After knocking Isaac and the twins back to normal, Stephanie, Will, Allison and Kira took Isaac and the twins to the clinic to make sure everything was okay. As soon as they got there, Deaton filled them in on how Stiles and Void were now separated into two different bodies and Void took Lydia.

When Will got a call from his father saying Stiles was at the station, back to normal, he and Stephanie left the group at the clinic to go to the station.

"Oh Jesus Christ you're okay." Stephanie yelled as she and Will barreled into the Sheriffs office. Stephanie quickly pulled Stiles into a hug. Stiles laughed, hugging back before pulling away, hitting her back. "Nice to know you care sometimes."

Stephanie sent him an amused yet annoyed smile. Stiles copied the look before he saw Will standing about a foot in front of him. Stiles felt himself smile at Will, opening his arms. "I'm getting a hug, right?"

Will felt his stress wash away as he pulled Stiles into a hug, his stomach flipping at Stiles tightening his grip and put his face in his neck.

The boys pulled away, Stiles smiled, putting his hands on each of Will's shoulders before pulling him into his side to keep his arm wrapped around his shoulder.

Feeling eyes on her, Stephanie turned her head to Scott. The McCall boy had wide excited eyes, gesturing his head to Will and Stiles before smiling. Stephanie let out a quiet laugh at the action before Parrish walked in, turning to Noah and James. "We got an APB out on Lydia's car. Every unit on the road is looking for her."

Stephanie's face immediately fell, looking around the group. "Isn't there anything else that we could do?" James turned to his daughter, shaking his head. "At this hour? No, not really."

Stiles sighed, turning to his dad and walking towards him. "He took her for a reason, Dad." James sighed at Stiles, shaking his head. "Look, If we can figure out the why, then we'll figure out the where."

Noah nodded with James, looking between the four teens. "Okay. Well what would a Nogitsune need with a Banshee?" Stephanie's lips pursed, her arms crossing over her chest as she thought before she shrugged. "I don't know, Lydia's kinda known for finding dead bodies."

Will nodded with Stephanie, looking around the group. "Maybe he needs to find a body?" Stilinksi sighed at Will's words, turning to Scott. "Scott, you know more about this than all of us."

Scotts eyes went wide, backing up in shock. "Me?" Noah nodded, leaning back on his desk. "You said you got the whole story from Noshiko?"

Scott squinted slightly, shaking his head as he looked at the ground before turning back to the Sheriff. "Yeah, but that happened during World War II. Like 70 years ago."

Stiles' eyes suddenly went wide, holding his hands up to stop the group from talking. "Wait. What did you say?"
He asked, looking at Scott who just shrugged. "Noshiko told me about the internment camp-" "No, before that. You said, the whole story." Stiles said, looking at Scott with a concentrated look. Sheriff Stilinksi nodded, looking at his son weirdly. "Yeah. What is it?"

"There's a girl at Eichen House. Her name's Meredith. I think she might be able to help." Stiles said and James instantly walked towards the Sheriffs desk, going onto his laptop to search up the name in Eichen House's files.

"Sheriff, Meredith Walker." James said, spinning the laptop around to show Merediths medical file. The Sheriff nodded, his hands going to his pockets. "She's still there?"

James' brows furrowed, turning to computer back to him to check. He frowned slightly, squinting at the screen. "Yeah, but they moved her to the Closed Unit." James said. Will's brows furrowed, his arms crossing. "Why?" James looked up at the teens with a knowing look. "They said behavioral issues... She wouldn't stop screaming."

...

"I can't believe our part of the plan is going to school." Stephanie muttered as she and Isaac walked down the hall of the school the next morning. Isaac let out a low groan, nodding his head and he leaned down towards her ear to talk. "Yeah, I know. It sucks."

"Ten thousand dollars?!" Coach screamed as Stephanie and Isaac walked into the class. Stephanie cringed slightly, shaking her head as she watched the teacher. "Seems like he's got it worse."

Stephanie looked up at Isaac who looked down at her, nodding before they walked towards their seats.

"They pulled an arrow out of my stomach. What did they do? Fill it up with diamonds?" Coach yelled, Danny turned around at Stephanie at the sound of her sitting down. Stephanie gave him the 'is he serious' look that Danny just shrugged at.

