Wren's outfit:
On The Road / The School -

School / Lacrosse Game -

Chapter Seventy-Seven
🌒 A Credible Threat 🌘

Scott, Liam, Wren and Stiles are driving down a dark road in the jeep when Scott gets the text message from Argent, "He's headed to the school." He said making Liam look at him confused. "Why's Parrish headed to the school?" Liam asked and Wren sighed, "It's not Jordan. At least, not right now." She said.

"Okay, why's a Hellhound going to the school?" Liam asked, "Cause he's got a yearning for higher education?" Stiles said sarcastically making Liam give him a look. "Liam, the Hellhound's at the school, so we're going to the school. Okay?" Stiles said before pressing down on the gas.

A few minutes later they pulled up to the school. Liam climbed out after Wren and slammed the door shut making them all turn to him. Scott and Wren simply looks exasperated, while Stiles is giving Liam a dirty look. "Sorry." Liam said, looking at them sheepishly while Wren chuckled quietly at the look Stiles was giving him.

They quickly catch him to Argent who had his gun at hand, "Where's Parrish?" Scott asked and Argent sighed. "I lost him. He's moving too fast." Argent said and none of them noticed the distant look on Wren's face as she started subconsciously walking. "Uh... guys!" Wren called out after a few seconds.

They guys all looked over at her to see her standing a few feet away from a body lying in the middle of the ground in a puddle of blood. Wren walks up to it as the guys start walking over to her. "That's gotta hurt." She mumbled when she saw the guys chest and abdomen has been completely torn to shreds.

She slowly looked up right as the guys walked up to her and then walked around the body and sighed, "Found another one." She said. They follow her towards the second body to see it was just as bad as the first one. She subconsciously glanced away from the body and her eyes widen, "Guys. The bus." She said in a slight whisper making them all look over at a bus that had it's back door wide open.

Inside the bus was dozens of mauled people inside, brutally ripped to shreds and sprawled across the floor and hanging over the seats. To all of their surprise, one of the people in the bus, a young blond man, is still alive, and coughs before reaching out toward them as he weakly pleads for help. "Help... me..."

Scott moved to go help but man but Wren grabbed his arm making him look at her as she looked off in a direction. "Found him." She said making them all loon over to see Parrish whose eyes are glowing with fire, his fangs and claws out, and the veins of what looks like magma crackling through the soot-covered skin on his chest and back, making it obvious that the Hellhound is currently in charge. "It's a trap." The Hellhound says and the guy in the bus let's out a small plead again, "Please..."

Scott goes to step forward again but stopped with Parrish looked back at them, "You can't help him." He says. Just then, a snarl is heard just before the body of the victim is ripped in half and thrown onto the ground in front of the bus, his internal organs spilling out onto the pavement, which makes the everyone stare in disgust and horror.

A shadowy figure leans over the pile of bodies, revealing that the Beast is in the bus. Scott's eyes widen as he gulps nervously, while Stiles and Wren, who hasn't seen the Beast in person before, looks absolutely terrified. "That's big... No one said it was that big!" Stiles said as he pulled Wren closer to him, "I did." Liam said while Wren shook her head.

"Can I go back to being catatonic?"

The Beast roars menacingly at the group, and Parrish/the Hellhound flicks out his claws and bursts into flames before roaring back. The Beast then stomps down the aisle of the bus, leaping through the windshield and running into the woods at high-speed while the Hellhound chases after him; they run so quickly that they quickly vanish into the tree line before the others can even process what has happened.

Scott and the others look completely overwhelmed, "What the hell is happening?" Scott asked and Argent sighed, "It's getting smarter." He said. Wren glance around when she could feel someone terror before she looked at the bus.

"Guys...? I think someone's still alive in here."

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"Mason said it's not just to transmit frequency. It's high-powered- like, it has to be a really strong signal." Liam said as he, Scott, Stiles, Wren and Lydia sit around in the library. "And that's causing it to shift?" Lydia asked and Scott shook his head slightly, "No, I don't think it's just that. Last night, Argent said that it's getting smarter. What if the Dread Doctors are trying to make the Beast grow faster?" Scott suggested.

"With frequencies?"

"No, by shifting. The frequency is just the trigger. The important part is when it shifts into the werewolf." Scott says and realization crossed over Wren's features as she sighed. "Like Peter." She said as she had her chin in Stiles' shoulder, still trying to get used to feeling emotions more than before. A school full of teenagers isn't exactly the most emotionless place.

"Yeah, when Peter was an Alpha, he got stronger every full moon. Eventually, the burns healed, and he was back to normal." Scott said, "So, the Dread Doctors don't want to wait for the full moon." Liam said and Scott nodded. "They want want the Beast to be as strong as possible, as fast as possible." He said and Liam nodded slightly, "Because of Parrish." He said.

