Eli rubbed Lydia's back with his left hand after Meredith was taken from the room, Eichen House being called. Malia paced slightly, crumbling the few numbers they'd written down that Meredith gave them. She paused, Eli looking up at her as she gapped at the phone, "Lydia. What if it's like algebra?"

Eli exhaled, "God help us then."

"What do you mean?" the strawberry blonde sighed, looking up at her.

Malia twisted the phone their way, "What if the numbers are actually letters?"

Eli reached for the notepad and pen, handing it to Lydia and leaning in close to watch intensely as she began written the letters down. Eli took a double take up at Malia, "That was really smart of you, Malia."

Smart, something she never felt she was. Malia gave her a half grin, looking back down at the paper as Lydia continued on, "Oh god."

The pair waited for her to go on, circled the A I D E N.

"Who's Aiden?" Eli spoke up in curiosity, spelling out the name Lydia circled. She ignored him, reaching down by his feet to pull her laptop up. Malia and Eli both watched closely as she typed the name into the key bar, unlocking the second half of the DeadPool.

"Brett." Eli gapped at his ex friend, seeing his name staring back at him, digging his phone from his pocket and calling Stiles, knowing everyone else would likely be on the field.

"Eli." Malia followed him to the other room after he got off the phone, "A friend of yours?"

"No, we use to be." he hung up the phone and looked to her in a panic, "We have to get to the school, right?"

"I-" Malia began, stopping as the door swung open.

"Eli." Adeline stood in the doorway, a coffee in hand and dressed in her deputy uniform, "Were you arrested?"

"No!" Eli defended himself quickly with wide, panicked eyes, "I- my friend, Lydia, she had to come tell Meredith, the girl that was here, goodbye. They're cousins."

Malia was taken back at his ability to lie so well, seemingly the last thing she expected from him.

"I thought you had a game tonight." Adeline said back with a shake of her head, the strawberry curls shaking slightly when she did so.

"Lydia was more important." Eli shrugged.

His mom glanced back at Malia behind him, "Nice to meet you, Lydia."

"No!" Eli called out quickly with wide eyes, not meaning to yell so forceful, "This is- mom, this is Malia."

"Mom?" Malia gapped.

"She's a friend, of Liams, from school." Eli continued on with their introduction, getting more and more awkward by the second, "And Lydia's friend."

Malia gave a odd look, "I'm Eli's friend."

"Oh." Adeline smiled, she'd only been use to Eli hanging out with Mason and Liam ever, "It's nice to meet you. Do you need a ride home?"

"Foxx! We have to go!" Sheriff Stilinki called, hanging up the phone immediately, "Parrish!"

Adeline didn't say anything, hurrying off immediately and grabbing her keys from the desk.

"We better get to the school." Eli looked back at Malia quickly, "Check on your friends and Liam."

"That was your mom?" Malia gapped as they walked back into the office to get Lydia, "You look like her."

"It's worse in the summer when my hair gets lighter." Eli over shared, picking up his bag, "Do you like her?"

What a weird question to ask.

"She smells good." Malia admitted as Eli rose his eyebrows her way, she noticed how well kept they were for a boy, "You smell good too."

"Like, you want to eat me?" Eli gave a questionable look. Eli smelt of middle class cologne, laundry detergent, and chocolate from the chapstick he used, biting his lips all too much.

"Yes, but I won't." she nodded, making his face light up in a bright grin.

Eli couldn't attend the run this morning with Liam and Mason, still having two more weeks until he got his cast off. So when he showed up at school, finding Lima absent and Mason saying he ran off this morning, panic set in. To Mason, it simply seemed as though Liam could be cutting school today due to stress.

But what Eli knew, with the deadpool still having a third to crack, and Garrett still on the run after Violet was arrested, it caused him to panic immediately. He took off quickly, heart thumping painfully in his chest as the ace to chew on his nails grew , "Scott!"

He ran toward the McCall boy, nearly crashing into him but Scott steadied him immediately, "Garrett just called me from Liam's phone."

"I know, he took him." Eli said out of breath, "I mean, I figured. What do we do?"

"No, not you." Scott shook his head quickly at Eli, "You're gonna get hurt."

"Liam is my best friend, i'm helping." Eli said sternly, "I could help and get hurt without you, or I could stick with you to help and you can protect me."

Scott exhaled, "Okay, but you're gonna have to listen to me."

