Scream (Nogitsune)

Chapter 12

The hall was clear. They proceeded and entered the kitchen. Also clear.

Mrs. McCall started looking for the gun as was told and the rest moved on to the stairs. trying to be as quiet as possible. They were going one step at a time, Scott first, followed by Lydia and Dr. Deaton last.

They reached the top and Scott could see a silhouette on the other side of the hall. At that moment he knew that using the element of surprise wasn't going to work.

He stood in Stiles' room with the door open, slowly turning his body from facing the window.

"You thought I didn't hear you?" He let out a noise of disgrace as the corners of his mouth turned up into an evil smile. "You guys are really persistent. I see your number lowered, you should make some new friends otherwise there will be noone left for me to kill." The Nogitsune said and laughed at his own sick joke.

He dramatically snapped his fingers and two Onis morphed in the hall between the Nogitsune and Scott.

Lydia gripped onto Scott's arm.

"Why are there only three of them?" She whispered, but she didn't really expect an answer and knew that is enough for them to take down.

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Melissa was in a hurry, looking through every drawer as the gun wasn't under the sink.

She opened one with a fancy looking box of cutlery inside, when she realised she has seen this set before.

Sheriff Stilinski told her about it. It's the silver set left there by his late wife, Stiles' mom. He never used it and she felt really bad for even touching it, but she grabbed all the knives in there and put them on a desk, continuing her search for the gun.

A few drawers later she finally found it, when an Oni appeared behind her. She saw the shadow standing there and frantically started loading the gun with the bullets in her pocket, given to her by Dr. Deaton.

The Oni was moving to her faster than she could get ready to shoot. As it was reaching for his weapon she grabed one of the knives lying on the kitchen desk and made a bold move ahead, stabbing the Oni right into his mask.

It broke and a streak of yellow light blinded her for a second followed by a cloud of black smoke diffusing where the figure stood.

She couldn't wrap her head around what she just did, feeling as if every single cell in her body was about to burst due to the adrenalin rush. She bought herself some time and finished loading the gun.

After that Melissa grabbed all of the knives and run to the stairs, where the rest of them were in the middle of a fight.

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Scott was doing everything he could to take down the Onis and protect both Lydia and Dr. Deaton in the meantime.

They were able to take care of themselves, but in Scott's mind he was the one who had to keep everyone alive. It was three Onis against the three of them, the Nogitsune standing nearby, enjoying the view.

Lydia had her silver piece of rail she found in the attic at home among a pile of useless stuff noone had used in the last twenty years, ready to attack when the time is right.

Scott was doing just fine using his powers, but he was distracted, looking down the stairs a lot, waiting for his mother to show up.

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Dr. Deaton got rid of the Oni for a second and decided to run the stairs down and find Melissa.

He was half way down, when one of the shadows reappeared in front of him. He was taken aback by how quick the Oni got on his feet again.