Ch. 60 - SMOKE AND MIRRORS

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Chapter Sixty
💰 Smoke and Mirrors 💰


"Here, try that." Stiles says as he hands Malia an article of Scott's clothing from the closet. She brings it up to her nose then shakes her head, "Fabric softener." She said. He glanced around before running onto the bathroom making Malia and Wren follow him to see him pull out a pair of boxers from the hamper.

"Remember, Scott's life is on the line." Stiles said when both girls made a face and Wren started shaking her head. "She's not sniffing dirty underwear." She said before walking over to Scott's bed and grabbing a pillow. She tossed it over to Malia who brought it up to her nose before nodding and giving Stiles a look as he pursed his lips.

"Yeah, that works, too."

"Oh! Liam, go home. You're not coming with us." Stiles said as they walked down stairs to see Liam sitting in the kitchen. "Why not?" Liam asked and Stiles sighed, "Because it's a full moon, and I don't feel like driving all the way down to Mexico just to have you rip my throat out."

"You can lock me up, right? Chain me down to the backseat or something?" Liam said and Stiles sighed and Wren shook her head, "You tore through the last chains, remember?" She said and Stiles nodded in agreement. "Yeah, we would have to freeze you in carbonite to get you down there." Stiles said and Liam shrugged, "Okay, then where do we get carbonite?"

Wren and Stiles both squint at him, "Really? You haven't seen it, either?" Wren asked before Stiles turned to her. "This is why you're my favorite." He said and she hummed, "Yeah I'm sure that's why." She said before they turned around to walk out.

"Wait! What if we put me in the trunk?" Liam asked, moving to stand in between them and the door. "You'd get out of that, too." Malia said and Wren nodded, "Liam, you've been a Werewolf all of five minutes. You don't have to do this." Stiles said making Liam sigh.

"I know I don't, but I want to. There's gotta be bigger chains, a bigger trunk, or something! There has to be." Liam said and Stiles looked down in thought, 
"Maybe there is..."

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"How'd you get a prison transport van?" Stiles asked Braeden got out of the van after pulling up next to them, "I'm a U.S. Marshal." Braeden said making Wren chuckle and Stiles pursed his lips, "Yeah, I thought that was just a cover." Stiles said as Derek and Peter pulled up.

"Are we really bringing him?" Derek asked gesturing at Liam who came to stand next to Wren, "Are we really bringing him?" Wren asked pointing at Peter. "We're bringing everyone that we can. And, considering Scott and Kira were taken the night before a full moon, we should probably get going." Peter said making Malia look at him confused, "What's that mean?"

"If Kate took Scott back to the same temple that she took Derek, how do we know she's not planning to do the same thing to him?" Peter said and Liam looked confused. "What, she wants to make him younger?" He asked, "Or take him back to when he wasn't a Werewolf." Derek answered.

"A Werewolf can't steal a True Alpha's power. But, maybe a Nagual Jaguar with the power of Tezcatlipoca behind her...? Maybe she can. So, if everyone is sufficiently freaked out, I say we get going." Peter said and Wren shook her head. "We can't- not without Lydia." She said making them look over at her, "Where is she?" He asked. "The school." She answered, before walking over to the side to call Lydia.

"What's she doing at the school, anyway?" Derek asked and Malia lifted Kira's sword, "We got Kira's sword, but we need something with a stronger scent. Lydia went to get a jacket out of her locker."

"Nothing..." Wren sighed, walking back over. "If she has a car, she can catch up to us." Braeden said and Peter pointing at her, "That's a good point. We'll call her from the road." He said making Wren look at him weird.

"No, what if something happened? What if she's in trouble?" Wren said worriedly making Peter sigh, "Fine. You stay- you find her. We're going on without you." Peter said walking over to the car making her glare at him again and flip him off.

"I could call Mason. He has a study group at the school. Maybe he could look for her?" Liam said and Stiles nodded and sighed, "All right. Fine." Stiles said and he and Wren walked over Malia while everyone else went to the cars.

"We need to be back there with Derek and Liam- I've got some experience dealing with out-of-control teen wolves." Stiles said and Wren raised her eyebrows at Malia. "You gonna be okay riding with Peter?" She asked and Malia nodded and shrugged slightly, "He is our father. Maybe we could do some bonding." She said making Wren rapidly shake her head.

