Chapter Eleven: High Price
I stood in the kitchen as my eyes were on Scott. He had filled us in what was currently happening. They had filled me in more, as I've wasn't in a loop for awhile so I was missing out on important things. Lydia had cracked all the keys to gain access to the dead pool. I held the sheet of paper that Stiles had printed off for me so I could have a look. I still couldn't believe that I was 30 million on the dead pool and that Scott has half-a-million under his bed in a bag with a tape that him and Stiles listened too. He has an really bad plan of finding out who this Benefactor was...
I had ran the numbers in my head and it all came to 117 million Dollars that was stolen from the Hale vault. I sigh as I fold the piece of paper in half and look up just in time to see Liam places a third laptop onto the kitchen counter. "Is three enough?" Kira had asked, her eyes going over to Scott.
"Depends on how many cameras they have. But I think so," Stiles had replied to Kira's question, as I cross my arms over my chest, as I stood at the corner of the counter. Stiles to my left and Scott to my right.
"Are we really doing this?" Liam had pipped up, as he didn't like the plan either.
"We're doing it. Tonight," Scott states as this was set in stone, and he wants this to be over.
"But isn't it kind of dangerous?" Liam went on, as he was scared of things going wrong and someone getting hurt.
"It's incredibly dangerous. And borderline idiotic," Stiles replies, as he took his gaze to Liam.
"Have you guys done something like this before?"
"Something dangerous? Or something idiotic?" Stiles went on to say, but we did a lot of both.
"It's a yes to both," I had pipped up, as I looked to Liam.
"You don't have to be part of it if you don't want to," Scott had gave the option to Liam, as it will be dangerous.
"I'm not scared," Liam states in a brave tone. He was going to go an extra mile for people he hardly knows, but I imagine deep down that he knew that this was the right thing to do.
"Then you're borderline idiotic," Stiles states in a funny-lift up tone, as he places his hand on Liam's shoulder. "If we do this, we don't know what's coming for us. You know that, right?" Stiles states as his lowers his hand from Liam's shoulder and looked to Scott.
"How do we even know something's definitely coming?" Kira had mentioned as we didn't know what was coming, but we were going to give it a chance.
"Because the tape form Garrett's bag said visual confirmation required," Scott states to Kira.
"Simon said the same thing," Stiles replied quickly, he was the teacher that I killed to save my friend and I don't regret that. "He couldn't get paid by The Benefactor until he had proof that you guys were dead," Stiles went on to say.
"So the idea is, what if you kill someone on the dead pool, but you can't send the proof?" Scott had asked, his eyes flickering between all of us.
"You don't get paid," I replied straight off the bat, as Scott eyes met mine and nodded his head.
"But how does that get us any closer to the Benefactor?" Liam asks, as he wasn't really sure how this all tied together.
"He still needs to know if the target is really dead," Scott states to Liam's question.
"Especially if it's someone high on the list," Stiles states, as his eyes flickered between Scott and I, as we were the highest on the list. I think I understand why I'm the highest on the dead pool because I'm a Hybrid, being a vampire and a Witch isn't common and very rare. More rare than a True Alpha, I suppose.
"So, if he wants visual confirmation..." Liam was starting to connect the dots, as this plan was falling into place.
"He's going to have to come get it himself," Scott states, as he wanted to be the person who would act dead until this Benefactor comes and sees his body. But my mind was racing with different outcomes and all of them were bad...
"Scott, let me do this," I had state to the gang as his eyes met mine. "If you die, you stay dead. I have a better chance of coming back to life. Plus I'm number One on the dead pool," I pleaded with him, as too many things can go wrong with this.
"I need you too look after everyone. You died for me once, I'm not letting that happen again," Scott states smoothly, but he was so set on this path, to allow him to do it. But I caved in as I couldn't change his mind about this plan. I smiled softly at his words, but I still think this plan was a stupid one.
I do hope that everything goes well....
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Hours later, we had smoothed out the plan a bit more, Melissa was on-board with the plan, but like me, she didn't like the idea of it. Kira has also asked her mother here, to help her stop Scott's heart as she's never done it before. Scott lays on his bed, as Kira's mother was to the left of him and Kira was to the right, holding his hand. Liam was pacing at the bottom of the bed, as I stood at the bottom left, watching.
"Are you guys totally sure about this?" Liam states, as I can literally smell his anxiety from here, and his blood pumping through his body.
