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Chapter Fifty-Five
💰 Weaponized 💰

"Where's Lydia?" Kira asked as she, Scott, Malia, Stiles and Amara stood around at the highschool waiting to go into a class room to take their PSATs. "She took it her freshman year." Amara said making Malia look over at her, "Does that mean I could have taken it some other time?"

"Malia, you studied harder for this than any of us." Scott said and Malia shook her head and looked at Scott like he was crazy, "Doesn't mean I'm gonna do good." Malia said. "Well." Stiles corrected making Amara shoot him a look while Malia look at him confused, "Well, what?"

"It's "do well," not "do good.""

"Oh, God!" Malia said while Amara flicked the side of Stiles' head making him look at her offended. "We're doing this, because while we're trying not to die, we still need to live. If I survive high school, I'd like to go to college. A good college..." Scott said and Kira nodded.

"It's only three hours. We can survive three hours." Kira said making Stiles and Amara both groan and squint at her.

"Cell phone in the envelope, Amara." Natalie said, holding up an envelope after Amara did her thumb print and grabbed a couple pencils and her test. "You'll get it back after the test." Natalie said with a smile making Amara sigh before reluctantly pulled her phone out, dropping it into the bag.

She gave Stiles a weird look as he sat down next to her, "Why do you need that many pencils?" She asked and he shrugged, "You can never be too prepared." He said and she hummed slightly. "Please do not open the test booklet until you are instructed to do so." Simon, the guy who ran the PSATs said making Amara look over at Stiles who awkwardly pursed his lips as he closed the booklet making her chuckle.

"This test is two hours and ten minutes. There will be two twenty-five-minute critical reading sections, two twenty five minute math sections, and an essay writing portion that will last thirty minutes. There are supposed to be two teachers monitoring this exam..." Simon said, looking over at Natalie.

"I know. It's Coach. He's not exactly punctual. Um, let me just try him again." Natalie said and walked out of the room. "I can't find him... But Mr. Yukimura is upstairs grading papers. Do you want me to try him?" Natalie asked as she walked back in and Simon shook his head, "We have to start. We can ask for his assistance during the first break." He said and then pressed a button on his watch before turning to the students, "You may now open your test booklets and begin."

Amara opened the her test booklet and started reading questions and shading in answers. She paused for a second as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Everyone was in the middle of working on their test when all of the sudden, a girl named Sydney suddenly fell to the ground making everyone stop and look at her.

"Sydney!" Natalie said running over to her, "Are you alright?" Natalie asked as she helped her up. "I'm okay... I just got kind of dizzy..." Sydney said, chuckling awkwardly. "Sydney, how long have you had this?" Natalie asked, looking down at a red mark in Sydney's arm, "I don't know." Sydney said confused.

"Ms. Martin, do I need to stop the test?" Simon asked and Natalie shook her head, ".. Um, it's fine. Everybody stay in your seats. I'll- um, be back in a minute. Nobody leaves the room." Natalie said before walking out of the class room.

"Get back! No! Do not come in here! Get back outside!" They heard Natalie start to yell out in the hall making everyone ran out the class room to see her locking the double doors. "Back to your seats! Now. Please." She said and everyone walked back into the room, Scott closing the door behind him.

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"Bet they're thinking smallpox." Stiles said to Amara, Malia and Kira, "Not likely." Simon said making them look over at him, "Smallpox was eradicated worldwide in 1979. We've only managed to completely eradicate two viruses in history. The other was rinderpest- it killed cows." He said.

"Is that supposed to comfort us?" Amara asked, looking at the man with a weird look, "Unless it's something worse..." He said. "Whatever it is, they're taking it pretty seriously. There are a lot of cars and trucks out there." Malia said and Amara nodded.

"They take every unknown disease seriously. It's safer that way." Amara said and her and Malia listened for a second before looking at Stiles. "Your dad's and my mom's with them." Amara said and Stiles nodded and stood up, "I should probably call him." He said before walking over to where all the phones were.