"So, if this is happening tonight, what are we going to do?" Lydia asked, "Uh, we've got one clue to go on." Stiles says before pulling a crime scene photo out of his backpack. "This came from the hospital- whoever's lurking inside the Beast is wearing a size-10 of indeterminate make." He said making Lydia raise her eyebrows at him, "Indeterminate?"

"It means it's a partial print. Basically, it was all we were able to get considering all the fire, blood, and carnage..." Stiles explained and Scott sighed softly, "How many size-10s are out there?" He asked and Stiles shrugged. "Only one with Parrish's blood on the sole."

Liam looks anxious as he glances back and forth between Scott, Lydia, Wren and Stiles, "So, are we going to try to get the game cancelled?" Liam asked. "No. No, we're going to play, but we're just going to hope really hard that it doesn't turn into a blood-soaked massacre." Stiles said sarcastically making Wren slightly nudge him.

"Okay, but, umm... Aren't we kind of missing out on a chance to catch this thing? We don't have the "who," but we have the "where" and the "when."" Liam said and Wren sighed and shook her head slightly, "There'll be too many people." She said.

"And we still don't actually know if it's going to happen. It just might end up being a regular lacrosse game. It's possible... right?" Lydia asked and Wren shrugged slightly and nodded, "That can totally be a possibility... Except I don't recall ever having a totally regular lacrosse game that didn't end with something supernatural happening." She said and Stiles nodded in agreement.

"So, we're still getting the game cancelled?" Liam asked and Scott nodded, "We're getting the game canceled." Scott said and the all get up to leave.

As they were walking to the door Wren and Lydia both slow to a stop. "You feel that too, right?" Lydia asked as they both subconsciously look at the other side of the room. "Mhm." Wren hummed and they glanced at each other before walking over to the book cases. They walk over to an aisle and saw a book lying on the ground.

They walk over and crouched down to look at it until someone said their names making them look up to see Parrish on the other side of the bookcase. They quickly got up and ran over to the other side to see Parrish covered in slash Mark's, "Oh my god." Wren muttered.

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Scott, Kira, Malia, Wren, Stiles, Liam, and Mason all stood around in the biology class room going over the plan. "Mason, you know your part?" Scott asked and Mason nods, "Corey and I break into the Devenford bus and search their shoes."

"I take out the TV vans." Malia said as she walked up to stand next to Scott, "Right before the whistle, Coach forfeits the game." Stiles said. "I have to focus on any overly high emotions incase it's the beast." Wren said as she leaned her elbows down on the table next to Stiles, "The rest of us are looking for a size 10 with a bloody sole." Liam said.

"Just out of curiosity... What if it doesn't work? What if we have to go up against this thing? And I mean, I hate to bring up bad memories, but Scott's still healing from what Theo did to him." Malia said and Kira shook her head, "No, he's not." She said and Scott nodded.

"She's right." Scott said before lifting up his shirt to see he was completely healed, "It happened the night we got Wren out of Eichen House. I healed... when we were all together again. When we were a pack." Scott said. "The Beast doesn't have a pack." Liam said and Scott shook his head slightly.

"Not like us. We can do this, guys. No one dies tonight."

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"Get on the field!" Coach yelled and blew his whistle as Wren walked up to Stiles with wide eyes. "What the hell is he doing?" She asked and he just sighed frustratingly, "He's not forfeiting." He said as players ran out into the field. "So you got him out for nothing?" She asked and he nodded, "Yep. Come one." He said before grabbing her hand and running over to the parking lot.

They ran over to Stilinski and explained how their plan kind of went to shit. "Okay, what if we call in a bomb threat?" Stiles asked and Stilinski raised his eyebrows, "You remember the bomb threat at the airport three weeks ago?" Stilinski asked and Stiles nodded.

"Yeah, of course I do. It was all over the news." Stiles said and Stilinski gives Stiles a knowing look, and Stiles nods in understanding, "...I see your point." He said and Wren sighed as she looked back at the field. "Come on. You should probably get out there." She said before pulling him back over to the field. "Okay, so what are you going to do?" He asked and she sighed.

"I'll stay by the bleachers and keep an eye out. Maybe look at people's shoes." She said and he nodded, "Okay, but if that thing shows up, you run the other way." He said and she raised her eyebrows. "After Eichen House you think I'm gonna run straight into death?" She asked and he pursed his lips and shook his head, "Good point." He said. "Good luck." She said as he quickly kissed her before running out to the field.

A few minutes later of just looking around Lori walked up to Wren, "Anything?" Wren asked and Lori sighed and shood her head. "A couple size tens but no blood." She said making Wren sigh as they both looked out to the field. "Has anyone thought about the possibility that the teenager owns more than one pair of shoes and just isn't wearing the ones covered in blood?" Wren asked and Lori thought for a moment.

