Keep Your Head Up (3rd book in Fatal Attraction)

Why Is Everyone Looking At Me

Emilie's POV
I was stuck with Derek, Isabelle, and Conner since Scott, Sage, and Kira were getting answers from Kira's parents since I really didn't want to know. We got to the precinct and saw Parrish interrogating Mr. Argent. "Sorry, but I can't let you walk out with this. It's way above the legal voltage limit." Parrish said, I secretly hid my taser that could kill a grown man. "I only use it for hunting." Mr. Argent said. "Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure you could use it to jump-start a 747." Parrish said. "This property belongs to me and the charges were dropped. Although, I'm not exactly sure who's responsible for that." Mr. Argent said. "I am. I'll take care of this, Parrish." Dad said and we walked over. "Sheriff, I'm not kidding. This thing's a few watts from being a lightsaber." Parrish said. "I said I'll take care of it." Dad said and we were now in his office and I was sitting there. "The specialist I saw in LA told me the thing that every doctor says when he's trying to avoid a lawsuit. We can't say for sure. And then I spoke with Melissa. These are brain scans. My wife's and Stiles'. I knew they were similar. But those are the same." Dad said. "Exactly the same." Isabelle said looking over the paper. "And I'm guessing this isn't possible?" Derek said. "Not even remotely." I said. "So the trickster is still playing tricks. But why this trick?" Conner said confused. "When I was in the Army, an officer told me, if you want to defeat your enemy, you don't take away their courage. you take away their hope. You don't look like a man who gives up hope easily." Dad said. "But Stiles might. If this thing inside him, if it's using mom's disease as some sort of psychological trick, then this isn't just a fight for his body. It's also a fight for his mind. Right?" I said. "You know, he's left people severely injured." Mr. Argent said. "And others severely dead. That's why I need the five of you. I need people who are experienced in this kind of thing. I need you to help me stop him." Derek ssid. "And by stop him, you mean trap him." Dad said. We got to Argent's apartment and Conner set his bag down. "This is everything non-lethal I could find. Take all of it." Conner said. "What's the plan here?" Isabelle asked. "When do we have a plan?" I asked. "Our best shit right now is for Derek to try to pick up Stiles' scent at Eichen House. Especially if he went through something stressful there." Mr. Argent said. "Should all five of us be going to the same place? Where else has Stiles been showing up?" Dad asked. "School, the hospital. Okay, hold on. We did this already. He disappeared. We started looking for him. Then walked right into a trap at the hospital." I said. "He's getting us to repeat the same moves." Conner said. "So, what do we do? Wait for him to come to us?" Dad asked. "We can't. Not if the oni find him when the sun goes down." Isabelle said rolling her eyes. "Sage and Scott's working on them right now, with Kira." I said. "That's the problem. We're all trying to outfox the fox. Listen. I'll understand if anyone wants to back out." Dad said seeing Isabelle and I with tasers. "It wouldn't be the first wolf to run from a fox." Derek said. "Apparently I'm carrying the lightsaber." Mr. Argent said. "And you have us." We turned and saw Allison, Lydia, Grace, Eileen, and Molly. "Dad, you, Molly, Conner. Eileen, and Derek hit Eichen House." Allison said. "Dad, it's you, Alli, Lydia, Izzy, and me in the hospital." I said. "I'll be checking in with Scott, Sage, and Kira." Grace said, we nodded. Dad, Allison, Lydia, Isabelle, and I were in the hospital elevator and I was fiddling with my taser. "You know what, I don't know how you guys do it. You're all so strong. You're fearless. Hell, you even manage to keep your grades up." Dad said. "Barely Sage is practically failing Econ." I said my voices cracking and I started crying. "Hey. You okay?" Isabelle asked me. "I'm not... Fearless. I'm terrified. I'm always terrified. I... I act like I know what I'm doing, but I don't. I don't know if Isaac is dying right now. I don't know if I made a mistake with being a pack leader. I don't know if we should trust Derek. I don't know... I don't know anything." I said crying. "You know what's funny? You sound just like a cop. Hey. You're gonna be okay. Okay." Dad said and the phone beeped loudly. "What's that?" Lydia asked. "Someone's breaking into my house. After Stiles started sleepwalking, I had some security precautions put in. Motion sensors. Cameras." Dad said. "Is that his room?" I asked. "Let's go." Isabelle said. We got there along with Mr. Argent, Molly, Eileen, Derek, and Conner. We were looking around seeing nothing. "What is all this? What are these us. "This is what Stiles and Emmy used to try and explain to me about all of you." Dad said. "Cool, maybe it's a message from Stiles. The real Stiles." Molly said. "You think there's any reason my name's on the king?"Derek asked. "Well, you're heavily guarded." Dad said. "EJ's name is on the Queen." Eileen noticed. "The queen can move wherever and I was what helped Scott." I said to her. "Though I guess the alarming detail is that you're one move from being in checkmate." Lydia said about Derek's chess piece. "It's not a message from Stiles. It's a threat from the nogitsune. He's at the loft." Conner said. "That's what he's trying to tell us. And he wants us to come there." Mr. Argent said to us. "Night's falling. This couldn't sound any more like a trap." Isabelle said. "I don't think it is." Dad said. "I think your opinion might be slightly biased, Sheriff. Hear me out. What we're dealing with here is basically someone who lacks motive. No rhyme, no reason, right?" Conner said to Dad. "Meaning what?" Dad asked. "Our enemy is not a killer. It's a trickster." Mr. Argent said. "The kill is just a by-product." I said. "If you're trying to say it won't kill us, I'm not feeling too confident about that." Mr. Argent said. "It won't. It wants irony. It wants to play a trick. It wants a joke. All we need to do is come up with a new punch line." Dad said. "The sun is setting, Sheriff. What do you have in mind?" Mr. Argent said, everyone looked at me. "Why is everyone looking at me?" I asked. "You know Stiles the best." Allison said. "So does Lydia and Izzy." I said. "Let's get going." Mr. Argent said. I was in Dad's car as he drove. "Worried?" Dad asked. "Not one bit, I've dealt with a psychopath, a crazy old man, kanima, and alpha pack, so what's a Japanese trickster fox." I said. "I worry about you Emmy." Dad said. "I'll be fine, I can handle it." I said. "I love you Emmy." Dad said.
Isabelle's POV
I was in the car with Conner as he drove and I yawned. "You good Belle you've been tired lately and threw up this morning." Conner said. "I'm probably just stressed about Stiles, I mean he's my baby brother and he's possessed." Isabelle said. "Yeah but I don't want you to badly hurt, we still have to get married." He said kissing my hand. I nodded and dozed off. I woke up and we were at the loft. We got out and ran up and we saw the Nogistune standing there with a smirk. "Hello everyone." He said laughing.

A/N: New chapter and I'm right now updating this on the website since I have an iPhone and the update on the app keeps kicking me off. So the website might be where I'll update for awhile.