The Finding

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Please please read the author's note at the end. I'm begging you it's very important.

L I A M

"I can't get his scent! Fuck!" I screamed while getting back into the hotel room where Lydia and Stile waited. I push a chair out my way in anger.

Malia and Scott stayed out there still trying to locate the scent.

I grip my hair and run a hand over my face while pacing. Lydia walked towards me and took my hands in hers. "Just relax okay? Breath in breath out. You're trying to find both their senses but you can't. Focus on one scent," she instructed making me close my eyes and do as she told.

I wanted to focus on Mason's. It was stronger when I went to that café. Maybe I can get it back if I walk there?

"I got it!" standing up. "Liam wait," I was out the door before Stiles could say anything else. I run down the stairs instead of taking the elevator and run towards the cafe. 

I search for a scent but I still don't get anything. Making it to the coffee shop, I stop just outside of it. I inhale and exhale through my mouth before relaxing and smelling in deeply. 

His scent came faintly. It was like it was beginning to fade. 

I follow the scent. Each step making it grow stronger. I come upon a busy building. People ran in and out. He couldn't be here right? Unless he was in the basement? That would be too obvious though. Do they even have a basement though?

Ignoring my questions, I enter the building. Older men and women look at me with questioning looks on their faces when they see me. 

Seems like I'm the only young on here. 

I enter the elevator and press the very lowest floor. It was empty so thank god. Once the doors closed, it slowly began to lower itself. 

My hands were shaking the slightest. The air was colder with each floor that went by. 

Finally, the ring of the elevator stopping was heard. It leads to a parking lot. Cautiously I stepped outside and the scent vanished quickly. As if it was never there to begin with. 

"No, no, no, no," Stepping into the elevator only for it to come back. "What the hell?" I stepped out once again and it was gone again. 

There's got to be another floor under us. There's no way could be happening.

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"There has to be another floor below that building," I stated once we met up in the hotel room. Stiles looks over a map layout of the building. How he gets his information is a question I learned I will never get an answer too.

He held a pen in his hand while another was on his ear. His mumbles were heard as he began counting the floors. "How many did you see where in that building?" he looked at me. "26" He looked back at the map. "There's 28 here when It was built." 

"I went all the way to the lowest floor, When I stepped out, the scent vanished as if it never existed but every time I went back into the elevator, it would come back," informing about earlier events with the elevator. Stiles circled the bottom floor. "That was a parking lot right?" nodding.

He began counting again before stopping at 2 before the top. "These are 26 floors, Mason and Theo could be in one of these two," he pointed at the two floors. "So if they aren't on the elevator then you would have to walk up the flight of stairs to get there," that makes sense.

"Why wouldn't the floors be on the elevator though?" Scott finally spoke to Stiles after the entire day. "They could have built the building without the elevator and once they did put the elevator someone new could have been in possession of the building and doesn't know about the extra two."

"So you think the old owner of this building is the one that has Mason and Theo?" Malia spoke. "That could be possible, either that or the one that added the elevators could have kept those two floors secret and forbid anyone from going up there," she nods at his explanation. 

"Either way, we go through hell for them or stay here without trying which is not an option for any one of you," Lydia glared at each one of us.

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Okay so yesterday, [september 13, 2018] my school went into lockdown due to someone in possession of a gun and he was arrested. Now we are receiving threats to my school which is making me really paranoid.

I ask for you to forgive me if my chapters are sorta out of place and aren't on time. I am really afraid of going back to school.

So I just wanted to say thank you, everyone, for reading my books and for liking them. I am so appreciative of them. If anything happens I just want to let you know I love you all so so much.

If I don't update for a couple months then something has possibly happened to me. You guys know how much I love writing for you all and how I basically tell you everything that goes on in my life. I love you all and don't forget that. You bring me so much happiness with your comments and votes and reads. 

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