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Theo, Jiang, and Tierney barely made it a mile down the road before Sheriff Stilinski arrested them for murder because Jiang and Tierney killed a few hunters. Theo was definitely capable of murder, but he hadn't recently murdered anyone. Sheriff Stilinski put the three in a jail cell at the station. While Jiang and Tierney sat down together on the bench, Theo was walking back and forth, shouting.
"I had nothing to do with this! Hello? Come on!" Theo shouted, throwing his hands up slightly. He turned to the Jiang and Tierney. "Who did you kill? Was it you? You? Both of you? Who's the murderer?" They didn't respond. There was only silence. "All right, I get it. The longer you stay quiet, the better. Right? But you're here for murder - "
"Theo - "
He shot Faye a look. She was sitting on a chair outside the jail cell. She wanted to be with Theo. Even though Sheriff Stilinski was against the young girl staying with them, Scott reassured him she would be fine. She wasn't human, after all.
" - and they're keeping me here, too, but you're the murderers."
"We're not murderers!" Jiang shouted, looking at Faye.
Faye felt a pang of sympathy and guilt ring out through her body. She was an angel. She was supposed to help people when they needed help, and Jiang needed help.
"Don't look at her," Theo growled. "Look at me." He could smell and see the emotions radiating from Faye, but he tried not to address it. He needed Jiang to confess.
"If you'd been there, you'd know we didn't have a choice. They came after us," Jiang hissed.
"Jiang, shut up," Tierney hissed back.
Theo let out a satisfied smirk. "We good?" he asked, looking at the camera.
Faye huffed, standing up from her seat as Jordan came by to bring Theo out of the cell.
Back in the office, Sheriff Stilinski shook his head. "I'm not letting them out. We've got two bodies covered in slash marks. They confessed to killing two people."
"Hunters," Scott said.
"People, Scott. Self-defense or not, they're still here. The other guys are dead, and there's a process I have to follow."
"Yeah, but you know what's happening around here. It's not safe for them," Scott said.
"This may actually be the safest place for them in Beacon Hills. At least, I can protect them here."
"Would Stiles think that?" Lydia asked.
"Especially if one of your deputies is working for Gerard?" Malia asked.
"I'm not buying that. I know these deputies like the back of my hand. I know their families, their kids, their brothers, and sisters... I know who they are, and I trust them," Sheriff Stilinski said.
"You know who they were. There's something out there. Everyone's afraid, and it's getting worse," Liam spoke.
"Yeah, you can't protect two werewolves from hunters if they're already on the inside," Scott said.
"It's Quinn, right? You sure it was a deputy who shot you? Absolutely one-hundred-percent sure?" Sheriff Stilinski asked.
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Monroe and other frightened people with weapons were surrounding the station. She wanted Jiang and Tierney because of who they killed.
"How do we get Jiang and Tierney out?" Liam asked.
Malia rolled her eyes. "Screw them. It's Stilinski's job."
Scott stared at her as if he was expecting more from her, but he knew better than that. "But it's our job to keep them alive."
Theo shrugged. "Not mine."
"Do you want me to just kill him?" Liam asked.
"No, just leave him. Can we please just go?" Malia asked.
"We're not going anywhere. Don't you get it? We're trapped. They have all the windows and doors covered. We're going to die in here," Quinn grimly said.
"Does someone want to kill her?" Theo asked.
"Shut up!" Malia shouted. She was breathing heavily.
"Malia, hey. Take a breath. You're shaking," Scott pointed out.
"I'm fine," she responded.
"Guys, there's only a dozen of them out there. We can take them!" Lydia exclaimed.
"Scott, they're the last of Satomi's pack. We can't leave them behind," Liam urgently said.
Scott sighed and nodded. "Okay, we go, but Jiang and Tierney are coming with us."
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Theo rolled his eyes. "Monroe's not gonna stop. Nothing we say is gonna make them get in their cars and drive away. Those two losers killed hunters - "
Liam scoffed. " - who killed their pack."
