Old Scars, Future Hearts

24

Sheriff Stilinski walked up to Marika, Dmitri, Scott and Isaac and said, "I got to meet with the medical examiner and try to figure out what happened with Jackson. I've got an APB out on Stiles. His Jeep is still in the parking lot, so that means -- the hell, I don't know what that means. Um -- look, if he answers his phone, if he answers his emails, if either one of you see him-"

"We'll call you," Isaac interrupted.

Scott looked up at the sheriff. "Look, he's probably just freaked out from all the attention or something. We'll find him."

Dmitri nodded, glancing at his worried sister.

Sheriff Stilinski nodded. "Yeah. I'll see you, okay?"

Coach walked up to the teens and focused his attention on Scott. "McCall. We need you on the team, okay? You know I can't put you on the field next season if you don't get your grades up."

"Yeah, I know, Coach," Scott replied.

"All right. I mean, I-I know I yell a lot, but it's not like I hate you guys. Well, I kind of hate Greenberg, but, you know, that's different. It's Greenberg. I'm just saying we -- I need you on the team. Get your grades back up."

"I will."

"I know."

Coach left and Scott turned to Isaac. "Is that everyone?"

Isaac nodded. "I think so. You're gonna find him by scent?"

Scott glanced to Isaac. "Yeah, we both are. Marika, Dmitri, you can look out for him, okay?"

Isaac frowned. "But how come you get his shirt and I get a shoe?"

"'Cause Scott doesn't want to smell sweaty shoes," Dmitri shot back. "Rika? Hey, we'll find him."

Isaac frowned at him. "And you think I do?"

"Stop it!" Marika yelled. "Gods, this feels like Percy's disappearance all over again."

Derek appeared and said "We need to talk."

"All of us," Peter added.

"Holy sh-" Scott began, narrowing his eyes. "What the hell is this?"

Derek shrugged. "You know, I thought the same thing when I saw you talking to Gerard at the sheriff's station."

"Okay, hold on. He -- he threatened to kill my mom. And I had to get close to him. What was I supposed to do?"

Peter turned his gaze to Scott. "I'm gonna go with Scott on this one. Have you seen his mom? She's gorgeous."

Derek, Scott and Dmitri all said, "Shut up."

"Who is he?" Isaac asked.

Scott sighed. "That's Peter, Derek's uncle. Little while back, he tried to kill us all, and then we set him on fire, and Derek slashed his throat."

Peter gave an awkward wave. "Hi."

Isaac nodded slowly. "That's good to know."

"How in holy Hades are you even here?" Marika spat.

Derek shot her a look. "Look, the short version is he knows how to stop Jackson. And maybe how to save him."

Isaac glanced up at the new alpha. "Well, that's very helpful, except Jackson's dead."

"What?"

Scott nodded. "Yeah, Jackson's dead. It just happened on the field."

Isaac looked around. "Okay, why is no one taking this as good news?"