"All right, fine. Just send me the bill. Fine!" Coach yelled, hanging up the phone and turning back to class, crossing his arms. "Okay, listen up kids. Today we're... You know what? Today we're going to discuss the corrupt institution of health care."

Danny raised his hand, confusing Coach. "Um, Coach. We have an unexpected guest." Stephanie's brows furrowed as Danny slowly turned around, making Stephanie follow his eyesight.

Right behind Isaac was a girl with short curly hair, looking down at the desk.

Isaac shot out of his seat, looking at the girl with wide eyes as the whole class slowly started to crowd her. When the girl lifted her head slightly at all the people around her, Stephanie's eyes went wide, turning to Isaac. "Is that-" "Yep. Call Scott."

Stephanie instantly nodded, walking away from the crowd slightly as she called Scott.

"Hey, what's up." Scott asked as soon as he picked up. Stephanie covered her ear that wasn't on her phone so she could hear him better. "She's here. In Coach's class. Meredith. And you need to get here now too. Like, right now."

She quickly hung up the phone and walked back towards the crowd, pushing through it to stand in between Coach and Isaac. "Sweetheart. Sweetheart. Do you want to tell me which insane asylum you escaped from?" Coach asked and Stephanie's hand went to her mouth in shock and embarrassment.

Danny cleared his throat, tapping Coachs shoulder. "Coach, insane asylum isn't proper terminology anymore." Coach looked back at Danny for a few seconds before nodding, turning back to Meredith. "Okay. Sweetheart. What... What nuthouse did you escape from?"

"Oh God." Stephanie whispered as Isaac snickered. Since Isaac was kneeling on the ground and Stephanie was standing, she moved behind him and cover his mouth with her hand as Meredith answered Coach's question. "Eichen House."

Coach gulped before nodding. "Wanna tell me what you're doing so far from there?" Meredith kept her eyes down as she grabbed the edges of the table "Trying to help. I can hear them. They scream." Coach sighed, scooting closer to her seat. "That's got to be terrifying. What, uh... Why do they scream?"

"They scream when someone's about to die." Meredith said. Stephanie's eyes went wide, looking down at Isaac before looking back to Meredith.

Stephanie slowly leaned towards Meredith, her hand falling onto the table, making Meredith whip her head to look at Stephanie. "Are they screaming right now?" Meredith slowly nodded at Stephanie.

Stephanie felt her worry fill in her stomach, turning to Isaac for a spilt second. He nodded and she sighed, turning back to Meredith. "How many of them?"

Meredith's head tilted slightly, looking between Stephanie and Isaac. "All of them."

...

After calling Eichen House and getting Meredith comfortable in his office, Coach stood in the hallway, waiting to meet up with the guards to pick up Meredith as Stephanie and Isaac stood at her locker, trying to find a way to get to Meredith.

When the guards walked into the school, Stephanie quickly ran up to Coach, Isaac right behind her. When they got to him, he jumped, startled by them. "Coach. You can't let them take her back." Stephanie said. Coach's jaw dropped slightly, letting her continue. "It's hard to explain, but if you let her go back then really, really bad things are going to happen to Lydia, to Scott and Stiles and maybe everyone, including you."

Coach stared at Stephanie for a few more seconds before pinching the bridge of his nose. "Saticoy... Are you high right now?"

Stephanie's eyes went wide, looking at coach in shock as she shook her head. "What?!" Coach nodded, wiping the corners of his mouth. "Because if you are, that's fine. I won't tell the principle just don't go around yelling yahoo like that."

Stephanie rolled her eyes, looking at Coach like he was crazy. "Coach, I'm being serious! Please. You have to trust me." Coach rolled his eyes, turning to Isaac almost to ask if she was right. When Isaac nodded, the doors to the school opened, the guards of Eichen House walking in making Coach groan. "Oh, hell."

"Finstock. Coach Bobby Finstock. This is a delightful surprise." One of the guards cheered. Stephanie winced slightly at the mans attitude as Isaac grabbed her hand, pulling her away from the confrontation as the guard continued to taunt the coach. "Hmm. What is that saying? Those who can't do, teach?"

