Chapter 13

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Scott's pov
"Wait! Wait! Brett! This is his place. It's his." I say to Brett as he goes to attack Chris
"Scott... If you bring in guests, you could have called." Chris said
"I didn't have anywhere else to take them." I said
"I know this man. He may not remember, but we've met before." Satomi
"You can trust him. I trust him." I said
"How do we know he's not like the others?" Satomi asked
"What others?" Chris asked
"Last night, there was a whole team after them. And they used crossbows." Kira said
"They're hunters, aren't they?" I asked
"Not if they're killing for profit. Not anymore." Chris said
"Can they find us?" Brett asked
"They might already know you're here. Maybe they're waiting for dark." Chris said
"So we're not safe here? " Kira asked
"We're not safe anywhere. We've been trying to get out for days. Everywhere we turn, we find someone new trying to kill us." Satomi said
"If they're coming, Scott, they're coming for you too. You're still number one on the dead pool." Chris said to me
" I know. I know Lydia can get the answer from Meredith. She just needs more time." I said
"Then that's what she'll get. " chris said
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"They'll be okay." I said
"They've got claws and fangs. But they're not fighters." Derek said
"That's why I called you." I said
"Well, try to remember I don't have claws and fangs anymore either." Derek said
"That's why he called me."Braeden said
"Am I the only one still hoping this is all just a false alarm? I mean, it's possible we could wait here all night and nothing happens. Right? " kira said
"Lydia's still talking to Meredith. Stiles and Malia are headed to the lake house. They're trying to stop it." I said
"What if there is no stopping it? What if it doesn't end until we're all dead?" Brett said
"Then let's send a message. Let's make something perfectly clear to anyone with a copy of that list. It doesn't matter if they're professional assassins, hunters, or an amateur who just picked up a gun. Anyone who thinks they can hunt and kill us for money, is gonna be put on another list. Our list. They get to be a name on our dead pool. " Derek said cocking his gun.
Lydia's pov
"Her? That's the girl that stole my money?" Peter asked
"That girl is a Banshee. They're more dangerous than you think." I said
" How about you just go in there and see what she has to say?" Sheriff said
"They're all gone." Meredith said holding her hand up to peters face.
"Oh, my God. They have met before." I said
"The burns. They're all... gone" Meredith said.
"Meredith, you put everyone, including my nephew and my daughter on a death list. Don't you think you owe us the slightest explanation of why?" Peter said
"You said it had to be kept secret." Meredith said
"I said? I said that to you?" Peter asked
"You said it." Meredith said
"Meredith. Allow me to remind you yet again, we have never met... Ever." Peter said
"You don't remember?" Meredith asked
"No. But maybe you do." Peter said putting his nails in the back of her neck.
"She was in the hospital. The same hospital. As Peter. It was right after the fire. Meredith could hear him. She was hearing every thought in his head, like they'd somehow found the same wavelength. And now everything going through his mind was also going right into hers. Weeks. Maybe even months. It was almost like he was standing right over her bed talking about the fire. About getting revenge. " I said
When Peter pulled his nails out of Meredith.
"It was your idea and you don't even remember" I said
Stiles pov
"What are we doing? This room wasn't even made for us. No, we need someone like Lydia or Meredith, and we're just sitting here listening to a stupid record player play a record that doesn't play anything. Come on. There's plenty of other things we can be totally useless doing." I said getting up to leave.
"Stiles." Malia said
"Yes?" I asked
"I can still hear it. " Malia said
"But it's not on." I said
"Then it's something else. Something spinning." Malia said. I noticed a cord and pulled at it the wall collapsed showing something behind it.
"What is this?" Malia asked
"A dead pool." I said
"You can't just smash it to pieces. Okay? If this thing's being used to disseminate the list, then it's probably gonna keep going until everyone's dead." I said when Maria tried to smash it.
"Then what do we do?" She asked
"It needs some kind of prompt or command or something, right? No, no, no." I said
"What about a key?" Malia said pointing to the key hole. I face timed Lydia.
"You see it? There's got to be a way to turn it off, right?" I said.
"I don't know. I don't know anything about computers from the 1970s." Lydia said
"Neither do we." Malia said
"Okay, where's the monitor?" Lydia asked
"there is no monitor. There are buttons, knobs, spindles, no monitor." I said
"Wait, turn the phone back. Point it at the carpet" Lydia said
"The what?" I asked
"The floor! Just show me the floor. Where's the stain? There should be red blotches, a wine stain. " Lydia said
"There's nothing." I said
"That doesn't make sense. I gave the $500 I was supposed to use to hire cleaners to Brunski." Lydia said
"Lydia, what the hell does wine have to do with anything?" I asked
"Red wine doesn't just disappear. Unless it wasn't wine." Lydia said
"What? What do you mean?" I asked
"The ashes weren't ashes. The study isn't a study. The record player isn't a record player. So... So maybe the wine wasn't wine.Stiles, you have to find the wine. Find the bottle. There could be something about it.It's a 1982 Cotes du Rhone." Lydia said
I found it and it rattled
"I think there's something inside. Do you have, like, a wine opener" I said.
Scott's pov
I was bashing one of the assassins when all their phones went off. Saying the dead pool was over.
"Is it over? Really over? " kira asked me.

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