I was following Stiles as we headed towards the locker room in school. It was Coach's birthday and Stiles, with Scott's help, would prank him.
" Kind of glad we are doing this." I said holding a bag of tools for Stiles.
" We all need to blow off steam and this is the best way Rave." Stiles replied with a smirk as we got into the locker room. I smirked and watched him pull out his phone.
" Get your ass down here now! We have a job to do." Stiles said as his best friend picked up the phone.
" Dude, I'm already in bed! And aren't we getting a little old for this...?" Scott's voice echoed in my ears.
" We do this for Coach! And come on it's Raven's first time helping us." Stiles exclaimed as I opened his locker.
" I thought we did this to Coach." Scott's voice was a bit disheveled.
" Whatever, okay? You know he needs this! He lives for this stuff. He loves it!" Stiles exaggerated it as I opened the bag of tools. Drill, heavy-duty string roll, and other things. I noticed some wrapping paper and a bow.
" But it's the middle of the night." Scott said with an echo, wait?
" 12:15 actually, which means it's after midnight and officially Mischief Night-slash-Day, and, by perfectly awesome coincidence, it also happens to be Coach's birthday. So, if you are not down here in five seconds, I will have Raven destroy you personally, okay? And I mean five, four, three, two." Stiles said before I heard a step behind me and turned as Stiules did, there stood Scott with glowing red eyes. I felt my eyes react as Stiles fell.
" One." Scott said smirking.
" I hate you!" Stiles said to him as I chuckled while picking him up.
" Asshole!" I grumbled under my breath before smirking.
" We doing this?" Scott asked as I put my hand in the bag.
" Without a doubt!" I said with glowing eyes and a drill in my hands. We spent about two hours messing with Coach's office. We left laughing and cackling like idiots as we left. My phone had read 3:15 AM.
" We will see you in a few hours." I said as Scott smiled. Stiles pulled me into a chaste kiss.
" I'm ready for the chaos." I said as he smiled.
" Hey, let's talk about the sleepwalking." Stiles said as he walked me over to my Camaro.
" It's been getting a little better, just kind of off." I said rubbing the back of my head.
" Your sleep?" Stiles asked as I put my head down a little.
" Not the best, but high-end bullshit has been happening." I said defending myself. He pulled me into a warm hug and kissed my forehead.
" I'll be alright. You hear me?" He whispered in my ear.
" I do and I love you for reminding me of the most essential things." I said with a smile as he pulled away. He toyed with my red lock of hair before kissing me on my lips. I pulled away as I unlocked my car.
" I'll see you soon." I told him before opening my door, a love-struck grin on his face as I gave a somewhat cutie smile to him. I got in and drove off. I drove home to see my loft empty and void of any life.
" Whenever you get home asshole, we need to talk about your definition of taking Cora home." I groaned to myself as I put my keys on the hook. I put my leather jacket on the coat rack and returned to my room. I stripped off my clothes and made myself a hot bath. I let my skin soak for a while before scrubbing away all the dirt and grime off of my skin. I get out after rinsing away everything.
" I hope he gets home soon." I told myself before putting my necklace back on and heading to my bed. I put on a simple black shorts and grey tank top. I looked at the giant window that showed the night sky with a view of the town. A chill ran down my spine, but I shook it off. I let myself drift into a hopefully quiet sleep.
I felt my body being thrown into this decrepit ruin area.
" Fuck me." I growled. I got up and saw bodies on the ground, countless slaughtered as I heard this clicking. I felt the shift as I saw this cloud of black smoke drifting about. The flash of metal shone brightly in the moonlight as the flecks of running blood dripped down on the ground.
" You shouldn't have survived!" A voice called out as I felt this blow to my gut. I look down to see a large slice in my ribs. I gasped for air as sparks of embers came out of it with blood dripping down my skin, I wasn't healing.
" How are you alive!" The voice screamed out before slamming my head into the ground. The bodies got up as their eyes glowed this silver. They were empty of all emotion.
" I don't know who the fuck you are!" I screamed out as I felt another force behind my voice before it fell silent. The violent benevolent voice was cut short as the smoke entered back, almost driving away the vile force.
" Time Runs Short. Follow The Flame. Follow The Heat. Follow The Tunnel." The newest voice was powerful and elegant with a ferocity that made the earth feel scorched.
" Christ!" I screamed, I wasn't in bed, but on the roof this time, I sat up as I saw the sun coming up over the horizon.
" This is new." I said as I walked to my loft's balcony and jumped down. I landed on all fours.