Coach let out a dry chuckle, shaking his head. "Yeah, that's funny." The guard tilted his head at Coach, an evil smirk on his face. "Is it Professor Finstock when you're off the field? I'm glad to see you made it pro something, Bobby."

Coach cleared his throat, turning to Stephanie and Isaac before looking back at the guard. "It's Coach. Coach... You know... Professors teach college." The guard made a small 'o' shape with his mouth, nodding. "Oh, well, you let me know when you make higher education."

Isaac growled at the guard. The guards plus Coach turned to the teens as Stephanie's eyes went wide. She sent an innocent smile to Coach before dragging Isaac back to her locker, close enough to still hear the conversation.

The guard shook his head at the teens, turning back to Coach. "Now, Coach, where's Meredith?" Coach sighed, walking towards his office door. "She's fine. She's just sitting in my office."

Coach opened the door to his office to find the room, empty, making everyone straighten up. "Find her!" The guard yelled before they ran off.

Stephanie turned to Isaac, her eyes big as she looked up at him. "Did you get her scent?" Isaac looked up and down the hall, nodding his head before running.

Stephanie looked at him in shock before running after him. As they passed the main doors, Stiles and Scott walked in. "Hey Steph, where's Mere- Ow!" Stiles yelled as Stephanie grabbed his and Scott's wrists, pulling them after her and Isaac as the Lahey boy led them to the music room.

When they reached the room, they saw Meredith standing by the piano, the mean guard on the ground and Coach standing above him with a taser.

"Holy shit." Stephanie whispered, catching Coach's attention. Remembering what she had said earlier, Coach nodded his head to Meredith. "Well? Get her outta here." Coach yelled. The four teens nodded, running towards Meredith. Stephanie gently grabbed the girls hand, not wanting to startle her before pulling her out of the school after Scott, Stiles and Isaac.

They all quickly climbed into the Jeep, Stephanie, Meredith and Isaac crammed in the backseat as they all turned to Meredith. "Where's Lydia?" Scott asked and Meredith looked at the four with wide eyes. "Who's Lydia?"

...

When they got to Scott's house, they all barreled
into the house through the back door to find Will sitting at the dining table like a kid in trouble and Rafael standing in the middle of the room, his arms crossed.

The man turns his head to the sound of people walking in, his brows raising at his son. Scott's eyes went wide at his dad, shaking his head. "What are you doing here?"

Rafaels face turned cold, raising his chin higher. "I could ask you the same thing." Stephanie turned to Scott and saw him struggling to think of something, making her turn to Rafael. "Free period."

Scott nodded, thankful for Steph's save, turning to look at her for a second before turning back to his dad. "We're doing group study." Rafael nodded at the lie, recognizing all the kids in front of him before his eyes fell on Meredith. "Who's she?"

"She's my girlfriend." Stiles said casually, wrapping an arm around Meredith who looked at him with wide eyes, shaking her head. "You're not my type." Stiles bit his lip in anger slightly, looking ahead. "Well, obviously we have a lot to talk about. We should maybe take this upstairs."

"He's my type." Meredith said, looking straight at Will. Will's eyes went wide, pointing at himself and looking around behind him. He turned back to Meredith, still pointing at himself and she nodded, a small and awkward smile on her face.

Stiles looked back and forth between the two with a slight glare before clearing his throat, moving Meredith farther from Will. "Yeah, he likes guys."

Will's eyes went wide, shaking his slightly as he looked at Stiles like he was crazy. "Stiles, I'm pan." Stiles turned to Will, his eyes sarcastically wide as he nodded. "Yeah. I know. I'm still not wrong though. You like guys. Never brought up any other gender, right?"

Will squinted at Stiles in confusion before slowly nodding. "I guess." Stiles eyebrows raised, his lips pulling into a line as he nodded happily. "See he likes guys so you can't have him." Stiles said before pulling Meredith upstairs, Stephanie, Will and Isaac going after him.

Stiles dragged Meredith into Scott's room, closing the door once Stephanie, Will and Isaac got in. Stephanie immediately walked towards Meredith who was getting comfortable on the edge of Scott's bed. Stephanie slowly lowered to squat down to be at the same height as Meredith as she looked a girl over. "Meredith, we need to know where Lydia is? Do you know?"

