UP IN FLAMES ➳ S. STILINSKI [02]

[08]

"There's no way!" Derek's voice boomed through the front door of Deaton's Surgery where me and Stiles stood. "She can't be!!"

My head flicked up to Stiles who was looking just as confused as I was. "Did you hear that?"

"Yeah - uh, we should go in" He nodded at me and I quickly agreed, following him through the doors to the Clinic and screwing my face up at the scene before me. Isaac was absolutely drenched, and now out of the ice tub, and Derek was hunched over a metal table with his head in his hands.

"What happened? What do you mean she can't be?" My head turned to Scott for guidance but he shook his head and looked at the ground. "Who can't be what?"

"Dead" Derek stated. "Erica"

"Erica?" I raised my eyebrows at him as he straightened himself up. "She's dead?"

"No" He ran a hand through his hair and nodded to Isaac. "There's no way that she's dead. You must have seen wrong, or saw someone else - but it wasn't Erica"

Beside me, Stiles gawked at Isaac. "You seen them? You seen Erica dead?"

"I- I don't know, I can't remember what I said" He shifted uncomfortably under all of our glares and pulled the towel around his freezing body.

Closing my eyes and bringing my hands together, I let out a pained breath, still confused with what was going on and who had seen what. "What exactly did Isaac say that lead you to think that Erica was dead?"

"He said, there's a body - it's Erica" Scott nodded at us, shaking his head. "But it could have been someone else! Or, he could have seen wrong. I'm sure she's still alive Derek"

"I don't understand - how could Erica be dead if someone was in the vault with Boyd?"

"Someone else? Surely not" My shoulders shrugged. "Who else do we know that's new to Beacon Hills.." I trailed off before nodding to Isaac. "What about the stranger who saved you? You said she was a girl and clearly pretty powerful to save you from a bunch of Alphas"

"No" We all looked at him as he spoke. "The girl that saved me wasn't like us, but the one with Boyd was"

"Whatever or whoever it was, we need to get them out soon" Derek walked over and placed his hands down on the table. "We need a plan - and fast"

"We need to think about this Derek" Scott stood across from him looking worried. Going into the bank and exposing ourselves this early was a bad idea, but I would go and help my friends - Derek cared about Erica and Boyd, and that was enough.

"We go tomorrow night" I nodded.

"Ash" Stiles started and I quickly shut him down.

"We need to go tonight, if they're in danger of killing each other then we need to. It's the right thing" Derek nodded at me and smiled gently.

"I'm in" Isaac jumped down off the counter. "I'll do anything"

"Good" I thanked him before gazing over at Scott. "You in?"

Thinking for a moment, he nodded. "We need a plan though"

"We need to break into the bank" I chuckled to myself and turned to Derek. "Any ideas? It's not something people do often so any input is appreciated"

Derek opened his mouth to speak but instead Stiles chimed in beside me, frantically scrolling through his phone. "Actually...I don't think we need a plan"

"Explain?" My eyebrow cocked and he placed his phone down on the table.

"Beacon Hills National closes it's doors three months after bank robbery..." Scott's eyes scanned the phone as he read aloud. "Someone robbed it?"

"Someone broke in, so that means that we can too" Stiles nodded to us with a big grin across his face.

"Does it say how he robbed it?" Derek grabbed the phone and swiped across the screen looking for answers. "It doesn't, does it?"

"No.." Stiles trailed of before grabbing the phone back out of his hands. "But we can find out, okay? It will be easy"

"We have less than twenty four hours" Derek stated.

"Derek, chill - okay?" I could tell Stiles was nervous. "We will find it, okay? It won't take long"

"How long?"

"It's the internet, so like....minutes" He smiled to himself and folded his arms confidently.

"Alright.." I nodded. "You guys sort that and I'll sort some things that can help us take them down if needs be"

All heads turned to me looking slightly concerned. "I thought you got rid of all of that when you moved in with us?"

"I got rid of most of it" I nodded to Scott. "But in a town like Beacon Hills, you can never be too careful"

"Right" Derek muttered.

"Rendezvous in Derek's loft?" My eyebrows raised at them. "See you then"