Chapter Nine

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"So, the Walcotts were the first... at least, the first we know about. Four murders- Sean, his brother, and their parents. They were killed by a professional assassin called the Mute; weapon of choice, a military tomahawk. But then, the Mute was killed by Peter Hale after he tried to blow up Derek with a claymore mine. Next was Demarco. He delivered a keg to the party at Lydia's lake house... and got decapitated outside his car. And then, last night, twenty-three-year-old Carrie Hudson..." Stiles explains everything the McCall pack knew so far.

"It's a Deadpool- a hit-list of supernatural creatures." Scott adds. He hands the third of the list we have so far to Stilinski. "This is only part of it... The rest still has to be decoded."

"Who found this list?" Stilinski asks the three teens.

"Lydia." Sera says. Stilinski sighs.

"How?" He asks.

"She wrote it." Stilinski gives him a look. "...Actually, she transcribed it... without realizing it..." Stiles explains further.

"Banshee?"

"Banshee." Stiles confirms.

"Beautiful." Stilinski looks back down at the list. "All right, what are these numbers next to the names?"

"We're getting to that. First, you need to know that the code was broken with a cipher key." Stiles says going back into the teens explanation.

"Wait... You mean, like, a... like a key word?" Stilinski asks.

"It's actually a name-" Stiles says but Scott cuts him off.

""Allison."" He says.

"Her name broke a third of the list." Sera says.

"And now we think there's two other cipher keys." Scott adds.

"Which will give us the rest of the names. Okay... So, how do we get the cipher keys?" The sheriff asks.

"Same way we got the code." Stiles says.

"Lydia... She's been at the lake house all weekend, trying to find the other two key words..." Scott explained.

"You didn't know about Demarco or Carrie, hmmm?" Scott shakes his head. "And what about these other two names on the list-- uh, Kayleen Bettcher and Elias Town? They're Werewolves, too?"

"I don't know... But Deaton said that the Nemetone would draw supernatural creatures here." Scott says.

"Here being Beacon Hills, or Beacon County? The population of Beacon Hills is just under thirty-thousand-" Stilinski says.

"And dropping-" stiles says interrupting his dad.

"But, if we're talking Beacon County, then you're looking at close to five hundred thousand." Stilinski finishes. "Look, how many Werewolves, Banshees, Kitsunes, and whatever the hell else is out there are we talking about? And what if the next cipher key uncovers not twelve names, but one hundred?"

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