" I'll tell him later." I said as I walked to the door and went inside. I removed my clothes and showered. After getting dried, I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked tired, I shook it off and got dressed in a red skull crop top and black leather pants. After putting my hair up in a messy bun, I did my makeup and painted my lips in my signature black lipstick. I snagged my boots and grabbed my car keys. After making coffee and putting it into a portable cup, I drove to school.
" Rave!" Stiles called out as I shut my car door. He padded over to me and smiled.
" You sleep ok?" He asked as I nodded.
" Sleepwalking?" He asked as I sighed in defeat.
" Hey, don't worry. We will figure this out. I promise." He said as I smiled. He kissed my painted lips and we saw the twins talking to Scott.
" Hell no." I said as Stiles took my free hand in his.
" You're back in school?" Scott asked as the two approached him.
" No, just to talk." Ethan said as he stood with pride next to his brother.
" Oh, that's kind of a change of pace for you guys. Usually, you're just hurting, maiming, targeting, and killing." Stiles said as he lightly tightened his grip on my hand.
" You need a pack. We need an Alpha." Aiden said to all of us.
" Yeah, absolutely not! That's hilarious, though." Stiles said as I saw Aiden look my way.
" If Scott doesn't accept us into his pack, then Raven is up. I mean, she comes out on top of a lot of things that go fucked here." Aiden said as I scoffed.
" I don't think we want to talk to you assclowns. After everything that has occurred, be glad I haven't torn your tails a new one." I growled as I felt my instincts flair up.
" You came to us for help- we helped." Aiden said with a smirk.
" You beat his face into a blood pulp! That's not helping- in my opinion, that's counter-productive." Stiles said as I shook my head.
" Invaded my home as well, fucking pricks. What doesn't give me the right to make sure you don't do it again?" I asked as Stiles held my hand a bit tighter.
" Why would I say yes?" Scott asked them calmly. I took a breath and calmed.
"We'd add strength. We'd make you more powerful. There's no reason to say no." Aiden said as she was trying to persuade either Scott or me to help them.
" I can think of one... Like, the two of you holding Derek's claws while Kali impaled Boyd. In fact, I don't know why we're not impaling them right now." Isaac says as he comes up to the four of us. I heard growling and turned to see Aiden at a half shift. Oh fuck no!
" You want to try?" He asked through his fangs. He tried to come at Isaac, but I put my hand on his chest with claws out.
" Sorry, but they don't trust you... And neither do I." Scott told him. He then looked at me. I pulled my hand back and flashed my eyes.
" The day I trust you is the day I get my ass killed." I said before Stiles took me away as Scott followed.
" I would hate for that to happen." Stiles whispered in my ear.
" Because you wouldn't have anyone to hold at night?" I whispered back. I felt a tap on my ass as I see Stiles smirking.
" One of many reasons." He replied as we headed inside. Stiles got hit in the face by a toilet paper roll.
" All right, that's my face!" He yelled out as the three of us walked towards his locker.
" Hey, dude! Good decision, buddy! Good Alpha decision. Both of you!" He said as I smiled.
" Don't I always make the correct assumption?" I asked as Stiles smirked at me.
" Scotty?" I asked as I saw him not paying attention as Stiles opened his locker.
" What are you looking at?" Stiles asked him. I turned to see Kira stumbling a few items out of her locker.
" Kira." I said pointing my finger then turning to Scott.
" You like her?" Stiles asked as Scott looked like he didn't have a clear answer.
" Yeah, she's okay. She's new. It's, I don't know." Scott said as he looked to be getting flustered.
" Simple, ask her out." I said smirking like a villain.
" Now?" Scott asked as I rolled my eyes.
" No, wait till junior prom. Yes now!" I exclaimed as Stiles put his hand on Scott's shoulder.
" This boy won't survive without us! You're an Alpha. You're the apex predator! Everyone wants you! You're like the hot girl that every guy wants." Stiles exclaimed as I see Isaac come up.
" The hot girl?" Scott asked us.
" You are the hottest girl!" Stiles replied giving him a pat on the shoulder before he followed me to my locker.
" Art class?" Stiles asked as I opened my locker.
" After Econ." I said as that chill came back.
" You ok?" He asked as I nodded.
" I'm not sure actually. I feel like I'm on edge about something." I said as he pulled me into an embrace. The bell making me jump.
" Let's roll." I grumbled feeling even more annoyed. He placed a small kiss upon my cheek as he took my hand and lead me to Econ. I sat next to Stiles and we waited.
" SON OF A BITCH!" Coach's scream was loud enough for the class to hear and almost die of laughter. He came barging in as the smirk on my lips was wide. All of that work was worth it.
