Everyone Has Demons [Teen Wolf]

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“Ava, you remember Coach’s risk and reward speech in economics?” Scott asked after Derek went into the building.

“I’m not in your class,” I said.

“Yes you are, your seat is behind Stiles,” he said. He shook his head. “Have you really managed to skip every economics class?”

“I’ve skipped a lot of classes,” I told him. “Now, what were you saying about risk and reward?”

“I don’t think we’re measuring our risk with enough information.”

“We don’t have time, Scott.”

“They’ve been waiting for months to kill Boyd and the other girl, why?”

“I don’t know, its poetic? We need to go.”

“Ok, let’s go.”

We climbed the ladder to the top of the building and then climbed down inside. Derek had already broken into the vault and I saw Boyd. “Boyd, you’re ok,” I said in relief.

Scott’s phone rang. “Stiles, this isn’t the best time.” I couldn’t hear what was being said on the other end of the line but from Scott’s face it wasn’t good. “We have a problem.”

The girl stepped into the light and Derek’s eyes widened. “Cora?”

Before I could ask who Cora was the vault door opened and Mrs. Morrell, the guidance councilor and my French teacher, appeared. “No!” Scott yelled and I noticed the line of ash around the room. Boyd and Cora lunged for Derek and Scott pulled Boyd off.

“Should I break the seal?” I yelled.

“No!” Derek yelled. Boyd attacked me and I fell to the ground hard. Derek pushed him aside just as Cora jumped on him, catching Derek off guard. “Get out of here, Ava!” I hesitated before realizing I was probably doing more harm than good, since Derek was too busy trying to protect me to fight. I ran out of the vault and remembered how I had been sure Allison was planning on coming to the bank, I really hopped she hadn’t listened to me.

I bumped into Allison within seconds of running out of the vault. “Thank god, please tell me you brought some weapons.”

She shook her head. “I was just coming to look. What’s going on in there?”

“Boyd and a girl, they attacked Scott and Derek,” I told her. She pushed past me and into the doorway of the vault. Boyd had his claws in Scott’s side lifting him up the wall, while Cora had Derek on the ground. Allison noticed the seal and reached down to break it.

“Don’t break the seal!” Derek yelled. She hesitated for a moment but then did it anyways. Boyd and Cora ran out of the vault and disappeared. “Do you have any idea what you just did?” Derek asked Allison coming out of the vault.

“She saved your lives,” I said.

“And in the process set two crazed werewolves free. They’re going to kill people out there, Ava. How could you bring her here?” Derek yelled at me grabbing my arms and shaking me.

“I didn’t bring her here! She came on her own. It was the stupid bruise, she figured it out!” I yelled back. I jerked away from him. “I listened to you, I didn’t break the seal. But I’m not going to apologize for her doing it, because she saved your life. And frankly that matters to me more than the greater good.”

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“It was the vault,” I said in relief.

“Did you find them?” Scott asked.