The Animal Clinic opened us with open arms as Brett began to shake violently, he had this yellow substance on his lips as he was set on the table.
" Oh my god." I whispered under my breath as Stiles and Derek held down Brett. I grab his legs to hold him steady, or more like try to.
" What the hell is happening to this kid?" Stiles yelled out as Brett struggled under our grip.
" He's been poisoned by a rare wolfsbane. I need to make an incision, and you need to hold him as still as possible." Deaton said as he held a scalpel in his hands. Brett was a sweaty heavy mess.
" Hey, Derek? How about a little Werewolf strength?" Stiles said as Derek growled at him lightly.
" Yeah, I'm not the only one here with Werewolf strength." Derek groaned at him as I groaned behind it.
" Hard to hold a rabid wolf down." I said as Deaton watched the three of us struggle.
" If you can't hold him still, the incision might kill him." Deaton told us as I tried to summon my strength.
" Derek, Raven! He's slipping! I don't think I can hold him!" Stiles groaned before Brett punched him. Derek groaned as Brett scratched him with his claws. I tried to stop him, but I also got sliced on my arm before he threw me to the side. I cried out as I slid down the wall. I watched through squinted eyes Peter came out of nowhere and punched Brett unconscious. I got up as Stiles gave me a hand. My free hand was on my bloodied shoulder. I see Peter looking at me with glowing blue eyes.
" I'm ok." I told Stiles as I pulled my hand away. Why wasn't I healing?
" I guess I still have a little Werewolf strength myself." Peter said in his normal fucking tone.
" Yeah... Maybe more than a little…" Derek said sternly. Stiles went to Brett, who didn't look like he was breathing.
" Is he okay? His chest isn't rising!" I said afraid before turning to my now healing scratch. It's slowed, my healing is slowed! I saw Deaton had cut Brett, the yellow mist leaving as his breathing finally eased.
" Oh, thank god." I said as I leaned down the wall.
" I think he'll be fine, but probably out for a little while." Deaton said getting up. I saw Brett's mouth moving.
" He's talking. It's too low for me." I said as Stiles got up and looked at my blood-covered arm.
" "Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." It's Buddhist." Deaton said as I saw Peter with this look.
"...Satomi." Peter groaned out loud.
" As in Satomi?" I asked as he nodded.
" It's been years since she's been here. Or seen us." I said as Stiles had a wet towel in hand. He wiped away the blood.
" I promise I'm ok." I told him.
" I better get her out of here." Stiles said as he had a hold on me. I didn't mind. It was peaceful.
" Please do, who knows what's out in the shadows that could tear my niece apart for a profit? Better safe than sorry, I'm afraid." Peter said as I groaned.
" Shove it Devil Dog. I don't need to hear it." I groaned at him before Stiles walked me out of there.
" God he's fucking annoying." I groaned as I walked out of there.
" Yes, he is." Stiles said as I nodded.
" Are you ok?" He asked as I shrugged.
" I guess. But it's my healing. It's slowed." I told him as he looked at me before pulling me into a deep hug.
" I won't let you get hurt." He said as I saw over his shoulder.
" Thanks. I appreciate it." I said as Derek came up to us.
" You noticed?" I asked him.
" I always do." He said as I smirked.
" Healings slowed, hearings fucked, and a few other things are done." I said as he nodded.
" Don't forget, I saw your arm." I told him.
" Keep her safe and alive." Derek said as Stiles nodded.
" I never break a promise." He replied before Derek nodded.
" Let me take you back to the Jeep." Derek says as he offers a ride.
" Thanks." I said as Stiles thanked my brother. He drove us back to the jeep, the school lot was covered in cops.
" Just great." I groaned as I got out of the hummer.
" Let's get you a bite." Stiles said as I nodded.
" Better distraction than this." I said as I went to the Jeep's passenger side and got in. Stiles drove us out of there and took me to the same Chinese restaurant from earlier. As I chowed down from an eggroll, I saw Stiles eating his teriyaki noodles.
" Everything is going to hell and we still don't know what is causing my problem." I said slightly glumly.
" It'll be alright." Stiles said as he took my hand in his. I smiled at him. Those eyes would always have the power to make me calm enough.
" I believe you Stiles, I just want our friends to make it out of this alive. I want to survive this. I want everyone to live. Is that wrong?" I asked as he smirked.
