《She-Wolf》I. E. D.
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A young girl runs through the Beacon Hills Highs School Campus at night. She is bleeding and one of her hands is missing. All that remains is a cauterized and smoking stump. Violet pursues casually spinning her "thermo-cut wire" bolo necklace.
The girl takes refuge inside one of the buses repeating the mantra Demarco chanted "the sun the moon, the truth". She stops when Violet enters the bus and begins slowly coming down the aisle. With a burst of speed, the girl leaps up, swipes at Violet with her remaining claws, and escapes.
She races across the parking lot but stops short when a truck pulls up in front of her. Garrett urges her to get in claiming "she's coming!"
The girl gets in, Garrett smiles, says he's surprised she fell for it and stabs her.
~~~
Stiles places pictures and red lines of tape on his new, improved, see-through Lucite murder board. He goes through all the recent killings starting with the Walcotts (Sean's family).
"So, the Walcotts were the first... at least, the first we know about. Four murders-- Sean, his brother, and their parents. They were killed by a professional assassin called the Mute; weapon of choice, a military tomahawk. But then, the Mute was killed by Peter Hale after he tried to blow up Derek with a claymore mine. Next was Demarco. He delivered a keg to the party at Lydia's lake house... and got decapitated outside his car" Stiles explains. And then, last night, twenty-three-year-old Carrie Hudson..."
"It's a Deadpool-- a hit-list of supernatural creatures. This is only part of it... The rest still has to be decoded" Scott explains to Stilinski. The Sheriff, Scott and Stiles are standing in Stilinski's office.
"Who found this list?" Stilinski asks.
"Lydia" Stiles answers. The sheriff lets out a sigh.
"How?" he asks his son.
"She wrote it....Actually, she transcribed it... without realizing it..." Stiles replies.
"Banshee?"
"Banshee"
"Beautiful. All right, what are these numbers next to the names?"
"We're getting to that. First, you need to know that the code was broken with a cipher key" Stiles explains.
"Wait... You mean, like, a... like a key word?" The older man asks.
"It's actually a name"
"Allison." Scott says.
"Her name broke a third of the list" Stiles adds.
"And now we hink there's two other cipher keys" Scott continues.
"Which will give us the rest of the names. Okay... So, how do we get the cipher keys?" The sheriff asks.
"Same way we got the code" Stiles explains.
"Lydia..." Scott clearifies. "She's been at the lake house all weekend, trying to find the other two key words"
"You didn't know about Demarco or Carrie, hmmm? And what about these other two names on the list-- uh, Kayleen Bettcher and Elias Town? They're Werewolves, too?" Stilisnki asks.
"I don't know... But Deaton said that the Nemeton would draw supernatural creatures here" Scott explains.
"Here being Beacon Hills, or Beacon County? The population of Beacon Hills is just under thirty-thousand"
"And dropping" Stiles cuts his father off grimly.
"But, if we're talking Beacon County, then you're looking at close to five hundred thousand. Look, how many Werewolves, Banshees, Kitsunes, and whatever the hell else is out there are we talking about? And what if the next cipher key uncovers not twelve names, but one hundred?" Stilinski asks.
"We don't think there will be that many. There's a limit" Stiles explains.
"Because of the numbers. We think that, once we decode the names, the numbers will add up to two-hundred-thrity-seven" Scott adds.
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"Two-hundred-and-thrithy-seven what?" Stilisnki asks.
"Million" Scott answers.
"Two-hundred-and-thrity-seven million dollars, Dad-- stolen from the Hale vault and is being used by someone to finance all these murders" Stiles explains
"Someone who wants every supernatural in Beacon Hills dead" Scott adds.
"So, the coded list goes out, and someone, these professional assassins get that list..." Stilinski tries to sumerize.
"And a cipher key..." Stiles adds.
"And then they go after the names on the list-- they being killers with no mouths, tomahawks, thermo-cut wires that can take your head off..."
"Let me see... Carrie was also stabbed. What's this mark?"
"We're not sure yet. We're still waiting on the M.E.'s report. There's one other thing I don't get... How did this new assassin know that Demarco was going to be at the lake house?"
"Everyone knows he delivers kegs to teenagers for a little extra cash" Scott explains.
"Ahh. So, whoever ordered the keg killed Demarco" Stilinski realises.