"He's our father but he's also very psychotic so no. No bonding. Play the radio. Play it loud." She said before glancing down at her phone and sighing. "I think I'm gonna go back and find Lydia. I don't have a good feeling." She said and Stiles looked at her with raised eyebrows. "You sure? What if it is something dangerous that's stopping her?" He asked and she sighed, "More reason for me to find her. We'll be back on the road as soon as I find her." She said and he looked at her worriedly.

"Be careful, okay?" He said and she smiled at him before pulling a crossbow out of her bag, "I'm prepared." She said and he eyed the crossbow slightly. "I forgot you have that." He said and she chuckled and was about to say something but Peter spoke up.

"Remember what we're dealing with- it's not just Kate, it's Berserkers. You might see human eyes behind those skulls... Do not assume there's any humanity left." Peter said then looked over at Liam with a smirk, "Oh... This little one is terrified of them, aren't you? Don't worry, my friend. It is that fear that will keep you alive. A reminder to everyone? You do not fight Berserkers to survive- you fight to kill."

"Yeah... Don't talk to him." Wren said, glancing at Malia before Stiles pulled out his keys. "Here, you can take the jeep." He said and Wren hummed and looked at him shocked, "Oh, you must be in love with me." Wren said making Stiles roll his eyes.

"Take the keeps before I change my mind." He said and she chuckle and grabbed the keys before kissing his cheek.

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"Wren!" Someone called out as Wren walked down the hallway of the school making her turn around to see Mason walking over to her. "We haven't met yet, I'm Mason." He said as he held his hand out and she smiled and shook his hand, "Nice to meet you." She said.

"I'm guessing you're looking for your sister too?" He asked and she sighed and nodded, "Yeah." She said as she glanced around. Mason went to look in a classroom but Wren grabbed his shoulder when she noticed something on the stairs.

"Stay by me." Wren said before they walked over, "No wonder she's not answering..." Mason said as Wren picked up Lydia's phone. She turned it on to find a picture of a Berserker making her eyes widen while Mason looked confused, "What the hell?"

All of the sudden a shadow loomed over them making them look to see a Berserker growling at them. "Oh shit..." Wren mumbled before the Berserker slammed his hand down on both of them.

A little while later they were both shaken away to see Lydia in the basement. "Are you okay?" She asked and Wren nodded as she sat up while Mason groaned in pain, "My head." He said and Wren nodded slightly. "Yeah, it's probably gonna hurt a lot..." She said Mason sat up and looked at them wide eyed.

"There was this guy. Huge- really huge. He had a-a skull on his face." Mason said and Lydia and Wren glanced at each other before Lydia sighed and nodded, "Yeah, I know. I saw it, too." She said. "My phone's gone." Mason said as he patted his pockets and Wren nodded, "Yeah, I think that's the point cause my bag is gone too." She said and he looked at them confused.

"Okay, well, why? What's he gonna do to us?" Mason asked and Lydia shook her head slightly, "I don't know, but it definitely doesn't want us to leave." She said making Mason furrow his brows. "Lydia... Why do you keep saying it?" Mason asked and then a low growl came from the other side of the basement, "Because it is an it." Wren said as they slowly stood up.

"What is that thing?" Mason asked as Wren moved to look down the hall of the basement, "Not human."

"I don't hear it." Lydia whispered as they leaned against the wall, "Come on." Lydia said and went to stand up but both Mason and Wren grabbed her arms to stop her. "No, no. There's only one way out on this side of the basement." Mason said and Wren nodded, "It's definitely still there. No way that think left us here that easily." She said and Lydia sighed.

"I know. But if we don't get out of here, someone's going to die." Lydia said and Mason look at her confused, "How do you know that?" He asked and Wren and Lydia glanced at each other. "I just do. We have to at least see if he's blocking the exit." Lydia said and Wren sighed softly.

She slowly stepped forward to look around a shelve to see the Berserker walk around the corner making her step back and nod. "Yep, definitely still blocking it." She said and nodded slightly, "Okay. I saw my bag near it. There's a crossbow in it, if I can get to it." Wren said making Mason look at her crazy.