"That I can do." Eli took a deep breath, rubbing his chest to steady his heart, "Let's go, now."

"We're taking her now." Scott's dad spoke as the pair followed him into the station. Eli had to wait on the bike while Scott spoke to Garrett, telling him the blonde boy wanted Violet or Liam would die from wolfsbane being in his system, "I mean, Garetts still out there. Maybe we should let someone else do it."

"You could hang out with us, my moms making Swedish food tonight." Eli tried to help Scott out as much as possibly, hoping to get Rafael away from the car Scott was gonna have to stop.

"I appreciate the concern and the invite, but after what happened with Katashi and loosing evidence off and armored truck, i'm not letting this out of my sight." the tall man turned back to them, "If you're still worried, you should know I got Beacon Hills' finest coming with us."

Eli's face fell, following his gaze back to not only Sheriff Stilinki, but also his own mother. Eli looked to Scott in a minor panic.

"This is not going to work." Scott spoke up as nightfall came, Eli sitting in the back of Garrett's truck while Scott took the front.

"All you have to do is stop the car." Garrett said annoyed toward Scott, his eyes flickering to Eli every few seconds. Eli realized this is what Scott meant by he would get hurt, "I'll take care of the rest. If you don't, wolfsbane might not hurt Eli, back there, but i'm sure the blade will do plenty."

The boys eyes widened from the back, scooting up against the seat as much as he could. Scott gave a look, the car passing as he pulled the hood over his head. Scott looked back at Eli before to Garett, "Don't hurt him."

"Don't mess up." Garrett mocked him, driving off after with the headlights shut off, "There's a stop sign half a mile ahead."

"So I take out the tires with my claws?" Scott questioned, Eli's racing heart from the back terribly distracting.

"Teeth, claws, heat vision, whatever." Garrett spoke in annoyance, "Just stop them. You ready?"

"Garrett, can we open a window?" Eli spoke up, out of breath, "I think I need some air."

"Stop!" Scott called when his eyes casted onto the wreck on the road, "Stop! Stop the car!"

Garrett hit the breaks immediately, Scott jumping out.

"Mom!" Eli yelled when he realized the car that was crashed was the same car the two deputies, Violet, and the sheriff were in. Scott leaned next to Sheriff Stilinki, Eli running from the car to lean down, searching for any sign of her, "Mom!"

"Eli, the front!" Scott spoke quickly, being able to find the woman's heartbeat. Eli crawled to the passengers seat, wincing when his palms dug into the broken glass. Adeline was upside down, her seatbelt holding into her thin frame. Her head was bleeding, strawberry curls hanging.

"Oh my god, mom." Eli panicked, having no clue how to handle this or what to do, "Mom! Mom! Open your eyes, can you hear me?"

"She's not in the car, Violets gone." Scott looked over toward Garrett, who was walking their way.

"Mom." Eli checked the woman pulse, feeling it as he sighed in relief but couldn't get her to wake.

Eli looked up and saw Garrett walking their way, his deadly lactose stick in hand. Sheriff Stilinki tugged on Scott's arm, "Scott, listen to me. They're still here."

A chill ran down Eli's spine, locking eyes with the McCall boy immediately before focusing on a oddly tall creature standing before Garrett. Eli gapped at it, never seeing anything like it.

"You want me?" Garrett called to it. Eli found where his mom had been bleeding on her head, holding the wound with his hand, "Come and get me!"

Garrett waved his lactose stick around quickly, the creature not moving, "Yeah, that's right! You're not so big, you're not so big!"

"Garrett!" Eli yelled out when a duplicate of the creature came up behind him, stabbing the boy through the back and piercing his heart, lifting him off the ground. Scott stood up, hurrying over as the one from before came by his side.

"Scott!" the sheriff yell out as the boy was hit over the head, blacking out of the ground. Eli took ragged breaths, his vision blurring from how panicked he was feeling. The Benefactor didn't even have to get anywhere near Eli, he'd blacked out from the painful feeling of having something, that wasn't there, pushing on his chest.

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kylie speaks

anyone with anxiety
knows the panic and pain
of literally passing out
from a panic attack, poor
baby is just trying to go
save his boy and avoid his
girl getting on the next list
but nooo, ofc not.

i updated the cast list if you
guys want to see eli's moms
fact claim, and i made two
mood boards!!