"Yeah, it was someone at the party" Stiles continues.
"A student" Scott finishes.
~~~
At school – Violet pulls her collar over to hide the claw marks inflicted by Carrie during her failed escape. She urges Garrett to go for "some real money" what she describes as "seven figure money." Garrett says they are -"tonight."
~~~
Kira's dad says he needs to talk to her. She thinks it's about all the recent murders and her name being on the list but he doesn't know anything about it. He simply wants to discuss her joining the lacrosse team without telling him.
~~~
Liam is bench pressing 180 pounds in the weight room. Mason is discussing how Garrett borrowed his hoodie and never returned. Mason went to his house, which is supposed to be a new development "on Spaulding" but that there were no houses there yet. He concludes that unless Garrett lives in a backhoe, there's something he's not telling them.
Liam adds and additional 90lbs to the barbell and continues pressing.
Mason points out that Liam's been acting strangely, running to school for no reason and disappearing at parties. He says Liam used to be his best friend. Liam adds an additional 90lbs and Mason asks if he's on steroids.
Mason wants to know if Liam is worried about the lacrosse game. He says he's not but then Mason points out that the opponent will be Liam's old school, Devenford Prep.
~~~
Liam is angry as he enters the locker room. He throws down his gym bag and looks for his lacrosse stick. It's missing. He hears the sound of a stick being scraped along the sides of metal mesh lockers in another part of the room. Derek has a stick. He asks if it's Liam's then breaks it in two. Liam wolfs out and sprints toward him. Derek picks him up by the throat and pins him to the wall of metal lockers.
Scott calls to Liam who can barely hear him through the rage haze he's in. Eventually he calms down enough to be released. Scott points out that the stick Derek broke was not Liam's and hands him an undamaged one. The bell rings and Scott orders Liam to get to class.
Derek smiles at Scott and says he'll be good at training his beta. The former Alpha says Liam's anger will make him strong. Scott says it will also make him dangerous. Scott laments that he was supposed to focus on school this semester but he can't because "Kate's back and I've got a beta and there's a dead pool." Derek says if all their names are on the list, then that is what they should be focused on.
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"Something else. Have you been able to talk to Selene yet?" Derek asks and Scott sakes his head.
"No, after finding out about Demarco, she and Liz took off. I think to find his pack" Scott replies.
"What about Carrie? You think that was the same pack"
"Yeah. Here, do you recognise one of the names?" Scot hands Derek a copy of the first part of the Deadpool.
"Yeah, one"
"Which one?"
"Elias Town. He's a friend of Selene's. I met him once but we didn't really talk that much"
"He's a werewolf?"
"Yeah, his eyes glowed blue. And if he's worth 7 Million, he must be hard to kill"
"I hope it for him"
~~~
Malia is hovering over Lydia as she attempts to draw something in the art room. The pencil hovers over the paper but inspiration will not come. Malia suggests they look to another banshee for help, meaning Meredith.
~~~
Coach is teaching about "economic disparity" using the differences between private school lacrosse teams and public school teams. He says Beacon Hills barely has enough money for duct tape to hold their equipment together.
During the lesson, Stiles is going over the crime scene photos of the most recent murder. Looking at the pictures, Coach says Stiles is profoundly disturbing. When Coach taps his lacrosse stick on the desk to get Stiles' attention, he notices that the end of the stick matches the shape of around the stab wounds on the latest victim. From this Stiles deduces that the weapon is hidden in a lacrosse stick and someone on the team is an assassin.
~~~
Selene, Kira, Scott and Stiles pull apart all the team's lacrosse sticks looking for the weapon.
"This is pointless-- most of the team plays with their own gear" Selene eventually says. "And if I hid a dagger in my stick, it would be in my own gear, where no one could find it"
"Maybe instead of trying to find a lacrosse stick with a hidden dagger in it, we should be trying to get the game cancelled?" Kira proposes.
"The game's the best way to catch him red-handed..." Scott counters.
"But what if he's red-handed 'cause his hands are covered in the blood of the person that he just stabbed to death? Which, by the way, could be either of you guys" Stiles points out.
"Or Liam" Scott says.
"Or someone of the other team" Selene adds.
"Well, we don't have the whole list, and he could be on it. And like Selene says, someone of the other team can be on it as well" Scott agrees.