Meredith looked at Stephanie for a few seconds before her eyes went wide, looking between the four teens. "Lydia? You mean the red-haired girl."

A big smile grew on Stephanie's face as she and the boys nodded. "Yes!" Stiles have Meredith two thumbs up before resting his arm on Will's shoulder. "Yes! Good. Progress. Now, all you got to do is tell us where she is."

Meredith slowly nodded. "Okay." Will's lips pursed, nodding with her. "Okay."

"If she tells me." Meredith said, making the four double take. Stephanie, still squatted on the ground, leaned close to Meredith. "If she tells you?" Meredith turned to Stephanie, nodding. Isaac sighed, crossing his arms. "Can you ask her?"

"I already did." Meredith said, making Stiles nod, slightly annoyed. "Perfect. Perfect. What did she say?" Meredith looked up at Stiles, shaking her head. "She said she doesn't want to be found."

Will sighed, looking straight ahead of him as his crossed arms fell. "That's good too." He whispered as Stiles nodded in agreement, moving to wrap his arm around Will's shoulders, squeezing it. "Okay."

"Can I talk to you guys in private?" Isaac asked, putting a hand on Stiles and Stephanie's shoulders. Stephanie nodded, sending Meredith a small smile before standing up, her, Will and Stiles following Isaac to the other side of the room.

"What?" Stephanie asked. Isaac sighed, rubbing the corners of his mouth as he looked at the ground before he slowly looked up. "I say we torture her."

Stephanie glared at her boyfriend. "Isaac-" "I'm just saying." Isaac whisper yelled, shrugging his shoulders. Will whacked Isaac's arm, making Isaac turn to him defensively. "Isaac, we're not going to torture her." Will whispered, making Isaac roll his eyes. "I meant scare her."

Stephanie let out a dry chuckle, shaking her head. "No you didn't. But either way, we're not going to psychologically torture her either." Isaac turned to Stephanie, going to try to further his reasoning before
locking sight on her glare and sighing in defeat. "Fine. How about this? She said in class she hears things, right?"

Stephanie pursed her lips, nodding. Isaac nodded along with Stephanie, turning to Will and Stiles. "Doesn't that mean she's like Lydia? A Banshee?"

Stephanie and Stiles' eyes went wide at his realization. They quickly turned to each other before running back to Meredith, startling the girl slightly. Stephanie took the spot beside Meredith on the bed as Stiles took Stephanies previous spot in squatting. "Okay, Meredith, just try to focus on the sounds around you. On what you're hearing." Stephanie said and Stiles nodded. "Just focus on the silence."

"Listen to the silence." Isaac said, nodding as he put his hands on his knees to crouch slightly. Stiles rolled his eyes slightly, turning to Stephanie as if to say 'shut him up' before turning back to Meredith. "Focusing on the silence."

Isaac nodded, sending Meredith a reassuring smile. "Listening to the-" "Okay, will you just let me handle this, Isaac. Please? I just... I have more experience with Banshees." Stiles snapped.

Isaac sighed, looking around the bedroom. "Yeah. And mental patients." Isaac muttered. Stephanie whipped her head to Isaac, leaning back to reach for one of Scott's pillows to hit him with it.

Suddenly, Meredith froze, making Stephanie drop the pillow. Meredith looked around the group before turning to Stephanie. "Isn't anyone going to get that?"

"Get what?" Will asked, messing with his ear as if he couldn't hear something. Meredith turned to him, her brows furrowed. "The phone." Stiles' mouth opened and closed in shock, looking around the room. "What phone?"

"The phone." Meredith repeated, pointing at Stiles' jacket pocket. Will quickly pointed at the pocket as Stiles fumbled for the phone. "Oh, the phone. My phone? Yes." Stiles yelled in a fake surprised tone, making Stephanie roll her eyes.

"Dumbass." Stephanie muttered. Stiles instantly looked up, glaring at Stephanie before "answering" the phone. "Hello. Yes, she's actually sitting right here." Stiles said before holding the phone to Meredith. "It's for you."

Meredith slowly took the phone, listening to it for a few seconds before hanging up and handing it back to Stiles.
"They say Coup de foudre."

Stephanie and Will turned to each other as Isaac and Stiles' eyes widened. "Coup de what? What is that Spanish?" Stiles asked and Stephanie shook her head.