"I don't think that thought ever crossed anyone's head." She said and Wren nodded before they looked out at the field only to see Kira aggressively tackling players. Wren winced slightly as another Davenport player went down. "Kira's not really in control right now." Stiles said as he ran up to Wren and Lori, "So get her off the field." Wren said making Stiles look at her crazy.

"Get her off- Wren, she shoulder checked Scott when he tried to talk to her." He said making her sigh, "Let Brett get the ball. She'll go after him but he needs to hit her. Her fox will get pissed and she'll try to fight and get benched." Wren said and Stiles nodded. "Good idea." He said before running back over to Scott and Liam.

"This is gonna go bad isn't it?" Lori asked as Brett and Liam crouched down in front of each other, "Definitely." Wren said as the ref blew the whistle.

Brett gets the ball first and rushes down the field toward the goal. Kira instantly makes a bee-line for him, but Brett is hits back at her so hard that she's knocked backward onto the ground. Her face is tense with rage as she glares at Brett, who smirks at her. "Not so tough now, are you?"

Kira angrily scrambles to her feet and wastes no time rushing toward him, swinging her lacrosse stick at him so hard that she hits him on the side of his head and causes his helmet to fly across the field as Brett collapses on the ground. The referee immediately blows his whistle at her and rushes toward her. Kira walks off the field toward the sidelines and past where Wren and Lori are standing. Scott follows behind her to check on her.

"Dono yōna nibui gēmu no." Kira muttered in japanese making Scott stop while Wren raised her eyebrows. "Should I go after her?" Lori asked and Wren sighed and nodded, "Be careful. She's an angry fox right now, might not be best to poke at her further." Wren said and Lori nodded before running off. Wren looked over and Scott and nodded slightly making him nod back before running off.

A little while later after the ref blew the whistle Stiles ran over to Wren who walked over to the benches. "I think our whole plan is going to shit." She said making his eyes widen slightly, "What? Why?" He asked and she sighed and glanced around. "I have a horrible feeling right now and we all know what happens when I have a bad feeling." She said making him sigh, "Okay so what do we do?" He asked.

"I don't know. I don't even think Malia's gotten all the vans." Wren said and then the ref blew the whistle making Stiles sigh. "I'll talk to Liam and figure something out." He said and then quickly kissed her cheek before going to run off.

Wren watched as Liam runs out into the middle of the field to get ready to match up with a Devenford player to fight for the ball. The referee walks up toward them and stands at their side. When the referee blows the whistle, Liam easily scoops up the ball and runs full-speed down the field as the crowd cheer loudly from the bleachers.

The crowd cheers as Liam manages to score a goal, and the scoreboard shows they finally got another point. Stiles took that moment and runs off the field and over to Wren. "Okay, Liam's got the game covered, did Lori check everyone's shoes?" He asked and Wren shrugged, "I don't think so." She said and he nodded. "Okay, I'm gonna start checking and you keep watching." He said and she nodded and gave him a thumbs up.

A few minutes later Wren glanced under the bleachers to see Stiles trying to look at Sydney's shoes. Stiles tries to lift up her foot, she just squirms out of his way. He tries again but she did the same making him look frustrated. This time he tries to grab her leg making her jerk her leg and accidentally kicks him hard in the head.

Stiles, looking dazed, moves aside over to Wren while rubbing his forehead as he groans in pain under his breath. "You okay?" Wren asked with a slightly chuckle and Stiles nodded softly. A second later, Stiles' eyes flutter into the back of his head and he passes out on the ground making Wren close her eyes and sigh.

"You want to do this now? Fine." Malia sneers at her mother and flicks out her claws menacingly, but the Desert Wolf doesn't even flinch, because she's too distracted by something over Malia's shoulder. "That's her, isn't it? The half-sister?" She asked making Malia look over her shoulder and follows her mother's line of sight until she sees what she's looking at. Wren, who walking up to Stiles, presses an ice pack to his head.

"She is." The Desert Wolf said and Malia, prepared for a fight, turns around to make the first move when she realizes with horror that the Desert Wolf has vanished.

"Feel better?" Wren asked as she lowered the ice pack from Stiles forehead. He was about to answer but all of the sudden a loud, high-pitched microphone feedback they hear in response. Everyone in the stands, on the field, and on the sidelines immediately cover their eyes and groan in pain.

Stiles looks over at Wren to notice her eyes cloud over as she saw flashes of the Beast jumping over a bus and Liam jumping at it.

"What? What is it?" He said and she just slowly turned around, looking directly at a bus and that's when the sound of growling started. Wren's eyes widened slightly as she glanced around looking for Lian until she saw him charging for the bus.

"No, no! Liam! Liam, wait!" She yelled but Liam ignores her and runs toward the school bus. Liam leaps up into the air with his claws out right as the beast has just done the same.