"We don't know anything about that list-- how it's made, how it's updated. I mean, who's been out taking a supernatural census, anyway?" Stiles points out.
"How do they even know about me?" Kira asks.
"They know about everyone" Scott argues.
"I think Kira's right. I think we should stop the game" Stiles agrees.
"I'm not afraid," Scott says firmly.
"Neither am I" Kira adds.
"Well, I'm terrified, and I'm not even on the list! Guys, these are professional killers-- it's their profession. One of them's got a thermo-cut wire that cuts heads off! Who knows what else they have?" Stiles asks.
~~~
In the Chemistry Classroom, Violet is mixing a yellow species of Wolfsbane powder into an unknown liquid. She says it is very rare and very expensive. She explains that it works fast.
Violet bemoans the fact that they should be going after the bigger target on the list, the Alpha. But Garrett points out that a whole Alpha pack tried to take down McCall and Vulpes and they were the ones left standing. Garrett insists that they only go after the beta on the field during the game.
She coats the end of Garrett's stick knife with the gooey yellow substance and says she only has to nick the intended victim.
~~~
Lydia and Malia realize they can't get to Meredith at Eichen House without permission from a family member and that's impossible because her whole family is dead.
Malia stops in the crowded hallway and suggests they go back to the art room or the music room. Lydia snaps that she's not "plucking piano strings for two hours waiting for some supernatural inspiration."
She's frustrated because, unlike Malia, Selene and Scott, she can't turn her power on or off. She says she didn't get the claws or glowing eyes or super senses, "I just have voices in my head." This last was apparently loud enough for the other students in the hall to hear. They turn and stare at Lydia.
~~~
Mason pursues Liam out to where the Devenford Prep buses have pulled up at the school.
"Brett!" Liam yells
"Ah... here we go" Mason states.
"I just wanted to say... have a good game," Liam says, offering Brett his hand. Brett lets out an obnoxious laugh.
"That's cute Liam. Is that what they told you to say in Anger Management? Apologize and everything is fine? You demolished Coach's car" Brett says, his tone first mockingly and then threatening.
"I paid for it," Liam says through gritted teeth.
"Yeah, you're gonna pay for it. We're gonna break you in half out there. And it's gonna be all your own fault" Brett says and blood begins to drop from Liam's hands, signalling his claws are piercing through his skin. Selene suddenly makes a dramatic entrance and walks towards the two boys. "Ow, here comes trouble," Brett says with a smile on his face. Selene glares at him and stops in front of Liam. "I was going to give you a nasty look, but I see you already got one, sweetheart"
"Ow bite me" Selene says as she crossed her arms. Brett rolls his eyes at that. "Keep rolling your eyes at me Brett, you might find a brain back there,"
"You must have a large brain to hold all that ignorance," Brett says and runs his fingers through and messing up his perfectly cut hair.
This time, Selene was the one rolling her eyes. "Everyone is entitled to be stupid Brett, but you abuse the privilege."
"That's cute, Selene-" He still has the smile on his face while looking down at the girl.
"Almost as cute as how much I want to strangle you at this moment"
"You're not tall enough to reach my throat" He smirks
"No, you've sunk low enough "
"I've sunk low enough! He-"
"Hey! Do you see this? This is my 'I don't care' face"
"That's your normal face" Brett breaths out as if he has heard her say that more times than he can count.
"Gee, I wonder why"
"Really, y-"
"Shh!"
"What?"
"Ssssshhhh"
"Are you going to tell me what you're doing or?"
"Shut up!" Selene puts her finger in front of his mouth and he looks at it weirdly for a second before looking back at the girl in front of him. "You hear that? That's the sound of you not talking and it's amazing"
"What are you, twelve?"
"On a scale from one to ten. Ow and Brett... we'll see who gets 'broken in half out there'."
"Ow, Really?"
"Yeah. I mean if you wouldn't be busy having your petty revenge, maybe you'd have a chance at beating us" Selene says and lets her eyes pass every guy that has stepped out of the bus. She sees Jack and smirks. "Ah! If, of course, you're not trying to kill each other out there. Now, have a good day" Selene leaves, knowing Scott and Stiles took Liam to the locker room.
"You can stop staring now, Marsland" Brett says, turning around. Jack shakes his head and walks closer to Brett.