"French." Will and Stephanie said. They quickly locked eyes before Stephanie turned back to Stiles and Isaac. "It's French."

...

While driving, Will noticed Stiles looking a little too pale for his liking and his eye bags darker than usual. He leaned forward from the seat behind Scott to pop his head in between the front seats as he turned to Stiles. "Hey, you okay?"

Stiles turned to look at Will, nodding his head slightly. "Yeah. You don't have to worry about me." Will squinted at Stiles as the Stilinksi boy turned to look back at the road. Stephanie, who was squished in the middle seat in the back rolled her eyes, grabbing Will's shoulder and pulling him back into his seat behind Scott.

Isaac looked around at everyone in the car. He turned to Stephanie who was already looking at him. Stephanie shook her head, knowing what he was thinking but he shook his head, grabbing the back of Stiles' seat to look at him. "All right, I'll say it. You look like you're dying."

Stephanie rolled her eyes in defeat as Isaac continued. "You're pale, thin and you look like you're getting worse. And we're all sitting here thinking it. When we find the other you, is he gonna look like he's getting better?"

Stephanie's face fell at Isaac's words, a thought coming into her mind as she leaned forward to be in between the front seats. "What happens if he gets hurt?"

Stiles sighed, turning to her for a split second before looking back at the road. "You mean if he dies, do I die? I don't care. Just so long as no else dies because of me. I remember everything I did." Stiles said, gulping slightly as he hit his steering wheel slightly.

"I remember injecting Will. I remember breaking Steph's nose. I remember pushing that sword into Scott. I remember twisting it. I remember kis-" Stiles stopped. His eyes flashing to the rear view mirror, locking eyes with Will for a second before turning back to the road, swallowing. "I remember everything."

Scott shook his head, looking at Stiles sadly. "It wasn't you." Stiles' lips pursed as he shook his head. "Yeah, but I remember it. You guys gotta promise me. You can't let anyone else get hurt because of me."

...

When Stiles pulled up to the lot, the five crawled out the car to see Kira and Allison already there. Scott sighed as everyone circled up in front of the gate. 'We've done this before, guys. A couple of weeks ago we were standing around just like this and we saved Malia, remember?"

Stephanie swallowed the lump in her throat, a feeling washing over her stomach that started the worry her. Warning her almost. Scott turned to Will and Stephanie and nodded. "That was a total stranger to some of us. This is Lydia."

Allison nodded, standing up straighter from the other side of Will. "I'm here to save my best friend." Scott turned to Allison, nodding in agreement. "I came to save mine."

Isaac sighed from beside Stephanie, throwing his hands in his pockets. "I just didn't feel like doing any homework." Stephanie looked up at Isaac, giving him 'really' look as everyone minus Stiles and Scott walked into the lot.

The groups steps slowed as Noshiko stood in the center, her Oni behind her. "Kira, turn around and go home. Take your friends with you." Noshiko yelled and Kira immediately shook her head, standing up straighter. "I can't. When I looked at the game I realized who I was actually playing. You."

Allison raised her bow as Will loaded the gun in his hands and Stephanie let fire burn up her arms. "Call them off." Allison threatened and Noshiko tilted her head at the three. "You think you could take him alive? You think you can save him?"

Will's brows raised at the woman, lifting his chin higher. "What if we can?" Noshiko turned to Will, an daring look in her eyes. "I tried something like it 70 years ago. Your friend is gone."

Kira took a step closer to her mom, making Noshiko turn to her. "Are you sure? Or if Stiles doesn't have to die. Maybe Rhys didn't have to die either?" Noshiko suddenly smirked, nodding her head. "I see I'm no longer the Fox now, Kira. You are. But the Nogitsune is still my demon to bury."

Not even seconds later, Noshiko gasped. The kids across from her all grew worried as the woman opened her hand and looked down. "Mom?"

Isaac looked around with wide eyes, a cold breeze setting around everyone. "What is that? What does that mean?"

Suddenly, the Oni disappeared from behind Noshiko, making everyone's eyes go wide. "It means there's been a change in ownership." A voice behind the group said. Everyone slowly turned around and stood eyes wide at Void, the Oni behind him. "Now they belong to me."

