All Shades of Blue

24

Scott and Nora met up with Isaac and Sheriff Stilinski in the locker room.

The sheriff 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 the phone, if he answers his emails, if either one of you see him-"

"We'll call you," Isaac finished.

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

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

Coach spoke to Scott for a moment.

Scott rejoined the two and asked, "Is that everyone?"

Isaac looked around quickly. "I think so. You're gonna find him by scent?"

Scott nodded. "Yeah, we all are."

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

Nora frowned. 'Whatever you said, I imagine it's arguing. We don't have time for that.'

Nora turned to see two figures walking up.

"We need to talk," Derek said.

"All of us," Peter added.

"Holy sh-!" Scott cried, stopping his words. "What the hell is this?"

Derek's head shifted slightly to one side. "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?"

"I'm gonna go with Scott on this one," Peter remarked. "Have you see his mom? She's gorgeous."

"Shut up," Derek and Scott said in sync.

Isaac pointed at Peter. "Who is he?"

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

"Hi," Peter greeted with a wave.

"That's good to know," Isaac muttered.

"How is he alive?" Scott asked angrily.

Derek met Nora's eyes, warning her not to say anything before replying, "Look, the short version is he knows how to stop Jackson. And maybe how to save him."

"Well, that's very helpful, except Jackson's dead," Isaac informed.

"What?" Derek asked in confusion.

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

Isaac saw everyone's faces and said, "Okay, why is no one taking this as good news?"

"Because if Jackson is dead, it didn't just happen. Gerard wanted it to happen," Peter answered.

"But why?" Derek asked again.

"Well, that's exactly what we need to figure out. And something tells me the window of opportunity is closing. Quickly."

The group made their way to Derek's charred house and Scott got a call. "Oh. Oh they found Stiles." He typed a message to Nora and showed her. She nodded and smiled.

Meanwhile, Peter and Derek were looking for something.

"I told you, I looked everywhere," Derek retorted.