I waited for you || Derek Hale

⁴⁸ WOLVES VS COYOTE

"Ok so that's not Scott-"

"No. It's a coyote den" Irene realized

Stiles took the flashlight back from Irene and began to wander inside the coyote den. Leaving Irene standing outside with a look of worry in her eyes. She didn't like this. Any of this.

"Ah yes let's go inside a den of a coyote, that's a smart move" Irene rolled her eyes before following Stiles into the den

"Irene look" Stiles whispered

"Huh?"

Stiles ushered her over to where he was standing, his flashlight hovering over something blue. It was a coat. But it looked...familiar? Irene took out her phone and sure enough it was the same coat that Malia was wearing in the photo from her bedroom. There was also a scarf and a few other things scattered around the den

"Is that-"

"Malia's coat" Irene nodded

"Wait here, I'll go find Scott" Stiles whispered to her

"Careful for Coyotes~" She yelled after him

"Not helping!" He called back from outside the den

Irene giggled and also began to make her way out of the den, standing outside as she waited for Scott and Stiles. It had been a while and Scott and Stiles still weren't back yet so she was growing more and more anxious. Did something happen?

"Earth to Irene!"

She let out a scream as she was brought back to reality by Stiles who flinched at her high pitched yell, clutching his chest. Scott simply chuckled at this before looking inside as Stiles showed him the coat and scarf. Irene pulled out her phone and called up Noah

"Noah. We found something and you're going to want to see this. It's about the Tate case"

"I am on my way"

Irene nodded her head and hung up, now looking over her shoulder at Scott and Stiles as they emerged from the den

"She won't come back now that our scent is everywhere. But I might be able to track her by scent now"

More than ten minutes had passed and Stilinski got there with the rest of his department, setting up the den as a crime scene. Stilinski emerged from the den with a scarf and made his way to the three teenagers. He was still struggling to see how this was Malia considering the animal had four legs, not two.

"Ok, dad. Let me paint a hypothetical picture for you. Malia started to shift on the full moon and lost control. She attacked her mother while she was driving, causing their car to veer off the road and into the ravine, leaving Malia as the sole survivor. She runs off into the woods and eventually becomes trapped inside the body of a coyote"

"Well, that makes sense. In a Chinese folktale!" He yelled at his son in a hushed tone

Stilinski continued about how they all should keep quiet, he didn't want people like Mr Tate to hear about this. Stiles and Irene nodded but Scott made no reply, that was until Stilinski got his attention

"Scott?"

"Hm?" The boy looked up

"Oh you have got to be kidding me"

Noah sighed, walking past them all. In confusion their eyes all follow after him to see Agent McCall getting out of his car with Mr Tate. That wasn't good. Irene pulled on Stiles' sleeve and pulled him away from Scott, making sure to keep her voice down

"I think we should go, doesn't seem like a good idea to stay, there's nothing more we can do now that the police are here"

"Yeah, you're right. Scott! Come on buddy"