Courageous

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Kinsey, waking from a sudden dream and feeling like something was wrong, ran to Scott's and banged on the door.

Melissa frowned. "Kinsey, are you-"

The redhead cut her off. "I know how late it is, but I need to talk to Scott now."

"He's asleep."

"Melissa, please," she said in a desperate tone.

Melissa sighed. "Come on in."

Scott woke up to a ringing phone and saw Kinsey in the doorway to his room and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Answer your phone," Kinsey demanded.

Scott did as she said.

Stiles' voice came through. "Scott, Kinsey, I don't, I don't know where I am. I don't know how I got here. I think I was sleepwalking."

Kinsey sucked in a breath. "Where are you? What do you see?"

He answered in a panicked voice, "Ah, it's dark. It's hard to see. I think there's something wrong with my-"

The call ended and Kinsey grabbed Scott's phone and called Stiles again. Voicemail. "Please answer." She called again, and got his voicemail a second time.

Scott muttered, "God, come on. Come on."

The call finally connected and he said, "Stiles?"

"Scott, Kinsey, I don't think I can get out of here. I can't move."

"Where are you?" Kinsey asked again. "Stiles, tell us."

Stiles' voice remained panicked. "I don't know. I don't know, it's too dark. I can't see much and something's wrong with my leg. It's stuck on something. And it's... I think it's bleeding."

Kinsey's hand began shaking and she tried to stop it. "How bad is it? Stiles. How bad?" He didn't answer. "Stiles, come on. Answer me. Can you hear me?"

He finally answered. "Ah, there's some kind of smell down here. Something smells terrible. It's brutal. My eyes are watering."

"Okay, listen," Scott said. "I'm calling your dad and Tabitha's mom."

"No, no, no, no, don't."

"But your dad-"

"Don't. Just please don't call him. Same goes for you, Kimsey. Promise me you won't. He already worries about me too much. Scott, please."

Kinsey shook her head. "He can help, Stiles."

Stiles started sniffling. "No, no, no, just please." His sniffles grew louder and he calmed himself down. "Please don't call him or her. Come find me. You can do it. He doesn't have to know. Scott, you can find me."

Scott glanced to Kinsey. "I don't know if I can do this."

Kinsey glanced at him. "We will."

Stiles suddenly said, "Oh, I gotta call you back. I have to turn my phone off."

"Stiles, no! Wait!" Kinsey cried.

"I'm gonna call you back."

"Hold on, Stiles, wait. Hold on, man," Scott said.

Stiles hung up and she turned to Scott. "I'm going to Stiles' to see if I can find anything."

"Kinsey, Isaac and I going that way too."

"Meet me there then."

Kinsey raced to the Stilinski household and ran up to Stiles' room.

She got a text from Scott saying, 'Stiles thinks he's in an industrial place, and he doesn't think he's alone'.