"Scott? What are you doing? You're about to wake up Lexi!" Vivian asked the boy walking with a bat in the entrance of their home.

 "I-I thought I heard something." The boy said. His voice shaking.

"Oh well ill come and look with you.

The two walked outside onto the porch. They heard rusling. Out of nowhere Scotts best friend Stiles falls from the tree hanging upside down. Vivian was unfazed but Scott on the other hand freaked out and started swinging the bat and screaming. 

"Stiles what the hell are you doing?!"

"You weren't answering your phone! Why do you have a bat?"

"I thought you were a predator!"

"A pre... Wha?" Stiles said dumbfounded. "Hi Vivi!"

"Hey Stilinski." Viv shot him a short smile. Stiles always knew how to make Viv laugh. He was also the only one who called her Vivi.

Stiles looks at Scott, clearly appalled by the implication, before scoffing and changing the subject to why he's there.

"Look, I know it's late, but you gotta hear this. I saw my dad leave twenty minutes ago. Dispatch called-- they're bringing in every officer from the Beacon Department, and even state police." Stiles said excitedly .

"For what?" The Mccall kids said in unison.

" Two joggers found a body in the woods!"

Reaching up to pull himself free of the trellis, Stiles lands on his feet in front of Scott and Vivian, who still looked confused.

"What, a dead body?"

Stiles reaches up and leans on the railing to look at Scott at eye-level with a sarcastic expression

"No, a body of water. Yes, dumbass, a dead body!"

"No way!" Vivian said sarcastically.

Stiles rolls his eyes

"You mean, like, murdered?" Scott asked now invested .

"Nobody knows yet. Just that it was a girl, probably in her twenties."

"Hold on, if they found the body, then what are they looking for?" Scott asked curiosity filling his words.

"That's the best part-- they only found half."

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he moon hung like a silent sentinel in the night sky, its ethereal light casting long shadows across the forest floor as Scott, Stiles, and Vivian ventured deeper into the heart of the woods. Despite the darkness that enveloped them, there was an electric energy in the air, a sense of anticipation mingled with the chill of uncertainty.
"We're seriously doing this?" Scott said his voice shaking a little.
"Aww are you scared? That's very cute Scotty." Vivian said mocking the boy. 
"You're the one always bitching that nothing ever happens in this town." Stiles states"Thats very true Scott." Vivian said giggling.
"I was trying to get a good night's sleep before practice tomorrow." "Right, 'cause sitting on the bench is such a grueling effort.""No, because I'm playing this year. In fact, I'm making the first line." Scott said enthusiastically.

Stiles and Vivian look back at Scott in disbelief

"Hey, that's the spirit! Everyone should have a dream, even a pathetically unrealistic one."

[The trio walk in silence for a beat before Scott speaks up in the same sarcastic tone Stiles used]

"Just out of curiosity, which half of the body are we looking for?"
Vivn rolled her eyes waiting for the response.

Stiles looks somewhat sheepish in response to this question

"Huh! I didn't even think about that.""And, uh... what if whoever killed the body is still out here?"embarrassed stiles says "Also something I didn't think about."

"Scott and Viv roll their eyes in amusement as the three start to hike up a hill

"It's comforting to know you've planned this out with your usual attention to detail." Vivian says annoyed.
" I know."

Scott's breathing starts to become rapid, shallow, and wheezy as the two continue up the hill, with Scott struggling to keep up with Stiles' quick pace.

SCOTT: Maybe the severe asthmatic should be the one holding the flashlight, huh?

Vivian takes the flashlight from him. 

"Scott use your inhaler."

Scott leans his back against a nearby tree as he pulls his inhaler out of his pocket. However, when Stiles and Viv keep pushing on, Scott continues to make his way up the hill after him. When they see a handful of people ahead of them waving flashlights around as part of the search, Stiles and Scott dive behind a large fallen tree branch as they plan their next move, turning off the flashlight so they don't attract attention. Unfortunately for them both, Stiles' impatience eventually wins out, and he whispers back to Scott as he jumps up and runs toward the action

"Wait!" Scott screams at Stiles and Vivian."Come on!" Vivian screamed back at her "brother".

[cott, still wheezing, tries to stop Stiles and Viv, to no avail

"Stiles! Wait up!"

[Scott quickly takes a hit from his inhaler before scrambling to catch up with him. He tries his best to call after his best friend without also alerting anyone else that they are there]

"Stiles! Vivian!"

