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Chapter Fifty-Five
💰 Weaponized 💰

Kids laid in beds in a classroom with plastic walls separating them as people wearing hazmat suits checked on them. Suddenly, everything started spinning and once it all stopped it was no longer a classroom.

Now Scott, Kira and Malia sat in the Hale vault under the school. The three looking a lot worse than the other kids did. Dark bags under their eyes, black veins forming on their sweat covered skin. They were also searching around with their hands as if they couldn't see.

Everything started spinning again and once it cleared, Stiles and Wren stood in the locker room. There was a man standing in front of them, pointing a gun at Wren's head as he counted down. All of the sudden there was a loud bang right before everything started spinning again.

When it cleared, Wren and Stiles were running into the vault as Malia stood up. She walked over to Wren and handed her a piece of paper before walking out. Wren unfolded the paper and-

Wren suddenly shot up with a gasp, glancing around her room before sighing softly. It had been a while since she had a dream that was obviously more than just a dream. And just like all the others, she's forgotten what she saw not long after waking up.

She sighed softly, dragging her hands down her face before glancing over st the clock to see there was only a couple minutes until her alarm starts going off. She groaned, laying back down and a couple minutes later her alarm started going off making her sigh.

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"Where's Lydia?" Kira asked as she, Scott, Malia, Stiles and Wren stood around at the highschool waiting to go into a class room to take their PSATs. "She took it her freshman year." Wren 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." Wren said and Malia shook her head and looked at Wren like she was crazy, "Doesn't mean I'm gonna do good." Malia said. "Well." Stiles corrected making Wren shoot him a look while Malia look at him confused, "Well, what?"

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

"Oh, God!" Malia said while Wren flicked Stiles's arm making him wince slightly. "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 groan.

"Cell phone in the envelope, honey." Natalie said, holding up an envelope after Wren did her thumb print and grabbed a couple pencils and her test. Wren looked at the envelope then at her mom wide eyed, not wanting to put her phone in it.

"You'll get it back after the test." Natalie said with a smile making Wren sigh and reluctantly pulled her phone out, dropping it into the bag. "And Wren." Natalie said and Wren started walking away making her stop, "Don't get distracted by writing stories." Natalie said and Wren smiled and gave her mom and thumbs up before going to sit down next to Stiles.

"Did you save some pencils for everyone else?" She ask making him look at her and shrug, "Hey, you can never be too  prepared." He said before starting to look over the rest booklet. Wren chuckled shook her head slightly before looking at Malia who sat in front of her looking completely nervous.

"Hey, did you look over my notes last night... and actually understand them?" Wren asked and Malia nodded making her smile encouragingly. "You'll do fine. Just stay calm during the test." Wren said and Malia took a deep breath and nodded, "Got it." She said before turning back around.

"Please do not open the test booklet until you are instructed to do so. 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, the guy who ran the PSATs 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. Wren quietly sighed softly as she got a weird feeling but ignored it when her mother walked back in.

"I can't find him... But Mr. Yukimura is upstairs grading papers. Do you want me to try him?" Natalie asked 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."

Wren opened the her test booklet and started reading questions and circling in answers. Everyone was in the middle if working on their test when all of the sudden, a girl named Sydney suddenly fell to the ground making everyone stop and loom 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. "Mom, what's going on?" Wren asked and Natalie sighed, "Just go 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 Wren, 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?" Wren asked as she raised her eyebrows at him, "Unless it's something worse..." He said and Wren gave him a weird look. She didn't like the vibe she got from him.

"Whatever it is, they're taking it pretty seriously. There are a lot of cars and trucks out there." Malia said and listened for a second before looking at Stiles, "Your dad's with them." She 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 Wren look at him weird before leaning over to Stiles.

"I don't like him." She said and Stiles nodded in agreement, "You and me both."

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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 Wren took in like to get their blood tested. "What do you mean?" Kira asked and Malia smiled, "Like they hide stuff?" She asked and Kira's eyes widen while Wren shrugged.