" Mischief Night! Devil's Night! I don't care what you call it- you little punks are evil! You think it's funny, every Halloween my house gets egged? A man's house is supposed to be his castle!" Coach yelled as he paced the room. He slammed his hand on Scott's desk as he let his anger fuel his tirade.
" Mine's a frickin' omelette!" He groaned before turning to his desk to see another gift wrapped.
" Oh, this? We're gonna do this again? I don't think so!" He said as he handled it with his anger, threw it on the floor before stepping on it. The sound of glass echoed. He bent down to inspect it. I see it was supposed to be a mug. Oh geez!
".."Happy birthday, love Greenberg." " Coach said with anger. As he taught. I turned to see Lydia swatting something. I texted her a message.
' You ok? RH' I sent the message and saw the three waving dots before she gave me a message back.
' I swear there is a fly in here and they are getting louder. LM' It read and I turned to her. She had this worried look. I sent a quick message back.
' After class. RH' I quickly texted her then looked back. She looked at me then nodded. Class ended after not too long. I met up with Lydia.
" I've been hearing this buzzing." She said as I became confused.
" What do you mean buzzing?" I asked her as she looked a bit shaken.
" Do you think it's a banshee thing?" I asked her as she pursed her lips.
" I'm not sure, but I have a feeling." She said as I looked about.
" That's not very positive." I replied as she and I walked to her locker.
" Just please try to find out what's going on. I don't need to be the one finding the bodies again." She said with worry filling her scent. I pulled her into a hug to calm her down.
" I'll do my best." I told her as I pulled away. I walked away and went to Art. I let my mind be bored as the class went on. I got up after the bell rang. I went to my locker and pulled out what I needed for my next class. I heard a rapidly beating heart as I turned to Stiles
" What?" I asked him as he pulled me to the side.
" I got some news that is life-threatening!" Stiles said as I felt my heart drop.
" The William Barrow, The Shrapnel Bomber. Spotted nearby." He said as my eyes widened.
" Are you fucking with me!" I exclaimed as he and I walked.
" It gets worse. Barrow said that the reason he blew up that bus was because he saw kids with glowing eyes." He says with worry. My eyes went wide.
" Fuck me." I groaned as we ran to find Isaac, Lydia, and Allison. We couldn't find Scott when we found the majority of our friends.
" Barrow went after kids with glowing eyes? He said those exact words?" Isaac asked as we walked down the stairs.
" Yeah, and no one knows how he woke up from anesthesia- just that when they opened him up, they found a tumor full of live flies, which in any other circumstance would be all kinds of awesome." Stiles said as I heard Lydia stop behind me.
" Did you say flies?" Lydia asked as what she said earlier connected two things to me. Lydia mentioned earlier about the buzzing and flies. It's a banshee thing! I saw Allison talking to her.
" Like the sound of flies?" Allison asked her.
" Exactly like the sound of flies." Lydia replied as my heart dropped. This is bad. We are fucked if we can't find him. Stiles and stayed with one another after we parted from the three. We turned a corner and found Scott near a classroom.
" Hey, dude, where the hell have you been?" Stiles asked as Lydia came down from the opposite end.
" The police are leaving. Why are they leaving?" Lydia asked us, Scott looking confused.
" The police?" Scott asked with confusion in his voice.
" They must have cleared the building and grounds, which means he's not here." Stiles replied to her.
" Who? What are you guys?" Scott asked us.
" He couldn't have vanished without being seen." I said as my heart was beating a bit faster.
" He has to be here. That sound... that buzzing I've been hearing? It's getting louder." Lydia said as she looked frightened of the predicament that had come here.
" How loud?" I asked her as I placed a sympathetic hand on her shoulder.
" Almost deafening." She said with worry.
" We need to find my dad." Stiles said taking my hand with his. Lydia came with us to see the Sheriff.
" Dad. Dad!" Stiles called out as I stayed with Lydia.
" Why is this happening? Why now?" Lydia asked as she looked more annoyed than scared.
" I don't know, but I'm not going to back down to whatever the fuck is causing this." I told her as I saw Stiles and Noah look our way.
" Buddy, that's the best I've got right now. That's the best I can give you, Stiles." Noah told his son, I walked over to Stiles.
" You're leaving me here? That's not- that's the worst." Stiles called out to his dad.
" I'll protect you." I say as I flash my eyes.
"Thank god!" He says with a sigh of relief as the two of us go over to Lydia and we begin to search for Barrow. I go inside the empty painting room.
" Allison and Isaac are trying to find something in the Beastiary?" I asked Lydia as I looked about the room.
" Yes." She replied as I felt something else was brewing.