"Don't bother- they would have shut off any access to all outside communication by now. No cell service, no WiFi, no one starting a panic. Looks like we're all just going to have to wait here and see what happens." Simon said making Amara squinted at him.

"You have a very punchable face."

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"Guys? Do you ever get the feeling that Scott and Stiles aren't telling you everything?" Malia asked as her, Kira and Amara stood in line to get their blood tested. "What do you mean?" Kira asked and Malia smiled, "Like they hide stuff?" She asked and Kira and Amara glanced at each other for a moment.

"Everyone hides things. It's normal." Amara said and Kira nodded anxiously, "Yeah, and I think if they did, they'd probably have a pretty good reason." She said nervously making Amara close her eyes and sigh. "Do you know what they're hiding in the bag under Scott's bed?" Malia asked and Kira's eyes widened again, "What? No! I've never been under Scott's bed. Or in it. Just on it... wearing clothes." She said quickly making them raise their eyebrows at her.

"Kira, you guys are dating. You can say you guys have had sex or at least slept in the same bed together. No ones gonna judge you." Amara said with a slightly shrug making Kira's eyes widen, "Amara!" Kira hissed lowly. "What?" Amara said as she raised her hands up in defense, "It's normal- And that's coming from someone who rarely feels sexual attraction."

"Kira Yukimura?" Dr. Wentz said making Kira spin around and step forward, "You feeling all right, Kira?" She asked and Kira nodded. Dr. Wentz grabbed a syringe making Kira's eyes widen which made Dr. Wentz smile softly, "I don't like needles, either. I promise, it'll be fast." She said as Kira held her arm out.

The second the needle touched Kira's arm the Kitsune in her basically electrified the needle, shocking Dr. Wentz. Amara's widen before grabbing Kira's arm as Dr. Wentz turned around. "Go! Go! Go!" Amara whispered shouted, pulling Kira and Malia away as the CDC people rushed Dr. Wentz outside.

A few minutes later they stood around in the locker room as they watched Scott's eyes flicker from red to his normal brown. "Still happening." Mr. Yukimura said and Malia sighed and held up her clawed hands, "I can't make them go back." She said and Amara nodded in agreement. "Neither can I." She said while holding her clawed hand up as well and Mr. Yukimura sighed. "Obviously, the virus is affecting the three of you in a way it won't hit any human being." He said.

"We have to stay out of sight." Amara said and Stiles nodded, "We have to quarantine you from the quarantine." He said and they nodded in agreement. "Yeah, but where? I mean, what if they get violent, like on a full moon?" Kira asked and Scott sighed, "We shouldn't stay in here. Not in the locker room." Scott said.

"A classroom is not going to hold us..."

"What about the basement?"

"Too many ways out. We need something something secure- somewhere nobody can find us." Scott said and realization crossed over Amara's features, "The vault." She said making them look at her and Scott nodded. "My family's vault. Us Hales always have an escape route, like the old house. There has to be another way in." Amara said as she glanced at everyone one.

"This is where the high school sign is, so the vault's got to be right about here." Amara said as they stood around a blueprint of the school, "I suppose, if there's a second entrance, it would probably be accessible from the basement." Mr. Yukimura said and Stiles nodded.

"It's probably somewhere in this hallway- west corridor." Stiles said as he pointed at something and all of the sudden he started fall making Malia quickly grab in to him to steady him. "It's happening to you, too. You're getting sick- you all are." Mr. Yukimura said and Kira shook her head, "I don't feel sick." She said.

"I think it's affecting you differently. Neurologically. I found your test answers here in a pile with the others." He said, pulling the sheet out to see that instead of filling out the bubbles, Kira had scribbled a circle next to them. Mr. Yukimura looked over at Amara to see her wipe some sweat off her forehead before taking off her jacket.

