Stiles stares at me for a moment before I look over and see Aiden standing there, his back to me. Deaton, Lydia, and Melissa were also there; standing off to the side. They all stare at Stiles for awhile before they turn and look at me, their faces draining.

Aiden roars at me. "What the hell is she doing here!"

I narrow my eyes at him as everyone stares at me. "I'm here to help."

"No you aren't," Aiden snaps at me. "You're with him-"

"He let me go," I say, taking a small step forwards. "He knew he didn't need me anymore and let me go."

"Like I believe that," Aiden says, his blue eyes flashing.

Scott takes a step towards Aiden. "She'd right, Aiden. He let her go; it's Sarah."

Aiden looks disgusted. "Can't you see that it's some type of sick trick? That's what he does, Scott; he's a trickster spirit."

"Maybe," I say, taking a step forward. "But this isn't a trick. He let me go after he hurt himself; he was too weak to possess Stiles and me."

Aiden narrows his eyes, seeming to understand my point but not fully believing me. I knew that I needed to get him to believe me soon or else everyone would start to believe him and not me.

"How do you know it's the real Sarah?" Aiden says, walking closer to me with narrowed eyes. He glances back at Scott for a moment before continuing. "How do you know for sure she's still not possessed?"

Scott shakes his head. "She proved herself, Aiden. She's Sarah."

I look back at Aiden, almost smiling. I knew that I did a good job fooling Scott, but Aiden was going to be a struggle. Aiden looks as if he's about to say another comment about me before Stiles speaks from behind him.

"You know how they say that twins get a feeling when the other one's in pain? You didn't lose that talent too, did you? Oh I hope not. You're going to need it," he says as Aiden turns around, glaring at the nogitsune. Scott and Aiden share a glance for a moment before Stiles sighs, knowing he'd have to give another hint. "Here's a hint; Ethan's at the school."

Scott nods towads Aiden to leave before he does so, giving me an unsettling look on the way out the door. I cross my arms before I look back at Stiles, nodding my head slightly for him getting rid of Aiden. He knew that he was going to be a problem as well.

"I like the twins," Stiles says while laughing. Short tempers. Homicidal compulsions. They're a lot more fun than you bakemono trying to save the world every day."

I scoff slightly at his words, knowing that what he said was true. Melissa steps forwards then and nods towards the nogitsune, looking over at Deaton. "Got anything in that bag to shut his mouth?"

Deaton nods before pulling out a roll of duct tape. "Actually, I do."

Some anger rises in me as they tear a strip off, making me mad that they were going to shut his mouth. I slightly step forward to stop them before Stiles looks up at me, telling me to stay back. He had a plan; I could tell.

Melissa walks forwards before taping his mouth shut, patting it down before taking a step backwards. The nogitsune narrows his eyes before screaming behind the tape; being muffled into nothing. Everyone seems accomplished for a split second before he begins to laugh, causing the hair on the back of my neck to even stand. He really was a good actor.

Scott pulls Deaton to the side as Lydia follows after the two, making me curious. The nogitsune nods towards me to go follow them; to see what they were going to talk about. I nod before I follow after the three of them into the kitchen, acting as if I was genuinely worried about the real Stiles.

"How much longer do you think the venom will keep the nogitsune down?" Scott asks as he crosses his arms.

Deaton shakes his head. "I'm not sure, but I do know that we're going to need a better place to keep him other than your house if we don't figure something out quickly."

Deaton pauses before glancing over at me, giving me an odd look. "He might be paralyzed, but it still feels like he's got us right in the palm of his hand."

I narrow my eyes before I notice that Scott and Lydia were both looking at me as well. "Why are you all looking at me?"

Scott shakes his head before looking at the ground. "Thinking; that's all."

I could tell that Scott was doing more than just "thinking". He was having second thoughts about me, and I didn't want that. I knew his trust was slowly running out and that I needed to act first before he had the chance to.

"What if we give him the bite?" Lydia says suddenly, looking up at Deaton and Scott.

I shake my head. "Woah woah woah, the bite? Do you mean the bite?"

Scott nods his head. "Yeah."

I hold my hands out in front of me, knowing that if they did give him the bite then the nogitsune would surely be gone. "You can't give him the bite. He doesn't want the bite, Scott. Think about Stiles being a werewolf."

Scott stares at the floor as Deaton looks up. "We might be looking for a cure in something that may be nothing more than a proverb or a metaphor."