" Scott and Isaac are in the basement, right?" Lydia asked Stiles.
" Yeah, with Ethan and Aiden. The plan is they meet in the middle in the boiler room." Stiles said to her. Wait a second!
" All of the wolves- all of the ones with glowing eyes are in the basement at the boiler room?" Lydia asked him.
" Oh, my God! An engineer could use a boiler room to blow up the whole school. We have to get them out of there." Stiles said as he grabbed my hand along with Lydia. Stiles scrambled down a hallway and pulled a fire alarm. I sighed with relief but it shifted as I saw Coach behind him. Stiles turned to him and got startled.
" Wow. Pulling a fire alarm on Mischief Night is one thing- doing it when there's a mass murderer spotted nearby is insane! If I was four years younger, I'd punch you!" Coach screamed at Stiles after he dragged him out.
" What? Coach, that doesn't make any sense." Stiles said to him.
" Oh, well it does to me!" Coach said before giving Stiles a look before walking away. The twins, Isaac, and Scott showed up.
" We didn't find anything." Aiden told us.
" Not even a scent." Scott told us with a tired tone.
" It's three o'clock, so school's over. If there was a bomb, wouldn't he have set it off by now?" Stiles asked aloud. I looked about and everyone was leaving.
" Does that mean everybody's safe?" Aiden asked Lydia as she looked defeated.
" I don't know... I just don't know…" Lydia replied as she looked solemn.
" Come with us Lyds." I said as she nodded. I dropped my car off at my place and ran to Stiles' place. Lydia came up a few minutes behind. Stiles let us inside and we went up to his room to see Cola and Pizza ready.
" After everything we have tried, nothing and Barrow wasn't there." I said after I took a drink of cola.
" It's going to be ok." Stiles said as he wrapped another red string to another picture.
" You are working on your board of mystery and murder again?" I asked as I sat up. Lydia was finishing up a slice as Stiles paid attention to the board.
" Yes, I am." Stiles replied to me.
" What's with the strings?" Lydia asked as we sat on Stiles 'bed.
" Oh, just different stages of the investigation. So, green is "solved," yellow is "to be determined," dark blue's just pretty.." Stiles said as I smiled, he knew my favorite color was dark blue.
" What does red mean?" Lydia asked us.
" "Unsolved." We make it like this to see the board for how it is." I replied as I got up to put another slice on my plate.
"..You two only have red on the board." She said as I bit into the piece.
" That's so far all we can come up with." I told her after I got a chance to open my mouth.
" Did you get detention for pulling the whole alarm?" I asked as Stiles nodded.
" Sadly yes. All week so it'll be hard to see you right after school." He replied as I sighed sadly.
" But, we will make time." I replied as I sat back down.
" Of course we will make time." He replied with a smile.
" But I feel like Lydia had something." I said putting my plate down.
" Even though we couldn't find any proof of Barrow being there?" Lydia said with defeat in her voice.
" Oh no, my bestie isn't doubting herself. I know you were on it." I said as she gave a small smile.
" No scent? No bomb? And I got you're boyfriend in trouble." She said glumly.
" Barrow was there, all right? You knew it. You felt it." Stiles said as I got up.
" I would go to the school right now so we could figure this out just to prove you were right." I told her as I turned to look at Stiles.
" Get up. Both of you get up now. We're going to the school." Stiles said as the urgency in his voice screamed it. I hopped in his jeep and Lydia got in the back. Stiles drove as fast as he could to the school without getting pulled over. We got out after he parked and ran inside the building after my boyfriend.
" So, what are we looking for?" Lydia asked as we turned to the Chemistry room.
" Well fuck me." I said with surprise as Stiles opened the chemical door. The scent of chemicals wafted my nose.
" I can't smell Barrow. All the chemicals are making it hard to smell anything else." I said as I covered my nose to the harsh fumes.
" He was here, performing very minor surgery on himself. You were right." Stiles said before turning to me and sitting me down.
" Then why don't I feel good about this?" Lydia said as I felt ok. I turned to see numbers on the board.
" Why do I feel dread? Of all things, it is always murder!" I said as I blanked. I walked to the board.
" Do you guys see the numbers on the board?" I asked as they came up to the board as well.
" Why just those numbers?" Stiles asked as Lydia picked up some chalk.
" Atomic numbers." Lydia remarked as it would make sense, but what the hell!
" Is it a formula?" Stiles asked her.
" Not really... Nineteen's potassium. The first two make potassium iodide." She remarked before marking the board to complete what was in front of us.
" Potassium is, "K?" " Stiles asked confused as hell.
