
"Parrish does, I think there's a little more to it than that. He also mentioned something else."
The girl was looking at her foot. Liam sat on a rock just off to the girl's side.
"So I heard your Europe." Liam said trying to make small talk.
"Yes, I am."
"What's it like?"
"Never been?"
"Yeah I have, but only London."
"London was nice, I got to meet my brother."
"So you do have family." Ethan said.
"I do, but he wasn't very happy when he found out. Said I abandoned him, I didn't even know I had one till that moment. I doesn't want to ever see me again."
"I'm sure he'll come around." Liam assured.
"Nay, he's too proud and ignorant to get off that high horse of his. I don't have time for that."
"What do you have time for?"
"Books. Your library has a lot of books, but not the good kind."
"Like what?"
"The brother's grimm."
"You mean the guys who wrote about red riding hood, and Rumpelstiltskin."
"You've read those tales?"
"Kind of find them messed up compared to the ones I'm used to."
"Those were the real tales, surprised you haven't heard of the Devil and the green jacket."
"The Devil and the green jacket?" Ethan answered.
"It's a tale that involves a man who makes a deal with the devil. He is given a green jacket and this jacket is not no ordinary jacket, this jacket if you were to reach into its pockets it would be filled with gold money, endless money. However, like always there is a catch, he has to wear the jacket for seven years, seven years without washing himself, he wasn't allowed ot do anything, cut his nails, comb his beard, without praying. If he was to die within those years he soul belonged to the Devil, if he were to stay alive, he would be free, rich for all of his life. As the years went on, he would give money to the poor and have them pray for him. He was always with money and always found shelter, but he couldn't bathe, he started to look more like a bear than a man, though that didn't phase him. At one point he goes into an inn where he meets man ailing in pain for he can not leave because he can not pay the inn keeper he had to go home to his daughters. The man paid off the gentleman's debt. The man so grateful told the man he would give him one of his daughters for marriage. The father took the man to meet his daughter, he offered the two eldest daughters, but they refused in disgust. The father offered his third daughter who reluctantly out of honor for her father accepted the man's hand in marriage. The man told her that he couldn't marry her year for he had one more year left, and when the year was up and he was still alive he would come back for her. He presented her a ring where he broke it in half and gave her one of the halves for safe keep. Once the year was up, of course the Devil was angry at his loss. He told the man that a deal's a deal and that he was free. The man for the first time in seven years he took a bath, combed his beard, cut his nails, and said the Lord's pray. As promised he went back for his bride, of course when he went to get her, she did not recognized him, much to the satisfaction of the first two daughters who wanted the man now for he was handsome and rich. The man presented his half of the ring and the bride realized it was him. So they got married much to the dismay of the daughter, for one jumped in a lake, and the other's neck broke. That night the man and his new wife were sitting at home, when a knock came on the door, the man opened it and found the Devil laughing with such glee. "I may not have your soul, but I got two for the price of one."
Liam sat uncomfortable and Ethan looked at the girl as if she was mad.
"Oh come on that's a good story." The girl pressed.
"Sounds pretty warped to me." Malia said.
"The Grimm tales are warped, read Rapunzel she was no saint to begin with."
"She's not joking." Mason agreed, "That story is not G rated. Neither was Snow White."
Scott was going to go up to the girl, but was grabbed by the arm by Derek.
"You and I need to talk." He said.
"Not now Derek." Scott said in a rush.
He went to leave, but Derek roughly pulled him back in place, "Now!" he said.
Stiles rushed to his best friend's defense, "Whoa Derek come on this is getting really old."
"Stay out of this Stiles!"
Scott shoved Derek.
"Leave him alone!" Scott bellowed.
The girl went sprung up to her feet as the other rushed to break the fight up. The fair maiden went ot follow suit, but was taken aside by Sheriff.
"I think you've played peacekeeper long enough." He said.
"But-"
"Just take a sit for now everything is under control."
"There is no control, least not yet anyway."
"And that is way I need you to sit down so you can explain that more, it's been brought to my attention that you know something and I need to know so I can do my job, as a Lawkeeper."
"I just know that everything is off, I'm not myself, this is about the third time that I've seen about to go at it and the constant bickering, the rabid episodes and the constant tension and the humming. Its not right. The night is long, time no longer exists, the air is suffocating. A war is waging, and yet it is a war of nothingness, a hunt is here yet we know not what the prize is. Everything, every creature, every horror in your life that you have faced, as come back whether dead or alive. You land is trying to make everything right, until we find the meddler and what they want is when all will come to a happy end."
"How can you be so sure, how do you know?"
"I don't I just know something's not right. Its not natural, the last time I've experience this it went rather differently, but it involved meddling."
"Did you find who did it?"
"I did."
"And what happened?"
"I had to put him down."
"You put him down?"
"He was bringing the dead back to life, I had to stop him and when I did everything ceased."
"Okay, but what if there was no meddling what if this was all natural?"
"If it were natural then wheel would be turning freely, not stalled."
"Good point. Any idea why they would want to do this?"
"No, but whatever they were trying to do is affect all of us very badly."
Sheriff got up and start to pinch the bridge of his nose. Then out of nowhere a thought came to mind one that all this time was nowhere, but in the back of his head.
"I'm sorry, I know this is completely off topic, but what's your name?"
"My name?"
"I never got your name, least not your real name. I know for a fact its not Jane Doe, is it?"
The girl shook her head.
"I'm pretty sure its not Houdini either."
"Aye you're right."
"Okay then what is your name?"
"My name is Ko-" before the girl could finish a loud roar was heard from behind her echoing throughout the woods.
It silenced the bickering, brought everything to a halt. The girl turned to the direction where the roar was coming from, making it clear of where they need to go.