Morningstar

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"Stiles?" Lydia called. "I can see you! Don't stop! Stiles?"

The light faded and Lydia turned to the others.

"Lydia?" Scott and Luci called.

The light disappeared, revealing nothing.

"Where is he?" she wondered. "It was working. You all saw him, right?!"

The others shook their heads and Scott said, "Lydia, we didn't see him."

Lydia pursed her lips. "He was there."

A figure walked up to the group and Scott and Luci said, "Liam."

"There's something you need to see," Liam told us urgently.

Luci's brow furrowed. "You're still here."

He nodded, meeting her eyes. "But everyone else is gone. All of them. They're all gone. Look, you need to come with me."

"What is it?" Scott wondered.

Liam shook his head. "I can't explain it. I have to show you."

Scott turned to the others. "Uh, all right. You guys stay here. You too, Luci. You know, just in case."

"In case Stiles comes back?" Malia wondered.

"If there's any hope, you need to keep trying."

Scott left and Lydia darted to the bunker door.

Malia frowned at her. "What are you doing?"

"I'm getting out of here."

"Scott told us to stay in case he shows up here."

Lydia turned to face them. "Stiles isn't going to show up here. We're going to find him out there."

Luci glanced to Malia. "She's got a point."

"Shut up," Malia grumbled.

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The three of them left the bunker and made their way to the school.

Luci knelt next to the tire tracks and glanced at the school. "These are fresh."

Malia knelt next to Luci and nodded. "It's from Stiles' Jeep. It must have just left."

Lydia frowned. "Without his keys?"

Luci smirked lightly. "Most of the time he starts it with a screwdriver."

"Then he's here. We need to tell Scott."

Malia pointed to the railroad tracks. "We should probably tell Scott about that, too."

The trio followed the tracks into the library and saw a train station. Malia looked around. "Why is there a train station in the middle of the library?"

"There was also a train station in the Wild Hunt," Lydia remembered.

"Any chance they're connected?"

"I would say high. Like 100%."

Luci thought for a moment. "If there's a train station, there's going to be a train. If there's a train... It's the Wild Hunt."

"They're all gonna be taken," Malia said.

"Then we can't let them get on that train."

Malia nodded and walked around. "Um... Okay. Listen up, everybody. We've all got to get out of here. We gotta go right now. It's bad, we have to go!"

Lydia snapped her fingers in front of a woman. "Hello?"

Luci clapped her hands in front of another woman. "Hey!"