The Oni ran towards the group, Will being in the back of the group made the Oni get to him first. He raised his pistol in the air and shot towards them with one hand as he grabbed another gun from his belt.

Stephanie pushed the closest Oni by Will away from him as all the others ran towards the rest of the group. "How do we stop them?" Will screamed as he looked towards Noshiko, blindly shooting at the Oni. Everyone turned to Noshiko as she shook her head. "You can't!"

The sound of footsteps behind Stephanie made her turn her head. An Oni ran towards Allison and Stephanie was quick to push her hands out, purple wrapping around the Oni's waist before they were thrown to the other side of the lot.

Allison turned to Stephanie, sending her a grateful nod before a loud groan in pain and a slice noise made Stephanie turn around. He eyes went wide as three Oni circled Isaac, katanas drawn. "Isaac!" Stephanie screamed. Her eyes glowed bright purple as her hands just started flying around, trying to get the Oni in any way she could.

Stephanie didn't know it but every second she was fighting, her eyes were getting brighter and brighter. Allison's eyes went wide with Stephanie's, slowly bringing up her crossbow and launching it towards on of the Oni attacking Isaac.

The same time Allison shot an arrow at an Oni, Stephanie threw a fireball at another. Both Oni froze as the arrow and fireball landed into their chests before it glowed bright green and vanished to dust. Stephanie let out a small breath, looking back at Allison who was already looking at her and nodded, the two of them continuing to take down the rest of the Oni.

The Oni Stephanie knocked away from Allison slowly stood back up. He lifted his sword and ran towards Stephanie from behind.

Allison looked at the Oni with wide eyes, running to Stephanie. She got in front of Stephanie and pushed her out of the way just as the Oni pushed his sword towards the girls.

Stephanie felt a burning pain on her side and she hit the ground. She looked down at her side and saw a big cut on her side from the Oni's sword nicking her. She winced at the cut and pressed her hand against it before she heard a small grunt in front of her. She looked up and immediately felt her heart stop at the sight of the Oni holding his sword in Allison.

Stephanie pushed her hands out, knocking the Oni to the ground as all of them disappeared to dust. Allison started to fall back but Scott ran over, catching her just before she could hit the ground.

Stephanie crawled to Allison and Scott, already feeling tears in her eyes. "Why'd you do that?" Stephanie cried out. Allison slowly looked up at Stephanie, a small smile on her face. "You saved my life tons of times during our friendship, Steph. It was only fair I return the favor."

Stephanie let out a small cry at her words. Isaac ran towards Stephanie, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her away from Allison slightly. Stephanie fell back into Isaac's chest as he kept pressure on her wound for her.

"Did you find her? Is she okay? Is Lydia safe?" Allison breathed out to Scott. Stephanie gripped Isaac shirt into a ball as Scott nodded. "She's okay."

Scott grabbed Allison's hand and shook his head. "I can't take your pain." Stephanie felt her heart drop at his words, her throat burning and her eyes glowing brighter, making Stephanie panic more. "It's because it doesn't hurt." Allison breathed out.

Isaac grabbed Stephanie's hands, watching them start to catch flames. He squeezed her hands as she continued to cry for one of her closest friends.

"It's okay." Allison breathed out, making Scott shake his head. "Alliso-" "It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's perfect." Allison interrupted. Stephanie felt her eyes start to burn from them glowing brighter. Stephanie knew that that was never good as Allison continued to talk. "I'm in the arms of my first love. The first person I ever loved. The person I'll always love. I love you. Scott. Scott McCall."

Stephanie felt her throat close as Scott shook his head. "Don't, please, don't. Allison don't, please." Allison suddenly gasped, lifting her head up slightly before she grew too weak and dropped it. "You have to tell my dad. You have to tell my dad."

In that moment, Allison Argent took her last breath and her hand slowly fell to the ground. Stephanie felt the pain in her throat burst as her eyes glowed brighter. "No. No." Stephanie mumbled as Isaac held her tighter.

One of her closet friends. Gone.

—soooooooooo
how we feelin?
#heartbroken

two more chapters👁👁

i feel like we got a lot of
stiles and steph which we
haven't seen in a while

and meredith and steph😫

anywho would y'all
want a wiles sequel🧍‍♀️