What if I Stayed? (Thiam Fic)

Chapter Twenty Five

"What's happening?" Liam asked, running up to Sheriff Stillinski. He'd gotten a text from Mason saying the school was under lockdown, with the juniors stuck inside the school. "I heard there was a lockdown."

"Step down kid." A deputy said, pushing Liam back wiht one hand. Liam felt the anger inside him grow. This man needed to move so he could talk to the Sheriff. "This is a crime scene."

"He can pass." Noah said, pushing past his deputy and grabbing Liam's arm with miminal force. "We need to talk about some stuff anyways." They walked away from the deputies, Liam feeling the rage boiling in the pit of his stomach.

"What's happening in the school?"

"You're the new uh," The Sheriff fumbled for his words, waving his hands around like the word would come to him magically. "Uh werewolf. Right?"

"Yeah, I am. Liam Dunbar. I was kidnapped yesterday." Liam wanted to punch himself in the face for that last comment. He was talking to the sheriff, Stiles' father, of course he knew that.

"Right, right." The Sheriff thought for a second, "Do you know if this is anything... supernatural or whatever? I'm still new to this."

"I only learned about this stuff a week ago sir." Liam sighed, "You're probably better off than me when it comes to this. What's happening?"

"CDC ordered a quarantine because of a disturbing report they got from a teacher."

"Is Theo still inside?" Liam asked quickly before realizing he should probably ask about the others, considering the group included his son. "And the others? Are they all still inside?"

"Lydia and Kira went to the lakehouse for some banshee stuff but yeah." Noah nodded sadly, biting his lips with anxiety in the process. "Yeah they're all in there."

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"Did anyone else get bad vibes from that Simon dude?" Theo asked as they made their way down to the Hale vault. 

"Yeah he was creepy. Knew way too much about diseases and stuff for some normal teacher." Stiles agreed, helping Malia walking down the stairs.

"He's a teacher Stiles. That's his job." Scott grunted out through his sharp teeth.

"No, he's a test adminstrator, not a teacher." Theo responded, using the wall to support himself as another wave of pain hit him. He gritted his teeth, refusing to show signs of pain or weakness. He felt like he had something to prove after he'd broken down last night. "He doesn't have to know jackshit."

"Can we focus on getting to the vault?" Malia scowled, turning all the boys silent. "Take this stupid fight else where but I'm getting into that vault and taking a goddamn nap."

They travelled quietly for around thirty seconds before finding the entrance to the vault doors, the second entrance that was. Theo had never been so grateful for paranoid werewolves and rich people. 

"Oh." Scott stopped, reading the writing on the vault. "Someone needs to open the vault. Someone with claws." Isaac, Stiles and Theo all knew the true meaning behind his words. They needed a Hale. Luckily, they happened to have one. All of them turned to Malia.

"What?" She asked, looking around. "You guys have claws too."

"We can't control them and you're the only one who currently has them." Isaac pointed out, Scott and him raising their hands to prove it. Theo did have some claws on one hand but opted to lift the other in order to prove a point.

"Fine, I'll open it." Malia crossed her arms, "Only if you tell me what you've been hiding from me."

"What?" Stiles choked out, trying to seem natural and cool. "What do you mean?"

"I'm not dumb guys. You guys have clearly been hiding something from me and I want to know what." The most awkward silence Theo had ever been a part of ensued, and he'd been around Isaac and Scott a lot lately. All four boys made eye contact with each other, unsure of what to do. "Is it the deadpool?"

"Yes." Theo realized he had a chance to cover for Stiles until he managed to tell her the truth, "Yeah, you're on it. Worth four million dead."

"Oh." Malia took a second, registering the amount. "That's fine."

"What?" Scott raised an eyebrow at her, "What do you mean by that?"

"Well Kira's worth eight million, Isaac's worth nine million, Liam's six, Theo's thirteen and you're twenty-five million dollars." Malia pointed to Scott, smiling and shrugging. "They'll kill all of you way before me!" 

"Progress guys. It's still progress." Stiles looked embarrassed as he spoke, giving awkward smiles to his friends. Malia pushed forward and unlocked the vault easily and quickly.

"Ta-da." She gestured to the open door, bowing dramatically before breaking into a fit of coughs that nearly sent her to the floor. Stiles caught her right before she hit.

"We need to get you guys inside." Stiles said, taking Malia to the farthest corner of the vault so they could be alone. "You guys are starting to look more and more sick."

"Just say the word Stiles," Theo pushed back the growing knot of puke in his throat as he stumbled over to a pillar to lean on. "looking more and more dead."