Stiles and Viv finally hears the last attempt to call his name, but the split second of distraction caused the nearby K9 officer to start barking at him, scaring him so much he falls backwards onto the ground. The deputy with the search dog immediately points his flashlight at Stiles as he tries to recover from the shock

"Hold it right there!" A deputy says to them

Stiles and Viv put their hands up while Scott, several meters behind him, hides behind a nearby tree, pressing his back to it and closing his eyes as though it will keep him from being seen. Just then, another male voice is heard-- it is Noah Stilinski, Stiles' father and the Sheriff of Beacon County]

"Hang on, hang on..." Sheriff Stilinski says to the deputy.

Stiles stands to his feet, shielding his eyes from the bright flashlight held toward him by the deputy. 

"This little delinquent and his friend belong to me." Sheriff Stilinski says

Stiles, trying to play it cool, greets his dad warmly. While Viv rolled her eyes at the young boy. She just stands there and waves at Mr.Stilinski.

"Dad, how are you doing?"

Stilinski looks at Stiles with a mix of frustration, exasperation, and exhaustion

"So, do you, uh, listen in to all of my phone calls?" Mr. Stilinski asks.

Stiles laughs sheepishly

STILES: No. Heh...

Mr.Stilinski gives Stilesand Stilinski Viv a look  as Stiles finishes his sentence

" ...Not the boring ones."

Mr. Stilinski just sighs and nods as though he's accepted this truth about his son before looking around the surrounding area

"Now, where's your usual partner in crime?"

Stiles immediately tries to play dumb as it starts to rain

"Who, Scott?, Scott's home. He said he wanted to get a good night's sleep for first day back at school tomorrow. Right Vivi?"
Stiles gives Vivian a look.
"Yep." She says looking back at the idiot standing next to her.

Stilinski looks at Stiles in disbelief as he continues to lie

"It's just me and Vivi... In the woods... Alone..." Stiles drags on

It is obvious that Stilinski doesn't buy what Stiles is saying, and he lifts his flashlight and tries to get a look around to find Scott, who is still hiding behind the tree

"Scott, you out there? Scott?" The Sheriff says quite loudly.

After a moment, when Scott doesn't materialize in front of him, Stilinski reluctantly determines that Scott isn't with Stiles and Vivian after all. He then sighs before grabbing Stiles roughly by the back of the neck and steering him toward the entrance to the preserve.

STILINSKI: Well, young man, I'm gonna walk you back to your car... And then you and I are gonna have a conversation about something called "invasion of privacy."

As Stiles, Vivian, and the Sheriff leave, he closes his eyes and hits the back of his head on the tree, mouthing "Damn!" under his breath when he realizes that by hiding himself, he lost his way home. Scott waits until the coast is clear before heading in the opposite direction through the woods, following the same path he and Stiles took to get there]

Thunder and lightning flickers overhead as Scott carefully makes his way back, pulling up the hood to his sweatshirt to try to keep his head dry from the steady rain. It's evident that he's unnerved by the sounds of the forest animals around him, but when he makes it to a foggy clearing, he becomes unnerved by the fact that it falls totally silent. He pulls his inhaler out of his hoodie once again and shakes it, intending to take another hit when suddenly, a herd of deer begin frantically stampeding toward him, trampling him over and causing his inhaler to fly several meters away

nce the deer have cleared out, Scott, still in shock, gets to his feet and starts looking for his inhaler using his cell phone as a light source. He's about to search through a pile of dead leaves when he's startled when he instead uncovers the top half of the body that Stiles had told him about-- young, white, with dark hair and very clearly bisected at the waist. The shock of this sight stuns him so badly that he loses his balance and tumbles down the hill behind him and into a ravine

Scott, shaken, stands to his feet with a groan, using a fallen tree trunk to help himself up due to the aches and pains caused by his fall. He makes his way quickly through the woods, wanting nothing more than to get out of there as soon as possible, when all of the sudden, a growl heard behind him causes him to freeze in fear. He slowly turns around, only to find a large, bestial wolf with glowing red eyes standing before him

Scott barely has time to gasp before the beast leaps toward him, causing him to fall backward onto the ground. Though Scott attempts to crawl away, the wolf grabs him by the ankles and pulls him backwards before viciously biting him on his right hip, causing Scott to roar in pain. Scott screams louder than he ever has panicked, Scott scrambles through the woods, tripping and tumbling all the way as he desperately tries to evade whatever bit him. Trips him and pulls him backward before biting him on his right hip. When Scott finally makes it to the nearest road, he stops just before being hit by someone driving a burgundy SUV, who manages to swerve away from him just in the nick of time. Finally more or less safe, Scott takes a moment to lift the hem of his hoodie up, examining the large bite wound on his hip with horror as the rain continues to pour down around him. Suddenly, a loud wolf howl is heard from in the woods, which only makes Scott more concerned