" From kalium, the scientific neo-Latin name." Lydia remarked as I picked up some chalk and marked an I next to 53.
" 53 would be for Iodine, which is I." I told them as we looked at the last bit.
" What's radium?" Stiles asked out loud.
" R-A." She said as the letters made Kira's name.
" Whoever put this here." I said as fear hit me in waves.
" Wanted Barrow to know to go for Kira." Stiles said as his fear matched mine.
" Where is she?" Lydia asked us.
" With Scott at her house for a dinner thing." Stiles explained to us. We have to go! Now!
" We have to warn them!" I said as dread filled me deeply. We ran out of there and Stiles pulled up Kira's address from what Scott texted him earlier. We rode over there to see Scott unconscious in front of his bike.
" Fuck!" I yelled as I hopped out.
" Scotty!" I said, shaking him.
" Wake up buddy." Stiles exclaimed as he came to. He quickly sat up.
" Barrow, he took Kira!" He exclaimed as we got him up.
" We know. He was after her the whole time." Stiles explained to him. Scott called Isaac and he had this deadpan look on his face before hanging up.
" We have to think of something. He's going to kill her." Scott exclaimed with deep worry.
" I knew he was there. How did I know that?
" Because you heard the flies, right?"
" What do you hear now? What's ringing in your ears?" I asked her as she tried to find it, but had a lost look on her face.
" Nothing! I feel like I can do this, but I don't know what to do!" She said in almost tears.
" It's like it's on the tip of my tongue, and I don't know how to trigger it." She said with fear and annoyance in her voice.
" I just-I swear to God, it makes me want to scream." She said as she looked about to go mad.
"...Okay, then scream." Stiles told her as I nodded.
" Lydia, scream!" I told her. She then let out an ear-piercing scream that knocked me on my ass. I was clutching my ears. She soon stopped and looked up at the street light.
" It's not flies... It's electricity." She said breathlessly.
" Wait a second- Barrow was an electrical engineer. He worked at a power substation." Stiles explained to us.
" What substation?" Scott asked as I remembered what was on the board.
" Beacon Hills Substation." I said as they all looked afraid. We got into Stiles' jeep, he started it up and it was a race against the clock. We stopped in front of the substation. I got out of the car as did Stiles.
" Okay, wait here, all right? Just wait for the cops to come." Stiles told Lydia.
" Me? Wait, why?" Lydia asked him.
" I only got one bat." Stiles told her before I called him to hurry.
" We have to find them!" I screamed as he ran with a bat in hand. We got inside and I flung the door Scott ran into open. We ran hand in hand to try and find Scott.
" This way." Stiles yelled out as I felt his hand slip as we ran.
" Where did he go!" I cried out before I saw the lights flickering and going out. This blast of heat hit me like a semitruck. The lights grew bright. I fell to my knees, covering my sensitive eyes. This warmth grew from warm to searing! I felt lightheaded as I tried to get up., but again fell on my ass.
" Jesus Fuck!" I screamed out as the warmth settled. I saw Stiles rushing back towards me, he looked a little shaken up.
" Are you ok?" He asked as I got up.
" I'm ok." I told him before I caught Scott's scent. I grabbed Stiles' hand and we ran to find Scott staggering up, a tied-up Kira, and a dead William Barrow.
" This just got fucking intense." I said as I walked over to Kira and helped get her untied.
" Are you ok?" I asked as she nodded.
" Call your dad." Scott said as Stiles pulled out his phone. I felt my phone go off. It was Derek.
" Hey, I gotta take this." I said as I walked away.
" Where the fuck were you? You better have a damn good explanation." I asked my brother.
" Meet me at the Loft. I'll explain everything later." Derek said before hanging up. I put my phone in my pocket a little frazzled.
" Who was that?" Stiles asked as he came over.
" My brother is back in town. He needs me at the loft. He didn't say much, just that he would explain later." I said as he nodded.
" What for?" He asked me as I felt my heartbeat picking up.
" I don't know, but I'm going to find out." I told him. He looked at me worried.
" Something isn't right." He told me as he took my hand in his.
" Go. Stay safe and stay alive. I'll keep you on top of everything." He said as I smirked. My eyes glowed bright as the heat radiated.
" Always." I replied to him. I smiled before running out of there. My mind ran wild as I ran outside, my lungs filling with the cold air and my heart pounding like a jackrabbit. The long strides kept me moving faster and faster till I saw the loft within my sight. I stopped as I smelt my brother's and uncle's scents. I growled low as I walked into the garage.
" This better be fucking good." I said as I walked towards the elevator. I wasn't playing games with all that just happened.