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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘-𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑

𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳

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Meilani chewed on her thumbnail as she paced outside her room where Melissa was checking out Stiles to make sure he was medically okay. It wasn't one hundred percent certain that Stiles was actually himself yet and Stiles had practically begged his girlfriend to call Mrs. Yukimura and have her come to check. She could barely think straight with the fact that both Lydia and her brother were gone, but she managed to ramble off to Mrs. Yukimura about what happened and she agreed to come.

When Meilani received a text from Kira that her and her mom were there, she let them before she ran back up to her room to get Stiles who had just finished being checked by Melissa. His hazel eyes softened when they met with his girlfriend's. He had barely been able to look away from her since he woke up because he claimed it was different now that he had control over his mind - or so they hoped. "Mrs. Yukimura is here."

"Okay, let's do this," Stiles said, pushing himself to sit up on Meilani's bed. His eyes bounced between the two female McCalls who looked apprehensive about the whole thing. Who was to say that Mrs. Yukimura wouldn't just stab Stiles right through because he was previously possessed? Meilani didn't necessarily like the woman because she strongly blamed her for everything that had happened in Beacon Hills because of Void. "Guys, we have to do this."

Meilani puffed out her cheeks, but relented and wrapped her boyfriend's arm around her shoulders. He was still a bit weak from not really eating and having an evil spirit cut him up like a fish. She had gone slow down the steps with him so he wouldn't slip and they stopped in the living room to see Mrs. Yukimura stood there with a nervous Kira at her side. 

"Do you recognize me, hmm?" Mrs. Yukimura hummed, her hands clasped before her as she narrowed her eyes at the pale boy.

Stiles gently pried Meilani's fingers out of the green knit shirt that Meilani had given to Stiles from the stash of clothes that she had kept of his in the top drawer. He stumbled a bit on his own, but he had quickly righted himself and stopped in the middle of the room where Mrs. Yukimura and Kira stood. It was barely a blink of an eye before the Oni materialized around the room with one directly in front of Stiles.

The Oni before Stiles glowed its yellow eyes and grabbed Stiles behind the head, bringing him closer to its masked face. Stiles grunted and shook as the Oni assessed his mind for the evil spirit that had previously been inside of him. However, it only took a minute for the Oni to knick behind Stiles' ear and disappear with his friends.

"Check behind his ear," Mrs. Yukimura instructed, motioning to Stiles who had collapsed to the floor.

Meilani rushed over to her boyfriend with Kira and Melissa, the three dropping to their knees around a still shaking Stiles. She placed a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder while Kira pulled back his ear slightly so they could get a look. Thankfully, there was nothing there which meant Stiles was fine. Meilani had let out a breath of relief and pressed her forehead to her boyfriend's shoulder. "Oh, thank God. It worked."

As if Meilani even had any doubt in the first place.

"So, I'm actually me?" Stiles questioned, shakily pushing himself up to sit on his ass in between Meilani and Melissa.

"More you than the Nogitsune."

"Can the Oni find him?"

"Tomorrow night. It's too close to dawn now," Mrs. Yukimura replied, glancing out the window to where the darkness outside already slowly began to fade. 

Stiles made a face of annoyance and leant against Meilani's side, still finding it a bit hard to keep himself up for long. "Can they kill him?"

"It depends on how strong he is."

"What about Lydia and my brother? Why would he take them? Especially Scott who isn't even supernatural," Meilani spoke up, still trying to work that logic out. Her brother had never really been much of a target before - minus Matt - and that was mostly because he was still human. 

"He would only take Lydia for an advantage. He would want to steal the power of the Banshee," Mrs. Yukimura explained, actually appearing sorry that the two had been taken by Void. "As for Scott, it seems that Void has taken a liking to you and knew how much Scott means to you. He thinks taking Scott would cause you more chaos and pain than you were already in."

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Meilani had laid on her bed with Stiles after Mrs. Yukimura and Kira had left. She had wanted to wait for his shaking to stop from the experience with the Oni. He had stopped a few minutes ago but Meilani really didn't want to leave the safety and comforting feeling his arms gave her. She hadn't been able to enjoy just laying in the silence with Stiles for a while and she didn't realize how much she missed it till she had it back. She was beginning to have that feeling with everything now-a-days.

"Baby?" Stiles whispered, rubbing his thumb soothingly over Meilani's bicep that was wrapped around his chest. "You think we can go see my dad? He should still be at the station."

Meilani lifted her head off Stiles' chest and looked down at him, brushing some of his brown hair back. "Are you sure you're up to doing that? We can just head to your house after you get some rest."

Stiles shook his head and played with the hand that Meilani kept on his chest. "No, I wanna see him. Let him know that I'm here and okay . . . or as okay as I can be, I guess."