"I think Liam's kind of nervous. Maybe you should tell him it's going to be all right," Kira had said, but Scott's eyes were on her as he knew that she was also nervous about this plan.
"It's going to be all right," Scott tells her, but he also tells Liam, but he didn't take away his gaze from Kira. But Liam kept pacing behind me, which was getting me worked up as well.
"So, you've done this before, right?" Liam had asked, as his gaze was on Noshiko, wanting to know that she's done this before.
"I've seen it done," she replies to Liam's question, it was kind of dry as well.
"Is that just as good?" He asks, hoping for a good answer back.
"No," she flicks her eyes between Kira and Liam.
"Mom, you're not inspiring confidence," Kira had barked at her mother, as she wasn't but she was telling the truth.
"Good," she began as her eyes flickered between Kira and Scott. "This is a terrible idea,"
"Do you want us to do it without you?" Kira had suggested to her mother, that we could have done it without her, but it was better if we included her. Kira and her mother had a staring match for a moment, but she was glad that her daughter had included her in this. She extends her hand out, hovering it over Scott's heart. "Put your hand over his heart," she states as Kira nodded at her, before she kneels down on the mattress and extended her hand, reaching over to Scott's heart.
Suddenly, Scott grabs Kira's hand, stopping her from placing it over his heart. "Hold on," he states, as he cocks his gaze to Noshiko. "What happens while I'm out? Am I gonna feel anything?" He asks, as he wants to know if it will hurt.
"It might feel like you're dreaming," Noshiko replied to his question.
"Good dreams or bad?" Scott went on.
"I suppose that depends on you," Noshiko replies as she couldn't know what he will dream about.
"Think happy thoughts," I state to him as his eyes glance over to me for a moment, as he smiles softly, before laying back down. Kira looks to her mother for a moment, who just nods her head, meaning to start. Kira shakes her hands down as she was getting herself ready to do this. She began to reach back out, placing her hand on his heart. Once she touched his chest, electricity started to generate on him, as he began to gasp for breath, but soon enough and the light show, his breathing had came to a stop and he was dead... Technically.
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Everything was going to the plan, Scott had been driven to the hospital by the ambulance as we had to make it look very convincing. I had set off before the ambulance arrived as I was waiting for Scott's body to arrive, which wasn't far behind.
I stood in the morgue as I look at Scott's body, I heard Melissa did an excellent good in acting. Stiles stood beside me, as Kira, Noshiko, and Liam was on the other side of the table Scott was on. Scott looked pale, his lips had lost their bright colour, but I hear his heart beat every minute of so. Just then, the door to the morgue had open, and I turn to see Melissa wiping tears away as she comes to stand at the side of the table.
"I still hate this plan," Melissa states as she lifts her gaze from Scott's body to look at Noshiko. "I mean this is pretty significantly terrifyingly. He looks dead," Melissa states as she was upset in seeing her son like this and I felt her sadness, she could barely look at him.
"Give me your hand," Noshiko states to her, as she was going to give Melissa some hope. Melissa took her gaze to me, as I nodded to her with a small smile. She extends her hand and Noshiko takes it, and lowers it onto Scott's chest. She gasps a bit as I imagine he felt cold. "Wait for it,"
Suddenly, I could hear his heart pump for a few seconds, and a relief look came to Melissa's face. "Is that enough to keep a werewolf alive?" She asks.
"Enough for an Alpha,"
"How much time do we have?" Melissa asks, as she had reclined her hand from Scott's chest.
"Forty-five minutes," Noshiko replied to Melissa, trying to ease her.
"What happens after that?" She went on to ask. My eyes flickered to her, as
"I bring him back the same way," Kira states to Melissa as it was going to be a close call for her to do her stuff.
"No, I mean what happens if he stays like this longer than forty-five minutes?" Melissa had corrected herself as she flicks her gaze between us all, but the room fell silent as no one had told her what would happen if Scott stays like this for longer.
"No one's told her?" Noshiko had asked, her tone was calm, but we all still remained silent.
"What? What happens after forty-five minutes?" Melissa asks, clearly worried for her son's safety.
"He dies," Noshiko states as there was no easy way to put it, but just rip the bid-aid off as fast as you can. I told him I would have a better chance of coming out of this kicking, but Scott didn't want me dying for him, again...
But I would die thousand times to make sure he was safe. As well as any of my friends....
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