The Kids From Yesterday // Stiles Stilinksi [2/2]

7

Lucy rested on her stomach while she, Scott and Stiles listened to the tape. Stiles pressed play, and they hear a male voice. "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 questioned.

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

"No reason to," Lucy said with a shrug.

Stiles ran a hand through her hair as he asked, "So you didn't understand a word of that either?"

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

"Someone wants you two dead, dude. Badly," Stiles said as Scott slid the bag of money under the bed. "Whoa, whoa, what are you doing?"

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

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

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

Lucy rolled her eyes. "Which is also half a million. What are you going to do with it? Hide it under your bed and pray you mom doesn't find it?"

He turned to her. "I have to talk to Derek. The money's his."

"You mean his and Peter's," Stiles corrected.

"What does that mean?"

Lucy frowned at Scott's idiocy. "Proceed with caution, idiota."

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

Stiles stood up and looked out the window. "No. No." He let out a sigh and said, "No, of course we have to tell him. I'm just... I'm just saying, some of that money's Peter's, right?" He turned away from them.

"Yeah."

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

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

"I didn't say that," Stiles said.

Lucy sighed. "Then what are you saying, Stiles?"

They heard something and panicked. Scott and Lucy stood up, trying to look like they weren't doing anything. The door opened and Malia entered. "We found Satomi's pack. Derek and I. But they're dead."

"All of them?" Scott asked with a frown.

"All the ones we found."

"The where's Derek?" Stiles wondered.

The next morning, Lucy's alarm woke her up too early and she shut it off with a slap. Scott appeared and pulled her out of bed. "Get up. We have a test to take."

She groaned and glared at Scott the entire ride. Stiles frowned, looking between Lucy and Scott. "Okay, what'd you do? Why is my girlfriend mad at you?"

"I dragged her out of bed."

"That'd do it."

When they got out of the car, Kira and Malia joined them and Kira asked, "Where's Lydia?"

"She took it freshman year," Stiles replied.

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