"Amara?" He asked making the others look at her as she furrowed her brows, "I think its affecting my witch side too cause I dont normally sweat." Amara said. Mr. Yukimura gently felt her forehead before furrowing his brows, "You're warming up a lot." He said making her shake her head slightly.

"That's not a good thing." She said making Scott furrow his brows, "Why?" He asked. "Because if I heat up too much I can literally burst into flames and literally become a body of fire." Amara said and Mr. Yukimura nodded, "If what this is causes her to lose control of her fire magic she can suck out the oxygen out of any room." Mr. Yukimura said making their eyes widen.

"We should probably get to the vault and figure out how to stop this. Like now." Stiles said and they all nodded before running out and down the stairs to the basement. They looked around until Stiles found markings on the wall behind a shelve, "Hey, guys? Over here." He said and they all walked over to him. They pulled out the shelve to reveal a triskelion carved into the wall.

Amara held up her clawed hand and went to open the vault but Malia stopped her. "Hold on." Malia said making everyone look at her, "Tell me what you've been hiding from me." Malia said making them all glance at each other.

"I know you think you're trying to protect me, but I can handle it." She said and they didnt say anything right away, "I know I'm on the list!" Malia said making them slightly let out a breath of relief that apparently. "Yes..." Stiles said slowly making Malia nod, "So, how much?" She asked making Amara raise her eyebrows. "How much what?" She asked, "How much am I worth?"

"Four million..." Scott said making Malia look over at him before looking down, "Are you okay?" Stiles asked and she looked up and nodded. "Yeah. Scott and Amara both are worth twenty-five, Kira, six. They'll take you guys out way before me." Malia said. "That's progress. That's progress." Stiles muttered right as Amara stuck her claws in the markings before turning the lock making the door open.

Amara was sitting against one of the shelves while Kira paced back and forth, Scott sat on a metal box and Malia lied in Stiles lap. "You know, this is where it all started. That's where the money was. One hundred and seventeen million in bearer bonds." Stiles said, looking over at the safe that Scott sat by.

"How do you even change bearer bonds into cash?" Kira asked, "Bank." Amara said making them look at her. "They just let it sit here the whole time, collecting dust. You know bearer bonds are basically extinct?" Stiles asked making them look at him.

Kira picked up a jar of purple reishi mushrooms for a moment before setting them back down as she looked at Stiles. "Why does it matter?" Kira asked and Stiles sighed, "You know how many problems that money could solve?" Stiles asked. "For you?" Kira asked. "Me, my dad... The Eichen House and MRI bills are killing him." Stiles said.

"My mom does this thing... she writes down all the items in our budget, and how much they cost, and then she adds them all up and figures out how long we have until... we lose the house." Scott explained and they sat in silence for a little while.

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"Anything?" Stiles asked as he, Amara and Scott stood by the vault door, "They're looking for us. Someone's going to have to go out there." Scott said and Amara sighed before glancing back at Malia. "We need to tell her the truth about Peter. She's going to see the rest of the Deadpool eventually. That's not how she should find out." Amara said and Stiles sighed.

"Try to remember that Peter is the one name missing on that list- which either makes him incredibly lucky, or the Benefactor." Stiles said and Amara sighed before nodding slightly. "She finds out about him, she's going to go to him. You know she is. And then he's going to twist his way into her head, like he does with everyone- including us. We let him walk around like nothing ever happened, like he's one of the good guys... He's not one of the good guys." Stiles said and Amara shook her head.

"She knows the shit he's done, she wont just go with him that easily. She's not a child, sure she lacks basic people skills but she knows better than that. And frankly, I found out that I have a sister that I never knew about. I would like her to know." Amara said and Stiles sighed and shook his head.

"If she finds out about him, she's gone. That's probably what he's waiting for! And if he wins, we lose." Stiles said and Scott sighed softly and shook his head, "We're already losing." Scott said before Stiles walked over to Malia.

