Dark Side of the World // S.S. [Book Two]

Chapter 7

I sit on Scott's bed as we listen to a tape that the boys had gotten. Stiles presses play, and we hear a male voice say, "After entering the IP address, you will be connected through a Darknet portal to an untraceable bank. Once logged in, enter your account number to receive wire transfers. The IP address will deactivate with each transfer. You will be assigned a new IP address if you choose to continue down the list. Remember, visual confirmation is always required for payment."

"Either of you ever made a wire transfer?" Stiles asks.

Scott shakes his head. "Never had enough money."

I shrug. "I never had any reason to."

Stiles shoots me a small smile and says, "So you didn't understand a word of that either?"

"I don't understand any of this." Scott admits. "Why would someone use all this money just to kill us?"

"Someone wants you two dead, dude. Badly." Scott puts the bag of money under his bed. "Whoa, whoa, what are you doing?"

"It's late." Scott reasons. "We've got the PSATs in the morning."

Stiles shakes his head. "No, I meant the money. $500,000. You know how much money that is?"

"It's $500,000..."

"Also known as half a million, Scotto. What are you going to do? Slide it under your mattress and hope your mom doesn't see it?"

Scott glances to me. "I have to talk to Derek. The money's his."

"You mean his and Peter's." Stiles corrects.

"What does that mean?"

I roll my eyes. "Well obviously proceed with caution."

"You don't think we should tell Derek?"

Stiles stands up and turns towards the window. "No. No." He then sighs and changes his mind. "No, of course we have to tell him. I'm just...I'm just saying, some of that money's Peter's, right?" He turns back around.

"Yeah."

"Right? Peter. Homicidal killer? Remember? You want to give $500,000 to him."

Scott frowns. "So we should give Derek his money back. But not Peter?"

"I didn't say that." Stiles protests.

"Then what are you saying, Skywalker?" I ask.

We hear sounds and panic. We stand up and try to look inconspicuous. The door opens and we see Malia. "We found Satomi's pack. Derek and I. But they're dead."

"All of them?" Scott asks.

"All the ones we found."

"Then where's Derek?" Stiles questions.

The next morning, my alarm goes off, and I shut it off. Scott appears seconds later and drags me out of bed. "Come on. You have a test today."

The entire way to the high school, I glare at Scott. Stiles frowns, seeing my glare. "What'd you do?"

"I woke her up by dragging her out of bed." Scott says.

"The sibling relationship you two have is awesome."

Kira and Malia walk over and Kira asks, "Where's Lydia?"

"She took it her freshman year." Stiles informs.

Malia looks hopeful. "Does that mean I could have taken it some other time?"

Scott smiles at her. "Malia, you studied harder for this than any of us."