"You're an idiot, you know that?"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"That you're an idiot"
"Why exactly"
"'Cause, right now, I think she can deal with everything, without you being an ass"
"What do you mean?"
"That you're an idiot that needs to pay more attention to her"
"Excuse me?" Jack facepalms and walks away.
~~~
Scott and Stiles cram Liam into the running shower as he snaps his fangs and roars his anger. Liam explains about the car he destroyed, how it belonged to his lacrosse coach, trashed it after the coach benched him for the entirety of the season and that he was sent to a psychologist for evalutation.
"What did they call it?"
"Intermittent explosive disorder" Selene says. She walks into the room and sits down next to Liam.
"I.E.D.? You're literally an I.E.D.? That's great. That's great. You gave powers to a walking time bomb!" Stiles says
"Mind toning down the judgment? If her didn't give 'superpowers to a walking time bomb' the time bomb would be dead" Selene snaps Stiles raises his hands.
"Did they give you anything for it?" Scott asks.
"Risperdal. It's an antipsychotic"
(Risperdal is a powerful antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia in teenagers and bipolar disorder in children as young as 10. However, the drug is not recommended for Intermittent Explosive Disorder. One side effect of the drug is apparently Gynecomastia – the drug is blamed for hundreds of male patients developing breasts)
"Oh, this just gets better..." Stiles comments. And Selene sighs.
"But I don't take it" Liam explains.
"Obviously!"
"Stiles! I swear to Gods and Goddesses I'm gonna slap you across the face if you don't shut up" Selene snaps and Stiles looks at her disbelieving.
"I can't play lacrosse on it, it makes me too tired" Liam explains.
"Okay. I think you should bail out of the game. Tell Coach your leg is still hurting" Scott states.
"No! No. I can do this-- especially if you two are there"
"But Liam... this isn't just about the game. We think whoever killed Demarco may have been on our team"
"Who's Demarco?"
"The guy that was beheaded out side his car" Selene says while seeming to remember something.
"We think the person who ordered the keg killed Demarco. Liam...? What, you know something?" Scott then asks, seeing Liam's look.
"I don't know who ordered the keg... But I know who paid for it" Liam says.
~~~
The scrimmage begins. Kira wants to do something about Garrett at the start but Scott says if they guessed wrong then the real killer gets away.
~~~
Sheriff Stilinski is leaving for the game but Deputy Parrish stops him and says he found Meredith Walker walking from the coast into town. She says she is looking for Lydia.
~~~
"I don't care if he's a foot taller than me-- I think I can take him" Liam tells his friend."Yeah..." Mason says, but he sounds distracted."What do you think you're doing?" Liam asks."What? Me? Agreeing with you! I'm being agreeable" Liam looks at what Mason is looking at: Brett changing. Selene aproaches hem and chuckles, appaering to know something they don't."...You think he's hot, don't you?" Liam asks his friend."No! No. Not at all! No way!...Maybe... Yeah, maybe a little..."
"He wants to destroy me""I think you could definitely take him... and then give him to me"
"Not to mention that if he wante to distroy you, you'd be a pool of blood on the floor and buried somewhere no one could find" Selene says.
"Okay, why not" Liam says, looking after Selene, who run on the field. Liam looks over at Brett who's now watching Selene with a smile on his face.
~~~
Derek shows Chris Argent the vault under the school. Chris seems surprised. Derek shows him the triskelion disc Kate was looking for and explains that they use it to train young betas to control their shifts on the full moon.
Argent admits he's thought Kate was still alive and says he's been looking for her ever since he saw the shotgun shell. He hands the shell to Derek. It has a fleur-de-lys pattern stamped into the metal rim and primer. Chris says he has a place he can take Kate if they can find her. Derek describes it as "werewolf jail." Chris says he will do what he has to do but Derek says he would rather that not happen. Kate took more than just the color of his eyes – his enhanced sense of smell is gone and his other "power" is going too.
Scott tries to use his influence at team captain to get coach to sit Liam out for the game. Coach laughs in his face.
"Hey Liam think fast!" Brett yells and throws a ball towards Liam. Liam catches the ball with his hand and Selene glares at Brett, once again, looking like she knows something the other's don't. Brett smirks at her and Selene smirks too.
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