"Everyone hides things from everyone. It's a basic human trait but I get what you mean." Wren said and Kira nodded anxiously, "Yeah, and I think if they did, they'd probably have a pretty good reason." She said nervously making Wren look at her confused for a moment.

"Do you know what they're hiding in the bag under Scott's bed?" Malia asked and Kira's eyes widened slightly, "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 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 need, shocking Dr. Wentz. Wren's eyes widen before grabbing Kira's arm as Dr. Wentz turned around. "Go! Go! Go!" Wren whispered shouted, pulling Kira and Malia away as they CDC people rushed Dr. Wentz outside.

They all 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 Mr. Yukimura sighed. "Obviously, the virus is affecting the two of you in a way it won't hit any human being." He said.

"You guys have to stay out of sight." Wren said and Stiles nodded, "We have to quarantine you from the quarantine." He said and she 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 Wren's features. "The vault." She said making them look at her and Scott nodded, "The Hale vault. The Hales always have an escape route, like their house. There has to be another way in."

"This is where the high school sign is, so the vault's got to be right about here." Stiles 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 Wren 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 Wren and Kira glanced at each other. "I don't feel sick." Kira said and Wren nodded, "Neither do I."

"Well, we dont know what you are yet. You might get affected like any other human and it just hasn't hit you yet." Mr. Yukimura said, looking at Wren before turning to his daughter. "But 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.

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

"Look at the cracks in the wall. It's like the entrance outside. It only opens with claws- anyone's claws, right?" Stiles asked and Scott looked over at Malia. "Malia, can you try?" He asked making Malia look at him confused, "Why me?"

"I don't have control." Scott said, holding up his and Malia thought for a second before nodding, "Okay. I'll do it... But, first, 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 Wren raise her eyebrows. "How much what?" She asked, "How much am I worth?" Malia asked.

"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's worth twenty-five-, Wren's twenty, Kira, six. They'll take you guys out way before me." Malia said before walking over to the vault door.

"That's progress. That's progress." Stiles muttered right as Malia went to stick her claws in the markings. Malia was able to turn the lock making the vault door open.

After a few minutes, Kira paced back and forth, Scott sat on a metal box and Wren sat next to Stiles while Malia laid her head on Wren's 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 and Wren shrugged slightly, "Bank." She said making them look at her and Stiles nodded.  "They just let it sit here the whole time, collecting dust. You know bearer bonds are basically extinct?" Stiles asked and Kira raised her eyebrows, "Why does it matter?" She asked and Stiles sighed.

"You know how many problems that money could solve?" Stiles asked making Kia raise her eyebrows slightly, "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 all sat in silence for a little while.

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"Hey." Wren said as she walked over to Scott and Stiles making them stop talking, "Got a plan yet?" She asked. "Yeah, I gotta get out there. People are getting suspicious and we need to figure out what this is exactly." He said and she nodded, "I'll come with you." Wren said before walking back over to Malia.

"Malia." Wren said as she softly shook Malia's shoulder making her look at her, "Stiles and I gotta leave for a few, okay?" She said and Malia frowned slightly. "Where are you going?" She asked and Wren sighed softly, "Whatever's happening? It's worse for you guys. That means it's not just people getting sick- it has to be another assassin." Wren said.

"You're coming back, right?" Malia asked and Wren smiled and nodded, "Obviously, we don't leave each other behind remember?" She said and Malia smiled weakly and nodded. Wren smiled softly at her before standing up and walking over to Stiles who was waiting for her by the door before they quickly ran up the stairs and into the quarantine area.

"Mom." Wren said making Natalie look at them, "Wren, thank god... Stiles, you're not looking so good. Maybe you ought to lie down." Natalie said and he shook his head, "It's okay. Have you seen Mr. Yukimura?" He asked and Natalie nodded.

