"Is three enough?" Kira asked as she looked at Scott, Liam, and Stiles with their computers before them.

"Depends on how many camera they have but I think so." Stiles spoke, turning his head as the door opened.

Eli walked in, a small bag in hand, and a half smile. "Sorry i'm late. I brought breakfast."

"Stole your moms donuts again?" Liam asked as Eli laid the bag down.

"Best part about her being a cop." Eli said, placing both hands on the table. He'd gotten his cast off and was feeling brand new with two working hands again.

"Are we really doing this?" Liam gave a panicked look as he looked down at the computer.

"We're doing it. Tonight." Scott confirmed for them, glancing around the table with a serious expression.

"But isn't it kinda dangerous?" Liam shrugged his shoulders.

Eli gave him a look of disbelief. "Liam, do you know who he is?"

"It's incredibly dangerous and borderline idiotic." Stiles nodded his head with a sigh.

"Have you done something like this before?" Liam asked in discomfort.

"Something dangerous? Or something idiotic?" Stiles rose his, nicely shaped, eyebrows over at him.

"I think it's a yes to both." Kira nodded her head.

Scott looked at Liam. "You don't have to be part of it if you don't want to."

"I'm not scared." Liam said confidently.

Eli pinched his thumb and index finger together. "I'm a tiny bit scared."

"Then you're borderline idiotic." Stiles placed a hand on Liams shoulder. "If we do this, we don't know what's coming for us, you know that, right?"

"How do we even know something's definitely coming?" Kira asked with a sigh.

"Because the tape from Garrett's bag said visual confirmation required." Scott looked at her.

"Simon said the same thing. He couldn't get paid by the benefactor until he had proof that you guys were dead." Stiles nodded his head as he looked at the trio, that were still on the list.

"Makes sense." Eli said honestly, getting a look of different from Stiles. "I'm just saying, not that I agree."

"So the idea is, what if you kill someone on the dead pool, but you can't send the proof?" Scott asked with looks around the table.

"You don't get paid." Kira confirmed.

"How does that get us any closer to the benefactor?" Liam gave a questionable look to Scott.

"He still needs to know if the target is really dead." Scott nodded.

"Especially if it's someone high on the list." Stiles added.

"Someone like Scott." Eli pointed out.

"So, if he wants visual confirmation..." Liam trialed off.

"He's going to have to come get it himself." Scott gave a confident nod.

"Are you worried?" Liams voice took Eli's eyes off his phone. Looking up from where the pair sat across from each other in the hospital room. "About Malia?"

Eli sighed as he clicked his phone off. "She isn't answering me. I don't wanna push her but I just want to know she's okay."

Liam gaze an eyebrow raise. "I'm sure she'll be okay, have you met her?"

"She's tough." Eli confirmed, biting at his fingers. "But there's some things that she can't....control."

"The changing." Lila confirmed. "Yeah, I know."

Eli gave a worried looked. "Is it getting any better for you?"

"Not really." Liam admitted with a frown. "Sorta."

"At least there hasn't been a full moon yet." Eli pointed out, getting a look of disbelief. "That's didn't help, sorry."

"Scott says if I can get chained up again, I should be okay." the Dunbar boy looks at his lap with worry. "If he comes back."

"He's gonna come back. He's tough." Eli said honestly, his feet out reaching to nudged Liams, getting nudged back, the pair going back and forth a moment. "Why do you think it's taking them so long?"

"Kiras gonna text when-" Liam began, stopping as his phone buzzed. Eli gave a look as he met his eye. "They need us back there now."

"I still hate this plan." Melissa whipped her tears as she looked over Scott's seemingly dead body.

"Me too." Eli agreed.

"I mean this is pretty significantly terrifying. He looks dead." Melissa tried to hold her nerves in as she looked over her sons body.

"Give me your hand." Kira's mom held her own hand out for Melissa to drop into hers. Eli watched curiously as she lowered Ms McCalls hand on a part of Scott's body. "Wait for it."

After a moment, Melissa sighed in relief. "Is that enough to keep a werewolf alive?"

"Enough for an alpha." Noshiko reassured her.

"How much time do we have?" the nurse questioned.

"Forty-Five minutes." Eli nodded as he looked at his watch.

"What happens after that?" Melissa looked up.

"I bring him back the same way." Kira reassured her.

She gave a look. "No, I mean what happens if he stays like this loner then forty-five minutes?"

The group all shared a dreadful and fearful expression.

"No one's told her?" Noshiko looked at the four teens.

"What? What happens after forty-five minutes?" Melissa repeated herself, more stern this time.

"He dies." Nishiko confirmed for her.

"Malia, it's Eli. I hope by now you have my number saved in your phone, and all that. But just incase. Anyways, I just wanted to check in. I know you're doing the whole MIA thing and don't wanna talk to anymore, perfectly fine, just wanna make sure you're not going all coyote somewhere that-" Eli was cut off by the voicemail ending. He sighed loudly, shoving his phone back into his pocket.

"Is that suppose to look like that?" Liam's voice rung, making Eli turn around and look at one of the glitching cameras across their screens.

"No, not it's not." Stiles gave a worried expression.

"Where is that?" Kira asked quickly.