Meilani eyed her boyfriend for a long moment, taking in the way his eyes drooped from obvious exhaustion. The way his eyes had dark rimmed bags underneath them from the obvious lack of sleep he'd gotten the past few weeks. The way his face was dangerously paler than it usually was, making the little moles along his cheeks stick out more. She hadn't even realized she was staring until Stiles smirked up at her.

"Take a picture, Lani, it'll last longer."

Meilani shook her head to snap herself out of her thoughts and tried to fight off the constant worry and thought of Scott and Lydia that lingered with the worry of Stiles. She knew that she still had to wait before they could go find her and Scott and just silently hoped that the two could just hold on long enough for her to save them. "Sorry, just worried about you. Not like that's a new feeling now-a-days."

Stiles smiled softly at his girlfriend and pulled on the back of her neck gently to bring her down to his lips. He allowed himself to get lost in the soft feeling of Meilani's lips along with the familiar taste of strawberries. Something he had missed since Void decided he wanted to come in and ruin everything. He slowly pulled away and pressed a kiss to her cheek. "Well, I'm me now . . . or at least, I think so. But if you want to make your boyfriend happy, you'll take him to his dad."

Meilani playfully rolled her eyes, but rolled off her bed anyway and helped Stiles out to Scott's bike. She should probably be using her car since Stiles is still weak, but using the bike made her feel like Scott was still there. Plus, his bike was faster than her car and she wanted to make sure that Stiles got to the station before Noah left to go home and sleep.

The couple had showed up to the station just in time because when Meilani and Stiles stopped outside Noah's office, he was stood up with his jacket in his hand and mumbling about how he needed to find his keys.

"In your coffee cup," Stiles informed his father, weakly motioning to the empty coffee mug that usually held Noah's coffee. "You always drop them in your empty cup."

Noah froze at the sound of his son's voice and narrowed his eyes at the boy, obviously on the fence about trusting it was him or not. After what he he experienced in Derek's loft, Meilani didn't exactly blame him. However, she nodded her once to Noah to signal that it was, in fact, Stiles again. 

Meilani smiled as she watched the two Stilinski boys rush their way to each other and cling onto one another, clapping each other on the back. Much like Void had done to Noah at the country trails that the track team usually ran on when Void was pretending to be Stiles. She skirted around the two boys and retrieved Noah's keys from the empty cup and fiddled with them in her hands, needing something to do to keep her mind busy.

"Is it over?" Noah questioned when he pulled away from his son, looking towards Meilani with a hopeful expression. 

"Not yet."

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After Meilani and Stiles had gotten into everything that happened while Noah was at the sheriff's station, Noah had ran out to inform the deputies that both Lydia and Scott were missing. Since Meilani had Scott's bike, it was only logical that only Lydia's car would be missing at they had to have driven it somewhere. Hopefully having an APB out could help them find Lydia and Scott quicker. 

"We'll find them, baby," Stiles mumbled into Meilani's hair, bringing her in closer to his side where they sat on the top of Noah's desk. She had been abnormally quiet and Stiles knew it was because she was silently freaking out over Lydia and Scott. Emphasis on the Scott part because he wasn't supernatural.

"We got an APB out on Lydia's car," Noah announced, walking back into the office and shutting the door behind him. "Every unit on the road is looking for both her and Scott."

"Isn't there anything else we could do?" Meilani asked, pulling her head off Stiles' shoulder.

"At this hour? No, not really?"

Stiles gave his dad a look and it was clear that investigative Stiles was back in full swing. "He took them for a reason, Dad. Look, if we can figure out the why, then we'll figure out the where."

Noah checked behind him to make sure there were no deputies around even though he had shut his office door. Some of the deputies could be quite nosey so Meilani guessed it made sense that he would check before they hopped into the supernatural talk. "What would a Nogitsune need with a Banshee? Hell, what would he want with Scott? Last time I checked, he wasn't a supernatural creature." 

"I don't know, but Lydia is pretty damn good at finding dead bodies. Maybe he needs to find a body?" Stiles suggested.

"Sweetheart, you know more about this than all of us," Noah spoke up, turning his attention towards the female alpha. "You said you got the whole story from Noshiko, right?"

"I mean, yeah . . . but that all happened during World War II, like seventy years ago," Meilani replied, not really knowing how that story could help them out any.

Stiles perked up as a thought came to him and he placed a hand on his girlfriend's shoulder. "Wait, what did you say?"

"Noshiko told Kira, Scott and I about the internment camp . . . "

"No, before that," Stiles cut across his girlfriend and snapped his gaze over to Noah, an inquisitive gaze on his face. "You said, the whole story. There's a girl at Eichen House. Her name's Meredith. I think she might be able to help."

After Noah had gone to Parrish to get him and the couple answers on Meredith, it only took the deputy all of a ten minute phone call to get any answers. Guess you could consider Meilani heavily impressed with the integrity the deputy clearly held and she was grateful for his efficiency.

"Sheriff, Meredith Walker," Parrish stated, peeking into the office where the three still stood. "They moved her over to the Closed Unit. They said she had behavioral issues."