"Yeah, he's fine. He's helping the other students." She said and Stiles nodded and went to walk away but Wren didn't move as something caught her eye. "Is Coach the only adult who got sick today?" She asked, looking at her mom, "As far as I know." She answered and Stiles and Wren glanced at each other.

"Why is he...?" Stiles muttered and Natalie grabbed his arm, "Stiles? I think you should lie down." She said and he shook his head. "Yeah, no, it's okay. We'll be back. We'll be right back-" He said before grabbing Wren's hand and jogging out the room.

They ran into Coach's office and instantly started digging around everything. The moved to the desk as Stiles started looking through papers that Coach was stamping to see the red ink had started fading before becoming black. "Stiles." Wren said as she grabbed Coach's mug to show a bunch if black smudges, "It's the ink." She said in a slight whisper.

"I was wondering how that idiot got sick." Someone said making them jump and turn around to see Simon standing in the door way holding a gun, "I'm also wondering where your friends are. Since, it order to get paid by the Benefactor, I need to have proof that they're dead." He said as he messed with the gun. "Visual confirmation..." Stiles said as he grabbed Wren's hand tightly, "Exactly." Simon said before pointing the gun at them.

"Still a bit feverish, Mr. Stilinski?" Simon asked as he made Wren and Stiles walk into the locker room. "But, you should know something. The virus doesn't kill humans. You'll get better. So, don't you think you should tell me where they are? Shouldn't one of you get to live?" He asked and Wren turned around.

"You have a balls for someone who need a virus to take a few people out." She said and Simon chuckled "Why don't you just tell me where the rest of your friends are?" He said and Stiles sighed. "I think I saw them in the library.... Or, it might have been the cafeteria. It was definitely one of those two." He said sarcastically.

"I'm going to count to three, and then I'm going to kill her." Simon said, holding the gun in front of Wren forehead making Stiles turn around while Wren just stared at Simon, "You think you can scare by pointing at gun at me? I've shot one before." She said and he chuckled.

"No... I think I can kill you. I just thought the countdown would make it more exciting. So, One. Two-" He said and Stiles grabbed Wren, pulling her behind him right as a gun shot with off making Wren jump. She looked up at him with wide eyes making her sigh in relief when she realized he wasn't the one to get shot. Instead it was Simon who was shot.

"Where the hell did you come from?" Stiles asked as they looked over at Agent McCall, "Guys, listen. I got a call from Melissa. I don't know what it means. She said there's an antidote? Reishi mushrooms..." He said making them look at him confused. "Wait, what's in a vault?" Stiles asked, "It's in a jar on one of the shelves. She said to tell Scott, It's in the vault." He said and Stiles instantly grabbed Wren's hand and ran down to the basement.

"Hey, Scott? Scotty? In the vault, in there with you- it's called reishi mushrooms. Scott? Scott, open the door! It's in there with you! It's in a jar, it's on one of the shelves. Scott! Scott, can you hear me?" Stiles yelled as they pounded on the door.

Wren walked into the vault as Malia walked up to her with an unreadable expression before handing her folded piece of paper. "I'll be in the car." Malia said before walking past her making Wren furrow her brows before looking down at the paper and Stiles' eyes widened in realization.

"Hold on, Wren-" He started to say but she unfolded the paper to see it was the deadpool, which she hasn't actually seen yet. Her eyes scanned over the names until she saw two that stood put the most.

Malia Hale 4
Wren Hale 20

Wren felt like the whole world stopped for a moment as she re-read her name over and over as if the last name would change to Martin the more she read it. "Wren...?" Stiles asked slowly and she didn't look away from the paper, "Who is it?" She asked quietly making Scott, Kira and Stiles glance at each other.

"Who is who?" Scott asked and Wren looked up at them, "Is it Talia or Peter?" She asked as her eyes went glossy. "Peter is your's and Malia's dad." Stiles said making Wren look at them shocked. She shook her head