"Why do you have a crossbow?" He asked and Wren's eyes widen slightly, "Uh... I'm a massive self-defense junkie." She said quickly. Lydia sighed softly before moving over to a basket that had a couple baseball bats.

"Are you serious?" Wren asked as she cocked an eyebrow and Lydia nodded, "Very." She said. "A baseball bat? Against that guy? Or thing, or whatever it is?" Mason asked, looking at Lydia like she was crazy, "Our friends are in trouble, and so is Liam, your best friend. They need us. I'm going for it. And yes, with a baseball bat." Lydia said before walking past them.

Mason suddenly ran past her, holding a baseball bat as he let out a battle cry. Mason slammed the baseball back onto the Berserker a couple time before it basically uppercuts him making him go flying back. Lydia ran forward, hitting the berserker with the bat a couple time before it hit her as well making her go flying to the ground.

"I thought you said it wanted to keep us here, not hurt us!" Mason said as he looked at Lydia, "I think it changed its mind." Lydia said before they looked back to see Wren duck under the Berserker's arm, grabbing her back in the process.

She pulled the crossbow out and placed a bolt before aiming at it, pulling the trigger. The bolt hit the berserker in the shoulder making it step back as she quickly placed. another one. She aimed at it as it started to walk towards her but stopped when someone spoke up.

"Excuse me!" Someone said making them all look over to see Stilinski, "Catch!" He said before tossing something at the Berserker. The Berserker caught and Wren looked over to see it holding a landmine making her eyes widen. "Oh!" She said before running back down the hall.

She grabbed Lydia and Mason and pulled them around the corner as Stilinski ducked behind a corner before pressing a button. Wren covered her sister's ears right before a loud explosion went off making the teens all jump.

They all stood up a second later and walked around the corner to see the hallway a mess covered in the bones of the Berserker. "You guys okay?" Stilinski asked as he walked over to them and Wren gave him a thumbs up, "Nice." She said making him chuckle.

'It was after me. It wanted me to stay in Beacon Hills. I think this was all some sort of distraction." Lydia said making them look at her and Wren nodded slightly, "Yeah, I think Kate was probably hoping I'd come looking for you." Wren said and Lydia nodded.

"Because you knew they're trying to kill someone" Stilinski said and Wren nodded, "I think I might have dreamed it." She said and Mason looked at her confused. "Kill who?" Mason asked, looking at them confused and worried and Lydia and Wren looked at each other, "Scott."

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Stiles and Malia walked into the station making Stilinski and Wren look up. Stiles quickly ran into his father's office and they pulled each other into a hug while Malia hugged Wren. "Dad, you smell terrible." Stiles said making Stilinski chuckle. "Yup. You too." He said before they pulled away  they looked over at Wren and Malia and smiled.

"Come here." Stilinski said making Malia look at them shocked before Wren nudged her. "Come on." She said making her smile before they pulled them into a hug. "I'm just so glad you all are safe." Stilinski said as they pulled apart, "So what happened with Peter?" Wren asked and Stiles sighed.

"He's been working with Kate to try to kill Scott. He's on his way to Eichen House now." Stiles said and she hummed slightly, "I'm not surprised." She said and he smiled at her while wrapping his arm around her shoulders. "Hey, what do you say we get outta here? Get something to eat?" Stilinski suggested.

"Great! I'm starving." Stiles said and Wren nodded in agreement as they looked at Malia who smiled and nodded, "Okay." She said. They all started to walk away but Stiles was suddenly pulled back by a pair of handcuffs around his wrist and the desk. "Yo, Daddy...?" He said making Malia and Wren glance back at him, Malia with furrowed brows while Wren stopped to laugh.

"What's your favorite food?" Stilinski asked, ignoring his son making Malia glance at him, "Pizza." She said and he nodded before directing her out the office. "Hey- Dad? ...Bring me back a slice?" Stiles called out while Wren pulled her phone her phone out.

"Smile." She said before taking a picture of him making give her a look. "Okay, real funny." He said and she smiled at him and blew a kiss before running over to Stilinski and Malia.

"Wren!"

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