Morningstar

08

Scott rode on his motorcycle to Eichen House and took off his helmet. Luci had made her own way there and was already waiting.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Scott asked.

Sheriff Stilinski sighed. "Because I wanted to avoid something like this."

Stiles looked between his friend and Luci. "It's only 72 hours."

Luci frowned. "In a mental institution. Sure, that will go wonderfully." She glanced at the sheriff. "There's a lot you don't know yet."

Sheriff Stilinski glanced at them, mostly focused on Luci. "I know enough. Nogitsunes, kitsunes, Oni, or whatever they're called."

Stiles turned to his dad and said proudly, "Wow. That was actually all surprisingly correct."

"Scott, Luci, I saw an MRI that looked exactly like my wife's. And it terrifies me. I'm headed over to L.A. tomorrow to talk to a specialist."

Scott frowned. "Then why are you putting him in here?"

Stiles turned to his friend. "He's not. It was my decision."

Luci raised a brow. "You're choosing to go to the place that a guy whose brain exploded flies came from?"

Scott glanced at her before turning back to his friend. "Stiles, we can't help you if you're in there."

Stiles sighed. "And I can't hurt either of you."

Luci looked at him. "We'll find something. Deaton's got some ideas, and Argent is calling people. We're gonna figure something out."

"If we can't-" Scott began.

Stiles shook his head, cutting his friend off. "If you can't... If you can't, then you have to do something for me, okay? Make sure I never get out."

He waved goodbye to Luci and Scott before he walked into Eichen House with his dad.

Luci turned to Scott. "We need to get to the clinic."

They made their way to the Animal Clinic and when they got there, they saw that Deaton was on the phone with Argent and Allison waiting for them.

"What have you found?" Luci questioned.

Deaton mentioned a scroll and Luci frowned. "Scroll?"

"A Shugendo scroll," Deaton replied. "The Shugendo were the ascetic mystics of Japan. The scroll had information on how to exorcise a Nogitsune."

"Ah, yes. Where is it? Did someone buy it?"

Deaton nodded. "The man who last purchased it was named Kincaid."

Allison moved back next to Luci. "He was with Katashi. He's the guy who met with Isaac to buy the gun."

"Sounds like Katashi wanted the scroll for himself."

The group soon made their way to the Argent penthouse to meet with Ethan and Aiden. As soon as they were all inside, Allison said, "My father said all of Katashi's evidence is being moved to a Federal Lockup by armored car tonight. Probably within the next few hours."

Aiden frowned. "We're going to rob an armored car."

"Well, we're going to try."

Luci smirked. "This will be quite fun."

While they finished discussing the plan, Scott told them, "This is a really bad plan."

Lydia frowned. "It's not that bad."

"It's not that good."

Luci looked between them. "We all know this plan is terrible. We have no idea which road they'll take. Assuming Allison can get one of her father's GPS trackers on the armored car, we can follow it."

Allison pointed to a spot on the map. "So when it gets here..."

"We attack him?" Ethan questioned, cutting her off.

Luci met his eyes. "No. Your bikes will be in the middle of the road, like you got into an accident. When the driver steps out to help-"

"We attack him?"

"No," Lydia and Allison replied.

Luci shook her head. "You'll distract him while Scott will break open the back door."

Scott sighed. "I hope."

Luci turned to Aiden. "You're getting Katashi's finger."

He grimaced at her words. "It's not his actual finger, is it?"

Lydia rolled her eyes. "You are so out of our league."

Aiden frowned. "Why aren't we just going to Stilinski for help?"

Luci turned to him. "Because the sheriff will be tampering with evidence if he gets caught. Trust me. This is going to work. We can do this. Scott and I promised Stiles it would. I try not to break promises if I can help it."

Allison nodded. "She's right. This has to work. My dad's in jail for murder. We need to do this."

They headed to the station and stood outside. Allison lowered her crossbow and glanced to Kira. "You're up."

Kira grabbed the GPS and slipped it on the back of the ambulance and ran back towards us, panic evident on her face. The door opened and Deputy Parrish walked out.

Parrish opened the passenger's door to the ambulance and backed up slowly, raising his gun. He walked around the truck. A guy suddenly jumped out and knocked Parrish's head into the car, knocking him out.

"Who the hell is that?" Aiden wondered.

"Kincaid," Luci replied.

Luci stood next to Allison who had her crossbow aimed at Kincaid. He rummaged through boxes and pulled out a silver object.

"We need that finger," Scott said.

The man shot him a smirk. "Why should I give it to you?"

"There's a briefcase in there with $150,000 in it."

"The scroll inside this prosthetic finger is worth three million."

Scott ordered in a commanding tone, "Give me the finger." Kincaid frowned at Scott and he sighed. "You know what I mean."

Kira seized the opportunity to jump from the top of the truck and onto the guy's back. Unfortunately, he realized, and she was thrown to the ground. The man growled and flicked his eyes to reveal steel blue. "I guess negotiations are over."

Allison shot an arrow into Kincaid and he pulled it out. Kira rushed him, but was grabbed by the throat and lifted into the air. Allison's face was hit, and she was slammed into a wall. Scott rushed him and was thrown to the floor. "You have the eyes of an Alpha. But where's the strength?"

Luci used her weight and pushed him back. "Hello."

She punched him in the chest with her fist and he groaned in pain. She then pushed him into a wall. She began punching, kicking, and dodging his attacks while still punching him. She pushed him towards the hospital van and he crashed into it and fell to the ground.

Ethan and Aiden started attacking Kincaid and Scott yelled, "Ethan, Aiden..."

"Stop!" Lydia cried.

Aiden narrowed his eyes. "You want him to come after us? Scott, we've seen guys like this. Trust us. He's dangerous."

"So are we," Scott said. "You saw what Luci did. She's dangerous. He looks smart enough to remember that."

Luci glared at Kincaid. "We have to remember that we came here to save a life; not take one."

They got the Shugendo scroll and made their way back to the clinic. Deaton looked over the scroll grimly. "There isn't much here, unfortunately."

"Does it say anything?" Scott wondered.

Deaton sighed. "My Japanese isn't great. But it appears to say that one method of expelling a Nogitsune is to change the body of the host."

Luci raised a brow. "Change the body?"

Deaton nodded. "Which begs the question. How do we change Stiles' body?"

Scott said, "By turning him into a werewolf."