"Looks like the roof." Eli nodded his head.

"Someone's gonna have to check it out." Stiles added as he looked at the camera harder.

"I'll go." Kira confirmed.

"Whoa, whoa. This might not just be a malfunction." Stiles gave her a slightly worried expression.

"That's why i'm brining this." Kira pulled half her sword from its holder.

Eli's eyes shot up. "Mhm, please do."

"I'm coming with you!" Liam announced. Eli gave a crazy look as he jogged off.

"Liam!" Eli gave a crazy look. "Hello?"

"Okay. And both of you are coming right back. Immediately!" Stiles called after the pair.

"Immediately!" Eli added after him.

"Come on, Argent. Pick up the phone." Stiles paced once the lights went out, Eli watching in panic.

"Anything?" the boy gave a worried expression, just as the doors flew open as Chris hit the ground.

"Run, go." Chris encouraged through deep breaths. Behind him, a blonde woman walked in with a smirk across her face.

"Stiles?" Eli asked with wide eyes. Chris slowly stood up.

"Get out of the way, Stiles. I'm taking the body." the unknown woman gave a glare across her hazel eyes.

"Why? Visual confirmation?" Stiles asked her in disbelief.

She gave a tilt of her head. Chris pulled Eli's arm to be behind the pair. The woman stepped toward. "Don't worry, handsome. I'm not the Benefactor."

"Then what do you want with the body?" Chris demanded an answer.

"I wish I could tell you." she began. Chris lunged forward, the woman grabbed his arm and twisting it painfully, only resulting in a gun to her neck. "I always forget you carry two."

"Back off!" Chris demanded her quickly. Stiles looked over at Eli, getting a nod of confirmation in return.

"Who's she?" Eli whispered.

"Kate Argent." Stiles said back.

"You sure you can pull the trigger fast enough?" she asked him in a mocking like tone.

"I don't want too." Chris stared at her.

"You're not going to kill me." Kate stared at him intensely.

"I'm not gonna let you take his body!" Chris snapped at her through tight teeth.

Stiles pushed Eli slightly. "Okay, obviously you guys have a lot to talk about so, maybe- I saw some coffee. A vending machine outside."

"I can do a call." Eli whispered to Stiles. "To signal Liam."

Stiles gave a look of disbelief. "What?"

"Liam, Mason, and I went camping this summer. If one of us got lost going to pee, we have a call we did." Eli nodded quickly with seriousness in his eyes. "I can do my call."

"Listen to me, Kate. We have a plan." Chris' words cut Eli's thoughts off.

"If killing Scott was part of it you're worse then me." Kate stared him in the eye.

"He's telling the truth. We're trying to get to the benefactor." Stiles defended Chris from behind him.

"If you didn't notice, you're on that list too." Chris shook her slightly. "And worth more then most."

"That's why i'm here." Kate glared back at him.

"Then back off and let us do what we planned!" Chris shouted at her. Kate looked down at the watch on his wrist. "Take the beserkers and go. Kate, please. We have a plan."

Stiles sent Eli to the roof immediately to find Liam and Kira. Eli sprinted, dodging nurses. He knew the roof all too well by now, considering it's where he'd broke his wrist last time he was up there. Regardless, he pushed the doors open harshly. "Liam! Kira!"

Pushing the doors open, Eli watched as Kira pulled her sword from the beserkers chest. It had been dead on the ground, Liam in werewolf form. Eli gave a stumble back for a moment when his eyes met his, stopping when he realized what he was doing. "Liam."

He was breathing deeply, turning away as a roar left his lips.

"He's still new to transforming." Kira stopped Eli quickly.

"I know, go, Scott needs you." Eli encouraged Kira quickly. She hesitated to leave the pair alone but knew that she had to go, time being too close for her to linger. As the roof shut, Eli stared at the back of Liam's head. He was breathing heavy and ragged like.

"Liam." Eli spoke up, but kept still.

"Go." Liam demanded him.

Eli took a scared breath as he walked forward, circling Liams body as the Dunbar boy backed away, but stayed infront of him still. Eli looked down slightly, their two inch height difference coming in handy right now. Eli grabbed hold of Liam's shoulders tightly, earning a small growl. "Just focus, all right? You can do this. Keep your mind on one thing. We do this all the time."

"It's different." Liam snapped at him.

Eli's hands tightened on his shoulders. "I know it is, I know. But you've helped me before, so i'm gonna do anything I can to help you right now."

Eli let out a silent yelp of pain when Liam grabbed his forearms, his claws digging into the top of his skin.

"Find a safe space in your mind, somewhere you feel grounded. Mr Yukimura told me this." Eli nodded quickly, hiding his pain for Liam's sake. He clearly didn't realize what he was doing, Eli's black sweater hiding the dripping blood from his arms. "Just focus, on anything. We'll find it."

Liam looked down, squeezing his eyes shut as he listened to Eli go on talking.

"We can stay here as long as you want. You'll be fine, I swear. Scott will be okay. You just need to focus on helping your-" he stopped when he felt the claws leave his forearms, Liam looking back up as he appeared normal. Eli took deep breaths as he stared at him. "It helped."

"It helped." Liam nodded his head, the pair standing there before Melissa McCall cried for help from the hallway.

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