" It's not wrong, it's strong of you to want to keep others happy before you have that chance." He said as I chuckled.
" Oh really now?" I asked with a cheeky smile.
" But you have to live a little as well." He reminds me as I chuckled. I stuck my chopsticks into his noodles and stole some for myself. He looked offended as I chuckled. I ate my stolen portion before speaking.
" What? I'm just living a little." I told him before he gave me that light smile. We soon left and came in front of my place.
" I don't want to go in there." I said as I looked up at the building.
" You don't have to stay there. Come with me." He said as I nodded.
" Please." I whispered as I took his hand in mine. He kissed my hand before driving back to his place.
" I'm tired of a lot of things." I say low before Stiles got me out.
" You'll be ok." He told me as he got me out and led me inside.
" I just want to be in your arms." I told him as he picked me up. He took me inside and up to his room. We lay down in bed and just held each other. I felt my eyes close as he held me tight.
The house in front of me remained in flames.
" Why am I back here?" I asked as I turned to my mother again. She had this kind smile. I watch as she attempts to speak, but nothing comes out.
" You won't tell me? WHY! I'm losing my friends to murderers. I'm losing my power! Why is this happening to Derek and me? We have done everything to keep people safe. Why won't you tell me anything?" I asked as she looked at me before walking away. I tried to follow her but failed as the smoke and flame hid her from me.
" Fucking great!" I growled before the smoke and flame came for me.
I groaned as I woke up with a headache.
" Ouch." I groaned as I saw Stiles come in with coffee and the fresh smell of bacon hit my nose.
" I went to Benny's and got us breakfast." He said as he gave me the bag.
" Thank god! You are a lifesaver!" I say as I grab the bag and dig for the container that reads 'double bacon with hot sauce'. I opened it to reveal the double-smoked bacon and egg bagel sandwich. I took a hardy bite before moaning at the taste. Stiles smiled pulled his out and began to eat.
" Are you ok?" He asked as I smiled.
" Yeah, bad dream." I told him before taking a deep bite where the hot sauce was.
" It sucks, but I'm not afraid of a bad dream." I told him with a grin.
" Hopefully being around our friends will help." He said as I finished my sandwich and began to drink my coffee.
" Hope so." I said as I held my necklace in hand as it lay on my neck.
" We get to meet with Lydia at the Sheriff's station. A Name made us nervous." Stiles said as I got confused.
" Wait, what name?" I asked as he sighed.
" Parrish. Jordan Parrish." Stiles said as I went wide-eyed.
" The deputy?" I asked shocked as he nodded.
" Well, fuck, we gotta go." I said as I got up. I got dressed in a black backless halter crop top and blue jeans. I snagged my black Converses I left here on and we left, both my car and bike were back home. We got to the station and I saw Lydia's car coming up.
" Hey, is she doing ok?" Lydia asked Stiles as I chuckled.
" Yeah, just power is falling apart, but it's ok." I said as she gave a small pout before hugging me as I smiled.
" I hope we can figure this out and stop the Deadpool." She said before taking my hand and leading me inside.
" Hopefully." I replied as we went inside.
" Hi, is the Sheriff in yet?" Lydia asked as Jordan came up to us.
" Your dad should be back within the hour. You want to wait in his office?" Jordan asked us as Stiles shook his head, holding one of the papers with the first third of the list in hand.
"We wanted to talk to you." Stiles told him as I nodded.
" It's a matter of dealing with you." I said as the four of us went to the sheriff's office. I shut the door and Jordan had the paper in hand.
" This is a hit-list?" He asked as I nodded. I felt my heart beating loudly in my chest.
" We call it a Deadpool. Recognize any of the names?" Stiles asked him as I crossed my arms.
" Yeah... the Sheriff had me run a bunch of these through the system last night, but we couldn't find any of them." Jordan revealed to us. I pulled the second paper from my back pocket.
" Show him the other thing. Best he knows." Stiles said as I agreed by handing Jordan the paper. I watched as his eyes went wide.
" Okay... That's kind of terrifying." Jordan said as Lydia came forward.
" What's the number? What does it mean?" He asked as Lydia came forward.
" That's how much you're worth...That's you're kill number." She told him as Parrish looked disappointed.
" I'm worth five dollars?" He asked in disbelief.