"What issues?" Stiles questioned in confusion.

"She wouldn't stop screaming."

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Meilani had taken Stiles back to her house so he could sleep for a few hours while Noah had gone down to Eichen House to check out the Meredith situation. She had promised Noah that she wouldn't let Stiles out of her sight and eventually got Stiles to crash on the couch in the living room while she curled up in the chair across from it. Thankfully, Stiles had fallen asleep not too long after Meilani laid him down on the couch and pressed a kiss to his forehead. He had mumbled something sleepily to Meilani and she was pretty sure it was i love you. 

It seemed the world only wanted to give the pack just a few hours of peace because Stiles suddenly bolted up on the couch and tried to stumble his way across the living room. The motion alerted the half asleep female alpha and she quickly pushed herself off the chair, catching Stiles before he could topple to the carpeted floor.

"Baby, hey," Meilani softly whispered, holding him up in her arms with little to no effort. "You okay?"

"What happened? How long was I out?" Stiles rambled, clutching onto his girlfriend's biceps as she helped him get steady again on his feet.

"Just a couple hours, babe. You should sit down," Meilani instructed, going to push Stiles back towards the couch but he didn't budge. She furrowed her eyebrows and tilted her head as she tried to figure out why Stiles was so freaked out suddenly.

Stiles shook his head and slowly pulled himself away from Meilani's hold now that he could stand up without toppling over. Though, he did still look like absolute death. "Where's my dad?"

"What? He's at Eichen House, you know that. He's questioning everyone and looking for Meredith after she escaped. I promised him I wouldn't let you out of my sight."

"Okay, what about the others?"

"Allison, Isaac and the twins are out looking for Lydia and Scott," Meilani promised, noticing the fidgety way Stiles began to play with his hands. A tell tale sign he was beginning to panic and worry about everything. She wanted to ask him about his dream - or nightmare - that clearly freaked him out, but she didn't want him to panic anymore than he clearly was.

"Babe, it's starting to feel like we're waiting for a ransom call," Stiles admitted, his teeth beginning to clatter together as his body shivered even though it wasn't cold in the house. He reached behind him for his black jacket that he had shucked off when he went to lay down on the couch and shrugged it back on. 

Meilani eyed him warily and went to reach for him again to push him towards the couch to sit, but recoiled quickly when she felt a hot white pain shoot through her body. She gaped at the black veins that disappeared as soon as they had appeared. "Stiles, you're in pain."

Stiles shook his head, not wanting to worry Meilani with any more than he needed to do. "It's not that bad, baby. Just a dull ache."

Meilani could feel the worry flare inside of her again as she took in Stiles' obvious discomfort, not liking the way he continued to shiver and flinch slightly if he moved a certain way. "Where?"

"Sort of everywhere."

Meilani grabbed onto Stiles' hand and gasped when she felt how cold his hands felt. Almost like he had stuck his hand in a tub of icy water for too long and she flinched when he took his hand out of hers, dropping to sit down on the couch again. She watched as Stiles ran a hand over his face and tried to fight off the annoyance and anger that Stiles was lying to her. "Mieczyslaw Stilinski, I swear to God if you don't tell me the truth right now . . . "

However, Stiles got saved from answering when Meilani's phone buzzed in her back pocket. She shot her boyfriend a stern look that she wasn't finished with him and pressed the phone to her ear. "Hey, Kira. You okay?"

"She's here in Coach's class. You need to get here now, too. Like right now."

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Meilani and Stiles had made it to the school just after three orderlies from Eichen House showed up. Coach had mislead them to where Meredith truly was and they were on a goose chase around the school to look for her. However, the orderlies didn't have an alpha on their team and Meilani lead Kira, Stiles and Coach towards the music room where they could see Meredith hovered over the side of the piano. She plucked at the wires inside of the instrument, a low hum resounding around the room as it tugged on the certain key. She begged whatever voice she heard to speak a little louder so she could hear them and help. 

When Meilani heard the orderlies steps near the room, she tugged the three behind her into the shadows of the room so they wouldn't be seen. The orderly stepped into the room, a taser in his hand. Meilani could practically smell the hatred come off Bobby next to her as he stared at the mean and cocky looking orderly. When the orderly was a step away from Meredith and raised the taser in his hand, Coach Finstock had leapt from the shadows and clutched onto the orderly's wrist.

"We have a no bullying policy in this school," Coach Finstock mocked, twisting the orderly's wrist so he was shocked instead and dropped to the ground. He blew the top of the taser and twirled it in his hand as if it were a gun.

Meilani rushed to Coach's side with Kira and Stiles right behind her, staring down at the twitching and grunting orderly. "Coach, that was badass!"

Coach Finstock beamed with pride for a moment before he sobered up and frantically gestured to Meredith. "Well, get her out of here, Better McCall!"

"Coach, I would do anything for you at this point," Meilani breathed before she gently took