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Brooke, Isaac, Scott, and Noah were now gathered in the boys locker room. Noah was updating them on what was going on.

"I got to meet with the medical examiner and try to figure out what happened with Jackson. I've got an APB out on Stiles. His jeep is still in the parking lot, so that means-" He stammers, "the hell, I don't know what that means. Um- look, if he answers his phone, if he answers his emails, if either one of you see him-"

"We'll call you." Isaac nods

"Look, he's probably just freaked out from all the attention or something. We'll find him." Scott says

"Yeah. I'll see you, okay?" Noah says before turning to Brooke, "Be careful, okay?"

"I will." She nods. He gives her a small smile before walking out. Isaac rubs her back gently as she lets out a sigh.

"McCall." Coach calls out, "We need you on the team, okay? You know I can't put you on the field next season if you don't get your grades up."

"Yeah, I know, coach."

"All right. I mean, I- I know I yell a lot, but it's not like I hate you guys. Well, I kind of hate Greenberg, but, you know, that's different. It's Greenberg." He chuckles, "I'm just saying we- I need you on the team. Get your grades back up."

"I will." Scott nods

"I know." Coach says before walking out

Scott looks around, "Is that everyone?"

"I think so." He says. Brooke and Isaac turn as Scott rips Stiles' locker door off

"You could've just torn the lock off." Brooke mumbles

"You're gonna find him by scent?" Isaac asks

"Yeah, we both are." Scott says passing Isaac Stiles' shoe. Brooke frowns as Isaac furrows his brows, "But how come you get his shirt and I get a shoe?"

Scott hands the shirt to Brooke making her look up. He walks past her making her turn to see Derek standing the other set of lockers.

"We need to talk."

Brooke looks over as Derek's uncle, Peter, walks in, "All of us."

"Holy shit." Brooke and Scott mumble

"What the hell is this?" Scott says

"You know, I thought the same thing when I saw you talking to Gerard at the sheriff's station."

"Okay, hold on. He- he threatened to kill my mom. And I had to get close to him. What was I supposed to do?"

"I'm gonna go with Scott on this one. Have you seen his mom? She's gorgeous." Peter interjects

"Shut up." Scott and Derek exclaim

Isaac leans down to Brooke, "Who is he?"

"That's Peter, Derek's Uncle. Little while back, he tried to kill us all, and then we set him on fire, and Derek slashed his throat." She explains

"Hi." Peter waves

"That's good to know." Isaac hums

"How is he alive?" Scott asks

"Look, the short version is he knows how to stop Jackson. And maybe how to save him." Derek says

"Well, that's very helpful except Jackson's dead." Isaac says

Derek's eyes widen, "What?"

"Yeah, Jackson's dead. It just happened on the field." Brooke says

"Okay, why is no one taking this as good news?" Isaac asks

"Because if Jackson is dead, it didn't just happen. Gerard wanted it to happen." Peter says

Derek shakes his head, "But why?"

"Well, that's exactly what we need to figure out. And something tells me the window of opportunity is closing. Quickly."

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As soon as Brooke got the call from her dad that Stiles was okay, she left Scott and Isaac to go see him. She rushes in closing the door behind her, "Dad?"

Noah walks in from the kitchen, "He's in his room."

"Is he okay?"

Noah stays silent and just gestures to his room. Brooke frowns, but immediately makes her way down the hall. She knocks before pushing the door open. She lets out a sigh of relief while Stiles looks up at her from his bed.

"Oh, God." She sighs as she sits beside him pulling him into a hug. Stiles huffs as she wraps her arms around him. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." He mumbles as she pulls away. Brooke's eyes widen as she looks over his face. Noting the cuts and bruises littering his face, "I'm fine."

"Who did this to you?"

"No one."

"Stiles."

"I'm fine, Brooke."

"You can lie to Dad, but you don't have to lie to me. We've been there for each other our entire lives and it's not gonna stop now." She says, "Who did it?"

Stiles sighs as he looks down, "Gerard."

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah." He mutters, "He had Erica and Boyd, too."

Brooke looks off as she raises her brows. Her mind automatically thinking back to how if Isaac had went through with leaving with Erica and Boyd, he could've been in immense danger.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine." Stiles says, "You and Dad can stop asking."

Brooke sighs as he falls back on his bed. Brooke looks over as a knock is heard on the door. Stiles groans as he stands up, "Dad, I said I'm fine."

His words die out as he pulls the door open.

"Hi." Lydia says

"Hi." He says letting her in

"Your father let me in."

"He did? Yeah, of course he did."

"Hey, Brooke."

"Hey." She smiles as she stands up, "I'll leave you guys to it."

Brooke walks past them closing the door on her way out.

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About an hour had passed before Stiles bursts into Brooke's room. The girl jumping as her brother turns to her.

"What's wrong?" Brooke asks sitting up

"You know where Scott's gonna be?"

"Yeah. Isaac's been texting me updates. Why?"

"We gotta go. Now."

"Okay." Brooke nods before she and Stiles run out.

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