" More like Five million!" I said as his face fell.
" I only make forty thousand a year!" He asked grimly before sighing.
" Maybe I should kill myself." He whispered loud enough for us to hear.
" I don't get it. Why... Why am I on this?" Jordan asked us. We shrugged.
" Honestly...? That might be a question for another day. Right now, there's still another third of the list we gotta crack." Stiles said as Lydia spoke up.
" We need the third cipher keys... But, we need help getting it." Lydia said catching my attention.
" From who?" Parrish asked her.
" Wait keys?" I asked her.
"..Meredith…" Lydia said calmly. I took Lydia's attention. I need to know.
" Wait Lydia, please tell me." I asked as Parrish got her attention.
" The girl from Eichen? The last time you saw her, you almost gave her a nervous breakdown!" Parrish informed her.
" Lydia, what do you mean keys?" I asked her.
" When the second key was unlocked. The third cipher displayed we needed two keys for the final list." She told us.
" Oh fucking great." I groaned as my headache came back from this morning. We drove our way with Parrish to Eichen House.
" I hate this fucking place." I groaned as we stood in front of the gate.
" We got this." Stiles said kissing me on my forehead. I took a breath before we went inside. Jordan got us inside and the four of us almost got a chance to see Merideth.
" Oh, no. Not this guy." Stiles' voice got my attention. I see the fucking asshole before me.
" Fuck this asshole." I groaned as Brunski came in front of us.
" What the hell are we running here, a bed and breakfast? We do not just open the door for anyone with a badge!" Brunski told the orderly who was attempting to help us.
" We need to talk to Meredith Walker. It involves a murder investigation." Jordan told him, but this creepy fuck wouldn't give up.
" Well, you can talk to her all you want, but these three? Especially that one? They're outta here." Brunski said with that sickly sweet tone.
" They're crucial witnesses in an ongoing investigation. I wouldn't have brought them if it wasn't absolutely... crucial." Jordan said in a very stern tone.
" Okay, Deputy. How about you come back with a court order, then I'll listen." Brunski said with a grin before turning to Stiles.
" As for you, Mr. Stilinski... How about you come back with payment in full?" He said before I took a step and glared.
" That's right- Daddy may be the Sheriff, but he's late on the bills. I guess those government jobs aren't as reliable as they used to be, huh?" Brunski said as he dived the emotional stake deeper into my boyfriend's mind.
" How about you back off asshole! Or is your authority getting the best of you?" I asked as he snickered at me.
" This one is feisty as always. I wonder how bad that temper gets? When everything goes against you?" He asked as I almost wanted to break his fucking face.
" Maybe you need to organize your priorities in this... Like, how, a month ago, Canaan P.D. helped you get home after blowing 0.1 on a breathalyzer." Jordan said cunningly. I smirked as Brunski stiffened.
" No…" Stiles said astonished.
" Doesn't that seem to put salt in the wound?" I asked with a snide chuckle.
" All right... I'm not against a little quid pro quo... Not at all... Not at all…" Brunski said as I can see the flush on his face. He goes to open the door.
" You! You. I like you. I'm gonna keep you." Stiles said with a grin.
" You have no idea how much I agree with this!" I said as we all went into the room. Meredith sat on the bed curled up in a ball.
" Meredith, what do you mean, you can't tell us?" Lydia asked impatiently.
" We just need the last keys. You can give it to us in numbers, letters, hieroglyphs... Whatever you want." Stiles said as Meredith shook her head.
" I can't. I won't" She said sounding frightened.
" Then why did you give us the second key? What was the reason?" Lydia asked the poor girl.
" I wanted to help. That's what I want to do- I want to help." She said sounding scared and confused.
" Great! So help us now. Okay? Give us the third cipher keys." Lydia said directly and to the point, but Meredith wasn't doing ok.
" Things have changed. I... I can't." Meredith said slightly shaking.
" What's changed sweetheart? What happened?" I asked trying to calm her down.
" What's got you scared honey?" I asked as she looked to go a little easier.
" I'm sorry. I can't. He... He doesn't want me to. I feel scared." Meredith told me as I felt my brow furrow.
" He? Who's he?" Stiles asked her. She looked at him and looked frightened.
" Meredith, who doesn't want you to tell us the third cipher keys?" Lydia asked her before she looked at her.