"Malia, I gotta leave for a few, okay?" Stiles asked and Malia sat up slightly, "Where are you going?" Malia asked and he sighed. "Whatever's happening...? It's worse for you guys. That means it's not just people getting sick- it's another assassin."

"Here." Stiles said before wrapping his jacket around Malia's shoulders. "You're coming back right?" Malia asked and Stiles nodded, "Yeah. Yeah, I'd never leave you behind." He said making her smile. Stiles kissed Malia on the forehead before Stiles stood up and started walking to the door.

He walked out the door shut behind him as Amara felt a sudden rush of dizziness making her grab on to one of the shelves. "Amara." Kira said making Amara look at her before following her line of sight to see the metal of the shelves she was holding was started to glow a red hot color as well as her hand.

Amara's eyes widened as she quickly pulled her hand away before looking at the others. "I'm gonna go sit in the corner away from everyone." She said before she walked over to the far corner.

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Amara sat in the corner with her back against the wall and her head in her hands. She tried to control her increasing heat but wasnt having much luck with it. The only thing that was keeping her from bursting into flames was the fact that she was surrounded by the last things she has to Talia and Laura.

"Malia..." Scott said slowly making Amara look over to see Malia pulled out a piece of paper from Stiles's jacket pocket. "Malia?" Amara asked when she realized it was the deadpool and Malia looked up with wide eyes, "I can't see. I can't see anything!" She said.

Amara furrowed her brows as she looked over at Scott who was staring at his hand in shock. "Scott?" Amara asked and Scott shook his head slightly, "My vision's going blurry. How are you doing?" He asked and she sighed as sweat dripped down from her forehead. "I can still see but I don't know how long until I burst into flames and suck out all the oxygen." She said.

"What's happening to us?" Malia asked as she could hear a bunch of noises, "Scott? I can't... I can't see..." Kira panicked as she blindly felt around. Scott weakly tried to pull himself up using one of the shelves while Amara had her head back in her hands.

She looked up when she heard someone run down into the basement before slamming their fist against the door. "Hey, Scott? Amara? In the vault, in there with you- it's called reishi mushrooms. Guys? Open the door! It's in there with you! It's in a jar, it's on one of the shelves. Scott! Amara! Can you hear me?" Stiles yelled though the door.

"Reishi... Scott, I saw it... In a jar, one of the shelves... Reishi..." Kira said weakly and Scott tried to get up was very weak and couldn't see much. "I can get it..." Amara said as she weakly stood up, "Amara-" Scott tried to say. "I can still see." Amara said before moving towards the shelves, her body felt incredibly hot.

She grabbed onto one of the shelves to steady herself, the metal instantly started to melt from her touch. She pushed stuff off the shelves looking for a jar. She groaned slightly, pressing her forehead to the shelves as she felt a rush of dizziness and heat. "Amara..." Scott said weakly and she took a deep breath, "I'm fine." She said before pulling away from the shelve.

She glanced down to see her hand caught fire making her eyes widen before quickly looking around the shelves. Her eyes started to glow red and she instantly noticed at hair that had a purple glow to it. She grabbed the jar and brought it up to her nose to smell a familiar smell of reishi tea that Talia used to make but Amara always hated.

She didn't waste anytime throwing the glass jar to the ground making it smash. The fine dust of reishi traveled through the air making them all take a deep breath. Amara leaned against the shelves as she could feel herself start to cool down while Malia, Kira and Scott's vision started coming back.

A few seconds later the door opened making Stiles sigh in relief as he saw Scott standing there. After hugging Scott, Stiles walked over to Malia and crouched down in front of her. "Hey, you alright?" He asked but she didn't say anything, "Malia?" He asked again, grabbing her shoulder but she grabbed his arm, before looking at him with glossy eyes. She removed his hand then stood up, dropping a piece of paper as she walked out.

[  ] Amara walked up and grabbed the paper before unfolding it to see it was the dead pool that said "Malia Hale 4" making her sigh softly.