Scott looks up then. "Sarah's right, he's never asked to be a werewolf."

Lydia furrows her eyebrows. "But it could save his life!"

"But it could also kill him," Deaton points out.

"You can't bite Stiles," I say, my heart racing. "You just can't."

"I've never even bitten anyone before, what would happen if I severed an artery or something?" Scott says as we all groan.

Deaton crosses his arms. "Whatever you decide to do, you need to make it fast. That kanima venom won't last forever."

"Maybe I should try calling Derek again," Scott says as he begins to pull his phone out.

Lydia stops him. "What if we tried calling someone else?"

"Like who?" we all three say at the same time.

Lydia looks around for a moment, almost disgusted with the name she was about to speak. She sighs before staring at Scott in the eyes.

"Peter."

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"So you're the famous Sarah I've heard so much about?" Peter says as he steps through the doorway, scanning me up and down. "You're a lot prettier in person."

I narrow my eyes. "What all have you heard about me?"

Peter shrugs. "Just about the fact that you're a fire kitsune and you were possessed by the nogitsune as well."

I cross my arms. "Well, I'm not possessed anymore."

Peter rolls his eyes slightly. "We'll see about that."

He walks past me as I glare at him, knowing that he was up to something and I wanted to know what that something was. A part of me thought that he was just bluffing, but another part told me that he could possibly expose me.

I follow him into the living room as he walks around Stiles, scanning him up and down. "He doesn't look like he could survive a slap across the face, let alone the bite from a werewolf."

I cross my arms as I watch him circle back around Stiles, stopping and staring him in the eyes. Stiles has a look of pity on his face as Peter places his finger on his chin, seeming to be thinking.

"This is more war of the mind than the body. There are better methods for winning this battle," he says before turning to Scott, grabbing his wrist. He flicks it outwards before his claws extend. "We're going to get inside his head."

"Wait, what?" I say, my eyes widening.

Peter looks over at me. "In order to save Stiles, someone is going to have to go inside of Stiles' mind and guide him out."

This wasn't good. I could tell by the look on Stiles' face. He seemed to of had a plan before, but now he almost looked nervous. "Are you sure that will work?"

Peter shrugs. "We're dealing with the supernatural here; I'm never sure if anything works."

I shake my head before Peter guides Scott around the backside of the couch, lining his claws up with the back of Stiles' neck. I try to come up with a plan B as Stiles looks up at me, almost looking as if he was begging for help.

"The plan is to dig through pale and sickly evil Stiles' mind for the real Stiles and guide him back from the depths of his own subconscious," Peter says, stepping away from Scott.

"Sounds like fun," I groan, knowing that this plan might actually work; which was something I didn't want.

Peter smiles over at me. "Good, because you're going in with him."

I furrow my eyebrows. "What? Why?"

"To prove yourself," Peter snaps. "Guess we'll learn who's side you're really on."

For a moment, I was actually worried that they'll learn about me still being possessed, but then a plan started to form inside of my mind. If I went inside of Stiles' mind, I could stop Scott and keep the nogitsune in control. Maybe that's what Stiles meant by "use their trust to your advantage".

"I guess you will," I snap to him before walking over to the couch, sitting down besides Stiles. He glances over at me as his eyes scan me, seeing that he knew I had some type of plan.

"What do we do when we find him?" Scott asks as Peter adjusts his claws on the back of my neck as well.

Peter shrugs. "You're going to have to guide him back somehow; give him control of his mind again."

"Can you elaborate more?" I say, trying to figure out how to stop this plan of Scott's.

Peter shakes his head. "Just improvise."

"Great," I mumble before Scott looks back over at Peter.

"What if this is another trick?" he says as Peter glances down at me.

"I guess we'll find out," he says before stepping in front of us, nodding his head as if it was all ready. I hold my breath as Scott's heart starts to race; nervous about what was about to happen. Honestly, I was nervous that I was going to mess up my plan.

Keep Scott from finding Stiles.

I glance over at the nogitsune after he says this, causing me to nod. I knew that I needed to do this right or else I was in deep trouble. I was the nogitsunes only hope.

I get sucked into darkness as Scott shoves his claws into my neck.

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this is so short so yeah

sorry I'm so late. I'm sure you've heard about all the drama, but that's where I've been the past week. Wanted to thank you all for the kind messages again and I'm so glad to have you all as readers/followers. I love you all so much <3