" The Benefactor." She said as I felt this cold feeling enter the room. The lead of it all that made the Deadpool.
" Is it just me or did the room get cold?" I asked as my spine shivered. Lydia looked a bit annoyed as she paced in front of Meredith.
" What's his name? You could just tell us his name." Lydia asked as I saw Meredith shake her head violently.
" Okay, you're shaking your head... What does that mean? Does that mean you don't know? Or you don't want to help us?" Stiles asked us as Meredith looked more afraid and more confused.
" I can't... I can't help anymore." Meredith said flustered and more erratic.
" How do you know about him?" Lydia asked her. The head shaking got more fierce.
" Maybe we should take a step back, not to overwhelm her." I say as Lydia gets a bit overzealous as she is trying to get an answer.
" Meredith, a lot of people are going to die if you don't tell us." Lydia said as I was getting worried. Meredith kept telling her she didn't know.
" Please, Meredith, it's okay. You're gonna be all right. Please." Lydia pleaded with the other Banshee.
" I don't... I don't... I don't know…" Meredith said anxiously. I saw Parrish go up to Meredith, trying to calm her down.
" I said I DON'T KNOWWW!" Meredith screamed, Lydia fell back into my arms and I felt my ears pop. Lydia pulled her hands away from her ears and I saw blood. Meredith back into the corner afraid.
" We gotta get her cleaned up." I said as Stiles nodded. We got Lydia cleaned up and we three headed back to the Stilinski's house. I got her ears cleaned of blood.
" You ok Lydia?" I asked her as she nodded. We went to Lydia's laptop and the third cipher stood on screen with two passwords required.
" Okay, well... We know one thing- both of the first two keys, Allison and Aiden, they're both names of the dead. Right?" Stiles asked as I was sitting on the bed.
" But we've already tried every other dead person's name we could think of! And, if you haven't noticed, there were a lot of tries." Lydia replied as I got up.
" Are you sure you are going to be ok?" I asked as Lydia looked back at me.
" The only other Banshee I've ever met... And I think I might have just driven her over the edge." Lydia said as if she was defeated.
" Don't blame yourself. Never do that. It's this Deadpool and Benefactor that caused this." I told her, and she gave me a small smile.
" Hold on- Banshees predict death, right? So, what if the third keys aren't about people who are dead." Stiles says as he gets close to something. I leaned on the table as Lydia pursed her lips.
"...But will be." Lydia said as she looked back at the computer. I watched as she closed her eyes and looked to be tapping into the frequency of being a Banshee, I watched as my heart fell. I saw her type in the two names. My heart stopped as she opened her eyes. I covered my mouth as I saw Derek's name in the first slot. I was shaking as I saw my name in the second slot.
" Raven?" Stiles asked as I felt him hold me up my legs almost gave out as she entered the names. The rest of the Deadpool deciphered in front of us. I was shaking as my breath caught away.
" Parrish. We need to call Parrish." Lydia's voice echoed in my mind as I swore I heard my blood pumping in my ears like a drum.
" I'm a key. My brother is a key." I said as my voice caught in my throat.
" This can't be happening." Stiles said as he held me. I fell to my knees and sobbed loudly. It was all too much. I felt like a death warrant had been placed on my soul, on Derek's soul. We were marked for Death. I looked up and saw Lydia sitting on the bed.
" They found her hung in her room." Lydia said as her sorrow hit me. My body was wracked with tears and sadness. Like a brand in our lives that is called tragedy and pain. I got up and hugged her. She held on tight before deciding to leave.
" Scott sent me a text, he needs us." Stiles said as I wiped away my tears.
" I think I'll be ok." I said calming down as he came up to me and held me.
" I promise, I'm not going to let you die." He said as I felt my body shaking. I took a breath to calm down. We walked out of the house and went to Scott's. We let ourselves in and went up to see Scott in his room with a duffel of cash. I picked up a few wads before sitting down on the bed.
" You counted it yet?" Stiles asked as I played solemnly with a wad in hand.
" No." Scott said as I watched Stiles pick up a wad.
" We should probably count it." Stiles said as we agreed with him.
" Might be best if I'm being honest." I say calmly as I think that my brother and I are keys to the third list. I looked at the mirror in the room. Was this my fate? How was I going to die? Right now I have to put it off till everything gets solved no matter what.