"So, what?" Theo asked. "I mean, Monroe's gonna tear through anything standing between her and them. That means you, Lydia, Malia, and Scott. You gonna watch your friends die?"
"Are you gonna watch hunters murder them? Jiang and Tierney weren't the only ones that were part of Satomi's pack," Liam retorted.
"Yeah. Right. The hit-and-run. Sorry if I'm not losing sleep over some random road kill," Theo said.
Faye frowned and pinched his arm. He looked down at her and shrugged. Faye shook her head softly. Theo bit the inside of his cheek. He understood that she was an angel, but sometimes, he just liked being a horrible person.
"I don't know why Faye bothers with you. You're never going to be a good person. They were murdered, Brett and Lori. They didn't have anything to do with this," Liam explained.
"So, what? You think saving these two are gonna make everything feel better?" Theo retorted. "Your dead friends are dead, and they're gonna stay dead no matter what you do."
Liam punched him. "By the way, I'm still working on my anger."
Theo sighed and rubbed his cheek. "Good to know."
Liam left the room, leaving Faye and Theo alone. She stood close to Theo as she attempted on healing him. He was used to the vibrant, yellow glow she emitted when she was healing someone. It was usually him.
Soon after, the two left the room and joined the rest of the people waiting inside the station. Faye noticed something was very wrong. Her senses were tingling and her aura was reaching out across the room, trying to find the victim. She found it.
Faye couldn't breathe. The Anuk-ite, a spawn made in Hell, was in the station. Faye could sense it. It was throwing her off and messing with her emotions. She had never encountered one before. The Anuk-ite was a story parents told children in order for them to behave ethically.
Lydia looked at Faye, breathing heavily. "That wasn't just panic. It's in here with us."
"What do you mean?" Sheriff Stilinski asked.
Lydia gestured towards Faye. She was holding the sides of her head, eyes closed tightly as she whispered soothing words to herself. "It's not real. It's not real. It's a story," Faye whispered.
Theo was trying his best to comfort her, but she was blocking him out. He could see her chemosignals - fear. "Faye, Faye, calm down."
"Whatever's causing the fear. The same thing that drove the wolves to kill each other. It's here with us," Lydia explained.
"Guys, it's almost midnight. We're out of time," Scott urgently said.
"I've already got two bodies. I'm not giving Monroe two more," Sheriff Stilinski said.
"I watched two guys bring them in and tie them up," Theo said.
Scott sighed. "Okay, but how long did they actually have Tierney and Jiang?"
"A couple hours, maybe?" Theo said in a questioning manner.
"Did Monroe talk to them?" Scott asked.
Theo shook his head. "No, I don't think so. Just that guy from Eichen House, maybe one or two other guys with shotguns. I think they were waiting for Monroe to do the real interrogating."
"So, she might not have seen them," Scott said.
"What are you getting at, Scott?" Sheriff Stilinski asked.
"I've got an idea. I don't think you're gonna like it."
"If it keeps someone from getting killed, I'm pretty open."
"Monroe said that she wanted Jiang and Tierney brought out - dead or alive," Scott said.
They decided to substitute the dead deputies for Jiang and Tierney since Monroe never actually saw or spoke with them. The sheriff fired two more shots to simulate killing someone. Then, they loaded up two body bags and presented them to Monroe. He said the werewolves tried to run and harm deputies along the way so they killed them.
Monroe was not convinced and demanded to see their pack tattoos. Just as both sides braced for a fight, Agent McCall of the FBI showed up and calmed everybody down. Scott was shocked to see his father there. Agent McCall said Scott and his friends are required to leave Beacon Hills. The pack thought it was a terrible idea, but the hunters agreed to it and Agent McCall senior believed de-escalation was the best option.
With the hunters cleared out from the Sheriff's Station still surrounding the sheriff's station, Scott and his friends left. Agent McCall led Jiang and Tierney to a waiting prisoner transport van and loaded them inside. Tierney nodded to Scott as the door closed and the van drove away. The prison transport pulled into a deserted portion of the town's warehouse district. The driver got out, opened the back and killed both Jiang and Tierney with a shotgun. He closed the doors and walked away.
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